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Some Don'ts in Plowing. If you have, as you c lerht to have, crimson clover to turn for corn and cotton, don't "cut and cover," as the darkies say, by turn ing it over fiat and making a layer of stuff to check the rise of the cap illary moisture, and thus make you believe, in dry weather, that the clover has damaged you. Measure your plow and see how wide it is intended to plow, and plow that wide and no more. Don't try to turn a twelve-inch furrow with a nine-inch plow, for you will have one depth on the land sid? and no depth on the other side, and will be simply making grooves in the soil. Don't be scared if the clover is not all covered up, but disk it up and harrow it and it will decay right where it will do most good. Don't plow land, that has been plowed three or four inches deep years, eight inches deep all at once, for th?'raw soil turned up in such a mass will do harm, but gradually deepen the plowing, an inch every time the land is broken till you are plowing an average of eight inches with the turning plow. Of course, you can loosen the subsoil with a subsoil plow and leave it unturned. Subsoiling will be of very tempora ry use on flat clay soil, and is of the most value on hill lands thai, are in clined to wash. Don't do away with your terraces till you have made sod on the land and got enough humus-making ma terial there to prevent washing. With a sod turned every time the land is broken and deeply subsoiled, you can work hill lands without washing and without terraces, for I have done it. Don't, as a rule subsoil in spring, for even when the top soil is in condition to crumble the subsoil may be wet and pasty. The fall is the best time for subsoiling lande that need it. Don't plow deep in the late fall for small ou land that has been well broken earlier that season. Let the early Dlowiug remain settled and make the surface three or four in ches perfectiy tine. ? well com pacted soil will not suffer in winter from winter-killing of wheat or oats as will a roughly-prepared and loose soil. Don't imagine you are plowing land when you scratch over it three inches deep with one mule, even with a turning plow, and do not imagine thai a buli-tongue will break land properly for crops. Don't plow strips and make beds and let the middles stand with the notion that the weed growth on | them will be valuable. It is of very j slight value as compared with a good thorough plowing before Wed ding. On high, liirht and well drained land, don't bed for cotton or corn, but plant on the level and use the smoothing harrow and the weeder before and after the plants come up. Don't imagine that a plow is sim ply a plow, for there are many poor plows aud many good ones. Get a plow that is long underfoot rather than a short one, for it will run easier, and don't get one with a moldboard that butts right against the furrow, but ont that admits of easy turning up on edge. Don't im agine that you know all about plow ing till you have studied plows of various makes and tested them. Progressive Farmer. King of Externals ?4ands supreme under every test. Feel se cure, keep Gowans in the home. Gowans al ways conquers Croup and Pneumonia and your doctor assents. Gowans Preparation was used on my child when it was desperately Ul with Pneumonia. Immediately after the second application my physician called and finding so great an improvement ordered its continuance. The child recovered rapidly. G.J.HECKLE,Drnggist, 924 East St. Allegheny, Pu. BUY TO-DAY! HAVE I? ll THE HOME AU Dru??Ki? SI. 50?. 25o. tiOWAN MEDICAL CO.. GuaranUcl tnt nontr rtfuoded by roar il/sff'tl Little George was 6 years old at New Year's, and the family was much interest*"! in having him start to school in February, but he in sisted that he was not going, says the Woman's Home Companion. One day his grandmother said to him: "George, you are going to school with sister this winter, aren't you?" "No, grandma, I'm not going to school at all. I can't read, nor I can't write, nor I can't sing, and I'd like to know what good I'd be at school.'* CHARM IN DAINTINESS QUALITY THAT MAKES FOR SUC CESS OF THE MATINEE. All "hinge Considered, a Figured Ma terial Is the Most Desirable for the Woman of Moderate Purse -Choice Is a Wide One. As a rule charm of color and mate rial combined with daintiness of fin ish have more to do with the success of a dainty matinee than elaborate ornamentation or subtlety of line. Among the models not to be read ily copied are the little French sacks of fine lingerie .stuff, hand made, deli cately embroidered, inset with lace. Charming things they are, too, these fine lingerie matinees with their coquettish ribbon bows, and often a loose lining of India silk matching the color of the bows and providing an additional warmth without de tracting from the sheer daintiness of the sack. But the really fine embroidered lin gerie matinee is an extravagance, and the lingerie model that is not fine is a failure, so the woman who wants a cheap sack, requiring little trim ming and yet attractive, is likely to buy a figured material. Some of the figured white stuffs are admirable for Matinee in Pink Crepe. i the purpose-embroidered Swisses and cross-barred batistes and lawns But here again one meets the require ment of fineness. Fortunate^-, even the best materials of this sort are not I alarmingly expensive, and so little trimming is necessary that the cost of the sack may be slight. j The rule to be observed in babies' I clothes holds good in matinees. Trim- 1 ming may be unpretentious, but it ! must be fine if the garment is to be succesful, and coarse, careless work robs a matinee of every atom of smartness er attractiveness. There may be on!y a line, of beading as fin ish for neck and sleeves, but the bead- j ing should be of good quality and ef- j fective design, and it should be ap plied by hand. Figured dimity makes a delightful and practical summer matinee, wear ing well, laundering well, needing bu? little trimming, and costing a mer? song. It is. perhaps, the beBt of th* flowered cotton stuffs, coming as i' does in delicious little designs 01 j dainty colored sprigs and flowerlets on barred or checked or white grounds. Valenciennes, Cluny or fine Swiss embroidery will do for trimming, and there are some attractive sacks in which a crochet insertion or the coarse open Irish beading or Venise is used. There are pretty flowered and cross barred lawns, too. but their designs are usually large and do not have the quaint daintiness which makes dim ity such an admirable matinee mate rial. MARY DEAN. I Short Brocade Coats. The modistes have not neglected to tempt us with novelties of new mate rials and models. Our attention is at- ! tracted by a short brocade coat worn over a skirt of thin material. Here is j a prophecy of spring. We notice fa miliar details-that the skirt just es- j capes the ground; that some fullness j is suggested in gathers at the waist j line; and that there is little width at the foot. We fear that fashion has j cheated us out of new ideas. But I further study shows that not only the length of this coat is new; the square front, square armhole, and square. I long coat-tail back are novelties. Harper's Bazar. Faded Effects. How the spring season will look, with its many "shaded" garments,* it is difficult to say just at present. To the unaccustomed sense these "shad ed" things look faded, and suggest September rather than May. Par ticularly is this true of the hats. These are called "Sunset Hemp," and are made of the finest braid, in all col ors, shading from a deep tone at the edge to the palest of pale tones in .the top of the crown. The golden brown, for instance, merges to ecru, as though the sun had feasted on the i color and drawn lt all out. Leg-o'-Mutt on Sleeves. Now and then leg-o'-mutton sleeves are seen lu coats. Tiny rhinestone buckles are worn on satin evening slippers. The low type of Robespierre collar ls an especial favorite. Cream and butter shades are In ddt maud ia shadow laces. Copyrieht 1909, by C. E. Zimmerman Co.-No. 10 No matter what your walk in life, or what your c ition may be, you have an opportu nity to be the possessor of a bank account, and it only re mains for you to realize the importance of this one thing, to render you independent. OFFICERS: J. C. Sheppard, Pres.; W. W. Adams, Vice pres.; E. J. Miras, Cashier; J. H. Allen, assistant Cashier. DIRECTORS: J. C. Sheppard, W. W. Adams, J. Wm. Thurmond, Thos. H. Rainsford, J. M. Cobb, B. E.Nicholson, A. S. Tompkins, C. C. Fuller, W. E. Prescott. Guauo! Guano! We Isaaid?e SosaSfeera States P???splh?te & Fertilizers P. & F. A. D. Bone Augusta Hign Grade, Acid of all Grades. These goods are now in the ware house ready for delivery. zers We desire to notify our fanner friends that we are ready to supply them with fertilizers in all of the popular brands and iorni'Jas. We sell the cel ebrated brands Bradley, Baldwin and Etiwan Those goods have been used by fanners of this county lor many years and have given satisfaction. We aiso have contracted for a large supply ot ingredients for mixing fertilizers at home. Hear in mind that we can till your ordes for any kind of plant food, the dependable kind. Come in to see us. Ready for Delivery We have in our warehouse ready for delivery all the popular br.mds of commercial fertili zers from reliable manufacturers. We can also supply the farmers vvitii the necessary ingredients for Mixing Their Fertilizers at Home Drop in and get our prices before making your contracts for the year. T. MAY FARMERS GETTING B/ A Champio "By E. J. IDDINGS, Idaho Experiment Station.) Beef cattle shortage, predicted for several years by careful observers of live stock conditions, is now a serious problem commanding public atten tion. Years ago widespread use of the range and cheap beef made from free grass drove the farmer out of the beef cattle business. During the last ten pears the farmer had his turn and has changed thousands of square miles of grazing land into homesteads and cul tivated farms. With cattle driven in relative large numbers from both farm and range, could there be any doubt Df ultimate beef cattle shortage? An increase of population for the ; last decade of 2.1 per cent, is met by a j beef shortage of seven per cent. Dur iug the last six months prices of our great markets have been continually reaching higher levels, until the 10 and ll cent steer seems to be with us for some time to come. Unfortunate features of the situation are that good female stock of breeding age has been sent to market in increasing numbers, and that there has been for the last five years an unprecedented slaughter of calves. Many remedies have been suggest ed, among them a national law pre venting the slaughter of female stuff for a period of years Public senti ment and concerted action on the part of live stock men, rather than statute law, is the remody for the situarion. High prices for cattle on foot will naturally encourage many farmers and ranchers to extend or start in cat- j tie. A beef producers' association in I each state, as is now in active opera- j tion in Iowa, would be of great help ; GET START CF HORSERADISH I Sm?l! Roots Cut Into Lengths of From Four to Six Inches Should Be Planted Early. Horseradish should be started very early in the spring, lt consists of one large root from which springs the crown and a large number of smaller roots. These roots, small as a lead pencil or larger, are cut off into lengths of from four to six inches, and should be placed in the ground with the thick end up. They should be planted about thr-e inches deep, and the soil cbove them pressed down firmly to prevent water rcTching them before they start. Make the soil loose, and at least a depth of ten inches. Work into it plenty of well-rotted manure. Set horseradish in rows about three feet apart, and at intervals of about fif teen inches. Then keep the weeds away from them, and the top soil loose, with frequent cultivation. A row six feet long will supply a family with all it needs. The plant will be ready for use early in the fall, and it makes its best growth then. It should be dug late in the fall, after all other crops aro off. the small root tope beiiiK removed and stored in sand in the cellar, or buried in pits in rhe ground until wr .ited for use. I Salt as often as if the cows were still on pasture. The ewes must carry some flesh to make the flock profitable. It is the wise poultryraan who studies the comfort of his fowls If breeding ewes are kept thin in flesh, the flock will surely degenerate. Dry air, good feed and i '.enty of exercise are necessary for winter eggs. A treeless home is a lonesome looking place to one who is a lover of trees. This is the time when the cows are getting that good canned corn out of the silo. Sheep, if given half a ch? , and if of good healthy stock, are . -re to pay their way. The prosperous and most successful farmer is comfortable only when his stock ?B comfortable. The average horse at hard work will eat about a pound of hay for every 100 pounds of live weight. Keep a little record where thines were in the garden this year so as to change ground for next year. The man who dubbed the hog a "mortgage lifter" was posted; he knew something of the possibilities o' the animal. From the soil spring the necessi ties of physical life and the farmr- ' finds contentment in the daily ce~ templation of the harvest prospect, j and enjoys the fruits of hie own toiL I \QK TO BEEF CATTLE n Hereford. In starting new mer. in beef cattle and diverting a portion of the female stream, now flowing marketward, to the farm as breeding females. Fur thermore, further discussion of the beef cattle situation and widespread realization of the need of immediate efforts toward breeding a future beef supply would aid in retaining on the farm a large percentage of the calves now sent to the shambles. The flow marketward of half fin ished stuff must be checked. Corn, oats and hay are more plentiful and relatively cheaper than beef. Reten tion of the half-fat ?teer in the feed yard for several weeks means more beef from each animal and more economical use of feed stuffs. Another method of producing more good beef in a reasonable time is by the use of better bulls on grade cows now producing indifferent calves. In the University of Icaho steer herd is a Hereford-Jersey Shorthorn thar has won a number of prizes on the Pacific coast show circuit this year. His dam was a common cow, but his sire was one of the best Hereford bulls in the Missouri river valley. There are in all parts of America large numDere of grade cows that are now paying their keep in the dairy. These cows, bred to good oure-bred bulls of beef form, are capable of doing an important work in beef production a fact often overlooked. The things to be immediately sought are lessened slaughter of she stuff and calves, longer feeding and better finishing of present limited supply and beef-bred calves from many good grade cows now rendering indifferent service in other lines than beef ma king. PLAN TO SPREAD FERTILIZER Machine Provides Means of Even Distribution of Material-Feed May Be Regulated. in illustrating and describing a material distribuer, the invention of .J. W Gunter and J. A. Haardt of Montgomery. Ala., Scientific American says : The invention has for its object the provision of an Inexpensive machine, wherein means is provided for insur ing a regular ind uniform feed of the material, operated directly by the movement of the machine, and where Material Distributer. In the feed may be regulated to suit conditions. In operation a cut-off is set to feed the requisite amount of fertilizer, and is held in this position. The machine is drawn over the ground, the wheel in front rotating the shaft and causing the fertilizer to be fed through the chute. The plow opens a furrow to receive the fertilizer and a plate covers the fer tilizer in the furrow. The accom panying illustration shows a side view of the distributer. FAT .COVERS MANY DEFECTS lt Takes Good Judge to Pick Out Strong, Healthy Boar If the Ani mal ls Over-Fleshy. Some breeders have a trick of send ing their weak boars to fairs with an overcoat of fat which hides many de fects. When you see an over-fat boar lt is time to become wary. It ls a well known fact that all th? fat breeding animals at the big fairs are sold first and the rough ones are left to the last. It takes a good pudge to pick out a good, strong, healthy boar if he is over-fat. Even if the animal is quite thin In flesh and bas quality this will be no drawback where men of experience are making selections, because they judge the animal on his points and not on his general sleek, round ap pearance. Another point to be observed in buy ing boars is to observe closely the shape of his head. A boar with a long, narrow head, ears 3et close in, ls, as a rule, a poor siro. Care of Calf. Stanchions are all right for the dairy calf when it is being fed. The rest of the time it should be given liberty, where the ventilation is good and sunshine is prevalent