CHICKENS AS GARDENERS.
Increasing Wealth in the West,
In commenting on the need whicfc
baa hitherto manifested Itself In the
West for calling upon Eastern money
centers for funds with which to move
Western crops, a isew York financial
letter states that with conditions as
they were ten years ago, the present
record-breaking crop would have
strained the capacity of the New York
financial centers to the utmost to fur
nish sufficient funds. So greatly, how
ever, has the wealth of the West in
creased and so large are the surplus
reserves of the farmers that even with
crops so stupendous as to amaze Eu
rope, New York financiers have been
hardly Inconvenienced by the demands
for funds. In a not distant future it Is
predicted the West of the Mississippi
Valley and of the Missouri Valley as
well will be found exclusively lending
NO OTHER WAGONS APPROACH
gk THE AMERICAN GRAPE J
■ INDUSTRY.
A Great and Increasing Branch of Horticulture.
In Perfect Adaptability Under all Conditions to
The Strong Old Hickory
GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL.
that all to flinders. Began raisin’
chickens when be was a boy. I seen
some bantams he bad no blggem’ fleas
an’ game birds what c’d step over a
six-foot fence. Bnt that ain't nothin’.
Last time I was down't bis place he
had a hundcrd-acre farm an ’bout ten
thousand chickens, on’ was raisin'
truck for early northern markets.
Powerful big chickens they was, an'
he had ’em trained So’s they'd work
Ills farm for him. They wasn't a weed
nur a blade o' grass In that whole
farm 'cep'n in the pastures. An' bugs?
wy they cudn't a tatcr bug, nur a cut
worm, nur even a cabbage flea get £
foot inside o’ that farm afore a
chicken had 'Im. An’ that.wasn’t nil.
Them chickens c’d see at night Guess
ho must a’ crossed ’em with owls.
Anyways, be never worried none
’bout early frost If ’twas cold in the
spring them chickens wad out all
night coverin’ up tomatoes an’ beans
an' cv’ythih’ tender. Jest squat over
the plants with their wipgs Spread
ont an’ set there till sun np Be had
tomatoes three weeks ahead o’ any
body else. An’ that wasn’t all. When
be planted bis beets en turnips en
30,000,000, Ohio third with' 14,000,000
and Kansas, Michigan, Pennsylvania,
Missouri, Oklahoma, Illinois, Indiana,
Georgia and Iowa with 5,000,000 or less
each. California alone bad a quarter
of a million acres in vineyards with an
annual production of 30,000,000 gallons
of wine. The Investment represented
In that State alone is estimated at 185,-
000,000. '
Wine Tank as Big as a House.
The writer once climbed to the top
of a single cask at Fresno, California,
which contained 96,000 gallons of port
wine. There are hundreds of casks
throughout the State with a capacity
of 60,000 gallons each. The annual
"The grape Is the poor man s fruit, es
pecially one who hae only a house lot of
the smallest possible dimensions. He can
plant vinos beside his cottage and their
root* will extend and profitably occupy
every inch of ground undorncaln.lt and
from that small space produce ail the.fruit
h.s family can consume, while the vinos
a .lord shade and protection ami add
beauty to his little home, occupying no
rpace, either above or below the ground
to interfere with other Interest*, and
producing more fruit In less time and
with less labor and attention than any
thing that was ever planted."
All of which is charming In truth
unless the phylloxera or the downy
mildew or the aphis or the dry rot be
come appurtenances to vino, or the
chickens or small boys* of the neigh
borhood steal all the grapes just B3
they are getting ripo.
Chickens, however, should ho kept in
pens, and If every small boy’s father
had a grape vine which furnished “all
the fruit his family could consume,"
there would be no incentivo to pillage
the neighbor's vines.
As for the downy mildew and the
other ailments to which civilized grape
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an’ as goon at they’d get up 'bout
right size them chickens come along
an thin ’em out Jest right Fine eatln’
for ’em,, too. An’ ’tween times they
was going tip an’ down the rows sll
day long seratchin’ np the dirt an’
keepin’ er’ythin’ cultivated Jest par-
feet Wy that feller never had a noe
in his ban* from one year end to an
other. An’ layl Gee whls! Them
hens was the 'stlddlest layer* I ever
see. Bnt they didn’t use no nests.
Jest laid in reg’lar egg crates. An’
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Seedless
Crapes
From One
Vine
the National Bankers’ Aasoclatlon at
Washington. The Halted States ss a
whole ought to be richer by reason of
the year’s Industry, agricultural and
manufacturing and transportation, by
an amount considerably in excels of a
thoiisand millions.
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GASOLINE POWER ENGINES.
Constitutes Crest Saving in Horse
and Man Power-Have Come
Into Ceneral Use on Many
Prosperous _ Farms
and Homes.
Inexpensive, reliable power on the
farm and around the home is becom
ing mors and nor* desirable thess
Sandwich
vines aro heir, horticultural Investiga
tions liavo shown'that they can bo com-
butted wth comparative ease by spray
ing, and rot not only prevented but
the vino stimulated to even greater
than normal production. •
As a matter of fact, the grapo In
dustry In the United States when con
sidered both as a largo commertial
proposition and as ono where each man
has his own vino, If not flg tree, la one
or a great deal of Importance and of
great Interest.
Count Their Age by Centuries.
Although the product of Its fruit 1s
accountable for much that Is unscomly
and frivolous, tho vino Is Itself an ob
ject of great age and dignity. It la not
known how old tho grapo will grow In
America, since wo havo not been horo
long enough to make the test, evtn had
a vine'been planted with the landing
of Columbus. Pliny mentions an Old
World grapo vine 600 years of age.
Some ontire vlnoyarda In Italy held
good for 300 years and others In Bun
gundy produced for 400 years and more.
grape Industry, which, while It Is only
abont 60 years old. Is small as com
pared to that of the world whose on*
nual production la over 4,000,000,000
gallons of wine.
Other products of the grape are rais
ins—an enormous Industry In itself—
brandy, vinegar, grape syrup, a very
superior article, and various pickles,
Jellies and preserves.
The grape furnishes alto Important
by-products. Feed and fertilizer are
produced from the pomace, also acetic
acid. Th. seeds are separated from the
pomace and fed to stock tlje same as
grain. Ground up, they are used as a
substitute for coffee. A high grade oil
similar to olive oil is alto produced
from the seeds, which, among other
things, make superior sosft They also
yield tannin.
Mr. Husntann estimates that if all the
wastes of the grape crop were utilized
extra returns would Increase Its value
fully 10 per cent, which, with our pres
ent grape production to the value of
about 116,000,000; would mean an ad
ditional earning' of a million and a halt,
and this with our vltlenltoral industry
as yet in its infancy. .
Well Drilling
Machines
In charge o’ the layln’ house’d grab
up. a new frame an’ drop it in the
crate. I see ’em Mi sixty-odd crates o’
eggs In ono forenoon. s
’’But that ain’t nothin’ Them hens
was so big ah’ powerful they c’d do
er, the operation of which requires con
stant attention. The difference In the
cost of operating and the advantage of
starting at a moment’s notice hss ad
vanced the popularity of gasoline en-
glnes-whcro comparatively small power
la required In contrast-with other
power devices. . . .
A fsw years ago ws beard bat little
abont gasoline engines for use on the
farms, while to-day we And many of
them on up-to-date farms and small
business plants. This growing inter-
cst baa been brought about largely
HAY PRESS
almost as much as a hired man. I see
a wagon full o’ seed wheat come
along past bis house. An* there was a
little hole In the wagon an’ the wheat
was a runnln’ ont all along the rued.
Well, air, that feller Jeat drove ’bout
live hundred chickens out In the road
and put down a lot o’ sacks an’ they
went to pickin’ np that seed wheat
The Baler for speed. Bales 19 to 18
tons a day. Has 40 inch feed bole.
Adapted to bank born work. Standi up
to its work—no digging holes for wheels,
Self, feed Attachment incresses cap
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and does not increase draft,
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Feeding Oleo to tho Navy. -
Considerable of a sensation baa de
veloped over the furnishing to League
Island navy yard. Philadelphia, of but
ter which analysis ha* proven to be
simply oleomargarine colored with coal
tar dye. Samples were taken from the
government receiving ship Lancaster,
several battle ships and cruisers and
from tbs hospitals of the navy yard by
agents of the Pennsylvania Dairy and
Food Commission. Or. Warren, the
State Commissioner, declared them to
be specimens of coal tar oleo and after
considerable controversy, at the In
stance of President Rooeeve.i. they
were finally submitted to Dr. Wiley, th*
chief chemist of the Department of Ag
riculture, who In a full report hat sus
tained Dr. Warren’s findings. Secre
tary Wilson hss referred the report to
the President who has. It Is stated,
called the attention of the Department
of Justice to the matter. Several ar
rests have already been mate.
In speaking, however, of the substi
tution of oleomtrgarina for bntter In
the market. Dr. Wiley said that at pres
ent tho amount of oleomargarine Bold
In thla country whether fraudulently
as butter or when marked ss oleo is
quite small. The government has ren
dered the making and sale of the stuff
unprofitabls by levying 10 cents a
pound on all that Is artificially colored,
and half a cent on the uncolored.
Foreigners Refuse Colored Butter*-
"Coni tar dye*,” said for. Wiley, "are
not fatally harmful, though by no
means wholesome and dairymen are
permitted under the law to use such
coloring matter to Impart to their bub
ter a rich yellow color. To render this
unnecessary, the Department of Agri
culture la Row trying to educate the
popular lasts l» favor of uncolored but
ter, and we are making tome headway.
Over in Knrope ont never encounters
colored butter In any of the hotels or
lint claaa markets. The people (hero
have learned to distrust IL Ws aro
coming to this In the United States. To
day first-class hotels and fancy gro
ceries will not buy bntter that has a
high color. Oar epicures and those
that tin well aro also fighting shy ol
it, and ss a result the dairymen aro be
ginning to realize that the bottle Of
coal tar dy# Is no longer a necessary
adjunct to a successful dairy.” _
Ptoe, Fir, Cypress end Yellow Pins,
Write tor Catalogue,
Eagle Tank Co, 281 N. Green 8L,
Chicago, Ills
had fied in horror.
Chinese “Cash."
Consular reports from China are to
tha effect that the prospect of a re
form or rather revolution In the money
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■wwuwwuywwi
The viticulturist of tho Department
of Agriculture, Georgo C. Husmann,
stall's that ho has never seen a vine
among tho endless number of natives
abounding In our forests that hai died
from the efforts of age. Soma old grape
vinos grow to Immense size. There If
a wild eraix* vine on the shores of Mo
bile. Bay under which Andrew Jackson
twice pitched his' tent In hts cam
paigns against the Seminole*, which
1ms a circumference of over tlx feet
with a supposed age of about 100 yean.
The Size of a Great Tree.
The largest known grape vine In the
world was planted In California (n
1842. It bus mado a phenomenal
growth. Beneath Its spreading branchea,
which ccvcr nearly half an acre, 800
persona can find protection from the
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