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Show n HI A SI.M.PJQE SADDUD. K The stirrup-saddle is one of the most H conveillcnt things to havo about the H farm, as it conies In mighty handy HJ where there Is no other saddle left in H - the baru in a time of emergency. K It is simply a pair of stirrups Hcl buckled to a strap. Put a blanket on gjf , tho horse, throw the strap with tho stirrups over' this, and get into tho T saddle. It's a good sight better than 'A riding bareback. Try it and sec. igji NUBBINS OP FARM NEWS. B It is reported that Airs. "Walter Por- Wf tcr of Bclvidcre, 111., sold to E. II. W Burns of Orient, S. Dak., a turkey gobbler for $500. This gobbler has me- taken the f)r3t prlzo and sweepstakes K at the New York and Baltimoro shows, ft lie weighs 52 poundn and is said to ffL b.i iho largest turkey In tho United K State. Hf Five thousand hoyn entered the corn Wm , growing, contest of Virginia last year. Hf ' Corn growing cjubs aro organized by H& ( r' superintendents and school teach- Hr ; er& in tho various counties, Each boy Kf j was given a measured aero and re- IR. , Cfclvcd Instruction from an agent of P the agricultural department. IMr 1 J Tho Wisconsin Experiment Station Rj V ha discovered by investigation that mk "J j when salt is kept away from cowh for Ij'I I cvcral months low vluilitj' onsuos and HtuJJ If continued too long tho animals H break down cntlreli "When salt is AW jgaln fed the cows recover quickly K George G. Plcrco" of Batavla, N. T., H ' last spring sprinkled bulphur on fresh- H lv out potato seed and sayn his plants H wore not troubled during this reason H by bugs or blight. Ko did not spray H at all but is not prepared to say that H ' the sulphur kept his vines healthy. HHl j Sorao. people- aro always complain- H Ing. of theirs, poverty who are rich HI without knowing it. Lroney is not the H ful gauga oi wealth. I 1 Ml' U . ;ir-, -j |