Hffet-llve Trap Nent.
A very sluiple" trap net 1 thus de
scribed by Orunge Judd Farmer : One
sltfo and irnrt of thotop on one com
purtmeiit In removed to show tbe Inte
rior cotiKtructloli. lOuoh compurtmiiut
should bo 13 Inches wide, 15 Inches
high and 30 Indies deep, wlillo the nest
box Is 12 Inches wiuare and 8 Inches
deep. Every poultry raiser knows the
value of a trap nest, o It Is not nec
6nsary to enter into Its utility. Any
number of them may be constructed
Bldo by side, and all equipped in the
same manner. The doorwuy at the
front is 10 Inches wide and 12 Inches
high, the door Is 12 Inches square and
Is caught at one corner with a screw.
When it is set the doorway is open, but
when tho hen has sprung it Iho door
falls and the opposite end to the screw
catches In an iron staple which pre
vents it from being moved by the cap
tive hen.
The top of the nests ore provided
with a few slats at the forward end
for light and ventilation, and each
compartment has a trapdoor hinged at
SERVICEABLE TRAP NEST.
the top so the hen can be removed from
the nest. The nest box is provided
with two screws at each side just for
ward from tho middle. These rest on
blocks with a V-shaped top.
Tbe nest is balanced so the weight
of a hen when she f teps on the front
edge will tip it down, thereby releas
ing the wire end that holds the door
and allows it to fall Two pieces of
wire are used. One is made fast to a
Bcrew eye driven In the front edge of
the box and extends up nearly to the
under side of the top, where a piece of
cord is tied to it The cord passes
through a screw eye and toward the
front of the box, where, four inches
from the eye, it is tied to the longer
piece or wire mat extonas to tne aoor.
The wire and string are adjusted so
the front end of the wire passing
through a hole In the board will pro
ject a quarter of an inch and support
the door. When the hen steps on the
box and drags the wire down that pulls
the long wire In and the door drops,
By opening the trap door at the top it
Is easy to set the doot again.
Hot? to Throw a Steer.
Here Is a very simple but sure way
to throw a large or small steer. Use
rope, three-quarter Inch, about 25 feet
long, Is best passing one-end of the
rope around the steer, and tying in a
hard knot; pass the rope back and
around the body agifin In front of the
hips, passing the end of the rope under
the rope, so as to form a draw, extend
ing the end of the rope straight behind
TOB THROWING THE STEER.
the steer. By pulling 100 pounds on
the end of the rope, a 1,000-pound steer
can be thrown with ease.
Farm Notes.
Be slow to condemn an old sow that
does good work.
More money Is lost by feeding hogs
too long than by selling too early.
If you desire to hit the bull's eye
aim high and In doing so load bo as to
obtain more bushels from fewer acres.
When clover fields are Infected with
tbe root borer, allowing them to stand
but two years will help to subjugate
the pest In any locality. ,
Potato scab can be largely prevented
by submerging the seed for two hours
or more In a formalin solution made
by dissolving one pint of formaldehyde
In thirty gallons of water.
" Every farmer should have his seed
corn testing patch, on which competing
selections from his own fields and va
rieties secured elsewhere may be sub
jected to a careful field test under bis
own eps, . . . -, .-' ,
For making good grafting wax melt
together four parts resin (by weight)
two parts beeswax ; one part tallow.
In tho spring the muscles of a horso
are soft and they tire easily. Let them
tuke It easy until they become accus
tomed to work and then you can "push
on tho lines." i.
Paint, judiciously applied to farm Im
plements, will give better returns than
when applied to buildings. Paint build
ings for appearance and Implements
for durability. "
The Increasing price of fence posts,
and the decreasing supply Is causing
men to reflect about the future post
We will have to get some good substi
tute or plant trees.
Breaking; a Stall Kicker.
Tho chronic stable kicker, aside
from being a nuisance, causes much
damage and often Injures other anl
mals. To breuk him of the habit, fill
a grain sack half full of sand and
swing from celling with rope, so sack
will hang where heels or horse will
have good play upon It Tio him firmly
lu the stall with a heavy, stout rope.
At the first kick the bag will swing
away, often as high as the celling, If
kicked squarely. It will then j-turs
and elve him as cood as he sent This
will lead to a general mlxup between
the horse and sandbag, and the sack
of sand will hold Its own, returning all
he sends, with considerable interest
lie will soon find that he Is up against
a losing proposition, and, learning this,
will be thoroughly cowed. Leave the
sack behind him for a week or more
and then remove. If he should at any
time show any tendency to return to
his old habit of kicking, arrange the
sack as before and the cure will be
final. Successful Farming.
Water for Sheep.
The necessity of a continual water
supply for sheep is a much controvert
ed point, says Farm and Live Stock
Journal. We are unable to find any
definite and decisive data on the ques
tlon and think it would make a good
topic for our experiment stations.
There are many farmers who would
like to know whether the pasturing of
sheep at any or all seasons of the year
in a lot where water Is not accessible
Is a losing practice. We believe that
experiments would prove that It Is, as
we can see no reason why they are so
different from other stock as not to re
pay attention to their water supply.
Bnarsrr Steps for Haracn Hooks
Old buggy steps make good harness
hooks one gets at the stores, writes
sooks one gets at the stores, writes
GOOD HABNE8S HOOKS.
an Indiana farmer. Cut off the step
at tbe dottel line A, and nail the hook
part up as shown in B.
Don't Neglect the Stables.
Many dairymen who are inclined to
be exceedingly cleanly about the sta
bles during the winter give them lit
tle care during the summer when the
cows are largely milked In the pasture,
a plan of milking many follow. There
are days and nights during the summer
when the cows must be housed and the
milking done in the stables, hence If
they have been neglected the nfllk Is
surely to absorb any undesirable odor
that may exist.
We find It an excellent plan to clean
the stables thoroughly just as soon as
the covi;s are turned out to grass, and
this thoroughness consists In washing
the walls with a strong solution of car
bolic add, then going over them thor
ughly with whitewash. In this man
ner all germs and odors are destroyed.
This Is by no means all, for each week
the stables are thoroughly purified, bo
that there will be no possible odor to
spoil the milk. Exchange.
Dwarfing- Apple Trees.
Apple trees are dwarfed by -eraftlna
them on trees of the same general type
but of smaller stature. There are two
stocks In general use in Europe and
In this country. These are Paradise
and Doucln. Paradise produces a fully
dwarfed apple tree of very small size.
The Doucln Is a tree of Intermediate
size, and therefore, does not dwarf
the stock so emphatically as the Para
dise. . - . ' .
Carrots and Parsnips.
An excellent mode of planting carrot
and parsnip seed is to drop the seed in
small quantity, six Inches apart In the
rows, Instead of scattering the seed In
the row. By this method the plants
will come up In stools, and can be
thinned out of too thick, whereas If the
seed scattered tho plants may come
up straggling, as the seed does not ger
minate very easily under adverse condi
tions. Extra plants taken from the
rows may be planted elsewhere. The
seed drills do the work well In that
respect . , : "
Silsisi
There is nothing more distressing than an itching, burn- D C fl D I A Q I C
ing skin disease, and upon the return of warm weather those r wUnlnOIOj
who are afflicted with skin troubles find the symptoms appear- OAI T D U C 1 1 M
ing and know that they will be tormented through the hot OM L 1 n . n U 111 .",
summer months. The blood is heated with humors and acrid matter, and as they are forced
to the surface the skin seems to be oir fire. The treatment of skin diseases with exter
nal applications is all wrong, because they do not reach the trouble which is in the blood.
The most such treatment can be expected to do is, allay the itching and burning and cover
up the trouble for awhile, but as soon as it is left off the disease returns. ,
All food taken into the body contains, in some form, the elements necessary to sustain
the different parts. One portion is used for
the making of blood, another for muscle, the itching was almost unbearable.
one for bone, still another for fat. and so on. Sevr.SirsrM bdy broke out a rash or eruption
, , ' j a . w whioh in spite of all efforts to oure continued to get worse.
Alter these amerent properties are ex- The itching, especially at night, was simply terrible, it
tracted from the food there still remains a ould alm0! disa?Pear at I1??- only t0 retura wors
.. . . . -I x-ttiiAj a. than ever. I had tried many highly recommended prepa-
portion that IS Useless, or waste matter, rations without benefit, and hearing of S. S. S. determined
which is intended to be disposed of throueh t0glve l a lalf ,tria1, and was fcpressibiy delighted
, 1 -u 1 e i iM when a few bottles oured me entirely, removing every
the natural Channels Ot DOCUl V Waste, the blemish and pimple from my bodv. I shall not fail to reo-
Xiver, Kidneys and Bowels. .
of the year, however, these organs become '
torpid, dull andsluggish, and fail to perform this duty,"and these accumulations remain in
the system and'are absorbed by the blood to ferment and sour, producing burning acids and
acrid humors. The blood cannot properly nourish the system while in this impure condition,
and begins to throw off these acids through the pores and glands of the skin, producing Acne,
Eczema, Tetter, Psoriasis, Salt Rheum and skin diseases of every description.
ECZEMA appears usually with a slight redness of the skin, followed by pustules from
which there flows a sticky fluid
11 J 1 1 1
is generally on me Dacic, breast, arms, legs and lace, though other parts of the body may be
afflicted. In TETTER the skin dries, cracks and bleeds, and is often very painful. The acid
in the blood dries up the natural oils of the skin, causing a drv. feverish, hardened condition
and giving it a leathery appearance. ACNE makes its appearance on the face in the form of
pimples and black-heads, and is particularly disagreeable because of its unsightly appear
ance, while PSORIASIS, a scaly disease, comes in patches on different parts of the body.
One of the worst forms of skin disease is SALT RHEUM. It discharges a watery fluid, form
ing sores and producing intense itching. The head and face are the parts usually affected,
and sometimes the hair falls out and a mass of sores forms on the scalp.
These and all skin diseases are due to the same cause burning acids and humors in
the' blood, and until this vital fluid is cleansed and made pure they will continue. The best
treatment for all skin diseases is S. S. S., a remedy that is purely vegetable, being made en
tirely from roots, herbs and barks, and acts directly on the blood with a cleansing, healing
effect. It neutralizes the acids and purifies the blood so that the skin, instead of being
blistered and burned by the fiery fluids, is nourished by a supply of cooling, healthy blood.
It goes down into the circulation and forces out every particle of waste or foreign matter,
blood. ' Nothing , equals S. S.
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We make no charge for either.
More Appropriate.
The district attorney was about to
summon another witness In the great
blackmailing trial.
"I can't get his real name," said the
attorney, "but I'll just put him down
as John Doe."
"But he has so much money," ven
tured the assistant, "suppose we put
him down as John Dough?"
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' His Natural Conclusion.
"I'm entertaining Miss Snigga, the
most popular girl in our class," said
the Bryn Mawr girl. "I'd like you to
meet her."
"No, thank you," replied Dick, "I'm
not Interested In homely girls."
"Why, how did you know she was
homely?"
"She must be or she wouldn't be so
popular with you other girls ; also, you
wouldn't want me to meet her." Phil
adelphia Press.
The
Wave
is the home
Jounces
Get KC
25c. If it
your grocer
. Send tor
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At this season 0 FmHns,na,iwllenever anPPrtunity
that dries and forms a crust,
4 - -
builds up the blood and cures all skm diseases promptly
and permanently. S. S. S. does not leave the least par
ticle of the poison for future outbreaks, but entirely rids
the blood of the cause for all skin diseases.
S. S. S. tones up the system and regulates the
Liver, Kidneys and Bowels so that they will carry off
the natural waste and refuse matter through the proper
channels, instead of leaving it to be absorbed by the
S. in the treatment of these troubles, and for building up the
treatise on skin diseases and any medical advice you wish.
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"This," sard the native, "Is our base
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Mothers will find Mr-. Wlmlow's Soothing
Eyrup the best remedy to use for their children
during the teething poriod.
lie Loved Her Not.
A little G-year-old girl friend of mine
came running to me and threw herself into
my arms, sobbing as if her heart would
break.
"God doesn't love me any more," she
wailed ; God doesn t love me !"
j "God doesn't love you? Why, dear,
j God loves everyone," I asured her.
"O, no, he doesn't love me. I know
he doesn't. I tried him with a daisy."
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ACNE,
TETTER,
ECZEMA,
and the itching: is intense. It
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