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r BALE THE HAY By 0. H. Alford. I H C 8ervlce Bureau, Atlanta, Qa. .> Paled hay la much more valuable as * feed thai) loofo Way. even when the loot is hay is well housed I/OOBH hay carries a great quantity of duat aud often glvea the farju ani mals a Muvere cough while haled hay does not Haled hay takes up about one-fifth as isuch room as loose hay and for this reason the entire crop of baled hay can usually be stored under cover while loose hay must be eX|>o*ed to the weather In stocks and ricks. Haling breaks up coarse hay so thut the stock will rnt It more readily and there is no waste in feeding baled hay. Haled, hay is always ready for th<< market. It Is convenient sud satis factory to handle in every way. It run b* haulsd by team or nlii i>i >? <1 by railroad. Much of the tops and sides of stocka Is spoiled by'the weather. I cmihh h ; y becomss dusty and musty, f)allng hay keep/ out (ha duSt a n<i pit Verves the hay. Haled hay retain^ >much of tho sweet hay odor that stock relish. There'a n freshness and appetizing quality und food value in baled hay that Is nover to be found In loose hay. We should Jiale our hay whether wo feed It on opr own farins or sell It. Of j course, the market den, and 1h for baled hay Miid for b;il<*<! ha% only nnd for this reason balliiK is the only way to bo sure of having a market for It < i The growing of hay nnd especially leguminous hny as cowpea, sov Lean, peanut and lospede/.a will rapidly In crease the fertility of our soils, make the ralslnr or good live stock, profit able and add very much to the Income on the farms. . We can buy a ono-horso pull-power hay press or we can buy a motor hay press. For the small farmer who bales hln own hay. the one-liQrae pull power hay press will prove very satis factory and economical. With it ho can bale hit* hay at the time moBt Con venient and with a small umount of help. For the fanner who grows large quantities of hay or for the farmer who bales hay for his neighbors tho two-horse pull-power or the motor hay. press Is necessary. , Of course, no man can tell the exact capacity of any hay press as this de pends to a considerable extent upon the kind and quality of hay being baled, the skill of the operators, nnd tho speed of the team. However un der ordinary conditions a 14x18 two horse pull -power hay press will bale about 8 tons per day, a 14x18 pres5* operated with a 3-horse power engine will bnle about 12 tons per day, a 10x18 press with a 4.horse nower en gine about, 14 tons per dayt and a 17x22 press with 0-hrjrse power en gine 10 tons per day. We (should ? purchase a hay press that has been detdgned for conven ience. There should be n considerable o TJ <? distance between the sweep and the feeding table. Iloth of these iwints should be located at the extreme end of the press so that the baling chain ber may be set. well into the intxytor of the shed or barn and ample room' be had for the revolution of the sweep to bo made outside the shed or barn. Another advantage of the arrangement of such a press is that the bale cham ber may be set between two stacks arid fed from both stacks without re setting the press. The close arrnnge ment of feeding table and sweep wIM not allow sufficient space for the sweep to describe the circle necessary to operate the press. , The reach bed should be very nar row and should not be more than four or five Inches high to enable the horses to walk over it without the least trouble. When operating presses that have a high step-over, the horses will generally slow down, hesitate, and ofter stumble nt this point vvViich ?9 annovlng to the man, wearing on the horses, and shtcUi ns th?- speed 01 > the press. The power construction of the press! should be such that \vli??n the horses! roach the stopover. they are pullinuj practically no load. One stroke should) be completed before they roach tkt ' step-over and the load of the t j stroke should not begin until the low j narrow stepover has-been passed. The bale chamber should be very! low ?o that It !s an easy matter to j reach across and tie the halo. This j saves much time and trouble as. in ty 33 y. fug thft bafs. It Is necessary to go around the bale chamber to the op posite side. The press should be con ducted principally of steel and high grade iron and ehould be strong and durable. The two horse pttUpowar press and (ho motor baling preai ( should havf gl selff??d attachment as It Increases the capacity of the prejs and at this Saine time reduces the work of feed iug tb? pl'CKit, I The hay press is a money maker and a money saver and aliould be i died on evsry ftUm* SORGHUM AND JOHNSON GRASS! * ? , j , Mi li 11. IItiiii<iht4<y, Arlington, | ! Ail zona, wrlle#: "What property *>"? ? j ; sorghum ? i ' fi om 'in- innuo J other grains need? I notice UmI | wheat and hurley grown t It iu spim.-. I on a plot of ground that bad sorghum ! I on It lawt summer waa very poor, i J while on an adjoining plot of exactlv J I the SSQte Mlrf 0t noil the crop . ;i very good, making nearly twice an i much grain to the acre. Cuii yo ? j advise irnj what Lh the beat method of klliug Johnson grass?" "c ? We hyvo been unable to find a p. analysis of sorghum which shows tin * 1 1 i <> i ? 1 1 1 or the different plant f< o i elements that this crop takes from the ?Oil, Sorghum fodder Is rather low jfii protein and high in crude fiber as com* pared with corn fodder. This won d lead in, to believe that sorghum Is not as hofivy a nitrogen feedor as the com mon corn. The amount of sugar which sorghum contains varies i'mm two to twenty per cent of the Juice, or from one and one-Waif to twelve pc* cent of the cane. We note what you say regarding the growth oj oat#s and wheat on a plot that produced so? ghum last year. The decrease In yield may not have been due to any particu lar drain on the plant food elements caused liy the sorgtoum, but might have been the result of a lack of moisture. Sorghum is a heavy feed lng plant and requires consldevubla moisture, hence it may have taken so much moisture from the soil that there was not a sufficient amount as compared with other fields to produce a good crop of wheat or oats. We do not believo that you wlil have any trouble In cutting your corn with the ordinary corn binder, even though there are pea vines in tho Corn. Tho corn hinder may be used very satisfactorily for cutting sor ghum, also milo maize. Where these crops grow unusually high and heavy Borne of the machines may not handle them as easily as they do corn because they are built for corn and not for heavy sorghum erops. The height o! grain that ran be cut with the ordi nary grain binder varies some w'th the binder. This machine will handle grain considerably ./higher than the ordinary run of grains. The most successful method of kill ing Johnson grass is to plow early In the fait and to harrow the land thor oughly, using a spring tooth harrow It possible, or a peg tooth If. tho sp-irg tooth Is not available. This will torn out a large numbor of the root stales which should be removed from I he field. A heavy seeding of sma'l grain or millet should now be sown which will keep down the John son grasA during the late fall and early spring, This crop should be cut for hay, and the land should next be plovve ' and harrowed as before. It is well to keep this land under thorough culti vation during the summer -month", not permitting any of the Johnson grwB to grow to any extetCP. By f ill tho field will be fro& from the Johnson grass. The ^uatn objection to this i? the loss of one year's crop, but It has' been found to be the most satisfac tory way of killing out thte grass. Close pasturing and considerable tramping is very Injurious to Johnson grass, and will practically kill It on* In time. A thorough drainage of the , land, combined with the above, will be of material assistance in eradicat ing Johnson gra*s. SALT AS A FERTILIZER | R. H. Munday, London. Ontario, writes as follows: Can you please tell me If dirty salt from a tannery spread thinly on clay loam would be of any benefit as a fertilizer? What Is a good fertilizer for onions?*' You will find that salt Is not much Rood as a fertilizer. *\Vo have known ef experiments ? in fact. It has beer experimented with considerably ? ir which it did not affect the yield to any material extent. It may have o little effect on the physical condition of the soil under some conditions, but generally speaking, whatever this! effect may be,, it is not worth the| trouble of applying the 'salt. j Tho four principal" plant"" rooTTj I elemonts are nitrogen. phosphor i us. potassium and calcium. The j first three named are tho most Im portant. Salt does not supply any ol these plant food elements. Salt h -made up of hydrogen and chlorine. The best fertilizer for onions de pends upon tho conditions of the soil and as we are not familiar with youi soil, we cannot give you this defi nitely. Generally speaking, onions, re quire very fertile lnnd in order to rWe best returns. This crop seems? "te demand an unusual amount of avail ) able potassium, and for this reason it j is sometime advisable to apply -.ri potassium fertilizer. Sulphate of pot ash bus been found to glvr better returns than potash in other forms. I Stable manure is very goo?t for onie:*s but should be applied In the fall ? :-r . objection to using stable mnnure ' i? ! that it carries, a great many word! seeds, and thus may increase the Hbor : of caring for tho ontons. The {.res* ; ence of lime is also very conducive to growing gofVl onion crops. KNOW WHAT YOUR IDEAL IS / ?' . flrat 6Up to Reel Succsss, Though Fe w *?m to ItOAltM It* lm portsnc*. ( ; Several years ago whan I filled a po sition which brought me many v 1*1 torn each day, and many more letter* In the same time, I was overburdened with requests fpr advice from person? why wished "to succeed}" "to accom plish;" "to attuln." Hut, as strange as the statement may seem to you* I can truthfully say that not one per cent? not one In ? hundred of these earnest 'seekers was able to state ei actly what he or she really want< d They were dissatisfied and discon tented, aud felt the vague urge of un rest pushing them forward to further endeavor and attainment ? but It stop ped right there. , Ninety-nine out of every hundred did not know what they wanted. They asked not only for ad vice regarding the moans of fuftcom pllshment and attainment, but also for Information as to what they should really desire. "Billy," you exclaim. Not a bit of It. I venture to say to you ? y?'?. you who are now reading these lines, pre not much better off regarding clear cui ideas tuwl Ideals, ^ou vumi. and want and want, of course ? but Just what do you want? Have you a clearly defined Idea, and a clear-cut Ideal of the object of your d< Honor bright now, have you? ? William Walker Atkinson,, in the Nautilus. GOOD WORD FOR THE WASP In Industry He Is on ? Par With the Bee, Though Not of 8o Much Value to World. Wasps appear to be well?nlgh as In dustrious as ants or. bees. One eu-, thorlty has declared that the cardinal doctrine of wasps Is: "If any wasp will not work, neither shall he teat." Divi sion of labor Is clearly h<W In the wasp's nest. Some of the workers seem to be Specially employed as foragers and soldiers, others appear to be told off as nurses and guardians, while yet others are engaged aB papermakers and masons. Wasps are at all times particularly fond of honey. Toward the end of summer, as all beekeepers know, they will force their way into beehives and carry off by force as much as they can gorge of their wing ed neighbors' honey. The drones of the wasp world, Instead of being idle and luxurious, are sober, Industrious and well-behaved members of the com munity. . They clean the streets of their town with exemplary diligence, acting as public scavengers and sani tary officers. And they have their re ward, for, unlike the bee drones, they live their allotted life In peace and quietness until winter Involves them and their maiden sisters in one com mon cataclysm of death and destruc tion. ? Harper's Weekly. Pianola Within Rat. The wonders of science will nevei cease. Paris haB received a delicate jolt by the exhibition of a rat which carries arotand a pianola in its inter nal organism. A touch of its tail pro duces airs from the operas. M. IJertrand Lebaudy, the French zoo logical expert and savant, discovered that the ribs of the rat give out rhythmic tones when properly tickled. Making experiments, ho found that these tones could be regulated by nerve pressure from an r.iectrio bat tery. The nerves of a rat lead to its sensitive tail, which does many duties besides acting as whisk broom in rat land. Ho tamed a 'lino specimen of the regular Parisian rodent, got it so that it? would answer to his least com mand, fed it on a special diet and then charged its nerves from an elec tric battery. The rat became exceed ingly sensitive and the notes from its body when tweaked by the tail quite audible. This story did not originate In Winsted, Conn., but came from a Paris correspondent. Marshmallows. In a mountain camp thiB summer the cream rap short. The campers simply couldn't get it. They didn't even have the canned variety. A box of marshmallowB was on the table when the campers sat down to lunch and one of the women looking into her cup of chocolate minus cream, began to eat a mallow. It didn't exactly go to the spot. Neither did the watery chocolate. In disgust she put the two together. The mftTsh mallow went floating in the cup of chocolate, when, presto! there was something white, and foaming! There was cream! Necessity and accident are indeed the mother and the father of invention. Those people learned before their lunch was over that marshmallows take the place of cream. Thoy do! They do indeed! 8tranded. ? ? A negro, with an old gray mule hitched to a ramshackle wagon, stood on the incline of Capitol hill, in Wash ington, during one of the worst ftleet storms in January. The old man huddled in his rabbits skin cap, shivering; the mule waa trembling with the cold. According to Everybody's Magazine, two con gressmen, waiting for a belated car, wore attracted by tho strange outfit and wondefed, as timo went on and tho negro made no effort to depart, what ailed, the old fellow. One of the congressmen walked over and said, "Why don't you move on, uncle?" The old negro pointed a trembling finger at his "team" and replied, " 'Cause dis yore mule won't go 'lea' I whistle at him, and it's so cold 1 cyarn't \vhlstle!" CENTENARY OF THE TROUSER It Wu Napoleon's Victorious Legions Who Brought That Garment Into Fashion. ? As nearly as can bs ascertained It Is a hundred years since Napoleon Bonaparte's soldier* Introduced the old-new style of leg wear which speed* Uy secured recognition as the distinc tively masculine garment pf civilians throughout two continents. In 1814 ? the year before Waterloo j ?it was related as a current new? ! Item of some Importance that the J great duke of Wellington had been re fused admittance to Almack's in I^on- ] don, because he presented himself , wearing trousers instead of the con- j vcntlonul breeches which the dress { regulations then in vogue demanded, j Ah a matter of historical fact trous ers have been worn by various races i and by both eexos in all the ages of which uny authentic records exist. Generally speaking, trousers were re garded In ancieut times as symbolical of inferiority or elfeminacy. In the triumphal processions of the Caesars, for example, prisoners of war wore them as a sign of defeat, while the sturdy legs of v Roman's victorious le gions were bare below the bottom of the skirted or kilted coat of mall.' For the last huudred Years or there about trousers have been widely rec ognized as the garments of autljprlty, the outward and visible sign of the stronger sex, s..ys the American Tail or and Cutter. Hut that position has not been won or maintained without a struggle. Many attempts have been mado to trample dowr> the tyranny of trousers, as their rule has been called; ? many times has their superiority been challenged. Hut so far their position remains secure. BEER BARRELS IN WARFARE Used In English Army Maneuvers for the Construction of a Foot Bridge. 4 The way they have in the army" of ; 'getting across country, despite fire, hall, snow and vapor, was Illustrated by a fine piece of handy-man work during field training at Aldershot, Bng land, recently. I The Third Infantry brigade found It self obliged to retire. The enemy were too strong In front. Unfortu nately, however, the Basingstoke canal stretched behind them. This was the chance the Second Essex had been looking for. They commandeered hay from a neighbor ing stack, lashed it lntp five-foot square bales, wrapped these in tar paulin wagon covers, and moored the completed articles like rafts in the wa ter. Planks stretched from one to the other enabled the whole battalion to cross over in single file. Meanwhile the Second Middlesex, not to be beaten, borrowed half a doz en. empty beer barrels from an Inn an* made a light foot bridge. The Somerset Light Jnfantry find ing plenty of cut timber in Pyestock wood, made a fairly substantial tres tle bridge in less than two hours, across which all the vehicles of the brigade vere passed, the battalion fol lowing in fours. The Second Border regiment also constructed a light barrel bridge, and the whole brigade crossed the canal, i thanks to their handy men, without mishap, the rear guard destroying the 1 bridges. Maine's Greatest Crop. The total sale of the Aroostook po tato-crop of 1911 is estimated at be tween 14,000,000 and 15,000,000 bush els, leaving betwen 2,000,000 ? and 3, 000,000 bushels that were sent to the starch factories, used for seed and j food purposes here in the country ! or lost. ^It is figured that for crops j sold the average price was over $2 a barrel. j This (neans that Aroostook received for the crop of potatoes which it raised in 1911 between $1,650,000 and $1,800,000. The exceptionally good year has encouraged the farm ers, and their plans show that there will be no shrinkage of the acreage this season. It will not be increased, however, to any appreciable extent Most of the Aroostook farmers be lieve that the time has come to stop 1 Increasing the acreage and to devote j themselves to the problem of secur ing further Increase of the yield an ! acre. New Coal-Carrying Vessel. An Improved typo of coal carrying j vessel has just been launched at Blyth, Newcastle, England, which, In opinion of experts,, will begin a new 1 era in the building of cargo ships. The ! vessel is constructed on what is { knoWn as the "arch" principle, which, ' It is claimed, offers important advant- i ages over boats of the ordinary type, with a dead weight of 3>100 tons and j a draft of 18 feet 4 Inches. It is as- J sorted to be tho fastest collier built ; and it will be used for coaling pur- ; poses in connection with the British j fleet. Smaller capital outhiy, cheaper , maintenance, and increased rate of ! speed are among the favorable fea- 1 tures claimed for the vessel. Artistic Birds' Nests. For true art, one must look f<Jr the . vireos' nests. They are of tho most j exquisite workmanship and really lovely to behold. ' They are woven | so carefully and compactly that the ; tempests seldom dislodge them. Th$ 1 little masses of lichens, plant down , and vine tendrils, looking for all the J .world like baskets hung from the crotches of trees, and nearly always well concealed by loaves, are prob ably as safe depositories for: eggs M can be found in the bird world. : Fted ? Give roo a kiss. Niua ? And what reason have you tor wiahing to klsa me? ? Fred (eaibai ranped) ? 1 had a rea son, but I ?ii hnvo lost it. Nina ? Then you'd better go. I couldn't think of Matting a man who bad lost ni a ".reason. The Cause. "ller husband came home the other day and found Jennie in an awful fit." "Good gracious! What caused it? Acute indigestion f" "No; her dressmaker. ^ Speed. "Huh (he baroness already another huabund?" "Oh, no. Bho's already without one again." ? Fllegcnde Ulatter. Quite Common. Patience ? Is she doing anything to try and reduce her weight? Putrlce? Ob, yeB, she's lying about It The Best Way. The world owes him a living But he doeH not expect Too easy pay; so day by day He luiHtles to' collect, The Reason. "I expect to die in harness." ' "Then I tako it for granted you have a stable position."' Evelyn? I'm awfully sfrald of i nlng. Myrtle- I don't seo why yott| be. * Kvelyn?Why iloil Myrtle ? lJecauso thore has | fiomotbinK attractive ?jvou for nlng. f* Vsry Important. Bomo people think thftrnuolvef a w : Wo nee foikn every day Who think the town would *0 ? If lin y should inovo away. Getting It Exaotly Right, Clerk ? Your ad reads: "Pl&i# wanted." They rather light bh that, sir. Hubbubs ? How shall 1 put it, t Clerk? I should Bay : "Woman 1 ed tQ do Plain coqklng." Hubbubs ? Change It, will you* you mentioned it, And, by the instead of "woman" you'd better i it "lady." No Resort Complete Without I t "Who la the beautiful yo?mj over there by the botel plazrar "That's Jimmie Sweet. Htfit fesslonal proposer." "What's that? A professional pos^r?" "Yes. He helps the summer | make their engagement records.* NOMINATION BLANK To enter Tho Chronicle's Automobile Contest, fill out this bl&n and send It to the office of the Contest Editor. You may nomiail yourself or a friend. The first of these blanks received will count for 5,000 votes. I NOMINATE: Mrs. or MIhb . . Nominated by . . . Address . . . . . . . . r... ? ?? ? . * ' ' ' - ? rjf Under 110 circumstances will nam? of person making nomination Ji divulged. u ? ~ Seaboard Air Line! The Progressive Railroad of the South] Lv.CAMDEN | ALl TRAINS DAILY. H:15 A. M. I For Columbia, Savannah, Jacksonville, Tampa and j 11:35 P. M. | Intermediate points. 10:20 A. M. | For Columbia and Intermediate points. 0:47 A. M. | For Hamlet, Raleigh, Richmond, Washington, 7:25 P. M. j Nfew York and Northern points. 5:18 P. M. | For Hamlet and Intermediate points. All through trains equipped with electric lighted, steel PulhJ mans and coaches. For further information see agent oi; write, C. B. RYAN, G. P. A. C W. SMALL, D. P. A. Portsmouth, Va., Savannah, G**l The Love Letters of a Confederate General WF> l>cjin in the November isauc*tt series of real lovcylettera written over fifty ..years ? ago -by -ono - of our national * heroes to. his sweetheart during the period of VSi'to '6 5. This great general will go down to posterity as having accomplished one of the most brilliant fdat? of arms in the history of t lie world. He was as great a lover as he was a general, therefore these, letters combine au thentic history and exquisite romance. -They omul a human note that no other worlt literature has done in a decade; it is war, it is romancc, i , an literature. You simnly can't afford to miss this wonderful _?ta:njng a story of . the Civil, War now published for .the first time an . ^ jgjj the freshness of a contemporary happening." These letters \vi gr- ^ ,.m(1 hold your interest from first to last. Fill out the co po. now before you forget it. lbs y Pictorial v ? Ucfiew Co. 223 W?* 33lh St.^ Pictorial Review llr* York City \ ,, r i ^ 15 Cents* Copy Ono Do!!rfft ^ \ $10,000 in Cash Prize* . 1 yl\ I >cc andean ^ V an<* ^*ra' Commission* to our Ac****- J - / /4?A for Partlcatcrrn ^ " \ THE PICTORIAL REVIEW Uii'1cS ^ N 222 W?st 59th St., New York CU*