Bo
Yi
"tChacco in this section on Friday R
Saturday. He was taken around Dy
T. N. Hostetter.
from the tower in this place to the one
at Landisville last Friday. Ed Hoover
of Mount Joy, has charge of the tower
in town at night.
are at present planning to
NUMBER 38.
OBITUARY NOTES.
Deaths That Ocourred in This Vicinity
During the Past Week.
It is with regret that we announce
the death of one of our. prosperous
and widely known citizens, John C.
Morton, who after several days’ ill-
ness, died at his home last Tuesday
afternoon at 2 o'clock, aged thirty-
one years, due to inflammation of
the bowels. He had been in appar-
ently good health and had worked
in the malt house at Mount Joy on
Friday when he took sick very sud.
denly that night. Deceased is sur-
vived by his wife and four children:
Nellie, Ralph, Alpheus and a 3-
months-old baby, and the following
brothers and sisters : Ephraim, of
Columbia ; Walter, of Mari.tta ;
Harry, of Mount Joy ; Mrs Seifert
of Marietta ; Mrs. Harry Shumaker
of town ; Mrs. H. C, Shelly of Har-
risburg, and Sybilla, at home, in
town. He was a member of the
United Brethren church, Y. P. S.
C. E. and the I. O., R. M. of this
place. The funeral was held on
Friday at thehouse at 9.30 o’clock
and at 10 o'clock at the United
Brethren church with interment in
the Eberle cemetery. The funeral
was one of the largest ever held in
this place. Chiques Tribe No. 349,
of which the deceased was a mem-—
ber, turned out in a body and at
tributed their last respects to their
deceased District Deputy and Chief
of Records. Brother Morton not
being beneficial, his widow received
no death benefits but was douated
$50 by the above order.
Mis. Catharine Eichelberger, wid-
ow of Jacob Eichelberger, formerly
of Mount Joy township, died on
Thursday morning at the home of
her son Begjamka, in this place. De-
ceased was aged 70 years and was a
consistent member of the German
Baptist denomination. Her hus
band died about twenty years ago.
She is survived by three sons and
two daughters as follows : Benjamin
of this place, with whom she lived
for a number of years, George reisd-
ing at Elizabethtown and Abrabam
residing at Morrell, Kansas® Anna
wife of Samuel Reinhold, and Eliza-
beth, wife of Jacob Kaylor, resid
ing near Green Tree.
and Anna Billet, of Mount Joy town-
ship, are sisters of the deceased.
The wv: was held on Sunday ||
forenoony with services at the house |
at 8.30 o'clock znd at Mount Pleas-
: ESRde at 9. 30 o'clock,
ro Gon of Petersburg, was tb.
wil
Amos Hambright was transferred
or
m
n
The carpenters of this community (ge
form a labor
Misses Hettie |
THE WEE
FLORIN, PENNA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1902.
Resolutions of Respect
Whereas, This order in general
has this Great Sun sustained an al-
most irreparable loss in the death of
District Deputy and Chief of Rec-
ords Jno. C. Morton, of Chiques
Tribe No. 349, I. O. R. M., on the
4th Sun of the present Moon. The
blow was a hard one, but we must
bow in humble submission to the
actions of the Kishe Maneto, who
doeth all things well. Words will
not express the great amount of
good Brother Morton has done for
the Order, who in season and out
strived constantly for its upholding
and advancement.
Whereas, We hereby desire to
attest our appreciation of his many
sterling qualities, as a man, hus-
band, father and brother. Modest
of demeanor, retiring in disposition
but firm and faithful in his friend-
ships and charitable to all.
Resolved, That the members of
this Order do keenly feel the loss of
Brother Morton, and do hereby ex-
tend their deepest sympathy and
condolence to the widow and the
children and commend them to the
Great Spirit, for consolation, and
recomrmond that a page be set aside
in the records for this resolution,
and a copy be sent to the family of
our deceased District Deputy and
Chief of Records and also published
in the FLORIN BULLKTIN and
Mount Joy Herald.
Committee :
W. C. Bates,
J. E. Schroll,
J. A. Raffensperger.
The committee appointed by the
Sanday School and Christian End-
deayer Socitey of Florin U. B.
Church passed the following reso-
Jutions.
Whereas, In the Providence of
God we are ealled to mourn the loss
of our member in the death of broth-
er John Morton,who peacefully fell
asleep 1 Jesus Feb. 4th, 1902 there-
fore,
Resclved, That while we humbly
bow in submission to the will of
Ilim that doeth all things well we
deeply mourn the loss of one of our
faithful members who has been faith-
ful to the principles as taught by
the lowly Nazarene, and we will
cherish a faithful remembernce of
his manv virtues.
made, :
Am : H. ea
fice
union. Signers are already being so-
licited. Their idea isa good one and
will be made public in these columns |¥.
later on.
The greatest surprise of the season
was sprung on E. S. :
day when one of his hens laid an egg.
Ed we would
prove fatal.
The tamily of Henry B. Nissley en
tertained t
spire; Minnie Nissley of Harrisburg
Nellie Welker of Franklin county, an,
hrer
Miss Wise of Lancaster.
A very sudden crash which made ti
windows clatter, occurred at the pant
office the other evening when a cert
townsman's brogans gave way and doy
he went, shaking all the houses int
community. No bones broken.
paid his grandparents H. P. Baer
wife a short visit recently.
off on his way to Pittsburg where
will act as clerk for Dives, Pomer
Stewart, during a special sale. |
a ideal
Dyer last Wednes-f
adyise you to kill thatiey
hen at once or the next surprise may
he following visitors durin ice
the past week : Mary Klugh of Higlyrs.
3 fox
Clyde B. Numbers of New Hollar 3
He sto] ie
Hotel
pro-
at 2
{ black
Resolved, That we most sincere-
7 sympathize with the members of
the bereaved family in their bereave
‘nent and commend to the God and
father of us all, being fully persuad
d that they may confidently expect
0 meet him, where there shall be
0 more parting, pain or tears.
Resolved, That thess resolutions
bacc’e published in the FLORIN BUL-
LETIN and Mount Joy Herald and
a copy be sent to the bereaved fam-
ily and also recorded in the minutes.
Committee -
Rev. H. M. Miller,
G. A. Geyer,
H. L. Stoli,
T. N. Hostetter,
Tillie Nissley.
Maytown News.
The congregation of thz Luther—
an church, on Wednesday sold at
private sale the Jno. Lindsay prop-
erty, adjoining their church and
which they recertly purchased at
public sale to Abram Fletcher for
$450.
Jno. L. Jacobs, purchased the
property of the late Elizabeth Hull,
in Maytown, from the administrator
George W. Hull, of Baltimore. The
sale was private. The price paid
is reported at $1,200. Some weeks
ago this property was offered at
public sale, but was withdrawn at
$1,150.00, y
River again Icebound
For the third time this winter the
Susquehanna river is icebound. This
time it is frozen over
Middletown, even the falls at Cone-
wago being covered with ice. Ice
almost a foot thickggss cut at Row
cums pr-Wilresdets.
2
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to ' almost
MANY LOCAL NOTES.
What Transpired in Our Busy Village
Since the Last Issue.
H. B. Musser is improving.
H. G. Stacks of Lancaster, was home
on Sunday.
Harry Trout of Clearfield, spent sev-
eral days in town,
Walter Morton of Marietta,
town on Sunday.
Mrs. Will Easton of Mount Joy, was
in town on Friday.
John Shumaker and Mae Raymond
were at Lancaster on Saturday.
was in
Mrs. Annie Breneman of Elizabeth-
town, was in our village on Friday.
i Mae Campbell of Mount Joy, was
‘the guest of Ella Easton on Monday.
E. H. Reider and family spent Sun-
day with the former’s parents near Bel-
laire.
| Amos Baker and wife of near May:
town, visited Mary Ann Easton on
Sunday. -
Tillie Widman and Elizabeth and
{ Barbara DBossler were at Dainbridge
over Sunday.
The high school pupils of Elizabeth-
town, visited the Florin schools on Fri-
day afternoon.
I Christ Risser aud sister Phoebe, paid
their brother Dr. Ulysses a visit at
Campbellstown.
A sleighing party from Elizabeth-
town, made a short call at John Men-
|augh’s on Friday evening.
Ed Booth and wife attended the fun-
(eral of the 18 months-old son of Mrs.
i Harry Dissinger at Ironville on Friday.
Mr. Fuerneiser and wife and Mr.
Romberger and wife of Middletown,
were the guests of Amelia Metzroth on
‘Sunday.
William Winters lost a watch chain
at the Union school spelling bee on
| Saturday evening which he found the
next day.
| Walter and Charles Nissley and O.
K. Snyder of town, each won a prize
;at the Union School spelling bee on
| Saturday evening.
|
Three of our youug men were out
sleighing recently and as usual wanted
to be heard, so they put four strings of
bells on their horse.
David Barnhart sold 8 acres of to-
bacco at 814 and 2, and 2 acres at 7
and 2. Henry Flowers sold 2-acres at
8 and 2. The tobacco was all seed!eaf
and was sold to Mr. Groff of Peters-
burg.
J. S. Carmany and, daughter Mary,
drove from this place to Hummelstown
on Saturday in 214 hours and from
there to Palmyra the same evening.
They returned home on Sunday, com-
pleting a fifty mile sleigh ride
The infant son of Rev. H. M. Mill-
er and wife, was found dead at 7.30
o'clock on Monday morning. Deputy
Coroner B. S. Dillinger of Mount Joy
and his physician Dr. J. J. Newpher
held an investigation. ~~ The verdict
was death resulting from natural causes.
The child was but a week old.
Prins
Milton Greve
Our own misfortunes are always
the greatest.
Love letters are cagerly scanned
by the male inspectors.
A number of our tobacco farm-
ers delivered their tobacco last Sat-
urday.
Mrs. Cyrus Heisey is recovering
from a severe atiack of sciatic rheu-
matism.
Andrew Fry and Anna Peirce,
both of town, were married last
Thursday.
Arthur and Winfield Thome of
Baltimore, spent several days with
their parents. =
We are infornied that one of our
farmers will introduce a grass—cutt-
ing automobile.
Most of our dealers have replen—
ished their ice hoses with ice vary-
ing from 6 to 15fnches in thickness
The subject gf the next debate of
the Miltén Grdle Literary Society
is, Resolved that money is more
useful that education.
"Friday afternoon.
General News ¢f the Community.
Thursday afternoon a fox chase
will be held at Zeamer’s hotel, at
Kinderhook.
The liquor license granted to Jno.
Steckler, of Marietta, a8 trans.
ferred to Jno, B. Morrison.
A meeting of the Tobacco Grow-
ers’ Association of Lancaster county
was held at Lancaster on Monday.
Jno Rasp of Dauphin county
and Fanny G. Good of Rapho town.
ship were granted a marriage license
Aaron Givler one of Rapho town-
ship’s former supervisors, moved to
Miami county, Ohio, to engage in
farming
The holidays are near—Today is
Lincoln’s birthday 5 February 18,
election day ; February 22, Wash-
ington’s birthday.
The 1901 tobacco crop in this
county is one of the largest ever
grown in the county. It 1s believed
it will not fall under 55,000 cases.
The Summy House at Manheim
has been sold to Martin Ceschle,
proprietor of the Prussian House,
for $18,500. The new proprietor
will take charge op April 1st.
The Columbia Telephone Com-
pany put up the #ollowing phones
the past week : Ifaytown— Dr. G.
A. Harter, 756B dnd C. C. Hicks
758B. Mount Joy—Samuel Eby
862.
The past week was the coldest
thus far this winter. The ther-
mometer was bobFing close to zero
several mornings. The earth is
covered with a coat of snow and ice
and the best sleighing for some
years is now on ta,
C. N. Nolt, of nae Silver Spring,
found when stripping his tobacco,
one of those peculiar spots so fre- |
quently found in the weed. A sin-
gie rib suarts from the stalk, and at
a distance of nind™ inches branches’
into two distinct stems each with a’
perfect, full grown leaf attached.’
Happenings at-Rheems Station.
An engagement ring is the neces-
sary adjunct to a prize fight.
Eli Rensel is putting up the ma-
sonry for llersh’s steam engine,
S. G. Graybill purchased a new
trotting wagon of J. G. Enterline,
Cordelia Lingo of Delaware is
employed as stenogrpher for W. L.
Heisey.
S. G. Graybill shipped a car of
wheat to Burlington N. J. last]
Monday.
Aaron Grove, carpenter of this
place, contemplates erecting a barn
on his premises.
John C. Smith is confined to the
speady recovery,
8S. G. Graybill proprietor of the
warehouse in our yillage, will have
cotton seed for sale till spring.
E. Hersh is erecting a large steam
engine in his machine shop which
will be used to run the machinery.
The High C Lime and Stone Co.
have received a large number of or—
ders for lime from different points
in the states of Delaware and Mary-
land.
Harry Wertz left last Monday
fore Eddystone where he has ac-
cepted a position with B. B. Gonder
who has a large coatract work at
that place.
The old road crossing at Cole-
brook road has not been vacated as
yet ou account of it being necessary
to go through court, and both roads
are being used at present.
—
The Landisville Camp
A meeting of the board of con-
trol of the Landisville Campmeet-
ing Association was held in the Y.
M. C. A. rooms, at Lancaster on
It was reported
that one-half of the old debt was
paid and the old mortgage was can-
celled. A committee was appoint- |
ed to secure noted speakers for this
year’s camp. The boarding house,
will, as last year, be in charge of
George E. Wisner of Lancaster.
house with sickness; we wish. him a
LY BULLETIN
MOUNT JOY BOROUGH.
Happenings of the Week Told in a Brief
Yet Interesting Manner.
Harry Hagenberger of York, is in
town on a visit.
A son was born to Harvey Engle
and wife on Sunday
Lizzie Eby and Charles Faus of Man
heim, were in town on Sunday.
Lizzie Cover of Lancaster, spent Sun
day with the family of Will Dillinger.
The Maytown High school visited
the local schools in this place last Mon-
day.
H. C. Shelly of Harrisburg, made a
pleasant call at this office on Wednes-
day.
J. N. Stauffer has erected an elev at-
or at his ice house near the water
works.
B. F. Hoffman and wife, visited C.
N. Mumma and family the latter part
of last week.
The euchre club had a turkey sup-
per at the Exchange Hotel last Wednes
day evening.
The pipe organ for the Lutheran
church is expected to arrive within the
next ten days.
The regular monthly business meet-
ing of the Y. M. C. A. was held on
Monday evening.
Do you appreciate good and cheap
job printing ? If you do, this office is
the place to get it.
Watches and clocks repaired prompt-
ly by Harry Peopple, Mount Joy, and
all work guaranteed
Mrs. Fred Eckhardt and son Eddie
of Manheim, were the guest of Mrs,
Frank Baker on Sunday.
The work of erecting passenger
sheds at the P. R. R. depot in this
place is progressing rapidly.
C. K. Bennett killed the finest beef
seen in town for a long tiime. The
monster weighed 1,920 on foot.
A. J. Pennell, M. A. Spickler and
James Smith were deputized as con-
stables during the fair in the hall.
Christian N. (ierber purchased a lot
on Marietta street, upon which will be
erected a fine mansion this Spring.
Remember if you subscribe for the
BULLETIN for one year it does not cost
you quite a cent a copy.
Harry Deibler of Berrysburg, Mercan-
tile Appraiser of Dauphain county was
the guest of Miss Sarah Heilig for sey-
eral days.
The Ephrata and Neffsville or-
chestras made things lively at the
Foresters’ fair in the hall on Satur—
day eyening.
A sleighing party from Maytown,
arrived in town the other evening and
greatly enjoyed an oyster supper at the
Red Lion Hotel.
Mrs. Allen Pennell narrowly escaped
suffocation last Tuesday and had it not
been for the timely discovery by her
husband the result might have proved
fatal.
A number of J. E. Longenecker’s
warehouse employes went out on a
strike on Monday for $1.25 a day in-
stead of $1.00 which resulted in five of
them losing their jobs.
While trying to thaw open a frozen
water pipe last Wednesday Mrs. Sam-
uel Sumpman set fire to her residence
but the flames were extinguished before
much damage was done.
Next Saturday evening the Degree
teams of Court Lancaster and Court
Reliance of Lancaster, with fifty—four
uniformed members, will parade the
town and attend the Foresters’ fair.
Two young ladies from town were
so elated over the fact that they were
getting a sleigh ride, that they drove
from here to Landisville without bells
Their giggling made more noise than
four strings of bells could make.
On Thursday night the pipes under
the dryer in the drying room at the
cotton mills froze up and when the
steam was turned on the next morning
the pipes bursted.
shutting down of the mills for the re-
mainder of the week.
is
For Sale.
Choice Ohio Seed Potatoes. Se-
lected $1.50, Seconds, $1 per bushel
Call on H. H. Hye Florin, Pa.
Think of it. |
This caused the y
Donegal School Report !
Much sickness among the pupils’
has hindered our work somewhat |
for the month of Janunry, Per!
cent of attendance, boys t3, girls |
89. Number of pupils enrolled
during month, 43. The following |
were present eyery day: Fanny
Brandt, Esther Hersh, Dora Winter-
moyer, Carrie Hemsley, Florence
Sharer, Katie Hersh, David Wit-
mer, Henry Lutz and Chester Liy-
engood.
J. M. Erb Teacher.
Our Sale Register.
‘When sale bills are printed at this office,
we will insert a notice same as the follow-
ing, in the BULLETIN each week from the
time the bills are ordered until the sale,
FREE of charge : Send in your dates.
Wednesday, March 19—1In Florin,
horses, wagons, buggies, surrey, trott-
ing wagon, lot of new and second-hand
harness, etc., by A. B. Eicherly. J.
G. Beatty, auctioneer.
Tuesday, February 25—1In Mt. Joy,
household aud kitchen furniture by
Same! Sumpman, George S. Vogel,
auctioneer.
Deeds Recorded
Samuel W. Wenger to Samuel G.
Wenger, for 84 acres and 122 per-
ches of land in Rapho ; consideration
$4,208.12. :
Mattie Page to Samuel G. Wen-
ger, for 1 acreand 86 perches of
land in Rapho : cousideration, $30.
Union National Mount Joy bank
to Henry S. Snavely, for four
tracts of land in Mount Joy borough;
consideration, $5,750.
rEg
The Cask'’s Victories.
A German paper tells the story of a
German officer who, in command of
some Boers, managed to surprise a
British train at a small wayside sta-
tion. There was some whisky on
board, and the Boers soon sampled it,
with the result that the good British
spirit did its duty by laying them out
fast asleep oa the platform. Here they
were found and captured by some Eng-
lish troops, who, in their turn, took a
little from a half empty cask, with the
result that, acting on half starved men,
the whisky sent them to sleep in their
turn. When the Boers woke up, they
recaptured their capturers. Thus in a
few hours there was one British vie-
tory and two Boer victories added to
the reeord.
» Goodwin's Explanation.
Nat Goodwin was lounging in the
smoking room of a London hotel with
Pat Sheedy recently when Mr. Andrew
Lang, the literary critie, stopped to
greet the comedian. The conversation
turned upon matters literary, and be-
fore Mr. Lang departed he had made
some allusion to Theodore Watts-Dun-
ton, the celebrated pre-Raphaelite.
“What's Dunton?’ queried Sheedy,
who was rather mystified.
“It's a gag from Weber and Fields,”
replied Goodwin, sparring for time.
“I never heard it. IIow does it go.”
“Why, Weber says to Fields Watts-
Dunton? and Field replies, ‘You say it
not right. Don’t say Watts-Dunton.
Say it so, Watts-Ditten! ”
Depew Chuckled,
Senator Depew was treading very
cautiously on the icy pavement as a
stout party salled around the corner
and struck a sliding track.
“Gracious!” exclaimed Dr. Depew,
who feared that the man had broken a
leg and was very much relieved to dis-
cover that he had not. “It is very for-
tunate that you did not fall with your
legs under you.”
“I should not have fallen had they
been under me,” retorted the unfor-
tunate acridiy.
And Dr. Depew went chuckling on
his way with a fresh one in his collec-
tion.— Washington Star.
Unjustifinble Curiosity.
Lawyer (examining witness)—Where
was your maid at the time?
Lady—In my boudoir aranging my
hair.
Lawyer—And were you there also?
Lady (indignantly) — Sir! — Chicago
Journal.
The Dissatisfied.
“If 1 had my way,” said the prac-
tical man, “there would be no poetry
written.”
“Well,” answered the cynical reader
of magazines, “I guess you've got your
way, all right.”—Washington Star.
In the Performance of His Duty.
Mrs. Hauskeep—You needn't deny it, |
Delia.
man to kiss you last night.
Delia—Av coorse, ma’am. Shure, ye
wouldn't have me resist an officer,’
would ye?—Philadelphia Press.
Valuation.
“Do you care for Milton's poetry?”
asked the young man.
“Not much,” answered Mrs. Cumrox.,
“I am told that one of his best poems
was not considered won than
$25." —Washing
I saw you permit that police- ||
50 CENTS A YEAR
[HINTS FOR FARMERS
Difficulties In Farming,
| It is very certain that there is nd
problem more difficult to solve than
hat of how to manage a farm at the
resent time in order to make it pay,
rites Oscar Crum of Clark county,
nd., in Prairie Farmer. Each year
rices In commodities rise and ex-
ecnses increase. Modern innovations
! nd improvements demand more mon-
*y than the receipts from the product!
of the farm will warrant. The young |
men are leaving the farms for the cit:
ies, where they go to learn a trade or!
seck a fortune and lay by something |
or old age. The result of this is that |
alf of the farmers have to depend on |
incompetent help or rely on sin niger]
ho are not safe to have about the |
farm, or do the work themselves:
There is a great cry for better reads, ’
and all taxation is getting higher. Our
road tax at the present time is about
three times what it has been hereto-
fore. Now, to remedy this state of
ffairs my idea is for farmers to go”
low with improvements and make
hem when needed if possible, The
ime is at hand when we will have to
o better farming—make every acre of
and grow every bushel of grain that
re can and feed it on the farm. Do
ot remove any straw, fodder or any-
hing that makes manure from the
farm. Keep more and Letter stock.
With hogs at $6.25 and cattle at pres-
ent prices, it will pay you to raise all
the stock the farm will feed rather
than sell the feed. There is a class of
farmers who keep abreast of us, and
there is a reason for it. They are in
sympathy with their work. You will
find these men know what their ex-
penses are, In fact, they keep a set of
books that shows just what they are
doing. They do not let their farm ma-
chinery stand out in all sorts of weath-
er. Their stock is found well housed,
instead of standing by a fence during
a snowstorm. These men have found
that to be successful they must give
the closest attention to business. Would
it not be well for us to resolve the
coming year to better our condition?
I am sure we would find it more profit-
able in every way were we to do so.
! . Lime as nn Fertilizer.
Lime is not a form of fertilizer that
can be used indiscriminately on alk
lands with the expectation of profita-
ble results. It is liable to have the best
results on sour, peaty soils and those
having a large amount of undecorpos-
ed vegetable matter, on heavy or'@gy
lands in conjunction with barn ma- -
nures and other coarse organic sub-
stances and on sandy lands if in con-
Junction with a system of green ma-
nuring. Wherever lime can be obtain-
ed cheaply, from 10 to 15 cents per
bushel, it can be used at the rate of
twenty to forty bushels per acre, in a
small way at first, and the results care-
fully noted, for its value can only be
decided upon by actual application.
Place the quicklime in small piles on
the field where it is to be spread. Make
the plles of from three to five bushels
each and cover them with earth. If
the soll is moist, the lime will slack in
a few days, but if dry add a little wa-
ter before the lime is covered with the
carth. The mass should slack to a fine
powder without lumps. If too much
water is used, th¢ mass will be lumpy
and hard to spread. As a rule it is
best spread in the fall.—Hoard’s Dairy-
man.
A Profitable Half Acre.
Professor John W. Lloyd of the Illi-
nois Agricultural college planted a one-
half acre farmer's garden. He reports
his experiences as follows:
“If nothing is charged for the use of
the land nor the manure, the total cost
would be summarized as follows:
Seeds and plants, $5.54; insecticides, 50
cents; labor, $26.11; total, $32.06.
“In return for this expenditure the
garden furnished a continuous supply
of fresh vegetables throughout the
growing season, with enough sweet
corn for drying, tomatoes for canning,
cucumbers, peppers, cabbage, string
beans and green tomatoes for pickling,
onions, beets, carrots, parsnips, salsify,
winter radishes, cabbage and celery
for winter use and parsnips, horser \&-
ish and salsify left in the ground for
spring. These vegetables could not
have been bought in the usual way for
less than $83.84. This leaves a balance
of $51.78 in favor of the garden. What
other half acre on the farm pays as
well?”
Preparing Soil For Planting.
Continue the preparation of the soil
for spring planting. 'The recent freezes
will be found to greatly aid the har-
row in pulverizing the surface soil.
Rememb r, the soil cannot be too fine-
ly pulverized. Less seed is required
because a larger per cent will germi-
i mate on a finely comminuted soil, and
a quicker and more vigorous growth
will result. Such a soil will both con-
tain more and retain better whatever
‘water it may receive, and the plant
food is rendered more easy of access
to the finely divided feeding rcots.
Big Wheat Yields.
A Minnesota man claims that by a
careful breeding of wheat he is going
to produce a variety of wheat which
will produce fourfold more tham any
‘we have now. We do not believe that
{this can be done, and if it could be it
i lis doubtful if such a discovery would
be of any real benefit. Wheat pulls
jthe lite out of the best soil fast enough
as it is and one year with another is
jone of the least profitable crops which
can be raised.