-1 MILL FEEDS. TOBACCO BREEDING. clrntMp Method of OltlnlnlnK Vnl fornilt) if Slrnlii. Visitors to tlio raited States depart ment of agriculture station In Connecti cut last season were Rlruek with Hie tnnrvelouH results obtained In breeding for uniformity of strains. The work Is to be rnrther carried on. The above Illustrates a choice plant with the seed pod bailed. Seed saved under bag In this manner Is larger, heavier and less 1 Must Depend on Kftrmei'N. We must depend on the farmer who will raise at least a few horses each year In connection with other lines of live atock production and grain grow ing for our supply of horses. The Small farmer who does not have land enough to keep marcs for breeding pur poses exclusively should aim to use mares for work purposes nnd breed them. This will cause some Incon venience In getting the farm work done, but more healthy, normal colts are pro duced hi this way than when the mares are allowed to run Idle. If the mares are worked they will not suffer from lack of exercise, and the foal Is more apt to be grown properly the first sum mer. Farm Mall Delivery. The engraving shows a traveling mail box plan that, according to a writer in the Ohio Farmer, can be operated at any distance, from a few rods to 130 rods. The greate- the dis tance the coarser the wire must be and the tighter It must be stretched. Xo. 9 wire will serve for 130 rods. The two posts must be well braced, si that the I O ' ft v,r TMATELINO MAIL BOX. tops will not lie drawn together and the wire nllowvd to sag. Whenever the wire loosens the brace must be tightened. If the distance traveled Is fhort nnd no loads are to pass under the wire the posts need not be high. After the mail man has put the mull Into the bax he pushes that end up by means of the iron rod. The aide at the house having been lowered, there will be enough fall to 'make tha box travel rr.pldly. Good FitirK. With tlio g;)od'crops, piod season and good demand for live stock nnd farm products generally,, it is no wonder that the fairs 'throughout the country are hnviutt the most successful exhibi tions In many years. The slute fairs whic h have been held so far have been record breakers in every way, and the smaller fairs reported have all been successful. It Is gratifying to know (this, as fairs are the product of the ag ricultural classes, and they show that when the farmers have favorable con ditions they can do things as well as any ether class of business men. Na tional fttockmuu and Farmer. ('HOICK TOBACCO l't.ANT. susceptible to disease than when saved In the ordinary manner. The main yalue of the process is to prevent ac cidental ct,ss fertilisation between poor uml good plants through the agen cy of bees and oilier lusecls. Results are so fa;- nokiole. New Iugland Homestead. Pmfltnhte t ie In t hnniclnir Prom Uri to Dry Food. Increasing attention Is being given by Intelligent farmers nnd stock keep ers everywhere to the use of concen trated feeds, mill stuffs nnd similar substances. This is so because such attention almost Invariably yields a handsome return. The old haphazard methods of feeding are giving way to more careful, more practical and therefore more scientific methods. It Is becoming more common to raise clover, alfalfa, pen vine, horse bean or cowpea hay, so as to have dry fod der or roughage rich in protein to supplement the ordinary hay and grain fodder which are relatively poor In pro tein, but rich In starch and woody fiber. (iralns, mill stuffs and ground feeds are also being employed with more Intelligence nnd greater profit than In former years. Where the protein con taining hays above mentioned are not grown it Is entirely practicable to bal ance up the rations of ordinary hay, corn fodder, corn grain, etc., by feed ing suitable proportions of any of the high grade concentrates, such as old or new process linseed meal, cotton seed meal, grhten feed, gluten meal, etc. Of course In beginning to feed these concentrates It Is Important to start with a relatively small ipiantlty per cow per day and Increase the al lowance as the crentnre's condition and product warrant. Special care Is necessary in this matter at this season and when the cows change from grass or green feed to the dry feed of win ter. One of the safest mixtures to use at this critical period Is corn, oats and barley, ground and mixed In proper proportions. When these grains are finely ground, concludes American Agriculturist, and the resulting feed Is kiln dried the feed seems to be more digestible and Is cer tainly very appetizing. 1UA(JING THE ROAD A MISSOURI FARMER'S DEVICE FOR IMPROVING THE HIGHWAYS. GARDEN HOES. Pench Growing In New Jemey, I do not believe there Is a section In south Jersey that would :;ot gow peaches, but ordinarily ; oo 1, loamy soils are capable of producing n large tree, with the capacity for giving a large quantity of first class fruit. This character of soil makes handsome re turns. While our deep sandy soils the soil that is of little value for the staple crops will produce fruit, In smaller quantities to be sure, of the highest eating and selling qualities fruit that will compare favorably In size, flavor and color with any moun tain fruit I wish to emphasize the fact that these sandy, semlbarren tracts of son!': Jersey sand can be turned Into . liable Investments through the agc.uy of the peach. If the trees are stitllcleiitly fed. the nat ural deficiency of plant food being fur nished, the results are most gratifying. Joseph Barton. Severn! Sorts of Hops Convenient For VnrlouM 1'nrpiiNes. For general use In the garden I like a business hoe, one that Is wide, so as to cut over a large surface or move a good lot of soil at each stroke, and sharp, so as to cut deep and easy. A good file ought to be kept near at hand. Hut we nlso want hoes that can lie used in weeding and especially in weeding onions grown by the trans planting method. They stand several inches 'apart nnd will admit of working fffr- m V J10L3 IN VAH1ETV. U, LiKht and .sharp; 2, worn out hoe cut down for weeds; 2, onion hoe; , new style among them with a narrow bladcd hoe. I used to take an old, well worn hoe, one practically past its usefulness, and cut the blade down at both sides, so as to leave It from comer to corner only two or two and one-half Inches wide, and the corners themselves ut an acute angle, says a writer In Farm and Fire side. As to the new style hoe, it is surely sharp and I believe of Just the right form to be servh-eable for use as a weedcr In onions and other close planted stuff. In short, with hoes of tile right kind it seems to be not much :f a curse to he "the man with the hie." Rhubarb Mar Be Divided. If rhubarb is to be divided it should lie done iu the nuluuin and not left to the spring, when the plants should be doing thelt best work. Cut so each bud will have a good piece of root, and Ket with manure below the soil on which the root rests and manure above the soil covering It the rain and snow of winter will do the rest. Later, If early outdoor stalks are wanted from established roots, a tall box or barrel should he put over each root with Ktraw over the plant and a good wall of well rotted manure inside the in- ! ilosure. There will probably be a ! good growth of tender stalks in the ! riirly spring. ! Winter Turnips. i Good mellow ground is best to use 1 for turnips, but almost any kind will . do. Flow up u piece of oats stubble or pull your onions and cultivate that up. He sure your ground Is harrowed i down well. Select n grind winter vn- rioly of turnip seed. I think the winter purple top the best, i Mix a ten cent package of seed in a half gallon of dry ' ashes and sow the whole broadcast over the ground, harrow in llshtly, and if there are good fall rains you are ns ;n:ivd of a gi.id crop of turnips. Mis tourian. The Mculjr Wheat. From experience and rather wide ob servation, a writer In an exchange thinks It may he aHlrmed .that the much praised mealy wheat h likely to succeed on sandy clay or loam soil of some elevation, but that on bottom land nnd rich black' loams some more i'.iiivers."IIy acclimated variety Is more likely to prove a success. How D. Wnrd Ulna Invented His Rand Dronr Hlsrhwars I'nt In eellent Condition and Maintained at Small Cost br the Plan. Trobi bly no Invention for road Im provement lias been talked about and written nhout ns much as the King rond drag, and It has aroused groat Interest among tho farmers through out the country. In the following article from Farming will be f u::d some new nnd Interesting facts about this method of Improving country high ways at small cost: Ten years ago a Missouri farmer who had grown tired of wading througj a "slough of despond" every spring when the roads were soft, nnd who had seen his neighbors lose time, money nnd patience when their wagons were hub deep In the mire or their horses tugging nnd straining In their harness to get a half load to mnrket, decided thnt there must he some remedy for this condition. One day In thinking It over he mode the astonishing discovery that what made the road's muddy was mud, and that If the rond was worked Into such a shape that the water would drain off Instead of soaking Into the ground after every rain the roads would cease to be muddy. lie rigged up a homemade con trivance out of an old wooden pump stock that the frost had spoiled and an oak post. Uy means of three pieces of fence board he nailed these together so that they were held parallel to each other. Then he made a rough plank platform on which to stand nnd by menns of wire hitched his team to this clumsy affair at such a point that it would drag along over the road with a slant of about forty-five degrees. He began with the road that rnn In front of his own farm. When It was at its worst he drove up and down from his own front gate to that of bis nearest neighbor. Like a huge mason's trowel smoothing off mortar, It scrap ed along, cutting down the Inequalities and rough places and lilting up tho wagon ruts. Ho kept at It, and. after a number of drngirlngs. In place of the lint basin that had served as a water course for every storm to settle In, he had built up a road with a crown and Kurtace that was smoo'.h c:ior.gh to shed water "like a duck's back." In r-::fes ( - TWO MIOTOORAPUS, BHOWljk A 1IOAU BE FORE AND AKTKR HUIN4. VltAUORD. short, he simply demonstrated the soundness of his major premise. "If I can get rid of the mud the roads will cease to lie muddy." The device he made he called a "split log r.ad drag." The man who had by such simple means worked such woiu.crs with his rond is P.. Ward King of Maitland. Mo. Even after bavin;; perfected the rond drng the reason that it worked this wonder was not entirely clear to Its inventor until he received inspiration from observing u lug wallow. He says: "One clay I noticed that water was standing In one of these wallows long after the ground all about it had be come dry. Probably I had many times before observed this fact, but not until now had It Recurred to ine to inquire Into Its cause. Examining the edges of the wallow, I was impressed with the fact that it was almost as hard ns a piece of earthenware. Clearly this was because the wallowing of the hogs had mixed or "puddled' the eartii and .the water together, forming a kind of ce ment which dried Into a hard and practically waterproof surface." The cost of making and operating this drag is so unall and the Idea that Is embodied In It Is so simple that the wonder of It is that Its application has not nJready heroine milversnl. I loads can be worked up i:K an excel lent condition and maintained at a cost of from 83 to .$10 a mile. The drugging accomplishes a iiup.ihor of rseiid tilings. The most Important omj. Is that by giving It a sm u!i surface and a roilinliu:; shape It makes it pos sible for tin Dad to shed water In stead of absorbing it. Then, too, it kills the weeds and ta!;es out the bumps nt the rides of the culverts. It also destroys the old trail and thus prevent; ('ccp ruts being formed. The time to use tho drag nnd the manner of 1m use ;r-e ii iportant. Vu.il a road his been worked Into some sort of shr. ie the first drag'.-tng rhouhl bo don when It is very wet or when It !s tha -d on top dr In:; the early spring. Aft.T thiit tin time to dra;; is after a ralmtorm or wet spell when It bcrlns ta i.ry out THE CHANGE Conducted by i. W. DARROW. Chatham, N. Y.. Preia Corrvivondtnt Arm York State Oranut .STATE GRANGE OFFICERS. Vroposed Klectlon ('hniiKf Advocated by a State lliiNter. The master of one of the state granges In the west believes the pres ent method of electing state grange of ficers should he modified, lie recom mends that each grange send to the state secretary on or before the 1st day of March, prior to the election of otll cors, the names of such Patrons ns It would like to hnvc placed In nomina tion for representative office of the state grange. He would then have the secretary mall within ten days to the secretary of the subordinate granges names of nil Patrons so nominated nnd call for a vote to be taken thereon by ballot, the result of such ballot to be certified by the secretary and secretary of the subordinate grange nnd sent to the secretary or state muster on or tie fore May IS. The persons who receive a majority of all votes so cast for the different offices shall he the only per son placed In nomination for stnte of fice at the biennial election, and should no one person receive a majority of all votes cast then the names of the three highest shall be the only candidates for such office before the stnte grange. We do not see wherein this plan Is any particular improvement over the present method. The delegates from ench Pomona grange that Is, ench county enn ascertain the sentiment within the granges of their county rel ative to cnndldntes which they mny care to nominate and enn make known tli at sentiment In the state grange meeting some time prior to the election of officers at the time of the stnte meeting. The object sought under this new proposition Is to give the member ship at large a direct voice In the elec tion, but the membership has Its voice when it elects Its delegates, nnd they are supposed to represent the member ship In thnt county. We elect members of the state legislature, nnd they elect the ofilcers of the legislature. The peo ple do not. Thl Is precisely the con dition of thing!' under the present method of electing state grange officers. DENATURED ALCOHOL. The Sew Law Applicable Only to Al cohol After 1-lnced In Bond. A rather Interesting question has arisen down In Maine, with reference to the manufacture of alcohol for In dustrial purposes. Cone: rnlug the pro visions of the 1)111 which became a law at (!:: last session of congre-M and ta!:c: t .Inn. I next, one cf the alile.;t lav vers c the state of Maine, whli !i is a prohibition state, argues that no' person can. manufacture alcohol under this law in that state. The argument Is this that the so called free alcohol net takes no cognlzauce of alcohol until It Is In bond, and its manufacture and placing in bond must comply with the law already existing nnd be governed by the same conditions. Not until after the nleobol tins been completely manu factured and placed In the United States warehouses can the free alcohol bill he Invoked. Some farmers have been led to be lieve that under this law they could erect distilleries on their farms and turn their vi.rlous products Into nlcohol, hut even If they could do this in other states not under prohibition tar,-, t'.iey could not do this where' such n law Is in force. The purpose for which It is dis tilled makes no difference. It Is dis tilled as nlcohol nnd of such proof as to be a 'strongly Intoxicating liquor. When placed In btmd It Is In the cus tody of state or court officers. The owner has the option of selling It In the bonded warehovses subject to V.'.o tax or to pay the tax on a bnrrel or l:nre at a time nnd withdraw It from bond or to withdraw It from bond ile iwturcd free of Ms. As the grnngp v-ns foremost In tl'o fight In securing 'i ir.a:i!'l'acture I'l prohibition state It Is a i..-;tter of c-.nsiderable Interest. -Cmntry Oentlemfi. CONTESTS FOR MEMBERS. Some Practical Prara-estlomi Which Will Obviate Dilllcaltles. C. S. Bnrtlott, r. lecturer in one of Michigan's subordinate granges. of.'ers Ronie very sensible suggestions on t'.ie conduct of the grac.e contacts to se cure new members. Let the grunge nppolut a committee to prepare a schedule of points and rules to govern the members iu the work. Let the committee net nnd re port. Change or amend the plan as you wish so as to accomplish the object sought. Then select from your num lier two captains and an umpire, wii.i should, first of all. he honest and nlso have the Interest of the grange at heart and understand Its objects. Let the captains choose sides, taking pain -, to have all the memtiors of any f imi'y chosen on the same side, or. If any members are so iis-ioeh;o I f 'iot (hey can do better work together, select ac cordingly, all the time aiming toward hai'mon.v and perfect work. Then take hold rmfgo In and win. A Crnnd'C Contest. Over G'jO have entered the corn con test Inaugurated by the Michigan state grange. Pri"es consisting of n reg istered Jersey calf, a Berkshire pig nnd a pair of golden Wyandotte chickens are offered. Twenty-five new granges have been Drgantzed In Pennsylvania since the state grange session four mouths ago. one of them having a charter member ship of .110. We Sell This 5c Cigar 7 for 25c We want you to come in and prove to your own satis faction what an extraordinary value this is. "ADAD" In she, quality, workmanship, blend in every way you'll recognize the ADAD as a first-class $c straight cigar. It is, iu everything but price. ' We have affiliated vilh 2,000 other Drug Stores in our cigar buying. Our organization buys in million lots where the ordinary cigar store buys by Ihc thousand. That's how "National" Cigar Stands sell T itutond of 5 of this quality of cigar for a quarter. Tha best cigars are now told In tfia 2,000 Drug Stores having thU NffUonal Cigar St -l'.dc Emblem in the window 7 for 25c STOKE & FEICHT DRUG CO. MAIN STREET. FLSBSJBi Costs More But Is Wodh All It Costs iuse It is made from the highest grade of the very finest wheat. use It is milled by the best and most approved methods. use It is constandy tested during milling process. use Everything is eliminated but just the cream, use It makes better bread and more bread to the barrel than any other flour, use The higher cost really means true economy. Try it. Sold hy Quality Grocers Zeerywhtri. 8HK.Nl BROTHERS CO. PhllmMphlm i in ii iMrrwnPEZiOTi Our Prices on Carpets are Very Low As we have over6,0(M yards and want more room for Christina goods. Coim; and see our stock. We have all kinds of floor coverings. Urmn.nits of -ar-pets for sale at very low prices. J. R. Hillis k Company Ueynoldsville, Pa. Furniture and House Furnishing Goods. c BARTER NOTICE. Notice 1 licirby frivf n Hint n nppHcHtion u ill ho miifl' III I In if VIM MtT nf l'r II 11-V I V ill ) l tn Kriiiuv, NnwhiUT !ih. 1i, ly Jolm W.I D.iwson, il. All'X tuko lil.tl V. II. Mixire, 111 -diT the in't of Assembly, miitit'tl "An itt't .to pinvlilofor 1 lie Incoi Dotiit urn find i cL'ulat Ion tifwrliiin coi mii ut ions" ni)irov'l AMil .M th l-M, mid tho MMipN'riietii iIh-m-Io. (or tuv t liartr (if mi tin 'lult'il 'oi poiHt Ion to lie mllt'il Hit Ui'.Vholil41lt( AiiMi-fnipnl Conip-nuy-tho chai iictcr imhI olrt of hli h i.h cif'tiiid unit mitintitliiliitr hii Opt r;i Hnti-c uiid a plu'H nf t'liifitiiHiuifiit umi imiu-e-in tin l, ami Tor Mu m HirifrN to liHVO. nos v -H ft mi tn Joy t il t ! i-iirhis In-in1 II and pi -Ivilf iii- of siiM tu t of us-i'inLily ;uul ttunultmiftits thereto O. M. .McDonmi.D, Solicitor. COVERS oTIrlES MORE SURFACE. DR!S iN 10 MINUTES w SINGLE COPIES OF THE S w rt ..C'...lius
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