SEED CORN STORAGE.
A Western Corn lloime Contracted
on Neiv l.lnca.
A full sized model of n seed corn
storage house that Is In constant uso on
a Scott county (111.) farm wns display
ed nt tho 1003 Illinois state fair. It Is
depicted In the cut from the Orange
Judd Farmer, which nays In regard to
the method of construction:
The house Is IS by 30 feet and meas
ures nine feet under the eaves. The
frame Is made of 1 by IS uprights, and
the slats for holding the cars of corn In
MODEL SKKU COKN HTOllAUK HOUSE.
place ore 1 by IVi Inches, placed three
and a half Inches apart, up uud down.
This house holds 5lK) bushels of ear
corn In the racks, and there Is space
for Bavins 150 to 200 bushels In the
attic, so to speak.
The house Is three feet above the
ground and set on pols ten Inches In
diameter, surmounted on the top by
tin, so that It Is mouse proof. It Is
covered with we .ithcrbonrillng on the
outside has a wlini:w In each end, a
do. iv an i two wi.ic.iws ou.each side,
Willi a window hi each gable. In the
t'.oar there are three or four openings
made by taking up three boards.
These places and the lower windows
are covered with wire netting to pre
vent the entrance of rats and mice. A
cupola on the roof, with slats In the
sides, completes the ventilating scheme.
Particular attention Is called to the
necessity of having a I'ree circulation
of air. This Is accomplished by the
openings In the floor and windows.
With that arrangement Mr. Grout, on
whose farm the house is built, states
that he has had no trouble In securing
a complete drying out of his seed corn.
He especially emphasizes the necessity
of having the openings in the floor, as
1he-'e Induce perfect ventilation.
Should the weather be warm and
wet during the harvest period or Inter,
before the turn Is thoroughly dried, a
small stove may be used to heat the
air and cause circulation. Around the
base a twelve Inch board Is placed.
This completes the house and makes
It one of the most effective In Illinois.
If your seed Is dried out thoroughly
In tills way before the cold weather
sets in the percentage of kernels that
will not germinate Is reduced to the t
minimum.
Wintering Cabbagea.
A method for wintering cabbages
for spring use is to stand them, roots
up, in rows upon the ground In a well
drained spot and cover titem with
ridges of earth. If you want to keep
them from freezing, so you can get at
them any time during the winter, an
other method must he employed. Leave
the cabbages outdoors as long as safe,
then put them Into a barn or other
outbuilding and let them get thorough
ly chilled, but not frozen through;
then cover them with' straw, hay or
chalt enough to prevent them from
freezing solid, or you may put them
In a heap outdoors, over them with a
roaf of old boards, straw and earth.
The sides of the structure may be
.simply stuffed with plc.iiy of straw
or dry forest leaves.
Fattening lloarii.
A number of experiments lu fact,
nearly a hundred show that to produce
ICO pounds of gain ou the hog in the
fattening pen It takes an average of
either 485 pounds of corn, 529 pounds
of Kaffir corn, 472 pounds of oats, 439
pounds of peas, 452 pounds of wheat or
432 pounds of mixed grain. This shows
that hogs make a more prolltable gain
on a ration of mixed grain. The above
figures are from pens where nothing
but grain was fed no pasture or green
feed was given. In the Kansas station
an acre of alfalfa hay produced 770
pounds of pork without grain.' This
shows that pasture has nn important
part to play in the ration for hogs and
that gains can be mnde more eco
nomically on dry lot feeding. Ex
change. Handy Addition to Farm Wagon.
Here is a handy addition to a farm
wagon, figured by Farm .Journal a
ttep added to the rear end of a farm
unison by means of two stout iron sup
ports. This step
win prove a
great comfort It
saves a lot of
strain in getting
lu and out of tho
wagon when un
loading, and
when one is lift
lug boxes, bas
WAGON BTEI'.
kets or bags in or out It is a halfway
plate ou -which to res't. Then, too, one
can tip a box or barrel over on edge
against the step and then lift the other
end and tip it into tho wagou. One
person cn easily load bcxes aid bar
rels in this way uud not lift much
more than half the weight at any time.
DURABLE FENCE POSTS.
Good Point That Are Clnlmvd For
Hc-eufoi -,, d C'crocid.
There is a constantly Increasing de
mand for some form of fence post
which is not subject tj decuy. The life
of wooden posti Is very limited, and
the scarcity of suitable timber In many
localities has made it Imperative to
llnd n substitute f"?if port 1? prove
thoroughly satisfactory must fulfill
three conditions: First, it must be ob
tainable at a reasonable cost; second.
It must possess suillcient strength to
meet the demands of general farm use;
third. It must not be subject to decay
and must be able to withstand success
fully the effects of water, frost and
lire. Although Iron lists of various
designs are frequently used for orna
mental purposes, their adoption for
general farm use is prohibited by their
excessive cost. Then, tOJ, iron posts
xpiiKed to the weather are subject to
corrosion, t prevent which they should
lie repainted from time to time, and
this Item will entail considerable ex
pense In cases where a large number of
posts nre to be used.
At the present time the material
which seems most nearly to meet these
requirements Is re-enforced concrete.
The Idea of constructing fence posts
of concrete re-enforced with Iron or
steel Is by no means n new one, but on
the contrary such posts have been ex
perimented with for years, and a great
number of patents have been Issued
covering many of the possible forms of
re-cnfoveeinent. It Is frequently stated
(hat a reMMiforced concrete post can be
mail" and put In tho ground for the
sar.-.e price as a wooden post. Of
ciurw this will depend in any locality
r; hi the relative value of wood and
t!:e various materials which go to make
up concrete rost, but In the great
nnj'ity of cases wood will prove the
cheap r material In regard to first cost.
On the other ha:id. a concrete post will
la.:t Indoliuitely. Its strength Increasing
with age. whereas the wooden post
must be replaced at short Intervals,
p.'o' ibly making It more expensive In
the long run.
In regard to strength, it must be
'oviie in mind that It Is not practlca
Me to make concrete fence posts as
: trong as wooden posts of the same
sizi. but since woodon posts, as a rule.
iim i.i;iuy times stronger than Is neees-
ary this difference In strength should
lot condemn tho use of re-enforced
concrete for this purpose. Moreover,
siren rlli in niauy cases is of little Iin
; ortaiicp. the fence being nsed only as
a dividing Hue, and in such cases small
concrete posts provide ample strength
and present a very uniform and ueat
nvenranee. In any case, to enable
concrete posts to withstand the loads
hey arc called upon to carry sufficient
irength may lie secured by means
of re-enforcement, and where great
strength is required this may be ob
tained by using a larger post with n
renter proportion of metal and well
'traced, as Is usual hi such cases. In
lint of durability concrete Is unsur
1 assed by auj material of consirue
iion. It oilers a perfect protection to
tiV metal re-enforcenient and Is not
tsell" affected by exposure, so that a
I ost constructed of concrete re-enforced
with steel will last Indefinitely and
require no attention lu the way of re
pairs. Farmer's Bulletin.
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Homemade Ladder.
The nccompanyiug Illustration shows
how to construct a convenient ladder
to be Used about
the farm build
ings and in the
fruit orchard,
where the trees
are low. It can
be made nny de
sired height, and
the construction
is not at all dif
ficult. It Is too
good a thing to
be without, t'f.e
strong material,
hickory b e I n s
admirable for
farm laiim:;;.
'lit! crossbars. American Agriculturist.
Altai; -( 1' r South.
I I the great bottoai of the ZargO'
ilelta region of the Mississippi, from
Vic'isburg on the south to, near tils'
;jt: lino o:i ;hj u..-Ui, along ihe line
of the Southern railway the greatest
crops of alfalfa lu (he south tire raised.
I! Is only during the past few year.
that southern farmers could be In
iHlced to cultivate the crop, but It has
; .roved very. ncos.ul where proper
methods have been employed." In the
r.olta region last season- one planter
n-iU.lc five cnttgs from a single field
of alfalfa, securing over a! ton per
acre each cutting, which Is worth from
JKI to $18 per ton in that region, says
v'ountry Gentleman.
Hlllalde Fnrma.
The hill lands of Georgia are not
permitted to wash away down tho
steep hillsides. Around such hills
there nre bands or terraces thrown
up with great care to stop the down
ward rush of water, and thus the
washing tendency Is checked us soon
ns begun. These belts of firm sod laud
are most effective. They rise one above
the other in stops of five or eight feet
in vertical height. The rows bend
around the hill, conforming strictly to
these terrnces. This Is a most excel
lent system and one badly needed on
many farms of the new southwest.
Exchange.
To Eradicate Bnrdovk.
If merely cut off at or near the sur
face, burdocks wilksprout again. The
only sure way to get rid of them for
ever Is to pull tliem up, roots and all,
it to cut them off uenr the ground and
lour a small quantity of kerosene, tur
pentine or sulphuric acid upou the root
left In the ground.
THE GRANGE
Conducted by
J. W. DARROW, Chtth.ni. N. Y
Prat Correspondent New Tork Btate
Orange
INCORPORATING GRANGES.
Advantaase Obtained by Iilcorpnrn
tlon Over Anaoclatton.
The question often arises among
members of the grange, What advan
tage Is there in Incorporating a grange
under the laws of the stnte? A grange
that Is duly organized under the au
thority of a charter from the national
grange Is an unincorporated associa
tion or society of Individuals. The as
sociation of Its members is governed
by their constitution or bylaws formu
lated In accordance with the constitu
tion and bylaws of the state or na
tional grange Nevertheless such nu
association has a well defined legal
status under the laws of the state.
To cliauge this association into an in
corporated body gives It the same
status virtually as a person and having
all of the powers and privileges of a
single person In so far as these powers
and privileges do not go beyond the
scope of the charter of Incorporation.
What powers and privileges, then, nre
galued by Incorporation? The broad
principle may be laid down that the
chief advantage which a corporation
has from incorporation lies In the fact
thnt the members of the corporation
are relieved from personal liability for
the debts of the corporation.
In Pennsylvania and In some other
states corporations are known as cor
porations for profit and those not for
profit. The grange Is a corporation not
for profit, and as such Its members are
not personally liable for any debts of
the corporation. A creditor seeking to
recover a claim would be confined to
the property of the corporation and
could not proceed to sell the property
of Individual members, ns he could If
It were a partnership. In nn unincorpo
rated grange the property of the asso
ciation is the property of all the mem
bers, and upon dissolution of the asso
ciation the property must be divided
among the members In- Just proportion.
In a word, then. It may be stated
that the subordinate or Pomona grange
gains no powers by Incorporation, but
the members thereof gain the advan
tage of exemption from personal lia
bility for the debts of the association,
and It ' Is deemed advisable for any
grange that , Intends entering upon
commercial transactions or Into any
mercantile business to become Incor
porated. THE POMONA GRANGE.
Duties of the Coantr Lecturer Denn
ed Pomona Grange Programme.
Mrs. F. t. Saunders, the efficient
lecturer of the Michigan Btate grange,
points out some of the requirements
for a successful Pomona grange meet
ing in the following extracts, which
we take from an article In an agri
cultural paper:
"Strictly speaking the Tomoua grange
Is a fifth degree body, though much
of Its work Is done lu the fourth de
gree. In fact, the business of auy
grange Is transacted In the fourth de
gree. Pomona grange officers preside
and wear the regalia of the fifth de
gree. When working the fifth degree
the assistants shall lu taking up the
work require, first, the Pomona an
nual; second, the fifth degree work;
third, the fourth degree auuual; last
ly, the fourth degree work.
"It Is the duty of the Pomona lec
turer to prepare the programme and
announce the same to all granges In
the county at least ten days before
the meeting. . Ia most counties this
is done through a little printed slip
or folder programme, a copy of which
Is mailed to each subordinate lecturer,
who upon receipt of same will prompt
ly present It to his or her grange. A
copy should also be sent each member
whose name appears on the pro
gramme. In addltlou, the Pomona
lecturer should arrange for publication
of the programme in all the local
papers In the county. We may say
that the first requirement toward a
successful Pomona grange Is for the
lecturer to prepare a good programme
and then advertise It well. As the Ju
risdiction of the Pomona grange Is the
entire ' county, let the meetings be
widely known throughout the county."
Abovt Grans Bpeeohoo.
Of all the errors that a grange speak
er can commit we believe that to make
too lengthy address to about the
greatest. The speaker must be In
tensely Interesting and have a very
Important message If he attempts to
hold the attention of an audience at
one of the field day meetings or any
other for an hour. Better far to speak
thirty minutes and have the undivided
attention of the audience than to talk
an hour and have the audience rejoice
when you close. It will be well for
most speakers to remember what the
old Scotchman had to say about the
preacher. Coming out of church before
the service was ended, his friend nc
eosted him and asked, "Is the preacher
through?" The old Scot replied, "Ho
was through a half hour ago, but he
hasn't stopped yet."
A Bnalneaa Granite. f
Pamola grange in the town of Han
cock, Me., runs a general store. It
has done so for eighteen years. Its
business last year amounted to over
$28,000, with a net profit of over $4,
000. Goods were sold to members 6
per cent less thun to outsiders, and 6
per cent dividends were paid on the
capital stock. After dividends and
running expenses are paid the balance
goes into the grange treasury. About
JlO.OOO worth of goods are Uept on
band.
TREES AT ROADSIDES.
Talnnble In Prolniittiim the Life ot
the ltoud.
Now thut the work of road construc
tlonAie in full progress It seems a proper
time to consider what to do with the
roadside, says Good ltoads Magazine.
The advantages of setting out tresis
along the highway, the , planting of
shrubbery uud flowers aud the elimina
tion of features which do not tend to
make attractive have been frequently
dwelt upon In these columns.
In some of the states the question is
looked upou as much a part of the
system as the roadbed Itself, and laws
have been passed providing for plant
ing trees and cutting noxious weeds,
while In others the subject does not
appear to have been given the consider
ation It deserves.
Many fanners believe ihat nothing
but grass should be allowed to grow
along the roadside. The reason for tills
Is no doubt duo partly to the fact of
their conservatism lu following lu the
footsteps of their ancestors, and this
prevents them from looking at the
subject In any other light than that It
Is the proper thing to do to make a
clean sweep of everything In the shnpe
of trees and shrubbery.
Among their arguments nre that the
trees cause drifting during the winter
ONE OK JKIISIIT'S OtlOU lit).. 1)8.
season and their shulu produces a
danipuess lu summer which Is undesir
able. The building of macadam roads
has materially changed conditions.
Trees do make moisture, and that Is
what Is wanted to preserve and pro
long the life of the stone road.
The highways of France are note.l
for the beautiful trees along their sides
and the French road builders recognize
their value in affording shade aud mois
ture, the latter being considered an es
sential element In maintenance.
Fruit trees and walnut or other nut
bearing trees can be made to yield a
profitable Income as well ns to furnish
shade and add beauty to the landscape.
Flowers in the yard close to the road
side are always attractive. How to
beautify the roadside Is certainly a
matter that cannot be given too careful
consideration.
STUPID ROAD WORK.
I'lllnir Weeds In Center of Ilta-hiTar
Wiiih Than Nothing.
There Is no more familiar sight lu
Missouri these dnys than to see men
in nil parts of the corn belt working ou
the highways with graders building
up the center of a road with a mixture
of weeds, sods uud soil, says the Farm
er and Stockman. In a recent drive
of nine miles the roads on more than
half the distance bad been operated
on some weeks before and the center
piled high with the mixture ' named
above that Is, weeds, Bods and soli.
The plan of going over the roads lu
the county with a heavy grader an
nually Is stupid beyond any power of
description. When this Is done the
work of one year simply menus the un
doing of the previous year's labor, aud
as u result such roads are usually in u
constant state of unfitness for traffic.
Our knowledge of good roads has come
through practical experience and, In
cidentally, through the loss of much
perspiration. Our conclusion as the
result of this experience Is that road
makers should aim to build a perfect
piece of earth road each year. We real
ise that it Is often necessary to employ
makeshift methods In order to really
make all roads In the county passable,
aud because of this it Is not expected
that the labor of the year will be put
on n few miles of road.
It Is Impossible to Imagine a poorer1
kind of road material than weeds and
sods, and yet, as stated above,' yon will
often see the center of highways piled
high with this mixture. When It 'be'
comeo 'necessary to1 pile dirt In the
center of the road those 'doing the
work should take the time to mow;
rake and burn all rubbish before start
ing, the graders. - "
When this Is done It Is then possible
to make some kind of a decent Job of
leveling the surface when the work Is
completed; otherwise the traffic center
limply becomes an ideal - mudhole.
Weeds soon decay, and as the resnlt
one has almost Ideal conditions for the
absorption of water.
You have, In other words, humus
making materlnl on the center of your
road, and such material, as every one
knows, retains moisture with a re
markable degree of persistency.
Motor Cam and Good Roada.
It Is announced on behalf of the
American Motor Cur Manufacturers'
association that n department will
soon be provided that will have In
charge nil matters connected with the
making of better highways in all parts
of the United States, says the Cleve
land riain Dealer. The officials say
that Investigations show thnt not 10
per cent of the roads In the United
States have been. Improved and that
the showing is one of disgrace for
America as against the proportion of
good highways found In other parts of
the world. It will be the business of
this department to not only aid legis
lation where possible, but also to
arouse public opinion.
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Good-Nat ured Clothing
How It does pay to b good-natured ! There
Isn't anything that will to help a nan to bo con
tented and good-natured at good clothes clothes
ho Knows to bo to stylish that they make him
I00R his best, clothes so properly rat and geatr
ously made that he feels his best.
CL0THCRAFT Is that sort-it Is right, then,
to call It good-natnred clothing.
Every CL0THCRAFT garment Is a true expo
Bent of style 1 every one Is cat to fit tho form
without cramping or hindering. .
When you come In you're going to find la
every CL0THCRAFT overcoat the snug collar,
toe smooth-setting Inpe'.s, the concaved iliosl
der, characteristic of this superlative line of
men's coats.' ' '
And when we say only all-wool
fabrics are nsed in CLOTH Cn AFT wo
mean it. You'll And satisfaction at
ones and it will last. :
Yet Cltthcrait prices ere low
prices.
You really ought to th- Clotbcnlt 5tyla
Book. Iff in.
BING-STOKE CO.
REYNOLDSVILLE, PA.
N. HANAU
Fall
Ladies' Coats, Misses' Coats,
Children's Coats from 25 to
40 per cent cheaper than you
can buy anywhere else, .
Children's Cats 75c, $1.00 to $5.00.
Misses' Cxtts $200 to $7.50.
Ladies' Coats;' $3.00 to $12.50.
Saxony Yarn 5 cents,
Ladies' and Children's Underwear, Men's Fleece
lined Underwear 39c. Other places charge you 50c.
Come and see for yourself.
We sell McCail Patterns at 5 and 10c.
N. HANAU.
PURE FOODS
If-
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Many states hsve pass"! Ihwh prohib
iting the salt) uf sen Iih (Ja thai have
been treated by preservatives, unless so
labeled.
The ubjM! trd" mark is a guarantee that oysters or other
foods bearing it re absolutely pure and free from pre
servatives tif any kind. Sealshipt Oysters are free from
water, from ice, from germs, from dirt. They are sealed in
air-tight cases at, the beds and opened at the dealer's. The
ioe is packed around the c e.
Fresh Shipments Daily at
Frank's Restaurant
Single Copies of
May be Secured at The Star Office at any time and in anj
quantity, jfrice per copy, Thkeb Cents,
and Winter I
Goods
REYNOLDSVILLE, PA.
The Star