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GREAT VALUE OF THE
Ifir '.ill P- I
Cheap and convenient mixing platform for making Bordeaux mixture.
Farmers, gardeners and fruit grow
ers can not fence out tho many forms
of Insects and fungi which live upon
their crops and which aro as anxious
for a harvest as is the grower. It Is
a flgbt between tho grower and tho
pest and the latter has generally had
tho Lest of the battle. Tho farmer
has not been properly equipped. He
his often had Invisible foes foes
which ho did not understand, hence
c4uld not assail them and the gen
eral result has been that the insect
or the fungus obtained an ample sup
ply of nourishment and the grower
hto taken what was left, but, thanks
to science, ho need suffer In lgno
rouse no longer.
Power In Knowledge.
A study of the Investigations and
r.tperlments which have placed In the
hands of tho Intelligent grower ef
foctSVo methods of warfare is a3 in
teresting as It Is Important; It re
vsali an educational movement which
Htanfls unparalleled In tho effect It
has had in broadening the horizon of
the agriculturist. It has forced him
to se that there Is more in his busi
ness than following the rule-of-thumb
process so long In vogue. It has em
phasized tho power of knowledge and
It has demonstrated and is dally im
pressing the fact upon nil who tako
llio trouble to see, that It requires
ruore brains than brawn to succeed In
mi occupation at which formerly even
the most Ignorant could bo at least
fairly successful. The Ignorant are
going to the wall, and the student the
"book farmer" If you please, Is push
ing them along and tilling their places
when they nre gone. '
Bordeaux Mixture Perfected.
For tho purpose of answering brief
ly our many inquiries about Bordeaux
mixture and its use, it will be tuf
flclent to say that In 1SS6 a great
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Equipment for mixing Bordeaux
mixture in a small way. No. 1, lime
slacking box. No. 2, stock solution
barrel for lime. No. 3, stock solution
barrel for sulphate of copper. No. 4,
barrel spray pump. No. 5, bucket for
dipping and measuring stock solu
tions. Two such buckets would bo
highly desirable.
many men conducted experiments to
test tho value of the compounds of
copper, very few other substances be
ing used, and among them was A.
Millardet, professor In the Academy
of Science, Bordeaux, France, and to
him may justly be given credit for
discovering tho value and use of tho
preparation which was destined to
prove superior to all fungicides that
have been used to this day, and which
Is now so well known under tho
name of Bordeaux mixture, and readi
ly mado on any farm.
The composition of tho "Standard"
or 3.G per cent Bordeaux mixturo Is
as follows:
Copper sulphate 6 pounds
Quicklime 4 pounds
Water 22 gallons
This formula was at first extensive
ly used, but It was found that a more
dilute mixturo would answer the pur
pose equally as well, as It was
practically abandoned for the mix-
GOOD TRAP FOR
An excellent and yet inexpensive
trap for ringing hogs may bo con
structed by following tthe Instructions
herewith and observing the Illustra
tion, whlnh is quite clear:
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BORDEAUX MIXTURE
STOCK SOLUTION DARAEL3
CILUTION TANKS
PfUYBAnRlC
turo which may now by termed tho
"Normal" or 1.6 per cent Bordeaux
mixture and the following Is tho com
position: Copper sulphate G pounds
Quicklime 4 pounds
Water 45 gallons
To Make Bordeaux Mixture.
Tho "Normal" or 1.0 per cent Bor
deaux mixture is mado by dissolving
6 pounds of sulphnto of coppor In 32
gallons of water, while In nnother ves.
scl 4 pounds of lime Is slacked in 1.1
gallons of water; tho two liquids nra
then slowly mixed and tho prepara
tion is ready for use.
It Is interesting as. well as Import
ant to known that while Bordeaux
mixture Is our most valuable fungicide
It also possesses a marked insecticld
al value, as flea-beetles appear to bo
most easily overcomo or drl,ven away
by this preparation.
No farm or garden, no matter how
small, can bo considered fully
equipped without a supply of Bor
deaux mixture and suitable apparatus
for applying It. Illinois Farmers In
stitute. EXCELLENT FEED
FOR DAIRY COWS
Dried Suzur Ilect Pulp is Almooi
un Valuable un Original
Dcots-How it In
Prepared.
Tho dried sugar boet pulp Is a most
excellent feed, and, like silage and
roots, more valuable than a chemical
analysis seems to Indicate. Tho pulp
Is almost as valuable, pound for pound,
as tho original beets from which it
conies. The pulp Is soaked In water
a few hours before feeding. One peck
of pulp when soaked will make n good
bucket of thick slop. The usual ration
for a cow is ono peck of tho soaked
pulp mixed with two quarts of corn
chop and two quarts of wheat bran,
fed morning and evening. After this
Is eater, the cows are given a forkful
of mixed hay, with straw at noon. The
cowb fed this ration give a large quan
tity of good, rich, well-flavored milk
and fatten up fit for the market with
four months' feeding. Cows that will
come fresh In the early spring should
be allowed to go dry at least four
weeks before calving. Dry cows can
be kept In good, thrifty condition on
chaffed cornstalks and oat straw, with
one quart of corn chop to a bushel of
chaff. Those giving milk should get
a bucket of wnrm slop twice a day to
each, made by mixing ono pint of corn
chop, ono pint of linseed meal and ona
quart of wheat bran, In addition tq
mixed feed.
Keep the stables clean, well lighted
and ventilated. All stock, cows espe
cially, should bo carded and brushed
down every morning. Stock cattlo and
young stock aro less liable to have
skin diseases If tho hide Is thoroughly
cleansfld and kept free from scarf or
dandruff. A little crude petroleum
rubbed over bare spots will soften the
skin and promote the growth of hair
This oil is excellent for cuts and sores
First wash the soro with warm water
and castile soap, wipe dry with clean
cloth and then rub In the oil. Crude
petroleum is better for this purpose
than tho refined oil as It has more
body and greater healing properties
Tho oil may he had from nny of the
largo paint stores for 12 cents per gal
lon. RINGING HOGS
Tho frnmo Is constructed with 2x1
Inch scantlings (D.D.), at the corners
lapped and bolted. Tho lever C when
pulled forward partially closes tho
opening and holds tho hog firmly.
I
WASTEFUL IN USE OF WATER
Beeped or Ovcrsaturated Lands Caused
by Waste From Irrigation or
Leakage From Canals.
Tho cause cf speed or ovorsaturat
od land Is tho waste from Irrigation
autl leakage from canals nml laterals.
Tho skillful Irrigator may insist that
If no more water Is applied than Is
needed for growing and mutmlng
crops, and that If tho canals are so
constructed that no substantial
amount of water escapes Into the
earth, no I nml will become too wet
for farming purposes, says tho Den
ver Field nnd Farm. It Is true that
In many Instances Irrigators havo
been unduly prodigal In tho uso ol
water, particularly when tho land Is
first subdued and wateied. Tho art
of economical Irrigation U usually
learned only when scarcity of water
compels Its less lavish use.
In nny event, under present meth
ods some waste of water will occur
under tho best of management, mak
ing draining In many placos essential
to profitable farming. Water which
produces permanent saturntlon rises
fiom tho bottom of tho saturated soil
toward the surface. Wasto from Irri
gation first passes downwnrd until a
hard stratum of earth Is reached. This
may be only a few feet, In which caso
tho additions which accrue from tho
Irrigation of a few years will bring the
permanent ground water level to with
in two or three feet of the surface, nt
which time Injury to farm crops will
ensue It Is not tho downwnrd move
ment of water alone which occasions
boggy or wet areas, but tho lateral
movement of ground water down a
slope until a flat tract or surface de
pression checks the flow and causes
an accumulation of water, which Is
made known by Its appearance, but
not until the lower parts of the soil
hnve been filled. '
Such depressions or level areas re
ceive tho accumulated wasto water
proceeding fiom adjoining lands,
which occupy a higher level. It will
be necn that the saturated condition
of the land which shows Injury Is not
due to tho water which Is applied di
rectly to Irrigate It, but to tho surplus
which percolates from the higher
lands, sometimes through considerable
distances, until It roaches tho lower
flat or depression and Colorado now
has a law providing for the organiza
tion of drainage districts in which tho
expense of putting In the drains Is
borne by tho entire acreage Drain
nge has been carried on In the west
to such an extent that certain meth
ods are now practiced with reasonable
assurance of success. The develop
ment along the last live years Is most
encouraging to holders of seeped land.
PLANS FOR SUB-IRRIGATION
Most Practical Method Found Is
Where Ditches Are Dug Just 'as
for Laying Tile.
(Bv W. H. T,AUt'K. Irrigation Invfstlgn
tlon. United States Department of Agrl
culture.) Sub-irrlgatlon by means of tile will
hear Investigation under tho different
conditions encountered In the dry land
districts. The Ideal conditions for
sub-Irrigation Is where a hard-pan or
Impervious stratum Is found under
neath IS to 3fi Inches of soil, In which
capillary attraction Is good, and Just
to tho extent that tho conditions ap
proach this Ideal Is It a success for
growing annuals The roots of peren
nial crops will eventually clog the tll
In tholr search for moisture. A small
plot of one-half acre, with tile laid at
different distances npart, viz.: 10, 15,
20, 25 nnd 30 feet apart, will, after a
J scries of jears determine tho proper
spacing of sub-Irrigation tile systems
for the soil. Tho most practical meth
od of sub-Irrigation that the writer has
found Is where ditches wore dug just
as for laying tile, and filled In with
from three to six Inches of cinders
with a piece of tile set on end In tho
ditch on the cinders for npplylng tho
wnter, after which the soil was filled
In over the cinders. This is Inexpen
sive, compared with other methods,
If a supply of cinders Is available
Keep tho best ewo lambs to Increase
tho Hock.
Clover makes a first-class pasture
and bo does orchard grass.
Don't neglect to castrate tho malo
pigs when three or four weeks old.
Gass and green feed aro what en
iblo the farmer to produce cheap
pork.
Give the sows a fair trial nnd do
not niako tho sad mistake of dispos
Jng of them too soon
If the cows or calves get lousy try
an application of strong brlno thh I.
ened with soft soap.
To double the amount of milk per
aero nnd cut tho cost of milk produc
tion In two build a silo.
Tho man with five cows and a sopa
rator Is bettor off than ItlFnolghbor
with eight cows nnd no machine.
Pigs aro scnrc enough this year, so
that tho man who has a few can af
ford to take mighty good r-aio of
them
Mnny farmers make a practice of
turning lambs Into tho cornfield In
the early fall to gather up all tho
weeds
Tho Poland-China breed Is noted for
Its fin quality of flesh and tho breed
also belongs to tre fat or lard type
of swlno.
A humane as woll ns effectVe wuj
of doallng with a kicking cow Is tc
fasten a strap about her body Just In
front of the udder.
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Colored Brethren Stirred
IinSHINGTON. -The colored hreth-
rcn and slstern In tho District of
-'olmubln nnd the city of Washington
ire stirred up to n boiling point over
ho q.iestlon of hell. The pastors of
the various and sundry colored
churches held a meeting the othor day
nd In solemn conclave decided that
there must bo something "dlddlng"
immediately to offset the effect of tho
recent action of the International Bi
ble Students' association In going on
ecord as believing there was no burn
ing hell.
If you tako the fireworks out of ncll
according to some of the colored dis
pensers of "do gospll" In this city, you
rob th'ni of a great lever and a club
over their uncertain congregations.
A regular honest-to-goodnesB-buni-Ing
hike of brimstone nnd molten lend
Is the old fashioned kind of hell thnt
has done jeoman servlco In making
young uegioes see tho error of tholr
ways In the past and has helped might
ily the limited donntlona to foreign
missions and the colored pastors here
beg to enter a piotcst against la abol
ishment. Others may discard the old time lion'
Perspiring Statesmen
ID you ever attend a Decoration
day celebration and see tho lo
cal politicians rise up on tho platform
and deliver themselves of long and
fervid oratqry? Did you over notlco
that they aro always dressed In tho
dignified and sober Prlnco Albert
coat? No matter how hot tho day
none of them would ever think of ris
ing to speak unless they woro attired
In this emblem of American states
manship. After tho local dignitaries had
their say and the chairman rose to
introduce the most Important of them
all, the representative In congress
from tho district or ono of tho United
Status senators, wero you not im
pressed by his distinguished appear
ance? Could you Imagine hlni going
about hi shirt sleeves, with vest un
buttoned nnd n handkorchlut tied
About his neck? No! A thousand
tlmo3 No! You could not. But thoy
do.
It's warm In Washington In tho
summertime. Somo people say It's
hot and some more pcoplo say somo
other things about It.
Ono day tho paporB print an Inter
view with some ono of tho leaders
that congress will ndjourn early In
Proved That His Baby
A BABY boy arrived at tho rcsl
denco of Thomas Froncsuck a
few dnys ago. Ho Ib a very icmark
ablo youngstor. Any ono who has
anything to say to tho contrary does
so at his own peril. Froncsuck has
piomlsed to "lick" tho man who dares
to tell him to his face thnt that boy
Isn't tho finest baby In tho world.
And Fronesnck makes good. too.
The other afternoon Frouesack and
his brother-in-law, Felix Wosnnck,
wero sitting together on tho Frono
sack porch. Fronesnck wns discus
sing the baby. Ho has dono nothing
else bqt discuss thnt Infant slnco he
put In his appearance.
"Did you see tho smart way ho
ioubled up his little fists this morn
ing?" said Fronesnck to Wosnnck.
"My, thnt boy Is going to havo strong
hands."
At this moment n casual acquaint
hnce of Fronesack's passed at the
gate.
"Hear you got n new baby, Mr.
f'ronesack," said ho.
"You bet," responded Fronesnck;
'tho finest little baby boy In the
world "
Vfce visitor was conducted Into tho
Practical Joke Causes
(SEVATOR
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TI1K lato Senior Coko of Texas
and Private John Allen of Mis
sissippi wero wnrm penioual friends
mil for years dined at tho aamo table
it tho old Metropolitan hotel," said
Col. Charles A. Edwards tho noted
jorreBpondont, tho other day.
"Tho propensity of Prlvato John to
work off a Joko even on ns dignified a
statesman an was Richard Coko camo
very near creating a permanent break
In their nmlcablo rolntlons. I may say
here that tho Texan was an Intense
southerner, naturally of an lrasclhlo
temperament.
"Well, to get hack to my story as to
tho trick played him by tho gentleman
from Tupelo. It all came about through
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Up Over Question of Hell
orod hell, but as for thonforesald pas
tors they propose to hold right on to
it. They rcnlllrm their undivided be
lief In tho hell of tho fathers; tho
snnio old hell that they havo taught
their flocks of, nnd that 1b so hot,
that If a colored brother gets In ten
thousand miles of It ho will smell
like a wet dog on n hot stove.
Some of tho younger members of
the various congrogntlons wero in
clined to hnrken unto tho superior
Judgment of tho Bible Students' asso
ciation, and were n llttlo Inclined to
turn n willing ear to tho cooling news.
So gratifying wna tho Intelligence to
them that they wero getting real
cheerful, nnd there was some talk of
unfiling u regular Jollification over tho
event, In which everybody would bo In
vited to 'cut loose and havo a good
tlmo" and when doubtless many re
spectable persons would have got all
"lit up" in honor of tho occasion.
The pastors held their meeting, how
ever, nnd decided to put a crimp In
nil this wild Joy. On tho following
Sundny, therefore, at the sundry
churches all over tho city, the colored
brotner who lias been congratulating
himself that he could, when ho got
ready, lny depredating hands upon any
unprotected chicken roost without fear
of having nt some vnguq tlmo In tho
future to wrap his system around a
few gallons of molten lava while
splashing around in a lnko of burning
brlmstono, got n rudo Jar thnt upset
IiIb calculations,
Labor At the Capitol.
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August. Tho story arouses hope In
many hearts. A few days after they
print another Intcrvlow with somo
other mnn Just ns prominent who
says that thero will bo no adjourn
ment until tho mlddlo of September.
So it goes. Meanwbilo It 1b hard to
get together a quorum of tho faithful
to transact business. Tho othor day
when an Important bill wnB up beforo
tho liouso thero wero not enough
members present and tho sergeant nt
arms was Instructed to go out and ar
rest any members that ha could find
and bring thorn In. Thoy wero
rounded up from their offices nnd
from tho long cool corridors nnd
cloak-rooms of tho capltol whoro
thoy woro basking In tho broczes
from electric fans or In tho solitude
of their offices whero thoy had dis
carded their coats and woro endeav
oring to keep cool.
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liouso and tho Fronesnck baby was
proudly exhibited. He did not seem
Impressed.
"IIo's (i nlco enough bnby," snld tho
visitor, "but ho'B just llko all kids."
"What's that?" demanded Frone
snck, "you como Into my houso and
tell mo to my fuco that this Is Just
an ordinary baby. I can lick tho man
who says that."
"Well, 1 said what I said," retorted
tho visitor, "and I ain't taking It back.
That baby of oura han got your baby
skinned to "
Bang! Also blng, biff, and bam!
Fronesnck waded Into tho stranger.
Tho pollco came finally. They locked
Fronesnck nnd Wosnnck up nt tho po
lice station. Tho visitor went to tho
hospital. Ho was unablo to glvo his
name and address there. Ho wasn't
ablo to talk.
Break Between Senators
tho notion of John Alien In nllowlng
his beard to grow out during a vaca
tion of congress. Throughout tho ses
sion he had gone clenn-Bhaved, so that
on his reappearance the following
winter with a full beard not oven tho
negro bellboys at his hotel know him,
and ho hnd to introducq himself to
tho proprietor.
"Tho only other person to whom tho
Jocose legislator disclosed himself wan
Senator Berry of Arkansas, nnd tho
latter, nt Allen's request, took him In
to tho prosenco of Coke nnd Intro
duced tho humorist nB Mr. Beeman, n
newly elected memlier fron Missis
nlppl. "'Very glad, Mr. JJfecmnn, to meet
you,' said Senator Coko, rising nnd ox
tending his hnnd with great snuvlty,
Shaking the proffered hnnd, tho im
postor drawled out: Vory glad also
to meet you, senator. Senator Coko
of Massachusetts, I nellovo?'
" 'No, sir; not from Massachusetts
by a d sight,' answered tho hot
tempered T 13. snortlug."
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LITTLE NATION OF ANDORRA!
Republic Is a Veritable Rip Van WlrK
kle Land Hidden High Among -the
Pyrenees.
Paris, Frnnco. Thero Is nothing clsoi
In tho world quite llko tho llttlo "pro
tected republic" of Andorra, a verita-
hie Hip Van Wlnklo land, hardly yet
stirring from its thousand years' slum
ber, nnd In Its dreams it still hears
echoing tho march of tho valiant pala
dins of Chnrlomngne, by whose help It
enmo Into being. But it Is likely to
waken soon nnd be mudo to reallzo
that it, too, belongs to tho 20th cen
tury. For a rnllroad Is being built
across tho Pyrenees Just east of An
dorra, nnd then will bo siiro to coma
a wngon road tho valley can bo en.
tercd now only by a bridle path from
tho rnllroad Into Its midst.
Perched up among the Pyrenees, on
tho border between Franco nnd Spnln
and on tho rldgo of tho watershed bo-
Old Stronghold In Andorra.
twocn tho Atlantic nnd tho Mediter
ranean, tho flag of this proud llttlo na
tion flutters over n region thnt Is al
most aa much tho land of tho free nnd
quite as much tho homo of tho bravo
ns Is that of tho Stars and Stripes, 'al
though It includes but 175 square miles
nnd contnlns a population of only 6,000
DOlllS. tf "l
For over 700 years Andorra haa
thrived under a modified double pro
tectorate, tho rule of Frnnco on the
north and of tho Bishop of Ungel on
tho Bouth. A representative of each
lives in tho valley, administers justice
and receives a small biennial tribute.
Otherwlso Andorra Is an independent
and self-governing state. Its relations
to these two "over-lords" are a quaint
survival of medieval feudalism.
FINDS HIS LONG-LOST RING
Man Gets Wedding Band Burled In
Sand Three Years at king's
Beach In Massachusetts.
Boston, MasH. Threo years ago
this Bummer J. Franklin Brown, now
head bookkeeper In a shoo factory at
Chelsea, lost a wedding ring while
in bathing on King's Beach, Swamp
sott. Today ho has tho ring, and be
hind its restoration la a story of a
bit of detective work.
Two weeks ago Arthur Gotcholl.
mail clerk in tho Lynn postofllco, was
tolling around on tho beach In a
onthlng suit when tho sandy rccosi
In which tho ring hnd lain hidden for
threo yonrs was oxponcd. Tho only
duo to tho Identity of tho owner was
an inscription on the ItiBldo which
read, "From FIobbIo to Frank, OcL 11,
1905."
How to find tho owner on such a
meagro clue, when thousands bathe
on the bench every summor, was tho
problem. For a week Gotcholl
searched every placo that ho could
think of. Then, remembering tho
old ndago about two heads being hot
ter than ono, ho consulted a friond,
Georgo F. Alley, and, out of tlolr
conferences, a bright thought popped
forth: "Why not look up tho marriage
rcpords on that dnto."
That aettlod It. Thoy found a
Frank and a Flossto woro married
and Frank lived then at 53 Essex
street, Lynn, from whoro ho wna
traced. Flossie, boforo eho became
Mrs. Hrown, was Miss Lauckner of 41
Porter street, Lynn.
FINDS GREAT STORE OF LOOT
Stocks of Silks and Satins Valued al
$25,000 la Discovered by Alert
Policeman.
Now York. A policeman passing a
tall loft building on Tonth avenuo
heard men's voices coming from nn
upper floor, nnd broko In to Investi
gate In a closet on tho fourth floor
lie found a muscular young man who
Jumped at him so quickly that thoy
both rolled down threo flights ol
Btalro together. Tho young mnn was
underneath at tho foot of tho stairs,
nnd was promptly handcuffed. A
search of tho lofts revealed u great
stack of silks and satins, valued at
$25,000, packed up ready to be taken
away. Tho prisoner told tho pollco
Inter thnt three other men escaped
whllo ho was ptruggllng on tho stairs,
They had an uutomobllo outsldo tho
building to uso in carrying off thoii
loot, ho snld.
First Game at 100.
Plymouth, Mass. Undo TUdon
Pierce, aged 100, recently played his
first gamo of golf Just after having
tnken his first nutomobllo rido and
his flrfat drink of ginger ulc.
Use Barrel ns Collection Plate.
Waukegan, 111. Instead of a. collec
tion plato, a barrel was used for con
tributions at tho Zlon City tabernacle.
Deacons announced that It contained
7,500.
msr-su wigs