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Preparing for the Strawberry Bed
Geo W Williams in a communica
ion to the Missouri State Board of
Agriculture says
Strawberries require a higher dryer
ocation than the blackberry They
will not live on wet land While there
zn be no iron clad rules to cultivate
strawberries by there are a few gen
aral rules that will hold good in near
y all soils The preparation of the
Sold should begin in the fall before
ettlng in the spring Never set straw
perry plants in tae fall If the land
js not well drained it can be aided
Icry much by a system of subsoiling
preaklng with an ordinary two horse
urning plow following each furrow
rIth another team hitched to a slim
strong bull tongue running the bull
ongue in the bottom of the furrow
fvhich breaks up the soil very deep
put does not throw it out on top This
uanner of breaking has a two fold ob
ject one is it forms an under drain
Age that carries off the surplus water
he other it forms a reservoir that
nolds moisturo and furnishes the
slants with drinking water during a
drouth When ground is plowed cover
with barnyard manure putting on
from ten to -twenty tons per acre
Next spring at the proper time to set
plants which is when the earliest
olooms have opened disc or cultivate
the ground over until it is thoroughly
pulverized Mark off the rows north
and south four feet apart a light
wheelbarrow makes a good marker In
setting follow the track made by the
wheel as a guide is all that is needed
Set plants from eighteen to twenty 1
four inches apart setting with a nar
row spade In selecting plants they
should be taken from beds that have
never borne fruit that is from beds
set the spring before By following
this plan year after year and the prop
er selection of plants the strawberry
can be improved
No Overproduction of Fruit
Some fear an over production of
fruit I do not I have heard the
warning cry from timorous souls for
corty years that we were sure to have
an over production of fruit What is
the actual condition What are the
racts as to an over supply of fruit
What about the increased population
of the country as compared with the
Increasing supply of fruit In the
time that it has taken the population
of the United States to double her
fruit supply has increased five fcld
In the face of this we would naturally
expect fruit to decline in price Has
it No indeed but on the other hand
it has gone up and up in price till it
is now beyond the reach of the com
mon people and only the rich may in
dulge in the use of ordinary fruit At
the present time one bushel of good
apples is worth two bushels of wheat
or corn We know of apple orchards
this past season that sold for two
hundred dollars per acre peach or
chards that sold for as much and in
some places more and strawberry
beds that sold for from one to three
Hundred dollars per acre In the face
of all this with our millions of acres
of superior fruit lands that can be
bought at from five to fifty dollars per
acre with a splendid home market
and an ever and rapidly increasing
foreign demand for all our fruit shall
we continue to let the masses go hun
gry for fruit and the tables of the
rich be supplied with inferior fruits
from distant states at extortionary
prices N F Murray
Soaps as Insecticides
A report of the United States De
partment of Agriculture says Any
good soap is effective in destroying
soft bodied insects such as plant lce
and young or soft bodied larvae As
winter washes in very strong solution
they furnish one of the safest snd
most effective means against scale in
sects The soaps made of fish oil and
sold under the name of whale oil
soaps are often especially valuable
but variable in composition and mer
its A soap made with caustic potash
rather than with caustic soda as is
commonly the case and not containing
more than 30 per cent of water
should be demanded the potash soap
yielding a liquid in dilution more read
ily sprayed and more effective against
Insects The soda soap washes are
apt to be gelatinous when cold and
difficult or impossible to spray except
when kept at a very high temperature
For plant lice and delicate larvae
such as the pear slug a strength ob
tained by dissolving half a pound of
soap in a gallon of water is sufficient
Soft soap will answer as well as hard
but at least double quantity should be
taken
Good milk costs a good deal more
than unclean milk as it requires ad
ditional amounts of labor Also some
stables are so badly arranged and
constructed that they make it im
possible to produce good milk in them
without an outlay for alterations But
the good milk is worth more than the
poor milk to any consumer
Lice are great destroyers of young
turkeys It is difficult to find them
on the turkeys but this is no reason
why tie owner should not take pre
cautions against them A good greas
ing will do as a protection
Those who have watched the live
stock interests of the country know
that they are advancing slowly a lit
tle each year It is however pos
sible to make a more marked ad
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LIVESTOCK
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In Feeding Cattle
In the fall feeding of cattle the
stockman finds many problems differ
ent from those of the early part of
the season His feed has changed
from a succulent one to one of grain
mostly corn In the feeding of this
corn racks will prove to be economi
cal as they are savers of feed There
is no question that a very large
amount of corn is lost by feeding on
the ground Some will reply that the
hogs get what is not eaten by the
steers but it is not the object of feed
ing steers to throw corn ou the ground
for the swine The latter are ex
pected to get their corn only from
the droppings of the cattle If a good
deal goes from the storehouse to the
ground the swine will eat that instead
of hunting for the other and with the
grass they obtain In the pasture will
be satisfied to exist without working
Moreover when corn even In the
ear and the husk is thrown on the
ground much of it is trampled in the
mud and is never found at all
One of the best ways to feed the
corn Is to give it in the form of corn
fodder beginning while the leaves
are still green and feeding each day
only what the cattle will eat up If
too much is fed it will he nosed
over and thereafter refused by the
cattle As every feeder knows cat
tle are particular on this point A
careless feeder or a stupid feeder will
lose a great deal of money for the
owner of the cattle being fed A
bright man is needed for this work
as well as for most other kinds of
farm work
Feeding yards should be kept in
good condition so that the animals
will find it more enjoyable to lie
down than to stand up They should
be encouraged to rest for in doing
this they are saving feed for the
owner and making the best use of
that they have taken Protection
against the hardest winds should be
given The open lot may prove to
be good in regions south of a line
drawn through central Illinois but
north of that the fall is too cold to
give the best results It is however
not advisable to shut up the animals
in close barns For feeding cattle
the barns should be open to the free
air The steer does not require the
same conditions that the dairy cow
does for the reason that the steer
has fat under his hide and through his
flesh while the dairy cow has the fat
largely on her intestines where it
can be of no use as a protection
against the cold
Cattle Everyone Wants
It will pay the farmer best to raise
the kind of cattle that everyone
wants but most farmers that are pro
ducing cattle at all are raising the
ones that nobody wants These latter
find a market but it is at a reduced
price In fact the price has to be
made low as an inducement to the
buyers to make bids on the kind of
animals they are not particularly
looking for That most growers of
cattle are satisfied with the kind of
animals they are sending to market
is doubtless true They have made
money on cattle and so are not par
ticular to improve their stock They
have never figured out how much
more could have been made on the
kind of cattle that everyone wants
The buyers of cattle at the stock
yards are constantly on the lookout
for the best cattle As soon as a fine
bunch appears there are numerous
buyers ready to make bids It is this
competition among buyers that sends
up the price and this yields returns
that are very satisfactory to the
breeder On the other hand when a
poor bunch comes to the yards most
of the buyers look at it and pass by
Here and there a man stops and after
a cursory examination remarks that
it is not what he is looking for but
he will pay so-and-so for it and the
cattle have to be sold at the so-and-so
price How can a man expect to
get a good price for animals that do
not appeal to the buyer But in spito
of this fact which is always very ap
parent the producers of beef keep on
for the most part raising the cattle
that few people want and sending
them to market at the same cost that
would be necessary for the production
of the best quality of beeves The
transportation of cheap animals is as
costly as the transportation of good
animals The poor animals take as
much care and as much stall room as
the other animals The remedy is to
stop saving money on hulls and pur
chase only those that will Improve
the herd
On the Ranges
Reports from the ranges indicate
a large supply of cattle and very good
agricultural conditions The rains
have been copious during a large part
of this grazing season and conse
quently the production of grass on the
plains has been good The lack of
drinking facilities has not been felt
on the plains this year as in some
former years for the reason that
many of the springs have been kept
supplied by the rains This has made
a condition that Is favorable for graz
ing The only drawback is that last
winter was unusually severe on range
stock and they came into spring in
poor condition thus necessitating a
longer feediag period in summer for
their preparation for market The
abundance of good grass encourages
the rangers to believe that the cattle
will put on weight rapidly from bow
oa
Corn in British India
The cultivation of Indian corn or
maize has within the past century
become a factor of great importance
in the rural economy of British India
The Indian Agriculturist Calcutta
of June 1 1904 says This grain if
we consider the vrhole of India col
lectively is now of equal economic
importance with wheat In the hilly
tracts of the country especially and
among the bulk of the aboriginal
tribes it is chiefiy depended upon as
a means of subsistence Yet the bot
anist Roxburgh writing about a hun
dred years ago described it as culti
vated in various parts of India In gar
dens and only as a delicacy but not
anywhere on the continent of India
as far as I can learn as an extensive
crop Its use in upper India may have
been more general at that time than
this writer was aware for Its most
common vernacular name makkai
derived from Mecca is supposed to as
sociate its introduction with the Mo
gul dynasty But there is no name
for maize in Sanskrit and the grain
has no recognized place In the re
ligious or social ceremonies of the
Hindus Few of those who cultivate
it now have any idea that it is an
innovation and the fact that its local
uame is often that of some much older
crop encourages the pious belief that
it has been the staple food of the
district for untold generations
Habit and Hens
Anyone that has had the feeding of
fowls for a number of years will no
tice what creatures of habit they are
They become used to one kind of feed
and want to stick to that feed in pref
erence to other feeds of the same gen
eral character That Is if the chicks
are fed oats they will always prefer
oats to other grain and the same is
true if they are brought up on corn
This does not hold good in the case
of meat or green food being offered
after they have been on a single grain
diet for months Their feeling of a
lack in this respect overcomes their
inclination to stick to one thing This
can be illustrated by keeping chicks
for a number of weeks after they are
born on some particular ration like
cracked corn They will then take
that in preference to other things of
the same general nature The writer
has had illustration of this again and
again Thus some men have declared
that hens will not eat oats The
writer has always fed oats in large
quantities to his fowls from the time
they were old enough to eat grain
He once kept his fowls from oats for
a few days giving them corn instead
Then he took the corn away and gave
the fowls a mixed ration of corn and
oats The birds made a lunge for the
oats pushing the corn aside with their
bills and picking only the oats till
they were satisfied
Thickness of Cream at Churning Time
A well known buttermaker says that
the richer the cream the lower must
be the temperature at which it must
be churned to get the best of results
It is not desirable to have the butter
fat comprise more than 30 per cent
of the cream Even cream of this
richness should be churned at about
50 degrees which is a very low point
to secure this time of year If this
rich cream is churned at a higher
point the body of the butter will not
be what it should be The housewife
is not likely however to have cream
of this kind unless the milk is from
cows whose cream forms a very com
pact mass Cows differ greatly in this
respect The cream layer on the
milk of some animals is so compact
and cohesive that when it is removed
from the milk it hangs together much
like a piece of leather Other milk
I yields a layer of cream that breaks
to pieces readily This milk will not
churn quickly In fact we have known
the first described cream to fona but
ter after being churned for two min
utes in a common dash churn It is
considered best however to dilute
such cream as it is not believed that
butter churned in two minutes has
as good qualities as that requiring
twenty minutes or thereabout to churn
Horses of the World
Not all the nations of the world are
enough civilized to have statistics of
their horses In Arabia Tartary
China and other parts of Asia are
multitudes of horses which have
never been numbered The horse sta
tistics of the leading countries o the
world are as follows
Algeria 204761
Argentina 4446859
Austria 1711077
Belgium 241653
Bulgaria 343940
Denmark 449264
France 2903003
Germany 4184009
Great Britain 2011657
Holland 284000
Hungary 2308457
Italy 741739
Japan 1587891
Norway 150898
Roumania 864746
European Russia 19681189
Poland 1383908
Caucasia 1020550
Servia 180871
Spain 397172
Switzerland 124896
Sweden 625256
United States 19285461
Uruguay 561408
There are few farms that fjmnot b
improved by drainage
THE REASON MADE PLAIN
Awkward Mans Dancing Accounted
for by Accident
Capt Spencer Clay who is to marry
Miss Pauline Astor is well known in
the American colony of London
Clay said a young American- is
an amusing chap Going about from
place to place he picks up a myriad
of odd and taking episodes These he
stores away and during lulls fn con
versations he relates them with viva
city
He described the other day a dance
at his place in snrrey He said two
girls were there who were Jealous of
one another The first girl danced
with a tall and awkward fellow and
afterward she sat down beside her
rival Clay who stood near by then
heard her say
I have been dancing with Mr
Smite
Yes said the other girl
Mr Smite she went on with a
complacent laugh pays beautiful com
pliments He said that till he met
me his life had been a desert
Ah said the second girl that is
why he dances like a camel eh
impatient Mosquito
It was in a well regulated family o
mosquitoes that had recently moyetl
hither from New Jersey
The wife said to the husband
For pitys sake Spiker go and see
what that child is crying about
Dutifully the husband arose from his
bed and went into the childrens room
When he returned his wife said
Well what was the matter with
little Prober
Nothin much responded her
good natured husband except that he
said he hadnt had a good feed ot
crude oil since he left New Jersey
and he was just starving for it I
gave him a dose and he went to sleep
contented By the way we must lay
in a new supply to morrow Were
all gettin a little run down for the
lack of it Wed better move to For
est park Baltimore American
Miss Roosevelt at Bar Harbor
It will tend to the social making of
Mr and Mrs Walter Damrosch when
Miss Alice Roosevelt visits them in
Bar Harbor It is expected the col
ony there will outdo itself in enter
taining hej The Damrosches always
have moved in the best element of
Bar Harbor society and Mrs Dam
rosch as a daughter of James G
Blaine had a good social position be
fore her marriage But it is one thing
to entertain quietly and another to
have a presidents daughter as a guest
Miss Roosevelts itinerary is arranged
carefully and no matter how pressing
may be her hosts she must order hei
maid to pack up her boxes and move
along at a fixed time
A Foe to Comfort
When the tall woman with the bun
dies sat down she sighed contentedly
This is nice she said
Yes its hard work standing said
her short friend You got pretty
tired didnt you
No I didnt get so tired said the
tall woman That is not the reason
Im glad I am rejoicing on account
nf all those men sitting down Thy
look so much more comfortable since
I got off their toes and their con
science
But the tall woman was mistaken
From then on to the end of the trip
there wasnt a comfortable man in the
car New York Press
The Patient That Got Away
I have cause to feel encouraged
remarked a young medical man whe
recently hung out his shingle for I
nearly had a patient the other day I
got back to my office after a morning
ramble and almost fainted when the
maid announced that a man was in the
office waiting to see me The gentle
man inquired if I was the doctor On
assuring him lie was speaking to that
important personage he politely re
marked that he was glad to meet me
and went onto say
I just dropped in to ask you if you
could possibly tell me where the doc
tor who used to live next door has
moved to
German Scholar Honored
Kuno Fischer the renowned phil
osopher and teacher of Heidelberg
among the most distinguished of liv
ing professors and the last represen
tative of a great school of German
scholars reached his eightieth birth
day recently In spite of the old
mans protests thousands of students
who have sat at his feet gave vent to
their reverential and affectionate feel
ings by messages and otherwise
Even the grave old senate of Heidel
berg rose to the occasion and estab
lished an honorary Kuno Fischer
prize The great old man is rapidly
declining
Lawyers Labors Divided
De Lancey Nicolls most recent ex
planation of his retirement from the
post of district attorney of New York
county in 1894 came under the eye
of James W Osborne who was his
opponent in the criminal libel proceed
ings involving Amory and the Metro
politan Street Railway company I
had tired of sending men to jail and
wished to try another branch of the
profession Guess thats about right
observed Osborne The first half of
Nicolls career was spent in getting
scoundrels into prison The last hall
is SDent in keeping them out
Desire
If I might touch her hair
The joy would be so great
A touch upon her lips would be
A royal ift from fate
And I might have the gift
It makes my pulses start
If only with my love
T first mlcht touch her heart
-Grace Joy White in Harpors Bazar
WCVl9taES H
ULin
Her Ex Son
Mrs Wabash There goes Mrs Mar
rimore with hen stepson What at
homely boy he is
Mrs De Vorse Yes and- yet I re
member several years ago i thought
him quite pretty
Mrs Wabash Ah but you were bis
mother at that time were vou not
Mrs De Vorse Why yes L believe
I was Philadelphia Press
A- Logical Inference
Little- Bess Who is that strange
lady mamma
Mamma That is Miss Goodwin the
philanthropist my dear
Little- Bess What is- a philanthro
pist
Mamma it Is a word derived from
the Greek signifying a lover of men
Little Bess Then I guess all women
are philanthropists arent they mam
ma
The 01tfr Old Story
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Ted Well ta ta old chappie I must
get away I have an engagement
Gus A pressing one
Ted Well it generally ends in that
dontcherknow when the gas is
turned down Half Holiday
Two Ways of Seeing It
First Lump of Delight My husband
is so jealous
Second Lump of Delight How ab
surd
First Lump of Delight Why isnt
yours
Second Lump of Delight Of course
not
First Lump of Delight How humili
ating New Yorker
Blaming It on the Bread
Sick at your stomach eh said
the boys mother What made you
that way
I guess said the boy reproach
fully it was that bread you made me
eat at lunch time
Indeed Where have you been ail
afternoon
Over in old man Peters apple or
chard
Looking Over the Family
Mr Watkyns Do you think that
that young Mr Spryggyns is especial
ly interested in Mabel
Mrs Watkyns Well it looks that
way The last time he called he per
sisted in having her bring out the old
photograph album and show him the
pictures of all the near and distant
relatives
Could Not Believe It
LuiMnMOMaMMWHMMHaBMmataHHMkaMMa
Jack I thought that the author o
this book was famous for his keen
understanding of women
Jane Well do you doubt it
Jack Of course He says that the
heroine suffered in silence
Retribution at Hand
Mandy said Farmer Corntossel
do you know that one of them board
ers is the man that got me into a
crooked game in the train last win
ter
Are you goin to have him arrest
ed
No jes you see that he doesnt
pay his hoard in counterfieit money an
well get even all right
About the Size of It
Ever notice it queried the man
who beginsa his remarks in the mid
die
Ever notice what asked the easy
mark
That for every dollar a man wins
on fast horses he loses two on slot
ones continued the other
Just Like the Giver
Whew Who gave you this cigar
old man
Why Dauber the artist
I thought so Its just like him
In what way
Why its cheap full of flaws and
draws poorly
Taking a Straw Vote
Canvasser Who is Mr Henpeck go
ing to Eupport
Mrs Henpeck Me
Prohibits- Sorcery
In- the- Rhodeslan Government Ga
zette is published a proclamation pro
hibiting the practice of sorcery
throughout tho territory including the-throwing-
of bones the use ct charms
any manner of conjuration and trial
by ordeal
Cattle Bring High Prices
At a sale of shorthorn cattle in tho
capital of the Argentine Republic sen
sational prices were recently paid for
Scottish shorthorns 2010 was giv
en for Newtoa Stone a Morayshire
bred bull
Insist on Getting It
Some grocers say they dont keep
Defiance Starch because they have a
stock in hand of 12 oz brands which
they know cannot be sold to a custo
mer who has once used the 16 oz
pkff Defiance Starch for same money-
Tibetan Earth Dwellers
Earth dwellers are- common In- Ti
bet Strangely clad men and women
who sinco childhood have- rarely
looked upon tho sun are found living
in roomy clay apartments In a modo
as stringent as any monastic order
Thoy are supplied with food and oth
er necessaries by their children who
alone leave- the cavorns and much
of their time fa occupied in extending
their curious residences
First Bomb Outrage-
The- first bomb outrage was com
mitted on Christmas eve 1800 by
Salnt Nojant who wished to remove
Napoleon then first consul in tho In
terest of the Royalists- Napoleon js
raped but among hfs escort and the
bystanders there were about 130 crsu
alties
Value of Laughter
If we realized the power of good
cheer and the habit of laughter to re
tard the progress of age and to stay
the hand which writes the wrinkles of
care and anxiety on tho face wo
should have discovered the famed
fountain of youth the elixir ot life
Man and Wife
Buxton N Dak Sept 12 Special
Mr B L Skrivseth of this place
as been added to tho steadily grow
ing following that Dodds Kidney
Pills have in this part of the- eountry
Mr Skrivseth gives two reasons
for his faith in the Great American
Kidney Cure The first is that they
cured his wife and the second is that
they cured himaelf
I must say says Mr Skrivseth
that Dodds Kidney Pills are the
best remedy for Kidney Trouble I
ever knew My wife had Kidney Dis
ease for years and she tried all kinda
of medicine from doctors but it did
not help her any An advertisement
led her to try Dodds Kidney Pills
The first box helped her so much
that she took eight boxes more and
now she is cured
I also took three boxes mysel
and they made me feel better and
stronger in every way
Dodds Kidney Pills have never yet
failed to cure any kidney disease
from Backache to Rheumatism Dia
betes or Briguts Disease
Real Leaders of Men
Men of genuine excellence in every
station of life men of industry of in
tegrity of high principle or sterling
honesty of purpose command the
spontaneous homage of mankind It
s natural to believe in such men to
have confidence in them and to imi
tate them All that Is good in tho
world is upheld by them and without
their presence in it the world would
not be worth living in Samuel
Smiles
Catch Words or Phrases
If you desire to get rich quickly in
vent catch words or phrases that will
grip the attention of the public Big
sums are paid for the right article
The inventor of a word now used for a
brand of crackers is said to have re
ceived 5000 for it Manufacturers of
various things from soap to nuts havo
paid nearly as high A railroad com
pany gave SI 00 to a girl who suggest
ed a name for one of its fast trains
Tribute to a Duth Smoker
To pay due reverence to the mem
ory of an ardent smoker named On
dersmans who had died in Rotterdam
all his old cronies came to the funeral
smoking long clay pipes Ondersraans
left a sum of money to pay the ex
penses of a yearly smoking cencert to
keep his memory green
Some men go through lue pretty
much as a dorg with a chain to his
collar and a woman yanking at tho
business end
VHATS THE USE
To Keep a Cofree Complexion
A lady says Postum has helped
my complexion so much that my
fi lends say I am growing young again
My complexion used to be coffee col
ored muddy and yellow but it is now
clear and rosy as when I was a girl
1 was induced to try Postum by a
frieua who had suffered just as I had
suffered from terrible indigestion pal
ptation of -the heart and sinking
spells
After I had used Postum a week
I was so much better that I was
afraid it would not last But now
two years have passed and I am a
wen woman I owe it all to leaving
c ff coffee and drinking Po tum in its
place
I had drank coffee all my life I
suspected that it was the cause of my
trouble but it was not until I actually
quit coffee and started to try Postum
that I became certain then all my
troubles ceased and I am now well
and strong again Xam furnished
by Postum Co Battle Creek Mich
Theres a reason
Look in esch package for a copy of
the famous littlo book The Road to
WelJTille
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