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2 Agricultural ^ Departme CANNING PLANT. Successful Exoerienap o Chester County Man Canning Fruit and Ve tables for Market. r 'ore the Southern Cultivator. In the summer 1904 1 bt ?annin? on a email scale, :injr up about 350 cans and il. v* three cans I sold jo. , 1*1.50 per dozen, d eons hein:z 'lie main fruitcani 1 also c tnnc'1 lor my neiglil who were all plea*tul w itli ^onds and all I host* 1 soli wanted more. The next >ear 1 lid no' c< aiuc'n as I could tioi izet aelp; however, 1 wis as suet :al ad the year b.-f >re ,se>liii| be surplu- a' :i<>od prices nur 10 >7 toy brother and I v :n the canning business ?o_:ei and pui up about 100 cans .t ?ut losinji any that year, decided the next year to p about two acres in a tor >atch, wo -owe I :ii seed - >1 March in the open bed, n :ng a bed ju-d like one svoulci abbageseed. VV > -oweil I "mooes of seed . ill had nil nits we * mted ind gave ,i IdI to our neighbors We *nn to s ton' 'J icr ? in to in a vvub our hands, hauling Tvaier to them. We got t ail set in about the last of ^ We put up 4.000 cans an?l them at go>d prices. We I rold out and can not supp y demand tor our goods Thin , we expect to plant 10 acre1 tomatoes alone and one in h ?the string variety, and oa Lima beans. We cau all k of fruit and vegetables and pect to can 40,000 or 50,000 year as we are making p erations to that effect. Oar pacity is 3,000 cans daily, cleared mors money from acies of tomatoes th *n from o acres of cotton. I forgot to that we lost only 30 c*us <>u 4,000; we have a time table t by in cooking and there'ore lose but very little. We ex to leave cotton out of it year for the man that pit much cotton gets poorer e\ lav. For growing tomatoes iand that has been cuitiv tied or two years is the hes', the I diouM be clayey or lottnv, if land is sandy it should ha' good clay subsoil. The pin -Would be set three feet, etch \ and it is not necessary to hem when growing tor ctntii r* O f he plants should be set on evol; atul gradually work "Oil lo them wi ll u plow; Ip ; /.*> the I^nd with coarse mam u'ting a liberal amount in irill In addition to this aj Commercial fertilizer at tne ol 000 pounds per acre, pounds acid phosphate; tlii all ri^ht tor the average h When transplanting nien plants put about five inches the plant under the soil ; thi neceasarv to keen the nlnnt er To continue canning all miuii *nd fall, it will be i.ece-snr; tuake a 8econ<i planting of se about the 15th of Mav, wh ffill give you tomatoes u frost and will ko^p the cann f running all the time. Ihe St is the best tomato tor ^anr as it will not 3iip blister so c ly as some of the other variet R. F. I Chester County, S. C. The beet known pillH end the bee made are DeWitte Little Early H j are eroftll. eaey to take, gentle THE Demonstration Work. ";<>'? CJan 'duti fit Assistant , What is Being Accomplishment by the National Gov- " " : l ernment's Plan to Improve 1-* __ varieties inarming Methods? The ders, ihi 1 a System in Canada. I'Kxperim From Iho Farmers' t'nion Sun. JeiUl.il '<> rnt . Juiutlr 1 tie- me agricultural population of I J L, . ,, . . 'our lari I South Carolina has taken euthus tasticallv to farm demonstration I ;,,>riruiii 'itanlwork Irom the very lirst lie., I tell put- j "ults have already shown its im 'ion?tli 1 os | mense value. At present the n,t>n,:4' mv 1 demand for ii in the various ?er jl,a,JS mo i organizi aui-|ti<>ns of the State is greater than I eilormol ied. i the funds lor its con lucl wat-'b-nka a 0l,ts ran'. A splendid start has been i railway (].e;maie, but belter tilings are in lm>duct* ? 111 1 to store, for this work is likely be ' l" . ? , , . , . agncuMl tore very long to be expau led j con n Si until tine seed will be furnished Agricul' a v the demonstr dors. ' every in Up in Can-ulu, where the great 'he prov cba- 1 t ? ?li system >f practical training wast "lon 1 ' ' ... , . wider i The I P'u ""u l>f??"??e *>7 the im lHI vent Hon. John Dryden. ex-minister ?ise of \ t,hor of agriculture, the work ha* ul-J?ni r- "1> developed upon the broel- agricult e-c iine-, and astounding result- ^ ashiip i??hiJhftV? been and ? -i.li bainz oh- : ' la"t j so we! I n?to la,,"d- a'i.Mllv, j0,]1 A bulletin i. su d by the Can- taken \y . (i at ?n government a lew days ago guson, 1 i . ; uives a suminarv ol itrlirmiianou wi?.?i ( J,,r . of the work, und 1! is -o forcible Can id i ! ju< 'ti?t it is here reproduced : tne din 1.? 11 sVSC mali/ seel 'ii:- COMltl'V, ribution alongdelini e lint < an I fcoulh ( tor valuable purposes, t . * . ' , . inn tui 2 ? 1 <!!?. ribu'os the very best the set d-, p ants, f rlihzors, etc., an'" u hem among t e b -t nc n, ,?nd then bat'k i j.lV teaches in? men to experiment State tie , j 1 and to investigate. and, wl 3.? It furnishes hundreds md norttnet la%ejeven thousauds of object le s ins toe i annually, which lorm centres for 1 ? 'Perf year | interesting study along the tines ' mon a } in i of progressive agriculture. the farn eaus ?^ leads to a substantial in' crease in farm profits, and to a e ,a I steady advance in agricultural iuds education throughout Ontario. Succe ex- 5?It enables practical men to of a ma? this obtain information regarding va going to rep ; rielies of field crops, selections ol w seeds, dates of seeding, methods 1 V ! of ?ultivation, ways ol increasing note * ? | .oil fertility, etc , lor tlieir own w' two particular larm-. which they i lieighboi ight could not get in any other way. Ho ? SHy '?? It enables farmers to get a , some f{ , , ! supply of pure seed of the lead- , t of | . 1 1 * 1 when ii ltig vanet'es ol grains .md pola0 i toes, which rapidly increases in e Wl we j quantity, and thus furnishes seed his debt pert for sowing and^planting on large down" c thjg'acreas and lor felling at good Up w nils i f>n' , 1,1 drinking 7 ? 11 educates along the lines ery j of careful handling, close obser-1 iea ' ; vation, accurate calculation, and wt new economical methods. proper one i 8?trains men lo unite a?d fam |( 11.science with practice, and to 8Vvept an ' ! .cad other men to do likewise. fI >i,u ? , . , , He w; 1 lc J) It helps 'aimers to understand <t{ oetter i heseientitio principle* that " "rit< 1 hi'h they read about in bulletin*. re- when i' vav ports and newspaper article-, H** jtke' and that they hear about at a^n cus'ome 1|l|r cultural meeting. \n. tou;I( the 10?11 Hupplins vaiinble topic.fl , ,.e(ie(1 >n hti?i results for discussions in the1 *'1 field, at the fireside, in tha corner j ? '* t grocery, a* meeting "l farmers'| a while ire, ' liisti uies, etc. ! u? rvouihe 11.?It stimulates the local i Hew >ply papers to take a deeper interest j rale advocating better methods o ^ 200 Arming. j e' on 11 12?It furnishes some exceed-; He w s ,H)ingly important re-ults lor print- his wife | inii and distributing in the loi in HjH, toolr i<ler!ot bulletina and reports. <? * ? i ? " iturefs 0f ; Id ? It adds dignity in tarm | 1S i ing and pleasure to farm life. Wf 14. ? I' exerts a wholesome in- his homi I rtueuce iu keeping the farm boys i jj0 w. Im r interesfed in farm work. ? iri; I 2i<>ti wm 7 "'I I hifl demonstration work in I a/j . . too pain ''called in Canada "Agnciil ; j^.^j l*c^ I tural and Kxperimontal I nine." I1U' Commissioner Watson. of this ^ Pellg ery S.'ate. before 1 l?e work was start ,.flV onH eel in South Carolina, saw its N-'! writes. "r< 1 ^ operation- in Canada and had a with k?dn< l*"u" talk with the former minister of 7iVy uTanV.y '**9,1 agriculture. Hi" conclusions as i"** anftb , p My nnne < '* to its value caused hi in to urge and 1 i?a> . .. niaht I Dr Knapp to inaugurate the n*y item tpill. tl,,e WOrk S(>""1 C??lin?- norm"""" tsers. The bulletin-referred to con- Kidney it? and , . /C . . and E M w.? tains also the foipwing extracts Hpriogs. / LANCASTER NEWS. MARCH 3 regions in regard to the Short Notes A1 n work, *nd that from lt ia not profitab t Secretary Mays, of this many hf in ol is Ot particular interest eftch 90W ai,a littoi in separate lo s u itrouucuon oi improved ,vi , i . . are oi?t enough to ol grains, roots nod tod- , , ro-pth the agency ..I the re8U"a *'? b# "l eutal Ubion, has done ;i'so generally be bring about the present, mure than twenty increased production ot pigs or grown ho.:? ii products lion. Nel I'he practicability uteilh, ex-minister of , , <A . pend on ttie cost ire lor Ontario. you this very urgaoiza- l}ir^er numbers, e Agricultural Experi- don** at a mnderatt I nion?lias done per- usually be lound t ire than am o'bor single A ?ow that h is i tio.i 'a increasing so is.v tbc d?i.?o?ilH in our cholera without h, nd in re.'jairing more ?*vigor lessened cars to iransporl the valuable, other of our fairs 'Ion. equal, than a bow I >rvden. ?x-mini-.ier of ... t ,f . had cnolera. If k ire for < >na' rm. .aider, apart from the against ural college, ahead oi pletelv destroying dustiv or orgiuizi ion in for a lu'ure meat s ince, the Experimental! ,, _ i , . <1 I igs need most a s destined to wield a " nfluence and d<? more voimg a"d will ] id work th in anything what they gel at t vhieli I know?L'rol. O. at any other. It i 163, deputy minister of t() ,e0(i a 80W Mx ? lire lor the l ulled States, .... :lon, I). I' Hl.ferolp.es;., s never seen experiments 'H'1" one-lum conducted and system- 'he lack ot a few arried out as tlm- > under tion. v the union.?Col. For ickston iJ.II, SooUand. Remember ll.?t is -aid ?f tins w.rk in Wow f .ate.t while is equal applica u,,lh m,,>l i'r" v*ou are tt-? ding ill nonstaiion work in tnis i ii v on are nr ividinu , and pari icul :ir!y ml t ? arollua, where ii i? be- ,or her Pim! l'"'r ,.e.i witll a Hum ol ability '"S9 are ' i*roo or , l , onoili, , 1 l>o liberal with Iht ?n i Mitlocl by an active j parfment ot agn. ulture, ' Do n ? brood t lot i- of lar greater nr-j until she i> nine 11 (he full and zeal >U8,'hen Keep her bre< ition <>f i lie Farmers' t vo litters a yoai ud the rank and lile ol gins to decline fro lers themselves. proved a poor bro ? . ? sows are much les 'Just Going To" lo breed regularly ? stantly at it. as Magazine tells a story i who was always "just The most critics i " I>ig'fl li'e, as regai as just eoing to pay a are 'be first three en it went to protest. over-feeding of the as just going to help a range his digestioi r when he died. month or two a 'as just going to send ^heu it Jed too inn iwers to a sick Iriend his digestion may proved too late. or it not fed enoug as just going to reduce "stunted" and ma when his creditors "shut recover from it lat >n him. , * Do not worrv a as just going It. slop geitjnir ton fat in t and dissipating, when helween breeiHllg th became wrecked. ,imP lf is just goine to provide anJ ? bgUnced r( protection lor his wile ^ t . not gel loo fat u i 1 v when his fortune was k . J alter suckling a rav trom him. . , . , Anv good brood is J"st going lo introduce fleah whjle system into It.s business |||t(,r of ^ au(, . went to smash. . f a: farrowing time is Mint eoum to call on a ' ^ * reserve to draw 01 r to close a deal when < .. e ? tit of her pigs. i his compelit ?r had pre rn an<l Fecured the order. 1 habit o' lee< i . jn?l going l.-i quit work and ?""??? b?t C( ami oiken vacation when "> >*?"""? "> "> :>r..?tn,Hnn coo,a "pasture" whore has become so i h( as just tromo to repair . , ! that it continues r< walk when a neighbor. ...... ' price of corn. 1? , and broke bis let!. | lions every year a ?a ju,t going to provide afford su(.h w.th more help when Xwo.thlrd9 the cor to her bed and required l hy providing crop a doctor and a niaid. . . . t. to harvest all the w just going to insure HI1(j ttl an expense 9 wlx-n it burned dewn. (luce the cost ot is .jiiat(t!Ot rig to reli- one-third to one h, ?n he died,and the rest is . . . . . , l i o produce mor till to relate. ? Anderson 1 cost, we need bettt care and more li . ^ c, nomical feeding, 1 Jons Author s Statement. sfpti II FoHfierniitu, Ntliabury, I ^ "'Qt't'iII'' the its the author of several ttook*, hot? ;,the st'ntlen or several years I wu? altiicted J r*' ly trnnhlo and last winter I was] the rilll," will do stricken with a severe pain In . , , , s nit (I was confined t? > l?? ?X ei^hl "hfiire towanls add m Kot up withotit asaiKtanca ?vir,ro a Year" Iron ontmnod a thick wlnt* aodim^nt med kiwi* frequently day find Ho?H raided Ol? CP commenced taking Foley** Kici- , \y9 and the pain gradolly abated Can graZO th0 \ y ceased and my urine became (luce ,)0rk ttt one I cheerfnlly recommend Foley a i imody." Funderbark I'harms-1 than whore lh?? trr t. Hammond a Co. of Heath , , . .. a onl^about halt a >, I9Q9 3out Swine, j le to keep too j ?e buuch. It'j .-a., be kept ( J\.0 Cl C uitil the pigs j we^o, better j . >*titled. It in j For Dyspepsia and si to keep do or twenty-live ^ou Suffer from Indigestion, of thirJilVde the Stomach, Bc^hing, Sour Sto of separation etc., a little Kodol will Relieve yc I it tin bo Kodol supplies the same digestive I So, dc 3 CO^t il will | Juices that arc found in a healthy I Don't h stomach. Being a liquid, it starts Keep y P y* digestion at once. strong r*r* frn,? Kodol IK>t Olll\ digest* JOlir fond, \?" do < from but helps you enjoy even mouthful ^he him aving her gen- you eat. You need a suflicient amount of Kodol ) more good, wholesome food to maintain things being strength and health. ( u.?, I . But, tills food must be digested nas uo\or thoroughly, otherwise the pains of , ?Vt?ttv< ept, she is an : indigestion and dyspepsia are the c'0 result. honewdy i Cholera com- , Whpn vour stomach cannot do its f^wm n vonr nrosnecls work properly, take something to ttonorde 1 help your stomach. Kodol is the ?,'SV ^?T upplv. I only thing that will give thestum- jXVtotb ach complete rest. hi a famll dtentiou *hen Why? because Kodol does the dmea ?s p., morij lor! ln" | Sold by J F- MACKE s not PC moiny _ lotitns t nd then allow rth of i hem for hours' aitenI* MOORH LUMBER & WANUF, the pigs that y^ > uiu: are ns- : .. . ' . ? li ?b> . \\ hen ^ Brick, Laths, Shingles, Vulc; " -'"'u 11 : ' P^ Wood Fibre Plaster, Paints, ( tip- best feed Cement Plaster, Doors, Sash -f ,r.\ itter t e Weights, All Kinds of Lumb< , > Bi Porch Colums, Balustrade, M ' ' 1* and Moulding. In fact. *Vv ?i up to i goes to build ;i cottage or a n i.v t > digo-t it. Work is our specialty. Kstin he y. in.': "v, I ly furnished. You cannot f , . , US an order for anything in oi II* ?n I lis olti, i lid /. ... r\ tiguring with us. Our price: ling regular ly saying that your order sho i*..biio ^ Wltn us. tiive us a trial and m old age or is 4 Patronize home industries, od bow Aeed A also and would like to fill yoi 8 likely to lail 5 your supply and "keep warn if kept con- J "ra.ny days. ,1 periods ?: I# MOORB LUMBER & MANUF dfl his feeding, K weeks, when ^ ) how may de iltor weaning, (h or uowlie ly , tjlon> should we buy pork of any | Famil he unpaired, ? ,, ' c ?untrv on earth:?I he I rogrea j i? ,1 h, he will he Hive r armor. I y fail to nilly _ leaver a terril Pr. SIMPLE REMEDY FOR LA (iRIPPE I lai grippe onglm are dungurou* is they 'DO OPf bout the SOW frequently develop into pneumonia Fo- inmate . - . . toy* Hf?!.? >' .iikI l?r not only m-m v ti?. ttio 1-0 days congh hut limls and strengthens the lungs years and farrowing that no serious results need t. hand. j 1 he genuine l'nlcj k Money and I >u non- j ,,r" st,r Illy of exercise tuinfi no harmful drugs and h in a >?llo* he j package. Ketuse substitutes I'under- I ition rthe Wlu bnrk Fhurumcv and K. NV . II . ininond y , a ille Ci four montha ?? of HeaUl Spriog'" s Uon, he litter ol pi-s. ' 1 ? ~ er 0001 son- will I Some Points on Style. hide , ig a good-sized | The fashions are changing all the pri< ;f in good llesh 'the time. This season the skirt Mrs. she has some was not in the style whicti meas- the Ka i for the bone- | tired more than two yards; next JS5I7. t .season, we are told, no'hiiig less mr niui .. . 'than ten vards will be regarded At the ling hogs corn, ; . . " ias tashiontde. were t m. ? what | js announced that the petti- tences, wools or a'C((}tk has been re-umed, sod wo years, nnihine '.rows, . . , welcome it. hnsoan ' "'M1') ( The waist 11n? i* now just ()f the i iiiinlle s ot the ftt)f)Ul tbret. ,,r ?r inches above died to costs us mil 1 ?be oue Hi nd wt can ?1 J The hair 's stiil dressed very Hnd ja insiv^ habits. | ninch to the distrust. of \Jirrou u c,in bt saved j everyjj0(jy who sits behind it, The tor the ho_s ^ ^ greatly to the disli^ur merit (jalena i year round, Q| an^ pretty 'aee. Ot course, 0f nuni th^it will it |H(jies wh ? h ive little or 1.0 hair dors, the pork from ^ their own and who tun ot the WH8 a|] 14 * admittedly h inoly sort mu ' do quests e pork ot less B'lmething to relieve their n.'ur- their b ,r hogs, better al defeats?The News and Conr- lt8e6ir heral and ero- ' r' ^r,< .. ? " whole* jut under these Near I)eath jn B|0 pond Mfti! re?t American j, waH rt thrilling ?xj??rienc<i i<? .Mr*. id* ? lan that paVS >' ?P?r t?> h?i?-death. "For ywrH a MVfnl mug ironon* nave me minimi) H'ltter)n?;,n '" nrion* than hi" ?)ie wnu-n, un?l tmveral time* nearly caiihcn wltK hM.n i *~i\n my death. All r?-DKulifn failed and doctor ol the lit! iufj that ' #51)0 i WttH jncnrabitv Then l?r KyiuttA, Pa i your tannine. New I,iflOV8r> ! !,?KAn,01f h(J' 8 '?* r"? \ J * cure ?o permanent thad I have nr the 1 103 which thoy troubled in twelve ycy-a." Mr* So| -*d h* ' , , in Rig Pood. Pa. If work* T-on\ n T through pro- Cough* I?i?d coldH,.Vi/i? 'nng?,l! -third Iqmh coit If Pl?\ 0>ngri And mII nrol n/ine neaaon is and $1. Trial ISottleJ i mi F. Mn?k?)y Co,and\ i" lone, "nv, oy p i \> . - - " >1 y Indigestion! Dyspepsia, Gas on ! / mach, Heart-burn, >u almost Instantly n't neglect your stomach. 1 ecome a chronic dyspeptic. ' '/V our stomach healthv and I by taking % little Rodol. n't have to take Kodol all ! e. You onlv take it whia . V 1 it. .; y 5 I is perfectly harmless. )ur Guarantee ) . >ur (trunKtst today and Ret a dofc. Then after you have used tba ntenis of the bottle If you csjb .ay that It has not donr you any irn the bottle to tbe druggist and > fund your money without queolay. Wm will then par the drug* * H i't hesitate, all druggist* know ;uarantee Is Rood. This offer ap u laree I* ! tie only and tohutjona B y. The lurt'e bottie contains m m tnurh as the fifty <-ent bottle. is prepared nt the laboratory V t . DeWitt & Co., Chicago. j Y & CO- ^ J ACTURINC CO S l ? t ) mite Roofing1, ^ 1 V )i!s, Etc. Ivory ^ m , Blinds, Sash Q er, Sash Cord, /< ante Is, Grilles, \ erything that ^ Vk lansion." Shop S j nates cheerful- ^ V ifford to place ^ I lr line before A ) ? 3 justify us in J < uld be placed ^ \ be convinced. ^ We sell coal ? ir orders. Get \ \lv n" during the ^ ftCTllRING CO j 1 ' | y Reunion in Flison. le K insaa penitentiary at iworth, Kansas, there was ' ? >le family Catherine, when 1 l1 h (if Mrs StaiMeback, an M , occurred. She waa 79 l \ old. When die realized i iou? condition she asked I r hon, (i^orge Stailleback, y liiivict, and Charles WiU ( r second husband, anothict. be brought fo her bed Tfiey were taken oyer by i son oflieers. ( Stallleback was taken to nsas penitentiary ia May, * o serve a 21 -year sentence 1 rder in the second decree. ? 1 same time two of her sons aken in under lite sena third son to serve seven t1 and Charles Wilson, her .J <1, to servo 25 vears. One \ sons serving life sentence , ' ur years atfo. The third ' Y t irved out his seven year, ? \ rtO IV Buririnif ? ? T. aui >iug a ICI Ul III 1 II W ri penitentiary. ' I Statll abaca* lived near / l, Kan , and were acotned [ < terous and atrocious mur- | / They ran a hotel, and it leged that thev^ murdered who had men* and threw odies into a deserted mine, is that they were pioneers . Guinness, the Iudiaua ale murderess. ? Anderson e Lurid Ulow of Doom io the hunde, r?d fate and body ; lie aoii ot li M. Adnuift, of Henri- i Hih awful plight f.-om eoeema bad, i 'earn, defied all rentediee and haf?ost docton / ' dd the poiaonod id aflectef age and nothing ' him. f ritee bin