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CHEAP STRAW SHED.
laKnblr for Cattle, Sheep or Hogs
anil the Storage of Farm Tools
and 1 niplemeuta.
When stacking straw either in the
fieid or barnyard, a good shed suitable
for cattle, sheep or hogs, or even
rough farm tools and implements, may
be made with little work. Before
threshing, secure six posts, each eight
feet in length, and forked at one end
if possible. At the place stack is to be
built, set the posts about two feet deep
in ground, in rows of three posts on
USEFUL STRAW SUED.
each side; the rows eight or ten feet
apart, and posts nine feet apart in
row. Take two poles each 20 feet long i
and place one on each row of posts for I
crosspieces to hold top. Lay rails or '
poles six or eight inches apart on top |
of the crosspieces, and set ordinary j
fence rails, slanting, round frame, |
leaving one end open, as shown in the i
illustration. The rails should be close
enough together to keep'the straw )
from falling in or being pulled out.'l
Build the stack on top of• this frame, I
end a comfortable shelter will be pro- !
vided. If desired, stalls may be made !
in the shed; and the size given—2o fet 1
long and eight or ten feet wide—may '
be adapted to suit the wishes of the \
farmer or the amount of straw at his
disposal.—J. G. Allshouse, in Ohio
Farmer.
HOW CATTLE MULTIPLY.
Tliere la No Iliisliiex* n* Profitable n«
the Systematic Raining
of Good Stock,
There is money in raising cattle and 1
no one who has ever kept them and
cared for them in a business way has '
ever made a statement to the con- !
trary, says the Texas Stockman and ;
Farmer. A young man cannot invest |
SSO in a safer or more certain business I
than to buy- a good cow and take care
of her progeny for a period of five or
ten years. In ten years $.lO at ten per
cent, will double itself, but where can
a young man loan $.lO at such a rate of
interest? Anyway at the end of ten
years he will only have SIOO for his in
vestment. If he will invest "$.lO in one
good prolific cow and take care of her
and her offspring for ten years, his
SSO will not only double but create
more than 1,000 per cent, of the first
principle. As an example of what can
be done in this line a case is given by
the Hoxie Sentinel.
"Ten years ago,"' says the Sentinel,
"John Sims presented his two sons.
Willis and Robert, with a cow each and
put them in Willis Johnson's herd to
pasture, instructing Mr. Johnson to
sell or trade the steer calves for heif
ers and also sell enough of the increase
to pay the herd bills, which he has
done. Mr. Sims and family returned
home from Colorado, where Ihey had
been seven years, and the boys found
that each had a nice little herd of cat
tle. One had rather bad luck, however,
and only found 12, while the other
found that he was the possessor of 28,
making a total of 45 for the two cows,
after deducting all loss and expenses."
If the young men in question
worked and cared for their respective
stock and with the proceeds of ma
tured animals added more breeding
animals to their herds, it is plain that
the above figures could easily have
been doubled.
OF GENERAL INTEREST.
The raisin product of California in
1900 was 70,000,000 pounds.
One of the doing kind of farmers is
worth one dozen of the suggesting
sort.
The total value of the peach crop in
the United States is about $50,000,000
annually.
The estimated profit of wheat-grow
ing in Argentina, at current prices, is
$3.42 centd an acre.
Dou'v fail to read the best papers.
Form your own conclusions, then work
* them out, since it is the only sure way
to make the farm pay.
The effort of the California fruit
growers to secure a six-day fruit-train
service from Sacramento to Chicago,
and a nine-day one to New York, has
resulted successfully.
The first load of new wheat of the
J9Ol crop was marketed at VVinfield,
Kan., June 24. Weight, 62 pounds to
the bushel. Kansas hard red winter
wheat is now a formidable rival of the
justly celebrated northwestern spring.
—Farm and Home.
slici-p n* Weed Destroyer*.
It has been sviid that the sheep is a
double-purpose animal, because it fur
nishes two profitable products-—mut
ton ijnd wool. We would add another
value to the sheep; as an aid in the
destruction of weeds on the farm he
stands second only to the plow. Wher
ever a flock of sheep is kept weed
growth is kept in check, provided, of
course, the area is not out of propor
tion to the size of the flock. If you I
want a pasture trimmed up neatly and
made to appear smooth and well-kept
let, a band of sheep iu it for a few
weeks and they will make a complete
change of it.—.National Rural.
DIGNITY OF FARMING.
In All tlic World* There Ik %o Moblrf
or Morn Lenrni'd ( hllliik Than
Tlint of Agriculture.
Within recent years it has come to
be acknowledged that the vocation of
the farmer isthe most dignified of all
the sciences and as an art it is ex
celled only by those of painting and
architecture. IK its highest forms it
is the most learned of all professions.
A knowledge of geology and chemis
try and their relations to the soils
lies at the very foundation of scien
tific agriculture. The problems that
arise from the complex nature of the
soils and their origin require the
best thought of the best minds to
solve. More educated young men
should be farmers. Agriculture opens
a wide field leading to influence and
power, one, too, that is not filled to
repletion. It holds forth the most
splendid promises to young men of
ambition. It is filled with liberaliz
ing tendencies, a noble conservation
and the most healthful and invigorat
ing influences. The day is not far
distant when agriculture will attract
men of the largest capacity and the
highest executive ability, and be re
garded as the greatest of all the pro
fessions. Let anyone who is familiar
with what agriculture was a hundred
years ago compare its condition
then with what it is to-day and he
fsill search in vain for the same pro
portionate elevation and progress
among its followers in any other
I branch of human industry. Many of
I those engaged in agriculture now are
men of high elevation and broad
reading. Many of them have exten
sive and valuable libraries and take
numerous journals devoted to their
, business. Agriculture moves along in
I its own quiet, dignified, but irresisti
j ble way. It has no booms, so to
| speak, but it gathers strength with
j each decade and with every accession
i of knowledge, and will forever be the
, most important branch of human in
i dustry and the greatest necessity for
the human race.
If the young men who are measur
ing tape and laces would surrender
their work to the young girls who
are seeking employment and turn
their attention to the pursuits of ag
riculture there would be less misery
and more contentment in the land;
there would be mc%e independence
and less servility; more men and few
er creatures; more happy wives with
! comfortable homes, healthful chil
dren and cheerful tempers. A woman
surrounded by all the active agencies
i of a well-kept farm and living in a
| beautiful country home "with foun
dations and flowers and sweet ever
greens," has those environments that
develop the sweetest graces and high
est impulses of her nature and make
her virtues shine resplendent above
the world of frivolity and fashion. She
becomes a true woman, the happiest
of wives and the best of mothers.
Such a home and such a wife realize
our highest ideals of human happi
ness. It is a home where intelli
gence reigns and ennobles work and
work crowns intelligence with honoi
and profit.
A young man who is in search of an
easy place, with no responsibility,
will never be a master and will nevei
control others. He who selects a vo
cation because it is easy is already ef
feminate. —Southern Farm Magazine
FENCE STEPLADDER.
A Convenient and Snfe Arrnnjrement
for CroKMlnK Harrier* I.ike
llnrli W ire.
A wire fence always presents to
those who undersand the "power"
of its barbs a formidable appearance,
and, in truth, is an unpleasant affair
to cross, either by climbing over 01
crawling under, or between the
strands. Happily, however, the ac-
FENCE STEPLADDER.
companying illustration shows a con
venient and safe arrangement where
by such barriers may be crossed as
often as desired, and that without
any tension on the wires being lost
by cutting a gateway.
It is simply a double stepladder,
and can be constructed by anyone
at all handy with tools in a short
time, the railing consisting of gas
pipe, the lower ends of which should
be deeply inserted int<* the ground.
Where a wire fence has to be crossed
frequently in some outrof-the-way
locality this device is of preat value.
—Frederick 0. Sibley, in X. Y. Trib
une.
Improving Jlnmhy Lnnit.
When a piece of marshy land has
bten drained it is often found that
crops fail to thrive, although it seems
to be very rich in nitrogen. The rem
edy is to add The
semi-aquatic vegetation which for
merly occupied the land decays so
slowly that cultivated crops cannot
get nitrogen rapidly enough for their
needs. When the manure is added it
sets iip a fermentation which con
verts the nitrogen bearing materials
into a more soluble and hence avail
able form.—Director C. E. Thorne,
Ohio Experiment Station.
Be sure to furnish your birds a shal
: low tub to bathe in, and they wall not
trouble your water bucket.
Who ever heard of adulterated
fruit 112 Why not eut more fruit at
ever j u.tuJ t
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The life saver of children. No opium. 50 eta.
The man who has a character that mud
will stick to is always uneasy.—Elijah P.
Brown.
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