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innnirilsyhi StarBand gaeden. fi attars ,j. OF INTEnEST TO ACJtCULTUniSTS. Sontn Ip-tftS'ljUio lllnf. Aliont Cnltlva- tlon of fbOoll nnit Yllil Tlirrool llorllruHVef Vltlsiilliira nil I'lurl culturof rf IL. jITHIN TUB LAST ' th r a o or four montlm I h a v c made several trips amounting to six thousand miles, ex tending through the states ot Indiana, llllnolH, Missouri, Knnsao, Colorado, Nobrnskn, Iowa, and Into and Kentucky, Tennessee, -&. through Ohio, Llnunma and Georgia. In these "revcrnl trips have been a cIopo observer from tho car window, and thotigh had been over most of the routes traveled, It was no less inter esting to mo this time, for the diversity of soil and climatic Influences arc per ceptibly noticeable as we pass through tho different sections ot country. No wherf i do the methods of farm ing present a. better nppcarenco of thrift and homo-UUo ourroundlngs tlan In sections whoro diversified farming Js systeni.ntlmlly engaged in from year to year by which tho farmer Krows ns many or itfttrly nil tho staple en ps required to moot tho drmridJ of lils own wanta. .uid by converting tho products Uiub grown to a lilglnr rate of values rciiJ for use, weh as beef, pork, mutton, poultry, ogu, but ter, etc. The all corn, whont, cotton or what not class of farmers aro 11s twlly tnnro dependent upon others and the uncertainties of market Influences that causo an unhappy .ondlllon In their accounts. The crops In localities appeared to bo exceptionally good, but In many, sdtori. to a very poor crop, and belli ro the corn crop has-tfiHfn! very much ovoresil mat ed by tho reports. Ccrn U Belling too low to be of any practical value to the producer in districts where lu cents per bushel Is ns much ns It now com mands. Of a middle etntea farmer it has been said, "plenty ot corn, plenty ot every thing," which I would talcs to mean h? has plenty of choan food to allow lib eral feeding for the minus kinds of stock, converting it Into many useful articles- necessary for "getting on well." ' In some eefctlonH of tho West corn docs not mean so much for the situation or tho producer has not the advantages of obtaining those results, and Is com pelled to submit to tho lnovltnblo by taking what over ho can get after freight and commission aro paid. Mlello, in Parmer's Review. i V Munurea. The dead plant Is prcpnrcd for feed ing the growing plant through tho ac tion of Xnlcrodemea or bacteria or, to use a name that will becomo general nmong formers, ferments; low orders of plant llfjslmllar to what raises bread or ripens, cream. Thero Is much to learn regarding the processes, but It has been fairly wqll settled that each successive step is taken by a dlfforent living or ganism. Tho practical value of this comes from the necessary conditions to have the dead plant manure changed to soluble phint food and this is under the control of tho farmer. According to Warrington ammonia is mado llrst, nItrHes next, then nitrates. The plant mny feed on all of them, ns all are soluble, but the organisms mny change ammonia and nitrites to nitrates beforo the plant feeds upon them, as condi tions favorablo to plant growth fnvor nitrification, that is, heat and moisture suitable, together with tho ingredients necessary to form tho nitrates, which manure supplies. Light Is not favor able to nltrlflcattou. So wo conclude that manure spread on tho surfaco in dry weather must wnit until rains wash it into tho soil. If it is put on lightly, in the spring, grass may caver and shade it so that the organisms can work. If manuro is plowed under in our soil from four to six Inches the molfituro and heat will bo suitable, for forming nitrates or soluablo plant food. It manuro 13 packed solidly In a pit It will not nitrify If kept wet and cold, and If put la a great heap In winter, whllo the -weather is cold It will not produce nlhfates until turned over In the spring, because tho oxygen In the air is a' necessity In tho process. A heap of manuro loft In the barnyard all summer will wasto on tho outside, because it gets too much air, while at some distance from the outside It will have proper conditions for nitrification, und when rains come thoy will dlssolvo the nitrates and wash tho solution away. So manuro heaps carried over Bhould be covered to avoid this, and kept moist and cool to prevent II ro fanglng or loss ot ammonia In gaseous shape. A loose heap of manuro will thus waste away, and in the fall a load of It is of no more value, It as much, than a load of greon manure. We must then spread the green manure at once on tho surface or plow It un der, or put it in condition to make ni trates and then keop tho rains off. It is not practical to put manure in cold stornge, nor to build houses for it. The best wo can do is to put the. fresh manure on the land. Thero is no loss from sun drying, and when rains corao they will waeh It Into the soil, where the ferments can reduco it to plant food. Prof. James Wilson. Viiluo of Pnrm Products, Tho annual report of the secre tary of agriculture, which has just bcon issued, statos that the farm products for the year ending June 30 last are estimated p to bo worth $2,300,000. 000. Tho products ot those farms were not onlv siiCleiont to fa l Xw all the town and city populations anjlytio Utter bending under the heaviest a. large number of people in tho rura districts whoso attention nnd energies woro dovoted to othor occupations than agricultural pursuits, but thero was enough of a surplus to export to tho value of $553,215,347, 75 per cent going to European countries. Tho agricult ural exporta or tho country constituted C9.G3 per cont of tho whole. Tho secretary of agriculture estimates that thero aro 40,000,000 of tho total population who do not live on farms, so that one-third of tho population only wna engaged in producing tho" vnst amount indicated by tho figures given. Tho year covered by tho report, com paratively speaking, was not n, good one for tho farmers. In many sections of tho west thero was a total falluro of crops in consequence of long-continued drouths, so thnt a much better showing would have been made had tho year bcon an average one. I'orcstrj In Iiiill. Government forestry seems to bo a success in India. Tho inspector-general of forcstfl for India is now in this country nnd ho gives nn interesting account of tho management in thnt country. He says it has taken eighteen years of legislation to got tho kind ot laws needed, but thoy have succeeded. Now the permanency ot tho big forests Is assured nnd the government will get a hnndsomo Income from them. Tho government Is gradually obtaining possession of all tho forest lands and now haB 80,000 squaro miles ot wooded '. country under supervision. Tho gov ernmont nt Intervals gives notice that It Intends to tnko a certain piece of forest land so many miles In size, and claimants hnvo six montliB in which to appear nnd prove their claims. An in dividual or town, probably, baa a dc scrlptlvo right to tnko building timber from tho forest In question. That right is proved and settled perma nently, nnd thereafter only, such trees ns are marked by tho Inspector can be cut. In IJurmnh nlono thero aro over 1,000 different kinds of forcht trees and the study there Is to propa gato tho valuablo species and weed out those that aro not. Rural Life. Tillage and Fertility Tho fact that tho rocky particles ot tho hoil arc tho source of phosphoric acid and nitrogen, nnd that they nro dorlvcd by dissolving of tho rock, makes tillage a source of fertility, slnco It tends to tho more rapid disintegration ot these rocky par ticles. If these particles were as easily dissolved as tho grains of sugar or snlt, our soil resource would sooner bo destroyed by excess of molsturo or by too frequent cultivation. Ono of tho great sources of depletion of soil lsho too frequent cropping, which menns double or triple depletion. First, tho crop, bo.lt hay, grain, wool, meat or milk, taken from tho farm, removes fertility. Second, tho tillage unlocks tho phosphoric ncld and potash from tho rock, nnd makes a larger portion available for tho plants. Third, tho land left bare much of tho year declines In the per cont ot nitrates. This Inst Is a more Important source of loss than Is commonly understood. Trill Tin tlin TTnlnn -ITfia nnv rf.ii1rr ever tried Dr. Brndon's plan for Im proving muddy roads by covering tho I low places with straw, coarse hay, weeds or other such trash? Wo thought tho Idea worth trying In places where marsh grass abounds, on tho borders of sloughs. A largo amount of such fill ing could bo applied very easily and cheaply there, and If It Is found to do tho work satisfactorily, as wo think It will. It would bo another case In which naturo provides an easy remedy for tho ailments she permits to befall us. Tlio plant whose root cures snake blto Is said to grow always In places whero venomous serpents abound. Whcro bad roads aro apt to bo In their worst condition, In tho low ground, the reeds nnd tho tough, coarse grasses do most abound. Let us glvo this cheap road material n trial beforo wo laugh at It as foolish to think seriously about. Indiana Farmer. Profit In Apples. Apples pay If tho producer can get 20 cents a bushel for them on tho tree. Tho only hopo of making tho raising of fruit pay Is to ship It to Europo, whero good apples are Bcarce. For this purpose the ut most caro must bo observed in packing. Tho rest of tho crop that cannot be con sumed at home and mado into elder, cider jelly and vinegar can bo fed prof itably to llvo stock. Apple-fed pork Is a delicacy. Tho peoplo of tho United Statos, too, ought to eat more apples than they do. Nothing Is more con ducive to health nnd long life. This cnr they will havo a chance to indulgo their appctltlos with the choicest fruit, which is abundant. Ex. Cultivated or Uncultivated Trees. The Nebraska agricultural sta tion has Issued a bulletin from which tho following practicable con clusions are drawn. Trees In cultivat ed ground havo darker and more vig orous follago than those in sod ground, with less yellowing, dropping of leaves or wilting In hot, wludy days. Apples avoraged fourteen per cont greater weight on cultivated than on pnsturo land, and 17 per cent greater than on mowed land. As to moisture, for every 100 barrels ot water In twenty inches depth of soil or sod land, thero were 140 In cultivated land. Evaporation, as anyone- might suppose, waB found pro portionate to tho velocity of wind. Apples in Missouri. Missouri is claiming to bo a formidable rival to the best known apple growing statc3. Apples arc a surer growth In Missouri than In either Now York or Michigan bocauso of the milder climate, it is assorted. In the Ozark country the crop has failed only three times in the past twenty-five yoars. This year Missouri alouo will furnish from 512,000,000 to $15,000,000 worth. Orchards of hun dreds of acre are no groat novelty in tho prolific Osark country. Ex-Secretary of Agriculture Norman J. Caiman has G.000 pear troes and 2,000 apple trees, yield they have over borne. Ex. THE FUTURE OF RUSSIA. Anstrlnn I.oclnlator Who llollevn Sim I)eilro In Conitirr thn World. From a pamphlot by a member of the Austrian Legislature; Tho czar rules over a territory more than 9,000,000 j square miles In extent. That is twlco as much as China, two and n half times , as much as tho United States, flvo times as largo as all Europe, forty-ono times na largo as Germany, and fifty tlmeB as largo an France. Itussla's population la more numerous than that of any two European powers outsldo their colonics, ami liusBla's population Increases much fnstcr. At tho end of tho century It will bo greater than that or tho triplo alli ance. Russia follows tho cxpnnBlvo force within her, nnd alms at the. rule of tho world. The czar regards hlrasolf as tho king of kings, and tho samo vlow Ib held by his people. To this very day ono may hear Russians mako tho nalvo nseortion that tho Crimean war was nothing but a rebellion of tho French, ' English and Turks against tho power of tho czar. Tho Russians wnnt Con stantinople because thoy regard them- ! selves na tho hclra of eastern Rome. In Asia they mean to obtain tho empire of Genghis and Tamcrlnnc. Can Europo defend herself against Russia? Na- polcon I. wob ot tho opinion that a war- j like, cnterprlalng cznr could soon reach : Calais with his army and become tho supreme ruler of Europo's destinies. But. Russia in not given to sudden lm- pulsco; she advances slowly. The triplo alliance was created because tho powers of Europo ceo tho danger but coalitions liko this nearly nlways loso tho right moment to act, and Russia knows woll ; how to make uso of tho jealousies of tho ' European powers. If tho French poll- j ticians could judge calmly they would j seo that they risk their colonies In their hopo to regain Alsace-Lorraine, and , thoy would becomo suspicious of Hub- j sla. A Fronch statesman very justly j says: "itussla is Germany's onemy to- I day; to-morrow, whon wo have over come Germany, Russia will bo our onemy." But common senso nlono docs not rulo the world; passion, too, has Its Influence. Many ycara must pass be foro tho French glvo up their IdeaB of revenge. Tho only defense against Russia Is strict watchfulness on tho part of tho triple alliance, assisted by England. Under theso circumstances Europo may experience surprises great er than tho moot pessimistic now ex pect. Rusln can count upon Franco's assistance, and may suddenly find allies among the Slavonic nations. And. Russia has tho advantago of autocratic leadership. The powers which form tho triplo alliance cannot act without a council. Russia, therefore, has tho In itiative, and enn choose her own tlmo for tho attack. It Is difficult to say whether tho diplomats of Europo will be equal to tho emergency. This much Is certain: Tho balance ot power Is turning more In favor of Russia, henco .nil who value tho civilization of west ern Europo cannot fall to rogard tho future with apprehension. A (Jnn.tlon of Ancestry. Abraham Ilayward, tho famous Quar terly loviewcr, onco thought that ho would llko to havo some ancestors, so ho walked straight to a plcturo dealer's. Selecting a portrait of a cavalier in half armor, with features not qulto unlike his own, Mr. Ilayward mado a bid for It, but deeming the price asked too high, ho went his way. A few days later Mr. Hayward went to dlno with Lord Houghton, and was astonished to find tho plcturo in tho dining-room. Seeing that It attracted his guest's attontlon, Lord Houghton said; "Very good plc turo that! Camo Into my hands in a curious way. Portrait of a Milnos of tho commonwealth period an ancestor ot mine." "Ah, Indeed!" said Mr. Hay ward; "ho was very near being an an cestor of mino." An Important Intention. Wnlter T. Forbes of Atlanta, Gn., has invented a process for decorticating ramlo fiber, which Is on exhibition at tho exposition. "The work of Mr. Forbes," says tho Atlanta Constitution, "Is at tho moment displayed in the Royal Kew gardens, at the Haarlem exposition in Holland, and also In Aus tria. Mr. Forbes Is now In England, and every fibr process known to that peoplo has boon pitted against him. Nevertheless, his procoss, being the choapest and moBt effective ever In vented, hns stood tho tost. His fiber has been woven luto tho finest yams over seen, and has been woven Into cloths that aro as beautiful as thoso that used to como out of India." Moklnc Ilailm lloll. Then up spako tho North Dakota man: "We had a paper out in North wood called tho Headlight. It began business by saying: " 'The Headlight proposes to boll hell down to a half pint and to administer It at a single doso.' Just after this an nouncement tho office took flro and burned to Its foundations, whereupon Major A. W. Edwards, then of the Far go Argus, but now of the Dally Forum, said In his cool, clever way: " 'It seems that while tho editor of tho Headlight was boiling hell down to a half plnt.tho blasted thing tipped over on a red hot stove nnd thero you are.' " Tho Newspaper Maker. Swimming Should lln Taught. The Volunteer Llfo Savors ot Now York havo sent a request to the board of education and to the city superin tendent asking that swimming bo taught ns a part of tho school curricu lum. Colonol J. Wesley Jones says that the reports for the pa6t year show that a great number of children's lives havo boen lost from inability to bwIui, and suggests that swimming boLnught regularly in the public baths or in lnrge tanks provided in tho basomont of schools. DEMOCRATIC PARTY. COMPARISON WITH REED'S CON QRESS IS ODIOUS INDEED. U'lillo tho Country HitfTnrs Koctl nntl II U 1'rc Itl nit lilt lloom St unci In llio Wnjr Opinion of Lending Aiiiorlcnit .Jour nal!. In his Inaugural address to the house Speaker Read Intimated that he should favor tho adoption of a do-nothing policy by congress. Ho said in sub ntanco that the last republican cou grcps was applauded for what it did, and that probably this congress would receive applause for what It failed to do. Speaker Reed, to tho extent of his power, so far Ib enforcing on congress a do-nothing policy. Congress met nnd Reed was elected speaker Dec. 2. The president's message was dollvered next day. Since that tlmo nothing has been done except to adjourn from duy to day or to adjourn Thursday to tho follow ing Monday. The republican members arc scrambling nnd quarreling over committee places, which nro valuable, as tho committees control legislation, and In this congress nearly all legisla tion will bo stuffed with boodle. It is usoless to say that Mr. Reed came among a lot of strangers, was elected unexpectedly to the speaker ehlp and had to mako himself acquaint ed with a throng of new men beforo ho could organize the committees. It has been understood for a year that he would be elected speaker of this con grcsB. The members commenced their term of ollice March 4. He has had over a year to le3rn all about the mem bers of tho body thnt has chosen him ns its presiding oillcer. Ho might have had his committee appointments ready in tin co days after congress met. Es pecially ho should have been as ready then as he is now to select the chair men of tho leading committees, for In nearly all cases they will be men with whom he has been associated In the house for a dozen years or more. Tho appointment of the committees has been delayed co long that tho mem bers already nro scattering to their homes for tho Christmas holidays. This Indicates that tho committees arc not expected to meet and consider measures of legislation until long after the now year opens, and perhaps not then. As soon ns the names of tho committee men are announced an adjournment will bo had to tho second week in Jan uary. It will bo tho middle or tho end of the month before the members get back again and settle down to busi ness. The republican common scolds and disturbers of the public peace have de nounced President Cleveland from Washington several day3 while nego tiations relating to Venezuela were suspended and tho report of Secretary Carlisle on tho condition of the treas ury awaited his approval. This lo mere self-stultlflcatlon. The republicans know that they could not do anything either with Venezuela or the finances until their congressional committees were appointed and organized. Prob ably they will not do anything then. Speaker Reed says that they expect public approval "for what thoy fall to do." Why, then, are they Indignant at President Cleveland because he does not move actively forward, opur thorn to action and force them to abandon a policy ot do-nothlnglsm which thoy de clared at the start they should follow to the end? Chicago Chronicle, Dec. 1G. Accomplish Nothing. Pressure ot public business will not, it seems, deter tho hnrd-worklng rep resentatives ot tho United States In con gress assembled from taking their reg ular Christmas vacation of eighteen dnysr Thus far in their session they havo accomplished only the election of a partisan speaker who was In fact elected a year ago last November and tho pnssago of a slnglo resolution oth er than those to adjourn. A majority of tho members of the house declnro that the treasury is in dire need of more levenue, but they havo done noth ing to provide It; thoy Insist the sheep will not grow and be woolly like the West without tariff protection, but thoy have done nothing to temper tho financial wind to tho shorn lamb. Be hind a speaker afraid of his boom pub lic legislation lags obstructed. It Is some years since the Republican party had a good chance to save the nation and, now, that opportunity offers, Its representatHes in congress turn from tho task of saving and rush away to unearned Christmas dinners. The rat tle of knife and fork succeeds their clamor for the renowal of McKlnleyism. Having satisfied tholr appetites for spoils, they turn from duty to another gorge. Clearly it is to bo a do-nothing congress, but a Republican congress usually Is when It does not do some thing disastrous. A merry Christmas to the scattering solons. There are few Issues of public policy which will not be in better hands while they aro away than when they roturn. Chicago Chronicle, December 20. An to 1'i.rty Disloyalty. A Chicago newspaper which once was able to discriminate a difference botween taxation for public purposes and taxation for prlvato benefits has thla to say: "It cannot bo that Presi dent Cleveland nnd Secretary Carlisle thlnk-they would be disloyal to tholr own party If they should recommend nn increase of duties to meet tho neces sities of tho government." It can indoed be that they think Just this. Their own party has doclnred through Its ouly authoritative organ, its national .convention, thnt taxation for any other purpose than that ot raising rovenue for public purposes is unjusti fiable and wrong. It has doelarod that tho ei.erciiw ot the taxing power in such wis as to enrich the few at the expense of the mnny or to enrich any nt tho expense of others is robbery. No matter what may be tho position of a little handful of senators who call themselves Democrats, this Is the posi tion of the Democratic part as author itatively declared. It follows that the president nnd tho secretary of tho treasury would be dls. loyal to their party nn well as to their own convictions or duty if they were to recommend such nn Increase of du ties as the Republicans propose. Any such lucrense would put flvo times us much in private pockets as it would put in tho public treasury. New duties on articles not produced In this country on a commercial Bcale, such as tea and coffee, would produce revenuo without taxing the people, to enrich classes. But why recommend anything such thing to a Republican house of representatives? Everybody knows that nothing would result. Chi cago Chronicle. Thron Truths for tho Fnrnicr. Philadelphia Record: If the Ameri can farmer will consider this raattei calmly and without prejudice, ho will becomo conscious of three truths. First, thnt a trlff levied for "protection" must increase tho price of everything ho buys, because the production of such things can be, and has been, limited by tho trusts nnd combinations which havo monopolized their manufacture. Second, that It can add" nothing to tho prlco of what ho sella, because It is not within the power of any possible com bination of farmers to limit agricultural production, and the price of the surplus must necessarily regulate tho prlco of all. Third, that the only possible out let for this surplus Is to bo found In foreign markets; and n protective tariff hinders its sale in those markets, be causo in order to be protective it must forbid tho acceptance of the only things that foreigners have to give In exchange. Sherman' C'ontr.tdlctor.v Course. Boston Post: Senator Sherman ad vocates a step backward to McKlnley ism lu order to Increase the revenue. Ho says that all the present trouble comes from tho reduction of duties by tho Democratic tariff. How docs Sen ator Sherman reconcllo his advice with tho fact that the Democratic tariff ha3 produced $35,000,000 more In Its first year than tho McKlnley tariff pro duced in its last year? Why should a productive tariff bo changed for an un productive tariff? Five years ago Sen ator Sherman and his Republican ns coclates fixed up the McKlnley tariff to reduce tho income; tho surplus in tho treasury under four years of Demo cratic administration had accumulated too greatly. Aided by Republican ex travagance, tho McKlnley tariff did the business only too effectually. Does Senator Sherman mean to say It would work the other way now? Now nnd Old Style fitalosincn. I New York World: The American statesman of the old school had lilo fail ings. But ho was a man. He did not soil himself to corporations. He was not a money-sack or the tool of money sacks. He did not go to Wall street to find his bosom friends and advisers. Ho believed In tho people and held It to be tho duty of all officeholders, from president to constable, to serve and represent them, not to attempt to rulo them in defiance of their will and against their Instructions. He was a man to love nnd to trust, and tho world loses much in losing him. And it hns certainly lost him. Tho Brices, the Smiths, tho Quays and tho Gormans re main. Ohio tho. Ofllceholder'ii Stuto. Indianapolis Journal: Ohio still maintains her old reputation of get ting to tho front. Fifteen members of tho present congress from other states aro natives of that state, Including sev en senators and eight representatives. Among theso aro Senators Elklns of West Virginia, Allison of Iowa and our own "tall sycamore of the Wabash." Representative Illtt, though elected from Illiuols, is a Buckeye by birth and a Hoosler by marriage. Repre sentative Hull of Iowa, formerly lieu tenant governor of that state, though born In Ohio, was brought up and ed ucated in this 3tatc. Thtiriiton Itornlnc III Pny. New York World: Senator Thurston ot Nebraska has Introduced in the sen ate a bill so obviously In tho Interest of tho Union Pacific road that there Is Bmall room for doubt that ho is sti'll tho paid attorney of thnt corporation. His proposition is to havo the govern ment's claims, growing out of subsidy bonds issued to aid tho construction of the road, disposed of at auction, no bid of less than GO per cent to bo accepted. Of all tho schemes evolved to discount the government's equity in tho Pacific road subsidy this, perhaps, is tho bold est. Democrats Court Inwitlgatlnn. Pittsburg Post: The Republicans propose a sort of drag-net investiga tion of the several executlvo depart ments, particularly tho treasury. That is right. Go ahead, gentlemen. The Cleveland administration Is ready to show its books. Tho severest scrutiny will more thancomparo favorably with Republican administrations, and only servo to show thnt as tin executive of ficer tho more he is investigated tho stronger the president will be with tho people. A Ilorso or u !)lfrrMit Color. Indianapolis Sontinol: Tho Repub lican papors aro very non-coramltui regarding tho rascalities that are being unearthed in Republican Philadelphia How they did lampoon Democratic New York and Tammany during tho Lexow Investigation. Have tho stories ot Philadelphia's wickedness resetted the ciorgy? Will they discuss it at th.e roisular weekly meeting today? Earliest Vcgatabltf Always Paj That's so, the editor hoars Mr. Mar ket Gardener say. Well why don't you have them? Simply becaueo you don't plnnt Snlzer's northern grown needs. His vegetables are bred to carllnoss nnd they never ,tJa1ipolnt you. Snlzer is tho largest fttffer of vegetables, farm 6ecd8. 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New York City. ,v ' vfiaaaBPw.k "" l,t" IM "1-IJI" : f iit -BaBP-X';. i SSBBWBBlaFPiaiWaVi-, tftY FflR tMMKmiS-yti rV?.Mla " " Kiaa!?S&. SaSaV F wi atnai - mm & WW ffJssaMll6'' aMntWi wfMwmmmmvL.w mm m c WTWaHuITPwusWiBBB".atr . a immzmam s SaSaSaSaSsMIraf'l r' " I 'WJ WA O J ''. PJfBBBBBBMBL.'flU'iWJil.lll:'! V VIH (!. y, " ! iii , w. a WtmmvmWSS ....' b X DO YOU KNOW . . . That the finest vegetables In the world are grown from oalzer's seeds? Why? Be cause they are Northern-grown, bred to earlinesi.nnd sprout ouiclcly, grow rapidly and produre enormcusf)! 35 Packages Earliest Vegetable Seeds, $ 1 . POTATOES IN 28 DAYS! . Just think of that! You can have them by plant ing Salter's seed. Try it this year I LOOK AT THESE YIELDS IN IOWA. Sliver Mine Oat 197 bu. per acre. Silver King Earley, 03 bu. per acre. Prolific SprincRje CO bu. per acre. Marvel Spring wheat, . . . 40bu.peraerc Giant Spurry, 3 tons per act e. Giant Incarnat Clover, . . 4 tons hay per acre. Potatoes 600 to 1,100 bu. per acre. Now.above yleldslowa farmers have had. A full list of farmers from your and adjoining states, doing equally well, is published in our catalogue. OLOVian 0X133X3. Enormous stocks of clover, timothy and grass seeds, grown especially for seed. Ah, it's fine! Highest quality, lowest prices! IF YOU WltL CUT THIS OUT AND SEND tT With 12c. In stamps.you will get our big catalogue and a sample of Pumpkin Yellow Watermelon sensation. Catalogue alone, 5c., tells how to get that potato. JOHN A. SALZER SEED CO.; LA CROSSE. WIS. N ASK YOUR DEALER FOR L Douglas S3- SHOE besvTorVhe If jou pay 84 to 80 for shoes, ex- jj amino tho V. L. Douglas Shoe, and 59 see what a good shoo ou can buy for W B OVER IOO STYLES AND WIDTHS, CONGltl'.SS, BUTTON, mid LACK, iiimln In nit li IiiiIh of tlial)PHt delect el leather by skilled work men. Wo innke und sell mora $3 Miorfl . tlinn any o t li a r miititifiKtiirer In tlin world, Nona genuine unless namo and price is stamped on the bottom. Ask our dealer for our 85, 84, H3.BO, 8'i.BO, 8S.S.1 Shoes; 82.S0, M'-J and 31.70 for boys. TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE. If ourdealtr cannot supply jou, send to tic tory, enclosing price and 30 cents to pay carriage. State kind, style of toe (cap or plain), sire and width. Our Custom IJept. will till our order. Send for new illus trated Catalogue to Uox It. W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass. AWKERS(MEraD8BLE Wi? BUNTING FLAGS; MCJr .rf-e- AV&j ie 1f4 FLAGS i:a III M V FLAO Euumra HZuSi? MM inuiul MANUFACTORY i to OMiBiuiY or coion fltUllHM JTRtNCtTHOf lUTERIAlir IHAMEHICA tHHI ' tlTlltlT. fiWimiSIII? V ElSTPCOCKtB ,.- r..' -'oien rftii PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM ClfaUisef and Uouunca tho fcalr. Vroiuo'Pt ft 1 ixunant proirth. Ucver Fail 3 to It cut ore Gray mmm iair o iib icuiciui voior. 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