Lincoln County leader., January 17, 1908, Image 2

3
Board Drain a Hubatltnte tor Tile.
Drainage Is a live subject with the
farmers in the northwest, and many
would be glad to do a great deal more
of It If they were In a financial condi
tion to do so. While tile drains are
considered the best, bonrd drains will
give very good service for a number of
years and will enable the farmer to
raise better crops and thus provide
himself with the means for buying
tile later on. Hoard drains, especial
ly where the ground Is so wet that
they are kept constanly saturated with
water, will last for years. Fanners
living In the districts where timber Is
cheap will find that such drains will
answer the purpose very well without
much expense. Such drains have been
known to last twenty or twenty-flve
METHOD OK MAKINU WOODEN DRAINS.
J ears, at which time they seemed to
be In Just as good a state of preserva
tion as on the day they were put In.
To make wooden drains It usually re
quires two men, one to hold the boards
In place and the other to nail them to
gether. Tills method of making board
drains can be Improved upon by the
use of a standard. This consists of an
upright board three feet high, having
notches cut into it six inches apart, one
Inch wide and several Inches deep to
hold the boards firmly. The boards are
laid In the notches, when the top board
can be quickly and evenly nulled on.
Another method consists of two posts
driven Into the ground about three feet
from the fence, with notched boards
rsA 1
9
AKOTUhH WAY TO MAKE WOOubN MiAINS.
nailed across from each post to the
fence. With such a rig as this troughs
can Ik quickly and easily made by one
man alone. Exchange.
No Melon In ISllirbt Proof.
There Is much talk of blight-proof
miisliinclon varieties, and some are an
nually sent out with that claim, but It
Is siife to say that even a reasonably
lillght-reslstant melon has not yet ma
terialized. The quest Is not by any
menus hopeless as Individual plants
vary to some extent In their power to
resist Infection, so that careful selec
tion may eventually Isolate a good va
riety that can be depended on to a
greater extent than those we now have.
The Colorado Experiment Station
claims to lie making headway In this
direction, and keen private growers are,
n the lookout for resistant Individuals.
MnnnKlnic Urn.
A selected lot of one dozen hens will
lay as many eggs as the average farmer
will care to hnve hatched, and If the
hens are mated to a pure-bred cock he
will be the sire of all the chicks hatch
ed on the farm, thus securing uniform
ity In color and general characteristics,
Instead of having chicks of all sizes,
shapes and colors and not of character
istic merit The hens not in company
with males will lay Just as many eggs
as If with them, and the eggs possess
better keeping qualities than those that
re fertile.
EatlmallnK Mlllc Yield.
In reckoning the milk yield of a cow
a common mistake la to figure on the
basis of her yield during the first two
or three mouths. Professor Gray, of
the Canadian Experimental Farm at
Ottawa, gives records of cows showing
that the yield at first Is very deceptive.
One cow noted as a great milker start
ed out to lead, and did so for about
two months, but was finally next to the
last in the whole herd, with only a
small 2-year-old heifer behind her In
Field. The only way to find out what
Kb
a cow Is really doing la to weigh the
milk at frequent Intervals throughouf
the season.
Lodijt Stock.
Dip or wash the animals with iK
2 per cent water solution of a tar dls
Infectant, such as kerso. A convenient
way to apply the remedy In the largei
animals Is with a spray pump, and in
sheep and hogs by dipping. Whatevei
method Is used, the coat and skin must
be thoroughly wet with the solution.
After treating the herd, the stables,
sheds or sleeping quarters should b
sprayed with about a 2 per cent watei
solution of the disinfectant, or white
wash may be used Instead. This la nec
essary In order to prevent reinfecting
the herd from the surroundings. II
there Is much litter around the yardi
It Is advisable to move the herd to oth
er corrals. Tar disinfectants in 1 oi
2 per cent solutions do not destroy th
eggs or nits, hence It Is necessary to
treat the animal again In ten days oi
two weeks. Stockmen sometimes ask
If the feeding of sulphur to lousy ani
mals will not drive away or destroy
the lice. The feeding of small doses ol
sulphur will do no harm, nor will K
help in getting rid of the lice, and It
cannot be considered a remedy for this
class of disorders when used in this
way. Sulphur is effective, however,
when used externally, and the addition
of four ounces to every gallon of th
tar disinfectant solution used greatly
Increases the effectiveness of the reme
dy. Field and Farm.
-J
Feeding- Wild Animal.
Raising alfalfa to furnish winter feed
for wild animals Is proving a great suc
cess In the Yellowstone National Park.
One hundred tons of fine hay have been
harvested In the government field near
the Gardiner arch and stacked near the
soldiers' quarters. Three years ago a
deur was seldom seen In the vicinity of
Mammoth Hot Springs and as an ex
periment a few bales of alfalfa hay
were scattered near the parade ground.
The next day a dozen blacktall deer
made their nppearance, the number
steadily Increasing and now comprises
over 100. The nnlmals quickly lost all
fear of human beings and are not even
startled by the firing of the evening
gun within 100 yards of them, but show
much more Interest In the lowering of
the flag from the staff In the middle
of their feeding ground.
Damatce Dono by Rat.
Farmers, millers and other handlers
of grain understand what costly pest
the rats are. It Is said that a rat will
eat two ounces of wheat or corn a day,
find therefore the mill or elevator
rat costs about 50 cents per year to
maintain, not counting the stuff that It
destroys. Of course, nothing like an
estimate of the number of rats In the
country cnu be made ; but some idea of
their cost can be formed by tentative
comparison. If, for Instance, -there Is
one rat for every horse, cow, sheep and
hog In this country, the amount of cere
als alone consumed by the rodents will
reach $100,000,000 annually.
A Barrel Header.
A barrel header, such as the stores
sell, Is a handy Implement to own. But
If there are only a few apples to be1
onrreiea, it may
not pay to buy a
press. One can be
ly by using a plank
or scantling with
one end under a
stud reaching to
the shed plate and
temporarily nnlled In place. The barrel
to be headed forms the fulcrum. Be
careful, says Farm Journal, not to press
the apples too hard.
Teatlnic Fertiliser.
The fertilizer tests at the New Tork
Experiment Station showed no gain In
using phosphates or chemicals where
plenty of manure was mixed with the
soil. On sandy loams the manure
lightened It up too much, ond the com
mercial fertilizer proved most efficient,
but on the clay loams the opposite re
sults were obtained. The experiments
seemed to Indicate that lettuce cares
less for the form or source of plant
food than about the texture of the soli
In which It grows.
, Crai Ek.
When a hen is mnde sick eating too
freely of grass she lays what are known
as "grass epjrs." Grass eggs are poor
stuff; they have an unpleasant flavor
and the yolk wabbles around In a weak
and watery white, and Is green and dull
In color. The term Is one applied by
candlers, who discover while testing
that there is a pale, greenish hue to the
eggs, and that they are not at all of
the bright, fresh color that we find In
healthy eggs.
HOME THE FINAL TEST
The human being attains his highest earthly development at home. Home
the crucial test of human nature. If, when divested of "company manners"
ind free from all restraint and necessity for pretending, we are still lovable.
? a rv Anil
t
JTJTJET V. STBAt'SS.
To those earnest women who are so diligently seeking the key to smooth,
pleasant dally living without annoyance or friction, let me say that they
are on a fruitless quest. Life Is very much alike for us all. Home Is a
thing of various phases, its sharp contrasts only the more endearing us to its
pleasant and restful moods.
We all have our cold mornings with nothing but furnace gas coming up
the registers, our bad dinners when the roast is tough and the tablecloth not
quite immaculate, our grouchy evenings when business has gone wrong and
the children's report cards haven't been satisfactory. Again, we have our
golden daybreaks with the robins singing, our fireside confabs, our evenings
when somebody softly touches the piano keys and the young folks take a
waltz turn In the dusky hall and father's and mother's voices chord touchlngly
In an old duet. Juliet V. Strauss, in Chicago Journal.
WOMEN IN PUBLIC LITE.
Brilliant Pollah Portia Recently Ad
mitted to the French Bar.
Women are now in increasing num
bers entering the various professions,
formerly restricted to men, and engag
ing In the field of actual and practlcol
polities. In four States of the Union
they possess suffrage on equal terms
wjth men. In Australia and New Zea
land they enjoy full suffrage rights,
and in the ancient duchy of Finland
nineteen of them have seats iu the na
tional parliament The day of "woman
In politics" has dawned, and If the
same agitation for full political rights
Is kept up for the next twenty-five
'it wfoiffift W f A v
MLLIi. MlUUt'OL-SKV
years as It has In the past,' the equal
suffrage demands of women should be
complete in many lands.
Professionally, women have achieved
tbelr emancipation. Women in the pro
fessions are familiar enough, now In
the United States; and in Europe the
woman doctor and lawyer are met
with. France granted to women the
right of becoming lawyers In Decem
ber, 1900, and since then women have
been competing with men for honors
'n that honorable calling.
The latest accession In Paris to the
ranks of women lawyers Is Mile. Mlro
polsky, belonging to a race which has
given to the world many women of
noted beauty and noted talents. She
is a Pole and is beautiful as well as
talented. Had she embraced the stage
instead of the legal- profession, Miss
Mlropolsky would long ago have been
famous, for she has a beautiful voice
and a charm of manner which Is most
captivating. But like her country
woman, Madame Curie, the co-dlscov-erer
of radium, she goes In for the
OF HUMAN NATURE.
still free from actual coarseness, still endeared to
the ennobling side of life, which so many people
only pretend to hold to, we are indeed fortunate.
I am often struck with the Indomitable qual
ity of the homemaker who persists cheerfully and
patiently In her task of presenting attractive rooms
and good meals to a family which takes them as a
matter of course, never stopping to consider what
a gigantic task It is.
Not that the mere work of homekeeplng Is so
hard, though It is hard work in reality, but that
so much of the real homemaklng is creative. It
comes out of the vital force of the woman. She
must furnish her family with a spiritual essence
not religious training, or correct manners, or good
tastenone of these things in the abstract so
much as a mere quality of llveableness which she
must bring to her home. For this reason a wom
an's tastes must be varied If she Is to give to her
children the much-to-be-deslred talent for living.
serious things of life. The Intricacies
of law appealed to her bright and
analytical mind and Paris predicts for
her at the bar a brilliant and success
ful career.
Absent minded.
In the autobiography of Sir Henry
Roscoe there is a capital example of
the absent-mindedness of Bunsen, the
great German scientist.
lie had bad his evening clothes put
out that he might attend a card party
to which he had been invited, but for
got all about It until the next morning,
when his man pointed out that the
evening clothes had not been worn.
And then he remarked to himself, "I
know what I'll do." That evening he
put on his dress clothes, went to the
lady's house at the appointed time and
walked In as if it were the day upon
which he had been invited. The host
ess, much too polite to tell him that he
had mistaken the evening and that the
party had taken place on the previous
night, sent to her friends asking" them
to come in to play a rubber again.
They did so. In the course of the even
ing the conversation turned on absent
mindedness, and Bunsen began to tell
them what had happened to him a
long time ago how that he had for
gotten an Invitation and how he had
made up his mind to go the next night
and thus he told the party the whole
story, forgetting altogether that he was
giving them an account of what was
happening at the very moment
You cannot be too careful of yom
conduct when people are around. They
have sharper eyes than hawks and the
use them. And how they talk affPi
you are gone t
For that
Dandruff
There is one thine that will
cure It Aycr's Hair Vigor.
It is a regular scalp-medicine.
It quickly destroys the germs
whkh cause this disease.
The unhealthy scalp becomes
healthy. The dandruff disap
pears, had to disappear. A
healthyscalp means a greatdeal
to you healthy hair, no dan
druff.no pimples, no eruptions.
The best kind ol a testimonial
"Sold ior over sixty years."
A
Mad by J. O. att Co.. Low.u, iUw.
SARSAPABILU.
PILLS.
CHEWY PECTORAL.
yers
Making Thin; Even.
Customer (to watchmaker) I told
fou that my watch lost half an hour
every day, and now that you're repair
ed It It gains half an hour.
Watchmaker Well, don't complain.
It's onlv working to catch ud lost time.
PASS
a nAiinn
Anuunu
i m
'ELLS HOW TO MAKE A SIMPLE RHEU.
MAT1SM CURE AT HOME.
Prescription Given Which Sufferers
Dread Disease Can Easily Make
Up and Try at Home at
Small Cost.
To relieve the worst forma of Rheu
matism, take a teaspoonfuV of the fol
lowing mixture after each meal and at
bedtime:
Fluid Extract Dandelion, one half
ounce; Compound Kargon, one ounce;
Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla, three
ounces.
These harmless ingredients can be
obtained 'rom any druggist in the
smaller towns, and are easily mixed by
shaking them well in a bottle. Relief
la generally felt from the first few
doee.
This prescription, states a well
known authority in a Cleveland morn
ing paper, forces the clugged-up, inac
tive kidneys to filter and strun from
the bluud the poisonous waste matter
and uric acid, which causes Rheuma
tism. As Rheumatism is not only the most
painful and torturous diBeaee, but dan
gerous to life, this simple recipe will
no doubt be greatly valued hy many suf
ferers here at home, who should at ones
prepare the mixture to pet this relief.
It is said that a person who would
take this prescription regularly, a dose
or two daily, or even a few times a
week, would never have serious Kidney
or Urinary disorders or Rheumatism.
Cut this out and presi r e it. Good
Rheumatism preemptions which really
relieve are scarce, indeed, and when
ou need it, you want it badly.
Wj-lcl Communing.
-Adam Zawfox They say .meat is goln
.0 be cheaper.
Job Sturky If it's any cheaper than
the kind they've been handin' out to mi
lately somebody'll hev to pay me fur
atin' it, b'garsh ! I'm no garbage reduc
tion plant.
ETn St. Vitna' Dane ana all Ixcrvous Disrate
1 1 u permanently cured by Dr. Kline' Ureal
orve Kefliorer. Kei'd fur FREE 12 trial bnttu and
treatlia. Dr. It. H. ItlLie, LA., Vil Arch HU, PUUk.a.
Then the Firework.
"I had a call from Mrs. Multlplunka
resterday."
"Yes?"
"Yes."
"I heard she was going in for slum
ming." Houston Tost
ympsff&s
-VL I
omr
Lleanses the Svst
...11. n- rSVY
iv. IJisn
'Is Lolds nnrl. Hi
lead-
to Constipati
rally, acts Trul
acnes due
ion;
hs naturally,
BestlorMenmon nrJ PL.U.
tn-Voungand Old.
Atwfws buy the benu'me VvKicK
hasnhe jull name of the Com
pany CALIFORNIA
Bo Strup Cp.
y whom ah manufactured" . printedon the
solp Bijl lKSKg'dIuggisu
ne aue onjy, regular price 5(4rbatila.
1