old son of the parson, viewing the scene from the rear porch, unmindful of the day and regarding it as a huge joke, spurred on the ram with ‘clapping of hands, and yells of glee, “Daddy and the ram!” “Daddy and the ram!” _ The church bells were ringing, the con- gregation was wending its way into the Deworralic ald, Belletonte, Pa., May 15, 1914. EE MODERN CREEDS. [The Creed of the Open Field.] The little cares that fretted me. I lost them yesterday Among the fields above the sea, Among the winds at play; Among the lowing of the herds, The rustling of the trees, Among the singing of the birds, The humming of the bees. ‘The foolish fears of what may happen, I cast them all away Among the clover-scented grass, Among the new-mown hay, Among the husking of the corn Where drowsy poppies nod, : Where ill thoughts die and good are born, Out in the fields with God. . Elizabeth Barrell Browning. HOW THE PARSON FELL FROM GRACE. BY MARTHA ALRICK JOHNSON. Before special cars for the transport- ing of cattle were impressed into service on the P. R. R, one autumn day, a drove of sheep on their way to Pitts- burgh, passed through the village of Stoney Ridge. "On the outskirts of the little settlement, a young lamb, too weak to stand, lay struggling to assert itself in the dusty road. The drover, who had his hands full, attending to his herd, had neither time nor inclination to give to the late ad- dition to his flock and knowing nothing better to do abandoned it. About this time the Reverend Dans- field, a Methodist exhorter, passing along saw the helpless litile creature, and be- ing mercifully inclined, lest it become a prey to dogs, or evil disposed persons he took it up in his arms and carried it to his home, near by. He made a bed in the smoke house for the lamb, which was of the ram persua- sion, and fed, and cared for it, and it at once became an adjunct in the Dansfield family. In order to designate it, the lamb was given the euphonious name of Jeremiah and it was not long before he ate weeds, and grass with equal com- placency. Now the parsonage where the Reverend Dansfield made his home, adjoined the church, the house standing back about forty feet. Across the lot on the front, was an iron fence, and somewhere in the rear of the premises stood an old, wide spreading chestnut tree. ' This tree was a great rendezvous for the children of the neighborhood, before the advent of Jeremiah. After the ram came into their life, it’s attractions were greatly enhanced, for it was round the old tree when the weather was fair, that they played with their four footed com- panion. So long as the ram was minus horns the boys took a special delight in teasing him, and when in retaliation, he would resent their familiarity they would run away laughing and shouting gleefully. They knew they had nothing to fear, the ram had been brought up by hand and was disposed to consider every biped his friend. When Jeremiah arrived at ramhood the boys of Stoney Ridge kept at a more respectful distance from him in their play and now that his horns had at- tained a formidable size, by way of pro- viding themselves with a retreat in case of attack they fastened on the trunk of the old tree, small blocks of wood, as- similiating the iron clamps, used by line- men, as leads, on telegraph poles. That the ram was no respector of per- sons the Reverend Dansfield could testify. One Sabbath morning having a few min- utes to spare, before the labors of the day began, he took a walk in the quiet precincts of his back yard. It was a favorite pastime with the preacher to commune with nature, and now, when the foliage on the trees had taken on the glorious tints of autumn, with a soft hazy light resting on the dis- tant crest of the high old Allegheny mountain that defined the western hori- zon, he looked at God's handiwork, and with his headin the air, and hands clasp- ed behind, underneath the ample skirt of his frock coat, he was sauntering along with thoughts on his sermon when his meditations ‘were rudely, and uncerimo- niously broken in upon by a forcible punt in the region of his clasped hands. When he recovered his mind with a start of astonishment, and gleam of ris- ing temper in his eye, the man of God turned to acquaint himself with the aggressor. Nor did be once think of the ram until he saw him standing at bay; with lowered head preparing to make another charge on him. With an agility that would have done credit to a professional athlete the rev- erend gentleman sprang aside and eluded the attack. Innate intuition, however, warned him that the ram was in line for business, and with palpitating heart, and coat tails flying in the breeze, he headed for the chestnut tree, and mounted the " improvised steps. No sooner had he gained the objective point when Jeremiah thinking the game was on, was on his hind legs in an in- stant, and with a forward lunge butted the feet of the Domini, who clung to the unstable structure in afright, as he heard ominous creaks beneath, and lest he be percipitated to the ground he shrieked vociferously . “ ‘Help ! help 1” sacred edifice. Still the minister clung to the tree, much to the concern of one of the deacons and a score or more of brethren, and sisters of the fold who were watching with more than ordinary interest the ungodly(?) performance, and on all sides was heard such exclamations as “Disgraceful! Shameful! Did you ever see anything to compare with it in all your life?” : the exhibition might have gone on, had not the pastor’s wife attracted by the group on the sidewalk, got her weather eye on her husband, and called off the ram with a pan of food. The irate man having regained his freedom, made a bee line for the church, where covered with confusion he went through with the opening service, and wiping his hot, and clammy brow,gave out his text, the signifigance of which did not strike him until that moment. “ ‘Brethren?’ he said in an embarrass- ed tone, you will find the words of my text in the XV chapter of Luke, and VI verse. ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my- my-sheep.’ There is no telling how much longer | FROM INDIA. —— By One on Medical Duty in that Far Eastern Country. Description of a Two Days Trip to Visit Irrigation Dam. ~ JHANSI, APRIL 4th, 1913. . Dear Home Folk: I had promised to meet some people at a little station about thirty miles from here and go in their automobile to see one of the biggest irrigation dams in the world. In order to get there on time I had to get up at five o'clock and left for the train at seven. I wish you could have seen my luggage’ for a two days’ trip; I could have spent a month with the same sized parcels at home. | My host and hostess met me in their car; they had brought “coolies” by the dozen to carry my parcels. We were soon off and down' we flew ovér these perfect Indian roads, which in that small village were lying tull of leaves, suggest- ing fall instead of spring. It was a beau- tiful morning—not hot, just right; sun- shine, blue sky, and all the things neces- sary to a perfect trip. It was spring- time, yet the fields were bare and brown, grass seared, brown and dry, the trees, nearly all like the gaunt old men here, waving long, thin, brown arms. Only here and there were a few frivolous young things that had put on their Eas- ter gowns and appeared in new pale green leaves. A few, very few indeed, i were bold, brazen huzzies, flaunting brill- | iant scarlet flowers to catch one’s eyes, As Woman's Independence : Day. May and not having the decency to have a Second was Day of Days. | single leaf in place to hide their naked- | ness. Saturday, May second, 1914, will go! We went along, past all this curious- down in the history of the Woman Suf- | ness, smiling and waving to the little frage movement in Pennsylvania as a| brown, naked babies that called out to day of days—successful in every phase of | greet us. Their only claim to covering its demonstration. In every nook and | was their black caste cord about their cranny of the entire State the sun was | bodies, and silver anklets. They fitted shining and enough breeze blowing to | into the scenery and we- were aliens. stir the myriads of golden banners and | A motor car is a good thing in which to streamers of the marchers and decora- | cover distance and the two and a half tions everywhere. At everyone of the | miles were quickly passed and we stop- many demonstrations the same stirring | ped at a little bungalow where we spent Suffrage hymn was sung, the same reso- the day, going for a long, charming walk lufions passed; one set for the National | in the early evening to inspect an old Shafroth Bill now in the Senate and House, the other for the passing by the next Pennsylvania Legislature of the amendment to the State constitution. The Largest in the World. What would you think of a hat that was so large it would safely shelter your father, mother, sisters and yourself under it should a sudden rainstorm come up? The men of Korea like these enormous without them. These hats look like great flower pots set on a round table six feet across. The crowns are nine feet in height and three inches wide, much like a chimney on a one-story house. How coverings are kept on? Under the brim is a small closely fitting cap, held on by a padded string which ties under the ears. The material of these hats is bam- boo so finely split that it is like thread; and lastly, they are varnished to keep out the sun and rain and the wind. You know that the Korean people al- hats and would not feel properly dressed do you suppose these large, round head ! Fort which stands on a high hill, over- looking a charming little lake. It was a nasty climb but fully repaid one for the tiredness. We stood and watched the sun go down, while two kites sailed high in the air above our heads, their owners | several hundreds of feet below us in the native village, that looked like so many ant hills, without the order and symme- try that usually characterizes the ants, and of course the noises (for no part of India is free from them; they are as es- | sential to an Indian atmosphere as the | air that one breathes) came up to us | seemingly intensified by the declining ! day noises, and yet so far away that it | was with regret that at last we had tos | turn back and follow the elephant walk | down the hill and out an upper gate di- , rectly into the village. We first passed | the temple, where the evening gong for { worship was sounding, and then alofg : , curve, fortunately at low speed, we came ! upon a crowd of villagers in their best array, making the place look like a great wild flower garden; color, color every- | where—none on tree or bush, oniy blue | as to sky, and clay earth, but humans! | They left nothing to be desired so far as | color was concerned. There were per- haps several thousand of them, all mass- ed and packed in so tightly that we could not pass but were compelled to stop with- in two feet of an old hag brilliantly swathed, sitting flat in the middle of the road. Either the fear of the throbbing engine or the commands of our servant finally cleared a way for us, but in those few minutes’ wait I had been able to see a big white temple off to the left of the: road where, from the tingling of a bell and the call of the priests I knew “pu- jah” was going on to one of the many gods and that accounted not enly for the crowd but for the seemingly intoxicated condition of the people about us. We soon left them all and once more were riding down beautiful shady lanes and past the quiet country where only a foolish cow or silly calf, both of which were always trying to get to the other side of the road just in front of us, dis- turbed our progress. We reached home about seven o’clock. The days are hot now and our “pun- kahs” are up so you see truly the sum- mer season is at hand. Most of the English people have gone either to the hills or back to England so that this summer, after the girls leave here, I will ' be very decidedly alone. This week bas been full of nothing but work and I have not even gone to the club for after a day without an hours’ rest somehow I don’t feel like walking, | although I know there will be fine music ! by the band to hear at the end. (Continued next week.) Astray in a Dead Letter Office. Curious things are sent through the mails, and some of the most curious seem to find their way to the Dead Letter (Office, as a run through a list of articles received in one year will show: Going through it alphabetically, one may discover in the long list of stray articles such wide variety as the follow- ing: a pawn ticket, apples, an arrowhead, autumn leaves, baby bibs, bait, a can of canned beef, birds’ eggs, birds’ nests, a brass fender, two prints of butter, car- pet, two cobs of corn, a cow hide, an ear trumpet, a flute, two pedigrees, a can of sardines, nine sets of artificial teeth, one _ be served once a day on our tables the FARM NOTES. FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN | DAILY THOUGHT. | —Don’t fail to "keep the chicks and : fl {layers active, clean and happy. Like Give what you have: To someone it may be ' people they do their best work under better than you dare to think.—Longfellow. pleasant and healthful conditons. The green, succulent vegetables are ! —It did not take those who broke their valuable chiefly for the mineral salts |land welllast fall long to get ready for they contain and the flavor and variety ; Planting this spring. Those who failed they give to the menu. They contain for any reason to turn their land last fall but little starch and less protein. How- | ar€ apt to be iate in planting. ever, they add bulk to the food and are! ~Drainage will always be. needed for of great value in keeping up the per- ||, 40 }o'ave low and flat. When it is istaltic action of the intestines. For this | : : reason alone, if for no other, they should | dry such soils suffer for moisture, and | when the rainfall is heavy crops are in- VEOr TOGA ; jured by a surplus of free water. The object in cooking vegetables is to} soften the fiber and make it more easily | stituents, especially protein, than the non- digested. .__ | legumes, and as a general rule they are The cooking of vegetables, the serving | perter for forage crops than the non- and seasoning, is ‘an art and a science | leguminous crops. Such crops as peas, which is yet but touched upon by the igoy beans, vetch and alfalfa yield well average cook and much is gained by planti We must realize the importance of ' crops for Selly y planting these vegetable food before we are willing to put study upon the manner of cooking| —A comparatively large amount of and serving. i hand-labor, by means of hand wheel-hoe, It is well to remember that all of the is required in order to keep an onion- odoriferous vegetables are much more | patch properly cultivated and free from wholesome if cooked in boiling salted | weeds. And this work must be attended water in an uncovered dish. When | to in good season and with great thor- cooked in a tight kettle it not only spoils | oughness. If you do not propose to do : he food but makes the house uninhabi-, that, better not plant many onions. table. : All green vegetables should be cooked _. —Every soil, to be fertileand to be eas- in an uncovered dish, which insures the ily cultivated, must have considerable , keeping of the green color. | organic matter, commonly called humus. Spinach should be cooked without the | Without plenty of organic matter it will addition of any water. After it is well | not produce large crops, no matter how washed there is enough moisture left on | much chemical plant food is added. Hu- the leaves to cook so succulent a veg- Mus is favorable for soil organisms which etable. As soon as a green vegetable | convert inert matter into soluble loses its color in cooking, it loses also its | Plant food; it aerates the soil, retains food value. water and makes it possible for the —Legumes are richer. in feeding con- roots of plants to obtain nourishment. Throw spinach into a hot kettle, tossing | | it up frequently to keep it from catching | on the kettle: after 15 minutes’ cooking, | remove it from the fire and chop fine, ! season well, return to the saucepan and —Green manuring is a feature of farm management that should receive more attention. By planting cover crops and let stand until ready to serve Garnish | tArRing them under at the proper time 3 : 5 and in the right manner the soil may be with hard cooked iin cut in slices. improved in both plant food and humus. | The winter cover crop affords protection The State would learn, when women ' during the winter, and it provides vege- | were a part of its active force, that play- | table matter for summer crops; the sum- ! grounds for children and pensions for | mer cover utilizes the plant food that mothers were both less expensive and might be burned out by the summer sun, : more desirable than courts, prisons and and stores up plant tissue to be returned | criminals.—Anna H. Shaw. i to the soil when turned under. Fn : : | —Things Worth Remembering.—Peas Stuffed Potatoes. These are especially { beans, potatoes, clover and ng require nice for luncheon: Take half a dozen, potash in the soil. - medium-sized potatoes and bake until |= Beets cabbage, oats, wheat, barl | they are soft. Cut them in halves and | herbs need ion eg > , barley and _ remove the inside without breaking the | Radishes, turnips and corn need a i skins. Mash the potato, add two table- large amount of phosphoric acid. Spooniuls of putter, guarigt of a cuptyl |The soil of the vegetable garden should hy ay | and refill the skins. Place in a hot oven ed, oF Subsolled ang fi SHYshed by.aj ds | until the potatoes are a light brown. An HS arn I oS ethng a egg may be added to the mixture, but it | cauliflower, collards, broccoli, brussels | is not necessary. | sprout, eggplants, kale, kohl-rabi and ways wear cotton clothing; so these big the narrow dusty streets foll” .ed by hats protect them far more than our hats | children both old and young, for of course possibly could do. In the rainy season; we are the curious ones. cones of oiled paper are attached to the | big bamboo head coverings in the shape of funnels, so I suppose that the rain Upon reaching the bungalow dinner was served by two servants. I went to ‘Hindu turban—and so on through the odd list of the lost and strayed, to the Dates with Cereal. last four items, which are, “writs, yarn, | dates and let them stand in a pint of yeast cakesand zam-buk.”— The Comrade. | water overnight. Let them come to a ff — « boil, then simmer gently for a few min- | utes, flavoring with a few drops of lemon : or lime or orange juice. Remove the The United States has a two-thousand- | fruit, add a little sugar to the liquid left mile mail route upon which dogs furnish | in the saucepan and simmer until thick- the motive power the greater part of the | ened. Pour over the cereal and serve year. The trail runs between Cordova ! cold. and Nome, Alaska. But for these swift and hardy animals the dwellers of the | One need not go farther than the stalls bleak northern peninsula during the of 5 West End theater to realize that long winter months would be without! good-looking women very often spoil mail service. Even as it is, a ton or more | their attractiveness by adopting the of mail accumulates at Seattle before the | wrong coiffure. y ping Brst team gre departure for Nome in Plump faces should always have the i light touch of high dressing for the hair. = : : i Mount all the hair on top and as high as ——An express train traveling from | possible. Draw the coils toward the Nice to Macon, France, was beaten by | front of the face and separate the hairs twelve minutes by an eagle which raced | jnto fluffy little bits just here and there. it over a distance of eighteen miles. | The effect is to give height to the wearer United States Mail Dogs. Wash a pound of | pours off of them just as water does off a wear black or brown felt hats decorated with red horse hair or peacock feathers and hanging from the sides, over the ears and around their necks, are oval balls of porcelain, amber and a queer kind of gum.—Sunbeam. Do You Know These? What is that of which the common sort is the best? Sense. Enough for one, too much for two and nothing for three; takes one to make and two to keep? A secret. Why is a girl not a noun? Because a lass (alas) is an interjection. Why are lazy persons’ beds too short for them? Because they lie too long in them. . Why is a kiss like a rumor? Because it goes from mouth to mouth. When is it easy to read in the woods? When Dame Autumn turns the leaves. Why are the laws like the ocean? Be- cause most trouble is caused by the breakers. Why are the stars the best astronom- ers! Because they have studded (studied) the heavens since creation. Why is a schoolmistress like the letter “C”! Because she forms lasses into classes. What two words contain all the vowels and in their proper order? Facetious, abstemious. What'is that which works while it plays, and plays while it works? foun- tain.— Zhe Continent. i A The Little King Wren. Do you know that the little wren is called the king of birds? He’s only 2 little bit of a fellow, easily covered by the hand, and this is how he became king. Once upon a time—oh, ages and ages ago—the birds wanted to have a king of their own,but as each one thought to be king, the eagle talked to them, and said their king ought to be able to fly very high, so as to watch over the safety of the other birds. Now the eagle was very strong and cruel, and all the feath- ered world was afraid of him. So they agreed that there should be a contest and the bird that could fly the highest should be king. This was just what the eagle wanted, because he knew he could fly higher than any of the other birds. So up he went until he seemed very small in the sky. All the birds were just going to hail him as king, when a little, wee wren, who had been hiding in the feathers of the eagle’s back, sprang out and flew up still higher, chirping to the rest that he had flown the highest, as they all could see. So, of course, the little wren be- came king. ——The WATCHMAN enjoys the proud About this time Sammy, the seven year ' distinction of being the best and cleanest county paper published. duck’s back. A Korean keeps his hat on ! when we should take it off. Soldiers ; bed early as we intended taking an early | start in the morning but a nice, hungry jungle dog came in about one o'clock and scared the wits cut of me and the rest of the night I slept but little. After an early bath by candle light and breakfast on the fly, we started to see the big dam; it took about three hours for us to make the trip. We ran the entire way through country that was dry and brown, trees little larger than bushes; and when it became a little tame a great brown bowlder or a curious pile of quartz rock would suddenly jut its way through the earth’s surface and add its wildness and wierdness to our scenery. A few thrills were added by the knowledge that tigers had been killed recently in this very territory, and we did see deer and wild peacocks which, as you know, is the attractive thing to the striped jungle beast. We reached our destination about nine o'clock. It was a big river and once on our way we had ferryed across this, giv- ing another touch of realism to our jour- ney. Where we were to spend the day it was dammed by a big stone breast work a mile long, and although now the dam is like a beautiful big lake, during the rains the water rushes over the top in a way to make it resemble Niaga- ra Falls, so I am told, and so the pictures show. The water course below the dam is nearly quite dry and great stones stick their heads high, making me think of those at the rapids at Niagara. The ride had been delightful, and al- though our food was taken from a “tiffie” basket, it was good. We fared well until the middle of the day when the “loo” came up and then it was hot and windy and horrid and one couldn’t sleep. I wished for a cool spot in which to be comfortable. > We left there at five o'clock to return home, taking a different route, which we found more beautiful. The road on either side was lined with great trees, the branches meeting over our heads, past grain fields ready for the harvester; indeed in some places the threshing by “bils” was going on, the poor, patient beasts going round and round. An inci- dent marked our trip. For some time we had been passing women in brilliant new clothing, first in twos, then in groups and then by crowds. Itwas so unusual that I questioned them as to what was | Boing on but no explanation could be given when suddenly, upon rounding a, Jacksons Victory Over indians. One hundred years ago the desul- tory warfare which Gen. Andrew Jack- son had waged against the Creek In- dians for some months culminated in the battle of Oakfuskas. The battle continued for three days, and was conducted with much ferocity on both sides. Two hundred of the Indians were slain, while of General Jack- son’s force 18 were killed and 70 wounded. The victory was particular- ly gratifying to General Jackson. Dur- ing the winter his troops had been poorly provisioned and as a result much dissatisfaction began to mani. fest itself. Many of the soldiers had deserted and returned to their homes in Tennessee. Those who were left, half-starved, began to threaten mu- tiny, and it required General Jackson's greatest efforts to keep the insubordi- nates down. The battle of Oakfuskas revived the spirits of the army and contributed in no small degree to the winning of the decisive battle that was soon to be fought at Horseshoe Bend. Horse Is Still King. “VY7hen it became a recognized fact that the automobile was a practical thing, the prediction was freely made that the horse would pass away, but we find today that there are more horses in the United States than ever before,” remarked Alfred Watkins, an old sea captain of Norfolk, at the Raleigh. “It is true, we rarely see horses on the streets of our big cities, but there are plenty of them in the country, and the farmer thinks just as much of a good horse now as he did in the old days. So, too, I have observed that our men of wealth, who for a time took to the motor car, are coming back to the fast trotter and roadster. There is nothing like real life when it comes to sport, and an automobile is an inanimate thing.” — Washington Post. When the Shoe Pinched. She was a British militant suffragist who, after an eight months’ absence, turned up in a state of indignation against the British postoffice. The postmaster general, she complained, had been abstracting suffragettes’ cor respondence from the post! Some of them hadn't received their notices duly. “Abominable!” The complain- ant had just “done time” in prison for getting fire to letter boxes and de- stroying other people’s correspon- | and just that lengthening of the face that is needed. ° A coil at the neck serves to enframe and emphasize every feature of the face. It intensifies the profile and gives width to the front view, thus coarsening a plump face and outlining defects in the profile. The style is good for the young face with small, regular features. It adds to the wearer's youthful appearance and gives her the full benefit of her hair. Many a well-featured profile is spoilt by a nose that is not badly shaped but too big. Such women should be particu- larly careful with the coiffure. I saw at the theater a large-featured, handsome | woman who had quite spoilt her appear- ance by a clear-cut center parting down the head. What her face really needed was a style of hairdressing which softens the features. It should have been rather full in front but nearly flat at the sides and-with a side parting. The sudden division in the center of a head adds hardness toa face of hard features. The hair flattened on either side serves to make a prominent nose still more prom- inent. The little piquant, snub-nosed and fea- tureless face can do with plenty of fluffi- ness in the head of hair surrounding it. No style of hairdressing is more ad- mirable for those it suits or more un- becoming to others than drooping waves This coiffure is extremely trying. It suits the long and somewhat gaunt face. Rath- er thin cheeks are becomingly filled out by such wavelets drooping over the ears, and the elongated look of the face is modified by coils of hair in the nape of the neck. S— ~ If one will take the trouble to apply a bit of cold cream after the hands are washed, rinsed and dried, especially rub- bing it around the base of each nail, ridges and brittleness can be avoided. Ridges show a too dry condition and oils are needed. Olive oil is, perhaps, one of the very best things known to prevent breaking of the nails, butits use should be continued every night. Where nails are very brit- tle and the finger tips sore, this oil is almost a certain cure. Some diseases, like a tendency to rheumatism, show in tender, sore, festering at the base of the nails; this means that the blood is too acid, and a diet should be seen to at once, prescribed by a good physician. The use of strong bleaching lotions on the hands is not good, as the skin will gradually peel and leave them rough and very hard to keep in order. In fact, “skinning” is bad for the hands and arms as well as for the face; the result may be satisfactory, but itis very likely to not be. In any case, lots of cold cream must be used if lemon juice or other bleach- ing wash, like peroxide and the like, are constantly applied; otherwise the hands dence!—Chicago News. AREA will always look rough and scaly. of hair that completely cover the ears. |; | pepper will be required; or two ounces onions, teaks, lettuce, endive, parsley, cantaloupe, squash, turnips, tomatoes and pumpkins; or three ounces, carrot, celery, cress, watermelon, parsnip or herbs; or four ounces cucumbers, rhubarb, salsify, or five ounces beet, or six ounces radish or spinach; or eight ounces corn salad; or 12 ounces okra or asparagus; or one quart sugar corn; or three quarts bush beans or peas. The finer the soil the better the vege- table, both in quality and quantity. The soil should be worked over after every ‘rain, so as to retain all the moisture. Vegetables delight in having a warm, deep, rich and mellow soil. —The garden season is at hand. The cold, changeable, and at times severe, weather has made it backward, but there is still plenty of opportunity to ‘‘make up for lost time.” Don't forget to grow some parsley. It requires a rich, mellow soil. An ounce of seed will sow 140 feet of drill. It should be sown early in spring, thickly in rows a foot apart and a half-inch deep. The seed germinates slowly, three tc four weeks being required to make its ap- pearance. Spring-sown peas are more productive than late-sown. Fresh manure and a wet, mucky soil must be avoided. A light, loamy soil is preferred. The dwarf varieties can be drilled at 15 inches, if hoed by hand. Itis an old saying that when the peach tree is in bloom the drilling may be safely commenced. Four seeds to the inch is a good rule in sow- ing peasin rows. The: plants can after- ward be thinned out to two to the inch. Early peas do best on good, warm, loamy soil, not over-rich, but yet not poor. When the soil is too rich the growth goes more in vines than peas. Wrinkled peas seldom ripen as completely as round ones, and are more apt to decay under some soil conditions, especially in cold or wet weather. The reason is that the wrinkled varieties are soft, while the round ones are hard. —Pointers in Successful Gardening.— Two crops can be grown on the same ground by planting early and late varie- ties, removing the early as soon as ma- ture. Vegetables contain a large amount of water, and the necessary moisture should not be allowed to escape. The hoe, rake and weeder should be frequently used. Avoid planting seed when the ground is wet. Quicker returns will be secured by waiting a day or so and giving the seed better condition. Sunshine is a very essential element. Consequently a southern exposure is preferred. It is a good plan to apply the fertilizer to the land a week or two before sowing the seed. ' In all cases it must be thor- oughly incorporated in the soil. Other- wise injury to young plants may result. Well-rotted stable manure, from corn- fed and well-kept horses, contains the in- gredients necessary to a perfectly satis- factory growth of vegetables. The presence of pig weed is a good indication of richness of the soil. Rotation of garden crops is the best way of keeping vegetables in health and free from parasites. : Watering garden vegetables in dry weather is sometimes beneficial, but is often harmful. Watering should be done at night. : Nothing is gained by saving the seed. The men engaged in seed growing under- stand that best, and in patronizing reli- able seedmen superior vegetables are secured at a small cost. Dirt thrown upon wet leaves injures them. The ground should never be allowed to become baked, as in this condition a great deal of moisture is lost unneces- sarily. : Beets, mangles and turnips are valuable succulent food for hogs and cows. Asa rule, they grow well and require little * labor to produce them.
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