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SUGAR BEET CULTURE
iur'row Method of Irrigation
Gives Best Results.
One Advantage of System l Ease
With Which Water Can Be Ap
plied Without Vouching Plants
and Avoid Crust Forming.
. The turrow method of IrrlGatlon
X without doubt gives tho most satis
factory results Id growing sugar beets.
It of'courso requires almost perfect
preparation of tho land, but tho re
cults are satisfactory. Ono advantago
of this system Is tho case with which
tho water applied can bo kept from
touching the plants and thus forming
a crust of earth around thorn. The
Ideal condition Is brought about by
the maintenance of a continuous good
mulch near to tho plants so as to
prevent evaporation from the soli sur
face and by cultivation after Irriga
tion to break up the wetted aroa In
tho furrow Into n finely divided con
dition, says tho Denver Field and
Farm. Furthermore, the furrow sys
tem leaves the surface in condition
for any other crop which may bo used
in rotation.
Down in New Mexico and all over
California tho check and border sys
tems nro practiced, but they are not
dcslrablo for they interfere more or
less with tho planting, working and
harvesting of tho beets. DcsidcB (this
tho beets aro in danger of drowning
out by careless application of water,
and considerable waste ground is
to occur in tho field. In preparing for
irrigation by furrows tho surface
must hnvo a uniform slope throughout
bo that water may run through with
out Interruption. On lands which nro
fairly level a levelor or float is tho
most common implement used. Tho
land should bo first plowed in land's
to a depth of eight or ten inches.
Plowing around a Hold should always
bo avoided and all dead furrows
should bo eliminated so far as pos
sible by back furrowing Into them
several times.
Tho lands should theroforo be of
considerable width, even if tlmo Is
lost at tho turns. In this connection
It may be well to speak of u type of
plow which Is coming largely into
favor In many of tho beet growing
sections and which does away en
tirely with both back and dead fur
rows, since all furrows aro thrown in
the same direction. This plow is n
sulky and is made in two types, called
reversible and left-hand plows set op
posito each other on a beam. When
the end of tho field Is reached the
plow 1b thrown out of tho ground and
, reversed by means of handles at tho
back and when tho Implement is turn
ed around tho other plow throws the
furrows in tho samo direction as the
t previous furrow.
Another typo accomplishing the
snme purposo consists of a sulky
frame carrying right and left plows
with levers for raising and loworing
them so that cither onp can be held
out of tho ground whllo tho other ono
Ik In use. Tho balance plow consists
of ono or several plows in gangs
fastened in two frames, which are sot
nt an angle of 135 degrees to ono an
other, the nxle and wheels being at
tho angle. Ono frarao contains right
hifhd and the other left-hand plows.
Tho drawbars at the onds are Joined
by means of a heavy round steel rod
and a looso ring connocts the team to
tho drawbar. When tho end of tho
field la reached tho team Is swung
around on tho unplowod ground and
the ring travels from ono drawbar to
tho other by way of tho rod. As tho
plow starts up it pulls ono plow out
and the other into tho ground, thus
obviating tho necessity of throwing
tho plow out as in tho reversible.
Save the Feathora.
In tho raising of ducks and geeso
tho feathers represent: one of tho
main sources of profit. Wo nlways
save them, therefore, to bo used at
. homo or marketed, says a writer in
an exchange, Although not command
ing so largo a price, chicken feathers
aro worth something and should bo
saved, as well as the feathers of wa
terfowl. They also represent a clear
profit. Few poultrymcn in this sec
tion, however, save their chicken
feathers, possibly because they do not
realize that there is a market for
tbem. These feathers can be used at
home to good advantage in the mak
ing of chair cushions, pillows, etc.
Whenever we dress fowls, whether
for market or for home use, wo
spread the feathers out to dry In the
sun, whore they will not ho disturbed
by wind. Tho large and stiff feathers
from wings and tails are the only
ones that we do not find use for.
. Success of Serum Treatment.
Antl-hog cholera serum has been
produced by tho Purdue experiment
station for tho past three years. About
50,000 hogs have been vaccinated and
treated. Tho results of this work
havo been highly satisfactory. lie
ports sent to this Btntlon by farmers
who have, used serum on their hogs
show that tho average loss in tho In
fected herds trented was 2,5 per cent.,
and following tho vaccination of tho
healthy herds in these infected lo
calities, 2.25 por cent. Indiana Experi
ment Station,
Silo Is Necessary.
To tho up-to-date and progressive
dairyman, and to tho most advanced
cattle feeders, tho use of tho silo and
the feeding of ensilage Is recognized
as being necessary to tho greatest
success in their respective lines of
business.
USE WINDMILL IN IRRIGATING
Usual Plan Is to Get Good Supply of
Water From Surface Tank
How to Apply.
A reader In tho lower Panhnndlo of
Texas asks- for information In regard
to tho possibility of Irrigating a gar
don of nn ncro or more with wind
mills. Tho crops which ho wishes to
rnlso are onions, sweot potatoes and
peanuts. An inexhaustible eupply of
water can bo had at a depth of about
45 feet nnd tho winds nro very strong,
especially in tho spring.
Tho usual plan is to got a good
supply of water from n surface tank,
writes H. H. Harrington in tho Farm
nnd Firesldo. These tanks are usual
ly mado by scraping tho dirt from
the outside, so as to form an em
bankment nnd an inner- enclosure of
whatever size Is desired, say from
30 feet to 100 feet In diameter.
Tho soli on tho inside Is not scraped
out, because it has been found that,
as a rulo, tho tank will hold water
better by leaving this soil undis
turbed. Tho soil Is vory rich nnd fertile
when wator Is applied, and a com
paratively Binall amount of water is
all that is needed. Whllo making tho
loveo, a plpo with a valvo or cutoff
is placed in tho embankment, and
when It Is desired to Irrigate,, tho
water Is simply turned on from this
pipe, and by little surface ditches con
voyed to tho garden or small field,
whero needed. Sometimes difficulty
may bo found by the water sinking
Into tho ground through a holo and
refusing to pass along tho surfneo
ditch. This can usually bo remedied
by tamping tho ditch with a little mud
by means of a hoe. If this falls, a
short plnnk trough will carry the wa
ter over tho slnk-holo.
Perforated tllo would undoubtedly
bo a bettor means of conveying this
wator, much less water being re
quired. This tllo can bo mado from
concrete for uso whore thoro Is llttlo
or no alkali, as is tho case on the low
er plains of Texas. Any kind of gar
den vegetables may bo raised with
advantage. Sweot potntoes roqulro
much less wator than onions.
Watermelons will usually bo found
a pnylng crop, because one or two Ir
rigations will bo sufficient
In tho samo way pennuts will bo
profitable but sweet potatoes would
bo tho most profitable. Tho water is
usually passed down tho rows, nnd
tho groundjnust not bo allowed to be
come too dry beforo tho first Irriga
tion. Otherwise, tho tendency is to
cscapo beneath tho surface and not
pass along tho dond furrow on tho
surface. Ono good windmill and tank
shoulQ irrigate as much as flvo acres,
If properly handled.
IRRIGATION FOR AN ORCHARD.
Watering of Trees During First Sea.
son After Transplanting Done
Through Furrows.
Gently sloping laml is preferred Ir
rigated orchards. A fall of ten to
twenty feet to tho mllo insures good
drainage and tho soil 1b not eroded
by small streams of water. On very,
flat slopes tho excess water from ir
rigation has frequently to be remov
ed by artificial means and on vory
steep olopos tho difficulties of apply
ing water nro much greater.
Farrow and basis irrigation are tho
usual methods employed, but the for-,
mer is moro common. In setting out
land for commercial orchards a hoc
tlon Is usually divided first Into ten
acre tracts. The lateral ditches sup
ply tho divisions, and Individual
owners control the respective tracts.
Wheu tho width of driveways Is
deducted the length of tho tract by
trees Is seldom more than GOO feet.
This distance governs tho length of
tho furrows. Tho watering of orch
ard trees during the first season after
transplanting Is most commonly dono
through two furrows spacod four feet
on each side of tho tree. As the roots
oxpand more furrowB are necessary.
FARM NOTES.
Disk hard land thoroughly before
listing.
Many prnctlces aro followed In
saving seed corn. '
Alfalfa should bo sown soon after
oats or spring wheat seeding.
Durn all scrap papers, coffee
grounds, egg shells, and sweepings.
Winter onion sots should bo plant
ed In tho fall, to glvo the best re
sults. A good method to use In caring for
seed corn la to hang It up by tho use
of strings.
The seed corn should be picked bo
foro frost and hung In a suitable
placo for drying.
Now is tho tlmo that all farm build
ings should bo fixed up for winter;'
don't wait till snow flies.
Alfalfa can bo threshed with nn or-v
dlnary clover liuller the same as oth
er species of tho clover plant.
It does not pay to buy commerclul
fertilizers to Biipply what wo have
wasted by Ignorance or carolosaness.
If your soil has boon shallow plowed
tho best thing Is to only go a couplo
Inches deeper each fall until you reach
the desired depth.
It Is snld that tho production of
farm yard manuro In this country now
represents a valuo greater than tho
total valuo of the corn crop.
Drlck und cement are about as
cheap as lumber and last many times
as long. It is cortalnly a waste to
uso much wood for floors or sills.
It coats from 25 to $40 an acre to
grow potatoes. In addition to this
cost must be ndded the depletion of
the soil which is great In the case of
the potato crop.
ItETUIt.N'IiD nnd saw under
the sun. tlint the race Is not to
the swift, nor tho battle to the utrong;
neither yet brcntl to the wise, nor yet
riches to men of undcrstnndlns. nor yet
favor to men of skill; but time nnd
chnnco hnppcnctli to them all. Keel. 9:11.
THE UBIQUITOUS POTATO. f
This common vegetable of Mother
Karlh has many possibilities for food
depending upon the skill arid training
of tho hand that prepares It In. tho
uso of the potato thoro Is a varying
degree of proficiency.
Tho bachotor maid or man may pro
pnro a delicious and wholesome. soup
with n llttlo gas burner and n potato
or two.
A variety of soups may bo served to
vary tho monotony, by nddlng fresh
celery to the potatoes whllo cooking,
or celery salt for seasoning, Onion
may bo scalded in tho milk, thus giv
ing each soup an individuality of Us
own.
Tho variations and seasonings of
potato soup, though many of them
slight, will count up Into tho hun
dreds. Jackson Soup. Paro thrco largo po
tatoes and ono carrot, cut In small
pieces and! cook until tendor. Chop a
small onion and brown in a tablo
spoonful of fat. Add a tablospoontul
of flour; add to tho mashed potnto
and the water In which thoy woro
cooked. Season to taste.
Potato Soup. Cut up and boll two
potatoes in a quart of water; mash
and strain. Add n pint of milk and a
tablcspoonful of flour arid butter that
havo been cooked together: season
with salt, pepper nnd onion or garlic
and n llttlo chopped parsloy. Servo
vory hot
Another Potato Soup. Chop a sllco
of salt pork nnd put into a sauco pan
with a small piece of onion, chopped;
fry a light brown. Add four potatoes
cut fine, cover with a quart of boiling
water and cook until the potatoes nro
tender. Rub through a siovc, season
with salt, pepper nnd add a cup of
milk. Rchcnt and servo.
A beaten egg added to a potato
soup makoo a great Improvement In
its appearance
MPLOYMKNT, employment'
Oil, that Is enjoyment
There's nothing like something to do,
Good heart ocupatlon
Is strength nnd salvation,
A secret that's known to but few.
80ME HOMELY DISHES.
Tho common things and the com
mon pooplo aro thoso wo havo tho
most of, and so we need to bo re
minded that It Is just as necessary
that tho common foods, becauso so
important, making tho bulk of our liv
ing, should bo well prepared.
Rice, which is such n cheap food,
and forms tho chief nrtlclo of food
of a largo portion of tho population
of tho world, may bo cooked nnd
served In hundreds of ways.
Round Steak With Rice. Cut ono
and a half pounds of steak Into two
or three-Inch squares; put Into a
saucepan to steam without water.
Slice an onion and fry In a llttlo suet,
add to the steak and season with salt
and pepper. Cut up a tomato and add
with water to tho meat, enough to
cover tho meat Lot simmer for two
hours, then add a half cup of rlco
and more water It neodod, nnd cook
until tho rlco Is tender.
Mutton With Rice Wipe with a
damp cloth n pound and a half of
moat cut from the shoulder. Into small
pieces, adding a llttlo fat. Cut up a
third of a carrot and ono onion In
small pieces. Put ovor the fire with
water to cover and cook at tho sim
mering point for two hours. Add salt,
pepper and flncly-mlnccd pnrsloy. Mix
two tablespoonfulB of flour with t,vo
of cold water and add to tho stew.
Cook five minutes. Placo tho stow on
a platter and arrange around it by
spoonfuls, salted, boiled rlco.
Servian Rice With Meat. Cut up a
pound of beef from the shoulder, cut
in Inch squares. Fry n largo onion,
In a llttlo suet, then put In tho meat,
season with salt and paprika and cook
slowly over a slow flro. Add n hnlf
pound of rlco nnd boiling wutor. Cook
until tho rlco 1b tender. Serve hot.
1NDNK88 Is contUfftouH. The
MDlrlt of h
down by a thousand secret channels Into
the Inmost recesses of the household llfo.
Ono truly affectionate) soul in the fam
ily will exert u sweetening nnd hnrmonlz
Ing Influence upon nil Itu members.
HELPFUL HINTS.
It Is tho skill of tho cook that con
verts tho slmplo soup Into a creation,
the pinch of this or tho pinch of that
which, given at tho right moment, of
the right thing, that separates by a
spanless chasm tho commonplace from
tho novel. Wo all llko originality and
desire, nbovo all things, to havo jur
M
Mm.
homes, tables and persons express a
pleasing Individuality.
Wo nit llko Immaculate homes, tree
from dust, disorder and confusion, but
when one pair of hands has to do all
tho cholco must bo mado between tho
necessities nnd tho things that enn bo
slighted. I Wo can do away with n few
los frills' nnd furbelows on our cook
ing nnd clothoB, unnecessary scouring
of things already clean, but wo needs
must look after tho health of tho
family, to see that tho food that thoy
havo sorved is both nourishing nnd
good to look nt; that our sinks and
wnBh bowls nro kept clean, that our
dlshcir nro wnshod with enro nnd
cleanliness. Other things enn wait
or tako less time, but tho things that
affect tho health nnd happiness nro
essentials and of courso vnry in dif
ferent homes.
Tomatoes and Macaroni. Scnld n
pint of cream over hot wator, add half
a pound of diced choeso nnd when It
Is molted ndd a fourth of a cup of
butter and a dash of salt und paprlkn.
Arrango nround flvo bnkod tomatoos
a half pound of cooked macaroni laid
In a wreath. Pour ovor tho chcoso
mixture, and servo.
Meat Balls Put through tbo moat
grinder sufficient cold meat to mako
n cupful; add a cup of cold cooked
rlco und sonson with salt nnd pepper.
Heat ono egg and add to It two table
spoonfuls of milk. Pour about two
tablespoonfulB of this over tho meat
and rlco to bind them togethor; If too
dry, ndd a llttlo more milk. Dtp out
a spoonful of tho mixture, roll In
crumbs, dip In egg and fry In Just
enough butter to keep them from
burning.
OWEVEU good you may be
you havo fnults: however dull
you may be, you enn find out what some
of them are, nnd however atlffht thoy mny
be, you hod better mako some not too
painful, but valient efforts to Ret rid of
them. ' -Ituskln.
THE THANK8GIVING TURKEY.
In choosing a turkey, as any other
poultry, It should bo plump, bavo
smooth legs und tho cartilage at tho
end of tho brcaBt bono should bo pli
able. Cock turkoyo nro usually con
sidered bettor eating than hon turk
eys, unless tho latter are young and
plump.
A turkoy weighing nlno pounds
should ronst from two and a hnlf to
thrco hours. Thoro nro such differ
ences in tasto as regards stuffing that
a few recipes mny uot bo unnccopta
bio at thlB tlmo.
Thoro Is tho old-fashioned sago
stuffing liked by our grnndmothora,
and ono that Is hard to tmprovo on,
To a cupful of' breadcrumbB pour
ovor boiling wator to moisten. Boa
son with' butter, poppor. salt and dry
sago leaves rubbed to a powder, using
two tonBpoonfuls of tho sago to a cup
of tho crumbs. In stuffing a fowl caro
should bo taken to glvo it room to
swell, othorwlso tho Btufllng will bo
soggy nnd Indigestible.
Turkey Stuffing (Swedish 8tyla).
To two -cups of stnlo bread crumbs
add two-thirds of a cup of molted
butter, a half cup of raisins cut flno,
n hnlf cup of walnut meats broken In
pieces, salt, poppor and sage to tasto.
Oyster Stuffing. Mix togethor thrco
cups of bread crumbs, a half cup of
butter, melted; a pint of choppod oys
ters, salt, poppor and a few drops of
onion juico.
Chestnut Dressing. Shell and blanch
threo cups of chestnuts and cook In
boiling saltod wator until soft; ndd a
half cup of butter, n toaBpoonful of
salt, popper to taste, a cup of" crumbs
and a fourth of a cup of cream, Mash
tho nuts, add tho cream and tho
crumbs, which hnvo been buttered by
adding tho molted buttor to them;
sonson nnd fill tho turkey. Moro stuf
fing may bo needed, as tho cavity
must bo well filled. j
Victims of Superstition.
Eighteen girls of Vasard, Transly
vnnla, havo beon drowned In tho River
Aluto. Thoro is a local tradition that
any young woman who batheB in the
river nt midnight will bo married be
foro tho year has expired.
Twonty young women from the
town, doslrous of obtaining husbands,
went nt the appointed tlmo to bnthe,
Tho current was vory strong nnd
swept tho girls away, only two being
saved.
Ages Add Garments.
Centuries ago, as Sir Walter Scott
says, In "Ivnnhoo," men woro ono
thickness of clothes, whether of wool,
leather or velvet Tho shirt was In
vented, but for a long tlmo won worn
only by tho nobility nnd gentry Then
followed tho waistcoat; breeches and,
Inter on, trousers. Tho overcoat,
which succeeded tbo medieval cloak,
was raro until tho seventeenth cen
tury. Self-Made.
It Is better to bo a self-mndd mnn
filled up according to God's original
pattern than to bo a half man-made
after some other man's pattern, J, U.
Holland.
I
FATE AND THE FLETCHERS
Intervention That Made It Certain
Hour for Senator's Death Had
Net Struck,
Senator Duncan U. Fletcher or Flor
ida sought his berth ono night on a
sleoplng car on the way south from
Washington. Pulling back the cur
tains of a lower nlno, ho saw that bla
bed was already occupied.
"HI, thorol" cnllcd tho senator,
shaking tho stranger by the shoulder.
The Blooper awoke and protested
angrily.
"My name's Fletcher," explained
tho statesman, "and this is my berth."
"You'vo got nothing on mo," an
fiwercd tho other. "My namo'a Fletch
er, and this Is my berth."
"My full nnmo Is Duncan U. Flotch
cr," tho aonator elaborated.
"So'a mine," agreed the intruder.
"Ahk I seo," said tho senator po
lltoly. "Thoro must havo been ft mis
take in reserving tho samo berth for
two mon of tho samo natno. I'll go
Into tho next sleeping car."
Tho stronger, by this tlmo, was fully
nwako, and proceeded to apologize,
nnd to offer to glvo up tho berth. This'
mo senator would not do, but wont
Into tho car ahead and found a placo
to sleep.
An hour later tho train was wreck
ed. The car In which tho stranger
occupied tho lower nlno fell through
a trcBtlo, and that Fletcher was
klllcq. Tho senator's car wbb not
damaged at all. Popular Magazine.
A Word of Wisdom.
"No, mo dear," said Mrs. Maloney
to tho charity worker when the topic
had turned upon tho question of mar
ried women taking upon themselves
tho Bupport of tho family when the
husband 1b out of work. "Don't yooz
ovor begin annyt'lng of thot kolnd If
so hap ycoz should ono day havo a
husband av your own. In tho evlnt
av thot hnpponlng on' ho should como
homo an' fall to cryln' bocause ho
wns out av a Job, do ycez Bit down an'
cry until ho rotnds It ag'ln. Molnd
thot, now." Woman's World.
How Fldo Lost Out.
"My girl UBod to think a lot of her
pug dog, but I'vo managed to get tho
odgo on him sluco wo married."
"How did you work it?"
"Fldo wouldn't oat her cooking, and
I did."
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