'
DRAIN IRRIGATION LAND
Oxygen Is Necessary to Life of
Plant Rootlets.
Drainage la as Essential for Suc
cessful Crop Raising as Is Irri
gationSoil Must Have
Some Ventilation.
Irrigation does not offer complete
immunity against crop failure, as
Bomo peoplo sooin to think. It lias
been clearly demonstrated that farm
ing is not mado simpler by reason of
irrigation. On tho contrary It has
ofton been made more complicated.
Tho idea that all ono has to do to
grow crops In tho arid and Boral-arid
districts is to apply as much water as
can possibly be obtained Is an egre
gious error. Water can never tnko
tho place of cultivation and fertiliza
tion. Whllo moisture Is absolutely
necessary for plant growth there are
other essentials that play as import
ant parts In their development Plants
mist brentho and plants must eat nnd
plants must have sanitary environ
ments. Plant physiology teaches us
that oxygen Is necessary to the life or
plant rootlets since the cells or newly
formed roots are tilled with living
cells which consl.it of a transparent
Fig. 1. In Wet Soil the Roots Grow
Near tho Surface and Are Left
Without Water Supply During
Drought.
jelly-lilco substance called protoplasm
which manlfect tho various phenom
ena of life. Protoplasm may exist in
an active state when tho plant is
growing and whllo in this state it re
quires both food and oxygen, and
without It cannot live. Tho presence
of oxygon in tho soil Is indispensable
to the lifo of all upland plants and a
method of Irrigation that abandons
tillago Is suicidal. Tho soil must be
ventilated. A crust on the surface ,pf
the soil, such ns always follows Irri
gation by Hooding, is a great hlnd
dranco to Its proper ventilation. Tho
irrigation farmer who falls to follow
each flooding of his land by tillage, as
soon ns tho drying out of tho soils will
permit It, commits an error that in
time will bear heavily upon him by at
least partial crop failure.
Another fatal mlstalto being made
by the irrigation farmer is the neglect
of drainage. Dralnago Is as necessary
to the porfect development of tho
plant as Irrigation. Tho Irrigation
farmers of the lower Hto Grando val
ley have been taught this by tho evils
resulting from tho wants of drainage
to carry oil the surplus water artcr
flooding. They were rather slow In
realizing the needs or drainage, but
it has impressed Itself upon them very
forcefully. A careless use or irriga
tion water is largely responsible for
tho appearance of alkali in the Klo
Grande valley. Alkali will never bo
a hlndranco In the valley where a sys
tem of dralnago is installed. To avoid
the appearauco of alkali should not bo
tho prlmo objoct of drainage. A sys
tem of Irrigation without drainage
tends to ralso the water tabfo and
7a. 2
Fig. 2. Roots Grow Deep In Well-
Drained Soil and Are Not Affected
by Drought.
plants suffer as a result of tho soli be
coming watorclogged, making It im
possible for the roots to obtain oxy
gen and tho plants aro drowned. Tho
iposltlon of tho water tablo is Import
,ant Whore it lies deeply, plant roots
may dolvo to a considerable depth
without injury, Dut whoro It Is shal
low tho plants cannot perfect a com
ploto and sturdy root system. Drain
age will lower tho water system nnd
lncreaso tho spnee for a more perrect
development of plant root system.
Lin
PREPARE LAND FOR ALFALFA
Early Cultivation Should Begin as
Goon In Spring as Ground
Can be Worked.
Good preparation of tho land Is Im
portant. Tho soil Bhould bo quite
firm nnd should have a mulch of
loose soil an inch and n half or two
Inches deep over tho surface Fall
plowing will Insure sufficient packing
of tho soil nnd in tho spring tho sur
face can bo worked up Into a good
seed bed. This early cultivation
should begin as soon in spring na tho
ground can bo worked and be con
tinued to conservo moisture until
danger of heavy freezing Is over, when
seeding may bo done, says the Donvor
Field and Farm. Thoro should be suf
ficient molBturo in tho soil to gortnl
nato tho seed nnd keop It growing un
til it is eight to ten Inches high when
water may bo applied If needed.
With spring plowing it is difficult to
get a seed bed firm enough nnd ono
that will rotaln moisture well enough
for beBt results. The soil will be too
looso and will dry out quickly. It Is
thorcforo advisable when tho land Is
plowed In tho spring to irrlga'to be
foro Bccdlng provided the soil does not
contain an abundance of moisture.
For best results the seeding should bo
done tolerably early In spring. The
particular time will depend upon the
altitude and tho local climatic con
ditions. A few degrees of frost will
do no serious injury but heavy frost is
likely to kill ulfalfa when Just out of
tho ground. If the seed bed Is In per
fect condition nnd a drill be used,
eight to twelve pounds of first grnde
seed tho acre should be sufficient for
a good stand. When soil conditions
are unfavorable or broadcasting is
practiced from 12 to 18 pounds may
bo required. On irrignted land It Is
Dotter to have a thick than n thin
stand. The use of a seeder that sows
In drills and covers the seed Is to bo
recommended as the seeds aro cover
ed and each seed in given an equal
chance for germination with every
other. A drill with press wheels at
tached Is also desirable. The seeds
should be sown shallow from one
half to two Inches deep.
OXYGEN NEEDED IN SOIL
Irrigation Farmers Are Warned
Against Further Neglect of Proper
Drainage System.
Tho germs In tho soil which develop
a nitric acid in the soil find oxygen
indispensable to their life, and it Is
Important that a large supply of It
penetrate tho soil. Oxygen Is also
needed to prevent the destruction of
tho nitrates after they are onco form
ed and with theso facts staring us
In tho face, it Is plain that wo are In
danger of having the soli depleted of
its needful nitrates through tho de
struction Of the organic matter, if the
land is allowed to remain too long
with insufficient ventilation, as a re
sult of poor drainage. This fact Is em
phasized in tho works of all our so.ll
experts. Prof. Goff, in his book. "The
Principles of Plant Culture," sums tho
whole matter up In this terso state
ment: "Dralnago promotes soil aeration
by forming an outlet for tho surplun
water that would otherwise fill tho
cavities. Although moisture Is essen
tial to root growth, 'land plants do not
prosper with their roots Immersed In
water. True, most plants may bo
grown in 'water culture, I. e. with
tholr roots from germination grown In
water that is freely exposed to tho
air; but the roots of land plants soon
smother for want of free oxygon
when the soil cavities are filled with
water, becauso tho soil tends to pre
vent the water within its cavities
from absorbing air."
Tho farmers on Irrigation land aro
especially warned against further
neglect of drainage. Delay is suicidal.
Procrastination is not only the thief of
time, but a robber filching the possi
bilities of success from tho farmer
whose lands are saturated with alkali
water.
TRSf.
Tho best producers are not ulwnya
the host market fowls.
Gentleness counts much with chick
ens, ns It does with other birds and
animals.
Tho necessity for fresh air has led
to the great popularity of the open
front houses.
All brooders and brood coopB should
bo thoroughly cleaned and put away
for tho winter.
Hot mashes on cold days are on the
feeding program of many successful
poultry raisers.
Eggs and fowls used in the home
should be credited at mnrket prices.
This is only fair.
When tho whito of an egg is watery
It shows that one Is not feeding a
good, well-balanced ration.
Chlckena should have good food
and plenty of It, as well as clean,
fresh water and clean coops.
ThlB Is a good time to Hguro up ac
counts for tho year and seo what tho
chicken business has dono for us.
Young gceso nionot to be picked
tho first year, unless you sell them
dressed, a very difficult thing for tho
novlco to do.
Tho things which aro Important In
tho poultry business are tho things
which nro deemed tho least Important
by the big rnlsors.
To keop poultry from roosting over
feed mangers nnd other places that
ought to bo kept clean, nail a small
wire four inches above the board.
LPtoraosr
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vA
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Was Bitten by Bloodthirsty Barbastel
I jS-k tiL M 38w
NEW YORK. A largo, foroclous,
bloodthirsty barbastel, which chlr
optorous mammal 1b probably moro
familiar to you under ita Latin nick
namo of Synotus Dnrbastollus, caused
a panic nmong the ono hundred em
ployes of Benjamin Fechter, a cloth
ing manufacturer, when it flew
through a window of tho loft tho other
morning at 10 o'clock, and bit,
scratched, clawed and toro tho hair,
oyes, cars and noses of several of the
men and women working at tho ma
chines. Tho barbastel is generally insecti
vorous or frugivorous, nnd is a first
cousin of tho big-eared Mcga-der-ma-gi-glo,
which inhabits Australia. The
barbastel in question, however, was
decidedly carnivorous, and to Judgo
from tho way it tried to mako a ten
courso dinner from tho physiognomy
of Morris Dlnberg, ono of tho cutters,
It had not eaten for several days.
Dlnberg waB tho first one to seo tho
barbastel as It flew into tho Bhop.
Dlnberg has nlco fnt cheeks and tho
barbnstel mado straight for tho cut
ter, who dived under his machine too
Into. Tho terrible nnlmnl caught him
by tho hair and Dlnberg started to do
a Marathon around tho room, shriek
ing for help at tho top of hiB lungs,
whllo women fainted, nnd of courso,
It follows that strong men grow pale.
Tho other employes ran out of the
room in a panic, but as thoy couldn't
NAWViWWVWW
Finds Young Son After a Long Search
ENVER. "There's my papa," said
four-year-old Frederick Eugeno
Lockwood, pressing his face against
tho wlndow-pano of one of tho rooms
of tho state homo for dependent chil
dren. A minute later tho boy had his
arms around his father's neck and
both father and son were crying with
Joy. His identification by tho boy
was a test suggested by tho father to
provo that ho was tho boy's parent.
Frederick H. Lockwood, the father,
is a balloonist and parachulo Jumper,
and when there aro no circuses nor
county fairs where his services aro in
demand he works ns a cook in hotels
and restauranto. For moro than a
year Lockwood has ben trying to find
his boy, but without success. A few
days ago ho finished an engagement
nt the more hazardous of his two oc
cupations in tho south and enmo on to
Donvor to mako another effort to find
the boy.
When ho asked for tho custody of
tho child ho suggested a test to prove
that he was tho boy's father. He
stood, with several other men, outside
tho homo and tho boy was taken to
a window nnd asked if ho recognized
any of tho party. Tho child picked
Ants' Nests Divert
PRIS. With tho approach of spring
tho rage for novelty has descended
on fashionable Paris. On nil Bides
now forms of tho entertainment of
guests and new ways of doing things
aro being subjected to experiment.
Ono of the most curious of tho now
fashions is tho ants' nest craze. No
hostess thinks a drawing room com
ploto unlesB it contains a glass case
insldo of which are n few. pounds of
earth, a large number of ants and
their eggs, and a supply of moro or
less suitable food. Guests nro pro
vided with magnifying glnsses and
aro invited to watch tho industrious
Insects carrying on their domestic and
civic duties, much as If still in a coun
try field.
VVWWWMMVVVWV
Old Mansion May
HICAGO. Remnants of what once
was tho Rebor mansion, Chlcugo's
pride In nntc-bellum days, will bo sold
for taxes by Cook county some tlmo
in March. For forty years county,
stato and city have attempted unsuc
cessfully tho collection of taxes on
this last vcstlgo of tho Reber estate.
And tho proceeding will not bo
without Its pathos nnd romance. Dy
it tho homo will bb sold over the bend
of Gertrude V. Robcr Dackus, who in
her eighth decade of life Is alone in
tho world. In her eighty years sho
has seen tho mansion of old trans
formed Into n forfeited hovel.
Tho property is at Ellis avenue nnd
EaBt Fortieth street, in tho heart of n
choice rcsldenco district. Lots of 50
foot frontngo thero aro valued at
$10,000. Tax complications have de
stroyed tltlo to tho Rebor proporty
and Mrs, Dackus has been clinging to
her homo In tho face of Impending
dispossession.
.Li " - i jo -ujikimg
o lift a c.
pronounco tho namo of tho blood
thirsty animal thoy did npt succeed Iq
getting help.
Roslc Goldstein tried to slip under
tho snfe, Baying that tho barbnstel
was an cnglo and that Bho had often
seen its species In Russia, hut tho
spneo beneath tho bottom of tho snfo
was too narrow for RobIo'b buxom fig-,
uro, so sho was compelled to crawl un
der a bench.
In tho mennwhllo Blnbcrg had grab
bed a stick and tried to beat tho bar
bastel, who was devouring tho hair
tonic on nlnbcrg'B curly locks. Ho
managed to hit tho barbnstel once,
nfter having bruised hlmsolf a dozen
times.
Manager Joseph Dlankford was
dancing nround In a frenzy, crying,'
"B-b-b-b-barb-b-b-bastel, b-b-beat It,"
but tho ferocious anlmnl couldn't un
derstand Yiddish and transferred his
affections from Dlnberg to Dlankford.
Joo won by a noso In tho raco for a
closet.
Finally Mr. Dnrbastel was cornored
nnd clapped under an empty box, and
somo 5 or 18 people sat on top tot
make Buro that it didn't escape.
Mr. Fechter rotumod from a busi
ness call, and found his employes
completely metrogrobollzed by tho
awful encountor. Cautiously lifting
up tho box, ho looked within nnd be
gan to laugh ns though ho would burst
n blood vessel. His employes wero
aghast when Mr. Fochtor grabbed tho
animal nnd shoved It Into a wide
necked bottle.
"What is It, n-nenglo?" asked Re
becca Zuckermnn.
"No, you blockheads; it's only a
bat," said Mr. Fechter.
"Oy oy," said tho employes, and
went back to work.
out his father without hesitation.
This time he was successful, but
heard a story that mado his blood boil
with anger.
Little Frederick Lockwood was tak
en to the detention homo last Octo
ber and left thero by Mrs. Edith M.
Villnume Goobcl, who told tho matron
of tho home that the boy was turned
over to her by an lnmnto of a resort
in Seattle, Wash. Sho asked tho de
tention homo to take chargo of tho
boy.
When tho child was undressed nt
the detention homo It was found that
his left arm was broken, his left col
lar bono dislocated and thnt his body
was covered with marks and bruises.
Ho was sent to tho county hospital,
nnd from thero to tho state homo. Ho
has never recovered from his Injuries,
and may be a cripple all his lifo.
Fashionable City
To vary tho program tho ants nro
mado to engage in a pitched battle ns
one swarm Is introduced into tho nest
of another. Invaders and Invaded
lock In fierce combat, nnd a hastily
improvised hospital and ambulance
servlco for tho Injured is orgnnlzod
by tho non-combatnnts. This idea was
introduced into Paris socloty by a
woll-known singer.
Another innovation which is having
an immense success is n dog's train
ing college, which was opened in tho
most fnsihonnblo quartor of Paris.
Hero a society woman's dumb friend
Is lodged, fed, nnd educutotd in nil
that ho should and should not do nt
tho trifling fee of about $30 a month,
though day pupils are admitted at a
lower rate.
Many graceful accomplishments nro
imparted In tho course, which Is di
vided Into school and college grades,
and diplomas tire nwarded on a cor
tnln standard of proficiency being at
tained. It is Jokingly said that tho
time-honored French polish Is going
to tho dogs.
Be Sold for Taxes
For thirty years tax buycrB have
grasped tho Rebor property at each
delinquent tax sale. In those years
tho rcsldenco, with Ita site, was ac
cepted ns a good risk by tax buyers.
As years went by and -tho nged owner
clung persistently to her abode, oven
In defiance of law, tho tax buyers
abandoned it as a bad proposition.
SInco 1901 tho county bnB lovied on
tho property regularly. Delinquency
notices wero Bcrved with no effect,
Court procedure had ns littlo effect.
Tho gray-haired defendant lot every
thing go by default and held stead
fastly to hor abode.
LiI-j -Ji '! I
NO OBJECTIONS FROM TONY
"Lovable Little Chap" Probably Would
Not Have Minded a Succes
sion of Tunnels.
Doing Sunday ovonlng, nnd thoracoB
having tnken plnco that afternoon, tho
trains woro packed. In ono compart
ment a littlo boy had been standing all
tho way, but beforo tho journoy hud
proceeded much farthor Mrs. Jonoa
kindly took htm on her kneo.
"Were you very frightened, donr, as
wo passed through tho tunnel?" tho
gontlo lady asked.
"Not much," replied tho littlo boy,
shyly.
"Dut I thought you tromblod a littlo
as I kissed you," remarked Mra. Jones,
who was not ovon mlddlo-agod yet
'And vhnt'B your namo?"
"Tony," enmo the answer.
"Then you'ro n very lovnblo littlo
chnpl And how old nro youT"
"Twenty-flvo, mn'nm."
And Tony Spurs, tho lightweight
Jockey, slid to tho floor to the accom
paniment of a piercing scream. An
swers. PHYSICIAN SAID ECZEMA
CAME FROM TEETHING
"When my littlo girl was about eight
months old, sho was tnkon with a very
irritating breaking out, which camo on
hor faco, neck and back. When sho
first camo down with it, It camo In
littlo watery-llko fosters undor her
eyes, nnd on her chin, then after a for
days It would dry down in scaly, white
scabs. In tho daytlmo sho was qulto
worrysomo and would dig nnd scratch
hor faco nearly all tho time.
"I consulted our physician, and
found sho was Buffering from eczema,
which ho Bald camo from her teething.
I used tho ointment ho gavo mo and
without nny relief at all. Then I
wroto for a book on Cutlcura, nnd pur
chased somo Cutlcura Soap and Oint
ment at tho drug store. I did as I
found directions in tho Cutlcura Book
let, and when Bho was ono year old,
Bho was entirely curod, Now sho Is
thrco yearn nnd four months, and aho
has never boon troubled with eczema
oinco sho wns curod by tho Cutl
cura Soap and Cutlcura Ointment.
(Signed) Mra. Freeman Craver, 311
Lewis St., Syracuse, N. Y., May 6,
1911. Although Cutlcura Soap and
Ointment aro sold ovorywhoro, a onm
plo of onch, with 32-pago book, -will
bo mailed frco on application to "Cutl
cura," Dopt. L, Doston.
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Patient Dut, doctor, tho prices at
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