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
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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.
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