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e -e‘o‘-.. ) A 3 et e &~ VLT QTR o Tt X . U . CDG er ' Pinch Lima Beans, If lima beans, after reaching the top of the poles throw out long, wan dering branches pinch off the ends as a hint to the vine to turn its attention to making beans, — Farmer's Home Journal. A | Avoid Over Fat, Beware of over fat, inactive hens; they are almost certain to be a source of trouble and at the best are un profitable stock to keep either for layers or breeding stock. Now is the time to weed out the drones and get the flock firmly established on a busi ness-like basis.—Farmer's Home Journal. The Commercial Orchard, The farmer who has a small family orchard is in far better position than the commercial orchardist to with stand the dry seasons. The average farmer has an ample supply of straw which he can utilize as a mulch about the treeg, and he can also make heavy applications of stable manure, while the commercial orchardist has trou ble in finding enough manure and straw within hauling distance to give measure of protection as should be easy for the average farmer.—Farm er's Home Journal, : i 2 F.,‘(}; r T'rovide For the Hens, ' Hens lay well in summer hecause they exercise, have a variety of green food and also worms and seeis. Make the winter condition as mucl like summer as possible, and the resuits will be a full egg basket, 'To he sure it is impossible to supply worms and green food in winter, but cabbage and turnips may be put away for win ter use, and cut clover may be fed two or three times a week, sealed with a mess of chopped meat. Then scatter grain freely in thegscratching shed that they may have plenty of ex ercise. No matter how much a bird eats, if it exercises sufficiently, it will not grow too fat, so keep the hens at work,~—Farmer's Home Journal, ; Alfalfa Gains Ground, " Alfalfa is gaining in populartty in every section tried. The Vermont ‘Agricultural Station gives the results of alfalfa growing in that State. The average total yleld per acre ranged from two and a half to six tons. The methods of culture indorsed ineclude thorough preparationof the soil, early seeding with grain, preferably with oats, the use of twenty pounds of seed per acre, a light annual top dressing wilh commercial fertilizer, and the use of land free from weeds, %fl#ulauy quack grass and dodder. On proper sofl the crop had fair suc cess, and all the growers interested pronounced it profitable, particularly ‘on certuin, kinds of soil. Gravelly or slaty clay loams with good natural underdrainage and gently sloping to provide surface drainage gave the best results.—American Cultivator. What Salary Does a Farmer Receive? He receives the equivalent of a larger salary than ndnety-nine out of a hundred of them are willing to ad mit. They under-estimate their own profite, and over-estimate the profits of men living on a salary. There is a great difference among those who live by farming, A great many work the soil because they do not know what else to do, or because they cannot live by anything else. Many of this class hardly deserve to be classed as farmers, They lower the standard of farming as a business. I believe there ‘ is no business by which a man can live so well with so much neglect as! in agriculture. Still nothing better repays good care and ability, It is rather slow to yield brilliant returns at the outset; so in any business. The farmer's profits are concealed in tho rise of lands—in improvements by ditching, clearing and new build- | ings, more land, more tools or better} stock. Most farmers have no idea how much it costs them to live. They forget to figure in the pork, poultry, mutton, butter, flour, vegetables, ete. | The salary-man lives entirely by his individual efforts. In estimating a salary, we must do =0 by looking at the privileges enjoyved, the hard work of brain and musgles, and the gain in property and improvements,.—Week 1y Witness, | 3 e et R It Pays to Get Good Sced, ‘ The advantage of securing good germinating seed must be manifest. Take, for instance, clover seed. It is always possible to secure 1t at fifty cents or s§l a bushel below the mar ket price quoted by the repular seed houses. What is the result of using such seed? It must be a foregone conclusion that it is poor, worth even less than the reduced price at which offered, The land has been prepared for pasture or hay, and the grass and clover seed is sown to become the de pendence of the farmer for his hay crop. He buys the cheap seed. Twen ty, thirty, possibly fifty per cent. of it is an adulteration with old seed, trefoil or trash. The result may be half a stand. He has been penny wise and pound foolish] verily. Sup pose, on the other hand, he buys early radish or cabbage seed at a high price. It is an easy matter for the dishonest dealer to mix this seed half and half with old or cheap late wvariety which he has killed. There are uozens of tricks in the trade. The writer was inspecting the famous Rocky Ford cantaloupe fields in Col orado some years ago. It was late in the season, after shipping, and the fields were covered with thousands of frosted and immature melons. Seed dealers’ agents were going around collecting the seeds from these poor melons. They could be truthfully guaranteed as genuine Rocky Ford - seed, but you wouldn’ want to plant them.—Farmer’s Home Journal, } Peaches, ~ Peaches are raised and nurtured in all parts of the country, but it is gen ‘erally agreed that the most tempting kind comes from the blue grass re glon of Kentucky. ~ California peaches are used largely by Easterners. They are soft and tender to the touch, rather large and flowery and are very sweet, The New England peach is oftem hard and sour. Some varieties, how ever, have a splendid flavor. The best preserved peaches come from New England. The New York peach is always of the clingstone variety. It is almost impossible to separate the peach from the stone, Our annual crop of peaches, while very expensive to raise (and constant ly growing more so), gives employ ment to thousands of men, who labor night and day to keep the peaches up to the standard. The points of a peach are not un derstood at all. Those who are inter ested in their culture should care fully observe the following rules: Peaches should be handled with gloves. They shoulf never be picked when green, but only when they begin to look good enough to eat. Every peach should be well wrapped. Great care, however, should “be taken not to squeeze too hard. The pressure should be uniform, Change the variety from time to time, and you will be surprised at the results. Almost any one variety of peacn gets tiresome if indulged in too long, : Peaches should be kept away from a glaring light. When testing them turn down the gas.—Success, .. Wi . . "‘\.‘,: y e Daley Barns. . ™ 2 The Maryland Agricultural Etperi ment Station received an appropria tion of SSOOO in 1907 for the purpose of constructing a new dairy barn. Ma terial was high and labor gcarce, and | the problem of building a modern‘ dairy barn for experimental purposes with that amount of money was solved in the following manner: A small movable sawmill was se« cured, and most of the required lum ber sawed from the college farm forces, which consists of five acres of | oak, pine and poplar trees, | Gravel for the concrete was ob tained from a wsmall stream which runs through one corner of the farm. One two-story barn ten by fifty feet and two single story barns thirty-six by sixty feet were accordingly con structed. | Concrete was used for the walls of the single story barns, and for the first story of the large barn. The floors and space between the barns are all of cement, The lumber and slate shingles from an old dairy barn, which was torn down, were also utilized in build ing the new ones, The object of the three-barn sys tem is to compare the differences in their efficiency, sanitation and prac ticability. The first single-story barn is an open barn; that is, having four feet of open space between the roof caves and the top of the walls. This barn may be used for sickly cows as a fresh air treatment—a guard against tuberculosis. Muslin curtains may be used here in cold weather. The King system of ventilation, with ample window space for light and muslin curtain ventilation, installed in the other two barns. The open barn has no stallg, but s provided with a side room into which three cows may be driven simulta neously at one entrance, fed and milked, and let out at another. The ‘other single story barn is eguipped with thirty stanchions. The cement mangers slope just enough to permit water to flow from a hydrant at one end to a drain at the other. Cows may thus be wat ered on cold days without being ex posed to severe weather, and the wat er may be drawn off before becoming stale. Removable sheet iron parti tions are inserted in the mangers at regular intervals to separate a space for each cow during feeding time, The two-story barn containsg the same kind of stalls as the other; also stalls for calves and box stalls for ‘bulls and cows during sickness or confinement. It has a cooling room and bath room on the first floor, and rooms for grain and hay on the sec ond, The cooling room is located on the side next to the small barns and is easily accessible from all three. Three silos are In process of con struction, Various crops will be used for ensilage and soiling in our experimental work. We hope to secure some interesting data from the results thus obtained in connection with the use of the three different styles of dairy barns. —C. W. Melick, of Maryland Agri cultural College Farm. e e eeet i) Nt A Certain Sameness, old Lady (rather deaf)-—'‘Are you any relation to a Mr. Green? Par don me, sir."” Green—"l am Mr,‘Green."” old Lady—‘“Ah! Then that ex plains the extraordinary resem blance!'—Philadelphia Inquirer, ;\’:, =—— qe, \WOMEN 4 Q)'\ i ¢ e L & 5 WL e WIRARIING A New York City.—The fancy walst chat is made with the girdle attached Is so attractive and so becoming as well as so satisfactory to wear that it 7 o GRS (4, ';r ’/?/vl ¢ m iy 7 l»"""/h,""!')‘) , %"‘ L. 7 o B A SE) j A N o YK y ‘.9",’;1:/ P ’wq 7 / 'ff'/ / ) Tk ol i "Qy ',—//’;r‘/ 2/ el Il T B / 177 eWI 2 Neiwy 1) 7 :f_{;»’, ,/l'/// . WKW S @™ 257355 S\ 7, b &N oy e i Y B (A /7 h/ //’ 4 o / & & @2 o is quite easy to explain its growing popularity, This one is closed invisi bly at the back and made in guimpe style, but the sleeves can be made to Y = ox? = (I @' 7@S =)y BTN - Gk N R 3. -/ j e NE aC ot W\ VN 7 .3, @t ‘f"' . ; R S o= / A y i s\ Q‘ ; 4,".. 41 EL! ? & !,»”A : '.: £ %3\\\ 1\ - NN =Y | ([l & F R T AN 5 ¢ 4 ‘{’._,fi/_ §5-" L. 2P 0 //" ' gw . s / ~/(/" @o i 0 ) = l?'fi Ny \A\ G /'f f-\.;:fl » SN Al Iy e Fa ik -‘\‘ \\ Wkw // 11/’. :G;.‘ .-1 W ‘.. .\ PN 5 ‘ ! el 2 o A N ‘ “' :/ ee ; )R €4 W P\ TN g & ‘\_ \ ‘\‘U \\ \\\?‘ .i— il \ 'A\(:' \ \\\ match the yoke or of thinner material in color to match the blouse as liked, and the trimming portion can be al most any one of the handsome trim ming materials offered, or be made of plain silk or other material either braided with soutache or embroid ered. In this instance both the blousa and trimming portions are braided with soutache, while the chemisette and the long sleeves are of all-over lace and the girdle is of messaline satiy. The color of the blouse and the girdle is one of the pretty new grays, but the lace is ivory white, such combinations being very lovely as well as very fashionable. Net tucked, plain and in all fancy designs {s much used for the gulmpe portions, however, and can be used in match {ing color if preferred. The walst is made with a lining which {s smoothly fitted, and on which is arranged the draped chemi sette and the portions of the .blouse, while the long sleeves are joined to its armholes, the shorter ones being joined to the blouse only. The lower edges of the blouse and lining are Joined to a fitted girdle over which the draped one is arranged. The quantity of material reguired for the medium size is one and seven eighth yards twenty-one or twenty four, one and a quarter yards thirty two, seven-eighth yard forty-four with three-eighth yard eighteen inches wide for the chemisette and long sleeves, five-eighth yard of silk for the girdle, soutache according to design used, A ‘ Jet Jewelry. \ It is now popular. It is no longer reserved for the old. ; New Blouses Have Long Sleeves.: Even the new blouses and separate waists, whether for morning, after doon or evening use, will invariably display the long sleeve. Those for morning wear are in bishop sleeve style, closing with band cuffs. "?fi" i Roeottes For Buttons. As fashionable as big, black soft satin buttons are, some of the smart est coats shows rosettes imstead. These n&placod at regular intervals and are Made of momva% Buff Gown. As a rival of white this season for handsome evening gowns there is a pale shade of buff which is exceed ingly attractive. It comes in chiffon cloth, satin and gauzes. Misses’ Guimpe, Guimpe dresses are so general for young girls that pretty guimpes are always needed. This one is novel and attractive, yet quite simple and al lows variations of several sorts. In the illustration it is made of lawn, with embroidered net applied to form a yoke and front portion and with mousquetaire sleeves, but the lace could be applied to make a yoke only if preferred, and either plain or mous quetaire sleeves can be cut off in three-quarter length. All-over lace, tucked, fancy and plain nets, lingerie material, chiffon, thin silk and every thing of the sort is appropriate for the facing and sleeves; if liked the guimpe can be made of one material throughout. When made with the facings the foundation or lining can be cut away beneath to give a trans parent effect. The mousquetaire sleeves are the most practical when arranged over the plain ones, serving as a lining, for this lining can be cut from thin transparent material if de sirable, while it serves as support for the fulness, but they can, neverthe- less, be made unlined and the gath eys simply stayed if better liked. The guimpe is made with front and backs. The facings are applied on in dicated lines, and the high collar finishes the neck. The plain sleeves are madé in two portiens, but the full or mousquetaire sleeves are cut all in one. The quantity of material required for the sixteen-year size is two and _:,," P , @ 410, f‘ié‘/ £ ‘,"-‘ ? s O .‘»‘/'- P ;8 .“"“ ) g.' .:\_ i i -« N NVI % ' 0:t.." -':':'.,o .‘-'. WAy A H .r‘ g .\-.":3 R fi.' Lial\. ko] B R+ TN ST AT $ e \‘\\\ R 5 g =57 @ fe of B Ss\ W 94 g "‘ s »‘\ . X, x g LTI k' : .~ S | LNy BTN -2 N Vi N A {" , ) i) p three-quarter yards twenty-one, one and five-eighth yards thirty-six inches wide with three yards eighteen or one and a half yards forty-four inches - wide to make as illustrated. i ; Waist Smartness, Crepe de chine of heavy soft tex ture is, it is said, to be one of the leading materials for fall waists for tailor-mades. Net of the same color . as the gown is also to be used. A New Color. _ The new color, manille, much seen in Paris in model hats and gowns, is a very dark brownish taupe, and has been seen on hats designed by Pari sian milliners. NOISELESS, POWDERLESS GUN FIRES 100 SHOTS A SECOND Without any sound except the patter of bullets as they made holes through targets constructed of pine boards, 100 shots a second were dis charged from a noiseless and powderless gun in the loft: of the Standard Meter Company’s factory. At the demonstration, which was made by the inventor of the gun, Frederick Bangerter, a mechanical engineer, were seweral mechanical ex perts, who had been especially invited to witness the test. No one was permitted to inspect the gun, which was completely hidden by a wooden enclosure constructed around it in the corner of the loft. < ; NM. BV e o) ‘fll LM Rl s N | B 2 111} vWS ¢ WA = IR * cens Avmnaps . A t"- | [‘,'..'m..m' S e it o ETDL v 1 ":'.' .'\‘ T - ) ¥ ;{\2‘!sl as: it 3 Rt (b L% Ai T % S i | 7 4 ¢ { | * n-c-..c-00.0-'n“”,;:;;--o.-\"-“o-oo ' .‘,’m{ @.A L S 54\ 7’ - e A ‘ r‘i"‘.‘,‘ * $ ._fil 33} .{f N o o T TRREL TARIEIV . TR ‘B Ao 10 =5 '] ! ‘ ; Ll o, . % 4 . . n DIAGRAM SHOWING THE NEW POWDERLESS GUN AND HOW IT RIDDLED THREE TARGETS. Before the demonstration began Mr. Bangerter explained that his in vention does not require explosives of any kind and that compressed air has nothing to do with the discharge of the bullets, The mechanism, he explained, is simple—so simple, in fact, that anyone with a bent for ma chinery could understand it if once permitted to examine the gun. Power from a seven-horsepower electric motor supplied the propelling force which discharged the bullets. This power was transmitted by a belt which ran from the flywheel of the motor through an opening in the case ment and over another wheel which was connected with the gun’s mechanism. e No sound except the whirl of the wheel came from the gun enclosure when the power was turned on. For ten seconds the bullets were fed into the gun. The spectators, crouching behind a wooden partition that had been erected to protect them from rebounding shots, saw the target, which was about ten feet square and sixty feet away, riddled with holes within a second after the rain of steel began to rattle on the half-inch pine boards. The bullets were three eighths of an inch in diameter.—Boston Post. § Book For Manifolding. Those who are compelled to make frequent -use of manifold paper are of the opinion that it is possessed of impish traits. The paper is heavily weighted with a composition of car bon, so that the sheet slips and slides in a way which is extremely tantaliz ing. Then, again, it is difficult to get it always in place just exactly in the | b : ¥ o« TR (S R ) ‘ 22N . o — - o p 3¢ 7 epE7 ‘ | N 3/ ' ’) g s “”‘, } 4 ’J‘\Q R ! i 27 “‘\ .Ar‘.: ‘l :.‘ |} PERNAYY | T RS N N i S OF | ) = A ¥ right way, so that an imperfect copy is often the result. A new process has been brought out receatly which makes such mis takes less liable to happen and makes the handling of the carhon paper much easier. The innovation con sists ofs making a paper of such a quality that one side may be written on for the purpose of making a rec ord, while the other side has a coat ing of the carbon composition for making the duplicate on another sheet. As the book is bound a plain sheet of paper is slipped between two of these combination sheets, and the act of making a cop; is almost auto matic.—Washington Star. e Ui How to Prevent Long Speeches, The Japanese manage their dinners in much better fashion than do the Occidentals. 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There would be too many at our wedding, for you would be afraid not to invite them all, and your many friends wouldn’t be satis fied unless they made fools of us by playing some kind of crazy pranks on us when we started on our wed ding journey. You have so many friends that we would get all kinds of wedding presents that we don’t want, and would be kept poor in future trying to pay back when the donors got married. You are nice, and I like you, but what I am looking for in a wife is a woman wheo ig friendless.”—Atchison Globe, G Pet ey oty SR 1 Overloocked. R i £ 5 Lv p T 1 H _‘vvl,l" " e e i 3(4 S \ 5 |' a 0 S B R B ‘”H \,:\‘?sf 3 Hih i 1 Y I Bl ! el LRI A el E S A “."Ml Ag; )JH ‘ ; ,’?' 5 ‘ ’l" i, '4.':" !? P! A ":l’v 1B A ;““ 5 ‘.h) 18 i/! N I 8 | ‘m\i}“‘, | ",‘.1!‘..; S| | w-;‘f\',\‘, ot | "’N\ 3 ((.“1 AR RN o/ U e e @ Bt ;;scil,kfl’ R | s‘a)“\if’xh SOl ]S il ik \-"‘ G ,:1‘;9:!,11 ‘ fill 1| SRR | 1 ) | w .14&\ T w“f’ M uz« B|| L e ]_. z = s -i'.]"‘,:L‘.h‘i'{;f'} ;,3. ' i LR D M AR | | RIS R o) S R ) Aunty—"“Tommy, I put three piél in here yesterday, and now there ig only one. How is that?” Tommy—*“Please, it was so dark, aunty, I didn't see that one!”— Punch. e S e S The blind population of Great Bri tain is about 40,000. .