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Plenty of Good Milk. The sow's value depends so largely On her ability to furnish plenty of good milk that we cannot afford to give her corn alone. She cannot give aw much mill, or good milk on corn Olone as she can on half corn and an mdded portion of middlings, oats or Othar grain, with grass or clover or other vegetables. ? Farmer's Home Journal. Fever In Sheep. A foundered sheep will be in a high state of fever and stiff all over. It will stand up but little and seem In great pain. Ordinarily sheep do not become foundered except when frd from a self-feeder and they are difficult animais to treat when they do overeat. The only remedy Is to phy.?,c with Epsom salts or pure raw linseed.?Farmers' Home Journal. ftest Single Ford. Corn Is our best single feed fcr hogs, but It Is tco rich in fat and tco i>uu4 *u (ii 4 v.ci.1 uiajv 3 a naniiuii.* ous and steady growth. Pigs fed corn alone thlve for a little while, get "very fat and then seezn o stop growing. Fanners who feed corn to pigs that hare nil the grass or clover they will eat between meals have found that they can make good pigs without any other feed.?Farmer's Heme Journal. Cotton Seed Menl For Sivinc. The supposedly totclc or poisonous effect of feeding cotton seed meal to pigs comes from giving it in too large amounts. Recent testR in Arkansas show good results to all ages of pigj It the amount 13 properly regulated, For :octinuous feeding the following allowances appear to be within th? danger limit: Pigs under fiftj pounds, one-quarter pound per day; pigs from fifty to seventy-five pounds one-third pound per day; pigs Iron seventy-five to one hundred pounds * * four pounds per day; pig3 rom 10! to l.'O pounds, four and cne-hnl pounds per day. Where the cotton seed meal form a part of the grain ration ther should always be an equal amount o wheat bran to supply hulk. Cottoi seed meni supplies the elements lack ing in corn meal and may be fei profitably in connection with it a , the rate of one part of the former t four to seven parts of the latter. 1 ia'cever safe to allow hogs free ac cess to cottou seed men!, hence i should always be mixed with th grain ration and fed to they will uc K?t more than the amount stated. Temporary Sheep Fence. One of the best portable fences fo use in soiling sheep is made in pan els with supports, as shown in th< sketch. Panels are ten feet long .Movable Fence For Sheep and Hogs made of four-inch beard solidly railed together. After this fence is once put up, sheep are not likely tc overturn it. A fence three and onehalf feet high will tun most flocks.? "arm and Home. Poultry in the Garden. in a bulletin from the Massachu t .s station J. H. Robinson tells of C 2 many ways In which poultry may ie useful in cultivated lands. In the ,'ornfleld until the ears are ripening; tbey will keep the asparagus bed in good tilth and free from insects from the time the cutting is discontinued; raspberries and blackberries until fruit is ripening. On grass land where but one crop of hay is cut each year poultry may be kept on the land from the time the hay is taken off. Some of the best mowings I have seen In this State are those that are cut but once a year and poultry kept on them with the second growth so strong it really seemed a waste not to cut it. Of course too much poultry on grass lard will ruin it. There is a medium where the land and poultry alike profit. An orchard furnishes an Ideal place for poultry. It gives shade as well as a grass run, and the birds destroy many insects. Whether In ield, orchard or garden the fowl that has an opportunity to do something for itself is saving labor for its owner, saving on the feed bill, and under proper restlctlons Is actually doing work which otherwise he would have to hire done. It is also keeping in good physical condition, and thus saving anxiety and extra care that go with unthrifty stock, to say nothing of the losses steadily occurring among such stock. i Woman's Powltry Profits. Farmer tells this little ^n's success with poultt giving her busi v;iy < her husband la FaPTft? short of ready cash after settling np the season's business. I don't like to > borrow from the banks and had be, gun to believe I had to face a hard situation. One night tny wife said to me: 'I can let you have some of my egg and chicken money to help you out.' 'Much obliged.' I replied, thinking she might have saved up 525 or even 530. But when she gave me her check for 5500 I felt like crawling under the barn. She had actually cleared up 5500 from her | chicken yard in three and one-half years without saying a word about it. Do I look after the chickens now? Indeed, yos, and every man and boy on the place al3o has orders to carry out madame's wishes and give her all the help she needs In her care of the hens. I know they are ! money producers and that neither drought ncr floods afreet them." Tt^tting of Tomatoes. There has been a great deal of complaint about tomatoes rotting this year. It is a dry. black rot that attacks the blossom end abesit the time or just before the tomato begins to ' get ripe. Some people think it is caused by too much dampness when the tomRtoes are close to the ground; or by vines being too thiol:. My experience is that it is dry weather and hot sunshine that causes them to rot. instead of the wet weather. When I Iniuiuiru ui.v tumaioe3 to a single I stem and tied them ud to stakes. J they rotted a great deal worse than ! they did when I let the vines run and i ] fall down to shade the tomatoes. If ( you have noticeu. those that come up i j "volunteer" around the fence where ; they are shaded from the sun are gen. erally the first ones to get ripe and ; rot the least. So you see it is not ! because they arc shaded that they ' rot. ; What caused the tomatoes to rot so , had this year. I think, was on aci count of the hot sun and dry weather . when they first began to ; ipen and be) fore the vines had gotten thick f enquga to shade them. As soon as thp rains came and the vines got rank s enough to shade the tomatoes and e !ii!3T> them damp they quit rotting, f Nature knows what is best and has n given the tomato a vine to cover her - fruit from the burning sun. When j d v;e try to improve on nature by cut- | t ting away part of the vine to let in n \ t)|p sunshine we ruin the fruit if the t weather is hot and dry. And the - vines that are not trimmed will bear l fruit of a better flavor, the tomatoes e not being so strong and sour as they t are when the sun shines directly on them. This is my experience and we never fall to have plenty of tomatoes r even when our neighbors have none, - ?L. O. H., in Indiana Farmer. * Saving Manure. Referring to the loss of manure resulting from careless or thoughtless handling, H. Leigh Hunt tells Country Gentleman readers to bed cattle and horses, calves and plga abundantly with straw, leaves or sawdust, both for the comfort of the animals, cleanliness, and for the absorption of manorial elements. For use directly In the cellars, muck, leaf mold from the woods, turf or dry earth are excellent. Sawdust is often the most eas. ily obtained, but on land where root r crops are to be raised it will, if very > jieeiy usee, cause a iungus blight, or ? scab. Of itself It has little value, being usually of 50ft wood, but will absorb the liquids readily when dry, and this makes excellent bedding. Liquid manure is available at once, and the more quickly it is applied to the land the better; but the solids must go through a process of decay before they are ready for the plant. i Manure on which hogs have run all winter is so valuable, largely on account of the working over that the hogs give it, when it is plentifully mixed with straw or other bedding material or a quantity of corn is thrown amongst it, its dinintegration into particles is much hastened. Much handling Improves manure, but it should never be allowed to dry in the sun. After being applied to the land, it should be harrowed in atxmce and thoroughly mixed with the soil to prevent loss. If left for days after spreading, as it often is, it dries and cakes and loses half its value. One who has never tried it will be surprised at the first trial to see the amount of manure wasted by turning the cows out at night during the summer. Knowing that they fed lit no UU1111& '.iie uigni, t naa my cows turned Into a small, dry yard, where they could be in the iresh air, but could not wander. Each morning a man goes over the yard with a ehovel and throws the droppings in a pile. A shelter of old boards on four green posts protects them from rain and i sun. As often as needed, the heap is drawn out and used. This daily chore keeps the yard clean for the cattle to lie in at night, and saves many loads of fertilizer. It takes only a few moments of time each day. ' No manure loses more from exposure than that of poultry. It is very rich in ammonia, and this escapes into the air and goes to waste. Abi aorbents under the perches, and frequent, even dally, cleaning of the dropping boards, storing the manure in receptacles that largely exclude air, will insure a fertiliser of much -r# value than when the droppings ''owed to lie on the floor from month, aa occurs la many ! henhouses. 1 if . c be made profitable. ! | Hii I'Uosc uf.K i'. onat he stopped. / ' Apple Toast. Core, peel and cut Into slices s medium sized apples. Put two tab! spoonfuls of butter into a saucepa and when it la melted throw in tl apples with half a cupful of sugar at two tablespoonfuls of water; stew tl apples quickly, tossing them with spoon. In the meantime cut Bever: slices of bread and fry in melted bu ter until golden brown. When cris; place the toast on a hot dish, sprink! with powdered sugar and cover wit the apples.?New York World. Good Cornmeal Much. Put two quarts of water into a ste pan, and when it is boiling add a ti blespoonful of salt and skim the llgl scum from the top. With the le hand pour in fresh cornmeal, elth* white or yellow, stirring continuous! with a long wooden spoon in the rigl hand, and continue to add the me) gradually until it is as thick as ca be stirred easily, or until the spoc will stand alone; stir it awhile longe and when the mush is suflicientl cooked, which will be in half or threi quarters of an hour, it will bubbl and pufT ur Turn it into a deep hi sin or large platter. It may be eaten cold or hot, frle in cakes or as a garnish for meat; makes an excellent cereal with sug? and cream for breakfast, or it may t prepared like macaroni, with egg milk and cheese, and baked.?Ne York World. Apple Souffle. Eoll three ounces of rice in a pii of milk till tender, mash it to a pul] line a cake tin with it and place it i the oven till quite firm and set. Tur it into a dish and fill the frame wit a souffle made as follows: Stew fi\ apples, sweetening and flavoring thei with a little cinnamon or clove. Bei the yolks of three eggs with an oun< and a half of hnttor i.- - with the apples. Sat on the flre fc a few minutes in order to mix we together. Let the mixture then star in a basin for a short while, add tt whites of three eggs beaten to a stl froth, and mix all together. Fill <? rice frame with this and bake till golden brown. This makes a simple, old-fashion; dish which i3 hot** tempting an wholesome. Pare, core and quart* some apples overnight and place the in a fruit casserole with half a pcun of sugar which has been previous dissolved in a teacupful of water. L them get well heated, then draw tt casserole to the side of the stov taking care that the lid flts closel Leave all night and the apples wl be quite tender in the morning.Philadelphia Record. Squabs a I/Aniericaine. Three squabs, four ounces of sai sage meat, five ounces of cooked har one carrot, one turnip, one onion, tw cupfuls of stock or water, one eg, bread crumbs, mashed potatoes, sal pepper, grate of nutmeg and red pe: per. Split the squabs in halves and tal out the breastbone. Wash, prepai and quarter the vegetables, put the In a enncoMi l?? " icij iuB?i|uaus on men | pour In the stock or water, cover tt pan, and let the birds cook slowly f< | one hour. Then lift them on to dish, place another over them wil weights on it, and press them flat ti cold. Rub the sausage meat throup a sieve, and mix with it the fine chopped ham and seasonings. When the squabs are quite co] spread a layer of this force over tt cut side of ehfch. Brush over eac piece with beaten egg, and cover with fine bread crumbs. Fry them I smoking hot fat till a golden color. Have ready some hot mashed poti toes, arrange a bed of it down tl centre of a hot dish, lay the squal on this, pressing them down slight into the potato. Then decorcte tt edge of the dish with mashed potai forced through a bag and rose tub Strain round a little tomato or brow eauce. If preferred some carefully pr pared spinach might be used in tt place of potatoes. ? Philadelph Press. IB^IhouseholdI |og hints Tin jars of preserved guavas ai eaten as a sweet for luncheon < ;CrVAf1 at fUnnor Wocden boxes of guava paste ai served with crackers and cheese whe the salad is passed. Japanese boxes filled with spice almonds may be used on the table ii stead cf salted nuts. Red Spanish peppers are kept i Jars to be used as a salad with Frenc dressing or in sandwiches for specfi occasions. Jars containing a paste of chickt and trufKes should be prepared to 1 spread thinly on bread and batter uu served with a salad. Cheese filled with nuts may be pi np in glass jars. This is used f< making sandwiches for afternoon t< or after-theatre suppers. In cooking macoroni. rice, oysti stew or milk for a custard, by grea I ing the kettle with a little butter will never stick. Cups and dishes which have b come brown by constant baking in tl I oven may be brightened and made 1 look like new by rubbing them with ; flannel dipped in whitlnz. F $ <3oo6' lz B. THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY FROM q. NEW YORK TO ATLANTA. le id The Route Han Just Been Definitely m Selected, a al After a thorough Inspection of the t_ arious routes between New 'York and Atlanta, the route for the "Natlonal Highway" between the two citjj les has been definitely selected. The first public tour between North and South has just been held over this route. During the summer a thirty w horse power steamer made three trips a_ between New York and Atlanta over as many different routes, and with the aid of the data thus obtained the ?r official rdute has just been marked jy out by the path-finding cars?a forty lt horse power steamer, using kerosene as fuel, and a twenty horse power n gasoline car. The steam car started in from New York on September 23 and r made a record trip southward, reach[y ing Atlanta on September 30. The gasoline car started northward from I0 Atlanta, ant! the two machines met , at Martinsville, Va.. and from that point proceeded southward together. (j This path-finding trip was the first extensive public road performance of ir the White gasoline car, and it made a (e splendid showing, keeping quite the g same pace as its larger factory mate ^ over the mountains of Virginia and through the sand, mud and fords of Georgia and the Carolinas. In such splendid condition was the gasoline car at the finish of its arduous 1100pt mile journey that it was sold at a n premium immediately after its arrival n at Atlanta. The steamer also came in h for its share of public attention, partre ly because it made the trip southward m faster than it had ever been made belt fore by a motor car, and partly be;e cause its use of kerosene as fuel was m an innovation in nmeh nf th? rmintrv >r through which it passed. The road 11 directions covering the National Highfa way were compiled by R. H. Johnston, ie of the White Company, who drove a C| 4 r/ ^ yv i J* ) i !d jvv @ C /j /v Id I i I OHIO / i V Jr i ft ' 1 :dy et I ^ A e KtNTUCKY) \ \ y / > y- /V- f nf v . W **OWTVUU if A OfcNOK' f ** w > V \ ^ I ^ CrA*?T?u TCNNt55CL N a- ! ,?'A-7? ro J ' B. ?C t, > /^,,"HU T* V rv. ?s o U T M / V ' # ^Vir* - . * V \ / \ ^ i | | pe ,^1*.. .Ar a oaV'. -X jv? w w n o I A \" " " " t ' M e ] ,a the steam car from New York to At? lanta. a The route of the New York-Atlanta ,jj National Highway leads across Staten jj Island, then to Trenton, crosses the Delaware River at that point and ly thence proceeds to Philadelphia. From Philadelphia the route leads alId most due westward to Gettysburg ,e via Lancaster and Y'ork. At Gettys,jj burg the route turns southward to it Hagerstown, tlienee to Shepherds[n town. West Virginia, and from there to Winchester. From this point, the a_ route follows the famous Shenandoah ie Valley pike to Staunton. From 3S Staunton th& route proceeds soutfcly ward via National Bridge to Roanoke. le South of Roanoke is a stretch of to about fifty miles across the mounte> ains where the worst roads of the enn tire route are encountered. As soon as the highway enters North Caroe. lina better conditions are found, and ,e there are good roads almost all the ia way across the State via WinstonSalem, Greensboro and Charlotte. Greenville and Anderson are the principal towns in South Carolina through which the route passes, and entering Georgia the route proceeds via Royston, Winder and Lawreneeviile to Atlanta, the total distance from New Vnrlr halnn IAEA ?" | ?w*n I4VIU5 A VIIV lllllCa. Yoakum Takes Strong Stand For ? Good Roads. The thousands of poople who are giving careful thought and support to c the Good Roads Movement in the !t United States will be interested in the " practical co-operation 'd what unexepected aouree. a* Yoakun:, who has vigorained. for the Rock Islic lines, that the intereats of h ind the railway are interul and that those things fit one must necessarily >n other, has adopted some >f al and original methods id rate his belief that the . the farmer are natural ai d that the fullest success ji lends upon proper co-opla wing from one of the New ?): . *3 indicates one of his emphasizing the economic v. . ?od wagon roads through. il? . ithwesi, which is served by ' uls Hues: e ; ' c " Yoakum, chairman of the ?* exe: . . . ommittee of the Rock Island-Ki lines, gave a party of * presidents of farmers' unions from Texts, * aaaas, Louisiana mod Qkia IRoabe. | homa an automobile rido over ( good roads of New Jersey, N Hampshire, Rhode Island, Masaacl setts, Connecticut and New York, sbow them what sort of roads tt ought to have in their native Stat The automobile trip started from 1 Bellevue-Stratford Hotel at Phllad phla on Tuesday, September 22. t der the auspices of Frederick Qlll son, chairman of the New Jen Highway Commission. Governor Fi was the guest of honor and deltvei a short address on good roads to I party at lunch at the Bartlett Ii Lakewood. N. J. The New Jen trip ended September 23, and 1 party left on the night train for C< cord, N. H., where the trip over 1 New England roadB commenced. 1 Governor of New Hampshire acco panied the party part way. The roi was from Concord to Nashua, Nash to Boston, Boston to Providence a Providence to New Haven, and e< sumed four days. The State Hi) way Commissioner and a corps of < gineers accompanied the party in et case to explain the roads. ] Yoakum accompanied the party the New Jersey trip. Goveri Draper, of Massachusetts, was t dPrM a Hinnor Kv fK** _ ? ?. M.MMV* wj lUt {kUVlU I \Ji party and members of the State Hi; way Commission in Boston."' The Current Issue, of Austin, T? commenting on Mr. Yoakum's pi says: "It is well known that on the gn ed roads in the States over which I party traveled, one horse will do I same work as three or four on 1 average roads of Texas or Oklahot In every State the commanding i portance of good roads is recogniz but just what kind to decide on a how to go at the work to pet the b results for the least outlay is a pn lem not sn rpnHiiv caIuaH "In many localities road building a new deal to the people. "In comparatively new States tl have bean so busy making a livil I NCWTKU CNMSYLVA Ml> . { 4t.TtnjT /Jgiwmw o if* / rWlwwm | ^' i*?u? V .rtfyMfffrfc V ?HOUTt or THC ? \ MWIDRK-ATIAKIA MI6HMAY bringing new sections of country 1 der cultivation, establishing hon and schools and churches and 1 various immediate necessities of c ilized life, that they have managed get along with any old kind of roa kent tin ill the slnm-and-inm wav tl marks all community road worki a few days each year. "But for several years there 1 been a disposition everywhere to cure something better. "Commendable progress has bs made, too, in various coun.ies in t State, but ail are forced to admit tl j good roads construction is only in 1 beginning stage here. The same > true of: Oklahoma, Arkansas a Louisiana. Hence there could hart bo anything more conducive to a b ter understanding of the subject a to sharpening the interest of the pi pie in it than such a trip over t Eastern pikes and graded highws by the heads of farmers' organizatic as Mr. Yoakum has just persona conducted. "There is no need in this conn tion to attribute to him any extrai dinary altruism or philanthropy what he has done. "It is a practical business affair 1 i tween business associates or partne : as he said at Tulsa. "Of course, the farmers adjacent i his roads will get their products 1 the'stations somehow over auy ki I of wagon ways; but Mr. Yoaki t > - kuuwh mitt nrsi-ciass wagon roa stand for better farming, and for pi ting every available acre under t plow, for ease and facility in movi ' a crop encourages and stimulates t J growing of more and better crops. I "The same section with good wag ' roads will give the railroad mc traffic out and in than with b wagon roads. "What builds up the country a utilizes its lands and resources to t best advantage also builds up t j farmers' business, and no man kno this better than B. F. Yoakum. "He advances the railroad's inb ests if he can help in advancing t j farmers' interests. "That's what he said in his notal address, and that is what he is tryi to bring out in a sensible and pn tical way." The attitude of the executive he of a great railway system is sign capt and should serve as a new I petus to so important a movement (Streets running north and soi f hare ths bent health records. i. , ? I | To Enjoy J the full oonfidenes of the Well-Inforc ' W of the World and the Commendation . the moet eminent physician* it waa ear . >110 ew tial that the component parts of Sy m- of Figs and Elixir of Senna should to known to and approved by them; th eg fore, tho California Fig Syrup Co. pubhe lishes a full statement with every package. el" The porfect purity and uniformi i ; Cy. duct, which they demand in a ?ey remedy of an ethical character, a orf by the Company's original methi *0a . ufacturo known to tho Compan. an, The figs of California are ui iey production of Syrup of Figs an Senna to promote the pleasant the the medicinal principles are obt "he plants known to act most l>enet lln- To get its beneficial effects o ,y Jte the genuine?manufactured bj n(j fornia Fig Syrup Co. only, ai 1 }n. by all leading druggists. ?h- ??mm pn. The worth of a thing is what it will ich bring.?Portuguese. ?* tfr HIS DAYS NUMBEKRO. on lor How a Youngstown Man Disappointed Pj the Pessimists, ids ga- jonn rt. itudc, 3 4z narvara St., Youngstown, Ohio, says: "In spite of \ ?x., three different doctors I was getting an, worse, and was told I couldn't live tslx months. They called it Bright's disease. My limbs were swollen so badly r had to keep to the house for nine months. The urine was thick, passages were frequent and est, scanty and my head was sore and diz0b zy. I used Doan's Kidney Pills on ?? the advice of a friend, found com' is P'ete relief 1? time, and two years ' have now passed without a sign of kidney trouble." Remember the name?Doan's. Sold ? by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. 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