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Show ALFALFA THE KING PREPARING THE i New Method in Arid Region Is to Sagebrush Desert or Any Other Soil. f i ( A new method of preparing the seed bed for wheat is coming into practice in the arid region. The plan Question of Feeding for Stock an In- is to list the ground with an ordinary corn lister as soon after harvest as "New teresting One possible. The lister furrows are run Clover When Once Planted from three to three and one-hal- f feet Grows Luxuriantly. apart, very much the same as when In the farm world the question of the lister is used for planting corn. Later when the weeds have sprung greatest interest in recent years has been the feeding value of alfalfa. In up the soil is worked back into the spite of much incredulity and some prejudice the plant has fully proven its superior profitableness to the farmers of the western stales, especially the southwest. new clover is as old This as human history. It grew in central Asia, where the races of Europe originated. The ancient Greeks and Romans knew and valued it. The Moors listed furrow by means of a disk har introduced it to Spain; hence its row or sled. In our dry climate this Arabic name, alfalfa, meaning the method of preparing the seed bed best fodder. The Spaniards brought has several advantages, as follows: It to the Pacific coast one debt at The cultivation of the land soon least which America owes to Spain. after harvest tends to conserve, the Even on the Atlantic coast, where it moisture already stored in the soil; Is most positively looked on as new, the farrowed land is in good condition it has been cultivated In a small way to catch and store the rain and the for 150 years in New York, Pennsyl- later cultivation clears the land of vania and the Carolinas. veeds and leaves a mellow soil mulch Once successfully planted, alfalfa to conserve the moisture already stored in the subsoil; the early and continued cultivation of the soil va . favors the action of bacteria and the development of available plant x ' x v X Yt L . s- - 'i ' H -, y': , - y y;v.'j VV ( o v 4s $ & V4T v . jr- - T vA Tfi : Corn from a Dry Farm. grows with wonderful luxuriance, and as many as 11 cuttings of it In one season are made in California. It will grow in most soils on the sagebrush desert of the western states' or the clay and gravel of New York.. It is grown profitably in almost every state and territory of the United States Maine, New Hampshire and Alaska being all that re left in the experimental stage. And it will grow season after season one field in New York was sowed 45 years ago. The Wisconsin experiment station says that one acre of alfalfa yields as much protein (the milk and meat producer) as three acres of clover or nine of timothy or 12 of brome grass. Alfalfa is worth $15 to $35 on the market and $35 to $60 as feed for stock. Land in Nebraska and western Kansas that a few years ago was sidered barren is paying $15 to $25 an acre in alfalfa. Alfalfa land in the south rents at $12 to $15 an acre. All kinds of stock relish and thrive on alfalfa hay. Feeders in the west claim to be able to put fat cattle on the market 20 to 30 per cent, cheaper with alfalfa, as balance of feed, than on corn alone. ' Careful feeding tests at the Utah station yielded this result: To produce 705.61 pounds of beef there are required 10,083 pounds of shredded corn fodder, or 11,960 pounds of red clover hay, or 9,575 pounds of timothy hay, but only 7,182 of alfalfa hay. for Good Eggs. grain contains in proper proportions the elements necessary to make an egg, therefore mixed grains are much better than any single grain. The egg is the richest in protein of any food that comes to our tables. It follows, therefore, that the .raw material for egg production should be rich in protein. Alfalfa furnishes the cheapest form of protein available. Wheat is the cheapest grain. It is economical to make the daily ration as largely from wheat and alfalfa as practicable and atthe same time give variety in the ration to furnish the necessary elements to manufacture eggs without waste of raw material, to maintain good appetite, good digestion and provide for necessary exercise. Feed, No kind of , Important Economical Movement. The development of the regions of the west, 'where Dry Farming must be depended upon, will place millions of acres of land that is now worthless under cultivation, and will furnish homes for many times the present agricultural population of the United States. Land recently worth no more than 50 cents an acre, has, by means of the unusual advance in dry farming methods, risen to an active market value of $25. Defined. Dry Farming A proper definition of the term "Dry farming is that it Is used to define the scientific cultivation of crops un- der a limited rainfall, and Irrigation. How for strength BACKS. to Make a women's Bad Back Better. Women who suffer with backache, bearing down pains, dizzy spells and that constant feeling of dullness and tiredness, will find hope in the advice of Mrs. Mary Hinson of 21 ML Strother St., Sterling, Ky. "Had I not used Doans Kidney Pills, I believe I would not be living today, says Mrs. Hinson. "My eyesight was poor, I Buffered with nervous, splitting headaches, spots would dance before my eyes and at times I would be so dizzy I would have to grasp something for support. My back was, so weak and painful I could hardly bend oYer to button my shoes and could not get around without suffering severely. Doans Kidney Pills helped me from the first, and I continued until practically well again. Remember the name Doans. Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Fostep Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. HOW HE DID THE CHORES FREAK IN SEQUOIA Tree Trunk That Hu Stood for teen Year Severed From Jts Base. Six- ' Out in California there is a tree trunk which has stood for the last 16 years entirely' severed from its base, says the Wide World Magazine. The slump Is 15 feet in diameter, and the trunk towers 75 feet in the air. This lemarkable freak is located near the Sequoia forest reserve in Tulare coun- ty, California, and was sawn off by lumbermen for timber. Through some miscalculation, when the cut was finished the tree still held its position, and dynamite was resorted to to bring it to the ground, which accounts for the deep gash on one side. After the first charge of the explosive had been ignited the tree still remained standing, and it was discovered that the entire trunk had been shattered by the discharge and wa3 therefore useless for lumber. Accordingly, the work whs stopped and the giant has remained iA?ight, withstanding some of the several wind storms that the held in its natural state has great weight. position by If COVERED WITH HIVES. Wound Up the Music Box and Put His Child a Ma of Dreadful Sore, Itch Corkscrew in the Barom- ing, Irritating Humor for 2 Month eter. Little Sufferer in Terrible Plight. without 2 h . e w . AFTER The majority of property owners are under the impression that spring time Is the only painting time. But the fall of the year offers several advantages to the painter. One of the most important is that surfaces are almost sure to be dry, and there is no frost or inner moisture to work out after the paint is applied. Pure white lead the Dutch ' Boy Painter kind mixed with pure linseed oil (tinted as desired) gives & winter coat to a building that is an armor against the severest attacks of Cured by' Lydia E. Pink-hathe winter rain, sleet, winds and snow. Vegetable Compound National Lead Company, 1902 TrinUatllton, N T. I feelthatLydiaE. ity Bldg., New York city, makers of I'inkham's vegetable Compound has pure white .lead, Dutch Boy Painter given me new life. trademark, are offering to those insuffered for ten I terested a complete painters outfit, years with serious female troubles, inconsisting of a blow pipe and lead flammation, ulcer. tester, book of color schemes, etc. ation, indigestion, State whether you want exterior or nervousness, and interior decorating. could not sleep. Doctors gave mo A New One About Napoleon. up, as they said my A new" story about Napoleon is were the doubtful; probability necessarily chronic. I was in is that it is simply so old that it has despair, and did not been forgotten. However, here is one care.whether I lived that Arthur M. Chuquet prints in or died, when I read about Lydia E. Vegetable Compound ; so I L'Opinion as never before published. Pinkhams began to take it, and am well again and It relatesto Napoleon and Blucher. Mrs. relieved of all my suffering. The emperor received the general George liox 40, Marlton, JSfJ. Jordy, at the castle of Finkenstein, while he Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Com. made was preparing for the siege of Danzig. native roots and Eound, containsfrom no narcotics or harm, He drew him to a window in an upper holds the record story and paid him compliments on f ul drugs, and the largest number of actual cures his military gifts, and Blucher, going for female diseases we know of, and of away delighted, described the inter- thousandsof voluntary testimonialsare view to his "What a on file in the Pinkham laboratory at chance you missed! exclaimed the Lynn, Mass., from women who have been cured from almost every form of latter. You might have changed the whole female complaints, inflammation, displacements, fibroidtumors, course of history. irregularities, periodic pains, backache, How? indigestion and nervous prostration. Why, you might have thrown him Every suffering woman owes it to herout of the window. self to give Lydia E. Iinkhams VegeConfound it! replied Blucher. So table Compound a triaL I might! If only I had thought of it. If yon would like special advlco about your case write a confidenNew Y"ork Evening Post. SUFFERING TEN TEARS ms , aterest. A . troubles to-da- "You handled, especially when small grain and alfalfa are sown. The State Agricultural College of Utah, at Logan, in one of its recent bulletins Bays, the cost of producing a crop of wheat, oats or barley, should not exceed $4.00 per acre, after the land has once been cropped. When the farmer uses his own implements and team, the cost per acre would be: Plowing, 90c; discing, 30c; a total of $2.40. When the work is let by contract, the cost would be But the cost of $4.35 per acre. farming in one section may differ One of the Chautauqua talkers says: from that of another. An expert dry Husbands, let your wives have an farmer in the vicinity of Denver furHe might extra dollar now and then. nishes the following table: have rendered a greater service to 2.25 per acre 640 acres at $1,430.00 Plowing and seeding, $2 per acre.. 1,280.00 mankind by saying: "Wives, let your 640.00 husbands have an extra dime occaHarvesting, at $1 per acre Hauling to market, 3c per bushel.. 600.00 sionally without asking them to exHauling to market, 3c per bushel.. 1,000.00 plain why they want the money. Total cost, including investment. $4, 50.00 His Size Was Known. 30 bushels per acre: 19,200 bushels. "I want some collars and neckties $11,520 00 at $1 per cwt "or my husband! she snapped. 6,570.00 Net income first year "Yes, madam. The clerk' offered her the latest EQUIPMENT FOR DRY FARMS thing. What size are these? asked the Not Necessary to Have New or Comlady. plicated Machinery to Do SucWhy, twelve and a half, madam! cessful Dry Farming. How on earth did you guess that? Ah, replied the clerk, smiling, Dry farming does not require any special or new equipment. There are "gentlemen who let their wives select some things which are absolutely es-- their collars and ties always take that sential, however, if the dry farmer will size! make his business profitable. He The Difference. should have four or six horses, a is a good thing for single Marriage three-sectioor dragharrow, a men, said the bridegroom-elect- . a disc harrow, good gang plow, Hum, yes, remarked Mr. Henpeck, and the ones with the small discs do .for single men only." the best work. The discs should not 14 inches. An Acme be larger than THE DOCTORS WIFE harrow is a valuable instrument for Agrees with Him About Food. maintaining soil mulch. The farmer will also need one or two good culti"In the A trained nurse says: vators and a press drill. The latter practice of my profession I have is one of the essentials. It may be found so many points in favor of either of the shoe or the disc type. Grape-Nut- s food that I unhesitatingly The disc drill has some advantages recommend it to all my patients. or refwhere there is much-stubblIt is delicate and pleasing to the use, but on well prepared summer-fallopalate (an essential in food for the ground the shoe drill, with sick), and can be adapted to all ages, press wheels following to firmly .pack being softened with milk or cream the seed, probably does the best work. for babies or the aged when deficiency It does not require any new or com- of teeth renders mastication imposplicated or expensive machinery to do sible. For fever patients or those on successful dry farming under the best liquid diet I find Grape-Nut- s and albumethods. men water very nourishing and refreshing. Saving the Sheep. This recipe is my own idea and Is Western sheepmen adopted a novel made as follows: Soak a teaspoonful expedient to save the sheep that had of Grape-Nut- s in a glass of water for been sheared at the usual time, but an hour, strain and serve with the were visited by heavy wind and snow- beaten white of an egg and a spoonful storms after the sheep had been of fruit Juice for flavouring. This afsheared. They provided the shorn fords a great deal of nourishment that sheep with canvas blankets or covers. even the weakest stomach can assimThese covers were fastened to the ilate without any distress. sheep in such a way as to protect My husband is a physician and he their backs and sides. It is declared uses Grape-Nut- s himself and orders it that many thousands of dollars worth many times for his patients. of sheep were thus saved. The tale is "Personally I regard a dish of Grape-Nut- s a pretty big one, but the United States with fresh or stewed fruit as the forest service vouches for it deal breakfast for anyone well or sick. Swine on Alfalfa. In any case of stomach trouble, nervThe great mistake made by too ous prostration or brain fag, a 10 day many who attempt to pasture swine rial of Grape-Nut- s will work wonders on alfalfa is in overstocking. There is oward and rebuilding and nourishing a tendency or temptation to keep in n this way ending the trouble. a pasture more stock than it can comTheres a Reason, and trial proves. with the result that fortably support, Look In pkgs. for. the famous little the alfalfa plants are gnawed, tram"The Road to Wellville." ook, pled and rooted out, while the animals Ever read the above letter? A new as ae appears from time to time. They fail to prosper they would under re arenainc, true, and fall of human more rational treatment n FALL PAINTING. FOREST neednt wait for me, explained Disease Cured by Cutlcura. ' the head of the house; I have a dinner engagement, an important busiMy six year old daughter had the ness affair, and no doubt I shall be dreadful disease called hives for two food. months. She became affected by playkept quite late. The above illustrated lister is an exAt breakfast next morning an om- ing with children who had it By cellent implement for use in con- inous silence had fallen upon all. The scratching she caused large sores serving the moisture in the soil. head of the house had no appetite which were irritating. Her body was and was evidently far from feeling a sore but it was worse on A OPR EATING FARM well. After a painful silence the hus- hercomplete DRY arms and back. We employed a band, without meeting his wifes eye, physician who left medicine but it did not help bwf'and I tried several remeCheaper Than Irrigation Because No essayed to start conversation. Ditches Required and Has Its funny about that clock, he dies but nLihout avail. Seeing the Other Advantages. said. Its stopped, and Im sure 1 Cuticura 'ReYiedies advertised, I wound it last night thought I would try them. I gave her You are mistaken, said his wife, a hot bat daily with Cuticura Soap Dry farming is cheaper than Irrigation, and in addition, has some de- icily; "you wound up Willies music and anointed her body with Cuticura cided advantages over the latter sys- box instead and it played Home, Ointment.. The first treatment retem. In the first place, no ditches are Sweet Home till daylight. The clock lieved the itching and in a short time Mrs. George required and no subsequent repairs in the hall has also stopped, but I find the disease disappeared. needed, and no laborers are hired foi that you screwed your corkscrew into L. Fridhoff, Warren, Mich., June 30 and July 13, 1908. Irrigators. And, secondly, it is a the barometer. demonstrated fact that dry farming Patter Drag A Cheat. Cerp-- , Sola Prop., Boston. CHAUTAUQUA WISDOM. is the better proposition of the two JUST AS BAD. when practiced on a large scale. One cannot farm man, it is estimated, profitably more than 50 to 75 acres of irrigated land, while under the dry farming system large tracts can be m Ys i List the Ground Soon as Possible After Harvest. on Western Grown new BED SEED y tial letter to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free and always hclpfuL From Overhead. A canary hung directly over the big square table in the Hungarian res- taurant. Once, said a woman who was dining there, the bottom dropped out of the cage, the bird flew at the orchestra yonder, and we had bird seed in our soup. It was awful. That reminds me, said the crosseyed man, of one time when we were having a little game of poker on the B. & O. You know how those trains roll. Well, Just about the middle of the game down came all the grips and dress suit cases straight into the kitty and broke up the game. Money flew everywhere. We got so mixed we couldn't tell which had won or where the money was that whoever had won It won. Talk about bird seed! ZlGGOtfo Four hundred thousand people take a CASCARET every night and rise up in the morningand call them blessed. If you dont belongto this great crowd of CASCARET takers you are missing the greatest asset of your life. si box for ft week's treatment, all druggifiLft. seller in the.world. Million boxe a xnonttv CASCARKTS 10c This Trade-mar- k Eliminates All Uncertainly Where Sitting Bull Was. Doane Robinson, head of the department of history of the state of South Dakota, says of Sitting Bull and the The Indians tell Custer massacre: me that Sitting Bull was a medicine chief; that he was the greatest influence among the Sioux at that time by reason of his constant agitation sgainst the whites, and that he did Dobson Can your daughter play the not personally engage In the fight piano? r.gainst Custer, but that he was hack Sububs (wearily)- I don't know on an elevation between the Little whether she can or not, but she does. Big Horn and the Big Horn making Indian School Journal. medicine. Fooled7Them Thirteen Years. Frank Nelson, former state superinDodging Work. tendent of public instruction of KanIts too hot to do housework, sas, and Cap. Gibson, the veteran sighed the wife. record clerj in Auditor Nations of"I know it is. fice, are great friends. Nelson is now Let's go and spend a few days with president of a Minnesota college. the Browns at their summer cottage. When Nelson was still in the state They'll be tickled to death to have house he and Gibson had a talk one I was day about teaching school. once a school teacher, volunteered Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle Of Gibson. Is that so? asked Nelson. How CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and Bee that it long? 13 Yes, I fooled em years, replied Cap. How Is that? asked Nelson. In Use For Over JJO Years. I quit when said Cap., Oh, The Kind You Have Always Bought. teachers had to qualify. Kansas City Journal. Opportunism. Knicker I have ideas for a new political party, a new religion and a new $100 Reward, $100. The readers ot this paper wUl be plowed to learn diet. ruit. one dreaded disease that science that there la at Bocker Better wait till the ball has been able Oflure in alt Its stages. and that is Cure is the only positive Hall's JiarrU Catarrh, season is over. 1 In the purchase of paint materials. It is an absolute uarantee of pur. ty and quality. For .your own protection, tee that it is on the side of every keg oi white lead you buy. NtTinNtl LEtO COMMIT 1902 Trinity Building, lira ToiV - . May Limit Hat Pina. In Paris, owing to the increasing length of women's hat pins and the list of accidents, such as eyes put out, ears, noses and cheeks torn, the police officials propose to place some restrictions on wearing hat pins in omnibuses, railway cars, theaters and other public places. The Old Mans Joke. Mary, called her father, has that young man gone yet? No, pa, replied the maid. "But hes going right now. Then ask him to empty the pall underneath the Ice box before he goes, will you? I forgot It. A little bottle of Hamlin Wizard Oil is a medicine chest in itself. It can be applied in a larger number of painful ailment than any other remedy known. feel better for work, play or rest if you Oats eat Ouaker fv at least . the medical fraternity. cure now known Catarrh a conatltutSnal disease, requires a eonstltu-tionbeta treatme.it ki l all's Catarrh CTire is taken in tenially, acting tiy upon the blood and mucous of the system, thereby destroying the surfaces of the disease, and giving the patient foundation strength by building p the constitution and assisting nature In doing its work. The have eo much faith in Its euratlve powersproprietors that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it tails to cure. Kend for Hat of testimonials Address F. J. CHKN'EY A CO.. Toledo, O. Sold by all Drmreieu, 75c. Take Hail's Family pui (or constipation. a once , day. ASSAYS. FHOM PT Clold and ; $1.00; GoiL BHtot anti Conger, IliSO. GoWi and WlWer rellu ie3 sacks. and boner ht- Write for tree mailing Ceirt PUe, " OODEN ASSAY CO.. The board of agriculture, industry and commerce bas been granted leave to establish a factory to manufacture authentic weights and measures for uniform use throughout the empire of China. A rents "Wanted for wMK'NTAKrP. It It ri vein. A leo FA KM F1W STAMiBYMHakh tools In 1 TUOMAb FOOTE OOn Los Angela, CaL ti W. N. Us Salt Lake City, No. 39-19-09. Each of the chief orof the body I link in the Chain of Life. A chain ia no tronfer than its weakest link, the body no stronger than its weakest organ. If there i weakness of stomach, liver or lungs, there is a weak link in the chain of life which may snap at any time. Often this weakness is caused by lack ol nutrition, the result of weakness or disease of the stomach and other organs of digestion and nutrition. Diseases and weaknesses of the stomach and ita allied organs are cured by the use of Dr. Pierces Golden Medical Discovery. When the weak or diseased stomach I. cured, diseases of other organs which teem remote from the stomach but which have their origin in a diseased condition of the stomach and Other organs of digestion end nutrition, are cured also. gan ed The etroni man baa a strong stomach. Take the above recommended DIaeov cry and you may bare a strong atom ach and a strong body. Givbn Away. Dr. Pierces Common Sense Medical Adviser, new revised Edition, is sent free on receipt of stamps to pay expense of mailing only. Send 21 one-cestamps for the book in paper covers, or 31 stamps for the d vol. sae. Address Dr, R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. nt cloth-boun- The man who has the greatest command of language is the one who knows when to keep quiet. For DISTEMPER Pink Eye, Epizootlo Shipping Fever ... & Catarrhal Fever Oars core and positive preventive, bo matter how horses at any a art? are Infer ted or "exposed. Liquid. 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