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4 THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL ATLAJITA. GA.. S WORTH FOMYTH «T. gatorra « dto Atlant, rratofftc. Mall yptttr of tbe JAMM»r GRAT, Preaidrat and Editor. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE Twelve nratbs BIX ■totha Tkrra awntbe Tbe Brail-Weekly Journal to publlabed oo Toeaday and Friday, and la mailed by the abort ent roetee for rally delteery. It eentatne »ew» from «* over tbe wwria. breerbt by epeetai leaned wires Into nor ofrce. It baa a staff of dtotiafoabed contributor*, with strong dcpartmewta of special rale# to tbe bain a and tbe farm. Arent* wanted at ever* poetofflre. Übeea’ eomialaalon allowed. Outfit free. Write tv P. B. Randolph. Clrraletion Manar er. Tbe only trareliag repreeeutatlrea we bare are J. A. Bryan. B. I*.’Bolbcm. C. C Coyte and M B. OHreath. Wo wit! be ''responsible only for money paid to tbe abor* named traveling tepreeentatlree. IOTICI TO bVBBCBIBERB • Tbe label rood for addreealng yen’ paper ebow. tbe Vme your aotwcrtpttoe erplnr*. By renewing at leant two weeka before tbe Batt on tbe label, you insure regular erefce. la ordering paper ehanged, be sore to mention roar old. an well as you* new. address. If on a rural route, please fire the roots number. We cannot rater subscriptions to be gin with back aumbero. Remittance abould be sent by postal order or regie t*r*d BSlle - gepartment to TBB BRMI-WXBKLT Address all order* and notices for this JOURNAL Atlanta. Ge. » - Everybody alae is for the new char ter. Ar* you! Put tbe soft pedal on—Atlanta team baa loot again. Would the Dalton council become fire men if they fired the fire department? The eold 'day in August is a remote poeetbiUty now. if a possibility at all. Last reports were that the mint julep had "eome back" in Texas and Ala bama _ s Admiral Togo's invasion of the United States by land is a great and howling President Taft will veto the state hood bill, and on the* eve of the elec ‘ tlcn. toe. In those strenuous days of congress, the president's veto power is being put to the test. W ———————— Every hour, every minute, rather, brings another advocate of the new charter form. The steel trust has permission, how ever, to deal in generalities, if not in campaign fund*. Just a little while longer and we shall be in the full enjoyment vs the county f fair and the circus Maybe the mule who was remembered p- in his master's will feels something like an air ship (heirship). * The man who burned the stars and stripes in Ontario is seeking to be a sort of Canadian Heyburn. Congress will return home too late to see the effect of the garden seed it distributed early In the session.* F A Decatur street preacher-barbe. charges $1 for a wedding. I cents for h shase two elose shaves for 91.05. Don't kick on hot weather in August. It IB* the nature of the beast. Besides, be Jirnnkful for what, we received In ■* July. ■ If there was any blame at all, it couldn’t be put on Mm—that's the way CoL Roosevelt put it to those congres sional* probers. Air ships frighten the horses in Washington And yet one would imag ine that Washington horses would be used to anything. A stringent game law has been pass ed. and may It deal roughly with the man who can't Mt the game, but hits somebody's window glass instead. When it comes to campaign gifts, the average legislative committee is a bit charitable, especially when some of its members are of the receiving party. Nobody should blame the temperance lecturer who was found drunk in the Augusta pulpit. He was only trying to get an Intimate knowledge of the whisky habit. • If you are uncertain Just how large your watermelon is and what It weighs, kindly send it to The Journal office and we will furnish the information. Also * the verdict of Its taste Dutch Farmer For Southern Maryland The announcement that Mr. Trappe, the secretary of the state immigration bureau, is meeting with success In Hol land tn Ms efforts to induce Dutch farm ers to come to Maryland is encouraging. It is reported that a colony of these farmers is to be established in St. Mary's county near the mouth of the Patuxent river. That Is a fine country and there is rich land there. Holland is one of the Z most densely populated countries In the world and in order to support that popu lation the land must be well tilled. This necessity has made the Dutch most ex cellent and careful farmers, and the more r of them that can be brought to southern Maryland the better. Perhaps the ex ample of these people would teach the .southern Maryland planters to cultivate crops that reqdire less capital and labor | than the tobacco crop. The. cultivation | of tobacco was well adapted to slave | labor because it gave occupation to the slaves every month tn the year. But where labor has to be Mred by the c’ay or month the less the farmer has to hire the better he fir off, the crops being the same —Baltimore Sun. | f A Cautious Chauffeur In the recent New Tork examinations for chauffeurs' licensee was this perfect ly civil question* «, “If you were going along the road and met a skittish horse, what would you dor’ To wMch one candidate replied—our authority saw the examination paper •*I would stop the car, then the engine, and then, if the horse was still skittish, I would take Ahe machine apart and hide it 1» the grass until he got safely by.' Everybody’s. - f ■" THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1911. DON'T LET THIS OPPORTUNITY SLIP. Should the legislature fail to ratify the special appropriation of ten thousand dollars for the survey of the state’s water power and' swamp lands, Georgia will have lost, for the present at least, a wonderfully rich opportunity. The federal government has offered to carry out these impor tant surveys and also to contribute five thousand dollars to each of them provided the legislature will allot an equal amount. It is by no means certain that the government will extend this liberal offer indefinitely or even beyond the present year. Many other states would eagerly avail themselves of such a proposition. If, therefore, Georgia wishes to be sure of securing this aid, prompt action is essential. The committee to which this matter was referred has cordial ly recommended that the required sum be granted. Since, how ever, it comes in the nature of a special appropriation, it must Re ceive the special approval of the house and senate. The request is so thoroughly just and logical that it is not likely to meet any opposition. There is. however, a danger of its being sidetracked and lost in the eleventh hour crush of the present session. To prevent this every possible precaution should be taken. Every section of the state is keenly interested in gauging all streams .and the survey of swamp and overflow lands. The former is necessary to Georgia’s industrial development, and the latter will prove a vital factor in her agricultural development. This state is remarkably rich in running streams and falls, which if intelligently used will bring about a new era of manufac turing enterprises. As yet, however, there is no definite knowl edge as to their number or location or available power. For this reason they have failed to attract the interest of outside capital and investors. The government now offers to supply this very need by co operating with the state in a survey of its streams and by appro priating to this purpose five thousand dollars only. It is under stood, furthermore, that if the legislature will accept this proposi tion the government will make Georgia the southern center for its work of this character. The data thus collected will be published under the seal of the state and the nation, and will constitute an authentic and especially valuable advertisement of Georgia’s wa ter power resources. It is, furthermore, to be noted that until some such survey of the state’s streams is made, the conservation of our water courses will be greatly hampered. Only through scientific investigation can we determine accurately just what streams should be exploit ed and those that should be preserved. Indeed, it has frequently happened that capital has been wasted on an attempted develop ment of water courses that held little or no commercial power. Thus all interests, individual as well as public, will be subserved by these proposed surveys. It is a well known' fact that with the single exception of Flor ida, Georgia has a larger area of swamp and overflow lands than any state on the Atlantic epast. These tracts are now practically worthless to their owners and are of no profit to the state as a whole. On the contrary they are sources of disease and are a drawback to the communities in which they are situated. If they were properly drained, however, they could be converted into pro ductive farms that would add incalculably to our agricultural re sources and that would contribute princely revenues to the state’s treasury. The special appropriation mentioned above provides for the expenditure of five thousand dollars in making preliminary sur veys of such lands. If that amount is given by the legislature it will be duplicated by the government and the latter will lend vig orous aid in carrying out these surveys. There can be no doubt that the peopk of Georgia recognize the need and the value of these proposed enterprises. If, there fore, the members of the general assembly ratify these appropria - ations, they will be carrying out the earnest desire of their constit uents and opening the way for a more prosperous commonwealth. A GREAT AMERICAN PAINTER. Few Amqpcan-boni painters have won more cordial admiration than Edwin Abbey, who died recently in London. His work re flects little that is peculiarly distinctive of his mother soil, and it was from English legend that he drew his richest inspiration. Many of his most delightful pictures, however, are in this country, and he will be truly remembered as an American. Edwin Abbey, who died Tuesday in London, holds a uniquely charming place among American-born painters. His canvases re flect little that is distinctive of his mother soil or his national en vironment. Indeed, his maturer years were spent in England from whose romance and legend he drew his richest treasures of inspira tion. As a school boy Abbey was drawn to the earjy English poets and dramatists. The naive and delicate humor of Herrick partic ularly appealed to him and some of his most delightful work was devoted to such interpretations. The story goes that he was once commissioned by an American magazine to go to Stratford and produce, a series of drawings on Shakesperian subjects. Months passed and finally a year without a word or token from him to the publishers. It developed that he had become so absorbed, so steep ed in the atmosphere of the place that he had all but forgotten, for the time being at least, the specific purpose for which he had come. His delineation of scenes from Shakespeare, especially from Hamlet, are still fresh in popular memory. At a single thrust, he went straight to the soul of the dramatic monument he essayed to interpret. There was a sudden flash—and the character lived, the situation throbbed. t < The decorative element is strong, through not obtrusive in Ab bey’s work. At the outset, he was best known as a magazine il lustrator and for his water colors. As his genius ripened, however, he wandered further and further afield in the land of romance. His “Quest of the Holy Grail” in the Boston public library, is typical of this mood. From the fact that he was bom and educated on th|s side of the Atlantic and did much of his most admirable work in this country, America lays claim to him. In reality, however, he abode and wrought in a world of his own. THE ALASKAN WRANGLES. On no American issue is there more wrangling and less infor mation than that of Alaska. We are warned, on the one hand, that the vast natural treas ure of this territory is about to be pirated away by greedy monop olies and that the government should rigidly *withhold its lands from entry. At the same time, we are told that the people of Alas ka themselves are sufiering for the very necessaries that lie about ♦hem in abundance, because the government will not permit these •esources to be developed. As a means out of such perplexities the Boston Transcript suggests that there should be created a commission to investigate all the uestions to Alaska, “to bring them into the lieht, sift them down, and give us the facts.” It is hoped that when such data is in hand congress will then be in a position to leg islate concerning the territory with intelligence and efficiency. Certainly there is urgent need of more adequate legislation ♦han now exists. If the full truth were known it would doubtless appear that both sides of the present controversy are partly right. The Ballinger investigation showed to the public’s satisfaction x hat attempts to deliver some of Alaska’s most valuable lands into ♦he hands of special interests had been made. And actual condi *ions in that country show that its people are now compelled to im port coal at high prices when rich stofes of the fuel are within their reach. The territory should be protected against selfish exploitation, bnt it should not be barred from all economic progress. Accurate knowledge of the facts, followed by due legislation, is the thing to be desired. . i JBwßh (ou/mthy CoNVOCfBY 71 RS. XZ H.FELTO/<. PMACTICU BE IMG CONTENT. The way we learn to make music on the piano or the violin is practicing day after day. And the way we learn to make music in life is by practicing contentment. Keep thinking of <..*e pleasant things that happen, and forget the others as far as you can. That is the way to practice this sort of music. —Exchange. If we could only understand that It does no good but will do much harm to worry over what we cannot alter and must endure, how much lighter the cares and burdens of this olu world would be. It Is discontent that makes nine-tenths of the old world’s unhappiness. The advice In the paragraph here quoted is good and lasting. Try it. Practice being contented. If your home Is a poor one you can keep it clean and sociable. People will love to visit you and children will not love their homes where everyone Is dissatisfied and complaining of hard luck, etc. If a thing is helpable, then alter it, by any sort of diligent and steady work. If It can’t be helped then put it out of your mind as far as you can and do the best you can with what belongs to you either in money or happiness. The things of this world to triv ial on a death bed. If you'' have won love and affection and can exercise pa tience “you are richer than the miser with his millions of gold.” Practice contentment as you learn the piano, by practicing It every day. WANTS RECIPES. R. F. D. No. 1, WASHINGTON, Ga., July 29, 1911. To Mrs. W. H. Felton: Respected Lady—l am an old confed erate veteran. Will you please, if you can, send me a recipe for making to mato catsup, and also one for spiced tomatoes. I had both, but some one got them from me. lam all alone and 'o' Aug. 13. Jer., 38:1-39. by db. mabion Most nun. GOLDEN TEXT—“The word of our God shall stand forever.’’ Isa., 40:8. From the 32d to the 46th chapters of Jeremiah, there are recalled a number of prophecies that are more or less unique in prophetic literature. They are prophecies based on historical incidents. One of these, the incident of the burning of the roll, is the basis of our study to day. The others are equally as interest ing and Important. Take the time to study them; you will be well repaid. The present incident occurred in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, the son of Jo siah, 23 years therefore after Jeremiah began preaching. During all those years he had been proclaiming God’s messages to the people of Judah, but apparently without avail. As pointed out last week, there were two »olitical parties in Judah, the Egyptian afid the Assyrian parties. Each of these nations was seeking the alliance of Judah against the other; while Judah realized that without protection from one or the other, she could not stand—so far had she fallen away from God as not to appreciate that simple trust in, and obedience to, Him was her real safety. Os course, each of these nations had its adherents among the people. Jere miah and Josiah and all the pious people favored the Assyrians because the ease, luxury and licentiousness of Egypt had already rotted Judah to the core. Josiah had lost his life in fighting a Pharoah who was on his way against Assyria. Jeremiah had prophesied many times against Egypt, but to no avail. After the death of Josiah, Pharoah- Necho, who had killed Josiah, placed his son Jehoabag on the throne, but left him there only three months. He then removed him and placed his brother Elia kim on the throne, changing his name to Jeboiakiito. He paid the taxes to Pharoah that he required. Thus Jehoiakim, while nominally king cf Judah, was in reality but the Egyptian king’s vassal and vice regent. . Naturally he did not relish the prophe cies of Jeremiah which foretold the tri umph of the Babylonians. Nebuchadnez zar was the most prominent figure on the political horizon of that day. He was sweeping everything before him in vic tory and was headed toward Judah and Egypt. When Jeremiah urged the king to surrender to him if he would save him self and his. people, stating as his rea son that God had ordained that Nebu chadnezzar should be His instrument to punish Judah for' her faithlessness and disobedience, but would afterward de stroy the Babylonians for their own sins, it is easy to see how Jehoiakim, the vas sal of r.gypt, would feel. He had per sistently rejected Jeremiah’s appeals. One year previous to the present inci dent Nebuchadnezzar had won the first encounter and had carried away some of the people. A fast had been proclaim ed to celebrate their loss. Sometime dur ing that year Jehoiakim had forbidden Jeremiah to preach any more in the temple; but about the same time God commanded him to write what he had spoken to him in a book that it might be read to the king and people. When one door is closed to God’s servants, he opens another that they may still be used. Jeremiah therefore dictated to Baruch, a scribe, all tbe words God had spoken to him, and he wrote them down on the roll. When it was completed, because Jeremiah was forbidden to speak in the temple area, Baruch went there on this fast day, when the people of Jerusalem and of many of the cities of Judah were gathered there, and read the book to them. REACHES THE KING. Ine reading seems to have produced very little impression on the people as a whole; in fact, it appears that only one man was very much moved by it. He was the grandson of Shaphan, the officer of Josiah who had read the book of the law to him when Hilkiah had found it. He was so deeply Impressed that he reported the matter to the princes gathered together in a scribe’s room in the palace. One of those in that company was; his own father. These men were interested and had Baruch come and read the roll to them. They appreciated the political situation keen ly enough to realize that it would not do for the king to get his hands on Baruch and Jeremiah; they also felt It was wise to keep the roll as well. But they would be recreant to their trust as leaders of the people if they did not do what they could to avert the threat ened catastrophe to the nation which had been predicted by Jeremiah unless the nation repented and submitted to Babylon as God had directed. They, therefore, went to the king with would like to put up some for my own use. I get along all right with pre serves and jellies. Excuse me, please, for my presumption and trespass. I am, with all respect, W. E. A. Washington, Ga. IS AFRAID OF PELLAGRA. ROCK HILL, S. C., July 31, 1911. Dear. Mrs. Felton —My husband and 1 have been admirers of your letters in The Journal, and I am writing you this morning for the address of the lady in Oostanaula, Ga., who wrote she had pel lagra, as I am afraid my husband has it, as he is affected like she says she was. I am a poor woman with five little children, and will give anything in rea son for the prescription. With love and good wishes for a long and useful life, Sincerely, MRS. JOHN WHERRT. Rock Hill, S. C. Route «. Thanking you In advance. THE DREADFUL PELLAGRA. MAYSVILLE, Ga.. Aug. 2, 1911. Dear Mrs. Felton —I saw what you had to say in regard to pellagra, and I see answer by Mrs. Chandler, of Bluff Springs, Fla. She said that the doctor said no medicine could cure it. There is a doctor who is Curing it. He is Dr. Hill, of Winder. Ga. I do not know his Initials. He travels in an automobile and is reasonable in his charges. Pel lagra is a dreadful disease. I am in great sympathy with any one afflicted with pellagra. I thought perhaps this might enable some one to get In com munication with Dr. Hill. He has gone to people who had lost their minds and who had quit eating, and started them up at once. Respectfully submitted, A READER. the news of the book, and pleaded theirs and the people’s cause. THE SIN-HARDENED KING. The king, hearing of it sent Jehmudi to fetch the book, and read it to him. It was in December, and the king was oc cupying the warmer and more protected part of the palace, known as the winter house. Before him burned a buckeC of charcoal to temper the chill December air. When three or four pages had been read, he called for them, cut them In bits with a penknife, and throwing them on the glowing embers watched them burn witih glee. Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah (the father of - -the young man who had first; reported the matter to the princes gRd the son of Shaphan. Josiah's officer) pleaded with him not to do this. They were patriots; they loved their land and people, and how ever much they regretted the necessi ty of submitting to Nebuchadnezzar, they were Willing to do it to save their country. But their appeals were fruit less. Jehoiaktnm ordered Jehudl to con tinue, and after every three or four pages he would cut them up and burn them In the brazier, until the whole was destroyed. Not only did he not care for what he had done, but his heart was so hard ened by his sin that it made no im pression on him at all. Furthermore, he was angry and ordered the arrest of both Baruch and Jeremiah. He did not accomplish this, however, for the Lord hid them, and saved them out of his hand. THE BOOK REWRITTEN AND EN LARGED. God’s command to write the book had been an evidence of His love for these people and even for the king. He had said to Jeremiah that hearing it the peo ple may repent, and thus I may forgive them. He was limited by them. He wanted to do many things for -them, but they would not let Him. His desire and effort now is to make another effort with the hope that they may let Him do for them what His love prompted. The burning of the book was a spuming of that marvelous yearning love. But even now see how great His love is. He or ders the book rewritten just as it had been before, with the same warnings and pleadings, breathing out the same intense longing for them. But it is also to be enlarged. There is to be added to it a special warning to Jebolaklm be cause of the special sin of spurning that love. The great sin of Jebolaklm and of Judah was that God warned and pleaded with them, “but they hearkened not” Are you guilty of that same sin? God has been pleading with you through His word, written and spoken; have you hearkened? Or have you spumed it? Many have followed Jeboiakim’s example and have actually burned the Bible, but it is the most widely published book in the world today. Some have refused to believe it, have sought to discredit it and have thus been guilty of his sin of rejecting this manifestation of His love. Some who have been professed followers of His have cut out those portions which did not please them, and eveh others who are more pious have read but failed to obey. It Is not necessary that we have a penknife and brazier to follow Jehoiakim’s wicked example. Unbelief in, neglect of, or failure to obey. God’s word is all that Is necessary. My friend, if you have been guilty of this sin, remember that “the word of our God shall stand forever,” regardless of your attitude to it. It is an effort of His love to warn you of the dangers and to show you the way, so that He may—note the words—He may forgive and fill your life with the blessings His Father-love prompts. The Hunt To seek a cozy flat he went. His wife by his side. The agent told him of the rent, The figure hurt his pride. Since what he felt that he could stand Each month would, after all, Secure space for an oil stove and A hat rack In the hall. Said he, “We must economize I On room. Whene’er we sup, If you sit down it will be wise On my part to stand up. And in this way we can command The space, whate'er befall. For both ourselves, the oil stove and The hat rack in the hall." —Washington Star. THE ■ ■ SOXX>B AND FEBTILIREBS FOB ONIONS. The best soil for onions is a rich, well drained loam. Heavy clays, hillsides and stony land should be avoided. Onion soil cannot be too riel}. Excellent crops are grown on deep, rich muck lands that have been under cul tivation for three or four years. Such lands should contain a fair mixture of sand. New, raw, muck lands give poor returns. The ground for onions should have been planted to some heavily manured hoed crop the preceding year and be practical ly free from weed seed. It is a great mistake to grow onions on weedy or run down land. The following which relates to onion growing on a large scale also applies to garden growing. A rather firm seedbed which results from fall plowing is desirable and gives the best! results. A second crop of clover, heavily fertilized with bam yard manure and turned under in the fall fol lowed by potatoes the next year makes an excellent preparation for onions the second year. A heavy top dressing of well-rotted barnyard manure or compost should be applied In the spring, and well worked into the soil. After this a complete com mercial fertilizer analyzing 4 per cent ni trogen. 8 per cent available phosphoric and 190 per cent potash should be ap plied. This fertilizer formula is very popu lar with lage onion growers, and it should be put on broadcast and thick. If the ground is in a high state of cultivation the commercial fertilizer may replace in part, the barnyard manure. A top dressing of ashes and hen ma nure might also replace in part the com mercial fertilizers. Very successful growers use them all and in addition nitrate of soda applied broadcast in three or four applications during the growing season. Wood ashes constitute one of the best forms of potash fertilizers and should be carefully kept under shelter away from rains. It is well to bear in mind that ft costs just as much to seed and cultivate a crop of onions that yields 300 bushels to the acre as it does to gro4r a crop yielding 800 to 1,000 bushels. And further that the land once properly prepared can be used for growing onions year after year unless insects or disease come in. "SCIENTIFIC FABMING.’’ Dry that is farming in the arid lands of the west where irriga tion is not possible is being boomed very hard these days. Large companies have bought up im mense tracts of this land at from 25 cents to 91.00 an acre and strong efforts are being made to Induce the farmers from the middle west to settle upon them. When this movement was started a few years ago it was known as the Campbell System of Dry Farming. Mr. Campbell having succeeded in interest ing some of the western railroads in car rying on extensive experiments. Now it is known as scientific farming and Mr. Campbell at the Dry Farming convention in Montana last year, admitted that “dry farming" is a misnomer and it should be called scientific farming. The system consists simply in ♦pre serving a dust mulch to keep the mois ture Which comae from the winter rains in the ground during the months when no rain-fall occurs. This system is as old as farming Itself and has been prac ticed in India and other dry countries of the far East for ages. Now, many new tools have been devised to aid in the of these dry soils In this country and the very best practice known to agriculture has been applied. FARMING IN THE SOUTH. The farm papers, the Institutes and the demonstration work being done in the south by the department of agriculture, are bearing fruit and the colleges of ag riculture are being crowded with students in their regular agricultural course and in their winter short courses. The corn contests have shown that larger crops of corn can be made in the south than any where else, with the long-season prolific coms, and the com clubs of farm boys which have brought enthusiasm among the youngsters that argues well for the future. The south is coming to her own and needs thousands of energetic northern and western men to buy and improve her plentiful acres. XABVESTING IN INDIA. American harvesting machines are slowly making their way into India, which is a great wheat-raising coun try, but the bulk of the crop is har vested by natives who use the old-fash ioned reaping hook. The wheat is tied up in small bundles by women who follow the reapers and is then placed in shocks by men.- Much of the grain is threshed out by oxen that are driven around in a circle on a wooden threshing floor, while the wooden flail, consisting of a club about two feet long tied to a handle with a stout leather thong, is depended upon in many sections. v English machines are used to a con-1 slderable extent but whenever Ameri can harvesters are Introduced they rapidly displace all other makes be cause of their simplicity and capacity. MOVING CUBBANT BUSHES. A correspondent from Missouri writes to know the best time to move currant bushes and how the work is done. Wait until late in the fall, dig up the bushes witfi as much dirt around the roots as possible and set out in the new location. The soil should be dug up to a depth of two feet, more or less and well fer tilized with rotted stable manure. Dis turb the roots as little as possible and firm down th% ground all around them. Keep the weeds away next spring and the bushes will probably get along all right. HOW TO DSTBOY GBOUND HOGS. Ground hogs may t> e poisoned with wheat soaked in a solution of strych nine, but they can easily be trappped at the entrance of their burrows. A bet ter way is to soak a bit of moss or hay with bisulphate of carbon and place it well down into the burrow covering the entrance with a heavy cloth. The car bon being neavier than air it penetrates to the bottom of the burrow and kills the animals Instantly. Great care in handling bisulpnate of carbon must be observed because it is a deadly poison and must never be inhaled. The bottle containing it should be kept tightly cork ed until the moment it is to be used. PICKING AND PACKING PEABB. Many growers pick pears when they are quite green but this is a mistake. It is better to pick pears when they are fully matured. Wrapped carefully In pa per they yHI reach tfae market in fine condition. If pears are picked green they will re main green. They do not ripen as many people suppose. It is necessary to pack pears, plums and peaches just tightly enough so they will not bruise by Jarring in the packages. PBEVENTING SWINE DISEASES. If you notice a sick hog in your lit ter it should be at once separated from the others and If it does not recover quickly or if it should die within a day or two a thorough examination by a competent veterinary should be had. If this examination shows the traces of cholera or swine plague the hogs should be divided up into as many small bunches as possible. Every sick animal must be immediate ly taken out and put In the same tnclo- * sure some distance away. It is npt a good plan however to turn the well hogs out to run all over the farm as they may scatter the germs of the disease and in this way cause great loss. . .. The hog houses should all be kept near each other so they may be easily sprayed and kept clean. If the sound hogs are taken away from the sick ones they should lie put into temporary quarters and the area over which the hogs are to be kept should be as small as possible. Stop feeding corn, giving the hogs a mixture of shorts, bran and a little oil meal and dissolve a little copper sul phate, say about three ounces to a bar rel in the drinking water. As soon as a hog dies the body should be burned, not burled. Cholera and swine plague have been scattered far and wide by burying dead hogs or other animals. It is not difficult to burn a hog. Build a good sized pile of wood tljat will make a hot fire and Riter it is well started place the body of the hog on top. The fat In the body will add to the flames and in a short time it will all be consumed. The important thing Is to notify the state veterinary at the agricultural col lege station at once, then follow Implic itly the instructions received. He wUI probably ten you to disinfect the hdg Mouses and the wards and fences and the grounds around them and to keep do ing so for several montha It is not safe to discontinue the dis infectants as soon as the deaths In the herd cease Because the germs of cholera particularly often exist sot several months, and unless they are entirely de stroyed the trouble will certainly return. GROWING HAY FOB MABKIIT. Timothy hay should be grown for market every time. lu« market wants clean timothy and will pay a price far beyond its feeding value; for that rea son it pays to grow what the market calls for. If we grow the best timothy we must plow our ground early and give it a thorough tillage for a number of weeks ’ * before the field is seeded. The mineral fertilizers should be thoroughly mixed with the soil and put dowii where -they will be within reach of the great bulk ,i of feeding roots and not on the surface where they will attract a growth of feeding roots and consequently ehut off t>eir sujiply of food* if a drouth occurs. This is of unusual importance in apply ing fertilizers to small grains and grass , crops because the crops dannot te cul tivated to conserve moisture. We seed timothy about the second week In August without a nurse crop. We apply one-half bushel of seed to the acre with a common wheelbarrow seeder and cover It with a weeder or smoothing »■., harrow and finish with a land roller to even the surface and bring up moisture , so that the seeds will germinate quick ly to make an even stand. < Can this system of growfcg be continued without injury to the land? - • Why not? The use of chemicals grows humus. Manures are composed largely of humus. What difference does it make whether we grow humus right on the field or haul it therej Theorists say we must haul It, but I believe if we keep our soils filled with grass roots ttyit are fed by chemical plant foods it Is j possible to maintain the fertility of grass land—W. M. Kelly. WHO ABE YOUB NEIGHBORS? Why not make a collection of the com mon field weeds or flowers? Carefully prepare and press them In an old book; when they are dry fasten them to the right page of a sheet of paper. :>t the < left page fold over the right to furnish a cover for the plant. Make a collection of weeds and put them in small vials. Paste a label on the bottle. Learn to call by names as many In sects and birds as you can. Ask any one who you think knows. Don’t stop until you find out what you want to know. If you find a plant or Insect you can not name, carefully pack and mall It to , the experiment station, and they will try to find Its correct name. If there are birds you cannot name, describe them as to their size, color and flight. Give any other points you can—nest on ground, bush or tree; what they eat; whether they sing or whistle, etc. MUSIC HAH CHABMS. A western newspaper says that Mrs. Ada Howie, who runs a dairy farm, has found that she can get a better supply of milk from her cows by treat ing them to music. Every cow in her herd of pure Jerseys hears at least one tune at milking time. The favorite; song Is “Drink to Me With Thine Eyes;” the next favored is • ‘Goin® a-Milking, Sir,’ She Said." When it» comes time for the cows to come home in the evening one of her boys or girls plays “Coming Through the Rye." AH. songs are accompanied by Mrs. Howie 1 or one of her assistants on the guitar. CABE OF THE CHICKEN YABD. The poultry yard should be plcwed or. spaded up every two weeks or so. By exposing the under soil to the sun, iti keeps pure, and the chicks enjoy It. Ever notice that immediately the chicg en yard is spaded up the birds begin to make dust holes? How can they do this on hard ground? PICKED UF IN THE OBOHABD. Never throw fruit of arty kind into a * basket or box. Lay it in gently. Apples should be carefully assorted. Apples should be picked just as soon as they have reached full size and color and not allowed to remain on tIR trees until they begin to drop off. I notice that the auto has not hurt the horse business to any extent. In fact the government says there are more horses in the country now than ever befsre and there is no doubt the quality of the draft horse is vastly better than ever. An ice box costs a little money and' some labor but It will soon pay the cost by keeping butter, eggs anl other things until market prices show a de cent profit, to say nothing of the added enjoyment of the home table. It always seemed to me that the man who would swelter all day under a broil ing sun because he fears the jibes of his neighbors if he puts an umbrella on the cultivator is foolish. Fear prevents us from doing many right things. The man who does not dress his wife and daughter as well as his means will allow, thus making them conspicuous among the neighbors by lack of decent apparel inflicts the keenest cruelty upon them.
