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Show TODAY Call White Diarrhea Manure Pits Are Most Desirable . Most Serious Disease To Retain Fertilizing Value to Greatest Extent It Is Best to Exclude Air. Lord Has Hope of $60,000,000 Surplus Prediction surplus of the fiscal year ending June 30 ' Is made by General Lord, director of the budget bureau. When original estimates ofreceipts and expenditures were made by treasury officials the statement was made that a deficit of as much as $700,000,-00- 0 might be faced. This was cut down in later estimates, and In the m st recent statements the prospective deficit was put at $100,000,000 to the hope being expressed, lion ever, that ways and means would be found to wipe It out and balance WASHINGTON. tl e budget. In predicting that the threatened deficit would be turned Into a surplus. Director Lord said that this was contingent upon economy in and a continuance of the customs and Internal revenue receipts at the present high rate until the end of the fiscal year. He no-estimates that the customs receipts for the year will total $540,000,-00- 0 and that the internal revenue receipts will reach $2,615,000,000. A comparison of the estimated expenditures for the year 1923 with the v War Is H I; Men See Red Everywhere khaki uniform of the army have to be changed as a of experiments now being conducted by the chemical warfare service of the army. When the Dritish eliminated the red coat and adopted the khaki color for tlioir fighting uniform it was assumed that their troops were thus rendered less visible to the enemy. This is still true, If the khaki is viewed with the naked eye, hut recent studies of color have resulted in binoculars which ren- -' der some khaki just as visible as the discarded red coat. In fact, some khaki und even olive drab, experiments have shown, appear bright red when seen tii rough field glasses fitted with sult- able ray filters. The i cason for this is clear when one realizes the manner in which khaki color is produced and also the effects which may be obtained by looking at colored objects through suitably colored pieces of glass. The dye used to produce the khaki color is a blend of a number of dyes, such as red, orange and green. In which each color Is present la the fabric as an individual. The particles o' the various colors are, however, so minute and so intimately mixed that THE . , Manure pits or boxes are desirable for tbe temporary storage of manure, expenditures for 1922, Director Lord in towns and cities. These said, Indicated a reduction In 1923 of especially have been widely advocated, but the more than $200,000,000. difficulty has been that manure often Customs receipts and internal revebecomes Infested before it is put Into nue receipts since January 1 have been them, and files frequently breed out considerably above the estimates before the Jhoxes ore emptied and, which had been made by tbe Treasury often escape through1 the cracks. To Customs have department. payments obviate these difficulties a manure box established new records and the In- or pit, with a cone trap, attached, Is come and profits taxes for the first desirable. quarter were more than $50,000,000 In order to retain the fertilizing over .the estimates. value of manure to the greatest extent In view of this the administration Is It Is advisable- - to exclude the air preparing to recommend moderate tax from it as much as possible and to reductions to the next congress. It was protect It from the leaching action of stated. rains. It Is not necessary, therefore, The recommendation will Include re- to cover a large part of the top of the vision of the Income tax rates In the box with a trap, but merely to have middle brackets on Incomes above holes large enough to attract files to $5,000 a year and below $50,000. The the light, and to cover these holes normal rate, affecting incomes below with ordinary conical traps, with the legs cut off, so the bottom of the $5,000, probably will .not be reduced. will fit closely to the box. The trap shavwill means Some be sought of same arrangement can be made where ing the taxes now imposed on business. Is kept in a pit. In large Just how this will be worked out has manure bins two or more holes covered with as been administration not decided, leaders say It will have to be handled traps should be provided for tbe escape of the files. carefully because of the drive that will Make Bin of Concrete. of the exbe made for Manure boxes should be used by all cess profits tax. stock owners in towns and cities ; they are also adapted to farms. The size of the manure bln should be governed by Individual needs, but for use the eye is not able to detect the indi- on the farm it Is desirable to make it vidual colors. large enough to hold all the manure If, however, the light reflected to produced during the busiest season the eye from some of the colored parti- of the year. A box 14 feet long, 10 cles can be eliminated the khaki apfeet wide, and 4 feet deep will hold pears to have changed in color. This the manure produced by two horses effect can be produced by ray filters, during about five months. About 2 pieces of colored glass which absorb cubic feet of box space should be alcertain colors and transmit others. lowed for each horse per day,- -. The Thus If a khaki color produced by a bin should be made of concrete. The blend of red, orange and green Is bin may have a floor or it may be viewed through a methyl violet ray fil- set In the ground several Inches, and ter It will appear red. the dirt closely banked around the From this it is evident that in the outside. For the admission of tbe selection of a protective color for army manure a good-size-d door should be uniforms It Is just as Important to provided In either end of a large bin. consider the color of each of the vari- A part of the top should be easily reous dyes used as it Is to consider the movable for emptying the box, or one On acprotective value of the resulting blend, entire end may be hinged. since a small percentage of a brilliant count of the danger of tbe door bedye in the blend may render an other- ing left open through carelessness, it wise protective color readily visible Is advisable to arrange a lift door when viewed through a suitable ray which can be opened by placing tbe filter. foot on a treadle as the manure la The Germans have been working on shoveled In. The door should be this problem also and have reached heavy enough to close itself when the what appears, to be at least a partial treadle la release! solution In ?LjJse of a clotlwygven Magpat Tr!2ecrlbed. , with ffifferenCoeped threariL Attention is directed to a maggot blend thus produce apparently is not trap as described in Farmers Bulletin readily broken down by the use of ray 851 of the Department of Agriculture. filters. Where large quantities of manure are produced on a farm this method of storing the manure on a platform and 750 trapping the maggots which breed out may be more convenient than the spent Improperly by the government. bin. They demand $156,000,000 and Inter- manure S. est for the Black Hills and surrounding territory, charging that the United Install Farm Drainage States, aware of that areas wealth in System in Dry Season gold, connived in its seizure by armed H. B. Roe, associate professor of force in 1874 and 1875. The suit will specify a price of $100 drainage of tbe University of Minneg an acre few the land, on sota, contends that a dry season is tbe which one mine has produced hundreds best time to install farm drainage sysFarm drainage, be says, is of millions of dollars worth of the min- tems. eral. The price of $50 an acre will he a preventive of drought because by asked for the timbered area now In- opening up and keeping clear the soil cluded In the Black Hills forest re- pores It increases the storage room for reserve moisture, gives more uniform serve. 'An accounting by the United States distribution of soil moisture and imnnder all tte treaties with the Sioux proves the tilth of the sol! Professor Roe gives three reasons and the acts of congress affecting their why a dry season is the best time to j property will also be demanded, it being charged that the government has install drainage: First, the work can defaulted in its written promises and be done with greater ease and more cheaply at such times; second, better failed to perform its solemn obligawork can be done In dry weather betions. thousand Individ- cause the tiler can see what he Is doing Abont twenty-fiv- e ual claimants are interested In the and Is not hampered by bad weather suit, according to counsel for the In- conditions; third, most important of dians, and It Is Intended through the all is the preparation in advance for the removal of excess moisture in the g action to settle all the wet seasons sure to follow. disputes between the Sioux and the In summing up Professor Roe says: The attorneys estiUnited States. Farm drainage prevents drouth and la to ten five would from mated It take a means of resisting Its effects. Careyears to try the case In the Court of ful design and a complete plan are esClaims and In the Supreme court' sential to good results In drainage which, If installed under these conditions, Is an Inexpensive and permanent Insurance of crops against drouth as Is In Crown Hill cemetery, Indianapowell as against excessive ralnfalL lis. He was the son of L T. Canby, who was a candidate for governor of -Most Michigan Soils to Indiana in 1828. He was born In KenBe Tested for Acidity tucky In 1819 and spent his boyhood In Indiana. He was graduated from West Point in 1839 and served In the SemiIn accordance with the plans of tbe nole war (1839-42His work In the sons department of the Michigan Agrimade him lieu- cultural college, most of the soils Mexican war (1846-7In tenant colonel. He next served on the the state will be tested for acidity durand the cam- ing the next few Utah expedition (1857-60- ) years. Prof. C. H. paign against the Navajo Indians Spurway, of the department, has de(1860451). In the Civil war he was In veloped a process of testing by which command of the department of New a few drops of a special solution on a York (1861-2Mexico ) ; of New during small quantity of soil placed on a the draft riots of 1863; of the depart- piece of waxed paper will reveal efment west of the Mississippi (1864-5fectively the acidity of the soil and He then entered the regular army as its lime requirements. As the proper brigadier. He served as military gov- amount of lime In the soil Is the keyernor of South Carolina (1868) and af- note of profitable farming this simpliterward commanded the Division of fied test will have effect the Pacific. General Canby met his death April To Prevent Flies From 11, 1873, near Siskyou, Cal., at the hands of the Modocs of' the Lava Annoying Farm Animals Beds. After much fighting a peace To prevent files annoying cattle commission met Captain Jack and his spray the animals with a solution of chiefs. Jack demanded to be allowed soap one pound, warm water to remain on Lost River. Canby re- laundry four gallons, crude petroleum one galfused. Jack shot Canby dead and his lon, powdered naphthalin four ounces. warriors killed Rev. Mr, Thomas and Shave soap Into water and stir until wounded Indian Superintendent Meach-a- dissolved. Stir naphthalin Into crude The Modocs, starved out, surrenlikewise. Mix the two sopetroleum are dered two months later. There lutions thoroughly and apply as a now 250 Modocs In Oregon and 50 In . spray before milking time. Oklahoma. ; Sioux Sue Uncle Sam for A in the hands of a judge has been substituted for a tomahawk In the hands GAVEL of a brave by the great Sioux nation in its fight to recover about $750,000,000 from the federal government as payment with Interest for lands and property taken from them by the palefaces years ago. Of the total demanded, more than represents Interest. Tile suit of the Sioux, said to Involve the largest sum ever sought through judicial action, is filed in the United States Court of Claims, counsel announced, and specifies 40 separate $500,-000,0- counts. The claims date back to the days of the gold rush In the Black Hills of South Dakota, Sitting Bull, General Custer, the Little Big Horn, old Fort Laramie, Wounded Knee, Red Cloud, Snotted Tail. Chief Gaul, the White River Trail and other historic persons and points of interest. The Sioux contend that the United States has left undone many things provided for in the treaties of 1851 and ir08. that millions of acres of their tribal, lands were taken from them, tl eir game slaightered and their and tepees seized, and their funds po-n'- Millions gold-bearin- long-standin- Wreath, for Gen. Canby After 58 Years TUCHED by an unusual show gratitude, directed the War department to ascertain the burial place of Gen. Edward R. S. Canby, an officer in the Union army during the Civil war. The President acted upon receipt of a letter from Charles Hall, an aged attorney of Bay Ala,, who wrote that he wanted to place a wreath on the grave of General Canby. ' General Canby was in command of the Federal army at Fort Blakely, In Baldwin county, Alabama, the AlabaThe Conman wrote the President. federate soldiers at Fort Blakely surrendered to him on April 9, 1865. On the morning of April 15, 1865, General Canby was In Fort Blakely and on that day m.v father and I went to Blakely to see General Canby to ask him for something to eat, as everything my father nw ned at that time was destroyed by the Federal soldiers. We went Into wagon and GenPlnkely In a eral Car. by had the wagon filled with the best kind of food. J am now In my sixty-nint- h year and I want to place a wreath on his g:ave before I pass away. General Canby gave ns food when we were hungry." Presumably Mr. Hall got his question nnsweed promptly. Anyway, Gen. Edward Richard Sprigg Canbys grave Mln-jiett- e, one-horse ). ). partment of Agriculture, the disease of baby chicks known as bacillary white diarrhea cannot be cured by any known method of medical treatment, but it can be stamped out of a flock by other means. Is the most serious . This . disease confronting most poultrymen during the spring months because most deaths caused by It occur within two weeks after the infected brood has been hatched. " Usually only a few of an Infected brood are left alive, and these are unfit for futdre breeding purposes, as they serve- - as carriers and sources of future outbreaks. Tba malady la ao prevalent and destructive in many sections of the country that various states are taking active measures for Its control. Incubators and brooders which have held an Infected brood should be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected with a 5 per cent solution of carbolic acid before they are again used. If a flock of hens is found to carry the disease, the entire flock should be disposed of so that It will not again be used for breeding purposes, and replaced with birds from a healthy flock. Several state agricultural experiment stations are conducting an ag- glutination test for the detection of chickens which carry the germ of bacillary white diarrhea. Because of the expense this method of eradication Is warranted only in case of very valuable stock. who maintain Poultry raisers flocks free from disease carriers, oc who obtain eggs for hatching, or day-ol- d chicks, derived from such flocks, are practically, assured of freedom from the scourge of the disease. So Writes Woman After , INCREASED VALUE OF LAMBS Ani-- , Decking and Castration of Young malt Dootinod for Market Irrw , proves Quality. United Statee Department (Prepared br the at .ioriculture.) of lambs descastration and Docking tined' for the market materially Increases their market value because pf Improved quality, according to the United States Department of Agriculture. There are several reasons for this. of Docking makes the lambs appear more blocky and deep, and it also adds, much to the cleanliness of the animals. Thus they appear more attractive to the buyers when they reach the market Ewes which are to be kept In the breeding flock should also be docked as a very large portion of the undocked ewes will tall to breed. Ram lambs over three months of age tend to grow thin and develop coarse shoulders and neck. lambs coarse, are not of a desirable quality, and when they reach the market they are discriminated against by the buyers because of these features. If the lambs are castrated and docked when they are a few days old their growth will not be retarded. On the other hand they will present a better appearance, and If they have been properly fed, will have a smooth, desirable finish at four months of age. Lambs of good quality ' In this condition command a premium over bucky and undocked lambs at the markets. Oftentimes during the period when the Jersey City market Is receiving large numbers of lambs from the eastern states, lamb prices at that market fluctuate sharply because of the high percentage of undocked and -- bucky lambs which are discriminated against by y buyers seeking a product. hind-quarte- Thln-fleshe- d, Taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound I was nervous, Jamestown N. Y. easily excited and discouraged and had no ambition. Part of the time I was not able to sit up as I suffered with pains in my back and with weakness. I took Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Where farm dairying la practiced and butter supplied to the local market, the raising of poultry combines nicely with the dairy industry and tha two go hand In hand in obtaining profit from the farm. The income from the poultry and dairy each month In most cases keeps the farmer supplied with spare change and affords ready money for the running expenses of the house. The poultry business requires no large amount of capital and labor. Land that would otherwise be Idle can very jargely be utilized In caring for It. Wtattermtlk or skim milk, fed to hens, will pay a good profit There are wastes abont the dairy stables that cannot, be utilized as effectively In any way as through poultry. Much of the food for dairying Is admirably adapted to feeding poultry. No additional' help is required. The capital Invested In poultry can be withdrawn In a few days by the sale of the poultry; and the waste products of the dairy are converted Into profit and the combination of poultry with dairying la the most naturally attractive that can be thought of. The time of year when the returns come in from poultry Is when dairymen are generally anxious to have the deficiencies of the dairy made good and there Is never a time In the year when poultry products cannot find a fair market Western Farmer. Angora Goats Efficient , for Killing Out Brush Com- pound, both tbe liquid and tablet forms, and used Lydia E. Pinkhams Sanativ Wash for inflammation. Today I am real well and run a rooming house and do the work. I recommend your medicine to every woman who complains, and yon may use my letter to help any one else. I am passing through the Chang of. Life now and I keep the Vegetable Compound in the house, ready to take Mrs. when I feel the need of Alice D. Davis, 203 W. Second St, Jamestown, N. Y. Often some slight derangement may cause a general npset condition of tbe whole system, indicated by such symptoms as nervousness, backache, lack of ambition and general weakness. Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound will be found a splendid medicine for such troubles. In many cases it has removed tbe cause of the trouble. it Headaches Are Usually Due to Constipation When yon are constipated, not enough of Natures lubricating liquid is produced in the bowel to keep the food waste soft and moving. Doctors prescribe Nujol because it acts like this natural lubricant and thus secures regular bowelmovementsbyNature 8 own method lubrication. Nujol Is a lubricant aot a medicine or laxative to cannot gripe. Try it today. -- Poultry With Dairying Is Profitable Practice m REAL VELL Ailment of Baby Chicks Cannot Be Cured, United States Department (Prepared by the of Agriculture.) . According to the United States De- I high-qualit- MAKE ALL BROOD SOWS WORK Properly Managed Animal Should Produce Two Litters Each Year ' Roasters In Demand. ' The properly managed sow should produce two Utters a year if the farm Is equipped for fall pigs. Under such a system the sow should farrow In March and again in the early part of September. A sow that was bred about November 15th will farrow March 6th to 9th. By weaning the pigs st eight weeks of age, the sow maybe rebred late In May to farrow In September. In states where the winters are severe good houses are necessary for the young plga bom In March. Those coming in September wUl almost take care of themselves until cold weather. They are then In need of good care,, or a large number of runts wiU re- sult A good demand exists during Thanksgiving and Christmas for small A farmer In pigs for roasters. northeastern Iowa has raised pigs for this special market a number of years, and finds It a profitable means of disposing of his fall pigs. . CALCIUM NEEDED FOR STOCK Cows, Horses and Sheep Muet Look to Roughage for Needed 8upply. Silage May Answer. The cow, together with the sheep and horse, must look to its roughage to supply the needed calcium, frequently there Is not sufficient calcium in the roughage or the vitamin needed to make it avaUable to the body Is not stays stretched tight They present This vitamin- Is present In pasture at all times. If silage get their horns caught in netting. green I have fenced them with rails built so has been properly made It is possible that there will be enough of the vitthey cannot jump on the lower rails and was not bothered with them get- amin in It alao to cause the assimilation of calcium. It la not well to ting out writes G. H. Foster of Indi- count on this, however, for much of ana, In Farmers Guide. Any good sheep fence will turn goats If they the slleage made at the present time have salt water, weeds, briers and is not properly made. r brush In their field. Spring and summer Is the bestvtlme for them In . tbe brush. - The more LIVE STOCK HINTS goats the quicker the field will he or thirty will be cleared. Twenty-fiv- e enough for ten acres and will do a fine job In one season. Goats need very Poor feeding is keeping brood sows little feed In winter, If yon have shel- on hundreds of farms from paying a ter for them'. They should be sheared, profit. though their wool brings 2 or 3 cents less than sheep wool per pound. Feed alfalfa hay to brood sows. It There are several breeds of Angora a greater return in this way pays goats In Indiana,, but the supply is not than any dther. as great as the demand, as there are hundreds of acres of land In'-- southern Damp beds are responsible for pneuIndiana that need them. Fat goata monia, bowel trouble and akin disy bring about the same price on the mar- eases among pigs. ket as Sant waste time try in to kill these pests with powders, liquids or an y experimental Angora goats are the most efficient means for clearing cut-ovland that can be found. They not only keep down all undergrowth but kill out brier patches and peel large brush. Goats h can be fenced with wire with er - preparations. Ready for Uee-Bet- than Trap ter box, 85o r. box, (LSO 0 80LD EVERYWHERE 15-o- 39-lnc- 12-in- Instant nlisffrcn CORNS-without risk of infection ' - j fat , Seftlyl You can cod the ptin of caret, la on minute. Dr. Scholl's Zino-psd- s will do it, for riction-pressure, Rod they remove the heel the irritation. Thus yon avoid infection from cutting your corn or vein corrotivn ads. Tki; antiseptic; waterproof. Sixes for corns, callouses, buoiona. Get a box today at poor druggist's or shoe dealer'. , DZ Scholl's Xino-pad- s sheep. Many of Food and Feed Necessities Profitable The responsibility of animal disease control rests with the veterinary profession, says Dr. R. A. Craig, head of the veterlnary department of Purdue university. "A plan that Is suitable to many farmers who succeed Is to raise as many of tbe food and feed necessities A' good ration for a sow with pigs as may be profitable, estimating cost Is 6 parts corn, 3 parts middlings and of production, and then grow a crop 10 parts tankage, when on full feed or two, or a few animals for cash. Such a plan will enable the farm manMixed shipments show a greater ager to meet his obligations for both number of killed and crippled hogs present and future, better than di- and a greater shrinkage than straight versifying merely to live or for money Shipments. e without considering cash as well as .. food afid feed. . The man who consistently follows a The money crop la very Important well established live stock system on and care should be taken to plan wise his farm is more prosperous than the ly for tbe casji.. Farmers most have man who tries to be In when condicash as well iood for their families tions look good and out when they and feed for stock, ... look bad ilrit tsIhUemrie Uh. f Dr. A Comfort flh SduO SduUTs Ft Arch Sutfrrts.ttc. fflUnut, Put one on the pain is gone t Cuticura Soap The Healthy Shaving Soap Cu tfaura Soap shave wUhcnt mug. Everywhere Se. EYES SORE? A. reliable and ' Thompson EYEWATER Eour drui FBB AUV1CB ON HOW TO BK SUCCESSFUL la reel eatate nod insu bualneaa. Particular. . Macdonald Coc tlvo Realty Co., Dept. 8, San Diego t |