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A DIFFERENCE.
Mrs. Jinks My husband is making
a collection of steins.
Mrs. Booze A. Lott My husband is
making a collection of the contents of
steins.
Character in the Eye.
Beware of the man who does not
look you clearly in the eye. He has
possibilities of evil in his nature.
There are eyes which are luminous ,
others which seem to be veiled be
hind a curtain.
Men aud women of the world are
accustomed to judge human nature by
the expression of the eye. Many people
ple read character by the eyes , and
can thus distinguish the false from
1he loyal , the frank from the deceitful ,
the hard from the ttjuder , the energet
ic from the indolent , the sympathetic
from the indifferent.
No Wonder.
"What's your husband so angry
about ? "
"He's been out of work six weeks. "
"I slunild think that would suit him
first rate. "
"That's it ! He's just got a job. "
A Thirst for Information.
"Say. pr. ? "
"What is it ? "
"VVho made the after-dinner
speeches at ilelshazzar's feast ? "
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CABINET
OSSESSIONS are not always by
any means a source of happi
ness. Very often they are a discomfort
and an annoyance.
PLAN NOW FOR CHRISTMAS.
There are very few of us who are
always remembered at holiday time
with things that they really want We
all know the horror of "smiling and
being a villain , " trying to be pleased
over some gift , from a dear friend ,
that is absolutely useless to us and
often worse than that , a perfect an
noyance.
Probably the people who need this
advice will not read this , and the
long-suffering ones will.
Would it not be wise to study this
problem early and try to give to people
ple whose tastes are not easily satis-
fled something edible , which they can
at least dispose of without feeling
like a criminal ?
This Is the season of canning and
preserving ; why not add a few extra
giasses and jars to the store for
Christmas gifts ?
Such a gift may be made as dainty
and atttactive as one's taste and
purse permits. The pretty little
baskets to pack such gifts in are al
ways welcome and they can be passed
on with similar gifts.
One little woman makes many tiny
glasses of jelly of different flavors , la
beling and packing a half dozen for
each invalid friend.
Tomato Soy. Peel and chop a peck
of ripe tomatoes , put over the fire
with half a cup of whole cloves , hall
a cup of allspice , one cup of salt , one
tablespoonful of pepper , three red
peppers chopped , five onions also
chopped. Cook for one hour ; add a
quart of vinegar and bottle.
Beet Relish. Take a quart of
cabbage chopped , a quart of boiled
beets chopped fine , two cups of sugar ,
a tablespoonful of salt , a'teaspoonful
of pepper , half a teaspoon of red pep
per , a cup of grated horseradish and
vingar enough to mix well and make
of a smooth consistency. Can cold.
Very nice for meats.
Gingered Pears. Take ten ripe
pears , six- pounds of sugar , two lem
ons , a pound of ginger ( candied ) and
water enough to cook. Slice the pears
quite thin , and chop the ginger In
small pieces ; take the juice of two
lemons and the rind of one. Cook
slowly one hour. This Is especially
nice served with ice cream.
HOUGH expensive food be pro-
_ vlded , if there be too much
sameness , the stomach rebels , the system
starves. Variety Is the spice of life.
Dukes.
VARIETY IN MENUS.
The one great bugbear of menu mak
ing is sameness. The endeavor of the
housewife to produce attractive meals
with a certain allowance and have va
riety , means some thoughtful plan
ning. She who has an unlimited pocketbook -
etbook need have little worry , but to
the majority of women the problem
of making ends meet and serving at
tractive , appetizing and nourishing
food is a daily question.
Everything is high this year , even
the plebian potato is too exclusive for
everyday use. We must learn to use
rice and hominy instead. The old
proverb which tells us that "there is
no loss without some gain" is proven
to us , as we learn to substitute many
foods for those which we have always
considered indispensable.
The great criticism made of Ameri
cans , and justly , is that we eat too
much. Our meals should be simpler ,
better cooked and served. The idea
that it Is necessary to have from five
to six vegetables at a meal Is extrav
agant ; two is plenty and three a lux-
uryv
Emergency Biscuit. Sift together
four times two cups of flour and four
teaspoonfuls of baking powder and a
half a teaspoon of salt Rub In four
tablespoonfuls of butter or less , add
three-fourths of a cup of cold milk and
drop by teaspoonfuls on a buttered
pan. Bake in a hot oven twelve to
fifteen minutes.
Rice Pudding. Boil a cup f rice In
a pint of water until dry , then add a
quart of milk and cook until thick ,
To the yolks of three eggs .add six
tablespoonfuls of sugar and the grated
rind of a lemon ; cook ten minutes
with the rice , then cover with the
beaten whites of the eggs , to which
six tablespoonfuls of sugar has been
added , with the juice of a lemon ,
Brown and serve when cold.
The Editor's Drawer.
Mayor Speer of Denver was talkIng -
Ing 'about a bill of which he disap
proved.
"Why , a bill like that , " he said ,
"would soon put the city in the condi
tion of the Cinnaminson Scimitar.
"The foreman of the Scimitar's com
posing room said to the proprietor one
day :
" 'We need a drawer , boss , to put
these blocks in. '
" 'We haven't got a drawer that's
not in use/ said the editor-proprietor.
Then he paused and added , 'Except
the cash drawer. You might as well
take that' "
DANGERS OF DISKING
Expert Tells of Practices to Be
Avoided.
"oundation of Dry Farming Is to
Farm for the Future Store Up
Moisture in Soil for the
Next Year.
We have been watching the effects
of shallow , plowing and disking for
nearly thirty years , and still we" can
see no good in it. Every dry year
the same thing happens. In 1908 we
went over thousands of acres where
the crops had been disked in on stub
ble. We saw oats burned out six
and eight inches high ; spring wheat
completely fired just beginning to
head ; winter wheat that went only
five bushels to the acre ; and fields of
corn on shallow-plowed sod that yield
ed nothing but a handful of fodder ,
writes E. R. Parsons , a dry farm ex
pert , in an exchange.
The disking and shallow plowing
habits come from the humid states ,
where it rains sometimes twice a
week , and small crops can always be
raised by simply cultivating enough
to keep the weeds out.
Farmers will sometimes say , "We
can raise more by disking than plow
ing. " This is true , because a surface
farmer seldom plows more than three
inches , and he can do this equally
well and more quickly with the disk.
Or he may plow without harrowing ,
let the ground dry out as he goes , and
plant in a poorly prepared seed bed.
An old friend of ours used to raise
indifferent crops by plowing once in
three years and disking in his seeds
the two intervening years. The first
year his oats would be about two to
three feet high ; .the seond year , 18
inches ; and the third , about a foot ;
but if a dry year happened , there was
nothing doing. He always would per
sist that he could raise good crops
without plowing to carry his cattle
through the winter. 1 happened to
meet him In 1909. "Well , " I said ,
"how did you come out last year ? "
"Oh , " he said , "I sold my cattle. "
Thousands of head of cattle were
sold in the fall of 1908 for the same
reason. This put the market down
adn the dry-farmers lost heavily.
Supposing we plant a crop of spring
wheat or oats on corn stubble , what
happens ? Ninety per cent of the
farmers put cattle on stubble during
the winter. The ground becomes hard
and overpacked ; we disk this on the
surface and plant the seed. For a
while it does splendidly , and if the
rains keep up will make a fair crop ;
but If dry weather comes and a crust
forms on the surface or under the
mulch , the crop is gone , for it is solid'
underneath. It has never been
plowed !
It is the surface farmers who are
always wailing about this crust under
the mulch , but those who belong to
the deep-plowing school pay no atten
tion to it , for they still have plenty
of room for the roots of their crops
down below , and if the mulch above
the crust is in proper shape there is
no more evaporation than there was
before.
A man wrote to me once and asked
what he should do for the crust under
the mulch. I wrote back and said :
"Next year plow deep. " His answer
was : "How did you find out that I
didn't plow deep ? "
The worst consequence of disking
without plowing is the effect it has
on next year's crop. The ground be
ing hard , the water penetrates very
little ; the available moisture is used
up by the crop , and the surplus evap
orates or runs off. Nothing is saved
for next year.
In dry-farming , if we work only for
the present , we are living from hand
to mouth. The very foundation of this
branch of agriculture is to farm for
the future. Store up moisture in the
soil for next year and the year after ,
keep track of it with the pick and
shovel or with a ground auger , and
you will soon find out which style of
farming pays the best.
BLUE GRASS PASTURES EXCEL
Extensive Investigations Carried on
By Missouri Experiment Station
With 263 Head of Cattle.
Cattle fattened on blue grass pac-
tures will make double the gain on
the same grain for the first three
months of the pasture season as com
pared with the late months of the
ieeding period. This Important factor
as well as the influence of age , nitro-
geneous supplements and the margin
of profit are discussed in Bulletin 90
of the Missouri experiment station.
This bulletin was written by Dean F.
B. Munford and records the results
of five years' experiments in fatten
ing cattle of various ages on blue
gross pasture. This extensive In
vestigation involved the feeding of
263 cattle , divided into 36 distinct ex
periments , and is the largest and
most complete investigation of this
subject which has ever been made in
this country.
Delight in Fresh-Turned Soil.
Through the summer , when rains
are infrequent , all one needs to do is
spade up fresh earth every few days
and mash the clods. The hens and
chicks delight to dust in fresh turned
soil.
Interesting Movement.
Dry farming is the most interesting
and important movement in the
world.
GROWING THE BARLEY CROP
Definite Rules Cannot Be Given Ow
ing to Diversity of Conditions.
Seed Bed Is Essential.
( By H. B. DERR. Bureau of Plant Indus
try. U. S. Department of Agriculture. )
Barley is grown over such a wide
area and under such a diversity of con
ditions that definite rules for its culti
vation can hardly be given. The thor
ough preparation of the seed bed is
essential under all conditions , as on
this depends a large part of the suc
cess o'f the crop.
Plowing should be done the fall
previous or a considerable time before
seeding. This allows a complete set
tling of the soil and improves its wa
ter-holding capacity. Many failures
have resulted from planting barley on
newly plowed ground , especially when
a dry season followed. The crop sel
dom does well on newly broken sod ;
but when sod land is to be planted
best results will be obtained if it is
broken shallow and laid flat rather
than set on edge , as is commonly
done. Breaking should be done while
the grass is fresh and green , as de
composition then sets in rapidly and
the vegetation and roots soon decay.
Plowing under vegetation when the
plants and roots are tugh is injurious ,
as their slow decay renders the-soil
too open.
No soil should be plowed when very
wet. The shearing action of the plow
upon the bottom of the furrow is like
ly to form an almost impervious layer
or "plowpan" by-compacting the soil
particles. Unless the depth of plow-
nig is varied from year to year this
layer is likely to injure the growth
of crops that follow. By gradually
changing the depth of plowing each
year new soil is brought to the top
and mixed with the surface soil with
out injuring its yielding capacity.
In some portions of the United
States the ground is seldom plowed
for barley where it follows a culti
vated crop , but is simply cross or
double disked and harrowed. When
the soil is in good physical condition
good crops may be obtained by this
method.
Where possible , barley should follow
a cultivated crop. As soon as the
previous crop is removed in the fall
the ground should be deeply plowed
and left rough. As early in the spring
as possible the land should be double
disked , either crossing or lapping half ,
if the soil is rough and cloddy a plank
drag should be used to break the
clods. In extreme cases a light roller
should first be used. The disk har
row or plank drag should be followed
by the smoothing harrow to make a
fine seed bed. In a cold , backward
spring this treatment will aid in
warming up the soil.
If the land is not plowed until
spring , the soil sometimes dries out
sorapidly that it becomes hard before
"tnlf plowing can be completed.
FEATHERS AS A FERTILIZER
Farmer Accidentally Makes Discovery
Which Has Proven to Be of Great
Value in His Garden.
A short time ago I happened to
stop at the home of a huckster. I In
cidentally began to talk about the
value of different kinds of manures.
He said : "You can talk about hen ma
nure and sheep manure , but I've got
something that's got them all beat
en. " Of course I was anxious to find
out what it was , and it developed that
it wao feathers , says a writer in an
exchange.
He owns a small farm. In his busi
ness he kills a great deal of poultry.
The feathers began to pile up on his
hands , finally , finding it to be quite
a task to burn them , he hauled two
loads out on the fields. The result
\\as that he could tell to the very row
where the feathers had run out. Now
he's exceedingly careful about saving
feathers. He spreads they out in the
baruyawl in order that they may be
come thoroughly mixed with the
manure.
DAIRY NOTES.
Salt is valuable as a preservative
of butter.
Separate milk as soon as possible
after milking.
The milk vessels and utensils should
be used for milk only.
Care and cleanliness in milking is
necessary to good butter.
Whitewash the cow stable and keep
it looking fresh and clean.
Milk must be removed at once from
the barn to a clean place for cooling.
It is evident that healthful milk can
not be produced from a diseased cow.
The best separation is secured when
milk is put in the machine at animal
heat.
Ground oats and oil-meal make an
excellent grain ration for freshening
cows.
Rape is very good feed for milch
cows but must be fed in connection
with other feeds and not in excess.
The first and undoubtedly most im
portant factor in the production of
pure milk is to have a healthy herd.
The cream separator , the silo and
the manure spreader should find a
place in the equipment of every dairy
farm.
The milk pail should be made so as
to reduce to a minimum the amount
of dirt that can get into it during the
operation of milking.
Suit the feed to the cow. Some
cows will give more milk on one
kind of feed than another. Find out
which it the better , and give her
that.
Salt which is too coarse cannot be
evenly distributed throughout the but
ter. On the other hand , very fine salt
favors the holding of too much water.
The medium grade gives best result ?
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