mrm
lU l-,l. -....IM I 1
Many farmers mnko tho mistake ol
thlnklrr llmo A true fertilizer, wh i
It nets as an nid In tho soil to allow
other fertilizers to work. In this ro
epect It might bo called nn Indirect
fertilizer. HoweVcr, It has a small
amount of real fertilizing value, Inj'
a&mucn as ninny of tho crops, clover
and tho legumes especially, require it
In their growth.' Moat soils, though.
contain enough lima' for all plant
needs, when other tol conditions are
right.
A fampns Fronch poultry expert
gives a slmplo and caBy way of mak
Ing hens lay in '.winter. It Is simply
I giving tho fowls grain that has bomi
limed, without showing cspocial
fondness for such grain, fowls eat it
all right. This diet la harmless, pro
vided it Is not continued too long.
Whoat Is generally used for this pur
poeo, but barley, oats and corn can
To stimulate a largo flow of milk, a bo treated In tho samo way.
cow mifal' receive consldornblo protein
In hor food, In proper proportion to
tho carbohydrates and fat; this lias
long been an accepted fact, but feed
high In the nitrogenous elements costs
moro than most farmers feel thoy can
Tho main Ingredient of wood ashes
Is potash, an nlkall, which, as all al
kali, has tho power of neutralizing
acids. Honco tho application of wood
ashes on our soils corrects tho acidity
afford to pny. In view of tho low price tho samo as caustic llmo. Tba ashes
thoy nre able to obtain for their milk.
Alfalfa contains ft very high Hereon
tago nf'thls nltxogcn In fact tho high
est of any of the forago plants usu
ally grown.
,Tho farmer has aB much right as
also contain a considerable proportion
of llmo, which has tho Samo action.
Nothing bospcaks tho character of a
man moro than an attractive homo, a
well knpt lawn and happy wife and
family and thoso all represont giving
anyone to wear a good suit of clothos attention to tho ofton negloctod odds
and ndprn and bonutlfy his homo. In and ondn of our tlmo.
fact, It is his duty to do so. It Is also
part of his duty to furnish good read-
Jug matter for tho family. Wo should
strive bo to elovato and dignify tho
A groat many horses aro going went
ward from tho corn bolt to help do
volon tho lndtiBtrlon nr thn Pacific
business that any mnh could bo proud COtt8t Eaotorn buyers find strong
10 say, 1 am a larmcr. western comDOtltlon In Iowa and Mis
souri.
Only tho beet cows should bo kept.
.If tbero Is nn abundant supply of tod Kood and brood and try somo ot your
dor, wheat and oat straw, cows that hens that you llko, then If thoy doinon
will freshen In tho spring can bo cheap- sfrato suporlor qualities hold on to
ly wintered, and It will pay to carry thorn, till thQ7 dlo, oven, If thoy run
them over. down to only fifty or sixty ckkb a year,
Winter wheat should not bo sown too If tho s!x mIlllonirms in this coun
early or its growth will becomo so rank try wqro laid out In ono square tract
und succulent that It will not with- thoy would compmo a tract of land nl
iitand tho freezes of wlntor, according most half as largo as tho United States,
to tho Pennsylvania experiment tita- or twqlvo. hundred mllos each way.
tlon.
It In nn AYpnllnnf iirnpllcn tn lnnk
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Horses aro now being raised for par nhond and nrrango somo menns-whoro.
tlcular service, and tho commercial by tho owes as soon as tho lambs aro
valuo of tho nnimnl can easily In
croasod 2C per cent, by goncrous ided
Ing tho llrHt year aftor It la wo.'mcd.
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCK
- SUPERIOR POULTRY BREED
, '
Several
,
Good Reasons for Popularity of This Variety
Among Farmers Make Excellent Laycra
and Aro Hardy
separated can havo a now growth of
palata)blo forago to graze upon.
A treo or plant that has had all
summer to grow in, and has beconro
well established by n considerable root
growth, stands a bottor chnnco to go
through tho winter Bnfoly.
Tho man who does his luvol best
to succeed will never bo ft" utter fail
tiro no nattor what hlu ultimata finan
cial condition. Tho only real falluro
Is tho man who novor trios.
Tho mun who cannot -milk without
As a rough fodder for votine animals abusing cows has no business In tho
nlfalfa Is unoqualod, slnco It contains cow stable A kick or blow will retard
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latKenerous nuamuics ma wen uui- wm buuiuhuu in nuiiv uuu may mjuiu
Hiicod properties nccessiiry to healthy tho cow for tlmo to como.
und rapid growth.
tho enro 01 uio tamos so that tnoy
do not lose tholr lamb flesh Ib In ac
cord with tho feeding ot all kinds ot
stock that wo wIbIi to proparo In
IBy F. 8. JACOB Y, Poultry Dlvllon,
1 Kniwiur St (i to Agricultural College.)
It Is not always an easy matter for
ono who Intends to keop pouttry for
tho first tlmo to mako a wise selec
tion of tho breed best adapted to their
purpose. Numerous articles havo been
wrltton in tho poultry papers concern
ing tho morlts of various breeds, but
oh a rulo thoso articles havo boon
written by brooders whoso opinions
nro prejudiced in favor of tho breed
which they keop. Consoquoutly thoy
aro often confusing and misleading to
the beginner. With this in viow tho
writer will endeavor to glvo nn un
prejudiced opinion of tho merits of
tho various breeds.
For convenience, wo will classify
the breeds Into three iclasses: 1. Egg
breeds; 2. Moat breeds; 3. General
purpose breeds. Thero nro other
brcods which do not como In this
classification, but as a rule, they aro
unprofltablo and nro raised only for
tholr beautiful plumago, or somo
other characteristic.
TJ10 threo principal egg breeds aro
tho Leghorns, tho MlnorcaB and tho
Hnmburgs. If a person contomplatcs
receiving their Incomo entirely from
eggs and can nfford to ollmlnato tho
dressed poultry Bldo of tho business,
one ot theso breeds should bo his
cholco. Tho Leghorn enjoys tho
grontost popularity of tho threo at tho
present tlmo nnd probably will con
tlnuo to bo ns popular In tho futtuo.
Owing to tho small slzo of tho breed,
thoy consumo less feed than tho
larger breeds and consequently pro
duco eggs at n much lower cost. Tho
records of a pon of Whlto Leghorns
and Whlto Plymouth Rocks at K. 8.
A. C. showed that It cost 1 cent n
month moro to feed tho Plymouth
Rocks than tho Whlto Leghorns. Tho
Leghorns laid moro eggs than tho
Recks and produced a profit of $1.87
per hen for 8 months ns compnrod
with $1,61 por hen with tho Rocks
during tho same porlod. Tho Leg
horn undoubtedly lays moro oggs tho
second year In proportion to tho num-
bor laid tho first year than any othor
breed. Tho records at tho station
show that out of a pon of 17 hens, 1G
bad laid 'during 18 months an aver
ago of 283 eggs and of theso 1G, 14
had laid over 250 eggs, ot which 4
woro over tho 300 mark. Thoso birds
are still laying und undoubtedly sov-
oral moro lions will Iny abovo 300
,'cggs by tho end of tho two-year , po
rlod. Tho Mlnorcas nro' largor than
tho Leghorns and would necessarily
consumo moro food, but In return luy
yoar. Tho Brahmas nro excellent ta
ble fowls and In certain eastern lo
calities aro, raised extensively for soft
roasters. Thoy lay as a rule com
paratively few eggs, but certain
strains bavo been developed for egg
production Which lay enough eggs to
be profitable. Tho Langshann do not
enjoy tho popularity of the Brahmaa
as n meat typo, but nro about equal,
to them. In egg production. Ono fea
ture of this class of meat breeds
which renders them unprofltablo In
certain localities is tho fact that pack
ers object to tho feathered shnnkn
and will not pay as high a prlco as
for somo othor breeds.
Tho genoral purposo fowls aro un
doubtedly tho most popular In tho
United States as in Kansas. In 1909
letters wero cent out from tho Kansas
Stato Agricultural collego to tho fan
mors ot tho stato in ordor to get nn
Idea of tho poultry conditions existing
In tho state. Of 234 farmers which
reported, 118 kept Plymouth Rocks,
G8 Leghorns, 37 Rhode Island Rods,
and 21 Wyandottes. Many farmers
kept two or moro brcods. This shows
tho popularity of tho Plymouth Rocks,
and there nre several good reasons
for this popularity. The Plymouth
Rock breed nro a triflo hoavlor than,
either tho Wyandottes or Rhodo Is
land Rods, Thoy nro slower to ma
ture than tho Wyandottes, but mnko
excellent winter lnyors when early
hatched nnd bred for that purposo.
During tho past two years an expert
ment has been carried on at tho coU
lego to dotormlno whether tho Whlt
Plymouth Rock could bo bred for
high egg production nnd transmit
theso qunlitles to tholr offspring.
About 25 birds woro selected for tho
experiment Ono of these, hen 798,
laid 200 eggs from January 1 to Sdp
tcmbor G, a totnl of olght months. Tho
packing companies which annually
buy and pack immense quantities ol
poultry havo a decided preference for
the Plymouth Rock.
Tho Whlto Wynndpttes nro vory
populnr nnd differ essentially from
tho Rocks In being a pound llghtor In
weight and moro blocky In form. Tho
Rhodo Island Reds havo nearly tho
samo shapo as tho Plymouth Rocks,
but wolgh tho samo as tho Wyan
dottes. For meat purposes tho Wyan
dottes excol tho Rhode Island Reds,
but tho Kansas farmers find tho
Rhodo Island Redo to bo tho best win
ter layers.
Ariother breed which deserves men
tion at this tlmo is tho Orpington.
Dairymen recommend drilling six
pocks of rj'o nnd four pecks of bnrloy
to tho ncro. Tho two grains mako u
thick 1 growth and much Ilnor herbago good form for tho market,
than rye alone.
Land that has boon seeded to c. rim-
Too many farmers keep tholr farm ?on ?,ovor, nnJ. tho crou turnol. undor
horses, tied by. tho head all wlntor In a naa ,uo,cn Iounu ooninin .lwlC0 na
dark, stuffy otablo 'without any vontlln. muh h.u1m""- nMtura i nitrogen as
tlon whatever! nnd up to tholr hocks WU,BH 1,118 "u t,uvor
hi mnnni'Vi. I "
i' iowoi'8 in tno winaow opoaK in an
In producing hogs cither na breeders wnmlatakablo W&o of Interest in
or for thn nork mnrknt.iilin fnn.l nnn. "'bb umi nun rem cnarm ami
tlon la tho predominant question, as it
la, tho principal cost in growing tho
hog,
Tho hog that will turn back to tho
dignity to tho dally grind and help to
mako Hfo worth living.
Corn silago may bo fed 'as t Boon as I
tho silo is filled, provided you havo cat
tle onough to ent all that has started
nMm 1. . . . 1 . . . . - ... . 1 . I V ' V
WJ?yo ferment or heat on top of tho silo
1- r - u.r. iuuTi uiui. uv.Bnui onch tlmo you fCCd
id wu vup (iu v(iiHi io uiuuu luuiv
iv with.
I J ' ' 'i. 1 iw : ; Thero aro two rouBons why Bheop
j , Weaning should npt bo a violent and r? notf ,nd P10""'"1 on ho avoJa
'abrupt function, but tho young an mat 'ftr,mi ,fcnc0B I not K?,d ?nouRh . 0
.hni.1.1 hnnrnnnrml W nrllmlnrV ,!. M lOP tllO.mUd U frequently
;r n fnV Vh n. ;.' r. atal at lambing tlmo.
h.Svi v w MX o W V VIUVUI Vfc wn
lifo.
Mulch the ftDiiaragus bed with a good
joatlng of strawy Vnnuuro nud cut
way nnd burn tho tops ns coon as
the frost has blackened thorn,
Loss than a scoro ot years ago
WitU a nutritious supply ot nnlatablo
pasture old owes con bo rocrultod up
in ilosli vory rapidly and gotten into
marketable condition boforo winter
closos In.
All over crowded poultry houao'dooa
not monn thrift for any, nnd especial-
.horses were soiling by 10 dozQn fop ,y for Bmanor nnd woaker onos,,tch,
auoui mn samo money mat a, goou aro HButtlly tho young and smnllor
uioreu win uring louuy, millets
j. Homo of our experiment. stations go Tho higher prlco Is partly won. by
ho tar os to say thut an ncro ot rapo Increased weight and partly tonBii-
will produce ns many pounds ot pork norlor ouallty ot woll-coverod Sott
as an acre ot corn, flcBhod chlckons,
Scoure tho small fruits from dan- Progress In farming Is an Individual
ger. Do this endy to bo cortalu of It, problem from tho solution of which I
for small friujts,w;i bo of.oxcpptlonal the stnto, the nation nnd tno wonu
value next year. must beuetiu
Tho bush fruits, llko currants and Hens that aro good layers and that
Biirmohorrlea. can be.Bot in tho fall In. aro fed right will lay up to 40 per
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fruits, also cunt right tnrougn tno nrHi mm 01
tho moult.
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PDOMINENTWO
PLr
SEEMS SLATED FOR SPEAKER
Although Speaker Cannon's term does not ox
piro until March 4, 1911, tho campaign as to who
will bo tho next to occupy tho speaker's chair '
Is already being wnrmly contested. Many well
informed Democrats doclaro that Chomp Clark ot
Missouri, loador of tho lato Democratic minority,
Booms slated for tho speakership, although James
Hay of Virginia and Robert L. Henry of Texas
are nctlvo rivals for tho place
Born in Kentucky in 1850, Clark emigrated as
a comparatively young man to Missouri and also
had an early but brief oxperlenco In Kansas. In
1875 ho located at Bowling Green, Mo., and be
gan tho practise of law and In 1893 ho was first
olected (o congress. Slnco then ho has repre
sented his district continuously, with tho excep
tion of ono term.
Clark, llko many other men who havo mado good, gives full credit to
his wlfo. Doforo she married Clark sho was Miss Qenovlovo Bonnott, a school
tenchor, with a local reputation as an elocutionist. Clark was a young lawyer
without any marked promise of futuro greatness nnd mighty llttlo chanco
ever to shino as a self-composed, fluent speaker. His wlfo took him In hand.j
drilled him in elocution, drilled him In Dolsartc until his gestures became,
asy, and! nftor each speech mado by her husband while candldato for Prose
cuting Attorney of Pike County, sho mado little suggestions na to how his
Bpcecb might hava boon, mndo moro offectlvo and pleasing.
The homo lifo of tho ClarkB, it Is Bald, is delightful Just ono llttlo domes-
tic cloud' being known to tho nolghbors. This Is tho untidy condition of the
library. Reserving to himself this room, Mr. Clark lssuod General Domestlo
Order No. 1: "Nobody Is allowed to touch tho books and papers In tho library)
of attempt to clean up the room." Distinguished visitors come to tho Clark
homo ofton and' aro delightfully entertained, the hostess making but one,
request ot her husband's friends: "Ploaso don't go Into Mr. Clark's library!" ,
Around tho' walls nro bookshelves filled with volumes that show tholr
owner to bo a'student nnd a careful buyer of books. In tho center of the room ?
Is a long table whom things He whero they fall until tho czar of tho library
sees fit to. movo tllom. Tho room Is heated by nn old Hngey stove, red wltb .
rust, nnd' its. pipe la. fantastically draped with cobwebs.
Hie name isn't "Champ" at all It'd JameB Boauchamp, tho latter bolng
his mother's maldon name. Clark oarly made up his mind that this was too ',
much ot a narao to carry Into politics, so ho shortened It to Champ, by which
ho has becomo knpwn to fnmo, '
OUR AMBASSADOR TO MEXICO
Tho lifo ot Henry Lano Wilson, ambassador
of tho United States to Mexico, was roported tp
have been nttcmptod by rioters at Mexico City
during tho recent cmbrogllo. Many Americans
went to tho American cmbnssy declaring to the
ambassador, Mr. Wilson, that they Intended to
arm thoinselvos, as thoy considered tho conduct
of tho .chief of police, Felix Diaz, during tho dis
orders unsatisfactory. Mr. Wilson declared ho
was satisfied with tho attitudo of tho Mexican
government, but that ho deeply regretted .that
tho ch,lcf of pollco had mado no great effort to
provontr disorder.
Mr. Wilson then had a long conforenco with
Scnor Crcol, minister of foreign affairs, who as
Burod' llim that Americans would' not suffer any
moro and that the ngltatoro would bo punished.
Senor Creel in on. Interview later said that tho relations between Mcxlcq and
America wero as cordial aa over. Ho denied reports of' friction between tho'
governments and gavo assurnnco that all would bo sttled diplomatically.
Mounted -police patrolled tho streets to prevent any further anti-American
demonstrations. Tho principal high school and Uio national, unlvorslty woro
guarded, as wns tho American embassy.
Henry L. Wilson practised law nnd was a banker In Spokono, Wash., from
1885 to 1890 dnd' considers that city his homo. In 1889 ho was appointed minis
ter to Venezuola by President Harrison, but declined; from 1897 to 1905 ho was
minister to Cnllo, and from. 1905 until tho present year ho served as minister,
to Belgium. Mr. Wilson was born at Crawfordsvllle, Ind., In 1857,, and was
graduated from Wabash collego in 1879. From 1882 to 1885 ho was editor of.
tho Lafayotto (Ind.) Journal,
"LAFE" YOUNG FOR SENATOR
Lafayette Young, who has boen appolntod
United States senator from Iowa to succeed .tho
late Senator Dolllver, Is a native Iowan. Mo3t:
of his life has been devoted to tho newspaper pro
fession, nnd Inst spring ho celebrated his twen
tieth year as owner and editor of tho Des Moines
Dally Capital.
Mr; Young wns born in Monroo county In' 1848,
He lenruod to setr typo In the offlco of tho Albla
Union, finishing his trade with Mills & Coi. ot
Des Moines. In 1870 ho was city editor of tho
Dob Moines Register. .In 1871 ho- established a
paper at Atlantic, Iowa, called tho Tolcgraph,
which ho sucqflNuCjilly published nineteen years.
In 1890 ho bought Hi well-nigh defunct dally news
paper at Dos Molnen and tho papor la now a
thoroughly modern dally wKh a building of Its own
Mr. Young served twolvo years In tho state scrmtovblto living In west
ern Iowa and had an opportunity to go to. congress, whb be decllnod. He
was with General Shatter's Fifth army corps as a Jvjwspaper man In the
Santiago campaign, and has made a reputation ac ii lecturer on that campaign.
"Lafe" Young Is a national figure m nepuDiicata pontics and la notoii as
nn orator. In 1900 at tho Philadelphia KepuDHCtm convention no .nominated,
Theodore Roosovelt for Tlco-presldont. Ho has been twice delegato at largo
to tho Republican national convention from Iowa. He accompanlod President
Taft on his trip to the Philippines Bomo years ago and Is a personal friend ol
tho president.
Senator Young will Bcrvo until tho next legislature meets, January 8. It
will bo the duty of that legislature to olect a senator to fill tho unexpired
term of tho lato Senator Dolllver, which endB in 1913.
Suporlor Barred Plymouth Rock.
ORIGINATED GARDEN FARMS
tho samo way as enno
grapes. '
Endive is not neon in the gnrdon
as often us It should bo. Whon well
blanched it makes
plant.
Iowa Is in a -class by Itself as a. hog
stato. Apparently most of tho corn
. ... I . - 1 i 1 1 n or AAA
a dollcato salad grown m towa ib icu 10 in v,iou,vv
Bwlno. -
1 much lnrgor egg. Tho Mlnorcas aro
considered by Bomo pooplo very good
Tjtnloi tnvnru nlHimiffh T wmilfl nnt
recommend thom na auch; owing to
,tho largo alto ot tho eggs they nro
bred In cortnln localities whero a pre
mium Is paid for largo eggs. On tho
farm, howovor, It Is different propo
sition and tho farmer can scarcely
nfford to keop tbla breed and soil his
eggs on tho regular mnrkot. Tho
Hnmburgs lay a largo numbor ot -win
ter oggs, but tno eggs nro usunuy
Tho llttlo cracks in tho poultry. Many a man has been Burprlsod at g1 SbSuZffi
.house are what piny havoc with tho tho effect ot one load of barnyard vJgoUlon spangled) and are
hock, espucuuiy 11 uiuy uro wuore muy manure ouunmvu iiuWw . . obbiy tn0 most profitable of tho
...ill ll... II,. I . ..I- ... I 4 l.. ..nn, nnil frllHflllnOBH. proimuiy IU lliuov j uuit.u.u iu
will allow llttlo currents of air to It gives now Uto nnd frultfulnoss.
roach tho fowls when on tho roosts.
An ordinary 160 corn-bolt farm can
No ono who knows anything about carry about forty dairy cows, but 240
hoiia keeDa a hen until sho is throo sboon would tost tho pasturngo
or four years old, unless sho has su- hurdor.
oerlor aualitioB.
Qniuo vinos mako a satisiactory
Heavy losses and much discourage- fenuo If trained on llvo wires.
ment finds Its source in impropor man
agement ot breeding owes during the Peonies are highly ornamental aud
lata summer months. 1 perfectly bandy.
boautlful breeds. Thoy aro great ta-
vorltea with children.
Tho ment breeds aro mado up of
tho Cochins, Brahman and Lnngshans
Tho Cochins usod to bo nn excellent
table fowl, but for sovoral genera.
tlonB tb.oy havo boen bred for feathv
ore nnd tho result is tno utility qunii
ties havo boon greatly impaired. Cer
tain Btralns of this breed havo been
known to lay as low as 25 eggs
Thoy weigh nearly tho same as the
Plymouth Rock nnd nro very similar
In shape and othor characteristics.
Tho main differences and ones which
have prevonted moro rapid develop
ment of this breed aro tho whlto Bkln
nnd shanks. This practically bars tho
bird as a market fowl In this country
although It la vory popular In Eng
land. Thoy aro exceptionally good
wlntor layers.
From tho foregoing tho render can
readily seo that tho truly profltablo
breeds can bo counted on tho fingers
ot ono hand. Tho Barred Rock Is
without question placed first In tho
mtnda ot tho Kansas farmor with tho
Whlto Rock, White Wyandottes and
Rhodo Island Red and Whlto Orplng-
ton closo seconds. .
Burying Cabbage.
Do noU bury cabbago until dango:
ot very hard freezing. Ab a rulo It
should not bo buried until about the
10th of November, and lator in many
sections will insure safer keeping.
The woman who is principally responsible for
the formation of the International Children's
School Farm loague Is Mrs. Honry ParsonB of
Now York city, Sho has mado a practical Isiuo
of tho "back to tho soil" idea, and has been a
real mother to thousands ot children during the
past ton years. 8ho managed to secure from tha
city tho privilege of using an old dumping ground
as a garden farm. So many children nppllod for
admission that hundreds hnd to bo turned away.
Tho Bystom Bbo followed was to award to each
child a plot four by olght foet for threo months.
Seven vegetables woro plnnted and twice a yoar
crops woro harvested. This was dona under the
direction ot assistant tenchors and tho cropj
were given to tho children.
It Ib said Hint wonderful results ore bolnc ac
complished. Sickly children havo becomo strong and happy from tho open
nlr oxerclso nnd Bunshlno. Industry has been Inculcated and principles of
honesty and courtesy established, and the health nnd Hvcb of many children
havo boon saved through thuao charming breathing places in tho center of
tho congostod districts of our lnrgo cities.
Mrs. Parsons Is sixty-two years of ago, but bright, choorful and cnorgetlc.
Sho has found that children lovo farming. Not only has sho succeeded la
Interesting thorn In digging and planting as a novel occupation, but sho has
lod tholr mtndB Into Intellectual fiolds. Sho haa oven Interested them In
good roadB problems, tho savlug of our forests, tho uplifting of tha farming
commuulty and giving to their mlnda a strengthening and healthy tono.
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