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Mhi'Uiir Young Trees.
Newly set troeB, save the cherry,
houtd bo severely cut bark. A good
tart la half the race, anil nowhere
floes It have more significance than
In the now orchard. With proper
pruning, cultivation and fertilizing
sou may reasonably hope (or a
strong, vigorous and healthy tree
which will bo able to give returns In
Fay of largo yields of luscious fruit.
Lowell noudebush, In the National
Stockman and Farmer.
) . Cilvc the Chirks Dry Quarter.
Our chicks, somo thirty, have been
remarkably healthy and vigorous
this summer. So havo those ot a
neighbor, who has three times as
many as we. We are not specially
successful chicken .growers, nor are
our chicks exempt from that univers
al peBt lice, but we have scarcely
loBt a biddy yet. We attribute our
success to the dry season and dry
quarters. Tho fowls have plenty of
yard room, but no grass for the little
fellows to run into. If we were go
ing Into the poultry business on a
large scale we should locate the
coops on sloping ground, and keep
the surroundings clear of weeds and
grass till the chicks were halt grown,
and able to take care of themselves.
A fool hen, in a big grasRy yard, can
kill inoro chicks than all her eggs
are worth. Indiana Farmer.
l Feeding Work Horses, "
Experience and observation teach
US that horses that are at work
Should be fed at regular Intervals,
and after eating, a half hour's rest
given to a tired animal, as it ie hurt
ful to require tfiem to work on a full
stomach immediately after eating. If
,work horses are fed every five hours
the meals are digested pretty well In
the Intervals between eating, and so
the horse is in much better condition
(or work. A horseman says that
most people know how a bucket ot
.water will stop a race liorso, but few
think how the overcharged stomach
affects the lungs of a horse whon at
,work. A horse when fed while heat
ed, and out of breath cannot digest
Its food, and the result is diarrhoea,
or curiously enough, the extreme op
posite in the form of colic or indi
gestion. Indiana Farmer.
Keep Cultivator Working.
Farmers havo learned that tho cul
tivator has other uses besides keep
ing down the weeds; true, the weeds
arc destroyed by the process, but the
Judicious stirring ot the soil incites
growth and consorves tho moisture
In the soil, which Is of immenso ben
efit to the plants later in the season
When prolonged droughts are likely
to eilnt. Again, cultivation means
Increased crops, hence tho work ia
one which may bo done with profit.
In tho orchard cultivation, very
shallow, mainly for the purpose of
conserving tho moisture In tho soil
and breaking up tho surface which
Is likely to bake, pays full as well
as with a cultivated crop, and It is
especially valuable when combined
with the cover crop, the seeding be
ing dono in late July or early Aug
ust, and the cover crop plowed un
der in tho spring to add humus to
the soil, something much needed by
most soils in which trees are set.
Indianapolis News.
Fertility Must He Kept.
It i3 estimated by somo of the lead
ing agricultural chemists that the
world's supply of phosphorus, a very
Important and essential element of
plant food, and without which no
plant can bo grown, will, under our
present wasteful system of agricul
ture, be exhausted within tho next
& fty years.
The stupendous waste of soil fer
tility that has occurred in this and
other countries in the, past must be
speedily checked. This" means that
a new system of agriculture which
economizes the plant food in the soil
without diminishing the yield of the
crops produced, is being developed.
In other words, this system will take
thought of the future as well as of
the present productiveness of the
land. This means that the farmer
of the future must be acquainted
with the soil aad understand how to
manage it so as to secure the largest
yield with the least injury to his
land. H. J. Waters, Columbia, Mo.
V Fertilizers on Home Garden.'
TtlA lM.Utn1 f..t!tt. 11
that the amateur wants answered
are just these: What to use, in what
quantities?
Most of the articles and all the
books on fertilizers lay special stress
upon the food values and costs.
.Though of great Importance to the
farmer, these details are only of mi
nor interest to the amateur. The
great problem for the home gar
dener is how to get earlier, larger,
better fruit, vegetables and flowers.
There are three great plant foods,
nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash.
The one most likely to be deficient
In the soil is nitrogen. The trouble
Is that the salts that are available
for the plant are so soluble that they
are quickly washed out of the soil.
Stable manure gives nitrogen In
small quantities over a comparative
ly long period, and is valuable on
that account. Its vegetable matter
:( giving bumus and holding water)
Is also an important factor, render
ing It especially valuable on light or
sandy soils.
Many people have a notion that a
black soil must of necessity be a
rich one. But, on the contrary, U
may be almost devoid of nitrogen,
and so stands in need of some fertil
izer. Whilst It Is true that garden
soils In general have a sufficiency ot
both potash and phosphoric acid In
them, the chances are that these two
food materials are to a certain extent
"locked up" that Is, they are not
Immediately avnllable to the plant,
and are only taken out by slow de
grees. Therefore, the amateur gardener
will find that tho bcBt all-round fer
tilizer for him to buy Is one with aa
abundance of nitrogen, and moderate
quantities of the other two bus
stances. Of course, for large opera
tions, spcclnl compounds ot fertilise
ers are an economy, and, while tho
same thing holds good in theory oa
the small scale, yet in practice, as
the amount involved Is so little, It Is
wiser to havo one all-round fertilizer.
Succulent vegetables particularly will
thrive on nitrogen. It makes them
grow rapidly, and that means ten
derness. Potash is used to improve
the quality. Fhosphorlc acid helpB
to build the tissue of the plant. What
a fertilizor contains enn always be
ascertained by reading the analysis
which must accompany It. Look
only for those throe terms. Don't
regard anything else.
How much to use? Of course, the
answer largely depends on the grade
ot the fertilizer. Stable manure can
be spread on three inches thick. A
pound ot nitrate of soda is sufficient
to cover from eighty to 100 square
feet.
Cabbage in the Garden.
The farm housewife who spends
Rome time cultivating cabbage and
less over pastry will bo ahead at the
ond of the year. Hoeing, even, is
not such hard work as some imagine,
If the ground has been jproperly pre
pared. It has been well Bald that
freshly turned sod Is good ground for
cabbage, and Boll In which It was
grown the previous year Is about the
poorest; the latter clause should be
emphasized it club root has Invaded
the premises. The old German rule
ot "two fertilizers to one dirt" still
holds good; for cabbage ground can
scarcely be mado too rich. And to
economize this fertility It Is best to
manure In the hill, thoroughly mix
ing it with tho soil. Any well rotted
stablo manure Is good, but nothing
Is bettor than poultry droppings.
For winter cabbage the srwil may be
best planted in the hill, putting in
four or five seeds, and reserving only
tho most thrifty ones as the plantB
attain the sizo for transplanting.
This will usually give a surplus for
filling vacant places, and perhaps
supply a neighbor. For early use It
is best to start seed in boxes. Trans
plant at evening or on a cloudy day,
lotting the boxes In which the plants
are be thoroughly wet for several
hours before, in order that tho stems
may become full of moisture. With
these precautious they seldom suffer
the check in growth that becoming
badly wilted is sure to cause, riant
deep, and firm the earth about the
plants. Hoe often enough to keop
tho weeds down and tho soil light.
Earth kept light and porous absorbs
more moisture and is loss Ruscoptible
to drouth than when compacted. If
the heads incline to burst, tip them
partly over, thereby breaking some
of the roots. Should this not avail,
use them at once. They will soon be
fit only for stock. '
When the white butterfly appears
it is time to guard against cabbage
worms. Soapsuds sprinkled over the
plants are often effective. Vood
ashes are a still more forceful rom
cdy. Hellebore and parls green are
said to be harmless until the cabbage
begins to head, but I'll go without
cabbage rather than use any that has
been bo doctored. Destroy all co
coons found; they are frequently
seen clinging to board fences or un
palnted buildings in the vicinity.
Salt and water or flour dusted over
the plants when the dew is on are
standard remedies. Early cabbage
will be out ot the way In time to
make room for celery. Even where
a second crop Is not expected from
the ground it is wise to feed the
stump and refuse leaves to stock and
remove the entire plant, which may,
if left, become a harbor for Insects
of fungous growth. The main thing
is to start right, h ertillze and culti
vate to Induce rapid growth, and in
sects will do llttie harm. Bessie L.
Putnam, Conneaut Lake, Pa.
Farm Notes.
Anything which checks the growth
ot an animal for a single day is a
loss of a day's feed and a day in the
time of maturing.
Remember, to grow bone, muscla,
feathers and flesh a varied diet Is
necessary, and the food must be of
the very best, whatever is used.
Do not tempt your hogs by placing
them In a ramshackly old pen. Make
the pen good and strong. After a
hog once gets out, it Is hard to keep
him In.
Be sure to have suitable gutters
around the upper side of the coops
that will prevent all possibility ot
water running In the coops during
heavy sudden showers.
Hogs and growing pigs may be
turned into the orchard where they
will have shade and can eat the early
falling fruit. Hogs are about th
only stock that can be turned into
an orchard without doing some dam
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A Western college professor says
that football promotes anarchy
Axtoll, 2.12, n trottin:? stallion,
once sold for $105,000, died at Torre
Haute, 1ml.
nanjitHliighl, the famous Indian
cricket player, has become the Jam
of Navanasar.
F. O'Xeil'H Pcnarrla won the $10,
000 Grand Union Hotel stake at the
Saratoga race track.
Mike Dwyer, famous race track
plunger, died of a paralytic stroke at
his cottage at tho Brooklyn Jockey
Club.
Clarence M. Peacock's Pirate won
the Glascow and $1000 champion
ship motor boat trophies at Fron
tonac. Lady Gail Hamilton won the fast
est race ever trotted on tho Potigh
keepsle track, gaining a record of
2.06.
King Edward cabled his congratu
lations to Mr. F. M. Smith for his vic
tory with the sloop Effort in the
King's Cup race.
By defeating Bryn Mawr in the
final game of the series. Myopia won
the Point Judith polo cups. Tho
score was 12 to
Martin Sheridan threw the discus
137 feet 11 inches at Celtic Park,
New York City, beating his Olympic
record by 10.2-3 inches.
Charley Daly, the former Harvard
and West Point football player, and
generally considered the best quarter-back
that ever passed a ball, has
resigned from the Artillery Corps to
engage in private business.
Englishmen are laughing at the
Idea that they are fast losing their
prestige in athletics. They say other
countries can occasionally wrest
championships from them, but that
their tight little Island has more men
of muscle to the acre than any other
country on earth.
Except as a decorative feature in
fox hunting, stag hunting and the like,
the horse has made hla exit from po
lite literature and,', appropriately
enough, the equipages which he draws
have gone lumbering after him, prop
hesies the New York Mail. Hereafter
we shall find the faithful friend of
man exiled to dialect stories and pas'
torals which tell ot circuit riders in
the Southern mountains, shrewd,
kindly horse traders, simple-minded
peasants or that life In "ye olden
time" which we have been wont to
associate with pictures of English
stage coaches and ruddy-faced squires
armed with pewter mugs and long
churchwardens.
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NKWSV GLEANINGS.
Navy chaplains want more pay.
One person in every 1200 Is blind.
Spain is enjoying a business boom
Over 32,000 autos are registered
In Now York.
Pernla is to have a Constitution
and a Parliament.
Japan Is determined to construct a
large mercantile navy. .
Demoralization Is spreading In lira
Russian army and navy.
Owing to the failure of the Labra
dor fishing season a fish famine is
likely.
Mr. Root spoke In Argentina In fa
vor of a union of hearts In all the
Americas.
The Oyster Bay (N. Y.) tax asses
sors increased the assessment this
year by $1,000,000.
Captain Richmond Pearson Hob
son thinks it would be' easy for Ja
pan to capture the Philippines.
Within three weeks nearly thirty
tons of gold specie have been trans
ferred from England to America.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Workman, ol
Worcester, Mass., climbed a mount
ain In India more than 23,000 feet
high.
The rules of settlement adopted by
a number ot fire insurance companies
amount to a practical repudiation ot
their San Francisco obligations.
Landrat von Uslar.whom the Kais
er sent to German Southwest Africa
to discover water with the aid of bis
divining rod, has located fifty-three
springs. ,
In South Africa the tension be
tween negroes and Englishmen is in
creasing. Not only are there occa
sional outbreaks of rebellion, but a
general condition of unrest and ex
citement. The suffragettes ct mngiana ue
had one of their meetings broken us
by outsiders, and now know how It is
themselves. Mr. Kelr Hardle, wac
had come to address the strenuous sis
ters, notes the New York Press, climb
ed a high picket fence and took to the
tall timber, but it. is refreshing tc
note that Mrs. Sal.'lvan, one of tho
leaders of women's rights movement,
stood her ground manfully and knock
ed down two male disturbers of the
peace with her clinched fist in an et
orl to restore order.
They're finding thorium in tne
Island of Ceylon. You can't keep any
thing hidden now that the rage of In
vestigation and exposure is In full
cry. Is the comment ot the Kansas
City Star.
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A Hiawatha clergyman preached s
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text, 'Thou are weighed In the bal
ance and found wanting." After the
congregation had listened about aa
hour some began to get weary and
went out; others followed, says the
Kansas City Journal, gTeatly to the
annoyance of the minister. Soon an
other person started, whereupon the
preached stopped his sermon and
said: "That's rlsht, gentlemen; as fast
as you are weighed pass oat"
In London's underground railway 11
has been found that very few men
will spit on the new and bright lino
leum with which the floor ot the cars
are covered.
King Alfonso Intends to Introduce
golf In Spain. A remarkable thing
about his playing Is that when he
makes a bad stroke be smiles, say
only "hi!"
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showing conditions aa they really ex
ist. Statutes and statistics are not the
only terms In which facts can be leg
itimately expressed, declares the Chi
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are open, the man who selects the one
that offers most license must be
judged by the highest standard of sin
cerity, veracity and ability.
By holding sun spots responsible for
volcanic disturbances, scientists bring
us back to the old qutution, "What
are we golax to d u'.:vjiit if!" suggest
the Wil. 'h :i
Spain Is the only country that has
a coinage bearing a baby's head on
It Coins bearing the babv head ot
King Alfonso were issued la 1SSS.
The Canadians are discussing tae
advisability of annexing Jamaica.