EDMISTEN ON THE CAMPAIGN
Chcirraa:. cf t!.o SlaSa Pep did CcKinrlllso
TcSIs I7t2y Fusiea Will VJia ia
f Chairman Edmisten of the populist
State central committee is daily in re
ceipt of telegrams from eastern papers
Asking his views on the political situa
tion in Nebraska. In response to a re
cent telegram from the North American
of Philadelphia, asking for his Judg
ment as to the outcome of the pending
voniesi nere, ne replied as follows
"Headquarters fctate Central Com
mittee, People's Independent Party of
Nebraska. Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 27.
Editor The North American, Phlladel
phta, Pa.; Dear Sir: I beg to acknowl
dge receipt of your telegram under
date r feeptember 24, asking my views
on the outcome of the political battle
now being fought In Nebraska. .
"Three great parties in Nebraska are
arrayed against the remibllc&n nartv.
Although each has a distinct party or
ganization, yet an tnree work,ln har
mony together, have platforms very
Imilar, and are united on one' ticket.
Of these, the people's Independent par
ty polls about 68 per cent of the com
bined fusion vote; the democratic party
- uvhi m jwr veui, aim ine viiver
republicans about 7 per cent.
The people's Independent party
name was adopted some time pr(or to
the people's party convention at Om
aha in 1892, and, because of possible
difficulties which might arise on ac-
oounr-oi tne Nebraska election laws,
the people's party of Nebraska has con-
uuueu w retain me name Peoples in
dependent.'
"Partial fusion between the populists
and democrats was accomplished in
894, when the silver wing of democ
racy endorsed part of the people's in
dependent ticket. Onlv one of the fim.
ion nominees. Governor Holcomb, was
elected, and his plurality of 3,202 may
doubtless be credited to Independent re
publican votes, cast for Holcomb be
cause of th unsavory public record of
his opponent as set forth by a number
vi repuDiu-an papers.
in urn me srate conventions were
neia suDsequent to the three great na-
tional conventions, and perfect fusion
was accomplished. The democrats were
given one place, attorney general, on
the state ticket, and presidential elec
tors were divided, four populists and
lour democrats. In this campaij?n a
new any, tne silver republican party,
was recognized as an imnortant taMnr-
Governor Holcomb's majority over his
repuoiican opponent , was 21,692; Bry
an's taking the first named elector on
each ticket, 12,170: and the other fusion
S'ate officers were elected by an aver-
age majesty of about 12,000.
"In 1897 the democrats were given the
candidate for supreme judge, and per
fect fusion f the three parties agwln
effected.. Ju1ee John J. Sullivan, the
fusion nominee, was elected, by 13,819
majority over his republican opponent.
"Tn 1898 fusion was strain brought
about. Governor Holcomb had served
two terms and .was not a .candidate for
re-etectlon. The silver republicans were
fiven i Heutenant governor; William
A. Poynter, a populist, nominated for
governor, and the remaining state of
ficers Were renominated, fn tin's eam-TMs-n
the fus'en forces, were over-confident.
The fusion stae oUcem had
msrte an admirable record; biilnssllke
methods and economy prevailed In ev
enr denavtmen under their control
the credit of the stare wns enhanced:'
e'ste warrants, that sold for 63 and 95
under republican administration, rose
rjsnldJy t na and then to i and Pr
Cent premium under the fus'on treu
f's careful rfwtvmsnf of th s'a'e
traury. A. leels'aMve lnve!tliMs5 '
comlfeo ad nommencd "rocsi
some damning Alurw .Srttei
IT" 'f'tiJns were
Ml In Va-v i.-i r V
! ImI I. 1'M, Th. fu.lnn vol
4h urrJ 'tor
r-"h'w Bnt P"'T"1 '"''"In 1M hy
.me on eWnn Tv.1n t riv
r"je nut. Tn ,'s1'tv the remrh'l-
f fnfnf) IWMlttftBfl fnfi 1s-1
l V-H f-hoTT' fnnilr wv'ft w hmv.
m.n( w- a Tt-iil smnnv the
fntnn vrt n w ei"''' not
h fftA, tv(pv, ir arrwat meflsure
(iih for n.t.i(vf voe.
ve1 rrrv f'trion vrtAr Vn-rw
mraln a'tlon will hive Its effect on
II '1 uih In I'lutUinuiith.
The jioople independent and demo
cratic cmvenHonn were held here tmlny.
Thiwt'h hm-mrmioUH action perfect (u
sitin wn cffoed. At'cr the ' orjrnnis
tioii oi Ixit'i conven'icn was compVed
tlio oe;ecties met tow her in Watcrmi'n
hi II to I'Mea to nn atdre-is by et-Gov-rnr
Holcnmb. Dr. Wnllace, chairman
of the rlemwK.T.t' ic convention, called ih?
moel'mjto order and introduced t,e
wn-aker who wns crce'od with enlhu
in"!i; tipp'aii'e and spokn for three
qtuir'ers of an hour, rect-iving frequrnt
npi'iiiif'e. In tlo evening he flrnin
Hpo'.'e nt llrynn niretins? to a mag
nificent nndiencc of four or five tho't
wind p-ojile and wimicreplfd with cheem.
Tho following tie'rot wax nvimina'ed:
O. II. Al'en, j y : Jacob Tritch, treas
urer; W. I). Wheeler. Kheriffj John D.
Tutt, clerk; Smith, miperinten-
dn'.;A.IJ. Smith, wurveyor;, John P.
S"!"r, coninrr. , i
The tic' .ft in concede' to be IhenfronR
fnt ami clpanct ever noTOinttil, and the
fuxion forcen will pn into Ihe battle wi!h
an enthtidin-im Hint hnnot befn equaled
since Ihf cnmpiiifrn of 1HSX1 an! they will
Win.-- rialtHinotith Journal,
tOTS OF THEM.j ,
One of Uio K -indolph republl'anx who
heard Hryan at Lnure! now s-f-t he "i
republican with Uryan irincir 'h." There
re lots of them. Randolph I iporter.
the campaign of 1900. "While state
matters enter somewhat Into the con
test in Nebraska, and the personality
of the nominees will cut some figure,
yet the feeling is growing every day
that this is an all-imporant prelimin
ary skirmish in the battle of 1900. The
silver question Is the same lively
corpse mat it was in 1896, In fact,
livelier, because many republicans who
followed the International bimetallism
will-o'-the-wisp then, see now how
they were duped; and the present con
dition of the backs of New York is
every day bringing the money question
more prominently before the people.
That comparatively new question, the
trusts, and the newer, but none the
less Important one, Imperialism, are
claiming a great share of the people's
attention. . . i
The fusion forces have a normal ma
jority of nearly 20,000 over the repub
licans with a full vote polled, or from
15,000 to 18,000 with an average vote
out' However, Governor Holcomb's
magnificent record as "the best govs
ernor Nebraska ever had" will bring
him many republican votes that could
not be secured for the national tltfket
In passing, it may not be amiss to
state that the republican party form
erly had an overwhelming majority In
Nebraska, but was always divided
into two factions, the monopolists and
antl-monopollsts. The warfare be
teen these factions was very bitter
and continued from about 1880 to 1890,
The people's , independent party has,
since 1890, practically absorbed all tin
cere anti-monopoly republicans who
could, lay aside party for principle, In
1883 the present republican nominee for
supreme judge was elected to the su
preme bench and one or two of his de
cisions show a leaning toward the
anti-monoply wing of his party, as
then constituted; in 1889 he was de
feated for renomlnatlon by the monop
oly wing of his party through conven
tion trickery; and since that time, the
monopoly republicans being in control,
he has smothered his anti-monopoly
views and made herculean efforts to
show that he Is most subservient to
the monopoly ring. He has not been
an anti-monopolist since at least 1832,
and Is now the party nominee of the
most pronounced advocates of trusts,
monopolies and Imperialism. ' But his
campaign will doubtless be made, so
far as the republican state committee
can manage it, upr Ms antl-monopol-
i...t i 1 . toofi .
iDiiu leaiiuiK jit J . - 1303.
The average to .. vote-cast In the
last ten years for the head of the
state ticket during the same period Is
83,787, leaving to all forces opposing
the republican party an average vote
of 107,121. Of this latter amount there
Is an average of 7,474 gold democrats.
4,412 prohibitionists, and 150 scatter
ing votes, ' which Includes the labor
socialists, leaving close to a hundred
thousand for the three parties com
posing the fusion forces.' ' ' -
Governor' Holcomb's great popular
ity among all classes of voters is well
Shown in his 1896 majority, which' ran
about 9.900 higher than Bryan's, and
It may Tie Safely assumed that he will
draw heavily upon both the gold dem
ocratic and prohibition vote. Hon. T
Mahoney, the gold democratic do- f
fnee- for supreme ' judge In 1895, art
who polled .over 18,000 votes, Is out In
letter supporting Holcomb and ev
erything pqlntt to a large return of file
gold democrats, to tne regular aemo-
cratid orffAfimtfoa. : .. .
i -.. T .. . ..... Ii... IV. J
AStae irom . me , personam
nominees, which may M sajeiy couju
in Gov. Holcomb's fayoft tils attitude
of the national admlnlstrturon upon
Imperialism is driving back thousands
of voters of fgretgn birth, who in 1894
supported McKlnley because, they were
dissatisfied with- Grower Cleveland's
administration. The Germans, Bwe.ie.
Danes, Bohemians., and Norwegians
2rffywhre are treaty agitated over
President McKlnley attitude on the
Philippine QlieBt.en; ihey see the drift
towrd militarism and thev know bv
bt'ter experience what that tneans.
ThVy are terribly In earest over ihls
tiues'tWin-. and no living man can say
irtrfny Just what the result of '.heir
'final decision will be. If they decide
to ret'"'"".,e republican administra
tion which now seems very probable
by voting against the republican par
ty. Governor Holcomb's majority may
run over S5.000. But this, of course, is
as yet problematical. ;, - ' '
With the foreign voters largely ar
rayed against us In 1896. Holcomb car
rlerf Nehrata by over - 21.000: with
their aid this year, it Is hard to ac
count on less than 35.000. In any event,
with a full vote out, which now nems
certain, we count on 20.000 to SI5.000.
giving our opfonents the benefit of
every doubt Tonrs very truly..
J. H. EDMTTEV.
i Chairman.
- SIlRhtly Abaerftmladed. '
"Does your huMiand ever help you
about taking rare of the baby?" was
asked the wife of a young professor In
a nelRWiorliig city. i
"Not ofiiu. though sometimes he
does. IjinI evening be said he'd take
Willie for nn airing as be was golnu
to walk down to the postc-fflce. Half
an hour later I nw my hushnnd sit
ting In the parlor rending a aclentlfle
niiigii.fne, but I could see nothing of
the boby. - I
" 'Where's Willie? What have you
done with lilm'f I asked
';Wliy.' fold the professor. ! forprot !
all about him. I think be la alttlnjf In
the poatotlkf.' "-Detroit Free Press.
Lola of Then ffoe.'allta.
"No. my child, you cannot marry
Ravenswood Plunks."
"I'.tk pnpa. w lint Is your objection
to i:nvle?"
"My child, he la one of the moat ob
jectionable "melallKtB I ever met."
"A stM lnli't. papa? Knrely you are
tnlstakenr ... ,
"No. I'm not. lie actually demand
ed to alia re my wealth with titer
. "Its vie did that? , Why. pii. what
did be ny?" v
"He said he wanted to be my son-in-law."
-Cleveland Plain Dealer
ft
AN UNEVEN HAY CROF,
Viiorier lonnaae I Han l nunl and a
Itank (ironth of Weeda.
The hay crop is outlined as "unusu
ally Irregular and uueveu" by the
American Agriculturist, which says of
the general conditions: The range Is
from almost complete failure to mag
nillceut luxurlauce, aud when the view
Is narrowed to take in state coudltions
ouly the range Is almost as great. Not
ouly Is there great disparity tn state
conditions, , but within the state the
same Irregularity exists. It Is thus
dltilcuit to summarize the condition for
the whole field, but the careful returns
of our country correspondents furnish
abuudaut basis for the claim that the
hay crop this year will be small lu
comparison with the abundant product
of lust year.
East of the Aileghsnies and In the
south the long spring drought came at
a time when its full effect was appar
ent In the grass crop. Not only was
the crop cut short, but on material
areas no attempt was made to cut any
bay, cattle bclug pastured on meadows
tn the absence of any nourishment on
regular pasture areas. In New Eng
land the crop locally runs from one
fourth to one-half a crop, in New
York and Pennsylvania only three
fourths of a crop la In sight With
ucb a situation In these Important hay
districts If naturally follows that the
general average of condition for the
whole crop Is low.'
West of the Alleghanlea the season
has presented radically different condi
tions. Instead of drought the whole
spring and summer hare been marked
by a great excess of rainfall, and not
looking beyond the bare records of pre
cipitation the public has been convinc
ed thut the grass of the west would
make good any deficiencies In the east.
But such Is not assured. Instead of a
great bay crop as a result of the unu
sual rainfall In the central valleys, the
crop Is inferior to last year for the belt
as a whole, and tn many localities it Is
decidedly smaller than the average for
a series of years.
WMlp the partial failure In the east la
the result of the drought entirely, the
uneven crop of the wesf Is due to a
cause which is apt to be more lasting
aud farreaching. The severe" winter
weather which so nearly di-atroycd the
winter wheat crop over a large district
left a heavy mark on the meadows as
well. Clover suffered to an extent al
most beyond precedent and meadows
Were left In such shape In many sec
tions that the plow was the only reme
dy. On this account there was a larger
area of grass land put to corn than for
many years, and much of what was
spared , will another year be plowed.
The crop promise of the west la not
Dp to the usual standard. Not only will
there be a shortage In tonnage, but the
usual rankness' In weed growth this
year will lowef tbe quality of the crop.
In portions of Ohio, Indiana and Illi
nois the j complaint of : white top Is
greater than ever before, and this pest
will necessitate further plowln up of
grasa land., .
'. ' ' Alfalfa Pop Host Paafre.
An Ohio Farmerorrespondent aska
whether alfalfa can be sown In an
orchard for bog pasture which has
been In timothy and ototer and la all
heaved out and Joseph E.'; Wing an
swers: Alfalfa undoubtedly makes the
best bog pasture of any plant that can
be grown. Whether the soil of this or
chard will, prow It or sot la another
question. The ciover having froson out
may simply b the result of Its having
died from old age, or it may be that
the aoil la andrained and apt to beave
things. If the soil is really rich and dry,
I should sow the alfalfa without any
hesitation.' Plow the land deep, throw
ing np an Inch or two of Dew soli and
sowing the alfalfa ' along about' tt-e
middle of April or later. Cover by roll
Inn;. Be sure the land Is smooth, so that
the Inower -an run ver It easily, for
keeping It, mowed off two or three
times the first summer to destroy the
Weeds and to invigorate the alfalfa by
the close dipping Is the secret of suc
cessful alfalfa'growtng. Do not pas
ture It the first year, and do not pas
ture It the second year Uo close, and
never allow the bogs to run on It when
the alfalfa Is frosted, or the plants wttl
be destroyed.
Harvesting goa Beans For Seed.
Cut as soon as first pods turn yellow
or become a light brown. If left too
long to rtjM'n. the leaves will drop off.
thus Injuring the value of the hay and
straw. The stalks will also become
too bard and tough to cut with a mow
er or reaier. An old fashioned self
rake or dropper is the beat. Put the
beans In autall piles, containing a pood
forkful each, and allow them to cure.
They are best thrashed from the field,
an this saves extra handling, the shell
ing of the seed and prevents beating
If stored when not erfectly dried.
Care must be taken In feeding the hay
like corn fodder, for It Is a rich con
denned food, adv!es American Agri
culturist. Srlentiae Aids.
The secretary of agriculture has an
nounced that any graduate of a col
lege receiving a'l from the United
States baa the chance, on certain con
ditions, to be learned front the United
Ktatea civil service coniinianhtn. Wash
ington, of becoming a "scientific aid"
in the United Htutifc depflrtiiu-ut of ag
riculture for a period limited to two
yenra i t a salary not to exceed $4t per
nontli The minimum age limitation
for enram-e to examination for the ro-
rltl.nJ
In zii yen ik. There Is no maxt-
miitii
ace limitation.
THE HESSIAN FLY.
What May Be Dona After Wheat Ha
vest Sowing Decoy Crops.
The Hessian fly is glvtug trouble In
various uectlous of the country. In a
iHillotlu of the departmcut of ngrlcul
ture on this Uy thu remedies discussed
at length are burning the stubble
plowing uuder the stubble, destruction
of volunteer wheat, planting decoy
strips, rolling, late sowing of fall
wheat. Intermittent wheat culture, pas'
turltig with sheep, mowing aud selec
tion of reslsttttit variotles. Mr. II. Os.
born, the author of the bulletin, says
that a little thought concerning the
measures discussed, with a recognition
of the lifo history facta upon which
they are bused, will suggest thut Uie
best practical results will bo obtained
not by reliance upon any one method
but by an intelligent adaptation of two
or more, accordlug to the conditions
prevailing for the season. These will
constitute, a practice which can be
modified for each year as the condi
uous win indicate.
With the harvesting of grain there Is
open the policy of burning the stubble
or plowing It under or allowing It to
stana ror the exclusion of beneficial
parasites. If the weather la very dull,
k win be best to defer burning, to al
low the Issuance of as many parasltea
aa possible, but If burning Is to be
adopted at all it should be done before'
rail rains set In or the field has grown
un to weeds. If rains occur earl v.
burning will be best, .and In any case
tne atubbie should be plowed under
and rolled aa soon aa there la any ap
pearance or a volunteer growth of
wheat The ; chaff from thrashing
snouia oe Darned and tne screenings
ournea or red to stock aa early as pos
sible, and care should be taken during
autumn to plow under and roll the vol
unteer wheat that springs up In the
stackyard. If winter wheat Is to be
planted, strips of decoy wheat may be
put In to be plowed under at the end of
three or four weeks and finally the
crop piantea at as late a date as prac
ticable, according to dates given In the
paragraph on late planting. This nrac-
tlce can be duly combined with the se
lection of resisting varieties of wheat
and the application of fertilizers.
It will be observed that the modifica
tions are based primarily on the weath
er whether dry or moist, a condition
apparent to every one, and that the Bug'
gestlon amounts to postponement of
burning oi1 plowing If dry, or the early
adoption of one or both If wet.
The proper time for sowing decoys
will vary with the latitude. According
to Webster, for northern. Indiana they
should be bowu' during tie latter part
of August, and In the southern part of
the state not later than the first week
In September. To the north and south
of this he does not undertake tp give
dates, but It would depend,, upon the
date of appearance' of the fall brood
of files, the wheat being planted early
enough to attract the files at the time
of their emergence. A decoy' crop
should be destroyed within f oar weeks
at the utmost, 'and turned under so
deeply that any , Insects maturing
would be unable to escape. . , ,
-(,, ;f Covar Crooa. .
i Where a nitrogenous fertilizer la not
desired, rye is a good cover crop. ' It la
also useful on very light, sandy' soils
and on very bard, lumpy soils, where
other crops- are nrft easily grown. ' A,
few years of rye may Improve Inch
soils sufficiently to permit the use of
other crops. Turnips have been recom
mended for., use , .on., bard, . dry fitnd,
wbsre other crops do not atart mtilly.
Rape may serve a useful pViV-fcose as a
cover crop.' Corn sewn thickly 1 to 1
months before frost la taid to make a
(food winter cover roc orchards, though
quickly killed bj told weather. ' Buck
wheat Is gKl for the same purpose, If
sown rt as to reach its full height, but
not to produce seed before , winter.
Among other plants of more or less
value aa cover crops are oats, wheat,'
barley,, millet and spurry. ' - '
' Hevra and Notes. '; ' -
la commenting upon the complaints
of consumers that aweet corn on the
ear aa found in city markets la entirely
devoid of sweetness and Gavor, al
though It seems fresh and Juicy. The
Rural New Yorker says that no other
farm product loses flavor more rapidly
after gathering than green corn, and If
it conkl be sold more promptly to the
consumer we should bear no more com
plaints of Us deteriorated quality. ,
In a Canadian experiment burning
the wheat stubble, then disking and
drilling In the seed gave a better result
than drilling the seed on burned or un
burned stnbble or on disked unburned
stubble.
tn answer to the question whether
manure, where sawdt:t has been tued
for bedding, 1s Injurious to soil, Amer
ican Gardening linn obtained the opto
Ion of such good authorities as Pro
fessors IMt of Ontario. Canada; Clin
ton of Cornell uclverHfly. Voorhees of
New Jersey. Fields of Oklahoma and
Dr.. II. M. Wiley of Washington, from
all of which It apMitra that, upon the
whole, there Is no valid ejection to
the use of sawdust. Profctwor Day
thinks an exceanlve amount on light
kind might possibly Injure the texture
of the soil.
It Is said that In oil regions, where
ronda have Into oiU-d by lea Usee or
otlierwlae. they are firm and dtwUess.
The estimate of expense of oil for road
Improvement, according to a govern-,
ment civil -tigIiH-er. Is not to exceed
ft41.no per mile, one barrel being
enough for 50 feet of roadway 12 feet
wide. It U retKjrted that an experi
ment tn this line Is to be made by the
department of agriculture In conjunc
tion with the local authorities of Dea
11 ol oea on roiintry roads connected with
that city. Kverylxaly. whether aUoptl
Mil or confident In the project, will
await the outcome with Interest.
FlEXpq'ARPEN
- f iVrT smi mas " ' 7
THE CABBAGE WORM.
Timely Measures Will Reduce the
Troublesome Full Hrooila.
The adults of that troublesome pest,
the cabbage worm, are little white but
terflies, which Issuefrcm the chrys
nllds during the latter part of
April ami Muy for the ilrst brood. The
females lay their eggs upon any suit
able plants which may be found at
this season. Their eggs are deposited
upon the lower sides of the leaves,
where the worms feed until about half
grown, 1 ho worms usually become
most troublesome the latter part 0f
the season, during September aud Oc
tober, when they may be found feed
lng not ouly upon the cabbage, but
also upon cauliflowers, ruta bagas.
mignonette and several other plants.
This pest Is most susceptible to
treatment when In the larval ataire
The larvae may be killed either by
poisoning or by materials which pene
trate the skin. One of the heat reme
dies of the first class la the Ilme-resln
mixture, but it must be used onlv nmm
young plants, as there la dancer of
poisoning tho human consumer If ap-
piiea arter the heads are mora than
one-third grown. Hellebore mi ha
used until the plant la nearly fit for
use, as it soon loses Ita strenirth niton
exposure to the air.
Of the contact Insecticides, aim nf
the emulsions will be found most use
ful; but, aa with the arsenltes, only the
young plants ahbuld be treated.
41 proper Precautions are taken tn
destroy the few members of the first
Drooa which anoears. whatever reme
dy la used, the chances of damage
rrora later broode are areatlv diminish.
ed. All treatments should be repeated
aa often as necessary.
The resin lime mixture alluded tn in
the advice given, as precedes, bv tho
Rhode Island station, Is a preparation
for which the New York station has
published this formula:
Stock solution, nnlverlzeri resin R
(pounds; concentrated lye, 1 pound; fish
on or any cheap animal oil exceptl.tal-
low, i pint; water, 0 gallons.
In takes about two hours to Drenare
this mixture. The oil. rosin and nne
gallon of hot water should be placed
In an Iron kettle and heated until the
resin Is softened, after which the solu
tion of concentrated lve or not fish
should be carefully added and tho mix
ture thoroughly stirred. After adding
the lye, add four more gallons of hot
water and allow the whole, mass to
boll until the mixture will unite with
cold water, making a clear, amber col
ored liquid. When through boiling, If
there are not five gallons of the mix
ture, add water enough to make that
quantity. ; - 1';; - J' - - '
Solution, for use: Resin mixture
(stock solution). 1 eallon: water.', 18
gallons; milk of lime, 3 gallons; parla
green, Cue-quarter pound. 3
Resin Urns mixture should only bo
prepared as used. It milk of 11ms la
added to the undiluted resin mixture,
a heavy precipitate la formed. This
not onlv settles ranldlv. hut It also
gums up the valves and plunger of the
mimn an1 nlnoa li nuat.." : ' - . !'
-This 'Is for nse nnon tilants' which
nave smooth leaf surfaces to which
tho common spraying mixtures win
not readily adhere. .' .w-.u. .;. -.; '.i .
').:,;, i ,,; v i - 'j.;
Jl i Sliver Ball Backwhoat. ; ,Y
The variety of buckwheat Is com
paratively new, but at is growing in
v, out K is growing in
fanners say it is earlier'
Dooutaritv. as
than the variety commonly grown
e variety commonly grown, it
has the great disadvantage, however, of
ripening very unevenly, 80 that It Is
Impossible to leave tha later blossoms
to perfect flush seed without losing
some of the earliest by shelling. , it
has a very thin hull, and millers report
that It will make more and better flour
from a bushel than tbe old fashioned
Is sowing buckwheat late and fears
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that'fioiit will .catch It, we would ad
vise hltn to sow the silver hull, says
The American Cultivator. A half
bushel of seed per acre Is sufficient,
and a pood seeding of timothy may be
got with buckwheat" sown thus thinly.
The grain la off early and rather helps
tho (mAs during the heat of summer
by shading It from the hot sunshine
and winds.
Caro of Aspnrairaa Plants.
When the cutting of asparagus Is dis
continued, nn American Gardening cor-
respouuent recommends to encourage
growth by giving plenty of cultivation
and protect the plants from Insect at
tacks by dusting with Jline or plaster
with a littlo parls green mixed with it
If the plants are encouraged to make
healthy, strong growths now, they will
pay for It next year with a heavy cut
ting of thick succulent shoots. Where
the ground Is not rich it should be
given a dressing of bone dust or a few
good waterings with Iquld manure, as
the asparagus is a gross feeder. Should
fllftt-A !,A Bit. 1.1 n n 1. - n -V. U 1 - t
" j .'iuuro iu tiiu ucub mars,
them with sticks with a view of filling
thom with plants next spring.
Froa-ramme For FtsMlac Bora lr
Brief and to the point are the Iowa
Homestead's directions for ridding cat
tle and pastures of the horn fly. Kero-"
aene emulsion used to spray the cattle '
la effective, but roust be frequently re
peated. Fish oil, tn which two table
spoonfuls of carboib acid to the quart
has been added. aDDlled to the hack
of the cattle with a broad, fiat paint
orusn, furnishes a protection that lasts
about Six da VS. The dronnlnira nf tho 1
cattle should be broken open aa soon
as tney oecome somewhat rfrv anA
sprinkled with lime. ; It is here that the
egga are deposited and the new broodol
hatch which, keep np the succession
during the born fly season.
SECRET OF BRIGHT COLORS.
Aa Bna-llakmaa Pays Dearly For a
k Suashlae Trick
In sneaking to the writer about tho
favorable Influence .that fine weather
has upon the Droductlon of brlehi
and delicately shaded dyes and colors.
a ratnous Ingush manufacturer of
carmine recently said; '
Some years ol'o I was aware of tha
superiority of the French carmine, and,
being anxious to Improve upon my own
process, I went to Lyons aud bargained
with the most celebrated manufacturer
In that city for the acquisition of his
aeeret, for which I was to pay $ 5.00O. .,
"Well, I was shown all the process
and saw a mqst, beautiful color pro
duced, but 1 noticed that there was not
the least difference In the French mods
of fabrication and that which I con
stantly adopted mvself. I thereunon .
appealed to my, Instructor and lnslst-
ea mat he must have kept some secret
concealed,, The man assured me be had
not and asked me to Inspect the proc
ess a aecoad time. '( J (acc.p,ted the In
vitation; and after 1 had minutely ex
amined the water and the materials,
which were lu every rpsncjt similar to i
my own, t still felt so atwfe in the dark
that I said. 'I have lost both my labor:
and money, for the air of England does
npt admit us to make good carmine.' '
: 'Stay!' said the Frenchman. 'Dont
deceive yourself. What kind of weather '
is It now 7 ' '
" 'A bright and sunny day,' 1 replied.''
'And such are the days,' said ths
Frenchman, 'on which I make my col
or. Were I to attempt to manufacture .
It oo a dark and cloudy day my results
would; be tbe same as yours. Let mo
advise you my friend, only . to mako'
your carmine on bright; sunny days.' "
: "The moral of this," continued tho'
Englishman. '"will apply quite as wU'
w w
in manufactures, and also in tho
to tno maicrag or many oiner coiors .
ur i"UBir a inu-uw
way . the , chemical Influence of light i
npon ecpain coionug couipounuo r ,
mlxtureiT Washington btar. (
if, .. -:" . '
' "In India only one wdman in every
100 Is able to read."
"Well I don't believe more than ono
1 n every 100 nf onr own women is able
ids." Chlcag) Times Uerald.
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