p— MONEY IN MELONS.
Although not a professional grower,
I have had considerable experience in
raising melons for home use to raise
and profitable. The land selected was
a rich, blacky sand, loam which had
been used for a pasture. While the
land was new very little fertilizer was
needed, but after two or three crops
had been taken about twenty loads of
manure per acre were plowed under,
and a shovelful of well rottted manure
and a handful of bone meal mixed
with the soil of each hill. The ground,
which was sheltered on the north by a
hill, was plowed in the fall, cross
plowed in the spring, and well har
rowed. When the weather was warm
enough to plant corn, the ground was
furrowed out, six feet apart each way
for watermelons, and four or five
seeds planted in each hill, We found
it better to take the chance of losing
the first planting by frost than to de
lay until all danger was , for the
profit in a crop of melons de pe nds on
the time of marketing
As the rough leave 8 appear, the
plants were thinned to three in a hill,
and the ground cultivated thoroughly
till the vines began to run; then the
tips of the vines were pinched off to
cause the growth of the lateral
branches which bear the fruit. When
we had a fine early stand of melons,
and there was prospect of a fr st
covered the hills with pleces of paper
held in place
old berry boxes.
The enemies with which we had
contend were the cutworm,
bug, and the striped
lice that are found on the
of the leaf seldom troubled the
and when they did appear they
y disposed rning
were found.
we
sSWee
pe ast
fo
bee The green
vines,
the
To
1 bran
ter,
of by burn
leaves on which they
destroy
with
added a little Pa
some of the mixture
plants as soon
the For the
sprinkled vines with gypsum. or
plaster, and renewed when it was
washed off by Ashes air
slaked lime will do, but ar { in-
jure the vines. The striped beetle
lays its egg on the stem near the
ground, and the grubs go
and feed on the Stron
co water around
es are first
few days, will
may necessary to repeat the treat
ment the vines begin to wilt
xe
tened w
1d pl
near tie young
throuss
cut worms
molasses or
aris green
came
as they
ground. squash bug
the
rain or
yt fx
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small down
TOOLS.
the
seen,
stem when
and again in a
th is
beet]
1 ne
gett ie nese pests
he
of
Was a town of four thousand inhabi-
tants, and the kinds that suited
customers hest
Sweetheart watermelons, and Early
Hackensack, Netted Gem, Miller's
Cream, and Rocky Ford muskmelons
the stem are dead, and the fruit gives
a dull sound’ when thumped,
be reasonably sure that
melon ripe. The indications
ripeness
the water.
is
som end, and the
stem. We did
growing melons,
and mishaps wer
profit was more
M. W. in Indiana Farmer.
ready parting of the
not make a fortune
but after mistakes
e reckoned with the
MOISTURE IN THE SOIL.
It is well known that wet land will
produce only a few
or
retention of moisture in the soil.
apparent contradiction Is not
ers.
gow in soll that contains water—they
will not grow in soll that
contain water. W
between the sufficiency and the ex-
cess. And another marked feature is
the fact that generally the excessively
wet ground soonest becomes exces
sivly dry.
Hence the ideal soil for cultivation
and for growing our important fleid
crops is that which soonest throws off
all excess of water and longest retains
the quantity which we call moisture.
The value of underdraining is an ald
to thie very thing. The fact that there
is a channel beneath the surface ever
ready to cargy off the water after it
has pecolated through from the sur.
face, keeps all the ground above the
drain porous so that the excess of
water may readily find its way through
to the drains, and, being porous, the
particies catch and hold minute drops
and thus retain moisture.
Deep plowing and keeping the land
constantly stirred has this same ef-
foot, and that is the chief value of
what we call cultivation. But clay
lands that have been long run to cul
tivated crops lose their humus, de
cayed and decaying vegetable matter
whose particles hold the earth par
tiles apart, and make the ground por
ous, and such land runs together as a
result of each wetting. The moisture
then quickly dries out and the crops
can not grow.
In such case, it is up tc the farmer
to restore the humus to the soll and
‘make It porous again as It was origl
nally from the forest leaves and the
decaying roots and stems of the plants
of ages. This indicates the turning
under of green crops, and perhaps the
farmer has no surer and better means
of restoring the poductivity of bis
fields than turning under a succession
of growths whether green or ripened.
The object is not so much to add fer
tility as to restore the humus, to make
the ground porous so that it will read-
ily give off the excess of water, but
retain with a giant's grasp the small
particles that constitute moisture. For
this purpose the clovers and all the
legums are the most valuable, but any
vegetable growths that will decay
within the soil are valuable—Up-to-
Date Farming.
BEGINNING WITH
The following clipped
Woman's Magazine, is very good in-
struction for persons who wish to
begin to raise turkeys, though we
think two weeks longer than neces.
sary to keep the young turkeys
fined In the first place, though much
depends upon the weather,
pen or coop must be kept clean,
there must be an untiring watch
lice:
The hest
a start in
to buy a
from a reliable
as early in the
place hem
which
When the
mother hen
and rather
will allow the
TURKEYS.
from the
Con
and
and easiest
the raking of turkeys is
couple of settings of eggs
Itryman or dealer
as possible, and
common
good setters
hatched
confined
tered
way
pon
Spring
under
known to be
ORES are
should be
¥
are
wr 11 $s 1
weaell-snel
young
After th
yf weeks old the h
close
wialkch
free Ingress and egress
pen,
ey are
ens may be
allowed to take her brood on
run warm days, and after
ith old they mq
if the
may
on
a mo
given perfect
is favorable.
cracked whe
freedom
They
at in
we
be
additior
other food
attention, Tur
better }
open and
are not
are the bes
further keys
* many The p
from
weakens the vi
of the hogs i
SOW are the st
days
raising ples young
the time ality
duces the size
a we
and best.
11 matured rongest
A GOOD HINT.
Do you milk the cows In
ket, and pay no attention
which gives much milk
as to which one's milk
as oOo
or little
makes
but there is a great
comes to
You
you ough
ing,
mak.
the
and
entitied
milking
butter.
and
ing
best,
are to
it to have it.
PASTURING THE
Let the
gradually
Threadbare a
a single day
STOCK
go on the
stock 20
We have
hut off
and dr 8 cattle out
ire that was just beginning
of green. The old man
if he were suddenly shut
diet of biscuit and ham and
suddenly on a diet of
corn bread and molasses. He forgets
that “the merciful man is mindful of
his beast.”
goon Uncle
er feed ig
feel
LIARS
ve 0
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EARLY TOMATOES.
It Is very easy to have early toma.
to plants. They may be started In
February in a box of good soil, kept
moist, and in a warm place in the
where the sun may shine upon
Good early plants may be had by this
simple method.
The Number of Presidents.
“It ta curious to note the number of
mistakes made in wellinformed
quarters,” said a thoughtful man
“Here is a Boston paper which calmly
remarks that Mr. Theodore Roosevell
is our twenty-ninth President’ He is
not. Nor is his the twenty-ninth Pres-
idential term. The facts are thus
stated: The first Presidential term be-
gan March 4, 1789, though the Presi
dent was not actually Inaugurated till
April 30. March 4, 1905, twenty-
nine terms of four years each were
completed and the thirtieth term be
gan. As to the separate individuals
who have held the office of President
of the United States, they are, in their
order, Washington, John Adams, Jef
ferson, Madison, Monroe, John Quincy
Adams, Jackson, Van Buren, William
Henry Harrison, Tyler, Polk, Taylor,
Fillmore, Plerce, Buchanan, Lincoln,
Johnson, Orant, Hayes, Garfield,
Arthar, Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison,
McKinley and Roosevelt—twenty-five,
and no more, Of these nine have been
dlected for a second term; but two,
Lincoin and McKinley, were killed
soon after the second term began,
Tyler, Fillmore, Johnson and Arthur
became President without having been
elected to that office, and each served
but a fraction of a term. Mr. Roose
velit became President in the same
way, but has made a new record by
subsequent election to the office which
he first held by succession under the
Constitution.”"~~New Orleans Times
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yellow, bluish slate, grey slate.
, than it is to let
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put it on ov
Only h
Rudy Roof
d farm buildings, and roofs and
It is 48¢c a gallon in hn feet
4c: 1%
cement,
lon barrels
inside or out-—any color
economically done.
cheap paint.
Two-ply
Felt, in
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oll is 68c
every year, either, if you roll is 65¢c.
and all about it,
Card and Samples, teil
just what it will cost
1s the most dura-
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100 right! You can
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ighest grade materials used
ing, and anyones can put it on,
in cur
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quare feet, as we give you 8
extra to allow for side and end poy
don Our price does not include
or caps, nor roofing cement. With
1 Ib. of our roofing nats,
at and two gallons
gallon in 36 or 50 gal-
roofing caps 5c;
Ready Roofing
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oLD HANDLE GROWS TO TREE.
Aged Parasol Took Root,
The handle of an old parasol, which
has taken root in the ground nd
Erown to a tree in the yard of Joseph
A. Wisner In York, Pa.
attention from naturalists and men of
science A score of reputable resi
dents testify to truthfulness of
the story, and only for fear of van
dals thé curiosity would be trans
planted to one of the public squares
In 18850 the parasol was
to Miss Susan Shuey, who afterward
married Ja Kohler and still lives
in the county. Several years ago Mrs,
Gohler zod handle to support
bus looryard. Months
afterward it was discovered that it
sprouted. It be
for the
some
the
ob
the
in her «
had taken root and
came an object of
entire unirysiae
one attos |
Curiosity
One night
arry it off, and suc
away a number of
Mrs moved
wi the
Kohler
and good si
Each summer |t
star-shape flowers
forget-me-nots, and b
ter ripen, but
beaut
bears i :
ing like
The lat
shrivel before
someth
erries
maturity
Good Game for the Evening.
Here is a jolly game It consists
of answering questions which are puns
abbreviation of our various
the
names
Pass around
different players
one
Answer,
state
sheets of paper for the
to write them on, an-
half minutes for
begin reading
nounce and one
each and then
out the questions:
1-Which is
state?
2—-Which
»
the most religious
is the most egotistical
gtate
3--Which
folk ought
4-Which
b--Which is the maiden
Which is the state
having lessons to study?
7--Whech is the best state for min
ers?
Which
state?
iz the state where untidy
to live?
the of
ia father states?
state?
pupils
for
is the most unhealthy
heal the sick?
10-~Which is the decimal state?
11-Which is the best state in case
of a flood?
12—Which is the state of syrprise
or exclamation?
The answers are:
1-Massachusetts, Maine, Je
Washington. 4-Pennsylvania. 5
Mississippl. 6—Connecticut. 7—Ore
gon. S—THnols. 9—Maryland. 10
Tennessee. 11—Arkansas.
inexhaustible Bottle.
Bring forward an empty bottle
which wash before the company and
drain to show that it is clean and
empty; but after being wetted it
wants wiping. 80 your confederate
brings a napkin with which you wipe
the bottle, as much after the fashion
of a waiter as you can, but, of course,
not being used to this work, rather
clumsily; in the napkin is concealed
a weak preparation of spirits of wine,
Sugar and water in a bladder, and
thus in the face of the aupnce yom
fill the bottle without their knowing
it, The different liquors part of the
illusion is thus managed. The glasses
are arranged on the tray in a definite
manner known to the magician: into
each glass one drop of various flavor
ing essences is placed, such ag es
sence of noyau, essence of brandy,
essence of port or sherry, lemonade,
peppermint, cloves, pineapple, pears,
etc. these being filled up with the
spirits of wine, according to what le
called for by the audience, completes
the illusion of the inexhaustible bot.
tie.
Queer Find in Coal.
Frederick Feller, welghmaster of
No. 11, found a rock in No. 11 mine
one day recently, imbedded In a vein
of coal that was the exact reproduc.
tion of a human foot and a portion of
the leg half way to the knee,
The ankle and heel were perfect,
but the toes had crumbled away. The
rock was of a dark brown color and
had every appearance of having been
hidden away in this vein of coal for
ages. ~Earlington Hee
THE “DIP OF DEATH.”
Daring Woman Leaps Through Va
cant Space in Automobile.
The framework wh supports
runways a8 high as a
building It is finest steel
tubing and weighs many tons. The
general shape of the apparatus sug
the hump of a buffalo. At the
apex is a small platform. One side of
the framework supports an in
inward at its lower
tall of a monster
other section of the
runway
fifty feet
out inte
ich the
is four-story
of the
Rests
glee]
cline that
extremity
letter “8.”
framework
that begins,
in the alr,
$a go 4 is
anciin AS
curves
like the
The
holds a ved
half-moon shape
and straightens
an easy the
ground
When the tin is ripe
approaches
for the *
take
and prepares
NO
3. Fire s
ie i RI
prolongs
has
deal the word is
‘
Unnecess
not
crowd nerved
and
our
given
ing
5 is hoi
arts upon its thi
For twoil
automobile
ful at
vacant
irda of it
its course the
right side up
the top of loop there is a
forty-five feet across
machine gets here it
down following
i® running
the
space
the
tupaide
the
yawning chasm the anto
Mlle. Man-
the same
auto
tupported
before
% 4 A .
8 turned by
h curve of
Across
loop
the
upgide down
her seat by
that keeps the
as it flies uns
Now the
side down. on
gap, guickly
¥ following the of the
and goes rushing earthward
speed of an express train
iOree
machine
the op
righrs
of the
curve
incline
Pine Tree Shilling.
Marshall Priest of Marlboro, Mass.
has a silver American coin which he
claims is the oldest plece of money
made in this country, now in exist
ence. The coin is what is known as
a Pine Tree shilling, and is dated
1662. The piece of money is In good
condition, the date and other mark.
ings being easily made out.
Cultivator
rxnoer $11.25
or improved spring action walking Oul-
tivasor, drug Ww iferens widih rows
and varying depths. Best soft center steel
shovels, adjustable stee] wheels and arch;
attondly braced frame. If it does not suit,
it back and we will pay all freighia
Wir Poy Two or Three ?
Send for Implement List
All Seow! Sulky Plow for .... Ana
8-Tooth Steel Lever Harrow
Corn DIL... .o0oonns cron snsncs
Steel Land Roller
we snie vues sans vans §
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