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MTSOUTHERN V ; <]? M TOPICS CFISTEREST TO THEPLANTi \ +\ ? Testing; Covr*. When it is possible to test the butter value of a cow it does not pay a dairyman to feed any cow that he is not sure is giving him a profit. The following from the Southern Ruralist shows what has been done: "It would be interesting to know how many dairymen in Georgia test their cows so as to ascertain which cows are paying a profit and which are being kept at a loss. "Some recent tests have been reported which are very instructive, not as showing how much individual cows give when fresh in milk, and at their best, but what they give during the year, for with this information, with the market price of the product and it th? PTsot amount of profit is easily determined. "A dairy expert in Minnesota in testin? about 200 cows reports some very striking instances illustrating the farmer's ignorance of the relative value of bis cows. "One case is the following: Two grades of similar breeding, with exactly the same feed, care, milking, etc.. one yielding twenty-three pounds of butter per month, the other sixty-three .pounds. If the farmer paid for her care. etc. and butter was worth ^ ^venty-five cents per pound, the latter made a clear profit of $10 per month, which is more that the yearly income of one share of the best railroad or factory stock in the United States. And yet the market value of such a cow is about $35 or $40. "The Illinois Experiment Station reports a similar case among others: Two grade cows. Rose and Nora, as nearly alike as possible, were fed the same and managed exactly alike for a year. The difference in favor of Rose in the year's prodnct was 3207 pounds nf ?ly> nnunds of butter fat. For every 100 pounds of milk from j Norn, Rose save 130.5 pounds. For, every 100 pounds of butter fat from Nora. Rose save 180.7. Rose produced 564.8 pounds of butter during tbe year. I Nora. 298.6 pounds of butter: the differ- j ence In favor of Rose being 200.2; pounds. With butter at twenty-five cents per pound. SC6.30. If Nora made ; expenses. Rose made tbe neat sum last stated. If 175 pounds of butter will | pay the expenses of one of these cows, j and this is enough according to some dairymen, then the profit from Rose amounted to $97.25. "A very Interesting article in the Chicago Dairy Produce of May 5 last, gives a report of a Scotch writer upon the methods of the Danish farmers. They weigh and test their milk with great care, having societies organized for the purpose of employing and sup porting experts, whose entire time is devoted to this work. The plan and the working of it cannot now be given in detail, bnt it is only mentioned to ahow some of the discoveries resulting from it. One man began with twelve heifers and by careful management weeding ont the most valuable one from year to year, and breeding only from the best, he about doubled his product per cow in a few years. This careful system of testing brought to numerous instances where whole | families of cows were giving twice the milk and butter of the average cow. One cow is mentioned as giving 1100 gallons a year for seven years: another 1400 gallons a year for fifteen years. Without testing the individuals, a large part of the profit from these good cows would have bepn wasted supporting a lot of scrubs." Protfftln!: Strnwberrjr Plants. A great many different things can be nsed as protection for strawberry plants. At the South we have In pine straw an ideal covering. It should be applied so as to be about one-half of an inch deep after settling. What is sought Is to cover the plants just deep enough to greatly lessen, but not entirely prevent, freezing. If the covering is so deep as to entirely prevent freezing there is danger that the plants might be smothered or bleached. The crickets and other harmful pests, especially at the South, are more liable to take refuge in the thicker covering. Crickets sometimes do considerable harm to plants. Where nine straw cannot be pro cured, wheat or oat straw or different j kinds of long, coarse grass can be used I to some extent. The objection to grain straw Is that it is liable to blow off unless chopped short or weighed down by small quantities of earth or small stones placed at intervals. Forest leaves can also be anchored in the same .way. Corn stalks, or any coarse stalks of that kind, can be used. In the far North, where no other protection is obtainable, several inches of earth is thrown on the plants to protect them. Coarse stable or barn yard manure protects plants and at the same time enriches the soil. A top dressing of hard wood ashes, followed by a liberal one of stable or barn yard manure, will insure a fine crop of berries at the next fruiting time. While not essential, it is better i ^ Brief Mention. j We laugh at sueers, Jibes and blows of an enemy, we expect nothing else. But the wounds from the hand and tongue of him who calls himself our fcpend, those wounds never heal; we feel them even in the grave. If the wrongs we committed in this life affected only ourselves, we could afford to go right ahead and think about the consequences after the act had been done. k ?=Nt 'ARM /VO >)<L- D- | CR, STOCKMAN AND TRUCK GROWER. \ __ A ? <r~ T" wherever practicable to cover the middle and all. No matter what kind of covering is used, it will be necessary to remove part of it as the growth begins in the spring, which in the latitude of the central parts of the country is early Marvh. At this time the straw litter, or any kind of covering that is used, can be raked from directly ofT the plants and left scattered between and around them to serve as a mulch to protect the berries from grit at ripening time.?O. W. Blacktiall, in the Practical Farmer. Ths Dairy Heifer. The dairy heifer should be handled constantly. This is essential in order that she mav be kent gentle. The so called "breaking" of a heifer to inilk is an evidence of improper management. If she comes in contact with the herdsman often enough and is properly handled she will be so gentle that there will be no trouble about milking her. even for the first time. The necessity of having to tie up a heifer and break her with milk stools, hay forks and other implements of torture. is not only inhuman and nonsensical, but a useless waste of energy due to the neglect of the early education and training of the heifer. It is necessary that the udder parts of the heifer be handled from day to day. or as often as possible, so as to induce a flow of blood to that organ and thus I develop at the earliest possible date the maternal instinct which is so j closely correlated with the capacity to give large yields of milk. The gentle kneading of the udder from day to day Is a point of more than passing importance. It does not take long to perform the operation, and the benefit of the practice is now well established. The average man says: "I have no time for such things. These are the notions of theorists, and as such are not worthy of my attention." There is where a serious mistake is made. Why should people enter into the breeding and development of a dairy 1 1 :r Ko fo tr> nnv n t I lit'XU II liirj? uatr uvi iv |/M(f j tention to the fine points; in other words. If they have not time to propI erly train up and develop their animals so as to bring out the desirable instincts in the most perfect way? The attainment of perfection in the development of the dairy heifer requires a systematic course of treatment, and the man who is not willing to give the necessary time to the education of his animals can not hope for the best results.?Professor A. M. Soule. While the j)ew is On. A small plot of ground was divided equally between the hired lad and the son of the farmer, and to each was to be given the entire proceeds of his labor. They planted their plots with corn and laid a wager as to which should make the biggest crop. At harvest the son came out a bushel or two behind. He could not understand the reason, as he had hoed his twice every week until it was laid by. while he had not seen the hired lad cultivate his at all. and yet the latter had gained the wager. r* ?nvnui nut thnt- tlif? winninc croD had not been cultivated as frequently as the loser, but it was done before bis rival was out of bed in the morning. Providence, it seems, had followed the hoe of the early riser with a special and increasing reward. Now. to our mind, it is not at all certain that the mere fact of the early cultivation accounted for the gain in production. Is it not likely that the lad who was enterprising enough to turn out of bed so early in the morning while the other one was asleep, was also more careful and thorough in his cultivation? We believe that this is the true ex? * Afhoi* rvnrrle tliA pianuiiuu, iuui, in viuci ...v very early rising and the hoeing while the dew was on were merely the accompaniment of success and not Its cause. Farmers who believe In early cultivation for the cabbage, which is hardy enough not to be affected by it, know that the bean and some other plants are very impatient of hoeing at the unseemly hours when people ought to be in bed. They show their resentment very decidedly; the earth which is spattered on the leaves stops up the Oior heeorne the victims of rust, which is simply the indication that the leaf is deprived of breath.? Florida Agriculturist. Correct Diagnotl'. She?'"It's really wonderful how much that doctor knows."' He-"Why so?" She?"He asked me if I ever heard a buzzing noise in my ears." He?"Well." She?"That's just where I do hoar it!"?Yonkers Statesman. "Queer idea that of calling a man and wife one." "Well, when they are married they are practically one." "Nonsense; it takes two to make a quarrel."?Philadelphia Ledgex*. News of the Day. William Jennings Bryon has purchased the old homestead in which he was born at Salem, 111. It is a plain, two-story house, and its heavy timbers were hewn by Col. Bryan's father a half century ago. Col. Bryan's purchase is prompted altogether by senti. ment, as he has told his friends he has never considered changing hi* residence from Nebraska. \ In tlie South. O movement rvillir.IT for DOO I * *J ular aid or co-operative as-1 Nsistance 011 the part of the legislative and commercial m m ho lies has made such rapid progress in so short a time as the good roads movement in the South. While this movement is general throughout the country and seems to he attracting all elements to its support. in the South, where great natural resources are being developed at an unprecedented rate, and where facilities for transportation are a matter of immediate, pressing concern, largely 1 made so during the past three years, this subject of improved country highways is taking deeper root with the people than in most other sections. The commerce of the world comes primarily from the ground, and as a rule the cost of transporting a product is relatively higher in the initial stage ?from the field or mine to the railroad, river or canal?than in any other part of its journey to the world's markets. The most expensive and the most oppressive kind of transportation is wagon transportation, where it is ac complisned over Dan roaas, dui mis fact is often lost sight of by communities which address themselves to the work of correcting alleged inequalities in the freight rates charged by railroad and steamboat companies. A village in the West, which had its own peculiar grievance touching freight rates, was so situated that all the incoming freight delivered by the local railroad had to be hauled up a 1 steep hill in wagons, on which only half an ordinary load could be drawn. This condition was complacently submitted to for a number of years, wliec it occurred to somebody to suggest that , the point of attack might be profitably shifted from the railroad, or its attitude on the subject of freight rates, tc this hill. When this suggestion was acted upon, finally, resulting in the cutting down of the grade, the reduction ir , j cost of local cartage of one-half, and a ! corresponding saving in cost of transj portation greater than could possibly I have resulted had the raiiroad granted I all that was asked, the business mer of this village realized that tbey had been guilty of an error of omission in not having figured, at an earlier day, the cost of transportation to and from the doors of their stores and ware houses instead of between stations on the railroad, and that it is possible foi a short piece of neglected wagon road to be an important adverse factor in the relations of their community with i distant markets. The encouragement given to the good roads' movement in the South by th( Southern Railway, beginning in 1901. when it co-operated with the United States Agricultural Department and the National Good Roads Association in an expedition for building object-lesson rnn rle in crtnthnncforn SOptinnc nf the country, is a consistent part of the policy which aims at the develop ment of its territory. In recent years 60 much has been . done to perfect traffic relations between , Southern railway points and all the groat commercial centres, not only of this country, but of the world, that it Is simply logical to extend the system ol economical distribution of products to the home of the farmer, and the way to accomplish this is through the Improvement of the country wagon roads. One of the most promising and gratifying features of Southern development to-day is the activity displayed by commercial bodies in promoting road building in the country, assuming part of the burdens in many instances, and thus recognizing what has been so long largely ignored?the mutual interest and inter-dependence of town and country in one of the most important movements of the time.?Home and Farm. An Alabama Exp-rlence. Of the 3200 or 1300 miles of country roads in Jefferson County, about 230 miles are macadamized, and the common dirt roads are kept in fairly good repair. Twelve miles of new macadam roads have been completed this year. and the amount of betterment, including the repair and constructiou of bridges, during the past summer and fall has been more extensive than in any previous year. The poorest dirt road in Jefferson County is better than the best road in some parts of the country, while Birmingham has few streets equal to the best roads of the county. The facts speak' well for county administration. No money that the board of revenue expends annually is so profitably applied as that which is paid out for the improvement of the highways. County _ values are greatly enhanced by our good roads work and every year will mark an increased ratio of progress. By 1910 Jefferson will have 400 or ."00 miles of macadam roads and it will then be more than ever "a garden spot." The great development of truck farming and the dairy industry in the county has been made possible by the excellent roads, and in five or six years the few stretches of land not covered by industrial plants or suburban town houses will be cultivated to the highest degree of productive capacity.?Birmingham (Ala.) Age-Herald. Portugal is the most illiterate country in Europe; nearly fifty-eight per cent, of her population cannot write. In Italy the proportion of illiterate is I fifty-three per cent.; in Russia, thirtysix per cent.; in Spain, nine per cent., and in Britain, not quite four per cent. MEDICAL I Of the United State j _ n menu:* r Other Prominent Physicians Use and Endorse Pe-ru-na. Dr. LLEWELLYN JORDAN. Medical Examiner of the_U. S. Treasury Department, graduate of Columbia College, and who served three years at West Point, has the following to say of Peruna: "Allow me to express my gratitude to you for the benefit derived from your wonderful remedy. One short month has brought forth a vast change and 1 now consider myself a well man after months of suffering, fellow sufferers, Peruna will cure you." A constantly increasing number of physicians prescribe Peruna in their practice. It has proven its merits so thoroughly that even the doctors have overcome their prejudice against so-called patent medicines and recommend it to their patients. Peruna occupies a unique position in I medical science. It is the only internal systemic catarrh remedy kftown to the J medical profession to-day. Catarrh, as every one will admit, is the cause of onehalf the disease which afflicts mankind. Catarrh and catarrhal diseases afflict onehalf of the people of United States. ???*?*?***? ??******** *********** ? Robert R. Roberts, M. D., Washing-; J ton. D. C., writes: t { Through my own experiences * as well as that of many of my! J friends and acquaintances who ? *have been cured or relieved of ? { catarrh by the use of Hartman's j Peruna, 1 can confidently recom- ? J mend it to those suffering from { such disorders, and have no hest J tation in prescribing it to my pa- J J tients." -Robert It. Roberts. ? * * ** ** ******+*? ****?** * Dr. R. Robbing, Muskogee, I. T., writes: "Peruna is the best medicine I know of for coughs and to strengthen a weak stomach and to give appetite. Besides prescribing it for catarrh, I have ordered it for weak a?.d debilitated people, and have not had a patient but said it helped him. It is an excellent medicine and it tits so many cases. "I have a large practice, and have a chance to prescribe yonr Peruna. I hope you may live lone to do good to the sick and the suffering. Dr. M. C. Gee writes from 513 Jones St., San Francisco, Cal.: "Peruna has performed so manv wonderful cures in San Francisco that 1 am convinced that it is a valuable remedy. I have frequently advised its use for women, as 1 find it insures regular and painless His Preference for America. William Stoll, a young German ol Milwaukee, who three years ago left that city for the purpose of serving his three years' term in the Germany army, has just returned to the cream city. Within twenty-four hours after the close of his allotted term of service Stoll was on board a steamer booked for his adopted country. Good works is not the price of a ticket to Heaven, but the proof of the right to enter there. So. 5. Lore can neither be bought nor sold, but it may be exchanged. Money Saved is Money Made. Dr. Win. Self, of Wehstar V. f! an old practitioner of medicine, tells us that after many years experience in medicine he finds it money saved to his patients to utc Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gnm and Mullein for coughs, colds rod consumption. At druggists, 25c., 50c. and $1.00 a bottle. Some men who won't trust themselves wonder why others won't trust them. * BEGINS 1 cleansing t acids that produc mSW out all the dang H Other medicines treat sjrmpt |H cause, and, therefore, its 3 CURES ARE V Helps the digestion, tones uj H free on application to Bobi M prietors, 316 West Lombard BB " MM *y To Cure Your HeiiUcI TaK* CAPUT)} Immediately?while you wait?and haa r Cures Co Idj blood, wind ob the stofflach, bloated bowels, f< pains after em tins, liver trouble, aallow akin an regularly you are lick. Constipation kills mor starts chropic ailments and lonf years of suffer C ASC ARETS today, for yon will never get wc right Take our advice, start with Caacareta money refunded. The genuine tablet atempe booklet free. Addryea Sterling Remedy Compi EXAMINER >s Treasury Recom- 1 >e-ru-na. TJTJXixn^^ ^ Dr. Llewellyn Jordan. ^ C Medical Examiner United States 3 S Treasury. b juuuuuiniuuuuuuuinn! menstruation, cures leucorrhoea and ovarian troubles, and builds up the entire system. I also consider it one of the finest catarrh remedies I know of."?M. C. Gee, M. D. Catarrh is a systemic disease curable only by systemic treatment. A remedy that cures catarrh must *aim directly at the depressed nerve centres. This is what Peruna does. Peruna immediately invigorates the nerve centres which give vitality to the mucous membranes. Then catarrh disappears. Then catarrh is permanently cured. If you do not derive prompt and satisfactory results from the use of 1'eruna. write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case and ne will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio. Bank Account Long Untouched. A Whitman, Mass., woman recently presented at an East Bridgewater savings back a book issued Oct 1, 1875, when $500 was deposited. Nothing has since been deposited and but twenty dollars withdrawn. The deposit now amounts to $1,643.50. The Ost Wonder. 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