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WRITING ON A SOFT PILLOW
Found Possible to Write Legibly and
With Comfort on Train Flying
at Top Speed.
Everyone who has had occasion to
write while riding In a railway train
will be interested In the fact that the
disagreeable effects of the Jarring of
the carrlago are greatly mitigated by
writing on a pillow. The pillow may
be either held on tho lap or placed on
n lauio. The pad of paper, and the
arm which guides the pen or pencil
should both rest on tho pillow.
In this manner It will bo found pos
sible to write legibly and with comfort
in a train flying at full speed.
The explanation depends upon the
fact that tho pillow tends to equalize
tho motion of the fast moving car
riage tho pen Is driven In every direc
tion except tho desired one, because
the constant Jarring does not produce
the same motions simultaneously In
the table, or the knee, or hand and the
pen.
But the pillow, through Its great pli
ability and moderate degree of elastic
ity, not only deadens the shocks com
municated from tho carringe, but
brings the Inevitable motions of the
paper and the hand holding tho pen In
to accord.
SMALL BOY WAS INTERESTED
Not In Somber Shakespearean Drama,
as His Mother Supposed, but in
Counting Bald Heads.
The play was one of Shakespeare's
tragedies. Mrs. Simmons and her lit
tle boy, having been unable to secure
seats In the parquet, were well locat
ed In tho front row of the first bal
cony, where they could see better und
hear almost as well as if they had
been farther forward on the main
floor.
Mrs. Simmons was agreeably sur
prised at the Interest that- Bobby ap
peared to take In the somber drama.
He sat leaning forward, with his el
bows on the cushioned railing In front
of him, resting his head on his hands,
deeply absorbed. As the curtain went
down on the first act he straightened
up. 5
"Well, dear, how do you like Shake
speare?" asked his mother. "Are you
enjoylntr the nlav?"
"Mamma," said Bobby, with the air'
oi ono who has made a great discov
ery, "there are sixty-nine men here
that have got bald spots on top or
their heads! I've counted 'em Jive
times!" Youth's Companion.
ARRANGE COUNTERS IN ROWS
Simple and Symmetrical Problem Il
lustrated and Explained for
Placing Objects on Line.
Can you rearrange the 12 counters
on this board of 36 squares, so that
there are two counters on each row,
column, and diagonal?
There must not be more than theso
Arrangement of Counters.
two counters in the same straight
line.
Here Is a simple and symmetrical
arrangement, by which on a board of
3C squares 12 counters are so placed
Two In Each Row.
that there are two, and two only, on
each lino, column and diagonal.
Ther arq other arrangements which
fulfill the conditions.
Edgar Knew Them. .
Tho teacher was hearing her class
of small boys in mathematics.
"Edgar," she said, "If your father
can do a piece of work In seven days,
nnd your Uncle William can do It in
nine days, how long would it take
both of them to do It?"
"Thoy would never get done," an
swered the boy, earnestly. "They
-would sit down nnd tell fish stories."
HOW TO ATTRACT BLUEBIRDS
Pennsylvania Lad Explains How He
Induced Little Songsters to Build
Their Nests.
I have attracted bluebirds by simply
making a one-roomed bird-house. To
make this hlrd-houso 1 took boards
that were of dull color so as to tnoro
closely resemble the trunk of a treo,
writes Huplo J. Mitchell of Pennsyl
vania in tho National Stockman and
Farmer. 1 made tho houso 8 Inches
high and gave It flvo Inches squuro or
lloor space, nnd put on a slanting roof.
The roof projected over tho edgo In
front so as to prevent the rain from
entering. I made tho bird-house to
lean In the direction of the opening,
which should faco the southeast. Tho
entrance was a round holo 2 Inches In
diameter and 2Vi Inches from the top.
1 made a small hole 1 Inch below tho
entrance nnd put In It a small perch
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Bluebirds' Home.
t inches long. On tho bottom I nail
ed another limb of a tree oue-hulf Inch
In diameter and 6 Inches long. I put
It In an apple tree 10 feet above tho
ground in tho apple orchard. The
birds began their nest on Friday,
April 11, 1913, I hung on the treo bits
of string, yarn, flax, etc., for tho birds
to make their nest with. The blue
birds came about the last of March.
I now have six bird-house, nnd four
of them were not up two weeks until
the birds had nested In them. There
were IS barn-swallow nests in the barn
last year.
TONGUE HOLDER FOR WAGONS
Method Illustrated and Explained for
Preventing Accidents While
Coasting a Hill.
To prevent any mishap when coast
ing in a boy's play wagon, fasten tho
tongue with a coll spring so that it
will bo kept in a vertical position. The
tongue is always out of the wnv hn
it Is not used for drawing the wagon,
writes William F. Benson of Brockton,
Holds Tongue In Position.
Mass., in the Popular Mechanics. Tho
spring is only strong enough to hold
the tongue, so that when this is used
for pulling there is little or no
tendency of the spring to draw tho
tongue upward. The coil spring Is
fastened with one scroweye In tho
tongue and one in the front axle.
RIDDLES.
When docs a tailor serve his cus
tomers both well and 111?
When he gives them fits.
What is that which never uses Its
teeth for eating purposes? .
A comb.
.
Why Is the letter E like death?
Because It is at the end of life.
. Why is a lady in a cotton dress like
anything published?
Because she appears In print.
What herb Is most Injurious to a
lady's beauty?
Thyme.
When Is a. man like the letter B?
When ho is inv bed.
What grows less tired the more It
is worked?
A carrlago wheel.
When is a sailor like a corpse?
When he is in the shrouds.
When may a man bo said to break
fast before he gets up?
When he takes a roll In bed.
What Is more foolish than sending
coal to Newcastle?
Sending milk to Cowes.
How do bees dispose of their honey?
They cell it.
What chasm often separates
friends?
Sar-caBin.
Why are all duels short affairs?
Because It only requires two sec
onds to arrange them.
'
Why Is1 a . beggar mending his
clothes like a rich man?
Because he Is making up his rents.
Why is lovt like a duck's foot?
Because it often lies' hidden in the
breast.
NOTES ?w.
MBU)0WBRG0K
FARM
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Don't stunt tho calf.
Beef calves are profitable
Alfalfa is a drought resistor.
Feed tho skim milk to tho pigs.
Plant corn and cowpeas together.
Keep your youngsters coming each
day.
Never plow an orchard In tho sum
mer. It never injures an orchnrd to man
ure It.
You should thoroughly disinfect
your hen houses.
There will bo n big demand for puro
bred fowls this fall.
' Poor and Irregular feeding causes
.Vool to lose Its quality.
After lambing the sheep frequently
begin to lose their wool.
Do you practice regularity In the
feeding hour for thejiogs?
Constant and shallow cultivation Is
tho price of a good corn crop.
Ground grain In a wot mash Is bet
ter for ducks than whole grain.
A broody hen will soon spoil an egg
for table use. Keep them aparL
If the soil bakes easily the great
er the need for frequent cultiva
tion. Bo sure to use tho narrow-tiro
wagon on soft fields nnd tho meadow
lands. ,
The way to sharpen a disk Is to
pare off the blunt edgo until thin nnd
sharp.
A good many dairymen get more
sympathy from their cowb than they
deserve.
The dairy cow brings In money
month by month, the beof cow brings
it but once.
Deep plowing increases tho soil's
water-holding power, also Its plant
feeding power.
One should mako a close jnspectiou
of all drains about tho farm at this
particular season.
A IGO-acro farm with aBllo will
produce as much revenue as a 180
acro farm without.
Grass nnd clovers deteriorate In hay
valuo rapidly after they reach the
stage of full bloom. ' '
Generally the hog will thrive best
that will squeal for his food at the
regular feeding time.
When tho cow kicks, sit on the milk
stool till you count ten nnd you may
not use the stool for a club.
Tar and sulphur burned In tho poul
try houso with tho doors nnd windows
closed Is a good disinfectant.
A clean, snnitary hog wallow, with
a good Inlet nnd outlet, fonnB an Ideal
placo for the hogs to fight llc'o.
Although there is little dnta on tho
subject, alfalfa silage of good quality
would certainly mafto an excellent
hog feed.
A garden cultlvntor docs much hot
ter work thnn n hoe. It Is easier
quicker nnd keeps the soil in much
better condition.
If you haven't help enough on the
farm to handle tho hay au quickly as
It should be handled, better arrange
for extra labor now.
If the cow converts her feed Into
milk she cannot lay It up as meat,
and If she lays It up ns meat she can
not glvo it off ns milk.
Some fruit growers sny (hat It Is
not a good plnn to plow nn orchnrd
when the trees nre in blossom let
ter do It before thnn nfter.
Do not plant many varieties of tn-en
in tho now apple orchard. The apple
buyers like to find ns many of one
variety as they can trigethor.
Any kind of fruit tree will die- when
Planted In ground that Is all tho time
saturated with water. Tho tile ditch
Is a necosslty in some places.
Sheep manuro is on of the lifst
farm manures. It contains" n largo
amount of nltrogon and n good per
centage of phosphoric acid and potash.
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Chicks relish alfalfa.
Get tho best brood sows.
Lot tho sotting hen nlono.
All fnrm llvo stock llko stingo.
Sorghum mnkos good sllago.
Alfalfa adds humus to tho soil.
Fresh vegotablos arc In domand.
Castrato tho lambs at throo to four
weeks.
Honey Is not onlyn hunlthful but n
"tnsty" food.
A good garden is tho first essential
to cheap living.
Tho farm Is" often Judge,d by tho
cqws It supports.
Boos nro good for clover and clover
is good for bees.
What Is a more fascinating pursuit
than beekeeping?
Tho warmer tho weather tho leas
corn should bo fed.
A cow Is by nature quiet nnd ought
to bo handled quietly.
It Is best to have n hot knife to cut
cold, thick honeycomb.
Movable, separate nest boxes, with
wire bottoms nro ensy to clean.
Beef cattlo haB decreased In numbor
greatly during tho. last ton years.
Change the feed of horses sufficient
ly enough to mnko them rollBh It.
Ducks will not do well when con
fined. Turn 'em loose If possible.
A cross bred male cannot be relied
upon for producing uniform offspring.
For profit, breed does not count
for so much ns Individual production.
Though busy In tho flold, do not for
get that tho faithful cow needs care.
Tho large, tame sunflower seeds
mnko n good feed for hens tit molting
time.
Perches perfectly smooth nnd mova
ble are tho kind to hnvo during tho
lice season.
A bull calf seven months, old should
have a ring put In his nose and taught
to lend with It.
Iowa last year produced 352,000
pounds of butter more than that of
previous years.
Cheap land Is the homo of beef, but
only dairy cows will mako tho highest
priced land pay.
The pig looks straight down his
nose when you ask him what tho
world was made for.
The chick that onco gots thoroughly
chilled will have a hard time catch
ing up with the rest.
Infertile eggs keep longer than the
fertile; here Is n hint how to stop tho
losses due to bad eggs.
Powdered charcoal in tho chicks'
feed aids digestion nnd lessens tho
chnnces of .bowel trouble
Alfnlfa yields from two to throo
times ns much ns clover or tlmot'iy,
nnd Is more valuable hay.
Whole kaflr Is nerhups tho best of
all grnlns to mnko weight nfter chl"ks
are a week or ten days old.
For several weeks before calving
time cows should have an abunda"co
of cooling nnd loosening foods.
The good bug Is a lady bug. And
Just to show how llttlo fnmlly countB,
Its first cousin Is the potato bug.
Sometimes economy consists tn us
ing less of what wo have to buy and
also less of what wo have to sel
For a disease proventlvo nothing Is
better thnn a little copperas In tho
drinking water about onco a wck.
Tim sow and litter will faro bet
tor if they nre kept separated from
tho herd until tho pigs nre at least
n month old.
Ducks nre practically Immune from
cholera, roup rfrid gapes. Their fav
orite diseases are spinal meningitis
and paralysis.
Tho farmer who docs not feed ev
ery pint of waste milk on tho farm,
sweet or sour, lb not working for the
gn-atest profit.
A Holstoln cow Ms recently com
pleted an olflclal record of 43 31
pounds of butter In seven days and
170 pounds In 30 days.
Take an Idle hour or two ono of
theso days and dig tho borers' out of
tho young orchnrd trees. They soon
cut the life out of them.
If tho sheep are quartered In build
Ings that are not amply ventilated,
you will find that the confined heat
will cause thuir wool to slip.
Keep the bull growing. It Is not
right to let him slnck back Just bo
cnuso tho season Is getting well
along. Treat him always us If ho
were tho biggest part of the herd.
JERSEY IS MOST
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An Ideal "Mortgage Lifter" and Two "Patent Milkers" Which Attracted
Considerable Attention From Visitors at the Nebraska State Fair.
iiy n. a. WHATiiHnHTONn.)
Bulls of dairy strains at one year
old, tho .usual ago for exhibiting, do
not fill the eyes with the same effect
of tho beof type, so thoy do not nppear
In the prlro list und are branded ns
Inferior accordingly.
In latter years, a groat change has
como ovor tho cattlo Industry. Dairy
ing has advnnccd by lenps and bounds.
Breeders of pedigreed cattlo have
nwnkened to tho fnct of a new posi
tion in tho dairy Industry. Jersey and
Ayrshire cattle, having loug been
bred for dairy cattlo, do not come
under tho ban already montloned, but
pedigreed Shorthorns, although there
have always been deep milkers nmong
thorn, have been regarded with sus
picion In tho best dairying districts.
Lattorly, tho herds of Shorthorn
that wore bred on dairy lines hnve
been pushed very much to tho front
cows of thlB breed hnve nppeurcd at
tho dairy shows and have proven re
peatedly thnt tho right sort of Short
horns can bo flrst-clasc dairy cows.
Tho following are good dairy breeds:
Tho Jersey is Invariably admitted
to bo 'tho Ideal caw for butter pro
duction. In all her points she shows
NEW METHOD OF
TOMATO CULTURE
Entire Strength of Plant Cen
tered in Few Fruit Clusters
s by Good Pruning
(By M. N. KDRKIITOX.)
Tho now method of totnnto culture
consists in confining tho growth of
tho plants to n single stalk or vino,
those being trained to stakes.
Pruning should begin as soon as
branches begin to appoar, growth be
ing confined to the mnln stalk.
In this way, Instead of dissipating a
large sharo of its strength In an of
fort townrd vino growth, the entlio
strength of tho plant is centered In a
few fruit clusters.
Under ordinary culture that Is,
whore plants nro allowed to branch
nt will, tho first cluster of blossoms
A Goodly Yield of Tomatoes.
are usually cast and many of tho buds
appearing later fall to fructify.
With this method nearly every bud
produces a fruit, each specimen be
ing large and tin I form In shape and
coloring.
A dozen large tomatouH In u cluster
is common nnd we have counted 20 to
30 tomntoes In exceptionally large
clusters.
The main nnlnf nt v.-mt.-ieri rinHHPMH- I
cd by this method Is earllnusH, huge
ness and uniformity, greater freedom
from rot nnd better coloring of tho
fruit.
Where grown for canning factories,
earllness, size and uniformity not be
ing especially advantageous, this
method of culturo will not prove prac
tical, boeauKO of the Increased ex
pense of culture.
Grown for speclul markots, how
ever. wiore fancy prices for fine fruit
are to he had, the considerations
specified make this method of culture
highly advantageous becauso of the
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ECONOMIC PRODUCER
dairy capacity. Ught In tho flesh,
sho Is big In tho body, showing plenty)
of room for tho vital organs and nl?o,
capacity for dealing with the fulll
supply of food, so nocossury for a
dairy cow. Sho Is an attractive cowl
and n good sollor. ' '
Island-brod Jorsoy cows havo nn np-
pearanco of delicacy but the cowb
bred In tho states seom to bo qulto
able to Bland tho climate. Tho Jersey
1b occasionally n,vory heavy milker.
As a rulo sho milks reasonably well,
but her strong point is tho richness
of tho cream.
The Ayrshlro Is a medlunvBizod cow.
Her strong point Ib tho largo nverago
milk yield. Ayrshlro milk Is nut
usually rich In buttorfnt. It Is equal
ly serviceable for butter and cheoBo
making nnd for milk trade.
Tho point which recommondB a milk
for chocse making Is tho small slso
of the fut globules In tho milk. When
thoy are small, as In tho Ayrshlro
milk, they do not rise quickly so thnt
thoy are caught In tho curd whan It
congulntes.
Jersey milk linn largo, fat globules'
which rlso quickly, making tho nillla
unsuitable for cheese making.
enhunced valuo of tho Individual
HpeclmonB of fruit.
With this method of culturo it !nk
especially deslrnblo thnt tho plants bo
started early nnd transplanted two
or threo times beforo moving to tho
flold. By moving a square or ball of
undisturbed earth with, each, plant
growth is scarcely chockod.
Wo make It n practice to remove a
lcrge share of tho leaves when trans
plnntlng In tho beds nnd whon moving:
to tho flold. This tends to prosorvo J
balance between root and branch,
largely preventing wilting or stnlkn
and minimizing chock In growth.
Plants moved to tho Hold In thin
manner nro but llttlo checked in
growth If tho" ground bus boon well
fitted and soil moist. J
We havo movod strong nnd stocky
plnnts thnt woro two feet high with no
resultant wilting of either lonves or
htnlks.
Such plantR should bo stnkod Imme
diately, the plnnt bolng tied to the
support bolow tho llrst cluster of
buds. Tio again, later on, bolow tho
second nnd third clusters, In tying
allowance must bo made for tho
growth of tho stnlk. Throo full clun
tors of fruit nro enough for ono plant
Branches must bo removed as soon
as thoy appear.
With this mothod plants may ho
sot as close ns 18 inches In tho row,
Hows should bo four feet npnrt to nl
low plenty of room for horse- cultiva
tion, Cultivation should bo froquoht, but
shallow, as tho roots of tomato plants,
seek tho surface whore the, soil warmnl
up .under tho Influence of tho sun'a
rays. Moro stirring of tho surfneo as
with a garden rnko creates ldoal solli
conditions nmong tomato plants,
For fancy market purposes or for
tho homo garden this mothod of cul
turo cannot bo too highly reconiJ
mended.
GOOD HINTS FOR
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SWINE FEEDINGI
As Corn Contains Excess of Car
bohydrate Protein Must Bo
Given in Other Feeds.
Hogs are not fitted by naturo to,
tubslst entlroly on wusto products.
They do their best on a clean, well
balanced ration. Thoro ure, howovor.
some kindB of waste products, such
as apple and potato peelings, tablo
uprupH, etc., that can bo utilized to
good advantage,
In the corn bolt corn stands nt tho
head of hog rations, being tho cheap-,
est and best feed available, writes C
K Wnllnco In tho Farm nnd Homo,
Feeds rich In protoln should bo fed!
with It, for corn contains an excesH of
carbohydrate. Skim milk, grass and!
especially tho clovers, aro excollont
sources of protoln. The young grow
ing pig needs proportionally moro
nitrogenous food than mature hogs.
When hogs reach tho fattening atngo
corn can bo fed almost exclusively
Clean wusto scraps of fruit and vege
tables may bo fed with tho foregolngi
feeds, hut It should bo borne In mind:
that the digestive apparatus of no unl
mal Is fitted to slmllato soap suds and;
other chemicals of a llko naturo, which,
aro often thought by tho poorly ln-i
formed to bo excellent hog food.