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PRACTICAL ADVICE ABOUT DIVERSIFIED FARMING liaising Onions From Seed. I have been raising onions from the seed and making a success of it for fifteen years. I live in Southeast Arkansas, and will give my methods, and ahy one who will try can sue ceed. The most important item is early planting. As soon after Christmas as possible to have the land in good shape I plant. Select a good fertile piece of land as free from weed seeds as pos¬ sible; broadcast It, with stable man¬ ure, chicken droppings, etc., and plow and harrow it thoroughly. It is very essential to make the soil rich and mellow. Lay off eighteen Inches apart, and plant seed at rate of one ounce to every 100 feet of row. Cov er the seed lightly and use a light seed roller to leave the rows smooth and nice. If a few radish seed are dropped along it will serve to keep the rows marked until onions come tip, which will be in two or three weeks. The first working will be by hand. If you have no band-weeder an iron spoon makes a good one. Never let the weeds get ahead; at the second working thin to three inches apart in rows and apply a light dressing of some commercial fertilizer or cotton¬ seed meal, working it in well; keep ground loose and mellow and weeds down and you will have fine large onions. That will keep much better than onions raised from sets. They are as easy to raise also, with the ex¬ ception of the first hand-working. As to varieties I find that Yellow Danvers and Red Wethersfield are the best for this climate. I some¬ times plant Silver Skin for a white onion, but it is liable to mildew, and does not give the profit of the first two mentioned. When the tops be¬ gin to die down pull up and leave in rows to cure, but do not let them get wet. Spread on a floor in a cool place, and do not top them until ready to sell. They bring $1 per bushel all the time. I always sell soon after gathering, as there is al¬ ways then a scarcity of onions, since there are no Northern onions on the market at that time. It is best to or¬ der your seed of a reliable seedsman, as there is no crop grown in which the seeds count more than in onion raising. Good seed, early planting and good cultivating will raise fine onions. In this climate they must be made before June, or the hot sun will kill the tops down, leaving you “sets” instead of fine onions. Plant good seed and plant, early and you can raise fine onions in the South from black seed.—Mrs. R. J. V., Dallas County, Arkansas. Economical Distances For Planting. The distances at which vegetables and other crops should be planted are determined by various considerations. The first consideration obviously is that of maximum production. For many crops experience has pretty well demonstrated at what distances this will be. Conditions of soil and moisture, etc., have their due effect in controlling the matter. This con¬ sideration is generally taken in ac¬ count. But less account is taken of an¬ other consideration, which should frequently have much weight in com¬ ing to a decision. This is economy of cultivation. Many crops will make maximum yields planted in rows so close together that horse culture is Impracticable. In a case of this kind the grower must determine whether the increased value of product will more than balance the increased cost of cultivation by hand, or even some¬ times whether the labor necessary for such cultivation can be had. In the culture of onions, turnips, beets, spinach and such crops the writer has found it necessary to take ac¬ count of the questions. It has been found economical to have some crops at such distances as will require hand culture, that, is, culture with the wheel, hoe of push plow, because this Implement can be used a little sooner after a rain than a horse cultivator, and so a part of the crop is cultivated and put out of the way by the time the ground is dry enough to work by horse pow r er. Generally, however, it is found best to plant these crops as close as will permit of cultivating by horse power, say, in rows fifteen to eighteen inches apart. Rows at this distance can also be cultivated with wheel hoe. This is intended merely to be sug¬ gestive. The important thing is to remember that this factor doss enter I Into the cost of production and to give some thought to it in planting. | —B. M. D., in Southern Cultivator. ! Peanuts and Popcorn. : Nearly every farmer in the country has attended a circus at one time in ! ' life. Maybe it was when be was a boy, but a great majority have made J since they reached ' a trip to town j mature years. Ordinarily circus talk has but very little to do with farm ing, but the popcorn and peanut cry is an interesting feature of the usua’ show, and the cry of the venders i remembered long after the ludicrous sayings of the clowns are numbered with the things of the past. There are no greater crops to con slder , just at this season ot i he > ear than vopeorn and peanuts. Probably not one farmer in a hundred has ever given it any thought, but at the same time it will be acknowledged as a truth after a fair trial. For planting in tho oat fields after the harvest is over there are no crops that offer bet¬ ter inducements to the average farm¬ er than these. By preparing the land practically all cultivation can be made before the crop actually begins growing and the result will be simply wonderful In the amount of feed that can be produced. It will be well to plant both popcorn and peanuts in the wat¬ er furrow at this season of the year, as they will grow rapidly enough to cultivate with a plow and not much work will be needed. It will take plenty of barn room if you want to shelter your productions in this line, but these can be shocked out with more impunity than any crops that can be raised on the farm and but little damage is likely to result. In planting the popcorn plant it thick, so that a great deal of forage can be made and there will be plenty of good feed for all animals on the farm. These are little things it is true, but after a trial and some con¬ sideration it will be surprising to see how much better it will be than just leaving the grain land idle and in ad¬ dition to growing a lot of feed there will be improvement in the soil.—J. C. McAuliffe. Substitute For Smoke House. Take four boards twelve inches wide and eight or ten feet long; nail them as per illustration with anchor on one end and cap on other with just enough opening in top end to make draft enough to draw smoke. Now set it up in hole a foot deep and pack dirt firmly over anchor. Have your place for fire eight or ten feet from smoke house with pipe (laid a C>*. ii i I I * \ i " l -<-4_ /J,— - ; . O'- . JU.- Vi. J ' ,| -**. '■ few inches below surface) running from furnace into smoke house and the thing is complete, after of course driving the necessary nails or hooks to hold meat. Advantages: Cheap —no danger of burning meat—easily and quickly made. I hope to see thi3 in print as it is a very cheap affair for those that are not fortunate enough to have a better one.—Em¬ ma A. Hicks, in The Epitomist. Varieties of Wyandottes. Shape makes the breed, color the variety, is a saying that has already been quoted in these notes. Of the Wyandottes there are not less than eight recognized varieties. It would seem that the fancier who likes the graceful Wyandotte form could find something in these to suit him. The varieties are white, black, silver, golden, silver penciled, par¬ tridge, buff and Columbian. The names are in most cases self explanatory. The Columbian Wyan¬ dotte has the color of the light Brahma as the silver penciled has the colored of the dark Brahma. Of these the silver, buff and white are the most common. Of couyse the plumage of the w'hites should be pure white. This includes the quills as well as the underfluff, Judges penalize any creaminess in the underfluff although this is sometimes only a temporary condition and will pass away in a short while. Any brassiness about the back is a still more serious fault. White that will stay white is the de¬ sired color. Sometimes spots of black will be found in the plumage of a bird of good breeding and otherwise good. These are a disqualification a3 would be red or buff. The beak, shank and feet should be yellow; the comb, wattles and ear lobes red, and eyes bright red or bay.—B. M. D., in Southern Culti vator. Better Sires. If every scrub bull in North Caro- j I lina was replaced with a pure bull, j of some recognized beef breed, the I value of our first generation of calves would, when mature, be in¬ creased ?1,000,000 or <> •J -j ■» 1-3 per cant, of the original value of the foundation stock. This introduction of better bred sires is, in my mind, the only thing which will completely revolutionize our live stock business. Dr, R, S. Curtis. THE PULPIT. AN ELOQUENT SUNDAY SERMON BY DR. ROBERT J. KENT. Theme: All Fullness in Christ. Brooklyn. N. Y.—In the Lewis Ave¬ nue Congregational Church, Sunday morning, the pastor, the Rev. Dr. Robert J. Kent, preached on "All Fullness In Christ.’’ The text was from Colosslans 1:19: “For It pleased the Father that In Him should all fullness dwell.” Dr. Kent said: Jesus Christ is being better under¬ stood and better appreciated all the time. Paul had a truer and more glorious conception of Him thirty-five years after the crucifixion than the disciples who had lived in intimate fellowship with Him during His min¬ istry. Under the tuition of the Spirit the beauty and grandeur of His char¬ acter, the magnitude and inestimable value of His servic? to God and hu¬ manity grew upon men. The language of eulogy is taxed to its uttermost in describing the glory of Mis person and position. In the four verses im¬ mediately preceding the the text three statements of sublime signifi¬ cance are made. He is the image of the invisible God! The universe was created by Him and for Him! He is the bead of the church! Therefore in ail tilings He has pre-eminence. That pre-eminence has not been changed as the centuries have passed. While doctrines and theologies have held and lost the attention of men, their interest has been increasingly centred on the person of Jesus. Chris tian experience is verifying the state¬ ment of the text that all fullness dwells in Jesus Christ. The word “fullness” by itself is an empty word: the “fullness of God” is glorious, but misty. It is when we take up one by one the qualities with which Christ was so richly endowed by the Father that we begin to appreciate the mean¬ ing of the text. In Him is the fullness of power. It was the power of Christ that at first gained the eager attention of men. We may not fully understand the mighty deeds He performed; in the confusion of thought at the pres¬ ent time regarding the miracles of the Gospels we may feel utterly per¬ plexed. But that a deep and abiding impression of power was made by the Master on the people of His day there ‘cannot be the slightest doubt. That impression was voiced by the two sad hearted disciples who journeyed to Emmaus and when the unrecognized Jesus asked them what things had come to pass that so deeply moved them replied: “Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people.” The story that Mark has written aims to present Christ as the mighty worker; and John tells us that his purpose in writ¬ ing was to picture Christ as the Son of God. The early Christian church was conscious of the possession of power, of power which it derived from its in¬ visible but ever-present Lord. It saw it working in the regeneration of men’s hearts, in the reformation of their lives, in the transformation of communities. Christianity was not merely a new philosophy, a new form of worship; it was the power of God unto salvation to every one who ac¬ cepted it. That power has not waned during the centuries. Christ has been the conqueror. He has been the most magnetic personality in the world’s history. Men of all classes and con¬ ditions, the rich and poor, the prince and peasant, the learned and illiter¬ ate, the saint and sinner, have been drawn to Him. They have conse¬ crated heart and life to Him. In spite of the most determined and malig¬ nant opposition, the gospel of His kingdom has been preached through¬ out the world. Nothing could stop It. He has erected His judgment seat among men, and more and more the words, thoughts, deeds, the lives and characters of men and nations are being brought to judgment before Christ. There was a time when men supposed that by violence they could stamp out Christianity; Herod tried it and failed; the Jewish rulers tried it when they crucified Jesus and failed; Saul of Tarsus tried it and failed. Who would dream that it could be done to-day? Surely the years have demonstrated that the fullness of power resides in Jesus. There is in Christ the fullness oU wisdom. We do not class Christ among the learned men of the world. He was not a writer of many hooks. He wrote nothing. We do not in¬ clude Him among the great philoso¬ phers of the ages. There is a philoso¬ phy of Christianity, but Christianity is not a philosophy. We do not find a wonderful versatility of knowledge in the discourses of Jesus. He did not talk of many things, yet the men of the early days, and the thoughtful men of subsequent generations, have been profoundly impressed with His wisdom. He knew the things of greatest concern to men; He knew them with a clear, searching intui¬ tion. He knew God, His character, His purpose, His plans. The Father had revealed Himself to His Son. He knew man, his joys and sorrows, his aspirations and temptations, his sin¬ fulness and his glorious possibilities. He knew the secrets of peace, of joy. He knew the things that give deepest and most enduring satisfaction; the bre a< i oi and water oi life. Jesus „ is the world s teacher. One of His most precious titles is Master. | Not only in the truth He taught, but j in the way He taught it, He was peer- j less. By precept and parable and ex- I ample He had taught the principles ! that lie at the foundation of human ity’s progress. Men who want to know what is best for themselves and for the world still sit reverently at Jesus’ feet. In the discussion of the vital problems of the present age, V ’ Real Estate f Fire Insurance Fort Valley Realty & Development Co. The leading Fire Insurance Companies Represented. Office Over Exchange Bank, Fort Valley, (leorela. » men ask, What did Jesus say? For He dealt with the things that, most concern the heart and life, and, there¬ fore. He dealt with the questions of perennial interest. .Tesus. The fullness of love is in Love divine is a tree that has many branches. One is compassion, an¬ other pity, another patience, another pardon, another sacrifice. The in¬ finite pity and compassion of God looked out through the eyes of Jesus upon deformed and unfortunate men. His heart went out to those who had lost the spring and joy of life, or who had never known them. He saw the darkened home, the saddened heart, anti His tears of tender sympathy flowed. A wise and wise-hearted man who is constantly dealing with youth¬ ful culprits has said that his own aim is to call forth what is best in the hoys: to awaken a sense of honor, manliness, a noble ambition in them. This is what Jesus did. Love divine in, Him reached down to sinful, bro¬ ken men in order to lift them up and heal them. He awakened hope and resolute endeavor. He made men feel that they could he pardoned and begin a new life. He took them by the hand, as He did the girl who the neighbors said was dead, bnt Jesus declared was asleep, and said. “Arise.” And this fullness of love found Its crowning proof and glory in the cross; so that, when you speak of great love, you naturally point to Calvary. Now all these and many other qual¬ ities were united in Christ. Other men have been great because of some one rare quality of personality; Jesus possessed them all. Therefore, He has never ceased to Interest the world. From the day He returned after the soul-struggle In the wilderness to the banks of Jordan until He died on Cal¬ vary, He lived without seeking it in the public eye. After His death, in¬ stead of forgetting Him, men became more interested in Him. The eyes of the world have never ceased to look upon Him. Theologies have come and gone; the church has had its ups and downs; but Jesus is always the centre of interest. There stand on my library shelf two large volumes fresh from the press. They are a dictionary of Jesus, what He said and did. And they happen to stand along¬ side of a volume on “Jesus Christ and the Social Quest ton.” It suggests the unfailing interest of thoughtful men in Jesus. They are never satisfied with what l:us been said and written r:g ding Him. There will be other dictionaries, other lives of Christ, in the coming years. And when great social problems are discussed, the question of the home, of work and wages, of capital and labor, of human brotherhood, men will turn as they do now to the Gospels to study afresh Avhat, Jesus said. Let there he dis¬ covered the merest fragment of some ancient manuscript containing in mu¬ tilated form some saying of Jesus and the news of the discovery is tele¬ graphed around the world, and the fragment becomes priceless. How are we to explain this undying interest in Jesus? Not in any of the outward circumstances or conditions of IUs life. How limited and meager it was! A life of poverty; a brief life; begin¬ ning in a manger, ending on a cross. A life outside the circles of libraries and great thinkers, outside the circles of wealth and social position. The secret of its unique command upon the interest of men is given in the text: "It pleased the Father that in Him should all fullness dwell.” The hope of the world is in Him. To Him we bring our burdens and perplexities. To Him we come for comfort and strength. To be in vital relation to Him is our highest privi¬ lege. Having Him as our personal Lord and Master we have life’s high¬ est prize. He is God’s richest gift to the world. He is the clearest inter¬ pretation to humanity of the infinite wealth of love and wisdom and power of God. The divine heart beats in the bosom of Jesus; the divine voice speaks through His lips; the divine help is given through His service; the divine life is imparted through fel¬ lowship with Him. The leadership of the world be¬ longs to Jesus. The fullness of God dwells in Him to accomplish the eter¬ nal purpose of God; the establishment of the kingdom of love In human hearts. He has been equipped for <^he service of leadership. To Him has been given fullness of vision that He may see the way; fullness of power that He may overcome every obstacle; fullness of love that He may win men and make them follow Him. He who died on the cross will occupy the throne; the despised and rejected of men will receive universal praise and love. To hasten the day when all shall know Him, when the eternal purpose of redeeming love shall be fulfilled in the kingdom of Christ is our supreme duty. To that work we should consecrate our lives. It should kindle our enthusiasm. Jesus should be supreme in our thought and speech, our affection and devo¬ tion. May He be our leader! May we gladly, enthusiastically follow Him! NOTHING IN NAMES. “Do you want employment?” “Lady,’’answered Plodding Pete, “you means well, but can’t make work any more invitin' bv usin' words of three syllables.”—Washington Star. Why is it that we hear of so many good people and meet so few? Sour Stomach No appetite, loss oi strength, nervous., breath, ness, headache, constipation, bad general debility, sour risings, and catarrh of the stomach are all due to indigestion. discov¬ Kodol relieves indigestion. This new ery represents the natural juices of diges¬ tion as they exist in a healthy stomach, combined with the greatest knov/n tonic and reconstructive properties. Kodol for dyspepsia does not only relieve indigestion and dyspepsia, but this famous remedy helps all stomach troubles by cleansing, purifying, sweetening and strengthening the mucous membranes lining the stomach. Mr. S. S. Ball, of Ravenswcod. W, Vi., says:— “ I was troubled with cour stomach for twenty years. 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