STUPY THE CAPACITY
FARM,
Every [armer should study
acity of his tarm, so as to
turn its resources to the best account.
Some farms are aaturally adapted to
grass production, and can be made to
produce heavy crops of hay yearly for
a long Laue, Other farms run out
when to grass, but are good
for cropping. On a farm a large
area should be ploughed yearly,
ped and fertilized, seeded
For a few crops of
can oblained,
needs reseeding.
farms should be
third to one-half
the plough all the time,
grass land will all b seeded,
and the farmer will to re
plough ag begins
te run Then farms
that are and The soi] is
stony and adapted
cultivation perhaps,
thrive with
such land, and the farmer
the indication, and
apple-trees until he has
take care of. A man in the
Muine had a farm of that
it was of little for
found the Roxbury
remarkably well, and produced
lent fruit. He “took the hint,”
set his farm largely to Roxbury
set until nearly thirty
» Were covered. Now, in
sells $2000 worth
made a rock
farm one
in town, simply
for the purpose
adapted. That
should try
OF THE
the cap
he able to
Loon
seeded
such
crop
down.
grass
land
and
good
and
The
years
the
on
from
then
alm
be
on »-
under
have
as he TASS
out,
rocky
s00n
there are
rough
fertile. but not
Apple-trees
remari aie
to
will vigor on
should ac-
cept plant it to
he
State
all
value tillage,
he russet
excel
and
rus-
acres
years, he
He ‘has
worth-
valuable
used it
which it was
what the farmer
study the capabil-
ities his farm, and then try so to
manage it that he will draw of
it the best that it is capable of afford
ing. It not do to
all in one way, on account of the
diversity in
-New
trees
some
fruit
almost
most
of
and
the
because
less of
he
to best
is :
to do the
of
out
will farms
great
condi
manage
and
Witnes
s0ils
tions Yo
THE CUCUMBER'S
Prof
the Maine
issued a
the
takes
lows:
FOES
Chas. D Woods. irector of
Experiment “has
valuable lghflet
cucumber’'s ener
up the
tation
with
This well-known insect vith its
yellow coat and the
wing covers, fe
tr
black stripes
ods
nj
plants
on
cucurbitaceons
on, squash,
appears in
the entire
pumpkin
such
growin
praclice, as
starting
sods, and
the field afte:
lished
3) A
lime or land pl
of the young
mended
(4) In
sometimes
middle
air slaked
this seems
the
5)
hills
bers,
the se¢
' trans
free
large
praca
of day
lime with
the
wind
sufficient to drive
insects to
The
of
as traps, i LON
mended since the
ally partial
(6) Spray
mixture and
being careful
of the
(7)
and
most
of
the leeward
slant in er ¢ ’ $
planting i a few jarge
cum
recom
SQUASH among the «
ietimes
insects
seem specs |
to the
the
Paris
to rea
squash
lants with bordeaux
(formula 2),
rh the unde;
green
sides |
leaves
One of the rest pre
cover the
planting with a
placed mosquito
ventives
time of
which is
is to
WHY
Much
about the
posed gr
the prices
Hoard's Dairymen
speculate forget
1 That the
the supply
ery.
2. That
population
the §
are ralsed
3. That the
suniption has been
very large share of the
country have been diverted from but.
ter making to thal business
§. That the increase of in
this country is only about five per
cent. yearly, it takes about 20]
years to double COW
tion, :
5. That the progress of dairy ideas
among farmers jg teaching them
weed out the unprofitable cows, thus
reducing very perceptibly the milk
supply for unprofitable butter mak.
ing.
6. That the percentage of Increase
of population is much greater than
the percentage of increase in cows,
while the consumption of milk and
butter per capita has been steadily
on the increase, All these things tend
to strengtien the dairy business
fn all its parts and keep prices to a
BUT
#1
Ve
fact t tf with all the jun
HOLD UP
indulged in|
at creameries
up
who
ines
of u : till hold
Those
three things: |
the of |
not the cream-|
JAYS:
twa Of
COW
is SOUrCe
butter
the more dense the cow
becomes in ans
legs ore of heifer
section, |
portion calves
increase in milk con. |
great that a
cows of the
“0
COWS
so it
the
Nealthy grade,
th a
“ae
GRASS IN THE ORCHARD
We alm to mow grass orchards
during July, letting it on the
surface in bearing This
mown grass, with the aftermath
for the surface which
aids -very much in preventing evapor
ation, which much needed dur
ing the fall size and finish
to fruit and in forming
strong fruit buds next year's
As this grass and aftermath
the humus like a
voir to hald By this
ol, vour
producing
i}
te
in
remain
orchards
makes a shade
is 0
to glve
to assist
for crop
decays
formed
acts reser
moisture meth
orchard gains each in
The
the t
yeul
POW el appearance of
of and si
sive crops of frait confirm this b
foliage rees cces
elief
brac
part of the orchard needs
SOW
ing up, the surface
about August 1,
and apply
clover on
harrowing
the
without
rate
re
stable manure at
and
alfalfa
ive loads
sults, If
SOW
will
brace
per acre, await
section
and
nitrogen {«
are in
between the
You
this
accumuiate
rows, you
plenty of
and trees.—G. G, Hitech
County, N y i
Agriculturist,
Tass
ings, Onondaga in
American
IN BROILERS
who have
direct
MONEY
For those access to city
markets either or through con
venient shipment, the raising of broil
is one of the most profitable lines
However
the
those
snap, are advised not to undertake |
as, while
¥ » nl $a + TT
0x poultry Dusiness
who are looking for a soft
! employment, it
but easy
the
is anything
Of course first requisiteg are
and it
warm
and brooder,
that a
provided to keep them
Chickens raised in the winter re
ciose att
quire
I Ll ander
si0OU
not willin
is
ention and no one
who
even
business
this
1
several
weathe
After the
decided th
solved
ff
feeding
the
wheat
3 117 eva 1
Ooatineg) bonte
Or meat
insects
summer
Except
the
permit
RATIO OF SEEDS TO STRAW
The f {
reat!
ratio of £0
itraw varies
1 On with
of
of
BOAKONS
is
recom-
manured
nitrogenous fertilize the growth
! ] gre h
straw |s«
grain, and
being the reverse
To
mended Ly
of lime and salt he
fall on the
crop
compared to
Same in
when
lodging it is
that an application
applied in the
land intended for the grain
that
wot
the season
OMe
—————
in 1906.
contributed by
States for phil
purposes during 1906 falls
the of some other
Those who look for a progres
sive annual charity con
be disappointed. Dur
year a total of 351.230.2944
contributions .was given to
elucational establishments. art gal
leries, hospitals and asylums The
tenefactions for these objects reach
ed the great total $107.260,000 in
1901 The variability of such statis
ties is shown by the statement that
contributions in 1500 aggregated
$47.500,000. [It is estimated that the
small contributions to charitable uses
in 1906 would aggregate not less than
swelling the total phil
anthropic offerings to $61,220,294.
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Benevolence
The total amount
anthropic
far below record
increase in
ing the last
large
of
Parcels Post Figures.
Avocates of parcels post are
publishing some interesting figures
showing that the British Post Office
during 1905 carried 975.000.0060 parcels
at about one-sixth the charge paid for
like service in this country At the
same time the British postal surplus
was $24,000,000, while the United
States postal deficit was $14,000,000,
On the face of it this might seem
to show better management in Eng,
land, but such a conclusion would ig
more the more difficult problems of
the American postal service, including
dir vast distances through thinly set.
tiled country, as comparea with the
short mail routes in populous Britain,
The burden is on the advocates of
an American parcels post to show
that it would not bankriapt cur gov:
ernment,
the
Japan's Thirst For
War is Endless
By Albert S, Ashmead, M. D., Late Foreign
Medical Director Tokio Hospital, Japan.
HE empire of the Mikado to a Japanese means spiritual empire
and not a mere material or temporal empire, For many centur-
jes, while the Mikados (Heavenly were in thelr
Holy Seclusion, behind the Devil's Gate, at Kioto, there reigned
the Shoguns (great generals}, Tokio
beginning of Meili the Sat-Cho
provincials of high degree), a political
Lrought the figurehead of the from
Gates) isolated
mere temporal rulers, al
In 186%, the
and Choshin
the Sheguns and
cred isolaticn at Kioto
He is the religious
spirit) of the people, that
not know, although they
(son of heaven or God!
God in m form and as
The real temporal ruler
clique. and the Mikado is
order, in fact all the
ratirer effeminate, if
category
(Satsumsg
ring,
hig 8a
the era,
over
threw empire
the Bushido (war
word the Japanese
A Mikado Tenn
(transiates), He
nation,
nation, ty)
He is
deceive
head” of the elfying
is all
use it
He never dies
such
of
only puppet
high nobles of Ja
really imbecile
Therefor easily handle v
al is sat Samourisu, ol urh , H r spirit of the nation,
handed dewn to them. f } of Brahmini
the rinving of protestant Buddhism
This is the eurse of ths }
there is the
point of
ism, in 1867
high class family
in 1867 Samurai
This
in barrack
a war be
Cho
not Emperor fa do
Westerners is
hodzurus
10
but Is
reign
of Japan is that
King Hi
under the
The
politic: ¥ y rings
imn's in the spirit of the
can
Sat-Cho, a political
mentality is of a very low
of nobility were
to this
the Empire
pan old order
Mikado is no exception
ters whose
to
~_t
time oO hI)
om the
even
Japanese
View
ationalized
the true Japan,
gth of time soon demands a 3 vhere
found to t called
in a
appeise it by ring
foreign war? Thus it will Wer
they have fought America find
make war upon. That next, in all probabil will be
must have the Dutch Kast Indies And so it
But what write this letter for e
ual empire” of ths
which threatens us al
already
iy
excent
After they m country
Holland For
ECG On
pecially is to point
We
States
most to dread
Paganism
opean and
what have
in our Pacific
getting a foothold upon our Christian |
This is what we must guard against most
The wai is the world today is th yet
paganism and Chri Until Japanese }
their Emperor, as we eal) kim, is not a Gnd or holy avatar,
less wars on the Japan. We must put down her unholy paganism and
then there will be peace or Christianity. Which will win, paganism Chris
tianity: the god of (Krishna) or and good will to men (Christ)
New York Herald
is
of
Americ
eady the
that
on in ween WO
tianit taught by
+h
ave oocen
ere wiil be end
part of !
OF
war
Deace
9 +
Greatness gf the Nation.
By Justice David J. Brewer.
unequaled. We
significant, im;
Ext
Sam is r
Railroa
Our
beside
jarring 55.0
Think a 1
of Richard th
and as the
ama C
highway
year it
Do |
Is |
fattest hog
we pay pri
mother
OnonLg
Riles A
We
Poss
lHfe?
agri
tal
The
ther que
termined
are
material
life whic
the
the Italian
Triple Alliance
friendship with
this policy is onls
Government's
and
and
policy is to maintain
the and also to maintain
t Britain The
condition
strengthen her France and Grea
success of assured on that
We €X
the with
ercise greatest t
Germany and France
The riple Alliance will continue the
polizy, and this is sufficient to show that those who, judging by
ances, think they see a weakening of the Triple Alliance and
proaching end are mistaken
It has been said that
sincerity and loyalty in our rela
10ns
to be basis of our
appear
its ap
mere
predict
the Triple Alliance has been modified, of
formed, and that it has become essentially a peaceful alliance The alliance
has always been peaceful. Its most precious feature is that it is an efficacious
instrument of peace, and the more so since its existence has been
known But this does not prevent the most friendly rel
powers
Doubt has been cast on the benefit Italy derives from the Triple Alliance
It waa the Triple Alliance that permitted us to preserve an independent policy
and thus saved us from the bitter surprises which many nations including
the Italians, have had when isolated. Fidelity to the Triple Alliante hag per
mitted Italy to maintain {riendship with other powers, thus insuring European
peace
Some persons have
antagonism between Ge
sition for Italy
irans
generally
ations with outside
remarked that the danger of
rimany and Great Britain creating an
The powers which form the Triple Alliance take
maintaining
political economic
untenable po
ace
friendly relatio
and
is
into
with Great Britain
That the relations between Qreat Britain and Gormany a4
be perceived In many incidents, including tho recent meeting
Edward and Emperor William
Our relations with Germany are based on absolute equality and also on
the greatest reciprocal regard and our relations with Austria are the same
improving
hetwooen
May
King
! £ .
{ that during each yearly term of six
months he would turn out in the vicin
ity of graduates On this basis
Teaches Dancing at Eight-Two.
Simson Green, of Harvard, Mass.
had been a teacher of dancing for
sixty-two years, und at the age of{he has given to more than
eightytwo is stil] giving lessons. Inl115000 persons. The old gentleman is
the juvenile classes he has tots from igtil]l graceful and nimble on his feet,
five to ten years old, In some of these {and though declares that this is
cases he alpo taught the little one’s | going to be his Inst winter as a
mother, grandmother and great-grand: | teacher, his neighbors laugh at the
mother, Mr. Green has taught about idea, saying they have been hearing
10,000 nights and days. His class | hat for twenty years-—Kansas Oity
would average easily forty a night, 80 | Journal
260
lersons
he
THE SOCIAL SECRETARY.
No suarer sign of betterment in the
conditions of work in age could
be found than the adoption, by num-
erous industrial ine
idea
Car
Pu
the
great and
of
concerns, the of social
secretary.
for both men and women
retaries, Mary R
employed in
sec
in
16 PEE
Arges
Social
Cranston,
says
tho Craftsman, are
and well-being of worker
plant,
tween
general
to the of contact be-
the
questions
in
be
firm and its
which ge concerning
the factory,
The idea
dustrialist
need of
and who
make
point
force U1
jife
workshop or store
conceived by an
fol
felt
was
Holland
On
who
in nis
in
Buch a pen
had sufficient
iment The Amer!
factor)
originality
the expe:
Institute of
mediately
accompany the adoption of this
can Social Bervice
gaw the good which
sion in the United States and
fore spread abroad the principle
the
ploneer
who filled this
and department s
greathy
prompt result
social
tore
Her four
conditions Io
work improved
the
ed
the
her
There are t \
clal secretaries In the
sbout an
women,
The
on a salar y
WOrKers
her services worth
p 3 a kd
very galary which he pald
O00
lay .wentyseven SO
United
of men
even pe Alive
geacrelary usually
of $720 a
according
. 1
BOCA
Venda
yous,
Tie ‘
10 capability 101
increased
2 1 fren hy
range from LAs
he
the work Salaries
$2500 a position
i858, howeve)
gam to
it
Annoyances
no gil
and many
ack eptably
riod oe
priz
8 ROS]
and
requisites for
wun
nt
Lion
gense coupled
if iy
ie og
Kain
156
and
did
working
ia a
work would be justi
cales functionarsy not
ing
Now enjoy
healthy way, the
fied
The
factom
if
more teach
{to themse ves sane,
Pittsburg
chief
SOCIA] secrela Of a
physician and his
health of the men and
women who work there
The three thousand
an Ohio factory keep the social
retary enough to need the
of two assistants The personnel
this establishment is far
average; the employees have
position of own
ibe have
i® a
concern is the
of
REO
employees
busy help
of
above the
quite a
thelr Their
entertained dis-
both this coun-
abroad; lectures have
been given by wellknown speakers,
and the social work has been
upon such a large scale that the fad
tory stands today as an object-les-
gon for the world
social
factory «cl
tinguished
try and from
persons of
FADS OF THE WOMAN OF LEIS.
URE
our fads
examin-
jewel casket,
how
de V .
“Strange, is it
differ?” remarked Mrs
ing the contents
in which was nothing but pearls of
all sizes, shapes and colors, Fads
are like our noses, no two alike. but
all have a general, a sort
of family, resemblance, for they
all serve the same purpose, that of
whiling away time and acting as a
sort of safety valve for our superfiu-
gus energy and interest I couldnt
help noticing this recently when visit.
ing Mrs. D. In the Berkshire Hills
You know she has the name of being
a sort of harum-scarom creature, who
never takes more than a passing in.
terest in anything: so you oan imag.
ine my surprise to find that jong af-
ter her guests had retired for the
night she was poring over volumes of
mental science and studying Emer
gon. It was a perfect revelation to
me, and I've not quite made up my
mind whether she really enjoyed her
self or hypnotized herself into bellev.
ing that she did.
not,
of her
instance.” con.
She has made a
honestly, I
mad, for she
in the house,
‘fous fingers may
contact with
‘Take Mrs. W., for
loa Mrs. de V.
microbes,
is microbe
long kid
{ in order that
contaminated
study of and,
i #
| think she
| § gloves
her |
he
unseen bug,
friends to wi
“Lazy friends?"
“Oh, you know
le tongs
you ress. a button
back wh pressure
I'm told ths she
open a more,
private correspondent &
who
how
removes
doesn't
Even
first
breaks
letters
etter any
eoretary,
of all
presence the
"Om their gern
for
distilled
now
Can
suvelopes and hands them to r
even bathes in
which
| perusal. She
y they say you
’
oof as water
Tribune,
germ
York
EAT WHAT YOU LIKE
live
“Ie
will
to ey
Dr. Thomas
4 protest! against
with which
1 regards its food
people
“Appe
necessary to di
and what
with 4im
the
jnsavoy stuff and
ufficient fluid for
Lia
grimly eat
men
not ive ONE, SAYS
| Lathrop Stedman,
ithe dea rate 84
h a FIOUSHess
| the present genera
a
edman
igenully
theatre
a OO
coiffure
scheme
and
lest
in tangerine
a long
rht with
1 fore
yu posed
gold or
spaces
be valuable to
forget
in
sspondents
re has been
di yd into
diluted ac
intended
1é The acid
ammonia va
ready
{ Then
neutralized by
when the paper
quite like any other
paper or later, how
falls pieces, which at
saves the trouble of tearing it
matter what its other advasn-
or may be-—New York
pat
and
or use i
por, is
f ook
Sooner
tio
| Writing
| ever, it
ieast
up no
tages
Mall
faults
—————
WOMEN IN LIVERY BUSINESS
A woman who Is fond of horses has
gone into the livery business and is
making money at it. Her patrons
prefer her gentle, refined manners
to those of the average liveryman, and
it is a pleasure to many of them to
know that her horses are never over:
worked or abused in any way. She
hag no trouble with the labor problem,
Pecause the atmosphere of her stables
is such that the most careful mother
is glad to have her son employed in
them: and as all boys love horses
there is an unlimited number of them
to be had for the asking. The wo
man began by driving her {friends to
the trainee, and when they began to
pay her it occurred to her that the
things that was a pleasure to her might
also be made a source of profit. —New
by
York Tribune
WEAR WHITEFOOTED HOSE.
In a published interview a phys!
cian urges that the wearing of stock.
ings with white feet will do more to
promote case in walking and relieve
foot {lls than anything to be sup
gested, SBocks or stockings of cotton
or lisle thread in black bind the feet
and make them swell he says, no
matter how fine and open they may
be. The black dye with the hard
thread of the lisle variety is a com-
ination that is particularly torturing
to tender feet. Thin, unbleached Hal:
briggan he recommends. Preferably
whole sock or stocking may be white,
but at least the foot should be A
further caution is added that new
cotton hose as well as all cotton an
dergarments should be washed before
being worn, to wask out the sizing
used by manufacturers