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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 MANUFACTURED BY Kentucky Wagon Manufacturing Co. LOUISVILLE, KY. LARGEST PRODUCERS OF FARM WAGONS IN THE WORLD 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’ Kirk’s A Quarter of 8h.Ce rvtury of unfailing service AMERICAN CROWN a green *o*p, consistency of pMt*, * perfect t for automobile machinery and al* vehicles; will not injure the most highly polished surface. Made from pure vegetable oils. If your dealer doaa not carry American Crown Soap in stock, send ns his name end address and we will see tbit your wants are supplied. Pntupia JSM MlsodOOlbpaila. James S. Kirk& Company CHICAGO. ILL. 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. ABSOLUTE RELIABILITY of the Remington TyrEW'RJTE'R Largest Grape Vine in the World, SantaBarbara California, 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 acity, lessens labor, makes tetter teles and does not increase draft, Repeaters SANDWICH MFG. CO,' lit Main Street, Sondwloh, HI 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 IP YOU WANT A JACK Send for our Jack Catalans, 'suratocoa tain tha description of exactly what you want Hydraulic Jacks our Specialty \Vat8on-Stlllman Co, 40 Dejr St, K. T. City. system of that Empire Is not vt bright in spite of the promises to tl ■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 Producer* of Northern grown acclimated trees and the best varieties for planting in Northern States. Every Variety of Standard Fruit Thoroughly tested Apples, Pears, Plums, Cherries and Trees Ornamental, Small Fruit Plants, Shrubs, ' Vines and Roses. A SPECIALTY OF FLOWERING PLANTS AND SHRUBS Cat Flowers and Floral Designs. Also Vegetable Plants shipped by express. Catalogue and Price List Free. - Mail order* have prompt attention. MISSOULA NURSERY CO. MISSOULA, MONTANA. _ V