WORKING ON THE ROAD.
How One Farmer Keeps the Highway
Along His Farm in Good Shape.
Acting on an article that I read
about the K'/ig road drag last summer
I went to the creek bottom and cut a
cottonwood log, eight feet long and
ten inches through, split it. made all
edges straight, morticed three cross
pieces into hold the split log nn edge,
just as shown in the illustration in all
the papers and laid a board on it to
stand on, and the drag was finished,
writes a farmer in Field and Farm. It
took me half a day to make it without
Plank Road Drag Ready for Use.
any expense whatever. I attached a
chain and put the clevis in a link that
made the drag pull at an angle. I do
not always want it at the same angle,
as when moving new, soft dirt it must
be at a greater angle than when just
smoothing the roads. I can change the
angle some by my weight on the drag
while driving.
I plowed on each side of the road,
making a back furrow, beginning al
most at the traveled track. 1 put on
three horses and found it pulled them
hard enough, because the drag was
green and dirt soft. Anyone who has
not seen the drag work would be sur
prised to know how much dirt one
man can move. I have seen three
men and eight horses and a grader
costing S3OO not moving any more
dirt than I can with one team and a
drag that cost one-half day's work. I
worked half a day on a half mile of
road and laid it in pi»tty good condi
tion. I then used the drag whenever
It was rough and rutty. I can go ove*
It. onoe in 30 minutes and once is
usually enough.
When the road is once shaped up it
can be smoothed over after a rain be
fore any work can be done in the field
and not a minute's time is lost so far
as farming is concerned, as the water
all runs off and the road dries quickly.
I snd that the drag should be used
Immediately after a rain. My experi
ence is that it Is best used soon after
a rain while the road is sloppy, or
wait until the top is dried, because
stiff mud will not slip from the drag
and makes It pull harder. It does not
make very much of a load for two
horses after a road is once in shape.
A fall of snow can be dragged out of
the road just as easily as the dirt can
be thrown to the middle so that the
road does not become very mudly at
any time.
I have not actually spent as much
time keeping the road smooth as it
would take to work out my poll tax
and have done it all when I could not
work in the field. I also find tht drag
Useful on the farm. It is a good thing
•with which to drag down gopher hills
In the alfalfa fields and it is just as
cute in leveling a field for irrigation
—much better than a harrow in either
case. I believe if I should make an
other drag I would use a two by 12
oak plank 1G feet long, cut in two. It
would be easier made and have a
straight edge. It is not necessary to
shoe it when first made, but after it
has been used a while it needs a strip
of iron on the front log to make it
take hold.
EXTERMINATING WILD OATS.
Wild oats is the worst weed we
have to contend with, writes a Minne
sota correspondent in the Farmer, so
1 thought 1 would write my experience
In ridding myself of it. Three years
ago I rented a farm which had a large
amount of wild oats. I sowed corn
about the fifteenth of May, but as it
was a cold spring the corn did not
grow very fast, but the wild oats did,
and by the time the corn was ready
for cultivation the oats formed a thick
mat. I plowed some of it under and
cultivated the best of the corn as well
as I could. The next year I disked the
corn ground as soon as the frost was
out and let it lie until -about, the mid
dle of May, when I plowed it good
and put It.to corn again. That was
the last I saw of wild oats on tb«t
piece of ground, i think millet, is Just
as good or better than corn, as you
can sow that as late as July.
The Ideal Way.
An ideal way to produce mflk is (o
a ventilated stable where the air
changes at least onco an hour, and
where, in winter, the ccwa um stay
22 out of the 24 hours.
OLD CANNON CAN'T BE BROKEN.
Armament of Old Craft Was Made to
Last.
A good story is being told at the
Mare Island navy yard concerning a
San Francisco contractor who bought
all the old obsolete cannon which were
sold at the local yard some time ago.
The cannon were all of the smooth
bore kind, and In order that they
might be easily handled for shipment
to the city all sorts of schemes were
tried to endeavor to break them with
dynamite and blasting powder, but
they were unsuccessful.
An electric drill machine was even
set up at the yards and the cannon
were drilled full of holes in order to
weaken them for breaking open with
wedges, but this was also unsuccess
ful. The cannon were then taken
away and the last heard of them they
were corralled in the hills near Point
Richmond, where an effort was being
made to break them open with dyna
mite again.
The cannon which proved to be eo
strong were among the armament of
the war craft which sailed the seas
in 1812.
BLOOD GETS SOUR.
Every Family Should Make Up This
Home Mixture and Take Now.
At this time of year, says a well
known authority, the Kidneys become
weak, clogged and inactive, failing to
filter out the poisons and acids, which
sour the blood, causing not only facial
and bodily eruptions, but the worst
forms of Rheumatism, Nervous and
Stomach troubles, Backache and pain
ful, annoying Urinary afflictions.
It is worth anyone's time now to
get from some good prescription phar
macy the following Ingredients: Fluid
Extract Dandelion, one-half ounce;
Compound Kargon, one ounce; Com
pound Syrup Sarsaparilla, three
ounces. Mix by shaking well in a bot
tle and take In teaspoonful doses after
your meals and at bedtime.
This simple home-made mixture will
force the Kidneys to normal, healthy
action, so they will filter and strain all
uric acid and poisonous waste matter
from the blood, and expel this in the
urine, at the same time restoring the
"full blood count"—that is, 95 percent,
red blood corpuscles—which is abso
lutely indispensable to perfect health.
Indians in United States.
In round figures, there are 254.000
Indians in the United States at the
present time, 91,000 of whom are in
Indian territory and 15.000 in Oklaho
ma, or 106,000 in the coming state.
Those of Indian territory, the five civi
lized tribes —Cherokees, Creeks, Choc
taws, Chickasaws and Seminoles —
have been managing their own affairs
for two-thirds of a century, and are
in all respects fitted for the citizen
ship which they are soon to exercise
All of these, and nearly all of those
in the Oklahoma end of the comins
state, wear civilized dress, and have
schools, churches and the other ac
companiments of civilization.—Les
lie's.
The Cheerful Bohemian.
"I never see you that you aren't
light-hearted and cheerful," they said
to the seedy Bohemian. "Why is it,
we wonder."
"Well, you see," the Bohemian ex
plained, "I've got so used to never hav
ing any money, to being always broke,
to realizing that I've come to the end
of my rope and there's nothing left
for me, that I've made up my mind to
make the best of it and take my medi
cine with a smile."
Big Collection of Pelts by a Boy.
The youngest successful trapper in
the country is probably Woodbury
Moore of Kendall, aged 14 years, says
the Denver News.
The boy has just collected bounty
on ten coyote pelts and during the
winter has taken, in addition to the
coyotes, ten badgers, 80 muskrats, 12
skunks and about JSO worth of mink
furs. He traps independently, receiv
ing no adult assistance.
A FRIENDLY GROCER.
Dropped a Valuable Hint About Coffee.
"For about eight years," writes a
Mich, woman, "I suffered from nerv
ousness—part of the time down in bed
with nervous prostration.
"Sometimes I would get numb and it
would be almost impossible for me to
speak for a spell. At others, I would
have severe bilious attacks, and my
heart would flutter painfully when I
would walk fast or sweep.
"I have taken enough medicine to
start a small drug store, without any
benefit. One evening our grocer was
asking husband how I was and he
urged that I quit coffee and use
Postum, so he brought home a pkg.
and I made it according to directions
and we were both delighted with it.
"So we quit coffee altogether and
used only Postum. I began to get bet
ter in a months time and look like an
other person, the color came back to
my cheeks, I began to sleep well, my
appetite was good and I commenced
to take on flesh and become interested
in everything about the house.
"Finally 1 was able to do all my own
work without the least sign of my old
trouble. lam so thankful for the little
book, 'The Road to Wellville,' It has
done me so much good. I haven't
taken medicine of any kind for six
months and don't need any.
"A friend of ours who did not like
Postum as she made it, liked mine,
and when she learned to boil it. long
enough, her's was as good as mine.
It's easy if you fdllow directions."
Name given by Postum Company. Bat
tle Creek, Mich Read the little book,
"The Road to Wellville," in pkgs.
"There's a reasoa."
LAMERGN COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, APRIL N, 1907.
FIGURES OF A CROP IN WESTERN
CANADA.
How a Swan River Settler Has
Succeeded.
Ronlto, Manitoba, Nov. 2(5, 1906.
At Swan River Valley, in May, 1900,
a settler took up a homestead on Sec
tion 30, in Township 34, Range 29
West of the First Meridan, at that
time 50 miles from a railway, tele
graph, school or church. There is
now a railway within two miles of
my farm, and all these other advant
ages close at hand. His story is:
"After making my homestead entry
fee of $lO 1 had $15.00 total (forty-five
dollars) capital. Through doing
homestead duties in slack times of
the year, 1 managed to get a start. I
am a married man of 28 years of age.
"I built my first house, or shack,
and broke up 8 acres, putting five
acres in crop the first year.
"This year, 1900, I had 80 acres in
crop—6s acres in wheat, 20 acres of
which yielded 850 bushels, or 42V&
bushels per acre; 15 acres of oats,
which yielded 355 bushels, and one
stack of oats in sheaf for feed.
"Receipts for the year—
Sold 1,755 bu. of wheat for.. .$1,037.10
In granary, 110 bushels 71.50
In granary, 355 bu. oats 88.75
Garden roots and vegetables 25.00
One stack of oats in sheaf.., 50.00
Total $1,272.35
Expenses of year—
Hlue stone for seed $ 1.60
Paid for binder twine 30.00
Paid for hired help 120.00
Paid far threshing ~. 107.00
Total $ 258.60
Receipts $1,272.35
Expenditures 258.60
Balance f1,013.75
Assets.
160 acres of land valued at. .$2,500.00
Frame liouse 20x26, valued at 600.00
Farm implements 425.00
1 team horses and harness.. 400.00
5 head young cattle 75.00
2 hogs 15.00
Receipts of this year's crop.. 1,015.75
Total $5,030.75
Liabilities.
Loan on farm 500.00
Balance to my good $1,530.75
Particulars as to how to secure low
railway rates to the free homestead
lands of Western Canada may be se
cured from any Canadian Government
Agent.
Benefits of the X-Ray.
Tt is noted from Baltimore that
ing the ten years since the discovery
of the X-ray important research has
been made by the medical department
of Johns Hopkins university through
the use of the ray as a diagnostic
agent; and the results of great bene
fits derived from the early diagnosis
and study of aneurisms, or morbid di
lation of the walls of arteries, through
this agent, have just been compiled
and described by Dr. F. Howard Baet
jar, of the university.
Origin of Passports.
The passport system is said to have
had its beginning in England in the
time of King Canute, who obtained
free passes for his subjects through
various continental countries on their
pilgrimages to the shrines of the
Apostles Peter and Paul at Rome.
One of the Important Duties of Physicians and Tfc
I the Well-informed of the World ,1
is to learn as to the relative standing and reliability of the leading manufactur- A
Ik ers of medicinal agents, as the most eminent physicians are the most careful as to A
1% the uniform quality and perfect purity of remedies prescribed by them, and it is well #■
known to physicians and the Well-Informed generally that the California Fig Syrup Jfrfl
Jpia Co., by reason of its correct methods and perfect equipment and the ethical character of
Msy its product has attained to the high standing in scientific and commercial circles which f||||
n is accorded to successful and reliable houses only, and, therefore, that the name of the Jf|l|
aBU Company has become a guarantee of the excellence of its remedy.
I® TRUTH AND QUALITY Igf
appeal to the Well-Informed in every walk of life and are essential to permanent sue
■ I cess and creditable standing, therefore we wish to call the attention of all who would I 1
I I enjoy good health, with its blessings, to the fact that it involves the question of right II
living with all the term implies. With proper knowledge of what is best each hour
W of recreation, of enjoyment, of contemplation and of effort may be made to contribute W
Jk to that end and the use of medicines dispensed with generally to great advantage, but #1
II as in many instances a simple, wholesome remedy may be invaluable if taken at the 112 B
proper time, the California Fig Syrup Co. feels that it is alike important to present IE
truthfully the subject and to supply the one perfect laxative remedy which has won Wynj
the appoval of physicians and the world-wide acceptance of the Well-informed because
of the excellence of the combination, known to all, and the original method of manufac
ture, which is known to the California Fig Syrup Co. only. kV
This valuable remedy has been long and favorably known under the name of —
_ _ Syrup of Figs—and has attained to world-wide acceptance as the most excellent of
Smily laxatives, and as its pure laxative principles, obtained from Senna, are well R |
lown to physicians and the Well-informed of the world to be the best of natural
xatives, we have adopted the more elaborate name of—Syrup of Figs and Elixir of w
snna —as more fully descriptive of the remedy, but doubtless it will always be i\
illed for by the shorter name of Syrup of Figs —and to get its beneficial effects always 112 1
ite, when purchasing, the full name of the Company California Fig Syrup Co. — I I
lainly printed on the front of every package, whether you simply call for Syrup of I a
igs—or by the full name —Syrup of Figs and.Elixir of Senna —as —Syrup of Figs and
lixir of Senna —is the one laxative remedy manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Bmr\
o. and the same heretofore knovyn by the name' —Syrup of Figs —which has given
itisfaction to millions. The genuine is for sale by all leading druggists throughout m
e United States in original packages of one size only, the regular price of which /§fl
fifty cents per bottle. fIH
Every bottle is sold under the general guarantee of the Company, filed with the
?cretary of Agriculture, at Washington, D. C., that the remedy is not adulterated or
isbranded within the meaning of the Food and Drugs Act, June 30th, 1906. \1
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. 4
San Francisco, Cal. 1
ouisville, Ky. U S. A. New York, N. Y.
Carpet ra B n dyed with PUTNAM
Til DELESS DYES will remain bright and
beautiful. No trouble to use.
Persistent people begin their suc
cess where others end In failure. —Ed-
ward Eggleston.
l'lan for (!ood Health! Take Garfield
Tea now; it regulates the liver and kid
neys, overcomes constipation, purities the
blood and eradicates disease. It is made
wholly of Herbs.
It is not so much the being exempt
from faults as the having overcome
them, that is an advantage to us.—
Swift
I'ITS, St. Vitus Uanee and all Nervous
Diseases permanently cured by Dr. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer, (•end tor Free $2.00
trial bottle and treatise. Dr. It. H. Kline,
Ld., 931 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa.
Prosperity Is a great teacher; ad
versity .is a greater. Possession pam
pers the mind; privation trains and
strengthens it.—Hazlitt.
It Cures While You Walk.
Allen's Foot-Ease is a certain cure for
hot. sweating, callous, and swollen, aching
feet. Sold by all druggists. Price 25c. Don't
accept any substitute. Trial package FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y.
When You Are Praised.
When you are praised by a man
for whom you cannot possibly do any
favor and who, as you know, is aware
of the fact, you may find it reasonably
safe to conclude that he isn't laying it
on any too thick.
State or Ohio. CiTr or Toledo,?
Lucas Cocty. (
FitANK J. (J iik.nev make* oath that ho la aenlor
purtuer of tho arm of F. J. Chk.ney A Co., doing
liUßlaeaa la tt.o City of Toledo. County and State
afi>re»a!d, and that Paid Arm will pay the amn of
ONK -lIUN-DRED DOLLARS for each aud every
caae of CATAI:R« that rauuel bs cured by the uae of
liALL'L C S.TAB«tI Cf hX
J. CnENTT.
Sworn to before me and aubacrllied la my preteaco,
this bth day of December, A. D.. 1886.
. —J— . A. W. GLEASO^,
I "I"' 112 Notaky Fcblio.
Hall'a Catarrh Cure la taken Internally and acta
directly on the blood and mucoua aurfaees of the
system. Send for teatltuontal*. free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by nil Dnigsjlata, 75c.
Take Uall'aFamlly I'llls for conitlpatton.
New York's Rapid Growth.
The rapid growth of the nation's
great metropolis is a source of nation
al interest and pride. Statisticians
figure that the population of the city
will exceed that of London by the
year 1915, and will double in 25 years.
The present generation will undoubt
edly see in New York the world's
greatest metropolis. Few persons
realize that the population of New
York city is already one in 20 of the
population of the entire United States,
or that the growth of New York city
in the century past has been five
times more rapid than the growth of
the whole country.—Moody's Maga
zine.
For Infants and j
Signaturhlrty Years
' The Kind You Have Always Bought
TMt CENTAUR C IPANT. TT MURRAY STKKCT. NCW YORK CITY.
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a pretty face, a pood figure, but fnpyaM'
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Women troubled with fainting p A 7%
spells, irregularities, nervous irrita- « 'Jo
those dreadful dragging sensations, ft I -J ft
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For the Stock on the Farm
SlocMYs Liiviiiveivt
Is a.whole medicine chest
Price 25c 50c & * 1.00
Sand For Free ©ooklei - on Horses.Cattle.Hogs &fbu&ry* j
Addre Earl S.
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Fertile Farming
LANDS
Cheap
Easy Terms
In the Best Section
of the South
Unexcelled for General Faming
Stock Raising. Berries, Fruit
and Vegetables.
Cantaloupes, Strawberries, Peaches,
Apples, Grapes, etc., give
handsome returns.
Cattle need but little winter feeA.
HEALTHY CLIMATE.
GOOD WATER.
LONG GROWING SEASON.
Address G. k. PARK, Gen. Im. & ln»'l Ao».
Louisville & Nashtlito
R. ft. Go.
LOUIBVILLE, KY.
THE CANADIAN WEST
IS THE BEST WEST
|i i jij
I *anda dtir.nu the ptxm*
WW7I JiN I year Is that tbo Cax<*«tf
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jT' I /a I Year by year tn»
I BpV *% I cultural returns !»*?« 1*»~
jJ^fl Kir ereused In volume tori Vu.
MlAl F* value, and Mill iljoOdx
dian fJovernrorni c.«Oj?*jy
ICO aciTa PKFJS M>
1 every bona fide mjiOm-
Some of tha Advantages
The phenomenal Increase in railway
main lines and branches—has put almosteYery 9****-
thin ot' the country within easy reach of ehiircbw,
schools. markets, cheap fuel and ©very jov>o«r*
convenience.
The NINETY MILLION BUSHEL WIfBATCKOT
of this year means iw, 000. (JOU to the farmer*
Western Canada, apart from the results ol
grains and cattle.
F'»r advleo and Information address the BUPWfc-
INTBNDRNT OK 1M MIU RATION. Ottawa.
or any authorized Government Aj;ent.
H. M. WILLIAMS, L«w BuilCing, Toledo, Ota*.
Satisfied Customers
6-5-4 is the only preparation that £»
suitable for use on Gas, or Gasoline*
Cooking Ranges, because it destroy*
rust, is water and grease proof, driest
in 10 minutes and is applied like punt.
EACH ARTICLE GUARANTEED
p/VT TTTJC Hone and Cattle PowA«
rOUTZ Ssrw p^%^
and hears Government Serial N0.217. Komi for iAirffr
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f* W" AI "5° O Watao» B. role man. Patent Attmr-
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