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.SCIENCE IN RAISING POULTRY Important Problem ls to Ascertain How Many Eggs Each Hen Lays Hens Make Best Mothers. The time has come when more at tention must be given to high produc tion in the farm flock. It is not enough that the poultry fanciers breed up their layers and attempt to increase the strain. Farmers should breed up their own flocks. We should know what the hens pro duce and let their stay on the farm depend upon what they pay. This is the only business way to look at poul try raising. Trap nesting ls the fancier's way. It is a good way, but other ways may be devised to keep records of the hens. The important problem is to find out how many eggs each hen lays and when she lays them. Summer layers are not near as Im portant as early spring and winter layers, for winter eggs always bring better prices, so do early spring eggs. It follows from this that a hen that lays in winter, though she produces fewer eggs, may be more profitable than a summer layer. But authorities tell us not to keep hens till they are very old. They say the second season is generally the best for a laying hen. But there is need of more records on this subject Anyway, hens make better mothers when old than when pullets. RUNNER DUCKS ARE FAVORED Especially Adapted to Poultryman ! Who Wishes to Produce Eggs and Raise Some Meat. The man who desires a dual pur pose fowl will find the Runner duck suitable. This duck is especially adapt ed to the pouitryman who wishes to j produce eggs and to raise some meat j at the same time. They are perhaps not so good for meat as some of the other breeds, but: Runner Duck. they make good roasters, friers and broilers when they have been properly: fed. They are better layers than the aver age hen. From 200 to 250 eggs is not an uncommon yearly average for them under good cure. PROFITABLE TO RAISE GAME Money Can Be Made With Pheasants, Buffalo and Deer-Feed Cost ls Not Very Large. It costs no more to raise pheasants than chickens, and pheasants sell at from $5 to $50 a pahr, according to the variety; the Chinese rlng-nec? sells at about $7.50 a pair. It costs no more to raise a buffalo than a cow, while the former sells at I about the price of ten cows ; the cost : .of raising a deer is about the same? las sheep, while the deer finds a ready ?market at from ?15 to $50. GULLS SHOULD BE FATTENED (When Undesirable Fowls Reach Proper j Size They Should Be Placed In Pen and Fed Corn. As soon as the culls have reached a proper size they should be fattened. Place them In a pen to themselves and feed them food that contains a large per cent of carbohydrates, such as corn, or its milling products. During the process of fattening do not give them any green food at all. 3IVING CHALK FOR DIARRHEA Boiled With Rice lt Will Cure and Pass Off Naturally-No Harm In Excessive Dose. j At the time of an outbreak of diar rhea, there often is a cry of cholera, lit Is a false cry, but the trouble needs ; treatment. Boil some rice, and mix it with plenty of powdered chalk-an excess of this will do no harm, as it will ef fect a cure and pass off naturally. PRIDE IN COLTS AND HORSES Farmer Can Well Afrord to Feed and Care for Young Animals to At tract Buyers. (By W. 1>. BLIZZARD, Department of Animal Husbandry, Oklahoma A.. and M. College, Stillwater.) Every farmer should have a pride in the colts and horses he raises. If the packer and brewer cnn afford to pay fancy prices for flashy geldings largely for advertising purposes, the fanner can well afford to feed and care for his young colts in such a way that they will be attractive to these buyers. In fact, every farmer should be am bitious, not only to raise the best crops, but also to produce the best stock of all kinds. If he has the best teams in the neighborhood, they will Splendid Farm Team. attract a great deal of attention. The j farmer's son would certainly become j deeply interested in a fine team of purebred mnres and the colts they j raise. It would stimulate him and en courage bim to put forth his best ef-l forts for their care and management, j The boy who is proud of the stock j on the farm and who may raise and j develop a colt good enough to win at one of the local fairs is not nearly so ? likely to leave the farm. FEED CATTLE FOR SHIPMENT Pennsylvania Experiment Station ! Recommends Water Be Withheld Before Shipping. In preparing cattle for shipment con siderable attention should be given to feeding so as to lower the shrinkage as much as possible. The Pennsyl vania State college agricultural ex periment station recommends that water be withheld from animals be fore shipping and that they be fed tim othy hay and whole oats to prevent looseness during shipping. Under such treatment cattle will arrive at the market in a more attractive appear ance and will tuke on u much heavier "fill." REDUCE FERTILITY OF FARM Raising of Grade Steers Is Easier Than Growing Grain-Less Care for the Farmer. It ts known that grain-raising re duces the fertility of the farm in a much greater degree than the raising of stock. The raising of grade steers is easier work and less care for the average farmer now that reliable farm labor is becoming so difficult to obtain. HE IS PROGRESSIVE FARMER Man Breeding Purebred Stock ls the One With Best Surroundings and Farm Buildings. The man who has gone into the breeding of purebred live stock is the man with the best surroundings, the best buildings on his farm; he keeps his farm in the best condition-In fact it is something which tends to develop hun. USING ANTICHOLERA SERUM Vaccination of Hogs and Proper Caro Will Prevent Disease-Chance For More Money. Hog cholera ls absolutely prevent able. The use of the anticholera se rum - vaccinating the hogs - and proper care will do the work. Wita this hoodoo removed there ought to be much more money in hogs than ever before. Every Housewife o Mother is ever unde thai Nervous Sirai] which so often resi in Headaches, Diz Sensations, Faintne Depression and otl Nervous Disorders. Dr. Miles' NERVINE is Highly Recommended in Such Cases. IF FIRST BOTTLE FAILS TO BENEFIT, YOUR MONEY WILL BE REFUNDED. KITCHEN CABINET We are all Imperfect and the two things that make it possible for im perfect people to live together In peace and Joy are forgiving and forgetting. FOR DAINTY APPETITES. Cut an unpeeled eggplant in one fourth-inch .slices, salt each ; put them together again and press under u heavy weight an hour or more. Cut them into equal lengths a fourth of an inch wide, rejecting the skin, dry them and roll them in flour and cornmeal mixed; season with salt, pepper, and a dash of nutmeg. Drop a few at a time Into hot, olive oil and fry until a delicate brow/.. Drain on soft puper and serve ut once. Macaroni Savory.-Take a quart of cooked macaroni, two green peppers, two onions, chop the vegetables and fry 15 minutes in olive oil, tossing them "constantly ; add one cupful of'ib matoes and a half cupful of grated cheese. Masked Sweetbreads.-Remove the pipes and skin from a pound of blanched sweetbreads, then put through the meat grinder with two slices of salt pork. Form into cut lets and roll them In cheesecloth to keep their shupe. Place on ice to become firm. After an hour or two saute them on one side, only using butter; then place them in a buttered baking sheet, baked side up. Cover them with the following mixture: Scald a small onion in water five min utes, drain and slice it and cook in a tablespoonful of butter until it is slightly brown ; add one cupful of stock and cook until tender; press through a sieve with the stock. Melt three tablespoonfuls of butter; add a third of a cupful of flour, half a teaspoonful of salt, and a little papri ka. Add enough cream to the onion and stock mixture to make one and a third cupfuls; add this to the mix ture in the pan ; when boiling, add one large egg, cook for a moment, then add a dash of cayenne and nutmeg. Cover the sweetbreads about a fourth of an inch with this. Cool, then cover with bread crumbs, mixed in melted butter. Place a whole mushroom, cooked in butter, on each cutlet, and garnish with strips of truffle or red and green peppers. Bake ten minutes. Serve with a brown mushroom sauce around the edge of the plate with a mound of fried eggplant straws in the center. SLOAN'S LINIMENT FOR STIFF JOINTS. Rhuematic pains and aches get into the joints and muscles, making every movement torture. Relieve your suffering with Sloan's Lini ment; it quickly penetrates without rubbing and soothes and warms your sore muscles. The congested blood is stimulated to action; a sin gle application will drive the pain. Sloan's Liniment is clean, conve nient and quickly effective, it does not stain the skin or clog the pores. Get a bottle to-day at your drug gist. 25c. 2 To Drive Out Malaria And Build Up The System Take the Old Standard GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know what you are taking, as the formula is printed on every label, showing it is Quinine and Iron in a tasteless iortn. The Quinine drives out malaria, the Iron builds UD the system. 50 cent? .JT ^T^JU-JL*? BILIOUSNESS ?? B S T T E R S AND KIDNEYS 1er ^ BADLY RUN DOWN. "I had become greatly run down and my nerves were In terrible condition. I had frequent head aches and became very weak and was unable to do anything. I bought a bottle of Dr. Milos' Nerv ine. I soon began to feel better, my nerves were quieted. I re covered my strength, and have since recommended Dr. Miles' Nervino to many of my friends who have used it with satisfactory results." MRS. FRANCES WHITLOCK, 179 Broadway, Schenectady, N. T. Southern Railway System Effective Dec. 10th 1916. Between Ed gefield and. Aiken. Trains 109, 120, 107, 108, 130 and 106-Ko change. Train 131 leave Edsrefield 11:45 a. m., same as at present, time at Pine Ridge Camp 1:05 p. m., ar rive Trenton 1:10 p. m.. same as at present. Train No. Ill leave Trenton ll: 15 a. m., Baynham 11:30 a. m., Eu. reka 11:40 a. m., Milledgeville ll: 50 a. m., Lakeview 11:55 a. m., Croft 12:20 p. m.. Pine Ridere Camp 12:35 p. m., arrive Aiken 12:45 p. rn. Train No. 132 leave Aiken 1:25 p. m., same as at present. Arrive Trenton 2:15 p. m.-No other chan ges. Train No. 110 leave Aiken 1:35 p. m., Pine Ridge Camp 1:39 p. m., Croft 1:50 p. m., Lakeview 1:57 p. m., Milledgeviile 2:10 p. m., Eure ka 2:18 p. m., Baynham 2:26 p. m., Menton 2:40 p. m., Park Hill 2:50 p. m. Arrive Edgefield 3:00 p. m. Schedule figures are shown as in formation and are not guaranteed. Fred R. McMillin, District Passenger Agent, 228 Eighth Street, Augusta, Ga. Mrs. 'Walter Vincent, of Pleasant Hill, N. C., writes: "For three sum mers, 1 suffered from nervousness, dreadful pains In my back and ?ides, and weak sinking spells. Three bottles of Card ul, the woman's tonic, relieved me entire ly. I feel like another person, now." TAKE The Woman's Tonic For over 30 years, Cartful has been helping to relieve women's un necessary pains and building weak women tip to health and strength. It w?l do the same for you, if given a fair trial So, don't wait, but begin taking Cardui today, for tts use cannot hann you, and should surely do ron good. E-72 DR J.S. BYRD, N Dental Surgeon OFFICE OVER POSTOFFICE Residence 'Phone 17-R. Office 3. Whenever You Need o General Tonic Take Grove's The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is equally valuable as a General Tonic because it contains the well known tonic properties of QUININE and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds up the Whole System. 50 cents,. Augusta's Leading Jewelry Store We ahvays cany a large assortment of Diamonds. Jewelry. Watches. Clocks, Cut-Glass, Silverware, Gold and Silver Novelties. Our prices are reasonable. We also call attention to our repair ing department, having added machines that facilitate the work in this depart ment, let us put your watch in first class condition. Call Upon Us at Our New Store ' A. J. Renkl 980 Broad Street Augusta, Georgia J. 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