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Ammo uimmME THV U Try 71 T IDLE CORN MIDDLES A Summer Cover Crop of Cowpeas Is - : the Remedy naming, and few that do not provide'; something worthy a permanent pic- tore. -jV:'- .'. v - vi :;-;v "Advertising rates are very low in Oregon country papers, and a farmer MANY, farmers- in the Cotton tt- a ost irom lO to SO centsmay xix are laying dv tneir eariy piantcu f ca11 are laying by their early planted corn. By the last oi July this early planted corn will have matured its growth. During August and Septem ber the corn middles will be idle, or growing grass and weeds, the seed of which will give trouble the next year. All throusrh the summer nitrates g Here is what one farmer says : ",. ''' "I am thoroughly convinced that tile drainage pays not only in times of wet weather, but in periods of droutK. This was demonstrated "this Ijtzr . (1914) on two different farms under my . supervision,; in each case, the chine, or some other thing about the yield of lettuce was about twice as f great on the field underlaid by tile than on the adjacent field , where no tile was used. The crops behaved well on the tile drained land during the severe drouth of nearly twelve place he does not need by putting a small advertisement in his weekly paper., ' x . "A farmer's advertising should of course conform to the est advertis- "rr T; thev 5n& standards ; it should be very de- weeks." ar tJZ finite and absolutely truthful" 7 ' , Wt are . not : utilized i by Some ... growing r crop, much of them will be leached out of the soil by the late summer rainc nrA Inst thsueeee diner croos. HtMW,,, WMW-.rvw .."T, W The farmer cannot afford to allow them to escape from his farm. During the late summer and early fall: the idle corn middle should be planted in cowpeas. This new crop comes up and begins growth as the corn finishes its growth. As the ni trogen in the soil becomes available, the CQWpea' roots utilize it and pre vent its loss by leaching; they also add atmospheric nitrogen to the soil. Cowpeas may be planted in hills along the edge of the corn row at next to the last-cultivation. The last cultivation of the corn cultivates the cowpeas. If it is thought best, cow peas may be sowed broadcast in the corn middies and covered with a scrape' and scooter, or with a spring tooth cultivator.;. When the seed are planted-in hills from a peck to one- : half bushel is required ; but when sowed broadcast a bushel will give a better cover crop. . , Legumes planted in corn do not seem to-lessen its yield. In seasons when there is plenty of soil moisture, experiments show that legumes are beneficial to growing corn. : : . Cowpeas planted in corn , do not grow rapidly when they first come up. But as soon , as- the , corn ripens the peas begin to make rapid growth of tentimes the growth becomes, knee high before frost. A heavy crop of seed may be made; from one-half to one ton of cowpea hay. may be har vested; or , considerable excellent grazing' may be obtained. The nitro gen of the. soil has not escaped, at mospheric nitrogen is added, and, the amount of organic matter in the soil greatly increased. E. F. CAUTHEN. Plan Next Year's Drainage Now 'FHE recent periods of drouth and A rainfall illustrate clearly that the extremes . in weather conditions are apt to exist at any time during the growing seasons. These extremes are always harmful much more so than continued dryness or continued wet ness, and make the problem of pro per handling and cropping a serious matter. It is this problem of uricer- Isn't this proof enough, to show that one cannot afford not to drain his land? , . r Keep this in mind and begin now the planning for next year's drainage. Raleigh, N. C. F. R. BAKER. Readme Springs for tb2 Weary Traveler ;UY PREMISES have three springs At X of pure water near the roadside of the Oakdale-Wartburg, pike. A l: J : i , , r j -- , ,4 A V,' T1 -.-A . 4 t 111 1 " Ifl This is the name of our home It k hiddeh away, in a beautiful mountain Tavine, and . the -cmsic of a clear potmtain sueam is heard as it makec its way:, through . this . hollow.-The " ferns, mountain laurel, rhododen dron and waving hemlocks offer con tentment, and hurry and turmoil ar. .forgotten, fjeeper thirst than that which nses from the heat and dust of the way are here quenched. The writer has been repaid a hun dred times for the small outlay on the springs. at "Brbokcroft" Here tired mothers and small children, as well as men,' find a place to quench their Jhirst and to rest' Oh, yes a few: undesirables,- but not many t0 bother with. - Not : every region has hillside springs but : it occurs to the writer that is a good idea to make these springs, accessible along roadsides to both man "and beast wherever possi ble. If I -were a road commissioner I would have the road workers put the springs in -first-class condition if the owners ere. willing to allow the public the use of the springs. With a trifling expenditure of time and mon ey the water of springs could be conveyed-to roadside locations where it will be of the very greatest value. Of course I would first have the water analyzed to see if it were pure and safe for the public to use. Driving on a summer's day among the green, wooded hills of Tennessee, it is refreshing to come to springs, like you find at "Brookcrof t," where places are provided to rest and to en joy Nature, There ought to be more of them. It spells welcome and has pitality to the traveler. - f : JAMES D. BURTON. Harriman, Tenn. OUR HEALTH TALK Show Farmers How to Use Printers' ink THE Oregon. farmer can swplt hU ty creating and makinc available a annual receipts by using good larger storage capacity so that need printing "and by occasional advertis- e(i moisture can be had long after-a ing in the weeklies ' of his county, dnntth. says D. W. Morton, dean of the new school of commerce of the Univer sity of Oregon. A farm letterhead should carry the name of the farm, the name of the owner, the location of the farm, and . perhaps a small picture of some fea-... ture of the place, says Dean Morton, who regards the farmer as a business ' man with a substantial investment upon which he should make every ef fort to pay interest. -r . ?U gitts a farmer a certain business standing if he has a neat letterhead of good grade, and it improves the value of his farm to have a name and . something, of an individuality" he said. 'There is some initial expense in having a picture taken and a cut - made, but the publisher of the near est country paper will attend to the details and afterward will do the printing .reasonably. "If the farmer raises high-class an imals, his letterheads may contain, a picture of a. prize animal with tts 're cord; or if he has a stock farm, a picture of a bunch of stock; or if he has the best house or , barn in the neighborhood, a picture of that; or a picture of a grove or a stream is us ually effective on stationery. There arc fev Oregon farms not worth : THE KIND OP SCHOOLHOTJSES WE NEED . 1 y , r Lowland Consolidated School, Hamblen County, Tenn. tainty that we are trying to efimin- few dollars have been devoted to the ate; and, experience and observation improvement of the springs, and to have shown to a certain extent that it providing resting places nearby, can be done by a proper system of The locations of these springs are nnder-dramage. especiaUy inviting by reason of. Under-drainage creates a uniform shade, coolness, and beautiful land-condition- in the ; soil by removing scape. Rustic seats intfte many pil quickly the excess wate and by en- grims to rest. I am sure that many larging the effective root zone, there- of them arise refreshed, encouraged, and that the road subsequently trav eled seems smoother and shorter. . "Brookcrof t" is printed tn a con crete wall above one of the springs. ' ' THRIFT ; : - WITHOUT ma no man hat ever achieved success, nor Km any nation ever become great ', v , ', 5 ' 1 have been the bedrock d every successful career, and the cornerstone . rf every fortone. AD the world knems msend most of the world heeds my warning. The poor may have me ns well as the rich. ' My power is tmitlets, my application boundless. ' He who possesses xn has contentment in the' present and strrsty for the 'future. . . . .. - : , . . I am of greater value than peails, rubies, and diamonds. Once you have me, no man can take me away. - I lift my possessor to higher planes of Cving, increase his earning power, and brin to realization the hopes of his life. I make man well dressed, well housed, and well fed. . 1 insure absolatery against the rainy day. ' 1 drive, want and doubt and care away. I guarantee thoss who posses me prosperity and access. I have cxalud those of low degree, and these of high degTea have found me a Ulpf al friead. To obtain raj yoit sesd pet omt no capita) but personal effort and on all yon invest m me I grmrantre drridends that last through Ufa aad alttt. '. I am as frets as air. I am yours if you wul take me. lam Thrift! -Emporia Gazette. MPull theBeds Out On the Porch!" "pULL The beds out on the porch," ' V. is the summertime advice given by Dr. L. A. DeBilviss, of the Kansas Board of Health, who writes as fol lows in the Kansas City Star : , "Experiments . have demonstrated that, in summer time, there is a con siderable difference between the tem perature indoors and outside the house. Sometimes this difference amounts to 15 degrees or more. "Heat penetrates the walls of the house rather slowly. So it is that the inner surfaces ; of the walls reach their greatest temperatures in the fol lowing order : .East wall, about 9 a.m.; south wall, noon ; west wall, 3 p.m. "These walls also lose their heat slowly and their effect on the temper ature of the rooms can be noticed far into the nlght. This is the reason why, on comparatively cool and com fortable nights out-of-doors the air m the house may be hot and stifling. ; . "Free circulation of the air is the greatest assistance in the dissipating of heat from the house and from the body. ThisJs why fanning the body and opening the windows to obtain a draft of air gives relief from oppress ive heat. A room may be said to be well ventilated only when there are windows orb opposite siaes i room through which a direct current of air may pass. ' , , . "Not only the health of the baby, but that of. the entire family as wc would improve and all would be rnucn more comfortable If the beds m sum mer were to be pulled out of not. stuffy bedrooms and set1 up on tne porch. No one who has tried sleep ing in the open air will return to tne house if. he can help it . . 'The old saying that night af " not good for people is not true. .Tne re is less dust in the night air than m the day air. Night air in a bedroom is likely to be bad. Let it out. "Why to thft wort aid yoo bmsr UII1T- TJcais b css ca of tho montH." Urowulor U"108-
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