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Rft\D?-FARM TIME FOR HARVESTING GRAIN If Left Uncut Until Dead Ripe Many Varieties Lo?es Both in Quality and Quantity. (Hy ROBERT II. OA MOON.) Among tho numerous mistakes that ieaa 10 enormous wastes on tne iarm, few are more worthy of attention than that of letting grain, oats, wheat, rye, corn, etc. .get too ripe before harvesting. No one can ride about the country in summer without bein? struck and amazed at the prevalence of this error. You will notice field after field that has reached, or Is approaching, the period of doad ripeness, and that, ought to have been harvested several days before. The loss arising from (his source is more appreciable and more easily estimated, perhaps in wheat, of which m we cultivate comparatively little, thnn it is In other grains, like oats and rye, but the same general principle applies to all. If wheat Is cut two weeks or so be lore it Hilly ripens, it contains more gluten and starch and a bushel will weigh more, and it will make a larger quantity and a better quality of flour, with a less quantity of bran or mid tilings, Mian li i'. wore allowed to ripen. This is by no means a matter of theory. It is the result of careful ol>servation. The straw will begin to change color slightly two or throe weeks before the grain comes to complete maturity. In the best and most favorable seasons it will begin to ripen and change color at the bottom. In some less fa villi UK: ovrtioima IIIU U|>JHM JI.M111S III! II first. In the groat wheat-growing sections of the far Kast, where wheat-growing la carrk-il on to a much greater extent than it is here, they have studied this point more carefully than wo have. The host farmers begin to cut while a portion of the stalk is green, as soon as the kernel has passed from the "milky" to the "doughy" state. The stalk has then begun to change color, sometimes from the bottom, sometimes for three or four inches helow the head. A most careful and accurate experiment was made to ascertain the difference, taking wheat, first, when it mirt (jii-fii. sffuiiu. ;i wcrk ancr, wnen It was changing color; and third, when fully ripe. The result was in the first ease 13% bushels an acre; in tho second, 23V.j: In the third, 23% ; and the same difference was found in the straw. The total value an acre was: in that cut green, $G2.30; in that cut one week after, when the stalk was yellow he low tne onr, ?tvj.oi: in that cut one week after, when fully ripe, $r>G.13. The first two productions had more fine flour and loss bran than that cut last, showing that gluten is converted into starch in standing to get fully ripe. When either end of the stalk turns yellow, the sap cease? to (low, and the covering or shell of the kernel thickens and becomes hard, and of course gives a larger proportion of bran and less fine flour. Beside, in early cutting there is less loss from shelling out in handling, and frnm ?.l, 5 ,.1, -* ? *1 will IIifsn n HIUD, Vlllll ll lli \ UIM'h .1 very heavy Ions in ripened grain. Now what is true of wheat is. in tho main, also true of other small grains? oats and rye. If wo raise thorn for pood to sow again, they ought to ho allowed to ripen fully, hut If for grinding or for food for animals, they should he rut early, ff they would be in their best and most nutritive condi tlen. HANDY DEVICE FOR GRANARY Contrivance for Holding Bags So That They May Be Filled Quickly?Is Cheaply Constructed. There are various kinds of devices to be made quickly for filling bags when ono has to do it alone, but I think it is wise to have a contrivance in your granary all of the time, writes ! I ! I ! i ! ! I ! I ^ ^ I iiiiiiniii[i;iiiri< i "r i A Useful Bag Filler. Ralph Mersey In Farm and Homo, I had a blacksmith make me one that works very well. I Cllt the bottom Olll lit ri loforn # I?, pan and had thin mounted on an iron rod as shown in the drawing. Small hooks are placed around this. The bag is hung on these hooks and the grain shoveled in at the top. Using Waste Land. Rome western farmers are planting waste land to hickory trees to be used in making axe handles. FARM LEVEL IS ESSENTIA!! Most Successful WorK Cannot Be Done Without Aid of Instrument?Brings Returns. It is usually found difficult to establish a grade, plan a ditch, or lay out a drain with the eye only to suggest or some cheap device to assist, says a writer In Orange Judd Farmer. 1 have tried it several times, and have never been satisfied, nor have 1 been able to do the most successful worK without the aid of a real leveling Instrument. If all of us were engineers Effective Farm Level. g and owned costly levels, these simple mutters would be easy. Fortunately, p there nre on the market simple, In- g expensive levels made purposely for 'l the farmer: $lf> will buy one, and so invest-d will bring in great returns. tl The simple level, illustrated here, it will meet the requirements for all li kinds of drainage, underdralnage, p open ditches or drains, all kinds of ir- a ngaung work, canals and laterals, terracing land, road building, house '1 foundation work, grading of all kinds, h setting <>\it orchards, running fences, \ ge tting angles and every sort of farm work requiring a level. Farmers, as a rule, have most of the common tools Is and implements for doing farm work, tli< level excepted. Now that this is available to up-to-date farms of the 1 substantial farmers, this recent addi- J tion to the farm equipment may prove most helpful in performing many of h these tasks that have heretofore been done by guess and, therefore, unsat isiaeiory. LOG-FLOAT FOR LEVELING Can Be Made at Home at Little Expense and When Us?d Leaves ^ Ground in Fine Shape. We use plank drags or floats out ^ hero, but there is a better wnv th:in I1 cutting lngs. spend your time to draw n them to mill, pay the saw bill, and ? draw the lumber back home to make 1 a plank drag, says a writer in Rural n I New Yorker. Any man who can swing an ax and twist an auger can make what you < all a float or clod crush- ^ A/o 3 6 Ft. LONG S /PI . ^ N?Z S Ft. LONG ^ % ? ) i f S ;; I Home-Made Log-Float. < r. It consists of throe logs right !l foot long, the first one being four a inches in diameter, the second five inches, the third six inches, with twoinrh holes through each log about a :I foot or so from each end. Then put 1 a chain through each hole, tie a knot " in the chain between each log. This k< i ps thorn from all drawing together. Have your chain lo"ng enough so that it is two or three feet longer than tho logs require. This is loft in a loop ^ in front to hitch your team on; thou o it is ready for use. The logs thus | fastened do not draw rigid, but what / the first, log dots not do the second one helps, and after the third one passes over it leaves the ground in a v fine shape. I know one farmer who \ neve r puts a harrow on his oat ground, hut uses one- of these loir floats I J < ^Pn 1 #-tINOTE5S Stingy manuring does not pay. The sham corn plow docs the best 11 > work. c Careful cultivation will exterminate) 1 the weeds. ^ Hake up and burn all rubbish. Let ' no weeds go to seed. A good corn knife makes the work '' of cutting corn easier. It's a safe guess that seed corn will R be saved rifibt this year. When Irish potatoes are fully ma- s tured, dig them- on a dry day. Spray tho asparagus tops with Honleaux mixture, as a preventive of 1 rust. Next to (ho mowing machine In inv portance In alfalfa harvest Is the side delivery rake. J! Beets In the garden are all right i where they are until tho ground he- * gine to freeze in the fall. The market garden furnishes a large amount of waste products which may be utilized for poultry food. The only way to decrease the amount of smut In corn In to pluck ofl (lie smut-balls and burn them. Corn fields are unusually clean this year and those that worn host cultl vatcd suffer least from lack of rain. Harvest, the onion crop as soon as most of the tops have begun to turn yellow at the neck and the toi?a lop over. AN EXCUSE FOR EACH. ifSVrTTtm Si Mother (Severely) ? How many rawberries have you t-iten out ol lis basket, Ethel? Ethel?Only two. One to see how It isted, and the other to take tbe tastn lit r*1 ?v u* ill J lUUUlU, Puzzled by Wireless. "Mlstah Jenkins," asked an old no ro of Atlanta nf his employer would vo' ho so Rood, sail, as to <-x lain to me 'bout Ibis wireless tele raph business I hears 'em a-talkiiu )Ollt ?" "Why, certainly, llenry," responds lie employer, "though 1 can do so onlj 1 a general way, as I myself know ttle of lhe subject. The thing con ists in sending messages through th< ir instead of over wires." laasuii, iMtiu jienry, i Knows >out dat; but, Ball, what brats mo i: o\v dcy fasten the air to Hie polos!" A PERMANENT CURE. Jo Sign of Kidney Trouble for Ove a Year. Mr? c T Tln/.L-<M. ?!0 ?....? o>_ amaica Plains, JJostou, Mass., says I was a physical wreck. I could no ave walked a block bad my lifo dr xg? peuded upon it Tho kidney se cretions wero ii \=- F terrible condl ^ tion and I bloat v'-V wished fo H >Vv? ftv \i death. I loarnoi cgan their use. Gradually I im roved until at last I was well. Ovei year has uow elapsed and not a slgt f kidney trouble has appeared. 1 glv< Joan's Kidney Pills credit for savinj ly life." Remember the name?Doan's. Tor sale by all dealers. 50 cenis i iox. Koster-Milburn Co.. Huffalo, N. Y Which Do Vou Like Worst? This is the greatest known way fo imleclded people to make tip thei ninds. None but a strong-minded womai an ever deride which of two or Hire lata site likes "the best," particular!; f they arc all comely. Popular belles have been known t lavo similar troubles with thei weethearts. Which do I like best i itton a momentous fpiestioi Why not try the other way? Decide which, of tuen, or hats, o ittractivo "dates" yon likt the worst nd then proceed to eliminate. Front there von can factor <m( 1i ho grade of desirability, until yo ctunlly find yourself at a decision iooau.se It, whatever It Is, is the onl mo loft. The process is delightfully simple African Logic. Dusky Driver (ushering ladlos fron learner)- Yes. inarm?dis way, inarm a'iago to de hotel. First Lady (hesitating at step) lml what will you charge? D. 1>.?One dollar, mar.tn. Second Lady Half a dollar apiecr i*hen the hotel is barely a block away Vhy, we'd Just as 1 iof ? - D. D. (interrupting)?Would vo est as lief go in do hotel ins? IJe harges n quarter. Ladies (In chorus)?Just as liof. D. I), (with flourish) Don sto; Ight into do ca'ige, inarm, an' I'll tak u for do same as de bus doy Is poni< oiks prefers do ca'ige and I has t< harge accordin'!?Virginia Vintage. Science and Cheese. A medical authority kindly assure; 8 that as long as cheese isn't do ayeil It will not affoct the health o he consumer. This is a fact that wi iii v <! sviHperieci lor a conHHieraun line. Hut how is the ordinary chees< plcure to detect the difference un t'ss lie waits for results? Thoro is cheese so thoroughly dis :ulsed In the costume and aroma o ecay that its proper standing on thi anltary testing table would puzzle j onjuror. For Instance, there is the brain mown as limburger. Hut why pursue this subject? For COLDS nntl OltIP Hick*' ('Ai'i niNR Ih tlio best rpmody- rr levPH the ncliinif nmt frverlHlineim cures ill 'old and restores normal conditions. It' IqiiM effects Imiiiedlatly. 10c., 2oc., and 50c it drug storesPower of a Magnet. A nteol lioraoRhoo magnet can lioli n suspension a weight up to twont, imcB its own. Booauao of U SOCIETY LADIES READ THIS You Will Find Thi* F rAw Mrs. Baker, of Floral, Very Interesting. Floral, Ark.?"Until a month ago,' writes Mrs. Viola Raker, of this place "I was in very bad health. I was sc weak and nervouB that I was unable to do my housework. I tried Cardul according to directions, and now I an : in good health and recommend youi medicine to all my friends. I gav< Cardul to three of my friends to try and they all say it helped them." Society and household cares mak< nervous, weak women, who tuiffe groat pain and misery, much of whicl | | c;in bo avoided by taking Cardul. Worry and overwork act on you j nerves like rust on metal, and the; ' simply go to nieces. You can't alway make rusty metal bright again, am sometimes yon ran't got your nerve straightened out ngaln, t.;> better be gin before tin- trouble gc>o. loo deej I 1'or half a eentur.", CarduI has bee , ur.ed with benefit, by sick womer tlumsands of whom have written, tel . in? of the good results obtained. 3 Doesn't this mean something to you Denofit by others' experience. Cai ^ dui will help you. Try it. j Ask your druggist about. Cardul. IN. K lfriUt*: I.OUIPS' AtlVlSO'>' I )ppt Chattanooga Medicine :'o > nattanoogi Tontl., for Sfrial fnstr ucticnt, and C p:i s<o book, "Homo Treatment for Won r sent In plain wrapper 011 request. PAGE FROM ANCIENT HISTOR ' 1 Incident of Hannibal's Career Tha Writers Appear to Have Overlooked. " Hannibal and his staff wore pacln 1 merrily over tho Alps on their faUhft war elephants. Sudd' uly a man with ; tin badge and chin whiskers rushe 1 I into th<> roadway and held up ill r hand. "You stop right where you be! ' he cried. "Why should I stop?" thui dered the groat Carthaginian as h 8 mahout hooked the elephant's ea * "You're exceedin' the ppeed limit," r plied th? man with the siar. "An' I'i r a duly appointed constable, by hock i Hannibal was so overcome by thl - amusing holdup that ho lossed a ha ; of ga/.ooiianK to th?> officer and laugl lug hysterically rode away. Later oi however, his indignation uppereut h a sense of humor, and ho proceeded t sinm mo ino out or in<> uoman coi I sols and their picked veterans, for ing iho fighting to (ho very Rate i r shuddering Home." Boston Traveler. J NO HEALTHY SKIN LEFT 11 P ' v. "My little son, a boy of five, brok out with an itching rash. Three do ,, tors prescribed for him, but he koj r getting worse until wo could not dres a him any more. They finally advise me to try a certain medical collog< but its treatment did no good. / r (he timo I waa induced to try Cut cura he was so bad that I had to ei his hair off and put the Cuticura Oin n nientonhini on bandages, as it ws ,, Impossible to touch him with the bat , hand. There was not one square inc v of skin on his whole body that w? not affected. He was one mass < sores. The bandages used to stick t his jiiin and in removing them it use to take the skin off with them, an the screams from the poor child wet hnufl linna I i lilnl# ? I- - , | uvu> luivuniiif). I i;05<?ll IW U1IIIIV lilt he would never got well, but after tta second application of Cutlcura Oin inent 1 hegan to see signs of improv ment, and with the third and fourt , applications tho sorea commenced t > dry up. His skin peeled oft twent times, hut It finally yielded to tli ,, treatment. Now I can say that ho I v entirely cured, and a stronger an healthier hoy you never saw than li Is today, twelve years or more sine l> the cure was effected. Robert Wattar [. 1118 Forty-eighth St., Chicago. II A 1 ?? [? vytit *7, i %t\J&? o i The Explanation. Old i'odkins lay bark in his cha In calm content, and though his wil 3 j was quite near him ho was happy, U she had not broken the silence ft f ' nearly Jive minutes. p lie had boon married for five-am n twenty long years, and Mrs. Podkln j almost daily during 21 of tiiem, hu disturbed the domestic peace l)y a tr full exercise of her tongue, i. "My dear," broke In Mrs. P f thinking it time she said something t n interrupt the quiet, "I see by the pi x pers that a petrified jaw two yard long has boon found in Cornwall." "VVbsif'" fried Pnrlkine n "Now l know your secret. Hut yo never told me your ancestors cam from that part of the world!" > TO DUIVK (H'T MAI.ARIA < A M> III ILI) M-TIIF SVSTE] H Tako the Old Htandard (illuVKS TASTKI.K: <51111,I. TONIC You know ithul you uro lakln Tlio formula l> plainly prinlfd on evi<ry |>otlI nhowlncf It Ik Mmnly Oulnlm- and Iron In a last lets form, 'l'ho uulnlnn drlTes ont ll>e malar and Ina Iron Initial up th? RyMoui. hold hy n dealers for ao years. I'rlco 10 cents. I | y I Woman's sphere now soems to be tli whole rnrth. lose ugly, grizzly, gray hairs. Uso " IN THEIR GOWNS. i % ) Court Papa?That was tho supremo court r of tho United States wo just came 1 out of. Tommy (a Red seven)?'Gee, pop! dere wasn't anybody dere but a lot of beardpd old women dressed In black. 3 in a rturry, ,j I It was Anna's first visit at the seasiilo. She was only a little girl, and b very enthusiastic over the long-looked!* for opportunity to ro into ilio water. >. They r.atno too late the previous n day tor a c?ip in the surf, so Anna was ( j up early, and as she put on her hatli' i ing suit while ttie rest were at break ; fast some one questioned her as to j her h;csie. ? | "Well, you see," replied the thoughtr ful ehild. "I want to hurry and go in | before so many people get in and get i the water cold." The Effects. * "I have come to you. my friend, for comfort. My best girl has treated mo very badly. I was trying to explain something to her. but she gave me Y 1 such sharp looks they cut me to the heart; she withered me with her lt scorn, crushed me with her cold nosK and stabbed me with her keen I edged tongue." "Seo here, man. you oughtn't to eoine to me for comfort; what you PC ' (l I need is to go to a hospital for treat I inent." '' SPOIIN'S DISTKM I'KK CI'HK will ' run* iiliy possible rase of Dl ST I". M P KK. i PINK \.\ I!. and tin- like among horses It- | of all ages. ;iii<I prevents all oiheis in the |s I same st;iI>Ji- fmm having the disease. Also j cures < hii'ken elmlera, and dog distemper. ' i Any good druvrgist ean f-upply you, or send e- J to mtrs. ."iii rents and s 1.00 a bottle. Agents n I want I'd. Free bonk. Spohn Medical to., i Spec. Contagions Diseases, (Joshen, lnd. Is j K | Made Sure of Death. h? i A student of a school in Shinshu. \ Japan, recently committed suicide by ls ' jumping Into the crater of Asamno I ynma. The tragedy was not discovered n. until three days afterward, when some c. documents left by tho suicide near 3f the crater were picked tip. Bermuda Onion Seed. Direct from Teneriffe. We are head , quarters. Write for prices. John A | Sal/.er Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis. e Increase of Commerce. '* The commerce of the port of New i yil l\ IIJ1U il kiuv.III 111 |KT COni. ^ in tho last ton yo;ns. l For IIICAl>ACIIIC lllek*' < \IM IHM |. ] Whether from C'iiIiIm, ilent. Sliinmeli or Nervous Troubles. < apint!in- will relieve you 't ' tt'n Itqnlil pleitKfilit in takr ftfit Imtui'.ll f. ntelv. Try it. 10c., 2U*., ami jO rents at ilrug i stores. LS ; Truth is a strurturo roarod on llio battlefield of contondinK forces. Dr. i? j Winehell. (> Mr*. Win low's Soothir.jr Svmp f?'r' O'iMrrn (i fcftlhliip, H(?ficnH Ihf quills, mliicrH i 11 n:?vx) n: i d ! 'ion. Alla> s i?ii i ii. ruces \% I ml a Kit tie. *0 Too much slatcgy can tangle itsolf 1 morn than it can loo] others. i r* lW 'i'^rro aro lamps that of In tup-run kirig t tin STEADY/g^Sak K'*l' ? rtf'Vlor KviWHITE #Sm?, tluscrl ptlvo im renin r l ir UCHT?"i*asSlg? STANE ! WINTER h: Oldest and B( /M ? "* A tplonri vil S"l feW 111^ no arier . feHII i ? m m m *0$%, m 111111?ipmi mill ii LA CREOLE'' HAIR RE8TORER. PRI 1 t' , "I have been using Cascarets for Id? somnia, with which I have been afflictcd for twenty years, and I can cay that Cascarets have given me more relief than any other remedy I have ever tried. I &hat] certainly recommend them to my friend# I aa being all that they are represented.'' Tho.s. Gillard, Elgin, 111. Pleasant, Palatable, Potent. Tasto Gocxi. Do Good. Never Sicken.*We.\ken or Grips. lCc. 25c. *>0c. Never sold in bulk. The tieo nine tablet stamped I II, Oaaraxitco<l to cure or your moauy back. 924 W, L, DOUGLAS HApROCESSED SHOES MEN'S 12.00, 5-2.50,1-3.00, $3.50,14.00, $5.00 WOMEN'S 12.50, $3,13 50,14 J* BOYS' 12.00.12 50 &, 13.00 / THE STANDARD FOR SO YEARS They are absolutely the | most popislaraud bestsboes ' yOu for the price in America. L/ ' I They are the leaders every- I ' where because they hold * J ! their shape, fit better, L look better and wear Ion- f/Bk. [ gor than other maltes. I i They are positively the BLrS- -WsSB I most economical shoes (or you to buy. W. L. I Douelas name and the retail price are stamped * on the bottom ? value guaranteed. TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE! If your dealer cannot supply you wnte lor Mail Order Catalog. W.'L. DOUGLAS. Brockton. M**a. j - - (ban liquid antiseptics FOB I Givei nnft a f whpi hr^?fK rUiin vrN>f? w ? ?- ?- f ? I I gcrm-freo teeth?antiseptically cican mouth and throat?purifies the breath 1 after smoking?dispels all disagreeable perspiration and body odors?much appreciated by dainty women. A quick remedy for sore eyes and catarrh. ?A lillle Poxtirie powder dissolved in o gless of hot watej makes u delightful antiseptic solution, porsessing extraordinary , cleansing, germicidal and heal- I ing power, and absolutely Ktttn- J lets. 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