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THE KITCHEN GARDEN. the boiled cob at “roasting ear** stage. And, among others, okra or gumbo makes equally as good soup in win ter as when fresh in summer. ♦ When It comes to canning and pre serving, there is little real comparison between the home canned product and bought goods. It time is con sidered as money, canned tomatoes can be bought probably cheaper than they can be grown and canned at home. But how about the results? If the farmer’s wife should go through the ordinary canning estab lishment she would probably conclude lOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCXXJOOOOOOCCXJOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOOOCOOO ! no OTHER WAGONS APPROACH ' lwJtiLiMiJ1==r=a= r!ri ■■■■.' — - ! -In Perfect Adaptability Under all Conditions to The Strong Old Hickory More Than Two Thirds of the Living of a Family Can Be Raised. If the farmer's wife could induce her liege lord to contribute tae same care, patience and labor next spring to the kitchen garden which his grandfather did during his day, there would be perhaps a considerable gain In the household’s economy as ■well as much satisfaction developed for the housewife. The old folks insist that even with the greatly Increased vari ety and excellence In fruits and vege tables, due to many plant generations A TALK WITH SECRETARY WILSON. GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL Secretary Wilson, as the official head of the great family of American f&nRQQk **'* able sat which ht Hon of the country. “The harvests have been heavy,” he said, “and the farmers will make more money than in an average year. The prices on farm products will bo i lower, but the crops will bring the 1 farmers, nevertheless, more money. ; Living should ho cheaper, too. The 1 hay and grain crops havo been enor- ; send our hogs abroad and are eating more mutton, veal and beef.” “The present condition and the fu ture outlook for the American farmer Is a good one then, Mr. Secretary?” “Yes, things certainly look well, generally; yet I believe we are very near -to a sort of agricultural crisis— lmrdly a crisis perhaps, but an import ant and radical change. The farm hands everywhere are leaving the farm for the factories. Wherever there Is any manufacturing you will iind this to be the ease. The farmer has pretty nearly reach ed his limit He is doing about all he can do with his hands and with the most Improved labor-saving farm ma chinery worked by good horses. This bad condition on the farm is going to affect production and prices, and that ry Wilson, views w^U some- conslder- sfactlon tne abundant crops vo blessed almost every aec- to do every speck of her own can- Western Wheat Scenes. ___ MANUFACTURED BY ^ Kentucky Wagon Manufacturing Co. " LOUISVILLE, KY. 'LARGEST PRODUCERS OF FARM WAGONS IN THE WORLD SECRETARY WILoON AND -JROUP 01 CHIEFS. LEPARTME..T OF AGRICULTURE OROUNDS AT TIME OF COMMENCEMENT OF WORK ON NEW BUILDING. avoid setting on fruit, artificially ed with coal tar 1 degeneration of garden, It la In- Kirk’s A Q\i©k.rter of a. Century of unfailing servica of selection and breeding by the seeds- men and scientists, too kitchen garden on an average Is not no well planted or tended, ha. lea. variety, and on th<* whole la much Inferior to tbo same Institution in the "good AMERICAN CROWN the farmer’s family, however large, can be produced from a good garden, prove, the ABSOLUTE RELIABILITY of the Remington TWPEW'RITE'R James S. Kirk & Company CHICAGO* HI. very shortly. It la Impossible to Bay Jast what the effect will be, but n change Is coming. The farmer must have la bor, bat with the prices of form pro ducts as they are now, he can not meet tho wages offered by the factories; therefore tho farm bands are gradually shifting toward the centers—the towns and tho cities.” Mr. Wilson Not a Theorist. “I would like, Mr. Secretary, to havo a message from you to the American farmer for tho coming year.” “Oh, I can never discuss things in an academic way,” remarked Mr. Wil son, with a smile. "You will have to affects tho cost of nctusl consumption. A great deal goes to tho middleman; too much, I believe. It is a long and devious pathway from the farmer to tho man who cats tho things which h» lias grown. I gave out a statement here the other day Intimating that tho local Washington dealers were charg ing In certain instances too mneb, and n dealer came at me with a wrathy assertion to tho effect that I did not know what I was talking about and tjiat bo mado a profit of only forty per cent Co-Operation In the South. “I havo been watching tho Sonth with a great deal of Interest,” con tinued the Secretary. “Thoy havo ac complished more In effecting an or ganization down there to bring tbo cot ton producer and consumer together tluin 1ms been attempted with any other of otir great agricultural produc tions. The cotton crop IS a big ono this year .though not by any means a record breaker. The grass and hay crop Is probably the biggest we havo ever lmd; our corn crop Is probably a record crop nnd our wheat crop Is one Sandwich Well Drilling HAY PRESS The Baler for speed. Bales 13 to 18 tons a day. Has 40 inch feed hole. Adapted to bank bom work. Stand* up to its work—no digging holes for wheels, Selt-teed Attachment increases cap acity, lessens labor, mokes better bales and does not increase draft. of the very largest* “That is the order of ImpOrianM Of lould put cotton third In Inl and thnt with thoroughly rich soil, good seed, a well planned rotation of garden crops and a medium amount of hard work-a good wheel hoe will reduce this lust expense—a very small “re? will produce a very largo amount Not only should the table be sup- S lled from spring to late fall, but irge stocks of staples sbonld be nved for winter use. Of courts, every farmer stores la his cellar po tatoes, turnips, pumpkins and other coarse crops, but there aro many thoroughly rich soil, >11 planned rotation of ad a medium amount portancc—grass, com, cotton, wheat; though of course, our meat animals, taken as a whole, are more Important than any one. Why, tho poultry pro- ducUon nlono Is worth 400 million dol lars a year—ns great or greater than tho valuo of the wheat crop. Wa will undoubtedly export some very fine hogs this year—choice com fed hogs. Fork Is oar greatest meat export A quarter of a billion dollars wonld hardly cover our animals exported this year. I fancy, probably amounting to Repeaters SANDWICH MFG. GO- IS* Halo Street, Sandwich, in lot into! Ha* Fir, Cypress sad Yellow Pin* Write for CaUIocb* Eagle Tank Go., 281 N. Green 8t, Chicago, Til. IF YOU WANT A JACK Bead for oar Jack Catalogues Sure to tsia tbo description of exactlywhet you wsit Hydraulic Jacks our Specialty Watson* Stillman Co*j 46 Dey St., N. Y. City, Haying and Cattle Scenes. 'WAUUWMU, Cfte Iftissoula Rurseru Producers 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, Shmi^ Vines and Roses. - WAY DOWN SOUTH IN DIXIE LAND. i : "No, I can not do anything with these \ [i? hypothetical cases of higher farm edu- 1L 1 ■ cation.” . I - “WelU. then, 'what should a man do 11 I v with tho manure which accumulates \\ on hit form?” \ i L “ITo should pot It on his land,” ro- H| E lled the Secretary, now thoroughly at ome; ho should take It out on tbo Jg land at once and not let It accumulate; S3 haul it ont and spread It on as fast as /r It Is made. The ground will get the Ik good of it,” II ■ “Won’t the ammonia evaporate and V\ ■§ the fertility be lost to the soil I” \ Bk “No, It has been demonstrated by w Ik V'' careful experiments that the hauling O, out of manure Is the best method. It 7 will go down into the grass roots. It t will Dot lose the ammonia because am- Is monla is produced by bacteria and \ — . theie bacteria flourish only under three gKB conditions, moisture, heat and oxygen. „ . , ■ There are three classes of bacteria dlate table use which moat operate npon manure be* sun, they will fore it la available for plant food. The winter a delict ammonia bacteria attacks It first; it Is almost equal then converted by other bacteria Into The same appll nitrites, and, lastly, by still other bac- our gramlfathc teria, Into nitrate, when the roots of | staple winter TnA itllinf Aon 4kan 4obo Ik .. FaaA I I — Jl.. ■ - - lean people are no such great pork eaters, yon know. A SPECIALTY OF FLOWERING PLANTS AND'SHRUBS Cat Flowers and Floral Designs. Also Vegetable Plants shipped by express. Catalogue and Price List Free, Mail orders have prompt attention. MISSOULA NURSERY CO. MISSOULA, MONTANA under the attractive name of “love apples,” come back and realize that orer thirty million bushels of the pretty poisonous vegetables, accord ing to a statement In Harper’s Week ly, are eaten as a common and health- ful food, they wonld surely realize that time works wonderful changes. 'thrown into