Should Be Far Encugh Away From Sources of Pollution to Avoid All Possible Danger, There are few safer sources of wa- ter supply than a good well tightly covered, properly situated and cared for. If wells have, in the past, proved to be the of infection it has been due to carelessness. The earth is a good filter and may back gources keep Safe and Sanitary. but the saturated long time, because fmpurit mately becomes can't be A well with gro ing near the contamination through nearby drains or where a deep ground a greater filtration A sandy the and safest filter or tone region they thorou You tOo0 car nd surface 1s more water approach liable to from one seepage than water closets compels S01 best lime becau makes clayey dangerous, cracks which may allow a fr passage of unfiltered contaminated matter Under the best of circum Jossivle is Mos se of i 1Hres and oo tances, no gource of should he lowed within 25 conditions the well from these son sible disease Be « it tight as car casing. It should be of mortar, pointed should go down l and sible the filled well: with poor as should danger water and pos irces of areful the cov Have it the ering ro ful ful about Be just abo bricks inside laid coment This casing as far as i round it shoul well-tamped extend space be in with a The casing should ‘lay at least 158 —~ Liable to Pollution. inches above of ground and it the surf should be set Arcot The plat! course be t ace nrote So th ight, water flow back the is not n« may into for a well COsSSAry ———————————— A ———————— Cost of Raising Wheat, Including the item raising wheat in the year 1909 estimated by the department of agriculture at 66 cents a bushel; the cost of raising corn was bushel, and the cost of was 31 cents a bushel. T are probably a reasonable statement of where the three grains successfully grown The wheat fields were 59 flelds, 30 acres, and average fields, 25 acres The wheat farmer raise «it $11.15 per the corn, $12.17 per acre, and oats, $10.91 per acre. basis of 95 cents a buthel the wheat showed a profit per acre; on the cents a bushel on farms, the corn showed a profit of . $7.82 per acre; of rent, the cost of was a8 oats gures raising hese fi fact are oat coat to acre, the on farms of $5.33 farm, the oats showed a $4.17 per acre of 1909 profit These are the figures are not making any such profits. Riding Cultivators, pivot gangs, the gangs to be fitted with a goodly number of shallow working teeth, is the most economical imple ment to use, since one man and a team of horses can do more work than two men and two horses would ordi narily do, Experiment With Dandelions. After two years of spraying, making i2 applications in all on a strip of fawn at the New York Agricultural Experiment station with iron sul phate, the dandelions sprayed were in as thriving a condition as when the gpraying first began —Conclusion, iron sulphate will not eradicate dandelions from. lawns. PREPARE FOR WINTER WHEAT Where Sown After Barley or Oats Should Be Plowed as Soon as Pos- sible After Harvest, Where or cornstalks, aslearly wheat is sown after barley, wheat seeded on last fall's | the field should be plowed | after harvest as possible. Ir | cannot be done at once, harrow land to break down the stubble | destroy weeds and start weed. | The rubbish will | act as a mulch and Keep the ground moist, and it will plow much easier than if teft unprotected to bake in the hot summer's sun, The three-horse double springtooth | and the double steel disk are best implements for cutting ibble ground Three heavy the up st two cut the fepth ways ground fully five inches in By harrowing the field both before the grounds becomes too hard the land will be put in nice con dition to plow later in the month The ground should be plowed the stubble turned and the ground = before it is time to drill id be harrowed a few plowed to the sture. Fresh plowed pulverized by An occasional given to keep to kill weeds, This meth summer fallow and of a crop. Land so be drilled to wheat and the middl early tn. eftle The davs onth 80 der will rot nicely ground shou ater it Is +» of mol be well prevent a8 land One Cross harrowing the ground to a joss prepare seeded e of to grass by Sep in illustration Will Keep in, but Allows Person to in and Out at Will tock Go shown a good gate it will keep the can through it not 20 il and hands full be Gate for Barnyard. r . i CIORe I he Farm and etting $R OF + BAYS © is built by plece of hard wood, c, ir 1x4 inch 3 le wisely uitivation Without Summer Silo dairyman who dove id You ail ah silo shop Axle grease pays 100 per cent profit A good cover crop in garden will pay Cowpeas the do not do so well at the Corn should be a cultivated crop in every sense of the word Watch your cabbage and prevent the splitting of heads If possible The bean harvest is very dependent upon the weather for good results travel more than two miles for nectar. | Winter wheat must have a snow covering during the winter to survive Expert truckers and gardeners grow a lage part of the vegetable seeds they need. Constant and thorough tillage is a Corn put into the silo when in the roasting ear stage will not make first class silage. If any crop Is stored in the barn too | green there is danger of spontaneous combustion, Thoroughly cultivate all crops that remain in the ground, and burn up all rubbish and trash, Late potatoes generally do better if left in the ground as long as possible to thoroughly ripen, Don’t forget to ent all corn intended for seed purposes just as soon as the ears are well dénted, Fox tail, rag weed and the tame grasses growing on the wheat and oat stubbles should be’ cut before they become woody. .. Connie Mack can thank Jake whe team stars that Reading man who know talking ab 4 jist le prologu @& to informing avery time they lop the ball do a little Jakie Baker third basing As indeed. he and he guietls stacks of dope In Was the wise guys tol the young man gamed Rah instead AAA GIANT'S SHORTSTOP Arthur Flstcher From Ballas Brill IS STAR Secured by McGraw Tex, Develops inte ant Fielder. shortstop Arthur Fletcher. Graw's For Fiete of Devlin some, but Fletcher t1as strengthened the Giants considerably. McGraw was willing to sacrifice anything for speed, and _ in Fletcher he has one of the fastest in. fielders in the National league cir cuit. Fletcher aver thei dashing Inner worker her to depose and Bridwell he had to go is a was one, and the grace been a feature of He has fre | jole as a flelder, in that he makes the Last season Arthur showed lots of | low. He was well down in the lst and | batted only .224 in fofty-four games. This season, however, Fletcher has been one of the most consistent club pers in the McGraw ranks. He is now hitting 324, Chief Myers being the only Glant with a higher average. Among the National league regulars Fletcher stunds fifth As a base runner Fletcher fits In well with the other speed boys who compose MeceGraw’s team. He has stolen twelve bases, but has not taken part in near as many games as De vore, Snodgrass and the other men much higher up. In many of Fletch at's games he played euly the last i at if Bodie has Ping kes a Hashy busy Fred Clarke gent Gibson In to his first appear steady ance Boston Accusing Mordecal Brown like a firet-class of yellow joke fans its for the will be fire If anything goes with the regulars Jimmy Doyle has a pretty first. It is like Steinfeldt's line but not quite 20 accurate It will be funny when the umps an announce “Mr. Lajoie Ten Million,” when as a matter of fact the big Napoleon seldom hits RECT Cuba shot, Armadillo Marsans, Cuban player a bat weighing about onethfrd as much as a regulation stick. Pitcher C. E. Gotechy of Bellingham, Wash. is the newest Nap in The new Nap is a s®cky chap He appears to be strong as a bull. Friends who recommended “the mak- ings.” Thomas Carney, ealcher of the Sas katoon team in the Western Canadian league has been sold to the Chicago American League baseball club for $1,600. He {8 twenty-one years of age and this is his first year in profes sional baseball, The Naps still have » chance to get revenge on the Cincinnatl Reds for the way they were treated in the se ries for the championship of the state last fall. The management of the two clubs are now considering the propo sition to have the two clubs meet again this fall for the supremacy of Ohio. A definite decision will be reached later. » SPECTACLES AN AID ses ———— Poor Batting Is Attributed to] Weak Eyes. mer Yale Player of Artificial crease i i i { i Suggests Use Eyes in- itting. to the Murray Bet Of nts ‘of thers ting is Me. that bad ould the In view of Duffy, nai caus Graw the 1 "YER qd In York iayer doe. who has STAHL WANTED BOSTON TEAM Former First Baseman Have Been McAleer's Recent is Said Partner in te Negotiations Jake Stahl. | whlie he does not intend to play ball | any more, he would like to have an interest in the Boston club. From al that can be learned there iz not much chance of Taylor selling out this year, though there is a chance of something being done with him after the present season closes Stahl! has a double purpose of wanting to invest in the Boston club. in the first place it could be figured as a rebuke for Taylor, with whom he has not been on speaking terms for some time, and then any money ine vested in that club would pay hand. some dividends. Two Veterans Let Down. Jiggs Donohue and Jake Beckley, two former big leaguers and left. handed frst basemen, have slid a little further down . the toboggan. Jiggs has been released by the Gal: veston (Tex) team and Beckley has been given his walking papers as manager of the Hannibal team. ’ SHE GOT ‘WHAT SHE WANTED Strongly, but it Paid Ch icago, INL—~*1 suffered from a fe male we akne 58 and stomach trouble, and I went to the store to get un bottle of Ly dia E. Pink. ham 's Vegetable Compound, but the clerk did not want to let me have jt— he said it was no & od and war to iry som ning else, but kn. owing all about it 1 | sisted and finally got it, and I am so glad 1did, for it has cured me, “ul kne w of 80 man men have been cu re 4 h as Yoget table C« gay to every sufle ris medicine does not help her, is nothing that wil ars JANETZKI, 2063 Arch Bt., Chicago, LiL. This is the age of su stitut] women who want a cure gh ¢ upon Lydia E. Pir l Compaun d justast nan d 10t aceept Fry Kg oh } wh : a it can make a little more profit . Women who are passing eritical period or who rom any of those dist ; culiar to their sex shoul id x no of the fact that for thi ity ¥ E. Pinkbham's Vv egetab 1 which is made from ros ts and has been the standard reme dy male ills. In almosteve ry com you wil omen who hb 3 by Lydia bam’s Vegetable Copa DROPSY | y cases where WO. yy Lydia E. Pir npound that 1 can ig woman if that there oe $.4q rough tal 3 Dering Cow 4 ays Lr PR. CREEXS BORN, ad Lrealines ben A, hilssia. Gn, If saicied w MT © Fes =! Thompson's 6 Water THE DECEIVER, Sergeant name for talkin’ in Corporal—W'y, talkin’ Sergeant-—Wasn't 'e? Well, cross it hout and put "im ‘in the &u ard room for deceivin’ me Tattler gergeant, ‘e weren't geal ie “i he FOOD AGAIN | A Mighty important Subject to Every One. | A Boston lady talks entertainingl? of food and the changes that can be | made in health by some knowledge on | that line. She says: “An injury to my spine in early wom- anhood left me subject to severe sick {| headaches which would last three or | four days at a time, and a violent | pation with all the {lis that follow | “My appetite was always light and | uncertain and many kinds of food dis “1 began to eat Grape Nuts food two or three years ago, because | liked the taste of it, and I kept on because 1 soon found it was doing me good. “1 eat it regularly at breakfast, fre quently at luncheon, and again before going to bed-—and have no trouble in ‘sleeping on it’ It has relieved my con stipation, my headaches have practl cally ceased, and I am in better physi cal condition at the age of 63 than I was at 40, “1 give Grape-Nuts credit for reston ing my health, if not saving my life, and you can make no claim for it too strong for me to endorse” Name given by Postum Co, Battle Creek Mich, Read the little book, “The Road to Wellville,” in pkgs. “There's a reason.” Ever read the Shove letter? A new ome nppears from time te time. They wre gesuiae, tree, and fall of human ‘mterest.
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