Bf CaUle Fed on Silage.
During recent years a number of
the state experimental stations have
carried on a series of experiments
which have demonstrated that Bllage
can advantageously be fed to beef cat
tle. The Tennessee Experimental Sta
tion has especlully given close atten
tion to this matter, probably more so
than any other station, and In one of
its bulletins shows how silage In
creases the carrying capacity of the
land. Ordinarily from two to three
acres of blue grass is required to carry
1,000-pound steer after six months,
when gaining from 300 to 400 pounds.
Four 800-pound Bteers were fed for 160
Jays on the production of less than
an acre of land In the form of silage
and gained 866 pounds during that
period.
When beef Is raised on long that Is
lUgh-prlced, the above facts show espe
cial strength In favor of silage. In
1903 a feed test was carried on by the
Michigan Station for the purpose of
ascertaining the relative number of
pounaa of beef thai could l6 produced
from corn fed In the form of silage, In
the form of shock corn and In the
form of corn and corn meal. The corn
was secured from three different pieces
c-f land, each nearly an acre In size.
In addition to the corn fed In this man
ner the steers were fed dally rations
of 6 pounds of corn and cob meal, 2
pounds of oil meal and 4 pounds of
clover hay. After the experiment had
continued for twelve weeks the aver
age dally gain of the steers had been
as follows: For the silage-fed lot,
2.22 pounds; for the shock-fed, 2.02,
and for the corn and cob meal lot.
1.89 pounds. While It may be argued
that this experiment should be re
peated before conclusions can be drawn
from It, still so far as these figures go
the results were In favor of harvesting
the corn In form of silage.
For Barb Wire Cut:
'When a horse has been injured on
wire the first thing to do Is to stop
the flow of blood; this may as a rule
tie done by bandaging It up tight. It
may also frequently be best to apn'.y
powreded alum or common saleratus,
troth of which will generally be found
effective. In a few hours, considerable
swelling will Bet In; this should be re
duced either by applying cold water
frequently, or, what is really better,
applying pure kerosene oil, not only to
the wound, but also to the swollen
parts. No bandage should be kept on
where kerosene Is used, as it will then
cause the hair to fall off, temporarily,
and as soon as It is safe to do so, the
aore should be carefully washed with
oft water and castlle soap. This ought
to be repeated dally until the sore
teals. One of the best healing medi
cines for horse flesh that I have ever
used can be put up at any drug store,
as follows: One-half pint of alcohol,
one-half pint of spirits of turpentine,
one ounce of pure glycerine;, mix all
together In a large bottle and shake
well before using. Apply only, with a
feather at morning and night. The
wore should never be bandaged. By
dally washing it will In this way heal
tip very rapidly. I can personally tes
tify to the effectiveness of this simple
remedy, aa we have made use of It In
numerous cases, with the best results,
where every other remedy we tried
failed to heal up the sore on the horse.
Agricultural Epltomlst.
Foar Home Helim.
A correspondent asks how can
pair of lines be rigged up for four
horses so that each horse will have
a line to each side of bit, thus doing
away with the tying together of
horses heads.
ine two sKetcnes indicate arrange-
light and power when coal and petro
leum shall have been exhausted. But
we must look to better methods of soli
usage for the alternative of bringing
under cultivation unused and aban
doned swampy conditions, although
adding a vast total to our cultivable
fields, will not always suffice to meet
the growing demand. Already many
sections of congested population are
calling upon outside sources for food,
and many of the large cities at times
actually suffer from vegetable famines.
Such shortages are due to mora or
less local and abnormal conditions, but
might become general and permanent
unless wise .foresight should make pro
vision for feeding our rapidly Increas
ing population. '
The producing possibility of our cul
tivable lands becomes almost incon
ceivable to the mind when we consid
er that only a small proportion of the
land nominally In farms is actually
under cultivation, and that our acreage
yields are ridiculously low in compar
ison with those of highly developed
agricultural countries Ilka Gcrnisy,
France and England, notwithstanding
that our soils are naturally as produc
tive, says the American Review of Reviews.
Hot Water Heater.
As a means, of providing hot water
for washing In the kitchen or for
cleaning and sterllzing dairy utensils
JfT WW r COL9 WTM
the tank shown in the illustration Is
simple and cheap. Any stove in which
the iron colls can be heated will serve
the purpose.
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merits of lines that should prove satla
factory. In the first Illustration A A
A A are two-horse reins and checks;
B B are short ropes with snaps and
C C are bridle reins on Inside of bridle
with snaps to snap In check buckle on
reins.
roaalblllflra of Our Farm l.anda.
From the standpoint of the most re
liable and recent Investigations and
Information, our land, handled in ac
cordance with certain natural laws
that determine its proper cultivation,
will not only furnish food and cloth
iag for an immensely greater popula
tloa for ages, but will supply fuel and
SOMETHING FOE ErBYGDY
Strength of Bone In Hogs
The effect of feed on the strength of
bone in pigs forms the text of a bul
letin by Nebraska Experiment Sta
tion. The experiment shows verv
marked increase in the strength of
bone when tankage or ground bone is
fed in addition to corn. In. determin
ing the strength of bones the two
principal bones in each leg of eaoh
animal were removed and broken in a
machine. There were four pigs fed in
each lot, making the figures given the not onlv relieves the eyes, but gives
There are Mind stenographer- nud
typewriters.
The use of leather shoes of the for
eign type is rapidly expanding in Ja
pan. There are iq France over 19,000
qualified medical practioners and over
11,000 pharmacies.
Of the Philippine islands the one
which probably has the most product
ive soil Is Mindanao. .
The roller skating fad, which be
came popular in England last winter,
promises to continue this season as
well.
In reply to an inquiry, Consul Chas.
M. Caughey of Milan reports that har
ness racing is becoming more general
in . Italy, twenty-six meetings having
been held In 1908 in twenty-three ci
ties. With a view to raising the standard
of pillow, needle point and Midland
lace production by English peasantry
the lady mayoress of Midland will hold
an exhibition entirely of English hand
made lace at the Mansion house.
The Chinese thrash rice by hand,
beating a bunch against a 'frame sus
pended over a basket. For a fanning
mill the usual way is for them to put
the unhulled grains into a receptacle
and tread on them with bare feet un
til tha hrptre has blown away the
chaff.
Fifteen hundred "six-penny cabs,"
hansoms and four-wheelers have Just
been placed in the streets of London,
and they are said already to have
scored a great success. Each cab bears
a little flag with the announcement:
"Sixpence (12 cents) not exceeding
one mile."
The financial possibilities of cine
matograph theaters have dawned slow
ly on the British mind, long, after they
were extensively exploited in the
United States and on the continent,
but provincial theaters are now begin
ning to feel the effects of their compe
tition seriously. There are one thou
sand of these shows In the United
Kingdom already, and the number Is
increasing monthly. The price of ad
mission ranges from a penny to a shil
ling. The electric treatment for skin dis
eases, first Introduced by Professor Le
duc of Paris, In 1903, has now emerg
ed from the experimental stages and
is extensively used at Bartholomew's
hospital, London. The treatment con
sists of passing an electric current
through the diseased part, one of the
electrodes being a covered pad soaked
with a solution containing a drug or
chemical. The electricity breaks up
the solution Into ions, which penetrate
the tissue cells with the current.
Up-to-date stenographers use the
typewriter automatically, pretty much
as pianists play In the dark. This
average of the breaking of thirty-two
bones in each lot. The average break
ing strength per 100 pounds live
weight of hogs after twenty-two weeks
feeding was as follows: Lot 1, corn,
325 pounds; lot 2, corn and shorta,
396 pounds; lot 3, corn and skim milk!
509 pounds; lot 4, corn and tankage',
580 pounus; lot. 5,
bone, 681 pounds.
corn and ground
Dairy Farm Implement.
Every dairyman should endeavor to
have as many labor-saving appliances
around and In his barn as possible.
For instance, the removal of manure
from a dairy barn entails a great deal
greater freedom to thought and move
ment of the body, and puts a large
part of the work upon the centers of
the automatic nervous system in the
tip-top of the spinal cord, which act
more or less Independently anfl with
out concentration and fatigue of the
higher brain cells. Some can type a
rapid dictation in the dark with only
seeming playful effort, and a few can
use their fingers, chew gum, talk,
laugh and work all at the same time.
New York Press.
In microscopic form Molssan, the
French chemist, produced absolute
diamonds, which are but crystalized
carbon. The largest artificial diamond
of hard work. However, the work
may be greatly lessened If the farm- yet Pro(luced measures less than one
ers will install a'manure carrier, j millimeter ( 03937 of an inch) in di
which runs on a track. These carriers ameter- In Molssan's laboratory they
cost little In comparison to the amount i belleve that lr they could deal with
of labor they save.
Every dairy farmer should have a
manure spreader. One spreader may
p the work of several men In the
spreading of manure on the fields. The
manure Is spread more evenly and
each ton returns more value for this
forty or fifty pounds of iron as easily
as with four or five ounces their dia
monds would be larger. They also
Relieve that the process of their labor
atory is the process of mother earth,
though down In her secret laboratories
the earth has temperatures and pres-
reason. No dairy farmer can afford BureB lne can not commana ana aeons
to be without a manure spreader. But
he should buy a standard make. In
land Farmer.
The Tomato Worm.
The big tomato worm, which eats
the leaves from the tomato vines Is
very difficult to see because It so re
sembles the tomato foliage in color.
After they get through eating and ma
ture they drop to the ground and bur
row In it, to pass the winter in the
chrysalis stage. In the spring, when
the garden Is plowed or spaded, the
chrysalis may be found, and can be
recognized by their brown color and
"Jug-handle" proboscis.
I.nrveat Grapevine.
The largest grapevine In the worla
flourishes In San Gabriel, Cal. It was
planted by the San Franciscan friars
and is 120 years old. The stalk is VA
feet in diameter and 8 feet high, and
the branches and foliage cover 6,000
square feet. Last year it produced
2Vi tons of grapes.
of time to perfect her work.
Sir David Gill, who, says the West
minster Gazette, Is to make a report
to the International Geodetic Confer
ence on the progress made with the
African survey from the cape to Cairo
along the 30th meridian east, com
menced that great task many years
aijo while astronomer royal at the
cape. He pointed out to the colonial
government that a proper survey was
essential to any system of land ten
ure, and showed that big tracts of land
had been lost to the government by
the wilful shifting of beacon marks,
made possible by hurried and Inade
quate surveying. Mr. Cecil Rhodes
early saw the value of (his advice, and
not only acted on it In Rhodesia, but
provided in his will lor a grant of
some 50,000 from thi funds of the
British South Africa Qanpany toward
the expenses of currj lng the rnert
llonal aro northward toward Lake
Tanganyika. The surve) has now been
tarried seventy-two tnlj a north of Uu
nuator. '
liiiiiii
Howard Mrs. Holmes gets on much
better with her husband than she used
to. Coward Same husband? Life.
"Is that your mother-in-law over
there, smiling at you?" "No. If she's
smiling at me It Isn't my mother-in-law."
She Of course, I'm not as old as
you think 1 am. He I hope not 1
mean you can't be that Is how old
are you?
"He's got no license to talk the way
he does." "Oh, he's got a license all
right What he lacks is a muzzle."
Cleveland Leader.
"An optimist la one of them chaps,
X guess," says Uncle Sim, "who don't
care a hang what happens so long's
it. don't happen ter him."
Laffan You are rich enough to buy
an automobile. Why don't you do it?
Grofat Because I'm not rlgh enough
to own one. Chicago Tribune.
"That fellow seems to be extrava
gant." "Hopelessly. He spends hit
own money Just as If it were the gov
ernment's." Louisville Courier-Journal.
'Tm going to marry Dick." "Why,
you told me you weren't In love with
him." "I'm not. but I've Just heard
that a girl I hate is!" Cleveland
Leader.
"What do. you think, my dear? Such
luck! We leave for Paris in an hour."
"Really?" "Yes, we're going to Pas
teur's. My husband has Just been bit
ten by a mad dog." Bon Vlvant
"Why are children so muoh worse
than they used to be " "I attribute it
to Improved ideas In building." "How
bo?" "Shingles are scarce, and you
can't spank a boy with a tin roof."
"And did you really go to Rome?"
asked the guest. "I really don't know,
my dear' replied the hostess, Just
returned from her first trip abroad.
"You see, my husband always bought
the tickets; ,
"Hello, mate, 'ow la it you ain't
workln'?"
"Well, it's like this: I works in a
domino factory, and I puts on the
spots, and they're making double
blanks to-day!"
Weary Bllllam What did ye tell
dat lady when she asked ye if ye wua
equal to de task o' sawln' wood? Tat
tered Tom I tol' her dat equal wuzn't
de word. I wuz superior to it. Chi
cago Dally News.
"My steady looks exactly like Apol
lo!" sighed the sentimental one.
"That ain't narthen'," sniffed the lass
of the glove counter. "My beau Is tha
original for the Peerless Perfection
Dress Shirt ads." Puck.
"Why did that picture cost so
much?" "Well," answered Mr. Cum
rox, "to tell you the truth, I have an
Idea It's because the dealer who sold
it to me is a good business man."
Washington Evening Star.
"Clear out o' here, ye sassy little
brat!" shouted the cook, thumping the
table with a rolllng-pln. The little
girl gave the cook a haughty look.
"I never allow anyone but my mother
to speak to me like that!" she said.
Judge (sternly) Three times In a
month! What do you make of this,
sir? Rastus (apologetically) 'Deed
I doan' make nuffln'. You fellows up
here seem to be de only ones dat get
any 'cunlary profit out of hauling me
up. Puck.
Her Great heavens! My worst
fears are realized! Him What on
earth's the matter? Her I've got a
telegram Him Yes yes! What
does It say? Her I don't know. I
haven't dared to open It yet! Cleve
land Leader.
. "Scientists have decided that M
thuselah was only seventy-nine years
old." "That is more like it. It is
absurd to suppose that any man could
have lived to the age of 969 years."
"Oh, I don't know there were no aiv
tomoblles in those days. Houston
Post.
"Jim," said an honest coal dealer
to one of his drivers; "Jim, make that
ton of coal two hundred pounds short.
It Is for a poor, delicate widow, and
she will have to carry all of It up
two flight of stairs, I don't want her
to overtax her strength." Philadel
phia Kronlkle-Herald.
"Well, Judson, how did you make
out with your summer boarders?"
aalrari rhn rnll hnmnlrtn in iha fan
"Wal, tolerable," drawled the old
! farmer. "Three of them were artists,
I so I got them to paint the barn, and
the two that skipped board ran away
with . two of my homely daughters,
'so I can't kick, begosh." Chicago
I Newa. -
"I have been using Citcareta for In
somnia, with which I have been afflicted
for twenty years, and I can say that Caa.
carets have riven me more relief than any
other remedy I have ever tried. I shall
certainly recommend them to my friends
aa being all that they are represented."
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Opportunity.
The two sat on the park bench, look
ing at tha moonbeams dancing over
the lake.
"Just one, Doris!" he 'pleaded.
"'Sh!" she whispered. "I feel as if
some other man were watching us!"
Just then tha moon accommodating
ly went behind a cloud and the man
'a It disappeared.
Hard ta Place Himself.
"Encaged to that beautiful girl, and
yet not happy?"
"Well, she's gone In by turns for
rowing- and tennis and horses and golf
nd docs."
"Bay on."
"Sometimes I wonder if I am a
sweetheart or merely a fad." Louts
villa Courier-Journal.
Too Hank.
"Wretched woman! you took ad
vantage of my hospitality to steal my
husband."
"Pardon me. but is it exactly steal
ing where a guest, wishing a souvenir
of an agreeable visit, carries away
with her some trifling thing which
her hostess gives every token of car
ing little for?" New York Life.
A Coatlanoae Perforanaaee.
Anxious Wife John, I will bare to
have some new clothes this fall.
Economical Husband Good heav
ens, Eliza, how long Is this thing to
go on? That's Just what you said last
fall. Baltimore American.
Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria
twice a week holds an audience, when
he is accessible to the richest and
poorest of his subjects.
The
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Equipment
of the California Fig Syrup Co. and the
scientific attainments of its chemists have
rendered possible the production of Syrup
of Figs and Elixir of Senna, in all of its
excellence, by obtaining the pure medic
inal principles of plants known to act most
beneficially and combining them most
skillfully, in the right .proportions, with
its wholesome and safreshing Syrup of
California Figs.
As there is only one genuine Syrup of
Figs and Elixir of Senna and as the gen
uine is manufactured by an original
method known to the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, it is always necessary to buy the
genuine to get its beneficial effects.
A knowledge of the above facts enables
one to decline imitations or to return them
if, upon viewing the package, the full name
of the Cal if ornia Fig Syrup Co. is not found
printed on the front thereof '
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