Marked by Unrest Involving the
Entire World.
"REBELS" ALWAYS VICTORS
Chinese and Mexican Revolutions and
Strife Against Graft and Monopoly
ely Great Strides Made in
Aviation.
When the historian of the future rec
ords the events of the year 1911 , he
will lay particular stress on the poli
tical and social unest throughout the
world. This was not confined to any
one country , nor to a few countries ;
It was world-wide , Involving practical
ly every nation , both civilized and un-
civilized. It included revolutions
against long-standing governments ,
battles of labor and capital , wars be
tween different nations and , in short ,
everything that could be branded as
strife against existing conditions or
growing conditions. ,
Most significant of all the events of
the year was the explosion in open
rebellion of the hatred , that had been
accumulating through the ages , of the
Chinese against the despotic Manchu
fly nasty. Passive , unresisting , yet at
the same time loathing and despising
the power that held them in subject
ion , the millions In the Far East em
pire had for centuries submitted to
"being trodden on by unreasoning , over-
"bearing , all-potent self-styled demi-
: go'ds. But China was gradually awak
ening and , when the first flames of
revolution burst forth , it was the sig
nal for the conflagration to become
general.
Rebels the Winners Everywhere.
But the Chinese Insurrection was
"but a larger edition of dozens , yea ,
scores , of upheavals of various kinds
in other parts of the world. They
T > roke forth with such suddenness that
it was almost impossible to realize
-what was occurring until the whole
thing was over. Without exception ,
-every one of the great disturbances of
the year that reached an ultimate re
sult , wound up in favor of the party
or element rebelling against the con
dition. . In not one did the defense win
over the offense.
The Mexican revolution , near to our
own doors , was a striking example of
the overturn of regime. Nearer still
was the successful culmination of the
"battle for statehood of Arizona and
Mexico.
Other struggles of equal magnitude
developed during the year , many of
them with sensational effect , in which
the issue is still being fought. Among
these are the battle between labor and
capital , the "people" and monopoly ,
and advojites | of popular government
-as opposed to representative govern
ment. Campaigns on graft have been
waged with fierce resolution by city ,
state and federal authorities , not only
in all corners of the United States , but
.abroad as well.
The McNamara dynamiting case , the
growth of sentiment for popular elec
tion of all federal officials , the prog
ress of the woman suffrage movement ,
trust prosecutions , the campaign for
currency reform , and that for lower
tariffs all these typify the unrest that
exists in our own country.
Year's Important Events.
Aside from the numberless conflicts ,
many noteworthy things have been
penned in the diary of 1911. Science
"has witnessed vast strides , particularly
in the field of aviation. The flights of
Atwood from St. Louis to New York
-and of Rodgers from New York to Pasadena -
adena , Gal.were the crowning
.achievements in this line. About all
that remains to be accomplished in av
iation , as a feat , is the crossing of the
ocean.
When all that is good and all that
is bad are considered together , it can
Tiot be said otherwise than that the
year was one in which the good pre
dominated.
A chronological table of the impor
tant events of 1911 follows :
JANUARY.
1 Juan Estrada inaugurated presi
dent of Nicaragua.
2 President Taft officially recog-
aiizes the Estrada government
3 W. E. Corey resigns presidency
of the United States Steel corporation.
First postal savings' banks opened.
4 Senator Elkins of West Virginia
dies.
f
10 Tobacco trust dissolution suit
.started in United States Supreme
court. President Taft sends congress
special message urging fortification of
GPanama Canal.
14 Battleship Arkansas launched at
{ Jamden , N. J.
19 Paul Morton , president of Equit
able Life Insurance company and for
mer secretary of the treasury , dies.
23 David Graham Phillips , .noted
author , shot in New York by a mad vi
olinist ; died a day later.
26 Canadian reciprocity agreement
presented to congress by President
Taft.
31 House of representatives votes
the Panama-Pacific Exposition of 1915
to San Francisco , defeating New 'Or
leans' efforts.
Rear Admiral Charles S. Sperry dies.
FEBRUARY.
7 Miss Vivian Gould married to
lx > rd Decies of England in New York.
11 Archbishop Ryan of Philadel
phia dies.
21 Premier AsQulth Introduces * In
to English house of commons bill abolishing
ishing veto power of house of lords.
MARCH.
1 Senator Lorimer of Illinois re
tains his seat by senate vote with mar
gin of six.
4 Reciprocity falls In senate. Six
ty-first congress adjourns.
President Taft makes good on ex
tra session threat , setting special ses
sion at April 4.
8 United States troops ordered to
Mexican frontier.
11 Trial of the Camorrlsts begins at
Viterbo , Italy.
18 Supereme court sustains consti
tutionality of corporation tax law , in
creasing national income by $27,000-
000.
25 Triangle Shirt Waist company
fire in the Asch building , New York ,
resulting in 141 deaths.
APRIL.
4 Special session of Sixty-second
congress convenes.
10 Tom L. Johnson , former mayor
of Cleveland , dies.
12 Canadian reciprocity bill and
farmers' free list bill introduced in
house.
13 House approves direct election
of senators by 296 to 16.
14 David Jayne Hill resigns as
ambassador to Germany.
21 House passes Canadian recipro
city , 265 to 89.
22 McNamara brothers arrested in
Chicago and Indianapolis ; rushed by
automobile on way to Los Angeles to
face dynamite charges.
29 Jay Gould marries Annie- Doug
lass Graham of Hawaii , in New York.
30 Bangor , Me. , devastated by fire.
MAY.
2 Chinese rebellion begins In Kwan-
tung province.
3 House orders investigation of
steel trust
8 Battle of Juarez begins , resulting
in capture by Mexican rebels two days
later.
12 J. M. Dickinson resigns as sec
retary of war ; succeeded by Henry
L. Stimson of New York.
15 Standard Oil company ordered
dissolved by Supreme court decision.
17 Porfirio Diaz announces he will
resign presidency of Mexico.
23 New Mexico and Arizona state
hood resolution passes in house.
25 Diaz resigns presidency of Mex
ico.
29 Tobacco trust ordered dissolved
by Supreme court decision.
JUNE.
8 W. E. D. Stokes shot in New
York by Lillian Graham and Ethel
Conrad.
10 American polo team beats Brit
ish in deciding game of international
series.
18 Resolution for popular election
of senators passed by senate.
18 European aviation circuit race
begins at Vincennes , France. Three
aviators Captain Princeteau , M.
La Martin and M. Lendran killed
when machines fall to ground.
19 President Taft celebrates his
silver wedding anniversary.
21 Arrival in New York of Olym
pic , largest passenger boat in world.
22 Coronation of King George of
England.
28 Cornell crew wins Poughkeep-
sie regatta.
JULY.
2 Harry N. Atwood flies in bi
plane from Boston to New York.
8 Lieutenant Conneau ( "Andre
Beaumont" ) wins 1,000-mile aviation
circuit race , from Vincennes , over
France , Belgium , Holland and Eng
land.
12 American Harvard-Yale athlet
ic team defeated by Oxford-Cam
bridge team at London.
14 Investiture of prince of Wales.
18 Henry Clay Beattie shoots his
wife.
22 Canadian reciprocity passed by
senate.
27 President Taft signs Canadian
reciprocity treaty.
AUGUST.
10 London dock strike begins.
15 Harry N. Atwood starts flight
for New York from St. Louis.
19 English dock strike settled.
23 Special session of congress ad
journs.
22 G. A. R. special train wrecked
near Manchester , N. Y. , 37 civil war
veterans and members of their fami
lies being killed.
27 Atwood arrives at New York ,
finishing his flight from St Louis.
SEPTEMBER ,
9 Col. John Jacob Astor marries
Madeline Talmage Force.
10 Cross-continent aeroplane fllght
for Hearst $50,000 prize officially be
gins.
12 H. H. Hilton of England wins
American golf championship at Apawa-
mis links.
15 Premier Stolypin of Russia
shot while attending opera at Kiev ,
dying two days later.
President Taft starts on trip
through west
17 Cal P. Rpdgers leaves New
York on cross-continent flight Rod
gers was the only one to complete the
trip.
21 Canadian voters reject reci
procity bill.
25 French battleship Liberte
blown up in harbor of Toulon , killing
three hundred.
29 Italy declares war on Turkey ,
as result of Tripoli controversy , and
rushes troops to Tripoli. '
30 One hundred killed by breaking
of dam at Austin , Pa.
OCTOBER.
2 Rear Admiral Winfield S.
Schley dies.
13 Republic of China proclaimed
at Wu Chang.
14 Associate Justice John Marshall
Harlan of the United States Supreme
Court dies.
19 Aviator Eugene Ely killed at
Macon. Ga.
20 Rev. C. V. T. Richeson arrested
in Boston as slayer of Avis LinnelL
21 Rev. Fraud W. Sandford , leader
of the Holy Ghosters , arrives in Portr
land , Me. , aboard the Coronet , on
which he starved the fanatical mem
bers of the party. He is arrested.
Chinese national assembly convenes.
23 Winston Churchill is made Eng
land's first lord of the admiralty , be
ing succeeded as home secretary by
Reginald McKenna.
26 Philadelphia Athletics win
world's baseball championship from
New York.
29 Joseph Pulitzer , noted publisher ,
dies.
dies.Names
Names of 18 new cardinals-designate
announced.
NOVEMBER.
1 President Taft reviews great bat
tleship fleet at New York.
2 Kyrle Bellew , famous actor , dies.
4 Chinese rebels capture Shanghai ,
controlling mouth of Yangtse-Kiang
river.
5 Cal P. Rodgers arrives at Pasa
dena , Cal. , concluding his epochal
flight from New York to Pacific coast.
Ambassador Guild at St. Petersburg
protests to Russia against alleged in-
suits to American Jews.
6 Persia refuses Russia's demand
to remove W. Morgan Shuster , young
American in charge of Persian
finances.
7 New Mexico's first election as a
state results in Democratic governor. „
Italian advance in Tripoli begins.
8 United States circuit court at
New York approves tobacco trust disso
lution plan.
16 Chinese republic appeals for rec
ognition by the world.
Russia starts troops for Persian fron
tier.
19 President Caceres of Santo Do
mingo assassinated.
24 Henry Clay Beattie executed.
25 Miss Mildred Sherman marries
Lord Camoys of England in New
York.
30 Public consistory creating 19
cardinals at Rome.
DECEMBER.
1 McNamara brothers change pleas
In dynamite case to "guilty. "
2 King George arrives in India for
the DurTmr.
4 First regular session of Sixty-
second congress convenes.
5 J. B. McNamara sentenced for
life , John J. to 15 years. President
Taft sends congress message devoted
entirely to trust problems.
6 Beef trust suit begun at Chi
'
cago.
8 Investigation board reports battleship - ,
tleship Maine was destroyed by out
side explosion.
9 207 miners entomber at Brice ,
ville , Tenn. , by explosion.
Constitution of Chinese republic
framed.
12 Durbar at India held by King
George emperor of India.
Republican national committee
names Chicago , June 18 , for 1912 na
tional convention.
13 Sulzer bill abrogating passport
treaty with Russia passed by house.
17 Alfred G. Vanderbilt weds Mrs.
Margaret McKim in London.
Ambassador Curtiss Guild at instruc
tion of President Taft , notifies Russia
of intention to abrogate treaty of 1832.
19 Senate approves President Taft's
abrogation of Russian treaty. Presi
dent sends congress special message
on wool tariff.
John Bigelow , America's "grand old
man , " dies.
21 Russian forces open hostilities
with Persia , bombarding the govern
or's palace at Tabriz.
Again the Poor Fat Man.
Among the passengers on a down
town car the other evening were a fat
man , a lean man , who proved to be
deaf , and a couple of giggly girls. On
one of the side streets a German band
was engaged in making life miserable
for the residents of the neighborhood.
The fat man shifted uneasily in his
seat and remarked sarcastically to the
lean man in a low tone , "Music ! "
The lean man put his hand to his
ear and said , "Eh ? "
"Music , " repeated the man in loud
er tones.
"Beg pardon , I am not able to hear , "
said the lean man.
"Music , " yelled the fat man , so loud
that the passengers all tittered and
the little giggly girls all grew red in
the face.
"Oh , " said the lean man as he
turned around and looked about him.
The little German band was out of
sight by this time , and the passengers
laughed immoderately at the vain at
tempts of the unfortunate man to find
the object of the fat man's comments.
Fat men are proverbially good natured -
tured , and by that time the oddity oC
the situation had dawned upon this
particular fat man.
"Hum , " he said , "you folks needn't
laugh. Our friend saw fully as much
music as you and I heard. "
Natural Timepiece.
There is no need for clocks on the
Aegean sea any day when the sun Is
shining. There nature has arranged
her only timepiece , one that does not
vary though the centuries pass. This
natural time marker is the largest sun
dial in the world. Projecting into the
blue waters of the sea is a large pro
montory which lifts its head 3,000 feet
above the waves. 'As the sun swings
round , the pointed shadow of the
mountain just touches one. after the
other a number of small islands ,
which are at exact distances apart
and act as hour marks on the great
dial.
The Lesser Evil.
Marks Why do you allow your
wife to run up such big bills ?
Parks Because I'd sooner have
trouble with my creditors than with
her that's why. r
ALL OVER NEBRASKA ,
Nebraska Railroad Construction.
Lancaster County. The secretary
of the State Railway commission is
busy compiling the annual report
which is supposed to be ready for sub
mission December 1 , but which in all
probability will not be ready -before
April 1 , on account of the great
amount of work involved in its prep
aration and also the great amount of
other work wnich the office has had
to do. From the portion completed
some interesting figures on railroad
mileage are obtainable.
New construction during the fiscal
year ending June 30 does not show up
large. The Union Pacific has com
pleted eightytwo miles of second track
during the period and 18 miles of
side trackage. The Northport exten
sion up the North Platte valley was
not completed and -put in service in
time to be incorporated inthe yearly
report. The Northwestern shows 11.39
miles less of sidetracks than in the
previous year and an inrcease of 1.59
miles of trackage rights. The Bur
lington , during the period built and
put in operation 12.59 miles of second
track , 8.40 miles of siding for main
line and 8.14 miles of siding for
branch Ines. The other roads show
no material change.
Pay Back Taxes.
Johnson County. In the year 1897
the Wrought Iron Range company of
St. Louis had a number of salesmen
and teams in this county at the time
the assessing was being done and the
same were promptly assessed. The
company did not pay the taxes , how
ever. Last week one of the agents
arid a team was in the western part
of the county , engaged in delivering
stoves , when the fact became known
to County Treasurer W. C. Redfield.
Sheriff Roberts attached the rig for
taxes. The agent made arrangements
with a Beatrice bank to stand good
for the taxes and he was allowed to
go. Since then the treasurer has re
ceived a draft from the range com-
1 pany for $223.71 , the amount of tne
taxes , interest and costs of 'collection.
Land Prices Advancing.
Merrick County. That Merrick
county land is still advancing in price
in spite of the rather poor season , is
shown by the sale last week of eighty
acres of the old J. R. Ratcliff farm
west of Central City. The owner , D.
C. Smith , sold this eighty to Charles
Ericson of this city , receiving in pay
ment $12,000 , or $150 per acre. Two
years ago Mr. Smith bought this farm
for $125 per acre , and has thus rea
lized a profit of 2,000 on the land in
the increase in valuation alone.
Nine Stricken With Trichina.
Merrick County. A family of nine
stricken with trichina poisoning is
the report that Dr. Earl E. Boyd
brings in from Prairie Creek town
ship , the afflicted parties being Fred
Nickel , prominent German farmer ,
his wife and seven children. It is
supposed that the family contracted
the ailment from eating some underdone - t
done sausages. All will probably re
cover.
The Nebraska Sheriffs.
Jefferson County. The Nebraska
Association of Sheriffs , in session at
Fairbury , chose officials as follows :
President , John A. Jones , Nelson ;
secretary and treasurer , James Chrin-
side , Fairbury. The association se
lected Lincoln as the place for the
next semi-annual meeting , which will
be held in June or July.
Expert Accountant Employed.
Custer County. The . Board of
County Supervisors had five expert
accountants before them who Nwere
anxious to secure the contract for ex
amining into the records of the county
treasurer's office for the last eigh
teen years. J. S. Thompson of Okla
homa City , Okl. , was given the job.
Cornstalk Disease Prevalent.
Blaine County. Cornstalk dis
ease is claiming a great many
victims in this vicinity , some heavy
losses being reported. This is proving
more of a hardship than usual since
last summer's feed crop was short.
Shoots Off His Right Hand.
Gage County. Walter , the 19-year-
old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Rei-
mund , living west of the city , lost his
right hand by the accidental dis
charge of an automatic gun. He was
cleaning the gun when the accident
occurred.
, Man Shot in Saloon.
Dodge County. Al Pruyn , who is
in the county jail charged with shoot
ing Mike Gorey of North Bend in Pat
Corey's saloon in that city , declares
he shot in self-defense and after
'Gorey had shot at him. Pruyn has a
mark across the top of his head a lit
tle to one side just cutting through
the scalp , which he claims was made
by one of the shots fired by ' Gorey
and a physician who examined his
head is of the opinion that it was
made by a bullet.
Slugged and Robbed.
'
Seward County. W. D. Alexander ,
a merchant of Milford , was slugged
by a highwayman , and'is in a danger
ous condition. The robber got away
with § 200.
Attempted Hold-Up.
Dodge County. Sheriff Bauman
and his deputies came back to Fre
mont from Crowell with Charles Les
ter , who terrorized the town and at
tempted to hold up the postoffice and
general store of Herman Diers. Lester
was formerly a farm hand.
WHERE PLANTS FEED
Principally in Soil Turned With
the Plow.
Where Deep Plowing Is Practiced
Ground Is in Condition to Hold
More Moisture Than That
Which Has Been Loosed.
( By TV. C. PALMER , North Dakota Agri
cultural College. )
The plant feeds principally In the
soil that is turned with the plow.
This can be determined in any field
by noticing the poor growth that the
plant in the dead furrow makes , the
lair growth made by the plant out
side of it , and the best growth made
by the plant on the back furrow. The
plant in the dead furrow , while it
'came ' from the same kind of seed as
"the others , cannot make the growth ,
as it has to feed In the sub-soil soil
'that has not been turned with the
plow and the plant food that is in it
has not been made available. The
plant on the back furrow has an ex
tra amount of soil that has been ,
turned with the plow , and the result
is that , having more available food ,
It makes a larger growth than the
plant on the regularly plowed land.
This , then , gives an insight into
( what is needed by the plant to make
jits best growth , and the beauty of it
{ is that the plant tells us itself. The
-surface soil will dry out to the depth
of at least two inches. The roots
cannot feed in this. If the plowing
is but five inches deep , that leaves
the plant only three inches of soil
that is In condition for it to feed
from. If the plowing is eight inches
and the same amount dries out on the
surface , the plant then has six
Inches , or twice as much soil , that it
can feed on , as compared to three
inches on the five-inch plowing. This
jshould make it quite plain , from the
standpoint of the plant getting its
'food ' , that the deeper plowing Is
1 quite important.
Then there is the other fact that
rain soaks into the deep plowing
'more readily and quickly , so that
'there ' will be less run-off from it than
from the shallow plowing. The plow
ed soil is also in a condition to hold
more moisture than that which has
not been loosened up with the plow ,
both through the soil grains being
better arranged and through the add
ed organic matter. Another matter
that should be considered here Is
that the plant must have the mois
ture where the food is , that it is go
ing to take up. Being in the soil
turned with the plow , that is where
the moisture must be to do the plant
much good. This is the reason , then ,
why the soil should be packed and
every means taken to have it In good
contact with the sub-soil so that as
the plant uses up the moisture in the
isurface soil , more moisture can travel
'up ' to take its place. The deep plow
ing also makes it necessary that more
organic matter be added to the soil ,
else , as the soil is worked deeper
and the organic matter distributed
in more soil , there will be a less
amount of it in a given amount of
the deep-plowed soil than the shallow-
plowed land. The fact that the plant
feeds In the soil turned by the plow
is a reason , too , why corn should not
be cultivated deep after it has made
a good root system , as the main feed
ers being so near the surface , some
of them will be cut off and the plant
delayed in its growth , as it must
grow new roots before it can properly
feed itself. Especially is this im
portant late in the season. And in
dry farming , corn should be cultivat
ed late , as two reasons for growing
it in this system of farming is to save
moisture and to kill weeds.
These points in regard to where the
plant feeds and the consequent need
of deep plowing , of adding organic
matter , of shallow cultivation for cul
tivated crops , need to be kept in mind
whether the farming is being done in
a dry or humid climate , but more at
tention needs to be given them in
dry farming.
Rotation in the Garden.
The garden needs rotation as well
as the field. Do not think that you can
grow cabbage , or onions , or lettuce
upon one particular spot continuously
without meeting with failure. Be
sides having a decreased yield , a
.number of insect pests and funguous
diseases will thrive from year to year
"when a complete rotation Is not prac
ticed.
Change the different garden crops
from one part of the plat to an
other and occasionally seed the platte
to clover for a year and grow the
garden on a fertile spot on the back
part of the farm.
Clover Seed for Feed.
The fact that sunflower seeds make
good poultry fed is not fully appre
ciated by all. With any grain they
make a well-balanced ration. These
flowers grow well upon all irrigated
tracts. The growth is very rapid and
the large broad leaves afford excel
lent shade for the young chicks. It is
always a wise policy to plant the
seeds so they- can be conveniently
used. The falling seeds are thus
saved , and the shade afforded is very
valuable.
Fattening Fowls for Market.
Chickens for broiling or frying
should be fed extra for two or three
weeks to get them fat , with plenty of
good , solid meat on breast and thighs.
Range poultry is never classed as
first-class market poultry.
GOOD DRY FARMING PLANTST
Chinese Cowllang and Fetozla Hav < |
Some Strong Points In Their
Favor Grow Quickly.
Cowllang and Fetozla are not very
familiar names to the dry farmer yetj
but these Chinese plants have some
strong points in their favor , and were
amongst the exhibits from Oklahoma
at the dry farming congress. Either
of them is ten to fifteen days earlier
than milo maize , furnishing an early :
grain for the growing shoats at a
time when they are calling for more
food to fill out their fast-growing
frame. Other things being equal , a
quick-growing crop is preferable In
many seasons in the dry belt , for It
is easier and cheaper to conserve
moisture before than after planting.
Both these crops are good yielders or
grain and have matured well at times
without moisture during the eighty
days it takes them to mature.
Just how far north their range will
be I do not know , but quick crops
grow well during the hot weather In
the north and its intense sunlight ,
whilst slower ones get nipped by
frost.
The wide extension of corn to the
Dakotas and Minnesota is in large
measure due to the quick growing
kinds. For the silo and hay , how
ever , it is often the case that a sort
that has no chance to mature will
produce the yields and quality If cut
at the right time. We are just begin
ning to appreciate what a really
drouth-resistant plant can do. These
have been strangers to us and it is
strange to us that enough moisture can
be In the ground to mature a crop
without further precipitation.
The question of when to plant needs
much study. We were wont here to
plant very early to catch every shower
and snow in early spring , and often
lost more than we gained , for many
drought-resistant plants are creatures
of hot climates and adversely affected .
by cold ground , which gives them a
setback from which they never recov
er , whilst wheat and oats do better
with a spell of cold weather for steeling -
ing and rooting. It is inconvenient for
farmers to make many different plantr
ings and that Is where the experiment
stations can help us out and save , us
a lot of money and wasted effort by
trying these things out and publishing
results.
BACTERIA NEEDS OF SOIL
Best and Safest Method Is to Secure ,
Dirt From a Successful Alfalfa
Field. ,
A writer In Dry Farming , says :
' It is apparent that most of our
upland prairie lands will need inocula
tion. Nearly all farmers ( at least
those who have taken an interest In
alfalfa ) understand this term. It is
necessary that certain bacteria be
found in the soil. If they are not
there naturally they must be put there.
This planting of the bacteria is called
inoculation.
Pure cultures can be obtained , bufi
the best and safest method is to se
cure dirt from a successful alfalfa :
field. This dirt should be sowed over
the field at the rate of 200 or 300" ,
pounds per acre , upon a cloudy day , (
or just before a rain If possible , andJ
harrowed in. Sunshine is Injurious toj
the germs.
A sack and a half of soil to an acrej
will be sufficient , but it might be of ]
advantage to mix this with other dirt {
to insure equable distribution. Anj
advantage in starting with a small |
patch of alfalfa is that when this
patch is well inoculated a farmer has
an abundance of alfalfa dirt to inocu
late larger areas.
FARM NOTES.
There is a great deal of humanity
in axle grease. *
Paint is the cheapest known Insur
ance against general decay and loss. ,
The best fertilizer for asparagus Is ;
rotted manure from grain-fed horses. ;
Much care should be taken in se-l
lecting seed corn for next year's gar-j
den.
Asparagus is a heavy feeder , andj
will stand all the manure you cant
spare.
A lighted lantern held between thei
feet under the robes means comfort )
on a cold day.
Plow or spade the garden late thisi
fall , leaving the surface rough , and ;
plow or spade next spring.
Cut and burn all the asparagus tops ?
to destroy disease and give the bed !
a thick dressing of stable manure.
Thoroughly clean and whitewash.-
the inside of the hen house and It wilL
be lighter and cleaner during the en
tire winter.
Four or five thicknesses of news
paper cut to fit the bottoms of ther
overshoes will keep out a tremendous ,
amount of cold.
Plenty of sunlight In and around the-
fruit Is what gives a "classy" finish ,
to the fruit , and makes it sell at th&
top of the market.
Locate vines of bitter-sweet and1
fruiting grapes that you wish to-
move from the woods to that porch
of arbor next spring.
To secure the best results tha-
speed of the separator must be uni
form and up to the standard required
for the make' of the separator used.
During winter the drinking vessels
must be emptied each evening ; it is
much easier to do that than to break ,
a solid cake of ice in them the next
morning.
Storm-doors and windows , particu
larly on the north and west sides of
the house , will pay for themselves-
very soou in the saving of fuel , but
don't fail to provide plenty of venti-j
lation.