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The tank here shown is used for mange, ticks, lice and other vermin or Farmer. The coal tar products adver erally used as tho liquid material in with the water. CATTLE IN THE SOUTH r\ Tennessee wan deneves uppur* tunity Is Attractive. Cotton Growing Portion of United States Makes Less Provision for ?\ Feeding of Live Stock Than Any Other. I do not believe there Is another region In the civilized world as large In area and containing as much live stock that makes so little provision for the feeding of the stock as the cotton-growing portion of the United States. The universal custom there In feed ing the grain Is to use corn, and for roughage corn fodder Is almost wholly used. Besides the corn fodder quite a. considerable quantity of pea hay ie used, and a few people use some millet. With the exception of Bome oats shipped to the south, which Is fed to horses In cities and towns, all the grain fed to horses and mulos is corn, writes 0. T. Robertson of Tennessee in the Farm Progress. On the cotton plantations corn is grown in large quantities to feed the mules and hogs and for bread for the people who live on the plantations and do the cultivat ing of these crops. After some years' farming in Ten nessee, I concluded that it was as easy to grow hay and grain in the entire cotton-growing region as In any state ; north of the Ohio river. I found that on good soil a mixture of timothy and raritnn made eood growth and was I excellent hay. On rich, moist bottom land Ber muda gras3 also made sufficient growth to be mowed, and It made fine j hay. Where there was rich bottom ' land Infested with Bermuda, it has | been the custom of some to plow and harrow the Bermuda sod and sow cowpeas, a bushel to the acre, and harrow them In. The mixture of cow Sour slops have no place on the well i regulated farm. The well fed sow glve6 the pigs a good start In life. Can you tell Just how much it costs to feed a cow a year? A storage place for eggs should be free from any bad odors. A strong fowl should have a medium large, bright red comb and wattle3. The first efTort In producing growth should be to make tt gradual. The food of the sow before farrow ing should be nutritious, but not con centrated. ' Pot bellied colts tell the story of Improper feeding, Blow growth and de velopment. Try the hog3 on good, clean water and see how much they will make way with In a day. When there la plenty of good pas ture Is the best and cheapest time to prepare sheep for market. Hens lav aa w#>ll wlthnn* and Infertile eggs do not deteriorate nearly bo Boon as do fertile ones. Th6 man who has a promising heif er calf should not let go of her at any sum the butcher can afford to pay. It is reasonably certain that a sow is a good milker if she raises a good ly number of pigB and does It well. Give the chicks, especially the late ones, good care, that they may be kept growing and be ready for the winter laying campaign. When the farmer raises a horse himself he has much more assurance that it is equal to his requirements than if it were bought. Onions should be marketed In thin barrels having numerous openings for ventilation, and headed with burlap. Fifty-six pounds of dry onions are con. aldered a standard bushel. A milk ration le good, but never let It stand long enough In the chicken yard to attract flies. This should be avoided during the heated term. Es pecially keep the perches and nests clean and gather the eggs dally. * Prepare for Future. It 1b imperative that we provide gome means of tiding the dairy herd over the season of failing pastures, ; Instead of vainly regretting that it , has occurred. The dairyman who depends upon i the pasture during the summer and I hay during the winter to feed his cows 1 Is treading on treacherous ground. V/WW I waniiy. The universal interest In the prob lem of increasing dairy profits through ' the cow testing associations shows that dairy farmers are willing to learn better ways when they have convinc ing proof to sustain a theory. --?%'f dipping cattle In the treatment of skin diseases, says the Orange Judd tlsed as dip (solutions Rre most gen tho tank; of course properly mixed pea vines and Bermuda graBs made most excellent hay. After plowing and harrowing the Bod, the grass would come up thick from the roots, and the mixture of grass and peavlnes would make the best of hay. Another grass that makes a heavy growth, and much pasturage or bay, Is Johnson grass. But I would warn everyone against getting a farm In fested with Johnson grass. It Is a very good pasture and hay grass, but there Is no known way to get rid of It If once It gets a start on a farm. It Is claimed by some that no one has ever been known to eradicate JOhn en n rrra ca u-hon nnco n stnrt. Bermuda Is almost bb objectionable, but It Is generally admitted that It can be eradicated. Prom my own experience I would say It was next to Impossible; but this Is at least true: \Vhen Bermuda gets possession of land, you can plow and harrow, and plant a crop of corn or cotton In It. for awhile you may think It Is gone; but It Is very certain to come back, and keep on coming back; but you can cultivate the corn or cotton and make a fairly good crop In spite of the grass. As cotton seed meal and hulls both make good feed, and on bottom lands large crops of corn can be made In the cotton states, It has always seemed to me that If enough young cattle, of fairly good quality, can be bought In any of the cotton states, It would be a very successful plan to buy these young cattle, which always sell cheap, and pasture and feed them to supply the local demand for beef. V. ^ yih Aonn abq Af 1 o Knr will molfQ X 11X3 V/llCa^llCOO Vi iCkwrvr* f? A** u***nv the C08t of handling such stock very low; and pea hay, Bermuda grass hay and corn and sorghum fodder should make the cost of feeding very low. Such stock finished with oil meal and hulls and a reasonable quantity of corn, make very good young beef. If well-bred bulls were Introduced, say Short-horn or Angus, to cross on the native stook, the half-bloods should make very good beef animals. This Industry has simply been neg lected, yet I am sure the field Is a very promising one. DEVICE TO SHARPEN SICKLE Invention of Iowa Man May Also Bo Used for Grinding Chisels, Axes and Other Tools. In describing an Invention by 0. W. Hoadley of Garden Grove, la., the Scientific American Bays: The principal object of this Inven tion Is to provide a new and Improved grinding machine made up of parts which are so arranged that the grind ing wheel may be adjusted to differ Kavolo and nnfflpfl when it Is de sired to sharpen the sickle of a mow ing machine, the construction and ar rangement of parts being euch that the device may also be used for grinding chisels, axea, and the like. Grinding Machine. The device Is also adapted to be held In suoh a position that It may be used as in the ordinary grinding wheel. The view pictures the device in use In grinding a mowing machine sickle. Killing Cookerels. As soon aa the cockerels weigh three-quarters of a pound they should be penned for ten or twelve days and fed all they will eat of corn chop or wet mash composed of two parts corn meal, one part bran and one part low grade flour. If this mixture can be dampened with skim milk, it will add much to Its fattening and bleaching qualities. Birds that are being fat-j tened snouia De i?u m uuujud im than in litter, as exercise at this time Is not conducive to rapid gains In weight The birds should be kept as quiet as possible. Sheep are Dainty. Sheep will not eat hay that has been mussed over by other animals. They are the most aaiiKy uiuiunm uu mo i farm. They do not like grain from a ! crib full of rats, either. | Cruelty to the Cows. The milker who will thump a cow for squirming under the attack of files ought to be hoisted out of the barn on the toe of the dairyman's boot. Why should the hired man be ex pected to work ten hours or more In the harvest field and then while hot *nd dirty tackle the milking job? Care in Spraying. In spraying tho cows, be careful that & generous quantity of the solu tion is put on their backs, especially Just behind the shoulders, since at these points it Is difficult for the anl* Bale to brush off the files. mu.'zr..jrzsiCm "rwr ifcT" rcfty; tftM FOR BETTER HIGHWAYS Appeal Made by Thomas Nelson Page for Betterment Noted Author Holds Improvement of Roads Will Increase Prosperity of Country and Dlstrlbut? Pnnulatlnn Eauallv. Mr. Thomas Nelson Page, the au thor, In a statement which he had Issued as chairman of t^e American Association foi- . Hlghwqjrg Irabrov'e ment, points to the a&tjoclatlpn aB Vhe proper vehicle through frhlch all the j people of the country can take part In the great movement for the Im provement of the roads, which, he holds, will increase the prosperity of the country and provide a more equal distribution of population. The officers of the association Include some of the most prominent men of the country. "Of all the material affairs of the country at present," says Mr. Page, "the Improvement of the public roads seemB to me the most Important and far reaching. Every Improvement of our roads 1b a direct Increase In the value of property and a dlreot assist ance toward tho improvement, phys ically, morally and mentally, of our people. It Is not too much to Bay that In the southern portion of thle country we are 50 years behind at least a nart of the north In this matter of roads and we are 20.0 years behind Europe, at leaat that portion of Eu rope over which I have traveled, ex tending from the northern fiords of Norway down to the southernmost points of Italy and Spain. "Both urban and rural communities, of course, are Interested vitally In roada, but the country Is far more In terested than the ctty, for good roads shorten the distance to the market, to the school, to the railway station and the country store, precisely bo much as the road is Improved. It la not too much to say that the agricultural land of the south frould bfe more than doubled tn value If the roads were only half as bad as they are. "Our people need to be educated In this matter of good roads aa touch as on any other subject in the world, and the most Important work perhaps that the American Association for Highway Improvement can perform is to estab I1nh nlonrlv In thfl minds Of OUr X>?ODle that their personal Interests are bound up with the Improvement of their highways. "It takes a long time to establish a new Idea In the minds of a great con lervatlve population; but this new Idea Is taking root among our people and will In time become established. The new Ideas of farming are being Intro duced, whloh are already increasing materially the productivity of the soil and the knowledge of our farming population as to the value of Improved methods, and It Is as certain as any Dther law of nature that In time the Improvement of the publlo roads will come. The only question Is whether we shall allow this Improvement to be postponed until our generation are all dead and burled or whether we shall bring the Improvement in our own time and get the benefits of It? whether we shall use our knowledge and our opportunities to give to the rising generation throughout the ooun try the benefits which come directly from a great system of good roads Dpenlng the way to enlightenment and comfort of all kinds, or whether we shall leave them to suffer from the want of such a Bystem and possibly even from the want of knowledge that euch Improvement Is essential. Hot Weather Peed*. Greens are essential In hot weath w ^ Ai\An rvarW er. 1BO UVU> IU a unpg uyeu >~ ? will help themselves, but the to mates of a small yard must be ttber ally provided for by their keeper. Surplus greene and weeds from the garden, oats or wheat sown tn mesh covered boxes, or sprouted oats should be given dally. Sour milk, where It can be spared, le an excellent hot-weather tonic. Supply it in addition to cool drinking water and have all such vessete fcon talnlng it set in the shade 6n the north side of the house or under spe cially made shelters. Renew the wa ter at least twice every day. Winter Clothe*. Alfalfa from northern grown seed Is hardy, yet it needs winter protection In case there is not a food growth left to cover it, to catch snow and to les sen the effect of free ring and thawing, It will be helpful to put Ob a llgM cov ering of atraw or mama*. True, ?on? of this will get into b**, but th? aJl-lgiportant thing la to tb* stand of alfalfa. *- u Demand for 8electe<S Egga. It should be remembered that t|t will take time to work up a demand for selected eggs, but when people are once convinced that the eggs cac be depended on, they will not only call for such egga. but will tell their friends about them. Amount of Feed. The amount to be fed a flock ts a matter of observation. The general rule to feed what will be eaten op clean should be 6uppllmented by care- , ful observation upon the effects of the food supplied in the condition of the fowls. Roads In France. Havre and other Frenoh cities are using a new method to allay the dual nuisance. Roadways a/e Sprinkled with common salt and then watered freely. Deafness Cannot Be Cured by local applications, as they cannol reach tho diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condi tion of tho mucous lininpr of the Eusta chian Tube. When this tube is inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfcct hearing, and when it is entirely closed, Deafness is tho result, and unless the in flammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condi tion of the mucous surfaces. 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