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-©. D 4 o <P, . =, - RS il Aad T Remreh & '»-‘:-.\Vg\y__\ i S oA tg:“‘ =2 4 N i e S A U e GRS FOR. i lE' a 0 g i”"i?z,%“l"‘i;%{" b » 3o 2} % 6 ATCE NBN o I S BG AR S S e2R &, IR AR B -\ »'?% H A f‘j"v";fi o ABt S (S T A & i AND ok A o\O N 8 TR S R QDS O, APR T et eei o A = LN RN Py KSR . e N BgyNß i et ~ ) & 7 NG AT !-} o X . 37 (R W 'z.“ i ) e ."z‘% 25 " LS 2 Japanese Millet. ' There are several varieties of Ja panese millet, such as fox tail, broom corn and barnyard millets, and prob ably some sub-varieties. I have been raising the Japanese barnyard millet several years for seed, and find it highly satisfactory and far ahead of any Hungarian or German millet yet | raised in this vicinity. On good soil, such as they have in Howard County, this millet will grow four to six feet high, and produce from forty to sixty bushels of seed per acre, and the straw if properly cured is about as good a food as corn fodder, and cattle seem to relish it as much or more than good hay, but it is of course less nutritious. The seed of this millet contains about the same percentage of the leading food con stituents as oats. Last year I had over 750 bushels of seed, but have mone for sale now.—C. J. Stahly, in the Indiana Farmer. ™ Sand in the Poultry House. Whether the floor of the poultry house is made of boards or of earth, a thick layer of sand upon it has many advantages. Sand, while it will labsorb moisture and keep the floor dry, does not get powdery and dusty as does earth. On board floors it permits of dirt being readily raked up from its surface instead of the boards having to be scraped, as oth erwise might be the case. On earth floors, if used properly, it acts as a carpet and prevents their being grad aually worn-down. + If used in this manner, on the ap- Pproach of cold weather a good supply ©of sand should be laid in for winter use. This can be done by either stor ing it or by having the floor so con structed that a large amount of sand can be dumped upon it, so that dur ding the winter it can be gradually raked off from the surface and re moved when necessary in such pro {portion that it will not be gone until spring. Sand will not be found as good as ditter for the fowls to exercise in, in scratching for their feeds of grain, et it can be made a fair substitute, ithe fowls getting considerable exer «cise in scratching in it, and it has the {advantage of not hayving to be re- Dlaced as often as does litter. Lit iter, ‘~.}l,owever, is best forfthe scratch ing sheds, but sand can:be used on ithe »%fflfi-«r@‘él lie poultry ljouse itself Eim'd" _upon. mfit;mpm s aften. each time they are cleanegl, and if so ‘used will be found to ripay amply for the trouble of securiflg’f";it."-’-’e—H. E. Haydock, in the Tribune. | g TITT e Manures and Soils. | The importance of studying your‘ 80il and its needs is emphasized in the following from the Farmer's Re view: One of the first things the farmer must learn, says Farmer’s Review, is that soils differ greatly as to the kinds and quantities of the plant ifoods they contain. This seems to be one of the hardest things to impress ‘upon the farmer. Over and over ‘again the mistake is made of buying a fertilizer because it has given good iresults when applied to certain 'farms. In fact many of the fertilizer isellers put out literature that has for lits base tlie testimonials of growers {showing how many potatoes were ‘grown, or how much of other things ‘were grown, as a result of the use of the fertilizer. There are many brands of ferti /lizers on the market that purport ‘to be ‘‘special for potato growing,” [for “wheat growing,” for ‘“‘cabbage |growing,” and the like. The fact that these brands are sold on their names and claims shows how dense ‘is the ignorance of some of our peo ‘ple on the questions of soil and fer tilizers. Soils differ so radically that it is impossible to make a fertilizer mixture that will be suited to the pro duction of a certain crop in all ‘places. The supposition that such is possible is a delusion and a snare, ' Every farmer should try to read the reports of the investigation of soils, that he may be able to form a true conception of the needs of his soil. To show how enormously soils differ we have but to journey to dif ferent parts of the State of Illinois or to any State where a soil survey has been made and experiments undertaken. Go down into the Kan kakee marshes that have been drained and brought into cultivation. 1 ‘They have soil so rich in nitrogens that it is a loss of time to put on ‘nitrogenous fertilizers, and S4O of blood per acre gave no results. But a little potassium made the soil bring forth tenfold. Just the oppo sité may be found in another county where the land lacks nitrogen and has enough potassium. There the ap plication of potassium had no effect, while a Jittle blood accemplished wonders. Many soils have both potassium and nitrogen, but lack phosphorus. This has to be supplied before they will give returns es any consequence. ‘As long as men buy fertilizers be cause they do well in some places, 80 long will they throw away a large part of their money. Soils differ in different counties, and they differ sometimes on the same farm. Frequently one part of | a farm is of one geological formation | and another part of another geologi- | cal formation. One may have been | created a million years before the | other was created. One may be the | product of the grindings of the gla- | ciers, while another may be the re- | sult of the slow action of water de positing its silt little by little. One | part of a man’s farm may be rich in | nitrogen, while another is starving for it. A man must know his land | and what is in it. : | Should Test Seed Corn, f During two months members of | the Indiana experiment station have | made a study of the seed corn of the | State and find the vitality of much : of it to be in a serious condition. The | unusual cold, wet season of 1907 did ! not allow the corn to mature and dry { out before the time of frosts. In the | early part of October much of the | corn of the Staté was still in a very | moist and immature condition and | the series of hard freezes which ! came at that time materially injured ! the vitality. The result of these con- | ditions is that those corn growers | who depended on late selected seed | are now finding, upon close examina- ! tion, many ears of questionable vi-! tality. For these reasons all seed | corn should be specially selected and I thoroughly tested. A icst of each in- | dividual ear should be made and all E weak or dead ears should be dis- ! carded. This test can be made in several | ways. The following is suggested as | a reliable and satisfactory one: i Take a box made of inch lumber | and of any convenient size, say about | two by three feet and th,ree inches ! deep. Through the ends and sides, | about two and a half inches from | the bottom, bore small holes two} inches apart.‘ Through these holes‘ string a light galvanized wire, which | will divide the box into squares two | inches to the side. Then fill the box I with garden soil or sand and it is ready for use. The ears should be laid on the floor or racks in a row so they can be numbered. From ear No. 1 remove five kernels, each from ‘a different part of the ear, and place i ‘these in square No. 1; remove five kernels from ear No. 2 and place in l square No. 2 and so on until all the ! ears have been tested. After placing the kernels moisten the material in the box thoroughly and cover with a glass or a rug to keep the surface from drying. Place ‘he tester in a room of ordinary living temperature, or about seventy degrees Fahren heit. After five days examine the corn, and any ears that fail to show a strong germination of the kernel§ should be removed and discarded. ' This method of testing corn is simple, convenient and rapid and means much in securing strong, ger- | minable seed. Only fourteen ears f are required to plant an acre of ground. With an average yield each ear means five bushels in the fall. | When a man can test five to eight bushels in a day and locate definite- } 1y all weak or bad ears, can he afford to neglect this important step in the preparation of his seed corn?—@G. I. | Christie, Purdue Experiment Station, ‘i PR, | Draining a Field. | The first point to be determined | is the outlet. 'r'his should always be ‘at the lowest part of the land, or ‘ such as will afford a sufficient fall for | the water—the outlet pipe should not | ibe at the immediate bottom of the ‘ditch, but above the water ordinarily }running in it. The main drain, or ~drains, must be at the lowest part of the line of the greatest slope and ‘all the minor drains must enter the mains diagonally in the same direc tion as the run of the water and not at right angles. A {four-inch main drain is usually sufficient to carry off the water from five or seven acres; but where the land is springy larger mains, or more of them are required. The drains should not be less than three feet deep, and where there is ‘sufficient fall, they are better three and one-half feet to four teet deep. A smooth and even fall and certain outlet must be provided. A sharp fall is not necessary. The distance ~of the drains will be determined by the nature of the soil. Sandy, gravel ly, or silty subsoils draw well and the drains should be twenty-four feet ‘apart; for the medium texture sub ' soils, twenty-one feet; for stiff loams, leighteen feet, and for retentive sub-) soils, fifteen feet apart. In tenacious | soils it is a good plan to fill thel i trench with stones to the level of the disturbed soll, or two feet from the | surface, but in soils that are springy, : as happens in sand, a little straw on | which to lay the pipes is necessary, | covering them lightly with the softeri portions of the hedge-brushings, to | prevent their being choked with | quicksand. ~ All outlets must be se- | cured with iron gratings sufficiently | small between the bars to exclude§ | animals of the size of rats, or less, | ’This work of draining must be done | carefully and thoroughly, it being es- | 'sential that the trench be examined | ‘before the pipes are laid in order | ‘; that any faults may be discovered and ! rectified.—W. R. Gilbert, in the Ag- | ricultural Epitomist, | : Bt L RO By G - : x']VSrg: S /_’ ” . T N ’,’l;) R “ i A PR |L4 k.: Dm’”f’_,fl m 4 Y - “ ‘Jf,’ NN ™ 1 o PN o AT (R M 2 et D) RS ™ \ | N ; v~ PNk I N AN o\ R v -~ o g s AN Tty @ A./‘, j i GRS vMO S ) o {l New York City.—ln this day ot over walists and of similar effects the guimpe makes an all important 1 / : il 5, >)\ - (M{t‘ Aé ) o N p N wp ; < _ A i Y, 0 ITy ol \’_: i 3"‘@, ';%"J‘,fi' £ “::35\\ gl BON fl ‘4‘\, CRMER S £ // ,‘,&‘;‘f\?fi h\ N 7 2 \\\ \ ! 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In the illustration it is made of lawn with the yoke of all over lace and the sleeves of lace edging to match, but tucking or lace edging joined omne strip to another, or, in deed, any pretty material that may be liked can be used for the yoke with the sleeves of frills as illustrated or of the material lace edged, or made plain with cuffs. For the foundation, lawn and silk both are correct, The guimpe is made with front and backs. It is faced to form a yoke, which can be made on either round or square outline, and is finished at the lower edge with a basque portion which does away with fulness over the hips. When frilled sleeves are used the frills are arranged over puff foundations and are finigshed with bands at their lower edges., The long sleeves, however, are made over fitted linings, which are faced to form the cuffs. The quantity of material used for the medium size is three yards twen ty-one or twenty-four, two and one half yards thirty-two or one and one half yards forty-four inches wide with five-eight yard all-over lace, four and three-quarter yards of lace five inches wide for sleeve. Elaborate Braiding, Elaborate braiding is seen on many of the newest models, both in cloth and velvet, the narrow soutache being the most popular, - Plain Blouse or Guimpe. The plain guimpe is a favorite one for heavy lace, embroidery and ma terfals of the sort and this season is being made both with long and with shert sleeves. This model is per fectly adapted to such material, while it can also be utilized for the blouse of silk and wool materials, in addition to all of which it serves the very practical purpose of making a satisfactory foundation for tucked lingerie materials and the like. When used in this way the plain ma terial can be elaborated to suit in dividual taste before cutting, and the plain pattern can be laid on so pro ‘viding the necessary guide as to shape. In this instance, however, embroldered filet net is used as a fiulmpe with long sleeves and the lining is omitted. The long sleeves are much liked just now for net and other thin materials and are very pretty beneath the short ones of ‘heavier material, but the full three quarter sleeves gathered into bands can be substituted whenever pre ferred and both are equally correct. The blouse consists of the fitted lining, which can be used or omitted as liked and is made with front and ‘backs. It can be adjusted by means of a tape at the walst line as illus trated or gathered and attached to the lining when that is used. The quantity of material required for the medium size is three and seven-eighth yards eighteen, three and five-eighth yards twenty-two or twenty-four, two and one-half yards G N 5 © Q'ffm i e o y 2 % ) 9"“ A & AN v kA ) b P Al G i }@f’r‘g R/ R :}»‘s, e X e %X‘w /f,/}f//.w,, ’ TR fifw”f}?j 2y ,s&\i/ T ]s7\; o/ / ' N A '.'vi‘g /) w}’ \';‘@ W 24 Y bl N ‘i",h/ W (7 7 ,5»/;,‘[ ; A\ £2- 77 f N\t 4 wfi i 4D ’ N/ ,z? 2 ‘ !’ o'{ r l ‘ .~ J" thirty-two or one and seven-eighth yards forty-four inches wide,. New Neckwear Style, A distinctive feature of some of the new neckwear is the combination of white and colored "linen, which 1s seen in collars designed for wear with plain white waists, or with striped or checked blouses where the colors will harmonize, i ' Panel Effects in Favor. A feature of all the new skirts is the ‘panel effect in the front and back. SOUTH AMERICA LAND OF SAINTS. " Cruise of Our Fleet Teaches This . "as a Geographical Lesson to [ Americans. South American is a continent of Saints. Geography has been one of the les sons taught to us by the cruise of great fleet from Hampton Roads to ' San Francisco, and Americans, in fol- | lowing the ships from day to day, in the news and tracing their course on ! maps, have learned more about South America thay they ever knew before. Among the lessons taught have been the names of places, and a strong impression has been made by | the number of times that “San” is’ used as a prefix to places. Sometimes we see the prefix translated into our | “Saint,” but in South America thel Spanish form is used. . There are 517 places on that continent named after ! saints of the Catholic Church, and the South Europe calendar has been nearly exhausted. They appeared on the charts of the fleet at every principal point on the long journey around the continent, Where Brazil juts into the Atlantic the sixteen ships had to head east ward to safely round Cape St. Roque, and, as the charts were studied on the southward voyags there were al ways Saints in sight. Near Bahia is San Salvador and at the harbor Bahia de Todos os Santos, or All Saints’ -Bay. Below that, near Rio de Jan eiro, is Cape San Thome, and below Montevideo is Cape San Antonio, with the Gulf of San Matias south of that. So it is all the way until San Nich olas Bay is passed through in the Strait of Magellan. It is the same way up the west coast, Saint after Saint, the principal ones being Cape S&n Antonio, on the coast of Chile; San Felipe, the capital of Aconcagua, and others not so familiar, until San tiago Bay, on the south side of the Isthmus of Panama, is reached. Santiago, derived from San Tago, or St. James, as we would call it, who is the patron saint of Spain, is natu rally a favorite in Spanish countries, and the name appears twenty-seven times in the geography of South America. San Antonio is another favorite name, appearing in the entire length of the continent, applied to gulf, cape, mountain, port, province, town and every possible place, being repeated twenty-six times. San Juan is met in every direction, appearing thirty-six times, with San ~Jose only a little behind, being given to thirty-two places. San Pedro comes uext, “being affixed to thirty places, and San Miguel is used only ~one time less. San Francisco is used twenty-five times, and other saints, whose names are used half a dozen times or more are San Fernando, San Diego, SBan Christobal and San Augus tine, ; , ‘Relief For Ornery Gas lingines Our gasolene engine started to get ornery one day last week, but we headed it off by a little sharp prac tice—we just sent for Herb Red mond. We have never studied the isnermost recesses of the engine, yet for the reason that it has always be haved in a becoming manner when - We were around, so we determined to watch Herb and see what he did. He walked right up to it man‘ully and took hold of the main condivias that fastens ilie poliwog to the ding bat and turned it gently to tae left, at the same time turning his head to one side and listening intently. Then he shut one eye and gave a low whistle. There was a low answering sigh from the bosom of the machine, whereupon he grabbed the socwal loper and gave it a violent blow with the shooting stick, and she responded with a low sibilant sound like a cat pulling its foot out of a pie. He then put the wrench on a couple Uf’i innocent looking little bulbs and | jerked his hand back quick. We asked him what was the matter and he said, ‘‘a bug on his back,” and told us to try it and see. We did. | It was a bug, too, a lightning bug, | we take it, by the feeling. We could . see Herb had struck a responsive | chord by the way the thing began to | breathe, and the look of confidence in Herb’s eye was indicative of mo- | tion. Our prognosis was correct— | one more yank at the dingbat and | she began to kapeet like a thing of | life. Anyone can fix an engine by just watching someone elge fix one, | or by carefully following the above | instructions.—Britt (Iowa) Tribune, e ————————— | Undeserved Honors, . Two visitors at Nice, cutting short their stay by dying, were committed to the charge of the same under- | taker. One was a lady from London, the other a general high in command in the Russian army. The bodies, duly coffined, were despatched to their destinations, one to London, | the other to St, Petersburg. On the | arrival of the former the bereaved | relatives, opening the coffin, in order | to obtain a last view of the lamented | aunt, were amazed at the discovery | of a general in full uniform, They telegraphed to the undertaker at | Nice, who, with many apologies for | the mistake, sent them the name and ! nddresgs of the general's friends ‘n | Bt. Petersburg. They communicated 2 full particulars without loss of time, and received the following reply: “Your aunt was buried to-day with full military honors. Dispose of the general as you see fit.”-—From Henry | Luecy’'s Memories of Eight Parlia. | ments, Persecution, ‘ Persecution is not wrong because it is eruvel, but cruel because ic is | wrong.—Whately, l e Aoty I I Good Roads. ¥ L e i Autos Damage Hard Roads. . Tew would think that the soft pneumatic tire of the whizzing auto mobile could so shorten the life of the macadam roads as to absorb the attention of highway engineers of every civilized country of the globe, yet they are doing an incredible amount of damage daily to rock sur faced highways, and France has called an international congress of highway engineers at Paris on Oc tober 11 to discuss this latest dwd most startling road problem. To understand how the broad, soft rubber tires of the modern gasolene propelled juggernaut kills the roads which iron tired wagons improve one must have at least an inkling of the methods adopted by Treasuget, of Limoges, and Macadam, of Ayrshire, when the so-called modern first rock surfaced highways were planned esd put down. Macadam figured that the constant passing of iron tired wagons over a crushed stone highway would grind dust particles frem the stones; that those particles would fill in all interstices, and that weitings and rollings would not only give a hard, smooth surface, but that the highway would improve with the passing of years, For a century and a quarter the - wisdom of the Scotch road builder was justified. Every country tha.t' lays claim to civilization adopted it, and thousands of miles of road were laid annually in France, Germany, England, Holland and the United States. Then came the automobile, and a few years after its arrival the road overseers began to notice the deter lioration of these highways. Broad level ‘stretches became strewn with ’ surface stones, ruts became frequent ~and dust clouds were constantly set ‘ tling on the adjacent property. The trouble was quickly traced wo the ~automobile. ~ These machines through the tract ive and centrifugal force exerted by } their rapidly turning wheels were pulling the rock dust from the roads i and swirling it away in blinding x clouds. While every ironbound wagon tire was doing its own small percent age of rock crushing, dust making, | road smoothing and rock tamping, 1; every rubber automobile tire was un | doing that work by taking the dust | away., i | Treasuget and Macadam knew that 1 the effect of wagon trafiic would be beneficial to rock surface roads, but 1 they never suspected that in future | Years chugging machines, guided by begoggled, speed mad enthusiasts, would rush frantically across the face of nature, or that the wheels of the strange vehicles in which they jour neyed would be bound by air stuffed rubber, o ~The antidote lies ln»thqidisq&m% of a method which will benefit botl the road and the car. Study to over come existing conditions by creating better conditions is now going for ward, and it is practically certain that when the international congress I meets there will be o solution of the ! road problem and the evil effects of | the automobile will be turned to a | benerit, y | Director Page, of the office of pub j lic roads of the United States Depart | ment of Agriculture, who recently re~ { ceived through the French Ambassa | dor, M. Jusserand, an inyitation to | attend the congress at Paris in the | fall, was recently asked if the life of . the highways was so seriously men-, - aced as to justify a condemnation of the motor car and to warrant an in ~ternational congress to discuss it. “Nobody who has made a study of the hard surface roads of this or any other country would attempt to deny, that the motor car is constantly short ening the life of such thoroughfares,” said the director, “but that is no rea son for the condemnation of the au tomobile. The arrival of this machine has created a new and unlooked for condition, That means that the new condition must be studied and the problems which have arisen must be solved. It does not mean that be cause the roads suffer through the arrival of the motor car the motor car shall pass in the interest of road preservation. “I regard the automobile as an im portant factor in the upbuilding of civilization, and it has come to stay. It has created conditions demanding the best thought of the highway engi neers of the world. I see in the solu tioh nothing short of ideal dustless roads."—Washington Correspondence of the New York Sun. i T ; Stricken From the List. I think it was James Payn whe told me the story of how he egcaped performing his duty as a citizen. He was bewailing his untoward fate in some public place, when a most re spectable man informed him that for some small sum he would insure his never being called upon again to serve, James Payn gave what he asked, and being consumed with curie oßity to see how he would manage, he repaired to the court whither he had been summoned, and waited. His name was called, and then a sad figure in deep black arose from the well of the court, bearing a spotless handkerchief in his hand. The man simply said, ““Dead, my lord!” The judge uttered a few commonplace condolences, the name was struck off the list, and he was never again called upon to act.—From ‘Leaveg From My Life,”” Anonymous. kiAo Protein in Orchard Grass, Orchard grass is richest in pro= tein, being 4.9 to 100 pounds, almost double that of timothy, o