Catarrh
Is a Constitutional Disease
It originates in impure blood and
requires constitutional treatment, acting
through and purifying the blood, for its
radical and permanent cure. The
greatest constitutional remedy is
Hood's Sarsaparilla
In usual liqujd form or in chocolated tab
lets known as Sarsatabs. 100 doses $1 .
Nasal and other local forms of catarrh
are promptly relieved by Antiseplets or
Catarrlets, 50c., druggists or mail.
. C. I. Hood Co., Lowell, Mass.
Stoma to a Chora Girl.
I am sorry you can't be my bride. May,
But my father won't give his consent,
And if he, in a rage, cut me off, May,
Why I never could pay for our rent.
But why should we live any more? May,
In death we should not be apart.
I Buffer alone, and am seized, May,
With a grief that is searing my heart.
Bo let's flee from the odious world, May,
Where there's nothing but troubles and
cares,
Ah, won't it be grand, when we two, hand
in hand.
Are climbing the golden stairs?
The Hub.
Ostend Pa, what do they mean when
, they say "Money Is easy" In Wall
Btreet?
Pa They mean that It la easy, my
on, because they have Just gotten It
from easy people.
. Ostend Then why can't we get It?
I'a Kecause those that have a hold
on It are not ensy. '
An Advantage.
"But your country Is so lacking Jn
places of historic luterest," said the Eu
ropean. "That's one of It's great advantages,"
answered Mr. Crnnrox. "In this coun
try a man can travel for hours without
being obliged to listen to a lecture."
Washington Star.
Flo Conld Not Tell Lie.
.Inquiring Lady How much milk
does your cow give a day?
Truthful Boy 'Bout twelve quarts,
lady.
Inquiring Lady And how much of
that do you sell?
Truthful Boy 'Bout twelve quarts,
lady. Human Life.
There are now over 250,0X words in
the English language acknowledged by the
best authorities, or about 70.000 more
than in the German, French, Spanish and
Irnlinn lninmn-n 'nmhined.
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KASPARILLA
This sterling household remedy is most
successfully prescribed for a "world of
troubles." For derangements of the di
gestive organs it is a natural corrective,
operating directly upon the liver and ali
mentary canal, gently but persistently
stimulating a healthful activity. Its
beneficial influence extends, however, to
every portion of the system, aiding in the
processes of digestion and assimilation of
food, promoting a wholesome, natural
appetite, correcting sour stomach, bad
breath, irregularities of the bowels, con
stipation and the long list of troubles
directly traceable to those unwholesome
conditions. Kasparilla dispels drowsi- j
ness, headache, backache and despond
ency due to inactivity of the liver,
kidneys and digestive tract. It is a
strengthening tonic of the highest value.
If it fails to satisfy we authorize all
dealers to refund the purchase price.
Hovt Chemical Co. Portland, Oregon
C. Gee Wo
The Chinese Doctor
Thin great Ohlnoftn phy
flicinii it well known
throughout the North
wiHt because of hi won
(Icrful HtiJ mflrtlous
cure, and in totiuy ln-r-nldeil
by all hitt miioiits
hh the KrmtcHt of li in
kind. He trout any nnd
nil dlfOiiHffl with power
ful 'hime root, herlis
and ImrkM that are eni Irely unknown lo the nted
li'ttl Binne of this country. With these harm
liwn return! ion he Kuaraniopfi to cure cnttirrh,
nftthmu, lunn trouhht. rltmiitint inni. nrvounn,
ntomttch, liver and kidney trouble, alao privute
diMoawjs of men and women.
CONSULTATION FREE
Put lonU outnlilo of fley write for blank, and
circulars. Jnolotie 4o vtainp.
The C. Gee Wo Medicine Co.
162H First St., Near Morrison
Portland, Or.
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men 1 1 on this ppr.
WHY EGGS ARE HIGH.
Some Ways This Expensive Necessity
May Be Turned to Profit.
By Jainaa Drydcn. Poultry man Oregon Agricul
tural College. Corvallia.
Eggs are 50 cents a dozen, because
the hens don't lay. The main reason
why they don't lay is because this is not
the natural laying season. In a state
of nature fowls lay and 'breed in the
spring season, and they haven't got
quite away from that habit. Old hab
its die hard with hens as with men.
This explains why with little care the
hen will lay in the spring and iwith
much care in the fall and winter she
won't lay, or very seldom will. But
through centuries of training and
breeding the hen is gradually getting
away from her old habit of laying a
few eggs in the spring and hatching
them, and it is possible now, with the
proper skill in handling, to make her
lay in winter whether she will or no.
But the first thing we have to learn is
that to get eggs in winter means a fight
against nature, against the old hen na
ture. Winter is not the natural laying
season.
When a pullet has reached maturity,
no matter at what season of the year,
if she be maintained in good health and
vigor and gets the proper kind and
quantity of food, she will lay eggs if
she has the laying capacity. Let us
analyze that sentence a little.
The first point raised is a question of
maturity. The pullet must be mature
before she lays. If a pullet lays in Oc
tober she must be hatched early enough
in the spring so that she will reach ma
turity in October. A Plymouth Rock
hatched the first of April should lay
fbr middle nf October or first of No
vember. If they are to lay a month
earlier they should be hatched a month
earlier. The Leghorns should lay the
first of October if hatched the first of
April.
The next point refers to health and
vigor. The pullet must come to ma
turity with good health and vigor. Sin
must have had proper care during the
brooding and growing period. A stunt
ed chick, a chick hatched from an egp
laid by a hen out of condition, a chick
that has had to battle with insect pests
or a chick that has not had proper food
and exercise, will not be a profitable
layer in any season. How to maintain
the health and vigor of the flock is tht
biggest problem in poultry keeping. Tc
k'et eegs in winter the hens must' have
constitutional vigor.
The third point is that to get egg?
the hens must have the' proper kind and
quantity of food. The hen requires
more kinds of food than a cow or a
hog. The cow needs no animal food;
the hen does. The hen gives more con
sideration to cleanliness of the product
than the cow. She seals it up in a
shell of lime to keep it clean, and she
therefore must have a liberal supply of
mineral matter. All foods furnish a
certain amount of mineral matter, but
not enough to supply all the shell ma
terial when hens are laying heavily.
What foods should they be fed?
They should h ave grain, but grain alone
won't do. What will happen if the
hen eats nothing but wheat?' Remem
bering that she puts nothing into an
egg that she does not eat, that an egg
contains about one-fifth ounce of fat and
that if she ate nothing but wheat she
would get enough far for three or four
eggs a day and about enough protein
for half an egg a day, the thing that
will happen will be that she will re
fuse to make eggs. The hen does not
adulterate her product, otherwise she
could fill ur the egg with surplus fat,
like some people make butter, out of
spurious oil or beef fat. She will make
an honest article or none at all. The
point is that the hen should have s.ich
foods as will furnish the necessary food
elements in proper proportions; in
other words, she should have a balanced
ration. There are different ways of
balancing the ration. For instance, if
the hen has access to wheat, to clover
or kale and , to grasshoppers, angle
worms and grit, she will balance her
own ration. She will eat a little wheat,
a little clover and a few grasshoppers
or angleworms' and eat enough of each
to furnish the egg-making elements in
right proportion. An occasional feed of
corn or oats in place of wheat would
improve the ration.
This much for the food. How shall
it be fed? Again you must take ac
count of, the nature of the hen. She is
a busy creature naturally; that is part
of her life, and you must keep her busy
or lei ner De Dusy. if she has free
range on the farm she will keep herself
busy and her muscle and digestion- in
good order, but when you shut her up
in yards you ar imposing artificial
conditions and you must provide exer
cise for her. I have kept hena for a
year on a bare' board floor in a small
! pen and fed them well. They laid about
three dozen eggs each during the year,
j and at the end of the year with this sort
jof luxury and ease they had lost their
constitution and their usefulness; while
otner hens ted in the same way, but
with a ground floor and deep litter to
scratch -in and yards to run in, laid
over twelve dozen eggs each, and at
the end of the year were still in the
business. The hen needs exercise. The
demand for animal food may be sup
plied in different ways. Skim milk,
milk curds and buttermilk will take the
place of meat if enough of it can be
fed. Skim milk is largely water, and
a heavy-laying hen can scarcely drink
enough of it to get the necessary amount
of animal food. There is nothing bet
ter than fresh-cut lean meat and bones,
the -danger from uncooked meat scraps,
however, being that they are liable to j
contain disease germs, and unless it is '
known to be free from, disease ' it is
better to cook it. The commercial ar
ticle of betf scraps put up by the large
packing houses are largely used, some
of the stuff sold for poultry food is
only fit for fertilizer, however. During
seasons of the year when Insects and
worms are plentiful and the fowls hav
the liberty of the farm, little aniina.
food may be . fed.
j Another point about feeding grain :
Should it be ground or fed whole? It
is known that a certain proportion o)
. the food of fowls is used to produce
energy to grind the food, and from this
point of view it is cheaper to have the
food ground at the mill. But it has
been found by experiment that fowls do
; not do well when fed altogether on
' ground food.
The final point in this discussion is
the laying capacity of the hen. If all
! the three things mentioned above be
properly attended to, there will stiiT be
a scarcity of eggs unless the fowls have
the laying capacity, and it is no fault
of the hen if she hasn't; the trouble
goes back to her ancestors.
COMMERCIAL POTATO GROWING
Some Good Ponts on One of the
Most Profitable of Crops.
By A. G. Craig. Assistant Horticulturist. State
College of Washington, Fullmt-i.
Potato land should be plowed in the
fall and allowed to lie rough during the
winter. This favors the catching of
winter moisture, and allows the sub
surface soil to settle and the surface
can be worked earlier in the spring.
If the fall plowing is impossible, the
land should be disced in the fall so that
the Burface may be rough and open
through the winter. Deep plowing
usually gives better results than shal
low. The plowed land should be well
harrowed early in the spring, and if
not immediately planted, it should be
frequently harrowed in order to con
serve moisture and kill the weeds
which start after the first harrowing.
Spring plowed land should be harrowed
immediately after the plow, to pre
vent loss of moisture. In the dryer
sections, some form of subsurface
packer should follow the plow, and
this should immediaetly be followed by
the harrow to work up a surface mulch.
If the soil plows up cloddy, a plank clod
masher may be used quite profitably.
The time of planting should be gov
erned largely by the climate and the
purposes for which the potatoes are
grown. The potato plant needs ample
moisture when the tubers are setting;
hence, the grower should endeavor to
have the plants reach that stage of de
velopment at the time when the moist
ure supply is likely to be favorable.
For early new potatoes, the seed should
be plar ad as early in the spring as the
soil will permit, on light, warm soil.
For late potatoes they may be planted
as late as the middle of June, provided
the moisture supply is ample and con
tinuous ; but where summer rains can
not be depended upon, the earier the
potatoes are planted the better, if the
danger from frost is guarded against.
The distance between rows and be
tween hills in the row is an important-!
point in the potato culture. Varieties
that tend to produce very large tubers
should be planted close. Soil will ad
mit of close planting in direct propor
tion to its fertility and moisture con
tent, and the care given the crop. ' In
high priced land, intensive culture
should be practiced and the rows and
hills planted as closely as the fertility
of the land will permit. Increasing
the size of the "seed pieces" will ac
complish the same results as close
planting, but the danger of sunburned
tubers is apt to be increased.
No farmer who grows six or more
acres of potatoes each year can afford
to do without a horse planter. Of the
several methods of hand planting, the
following is the most satisfactory :
After the soil is well prepared, open
up furrows to the proper depth with a
single shovel plow. After the seed is J
dropped, cover with the plow and har
row thoroughly. The depth of the
planting should depend upon the text
ure of the soil, and upon whether early
or late potatoes are desired. Five
inches is not too deep for late potatoes,
on light, mellow soils, but three to
four inches is better for an early crop,
or on very heavy, or very wet soil.
The amount of seed to use varies
from three to ten sacks per acre, and
depends upon the variety of the soil.
Varieties which tend to produce very
large tuners should have a large quan
tity of seed. Rich land should receive
more seed than poor land. If the seed
pieces are not too large, the number of
eyes to each piece makes no difference.
It ts more important that the size of
the pieces sohuld be uniform than that
there should be the same number of
eyes in each piece.
Frequently only a part of the pota
toes which are planted come up. This
may be due to or.s or more of several
causess, all of which should be guarded
against. Cut seed potatoes should
never be allowed to remain in piles un
til they heat, and are thereby seriously
injured. Seed potatoes that have been
exposed to too low temperature will
seldom give a uniform stand. All de
cayed tubers and those which have
brown or black spots through the flesh
should not be planted as there are two
diseases which are found in this state
which are sure to result in an unsatis
factory stand if seed infected with
them is planted.
Cut seed should never be planted
deeply in the cold wet soil, or unsatis
factory germination is sure to result.
Finally, in the dryer sections, potatoes
should be planted to uniform depth be
low the dry surface mulch in order to
secure a uniform stand. j
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A school teacher In the Italian quar
ter of an American city told her chil
dren the story of the fox and the
grapes. Tony was especially delighted
with the story, ami eagerly sought his
chuui, Joe, who was in another class,
ny good luck, the teacher overheard
Tony's version.
In his excited,- broken English he
told the fable much as it was written,
until he came to the end. This was his
rendering of the cllinnx:
"De olda fox he say, 'Dn grape no
good, anyhow; nlla sour. I guess I
go gcta de haiinn.' "
One Mure I ulormnate.
The police justire looked at the bat
tered, disreputable apocimon of manhood
before him anil turned to the policeman.
"Officer,'' he askffd, "what is the com
plaiut?" "Ilheuinatiz, y'r honor," spoke up thi
prisoner, answering fur himself. Chicago
Tribune.
lie I'ouliln't Tell a I.le.
"Well, good -by. dearl" said Mr. True
boy to his lioloved spouse. "I must go
and dictate those letter twenty-six of
them so you muHtu't exHct me home
very early."
"All right !" was the response. "Rut
I wish you wouldn't work so hard."
Half nu hour later, Mr. True-boy en
tered his chili and sat down, with three
others, at a card table.
"Just a moment, you fellows, before
the first hand Is dealt. I've got to keep
my word with my wife. One of you
Just take down what I dictate: 'A b e
defghljklmnopqrstuvw
x y z.' There! Tnose letters are off
my mind.
ny Bur.
RtraiiRpr (on horwlmck) ITnele, what
is the price of nit I to-day?
Uncle Jtl (silting on the f"ine) We
don't "sell our votes in these digyin's, mis
ter, lie you a candi late?
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