-sswr-.- FARM GCHAMM HEN YOU WANT Journal Printing BECAUSE: Mr U'ra; ui ts -ontributions of any nw jtlas rh.it -a.l"-3 f thia department may wian j pr- ",r and would be pieasfil t i an-w-r rr-spontints desiring information n -u jc's discussed. Ad dress M. J "Wrass. "Waukee or Dea Ifoines. Iovv i PLAN FOR THE WINTER'S RATION. FALL PLANTING. It is time that every dairyman faould carefully consider what he is ;om; to feed his cows during the conring winter. Those who have an abundance of clover hay have much to be thankful for, as this contains a large proportion of protein, so es sential In milk production. He that can give his caws all the good hay they will consume need give no 'nought to the high price of commer cial foods. One of the very best grain rations to go with clover hay is a combination of half and half ground oats and bar iy. oats and corn or oats and wheat. If there is not clover, wild hay, tim orhy or corn fodder must take its place. As these are all deficient in small amount of linseed meal or some orhr hizhly nitrogenous food to bal ance up the ration, or if there is an abundance of oats at hand they may be made the principal of the grain ration, as they are very rich in protein. Either good wild hay, timothy or corn fodder, or a com lunation of two of these or of all three with a grain ration made up almost exclusively of ground oars makes as cheap and almost satisfactory a ration as can be compounded by science. If the rood milkers are iven all of this roughage they will consume, and about one pound of zround grain to each cwt. of the animal fed. and divided into two feeds, there is no doubt that the results will be satisfactory, pro viding the cows are inclined to give milk, are comfortably housed, regu larly fed and receive kind treatment We would, of course, prefer some sort of succulence, as roots, or to have the rurn fodder in the shape of silase. While we have come to believe that -he silo is the best and the cheapest ni-'ans of handling corn fodder, we do not claim that silage is indispensable in obtaining sood results, as we have ourselves made quite ordinary cows bring a revenue of Jnil per year with out either roots or silage. Persons who want to know or un derstand life in all its features must not confine their observations to city 'iff alone. They must go forth into the counrty and see home life on the tarn. The fondness fo rural life has had a great salutary effect upon our national character. Some of our nation's best representatives have ocme from homes on the farm. SELECTION OF SEED POTATOES. Potatoes to be used for seed ought be selected the previous fall. Only r dmm-sized tubers should be used. The pracnce of selecting small pota tos of unmarketable size for seed is contrary to the principles of plant breeding. Growers should select seed which is typical of the poratoes they swsh to produce. Neither the largest i or smallest are best, but those of uniform size. These potatoes during the winter should be kept in a cool cellar, where 'hey will be subject neither to frost cor to heat from the furnace. If a cellar furnishing the proper conditions cannot be secured, then the potatoes should be banked in the fall and cov-o--d securely with straw and earth Tc keep them from freezing. It is often thought that in order v zet good seed potatoes it is nec sary to purchase from Maine each ear. or from some point farther north. This practice, while occasion ally advisable, is not necessary each ar. If we select our bst tubers l.tr seed and keep them as they should be kept, they will be as sood seed 1-otatoes as can be secured anywhere. In cutting the seed tubers each piece cut should be of good size, and should contain one bud or more. The number of buds which is contained in ach piece of potato is not so im portant as it is that each piece be of good size. The ortm? should re ceive the personal supervision of the farmer, and not be intrusted to hired help, unless it is most reliable. Ii the potatoes are cut into long, rhm strips, a lare surface is exposed frrm which evaporation takes place. Where the planting is followed by dry weather as it was last spring, the piece of potato may dry out so that the bud will never commence growth. There is doubtless a question in the minds of many about planting in the fall or waiting until spring. It may be that there are only a few trees grape vines or berry bushes to be planted, but to those who need these few things it is a matter of impor tance. The decision as to whether or not to buy and plant in the fall largely de pends on where it is to be done. In the prairie States north of Texas, I would say not to do it, but over a large portion of the country, especially east of Ohio and Kentucky, I would say to plant at ,bat time. The objection to fall planting in the central part of the country is the damaze that comes from the drying out of the tops and roots during following winter, be fore they have become firmly fixed in the ground. The sudden changes of temperature and especially the long and windy cold spells are very trying to newly planted trees. It is not so bad on berry bushes or anything that does not have much exposed sur face above uxound. Where the cli mate is moist and they are planted early enough to form rootlets before cold weather, there is likely to be ability to safely endure it; but when there are not roots with tender, ab sorbent parts, and in moist soil, to take up water to replenish that which is carried off through the tops there is sure to be injury done. In many cases it is a decided ad vantage to plant in the fall. In near ly all parts of the East and South- and on the Pacific Slope, this is true. Xor should the ordering be put off until late. The earlier the nursery men have the orders the sooner they can prepare to fill them, and the sooner they can be delivered. The cost is usually a little less in fall than in spring, and sometimes the stock is of a better grade. One thing that can be done almost anywhere is to buy nursery stock in the autumn and heel-in or bury until spring. Then it can be taken up and planted in good season, and often be fore it is possible to get it from the nurseries at that time of year. But the heeling-in must be well done. The soil should be sifted and trampled well Letween the roots after opening all large bundles, and the earth piled up tc their tops. In the prairie region I used to literally bury all stock that I got in the fall and it paid me to do it. INSTITUTE NOTES. The farmer's institute is not com plete without the farmer's wife ano daughter. They take more interest ' in the discussions than the good mar j imagines. They are entirely compet ent to take part and should be in vited and urged to do so. The institutes that do not have, night sessions make a mistake. The townspeople should always be invited to these and the addresses should be of a character to interest both town and country. Townspeople are more interested in farm matters than farm ers sometimes imagine, and every night session of an institute would do much to awaken interest in the day discussions and promote good feeling between the town and coun try. The institutes are teaching farmers how well they can talk on farm ques tions. We have seen many a farmer, when called upon to speak on some topic on which he was known to have experience declare positively that he could not do so. When at last he was good naturedly forced to give his views, he surprised both himself and his neighbors by the fluency and fit ness of his remarks. The institues are showing farmers how they may co-operate in many ways; for example, in mutual insur ance, in co-operative buying and sell ing, in the establishment of horse companies, creameries, canning fac tories and other enterprises which fail without active co-operation. They are fast molding the different ele ments in a community in to a harmon ious whole embuing them with a com mon life, showing them how nearly they are brethern in fact as well as in name. Americanizing the foreign er and teaching the native American the sterling virtues which a large per cent of our foreign population have. Out of this harmonious blending will arise one of the finest examples of independent, self-reliant, intelligent farm life that any country has ever seen. A study of prices on farm products for 40 years reveals the fact that while all other staple agricultural products have cheapened, the aver age price of marketable apples has increased and first class apples put on the market now bring a higher price than in any previous decade. A PLEASING PLENTITUDE. If half a feller's dreams of fame. Contentment, riches, honored name. Were realized, he'd have, von see. Xo time at all for misery. His face would wear no worried frowns. He d never know the ups and downs. The ins and outs that make folks blue If half a feller's dreams came true. He'd want no more than half. I'm sure. To warrant him he d ne'er be poor In worldly soods: to guarantee His heart would e'er he liht and free; To proe. forsooth, beyond a doubt, He d win in all he went about. O'ertake each thins he deigned pursue If half a teller s dreams came true. As towering peak, as arrlnng sky. A felkr builds his dreams as high; As mightv continents and seas. A feller s dreams are broad as these! And so it easv. iuite. to see Such opulent immensity Would w-ll suffice though cut in two. And only half our dreams came true. Exchange. The question is frequently discuss ed as to whether corn should be shredded or put into the silo. Public sentiment is swerving more and more in the direction of siloing the corn. -nd in this conclusion it is correct. Shredding is a vast improvement over feeding in the old wav. but one of the chief dinicuities connected with the ?hredding of corn is found in the fact that when the "season comes tor shredding corn, the weather is fre quently of such a character as to irake it impossible to engage in this v.ork. Fall pruning of the vine is much more prevalent than formerly, and is fast growing in favor. The prejudice that February only was the proper time to prune vines is fast passing away. Although the vine has yielded its fruit and lost its foliage, the sap ii still at work performing its func tions in maturing and ripening the wood. This being the case it is fair to presume that the less it has to do. i e., the less wood it has to ripen, the more perfectly it will doits work; bence the removal of all wood not needed for next pear's fruiting is so mucn relief to the vine. The wood it to be used for propagating pur poses is all the better for not being hardened sufficiently to stand expos ure during winter. The weather this month is miller and more favorable for pruning and more comfortable for the operator than mid-winter. The snow, and often intense cold, render winter pruning anything but an agree able job. Mr. Miller of Nebraska writes: "I enclose you some leaves from what I bought for Vincennes grape. Can you tell me what it is? I also bought such things as Paeonies, and I find by good authority that the nurseryman who furnished the stock has sent me Yuc ca. I bought Althea and Hydrangea, and they furnished Lilacs. I spent $30 and have but little that I bought, and nothing true to name." In reply to Mr. Miller will say that it is only another instance of mis placed confidence. It was his duty before placing an order of this size with an agent to know positively if the company that he represented ex isted, and that he was going to get fair treatment. It is no worse than the patent-right swindler, the cloth vender, the Bohemian cats graft and dozens of other swindles that are all the time being perpetrated. We think it is a fair rule to adopt to only deal with firms at home, or those that ad vertise in reputable farm papers, who have a standing not only at home but abroad. The leaves received in the letter are not from grapes at all. but are currant leaves, showing conclusively that cur rant bushes had been substituted for grape vines. NOTES ON THE TULIP TREE. This beautiful large tree is a mem ber of the magnolia family. In some sections it is known as yellow poplar c r whitewood tree and in others as the tulip tree. The large tulip-shaped, fragrant flowers appearing in June readily suggest this latter name. The leaves are large, fresh looking and ' most singularly lobed. their peculiar j torm having given rise to a local name I in some places of the "fiddle tree. ' Their fall coloring is a pleasing yel low. It is in the winter season that its handsome, evenly tapered trunk, especially in young specimens, can be admired. When established, its growth is rapid, and in time it becomes a very large tree. It is not easily trans planted unless quite young, and then its removal should only be attempt ed in the spring, says Gardening. We are pleased to announce that we have found the tulip tree reason ably hardy in central Iowa, and know , of many specimens 25 to CO feet high standing in Madison. Polk and ad joining counties. They were brought . here by the early settlers, who came ' f,,Tl Tj$OM., ,! V1,".T,.' l.nn. .IS rectly from the forest. More farmers get their fingers burned on a steel range bought of peddlers than anything else, for they can usually purchase the same range for 510 less from their home merchant. HORTICULTURAL OBSERVATIONS. The census of 1900 credits Mis souri with 20.000,000 apple trees, one third more than any other state. Mil- i linnc linro hapn nti-nroi? cinpo Iinr rli apple production is not keeping pace with population. During the last ten years the population has increased 21 per cent apple production only 15 per cent. STORING CA5EAGE. The storing of cabbage is an im portant item. If one does not pos sess the proper cellars it is best to bury in the open ground, putting the heads down on a level bit of ground. covering with straw and with earth vrdugh to prevent freezing and thaw in"". Di? trenches along the line of cabbages to drain off the water. In storing cabbage in a cellar the tem perature must be kept low or the heads "will become flabby and tough. A man can scon run out a variety of strawberries that have fruited heavily. A variety that has been ex hausted can be restored to its first vigor by gathering vigorous, plants that have formed in new ground from the old plants. At a recent conven tion a professor said that even the Wilson strawberry can be resorted to its former vigor by. say ten years of careful selection. Asked how he would go about it. he replied his course would be to select the most thrifty Wilson plants at fruiting time and have new plants formed by runners from these. His process continued would result in giving a plant of great vigor and productiveness. LATE FALL PASTURE FOR SHEEP. It is advisable to keep some fresh pasturage for late fall feeding. Exer cise in the fall is conducive to thrift J in winter and healthy lambs in the spring. In the northern climate sheep are housed too much at best. The ewes may obtain more food than would be supposed from a field of fresh blue grass pasture that has been I in part retained for them. Just now "the frost is on the pump kin and the fodder's in the shock." i There is work in every season on the farm. If the farmer would have a ' holiday, he should plan for it in the same way as does the busy merchant. If he waits until his work is done ha will never leave the farm. HL Jj V y V 54lBi ii aawaBMBBBBBBBBBB. v. 9JJ i 'saw iv swi sHjfkC tOIwK .Apeay jyV- fT7AiM. n rr?k jjLliii i-. viiv wm& Although days of thanksgiving, especially for the fruits of the earth, have been customary in all ages of the world and in connection with every form of religion. Thanksgiving day as an annual harvest home and family reunion under Christian aus pices is a purely American institu tion and, outside of New England, is of comparatively recent origin. As a national holiday it began in the head and heart of Abraham Lin coln, who proclaimed Nov. 2G, 1S6::, as a thanksgiving day for the simul taneous victories of Gettysburg and Vicksburg on July 4 and for the abundant harvests of that year, and Nov. 24, lStl4, as a thanksgiving day for similar blessings. There had been other days set apart for thanksgiving during the war, but these were the first of the unbroken series in the month of No vember. President Johnson con tinued the custom out of respect for Mr. Lincoln, and it has been instinc tively recognized by every president since. In several states the gover nors also make coincident proclama tions. Though at present mostly a hal lowed memory. Thanksgiving day, when it was in its prime, was one of the noblest and most delightful things in American civilization. Time was when on this day all the churches were thronged with cheerful and de vout worshipers, and the ministers, speaking from bowers of corntops and sheaves of wheat and pyramids of pumpkins and red apples, moved every heart by their tribute to the divine goodness. From the religious temples the peo ple turned to the family altars, where the fires of filial devotion burned just as briskly. The mem bers of the household assembled, some of them from remote localities, to look into the changed counte nances of "the old people" perhaps for the last time, sat down to a roy al feast of good things, the greatest feast of all being the revived and increasing and men are not slow to take advantage of them. The prayers of praise for the bene fits of the past and the prayers of supplications for other blessings to follow will be heeded by the Deity and his constant care extended toward us. No cataclysm of crime can erad icate from man the belief that he is the creature of a supernatural power and intelligence. The tendency of scientific research is to strengthen this belief by making more manifest she wondrous works of God. It may be considered doubtful if the belief in man's divine origin was ever en tirely obliterated from any human mind. With this belief firmly planted in the hearts and homes of this great American nation and mindful of the true source of all earthly power and blessings, it is fitting that in the tem ples erected by our people in whlcn to worship God according to the dic tates of their own conscience, that they should meet together on this day and give praise to Him who watches over us. The Thanksgiving Ooccocoo. The original name of the turkey was Oocoocoo. by which it was known by the native Cherokee Indians. It is supposed that our Pilgrim Fathers, roaming through the woods in search of game for their first Thanksgiving spread heard the Oocoocoo calling in the familiar tones of our domesticated fowl, "Turk, turlt. turk." These first Yankee huntsmen, mistaking this cry of the bird for its real song, im- j mediately labelled it "turkey," and turkey it is to this day. Much more I beautiful and musical was the Indian ' name, "Oo-cco-cco," the notes peculiar to the flock when sunning themselves in perfect content on the river beach es. Sunset Magazine. Primitive Pilgrim Feasts. It is supposed that our Pilgrim parents were whetting their appe tites upon wild turkey at the very moment when the news of their pos- overfiowing familv affections and the sible ultimate starvation reached Eng-inevTin"-iiish.ihin nrtnrhmpnr to rh ' land. It must have been terrible in- family hearthstone. That was Amer ican civilization in its flower and fruit age. As long as our people are a home loving people, as long as filial and fraternal love are aflame and as long as we will cross mountains and trav erse continents to gather once more at the old fam.ly homestead, to drop a tear for the departed and to receive the embrace of those who survive, our institutions are safe. Those who have reached middle life can not but regret the partial de cadence of Thanksgiving day within their own recollection. In cur day it is little more than a secular holiday devoted to athletic sports. The sec ular holiday and the arhletic sports are, of course, good things in them selves, but it is not pleasant to see them take the place of an admirable and invaluable social custom. There is every year by custom and by proclamation of president and governors a day of Thanksgiving. Up on this day the American nation of fers to the throne of Divine Grace its prayerful thanks and sings peans of praise for the many bounties and blessings that have been bestowed upon our people. True, in this great world there may be some who are un able to look back and point with pride and thankfulness to many acts and things connected with their lives, but goodness always exceeds the bad and the world is constantly growing bet ter and brighter. Opportunities are deed on the approach of winter, with few and imperfect firearms at com mand, for these desperate Puritans to knock live gobbling turkeys off the trees and make a meal of them! No spiced stuffing with chestnuts and oysters for them! Just simple tur key, roasted upon hot stones or boiled in a cauldron instead of being smoth ered in a lidded receptacle basted every fifteen minutes in its own juices. A Tcugh Preposition. The ostrich to the lhis said. Out on Sahara's waste: "I'm lad I'm not a tuikey cock. ;.:v AW-'v :'3to$mW Loved only for my taste. I give my pretty feathers up At Fashion'-' stern behest; F'it is Thanksgiving meil I fear I hardly would digest!" 0UiJ0UU)Hil)ft S& . ,&3ife i J-itZg rr? "5 st?-. . -o-J r .W''tf" rx 4a W r- svsss,-;--.;!' -.t i.i- Si - ? ;,.--- - - Ceo Gratias. My heart a new thanksgiving sines ror each successive day that bring3 The royal gift of common things To gladden me. The song of birds, the river fleet. The forest s shade, the -alley sweet. The flowers springing at my feet Are all for me. The silver on the drop of dvr. The sun.-et'5 cold, the ether's blue. The prism of the rainbow's hue Belong to me. The mountain's strength, the ocean's might. The arth. the air. the glowing light. The busv day. the restful night. Were made for me. Some helping hand, some blessing free. Some tender throb of sympathy. Some prayer, though it unutiered be. . Exists for me. So let my heart its meed of praise In sweet acclaim a song upraise. That He who gives the best always. Thus Mess-es me Blanche Floor Schleppy. j.) . fflT)cfffp??kffiSf)rogjgS Styles are always up-to-date. Work is guaranteed. Prompt delivery. Reasonable prices. If we haven't it we will order it. We can save business men money on printed forms; we can get engraved cards for society people; better styles at lower prices. Journal Sale Bills bring crowds. Journal Letter Heads bring business. Try us. Columbus Journal 60. tllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllH I XJMJ2 JULJL rlCl3 X tfce tact Uutt moat of 1. X. Fare Tfiwit Oil is the fwudatl Tfce general prejudice atcaiast cerfySUxctf lU Btriat la nt greml late THICK PASTE, paint matter tnea dilates every cailea el Jaetaeaarka eae aad kaewaar the Bare raw etl. WCVVaWar Its 3. AUi Mixed f 'aU" yam nave te take ala w 4. waea yea bay KeadyoUxed Pant, yea pay i it arlce f or tnla canned MelL' or troam 3 13 ta 3 1 - . ..-.. 1 ler tne irean, pare raw ou la year local aeaier'a i 8. There is a aalat whose wakn STOP. ' pieted; eoateat with the profit oa the pata that aay 14 year eld boy caa alx this paste i both boazht separately from the leccl dealer. Stanly stir 1 allow for sallow, no more, no less, sad ambles; else, aad YOU I yea have aw absolutely pare linseed oil paint that has at least 33 less thaw aay "High Grade' Keady-atxed Pi price ior eat a peine ana ou i rita parity aad daraaUlty. . This aalat la Klaleeh H line of staadard. popalar -u- less tae DURABLE thaetrted doww awe Am. aww amaaa nwewa colors. It la aet a pafat the pare raw eU WHEREVER WE HAVE NO AGENT. YOUR OWN DEALER WILL JET "K1NLOCH" FOR YOU. IF SHOWN THIS AO.. BY WRITING DIRECT KINLOr-' ANT COMANY. ST. LOUIS. MO. T0 iiiiiiiiiliiiiiii iiiiiini iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinii TO CHICAGO EAST Without Change of Cars UNION PACIFIC R. R. 3-TlCl. Chicago- Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway. For Time Tables rnd Special Rates see Union Pacific Agent, or write F. I. MSN, Gti'l Wtsitra ignf. 1524 Fanta St. OMflfUl. N&BRflSKil. he Only Double Track Railway be- tween the Missouri River and Chicago Fast daily train service via the Chicago, Union Pacific & North -Western Line from points in Nebraska to Chicago and East Six trains a day Omaha to Chicago, without change. Two trains aauy oetween Umahaand it. f aul and Minneapolis. & he Best of Everything .For rates, tickets and full Inforaution apply to agents union facne H. H. or adOress J. L MM, tew. So. FrapM an Pwt'r. a. Chicago 4 North-Westeni Hy. OMAHA. NEB. I Kansas Giy Soothera Railway Straight aw the Craw FUas" KANSAS CITY TO THE QULF PASSING THROUGH A GREATER DIVERSITY OF CLIMATE, SOIL AND RESOURCE THAN ANY OTHER RAILWAY IN THE WORLD, FOR ITS LENGTH Along its 11a are the Sneat lands, suited for zrorlag small grain, corn. flax, cotton; forcommerciml apple and peacaorcaarda, far other f raits and ber ries ; for commercial cantaloupe, potato, tomato and general truck farms ; for sugar cane and rice cultivation; for merchantable tlm'oer; tor raUtnaj horsea, moles, cattle, hops, sheep, poultry and Angora goatt. Writs for Information Concern ina FREZ GOVERNMENT HOMESTEADS Raw Colony Locations. Improved Farias. Mineral Lands. Rica Lands and Tiaoar Lands, and (or copies of "Currant Events." Business Opportunities, Rica look. K. C S. Fruit Book Cheap round-trip bomaseeken' tickets on sals flrat and third Tuesdays of each month. THE 8HOHT UNE TO "THE LAND OF FULFILLMENT" ', 7xa. any, . VXST. Aft. .. Ctty.1