Picket Fence Device.
A dimple effective plan for building
a picket and wire fence without a niu
chlue Is sug(f(!Hted by O. C. Schneider,
of Ava, Mo. He says:
A device which will answer the pur
pose of a fence machine Is made as
follows: Take pieces of 2x4 a foot or
so long, bore two small holes near the
end of each, put the wires through
these holes and fusten to post where
you wish to begin. Then stretch your
wire and staple to post some distance
ahead, leaving the staples loose
enough so the wire -will slip when It Is
drawn tight. Let eight or ten feet of
wire extend beyond the post and to
those fasten heavy weights to keep the
PICKET FKNCK DEVICE.
wire tight. Put a picket between the
wires and turn the blocks over as often
s you wish to twist the wire between
each picket; then put In another picket
and twist the other way, etc. To pre
serve posts, mix pulverized charcoal in
boiled linseed oil to the consistency of
paint and apply with a brush.
Grinding Corn for Bwine.
We believe in feeding swine so that
they will have something to keep them
busy as well as for the best results to
be obtained from tbe grain, so we feed
the corn whole and usually on the cob
until It gets hard and flinty, when It is
either shelled and soaked a little to
soften It or soaked on the cob. All
other grains are ground because it has
been demonstrated that the smaller
grains go through the animals and do
them but little good. Carrying out the
plan of keeping the swine busy, we al
ways have something for them to
chew on cornstalks, squares of sod,
apples, potntoes and other vegetables,
and we do not see that they take on
fat any slower because of this plan of
feeding. Pure water is given them In
clean troughs twice a duy during the
winter and we know they thrive bet
ter for having it Exchange.
Loading Corn Fodder.
Loading corn fodder may not be
very hard work to the small farmer,
but when one has the product of many
acres to load it becomes a formidable
operation. The work can be much
more easily done If the following de
vice is used: Make a loader by using
a two-inch plank ten feet long with
cleats of inch stuff nailed on one side
at short intervals. At one end nail a
cleat on the under side, which will be
three inches wider than the board on
each side. Tie small ropes to this cleat
and with them fasten the rack to the
back part of the wagon rack, the lower
end of the plank-rack resting on the
ground.
This makes a stepladder up which it
is easy to walk and if strongly made a
man can readily carry up It all he can
get his arm around. With this plan
one man can do the work of loading a
wagon easily without spending the
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FOR LOADING CORN FODDER.
time necessary to bind the bundles.
The illustration shows how easily the
ladder can be made. Indianapolis
News.
Ban Farms by Electricity.
The Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley
Traction Line, operating eighty miles
of lnterurban road in Indiana, has sent
to farmers living along the line an
offer to furnish power to run the ma
chinery on their farms. Gasoline and
steam engines are used extensively,
but corn shelling, feed cutting and otti
er work is also done by hand, and the
company proposes to furnish dynamos
and build a line for a distance of one
mile on each side of the track at cost
If farmers will agree to pay a reason
able sum for current The farmers gen
erally seem to favor the project
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Coat of Silage.
We have from time to time laid be
fore our readers the cost of putting
corn in the silo, says Farmers' Trib
une. Some men are able to grow the
corn at a cost of about 60 cents per
ton of green mutter. They are able to
put It in the silo for another CO cents,
making the total cost of the silage In
the silo approximately $1 per ton.
Sometimes the cost goes as high as
$1.50, sometimes even higher.
Sam Schilling, who Is manager of
Joel Fhciitwole'B heard at Northfleld,
Minn., kept an accurate record of the
cost of putting sixteen acres of corn
In his silo last year and these figures
were given before the Minnesota But
ter Makers' Association this spring by
Mr. Schilling. They are as follows:
10 acres corn at $8......... ...,... ...$128 00
Cost .of cutting, $1 per acre. . ..... 10 00
Two men loading five days.,... 15 00
Two men In silo 15 00
Four teams hauling five days. . 00 00
Engine five days and man...... 25 00
Fuel for engine 10 00
One man to feed machine. ...... 10 00
Cost of 200 tons silage ...$285 00
Cost per ton of silage. 1 42 V2
The average yield per acre In this
instance was 12.5 tons of green corn.
The cost of the ensilage, including the
raising, which was estimated at $8 per
acre, was a little high. Consulting the
table, however, it will be seen that it
required four teams hauling for five
days top draw the corn to the silo per
day. . This means that the Bilage had
to be drawn from some distance or
more could have been hauled, but even
at $1.50 per ton silage is a very cheap
food.
Fall Mulching ot Treea.
If It is thought necessary to apply
mulch around the base of trees or
shrubs as a winter protection care
must be used not to do the work too
soon, particularly if anything in the
nature of a fertilizer is used, such as
coarse stable manure, for there Is al
ways danger of inciting renewed
growth in the tree, just as It is begin
ning to go to sleep for the winter, and
this growth, being extremely tender,
will be killed by the first cold weather,
probably with much injury to the tree.
A better plan is not to apply the mulch
until the ground freezes, applying
more, if necessary, later on.
By far the best plan of all is to use
earth with which to protect the roots
of the tree or shrub during the first
cold days; put it on several Inches
thick for three feet around the tree.
Later, if it gets too cold, a little coarse
manure may be put on over the soil.
By this plan the tree or shrub will
bave full protection without danger of
inciting a late growth.
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A Good Grindstone.
A grindstone to turn with bicycle
gear can be made after this cut, writes
W. D. Watklns, of Athens, Ohio. Take
sprocket wheels and chain off an old
binder or dropper. Gear so that stone
will turn two revolutions to one of
crank. You can grind anything on it
with great speed.
Water Basin for Chicks.
Take a basin that will hold about
two quarts of water and fill it with
pebbles a little smaller than eggs.
When level full of the pebbles, pour
in the water until the spaces betwepn
them are full. Sink the basin in the
ground until the rim Is an inch above
the surface. The chicks can run all
over this, stepping on the pebbles and
can drink the water without getting
wet. We have used such a fountain
for years with perfect success. It Is
easy to clean, keeps the water cool for
several hours and protects the chicks
from getting wet all over, as they can
not crowd each other into the water,
no matter how much they try to ioo.
Cor. American Stock Keeper.
Trenching.
Remove the top soil from a strip one
yard wide and a foot deep; then spade
the subsoil well and spread plenty of
manure over it; throw the top soil
from the next row on the surface soil
of the first and sow for seed until the
whole plot has been trenched. It will
produce heavy crops for several years.
Plowing; the Garden.
If the garden Is thoroughly under
drained, as it always should be, it
should be fall plowed in ridges and the
surface left rough, so as to expose the
soli as much as possible to freezing.
This is the more necessary because the
garden is always a sheltered spot,
where snow lies much of the winter,
so that there are few times when the
soil freezes very deeply. The garden
Is always the richest spot on the farm.
It often is heavy with manure and
needs the winter's freezing to lighten
the soil and make its fertility more
available, ,
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A Doctors
Medicine
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral is not
a simple cough syrup. It is a
strong medicine, a doctor's
medicine. It cures hard cases,
severe and desperate cases,
chronic cases of asthma, pleu
risy, bronchitis, consumption.
Ask your doctor about this.
41 1 bare used a grnt deal of Ajer's Cherry
Pectoral for coughs and hard coldi on tbe
cheat. It has always done me itreat (rood. It
li certainly a moat wonderful cough medi
cine." -MiOUAKL 4. FITZOSKAU), iledlord,
M.J.
lUda by J. O. Ayer Co., Lowell, Mass.
Also luantuav.urgra VI
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WWf O HAIRVIQOR.
Ynu will hasten recovery bv tak
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Jnat Like a Woman.
4,John, a peddler came around to
day selling stove polish. He was a
very agreeable gentleman. Why, he
talked so pleasantly about the weath
er." "You don't say, Maria?"
"Yes, and I bought a package. Then
he complimented tbe baby and I
bought another package."
"H'm!"'
"Presently he said our vestibule was
kept in better order than any in the
neighborhood and then I bought an
other package."
"Great Scott!" '
"Before he left be said he thought
I wa"s your daughter instead of being
old enough to be your wife. Then I
bought three additional packages. Oh,
it dotl't do any harm to encourage a
real gentleman when you meet one."
Well Parried.
"What passed between yourself and
the complainant?" Inquired the magis
trate In a county court. "I think, sor,"
replied the worthy Mr. O'Brien, "a
half dozen bricks and a lump of pav
ing stone." In "Irish Life and Hu
mor" Mr. William Harvey gives an
other anecdote of the Irishman's readi
ness in the court of law.
"Now, Pat," said a magistrate to an
old offender, "what brought you here
again?"
"Two policemen, sor," was the la
conic reply.
"Drunk, I suppose?" queried the
magistrate.
"Yes, sor," said Pat, "both av thlm."
The central markets of Paris use more
than $00,000 worth of baskets every
year.
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On tie occasion of a cyclist's wedding
at Epping, near London, the other day
the' bride and bridegroom rode to church
on single machines and returned on a
tandem.
Mother" will find Mrs. Winslow's Soothing
Byrup the bent remedy to una for their children
during the teuthiug period.
The International Telegraph Con
struction Company has subiniUed a
scheme to the Postmaster General of
Australia' for the erection of wireless
telegraph stations linking New Zealand
and Australia direct.
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The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn mat mere in at. ictutLuut) uienucu ujirowm
that science nas oeen aoie to cure m an i
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Cure is the only positive cure known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitu
tional disease, requires a constitutional treat
ment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and giving the pa
tient strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its won. j m ,
proprietors have so much faith in its curative
powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that it fails to cure. Bend for list
of testimonials. . - I
iTiZ.. w t rTTENKY A CO.. Toledo. O.
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Hall's Family fills are the best.
Got It from Her.
"Your husband," said the talkative
man, "has such a mild disposition. I
suppose he inherited it from his moth
er." "No," replied Mrs. Henpeck, with set
jaw, "I think I can safely say It was
part of my dowry." Philadelphia
Press.
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"Who is that man all the women
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"That is a doctor from another
town."
"But there are doctors around here
who are much better known."
"Sh! This chap is a 'beauty doc
tor.' "
Piso s Cure fs a remedy for coughs, colds
and consumption. Try it. Price 26 cents,
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Not an Index of Power.
Young Mr. Whimper, who had a
worthy ambition for public office, had
closed his canvass of his native State.
He felt sure of his nomination, and
was waiting, in good spirits, at his
father's fireside to receive it.
He had been asked to tell his ex
periences as a "spellbinder," and had
willingly consented.
"But, on the whole," was his modest
conclusion, "I was rather successful.
And what gratified me particularly
was that in the places where I was
least known I met with the warmest
reception."
It was several seconds before Mr.
Whimper understood why his father
and the girls laughed, and even his
mother smiled.
iiE Laxative of
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There are two classes ot remedies: those of known qual
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gently, in harmony with nature, when nature needs assist
ance; and another class, composed of preparations of
unknown, uncertain and inferior character, acting tempo
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functions unnecessarily. One of the most exceptional of
the remedies of known quality andexcellence is the ever
pleasant Syrup of Figs, manufactured by the California
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plants, known to act most beneficially, in a pleasant syrup,
in which the wholesome Californian blue figs are used to con
tribute their rich, yet delicate, fruity flavor. It is the remedy
of all remedies to sweeten and refresh and cleanse the system
gently and naturally, nd to assist one in overcoming consti
pation and the many ills resulting therefrom. Its active princi
ples and aualitv are known to
remedy has therefore met with
the favor of many millions of well
their own personal knowledge
that it is a most excellent laxative
it will cure all manner of ills, but
represents, a laxative remedy of known quality and excellence,
containing nothing of an objectionable or injurious character.
There are two classes of purchasers : those who are informed
'astoth'e quality of what they buy and the reasonsfor the excellence
of articles of exceptional merit, and who do not lack courage to go
elsewhere when a dealer offers an imitation of any well known
article; but, unfortunately, there are some people who do not know,
and who allow themselves to be imposed upon. They cannot expect
its beneficial effects if they do'not get the genuine remedy.
To the credit of the druggists of the United States be it said
nearly all of them value their
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imitations or ine
Genuine Syrup of Figs
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one has only to note, when
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one nas oniv to note, wnen
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"1 followed th
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with Fish Brani Thbrad
u j3 f rft 4 DUCKer, usca lor
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and for cover at night if we got to bed,
and I will say that I have gotten mora
comfort out of your slicker than any other
one article that I ever owned."
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