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About The Loup City northwestern. (Loup City, Neb.) 189?-1917 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 1895)
TALMAGK8 8KRM0N. **>l»ftirATIONfl or THk HACr. COUMfcfc" THfc »U»JtCT. t*M>» 1«iti MmI Him Wim ■mm MfMflllf Nmi lima Mb k»k nilli 'll'Milar* fM, < M|ilaa If, «»iaa If, SI, t«. K have recently had long column* of Intelligence from t h e race < ourae, and multitude* flocked to the watering place* to Wliner* • q u I n e competition, and there I* lively dl* euBHlon la all household* about the right and wrong of *U<h exlilbl tlona of mettle and *t*eei|, and when there |a a bereay abroad that the < ol tivailon of a horae's fleet nr r* la an Iniquity luaiead of a commendable vir tue at aucb a time a sermon 1* de manded of every mlnlatrr who would Jllte to defend public moral* on the one hand, and who la not willing to see an iinrlghteou* abridgement of Innocent emu»*m*nt on the other. In thl* dl* ruaslon J rhnll follow no wermonlc pr< cedent, hut will give Independently ■what I consider the Christian and corn mou-*en*o view of thl* potent, a.I-ab norblng and agilailug question of the turf. There nr-eda to he a redistribution of coronet* among the brute creation. For age* the lion ha* been called the king of bc.'iMt*. | knock off It* coro t rtJUJ (MIL III#* f l own UJIUII *11" H'H n* . In every way nobler, whether In shape, or spirit, or *aga< It;-, or Intelligence, or •lie- don, or unefulne**. He I* wml human, »c<l know* how to rea*on on • Hinnll scale. The centaur of olden time*, part borw and nart man. seem* to he a suggestion of the fact that the borne I* something more than a beatfl. Job In tny text net* forth hi* strength, bl* beauty, hi* maje*ty. the panting of bl* nostril, the pawing of hi* hoof, and bl* enthusiasm for the battle. What 1to*a lion hear did for the cattle, and •what Kandseerdld for the dog, Job with mightier pencil doe* for the home. Eighty-eight time* doe* the IJIIde speak of him. Jie come* into every kingly procession, and into every great occa sion, and Into every triumph. It 1* very evident that Job, and David, and l*alab, nnd Kzcklcl, and Jeremiah, and John weie fond of the horse. He cornea Into much of their Imagery. A red horse that meant, war. A black horse that meant famine. A pale home that meant death. A white borne -that meant vletory. flood Mor decal mount* him while Human hold* the hit. The Chur'-h's advance In the Diblo I* compared to a company of horse* of 1'haroali . < harlot. Jeremiah crie* out: "How canst thou contend with horse*?" Isaiah say*: "The home'* hoof* shall he counted a* flint." Miriam clap* her cymbal* and sings: "The home and the rider hath he thrown Into the sea." st. John describ ing t’hrlst a* coming forth from con quest to confluent represent* him a* seated on a white horse. In the parade of heaven the Dible make* u* hear the clicking of hoof* on the golden pave ment as It sa>*. "The arinie* which ■were In heaven followed him on white horses," I should not wonder if the horse, so banged, and bruised, and beaten, and outraged on earth, should have some other place where hi* wrong* shall be righted. I do not a ut It, but I any I should not h - surprised If. after all, fit. John'* description* of the horse* In heaven turm I out not alto gether to b<- figurative, but somewhat literal. A> the Dible ni -l < a favorite of the hor**, the patriarch, aud the prophet, nnd the evanRcIl-t, and the apostle stroking hi* idee* hide and patting ill* romi'l* <i nook, ami tfti'<; > llfiliip In. oaqulallily forni'tl hoof. uml ll» "nliiy with n thrill In tile t hump of In- hit. kii a I an .ii nutureu in nil uyn have apok'-n «f him In t-m timiusth u rine Viryil In hi t heorgle i lillii" I aeeltia In playurUe from ilila desi rlpHon In the teal, »o nun h are ilte t|e». ilptlnn . alike • the tie* rlpHon of Vlryil uml the tit aeription t»f Job. 'i be Imko of \\ elliuy ton would not allow anyone irnn ieni ly io loath hla old war taorae, (’open bayeii, on wliom tie hud ridden til I ••• n bourn without dlamoiiniliiK. at Wutar Ion and wilt II Old fOpeilhauell tlletl, III.' nntaiti ordered a military aaluio IIrod ovor hla Filin' John Howard ahowod that h» did n»( eahaitat al hl» aympu thlea III pH>Ina iho hnmiin not fin when al' k ho wrllea home "llua uiy old i half* hoi ft* In "in* al * or •polled ?" Thera la Hui >lty any p" *«• of lT*mh llleraiur* more paiheii.' than On lamaniatlon over iIn ■ "uih of the war «'harper, Mart hegay. Walter deoil ha* an nni' h adiulralion for ihti ill tlnoly honoied ereaiure of Hod that In "Hi Itonan'a Wall" ha ordeia the airih aii, belied and lh* blanket It"own over the aiiiiikUif Ituirka Kdmuiid lluki walklna In Iho park at He,>.analt*lil niufina over ilie p«*i ihruwa hi* arum around ih« worn-out bora* of hla dea l amt Hit hard ami »"‘M upon ih> bora* • netk, lh* hora* »**.ulna »> m pall.14" In III* memo, lea Howland III , . 1 i run «i t'oil I" «»>" in hla lamlly p»«i m Ii* tnppli ale | f if the r*'ovary of • I* k Imrae loll win It lh* Horae *ol wt ! ronirary lo all Ibo pr ipln lea of On farrier the plan i l"l i " • ‘ n null' *'• Hi " it of an ahf Ill'll' ' Hal what ahull I ep of th* mwHreal rntni of ihia i"itoiifol uni wondaffw it. niore of Had • If Tho > «» I’l otmei in I • day le’t H • | m n ptan*1 a a*rHum baainai irmliy tn aulmu bo* mm h nior* In ihl» ill, la th*r* l.en) of Irprrheltalve iH"iiUf*' Al h»m»r of ih* immury of I'rof Haf®h • b« b,i< apu.tlt fur lb* hruia vrea floe for the mom y he it>m»ri4oA and *< bl*»ed for tbl* hint of lion*<» A (nan who owned four thousand !/»(*• •nd Homo mt forty ftoou*and, wrote 11 the lflt/|e "A rich'<ou men regardeth the life of hi, \,o-4*i “ Hir llonty ta»w reme* / are of me horwe wen beautiful • ly ' hrl*lIan lie way* "I efpert we ehall lore r'onra l though t have taken WO mil' ll rare of hint that he »nay niffl* In rool, I at way* walk hint the law) four or live mi /•» and a* I wialk myreif the P(*t hour, It )< only In Hie middle of Hie Journey we g<-t oyer the ground/' The Kittli k Khepherd In III* mat' h|e«a Arnbrowlal Night* *peak< of 'he mat* t real men t of the horxe a* a prartlral hlawphemy, I do not believe in fbe traiiMoilgratlon of woulw, hu> I cannot i very aeverely denounce the Idea, fur when I wee men who cut aajd hr nine and wh»< k and welt and wtclke and maul and outrage and In lilt the hurwe, that beautiful aerranf of the human race, w ho carrleg our burdemt and pull* our plough*, and turm* our threaher* and l our mi I*, and run* for our doctor* when I wee men ihuw healing and aim* lug and outraging 'hat creature. It | weeuiw to me that It would he only fair that the doctrine of iraimmigration of i woulw whould prove true, and that for Hiefr punlwhment they whould paww over ! into Mime poor miserable brute and he beaten and whacked and cruelly treat* j ed, and frozen and heated and over- j : driven; Into an evcrlaatlng atage ! horwe, nn eternal traveler on a tow path, nr tied to sin eternal port. In an eternal winter, wmltlen with pternal epizootic*? <th. I* |r not a ahame that the brute creation, which had the lir*t poaaewwlon of our world, whould be an maltreated by the race that came In 1 ,'ant the fowl and the ftwh created on the flfrli day, the horse and the cattle ; created on the morning of the sixth ; | day. and the human race not created I until the evening of the sixth day7 It ought to he that If any man over drives a horse, or feeds him when In is hot, or recklessly dilves a nail Into , the ijiilck of hla hoof, or rowels him to i see him prance, or so shoes him that his fetlocks drop blood, or puts a collar on a raw neck, or unnecessarily dutches his tongue with a twisted hit, or cuts ! off his h.tlr until he lias no defense against the eoM. or unmercifully ab breviates the natuial defense against. Insectlle annoyance that such a man as that himself ought, to be made to pull and let Ills horse ride! Hut not. only do our humanity and , our Christian principle and the dictates i of Ood demand that we kindly treat { the brute creation, anti especially the ! horse; but I go further, and say that whatever rail he done for the develop 1 tiu at of Ills fleet ness anil his strength and Ills majesty ought to he done. We ■ ; need to study Ills anatomy and hbt adaptations. I am glad that large books I have been written to show how he can he best managed, and how Ills ailments can he cured, and what his usefulness Is, and what his capacities are. It would be a shame If In Ibis age of the world, when the llorist has turned the thin (lower of the wood Into a gorgeous rose, and the politologist has changed the acrid and gnarled fruit of the ancients Into the very poetry or pear, and peach, and plum, anil grape, and apple, and the snarling cur of the Orient has be come the great mastiff, and the miser able creature of the olden limes barn yard lias become the lievon hire, anil the Alderney, and the shorthorn, that the horse, grander than them till, should get no advantage from our science, or i our civilization, or our Christianity, liroomcd to the laid point of soft lirll i llance, his flowing man© a billow of beauty, his arched neck In utmoii' i rhythm of curve, let him he harnessed Iu graceful trapping i an 1 then driven | lo tin- furthest goal of excellence, and then fed at luxuriant oat bins, and blanketed In comfortable tall. The long tried nnd faithful -enant of the t. -.I . . ....... ..11 I r I . . I .. ..II care, all reward, all »,i. -iilent and i (iff lllli r and porndli-l, > i. pa. turn Held. Tliun farm* itr Ki n lueky and III dilTereiit pur In of the Nurtlt, Mhire the lint n U train* I in perfection In II*• 'ine.-i, and In lu-ami and In niajert), are Mi ll set up; i. There Ih itu more virtue in drivtn* slow than In drlvlui! furl miy null'' than a frelttlu train ttoiits ten pn, the hour In lintt**r than an express train uniiik tlfiy. There la a delusion ahrn.nl In i lie world tlmt a lliliiK mu-t hi tie warily k ">d and f'lilsilun If it is , nw and dull Uhil plmldltiK 'liter* an very few k*m||I lieopln mIui seem in luiiiK.ue It Iw liuinh y pious In drlie a spatltit-d, Killed, slandered, spring hailed, hllud stussered jade There is not »u in a h virtue in u Hosinunte as In a Hun-pa nIu*. We Matit swifter horses, and swifter men and unifier enterprise nod the Church **f Hod needs to net eft Its j. a tint, guteli tempi >is i)uh h lluhtnluKS, quick stream*. why not quick hoi'aes ’ In I he time uf war the cuvulry seit i, e does the must • v> i a lion, and us the halites of tile war d un pnitmldy nut .ill past, out 1'krlsiluu palriutism demiuds that we he Inter call'd III iH|Utu.i| irl ii ||> We tulstil a* well haie ponri-r inns in our M»*Mh and clumsier ships in our mt)>)urd itian other natiiias. «■ ID hat* under Mir e,II.illy saddle* ail I la-fore our j paiks «»f artlller) t nan Juuses From (tie h.i1 in it| ill anit'ii* w In re thi F* ■Ian her m urme the Mai • donun III ♦anil) Into ut* rtiet eh tr d**an la the horse* an which I'hiiip * o rldau and klitaeaali lii Vsun lu te Into *he fra), this ; rm of tio Hillltsh sc) Ire has pern , H ugMUod llaHiihii llunnlhal Hus* • ants Adr,t ans Marshal Me) wen . av ali i men tu mis arm of the servlet’ Charles Muriel at th* ha I '• III I’eltt I « I he ii t>,i. v the trah Invasion the* *t , ih.is'ulsn i«iu n, with it • In - r mi ,■ stieq hundred m u. oierihi*» lie 1 man arm) »t'h 'ha lost cf ••i,*il) j thrills Mild In the rattle mm) the Ml III I’h • Mvair) drove ha, k the Monish hordes The last «u> to k**P I* Die I*, j ' this voualry and 'tt all munlf'e* la <* * ft# prepar'd for war and there fa no no/ e#» to ao/h a evilieat unless theia In* plenty of light fo', i'd chargers Our I Oirtatlan patriotism and nor Jnelrin • too troth th» Word of Had demand list first nf all »a Utilit y treat the lint e, uioi then after that that we develop hi* flaetneaa and bis grandeur and hi* 1 majesty and Ms etrengih. Hot what ahall I say of the effort he tna made lo tbla day on a large scale to toake thie splendid creature of find, Ihin j divinely honored being an Instrument . of at/odour evI!I make no Indite rtm- ■ mate assault agamaf the imf I be lli-, e in the imf If it ran in- 'ondui ied i on right principle- and with no betting i There la no more harm In offering a , prize for the swiftist rarer than there la harm at an agl'h'ilHural fair In offet log n prize to the farmet who Itii4 the le st wheal, or to th" fruit-grower who haa the latgewt pear, or to the inaouln i»t who present* the hint torn thresher, or in a reboot offering a prize of n copy Of Mbakegje are to the best reader, or In a household giving a lump of minor to ilie best behaved youngster. Prizes by all means, rewards by a!l means. That !<•, the way Hod develop t the rat e. Howards for all klmls of well doing. Heaven Itself is e,i!|ed a prize "The prize nf the high calling of Hod In Christ Jean*," Ho w hat Is right In otto dlre'-tlon Is right In another direction And without Hie prizes the horses fleetness and bounty and sirength wll never he fully developed. If It cost g1,000 or fo,<11)0 or $10,Can, anil the p suit ho achieved. It is cheap. Hut the sin begins where the belling begins, for that Is gambling, or the effort to get that for whbdi you give no eiiulva lent, and gambling, whether on it large scute IIi a small St ale, otigtn to lie r|e , riouneiii of men as it will be accursed of God, If you have won fifty cent ot $5,000 as a wager you had heller ge rid ol it. Gel rid of It right away. Give It to some one who has lost In a bet, I or glv" it to some great reformatory in stitution, ot If you do not like that, go down to the river and pitch It off th« docks. Vou cannot afford to keep It, It wCI burn a hole In your purse, it will burn a hole In your estate, and you will lose all that, perhaps ton thou sand times more perhaps you will lose a I. Gambling blasts a man or It blasts bis children. Generally both and all. What n spectacle when at Kuratogu, or at Gong Branch,oral Brightonileach, or at Hheepshead Hay, the horses start, and In a flush fifty or a hundred thou* sTtid dollars change hands! Multitudes t ruined Ly losing the bet, others worse | rulii-d by gait.'lug the bet; for If a man lose in a bet. at, a horse race, he may la* discouraged and qtti* but If he win the bet he Is very opt lo go straight on to bell! An Intimate friend, a Journalist, woo In the line of his profession Investi gated this evil, tells me that there are three different kinds of betting ut (torso r.ees, and they are about equally lep rous: by "auction pools," by "Hrench mutuals." by what Is called "bookmak ing" till gambling, till bad, all rotten with Iniquity. There Is one word that need# to be written on the brow of -very poolse'ler as he sits deducting blr, 3 or 5 per cent, and slyly "ringing up" more tickets than were sold on tbo winning horse a word to b" writ ten also on the brow of every book keeper who at extra Indincnicir scratches a horse off of the race, and on the brow of every Jockey who situ ken - pace that, according to agreement, an other may win, find written over every judge's stand, and written on every board of the surrounding fences. That word is “swindle!" Yet thousands la t. l-awycrs bet, .tiidgcs of courts bet. Member:, of the legislature bet, M- m b» r# of congress bet. i'rofessors of re ligion bet. Teacher# and superintend t uts of Sunday schools, I am told. In t, | Gadles bet. not directly, but. through I . « t \ i I i -1 (*!!'. mill P'el'l < I • III* ' bit, they Kiln, they lone, ,.ml IIiIh mini mi r, while (ho pui'tirol* awing uini t!.o huml* i lap and the huzza* draft n, there wl I lie a milllltude of people ca Jol" I, and deceived, and i lieate I, who will at the rail* ro nr-eh and nedt, peek and lie, k lo pt l'dl lon I'lllllWItc t* . lione, Iiy all mean drive him a* font a* >1111 (Wire, provided you do nm 1 iij.it e him or endttHKer your*elf or otit ii laii in. careful and do not harm .-■* Ilia florae lo the dial lot of Kill. I»» uni throw your JeweU of moralliy mi- J <lt r tii'e (iylnit hoof. I’o not under the pretext of luiprovliiK the l.oru. ileKtro) a in.in. Ho nut have your mime put down lit ilie ever Im r. ixlng catalogue of Unite w tio are ruined for both tvi.rl.lK by the dlKKlptltinm of tile A tiler lean race course, They ray that all In.in1-1 race courue Ik ii ' *t ruin hi" track, and i hat a ilUhoneKi race courK" Ik a ".looked' track I It at I* the puilutrej abroad hut I tell you Ill'll ever) rate tri k. Kurrmiuded li> betting iiicii uml Ih'IIIiin women, in I ladling i'UkIobik, Ik 4 ktraluhi truck t imau Kiralglti down' i'In lit nuked III one of IiIk Uuk peli "It not a muii heller than a •he.p?" | cay, yea, and lie Ik letter | than all Hie i.t.c.I» that with lathered ItnnkK ever »lo.| around die rlna at a la.e.our*' that Ik a vei> poor Job til which a ui. n in order to ret a hoc** lo linin' out 4 full t uadi ahead of • oil. i o a* r rn.tr, ko laim* t.t* own moral* Mill) lit. Olllt . toll 4 whole l> HKlU h> I hllitl IU the la.t «t-l I t fate hl.U. % M«.|.t ImI V I* a , t'f (Irllltlh l»hn c uf ii,.. ir.iii.it of 11> iii** nuKKiiiu.il t*» exp.t >ca thi* ep,01 o|| title Kit at pH - III in I'hma about 1 fwmuHleanu, whhh allow » a reie rkaltle lB>r»aae HI,.,. tk»t< II,CIC , all he 00 doubt a 10 I o mat ktcl III* I tan- ef die*' Itva t,,il || Hie in»t five It aa pie p < • ,, ...ir i tma .imntUHh m » win it the cieae ef Itew, aomb*i i t far »H‘*ri ,,( ho .Mu. We ai* on the c»e of r. >t rhan«.k. atol an »> • hetigca for th« t* t 11 r al*o." It you ti» a load of no I) teffe • f • »“ iU fw ta>H FARM AND DARDKN. or INTEHKftT TO AGHICULTUMIHT*. Hi,Ilf l> tu-ltmlm HluU About < uUI«u Don of lb* Soil Mt flulitu 'l»i*oof ID.rlP uDuro, VIVlitulDiru anil I n.fI culture. tfNTIKHhavo never been rained in tht* country by garden er* to * bo e*».enf. that the demand for them would seem to warrant, write* H. W. Chamber* In Itural Canadian. The German lentil* have been Imported for year*, and even today the largo grocery utore* depend upon the Imported one* for their trade. The Italian* and German* have created auch a demand for them that they are becoming Introduced here, and many American* are* taking them up a* an article of food. In the *outh of Kuropo the lentil* are eaten very generally. Ho dlMtlnguInhed an authority u* Kdward AtkliiKon ha* *aid concerning them that "hero I* a plant, whleh In the ni trogen element, furniahin the eheapeat variety of food known from which very dcliclouM *onp* can he made which, when baked, 1* more delicloua than the he*t New Kngland baked bean#—which la a good food and forage t|,< color ol ih‘ seed* The mini! bn til In raid'd very largely In France hy farmer* for forage I* lx a late kind and grown taller Ilian any of the other nor in, except the green lentil. When sown Iri dnll*, they ahoiild he from leu to fifteen Inche* apart, and the plant* four or five Indie* apart In tows. Nearly all animal* like Uila fodder, ex peelally poultry, and they fatten off It, and increase their . npf»l> of egg On the whole lentil* make a crop that should he rained more generally here. Heat Products Pay, In the over crowded professions and In business enterprises It bus become n trite Muying that there Is always room at the top, and that exceptional ability and appli cation will command success, v.bile with less than average qualifications failure la quite likely to he the result. The same principle Is equally applica ble In the productive Industries, and the aim should be produce commodities that arc in demand at. the highest mar ket prices. Farm products of the best quality can alone be made to pay when transported to distant markets under ordinary conditions of supply and de mand and better price* arc accordingly realized than for average or Inferior products, for which there lx no foreign demand front the large proportion of their value used up In the cost of trans portation. Michigan Funner, Fall Rains. As a general rule farm ers conclude that they have no use for water after the crop Is made, but this Is a great, mistake. It will pay to water lauds thoroughly before the fall plow CHONDRILLA JUNCEA. v 7 > TtfiL f "V.Vv'v'a C'«G*C»HUA ^«hu Am< *•-•• •'< «♦ *' °» •*•** Tho report of the Cnlted Suites De partment of Agriculture says: This plant grows to the height of two or three feet, having strong, deeply spreading roots, and slender, twig like stems, more or less branching above and apparently destitute of have,-, or with a few slendtr thread like leaves. Tho leaves are mostly In a cluster at tho base of the stem, where they have an Irregular Jagged shape, much like those of the Dandelion. The hare twlgs become sparingly clothed dur ing the summer with s'ssllo (lows is of the order eomposltne; In appearance much like tho. of Lettuce. This un sightly perennial weed ban been Intro duced into Maryland, Virginia and other Southern stulcs. where It l» spreading along roadsides and over dry, uncultivated Helds. Complaints have been received from Virginia of it* ag gressive ntilnre, ntid of the difficulty of its extermination. It Is a native of the southern half of Kurope and the adjoining countries of Asia. Over most of France it is common on sandy soils. Il lias not yet entered Fuglnnd and the other norihern countries of ICurope, and therefore It is, not exported that it will become prevalent to any extent in our Northern states. For the eradi cation of this pest, summer fallowing with frequent plowing and harrowing vv111 he necessary. This method, suc ceeded by a hoed crop, will probably re lievo the Held of Its pi . ence. At the same time the greatest care should he taken to exterminate It from the road sides and neglected fields, where It Is liable to maintain a foothold. Tin- plant l.i illustrated on this page. plant, f Hiiedally lit for (•-< «lli>u poultry a lilt'll grow* oil tile t lieapest or It tifl fertllo I.iml Willi the leant amount of work,” In thin country a few of the large Herman lentil* ar« ruined, ami market gardener* near New York ami other large dtlen ral«o a few to nupply the rentaurant traile These grower* are i hlefty Herman*, who are very fond *>f the lentil* *IIher nerved a* noup or fried. The lentil* are wild to Im no Duiirltdiing that In nltruaen one pound I* i*|iial to three pound* of loaf They grow readily upon niont noil*. The plant* are hard), Im'. they guieeed the | Pent In dry, warm, and light noli. When I'liltlvuti d fur green fodder for at oi k ^ Iho need* should !»■ now it broudea»t IT rilUed foi the tattle Hie wed* should j he »uwit in drill* ih" latter pari of 1 April, or tin loginning of May the plain* I" it h a foot amt a half in height, ami priM'pt* fl,ut< ited pud* lu palm, In w bleh ar. Hieiiuall ■ • *l» A haul four hilltdreil a I tttl) ot III* *ei d* M‘e MlitaUo t| lu «u Mince w te'it purt hawd for now lug lu the non ip Hump* the need* are une*l largtlv for »oup» Ini the po t . *l“ • lor eating, while lt.1 plant* are ft I to the tattle Theft' ar, several varteite* of lentil) militate.I The I irge Herman l"Ulll re«> hr* a height of A fleet) |neh<** from the Miaond and prod tor* pod* three uunflef* of an I to It loan with a *tugte •rial lu t at h one Tbl* I* the uio*t pto duellv* of all III* vat P tie*, let! the ifoaltt) I* luferlwf to titntev uf lh« ulh It* The ratrinion or vellow P mil I* ton : •Pit r**l P> tuo*l a* the lu*»t tu the mar* I lit In the mar lot* of I'm* It l* u*«d to the > it lotion of atl other* It ha* .mallei wed* hot tie flavor i* wry dellrloo*. The girru Irltllk 1* g*«l|wf hue tort >ml dlffei* ft out the yellow rblelty lu lug hi gins and meadows of all kinds save the clover family should he kept wet light up lo the time the ground freeing. This is evidenced from the flirt that u good grass crop d« pends its much on th>' fall rains almost us it does upon the spring ruins, full rains ere generally Indicative of a heavy snow full, and the ground when damp ened hy fall ruins holds mot, snow than otherwise, hut these rains are a great thing for the grass crop the coining season. This being the case we natur ally conclude that artltlctul watering of meadows will have the same effort. We have also not lent that fall Hid wilt ter watered lands produce even dlngl.v well the following season Itocky Mountain Husbandman I leer* use of Crop Area In Kngtand The Agricultural lleturnsoftlie.it li-it wilt stiow that the wlu.it area is even smaller than any estimate has nu ll' * The urea fur IsoS i> I 117 *ilt nr** or •JU ,!.‘l acre# I* s» than that of I ct and vvl less in* o that of t»» Hole) oats, and puts o«» *h** * *w ill ii* r*a > *, amt hay aU't Imp* null decr**a* . With |c»p*'l to live Stoi k i is gratl fvlng la notice ail Increase o( 7 83d ll.eugh M is ohtv *»!»*• tenth i*f l p* r * cut, and th* t e I* a r>'mai (table in * rv**se Of .* *7 per **M >» »bo number of pig* t»MI she* p have fallen oft In number l»y tea • • ■*« .hr* inith* of t p«i c* nt dgit ultur * (la. **• I’lnk Hiso Che V**w H imp»hlt* law «M*h t- tati* imitation ualrj product* In l*e ml 'I * ittk lias ■••■Hid the test of lb* co n i • *1 d •» »• <* *» lag V igolvoist) *U at * •* t ‘tour ’’’ M law, mat*Ilia * solicitation lor order* for all fraudulent hums ill* gal, I* alee IsoitsM tarried In^or^ect, and a gt»'ai I'f* proven** at i» not lead in the eate el Hu* grttU'it* daily produ* I !•' Keeping tor farmer*. The most painstaking farmer who la not provided with at leant a arn.ill apiary la guilty of tolerating three xeti oua leak* In the economic*, f*-ak l. The entire removal of all be eg and alinllur insect# from a neigh borhood would Inaure an entire failure of more than one farm crop. Kxperl ene# haa shown till* and experiment haa proved It time after time. Many garden and orchard product* depend al moat wholly upon the visit* of pollen carrying Insects for their fertilization, and some of the Held crops are better for these visits. It has more than once been noticed that after a wet season of fruit bloom, when the bees arc kept In doors by the rain, there Is leg* fruit, and a greater proportion of Imperfect fruit. The Maine is al*o noticeable in the clover Held. This fact ha* now b<' n so well established and tlie absence of the bees I* so noticeable that In several places where, under the old Idea of bees injuring fruit, mate law* had prac tieally banished them, a popular clam or ha* secured the repeal of the law* and the return of the bee* The fat t once established that bees ore essential to the proper fertilization of certain farm crops It at once be comes apparent that the farmer who does not himself keep them must de pend upon chance or the enterprise of his neighbors for full crops of this kind. Hence, by not providing bis own Hotter fertilizers he Is hat boring a seri ous leak in the finality and quantity of both seed and fruit. Ivcak 2. Probably no farm of 50 acres or more Is wholly without honey-pro ducing (lowers. In some cases the sup ply would be too small for the bees to be self-supporting. In other* a great, den! less than 50 acres might produce several thousands of pounds. This at. from 10 to 15 cents always obtniuabbj for comb honey, represents an import ant cash value that may by the keep ing of sufficient bees be saved without one particle of extra drainage to land or crop, but that otherwise goes annu ally to loss. As high as 00 pounds of ln»m nnifln hv nnp fOlOnV in 10 daj s. This, at 12 cents, is over $1 per day per colony and from a gen erally wasted fource. Of course such runs are not common nor long con tinued. Stiil it shows what possibili ties are stored up in these honey pro ducers. No grain crop is always profit able. Leak 3, and perhaps the largest of all. — Life on the farm is accompanied try enough privations to warrant every possible effort being made for the full est possible enjoyment of its advan tages, Young people in particular feel shut in and neglected both from a social and Intellectual standpoint when given occasional glimpses of the sweets of city life without discovering its bitter ness. They grow discontented with the country and the farm, their discontent appearing, perhaps. In little outbursts of complaint against the plain fare tit table. The remedy is to interest them absorbingly In something pertaining to farm life; not in work, but in something that is really interesting. Nature her self is the very best of compalons from an Intellectual standpoint, and she never made a more interesting study of insect life than bee-ology. It is hard ly reasonable to expect all to become interested in this subject at once, hut many will, some may ur» .. Interest Hwakened through the bees themselves; others through a good ti \t t)Ook on the subject. Itotti should be provided for them as supplements to each other. And in the meantime, while the study is progressing, there will be preparing for the table a very dainty addition to liven up the tedious bill of fare. Tho greatest leak of all upon the farm is that through which the Interest of the sons and daughters pour Into other channels. And you who still re fuse to provide some of these pleasant Bldeplays like Ine-keeping, may live to see your farm trained of Its young blood, a domestic waste, and yourself alone In your old age.—Wilder Gra in',m«> In Farmers' Home. \ New Grape Di < use. \ new grape disease known as ' shelling'' made it. apptusance in tho vineyards of western New York lust year. It consisted <u the strange dropping of fruit from tlx hunches and was undoubtedly due to ihe lack of available potash. Tin grapi reiiuires a largi amount of potash tv perfect its fruit and the heaviest call for this mineral comes as the seeds are forming Very dry weather mine on j last year just at this time and the vines dropped the fruit that they could not perfect. It is not likely that this dis ease will continue to plague the grape grower The remedy, plenty of potash with enough water to make It avail utile. is always within his rruch.—• \merit cu «'nitiv ator The Vitality of Seeds \ n mark able insltiixc of the Vitality of seed* rniiti s trout Jones count) Iowa, where Miss Jennie Horn her iii the >ear |t,U made a wreath l» Using line wile and stringing dltereut kinds of garden nee>|i« on tlx- wire in old and fantastic shapes. It re-mire I a great d al of patient 11 bar t ' * npl* te ihe work and when it »-•- • iih'-d she presented X ta her aunt. Mt Flora Moore, of \\ elist- I I'll V Ml M“.e ■ k« pi tit* wieath for malt) } n * hut some ten ot twilve ve,»|. (\|t give It to her liicce. Ml George N't'ho'* l.a •!» the fraNte In w hi- It the Wteath w as kepi fell, and t h»* w 11 alh w a ■ 'waken ' 1*4*1 It Fat it was useless *i» at at nameut. l ast spring Mis Ni.Ii* out uf i u r lust I v, pi .titled Seine at IJt<* > I and the) 410 glowing Fv it aid tor | ,t t ** Thre in nathtug l*et» ter fin a |i< "il law spirited nalufw than o it'I'Htf bie a la *• nulnr love for •rowing thin** * go mil *a soon »s one te up I* '••* how mattv gets res* buds bate ope. c l. or whwl la *o b* the lulnr of Iht Pew pan.its, or whal vs r et) there is l« 'he nwer* *»» ig.
