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No. 22. lluslncos Ofllce and Job llooms
No. H 22
The penalty of lying Is to bo u liar
nn awful penalty.
The man who Is In love with himself -
self rarely has a rival.
Only the farmers and other pluto
crats will bo able to have turkey this
Thanksgiving.
Missouri offers $1,000 for a state
song. It should bo entitled , "You'll
Have to Show Mo. "
If the house of lords should bo
nbollshed In England , tbo militant suf
fragettes will claim all the glory.
Sir Thomas Llpton sayo It Is luck
to bo born poor. Perhaps , but Its
mighty hard luck to have to stay
poor.
Cleveland Insists that It has learned
enough from Tom Johnson to be able
to dispense with a benevolent des
potism.
President Taft has made It plain
during his tour that ho is the presi
dent of the democratic south as well
as the republican north.
It has been proven to everyone's
satisfaction In the recent New York
City election that Tammany cannot
swing greater New York.
Senator Aldrlch Is In a $40,000,000
rubber company merger. Ho surely
ought to have an clastic currency
tor his new central bank.
Boston society has taken up two
English oillcers who fell off their
mounts at the recent horse show.
Ii | this Boston Is merely showing Its
Christian training. It is society's duty
to lift on the fallen.
A New York school teacher has
been fined $20 for spanking a pupil
with a shingle. In the good old days
would have been discharged If
had failed to use the shingle.
JHow times do jhango !
More than llvo thousand persons
are annually killed by locomotives
while walking on railroad tracks.
Very few of them have any business
on the tracks , but that does not seem
to lessen the number.
William Jennings Bryan will spend )
five months in South America and
then go to Europe for a year. In this
way ho will gather up a largo number
of paramount Issues and fresh ammu
nition for the next presidential cam
paign.
(
Abdul Hamld , the ex-sultan , in the
seclusion of his exile , Is writing his
reminiscences. It must be a harrowIng -
Ing experience to recall them. If ho
tells half he know , the "six best sell
ers" will seek to hide their diminished
beads.
A St. Louis sirl married a so-called
count recently , only to find his title
spurious. Many American girls have
married foreign titles only to discov
er that the title was the only thing
"
that was honest and clean about the
wearer of It.
It Is not cold weather directly that
_ . . _ _ _ _ . _ t
t * i i * ii.
causes pneumonia , but because of the
cold people close up their houses and 11 >
'
breathe impure air which weakens theicli '
system , so that it falls an easy victim.ls
to the pneumonia germ. Keep your
windows open.
John D. says It Is a blessed thing
to struggle. We will all struggle
cheerfully If we can realize on our
efforts as handsomely as John D. did l , j '
but this struggling a life time nnd
,
ending the struggle poorer than when
|
you began is not so blessed an ex
perience.
One of Chicago's elevated railroads
is trying to suppress smoking on the
trains. Let a long suffering public
hope that they may succeed. A man
ought to bo able to find enough op
portunities to smoke elsewhere with
out inflicting himself on a defense
less public.
It Is the final decision of the de
partment to complete a lock canal
at Panama with all possible speed ,
and when the lock canal is completed
the work can go on without Interfer
ing with traffic in any way , and a sea
level canal on the straits of Panama
will be built.
On all of Commander Peary's eight
extended "leaves of absence" since ;
ho became a civil engineer In the
navy in 1881 , ho has drawn the sala
ry of an ofllcer In the navy on leave ,
except one trip when he was direct
ed to go without pay. So Uncle Sam ,
has paid something for his newly ac
quired flag pole.
Boston is trying some experiments
in new forms of municipal "government '
which will ho watched with Interest
by other cities , who are dissatisfied
with the results obtained under the
existing forms. Under the Boston
plan the mayor nnd aldermen are to
have a small council , a non-partisan
ticket and the recall.
The Ixmdon Sketch states "that be
cause of a superior construction of the
larynx a woman can speak will less
fatlgno than a man. She can literally
talk for hours without experiencing
great weariness of the vocal organs. "
The Londoners have had recent and
Indisputable proof of the truth of thlls
statement from the suffragettes.
nermany thought that socialism had
received a death blow In the emphatic
rebuff given Its candidate In the last
election. But like Banqno's ghost ,
socialism will not down. The recent
general elections show astonishing
gains for the socialists. The Gorman
people take this way of protesting' '
against the burden of naval and mil-
Itary taxation.
The days when book learning was
not considered essential for farmers
are forever past. During the past
eleven years the number of students
In agricultural colleges has increased
from four thousand to more than four
times that number , and the farmers
who are too old to attend college
are eager students of the numerous
nnd excellent agricultural publlca-
tlons-
It seems Impossible In this age of
brilliant lighted streets to realize that
less than two hundred years ago Lon-
most lawless age , was lighted only
j
by candles hung out here nnd there
to combat the Egyptian darkness with I
Its feeble rays. Bands of robbers
roamed the streets , and It is recorded
"that when night was come no man I ,
durst venture to walk in the streets. "
An excellent movement is being ag-
Itnted In the large cities to. have the | i
retail stores close early on Christmas
eve , Instead of requiring the worn I
out clerks to wait on customers till
midnight. There is no real reason
why people cannot do their Christto
mas shopping before "tho eleventh
hour. " It Is mere careless procras- I .
tlnatlon. Turn over a new leaf this | I i
season and do your holiday shopping .
early , ! ,
I
The National Geographic society |
has awarded Comander Peary a gold |
medal In recognition and honor of his
high achievement In being the first
.
man to prove that he has been at I
the north pc'.e , and that , so far as
any ; records disclose , ho was the man I
who got there first. It will bo o (
served that this gives an opportunIty - . a
Ity and an invitation to Dr. Cook
bring on his proofs. If he got there
first now Is the time to prove It.
Civilization is slowing advancing.u'
It has reached the point where a protest -
test is being made against men's (
smoking on the platforms of street
1
cars , in at least a portion of the cities
1
of the land. In Chicago , where the
edict has gone forth that the fumes '
of the weed must bo banished from
the elevated roads , the smokers are 1
talking about enforcing his rights in ,
the courts. The Tribune
Chicago prej j
diets that he will lose. Let us hope
so.
William Allen White , In the Em-
porla , Kansas , Gazette , discussing
white slavery and how to change so
cial conditions , very pertinently says :
"Laws can prevent woman and child I
labor. Laws can prevent bad hous
ing. Laws can fix the house labor.
inAi
And we can make our laws If we will.
But to help the reform wo must re-
member to get out of the rocking
3'chairs. . Buy nothing that you know
made by sweat shop labor ; buy
nothing that is made by child labor. "
Chief Kohler of Cleveland , after
years of experience , contends that
wholesale arrests for minor offenses
do more harm than good. They bring
disgrace , humiliation and suffering to
countless innocent persons in no way
responsible for the acts of thoughtless
or malitlous offenders. Often times
the charges on which many of these
arrests are made are so trivial that
the prisoners are discharged with' sigc
out trial , but the family and friends gc
have suffered the humiliation just the
milt * * ; *
gi
New York has elected a popular
man , in Judge Charles S. Whitman ,
for the office of district attorney. Ho
conducted a campaign full of dash and
energy , and without descent to the
personal abuse that characterizes the
campaign for mayor. Had Mr. Whit
man run for mayor , ns there was
talk of his doing , ho would probably
have defeated Gaynor. But he is in
quite as Important an office as that
of mayor , and at the present time
the New Yorkers think ho Is the right
man In the right place.
tc
King Edward has recently celeSi
brated his sixty-eighth birthday. Ho t'
has retained the prestige which his cl
mother gained for the throne of Engo1
land , but while the kingship Is reni
epected the lords have steadily slid 8
down hill. There Is much questionIng - c <
Ing among the British people whether in
the house of lords shall act any long8' '
6r as a branch of the legislature. W
Naturally King Edward is much con- "
corned over the lords and common
debate , as It appears to him to bo
I an Indirect attack upon the monarchy
Itself. <
BRYAN WILLING.
Mr. Bryan refuses to speak on the
senatorial situation. Ho dictates
statement , however , in which ho
makes It clear that he "has never
\ nld lie would not bo n candidate. "
This IB as good as a declaration that
ho will make the raqc , If he thinks
ho has any chance to win. *
Mr. Bryan will find himself opposed
within the party byMr. . Hitchcock
and Governor Shallenborgor. And
when he gets outside his own party ,
his race will end , as is Indicated by
the recent returns in Nebraska.
. -
The damage done by overflows in
. .
the Missouri river to Missouri fanners
.
alone In the past seven years have
amounted . to $44,000,000. According
to the estimates of United States en-
glnecrs j less than one seventh of this
sum would be sufficient to rip-rap the
banks , build levees high enough to
keep ( the Missouri within its banks
the year around , and also to estab
lish a six foot channel from Kansas' '
City to its mouth. It Is poor economy
to save on public improvements which
art so greatly needed that a lossFe
seven times greater than their cost'W '
is sustained every few years.
The matter of Mr. Crane's sudden
resignation as minister to China withtot
out . over reaching his field of action
might better have been explained in
. .
. Its . right light at the time , Instead of
being attributed to personal Indlscres'r
tlon. Those who know both sides of
, . '
the matter say that had John Hay ,
himself j j been secretary of state he
.
could not have prevented the condljnei i
lions , which made Mr. Crane's sacrl-1a I
flco necessary. The truth Is , much
ns wo may dislike to own it , that
the open door Is shut and If It Is
ever . opened it will probably have to
be forced open. Do we want to open
It ? That is the question.
,
The Illinois Federation of Women
has j decided that it is up to women
to save the nation , to save mankind ,
to save civilization , to save the for-
ests , to save the coal , to save science ,
poetry , art nnd the drama , to save
everything in sight or that may be
discovered . later. The only thing they
fall to deem worth saving Is the home.
It seems rather a strange thing that
these 1 ( worthy women should waste
BO much energy and enthusiasm seek
ing for missions outside the home
through which to redeem and elevate
the human race , when' It Is In the
homes and by the mothers that the
salvation , of the race is won , after
.all.
The disbarring of I. J. Dunn of Oma
ha , for contempt of court , and the suspension -
pension from practice in the state
supreme ' court , should be approved.
by the people of Nebraska. The In-1 |
tegrity | of the courts must be main-
talned if the state is to bo perpetual.
And when an attorney assumes to
criticise a supreme court decision
because it happens to go against him ,
thus casting reflection upon the highest
judicial ( body of the commonwealth ,
it is fit and proper that ho should
jje penalized , not only because of his
n
offense , but as a striking example
which may stand for others and aid
ln maintaining a proper respect fore
th o ( courts.
Mrs. Hetty Green's son , Edward H.
R. Green of Texas , has evidently in-
herited his mother's ability to make
money ( , but unlike his mother and like
the average son , ho enjoys spending
it also. He owns and manages an ! ?
extensive railroad system , is president
of one bank nnd director in several
others , owns several cattle ranches
and cotton plantations , nnd incident-
ally sold $1CO,000 worth of American
Beauty rohes from ills green house ,
which Is said to have only one super
ior in the United States. Evidently
Mrs. Green has taught her son to
conserve all the natural resources he , ,
possibly can.
In
Inm
England has produced a new type m
of cruiser which it is believed will re
fill a long felt want In naval anna-
ment. The new cruisers are battle Cf
ships in disguise as far as gun power sli
goes , but they are very speedy. The bi
Invincible easily makes over twenty- to
five knots an hour and carries eight is
great twelve inch guns. It has long sr
been a question which was the more fo
Important speed without heavy guns PC
or heavy guns without speed. Now dlPI
the Invincible comes to the front with PI
both. The next move for the Amerl-
can navy will be to sell .our back op
number battleships for old Junk and en
build Invincible cruisers.
Alabama passed a game law one
year ago prohibiting altogether the
shooting of female wild turkeys. Pre
viously those birds were hunted the ?
to
year around. The result of the en
forcement of this law has been a
great Increase In the number of wild
turkeys , so that game wardens de- se
lu
clare that there Is no reason why in
every sportsman In the
state should lu
not servo to his family a wild turkey PIle
gobbler for Christmas dinner. What lo
can bo done in Alabama can be done ,
) (
other states. To bo sure , some ed
states would have to Import their first
birds and establish them on a now Ho
range , but it can bo done and would
add a new delight to the sportsman
of the state as well as add to the
natural wealth of the states resources.
No one realizes and appreciates the
Influence which the Christian mission-
. arles have exerted In our own nnd
other lands more fully than the men
of large business inteiests and a com-
; , prchenslvo knowledge of the worlds
| I progress. : As a most striking proof
of this statement , John S. Kennedy ,
who died very recently left | 15,000-
OOti to the cause of missions of the
Presbyterian church. Astute flnan-
clers like Mr. Kennedy do not give
Immense sums to causes which they
have not investigated , nnd It needs
scarcely any proof when the statesmen -
men of China , who were so prejudiced
agi
sionarles until a very recent date ,
ra
China ' Is duo more to the American
missionary ' than any other agency.
Dr. Joslnh Strong reaches the root
of many of the wrongs committed
against . ! society when ho says : "A so
ciety In which
the great majority are
giving each for himself , naturally and
Inevitably produces criminals. When
the time comes that many llvo to
servo as do the few today , children
will have a very different training ,
business ' ' will no longer be war but
will be co-operative Instead of
comthe j
petltive ' , nnd there will be created a I
;
totally different atmosphere In which .
good ( impulses will thrive. Under such
conditions those whose selfishness
causes them to
break through all recea
straints ' , moral and legal will become
fewer until crime reaches the van- !
'ishlng ' point. " When humanity's love
of service overcomes human selfish- '
ness , mankind will find this planet
a wonderfully pleasant place to live'
'n- '
The experience of states which have
endeavored to free themselves from
the exactions of monopolies demon
strates very clearly that wherever
the people of any states have resolute
ly taken action in their own behalf I
they have accomplished wonders. The
south has been far more progressive
along lines of state anti-trust legib-
latlon than the north. Texas has al
most emancipated herself from trust
control. The relief must come
through state legislation. The prac
tical failure of every suit brought by
the government to restrain or punish
the trusts tells Its own story. The
federal machinery is too cumbrous
and slow. It Is like setting an ele
phant to catch a lark. No one knows
this better than the trusts. They no
longer have any fear of federal restriction - to
striction , and their boldness is Justipro
fled by the events of the past ,
THE ILLINOIS LYNCHING.
For 1 the second time within a com
paratively brief period , the name of
Illinois has been stained by the crime '
of a mob 'of bloody hideousness.
There was no excuse for the lynch
ing of the negro , much less the
white man. That the laws would have
speedily claimed Its due from the ac
cused prisoners , seemed unquestioned.
And that a mob of 10,000 persons , In
cluding many women , should go crazy
In their thirst for human blood , brings A
of
disgrace upon the state of Illinois
far surpassing the shame of the crime
for which the negro gave his life.
The fury of mob rule was shown
in the act of the passion-blind crowd
in seizing a white man when they '
failed to find the other negro they j.
were searching for , and lynching the
white.
A few mob leaders ought to ho
punished , to stop this sort of wild
frenzy.
The parliament of Canada is now
in session and the paramount question
under discussion is that England has
expressed the sentiment tht Canada ly
must take some action looking to a a
share In the naval defenses of the
empire , and that her control of any
naval contribution must be such as
of
not to abrogate Canadian automny
any way. The Canadians in parlla >
ment < are considering three ways of we
responding to this call of the mother
country : The building of a small
coCf
Canadian navy , so that the dominion
shall bo able to defend itself ; the
Jm
building ; of two or three Dreadnaughts
ng
be contributed directly to the Brit
ish ! navy , and the contribution of a
specified sum to the British exhequer
for naval purposes. The first pro-
posal , that of building a small Cana
dian navy , meets with the most ap
proval , but it Is more sentimental
than ' practical , It would bo n more
sensible thing for Canada to strength
r Great Britain's navy , than to
bother with building a necessarily In- to
ferlor navy at home. a
to
SUSTAIN THE LAW.
A
Pick up a New York Newspaper
nowadays ' and you are almost certain
find in it somewhere the most
grievous complaints against the ad
ministration of the customs of the
service In that city. Collector Loeb "
has had the exceeding bad taste to
Insist that this law bo enforced , Ho
has had his subordinates compel the tlnn
payment of duties by the rich smugglers -
lors who practically all land at that can
Ity
port , and who have hitherto defraud said
the government out of millions of
eye
dollars' worth of revenue every year.
has even had the effrontery to
make the sugar trust come to time ,
and to doprlvo It of the aorvlcos of Us
employes ] who hnvo for years , under
Its pny nnd Institutions , cheated tbo
treasury by the UBO of false weights.
It IB this lant Iniquity that will not
be forgiven. AH long as Collector Loob
was satisfied merely to stop private
swindling , there was an occasional
growl from the syndicates that have
been bringing In dresses and diamonds
and other valuable property to the
amount of many millions a year with
out paying duty. But when ho laid
hands on the sacred Sugar trust It
self , he became an outlaw and no
longer to bo tolerated. SInce that
moment ' you can distinguish , by their
comments upon the custom service ,
the newspapers of Now York city In
which the Sugar trust or some one
of Its I co-partner monopolies has a con
trolling Interest.
The country expects and believes
that President Taft will give his entire -
, .
tire and hearty approval to the ofll-
. .
clal , who Is so violently assailed simp-
ly because 1 ho will not let the rich nnd
powerful offender against the law slip
through Its meshes. Wo have no love
for the new tariff law ; but at least
wo need not add to its Iniquities by
making Its applications partial. As
long as wo levy these duties , let us
have them
collected without fear or
favor. The moment the rich people
win try to bring in goods at
New York without paying duty cease
their swindling attempts , that moment
can the provisions for enforcement
be relaxed. The moment the com
mercial monopolies become
even or
dinarily honest , that moment will they
cease to have anything to complain
of. More power to the elbow of Loeb !
AROUND TOWN.
Shovel it off !
This'll test your legs.
Storm boots are trump.
Say , how'd you like to be the coal
man ?
Well , Bright Eyes , you did come lo
high shoes , didn't you ?
Why couldn't they put runners on
the airship for snowy mornings ?
"My wife and I stuck our feet in the
oven and ate breakfast off the stove
this morning , " one man said.
Shovel the half of your walk leadIng -
Ing away from town , ns well as that
leading to town. Think of the people
who have to pass your house.
There's a pretty good Indication as
men's characters , found in the
promptness with which their side
walks are shoveled off after a snow.
There are some people in Norfolk
who are so lazy that their trait can
not be xplalned in any other way ex
cept vn the theory that they have the
'hook worm. "
The show company must have read
about the milk famine in Norfolk. At
one point In the play Fisher sent a
telegram ordering six milch cows
shipped to town at once.
The Nebraska state labor law was '
violated at the Auditorium last night.
babe but a few months old was one
the characters In the play , "The
Heir to the Hoorah. " And Incidentu"
ally , a "babe .In arms" for once was
admitted.
A Norfolk man led the entire state
ticket In the recent Nebraska election.
Judge . ' J. B. Barnes of tills city was
high man. The votes were : Barnes ,
93,502 ; Sedgwick , 92,891 ; Fawcett ,
92.G81 ; Sullivan , 91,108 ; Dean , 90,438 ;
Good , 90,065.
ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS.
There is never much disposition to
kick about the other fellow's taxes.
Have you ever noticed how sudden
a useful man can die and how long
worthless man holds out.
A book agent speaks as highly of
the , book ho sells ns a reformer speaks
the reform he represents.
Whenever we meet a polite man ,
always resolve to bo more like
pi
him. A polite , modest man is a great it
missionary.
Sli
Den Davis , an Atchison young man ,
moved to Kansas City three months
ago. , Dut he is such a liar that AtchI- , is
son people can't tell how ho Is getting ,1Hmi
mi
along. miTl
Tl
In the Lysander John Appleton
family the family fortune came from
Mr. Appleton ; years ago , ho was in
Jured on the railroad , and , ns he em
ployed a big lawyer , he got a big ver
diet
No girl should allow a young man
call on her oftener than three times
week , even though she Is engaged
him. Men get tired of the same
kind of pie If they have It too often.
man's heart Is cut out on the same
plan as his stomach , only smaller.
'
1)1 )
An Atchison man and his wlfo re Is
celved word that n woman they liad
never met was coming to visit them.
"We will telegraph that we have the
smallpox and that will keep her 80
away , " said the man. "Sho is a Chris
scientist , " replied the wife with
tears In her eyes. "What , oh what
wo do. to avert this terrible calam
? " "Wo will burn down the house , "
her husband. ( Note. Keep your
open for a Jlro shortly , nnd don't Is
blame the man and woman. Com ed
pany must bo headed off , no matter In
what the cost. ) the
Home Course
In Live Siock
Farming
III. Live Stock Farming
and Soil Fertility.
By C. V. GREGORY ,
Author of "Home Course In Modern
Agriculture , " "Maklntf Money on
the Farm , " Etc ,
Copyrlf lit , 1000. by American Pren
grain Is grown
WilKHKVEIt fora number of
years the soil decreases in
. . yielding power. If the prac
tice is kept up the yields will dually
become so low as to bo iinprolltable.
and the land is said to be worn out.
The ' fact is It Is not worn out any
more ! than a sickle Is worn out when
It becomes too dull to cut. itotb the
sickle and the soil need a certain
amount of treatment before they are
in slwfte to use again.
In the case of the soil nature will
restore It to Its original productivity
FIG. V. HOW FEIITILITT IS WASTED.
ifsp given time. Crops of weeds will
sp up. make a considerable growtb
an die down and rot. Iti the course
of a few years the humus supply will
be renewed , loeked up elements of fer
tility will become available , and the
field will again produce profitable
en
If ] rotation Is practiced so as to even
up the demands on the soil , with
clover or some other legume to gather
nitrogen from the air. the soil will
continue productive for u much longer
time. Even then It will not keep on
yielding profitable crops always. Com
mercial fertilizers may help to stave
Off the day of reckoning , but after the
farmer has contributed hundreds of
dollars to the pockets of the fertilizer
manufacturer he will find that even
tlil.-i method of maintaining fertility
cannot be depended upon.
Keeping the Soil Productive. j
There are three factors on which
the productivity of the soil primarily
depends the amount of available min
eral ' plant fond elements which It con
tains , its physical condition and the , ,
amount or moisture It will hold. Ni
trogen , one or the three most Important
chemical elements In the soil , can be
,
obtained from the air In unlimited
quantities by the use of legumes , such
as clover and alfalfa. The other two.
phosphorus and pota lum. are present
In moht soils In fairly large quantities ,
alt bough much of the supply is in
unavailable form. Good tillage and
well planned rotations do much to
make these elements available.Vbcn \
the total supply becomes low It can
be renewed by the application of ferti
lizers. This Is nil. however , that fer
tilizers will do. They will not im
prove the physical condition of the
soil nor increase its moisture holding
capacity.
The use of liberal amountsof clover
In the rotation will add to the humus
supply of the soil and so Increase Its
moisture holding capacity. Ilumus
acts like u sponge , forming a store-
house for water that would otherwise |
bi ; wasted. Ilnmns also Improves the ,
physical : condition of the soil , making
itfti lighter and mellower. Take a pan- '
fti of clay and a panful of rich black
surface soil , wet tliem thoroughly and a
place them in the sun. When the clay m
dry It will be baked almost as hard sa1
a brick , while a little stirring will
make the black dirt as mellow as ever. on
This difference in the two soils is duo
solely to humus. pr.-
The humus supply cannot be main- , ° (
talntxl by the use of clover unless a , . >
crop Is plowed under at frequent In- '
tervals. It takes considerable time . .
for tills clover to rot enough to form -
humus , and the turning under of so ' .
large an amount of green mutter at i
once Is liable to make the land "sour.1' t. .
This condition can be corrected by the *
use of lime , but this means trouble mlhi
( hi
nnd
expense.
The Value of Manure. Tb
The onlv way to keep the soil In the shi
lilghest possible state of productivity on
to keep live stock and apply the onmr
manure to the Innd. Barnyard manure the
mhls large amounts of the elements of rai
fertility to the soil. . An average of lef
per cent of the nitrogen , phosphorus
and potassium in the food eaten Is
passed out In the manure. This per- r
ccntage Is highest In fattening animal * W |
nnd lowest In young stock. The elements yoi
I'll
ments of fertility removed when grain tut
sold as compared with those remov
by live stock are strikingly shown 1
the following table. The prices of of f
elements are figured at the approx- the
Iti'tile rate that would have to bo pnlrt
If they were purchased In the form
of commercial fertilizers. The approx
imate yield of one acre Is given In each
case :
VnUie of ttm
nltroRtn , ption-
Klml of crop. phorus nnil potnu-
Corn slum continued
Grain. 75 bushels
8loir , two tons
Total W.W
Onts-
Clrulii. i > 0 IniBiicIn Jf42
Btruw , IVi JOMH 4.Wi
Total UU.
Whc-.t-
Graln , U > bushels I6.IS
Straw , 1 10-1 * . ! > >
Total I7.ki
Timothy. 2 tons J10.M
1'otittocB , 300 Int.M" ' < 16.41
Fat cattle , l.Uuo i itiiula 4 hi
Tat hogs , 1,000 pounds 3.11 !
Milk , 10.000 pounds 10.11
llutter , 600 pounds in
This table shows at a glance the
great economy , considered from a fer
tility standpoint , of market ing grain
In the form of live stock. Adding fer
tilizing materials to the soil , however.
Is only one of the ways In which ma
nure is beneficial. It helps to break
down the unavailable minerals. It
adds humus , and this Is of a kind that
mixes readily with the soil. Thus the
physical condition and water holding
capacity of the soil are Improved even
more than where clover Is used. In
stead of plowing under clover It can
be fed. The resulting manure will do
the soli almost as much good as the
clover would if turned under. Thus
both the feeding and fertilizing values
arc obtained iron ) It. Ity using u regular
rotation with clover and feeding all
the rough feed nnd most of the grain
on the farm the soil can be brought
up to a very high state of productivity
and kept there for an Indefinite period
of time.
In an experiment at the Ohio experi
ment station where manure was ap
plied every three years lo a rotation
of corn , wheat and clover at the rate
of eight tons to the acre the average
Increase in yield was 1-1.7 bushels of
corn. 8.(1 ! ( bushels of wheat and (580 (
pounds of clover. The value of the
Increased yields due to the eight tons
of manure was $17.32 , or $2.17 per ton
for the manure. This was for manure
that was obtained In the open yard.
Manure that had been tramped down
In sheds where It was under shelter
had a value of § 2.03 per ton In increas
ed crop yields.
The results obtained on a little run
down farm In Pennsylvania strikingly
show what can be done with manure.
This farm was so badly exhausted
that It would produce scarcely any
thing. Dairying was introduced and
the manure applied to the land. After
a few years of such treatment and
without the addition of any commer
cial fertilizers whatever the produc
tivity of. the farm was so greatly In
creased that an annual revenue of $200
to the acre was received from it.
The effect of manure continues for
a great many years after Its applica
tion. Experiments with immured and
uninunured land have shown that the
yield In the manured plots was con
siderably greater twenty years after
the last application of manure was
made.
Applying Manure.
Tiie best results are obtained , hovr-
e\er. when manure is applied fre
quently | and In comparatively small
amounts. For the ordinary field
crops an application of eight tons to
the acre is sufliclent at one time. To
gel the required amount on each
acre . and to get It applied evenly n
spreader Is a necessity. Manure spread
evenly over the ground Is much more
effective than that thrown about In
no. vi. UANUUU pitna IN oi'EN YARD.
irge chunks , as Is usually done , with ,
pitchfork. Still worse Is the prnc-
ce of dropping the manure in piles ,
'avlng It nearly all winter and then
nvard spring scattering It about with
fork. In addition to spreading the
lanure : more evenly , the spreader
ives work enough to warrant any
tie who has much stock In buying
ne.
ne.The
The spreader should be kept In use
radically the year round. Manure *
ft , In the open yard for six months'
ses nearly half its fertilizing value ,
lannre kept In sheds does not lose in
altie nearly so rapidly. A practice
mt is sometimes followed on dairy
irms , Is to have a shed In connection
ith the barn , keeping the cows In this
lied 1 most of the time , turning them
ito , the barn only IOUR enough to bo
illkeO. A plan that Is preferable to
ils Is to have a small shed over the
oor where the manure Is thrown out.
be spreader can be backed Into this
tied nnd the manure loaded directly
to It at seasons of the year when
lanure ran be spread directly upon
le fields. At other times the manure
in be thrown out Into the shed and
ft there until it can be hauled.
A Reproof.
Parent-Willie , my father used to
hip ] mo when 1 behaved as badly as
on are doing. Willie-Well , I hope
never have to tell my little boy
lat , Exchange.
The habit of looking at the best side
any event Is worth far more than a
jousand pounda a year. Johnson.
