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BIS FIRST YEAR AT FARMING
IN SASKATCHEWAN
Win Premiums and Prizes in
Competition With the
World.
There are thousands of young men
CUlng positions In stores and offices,
end In professional occupations
throughout the United StateB, who in
their earlier life, worked 011 the farm.
The allurements of cily life were at-
tractive, until they faced the stern
reality. These people would have
done better had they remained on the
(arm. Many of them, convinced of
this, are now getting "back to the
land," and in the experience, 110 bet-
ter place offers nor better opportunity
afforded, than that existing In Western
Canada. Many of them have taken
advantage of it, and there are to be
found today, hundreds of such, farm-
ing In the Provinces of Manitoba,
Saskatchewan and Alberta. The con-
ditions that surround farming opera-
tions today are so much suprrlor to
those in existence during their early
farming days, that there is an attrac-
tion about it. Improved machinery,
level and open plains, no rocks to
■hun, no trees to cut down, but wide
•tretches with mile long furrows, elo-
yators to handle the grain, railways to
carry It to market, nnd bring almost
to their doors the things necessary to
operate. Splendid grazing areas, ex-
cellent opportunities for raising cattle.
These things are all so different from
what they once were that there is rea-
son to speak of the attractions. H. H.
Crossman of Klndersley, Saskatche-
wan, the man who won such splendid
prizes at the International Dry Farm-
ing Congress held at Tulsa, Oklahoma,
last fall, grew the prize grains during
his first year farming. Up to 1913 he
was an engineer nnd the only knowl-
edge he had of fnrming wns that ob-
tained when he was a boy. That was
very useful; in fact It was valuable
to him. He had not forgotten It.
Thousands with as little experience ns
ho had can do well by taking up one
of the 1 CO-acre grants offered by the
Canadian government. — Advertise-
ment.
Afraid of Lawyers.
An old colored man, charged with
ateallng chickens, was arraigned in
court and was incriminating himself
when the judge said: "You ought
to have a lawyer. Where Is your law-
yer?"
"Ah ain't got no lawyer, jedge," said
the old man.
"Very well, then," said his honor,
"I'll assign a lawyer to defend you."
"Oh, no, suh; 110, suh! Please don't
do dat!" the darky begged.
"Why not?" asked the Judge. "It
won't cost you anything. Why don't
jrou want n lawyer?"
"Well, jedge, Ah'll tell you, suh,"
said the old man, waving his tattered
old hat confidentially. "Hit's jes dls
way—Ah wan' tuh enjoy dein chlck-
enB inahse'f!"
Future John D.
Apropos of compulsory school at-
tendance, Superintendent Maxwell
nam In New York:
"A certain Yakublcka, a liohemlan
urchin, rose suddenly the other after-
noon In the midst of the lesBon, piled
his books in an orderly heap and pro-
ceeded to clurnp out of the room.
"'Yakublcka, w'fljre are you going?'
the astonished teacher nsked.
"'Teacher,' Yakublcka answered,
gravely, 'exactly fourteen years ago,
at S o'clock in the afternoon, I was
born. So 1 am now entitled to quit
school.'
"Krom the doorway he waved his
hand at his fellow students.
" 'So long, fellers,' he said. 'I'm off
to learn pants-making.'"
Ever notice that the girl with a
broken heart always manages to saw
a few of the pieces?
FRIENDLY TIP.
Restored Hope and Confidence.
After several years of Indigestion
and its attendant evil Influence on the
mind. It is uoc. very surprising that
one finally loses faith in things gen-
erally.
A N. Y. woman writes an interesting
letter. She says:
"Three years ago I suffered from an
attack of peritonitis which left me in
s most miserable condition. For over
two years 1 suffered from nervousness,
weak heart, shortness of breath, could
not sleep, etc.
"My appetite was ravenous but I
felt starved all the time. I had plenty
of food but it did not nourish me be-
cause of intestinal Indigestion. Medi-
cal treatment did not seem to help. I
got discouraged, stopped medicine nnd
did not care much whether I lived or
died.
"One day a friond asked me why I
didn't try Orape-Nuts food, Btop drink-
ing coffee and use Postum. I had lost
faith In everything, but to please my
friend I began to use both and soon
became very fond of them.
"It wasn't long before I got some
atrength, felt a decided change In my
system, hope sprnng up In my heart
and slowly but Burely I got better. 1
could sleep very well, the constant
craving for food ceased and I have
better health now than beforo the at-
tack of peritonitis.
"My husband and I are still using
Orape-Nuts and Postuin."
Name given by Postum Co., Rattle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Itoad to Well-
Tllle," In pkgg. "There's a Reason."
Bver rrnd the nbore letter? A new
•■e nppenra from time to time. They
•re ffenvlne, true, and fall of humu
■It—t
PRAGUE. OKLA* RECORD
MULES USED FOR GENERAL WORK PURPOSES
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DYNAMITE FOR STUMPS FIND VALUE 0F DAIRY cows 1 GIRLS! GIRLS! TRY IT,
BEAUTIFY YOUR HAIR
IF JUDGMENT IS USED IT MAY BE
HANDLED WITH SAFETY.
Prize Mules Raised In Illinois.
As draft animals and for general
work purposes mules excel horses in
several respects. They are capable of
more continuous application at heavy
work under favorable conditions,
Although they may often be less tract-
able, they aro also less excitable and
therefore more desirable for work In
situations where unsteady movements
or plunging would be dangerous to
the animals and to the machinery and
attendants.
The color which Is most desirable in
mules is dark brown or black, and In
breeding them the jacks and mares
are selected with reference to the
probability of securing these colors In
the mules. It Is usually considered
that the female mule Is more desirable
than the male because she is far more
docile.
Mules are especially adapted for uso
In mining, and ns beasts of burden for
packing purposes For the latter pur-
pose, also, the pack and western
burro are especially adapted: these
animals, though small as compared
with the horse, will carry as much
weight, and as far In a day, as horses
They are moreover sure footed, and
can carry packs with safety where ac-
cidents would be almost Inevitable
with horses.
The economy of feeding inu'.es
makes their employment in sugar and
cotton raising almost universal; in
fact, it may be doubted under present
conditions, whether these Industries
would be possible if all the labor
which is now done by mules had to
be performed by horses.
In an emergency mules may be
worked for 24 hours or more without
water and for two or three days with-
out food. The Injurious results of
such treatment are much less serious
than In the case of horses. Digestive
disturbances aro less frequent In
mules than In liorBes, and In general,
with the possible exception of gland-
ers, mules aro less subject to disease
than horses. It is stated that as a re-
sult of experiments extending over a
period of 25 years three mules may be
expected to consume about as much
feed as two horses, and to remain in
better condition than horses, although
doing the same amount of work.
STOCK RAISING IN THE SOUTHERN STATES
Group of Pure Bred Hereford*, Raised In Mississippi.
The improvement in live stock rais-
ing In the Bouth during the past few
years has been remarkable. With the
rnvm'Hhia aanunntt short and mild win.
ters, this section should produce live
Btock for much less than it can be
raised In the colder sections of the
country.
The south has the climate, the
supply of pure water, the land and the
grasses and forage crops and the
cheap foods to make It one of the
great stock raising and dairying re-
gions of the country.
Within recent yearB, planters who
have been content In the past to grow
only cotton and corn, buying their
supplies and even the mules which
worked their plantations, have begun
to invest in good breeds of cattle and
hogs, and to take up the question of
producing their own mules. The pro-
gress already made Is very marked
and there has been ample demonstra-
tion thnt tills Bectlon can compete
with any part of the country as a
producer of all kinds of live stock.
The southern climate is such that
only a small investment in building is
naoAaaarv fur cattle. All that is usu-
ally required is to give them a good,
dry place to sleep. The eradication
of the "fever" tick is progressing very
rapidly in the south, and every year
large areas are being freed from the
tick. When the tick is exterminated
In any locality, renewed interest be-
gins at once In the beef cattle busi-
ness. Beef cattle should be more gen-
erally Introduced because of the good
they do in building up and maintaining
the soil. At the present time the
south is producing but a small pro-
portion of the meat which her people
consume; there Is a demand for it
and the demand should be met at
home. The time is fast coming when
this will be done. There Is no better
way to put the whole farm to work
than by Introducing good breeds of
beef cattle into the system of farm-
ing.
TILE DRAINAGE ALWAYS PAYS SHEEP SOON SHOW NEGLECT
Systematic Rotation Cannot Be
Worked Where Portion of the Land
Is Too Wet for Crops.
One point that should commend tile
drainage to many farmers that is
often overloked is that of saving time
while we are working a field that con-
tains wet and low spots.
One can ordinarily plant or sow a
field more rapidly where he has
straight away work than where he is
compelled to run around a wet por-
tion of the same; then again, It is
rather unpleasant to have machinery
clogged every time we cross a field
by coming in contact with soft, sticky
mud.
This Is especially unpleasant when
drilling smnll grains, for many times
the drill hose will become ^clogged
and a skip will be made in the field.
If we have to make a second job of
planting it Is a set-back In the work
on the farm. When we can't cultivate
a wet spot the weeds grow in the
field.
Systematic rotation of crops cannot
bo conducted on a farm where a por-
tion of the land Is too wet to grow the
various cropB that are grown in the
rotation, and this Is the leading factor
In maintaining fertility of the soil.
Animals Are Dainty Feeders and Will
Not Touch Hay That Has Been
Mussed Over by Other Stock.
Sheep nre dainty feeders. They will
not eat hay that other stock have
musfced over, and they will refuse
grain taken from a ratty bin.
Sheep should have a well-ventilated
shed, high and dry. In dry weather
they should bo allowed their freedom
to run out and in at will.
Nothing will feel or show neglect as
quickly as sheep. Place the unthrifty
ewes by themselves, and give them a
little extra feed. Ferhaps they are suf-
fering from the greed of the bosses in
the flock and are not getting a full
ration. Oats, wheat, bran, linseed meal
and clover hay should be provided for
ewes. Dip the sheep immediately after
shearing and again In about three
weeks, to destroy ticks that may have
escaped at the first dipping.
First Milking.
Improper handling at time of first
milking will often produce irritability.
A kicker Is ofton the result of a first
milking by one who cannot hold his
temper under trying circumstances.
Never Under Any Circumstances Un-
dertake to Thaw Explosives Be-
fore Fire or in Stove—Always
Follow Printed Directions.
(By GEORGE RC-BERTS.)
In the use of dynamite for ridding
land of stumps, one cannot be too
careful In handling the dynamite and
the caps UBed to set it off. If good
judgment Is used, it may be handled
with perfect safety. It should be
stored in a dry, well-ventilated place,
where the temperature will not rise
above 90 degrees F. The caps should
be kept in a separate place, as they
are much easier set off than the dyna-
mite. It is unnecessary to tell most
persons that dynamite should be pro-
tected from heavy jars, and should
not be stored where any shooting is
likely to be done. A few years ago
a carload of dynamite was exploded
at Jellico, Tenn., by a boy firing Into
the car with a 22-caliber rifle.
Most dynamite freezes at a tem-
perature between 40 and 50 degrees
F. Some brands will freeze at about
the freezing point of water. Frozen
dynamite should not be UBed. Never
attempt to thaw it until printed di-
rections, which come with every box
(and if 110 directions are inclosed, ob-
tain them from your dealer), have
been thoroughly studied.
Never under any circumstances un-
dertake to thaw dynamite before a
fire or in a stove.
About the only tools needed are
an augur and a tamping rod. An old
broom or hoe handle are satisfactory.
Never use a hammer or any other ob-
ject for driving the tamping rod.
The hole is bored at an angle of
about 45 degrees, so that the chargo
Growing Horseradish.
Horseradish has been cultivated for
a thousand years or more, probably
having been spread from eastern Eu-
rope. The plants bloom profusely,
bearing many small white flowers In
large clusters, nnd seed pods are fre-
quently formed, but good seed Is prac-
tically unknown. The plant Is always
grown from pieces of the roots.
Position of Auger In Boring Hole.
will come under the center of the
stump. If stumps are hollow, of
course the charge will have to be
located under some firm part of the
stump. Some blasters throw a log
chain tightly around the hollow
stumps to facilitate their removal.
The amount of dynamite to be used
depends upon several conditions: The
character of the stump; the character
of the soil, and whether it is wet or
dry; whether the stump is green or
partly decayed, and the nature of the
root system. Therefore it is mani-
festly impossible to give specific direc-
tions as to the amount of dynamite to
be used. The amount of dynamite re-
quired to blow stumps of the same
kind in the same soil does not vary
directly with the diameter, but more
nearly with th square of the diame-
ter, or, in other words, with the area
of a cross section of the stump. The
area of a cross section of a stump 48
Inches in diameter is 16 times as great
as the area of a cross section of a
stump 12 inches in diameter. How-
ever, only judgment developed by ex-
perience can determine how much of
the explosive shall be used in a given
case. The blowing of green stumps
is from two and one-half to three
times as great as for dead ones.
WINTER RATION FOR TURKEYS
Only Sufficient Food Should Be Given
to Keep the Birds in Good
Healthy Condition.
(By C. E. BROWN, Poultryman. North-
west Experiment Station, Crookston,
Minn.)
During the winter season the stock
turkeys should be fed and watered
twice a day. Only sufficient food
should be given to keep them in good
healthy condition. When winter is
over it is advisable to feed them a
Bmall amount of grain each evening
to encourage them to return to their
roosting quarters and thus prevent
them from wandering away with other
flocks. The following ration is a good
one for the turkeys: Mix equal parts
by weight of corn or barley, oats and
wheat screenings, and in addition to
this green food should be supplied
once a day. For this purpose mangels,
cabbage or clover leaves are the best.
Grit and water should be supplied at
all times.
Only Accurate Way Is by Use of Milk
Scales and Babcock Test—Busi-
ness Methods Necessary.
(By R. G. WEATHERSTONE.)
The value of a dairy cow depends
upon the amount of milk and butter
fat she produces and the quality of
calves she raises as compared with
the cost of her keep. Judges of dairy
cattle can in the majority of cases
select very good cows from very poor
ones, but in the intermediate grades
even men most familiar with the so-
called dairy type make grave mis-
takes. If there were no other means
of judging the value of dairy cows ex-
cept by external appearances, profits
in dairying would be more a matter of
chance than is now the case. The
only accurate way we have of deter-
mining the value of dairy cows is by
the use of the milk scales and the Bab-
A Graphic Illustration at a State Fair.
The Exhibit Showed the Amount of
Butter Produced by Three Cows—
A Poor, a Good and an Exception-
ally Good Cow. The Amounts Pro-
duced Were 12 Pounds, 360 Pounds
and 800 Pounds, Respectively. In
Which Class Are Your Cows?
cock test. With this clean, accurate
and convenient method of finding the
fat content of milk, no dairyman can
afford not to know juet what his cows
are doing.
The desirability of testing cows has
been urged for many years. Scores
of examples could be cited where test-
ing lias meant increased profits. It
is generally accepted that many dairy
cows yield inadequate returns and
that their removal from the herd
would be a profit. The easy means of
detecting the "robbers" (the Babcock
test and scales) are well known and
yet some dairymen go right on letting
the old cow pay what she wishes for
her feed. It is not enough that the
herd pay a profit. Each cow In the
herd should be contributing her share
toward the total profit. Until dairy-
men come to recognize that adequate
business methods are necessary they
need not hope for success.
Make It Thick, Glossy, Wavy, Luxui*
lant and Remove Dandruff—Real
Surprise for You.
Tour hair becomes light, wavy, fluf-
fy, abundant and appears as soft, lus-
trous and beautiful as a young girl s
after a "Danderine hair cleanse." Just
try this—moisten a cloth with a little
Danderine and carefully draw It
through your hair, taking one small
strand at a time. This will cleanse
the hair of dust, dirt and excessive oil
and in just a few moments you have
doubled the beauty of your hair.
Besides beautifying the hair at once,
Danderine dissolves every particle of
dandruff; cleanses, purifies and Invig-
orates the scalp, forever stopping itch-
ing and falling hair.
But what will pleaso you most will
be after a few weeks' use when you
I will actually see new hair—fine and
J downy at first—yes—but really new
1 hair—growing all over the scalp. If
you care for pretty, soft hair and lots
of it, surely get a 25 cent bottle of
Knowlton's Danderine from any stor
and just try it. Adv.
Paw Knows Everything.
Willie—Paw, w hat is a piece de re-
sistance?
Paw—A steak after your mother
gets through frying it, my son.
Maw—You go to bed, Willie.
PLANT AND FRUIT DISEASES
Many People Still Ignorant of Benefits
to Be Derived by Spraying for
Fungus, Scab, Etc,
With all the publicity that has beed
given in recent years to the subject
of plant and fruit diseases and the
demonstration of the value of spray-
ing, it is surprising how many people
there are who still Imagine that sooty
fungus, blotch, scab, etc., are only
natural characteristics of the fruit,
and who seem slow to believe that
such imperfections may be prevented
to a large extent by thorough appli-
cations of fungicides, writes W. Bal-
lard of the Maryland experiment sta-
tion.
In the same connection he also
states that the lime-sulphur solution
was not as effective as a summer
spray as the Bordeaux mixture in that
HOW TO TREAT PIMPLES AND
BLACKHEADS
For pimples and blackheads the fol-
lowing is a most effective and eco-
nomical treatment: Gently smear the
affected parts with Cuticura Oint-
ment, on the end of the finger, but
do not rub. Wash off the Cuticura
Ointment in five minutes with Cuti-
cura Soap and hot water and continue
bathing for some minutes. This treat-
ment is best on rising and retiring.
At other times use Cuticura Soap
freely for the toilet and bath, to as-
sist in preventing inflammation. Irri-
tation and clogging of the pores, the
common cause of pimples, blackheads,
redness and roughness, yellow, oily,
mothy and other unwholesome condi-
tions of the skin.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free,with 32-p. Skin Book Address post-
card "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston."—Adv.
Probably.
Bix—I see that someone is getting
up a "Woman's Dictionary."
Dix—More words in it, I suppose.
Red Cross Ball Blue will wash double as
many clothes as any other. Don't put your
money into any other.' Adv.
A woman's face is her history—
though few can read between the lines.
Sprayed Apples.
section of Maryland where the station
is located, and suggest® that to es-
cape Bordeaux injury that the first
two sprayings after the petals have
fallen the lime-sulphur solution
should be used and the latter spray-
ings.
When the fruit is near maturity and
less liable to suffer from Bordeaux
Injury the Bordeaux sprayings should
be made.
USE OF GREEN FERTILIZERS
Valuable Clover Crop.
As a soiling crop, to be hauled di-
rect from the field to the manger,
clover has no equal, except possibly
alfalfa. As a green manure crop, it
is especially valuable. As a usual
thing, failures with clover can be at-
tributed to a lack of knowledge, or
inattention to, the details of Its grow-
ing. It is to the apparently "little
things" that the most successful
clover growers attribute their success.
Good Horses.
It Is far better to have two good
J horses than four poor ones. Here It
a place where numbers do not repre-
I sent value.
Breeding Places.
! The old decaying apple trees in the
orchard are veritable breeding planes
for all sorts of fruit pests. Keep them
well chopped out. using them for tire-
wood this -winter and replacing them
with new, healthy trees.
ARtoniNhlng Tobarro Itemed? — Guaranteed
Tf jou Ticivc to -z sMz, distaarcc ^6
lend enchantment to the view.
Putnam Fadeless Dyes are the
brightest and fastest. Adv.
Many a man who marries for money
Is a poor collector.
Most Approved Method of Renewing
j Depleted Soil Is by Plowing Under
Some Green Crop.
The plowing under of green crops
like peas, oats, clover, alfalfa and |
other grasses, is, next to a liberal use j
of barnyard manure, the most ap- i
proved method of renewing a depleted j
soil, and of maintaining the fertility
of new land.
Where this is practiced in connec-
tion with a rotation of crops there
need be no fear of any deterioration
in the soil. Indeed, if a sufficiency of J
live stock is kept and the products
of the farm mainly transformed into
beef, mutton and poultry before being
sold, the land will grow richer and
more valuable with each successive
year.
g STEP LIVELY J
| Don't be relegated g
■ to the rear because ■
of some weakness
of the"inner man'.'
Try a short course of
HOSTETTER'S
Stomach Bitters
and help your Stom-
H ach, Liver and Bow- H
■ els back to normal |
Q strength and activity. |
■ Get a bottle today. ■
PARKER'S
HAIR BALSAM
A toilet preparation of merll.
JluJps to erad leate dandruff.
■ For Reatoring Color and _
[Beauty to Gray or Faded Hair.
Wo. and ll.ooai l>ruggtsta
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If so, write for our FREE Parcel Post
TataJogue No 21.
MEMPHIS PHOTO SUPPLY CO..
Meuiphia. Tenn.
Paddock for Stallion.
Every stallon should have a paddock
to run In, especially if he does not
?et regular exercise.
Profitable Cows.
In a profitable dairy hord some
cowb may be good enough to pay their
own board bill and that of two or
three unprofitable cows as well. They
can all be made to pay by the use of
scales and the Ilabcock test.
Sell the Poor Sheep.
Have you any sheep that are not
paying their keep? Sell them off. Half
a dozen poor sheep make a big hole
In your profit, especially if you keep
a small flock.
Wealth Acquired: HowirS;TTT.
offer of recognised value. A representative of up-
right character wanted In jour community. I)" your-
self justice and gnu. p this Ol'i'nKTi'NiTY Write 1m-
Biud lately to UMMUKft Hi HUM: CO., Bum 110, t tuUia, fc*.
10,000 NAM K8 WANTED Send me the names
of 10 friends nnd 10c to help pity pontage. 1 will
•end you something nice for your trouble Gentle-
men or ludles. Write W. J HtiTHS, Now burg, Ark.
umn.Hinza
I Heat Cough Njrnp. Taataa Good. Uaa
in lima. Bold by Drogruta.
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