IMPROVEMENT EVIDENT
Something to Do.
Don't allow your breeders to stand
round huddled up In a corner ot the
hen bouse If you want fertile eggs,
Give them something to do. Make
them hunt their food In the litter. An
active hens Is worth a dozen inactive
ones In the breeding pen. Farmers'
Home Journal.
Gasoline Engine.
What do you know about the prac.
tlcal working ot the gasoline engine
for plowing and seeding operations?
Some farmers seem to think it Is the
coming plan on large farms. Exper
lments have been tried for complet-
ing the operation of plowing, harrow
Ing and seeding at one operation by
bitching the different Implements be.
hind the gasoline engine. We would
like to have photographs and de.
scrlptlon of such outfits. Eplto
mist. The Hoofs of Animals.
The hoofs of animals are constant
ly growing. When they walk around
on the ground the sand, stones and
other liRrd surfaces wear the 'hoofs
away enough to keep them In normal
condition, but Btabling cattle with
other animals and keeping them for
months on soft straw gives the hoofs
An opportunity to grow because they
get very little wear. It Is often nee
ssary to give them attention with a
paring outfit along this time of the
year. Epltomlst.
Potato or mil Onion.
This onion Is becoming more of a
favorite each year because of its abil
ity to withstand the severe colds of
the winter, and its freedom from the
ravages of the "onion maggot." Sets
planted In the fall produce market
able bulbs In late June or early July,
Just at the time the market Is bare
of fresh stock, and therefore bring a
desirable price. The large bulbs
planted In the spring make sets by
the fall, thus making it necessary for
the onion grower to save mature
bulbs for spring planting, in order
to keep up his supply of sets. The
matured bulbs should be stored In
thin layers In a dry, well ventilated
place. Farmers' Home Journal.
Totatocs Cndcr Straw.
1 have a big pile of straw and would
like to use It on potatoes. Please ex
plain how it is done. What do I do
after plowing and harrowing the
jround? A. F. S.
Plant the potatoes in pieces, cut In
the usual way, two or three eyes to
the piece, about fifteen Inches apart
in rows thirty Inches apart, pressing
Into the ground slightly. Then cover
with straw, two or three inches deep.
If covered too deep they may rot.
If the season happens to be a wet
one there Is danger of rotting even
with light covering, and here is per
haps the principal objection to this
method. It Is Just the plan for dry
soil or a dry summer. Indiana Far
mer. Beets For Stock.
Beets and mangels are greatly rec
ommended by seedsmen. We raised
some mangels some few years ago;
the stock liked them only fairly well.
We never raised any more until last
season, when we conceived the Idea
to raise some of the half sugar, stock
beets, to try, our main object being
to have them for our brood sows
when pumpkins gave out.
We planted these in rows about
-.V I -.. J 1 L . ,
iuh vj iuluci aimri ior conveniences
In cultivating. We worked the soil,
"which was naturally rich. Into very
good shape; as we had no seed drill
we drilled them in by hand and cov
ered shallow by hand.
The first cultivation was tedious
with hoe and fingers but they grew
fast, and made a fine lot ot beets for
the small patch we had In. The sea
son though was so dry they probably
only got halt size; after two or three
sharp freezes we pulled them out and
"ricked", them up on a naturally well
drained spot, covered with a layer of
straw, then dirt; we opened one end
few days back and they are In fine
shape. The horses and sows went for
them in grand style. We never tried
the other stock on them. I believe
they will prove profitable. Abraham
Bros., In the Indiana Farmer.
To Save the Early Pigs. '
At least two points are Important
In saving the early pigs that are
quite generally neglected. The first
is to keep the pigs from chilling im
mediately alter oirtn. One method
which has been found effective on our
farm Is to have a bushel basket by a
warm fire at the house and as the
pigs re born put them Into a smaller
basket, cover them np warm and car
ry them to the basket at the fire. If
it la la the night It means a whole
night's work. This Is kept up until
the sow Is through farrowing. The
pigs are kept In the basket until .they
are dry and warm . through and
through, and ready for something to
at. By this Urns the sow will have
become quiet. ' Then they are carried
to their mother, and see that they
Komethlng to sat. If it is a very
the sow should be In warm
lortable quarters, or else the
chill, no matter bow well
they are dried and warmed at the
Btart. But a pig that is dry, warm
and fed can stand a good deal ot cold.
Another method that we have tried
successfully is to have a tub in the
pen and have a gallon Jug full of hot
water in it, and as fast as the pigs
are dropped put them into the tub
and cover it over with an old horse
blanket. , In an hour or two, or as
soon as they are all dried oft well,
put them with their mother.
The second Important point that is
too often neglected Is the protection
ot the young pigs from Injury by the
mother. To do this we nail narrow
planks around -the pen, one on each
side, five or six inches from the
ground and eight or ten Inches from
the wall of the pen. These planks
keep the sow from laying down
against the sides ot the pen and the
pigs are not nearly so liable to be
mashed. Indiana Farmer.
Do Roots Poison the Soil?
No one knows so well as the prac
tical farmer how rapidly a naturally
fertile soil may be exhausted by cul
tivation. In this country, the tobacco
lands ot Virginia afford an example
ot this rapid decline in fertility. The
abandoned New England farms, too,
help to Illustrate the effects produced
by the constant cultivation of the
same fields. Land that ouce yielded
crops ns if by magic now requires an
artificial preparation before It will
reward the farmer for his Btrenuous
labor in the field.
Sir Oliver Lodge, the eminent Eng
lish scientist, is reported to have ex
pressed his belief in the theorr of
the poisoning of the cultivated lands
of the world. The advocates of this
theory believe that the systematic ro
tation of crops Is needless. They be.
lieve that it is Impossible to exhaust
the ground by a crop, as the food sup
plies In the soil are too great to ad
mit of such a result. Other causes,
therefore, must underlie the failure
of a crop to what was once fertile
soil, and, according to the believers
in the theory, this failure is due to
root poisoning. According to the
poisoning theory a crop does not do
so well when it immediately succeeds
another of the same sort because it
excretes an active poison which Is de
structive ot its own germs. Artifi
cial measures e recommended not
so much as a food for the plant as a
remedy against these root poisons.
Very thorough investigation has,
however, recently been carried out at
Rothamsted, perhaps the roost scien
tific farm in the world, which tends
to show that adherents of the poison
ing theory have not yet succeeded in
fully proving their case. If this the
ory be true, manure, In the true
sense, will no longer be necessary, but
something to destroy the poisons ex
creted by the plants will serve a more
useful purpose. As the root poison
is admitted to exist in small quanti
ties only, the treatment of land by
any new process looking to this end
should be much cheaper than under
the present system ot fertilization.
Philadelphia Record.
Farm Notes.
Separate good, rich cream, then
churn it at a lower temperature.
Milk is used raw, while most other
food products are cooked in some
way. The very fact that milk is a
raw food should stimulate those en
gaged in its production to the greatest
possible care.
Never put warm cream and cold
cream together. Use separate cans,
Don't say you can't afford it. You-are
in the dairy business every day in
the year. If conducted properly
there Is money enough in It to buy all
the necessary tools.
Milk may be unclean and unfit for
use from either Internal or external
causes. The cow may be diseased or
the surroundings and the utensils
may be dirty. Trouble may come
from disease in the families ot work
men engaged about the premises.
Epidemics of scarlet fever have been
traced to this source.
A quart of milk is said to be equal
in nutrition to a pound of beefsteak.
It Is also said to be equal to two
pounds of bread. A pound of steak
costs anywhere from ten to thirty
cents, according to the cut and the
market. Two pounds ot bread cost
usually from ten to twelve cents. Why
should milk sell for less than bread
or beefsteak?
Milk and cream take np odors and
taints from unclean vessels in which
they may be placed, or from any sub
stance emitting an odor. They are
easily spoiled and made unwhole
some for food if any dirt or filth gets
into them, or if they are covered up
tight so that the fresh air does not
get to them to remove the odors and
gazes which may be forming In them.
Good hotter contains from twelve
to fifteen per cent of water. Some
butter makers ' try' to Increase the
weight by increasing the moisture
eontent. This method Is not honest
and it is not good policy. Such work
Is characterized as fraudulent. At
tempts are being made. to regulate it
by law, In fact, some authorities
claim that the pure food law as it
now standi covers It. From "Dairy
Notes," in the Agricultural Epito
New York City. The bloutfc wnicu
is closed at the front yet is not a plain
shirt waist Is one which every wom
an finds desirable. This model al
lows a choice of the new long, close
fitting sleeves and of slightly fuller
In three-quarter length and also
iqpmaes the fashionable Dutch col
lar. In the Illustration It is shown
made of handkerchief linen with col
lar and sleeves embroidered, but It
will be found available for any sea
sonable material that Is thin enough
to be tucked successfully, and It Is
equally desirable for the separate
blouse and the entire gown.
The blouse Is made with fronts
and back. It la tucked In extremely
becoming lines and the closing is
made with buttons and buttonholes
at the left of the front. The Dutch
collar finishes the neck. .The long
sleeves are made in one piece and fit
the arms exceptionally well, but the
three-quarter sleeves are slightly full
and are gathered into straight
cuffs.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is four and seven-eighth
yards twenty-one or twen
ty if our,- three and one-fourth yards
thirty-two or two and five-eighth
yaiHs.fotty-four inches wide to make
with long sleeves; three and seven
eighth yards twenty-one or twenty
four, two and ' seven-eighth yards
thirty-two or two and one-eighth
yards forty-four to make with three
quarter sleeves. -
Point d'Eaprit Veils. , . '
The new lace veils are decidedly
beotftnlng. Their foundation Is best
described as a point d'esprlt, the net
quite fine and the snots, which are
very dose together, mere pin dots.
These are bordered on three sides
with lace tour Inches deep woven in
the veil. They come In all colors.
A Touch of Oelor.
A pretty touch ot color la Intro
duced Into the pongee gown by means
of the Persian nets..
fllfMflV flltrffU-A.
Ribbons like dress materials have
a satiny, glossy surface.
Fabric Shoe Favored.
The new fabric shoe Is one of the
most attractive of the new footwear.
The shoes are shown in all the popu
lar shades of rrnvpnnrrnrl rlnth with
the flowers of the same color, but
satin striped. No more luxurious
Bhoe could be Imagined.
Misses' Seven Gored Skirt.
The skirt that Includes pleated side
panels Is one of the very latest that
has appeared and it is exceedingly
graceful and satisfactory from every
point of view. There is still the
close fit over the hips, while com
fortable flare is provided at the lower
edge and consequently greater grace
In walking. This model Is adapted
to the suit, to the Beparate skirt and
to the entire dress and to every sea
sonable material that Is heavy
enough to be made in so simple a
style.
The skirt Is made In seven gores.
The side-front gores are lapped over
the side-back gores above the panels
and the closing is made Invisibly at
the left Bide. The panels are pleated
and Joined to the turned under edges
of the gores, which completely con
ceal the seams.
The quantity of material required
for the sixteen year size Is seven and
one-fourth yards twenty-tour or
twenty-seven, five and five-eighth
yards thirty-two or three and five-
eighth yards forty-four Inches wide,
Ottoman Silk Frocks.
The heavy ribbed silk that used to
be called bengallne and is now called
Ottoman, and which came into fash
ion last season, is out In a new and
softer weave for afternoon frocks.
A Bra-ided CorUay.
' A Corday In fine hair braid,
trimmed solely with a twist of black
tulle drawn through an Immense jet
budVVe, taking almost all thj front ol
the hat, was t striking model.
LIMB FOR BEETLES.
Flea-beetles have In recent years
been very destructive to young cab
bage, radlBh and turnip plants. To
bacco dust, applied freely, will usual
ly drive the pest away. Plaster flav
ored with Parts green, or slug-shot,
will also help in most cases. Lime
freely applied will dispose ot the
radish, cabbage and onion maggot.
SEA KALE PROFITABLE.
Sea kale should be In er-.-y garden
and would be a good money-maker
for our commercial growers. Seed
sown in the spring makes plants that
will yield the next year and a patch
handled like asparagus Is good for
many years to come. It actually
pushes up the ground In slabs after
the last freeze in spring. The
bleached stalks are prepared and
eaten like asparagus. H. B. Fuller
ton, Experiment Station, Huntington,
L. I.
CARE OF THE CHERRY;
The cherry needs but little prun
ing, and is, In fact, easily injured by
cutting the main limbs. Such work
as Is generally needed should be con
fined to thinning the fruit spurs in
the top of the trees and the keeping
ot the centre open. The outside limbs
will droop more or less and this
shows that the trunk needs shade.
The finest cherries are usually grown
on these under limbs In the deepest
shade and proves that while the
cherry delights In a warm soil and
sunny slope it has a way ot its own
of protecting the fruit and does not
require pruning like the peach and
apple. Farmers' Home Journal.
GOOSEBERRY BUSHES.
Keep n eye on the currant and
gooseberry bushes. After the first
new leaves come, examine the bushes
dally; and the moment you see a
currant worm, get busy. The sim
plest, best remedy Is a solution of
one ounce of fresh white hellebore in
three gallons of water, sprinkled or
sprayed on the bushes when the first
worms appear. Delay means disas
ter, for these ravenous worms, left
unmolested a few days, will strip a
bush ot all Its foliage, and then of
what avail is treatment? A second
brood of the worms sometimes ap
pears, which necessitates a second
dose ot poison. Farmers' Home
Journal.
BUTTER FAT SUBSTITUTES
At the Nebraska station tests have
been made to determine whether or
notdtorn oil could be substituted for
the fat removed in skimming the
milk, but unsatisfactory results were
secured.
It is always well to teach the calf
to eat hay and grain as soon as possl
ble. With the dairy calf this grain
mitture should consist ot equal parts
ot cornmeal, wheat bran and linseed
meal. The calf should not be per
mitted to become fat, but should be
maintained in a thrifty, growing con
dition. A handful of the mixture
placed In the feed trough before the
calf will soon get it In the habit ot
nibbling at the grain and from then
on It will eat more and more each
day. Weekly Witness.
HOW TO GROW BEANS.
Everyone wants-snaps, but most
farmers content .themselves with one
planting. The Refugee bean is best
for early planting, as it Is a little
more hardy than others. Later, plant
Valentine. Plant Just enough for
temporary supply, and as soon as
those are well up, plant more and
keep this up till September. Then,
if you have a lot of green pods when
frost threatens, gather them and put
them in stone Jars In strong brine,
and you can take them out all win
ter and soak over night in fresh water
and they are Just as good next day as
fresh ones, and you can have them
all winter.
Plant Lima beans in rows like
snaps and gather the green beans as
fast as ready. Do not let them ripen
for they will stop bearing, but if
regularly gathered as fast as ready,
they will bear all summer. Any sur
plus ot green beans can be dried for
winter use and will be better than
ripe ones. Farmers' Home Journal.
A PLEA FOR THE LAWN.
How much more' attractive the
country homes would appear if we
would see that the grass be kept
mowed closely with the lawn mower,
not once or twice during the summer,
but quite frequently, say every week
or two. Country people are usually
very busy throughout the summer
and fall months, but It a little special
effort were made each and every one
ot us could soon get our lawns in
such condition that they would not
require a great amount of time or
labor to keep them green and velvety.
But the grass should be mowed fre
quently; if not the weeds grow rapid
ly, and eventually kill It out.
The well-kept lawn, with Its
smooth green sod. a flower bed or
two in some pretty design that meets
the fancy, a few climbing vines, soma
roses, lilacs and other shrubs make
even the most homely and unpreten
tious abode take on an allurement
and attractiveness that the finest
architecture cannot give.
There is everything In environ
ment, and we owe It to ourselves and
to our children to surround the home
with all that Is good and true- and
beautiful; and when we do, our lives
will be made much brighter and hap
pier thereby. Effle Reed Polk, In the
Indiana Farmer.
Gain In Optimism Manifest, There
fore, Particularly for Dis
tant Future.
"Improvement Is more in evidence
this week, but Irregularities in
weather and crop conditions and ebb
and flow movements in trade and In
dustry prevent definite general char
acterization of the situation as a
whole. House trade with Jobbers and
wholesalers Is not usually active at
this season and efforts to attract bus
iness by clearance sales and liberal
advertising have not been altogether
successful. There Is a further ap
parent gain In the optimism with,
which the outlook for the more dis
tant future is viewed, contracting,
rather sharply with some of the re
ports indicating backwardness of de
mand for Immediate consumption. In
the leading industries the strength ot
demand for iron and steel In most
finished forms Is notable and the rail
ways seem to be buying more freely.
The shoe and leather trades are In
better shape, due partly to the great
strength of hides and the finished
products of sole and upper leather.
Higher prices for shoes are gelng
paid. There are reports of further
gains In demand for woolen and worst
ed goods; yarn mills catering to this
demand are said to be running full,
and raw wool is very strong. High
prices of raw cotton are said to cur
tain profits on goods.
"Business failures In the United
States for the week ended May 27
were 205, against 219 last week, 263
In the like week of 1908; 142 in 1907;
127 In 190G, and 164 In 1905." Brad-
streets.
MARKETS.
PITTSBURG.
Wheat No. I red I
Rye No. 2
Corn No 2 yellow, ear 83
No. 9 yellow, shelled 7 1
Mixed ear 89
Oats No. 8 white si
No. S white vi
Flour Winter patent 8 75
Fanoy strnlght winters
Hay No. 1 Timothy 14 01
CMotup Kn 1 10 1) 1
St
71
9
5
81
5 80
11 SO
12 60
90 00
IN 01
8 00
a so
8 5)
Feed No. 1 white mid. Ion V)
Drown middlings 270)
vi.ii,uui. . W
Straw Wheat 8 00
Uat 8 01
Dairy Products.
Butter Elgin creamery..... I 59
Ohio creamery 2S
Fancy country roll 19
Cheese Ohio, new 14 .
New York, new. it
Poultry, Eto.
Bens per lb I 17
Chickens dressed 80
Egg fa. and Ohio, fresh 21
Fruits and Vegetables.
Potatoes Fanny white per bu.... 1 00
Cabbage per ton ss 0
Onions per barrel 1 40
81
80
88
13
IS
11
22
21
1 ns
to 00
1 10
BALTIMORE.
Flour Winter Patent ,. 5 79 3 90
Wheat No. 8 red 1 84
Corn Mixed 70 71
Egg 87 2$
Butter Ohio creamery 11 88
PHILADELPHIA.
Flour Winter Patent t 5 9) 9 00
Wheat No. S red I 89
Corn No. 2 mixed 75 7
Oats No. 8 white 61 82
Butter Creamery 28 28
Eggs Pennsylvania firsts M 23
NEW YCRK.
Flour Patents 4 3 91 J 00
Wheat-No. 8 red 1 41
Corn No. 8 8) 81
Oats No. 8 white 07 58
Butter -Creamery 28
Kgge State and Pennsylvania.... ii 3
LIVE STOCK.
Union Stock Yards, Pittsburg.
CATTLS
jtxtra, 1450 to WOO pounds 70 715
Prime, 1300 to 1400 pound. 8 80 i 90
Wood, 120) 10 law pounds 85 e 75
Tidy, 1080 to 1 10 pounds i 4 t0
Fair, 900 to 1100 pounds 685 8 80
Common. 700 to 900 pounds. 8 i0 3 ft
B V.. 481 8 10
Cow ....20jj iao)
HOOS
iiluUOBTJ,, .........
Prima, medium weight
Best heary Yorkers... .
Light Yorkers.
Pigs
Roughs.
Stags. .. ;
Px. V
, 7 85 S 7 70
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Hiir
Prima wethera...
Good mixed
Fair mixed awes and wethers.'.".'!
,. 89 S ( 8)
,. 0) 8 13
,. 6 Si i 6 75
,. 8 30 4 4 0(1
.. 40)( 928
,. 801 7 64
,. 83 i 3 0J
Bprtnc lambs...
w... nun common. ........
Veal oalies
Ueary to thin ealraa
The latest storm doors for large
business places are revolved by elec
tric motors.
BUSINESS CARDS
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