The Weekly Farm Budget KUBANKA WHEAT. I ~ Found by Texan to Do Well In His Part of the Country. IT COMES FROM RUSSIA. Has Much Vitality and It Able to Re sist Both Drought and Rust—Attains Height of Five Feat, With Heads Bent. Down. Writing to Farm and Ranch of Dal las, .Tex7, a TJmestone county (Tex.) correspondent says that when It la a question 'of sowing small grain • for winter pasture, etc., it is well to con sider which is the most desirable and profitable to sow. Oats have rusted so badly and otherwise done so poorly for a number of years back that many of our farmers have come to the conclu sion that they are no longer worth bothering with. On the other hand, some varieties of wheat and barley have done remarkably well alongside of oats that were a complete failure. Some .small grain ought to be raised 011 every place where chickens are kept 'Buying feed for chickens at pres ent high -prices will make the feed come much higher than both eggs and chickens are worth. The wheat that has given the best results the past season was bought under the name of macaroni '-wheat. Now, since there are a number of va rieties classed under this name and wanting to make sure of its specific name I sent some heads of it to the department of agriculture at Washing ton and had it Identified as "Kubanka." It was brought to this country a num ber of years ago • from southern Rus sia, naturally a very dry country. The accompanying Illustration shows a patch of this wheat about ten days before-ready for the binder. The man standing In It Is a six footer. Thus it •hows a height of fully five feet before bant down with weight of grain. fe>-/ V s " s fcv., :r ef t f; - + -.,. IP* 1 -- 0 / s .^ v '! -j&tt* < & • . sL-^' / &*■■ ' ' ■' ■. i 1 '■ ■ &•■ ' py' |\ / , * Photo by Farm and Ranch. A PATCH OF KUBANKA WHEAT. Mow, this wheat appears to have a great ileal of vitality and thus is able to resist both drought and rust. Not more than twenty yards from this.two acre patch I had, say, one-half'acre of Mediterranean wheat which was sown in November and which was growing nicely when 1 sowed the ICubanka In February. Like oats, the Mediterra nean rusted badly, never got over knee high and made but very little grain, while the other never showed a sign of rust, grew to a line height and yield ed well in spite of extreme drought while maturing. Beardless barley was also free from rust, grew to a good height and was otherwise satisfactory. The writer believes the wheat may prove a great blessing to our country. To Avoid Wormy Cherries. The insect that Is responsible for the wormy condition' of cherries is the plum curculio. /This insect damages all stone fruit tp some extent, Includ ing cherries. The most effective reme dy is to apply a poison spray lotion to the trees once >nst before the blossoms open, again Just after the blossoms fall and about, three weeks after that date. The poison solution may be 1 made with thr«£ pounds of arsenate of lead and fifty gallons of water. To make the solution mix the arsenate of lead thoroughly in a small quantity of water and,strain into the spray barrel. Add the -remainder of the water, agi tating thie mixture thoroughly while it la being applied.—Farm Progress. 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 1 Little Things the Farmer § I Should Know o ° 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Promising New Fruits. Bome promising new fruits have been originated at the South Dakota experiment station by crossing the na tive Dakota plums and sand cherries with other stone fruits from Europe and Asia. The native sand cherry amalgamates readily in hybridizing with a number of other species, and excellent results may be anticipated, especially with hybrids of the Japa nese plums. Many other combinations have been made, and the fruiting of the resulting seedlings is awaited with Interest Tho fact has been demon strated that it is possible to secure fruits combining the hardiness of na tive stone fruits with something of the size and quality of the choice cul tivated stone fruits from Europe and Asia. Rye For Silage. Rye can be fairly well ensiled if cut in quarter inch lengths, but it does not mako as good ensilage as corn. It should be cut just as the grain Is fair ly In the milk stage. The only rule for feeding It Is to observe well the cows that eat it and be governed ac cordingly. Rye Is apt to develop an unduo amount of acidity In the silo, hence our advice to cut In short lengths; also it should be treated well at the edges In filling the silo. For Winter Litters.' - If any winter letters nre expected provide a warm, sunny pen in the most sheltered part of the pig house." Use close shutters over the windows at night to keep out the cold. Be sure there are no drafts and that the floors are not cold. Drafts under the floors are death to pigs and even to grown hogs. Pigs are not protected from cold by warm coats of hair.—Farm Journal. THE WEARING OF SOILS. Few Farms Are So Used Up That Ras toration Is Impossible. There are few woruout farms where the plant food is exhausted. It may not be sufficiently broken down for plants to use it, or it may be formed into compounds that will not dissolve in soil water, but it is nearly always present in sufficient quantities to grow profit able Orops if the correct methods are employed to liberate it. The soil must be put into proper physical con dition, cleared of foul growth and humus added to it. Even where the surface soil lias been greatly depleted good results are possible if one but remembers that "there is another form under the one you work." Deep root ed plants will bring much of this buried fertility up and deposit it by their roots in the surface soil. In any restoration of worn soil tho main remedies are two—putting the soil in good physical condition and the addition of humus. The first object is accomplished by a thorough and time ly working that will leave it porous to : a degree, mellow and sweet. This will ' break down the crude plant food and favor growth of the soil bacteria. They ! cannot develop in a cold, lumpy, sour soil, and without them the soil is life less and barren. The action of air and sunlight and freezing must be liTought to bear on as many of the soil grains as is possible prior to seeding.—Farm and Fireside. . V ■ Early Tomatoes. The most important factor in grow ing early tomatoes is a good hotbed, or, better, a good greenhouse. The seed must be sown not later than March 1, and two weeks earlier is an advan tage in many sections. When the plants are about a month old they must be shifted to flats or beds and planted not less than one and a half inches apart each way, and two inches secures a much stronger devel opment of the plants. As the heat in the hotbed Is expended in five or sis weeks, a second hotbed becomes a ne cessity unless a greenhouse is availa ble. In about three weeks after this first shift has been made the plants must be set again, allowing much more space between them. Some growers set in fiats, while many prefer to use berry baskets, paper pots, earthen pots and many other devices. When grown in this way they can be set iu the field without any disturbance to roots.—Na tional Stockman and Farmer. Protecting the Small Fruit 9. All small fruits are benefited by some slight protection during the win ter slumber. Strawberries are best protected by covering with clean straw or marsh hay. Do this after the ground has frozen solid enough to hold up a team and wagon. Good clean straw or hay thrown over the plants from four to six inches deep is of much value.—American Agriculturist. Chicken Advice. Ordor pure bred roosters early to head your flock. It will need new blood next spring. And don't expect to get . good birds cheaply. They cost, but to grow vigorous, healthy chicks, you must have one to every twelve of the hens whose eggs you will save for hatching. •5* *J» «§» »*♦ »$♦ »j» ♦*« *3**s******* * PAINT WISDOM. * The following advice on paint .!• ing is taken from a bulletin on •> X"The Use of I'aint on the Farm," issued by the United States de- 4 5* partment of agriculture: 3} ❖ Do not use any paints contain- ? 3° lng compounds of lead about X ❖ stables or outbuildings where $ the fumes from decaying organ- X 4* Ic matter occur, since these ♦> A gases are likely to darken the 2 •112 lead paints. Do not use with * X lead compounds any pigments 5. v which may liberate compounds 4j of sulphur. For example, ultra- a J marine blue which contains sul- •? Ij, phur in a form in which it may X T be set free is a beautiful and ? | very permanent blue and may X X be used with ziuc white,, but 4 X should not be used with white $ X lead or any other lead pigments, 112 X Prussian blue, on the contrary, % X does not contain sulphur and + J. may bo used with lead pigments. 3. X Remember that turpentine and 4 benzine are very inflammable. ♦:•> * * •JmJ» •*« ♦*« *** ♦% **♦ *j»»*« *j* *j**j***« »j» •*« | You Can't Help Laughing at These j Repetition Unnecessary. One day Mark Twain was being shaved by a very talkative barber and was forced to listen to many of bis an ecdotes. The barber had to strop his razor, and when he was ready, brush in hand, to commence again he asked: "Shall I go over it again?" "No thanks," drawled Mark. "It's hardly necessary. I think 1 can re member every word." Everybody's Magazine. Made Four of Them. n I drew a picture last night that made ; me $L'5 richer." "What was it?" "A king." Well Equipped. Manager—We want a man for our in- j formation bureau, but he must be one who can answer all sorts of questions and not lose his head. Applicant—That's me. I'm the fa ther of eight children.—New Orleans rimes-Democrat. j When the Gamekeeper's : j Son Caught a Poacher j * By WILLIAM H. J. LOGAN • NOW that the wild game 1b dis appearing, especially from the eastern states, and multimil lionaires are fencing In thou sands of acres we are getting preserves such as they have In England. There are a number of these estates in New Hampshire, where all kinds of game are preserved, from a plieasant to a deer. A gentleman whom we shnll call Keith owns one of them, though he Is a very busy man and seldom goes there. Tom Dealy Is the gamekeeper, and Tom has a son Richard, commonly called Dickey, seven years old. There Is lots of honesty In childhood, and it usually stamps itself on childish faces. Any one looking into Dickey's honest countenance would intrust him with uptold riches. One afternoon Dickey was out 011 one of the hills included in the estate more than a mile from the lodge in which lie lived. Suddenly he heard a shot, and a pheasant fell not a hundred feet from him. In another moment a man with gun and game bag advanced from an opening in the trees and was about to pick up the bird when he was arrested by a "Hi, there!" Looking up, he saw Dickey. The sun shone full in his face. His hat was thrown back, permitting the red autumn rays to fall full 011 the boy's face, which expressed disapprobation. The man paused and, resting the butt of his gun on the ground, regarded Dickey curiously. "Well, what is it?" "Let that pheasant alone, it doesn't belong to you. It is the property of Mr. Keith, who owns this place." "What right has Mr. Keith to it more than I?" "He bought it with money." "How did he get the money?" "Made it." "Honestly? Are you sure he didn't rob the people—freeze out a lot of stockholders in some of his numerous schemes and appropriate the properties to himself?" "I don't know anything about that. I know that's not your pheasant. It's his, and you let It alone." "Mayn't I as well have it as to per mit it to rot where it Is?" "No. I'll take it to my father. He's the keeper. He'll turu it into Mr. Keith." "How will 1 know that it reaches Mr. Keith?" "You have my word for it." "How do 1 know your father won't keep it for himself?" "Because it's his business to see that all game here is turned in." "That seems to you a good reason, but because a man is employed to see that his employer gets his own he doesn't always do it. However, you Uses an Ancient Violin. When George A. Yeary, a musician living in Sacramento, Gal., responds to the call of the muse he carries with him a violin he holds priceless. The instrument is a genuine Cremo na purchased by Marcus Yeary, a Greek gentleman and musician, in the year A. D. 1600. Yeary was great great-great-grandfather to the present The Farmer's Discovery. Farmer Green—l'd like to git hold of the hound tliet sticks these signs up on my pond. This'll make the thir teenth I've pulled up. "T'anlcs, pard. 1 thought de world had lost me dat time sure."—Truth. Asking Too Much. "So he refused to let you marry his daughter?" "No; but he has imposed conditions ■ which I caunot entertain." '■' What were they?"- •„ "Said I'd have tq goto work first."— Kansas City Journal. : •' /• . . « look and talk like an honest boy. If you'll give me your word of honor to take the pheasant yourself to Mr. Keith we'll say no more about it." "Course I will" The man shouldered his gun and walked away, leaving the pheasant where it lay. Dickey advanced, pick ed up the pheasant and, carrying it by the legs, started off in a different direc tion from that taken by the poacher. When he reached home supper was ready, but as soon as it was over he took up the pheasant and started for the residence of its owner. . At the door he handed it to the butler, giving him an account of its killing, and was about to turn away when the butler told him to come in. Dickey, still car rying the pheasant, entered the spa cious halt lost in wonder and was shown into a library with more books on the shelves thjin he had ever dream ed of. There he waited, wondering why he was detained, till presently he heard a footstep in the hall, and a man entered the room. Dickey was thun derstruck. He was the man who shot the pheasant. "Well, my lad," he said, "I see you have kept your promise. Give me the bird." "Well—l reckon leastways—l said I'd give it to Mr. Keith." "I'm Mr. Keith." Still Dickey didn't deliver the prop erty. He stood looking at the man with a puzzled expression. Finally he said: "You said you wouldn't trust my fa ther to deliver the bird. How am I to believe you're Mr. Keith?" The man. smiled. "My boy," he said, "I am in iieed of men every day—hun dreds of them—wljo . have the attri butes that are collected in that little body of yours. I won't ask you to be lieve that I'm Mr. Keith, but I am. I came here last night for a brief rest. Take the pheasant back to your motli | er and tell her to cook it for your din , ner tomorrow. And tell your father I ' want to see him." :j Dickey looked from the man to the | pheasant and from the pheasant to the j mun. Then he said: I "Would you mind giving me a bit of | writing to show my father about it?" j "Not at alt," and, sitting at a desk, j he scratched word that he had -given I the boy the bird and signed his name. | Dickey was sent to school by his fa | tlier's employer and afterward given jan engineering course in college. He i fore he had graduated a place was ! ready for him in Mr. Keith's service, | and lie was rapidly advanced. Ho is j now thirty-four years old, and rumor | has it that he will succeed to the mnn j agement of his benefactor's vast eu i terprises. owner, and the violin has been contin uously in the possession of the Yeary family since its purchase by Marcus from the conservatory of the famous Danker. It was made by Francisco Ruggiero in Cremona, Italy. It was worm eat en and broken for several years until a few months ago, when Yeary had it ' repaired. A Warning. A new railway was being made, and, the design including a small farm, the officers of the line paid a visit to the owner, an old lady. "Madam," said the surveyor, "we un derstand that you own this farm, and it is my duty to inform you that our new railway will run through your barn." "Oh, will it?" said tlio old lady. "Well, let me tell you that the last train will have to be not later than 9 o'clock, because you'll not catch me sitting up after that to open the doors for it or anything else. So mind!"— New York World. Tassa or John. Harry Highflyer—Bring me deini. Waiter Tas.se or john? Leslie's Weekly. Realized Hia Limitations. A well dressed man entered a Euclid avenue florist's establishment the oth er day, threw down a live dollar bill and said he wanted some flowers to take home. He was a bit unsteady", and It was evident to the florist that the flowers were to be a peace offer ing. The proprietor picked out half a dozen big chrysa«tbemum% and thp caller started to leaves At the door he stopped and inquired: "Watsch jmma-o" these flowers?" "ChrysantfUemuaiß." • , • "Ain't you the joker! Gimme pinks." —Cleveland Plain,fSaier. * \ \ u LINGO OF RAILROADERS. Some of Their Queer Expression! and What They Mean. The talk of trainmen is replete with picturesque slang. A collection of these expressions maile by the Rail road Man's Magazine reached aston ishing proportions. A locomotive is called a "mill," "ket tle," "scrap heap," "junk pile" and fre quently and familiarly referred to us the "old girl." A fireman is known an a "tallow pot," a "diamond dealer," a "diamond pusher" and in this day sometimes as a "stoker." The heaviest type of consolidation engine is known as a "battleship;" the lighter type of consolidation is called a "hog." Although the term "hog" is generally applied to all engines now adays, in the strictest sense of railroad language it should be used only when referring to locomotives of the consoli dation type. A new fireman or brakeman is a "student." A "boomer" in the strictest sense of the term is a man who stays only about one pay day on a division. A locomotive engineer is known as a "hoghcad," "hogger," "eagle eye," "throttle puller," "runner" or "engine man." Freight brakemen are called "shacks," "strong arms," "twisters," "brakies," "cullies" and "dope artists." "Varnish ed cars" are passenger coaches. A "gon" is a gondola or coal car. A "steel gon" is sometimes called a "whalebelly" or a "battleship." A re . frigerator car is a "reefer." "Taking her by the neck" is used when an engine is made to pull a heavy "rag" up a steep hill or around a sharp curve. "Patting her on the back" is an expression used when the reverse ieyer is down in the corner and is gradually hooked up notch by notch on the quadrant as the saturated steam is worked off. "Making her pop" is to maintain a tire so that the instant the engine stops working she blows off. | •J. FOR AN AUTOGRAPH, . •> •> Life is a leaf of paper white •> *•* Whereon each one of us may writers' His word or two, and then comes X night, j .5. "Lo, time and space enough," we ❖ cry, •> | *t* "To write an epic!" So we try *:* X Our nibs upon the edge and die. I ❖ •> ! *:* Muse not which way the pen to Y [ X hold, <•;. j •}* Luck hates the slow and loves the * : X bold; £ | .j. Soon come the darkness and the .j, j cold. •J. Greatly begin; though thou have .j. *;* time *> X For but a lino, be that sublime. . X Not failure, but low aim, is crime..*. ? *•* .j. Ah, with what lofty hope we came! X ❖ But we forget it, dream of fame Y 'And scrawl, as I do here, a name. '•* I .J - —James Russell Lowell. X DOCK FOR SUBMARINES. i France Has Big Plant For Salvage oj Underwater Craft. j A floating dock for the salvage of submarines which the French govern | ment has had built will endow the | French navy with one of the finest ! plants in existence for the purpose in j tended. The problem has been solved in -a simple way by the constructors j of the French navy, says Shipping ll | lustrated. In order to give the struc | ture the necessary stability to perform I its work as well as rigidity the hull ; has been divided iuto two parallel sec j tions, joined above by a series of beams. These two sections form a unique cais { sou at forward end, so that a bow view of the dock reveals a hull similar to that of an ordinary seagoing ship." The two floating sections . have straight and smooth surfaces internal ly, and are shaped outside almost ver tically with flat bottom and the usual concave stern, each section having an independent rudder. The sections are joined astern by a permanent bridge, which can be used to maneuver tho vessel, while contributing to structural stiffness. The overhead beams are ten In number, and each is fitted with two lifting platforms, one on each side, having a capacity of seventy-five tons. All the liftjng platforms are hydrauli cally connected, -.so as to insure a uni form tension. The. actual power of all the lifts is thus 1,500 toils, which gives a reserve power of 500 tons. All the lifiiug apparatus Is electrical ly operated, power being supplied by | two dynamos of eighty-five kilowatts | each. The floating sections of the dock i are divided into water tight compart i ments by longitudinal and transverse bulkheads, and water ballast has been Installed to the extent of 100 tons to | supply the trimmjna tanks. The dock is fitted as a complete seagoing ship to act independently after being tow ed to the scene of its work. Chinese Telephone Girls. It is a curious thing; but proportion ately the Chinese are about the most extensive patrons of the telephone In America, particularly the long dis tance and especially in San Frnucisco. The San Francisco Chinese telephone business is so large that a year ago they built in that city a special Chi nese-American exchange in the form of a pagoda with three roofs, one above the other, the number of roofs indicating the importance of the bulld L ing. Chinese "hello" girls are in this exchange. Tragedies In Headlines. "Had Left His Railroad Ticket In His Other Clothes." t'Woman Had Hidden Her Money In 1 Cook Stove." ' «*; * '
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