DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PIG CROP Mother's Milk Is Undoubtedly One of Best Available Feeds for Little Porkers. SELF-FEEDER MEETS FAVOR Where Youngsters Have Access to Corn, Shorts, Middlings, Etc, They Can Be Weaned Without Mak- ing Radical Change in Diet. (Prepared by the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture.) Many farmers wean pigs at six to seven weeks of age, when the brood sows have a good flow of milk and are capable of maintaining the young in excellent condition and development young porkers could handled. of the best feeds available for grow. ing pigs, be used to the greatest ble. ’ When the pigs are from six to seven weeks old the sow should be on full feed, ary reason extent possi- the pigs should | SUITABLE HOUSE FOR FARM POULTRY FLOCK Ventilation Is Essential to Health of Fowls. Shutter Should Be 80 Constructed That There Willi Be No Draft In Cold Weather—Glass Front ls Quite Helpful, (Prepared by the United States Depart. ment of Agriculture.) The back and sides of the poultry house should be absolutely tight in order to prevent drafts which may cause colds In the flock, This leaves only the front of the house of muslin construction or entirely open. An opening which can be closed by a shutter may be used to advantage In the rear wall of a poultry house in the South, or in growing houses in all parts of this country, but this should | and in such instances It is er until they are twelve to fourteen weeks old, Where pigs are weaned too early serious results often attend, as the abrupt change in the character of the ration many times creates seri- ous trouble. Self-Feeder 1s Useful, Where young pigs have access to corn, shorts, middlings, tankage, or fish meal, served to them cafeteria style In a seif-feeder where they can eat it at their pleasure without being disturbed by other hogs, the young- sters can be weaned at the Pigs Getting Their Dinner at a Self. Feeder, twelve or fourteen weeks without making any very radical changes In their dally meals by simply allowing them to continue on the self-service system. If best results are to be ob tained, the pigs must gain continuous ly and uniformly until they are ready for market. This necessitates an abundance of feed as well as access during the grazing season to such val- uable forage crops as alfalfa and red clover, In sections where these rye, oats, barley, cowpeas, rape, other grain or grass w be grown for hog pasture, to harvest thelr own feed. In ad8ition to getting the feed in the freshest pos gible condition, the young shoats also derive benefits from the exercize in rustling a part of thelr daily diet. Watch Pigs Closely. Every hog raiser is advised to watch the spring pigs closely to see that they are on their feed; thet is, that the an- imals have good appetites and eat their dally allowances of grain and grass with relish and avidity. If a pig shows Indications of being “off feed" his owner should change the ration, using barley in place of corn and pro- viding as much skim milk or butter milk as is available. He should also provide an abundance of pure, fresh water for the pigs as well as plenty of shade during the hot summer months, Freedom from lice means hog com- fost. This can be obtained by the plentiful use of crude or black oil upon the animals as well as in thelr quarters and wallows, Natural shade is always the best, but where this is not obtainable, temporary shelter from the sunny smile of Old Sol may be ob- tained by setting some posts to which crosspleces are attached about 3% to 4 feet from the ground so that a tem- porary roof of straw or grass may be provided for the protection of the hogs. HENS FOR SMALL BACK YARDS Light-Colored Birds Should Be Avoid. ed as Their Plumage Shows Dirt Too Readily. em (Prepared by the United States Depart. ment of Agriculture.) In choosing pullets for small back yards very light-colored and white birds should be avoided as their plum. age shows dirt too readily. Where the soll of the yard is clayey, pullets with feathers on the legs and those with more than four toes on each foot should be rejected, ——— Best Eggs for Market. Hens that do pot ran with the roos ter will produce infertile eggs--which keep best and market best - wid a An Open-Front Poultry House Keeps Hens Healthy. be constructed so that there will be no draft in cold weather, windows or openings will allow the sun to shine well back into the interior during the winter. Burlap, he used for curtains in the front, This cloth should be \ slow circulation of alr without a | draft. This Is Impossible if too heavy in grade of duck cloth the cloth is oiled or painted. | of the house {heat very rapidly. Some glass, ins are closed, tion should be given in a poultry house even in the coldest night. leaving the curts a small win tains in the front there is a tendency for moisture to collect in woodwork on frosty mornings. It is not necessary to close the muslin cur {tains in the front of the house except in very cold or stony weather, Hens are protected by nature i feathers and a high body tem {so that they are better able to with. stand dry, cold alr than warmer alr which is damp. | MONEY MADE WITH CHICKENS Poultry Clubs Organized by Depart ment of Agriculture Are Popular in North and South, | (Prepared by the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture) Old Madam Hen is proving a verita- ble fairy godmother to many giris in supplying them with money for come forts and luxuries. Poultry clubs or ganized by the department of agricul ture and the state colleges are populat with the girls in both the North and the South. Even small girls who care fully follow directions find poultry a source of profit. Grace Butler is a fourteen-year-old club girl in Logan county, Okla. Last year she sold 150 birds for $147.25. During the year $125 worth of eggs were sold and she still has 200 chickens—worth as many dol. lars. A flock of purebred Plymouth Rocks of her own raising provided the eggs and two Incubators hatched them, OLD MEMBERS REJOIN CLUBS Boys In Florida Buying Good Stock and Willing to Borrow Money to Pay for IL (Prepared by the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture.) Good work accomplished by the boys’ clubs of De Soto county, Fla., last year encouraged practically all of the old members and many other boys to Join the clubs this year. There are now In the county 54 members In the pig club, 24 in the corn club and six in the cane club. In Marion® county the county agent recently placed B53 pigs with club members. The boys are buying good stock, he reports, and are willing to borrow the money to pay for it If necessary. In Walton county both the corn and pig club work are ‘growing, there being 50 new members in them. PRODUCT OF SMALL FLOCKS Annual Average Is Commonly Est mated at Ten Dozen Eggs Per Hen if Given Care. (Prepared by the United States Departs ment of Agriculture) The ordinary average annual pro duction of small flocks of hens given good care is commonly estimated at ten dozen eggs per hen, Two ordinary hens for each member of the family will supply about 20 per cent more egpe than the average city family now consumes, # . Lift off Corns! Doesn’t hurt a bit and Freezone costs only a few cents. AOE With your fingers! You can lift off any hard corn, soft corn, or corn be- tween the toes, and the hard skin cal- luses frown bottom of feet. A tiny bottle of “Freezone” costs little at any drug store; apply a few drops upon the corn or callus. In- stantly it stops hurting, then shortly you lift that bothersome corn or callus right off, root and all, without one bit of pain or soreness. Truly! No hum- bug! Practical Suggestions, “I've figured out a traffic tangle.” “Airplanes?” “Nope! Keep the the sidewalks, and let the take the streets” “But how about the “Put the under run them above the wires “Where'd you park machines?’ “Park them in the stores” solution of the sutomoblies pedestrians street cars?’ trollies them, the Cuticura Soothes Itching Scalp On retiring gently rub spots of dane druff and itching with Cuticura Oint- ment. Next morning shampoo with Make ‘hem your every-day toilet preparations Real Phiigsopher. One of the dark camp grinningly indorsed the wy “No, sah, Ah ain't got DMs ahmy nned wi just back fron the han ipagne an kick do you bass, & the know all dah time Al nevab ml Surprise He in not a meal” from: the ls grinning teeth: anh gays i Trench and C A row of colise, meals but sometimes about three to fonh te f i : : ght. No Worms in a All ehlldren troubled unhealthy color, which indicates poor blood, and as a rule, there is more or less stomach disturbance Girove's tasteless chill tone Healthy Chid aarich the biood, Improve the digestion, and act as a Caneral Strengthening Tonle to the dispel the worma, and the Child will be in per. fect health Pleasant fo take G0c per botile, Safe and Sane. “We had a safe and sane Fourth of July.” “Yes” remarked Miss “Children are no longer encouraged to take a morbid interest in ama works In order to entertain their ents” iy applications of Ramah Rye Balsam, All in the Game. “The course of froe run smooth,” “Ob, to bump the bumps.” ove never did we all Hke «ou ¥ Weil, of calumny. SS 5 OF YESTERDAY AND TODAY | Italian Town, industrial Center, St! "i Retains a Reminder of the ! Middle Ages. Arona is best known to travelers ax | "7% the station on the railroad from Milan | where Lake Maggiore first bursts into | view, To Italians it is best known for | Its plantations of American corn, a| novelty In Europe. Today, Arona is an Industrial cen-| ter, but off in the northeast corner | the castle of Angero ndds a touch to] the landscape which bespeaks medie-/ val importance. The famous Bor | romeos—they who progaced Cardinal! de Medici, who becam® Pope Plus IV welt in ancestral halls on the out- skirts of the village. At the Hotel Reale, a tablet calls | attention to the fact that Garibaldi Was a guest there In 1848, That “Arona, Lago Maggiore,” Turn- | er's wonderful canvas, was not made | from photographs can be gathered from Ruskin's letter, in which he says, “No such hills are, or ever were, In sight from Arona. They are gathered together, hill by hill, partly from the Battles of Oleggio, partly from above the town here, partly from half way up the lake near Baveno and then all thrown together In owe grand Imag inary chain” Mine Sweepers at Work. EwWeepers that up explosive put the in of for the destruction of enemy Usually two small vessels work The ships one end of which the middie part of suspended nat the The mines Mine ships dis. mines are Weer swWeeD into sen time ships, is on each ship, cable being Its Class. “Would yon classify telephone erating a profession? “Well, It is op- a calling.” FRECKLES | Now Ls the isso to Get Rid of These Ugly Spots | There's no longer the slightest need of feeling | avlingied of your freckles, ss Oiline—doibie | sirengthio gusrostesd 10 remove these bowmely | spots, Simply get 88 ousce of Othine—~double | strength from your druggist, snd apply a Hitle | of it night and morning sud you should seon see | that even the worst freckles have begun te dis appesr, while the lighter ones have vanished on tirely. It is seldom that more than one Sunes is needed to completely clear the skin snd gain Be sure to sak for the double strength Othine, as this is sold under guarasies of money beck if it falls to remove freckles. —Ady, —————————— A ———— Right Locality. “It 1s all right to talk about eating | locusts, but where are you going to get wild honey?” “1 think you'll soon be able to get yard if you care to auto backed Into the are some very mad The there go there, hives and Suit the Bugs. “How yer taters doin’ this year? “Th' bugs seem t' think they're fine.” Whoever knows when to quit hoping for the best is the one who gets out of the deal with a good profit N6 organs of the human bod important to health and long life as the kidneys. When they slow up and com- mence to lag in their duties, look out! Danger is in sight. Find out what the trouble is—with. out delay. Whenever you feel nervous, weak, dizzy, suffer from sleeplessness, or have pains in the back, wake up at once, Your kidneys need help. These are signs to warn you that Jour kidneys are not performing their functions properly. They are only half doing their work and are allowing impurities uric d are causing stroy you wu your system. acid and other poisons, which ou distress and will de- ess they are drivea from of These Two Buffalo, N. Y.—*I am the mother nearly three years I suffered from A) fessional attendance most of th y marked improvement. I Work." Buffalo, N. Y. When You Need a "Good Tonle Take BABEK TEE QUICK AND EURE CURR POR Malaria, Chills, Fever and Grippe CONTALEE BO QUININE | ALL DRUGGIN™S or by Parcel Post, prevosl trom Kloczewsii & C Duy Waahiaguon, DL. im — Don't t Ask for Cold Cream — Ash for Mystic Cream Look for the Witch eV 50c a jar at your druggist MYSTIC CREAM CO. MIDDLETOWN, RL Orcharding in South Africa The present South African area of commercial iz estimated at 20000 acres, exclusive of raleins snd Of this area probably 10.000 ure planted with varieties large for drying. Stealdy Periormance. “The man who was suspended, 1 ses, defied his superior's orders to go.” “Yew, he is still hanging on.” ean often ure a {debts by the cut of his clothes orchards sultaus used One IMeRs man's ——— OF ALL DISEASES Get somue GOLD MEDAL Hasrlem Oil Capsules at once. They are an old, tried preparation used zll over the | world centuries. They contain only old-fashioned, soothing oils combined with streugth-giving and system -cleanse ing herbs, well known and used by phy- | giciang In thelr dally practice. GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules are ime ported direct from the laboratories in | Holland, They are convenient to take, and will either give prompt relief op | your money will be refunded Ask for them at any drug store, but be sure to get the original imported GOLD MEDAL brand, Accept no substitutes, { In scaled packages. Three sizes Women of four children, and for a female trouble with pains I had pro- at time but did not seem to had seen continued its use and am go badly from it at times atall Twas I could not be on my feet but they did not help m Lydia E / e. M y Aunt recommended Kmunre 936 West I lace Street, Portland, Ind, Er, esta TINEA Ret Contents 5 Fluid Drashs LYDIA L.PINKHAM é MEDICINE CO. LYNN, MASS, ar "man is ‘pushed for money he ip | usually shoved to the rear. Makes 9 Out of 10 People Suffer Doctors declare that oo than 70 none organic diseases can traced to Acids Stomach. 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