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\ SHELTFH IN THE FARM YARD Excellent Manner of Stacking Hay Is Illustrated?Also Protects hi* Animalc Tho illustration shows an excellent maimer of slacking the straw, hay or i-oi'u fodder that it may bo fed from the yard; this not only prevents the rattle from pulling it down and wasting same, but provides an excellent shelter for them from tho weather, says the Farm Press. The uprights or posts are made of onerete and so have greater durability than if constructed of wood; these are easily molded by building a box form of the right height and about 15 Shelter for the Farm Yard. l.w.Kr?o em....... ... .i.? i i.i ;r ...? < o.|n.ii' >n in'* iur>Mn- 11 ?>iii.? four posts arc to he vise; tlit* concrete j Is tamped Inside same and when 1 cured the frame may hi riveted upon them to form tlm foundation for the stack. \\"h> n desired the number of posts may he increased and the size of same decreased; thus, If six posts are used they will he amply strong if made )'J inches square; ii^i^ht posts are used they can he made ten inches j square. The advantage of this shelter j is very apparent to evor.v farmer, as It saves a large portion of the straw-, | etc , that would he wasted hy the ! manhole can he built through (lie , center of stack and the straw thrown down through it in feeding. thus giving the cattle a sheltered placo to feed away from snow and rain, if i SM-ll made, it is not the least nn ! lightly. ORGANIC MATTER OF SOILS i-Mcccssitry element is securea oy Crop Rotation by Plowing Under Green Crops and Manuring. IHy L>. W. i IIRAU, Colorado Agricultural Colli'-K'- ) All cultivated soils and most virgin oils contain plant and animals' remains, called organic matter. When in the last stages of decay, irganic mailer i.s called humus. Humus is d:n K in t i ili >i and imnaits that color to soil win n present in sufficient ! rj u.mtiUcs. Organii matter is very light in svciRiil When partially decayed, and j t>speciall> in the form of Innmis, it , lias tiu' power to absorb and hold \ larger quai tities of watt r than even j Hit: Hnest clays. Humus is more plastic (sticky) than sand, and loss plastic than clay, r'oriscquontly it is very valuable in binding together sandy s >ils and loos- I <cning up clayey soils. When organic matter decays, sub ! Htances called organic acids are pro- i duccil wliie.li act on the soil mineral : fnit'or -1 ii * 1 Imt n In m:?kr? if ?nh lilo m> that it i' available to other plants. Tho food material whieh tho organic matte: i ontainod is also broken down to its origit irtt form, ami much of it 1. lin built up into plant tis.-m' Organic matter is gotten into tho ^oil hy oro|> roMtion, by plowln.; tin dor gr< 1 n < ! p:, by nianuHng and by : rais ing i i'i i v ith ox'.oiikIvo root sys- ! terns. When added to soils in arid ' region it shoihl bo woll rotted. It j 1:. one hi the i. n ' important soil eon btitmnls Tin* lack of it in soil i-i J.uwiy t lio ( of lli<* dccrcasod v i n!-: nndor 11 i siiu;l<', continuous i Njppiiu; iicin. PUTTING IN DRAINAGE TILES .M.my Acres of Land Could Be Made Most Productive if System of I I irti itn 111 In ls M miI.I.I i: ) DuruiR li * I i ' fi'W months thorn )i.ts l>? ? 11 mil' h discus ion in t ho agri ult'iral pn s < on<< rning tho host inmslrrn iits for lartnors In tny opinion r hnro is no hot tor ati'l Mif?-r inwst ilieni mm lie ;ni'i lariinr inau iiie <lralnago on su< h part of the farm -4 fail to pioduee 111 :ixi 111 urn crops during wot seasons. There nrc many acres of naturally fertile oil (hat aro not paying the ow ner t!io < osl of working that could lie made t most productive portion of the fa: if a good system lit' 111111? I' 11 i i 11 i 111' 'A l nut in In many < a.the lirsl < rop will pay th<> ? nliro ens' of drainage. Of <ours'- many farm?-i art' so sitoatnri that l.li? ^ < annot afford to put in the rotnpl* '? (11'altin -tern at ono titrifi. My ndvl o to kim li mon Is to havo t/ioir plans mado at oih> time and do i ivi'i'.' ',c;ir In till ; \\:m tlic.r >rl< i h I not In* I ' i'li<i/<i r i!, ?iir ( on ijorted effort l>ui shall lit into .1 pro ivlously u> i !><'<! out system mid form a .uorinnnent p.iit of it. CHEAP MOVABLE CORN CRIB I Dries Grain Out Quickly and Permits It to Remain So All the Year Around. (Hy J. O. STEIN.) Tho walls of this corn crib ara built of barrel staves; tbo roof may bo of lap-siding or any kind of roofing you want. For th<> side walls, use two lengths of staves and run a pole on the middle, as shown in the cut to nail the staves on, and run the two rods through the middle of the crib, ono through poles and one through plates. / \l\l\t\i\f\iIhi- '} I \\\\ a1\!V " |\I\>\ " !\ H |v| \ \ I Lii?L? / h /^j *" -->AiA_i__?n \, n nrwfj A Movable Corn P. rih The size of (lie crib is according to the amount of corn raised. The walls must slant out a little, as ! shown iu the cut, as this will keep out the rain better. The floor is tight. This kitui of a crib is quite cheap and may bo built of small poles nailed close together if no barrel staves are t hand. Sueli a crib keeps the corn in good condition. It dries quickly and keeps dry all the year around, which is not possible for corn kept In a tight granary where it molds and spoils at once. EASILY-BUILT CLOD CRUSHER Found Extremely Useful on Soils j With Many Lumps?May Also Be Used as Roller. Upon heavy soils whore there are | many lumps or clods, this will bo < found of uso, as it is morn effective than the usual roller which presses the clod into the ground, but does not crush it, while (lie drag or boat shown j 111 i.k- iniot i nuuii ?in >\<U1V WOIUHTS | in ;i field where there are many clny j Clod Crudher. lumps iir cuius. i leavy pianKs are nailed together in (he manner shown in drawing with the edges lapped over each other, and to the top of these two strips am bolted to hold it rigidly together. At the end of these strips two hooks are placed to which a chain can he attached for hitching the team to. The top is further weighted with rocks if needed. This nlo.i .Innc > i..^ ~ ? " v.wx .1 . x i .t rnw? uvg w wi ?\ an a substitute for :i roller upon any soil. Handling Manure. It is too bad that a. good many farmers waste energy in tho handling of manure. Why throw it in piles In the fn'ld to he forked again when it IIMIIU I M ; . it?* l\IV I I (Mil lljtj wsi?on? A inanuro spreader will <lo tho work c|ulckt r and bettor and mako farm life pl<a.sant<-r for tho boys. ! X ^ M. M ^ V S Tho fruit tree agents will booh ho around Don't give thorn all an order. Don't leave your valuable farm machinery standing unprotected in tho Hold. Itahhits son -times gnaw and damago hlaokbt't'n , raspb ?rry and other bushes A good lmpl"inent houso with iv i 111 i > i ' 1111 |?|i'u t.iu ijtj built for $300. Tlio ureal virtue of alfalfa Is Its ability to increase tin; nitrogen content of tli< soil. All plants which have the abilitj to add nitrogen to the soil, liWo alfalfa, are called legumes. The funnel' can improve his property cheaper than a person In almost any other btislnc- s. Drainage lessens evaporation simply by removing the surplus snow ami rain water by lilt ration. 1'ut in it.liri* ii'fiiirfl I lio ir/t/icr>. berry, currant and raspberry bushes, I If you didn't do It lust month. It is tli<> roiisefisns of opinion that j a small farm well worked ia inoro profitable than a largo one poorly worked. Grass roots must have protection from (be winter frosts if good meadows are secured and maintained from year to year. A two-foot piece or old dU'i'l rail 1 from l hp railway track Is a very convenient thing on the farm, it may bo used as a ('heap anvil. Manure Increase, the rapacity of a soil to hold water This t does by reason of tlio largo ainonnt of organic mailer il contains. Without doubt one of the pressing problems with whirl! tho avorago wf: tr rn farmer lias to deal la that ( f i seenrin^ reliable farm help Tho corn grow pi* should constantly l)< il' III linii'l (>);if while growing his <0111. lit- if preparing for future wheat niid other <1111111 grain eropB. The farmer who <ioes not pull die leak p 111 >n'it of his pump he fore I lie weather heroines eohl enough 10 freeze it up ? Ii<I ' liile fall of waler. , may not I ml it worth while doing so . aflerwj <!:-> K Wm& Us Mis AM tEksM I FOU a generation astronomers,,; amateur and professional, have j unqnestioningly accepted the I statement that tiie moon was nothing morn than a hnrncd-out 1 world, a dead planet, witliout atmosphere, water or soil, alternately frozen in a cold more intense than any known to the earth, and sizzling in a heat greater many times than the burning atmosphere of Port Said, the world's most torrid spot. The pale disk had ceased to hold anything of interest for the men who sit at great eye-nieces of the meat classes that sweep the heavens nightly. Tho dead craters of the lunar volcanoes had all been mapped and located tin"} after time. They were universally believed to be extinct. The moon was looked upon ns an exhausted Held for tho astronomer. The great astronomical societies art; not so sure about the moon now ! as they were a few months ago. Away down on the lower limb of the big j silver disk something is happening. Just what it is tho astronomers do I hot. Know. i here is n brilliant spot j almost visible to the naked eye, an ominous glowing ulcer, that seems to bo growing brighter. Years ago tho groat llerschol stoutly maintained that there was still volcanic activity on the moon's surface. Two great craters, old I'rocultis and the great Aristan bus, great holes In I lie battered surface of the moon, worn pointed out by llcrschel as examples of the wrath of internal, pent-up forces ' that might some day make the pale j satellite an awful objt-ct 111 the heavens. Tho moon was tho subject of llio first astronomical observations ever made by mankind. Kven tbo red Indian eounled bis timo by the waxing and waning of tbe shilling disk. The moon 01 little leaves, ol green corn, of falling leaves and the moon of ( snows w< re his names for tlit' chang inn phn: < s of (In- earth's satellite. The I iahylonians, Chaldeans and Kgyptians constructed iheir first rude calendar froin the swinging of the moon in itH sweeping, spiral path about the earth. Modern t? lescopes have shown the seas and gulls t<> lie great depressions Idled with dreary eraters, reminiscent of a terrible volc anic activity. In east! I Ihe Indicated disturbances should d* ( velop into a general cataclysm the 1 win id > astronomers would be given a wonderful spectacle. Photographs of. the moon, made through the great | I.ii iv .inn *11 ii''is iJi mo worlds tnggest glasses, show a terribly scarred mid battered surface. There is some thing in? xpresslbly dreary ami desolate in a photograph fit' many of the regions of the moon (!rea. rraters of unknown depth lie in the midst of mountain peaks that would stand , i.I?> 1.1..i. ~i ni.viiivii i 111h. i iiuuvf 1110 greatest peaks of the Andes or the Himalayas. The so c alled "seas" worn undoubtedly the beds of primeval oceans in the long ago, but they are bare as the Sahara at present, and have possibly been so for millions of years. They are not at Jill at the same level, but the beds of many of them seem to have been twisted and warped by some manic loree. mere nro far more I c raters than there are mountains over all its surface. They aeem to he, I for the mo> i part, ruins of terrible fiery mountains, l>ut some of them were undoubtedly Mm rim walls of molten lakes that have bubbled and fieet 11 e d and Hteamed when the moon and it parent earth wore young. The true craters arc remarkably Himiliv U) those ol I In* Mediterranean volcanoes, having 'lie same abrupt flepti; and sloping Hides gradually rising from a level plain of cooled lava. Forty of tbe lunar peaks are higher than Mont lllanc, tbe highest ? amp@miro& jxjpim??f? BSS2K5*" mountain of Kurope. The greatest peak in the Leibnitz, mountains on the moon rises to the tremendous height of II.OOO feet. Mount Kverest, In the Himalayas, earth's highest peak, imshes its way but 29,000 feet above tho level of the sea. These lunar peaks have been measured with wonderful accuracy, as the clearness of the moon's atmosphere and the free doin of its surface from clouds and haze niako tlio operation an easy and exact one with the aid of the micrometer. All over the weird fa<-e of Luna aro indications of a wonderful volcanic activity, and the astronomers of the earth aro wondering if we are to witness the surface of our neighbor once again in a cosmic agony. Seams and cracks, chastlv nviito?wr>u r\t cataclysm more rending than any Indicated on the surfaco of die earth, show something of the moon's travail in past ages. These cracks, tiny lissures in the field of view of the biggest telescopes, cross and recross the surface and zigzag along the beds of the primeval seas. CriiKBy and irreirulnr mrnmiiU break the monotony of the moon's sky line, but an earth dweller wandering in these ancient sea beds would be stricken dumb with the utter desolation that would surround him. The worst of the waste places of the earth, the I'.ad Lands, the Clay Cliffs of western ("iitna, tno windswept passes! of the Tibetan mountains, llio Sahara, Death Valley Itself, would all bo fertile and greatly to be desired areas in comparison with the chimneys of dead volcanoes sot in a Mil-' Ionian region paved with cinders and scoria of long extinct craters. If turn should visit the moon, granting they were able to live for a mo- j ment in its wonderful atmosphere, they would find some weird conditions existing. Nothing could be seen unless the rays of the sun were falling directly upon ' lie surface of the object. Then- would bo no diffused light and (lie long twilights of (Ik; earth would bo unknown. When the sun's rays faded from a peak or a rock. Hint instant the rock or Ihe mountain Inp would be swallowed up in blackness. The instant a member of tl?<j II'. Ill' ulol.rx.il Illin tlin cli.wlnm - f ? liniar cran he woul 1 bo lost to view. I'tUT nilence woul;l brood over tho face of tbo desolate country and n sound could be beard no matter bowloud it might be. An avalanche, or the tolling of a rn.i< down tbo milelong wall of a lunar crater would not cause a sound. The earth would loom up in the sky four times greater in size than th'? moon over appears (o tho earth's lovers who marvel at Its sizt* on mid ( summer night. <ts whtto polar caps of Ice and snow would ho plainly visi- ; l?lf. the groat dark oceans and tho , shifting cloud n.'cas would ho con-i spicuous on Its glowing <1 ink. Tho sun's rays reflected from the broad face of tho earth would glvo a faint heat, but neither the reflected rays nor the direct beams of the sun himself would bo able to warm the cold lunar rocks to a temperature up proaehing that of the earth. The unknown ^id? of tii?' moon lias ! always exercised a groat power over i tho more inrigit.ative of tlie astron omers. Theories liavo boon advanced thai on this unknown faro entirely <1 iffci i nt conditions might be found, I smiling areas in which tho traces of lunar volcanoes and forgotten sea.s i would ho missing from tho lunar landscape. The absence of air and water in any, t|uanlitlefl on the earth aide of the satellite lias always led tho stu dents to tho (tonclusion, however, that the moon's period of habitation. If it ' over Mad hiicIi an ora, was in The dim , and remote past. 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