PLEASES BECAUSE
OF INDSVIDUALITY
Type of Home, of Bungalow Con
struction. That Has Dis- 1
tinctive Features.
CORNER ENTRANCE IS UNIQUE
That and the Use of Novel Hardware
Fittings for Doors and Windows
Give a Very Pleasing Effect
Interior Arrangement Em
bodies New ideas.
By WILLIAM A. RADFORD.
Mr. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building, for the readers of this
paper. On account of his wide experience
as Editor Author and Manufacturer, he
is. without doubt, the highest authority
on all three subjects. Address all inquiries
to William A. Radford. No. 1S27 Prairie
avenue, Chicago. 111., and only enclose
two-cent stamp for reply.
Nearly all people are gifted with a
desire to possess a home which is
different from that of their neighbors.
As a result there are a great variety
of ways in which a house may he
finished; Wood, brick, stone of aU
kinds, concrete blocks, stucco and all
combinations of these have aided in
die conquest for variety; the archi
tects and contractors have worked
overtime to produce new and distinc
tive details of house design. The
work of all ages and all lands is gath
ered together to contribute to the sat
isfaction of the modern home builder.
At various times a type of construc
tion is found which seems to be par
ticularly suited to some certain local
ity. hut it is invariably only a short
time when this type is found to be
applicable to other localities, after a
lew changes have been made to adapt
it to a different climate. An illustra
tion may be taken from the wide use
of the bungalow type of home, which,
although especially adapted to the
needs of the California home builder,
is nevertheless furnishing a very sat
isfactory type of construction for
those building in the middle and east
ern states. This type of home is uo
longer a novelty in its newer loca
tions. and it is now necessary for the
home builder who appreciates the
eonvenience of the bungalow but who
still wishes to obtain a distinctive
house, to eall upon the designer to in
corporate some novel features into his
plans which will mark the finished
structure as decidedly different from
the bungalows usually constructed.
One means of obtaining individual
ity in a house, which is usually over
i
tty in a home could usk for.
" hat is more, the interior arrange
ment of this house is in thorough
keeping with the general idea, em
bodying many unique features not
commonly found in tiie bungalow
type. Tbe front door opens into a lit
tle reception lyall having doors into
the living room and the dining room.
The triangular closet in this hall,
with shelves and books for wraps, is
a point of interest.
The door to the right as you enter
the reception hall leads into the gen
erous living room. Four windows in
the one wall of this room flood it
with light and make it always bright
and cheery. At the far end of the
Arrangement of Corner Entrance,
Five-Room Bungalow, Size 32 Feet
6 Inches by 35 Feet 6 Inches.
room, from the reception hall, is a
colonnade with a cased opening into
a little den which is one of the most
inviting features of the entire house.
The rear wall of the den is occupied
with a liig brick fireplace having a
bookcase built against the wall on
each side. Light enters through a
double casement window in the other
wall.
The dining room is connected to the i
living room through a 45-degree !
cased ojiening, which really makes j
these two rooms into one large i ora
extending around the corner at the
staircase. In the dining room is a
bay with four windows and a seat in ;
front of them. Across from this seat i
is a buffet built against the wall. The
dining room and living room are of
the same size and together are suffi
cient to provide room for the enter
tainment of quite a few guests.
The kitchen is hack of the dining
room and is equipped with a model
pantry. While working at the table
in this pantry the shelves are handily
located to the right and the refrigera
tor to the left. Xo time and energy
are wasted in moving about a large
room in the preparation of a meal.
The refrigerator is iced from the rear
porch, thus preventing the tracking
of mud into the kitchen by the ice
man. This pantry will prove to be
as interesting a feature to the women
as the little den is to the men who
looked. Is by the use of novel hard
ware fittings for doors and windows.
Although a scrutiny of the pictures of
old castles and other structures of by
gone days will offer many a sugges
tion which might be used in obtain
ing novel hardware fittiugs. especial
ly for door hinges, it is seldom that
any of these unique fittings ure used
in home building. Perhaps it is be
cause the massive hinges and locks
of those olden days were used, not
for their apparanee, but for their
strength, and their use is still asso
ciated with that same idea. If so, it
is a mistaken idea, for it is possible
to use just such fittings on even a
little bungalow with a very pleasing
effect. A bungalow is shown here
which lias more than the ordinary in
dividuality and yet there is nothing
which is not attractive in its unique
ness.
The appearance of the front door is
an indication of what may be obtained
by the use of distinctive hardware.
The hinges are of heavy brass and ex
tend nearly across the width of the
door. The door knob and plate are
also of heavy, substantial construc
tion, in harmony with the hinges. The
windows at the top of the door are
narrow strips of plate glass running
parallel to the hinges. This door has
a very massive appearance, but it
blends well with the other features
of this little structure.
The front parch is set around one
corner of the house and the door is
built into this corner. The portion of
the roof covering the porch is sup
plied by three pillars set upn rough
brick columns, and a low railing is
carried around the porch at the lei el
of the top of the brickwork. The
sides of the bungulow are covered
with rough siding up to the gables,
which are shingled in alternate wide
and narrow rows. There is a decided
contrast between these two methods
of finishing, but the effect is very
pleasing. The many gables give a
roof effect which emphasizes the
broad solidity of the design and also
adds a further note of distinction to
the bungalow. The chimney is of
rough brick to correspond to the
porch columns. The exterior is quite
different from the usual examples of
this type and lends itself well to a
finish which will force it upon the
attention of the casual observer. Trim
should be white around all windows
and doors. The porch railings and
pillars should be finished in the same
v.ay. With the rough siding finished
in some dark color and the shingled
portion a few shades lighter, the fin
ished appearance of the bungalow is
•11 tluit anyone looking for individual-,
visit the owners of this bungalow
home.
The corner of the house opposite to
tlie porch is occupied with two bed- (
rooms and a bathroom, all of which
open into u hall leading to the dining
room. Each bedroom has a generous
closet with shelves, and is well light
ed. The bathroom Is well arranged
and is provided with a built-in medi
cine closet. „
The stairs into the basement are
reached through the hall in the rear
of the house. The basement is large
and may be used In many ways to add
to the utility of the house. It is
lighted with grade windows made pos
sible by carrying the foundation walls
up above the ground level. Storage
space is provided in the attic, which
may be reached from the living room.
Taken in its entirety, this bungalow
has an unusual number of very inter
esting features, both in interior and
exterior design, and it is particularly
well suited to the man who enjoys
individuality in a home.
Personality.
What a widespread and far-renthing
effect personality has in the affairs of
men. We hear it given as Wide a
range of definition as there arc kinds
of people. An agreeable peniaualJty
and vice versa; a personality that Is
stupid or intelligent; graciousor churl
ish ; overbearing or yielding; srtf-willed
and oblivious of the rights of others
or tolerant and reasonable; selfish or
unselfish; conceited or modest;
thoughtful or unthinking; these and
many others are samples of a vast va
riety of habits of mind and manner
from which every person may choose
as they desire. But every person
should remember that their personal
bearing toward their fellows has a
vast deal to do with their success in
life. We rise or fall very often ac
cording to the estimate given to our
personality by those about us. What
is willed “tact,” which is but an abbre
viation of the word contact, is the out
come of our personality. We mold
and shape our personality very much
by the amount of contact we have with
our fellow beings—Jefferson County
Union.
Some Noise.
Church—An American-made piano
now on exhibition in London is the
largest in the world. It has 522 keys,
and six pianists can play on it at
once.
Gotham -When the Londoners hear
that awful noise they must think a
Zeppelin's coming.
WITH RIFLES AND FIELD GUNS
...—— -.. i mmmm m
Members of the Missouri National Guard drilling for meeting an attack.
In their mobilization camp.
YAQUIS WORSHIP
AMERICAN MOTE
Nine Times They Try to Kill Har
ness Maker of Cananea. but
Bullets Miss Him.
/
THOUGHT MAN WAS ACCURSED
Unwittingly He Acquires Peculiar In
fluence Over Indians by Virtue of
Unconcern When They At
tempt to Kill Him.
El Paso. Tex.—Kefugees arriving
from Sonora report that D. O. Watson
is dead. He died, they say, in the
customary manner for human beings
to die—in bed with his boots off. Such
a death was not what the fates had
seemed to decree.
Watson was a harness maker living
in Cananea. and was known through
out the Sonora district for his peculiar
influence over the Yaqui Indians. Un
wittingly be had acquired this power
by virtue of his attitude of total un
concern on an occasion when the In
dians sought to kill him. Since then,
and until his death, they regarded him
as a deity.
The harness maker was deaf and
dumb. His wife and two of his three
children were similarly afflicted. The
third child, however, was born nor
mal.
It was this peculiarity that aroused
the enmity of the Yaquis several years
ago. They saw Watson conversing on
his Augers with his wife. They had
never heard him utter a word. Such
symptoms, according to the Indians’
creed, were unfailing proof that the
evil spirit lived within the man. They
believed the harness maker accursed
and considered It their duty, us their
key to the huppy hunting grounds, to
exterminate him.
nmuuoutu • ■ • • ivw.
On nine occasions Watson was am
busended by the would-be assassins,
but escaped the bullets that were sent
to take his life. These attempts, how
ever, were but preliminaries. It was
•luring the closing hours of the first
battle of Cananea, fought March 23,
24 and 25, 1913, that the grand nnd
final attempt was made, and the In
dians failing In this, became the re
ligious slaves of the harness maker.
The night before the battle, 60 Vil
llstas, under command of Capt. Alvaro
Dieguez, visited Cananea and, break
ing Into the little Watson home, de
manded gold. Watson, being deaf and
dumb, could not understand the sol
diers. Angered at what they deemed
his refusal to comply with their de
mund, Captain Dieguez stood the un
happy man and bis wife against the
wall of their bedroom. A firing squad
had already formed opposite them,
when the cry of the third child at
tracted the officer's attention.
Seized with a suddeD inspiration.
Dieguez went over to the crib and
lifted the infant out. Then he snatched
up the diminutive mattress. Gold
rained onto the floor. The crib was
Watson’s hiding place for his horde.
The baby's cries had saved its parents’
lives, for the Mexicans, having got
what they sought, left the couple un
harmed.
Hardly had the Villistas galloped
out of the town before the advance de
tachment of the federal troops gal
loped in from the south. An hour
later a hatkss peon raced through
the streets crying out that a large force
of eonstttucionatistns—the Carranza
troops—were approaching.
It was on the third day of the fight
ing when victory was assured for the
constitucionallstas, that the Taquis re
membered the “evil spirit” and set
about a united effort to crush it, in
the person of the harness maker. A
small band of Indians, a score, per
haps, happened to approach the Wat
son home and deployed cautiously to
the rear. There they saw the harness
maker seated calmly on a fence whit
tling a stick with a jack-knife. He
had heard nothing of the battle going
on around him, and was totally uncon
scious that anything was wrong.
Hate Turns to Worship.
It appeareJ to be “easy picking” for
the Indiana They leveled their guns
and took pot shots.
The combined reports of their weap
on roared like cannon, and a score of
bullets whizzed past Watson’s head.
Miraculously he escaped being hit. and
being deaf, lie beard nothing. Calmly
he continued whittling his stick.
The Indians were nonplused. They
held a pow-wow for discussion of the
miracle. Tremendously affected, the
Indians suddenly dashed forward and
began the execution of a religious war
dance around the mute. No longer did
they believe him accursed with an
“evil spirit,” but rather blessed with
the spirit for good, which defied even
bullets.
Even until his death, refugees who
knew the man declare lie wielded a
vast influence with the Indians, acting
as their mentor often in matters of
grave importance to them. Nor did
they ever attribute tile “spirit for
good" within him to the fact that he
was a mute.
YOUNG GIRL A HOMESTEADER
Miss Rogers Will Raise Fruit Upon
Land She Preempted in
Arkansas.
Mountain Borne, Ark.—Miss Nettie
Rogers, eighteen years old. has filed
a homestead claim on 150 acres of iund
on Flint ridge and will engage in fruit
raising and truck farming.
Miss Rogers is u recent graduate
from the Monticello agricultural
school. She is also the youngest home
steader in this part of the state and
one of the very few women who have
manifested the grit to attempt to cul
tivate a rough mountain tract of land
in tins vicinity.
Her homestead is adaptable to fruit
and truck growing, and Miss Rogers
believes that what she learned at the
Monticello school, sustained by the
personal effort that she is prepared to
apply to cultivation of the soil, will
bring an adequate reward.
CALLS DOG BY TELEPHONE
Canine Recognizes His Master's
Voice and Immediately Beats
It for Home.
Rochester, N. Y.—Will McKay had
to telephone his dog Nipper to come
home. Nipper went in a hurry when
his master phoned. Nobody else hud
been able to make him budge.
Will and Nipper went to Lake Keu
ka from Penn Yan to fish Sunday. Nip
per wandered and McKay returned the
seven miles home without hint. Mc
Kay's host telephoned that Nipper had
shown up, but wouldn't go home.
"Put him on the phone,” said Mc
Kay. It was done.
“Nipper, come home right away,"
said McKay, sternly.
Nipper barked "Yes, sir; all right,"
or something like tliut, into the mouth
piece and dashed madly for Penn Yan.
Hardy English Sparrows.
Augusta, Me.—A pair of English
sparrows have built their nest In the
mortar which hangs over the entry to
a pharmacy here. The mortar is made
of brass and illuminated at night by
an electric light inside it, but the glare
does not seem to disturb the birds.
RED CROSS DOG VALUABLE
Red Cross dog returning after a
“scouting expedition” oVer the battle
field at Verdun, with the helmet of
a wounded, deserted soldier whom he
has discovered. The dog assists in
the finding of the wounded strewn
over the battlefield so that they may
be brought into *he hospital. This
photo Illustrates dhly one of the many
tasks that the Red Cross dog has
cut out for him.
GETS $11,100 FOR A BULL,
Farmer Farm Hand Develops Animal
That Breaks World's Record
'*■ for Value. !
Lafayette, Ind.—Fifteen years ago
Jim Price was a farm employee at the
Shadeland stock farm in this county.
A tew days ago James Price of Ona
laska, Wis., sold a Hereford bull at an
auction sale in Knnsas City for $11,1110
the highest price ever paid for such
un animal. Jim Price, the farm ern
ployee, and James Price, the Hereford
breeder, are one and the same.
Price saved a few hundred dollars,
bought some cheap laud in Wisconsin
for $10 an acre and begun breeding
fairly good cows and began to build
up his stock. His friends here began
to hear vague rumors that he was suc
ceeding. But they heard little definite
Dews until they learned he had raised
a Hereford bull that had broken the
world’s record for value.
Price now has one of the finest Here
ford herds in the world.
GET ANGRY ‘SPIES’
IN NIGHT CHASE
Weird Gleams of Light on the
Mesa a Puzzle to the
Guardsmen.
SCOUTS SOLVE THE MYSTERY
Expedition Nets Two Indignant Gen
tlemen, Who Explain Their Busi
ness and Express Their Opin
ion of "Military Fellers."
El Paso. Tex.—Lights on the mesa I
Mysterious gleams that shot through
the smothering dark high over the
camps of the state Guardsmen, Fort
Bliss and the sleeping city of El Paso.
Two bobbing, flashing shafts of light
that showed now here, now there—but
always where field glasses on the Mex
ican side could observe their peculiar
movements.
Small wonder that the mllitinmen,
newly dumped into a zone of martial j
atmosphere, were thrilled. Strange, |
indeed, if the weird lights did not j
bring to mind at once the thought of
spies lurking in the hills over El Paso
and signaling military positions and
troop movements to the Mexican side I
of the Bio Grande.
For two nights the officers at bri
gade headquarters camp watched the
lights through their glasses.
Puzzles Army Veteran.
“If it's signal work, it's the strnng- i
est I ever saw.” said a regular army
veteran. ”1 can't make it out. There j
don’t seem to he any sense to it.” j
“That's because it's Mexican.” com- ;
mented another. “Besides, it may be
code.”
On the third night a little band of
scouts was selected, and us “taps”
was sounded they started into the hills
to take the trail of the mystery.
Scarcely had the scouts left camp
when the mysterious lights appeared
again over the mesa. Little stabs of
light gleamed through the night and
were gone, to flash after a bit some
where else.
“If the boys hurry they’ll get ’em,”
said the officer with the field glasses, J
observing the piay of lights.
There followed a tense period of
waiting. Then came—
Bang! Bang!
Carrying far through the clear air i
came the staccato of two quick shots.
Oue of the lights wavered a moment
and then streaked downward like a
falling star.
“They’ve got ’em 1” exclaimed onq
of the watchers. "The one that
dropped went right down the face of
the mesa 1”
Half an hour later the sound of
shuffling feet told of the return of the !
scouting expedition. There were other j
noises. Two other noises, to be exact. 1
Two voices raised in high complaint.
“Won't do you no good 1” the ser
geant's voice responded. “Tell all that
to the commanding officer.”
They came into the circle of light I
made by the lantern at headquarters j
tent.
The Mystery Is Solved.
"We found ’em right on the mesa,
sir,” reported the sergeant. “They
had lanterns and electric flashlights.
When we came we scared ’em. One of
’em started to run. I fired my rifle
in the air and he fell over the mesa.
But he didn’t fall far.”
The commanding officer faced the
prisoners. Both of them began talk
ing at once. One of them used Span
ish curses with great vehemence and
might have been an Indian, n Mexican
or a lifelong resident of the desert.
The other did not need two languages
to curse but otherwise answered the
same description.
“You military fellers think you’re
all-fired smart,” he said “Gotn’
nround and arrestin’ peaceable citi
zens like me and Jake here. We’ve
lived in these parts man and boy for
nigh to forty years, and we ain't safe
from a lot of fresh young gays who
think they own the world because they
wear silver dewdnds on their collars.
I'm Cactus Charlie Peterson and my
pnrdner is Poisonous Schultz.”
“But what were you doing on the
mesa?” asked the commanding officer.
"We're prospectors, dag-nab it!”
cried Cactus Charles. "And we've been
prospecting up in them hills at night
so we could stay outen the hot sun.”
It was very disappointing. Bui the
mystery was solved.
“If you find n mine up there come
back.” said the commanding officer,
“aud I’ll buy some stock in the thing.”
BEANS-BAKER GIVES RECIPE
Navy Cock Who Has Prepared 124,960
Gallons Tells How He
Does It.
Cleveland, O.—Baked beans may be
Boston’s forte, but Pat Finnegan, cook
on the naval training ship Dorothea,
stationed here, knows a thing or two
about that delicacy. He's been bak
ing them for 20 years—for 17 years he
was cook on a United States battleship
—and he has prepared 124,960 gullons
of baked beans. .
Here’s his recipe for beans: "Begin
with the best navy beans: soak 'em one
hour in cold water; then boll two
hours slowly; put salt pork in while
lioiling; bake three hours in a slow
oven, with plenty of molasses and a
pinch of mustard. A whole onion adds
a tasty flavor.”
Woman of 85 in College.
Berkeley, Cal.—Probably the oidest
college student in the United States,
Mrs. Amy D. Winshlp, eighty-five
years of age, will soon be enrolled at
the University of California.
She is coming here from the Cnl-«
versity of Wisconsin, where she was a
student. Mrs. Winship, who laid the
foundation of her education in a log
schoolhouse in Illinois in 1847, started
her university career several years
ago at the Ohio State university. Re
cently she specialized in botany, phys
ics and international law.
DIVERSIFICATION TELLS STORY
OF SUCCESS 0FFL08I0A FARMER
When Frost Killed His Orange Trees He Turned His Attention to
Good Pastures, Live Stock, Leguminous Crops, Large Plows
and Strong Teams—Improved His Herd of Cattle by Pur
chase of Purebred Shorthorn Sire.
(By G. H. ALFORD. State Demonstration
Agent. Maryland.)
S. H. Gaitskill. McIntosh. Fla.,
came to the state in 1884 anti began
growing oranges, but did not sell his
Kentucky farm for some years after '
he came to Florida. He was quite well
satisfied with his orange-growing ven
ture until the freeze of 1895 killed all
of his trees. This freeze was a great j
shock and the orange grower did not
know what to do. Mr. Gaitskill started
to rebud and build up his grove, but
did not feel that it was advisable to
rely upon oranges for everything and
began to grow corn, hay and other
crops for man and beast. Prior to the
f 'ceze he made no effort to grow feed,
hat used seme of his orange money to j
buy everything he needed. He soon
learned that he could grow very fine ,
crops of corn. hay. oats, peas and j
other general farm crops and finally
decided tc raise good live stock to |
consume the crops grown. Having de
cided tc go into the live-stock business
ho sold his Kentucky farm and bought
an old sugar plantation adjoining his
farm and proceeded to make the grow
ing of pork and beef his main work.
Bought Purebred Shorthorns.
Mr. Gaitskill was not satisfied to
through the winter with very little
feed, except what is obtained from
the fields.
Silo Is Useful.
He built his silo for the cows and
calves when the grass does no! prove
sufficient to keep them in good con
dition. It is not a winter or summer
silo, but is used at any time during the
year when the silage is needed.
He grows a great variety of crops
end has good grazing crops for his five
stock J2 months in the year. He uses
no fertilizer on his land. He grows
leguminous crops to feed the live
siock and the live stcck spreads the
manure over the farm. The growing
of leguminous crops tills the soil full
of nitrogen, adds immense quantities
of humus to the soil and furnishes the
most valuable grazing for ali kinds of
live stock.
Mr. Gaitskill uses large plows and
strong teams and turns under large
quantities of vegetable matter to fur
nish humus. He does not abuse his
land by burning off the vegetable mat
ter and plowing with a one-horse plow
He is planning to get a tractor, plow
deep, turn under vegetable matter and
grew better crops each year.
Good pastures, good live stock, legu
Gaitskill Home—Shorthorn Heifers in Foreground.
work with the native stock, but went
to Kentucky and bought some pure
bred Shorthorn bulls and a few pure
bred females and bred the native caws
to the Shorthorn bulls. Improvement
was very rapid and he now has a very
tine let of cattle, as the picture shows.
In the meantime he continued the
work of rebuilding his crange greves
and now has tig trees in his large
orchards. He has indulged in some
truck-growing for the northern mar
kets and has made quite a bit of money
from his shipments. He grows some
cabbage and watermelons, but he does
not advise the average farmer to at
tempt truck on a large scale and do
general farming at the same time. He
says that vegetables must be given
the best care and attention at the
proper time. He is gradually quitting
all truck crops except watermelons.
He plants from 40 to 60 acres every
year and plants velvet beans in the
melcn field at the last cultivation. The
velvet beau is a fine crop for fattening
all kinds of live stcck and transfers
large quantities of nitrogen to the
coil. .
Peanuts for Hogs.
He plants peanuts for the hogs to
harvest after eating the small and bad
Bhaped melons. He plants corn and
rmnous crops, large plows and strong
teams tell the story of Mr. Gaitskill'e
success on the farm.
MILK IS GOOD FOR CHICKENS
One of Most Valuable Poultry Feeds
Available cn Farm—Encourages
Hene to Lay.
The most valuable poultry food
available on most farms is milk. Many
farmers feed all their surplus milk to
the hogs. Miik, when fed to the hogs,
makes flesh that sells for seven or
eight cents a pound. When fed to
f :ultry, especially during the winter
months, it makes eggs that sell for 26
cents a pound, and flesh that brings
twice the price ordinarily offered for
hogs. And besides, in discriminating
markets, milk-fed poultry always seiie
for a premium.
Given all the milk they will con
sume, hens will lay well In season and
out of season. One cannot overfeed '
cf milk. It is safe to keep it before
the hens always.
The vessels in which the miik is fed
should be washed and scalded daily.
Earthenware crocks are the best for
' the feeding of milk since they are eas
Cattle on Gaitskill Farm, Near McIntosh, Fia.
arter filling the silc breaks the land
from which the silage corn was cut
and sows cow peas. The corn ripens
in August and he gathers it in Sep
tember, and turns the hogs in. He
uses the hogs to clean up crops that
would otherwise go to waste. He puts
the hogs in the velvet bean field tn
which he plants corn and the hogs
fatten rapidly on the beans and corn.
He plants large fields of corn and
\ilvet beans in alternate rows. He
says he can make more corn by plant
ing in five-foot rows with a row of
beans down each middle than he can
get in three and a half or four-foot
rows. The corn is gathered and the
beans grazed by ail kinds of live stock.
The grazing season is long and the
cattle do well r-n native grasses until
about December 1. The cattle are then
turned on a field of velvet beans and
fatten very rapidly. The velvet beans
make beef of a very fine quality. Large
numbers of his cattle usually go
ily cleaned. If wooden troughs or ves
sels are used, they will, in a very short
time, become so fouled that thorough
cleaning is almost impossible.
If only a limited quantity of milk Is
available for the hens, the better way
of feeding it is to use it in moistening
the mash. When used for this pur
pose the milk will be evenly distrib
uted to the dock.
SECURE GOOD YIELD OF CORN
Selection, Curing and Testing Ars
Three of Most Important Factors
to Be Considered.
A good yield of Iftrn depends upon
a number of factort of which three
of the most important are the selec
tion, the curing and the testing of the
seed. Under average farm conditions,
the proper amount of care taken in se
curing the best seed will be more
than repaid.
GOOD MIXTURE FOR SILAGE
Alfslfa and Sweet Sorghum Found to
Ee Satisfactory by Nebraska
Experiment Station.
Indications are that excellent silage
can be made with mixtures of alfalfa
and sweet sorghum, according to si
lage investigations in progress at the
agricultural experiment station of
Nebraska. Such mixtures, containing
one-half alfalfa and one-half sorghum
cane, put up on a small scale, give
perfect silage three months after silo
ing. The acidity is somewhat lower
than normal silage, but this does not
seem to impair the keeping qualities.
Further investigations of this subject
are in progress, hut the present re
sults would indicate that a farmer
might safely put equal parts of alfalfa
and well-matured sorghum cane In his
silo with expectation of securing a
good quality of silage.
An acre of pasture furnishes ample
grazing for 12 1 bO-pound shoals.
