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SYNOPSIS.
@am Powell, inspired by a government
agent, plans to make a scientific farmer
of himself and to compete for prizes
awarded to the Boys’ Corn club.
Sam works hard cleaning up and ferti-
lizing the wornout farm Miles Fagan rid-
fcules scientific farming, out lets his boy
join the corn club
While blowing out stumps Sam saves
Joe Watson's life. Sam plans his contest
acre of corn and other crops and the
stocking of his farm with cattle
But Fagan understood the cause of
the differénce in the two crops a good
deal better after Mr. Burns happened
along one day a little later and stopped
to talk to him and Sam. who were
working in their respective- fields.
“Hello, Mr. Fagan!" the government
agent called out as he rode up. “How
is it vour corn is behind Sam's here?”
Fagan grinned. "It's because he
planted earlier,” he said.
“How much earlier?”
“Two or rhree days.”
farmer.
Mr. Burns laughed.
Mr. Fagan.” he said. “Two or three
days’ difference in planting would
make hardly any difference in corn.”
At this point Bill Googe. who had
been plowing near by, came up and
replied the
“That wort't de,
“Well, there you have it in a nutshell.”
stood listening. Bill was working bet-
terthis year under the example and in-
fluence of Sam.
" ered other needs of the crops besides
" was—not even so poor, as Sam had
_there are three more important than
. the rest—nitrogen. potash and phos
“Well, 1 don’t know what else could
*a’ made the difference in my corn and
bis,” Mr. Fagan replied, “if it warn’t
the plantin’.”
*] think | know,” said Mr. Burns.
“How deep did you break your land?”
“'Bout four inches.” : :
“How deep did you break yours.
Sam?”
“About a foot. wasn’t it, Bill?’ Sam
asked in turn.
| tuber of plant or tree.
“Well, it wouldn't miss it much.” af- j
firmed Bill. “That old plow was up to,
the beam.”
“How many times did you harrow
your corn, Mr. Fagan?’ continued the
agent.
“1 never harrow corn.”
“How many times did you harrow
yours, Sam?" :
“Twice.” :
“How many times have you plowed
your corn, Mr. Fagan?”
“Twice.”
“How many times have you plowed
yours, Sam?"
“Four.”
“Well, there you have it in a nut
shell,” said Mr. Burns. “You broke
shallow, Mr. Fagan, didn’t barrow and
plowed twice. Sam broke deep, bar-
rowed twice and piowed four times.
Furthermore, youll plow yours only
once more. , Sam’ll plow his two or
three times more. That’s what makes
the difference in the corn. That's why
he’ll gather a whole lot more to the
acre than you”
“That's right, Miles,” said Bill Googe.
“He's tellin’ it straight It can’t be
no other way. | been seein’ it for
some time. and I'm changin’ my way.
We been layin’ by crops when they
warn’t more’n half ‘made. [I didn’t
more’n scratch my land to begin with,
but you bet I'm plowin' shallow and
lots of it. Sam don’t know it, but |
been watchin’ him, and I'm givin’ my
crops the same medicine he does.”
“Yes, there's somethin in your way
of farmin'.' Fagan confessed. “I’ve
been dead wrong. and I'll jes’ own up
I've talked pretty cross to you once or
twice, Mr. Bur 1nd | want
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to jine the corn club
much as he can. | treated him
1 done 2.7
not less so for Florence anu
Mrs. Powell. Florence often helped
ber brother when the work crowded,
and Mrs [Powell put in all her spare
time in the garden, melon patch and
orchard.
On the contest acre Sam was forced
to do all the work himself. The rules
were strict on this point. and after
Bam's patch had been laid off and
measured by a committee he himself
planted the corn and no one else struck
a lick in its cultivation.
Sam’s first planting was the Irish
potatoes.’ He bedded up an acre.
dragged down the beds almost flat and
planted them early in March. Next
came the eontest acre, and when that
was finished he planted four more
acres in corn, making five in all, then
turned to the cotton.
Next came the cape. and Sam sowed
this broadenst and very thick, for he
wanted te make hay of it. If the
stalks grow large and stiff it doesn’t
make good hay .
The young farmer wound up the first
round of planting by sowing the or-
chard in rye. His idea was to let no
bit of ground lie idle. but to keep some-
thing growing on it instead of weeds.
The weed problem was a pretty hard
one for Sam, so many had gone to seed
on the place. But he determined that
pot one should make seed this year.
So he was the busiest firmer in the
whole community. He plowed and
hoed constantly. but it was mostly
plowing, for Sam soon learned that
hoeing is a mighty slow way to kill
weeds and grass compared with plow-
ing
People passing along by the Powell
place marveled at the clean, well cul
tivated little farm. But Sam consid-
cultivation.
The soil of the place was not nearly
so. poor as the neighbors had said it
thought: . The trouble was that the
surface of the ground had merely been
geratched, and he had remedied this by
thorough cultivation Still the crops
lacked something, and be found that |
each acre had certain qualities. As he
studied the farm he began to see that
each bit of land was strong in certain
ways and weak in others.
There was no time to have soll analy-
gis made this year, but he began to
study closely the wild vegetation and
trees growing about and to read the
bulletins nud the book he had bought
on “How (rops Grow.” It wasn't an
easy subj «© nv :ny means. Sam read
and rere... « pook and fipally went
over it vi and studied it page by
page rer. soon be knew “nearly as
much ab “wo 01 he was cultivating
&8 any wo, could have told him.
Here is Ww’. . he lezrned about soil fer
tility :
Acid in soi! that causes crops to fire
and die is 11 ¢icated by sorrel growing
on the land cid ¢an easily be detect
ed alsd by serfiug u siip of ‘blue litmus’
paper for a uickel at the drug store
and pressing it in a ball of the soll
If it turns red there is arid Ap appl
eation of lime cures this.
Crops and plnpts of all kinds are fed
by several elements of the soil. but
phoric acid.
Nitrogen forms the leaves of plants—
that part of the plant body whieh
breathes.
Potash makes the trunk, stalk and
Phosphoric acid reproduces—sets the
blooms and makes abundant seed and
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(or ammonia) encour
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kes firm tuber, bulb
acid makes blooms set
seed pods form abun-
yy «.1.d growth on your farm
is profuse ul your tomatoes and mel-
on vines run to leaf your soil is rich in
nitrogen.
“p. If trees do not thrive, oni- :
seem soggy and tomato vines lack stu.
diness of stalk the soil needs potash.
“g. If your tomatoes, melons, grain
and cotton fail to set plenty of seed
and fruit phosphoric acid is called for.
“7. If you expect to take from your
land a crop rich in leaf, as lettuce, In
crease the proportion of nitrogen in
your fertilizer.
“8. If potatoes or onions are desired
provide plenty of potash
“9. If abundant corn, wheat. cotton
bolls, melons. peaches, strawberries or
tomatoes are wanted see to the phos
phoric acid.”
Sam made use of what he had learn-
ed in planting and cultivating bis
crops. He watched them closely, and
if it seemed to him that any of them
were not doing well he began to hunt
and study out the cause.
Although he had fertilized all of the
farm to some extent before plowing,
he worked manure into the furrows
when he planted his cotton and tried
to give everything he planted the food
it demanded to do its best. He found
out that one good way to apply this
food was to sprinkle it on the surface
of the ground around the plants and
work it in gently with hoe or rake.
Sam made a top application of this
kind to his cotton when it was well
advanced in the summer The soil of
the contest acre had been well fertiliz-
ed in the beginning. but Sam didn’t
want that corn to lack for any of the
elements it needed to make two big.
long ears to each stalk and sometimes
three. He waited until it was just
about ready to silk: then he went to
town and bought 400 pounds of fer
tilizer. He had this mixed to suit him
self, for he had figured out just what
he thought the corn needed—so much
nitrogen and so much phosphoric acid
With this fertilizer he went over each
row of the acre, sprinkled it around
the stalks and worked it into the soil. -
Fine as the corn was before. it now
showed still further improvement. In
a few days it was in full silk, and it
seemed to leap up on receiving the
stimulating food around its roots. But
Sam wasn’t through with the acre yet.
Bvery now and then he went over it
with a plow, just skimming the sur.
fece to break up the crust that com-
menced to form One month it was
unusually dry, and the young farmer
had a chance to see the good effect of
this work. .His corn kept its dark
green color, and by scratching wo
mulch, he found that the soll was per-
fectly wet.
Fagan’s corn across the fence was
burning and wilting in the sun. Sam
climbed over the fence one day and
examined the soil. He found it baked
hard on top. and when he took his
knife and dug a little hole he had to
go nearly six inches before he found
the slightest maisture.
“That shows what conserving the
moisture will do,” he said to himself
as he went back to his field. “T've
splowed this acre a good many times,
but it’s been easy work and didn’t take
long to do it, because it's in good con
dition. I may be mistaken, but I be
lieve I'm going to make a lot of corn
at mighty little cost on this patch.”
Late in the summer. when the corn
was almost made and when other
farmers had long ago laid by their
corn, Sam gave his contest acre a final
plowing and sowed black eyed peas
broadcast among it as he did so. He
had done his best, and it remained to
be seen whether other boys in his state
could beat him.
But if Sam Powell was through with
the one acre he wasn’t through work
by any means. In fact, be didn’t have
much time to think about the contest
(To Be Continued.
.CROUP AND WHOOPINGCOUGH..
Mrs. T. Neureuer, Eau Claire, Wis.,
says, “Foley's Honey ad Tar Com-
pound cured my boy of a very severe
attack o croup after other remedies
had failed. Our milkman cured his
children of whoopingcough.” Foley’s
has a forty years record of similar
cases. Contains .no opiates. Always in-
sist on Foley's. Sold everywhere.
Hundreds of health articles appear
in newspapers and magazines, and in
practically every one of them the im-
portance of keeping the bowels reg-
(ular is emphasized. A constipated
condition invites disease. A dependa-
ble physic that acts without inconve-
nience or griping in Foley Cathartic
Tablets. Sold everywhere.
Do you want the Commercial and
the Pittsburg Dispatch for a year for
$3.75 This is a bargain offer. The Com-
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Underneath the Dust Mulch He Found
That the Soil Was Perfectly Wet.
Sam learned these things from read
‘and learn mor
| leaves were I
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ing. But. when be knew them, all t
had to do was to
: about the farn
ings by obs tion
Where trees gr or h:
he knew that
If flowers formed
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And her brow was lined with furrows,
two inches, just underneath the ‘dust :
THE BELATED TRAIN
In a station, cold and dingy
Sat a crowd of people waiting
For the train that was belated.
On each face was stamped impatience
And some folks, exceeding weary,
‘Waited on in utter silence,
‘While some others, grown so restless
Paced unceasing on the platform.
Men were there with urgent business,
Parents waiting for some loved one,
There a mother sat in silence
Close beside her boy, so manly
In her .ace was silent sadness,
And her lar was turned to silver,
Frcm Ler eyes shown forth so kindly
And the wealth of love a mother
Could bestow upon her loved one,
For her boy from home was leaving,
Going to the distant city,
There his noblest work accomplish,
There to live and make his future,
There his noble work accomplish.
Slowly ticked the station timepiece
Faster worked the operator,
As he sent away a message,
Pausing, then received another.
At his desk the busy agent
Sat and wrote with patient effort
‘While an anxious man addressed him,
“What's the news from Number forty?
“Will be here in thirty minutes,”
Was the agent’s cheerless answer.
Grim expressions crossed the faces,
Tired, impatient, cross and sullen,
They must still endure the waiting
For the railroad’s tardy service.
In the corner sat a loafer,
Indolent and dull in spirit,
Dead to impulse and ambition,
Slave to habits, mean and filthy,
Sat he there in empty silence
In a deep remorseless stupor.
Little cared he for the people,
To a wholesome thought a stranger
Lived but lived without a purpose.
Near the door a lonely woman,
Thinly clad in sombre garments,
Bearing marks of recent sorrow.
Sorrow that no one could fathom.
Might have been her dear companion
Or the child of her affection,
Taken from her humble homestead
That has steeped her soul in sadness
And has made her life so somber.
In the station cold and dingy
Was the patience of the humble,
Was the restless and impatient
Was the pathos of the burdened
Was the indolence of loafers,
Was the gossip of the thoughtless
And the murmur of some voices
In a friendly conversatin.
‘Was the mother’s deep affection
Mingling with a touch of sorrow.
Long the half hour seemed in passing
"Til was heard a distant whistle
Then commotion seized the people,
As they gathered up their parcels
And they said goodbys in parting.
‘All aboard on Number forty,
They were borne away so swiftly
To their distant destinations
Howard Phillips.
GAME LEGISLATION
The Phillips bounty law, placing
the whole bounty system under the’
control of the game commission is’
now a law and no more bounties will
bounty on wildcats has been i&-
creased from $4 to $6; that on weas-
els has been reduced from $2 to $L
that on mink at $1. The bounty on
hawks was removed as it was found
that neither the men who killed ths
nor the justices who took the affi-
-davit knew what kind of hawks were
being killed and hundreds sf beat
claims were paid on chicken and tur
key heads.
IT'S A MISTAKE
Made by Many Residents of Meyers:
dale
Many people in a misguided effort
to get rid of kidney backache, rely
on plasters, liniments and other
makeshifts The right treatment is
kidney treatment and a remarkably
recommended kidney medicine is
Doan’s Kidney Pills. Meyersdale is no
exception.
The proof is at your door. The fol-
lowing is an experience typical of the
work of Doan’s Kidney Pills in Mey-
ersdale.
S. W. Bowman, of Meyersdale, Pa.,
says: “About a year ago I was at-
tacked with terrible pains in my back.
I couldn’t sleep well. The passages of
the kidney secretions were irregular
and painful. I couldn't stoop over or
lif anything. A friend recommended
Doan’s Kidney Pills to me and I used
‘be paid on hawks of any kind. The |
the bounty on foxes fixed at $2 and |
in use for over SO years,
goric, Drops and Soothing
substance.
and allays Feverishness.
Flatulency, Wind Colic,
Diarrhoea.
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THE CENT
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SAAR “ NNR a RN
The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been
has borne the signature of
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is sonal supervision since its infancy.
Z; A TLE Allow no one to deceive you in this.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and ¢¢ Just-as-good ’’ are but
Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of
Infants and Children—Experience against Experiment
What is CASTORIA
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor 1, Pare="
Syrups. It is pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, DNorphine nor otlicr Narcotic
Its age is its guarantee.
Tt destroys Worms
For more than thirty years it
has been in constant use fcr the relief of Constipation,
all Teething Troubles and
It regulates the Stomach and Bowelsy
assimilates the Food, giving healthy and natural sleep. -
The Children’s Panacea—The Mother’s Friend.
cGeNUINE CASTOR! ALWAYS
Bears the Signatu
roc
In Use For Over 30 Years
The Kind You Have Always Bought
NY, NEW YORK CITY,
Are you well stocked on
flour?
We are selling flour for less
than we can buy it.
Now is the time to use Dr
Hess! Stock Tonic, Poul-
try Pan-a ce-a, Louse kil
ler, etc. and you will get
results.
Our Lake Herring are very
nice, price right.
Please let us have your
Grocery orders,
Holzshu & Weimer
SENATOR BURKE
ON CREW LAW
Railroad Men Think Former
Conductor Made Poor
Showing,
Pittsburgh, April 18.
Among railroad employes here the
general impression is that Senator
William J. Burke in his statement on
behalf of the railroad trainmen, as
banded to members of the Legisla-
te on the Full Crew—excess man
orew—Lae did not make much of a
case.
Particularly is it quesiioned what
good for his side the former Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad conductor could have
expected from his attempt to ridicule
Superintendent Phillips, of the Lack:
awanna Railroad, by quoting him as
saying that that company had 76 per
cent. grades. As a matter of fact, Mr.
Phillips made no such statement, even
as a slip of the tongue, but did refer
to a grade ef 78 feet to the mile,
which is net quite 134 per eent.
them. One box zave me relief and 7
used a couple of boxes. Ther made |
me feel all right. I always recom- |
mend Doan’s Kidney Pills to my |
friends and keep them on hand. i
Price 50c, at all dealers. Don’t sim- |
ply ask for a kidney remedy—get
mercial will keep you from getting in-
digestion and give you the county
{news in a thorough manner, while
| the Dispatch will keep you posted on
World News.
Children Ory
FOR FLETCHER'S
ASTORIA
Doan’s Kidney Pills—the same that
Mr. Rowmanhad. Foster-Milburn Co.,
| Props., Buffalo, N. Y.
AUTO LICENSE REVENUES
State revenues from automobile
registration for this year so far,
the figure of $1,185,000,
h 1s the total of the income
from that source during the whole of
11914,
It is also pointed out that Senator
Burke himself in questioning Mr.
Phillips asked eoncerning operating
eonditions on suck grade of 78 feet,
mot of 76 per cent.
It is understood that Senator Burke
will be one of the chief speakers for
the retention of the Full Crew Law
when the Baldwin Bill shall reach the
FIVE CENTS PROVES IT.
. A generous offer. Cut this ad out, en-
close with it 5 cents to Foley & Coq
Chicago, Ill, and receive a free trial
package containing Foley's Honey and
Tar Compound for coughs, colds,
croup, bronchial and lagrippe coughsj
Foly Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartie
Tablets. Sold everywhere.
To feel strong. have good appetite
and digestion, sleep soundly and en-
joy life, use Burdock Blood Bitters,
‘he family system tonic. Price $1.00
LIFE INSURANCE REFUSED.
Ever notice how closely life insur-
ance examiners look for symptoms of
kidney diseases? They do so becaus
weakened kidneys lead to many forma
of dreadful life-shortening afflictins.
If you have any symptoms like pain in
your back, frequent scanty or painful
action, tired feeling, aches and pains.
get Foley’s Kidney Pills to-day. Sold
everywhere.
itch! Itch! Itch!Secraten
Scratch! Scratch! The more you
scratch, the worse the itch. ry
Doan’s Ointment.
For eczema, any
skin itching 50c a box. ad
How to Cure a La Grippe Cough.
Lagrippe coughs demand instant
treatment. They show a serious cond
tion of the system and are weakening,
Postmaster Collins, Barnegat, N. J.
says: “I took Foley’s Honey and Tar
Compound for a violent lagrippe
cough that completely exhausted me
and less than a half bottle stopped tha
cough.” Try it. Sold everywhere.
State of Ohio, City of Toledo t
Lucas County, ss
Frank J. Cheney makes oath tha
he is senior partner of the firm o
F. J. Cheney & Co., doing busines
in the City of Toledo, County and
State aforesaid, and that said firm
will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS foreach and every case
of Oatarrh that cannot be cured by
the use of HALL’S CATARRH
OURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscrib-
ed in my presence, this 6th day of
December, A. D. 1886.
A. W. GLEASON,
Notary Public.
Hall’s Oatarrh Cure is tazen inter.
nally and acts directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system.
Send for testimonials.
F. J. OHENEY, & Co., Toledo, O
Sold by all Druggists, 75 cents pur
bottle.
Take Hali’s Family Pills for Oon
stipation. ad
Demand for the Efncient.
Agert, keen, clear-headed healthy
men and women are in demand. Mod
ern business cannot use in office, fac-
tory or on the road, persons who are
dull, lifeless, inert, half sick or tired.
senate. Not a few are questioning
whether he has net
gotten out of| Wards off disease.
Keep in trim. Be in a condition that
Foley Carthartis
touch with the practical operation of| Tablets clean the system, keep the
railroads since giving up evez the
pne-day-a-year service which for
) stomach sweet, liver active and bow.
long time kept him as an employe ef | €ls regular. Sold everywhere.
the Baltimore and Ohie Rallroad.
Come in and ask us bow many votes
he Hartley-Clutton Piano contest
| you can now get for one year to The
| Commercial.