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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (June 25, 1896)
ilJIP The Power of Money, let, "money make the mare go," When properly applied In building roads whereon with loads She can get right up and glide. Newspaper and Good Koada. The newspapers published in the country town are now doing the great est amount of good In the matter of se curing highway improvement. They are the preachers who reach the people, and they are reaching them in the right way.-L. A. W. BuUetin. Should Xeed o Ararnment. For farmers who would be brought close to market. Increase the value of their farms, add to the pleasure of liv ing, save money on wear and tear of vehicles, be merciful to their beasts and keep the boys on the farm and not iso late them from the world and society by barriers of Impassable highways, eo good roads argument is necessary. Knulioh Road Builder. Englishmen visiting this country are surprised at the condition of our roads. Some of them even go bo far as to say there Is not a decent road in this coun try. Compared with English roads their assertion is in a great measure true. Every street there, county or city, long or short, which comes under the control of the authorities, is either paved, asphalted or macadamized. Smoothness, hardness, neatness and durability are its characteristics. While driving along through an English coun try an American is surprised to see gangs of men at work repairing what In America would be looked upon as an degant piece of road. The least hollow is quickly filled, the least hump leveled, -the first stone is carted away. A Nesilected Neert. It is scarcely necessary to argue for the construction of good roads, says the New York Press, but at this time and fu t his part of the country an argu meut of great force presents itself to mttke siH'b a measure one not only of (expediency, but urgency. In a period oi agricultural depression, due largely to the competition of the agricultural production of other Western States, it is of the soundest policy to adopt such public measures as will diminish the cost of agricultural production here Almost the only measure which the State can take in this direction is to help the farmers to good ronds. When we realize that the difference, accord ing to the degree of excellence of the road, lietween one wagonload and ten, nve pee what a tremendous betterment of agricultural conditions is iiossible by tie adoption of legislation of which the neficence l.as already been proved. An Eloquent Address. The subject of the protection of Amer ican missionaries in Turkey was under discussion in the United States Senate recently, and in the course of the de bate, Mr. I'rye. of Maine, delivered a brief speech which was so effective a piece of impromptu eloquence as to tie worth every American's reading. School! kits might well adopt it. is a declamation, and all readers, old and young alike, wll find themselves stirred by Its patriotic appeal. Let us hop? that the United Suites tuny never fall bchlin". England's example In protecting American citizens wherever they may bo. ot whoever may seek to outfit g.' them. We subjoin an extract from Sen ator l'rye's speech: -Mr. President: I think that one of the gundest things In all the history of C.rwH Britain Is tliat she does protect her subjects everywhere, anywhere. and under all circumstances. I do not wonder that a British subject loves bis trouutry. This little incident, wit;i which you are all familiar, is a marvel ous illustration of the protection which tjreat Britain gives to her subjects: "The King of Abyssinia took a Brit ish subject named Cameron, about twenty years ago, curried him tip to the fortress of Magdula, on the heights of a rocky mountain, and put him into a dungeon, without cause assigned It took six mouths for Great Britain to 'Jnnd that out. Then Great Britain le tuftx'. '1 his immediate release. Kin;; "'Theodore refused the, release. "In less than ton days after that re Tusal was received 10,000 Bittisn sol diers, including 5.000 Sepoys, were on board ships of war, and wen; sailing down the coast. When they bad ilis emliarked, they were marched ii toss that terrible country, a distune; of T"0 rniles. under a burning sun, up ll.e mountain, up to the very hcigiils In front of the frowning dungeon; then Tgave battle, battered dowu the iron gates of the stone walls, reached down Jato the dungeon and lifted out of it ttost one British subject. Kin? Thoo "&tm I' tiling himself with bis own pistol. Twn they carried him down the MUKtaln, across the laud, put him on board a white-winged ship and ned him to his home In safety. That cost Great Britalu $25,000,000, and made 3es. Napier Lord Napier of Magdala Tint was a great thing for a great BasJntry to do a country that has an y that can see an across the ocean, across the land, sway op to the attain height, and away down to hers out of 38.000,000 of people, aad then haa an arm strong enough and lon enough to stretch across the same ocean, across the aame lands, op tb me mountain height, down to the same dungeon, and then lift him out and carry hlni to his own country and friends. "In God's name, who would not die for a country that will do that?" German Pawnshops. There ia a royal pawnshop in Berlin; there are state pawnshops, ducal paw n shops. county pawnshops, city or mu nicipal pawnshops, and private pawn shops. The municipal and private pawnshops may both exist in the same town. The rate of Interest was fixed by a law passed in lShl at not more than 24 per cent, per annum on loans under 30 marks, and not over 12 per cent on larger sums. In Berlin the pawnshop Is a royal in stitution, and Is allowed to make a profit. Its surplus goes to 'charitable purposes. At liana u no interest is charged on loans up to 3 marks if the articles are redeemed within six days. At Hof, in Baden, people are allowed to raise mouey, giving as security of their wages two or three weeks ahead. At Weimar and Hauau anonymous pawning Is the rule. No names are asffed and no address is given. Provis ion Is made at Memel for men-bants de limiting goods in time of temporary em barrassment. At Bautzen raw wood is received in pledge. At Bromlerg military aeeou- termeuts are excluded from the atleles which may be pawned. The pawn shop at Petmold will not receive arti cles in pawn from servants without the consent of their masters. At Al teuberg and one or two other places no one Is allowed to pawn artieles of more than 200 marks' value without the consent of the town council. Although priVBte pawnbrokers exist alongside the municipal Institutions in many towns the bitter refuse to do bus iness with the former. Second-hand dealers and pawnbrokers are especial ly prohibited from resorting to the mu nicipal pawnshops. A salutary regulation against deal ing with pawn tickets Is frequently en forced. The rate of Interest fluctuates a great deal In Germany, and is highest for small sums loaned for short periods. The average is atsmt 12 per cent., and on loans Issued against securities 4 or 5 per cent. Tit-Bus. A Sagacious Terrier. A remarkable dog story is reported from Leicester. A Bible woman was it one of the wards the accident ward of the Usui Infirmary recently, and was talking to one of the patients, when a terrier made Its way to her with difli culty from near one of the adjoining bed, and a(pealiugly held up one of Its forepaws. She called the attention of one of the doctors to the animal, and it was then found that the limb was broken. The bones were set and a bed made up for the canine sufferer in the ward, d'le Instruction being entered upon the patient's card as to his treat ment and diet. The animal progressed favorably and became a general favor ite with both the patients and officials, until a day or two ago, when it was claimed by Its owner and taken away. How the terrier found Its way to tin infirmary is not known, but It entered the institution unobserved, and, curi ously enough, was found in the accl dent ward. Westminster Gazette. Tired of the Quizzing. Before Whltclaw Beld became min ister to France, he devoted a good deal of his time to the conduct of bis paper, the Tribune. The copy editors who put up the head-lines of stories j of the day fell into the habit of mak ing most of them interrogatives. as. for instance: "Was It Murder of Sui cide?" or "Did She Kill Him for Love?" or "Will the President Sign It?" etc. The entire paper was specked with Interrogation points. This thing bad been going on for weeks, till one day a jiostal carj arrived, addressed to Mr. Held, and marked personal. It read .as follows: "I'm getting awfully tired of your questions. Why don't you find out something? A great news paper is supposed to know everything, and ought not to annoy Its readers with needless inquiries. This morn ing yon ask 'Will Mr. Piatt Consent r Hv the h 1 do I know?" To Born Dead Holdlcrs. A portable crematory for military purposes has been Invented iiy a Polish engineer. It has the appearence of the army baking oven, but is much high -r and heavier, and is drawn bv eight horses. It is intended for the disposal of the tsidies of soldiers killed in battle. so as to avoid the danger of epidemics from the burial of great numbers of men. Each German amy corps, it is said, will lie equipped with one. New York Sun. (style Has Not Changed. Mrs. Hesselius of Maryland, In the last century, writing (after Goldsmith) a description of her charming daughter Charlotte, slipped into It this bit of realism: "When drest, still her bead has a great deal of trash on; If her gown Is pinned crooked, 'tis made In the fashion." Evidently uiadnme bad been sifting behind her daughter at the theater. Handsome American Women. The congress of the Daughters of th American Revolution in Washington is said to have brought more fine-looking women to the national capital than any other convention of ladies beld there for a long time. "I hare cured Bllgglns of his hor rible superstition at last," the philan thropist exclaimed. "How did you manage It?" "I offered to lend him 113." Washington Star. The devil la always offering a Job U the Idle mind. TOPICS OF THE TIMES. A CHOICE SELECTION O" INTER ESTING ITEMS. Com aieat a and Critidaase Bawd Upon tha appcaiaga ot the Iar-Historical and Ncwa Notca. Paderewskl Is coming back again In November, 17. After the flO.i) he left, probably. It is claimed that the rubler trust's profits lujt year were more than 3, 0)N),0uJ, but perhaps this is stretching the truth a little. Outlaw Bill West, who escaped from the Topeka Jail the other uight, has not yet been found. Why don't the oin- :-ent look out West? rerliaps it is possible to photograph love. Many a man who has experi mented with it has obtained a nega tive without much trouble. Peary says be can reach the north pole for tJiJ,o)0. He can save money, perhaps, by waning a few mouths; Nansen may bring it home. A scientist declares that bicycle rid ing takes away the taste for whisky. The next bicyclist who is caught in Ken tucky probably will be lynched. We regiet to say that "Chliugo's lady burglar," who lias been discussed at length in the Eastern papers, proves to le only a woman burglar after all. A German scientist says he can pho tograph love. Henceforth breach of promise suits will have to be submitted to a photographer instead of to a Jury. The battleship Massachusetts has Just won a large bonus for the Cramps. Money undoubtedly is one of the best things In the world to relieve the Cramps. Mrs. Rorer, the cooking school ex aert, has been delivering a course of lectures In Harlem on "How to Make Pies." We advise the goats to emi grate before It is too late. A New York paper says that "a po liceman worth $H7.".M" died In that city the other day. There must ls some mistake alsiut that; no policeman is worth so much, although lie may have it. "Brethren." remarked Bishop Carpen ter, of Kipon, England, the other day In a sermon, "I beg of you to take your heart in your hand and look It straight in the face." We would like to see that performance. It may surprise certain esti-omed con temporaries to learn that divorces are no longer offered on Chicago bargain counters. But the town offers extra ordinary facilities for getting married while you wait. An Iowa judge has decided that when a footpad draws a revolver on you at uight, sticks it under your nose and holds you up, he -tn:int be charged with carrying a concealel weapon. Technically that may be right, but practically it is decidedly unpleasant. The arrival of l..'4S Italian immi grants by one steamer Is au indication of an excess to which the business of fleeing fn.m m'.Ii'iry service to the land of lltierty is carried. This ship load Is only a small portion of the ar rivals for the moiiUi. Thoughtful peo ple may well be coiverne 1 with the wonder whnt all the people will do. It is not f:.r to see that their lirst effort will be to get employ:i,.-nt. Not Is-ing skilled nrt!.ais. their attention must be turned to common labor, where the ranks are already full to ovcrllowing, and where grim poverty is already pur suing the unfortunate. The opening of the national exposi tion of elect rictil appliances in New York marks the beginning of another chapter in the nineteenth-century story of the Arabian Nights. The revela tions in the study of electricity and In the application of its forces have been mor.j numerous and more profoundly interesting in recent years than ever before. In the bands of sudi men as Tesla and Edison the mysterious ener gy has teen made to do new things and perforin feats not hitherto conceived. At the New York exposition the peo ple witness the movement of machin ery operated by the power of Niagara Falls, conveyed over an ordinary tele graph wire 4."2 miles long. Thanks to Tenia's recent Inventions, the feat of . . . , . i .ii.. carrying en-ctricai power ai long ins tances and for commercial puriotea seems now to be feasible. The tim may come when a factor' in St. Louis, say, may be operated by electricity gen erated in Chicago and transmitted over a wire, Just as ordinary telegraph mes sages are sent. It is Impossible to con template these feats without an in creased wonder at the forward strides of nineteenth-century Inventlon.'Chaun cey M. Pepew's message, sent through out the wis Id over 9 single circuit, tells the story of a planet which Is steadily growing smaller as the means of gird ling it with lines of communication In crease. The enthusiastic wheelman In an ugly sweater and Indifferent knee trousers may not le prepossessing, but he means something as a finger lsiard. One hun dred years ago our ancestors trotted alHut In knlckerlwskers with fancy hose and ornate silver buckles on their shoes. At the present rate delegate to the national conventions In 1900 will be lamping low shoes on the extremities of knlckerbockered legs with as much easy naturalness as if men bad never worn trousers which had to be tolled op when It rained. The bicycle I to bring about this atavism in dress. A few years ago the bicycle rider tied hi trouser legs to his ankles with piece of twine and pedaled away. Somebody Invented a steel trouaer-clip and Le used that. Still bis legs were cumber some. Then somebody more during than the rest exposed bis calves to the public gaze and the thing was done. At first the bicycle costume was asso ciated with riding for pleasure. One day some practical man of business nxle to his office in bis bicycle suit, and worked all day In that garb. Hundreds of riders are now doing It, subjecting $0.50 suits to the wear and tear which once told on $45 suits. A nd so the cus tom spreads. Knickerbockers, on these fine spring evenings, find their way in to dra wing-rooms of society Informal ly, perhaps, but, nevertheless, they are recognized. How long, then, lief ore the wheelman rides to an entertainment In a regulation dress suit amputated at the knees? The kuickerbocker seems certain to spread to all classed and con ditions of men. Why shouldn't it? Ar tistically considered, It was always a thing of beauty, while from a more ma terial point of view It never bagged at the knees. Ieath to the sweater, but long life to the revivified kni-e breeches of our great grandfathers. Some sympathy seems to lie ex pressjd by a coniemiorary for the French exhibitors at the World's Fair, who lost $70,000 worth of their goods by (ire In January, 1S!4, for which they have not vet been compensated. It was unfortunate that French exhibi tors or anyliody else should lose any thing possessing value, but the Intima tion that these exhibitors had In any way claim upon the United States or upon the World's Columbian Exsi tion fur'indemnlflcatlou for their losses is not warranted. The French exhibi tors apiiealod to Congress. Very prop erly Congress has taken no action in the premises since the facts were itsecr-' talued. The exhibitors sued the Co lumbian Exposition, but no progress has lwen marie In the suit and It is in finitely to the credit of Mr. Hlgin botham and others responsible for the defense of the suit that they resisted popular and Ignorant clamor In the premises and saved the resources of the exposition from a raid which could not be justified. Weaker men might have been swayed by the passing sentiment. There are brts of people always ready to cry out for what they descrllie us high-minded and honorable settlement when nothing toward the settlement is taken from their own pockets. That the French exhibitors lost their goods was deplorable, but neither the govern ment of the United States nor the 'o lunibian Exposition was In any way re- spotisible to those exhibitors who re .!.. .1 ... . .1. . I ....... ,1. ft,- ' ' u.e epomo.. . u, "" convenience and nobody else's. Dogs as Chur-b-ioers. The principal disturbers of worship In the colonial meeting-house were dogs, says William Boot Bliss In "Side, Climpses from the Colonial .Meeting ! House." They seem to have been regit- j lar attendants at the Sunday services, and of necessity were placed under! discipline. j At New Londou CiWJ) one of the; duties of the sex ton was "to ordei j youth lu the meeting house and beatj out dogs." At Chnrlcstown ( lOWJi a i man was hired at four pounds a year "to ring the bell to meetings and to i keep out dogs in meeting time." At pedhnm ip;7li a man was paid eight j shillings a year "for keeping dogs out I in meeting time and shutting the door. Andover did not object to dogs, but made them pay for the privilege of coming to mci ting. 1 he law of tins, town (!iV72l said. "Whatsoever- dos' shall be In the meeting-house on t!i-! Sabbath day the owner thereof shall: pity sixiM-nce fur every time." j The dog law of Bedding ibi;2 was, peculiar. It ran ihtis: "Every dog that j comes to the meeting, either of Lord's; day or lecture day. except It ! their; dogs that pays for a dog -wnippcr, tue owner of those dogs shall pay six pence for every time they come to the meeting that doth not pay the dog whipper." Twenty-six men wrote their names, or made their marks, in the Bedding records, agreeing to "pay the dog whipper" to whip other people's dogs out of meeting, while their dogs re mained and were recognized as mem - Iers of the congregation lu regular standing. Effect of Use. j .Mr. James Payn. In his "Clcams of Memory," gives a bit of personal ex lierlewe Illustrative of the truism thai "use almost can change the stamp of nature. During the thirty live years be has served as editor, reader, and writer of storii and novels, the question has often been put to him, "How do you manage when yon are 111 or out of spirits to write in the same unmistak ably cheerful strain as usual'" Mr. Payn answers: "I have often wondered myself, but without consciousness of the dilliculty thus suggintcd. lu times of trouble pi many kinds, of severe physical ail ments, of domestic bereavement, aud even with death under the very roof, my pen, when I found myself at my di-sk, lias turned to ordinary matter with perfect facility, and treated them In Its habitual airy manner. "It may not be: a good manner (Mr. Payn's forte Is humor), but It has !s come my own, and misery itself lias tm power to make it sad. I write I hew very lines in the acutest pain from rheumatic gout In my gnarled fingers." Mrs. Nix "I boe you are. not afraid of work." Weary WUIIe (uneaslly) "I ain't exactly afrsld, mum; but I al ways feel fidgety when dere's any thing like dat around. "Truth. CORN RAISING COST. STATISTICS GATHERED BY KANSAS OFFICIAL. Tha Different Method, of Crowl.f Cora and the CompareUre Coat in Each Tha Value of Land and the Crop. Figure, on Alt Detail. Kansas Is one of the great corn States. Statistics show that the average an nual yield for all the thirty-four years, bad seasons and good, since lHtil. baa been 27 bushels per acre for the entire State, ranging In different years from 0 to 48 4-5 bushels. The product for twenty-five years ending with 1SU5 haa had an annual home value averaging more than $31,OO0,OtiO, and a total value in that time exceeding f 77I,ooo, 000. Secretary Coburn, In a report of the State Board of Agriculture, pre getitsadetalled statement showing from sixty-eight long time extensive growers in forty-five counties which last year produced 14O,OOO,0o0 bushels, giving from their experience "on such a basis as others can safe! accept" each prlu clial Item of cost In growing and crii blng an acre of corn, estimating the yield at 40 bushels. About two-thirds of those reporting prefer planting with listers and others use the better known check-row method, after the land has been plowed and harrowed. The statements of all the growers summed up, averaged and itemized show as follows for each acre of corn: Seed 1 Planting (with lister, or check row planter, including cost nf previous plowing and harrow ing) Cultivating Husking and putting in crib. .. . Wear snd tear and interest on cost of tools Rent of land (or interest on its value) 0.1 IS 41 Total cost $ "1 Cost per bushel Wt At. value corn loud per acre. 211 The condensed showing made by the forty-three growers who plant with Ulsters or have found that met lion. preferable, Is thus: Seed $ 7 Listing 44 Cultivating 1 ,H' Hanking and putting in crib. .. . 1 Id Wear and tear and Interest on cost of tool 2- Kent of land (or interest on it valtui 2 44 Total cos! ? 4: ( 'imt per bushel Fl'J Statements of cost where the land Is plowed, well harrowed, and planted Iwith the ordinary check-row machine, .....,,. fl,r ,...h ,,,, ,e Uiw: S I .' $ Plowing 1 Harrow in Planting 0.) j Cultivating Husking and putting In crib.. Wear and tear and interest on cost of tools pint of land (or interest on its value) X, Total cost $ii 40 Cost per bushel 1? Commenting on these figures. Secre tary Coburn says: "In none of these calculations has there been any allow ance for the value, of the cornstalk, which, ordinarily, under the crudest management, should offset the cost of harvesting the grain, and under proper conditions should have a forage value much In excess of such cost. Taking these Into every estimate, as should rightly be done, the showing of cost per bushel would be very sensibly di minished. In tlie results of this Inves tigation It will likewise be noted that the rental of these Kansas corn lands, or the Interest liirurcd by their owners on the investment represented, aver ages more than h'i per cent., or a net rate higher than the capitalist, general banker or money lender dreams of real izing. S hy I'olnloi Sluin. Those who cut potatoes for seed know how very quickly the Juice of the potato will stain the hands and rust the knives employed In doing the work. The reason for this Is that the potato ' contains n large proportion of potash m "s juice, m. soon as ims is excised j to 'r it unites with the oxygen and ! forms rust on metal and stains on the bands or oilier parts of the body ex posed to It, There Is a still larger piii portloti of potash in potato leaves and Hems, which should be saved for man ure, but should Hot be Used wbere pie tatoes are to be grown within a year or two, as they may keep the germs of blight and rot In the soil. Uneven IiUtriluition of I'erdli.ers. There Is a double and even triple loss from uneven distribution of mineral fertilizers, which is pretty Mire to hap pen if they are In bad condition for drilling. The grain crop on (he missed spaces will be pisircr, and what grain It grows will lie light and of Inferior (jutillty. Besides this, the clover growth the following years will be less where the fertilizer did not reach. This shows the great Importance of having a good drill rind of keeping It In first -class con dition. This Is difficult to do where fertilizers are used, ns the corrosive acids used In dissolving the phosphate will very quickly corrode any mclal with which fhey come In contact. All phosphate drills should, therefore, be thoroughly cleaned every time after they have been used. Alstve all, they should be kept as dry as possible, A drill left out of doors through the rains soon becomes so rusty that the kiss from Its use Is greater than Is the cost of a new drill. Still we have known fertilisers and drills managed with care to do good service after ten to twelve years of use, and In that time had distributed hundreds of tons of fer tiliser, which was used both on spring grain and winter wheat. It Is quite common in many oelgblsM-boods to hire the use of fertilizer drills, but ir ex'. ... . InlnrT from care is not tanen to pn-o-m .-. j -- rust the mosey the drill earns in mis way will not repay the loss to tne own er. American Cultivator. Dock Cnllnre for Profit. As a practical Industry, duck-raising pays. James nanum, ur v.... - ---one of the most extensive of duck rais er, says: "A duck can be made to pay more than a cow." Pucks are ; raised, are hardy and mature rapidly. While they are naturally aquatic, wa ter Is not necessary, except for "r'Dl1 lug. A sandy or gravelly soil Is best for them, and shelter Is required In northern latitudes. These birds are heavy eaters, but they are Instinctively foragers, and take on meat, in propo. tion to their supply of food, more prof itably than land fowls. A low-roofed house, properly ventilated, with dry floor, on which the birds squat In clean litter; and an iticlosure when freedom is not convenient, furnish the shelter and vard. A few choice uncus he kept in a confined space with prom, but the business Is now carried on In the East by men who rear thousands of ducklings for market. This phase can be but suggested In the limit of this page. If the reader has already turned his attention to the subject as s vocation, the correct way for him to ascertain the best methods of pro cedure Is to visit the ranches In the East. He can there learn how the work Is done by practical men. It Is a very different matter than raising a flock for pleasure. The farmer In the West who does not raise thoroughbred d-icfcs misses an opportunity to add materially to His Income. American Poultry Journal Keroaene Kmatalon. Kerosene oil has a greater range of usefulness than any other one Insecti cide. It Is not a poison, but kills by contact. It Is a very penetrating fluid and i-auses almost Instant death. But since It kills plants as well as insects it can not be used alone, but has to be used with some substance that dilutee It without impairing its value as an In secticide. A numlier of methods are known lu which this may lie done. One of the lest Is the "Hublwrd formula," which is given Isdow: "Kerosene, two gallons. 07 per cent. Common soap, or whale-oil soap, one half pound. :i3 per cent. Water, ouo gallon." Heat the solution of soup and add !t boiling hot to the kerosene. Churn the mixture by men ns of a force pump and spray nozzle for live or ten minutes. The emulsion, if perfect, forms a cream which thickens on cisdltig. and should adhere without oillmss to the surface of glass. Dilute liefore using one part of the emulsion with nine parts of water. The above formula gives three gallons of emulsion and makes, when diluted, thirty gallons of wash. This emulsion is an excellent one when the water tisi-d is soft. There are several formulas. Vegetable Matter an Moistnre. The majority does not appreciate what vegetable matter In the soil does for us lu the way of moisture In the time of drought. If one or two crops of vegetable matter are plowed under during the summer and fall, the suc ceeding crops are surer If the year is n dry one. We know that success In growing any plant depends much upon the amount of moisture in the ground. Ex. Horse (nllnrit hhontd Fit. rpon tiie fitting of the collar depends much of the work done by a horse. While a collar may not cause sores, yet It may 1' very uncomfortable. The collar, and also the harness, should be made to Sit the horse perfif tly, and whenever the day's work Is done the animal should be thoroughly examined in order to discover any 111 effects from the use of the collar. The Hen Huvl Apple. The Ben Davis apple varies In nn pi trance and in salabllity according to the locality in which it is grown. This frilt, when produced lu Wisconsin and low, is nor so desirable on the market as when grown lu Southern Missouri, Illinois and Indiana. It seems to re quire a longer season a lid more heat to grow it to perfection than some oilier varieties. Farm Notca, Farmers cannot afford to experiment except Incidentally ou a small scale. The experiment stations were Insti tuted to make a business of experi menting, and they are lining a K'"1 work. The ( ihlo station has made several attempts to get a settling of crimson clover, but all have failed, it seems not aide to germinate In the hot, dry August of Ohio nor to stand the severe winters there. Every grain of wheat should produce forty fold. A bushel of seed, conse quently, sown upon an acre of ground, should produce forty bushels, which shows that much of the seed used Is either wasted or lost In the ground. This Is an excellent time to make the hilts for tomato plants. Pig a hole two feet square and a foot deep. Fill It full of manure and dirt Intimately. The manure will have rieconqioscil and will belt) excellent condition for plants and a space of four fist square should be spaded with which the manure should be mixed. Home dairymen declare that "sun, shine has good deal to do with the. fullest flow of milk; also, with its qual ity." One man give each cow of his herd an extra quart of men I night and morning In cloudy weather In order to satisfy his customers. This experi ence Is a significant one and ought to I be effective against dark stable. tarkaoflM doagaom, wJ of