COVER FOR THE SAP BUCKET Few Pleces of Sheet Steel So Ar ranged to Keep Cut Snow, Rain Water, Bark and Bugs. An excellent and inexpensive plan for making a cover tor the sap bucket is given by J. FF. Ward of Massachu- setts in the New England Homestead and is as follows: . Buy sheet steel, 28-gauge, in bun- dles of ten sheets each. It costs 33 cents per sheet and makes 14 covers. One sheet measures 28x96 inches. Cut into seven pleces 28 inches long, then you have sheets 14x13 inches. Then cut a three-quarter-inch hole in the end near the middle, three-eighths 5-7 of an inch from the edge of the sheet, | Homemade Sap Bucket Cover, as shown in A. Then bend up 1% inches of the end you have punched. | To hang on tree, place the hook on spout and drive the spout through the hole in the cover; hang on the buck- et. Cover will turn on spout when you tip the bucket in gathering plece of three-quarter-inch iron B, the outside to an edge! will be 8 good tool to cut out the hole. | A pair of tinner's snips and hammer | are the other tools needed. Your la bor and 21% cents for iron freight will furnish you with covers and will save You several days’ labor cleaning out snow, emptying ot rain water, bugs bark, This not to mention the sap you will save on iny days, nor the better quality of goods you will} make. ver will not blow off, | break nor hinder in gathering. Paint! them and they will last years. They | can be made of iron roofing. There's! no better for this kind of rooding. | Now, wo 1 you” pipe, | filed on elc. ap rs a h j& © use advil and make these covers now, FRENCH PLAN OF SPRAYING Two Compresaed Air Tanks Are Strapped to Horse's Back and Li quid Discharged Through Pipe. A method of much in vogue shown, says the Two compressed air spraying vineyards in France here | Popular Mechanics sprayer tanks is Outfit for Spraying Vineyards, the back and through ‘a are strapped to horse's the liquid discharged pipe having six spray heads. The di charge pipe is supported: in pos back of the horse by means of the two pipes connecting it with the supply tanks, is ition Yellow Transparent Apples. We had to pick five or six times Jast year in order to get the fruit in! prime condition. We used the five eights basket, but are going to try t box this year also. There is more money in the Williams early red, zl though the yellow transparent is cer tainly good. People demand a red ap ple, and we try not to give the dealer a red apple until the yellow is done, #0 do not ship both apples to the same dealer, All early varieties must be handled with great care, says a writer in an exchange. We expressed our early apples because we had not enough for a car on account of un even ripening. We find summer ap- ples more profitable than winter va- rietles. 1 do not advise planting an orchard without some early varieties. We can sell early apples anywhere. We shipped most of ours to New York, but Baltimore is all right on early fruit, he | Pretect Against Rabbits and Mice, These animals may be Kept from injuring the trunks of trees by box. fng, or by placing a plece of gaivan. fzed wire screen around the tree trunk and covering it to the height of about 20 inches. This will also pre vent sunscald; and it costs much less than to replace the trees after the rabbits have injured them. The snow should be well tramped about young apple trees to prevent mice from in. juring the bark under the smow-grust, { oe LoW- HEADED D ORCHARD TREES Three Feet ls s Common Height Yor Apple, While With Peach and Plum It Is Much Lower, pears are nowadays a very common height for starting the peach and plum the head started even lower, eighteen to twen- ty inches being a common height. tain localities, where windstorms are frequent, the low-headed trees less likely to be broken, lose a smaller proportion of their fruit, and are less subject to injury from sun scald as the low heads of the trees serve to a certain extent as a shade for the body. The cost harvesting the fruit from low-headed trees is much less than that of gathering from tall trees. With the low-headed trees a consid- erable portion of the * crop can be gathered by the picker standing upon the ground, while with high-headed trees the major part of the work must be done from ladders, which greatly extends the time required to do the picking, and consequently, io- creases Its cost. Pruning, spraying, ng, as well as harvesting, wiil convenient on than high-headed trees of low More Than One Thousand Caught in Device in Use at Hawkesbury Agricultural College. Hawkesbury the At college the in Australia ted herewith has been found very tive in catching sparrows. During Year more than 1.000 birds were caught, sometimes at the rate au } & day. The birds enter at three small holes about two inches in diame ter at the bottom of the V in center and just three inches above the wire netting ficor. This is covered under the with on which a little food, such as bread crumbs or wh is sprinkled The mesh of the one When once a few SPArrows are Agricultural trap illustra- af- fo Oohe of or the ficor holes goil eat net is birds are soon attracted and caught, says the Orange Judd Far The frame is about feet and eight feet long, » inch inside Cas iy three ith doors gauare Bqual Satisfactory Sparrow Trap. at each end as trap shown. Originally with a funnel-shaped ending in a bag and tied with a it this Is not necessary. The can be driven out of the doors smaller cage and then disposed was fitted DO NOT MULCH WITH MANURE Strawberry Beds—Study Will Dis sipate Erroneous Idea, A common but very wasteful tice is that of winter mulchin berry beds with manure, Fruit Belt. None of ers ever practice it, yet many general farmers who depend upon their berry bed for spring income co bed In late fall with thinking to increase the crop lowing year. A study of the uid dissipate any the growing season, spring and summer, the plant stores in its crown the plant food from which the follow: ing year's crop of berries is pro. duced. Of the plant food contained in the manure spread on the bed after the growth has stopped for the year, not atom enters the following spring's crop. In fact, the most valu able element, nlirogen, dissipated into the air'in the form of ammonia, while the potash and phosphoric acid, to be utilized must be plowed or cul- tivated into the seil. prac EE #lraw says the the large grow. ver ithe strawberry such idea. piant Dur one is He.20% NOTES Prepare land for a small tation next spring. the price of good fruit, in Michigan the apple barrel is still the most popular package for fruit. are good soll lighteners? Save them for this ptrpose and apply to heavy soll. them. Curtains do not belong where plants are kept. shades: wash the glass, Get ready’to do some grafting Top work that old seedling dpple tree, The cherry comes first, then plum, apple, quince and pear, Fruit trees should be planted in regular rows In the orchard, or fruit garden, so thorough culture can be given both ways of the orchard, General farming, planting a variety of crops and keeping a variety of ani mals, 1s the ay and withal the most suc for insuring a steady income. z \ Six Boston players figure in a deal with the Jersey City team of the I ternational league, is announced Harold Janvrin, a Boston schoolboy, who was expected to be another ‘Stuffy” Mcinnis; Martin McHale, Walter Lonergan, a recruit named Myers, Jack Thoney and Billy tell, the former Chicago White Sox in fielder, will all go to the New Jersey team News that Purtell Id go to Jer City in this came as | sur- The former White Sox player was released the Toronto in the league last summer, Purtell hung decided to teat the sending wou fey deal prise to cinb old Eastern but refused to at Boston validity of the depart He move on him | i 1 i the minor leagues It was the cl reporting for play © spire tion of day his intent itbhouse every ng as he draw When the near the still in orm ready there been 1 2 $s and 80 I he could Purt Sox vi » of the thou ited salary ght. Boston Purte appeared in season 1] was is appearance when to solid he i ipposed have explasesd by ght it AWAY Was that thou was him and that hold the contract al commission Purtell's claim for r Case An disal- back pay release A A A A RR le A BR RR RR ARR. Management of Indianapolis Speedway Will Not Allow Fa mous Driver on That Track. Although B Oldfield, known as the be reinstated the American arney in the good graces Automobile association, driver, he never drive upon the speedway. This is the announcement of the management of the famous brick track following the publication of a will be allowed Indianapolis Barney Oldfield. the present holder of the world's free. forall straightaway mile track and speedway records, would meel some time during the 1012 season in a match race at the motor speedway. Oldfield has Incurred the displeasure nf the owners of the track. EAA Be BA AAA AAA AAA A le ele Be { Abe Attell has taken a great lik ing to New York of late. The like of Baby Bliss in athletics may never be seen again, Redmond says Nelson is the liveli est corpse of a fighter he ever tackled. Cy Moreing, the Pacific coast buco caneer, ia loading up his baseball cannon afresh. Work is to begin immediately on the new baseball cage for Yale univer. sity at New Haven. One by one the old timers drop out of gight, but Billy Sullivan is still drawing his pay check, A coliege athlete can work as a walter and shine shoes for a living, but “nix” on laboring at baseball. Doe White says no one would dare pick the greatest ‘wenty ball players and omit the name of Clark Griffith. Monte Cross is a good man to help pull the St. Louis Browns out of the slough of despond, thinks Connie If some aspiring recruit can induce Pilly Sullivan to divulge the secret of perpetual youth he wouid be the backstopping “find” of the season. When Jimmy McAleer became pres: {dent of the Boston Red Sox, John L Taylor, his predecessor, stepped down into the chair of vice-president. The main question is “Does this elim. inate Jobn 1. from the press stand, where he Rotmugly did all his root ing?" i Kid Elberfeld Is Latest of og | Timers to Go. Few Players in Sixteen Clubs of Major Leagues Who Competed in Games There Five Years Ago ~Athletics New Bunch, One by one the baseball world are either into the veterang of the dropping back minors or out of the This fact has been brought home again by the retire. ment of Kid Elberfeld by the "Wash ington club. Yet Elberfeld, with of those who are slipping, say that he went the route and had his measure of success with the majors. The Kid always was a fight- er, always after a vict He never quit, and will long be remembered as a player of the Jennings When you look back over the roll call of the sixteen major 1e clubs you find comparative plavers who compete fd five SATS only Stab which looks about is the of ed is the and the White Sox Of the veleransg Hne-up Sullivan oft the can ory HEO The same tion squad the LATied Yv ili ‘ubs base and catche: game as that logt the world series 1«¢ howeve most of the gone, valv lusive Sox, have In the regular exe and Tanr and Tanny =» the of the pitchers whill are the only 48 not a regu player toward that fa Pat Dougherty still is but lar end of mous with geason the team are about over on the The aving days no berth LE aim these last five seen great world bunch, in the Athletics he champs are having been practically built Kid Elberfeid the short n th rt g.. The different Dah weorman space of four year different, McGann, Seymour vastly Strang, ianis are Gone are len, Mertes and B« of noted bunch Detroit has had fewer changes than majority of the teams, but it is that some of present will not last longer. iand is a gang of glers as years and ex go. Boe recognize their two and the same is tr Phils added comparatively young players five years, and so have the ors and Brooklyn Baseball fans are constantly cl for new blood, want the snap tion young stars bring into the Baseall is getting be less for veterans as the years by A man is a “hasbeen ‘in majority cases when he es the th mark. Just when in other of activity are ball player is the much Young 3 erience ie any more Louis. The ue of St have last am- tn the of irty lines the en | GOOD JOKE ON CHAS. EBBETS Hap Hogan, Manager of Vernon Team, Springs Hair-Trigger “Come Back” on Brookiynite. Hap Hogan, the Vernon manager, was one grand card at the San An compatriots from the Coast league, realizing this, played him to the limit Hogan, needless to remark was al- back.” LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES They Are Closely Observing Public Health Conditions, An examining physician for one of the prominent Lite Insursace Com panies, in an interview on the subject, made the astonishing statement that the reason why #0 many applicants for insurance are rejected is because kid ney trouble is 80 common to the American people, and the large major. ity of applicants do not even suspect that they have the disease, He states that judging from his own exper.ence and reports from druggists who are constantiy in direct touch with the public, there is one prepara tion that bas probably been more suc cessful in relieving and cur these diseases than any re known. The mild and healing ir of Dr. Kil- mer's Swamp-Hoot is realized. It stands the Bighe 51 remarkable record of cures We find tha t Swami ot ing 1edy fluence BOON for iis Hoot is strictly would ag in need of at: it is res YN POU i We ror aders who such a rem 10 give 11 > At feel ial all dr g Blo fifty cents , if you Bt h first t d oned wis gend to BROMO QUININE." ININE. Lox Lasd the Worl ONLY ONE“ That is LAXATIVE BROMO Ve signature of HB WwW. GHOVE wer Loo : im Ohe Lay the get id ee menls For HEADACIIE Hic ke « APY DINE Whether ros 1 b w Nervous Ty ately res “Those Youthful Prodigies.” nders never ifs “Her SURPRISED DOCTOR. Hiustrating the Effect of Food. ot : dhe ability of One remarkable adapt Grape-Nutf food to stom rej rated by gO (is ordered that thes thing else, is lust of a woman in Racine, Wis “Two years ago,” she attacked by a stomach trou rious that for a long time 1 cou take much of any the various kinds doctor produced mi acute pain. “We then pot some Grape-Nuts food, nd you can imagine my surprise and delight when 1 found that 1 could eat ft with a relish and without the slight est distress “When the doctor heard of it he told me to take several small portions each will i every the Cage id not Even prescribed by the gort of food yal Brooklyn club. Did Hogan fall for the plot? Yes, in his own “way. “Sure, 1 will accept the manage- | ment, but it must be under my own | terms,” replied Hogan in all serious- ness, “And what are they?" asked Eb | bets, “Well, 1 Neure that one of the first things that you need is a real ball team,” explained Hogan. “For that reason, 1 would have to ask the privilege of transferring the Vernon club bodily to Brooklyn: In that way I think that we might be able ta place your big suburh on the hase. ball map.” ~ The laugh that followed was ong and loud, and Ebbets attempted to drown it by Investing in sundry po- tables for the crowd, ; tired of it as 1 had of all other food. “But to his surprise, (and that of tverrbody else), 1 did not tire of Grape-Nuts, and became better day by to eat anything my appetite craved. “My nerves, which had become #0 | weakened that I feared I would be | come insane, were also restored by the Grape-Nuts food in connection with Postum which has become our table beverage. 1 appreciate most gratefully and thankfully the good that sour food preparations have done me, and shall be glad to answer any letters Inquiring as to my experience.” Name given by Postum Co. 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