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To Clean Indian Matting. '
Take up the matting and lay it on
the table, a yard at a time, and scrub
it with some very good soap, using
rather a stiff brush, then draw
it through water, and finally swill it
with plenty of cold water, adding a
little ammonia; or, if preferred, use
strong salt and water. Bran water la
an excellent thing, too, for this. If
this matting is of really good quality,
the water will not hurt it, as it is,
or should be, impervious to damp.
, .. Ant Destroyer.
Ileat together in an earthenware
vessel till dissolved half a pound of
flowers of sulphur and four ounces of
potash. Allow the mixture to get cold,
then iufuse with water, and apply to
the infested place. Not many ants will
survive a dose of this solution. If you
wish to set a trap only, get a common
sponge with large holes in it, wet it,
and sprinkle sugar over it. The ants
will collect in this. The sponge should
be thrown into hot watar, aud all the
ants will be destroyed.
To Boll FUh.
Sprinkle the well cleaned fish thor
oughly with salt, wrap in a piece of
cheesecloth and boil, preferably in a
fish kettle. The water should be
scalding when the fish goes in, then
let it simmer gently until the fish
flakes. If preferred. t'e water in
"which the fish is cooked may be high
ly seasoned with celery, onion, bay
leaf and parsley, or the fish may be
boiled in a rich bouillon instead
of water; serve with a thick drawn
butter sauce made rich with chopped
bard boiled eggs, pickles and capers.
rurlflralion. Etc., of Kitchen Create.
If the "grease" he in the form of
mutton or beef suet, fat ham, etc., it
should be cut in small pieces, and put
over the fire to cook very slowly. Half
a cup of water may be added for
each pint or pound of fat. Let cook
until the fat is extracted and the bits
of grease niiite brown. Pour off the
fat, pressing the pieces until quite
dry. If the fat has been used for fry
ing and contains carbonized sediment,
remove the sediment Srosa th bottom
of the cake of cold fat. If the fat is
not now clean enough, melt and strain
it through several folds of cloth laid'
over a colander. Boston Cooking
School Magazine.
Washing Lace Cnrtnim.
First dust the curtains gently and
thoroughly. Put them to soak about
noon in clear lukewarm water to which
lias been added a teaspoonful of borax
to each two gallons of water. In the
evening squeeze them as dry as pos
sible with the hands and put into clean
warm soapsuds. Let soak over night;
then squeeze and work with the hands
until clean. Rinse thoroughly in borax
water teaspoonful borax to 2 gal
lons of water), blue and starch a very
little. Spread two clean sheets on the
carpet, pin the curtains at every scal
lop through both sheet and carpet,
.. taking care to keep them perfectly
straight and allow them to dry. Two
alike can be pinned at once. Wash on
a warm day so the doors and windows
can be open. They will dry in a short
time and will be as nice as new. If
fthey are wanted cream color add
strong coffee to the starch. Mrs. Job a
Now.
Nourishing Drink For InTalid
Oriental Sherbet Take two table
spoonfuls of rather tart jelly, prefer
ably currant, grape, cranberry or ap
ple, dissolve in a glass of cold water,
then set on the ice until thoroughly
chilled. Unless absolutely certain of
the purity of your ice supply, it is not
safe to use it in solution. Have all
drinks chilled by standing against the
ice, but take no chances of giving ty
phoid or other malignant germs lodg
ment in the body already weakened by
disease.
Apple Water Slice a half-dozen
sour, juicy apples into an earthen
pitcher, add a tablespoonful of sugar
and pour over all a quart of boiling wa
ter. Cover closely and when cold strain
and chill.
Tamarind Water Mix preserved ta
marinds with boiling water, cover and
tand aside for half an hour. Strain,
8 ree ten to taste and chill.
Tineappie Eggnog Beat an egg
sightly with a silver fork, add three
tablespoonfuls pineapple juice freshly
expressed, a little sugar and as much
water as is needed to fill the glass.
Strain and chill.
Barley Water Barley water Is both
refreshing and wholesome. Put a scant
quarter cup of barley into an earthen
bowl and cover with two quarts boiling
water. When cold, strain, sweeten,
add lemon juice to taste and chill.
Oatmeal Water Put a quarter cup
oatmeal in an earthen bowl, with a half
cup sugar and the juice and thin yel
low rind of a lemon. Cover with two
quarts boiling water, let it stand cov
ered until the.sugar is dissolved, strain
and chill. Fruit vinegars may be used
in place of the lemon.
Rice Water Cover two tablespoon
fuls of well-washed rice with a quart
of boiling water, add a few raisins aud
simmer gently for two or three hours.
Strain, add a pinch of salt, sugar aud
lemon to season, chill and serve.
Irish Moss Lemonade This is espe
cially excellent in case of any throat
irritation. Wasii thoroughly one-quarter
cup Irish mos and soak an hour
in cold water to cover. Pour over it
one pint boiling water as.l let i": stand
on the back of the range for half an
liour. Strain, sweeten, add the jTiice
of a lemon and chill.
MORTIMER PRESUME
But Grazella Brought Matter to a Focui
With True Feminine Strategy.
"Mortimer Jarvis, I hate you I"
It struck him squarely between the
eyes, and he reeled as if from an actual
blow.
The young woman who spoke Ihese
words sat in a Gibson girl attitude,
with her elbows on the table, and
glared at the masculine person who
faced her from tho Opposite side of
the table.
"1'ou you bate me?'' he said, recov
ering his equilibrium with an effort.
"And hatred is a 'tin to to well, nevor
mind a. hat it's akin to," he added, as
no available relationship seemed to
suggest itself. "Is this a new emotion,
Grazella, or is it one you had left in
stock when you invoiced last?"
"My name is Miss Twigg."
"Yes; Grazella Q. Twigg. Of course
I do."
"Do whet, sir?"
"Twigg. Do you continue to hate me.
Miss Twigg?"
The stony glare with which she still
regarded him appeared to indicate that
she did.
"Do you hate me. Miss Grazella
Twigg as much as you did a minute
ago?"
The curling irony of her lip. so to
speak, was sufficient answer to this
question, likewise.
"I will ask you now. Miss Twigg."
he said, after the manner of a young
Gibson lawyer conducting his first .im
portant case, "why you detest, abom
inate and regard with abhorrence the
individual who now presumes "
"That is the reason, sir,", she inter
rupted. "You are presumptuous."
"Pardon me, Miss Twigg. Remem
ber you are not on rath. Do I under
stand you to say I am presumptuous':'
"I think that is the word I used, sir.'
"I will ask you now Miss Twigg. if
you are awaie t'.U 'presumptuous' is
derived from the Latin word 'prac
sumere,' meaning 'to takrt beforehand':'
"I pr "mme it is."
"Ha! Then you yourself presume!"
Hastily making a note of it on the
margin of a newspaper th.it lay on tho
table, he proceeded:
"Waiving that point for the moment,
however, maylaskyou in what respect
I have been presumptuous, in the
sense of taking before "
"You take too much for granted."
"For instance?"
"For instance, Mortimci Jarvis. you
take it for granted that i con't know
why ycu nave been devoting yourself
to me for the last three years."
."Oh. do I?"
"Yc, sir; you do. You presume ,o
trunk I am 'oing to be surprised and do
tlu' 'this is so sudden' act when
you "
"When I wha?-'
"Oh, you thir.k you've bepn so sly
about it that I never suspected "
"Suspected what?"
"As if -iy girl didn't didn't
know "
"Know what?"
Then, all at once, her : elf-possession
deserted her, and a horrible suspieiou
took its place. Had she been unduly
presumptuous herself?
Her lips moved, but no sound came
from them.
The young man presently assumed
control of the situation.
"Grazella," he aid, in a voice which,
by every rule f accepted dramatic
art, should have had r.n accompani
ment of -low. tremulous music, "1
plead not guilty to the m.iin charge,
but I am going to take something for
granted now."
By execrting rapid flank movement
he took possession of her hand.
In her agitation she had neglected to
place it out of the reach of possible
danger.
She tried to withdraw it, but it was
too late. Apparently It was there to
stay.
"And you thought me presumptuous"'
he continued, with a desperate attempt
to pull out the flute stop in his vocal
organ. "Why, bless your dear little
heart, I am the shyest, timidest. most
self-deprecatory mortal c.n earth! Been
devoting myself to you for three years,
have I? Grazella "
Here he thrust the table aside with
a masterly flank movement of his free
hand, as being easier than stepping
around It.
"If I hadn't been the biggest coward
alive I would have spoken two years,
eleven months and twenty-nine days
ago. That's the way they do nowadays
in all the "
"Oh. Mortimer, what "must you
think!" she wailed, still struggling, but
with less desperation, to withdraw her
hand.
"I think you did perfec tly right, dear,
to bring me to I mean you did right
to give me a chance bold your head
still, will you! . . . 'Presumptuous'.'
. . . Well. I like that . . . and
that ... and that!"
"That's just what you are!" she
pouted, half an hour latpr.
But he took a similar advantage of
the pout. Chicago Tribune.
Bachelors' Iliilge.
There is a place in Webster Town
ship known as "Bachelors' Ridne."
Seven unmarried men keep "bach" in
as many different houses within a
radius of two miles, and within this
distance there is not a woman living.
One cf the bachelors, lsarc Brown,
has a small tract of land, but has no
live stock, not even ;i chicken, and
does scarcely any work. He refres
help from neighbors, who sometimes
offer to give him something to cat,
saying he has no use for their -.revisions.
Last winter he dug a hole un
der his house four feet square, and
placed his 'led in his LoIp and slept
in' it, pulling tho lid down on if. He
rays he kept very warm in his bunk
nil the t'.oc Corydon cor; esn ;nde:ice
Indianapolis News.
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CTJ ?f ; rf'iffZv luvm vi uiuPl, uctmirs tut- t-ui ill will i -l -
if sr-ZMAVWil y ue nau't'iD'e tor at least 300,000,000
n ypolheiical.
w'hen the captain remarked lo the boat
swain:
"Suppose your Creator had ehoatswain
To create you a cow, sir?"
Merely hitching his trouser.
The boatswain replied: "Well, s'poab
swain ?"
-Puck.
"Coul Weight.
Yeast "You didn't seem to gain any
weight while you were down south."
Crimsonboak "How could 1? Why,
my nose peeled three times!" Von kers
Statesman.
Preliminary Piofit.
Mrs. Glub-dub "Did your daughter
marry well?"
Mrs. Flim-FIam "Yes, indeed; she
had a trip all over Europe before the
divorce." Life. v
Nothing to Hope For.
Cholly "I am poor, but very ambi
tious. Will you marry me?"
Mabel "Yes, I'll marry you. I'm
not at all ambitious myself." Philadel
phia Bulletin.
Such Is Fame.
BeJinks 'Tnnstou is certainly a
witty chap, isn't lie':"
LeBlinks "Yes. Every time he
opens his mouth a funny crack is no
ticeable." Chicago News.
Would See 11 1m There First.
Mistress "What made you angry
with the doctor and tell him not to
come any more?"
Bridget "Becase he said he thought
he would sind me to a warmer climate
and I'm on ter him." Life.
Better Than Usual.
"Those are pretty good biscuits you
made to-day."
"1 didn't make any biscuits to-day."
"Who did? I just ate half a dozen
in the pantry."
"Why, those must have been the dog
biscuits I bought for Fido." Houston
Post.
Johnny's Idea.
What he thought "a school of her
ring" looked like.
Her Keet, Tot.
"That new saleslady," said 1he blonde
at the ribbon counter, "has false hair
and teeth."
"Yes," replied the brunette, who con
descends to soil handkerchiefs occa
sionally, "aud it seems that's not the
only thing. I heard her complaining
that she hadn't a chance to get off her
feet all day."
Overheard at the Onrnge.
"Yes," said the polite demonstrator,
"here is an automobile intended for
long tours. Why. here is even a place
for knives and forks."
"Ah, in'leed," said the caller. "And
what would you call that little machine
over there just built for two?"
"Oh, tlp's a place for spoons."
Chicago News.
A Miser's WUIi.
Greedylot. who is rather miserly,
was recovering from a long illness.
"How was it, doctor," he asked one
day, "that I was able lo live so many
weeks without eatfng?"
"Why, you were fed by the fever."
"Are you sun;?" Then, after a mo
ment's reflection, "I wish I could give
it to my servants."
IIea-l In a Hospital.
Tatient (to pretty nurse) "Will you
be my wife when I recover?"
Pretty Nurse "Certainly."
Patient "Then you love me?"
Pretty Nurse "Oh, no; that's merely
a part of the treatment. I must keep
my patients cheerful. I promised this
morning to run away with a married
man who had lost both Lis legs."
Manila. American.
Devotion to an Idea.
Watt Gozup "Isn't It something
startling for old Hunks t" be dropping
into extravagant habits ct his time of
life?"
Muskum Downe "Yes; he has just
found out that there is an inheritance
tax, and he's opposed to it on principle.
He says l.e is going to see to it that his
heirs don't have to pay ;.ty such tax."
Chicago 'A'ribune.
Tim Kitchen Autocrat.
"Yes, ma'am, an' no:v that I'm goin
to take hold here, I'll settle the permit
business first of all. You see I carry
nie own fountain pen. There, take that
an' don't lose it."
"What is this?"
"That's a permit, ma'am, for you
to visit th' kitchen. It entitles you to
oue visit a week. If you come of toner
tlv permit will be taken up an' don't
you forgit it" Clevelsud Plain Dealer.
Dr. Thomas C. Chamberlain, head of
the University of Chicago's depart
ment of geology, declares the earth will
be habitable for at least 100,000.000
years longer.
Gold is one of the most difficult
metals to vaporize, but by the use of
the electric furnace it can readily be
set boiling at the temperature of about
41(H) degrees Fahrenheit.
Made voiceless by the cutting out of
his larynx in an operation for cancer,
an ingenious Viennese has fitted a
rubber tube with , vocal chords, and
by means of this novel speaking ap
paratus, inserted in his throat, be is
said to be able to produce a high fal
setto voice. - - ' - w . ,
. .
The use of yellow glass for weak
eyes ia recommended by Dr. Motais, of
Angers. The yellow tint is very rest
ful and has a calming influence on the
most sensitive eyes. Such glasses have
been prescribed during fifteen years in
this oculist's own practice, yielding ex
cellent results.
The Pintsch incandescent gaslight in
railway carriages has proved a yreat
success in Victoria, thirty-three per
cent, more light having, been obtained
at a cost of thirty-three per cent, less
gas, according to the Sydney Herald.
Consequently it is to be extensively
introduced. The Sydney express will
be fitted with it.
A new type of railway cars of two
stories, specially for use in transport
ing troops, has been invented by a Rus
sian engineer, M. Rykovski. Each
wagon cm carry ISO men, or an en
tire company, and under healthy con
ditions as to fresh air. These new
wagons are about to be tested on the
new line from St. Petersburg to Vol
ogda. Still another chemist is in the field
with an artificial gutta-percha. II err
Gentsch, of Vienna, has produced an
artificial gutta-percha from a mixture
of caoutchouc and palm rosin; it i3
claimed that its elastic resistance is
superior to that of the natural prod
ucts, but that it consolidates less easily
and is more glutinous, while its cost
would be only two-thirds of that of
the natural product.
An extension of the wireless telegra
phy system of Lower California is re
ported by Consul Kaiser, at Mazatlan.
The machinery installation will be
made at San Jose del Cabo, at the end
of the peninsula, aud at the port of La
Paz, in Sinaloa, by a Germany com
pany, which secured the contract, and
will install benzine motors with cool
ing machinery, continuous current dyn
amos, storage batteries, etc.
MICROBES WAR ON ONE ANOTHER
Sewage System of Saratoga Likely to He
Adopted by Burlington, Vt.
Trofessor O. H. Landreth, of the
State Board of Health, and F. O. Sin
c.'air, city engineer of Burlington, Vt..
visited the sewage disposal plant at
Saratoga with a view to the adoption
of a similar disposal system for Bur
lington. At the conclusion of the in
spection Mr. Sinclair announced that
he would recommend a plant similar
to that at Saratoga for his city.
The process of sewagedisposal adopt
ed by Saratoga is simple and inexpen
sive, it can be described as a process
of nature, or likened unto a "battle of
the microbes." The sewage flows into
a large tank or basin, which is covered
to expel the light. As soon as this tank
fills up, microbes, which can develop
and live only in the dark, begin to eat
the sewage to prepare themselves for
the struggle wieh they will meet in
the next tank. They fatten and con
sume all there is to be consumed, and
cry for more. They crawl through
holes left for the purpose and emerge
into the other tank. Waiting there is
the enemy, or opposing microbes, and
as wolves would pounce on a flock of
calves, they meet and destroy this ad
vancing enemy. The result is the lique
faction of nil the forces, a clear aud
pure (ninety-eight and a half per cent
of purity) effluent, or stream of water,
which can be drunk with more impu
nity than the average drinking water.
Burlington is the first of the Vermont
towns to act on the recent order of the
Vermont State Board of Health to pu
rify water supplies. The State Board
gave the cities until June 1 next to take
the proper steps, and threatened, if
they did not, to condemn the supply
and order the discontinuance of its use.
Mayor Burke at once appointed a com
mittee to act in accordance with the or
der of the State Board. Similar action
by all the towns will result in the purl
tication of che waters of Lake Cham
plain. New York Post.
How Bees Embalm.
Bees can embalm as well as any un
dertaker. All intruders on their hives
are slain and embalmed carefully.
If a worm, or a roach, or any insect
blunders into a hive ne bees will fail
upon him and slay him with their
stings. To get the corpse out would
be a difficulty; therefore, embalming
it, they let it remain.
The embalming process of the bcs
is simple. It consi.ts in covering the
corpse with a hermetic coat cf pure
wax. Within this airtight envelope
the body remains fresh. It cannot in
any way contaminate the hive.
When a snail blunders in amoiig the
bees they cannot kill him on account
of the protection of his shell. So they
embalm him alive. They cover him.
shell and all, with snowy wax. He It
a prisoner wliom only death releases.
linneapoiis Journal.
SOUTHERN
I
TOPICS OF INTEREST TO THE PLANTER, STOCKMAN AND TRUCK G.ICHEI,
Using the Covrpra.
Whenever possible the cowpea should
be cut, fed or utilized as hay and the
resulting excrements returned to the
soil. This has been shown to be the
most profitable way of handling the
crop by direct experiment. An acre
of cowpeas wiil maintain a cow for
140 days while producing two gallons
of milk a day, which at fifteen cents a
gallon would be worth $42, while the
droppings and refuse left on the ground
would be almost if not quite as valua
ble to the succeeding crop as if the
whole crop had been plowed under.
There are many poor farms that are
clearly unprofitable to cultivate, and
on those farms where barnyard ma
nure or live stock are not available,
it will be better to plow under the cow
peas as a means of soil improvement,
using in conjunction liberal applica
tions of phosphates and potash. In cer
tain investigations made with wheat
where cowpeas were plowed under,
they increased the yield nine bushels
per acre in two years.
Thus it appears that the cowpea fur
nishes the cheapest form of nitrogen
the farmer can use. For example, if
bis wheat crop yielded twenty bushels
to the acre, it would require thirty
four pounds of nitrogen to supply that
removed from the land by the crop.
If he had to buy this at the present
price of nitrates of soda, it would cost
him about $5 l ev acre, whereas, a
good "second crop" of cowpeas would
furnish h'.m from fifty to seventy-live
pounds and enable the land to produce
hay worth from $20 to $30 an acre the
same year. A good average crop of
cowpeas yields about two tons of hay
per acre; it would cost about $7.50 per
ton to produce the hay, bale it and put
it on the market, giving the two tons
a farm price of $-j and a market price
of about $20. The plowing under of
the second crop of cowpeas should
furnish enough nitrogen for two twenty-bushel
crops of wheat, which if
purchased in the form of nitrate of
soda would cost $10 per acre, an
amount no farmer could think of apply
ing in a commercial way. The after
math of the cowpeas Avould furnish it
for much less than this, so that by
growing the pea under the two crop
system, a sufficient nitrogen and
humus supply can be obtained for The
soil and a satisfactory crop made from
the land the same year.
1. The area devoted to the cultiva
tion of cowpeas increased 275.2 per
cent in the last decade.
2. The peculiar value of the cow
pea is due to the nodules which grow
on its roots and in which certain forms
of bacteria live which have the power
of assimilating atmospheric nitrogen.
3. As the cowpea is a tap-rooted
plant it is very important that the land
be deeply plowed and subsoiled if
clayey in nature; otherwise the root
growth will be seriously restricted.
4. The cowpea is best sown in drills
twenty-four inches apart.
o. winie tue cowpea can suppiy it
self with nitrogen, It also requires
large amounts of phosphates and
potash; these it can only obtain from
the soil, hence they must be liberally
supplied in artificial forms.
fj. A good mixture for cowpeas on
clay soils would be about 250 to 300
pounds of acid phosphate and 100
pounds of nitrate of potash; where
kainit is used 350 to 400 pounds should
be substituted, for the muriate; on
sandy soils the amount should be in
creased one-third to one-half.
7. Some of the best varieties of cow
peas for hay are: Whippoorwill, Clay
and Unknown, . Black, Whippoorwill
and Clay; for pasture, Unknown, Black
and Red Ripper.
8. Cowpea hay can be made for i
per ton where the ground is plowed
and the fertilizer used charged up to
the first crop. As two tons rer acre
can be produced on fair soil and the
market price is $10 to $15 a ton, it is
a profitable crop to grow for use on
the farm for sale.
9. The cowpea Is usually valuable
as a green manure oecause it decays
so readily. No difficulty will be ex
perienced in plowing it under if it Is
done in a rational manner.
.10. The cowpea is particularly valu
able as a grazing crop for hogs and
cattle; drilled peas having produced
from 300 to GOO pounds of pork per
acre, wortn to
11 Thp nnwnpa fombines fldmirnblv
with corn, sorghum, etc., for produc- j
tion of silage or forage. When seeded
with these crops from ten to fifteen
per cent, or tne total yiem may ie
composed of peas, which balances the
food up and vastly improves its feeding
quality.
12. Either the grain or hay from
cowpeas is very rich in protein, and
experiments that have been made show
that it can be substituted to advantage
for a portion of the grain ration in
feeding either beef or dairy cattle.
13. The wide adaptability of tlx
cowpea makes it the most valuable
leeume cultivated at the present time.
News Notes.
The item in the Sundry Civil bill
appropriating' $25,000 for the Presi
dent's traveling expenses was aain
under discussion in the Senate.
The Senate amendment providing
that the type, displacement and ton
nage of the proposed '20,000-ton bat
tleship shall be reported to Congress
before bids for construction are ap
proved was accepted by the House.
FARM fOTES.
ft.a.rTrr - fj.
14. More attention should be given
to the cultivation of the cowpea be
cause it furnishes nitrogen in the
cheapest form to the farmer, and a
two crops can be grown in a "ingle
sea son, from f-20 to $30 worth of hay
can be obtained and fifty to seventy
live pounds of -nitrogen added to the
soil by plowing under the aftermatb
from the second crop. Professor An
drew M. Soule.
. Soils Especially Salted to Alfalfa.
As with all other crops alfalfa will
succeed in some soils better than in
others. Well-drained alluvial soils,
such as some of our creek bottoms
that are not subject to overflow and
are well above water, which will per
mit the long roots of alfalfa to go down
into it and get nourishment from far
below the reach of the roots of ordinary
crops, are Ideal soils for alfalfa, while
soils with "hurd pan" will not usually
grow it successfully. These alluvial
soils must be elevated, well drained,
and free from acidity. Of course a
great deal of alfalfa is grown on soils
tha't do not belong to the alluvial class.
Each grower can experiment and find
out for himself the adaptability of
his own soil lo the crop.
Remember these things: Alfalfa can
be grown either in spring or in the
fall. I consider fall sowing preferable
in the cotton belt proper, and spring
sowing best in the' more elevated and
cooler sections. For fall sowing the
seed should be in by the 15th of Sep
tember, and in many instances earlier
seeding would be better. For spring
sowing the land would be better if
prepared in the fall or early winter
and the seed put in the first of April.
The land must be prepared thorough
ly by deep plowing, liberal manuring
and liming. Of course, the land must
be well drained, for alfalfa cannot
stand a wet soil. It is a waste of time
and money to sow alfalfa in poor land,
or on land not well prepared. If one
succeeds the crop wiil well repay for
all the time and money spent in pre
paring the land.
For experimental purposes an acre
is enough for any one to begin with.
If one can grow an acre successfully
he can then enlarge as circumstances,
permits. If a person does not wisb
to risk an acre, a half acre, or a quar
ter of an acre will suffice. '
I prefer heavy seeding, not less than
thirty pounds per acre, though many
successful growers contend that twen
ty pounds of seed are sufficient. The
seed should not be covered too deep.:
From a half inch to an inch is plenty
deep to cover. T.
B. Parker, in the-
Progressive Farmer.
How to Sell Pigs or Cow.
There are lots of people in the conn
try who want to buy pigs or cows..
There are also plenty of farmers who
have such things to sell. They put out
the news "by word of mouth" that
they have cows or pigs for sale. The
chances are, however, that some of
their nearest neighbors will not bear
about it. Right here is where the
value of printers' ink would come in.
For fifteen or twenty cents an adver
tisement can be' inserted in the busi
ness local column to let the public
know what you have for sale. Th
rural mail carriers deliver the paper
quickly to the patrons and In this way
the "news" gets out without delay. It
brings buyers and seller together and a
sale is made. Without the advertising
the cow may stay with you a month,
before a buyer is found, and she will
eat enough every day to pay for &
small advertisement. Can't you see
that it's good business economy to use
printers' ink to let the public know
what you have for sale? Now, sup
pose you try it and watch the result.
Marshallville Home.
A Good Example.
The Warrenton Record tells how the
Warren County farmers in session a
few days ago, offered prizes for cer
tain products in Warren County as fol
lows: "For the largest yield of com
from one acre of high-land, $10, and.
low-grounds. $10. For the largest yield
of cotton from one acre of land, $10
For the largest yield of tobacco from
one acre of land, $10. Mr. II. T. Macon
offered a prize of $10 for the largest
yield of hay from one acre of land in
10?c- M'-'- Jolin Graham added $5 to
this offer and the association agreed
to give $10, making in all for the best
acre of hay, $25. Millet and cowpea
are not to be counted in the contest."
r-nte I'rnning.
Some authorities claim that better
results are obtained if fruit trees sre
pruned in late snriug or early summer
than if done when the tree is in the
dormant state. If the necessary
pruning h;is not yet been done, it is
not tooJ.-ite to c! it. Summer pruning
is loss likely to be followed by water
sprouts. Southern Fruit Grower.
Current Events.
At the Interstate Commerce Com
mission hearing ia Washington Jno..
B. Thayer, fourth vice-president of
the Pennsylvania Railroad, asserted
that railroads should confine them
selves strictly to the transportation
business and' not own stock in coal
companies. "
In the House of Representatives
Mr. Mann, of Jlinois, made an inter
esting speech on the Pure Food bill.
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