\ Farmcrw and Merchants NEWS fort fíe CONFORMATION IS ESSENTIAL YOUNG I - IN BREEDING DRAFT HORSES PEOPLE Write un for our cash offer on your Farm sial Dairy Produce. If we don’t handle II will refer you to re liable buyer. CO. I*.rtles4. Or«,.». J Mach i nery NEAT HOUSE FOR SONG BIRDS bollar«. «Mswmlll«. «In. Th« J K Martin 'M lat •U 1‘urlUnd H«nd für Mtuck Liai and pricaa, Hud W.«i, Of the 100,000 Animals Murk«l«d ut Chlcngo Not Mora Thnn 6,000 Would be Termed A-1— Economy of lletavy Mor« on Farm for Work and Produ* eins Colts Is Summed Up by Expert. Mads of Three Shallow Boxes Bet al Anglos Upon Each—Site M/y Dopond Upon Tasto. tluklwkeJ PANAMAS in « ««««is I« wuais (Isa H. w,,rx nnlih. I I., «„mwx lllm h.-t in .nr «ta«, ntixi. ur »OI. for >i>«n. lirios 1 R».| « tn> he. I lul.t wviuht I H.<„t |xWl.nl4 on Monxt r.twnaxS If n<4 ..tur». . I ■<>H.1, t>.< «... <1... I.,|f ,,f nfi.i ¡i . IM, l.nr. A'Mf.'-n M.W M< »1.1 It vt <H » KI I Ï W St wwnll rwn Io rxr<l..,4. i*o,tlnu4. Or The picture Illustrate! s nwnt ant serviceable bird bouse. It is mad« of three shallow boxes set at angle« upon each other, says a writer 1c Amvrlcuu Hoy. The slxe of the boxei depends upon your own taste. 1 think 18 Inches squnre and •> Inches <lee( In designing Is about right for each the house I Intended it as a refug« for untamed birds und so made at ninny compartment» as possible. Eact r»»lls tfawtapart. 10o. any •I»«*. ¡4*rK«Msl ami Iwast of the shallow box oh la divided Intc shop In N<>rthw«»«t. four spaces, us shown In the illustra pl*»" price lut on mqUSBl lion The space "p" Is where the post II sm I r«*wultM suar«iit*«wi comes up through the center. Th« X?’ perches and openings are cut out with l*.-l. Iluild'g, Seattle 11 small cisele saw. The roof Is ol tin or galvanised Iron. It Is mad« ol Bnr«h«r«, «U 1 KII.LFR pUr*4 Uerte a»« tula *1| four triangles lapped over each othei R im . N««t, « («Min, i and riveted. Two coats of steel gray i>»u«*iu«a<AÌ, nottvon lent. chr«|> L mu paint on the outside will add to th« •II ••••«4* M»<l*« «»< •oui, «aa’t «Mill ut appenrunce of the house und make lip pvp; will n>>< «oll It weather resisting. nr lajura anythin*.i <hixr»tti4'«><l «'fitM tir* I It should be set upon a high post *•14 by <*al«ra «n ami made ns Itivitlng as possible foi • «cat pr*i>*l<i fur tl lûul*eh«Ub A»«.. Br««<lm. M. T the feathered visitors, liemember that TF- 1 MTiáí/X - va \ 1 K0 DAK JACOBS DAISY FLY ■A*<JLD BOMLM k Vineland, N. J. SELF-SETTING PLANES M*fit oft trial whrre no! kept. Hokl In th« hr*« Coa«t CilUm. V Portland drakrw aril them. one now, Element of Decay. Indirect Influence bad its nearly per fect work tn the Persian empire, where the Queen Mother was permit ted to exercise an injurious Influence over the king, the court, and ths em pire It was one of the tendencies which leads Rnyce, the historian, to say, after touching upon It: “In short, the empire contained within it from the first all the elements of de cay.” Wisdom In Action. The times are waiting for men who shall serve and not merely Inquire; Strive and not merely Investigate; give to their ago and their kind not so much learning In bulk as wisdom In action; great doing aa the only true fruitage of great thinking; the conse cration to the uplifting of one's fellow men of one's boat rather than the con serving by mere culture of ono's self. —Henry Potter. Blessed Sympathy. Sympathy with animals blesses anft humanize» men and women. To get into real relations with an animal la a liberal education. It la something to be really Interrated oven In a plant and to observe the working of life In any sphere not our own. How much more when that life la directing a personality which consciously looks up to us and will love us if wo will lot it!—Christian Register. Longevity In French Villages. A remarkable record of longevity 1s to be found in Some of the rural par ishes of Prance In the village of St Thomas de la Filch* there have been only fourteen parish priests in three hundred years, the fourteenth being •till in possession. The parish of BL Germain du Vai, In Paris, haa had only three pastors In one hundred years, while that of Glvry en Argonne has had but live In 13d years. No Wonder, Nerve Specialist—My dear sir, 1 can't understand your case at all. Her« you wero practically cured a few dayi ago and now your nerves are It frightful shape again. Have you ha< a sudden shock of some kind? Patleni —1 received your bill yesterday. MEXICAN MUSTANG LINIMENT • ’ * vRy/**** * ' * b V ’ , The Household Remedy. John Lind. Yo»t, Utah, writes. '•We hare been u.lng your Mei lean Mus- tnng Liniment In our fani.1, ever One, taea .nd find it to bo a sood a rile la to have In the houae and are never without It. I have revommendrvi it to many of my friends who have also found the same very valuable. 2Sc. SOc.lt a bottle at Drug A Gaa'I Storaa Painless Dentistry I b oar prlda-mir bn» by-oar atady for yoon and bow our anecaae. and our« is the b* at palnl««a work to be found anywhere. no matter how much you pay. Con*pare our Frit««. We finish plate and brt<l««< work fot out ot Iowa patron« lu one day if d«elr«'1. Palnlea« oitractloa fma when plat«w or bridge work is order- •d. Conauitailon tree. Molar Crown a 15. 2? ______ 22k Bridf«Teeth4. Gald : .-mi««. Enamel . wirminn Silver Flllinta Good Rubber Ratee Beat Red Rubber hetee 1-00 1.00 .60 6.00 7 st W i. Wttt tnwm MX Mluua f il'I'it Ixt/tkx aa u * m iiiuuntii m mbtim « ■ ** t mctmoob All work fully gunrnntoed for fifteen year*. Wise Dental Co., inc. Painless Dentists P. N. U. An Excellent Farm Team. There are a number of considera tions for the farmers to keep in mind Ji breeding horses for tbe draft horse trade. Among these are that size, weight, condition and character each »ear an Important Influence in de- ermlnlng the prices paid on tbe mar tels and therefore that this influence ji reflected upon the prices which they receive from tbe country ship pers and buyers, says the Wisconsin Agriculturist. Nothing that influences tbe large central markets for tbo prod- jets of the farm falls to affect the »alo ot a single article directly on the farm. Probably the one thing which the (eneral run of horses that reach the markets lack more often thpn any other Is size and Incidentally there- fore weight, It in stated from good authority that there are more good horses marketed in tbo Union Stock A Bird House. Yards at Chicago than any other has encroached upon the do place In the United States, and yet main of the wild creatures only Ihre« >f the 100,000 horses marketed there courses were o|>en to them; either tc lot more than 25,000 would weigh move to remoter regions, to adapt over 1,550 pounds, and not more than themselves to modern conditions or tc 5,000 were what would be termed A-l die out altogether. The robin Is on« horses. First class draft horses for of the spec lex that has made the best the city trade should not weigh less of things and tried to stay with us than 1,600 pounds when In working It Is Interesting to study Its hnblts and yondltlon, and If they weigh 1.750 bls shelter will aid you In doing so pounds they will satisfy all tbe better. Here are some things to discover fot To carry such weights horses should youraelf. Do the robins nrrlve from Hand about 16 banda high or over the south singly or In flocks? Do th« and should have conformations in •exes migrate together? How long proportion. Tbe condition of a horse is all Im after the arrival does next building begin? What la their food, is it th« portant, both as to soundness and Horses that have poor feet, same In various months? All these thrift. and a doten more linea of inqulr, bad hocks, weak wind, or poor shoul- will make the shelter interesting. lers are sticklers on the market They sell very slowly and at very low So also do horses that are In AID AFFORDED TO SWIMMEF prices. a poor condition of thrift. Fat always Mitt 8llpped Closely Over Finger« helps to sell Worses quickly and at good prices, for It makes them look Prevents Flow ef Water and good and the horses, moreover, do not Facilitates Stroke. need to be conditioned before they A swimming mitt, having a body o! can be put to work. A horse which a length and width to slip fairly . looks thin when It leaves the farm Is closely over the four Angers of th« : liable to look considerably thinner hand. Is shown In the Illustration • after it has been shipped and arrives ! at the sales stables. Fat horses ship far better than thin, thriftless ones. Then, too, the suspicion of being a poor doer on the best ot care Is liable to attach itself to the thin horse In the mind of the buyer, whereas when he looks upon a well conditioned horse no such suspicion occurs to him. Character is a valuablo asset to any horse that is placed on the mar ket, and like size and weight is gen erally lacking in the usual stock of horses to be selected from in the country. A horse that shows lntelll- The purpose of the mitt Is to mak« , gence, good breeding and those qual- possible a more effective stroke ' itles that come through careful swimming by preventing any flow ™ . handling and good training will out- water between the fingers. ' tell the common, plain looking horses by a considerable margin; size, Beaver's Work. i weight and condition being otherwise The beavers not only cut down tree. ' alike. for the purpose of making dams, but The man on the farm engaging in also use the smaller branches as a horse production from the viewpoint storage supply of food for winter use i says a writer In Our Dumb Animals i of dollars and cents and anxious to These branches, from two to fout | make his acres earn the highest net inches In diameter, are cut intc' returns should breed his mares to the lengths of two or three feet and then i best sires that are available combin by wonderful engineering ability arc i ing size, weight, soundness and char carried beneath the water and intc acter, and should breed to them con the beaver«' houses, or the burrow« sistently. They should endeavor also with which the bank of every beav as soon as- possible, either by pur er's dam Is honeycombed, Here the, chase or by breeding up, to possess are carefully stored. The green bark themselves of big drafty mares com The only re Is the staple article of food throughout bining those qualities. grettable thing about the sale of the the winter. The dams are of varying height and dapple gray mares on the January length, according to the ;>artlcular lo 11, 1912 Chicago horse market for cation. I found a dam in Mesa coun »1,000, Is that the mares were not ty, Colorado, which was just six feel purchased by some good farmer to be from bottom to top and Impounded a used for breeding and farm work pur- body of water six feet or more In depth 1 poses instead of by a Chicago teaming and covering an area of several acres I firm to draw a big wagon. It Is re This dam was perfect In construction grettable that they should ever have It was composed entirely of willow ' gotten away from the farm, for if bushes, aa no large timber grew in th« | they were worth «1,000 for draw ing a big wagon and heavy loads, certainly vicinity. they were worth that on the farm where they could do work to earn Could Spare Ono. One day Charlie, aged four, and hit their cost of maintenance and raise baity sister were playing with so tn« colts worth »1,000. The economy of the heavy mare on small marbles when one of them dis appeared and could not be found the farm, both from the standpoint of Their mother assisted In the search doing farm work and producing coljs and was very much alarmed, fearing compared with light and medium weight mares is nicely summed up aa the baby had swallowed It. "Oh, well, don't worry about « follows by Secretary Dinsmore of the matnma,” said Charlie. "We’ve Sol Percheron Society of America: “The cost ot maintenance under farm con «nough marbles without It.” ditions is about the same, the heavier mares are more efficient in the work Play and Display, Teacher—What Is the difference be of the farm, the colts are ready for work a year younger, and if carried tween "play" and "display?” Bright Boy—Boys love to play ant to the same age, will bring about I twice as much as th« colts from the girls love to dlrplay. REDUCE YOUR LIVING EXPENSES Ext Goldan Canal K w /I» and HX'mm.wl there to year ax«|aaln». one«**. You r«t battwr quality and mor« for your monoy. They aw mad« in your home atata from the bent Orcsun Oats arid WI mwc 14k rye parkf»««« ton fain a Handaomo Pramiora and all good* aww guaranteed. Aak your grocer. Golden Hod Oats. Golden Rod Pancake FI ms » Golden Rod Wheat Flake«. Ralston Select Bran. Golden Rod Wheat Nuts. Golden Rod Chick FxoA. Displeased the Widow. A Philadelphia traveling man, bar- Ing gone upon that journey for which there is no return ticket, bis many friends of the road consulted together as to the remembrance to be sent by them, and finally decided upon a de sign which was not only original, but which they considered peculiarly ap propriate. They never could under stand why the widow would not re ceive the beautiful suit case, made ot whit* flowers, with the words, "His last trip," in purple violets, on one vid*. ________________ light weight mares and about one- third or one-quarter more than the colts from the medium weight marcs.” This summary was drawn up after some careful thinking, upon the ques tion being put to the secretary by an extensive land owner looking forward ■' Liquid blue 1« a weak solution. Avoid it. Buy to the purchase and breeding of Red Cruv Ball Blue, th« blue that’s all blue Aak your grocer. horses, "What kind of mares should I use? I want to know all things con Worth of Clothes. sidered, whether I should buy a 1,200 | The influence of clothes must eon- pound, a 1,400 pound or a 1,700 pound tlnue to be, as it has been from the mare?” In other words, the land be^nnlng of hlstroy, either "sacred or owner as a business man wanted to ar profane," a foremost factor in those know wbtat would be tbe relative cost forces by which man's destiny is ,of maintenance, what the relative effi- 'guided. His health and comfort, alms 'clency on the farm and what the rela , and purposes, social standing and tive market value of the colts pro business prosperity; everything indeed duced, of these three classes of mares. that makes bis life worth living mag Here U how he thinks out the mat be affected by It In directions never ter, and his thinking was based on ex dreamed of by the tailor who. If be tended observation and experience: | does not actually make the man, is All three classes can, of course, be largely Instrumental In making him managed, as far as maintenance cost what be is. is concerned, at about the same gen Their Proper Place. eral figures. But in respect to working The folks who are perpetually pro efficiency, if we rate the 1,700 pound horse at 100 per cent., liberal allow testing that their consciences ar« ance is made if the 1,450 pound horse clear and that they have nothing foi is credited at 90 per cent., and the which to reproach themselves are gen 1,200 pound horse at 80 per cent. The enflly in a bad way, for the probabil colts bred to a good draft sire will ity Is that their much-vaunted con average somewhere about 1,500 sciences have stopped working anc pounds; colts from 1,450 pound mares are of no further use. Such peopk 1,600 to 1,700 pounds, and colts from never allow that they are in th« 1,700 pound mares, 1,800 to 2,000 wrong; their favorite sentence is. "1 pounds. Then, too, the lighter weight told you so!” and their proper place colts necessarily make their full Is on a desert island with thick weight only at maturity and they will skinned turtles for boon comnanions not be fit to sell until they are four Hair Fabrics. and one-half or five years of age. The Tn the manufacture of hair fabrics lame is true of the medium weight colts, but buyers are scouring the the hair is reduced to a paste by a sol country for heavy colts. Every good vent and aJl kinds of hair and fibers gelding Is gathered up at three years are used. Tbe paste Is run through of age. The heavier colts sell earlier, >n artificial silk spinner and drawn or If carried until they are older and from the spinner in threads. Some ot then put on the market, the prices ad 1 these are a yard or more In length. vance accordingly. Colts weighing They can be braided or woven like ar- aropnd 1,500 pounds will not bring tlficial horsehair. Hair composition quality kept tor for tne the man- man- more than »140 to »175 on the average, i ! of superior 1«» “^ ■ is ’ «ept because they come in competition' g’ b™M»--H«rPer« Weekly. with the great glut of common 1 light drafters on the market Those' No thoughtful person uses liquid blue. It’s a of blue in a large bottle of water. Ask for weighing around 1,650 pounds to 1,700 pinch tied Cross Ball Blue, the blue that's all blue. pounds will bring »200 to »240, and heavy weight geldings will bring »300 Ancient Italian City. to ,350. The heavy mares therefore Asolo, which inspired two of Brown produce colts that bring from o ne ing's verses in “Asolando," and which third to twice as much money as tto is observing the centenary. Is a forti lower weight mares. fied town In Treviso, In northern Italy. It was the ancient Acelum, and pos sesses a cathedral and a ruined aque duct The former palace of Catha rine Cernaro, queen of Cyprus, Is In the neighborhood. There are beauti ful seats tn the vicinity, and the town Fed I tn Conjunction With Corr, has a population of under 6,000.—Lon don Globe. Will Tiring Animals Up to USING GROUND FEED FOR HOGS Largo Weight in Short Time. Pastor's Merited Rebuke. When Samuel S. Colber w as preach ing In an old log schoolhouse In John son county. Missouri, In 1852, his congregation was quite small. One Sunday all were sitting at the desks forward near the puncheon floor. The sermon was monotonous and the old log seats had no backs. Observ ing the sleepy, downcast look of the congregation, the minister woke them up by shouting: "Arouse, heaven Is not under the floor!” In finishing hogs I make a slop ot ground oats and shelled corn (ground) and a small handful of oilmeal to each hog, says a writer in Swine Breeders’ Journal. This feed, In conjunction with ear corn, or shock corn If possi ble, will bring hogs up to large weights in a surprisingly short time. I believe that most up-to-date stock raisers will agree that with such kinds of grain as wheat, rye and barley, grinding and mixing with other feeds Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow*« 9oothto« is absolutely essential. For example, Syrup the best remedy to use lor their cbUdrea no on© would think of feeding wheat * wring t*ie teething ;>erlod. to hogs without first thoroughly soak Stabbed by Umbrella. ing it or running It through a feed Perhaps the strangest weapon ever mill. It may not b« necessary to grind used for killing was an umbrella. In it very fine, but It should at least bo October. ______ ,_____ 1908, ______ a man named Ernest crushed pretty completely, or ground Smith was found dead ,j in Chiswick -------- -------------------------- tine enough so that the hard, compact] i High street, England. He had a punc- portions of the grain will not go' , tured wound In the eye which had through the animal, undigested. This . ______ reached his brain and which the doe- Is true for old as well as young snl-1 • tors undoubtedly been tors agreed agreed had had undoubtedly I mats. ' I caused by the steel ferrule of an un> Another point upon which most peo brella. ple will agree Is that for the young growing stock, especially animals Uncle Pennywise Says: which do not have a full set of teeth, Countless ages of time passed, ss we grinding is necessary. It not only en compute time—before the earth was ables young animals to get more of prepared for the advent of man. The their feed, but they eat greater quan oldest civilisation known Is that of tities and grow much more rapidly. Egypt, and the pyramids are things On unground feed of the type noted, of yesterday compared with the for a young animal would do very little mation of the alluvial plains of the I good; but if wheat, barley, rye, etc., Euphrates, or the delta of the Missis be ground and mixed with a little corn, sippi, not to mention the Laurentian they will thrive. rocks. Leveling Board. A leveling board attached to the cul tivator helps to reduce the loss of soil moisture by evaporation. When the ground is kept fine and level, less sur face Is exposed to the air and the capillarity at the surface Is less ac tive THE Mirage Easy to Be Been. The celebrated Fata Morgans, a presentation of natural "moving pic- lures" on an immense scale which It occasslonally seen in the Straits of Messina, is explained by a scientific writer as being a mirage, such ss fre quently occurs In various parts of the world; "In fact," he says, "one may see a mirage any day by looking through the stratum of air overlying a hot stove, or adjacent to the side of a wall heated In the sunshine.” Young scientists will be Interested la ’erlfylng this statement. The Peanut Flux. The last thing to recover from the effects of a big celebration Is the five- cent bag of peanuts. It ilwJmile< pain fully during the Influx of great crowds. Other foods remain comparatively •table In quantity for a fixed price but the mob diminishes the allowance •t Doanuta for a nickel by half. PACIFIC LUTHERAN AND BUSINESS COLLEGE. { i ' • j LOCATED NEAR TACOMA—Chrixttxx: eatwmal; larr«* riunpus; modem eqtdparxnt: atb» ietK-Mj new i-V/M) Kymnaaium under cunstraattMU PREPARES IhGTOQirhly, and in tbe •hertaafe pr««ible time, for Collect, Buslaaaa, Tmehlaqt Civil Service, and Citixrn*hip. 14»a<u«c«a a eiafty. Eirht i oarae«; no entrance examinattoaa; •»*> eiai claiMie« for fiiF^ijcnem. EX PENHEM LOW: Tuition, board, ranm anj waahingr. nin«* month*. 81S0; eighteen weeka, $Mc nine week*. |W). Yow uk: How can you fumivh all this for Baaa than the usual price of br^ard and lud<in*t Wa aaswrr: By the aid of our church we ar« “--»hiea to rive our student* more than they pay for. We can't tell all here. Our free 50>pa<e eat»» logue will do it. Head for it. Addreoa N. J. HONG, Principal Parkland, W'ash. Lacking Important Point. Can a woman be a successful ”ca» glclan?” A contemporary wizard say* that she can, and that in London tber* are many society women who har* taken a course In wlzardy as a mean* of becoming proficient In toms kt*« of “parlor trick” by which to enter- tain company. It does seem, though that a magician without coat sleeve* to pull back, as a preliminary to do ing his marvels, would be fatally ««. ficient in paraphernalia. MOTHER OF LARGE FAMILY Tells How She Keeps Her Health — Happiness For Those Who Take Her Advice. Scottville. Mich. — “ I want to tell yot* how much good Lydia E. Pinkham’s Veg- e table Com pound and Sanative W ash hav* done me. I live on * farm andhave worked very hard. J am forty-five yean old, and am the mother of thirteen children. Many people think it strange that I am not broken dowis with hard work and the care of my fam ily, but I tell them of my good frien<4 Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Cam pound, and that there will be no back ache and bearing down pains for them if they will take it as I have. I am scarcely ever without it in the house. “ I will say also that I think there to no better medicine to be found for young girls. My eldest daughter has taken Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com pound for painful periods and irregular ity, and it has helped her. “I am always ready and willing to speak a good word for Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound. I tell every one I meet that I owe my health and happiness to your wonderful medicine.’* — Mrs. J. G. J ohnson , Scottville, Mich., R.F.D. 3. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound. made from native roots and herbs, contains no narcotics or harmful drugs, and today holds the record of being th* most successful remedy for woman’s ill* known. Its Only Purpose. “O Willie, Willie," cried a teaches to a hopelessly dull pupil, "whatever do your think your head is for?“ Willie, who evidently thought this an other of the troublesome question* that teachers were always asking, pondered it deeply. "Please, miss,” he replied at length, “to keep my collar on!"—Youth's Companion. Stimulant or Tonic ? Ayer’s Sarsaparilla is not a stimulant. It does not make you feel better one day, then as bad as ever the next There is not a drop of alco hol in it. Ayer’s Sarsapa rilla is a tonic. You have the steady, even gain that comes from such a medicine. Ask your doctor all about this. Trust him fully, and always do as he says. He knows. Who makes the best liver pills? Th* J. C. Ayer Company, .of Lowell, Mas*. They have been makirfg Ayer’s Pills fas over sixty years. If you have the sllgh* est doubt about using these pills, ask your doctor. Ask him flrst, that’s best . sue* kr «»• *. O. ATM OO.. Lx^xU. «m. »