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Keep your fowls hungry.
Pork is too high not to food right
Concrete Is an excellent (notorial for
tollo building.
Examine tho eggs with the egg-testier
before setting them,
Whatever breed Is chosen, a pure
bred ram should be used,
la raising onions for commercial
pttrpeMs a largo bulb is desirable,
la caring for pigeons one should go
about quietly and never frighten
tb'em.
One of the easiest ways of making
money en the farm Is by rearing
aheep.
In planting a young orchard soo
that the trees aro proporly pruned
before set.
Hot mashes on cold days aro on tho
feeding program of many succeosful
poultry raisers.
Tbls is a good tlmo to figure up ac
counts for the year and noe what the
chicken business has done for us.
Sheep farming la a profltnblo branch
ito follow whoro land can bo bad for
labout fifteen to twcnty-flvo dollars per
aero.
Do uot dlsposo of too many early
mullets for fattening purposes thoy
'are your principal assets for another
'season.
A hen la a good thing, but too much
of a good thing 1b a bad thing. Two
bundred hen's are enough for tho
-everage farm.
The sow should bo givon vwnrm
imlllfeed slop, made fresh for each
taeal, whole oats and ft little sound
aom twice a day.
Cows approaching calving should bo
tplaced in roomy box stalls, givon n
good dry bod of loaves or straw and
not interfered with.
If the breeders are in poor condi
tion you will get many eggs that do
Rot hatch woll or that produce puny
or weakling chicks.
Tho right tlmo to caatrato pigs Is a
iweek or so before thoy aro weanod, it
Wealthy; If delicate, watt a week or so
kbUI they are strongor,
Haw potatoes aro groatly rollshcd
4by chicks and may bo fed freely. Cut
'them In good-sized chunks and lot the
chicks have them to pick at
It is very well to sow a ploco of ryo.
early in the fall for tho owes that
'have lambs to pasture ' ofT In the
spring before grass is ready for thorn,
The squab of tho best breed la
reedy for market when about four
weeks old. At this age it js in prime
eoudition. It does not gain much
afterward
Forage -6r salad crops for poultry
greens should' preferably be grown
with stable manure, This applies to
lover, cabbage, lettuce, salad turnips,
mangels,' 'etc,
Infertile eggs from the Incubators
(tested out on'the fifth to seventh days
ean often be sold to bakera If sold for
jjust what they are. They aro good
sfor cooking purposes.
This la the time to glvo tho boy a
Xew acres to farm with a team, and
seeds, and pee what he will mnko of
tit 'It will mako him fool llko n man
and bind him to tho farm.
It will not bo long now till tho first
haylng. Get all of tho haying ma
chinery and tools ready for tho work,
so that there will bo no delay whou
Ithe hay Is ready to harvest.
Many farmers nay there la no money
(la raising ducks nnd geeso, but F. 8.
tjacoby, assistant In poultry husband
try at the Kansas Stato Agricultural
iCotlege, says this Is a mtotake,
Mr. C. O, Garrett, of Iowa, says;
'Lime-sulphur is the best stock-dip
',1 haye ever used. It is very much
superior to many dips now on the
"pnarket, being more effective and
'more durable, and it Is absolutely not
(Injurious."
Breeding birds which begin the
work of egg production near tho time
the eggs are required for Incubation
wiH ordinarily glvo stronger germs
m better chicks than can be ob
tained from hens which have been
.laying for months.
Sheep Incrcaso the value of a farm.
Ducks and geese aro easier to raise
than chickens.
Drccdlng young owes leads to a
Weakening of tho flock.
Tho lack of protein Is a direct causo
of mnturo pullets not laying.
Dairying Is one of tho profitable
lines In which a farmer enn cngngo.
Assorting market eggs according to
slzo and color is a good business
move. ,
Sheep will eat many kinds of wild
grassos. They thrive in dry, mild
climates.
If protoln is supplied freely there
will be abundance of eggs from the
same flock.
Use a good lice paint on the roosts
In tho morning nnd ropeat ovcry two
or threo weeks.
Make up your mind to grow at least
a part of the poultry food on the
homo farm this season.
If tho hens do not lay well tt may
be solely becauso they are not intel
ligently managed or fed.
A bull tied In tho stall will get lasy
and uselens, besides making extra
work In bis care and feed.
A fow oars of corn laid in tho oven
and allowed to parch gives a goad oc
casional variety to tho feed.
No matter what kind of floor there
is in the poultry house, tho main
thing Is not to let It got damp.
In the production of eggs, as in
that of milk, proper feeding Is ossen
tlal to attaining the best results.
A flimsy fenoo will not restrain a
bull and will causo no ond of annoy
anco especially In a busy season,
Oats will do bettor on sod land
than barley, but neither of thorn do as
well on a tough sod as aftor corn or
potatoos.
Don't soil eggs for hatching until
you havo tried out eggs Jrom tho
sumo pens at homo nnd know thoy
hatch woll.
Select out only good, trustworthy
hons thnt can bo rolled Upon ns be
ing good sitters. They should be
well feathored.
Misshapen eggs will 'sometimes
hatch good chicks, but it Is better to
chooso well-formed eggs with cloan,
smooth shells.
Handle eggs carofully and avoid
rough handling. A bad shaking up of
oggs during handling or shipment has
spoiled many a hatch.
If you must foed soft food nt-ovlde
a small trough In which to foed It. It
becomes a starter of dlseaoo when
thrown on tho ground.
A good way to test a chick food is
to placo. a small quantity on a dish
beforo eorao husky chicks and noto
what thoy lcavo of It
Strongly fortllo eggs from good,
healthy Btock will often hatch woll
and produco good chicks under ap
parently unfnvorablo conditions.
Tho mlxturo of Doultrv mnnurn with
such materials as land plaster and
kalnlt or acid phosphato Is almost lm
peratlvo for satisfactory preservation.
Tho young chicks which nro to
mako our wlntor layers, should be
hntched from tho middle of March to
tho mlddlo of May. donendlnir on thn
brood,
Other things being equal, the breeds
bolonglng to tho Medlterrnnoan class
of fowls, namoly tho Leghorns, Minor-
cas nnd Hamburgs, are the greatest
ogg producers.
Hen nests should bo cleaned nnd
whitewashed aftor each hatch before
starting another and the old nesting
material should bo burnod. Fight lice
now nnd nil tho tlmo.
It Is all right enough to roar tur
keys with tho chicken 'hen If tho Tool
hen wouldn't wean thorn so oarly.
Then llco nro alwayB moro troublo
como than with turkey hons.
Undoubtedly ono of tho moat remun
erative branches of tho poultry busi
ness for tho averago poultryman Is tho
production of eggs, comblnod with
tho salo of ninrkot broilers as a eldo
lino.
Land plowed last fall mny be sown
to onts without again plowing, if
sown broadcast sow twov bushels to
the ncro over tho plowed ground and
harrow thorn In both ways, then roll
to lovol tho land.
Whon tho sow Is , given a warm,
rich slop, or other nilllt producing
feeds Just aftor her pigs are' born, a
strong milk flow is forced. Tho now
bora' pigs get too much and have diar
rhoea, which often kills them.
It Is only through the legumes, and
through certain lowor orders of plant
Ufa with which farmers aro not famil
iar and which wo will uot discuss
now, that the soli has been filled with
the nitrogen, which Is of the utmost
importance in any system of agriculture.
(By F. E. BBATTY-.)
( The grower of strawberries Is more
sure of a good annual profit from
strawberries than from almost any
other crop, becauso strawborrlos aro
tho hardiest, as well as tho best, of
all fruits; and It does not roqulro any
moro labor to grow fetrawborrics of
high quality than It docs to grow veg
etables of tho Bamo class.
In tho growing of gtrawborrlos, you
linvo practically no plant enemies in
sects or funglto combat, providing
you follow up-to-date methods. Rota
tion of crops, fall plowing, thorough
nnd ropeatcd cultivation, strong,
healthy plants, mowing off tho follago
nnd burning Immodlatoly after tho
last picking, aro tho things which may
mako spraying unnecessary.
Crop rotation is a necessity with
any kind of farming. It encourages
n healthy and productive condition
of tho Boll. "
Fall plowing discourages all kinds
of underground lnsoct, such as tho
whl to grub, root-maggot and wlro
worm. Thorough cultivation keeps down
weeds nnd all obnoxious growths,
which If allowed to grow, would af
ford a breeding and hlbornatlng place
for Insects.
Strong, healthy plants lnBUro you
ngainBt such enemies as tho crown
miner, crown-borer, root-borer and
aphis, ns well as fungous diseases.
Mowing off tho follago nnd burning
Faced Poorly Packed.
aftor tho fruit is pickod, destroys in
sects and fungi prcsont.
I explain theso essential fcaturba to
Indlcato tholr Importance.
Is work among strawberrloa tedl
oub? Well, yos, a trifle bo, but no
moro bo than working among vegeta
bles, nnd not nearly so tedious as with
tho Bmall varieties of vegetables, such
ns onions, radishes nnd lottuco. It
takes pntlonco to work with, any kind
MICE INJURE
FOREST TREES
Little Rodents Gnaw Bark of C
talpiv nnd Mulberry Which
Frequently Rcaultn in el
t Complete Girdle.
(Hy n. a. wbatiieiistonh.)
For some years catalpa, mulborry
nnd other trees commonly grown havo
Bitfforod considerable Injury by tho
attacks of fluid mlco. TheBo rodents
gnaw tho bark about tho baao of tho
troos to a grentor or Iosb dogroo, which
rroquontly results in a completo gir
dle. When girdling occurs below the
root crowns tho trees usually die.
Thoro nro no practical meanB of ex
terminating fleld mlco, although cor
tain operations nro holpful In prevent
ing tholr attacks on troeo. It hna boon
Dbsorvod that Injury Is greater nnd
moro gonernl whon dead grass, mulch
or debris of any kind lies close to tho
Irees. Mntor!;;! of this nature affords
a harboring pluco, from under which
covor mlco prefer to operate. All
grass or mulch matorlal of any kind
Bhould bo rnkod nwny from the treos
for n radius of at loaBt two foot, leav
ing tho ground an bnro no possible
Whoro mulch culturo Ib used a foot or
two nbovo each treo ahould bo- loft
bnro. Injury is moro sovoro on those
trees whoso root systems sot forth on
"SELECTION" IS
"Selection" Is tho keynote of prog
ress tho world over. It Is by tho proc
ess of "natural selection" that, In nil
bor kingdoms, nature continually im
proves upon the quality of her gifts
to men. It Is by selection that tho
speed of tho raco horse has been de
veloped; that, In tho placo of tho In
forlor cattlo of our sires, wo have tho
superb Jorsoys, Guernseys nnd Horo
fords of today. Selection has given us
the Dorkshlre, tho Poland China and
tho Chester Whlto hog In tho place of
tho razor-back of old, Equally, selec
of fruit or vegetables, and llko the
doctor, tho mora patlonco we havo
tho moro money wo matte.
Soil which has grown vogotablcsTs
generally sufficiently fortllo to pro
duco a largo ylold of strawberries.
Soil In which potatoes havo boon
grown is Ideal.
Strawberries and vegetables can bo
sold from tho same wagon at tho
samo tlmo, and If you have berries
of high qualjty It will aid you In soil
ing your vegetables, becauso fnncy
grocers always are on tho lookout for,
fruit of tho choicest quality. Tho
samo Is truo of tho commission mer
chant, and If you sell to prlvato fami
lies you will find the housokeepor
wants the best.
To the gardener who has nover
grown strawberries, but would like to
combine them with his vegetable busi
ness, let mo suggest that you begin In
a small way, and Increaso your acre
ago as experience and local condi
tions may Justify you in doing.
Many commerclaj. gardeners know
from experience That strawborrlos
mako a profitable addition to tholr
vogotablo business. No othor crop
with which I havo over had any expo-
rlonco will ylold as many dollars per
acre, and do It In bo Bhort a tlmo, as
strawberries. It Is not an uncommon
thing to got roports from growers who
nro realizing nnywhoro from $500,
$800, $1,000 to $1,500 per ncro each
yoar from their strawberries. Itoports
of tho larger quantities generally
como" Xrorn Btrnwborry growers wlio
havo thoadv'antogo of a long fruiting
Benson. Last wlntor, whllo studying
tho conditions and possibilities of
strawberry growing In tho south, I
mot men In southern Toxob who told
mo that their Btrnwberrles made them
from $600 to $1,000 por aero each
year. On tho Pacific coast and In tho
lntor-mountnln states, I mot mon who
wero doing oven bettor than this.
In Michigan, my own stato, many
growers nro realizing from $500 to
$800; in Minnesota somo growers re
port equal results, nnd tho samo Is
true in tho oast. In fnct, In all states,
tho growers who nro following Inten
sive methods nro mnklng splondld
showings and all seem to bo more
than satisfied.
tho ground. Such treos afford cavities
In which mlco harbor, and complete
girdling usually results fatally If bo
low tho point whoro root nnd atom
Joltf. Throwing a few ahoVolfuls of
dirt about tho troos has given satis
factory results.
Troos which havo been moro than
half girdled should bo cut off an Inch
above the root collar nnd sprouts nl
lowod to grow from tho stumps. In
tho caso of trees over throo or four
years of age all Bprouts may bo per
mitted to stand tho first season, and
all btit tho moat thrifty mnv bo .
moved tho following fnll. m bohio
cases nil but tho most thrifty may bo
rornovod when a foot high. Tho ono
remaining must bo stakod In order to
provont Its breaking off or becoming
distorted.
Avoid Barking Trees.
In cultivating tho orchard
should bo taken to cover tho ondB of
tho wlfllo-troos with lonthor or rub.
bor, and high names or other projec
tions on tho harness should bo dis
carded to nvold barklnc tho trunks
and limbs of tho treos.
Got a Spray Calendar.
Every ono who Intends to spray
frulta or vegetables should send to
tholr stato oxporlmont station for
tholr spray calendar, which gives tho
proportions and methods for tho vari
ous sprays, also tho boat mothods of
applying tho samo.
THE KEY-NOTE
tion Is cnpablo of giving us better
crops on our fields, If only Its mothods
nro Intelligently and persistently pur
sued. Tho Illustration shows Cute II.,
a prlze-wlnntng Jorsoy,
Discourage Mice and Rabbits.
Care should bo taken to remove all
weodo, grass or other litter which
might harbor mlco. It Is frequently
advantageous to wrap tho treo trunks
with wlro uettlng, tar paper, or thin,
boards to protect them from mice or
rabbits.
GIRLS.
"One boy Is better than three girls,"
8u rung n German adage old
Old, and ns false as old, I deem,
Llko many things In proverbs told.
Tor sex has naught to do with worth:
The world ncoda both tho boy and girl.
Tho strength of one like rugged rock,
The other's graco like peerless pearl.
A dark the world If nil the girls,
With rosy cheeks nnd eyes nglow,
Yere to bo banished from Its bounds.
Full dark and drear, Indeed, I trowl
God bless you for your sunny smiles.
Your presence pure, and winsome waysl
Bless you for what today yu oro
And will bo In tho coming days.
And may your lives so fruitful be
In things that girls alone can do,
That nil who read the German gibe
May own It (as It Is) untrue.
LIVELY TOY QUITE AMUSINQ
Horse and Mannlklns Move as Plat
form Is Drawn About Room
Driver Imitates Man.
A toy that will afford lotB of amuse
ment for tho littlo peoplo Is that de
signed by a Kentucky mnn. When
tho platform is drawn about tho room
tho flgurcB on It move In lifelike fash-
Ion. All four legs of the horso aro
pivoted to his body. Tho arms and
legs of tjio driver aro Jointed and tho
man In the bacli oF tho vohiclo Ib not
only Jointed wherover ho can bo. but
Is suspended from tho roof on an clas
tic band. Tho turning of tho rear
wheels actuates mechanism which In
Lively, Amusing Toy.
turn moves tho horso's legs backward
uud forward and Instills Ufo Into tho
mannlklns. Tho driver leans forward
and pulls backward, giving a good Im
itation of a mnn urging his horse to
greator speed, whllo his legs kick
about In lively fashion, Tho mnn in
tho back Jumps up and down with
great agility.
THREE NOVEL EUROPEAN TOPS
Top-Spinning Is One of Oldest Games
None Will Stand as Much Bat
tering as American.
Top-spinning is ono of tho oldest
games In the world. It has been play
ed for thousands of years, and thoro
ure fow oven of tho savage nations of
Asia and Africa who don't play tho
r.nmo with somo sort of top, Long
befdro Columbus sailed for America
the Indians knew a good deal about
tops nnd top-spinning. Tho Sioux
whittled them out of bits of wood,
something llko tho one shown In tho
picture. In Coylon, Slam and China
nearly all tho tops are so fixed that
thoy whistle or sing whon thoy spin.
The ordinary top used by tho Amer
ican boy fs probably tho moat popular
In the world. It h extensively used
In Upland and in nil of her colonies.
CSJJMAN HUHMIHOj
TOP
Three Queer Tops.
The German top is lnrgolv and more
expensive, and tho French top Is quite
different In shape. None of thorn will
stand tho pegging and battorlng of tho
stubby little American top.
Nelson Was Mystified.
Little Nelson, who wan ,two and a
half years old when his littlo baby
brother camo Into tho world, was wak
oned up ono night by the baby's cry
ing. Ho was vory much mystified, and
calling to his father said: "Papa, I
fink Bumpfln Is 'keyen' In the other
room."
1bld rfie 1 rnviT not
"touch -Jam
ov Pie or
Any soch -)ot
I'm c,lw&y5
.jot ottTn
Indeed 1 m
Yc, I'm twxy3
WONDERFUL FEAT OF RIGGER
Man Holds Companion Safely on Top
of High Steeple While Molten '
Metal Burns Hands. '
Two riggers In a wostern city per
formod a feat that for daring and
steadiness of nervo equals anything
on record. Somo repairs wore neces
sary at tho very top af a high church
steople, one of thoso slender steeplos
that taper to a point 200 feot or so
abovo tho ground. There was no way
to reach tho spot from tho lnsldo, and
tho riggers got a number of light lad
dors and lashed thorn, ono above the
othor, to tho outside of tho steeple,
nearly to tho top. the topmost lad
dor, however, was not high enough to
onablo them to reach tho spot where
tho repairing was to bo dono, and, ai
that part of tho steoplo wns too Bmall
to permit them to lash a laddor to it
conveplontly, thoy adopted a plan that
It makes one shudder to think about?
sayo tho Philadelphia Times. ,
Ono pf thorn, carrying a pot Qf molt,
ed soldor, climbed from ono ladder to'
another until he had reached tho last
ono, and then, bracing himself, ho
raised an extra ladder that tho other
rigger had brought up In his hand
and leaned It against the upper part
of tho steoplo. Then tho man bolpw;
grasped this ladder and held it qtoacfy
while the man above climbed It to tho
point whoro his work was to bo dono.
Ho began tho work at once, but sud
denly, by nu unaccountable accident,
ho Jostled the soldor pot and tho fiery
stuff ran out nnd foil over tho .hands
and wrists of the man who was hold
ing tho laddor.
But tho bravo follow did not movo.
With a pre8enco of mind nnd a cour
age that desorvCB a monument of
brass or mnrblo, ho malntnlnod a firm
hold of tho ladder until his companion
could como down from his perilous
perch.
ENVIOUS OF GIRAFFE.
Mollle What a Job his nurua must
havo washing his nock.
Lydla Yes. but what a trnt tn h
able to roach tho Jam out of tho nun-
Doara without having to get a chair.
A Lazy Boy's Invention.
Tho long-handled shovel has made
over $300,000 for Its Inventor, nnd tho,
Inventor was a lazy, shiftless boy of 17,
namoa itouuon Davis, whoso father liv
ed In Vermont at tho tlmo. Ho sot
Reuben to digging dirt and loading it
on a wagon, and the short-handiorf
shovel mad tho boy's back ncho. One
afternoon when his father wan nwnv
ho took out tho short handle and sub
stituted a long one and found th
work much easier.
When tho father reached homo T7 on.
ben got a licking, but aftor tho old
man had used tho shovel himself ho
saw that it was a Kood thine- nmi
it patented. -Thoy aro now' manufac
tured almost by tho million. That
boy's backache turned out to be a good
tmng ror tne Davis family.
Satisfied With Raw Water.
"Mammn." said little Edith na m,
wore passing a drug store, "can I have
a glass of soaa water?"
"Not now. dear." was tho reniv
"Then can I have some lemonade?"
queried tho littlo miss.
"No," answered her mother; "I for
got my purse and haven't any money
to pay for It"
"Oh, dearl" exclaimed the disap
pointed Edith, "then I suppose I'll Just
have to be satisfied with raw water."