GROWING ASPARAGUS.
SCRAPS OF INFORMATION.
SIMPLE WATER SYSTEM.
DfxIK"i1 Ity it IMkimiii I'll rin it, II tit
Atlaiitiililu to ISvery Kind of
Orilliiiiry I'a fin IiultiNtr)'.
After carrying wnter threo ttmcs
dally for 1,000 breeding pigeons for n
time, I decided I would nmko it carry
itself, so procuring about 200 fcot of
second-hand 114-inch iron pipe 1 set
about it and after a few hours' work I
liad the pleasure of seeing the watering
done as before without the work ,of
carrying about 12 bucketfuls of water
daily. They would not "drink this
IMPROVISED WATER SYSTEM.
amount, but It Is quite necessary that
pigeons should have fresh water eaVh
Umo they are fed and plenty of It for
Tmthlng in afterwards. The pump that
furnished the water was some distance
from the yards, and the piping had to
pass two doors that were used several
times dally, so that It was necessary to
lower the pipe to the ground, passing
the 'doors, then raising about two feet
abovo first water pans and giving It a
nradual fall to about ono foot above
the last pan, there being ten watering
pans In all. I then drilled an eighth
Inch holo In plpo directly over each
pan, the pipe being connected with
pump trough, which would hold enough
water for all pans. We would only
.liave to pump the water and the piping
would do the rest, and at the same time
rest the attendant somewhat. To pre
vent freezing 1 put a small valve at
lowest point near pump to let water
out of plpo on ground. Rural New
Worker.
THE FARM TELEPHONE.
Dakota. K.vpcrlcuoe I'rnvcn Tlmt It
J1M it Commercial iih Well
iin a Social Value.
The chief uses of the telephone In
rural neighborhoods In the east, prob
ably, are neighborhood sociability,
making appointments for meetings and
calling the doctor. Communication
with dealers In produce is also possi
ble, and many a farmer Is thus enabled
to decide just when to deliver such
merchandise to advantage at the near
est market. A North Dakota paper do
clares that such means of keeping
posted are especially valuable to the
wheat growers of the northwest. This
is tho way In which that journal talks:
"The encroachment of modern fa
cilities on older methods of doing
business is strikingly exemplified In
this part of the northwest this fall.
These days of private telephones and
telegraph lines to every station and
almost every big farm throughout tho
state have brought tho fanners Into
touch with the terminal grain markets
of Duluth and Minneapolis In such a
"way as to euchre tho country elevator
lines out of all chance of profit by ad
vance Information. Often the changes
In quotations at either Duluth or Min
neapolis nre In the hands of fanners
ot their homes within ten or 20 min
utes after they have been made, and
in some cases elevator companies hav
ing country line houses have found it
difficult to keep oven with the farmer.
This is especially the case with a long
continued advanco or decline.
"A farmer will store his grain in
tho country house nearest his farm,
and as long as prices advance or re
main stationary he will let It stay
there, taking a storage ticket, which
lie leaves with a friend in town or at
the bank. Being In close touch with
the terminal markets by telophone, he
Icnows at once of any change In price,
and If it is a decline ho at once tele
phones to the bank or his agent to sell
at tho old price, and this is done so
quickly that the sale Is often made be
fore tho country elevator has received
word by wiro from Duluth to make a
change In quotations. In that enso the
elevator line is out the dilference in
price, as It has to sell its grain on tho
terminal market at once."
Now Vorlt'd .Milk Supply.
Few people have the least Idea of
liow much milk New Yorkers consume
in a single day. Here, for Instance,
are the official figures for the month
of September, 1901!: These give a daily
average of :i0.5 IS etris, or 1,221,920
quarts, of milk, and 1.009 cans of
cream and fresh .condensed milk, or
G4,:iG0 quarts, making in all a total of
1,280,280 quarts of milk and cream
-which come in by 12 different lines of
railroads ovory morning. Cultivator.
"Wheat bran Is better for tho produc
tion of milk than coniuieal.
Time to Start a Pntch In In the ICftrly
l)njn ot Spring When (Irowth
l-'lrnt StartN.
A grower of asparagus writes: First
of all, I have to say that If I had a piece
of warm, sandy, well-drained loam avail
able for the purpose 1 would think tho
best time to start an nspargus patch is
at once, without more delay than neces
sary to secure a lot of good plants, after
the spring growth starts. Usually I
would prefer to grow my own plants,
and grow them In good, rich roam, and
properly pushed and thinned in order to
get good, large, one-year-old plants,
which I think are far better than the av
erage run of two-year old plants that one
can buy.
1 make tho ground very rich; In fact.
It cannot be made too rich. I give each
plant plenty of room, not less than a
dozen square feet. I plant them deep, so
that n shallow running plow will not In
jure the crown.
To renew an old plantation, plow It
over shallow, applying manure or any
good commercial vegetable or potato
manure containing a koq pjreontag .
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potugn. Ariy ot our stanuaru varieties
may be used.
Palmetto seems more liable than oth
ers to resist the rust attacks. Columbian
Mammoth white Is good.
If you wish to raise your own plants
next year, sow tho seed thinly In drills,
the drills being a foot or 14 Inches apart,
by hand or with a garden drill. Do
this early In the spring, while the ground
lsxyet quite moist. Tho seeds are large
and hard and require a good deal of
moisture to germinate.
In a dry time the seed may be soaked
for a few hours in hot water, it will
then sprout much more promptly. Clip
ping a corner of the hard shell off each
seed will servo to hasten the process of
germination. N. Y. Farmer.
UNIQUE TREE TRIPLETS.
One In a Shell-Hark Hickory, the
Second n White Oak anil the
Third a StiKitr Tree.
Mr. G. W. Ilatton, of Egypt, W. Va.,
sends a pencil sketch of three trees
growing as If from the same root. Ho
saw the account of tho twin trees near
Philadelphia, mentioned In the New
Curiosity Shop two or three weeks ago.
In his letter ho says:
"These trees are found on the farm
of Strother Ilatten, on Elijah's creek,
In Wayne county, V. Va. There uro
throe distinct trees of dlfferen varieties.
The one on the left Is a shell bark hick
ory, that In the center Is a white oak and
VIRGINIA TREE TRIPLETS.
the one on the left Is a sugar tree. The
trunks are joined firmly for a distance
of about three feet from tho ground,
where they fork In three distinct trees.
Near the ground they present a flat
trunk about three feet broad and about
12 or 14 Inches thick.
The hickory and sugar trees are In a
thrifty condition and aro gradually
pressing the oak eo firmly that at some
future day tho oalc will sur?ly die be
tween the grip of Its rivals for existence.
The curiosity of the combination Is Chat
tho hlck'ory Is bearing tho choicest nuts,
tho oak 'the acorn and the sugar yields
its sweetness.
Scale Hark oA Fruit Trees,
The gradual thickening of bark on
trees Is often objected to as an evidence
of unthrlftincss. But it almost always
comes on trees when they get to be of
bearing age, and. except for harboring
tho cocoons of tho codling moth, it does
no harm. Scraping this bark off through
tho winter removes the protection, and
the cocoon, exposed to snow and rain,
perishes. Those cocoons will be usually
found on tho sldo opposite where tho
prevailing wind blows, as this is partly
protected against beating rains. Only
the bark that readily comes off should
bo removed. Scraping the trunk down
to tho green hark will cause pome kinds
of trees to sun scald, and is Injurious.
Make tho tree grow vigorously, nnd tho
rough bark will roll off of itself or with
very little effort. American Cultivator.
The big rod American apple has long
been a favorite In Germany even in
tho remote comers, while the fine Cali
fornia dried fruit, now for sale In every
grocery, is Indispensable to tho average
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household.
Tho late Italian premier, Zannrdolll,
It should bo noted, was a great lawyer,
and ns a writer on legal subjects he
achloved a European reputation. Ho was
tho author of tho modern penal code of
Italy, which Is regarded as well-nigh a
perfect work of Its kind.
"Al" Daggett, who died at Mumrord
Falls, Me., recently, in obscurity nnd
poverty, was a dictator In New York
politics for many years, being made
state chairman by tho "half breeds"
when Conkllng and Piatt resigned from
tho United States senate.
M. Coquelln, tho great French come
dian, recalls with amusement the verdict
passed on him when, a youth of 20, ho
presented himself as a candidate' for ad
mission to tho conservatoire In Paris. "I
can sco two fatal difficulties In tho way
of your becoming a good actor," said one
of tho chief professors, "your face and
your voice." As all who have seen him
will admit, these are precisely tho most
valuable features of the great actor's
endowment to-day.
Senora Rosa Ahreu, the richest wom
an Jn Cubax Is a handsome, lutelllgejiti
aristocratic looking widow, worth $2,
000,000, and with no Incumbrance.
She lives In tho Ccrro, a fashionable sub
urb of Havana, was born In Cuba, as
was her lato husband, and all her Inter
ests and sympathies aro entirely non
Spanish. La senora Is very democratic
n manner, and takee great Interest in
a society originated by American wom
en to aid the poor. Her plantation, ono
of tho largest In Cuba, consists of lfiO,
)00 acres of magnificent coffee land.
ALL SORTS.
Mary A. Swain, of Franklin, N. II.,
has a piano over 200 years old. It Is
probably tho first upright piano made.
Suslo Gentry, of Franklin, Tenn., has
the largest, most Interesting and most
valuablo collection of gourds In exist
ence. Tho number of visitors to Niagara
falls averages three-fourths of a million
a year. In tho year of the Buffalo ex
position there were 3,000,000.
Nathan Perry Boers, for 0G years n
teacher in tho public schools of Now
York, hns just retired. During his en-
tlro career ho never administered cor
poral punishment to a pupil.
Formerly In tho Trans-Baikal prov
Inces, at Tsasetchue, tho cream butter
was prepared In tho primitive way; now
there Is a butter factory, with separa
tors, with a capacity of 542 pounds a
day, handworked, but It Is proposed to
Introduce steam power.
On the Island of Trinidad oil Is found
amid a huge tropical vegetation, and Is
said to be of flrst-claea Illuminating
power. A Canadian company Is exploit
ing tho field. It Is Intended to build a
pipe line, by means of which tho oil will
bo conveyed to the harbor of Port of
Spain.
Rev. J. B. Toomay married a negro
couple In a shoe storo at Cnrthage, Mo.,
the other day. After the ccremouy the
groom aaked the minister how much ho
owed him. "Tell mo what your wife Is
worth to you, and that will be my price,"
answered the minister. The black man
grinnlngly handed him ono dollar. Tho
minister seemed to approvo of tho
groom's estimate, for he pocketed the
money without returning any change.
TERSE AND TRUE.
Silent men seldom" (.nntradlct them
gelves. Many a girl shatters hr Ideal when
sho marries him.
Two often ceasi to bo company after
they are pade one.
THE GENERAL MARKETS.
Kansas City. Feb. 10.
CATTLE Reef steers W) 1p J
Native heifer 2 CO iv V,
Western steers 2 GO fjf a 7ii
HOGS 10 r.
siieicp a -to & i as
"WHEAT No. 2 hard SO iff W
No. a red 00 (if 1 (XI
CORN-No. a mixed la
OATS-No. a mixed ;. -J 1 Vi
RYE r.S
FLOUR I lard winter put... 110 tf? 4 a.r
Soft winter patents 10 R I to
HAY Timothy 0 00 It ! "
Prairie I 00 7 )
URAN SS
BUTTER Kancy to extra... IS ff 22
EGOS 2.-,
CIIEESE-Kull cream 9 fi IPb
POTATOES-Uotno grown .. 70 tf a
ST. LOUIS,
C ATT LE Roof steers .. 3 75 t? IS
Texas Htoors 2 75 iii I IS
HOGS Packers I SO ( S IS
SIIEEP-Nutlvc.s 3 7fi da 1 O)
"WHEAT No. 2 red 1 01' 1 0SV4
CORN No. 2 . -WMC W'j
OATS No. 2 42 Y 1:1
FLOUR Red Winter pat.... 1 90 ff R CO
RUTTER-Crcamcry 13 & SVd
EGOS 2S
LARD 7 )
BACON 7 SIVA. 8 12Vj
CHICAGO.
C ATT L ES leers 2 CO Z? C OS
HOGS-Mlxcd nnd laitchors. 4 IV) HP f. 25
SHEEP -Western a CO f) & 25
WHEAT -No. 2 red 97 tf 1 01
CORN No. a .a & 4MA
OATS-No. 2 41
RY 13 May .. CO
EGGS 2S'sf? SP,i
LARD May 7 07.7 SO
PORK.-M.uy Jt go f()S03
NEW YORK.
CATTLE Native stoerH .".., 4 23 Q C 33
HOOS '. 5 25 0 0 CO
SHEEP 1 00" S I 73
"WHEAT No, 2 . 1 00
CORN No. 2 . -C3 C2
OATS No. 2 .... . ! . '
.AYcgctnble PrcpnrflUoiiiurAs
slmilallng HicFocxIniullicUtila
Ung lUcStoinachs andBowcls of
Promotes Digcslion.ChccrPul
ncss and Kcsl.Contnins neither
Opitim.Morpliitic norlincral.
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tniie Serd
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Apcrfccl Remedy forConsUpa
lion, Sour Slomach.Dinrrhocn
Worms .Convulsions .Fcvcrish
ncss nnd Loss of Sleep.
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I EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER.
"Some men," snitl the quotcr, "arc born
grcut, Home nchiuvo jjreatnuHH " "Ami
the urent majority ," interrupted the cynic,
"believe they come under both of these
hcadH." Philadelphia Ledger.
80 Uu, Macaroni Wlicnt Per Acre,
introduced by the U. S. Dept. of Agr.
It iB u tremendous cropper, yielding in
good land 80 bu. per acre, and on dry,
arid IiuhIh, hucIi an ure found in Mont..
Idaho, the DukottiH. Colo., etc., it will
yield from 40 to 00 bu. This Wheat and
Spelts and ilunua llarley and llioimiH
Incrniis and liillion Dollar Grass, makcB
it possible to grow and fatten hogH and
cattle wherever oil ib found.
JUST SEND 10C AND THIS NOTICE
to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse,
Wis., and they will send you free a BUinple
of thia Wheat and other farm seeds, to
gether with their great catalog, alone
worth 100.00 to any wide-awake fanner.
LK. L.
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U'h a poor statistician who cannot muko
figures lie. Chicago Daily News.
lUiLMiinut Iniii'n Kllllntr Pnln
left in quick order after takiriR 10 doecfl of
Dr. Skirvin's Rheumatic Cure in tablet
form. 25 doses for 2.'3c, postpaid. WIS.
DRUG CO., La Crosse, Wis. K. L.
Children should he seen mote and talked
about less. Chicago Daily Ncwh.
To Cure n Cold In One Uny.
Take Laxative Promo (Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c.
Some nccoiid thoughts occur several
minutes later. Chicago Daily News.
Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of
as a cough cure. J. W. O'Prieti, H22 Third
Ave., N., Minneapolis, Mian., Jan. U, l'JUO.
There is a way of trifling that costs a heap of money. Neglect
Lumbago and Sciatica
and it may put you on crutches, with loss of time and money.
t. Jaeofes Oil
will cure surely, promptly. Price, 25c. and 50c.
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Tlinonlv Itotal wltblntliournunils. Itatosi 11X0
toti.M) Kiiropount W.IX) to I7.1U American, which
IncIuUu dully ndiulsnlon. AOriruss Kooiu HO.
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To rcuponslblo mon, wo will kIyo territory coYorlDB1
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PA I IPflRllll FARMS. Cutnloinio sont freo.
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