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y.r c'J" BRING UP RUN-DOWN ROADS Too Little Is Being Taught of Funda mental Principle#?Should Begin at Very Bottom. There has been a good deal snid in the various farm papers and In the institute bulletins about high road making, and at the Institute meetings also. The institute meetings and farm papers of various kinds are telling ua how to bring up run-down farms, and maintain them, our herds, our flocks, etc.; writes C. E. Hasftlnfl hi Hawd'a Dairyman. But fhere is m>Ching Said in regard to the fundamental princi ples, i. e., oOmmenclng at thp bottom of a road and brtnginf It to proper grade to uae a drag oil. Now, I would take a road that if not sandy, ami ts diehLog to the middle; I would get the center and grade and then I would commence In the middle and plow lightly the first two or three rounds, and go a llttie deeper until 1 got the usual depth of plowing, and plow the width of 90 feet croes slope. I would c'o this plowing as early In the spring as possible and let It Ue until the last of May or first of June, if it was sod. But In the t ."vntime, I would run a fair heft road drag over it occasionally until the last of May or first of June, to mellow it up into dirt. Then I would oommenoe outside of the wheel track (providing the travel was In the center of the road J and Plow again as far as before, and then keep the road drag in use after every rain, and use the ditch cleaner occa sionally. You will have as nice a cross slope as you could ask for, and cheap er than aoy other method. Our farmers' Institutes are doing a great work Id our great state of Wis consin, which I have no fault to And with in any respect But our roads ought to bo first on the list, for we are at a place where we have grot to have practical men along thli line. We are not going to have rock road* all at once, because our state la not In shape to appropriate money enough to us to build rock roads In one year, nor In ten. 8b I taw we ought to have the A, B, C's taught at our formers' Institutes, and through our farm pa pers along with our high road making. IMPROVEMENT OF THE HORSE One of Best Methods to Eneourage In terest Is Organization of MCoH Shows" In Fall (By W. H. TOMSHAV?) Nearly every person, whether taring In the city, village or couutry, take* more or less lntereet in the horse. It Is easy to get an audience when rt coinos to studying horses, be It at a * ? ll?.A cuumy itur, isnuors mouvuw, ur mtv stock meeting of any kind. We aQ have our favorites among the horses In a community, and are always ready to express oat opinion ** to the merits and demerits of the indlvtdaaia. Such interest should be encouraged In every community, and one of Che best ways of doing it to to hpld "colt shows'' during the fail and winter months. In the state of Iowa, a num ber of these shows here been held during the past few yetrsi and they have done much to improve the horses In the state. In planning these shows, the first step is to solicit, among the farmers, stallion owners and business men, for prises that are to be awarded. These need not be in the form of money, hot may be merchandise, machinery, or live stock of some kind. After the prises have been assured U wtfi bs neec^eary Uwadv^rtkss fh? Show and appoint a committer, who ' should make a persona) canvass of the com munity, to encourage the owners of cold tp bring them oat for the con test. Proper classification should he m?j1? sn that iD ?~>H? ?nrh ma flr*Tt and light colts, WU1 AS. shown te the same clasa, Ateo.^ia*e pur*-bmd and grades shown tn separate flum If possible, tt ts a good plan to have the colts from each tpwnsfclp show to separate elaseea, atvd the first prise winners come together ss champions of the show. The colt shows may be held tn coo neotloa with local market dsya, or lire stock meetings of tome kind- Out side uninterested parties should be scoured to do the judging; and they should in each case gtve reasons for placing the colts. After the Judging ts done, practical talks on horse breed ing, by local men end those secured to do the judging, should be siren. Colt shows of this kind will also do much to advertise the staltSons In a community. One of the beet ways of judging the value of a etallkm ts by the crop of colts which he has sired. Kitting Peeliaf treee tn the lata eummer will kill them. The Hump* can eaafty be removed with a atumc putter or If the (round i? cultivated around them they will rot in time. They may be destroyed by Are or blasted with a small can of dynamite. ' Sprout* can be killed after the trunk t# dead by continually cutting them under the gurfaoe with a mattock and by Bteady cultivation. $800,000,000.00 Lost Annually by Wage Earners. Dr. Sadler estimates that about $80,000,000.00 in wages is lost annu ally to the American people as a di rect result of colds. Use Foley's Honey and Tar Compound promptly. It will stop the cough, and heal and sooth the sore and inflamed air pas sages. McMurray Drug company. You get the best service on earth at Milford's Drug Store. Try them and be convinced. Phone 107. ROAD DRAG IS USEFUL Proven Success Everywhere,1 When Used After Rains. Implement l? of Particular Value In Hounding Up Crown and Filling In Rate-?Marrow Makes fcxoat lant Substitute. The road dra$ has proved a ?uo oess evarywhare whan used after rains i Co round ap the crown and All the rata. This does not mean that the crown should be so sharp as to slant the wagon unduly, tor as tbe road Is not to be neglected, but cheap ly worked as needed, tbere 1> no need for too sharp an elevation. We shall soon be hauling an Im mense tonnage to market, and I be lieve the drag Bhould be used whether it rains or not, to keep the roada In shape, or wo shall again, unless there are frequent rains, whloh seldom oo curs In the fall, have deep cuts all *?-- aiofaoo u/hlrVh Am ttoruab Ult) Li nv ciou sunwvu .. ? so ciosft they oaniiot bo avoided, eays a writer hi tha t>enver Weekly Post. When we start hauling we follow the center of the >0*4, which soon be conxw deeiply ratted and then ws straddle those rote, oontlnntug whilst an? surface )a left which la at all solid The great loads cut deeper and deeper, forcing (be dirt higher and higher at the aide of the rut where It drlea out, beoomtnf pliable and loose. In fact, the road begins to present the j pearanoe of a badly plowed field: which has not known the harrow. The escape of moisture leaves the soil par ticles without a film of water around them to bind them together, and there is a more of less complete break up of the road surfaoe. It is not so much the use of the drag as a rut filler, which Is obvious, to which I wish to draw attention aa to Its use as an agent to retain some moisture which Till bind the road and give it reeist ? ? ?- ?>>- 1?io* p a harrow ling a iv w#p ituww, ^ ? 3a14 ox r%ot track work* for in eith er octe*. ti 'tg the duat mulch on top that preserves the lower level* from air spaces and breaks up. Teams and teamsters will follow the lines of least resistance, and how often the road runs round where once was wet spot on a sharp curve for months be cause the qrstwbile mud spot Is a lit tle rough and the roundabout way smooth. Where these rough spots are short, teams returning with empty wagons can easily straighten out the road, but they seldom do so. IT the road be difcgged occasionally, perhaps we cannot entirely prevent, the formation of rut, but when the first ones are straddled the old pnes will be filled, and soon we can travel both ' tracks, alternating at the tame time.( * * ?AAinK */> tho rAfld ' iOIUUil? 4 iUUBV ouuy ww V?W - ? by the rolling of the wheels. A wagonj wheel, qq account of Its small sLze, ' dropping off a hard onto a soft spot. naturally makes cracks, whilst a road drag, whilst It m&j not fill aH the holes If there Is not enough loose dirt,1 produces long undulations which do not tend to cut out day by day and get worse and worse. Sometimes we shall hare bad roads to the fall, even If we drag, 1 bee&use oar road material la not equal to resisting the loads placed upon it,' but the road cannot become bo bad as il does when no attention what ever is given to leveling It and keep ing tl compact. Where no drag Is avails hie, a harrow, with the teeth stunted, will work a very great im provement, and it cac be cheaply ap plied. i GOOD BUILDING FOR POULTRY t Houm Should be About Seven Feet Htyft (n Front and Face the South ?Cement Floor fa Best. . I& reply to a Query m? Wisconsin agriculturist gives tbe following plant for * poultry bouee: ? "A poultry bouee hi order to be convenient should be built fourteen or Sixteen feet *14? and as kmc aa la neceaaary to accommodate the num ber erf fowta yon wish to keep. It should b? about seven feet high In front and high etxmgh tn the rear to five It enough slope to the rod. Build U eloeo tp the ground and have It face the south or southeast. Have tjt kv! cated on a rise of ground so that the drainage wtjl be away from the bouse. FID up the floor with dnders or gravel and pul to a cement floor tn the whofe* boose opon which you can keep two or three Inches of fresh sandy kem. Have the windows to (he south and east end tbe roosting dosets. tn the farthest portion dt (he pens away from the windows. Divide the bouse Into pens shout eight or ten feet wide, k good meth od of building a poultry houee is to make one pen with a cement floor eight feet wide In the rear of which 1* a ttvht rooettna closet and next to thta have a scratching shed ten or twelve feet wide wtthont any floor e*- ( eept a (tLrt floor and have the bouse entirely open hi front. Provide a heavy curtain which can be let down hi stormy weather to keep oat the ratn and enow. By building two lay ing and rooetlng roo~ns together and a scratching shed on each end and then adding similar sections you can keep m many fowls as you ehoose and they can be conveniently cared tor especially tf you make an alley in the rear, or you can enter each pen and scratching shed by providing a door which swings both ways. Feed for Pi^s. Green feed for pigs acta Hke pas ture for dairy cows and fattening steer*. And is nearly as satisfactory. It Is an eoonomy. To a Careful Child Only. * ? em JnafnnAAa n# fHrlfi flinint* tli DCCa?"B IUOIAUVTO 1/1 LM? 14 V Induced by the exigencies of modern life, let the sociologist not overlook this advertisement: "For rent, to a careful chfld, by a family going to i Egypt for six months, dolls' house : completely furnished, four dolls In- ! eluded. Terms reasonable." Undeserving of Sympathy. There Is no use wasting sympathy on a man who can't be happy with food health, food meals and good tMllir. PROFITS INCREASED BY 8lk6 Dairyman Should Be Ready to fake Advantage of Opportunities to R^ duoo Hit Expen&ea. (By J. E. DORMAN.) If a dairy farmer were told that be could roll silver dollars down a hill and then pick up two dollars for every one h<5 rolled down, and this statement waa verified by some of his neighbors and hundreds of other dairy farmers la the country, that farmer would stay up nights and roll the dollars. But when, told that h? could double the profits by the use of the stlo he be comes very Indifferent and keeps on In the 6ame old rut, feeding dry feed, wasting nearly half of his corn crop and doing a lot of unnecessary work. In these days of close competition, dairymen should be ready to take ad vantage of every opportunity to re duce the oost of production, and It will be found that It Is easier, If the St?ve 8tlo?Crpaclty 80 tons, size 44*28 feet; oot*. $132.. No roof, clay floor. proper methods are used, to do that than to raise the selling price of the dairy produots. The results are the same; a large net profit. In the oorn plant about 40 per cent, of the feeding value Is In the stalk and 60 per cent In the ear. When the ear alone Is fed, nearly half of the corn crop Is wasted. Where the dry stalks are fed, at least half of them remain uneaten, while If stored In the silo the loss le almost nothing. Every dairyman knows that cows will do thetr best on fresh June pas ture. The grass Is succulent and pal Modified Wlecorvein Silo?Capacity 150 tor>?; alio 18x30 feet; cost, $230, complete with roof and concrete floor. stable and the conditions for a maxi mum milk flow are Ideal. These con litions, however, do not last very long. 1^6 alio comes as near to supplying the ideal conditions as anything that ?an be found, and it is available every 4av in the vear. It orovides a uniform feed for every one of the twelve months. Highly sensitive dairy cows resent sny sudden or violent change In feed, and will show it by a decreased milk flow. The change from fall pasture to dry feed ts always followed by a shrinkage In the milk. In changing from the pasture to the silage, the change la not so great, and often the cows Increase the flow of milk when started on ellage. 8everal dairymen have recently made the statement that the lncerased profits paid for the bAo the first year. Cow* that are on pasture should tare free access to salt. Doot besltatd to Increase the grain ration to keep op the milk flow. The heifer whose first milk period hi long, frequently develops the habit of long periods. With soiling crops and some gralD the dairy herd should maintain a prof itable production. Green feed fed to milk cows will Insure larger profits, and as a good tdd to this result is a silo. When a dairyman learns to use the Babcock test he is started on the way to economic salvation. One paper says: "Uiean up fre quently." It would be better for the dairy farmer to keep things clean all rtie time. Among the men who have been phenomenally suocessful on the farm those who have followed dairying tand out pre-eminently. If the calves that are In the pas ture are expected to do well they should have plenty of shade and plen ty of good clean water. Vitality Is a very Important ohar aoteristlc In the dairy cow or any other farm animal. If weak along thl3 line the best returns cannot be ex pected. The Right to Smoke. "Do you think It looks well for wom en to smoke as they do In some Span lsh-Bpeaking countries?" "Well," re plied the worried Londoner; "It's this way: If they're smokin' they're likely either to be quiet and comfortable, or if they're not used to It just the oppo site. And either way's a good chance of keepln' 'em out of the suffragette parade." Begin at Home. Everybody wanta to reform go mo body else, but the citizen's first duty j to tli* aUU> l? to reform hlm*?U 1 i a w,yi?*tv* nwa. FARM AND ROAD IMPROVEMENT a SAWDUST ROADS IN FLORIDA i Disposition Made of By-Products of j Lumbering in Southern State Wear Well In Georgia. Sawdust roads are being made In | i an experimental way In Leon coun- j I ty, Florida. Great piles of sawdust ' 1 dot the state throughout lta pine land I sections, useless monuments to the I sawmill's work. The disposition of the by-products of lumbering In j Florida?the sawdust and the stumps I ?has long been the subject of care ful study, but until now they have ' largely been wastes. It la believed I that a practical process has finally boon evolved for the making of pa ; per pulp from pine stumps and the j i utilization of the mountains of saw- ! i diiBt In road building would prove a j : great boon. In many of the more favored sec- i , tlons of Florida clay lies beneath j ! the sandy loam with more or less of | i over-ouraen. wnere tms over-i/ur den Is light It may be readily i stripped off and a clay pit opened ; which affords good material for hard-1 j enlng the road surface. In some sec- j ! lions?notably Marlon county?great lime deposits lie close to the surface, i j not rock like the usual limestone de- : i posits, but soft enough to be handled l | by picks and to be crushed by road ; j rollers. An application of this soft j ' limestone on a road that has been ; I surfaced with clay makes altogether j j an Ideal road, and miles of such high- ' ! ways are being built by enterprising ! | communities and counties. Where | ! these materials are available, or I | where cheaper roads are desired, the ! j sawdust can doubtless be utilized to I good effect. In Leon county two j { ridges of earth are thrown up with j j a rond machine at the required width j from each other and the space be- j j tween Is filled with a six-Inch bod of ! sawdust. This Is followed with a 1 I smaller. machine which plows up and , i mixes the earth with the sawdust, i This makes a roadbed on which the j tires of the heaviest loaded vehicles make no impression. The contractor j has kept an accurate account of ex I penses in connection with this see- ; j tlon of sawdust and earth road and (lnds the cost aggregates $297 a mile, j I ft V>? bKahI V> a nh ! j <UU?llJg il iu uc auuuv vuu vuvm|/vv? I -oad material In use. I Some sawdust roads were built In i | south Georgia twenty ears ago and ! have worn well and given good sat- , l.sfactlon. The Leon county soil 1b ! :omewhat clayed, which adapts It ; well to the use of Bawdust, but this j nlll by-product can also be used to .idvantage In the sandier soils. It Is j a common practice In some of th? sandy sections to build walks with ' the eawdust In which the manufac- j 'tired Ice Is packed for shipment by j express, and a little of this sawdust mixed with sand affords a surprls- j Ingly firm footing. There seems no reason to doubt that the mountains of sawdust scattered all over the pine 'ands of the south may bo advan tageously used to acquire a firmer surfaoe on the sandy loam roads. The Lueclous Delaware Grape. Just where the Delaware originated j Is not known. It was first noticed i many years ago !n the garden of Paul | II. Provost of Hunterdon county, New ' Jersey. The Delaware flourishes best In a rich, well-drained soil. It Is very popular In New York and other states j to the south. Of high productivity and j with a delicate, pleasing flavor, the: Delaware holds high rank with many j i growers. Listing Corn. At one time listing corn was apt to be a rather slovenly operation, but i now tools have been thoroughly well adapted to this method. Disk culti- j vators seem more in favor for they thoroughly destroy the weeds and then harrowing helps level the row* j before the next cultivation. Even the j email cane is deeply planted and ' tseems to suceed well in states where there Is plenty of rainfall. Cooley on Good Roads. "Road building Is a science," said 1 <1. L. Cooley, representing the good j roads department of the federal gov-! ernment at the good roads conven- j tlon at the DaJlas (Tex.) fair. "There ' is no more reason why a man should j work out his road tax than that he ' should tench out his school tax. We I lose millions of dollars annually by ) leek of Intelligent application of road i funds." Keep Qrlt and Lime. It is well to keep grit and lime with- : in reach of the fowls at all times. It! Is true that in the country fowls can j gather plenty of grit from the fields,: but it is convenient to have it in the poultry-house, so that when bad weather is on the fowls are not com pelled to be without it. Good Roads. Good roads are costly while they :ire iu process of building. But we have yet to find a community which h'is these better highways that would by any manner of means consent to gn t::clc to the old way. What Interested Her. Aged Suitor?"It is true that I am I considerably older than you, but a man is as young as he feels, you know, ! and?" Miss Pert?"Oh, that doesn't j matter. What I want to know Is if you are as rich as you look." Riches Easily Gathered. : I am startled that God can make me so rich even with my own cheap stores. It needs but a few wisps of straw In tho sun, some small word dropped, or one that has long lain client la a boot?Thoreau. BEST PLACE run .UOL HOUSE North Side of Barn Is Favored on Ao count of Coolness and Less Needed for Stock. Tho north side of a barn is In many ways tho best place to house Im plements, for It is cooler to work In and leRB needed to shelter the stock than the south side. An Iron roof not in every way suited to stock will an swer the purpose, and is cheap. One of the main difficulties in shedding tools is to be able to get at them as needed. The drill is often needed, fall at well as spring, and a lot of tools have to be moved to get at It, and ; other tools are often hard to reach. J Perhaps a square house with a drive-, ? r% r? A nlnn f v ( yi ay nij uugii me iiiiuuio anu yivutj of rolling outside doors is tbo most i convenient, for in that case each tool j can be moved out directly. Doors are not so very much more j expensive than the sides of the build-1 ing, and they can be made tight enough for the machinery which is not affect ed by drafts. If the shed is not con venient the machinery will be outside a great part of the time. I do not believe it is practical to shed all the wagons hi fhte climate?they must be out so much anyhow that the protec tion of good paint which they carry with them will bo more effective than shedding part of the tim?, except with wagons used for hauling which are not In use through the summer. Guinea as a Forager. The guinea fowl is a great forager and destroys many Insects that the hens will not touch. They do not scratch the garden an4 though not easily kept near the house, they make known the places where they lay by I a peculiar noise, which enables one accustomed to them to find all the eggs they lay. They really cost almost nothing to raise, and when roosting near the house create an alarm should Intruders make their appearance. Pig Feeding Made Easier. Set the pig trough close up against j the fence and nail a board to the In ner side of trough so It will protect | trough between the fence boards. When feeding pour the slop on the j board from the opposite side and there ; need be no trouble In keeping the hogs j away until the slop Is In the trough j as under the customary way of do- j lng. Plants for Poultry Yard. If your poultry yard has not already ! some shrubs or trees, plant some for j shelter for the fowls on hot days. It I Is well to have two yards, and sow one 1 with grass while they are living In the I othor. Mystery of the Pyramids. One of the mysteries of the great j pyramids In Egypt Is how they were built In the sand. How did the slaves lift these gigantic boulders into place, ; especially since that was in me uhjd when machines were unknown. Sa vants and historians believe sloping ways were built leading to the pyra mids and the great stones hauled into place. o o o o o o o o o o o o OS Iirill U o o o o win uc i so while your heat BEk wa? New Arriving thing1 in I CLOTHING I MILLIE Do Your V O IH. W (?iwn Fr< Store also at ( > 4> V \ I have remove Groceries to Building, on one door aboi niture Co., "w concentrated ness, in ordf serve the int< many custom* |L. T. | EVERYTHING < j FRESH BREAD, ROLL! %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%* Little Hope for Him. Old Lawyer?"Why do you feel that your client will lose his case? Have you exhausted every means at your' 'JlsDosal to " Young Lawyer?"No; ''but I have exhausted all the means at ] his disposal. ,| IE GREA 1 in vai \ n Abbeville all ne: in Abbeville make Iquarters. Fall G every day?Have , SHOES, HA fERY and DRI Trading* at M; 'ElNR. f>nt Store. AI5BEVIL nllioun Falls next to I lilt d my stock of the Thomas Main St.rfifit /e Kerr Fur rhere I have all my busi :r to better arests of my 3rs. 1 Miller | GOOD TO EAT \ i AND CAKES DAILY j ?%% %%%% %%%%%%%%%% What Doubt Is. Doubt Is not itself a crime. All manner of doubt, inquiry about all manner of objects dwells in every rea sonable mind. It is the mystic work* ing of the mind cn the object it It getting to know about?Carlyle. o o o o. o o Kt week, my store T O o o <> < < NT o < <> oods I O every- ? o o o TS, 3SS GOODS O o o o o o o o o <> < < y Store 5 O O A UBI LI'% S. 0. % >. A. L. Depot. <> < O