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,,BUCKWHEAT FINE FOR POOR SOILS ?'h0ftcble Yield May Be Secured Where Wheat, or Even Rye, Cannot Be Grown. ECELLENT AS COVER CROP cR Be Grown on Land Whero Spring fewn Cropi, Such as Corn, Have Failed to Make a Stand Many Other Uses. (Freparod by tMe Uniteid States Depart ment ot Agriculture.) Buckwheat Is in general the best ghin crop for poor, thin land. Ils nat ifral and favorite environment Is "back in the hills." On land whero wheat Er even rye cannot he g-rown with profit buckwheat is often able to produce a 1miltable yield. The elitatic coudi **us, however, must be favorable. On acd soils. whileh are quite con xsSR LU the northern states. buckwheat 4.ts well. It does not require large $P)lies of imne in the soil, although limo is taken up largely by the plant. Good Summer Cover Crop. Low-grade fertilizers may be usedl to 'dvantage In the growing of buck wheot, as It can umiake use of relatively igsoluble materials to hette' advan tage than the other grain crops. It may be used to render avaliable in moluble phosphaites, like rock phos p'mte. as these tire taken uil) by the plnut in Ir ger riuantities than by other small grains. To obtain the greatest benefit from such npplientions to follow Crops, the buckwheat should be grown as a -summer cover crop to be plowed under a,; green Ianure In Ireparation for fall seeding. Bucklwheat se'rves to 11ua1e even very hnrd laud mellow and friable. Conse (qUently it is i g0d rop to Use in preparation for such crosjo as potatoes. As it has a siort gwin-r period, buekwheat can Ihe vrown on ind where .pring-sowin erop, sneh a corn. .1,4 have failed to make a sta t. call also bt used where the 1ai1 i-an not lie worked until in't, or whore other mrops havo been drownie'( out by lat spiting floods. Enlarge Farm Activities. Buckwheat can he used to enlarge farm activitics. After c ol iter erops' that must he sown early are I in there U, often title to prepare I h, ilnd 1Sw buckwheat. On account U: hte 6hort growing season it may Ue sowvn later than any other grain erop. Where it is go used It often may he advisable to row it even on rich land which other wiRe could be used more protitably for Otmer crops. Buckwheat IS a suitabl e ropt for gmwing onl neV grondil. Land just clenred of timber or draned marsh cnd containig much deenying vege table matter will produe good yields of this grain. Farmaers' Bulletin No. 1062 contains fe: infrmatln on this crop. Copies may be had free on application to the inopartiment of agricul tire, ANshIlg toe, D. 0. SCRAPER FOR LOADING SOIL Ptadtorm Arranged as Shown in lilus tration Obviates Much Tire. some Labor. Where dirt Is to he taken out of an eyea-vation and hauleid awany sonie dis tince, geltting this dir-t Into a wagon bed a aliwais ai hard1( job.i Where ai Loading Soil Made Easy. seapiej' is used it is usually neess'uary tO drag thle dirit uti of' the hole andi theni shovel it into a faram wagon, hBy b'ullding a plat formit like the oine shown here It is amsy to ltiad a wvagon with a sbtraper and save ai lot of hard work. Th~e platfo~rw 'nulst be strong enough to stand upl undecr t he lond of diirt and tbe extra pull that comes wh'ien the t mn drags the scraper up the in ~. The check block stops the scrper and helps In dumping It into the wagon box. PURE AIR QUITE NECESSARY eV~fts Should Be Carefully Avoided asj) Poultry House Kept at Even Temperature, b~itby air is pacically breathing pelson. Pure air furnishes the oxygen which keepsq the life processes goIng Swhen the aIr becomes stale or foul, bIrds become weak and siekly. We problem for the poultrympn, there ftre, Is to let in plenty of al- without .fts and without making the hen igWuse so cold as to be0 uncomfortable. On almet all sunny days the wIndows een be opened wh~en the flock io exer oling, scratchIng in lItter for Its food., - ad that gives a chance to aIr the kuse thoroughly. T~vent In the colest ht tile wlndowys mtay he lowored n leat the top (very little w~hten It Ia ves'y cold) and the birds will obtain fteshl aIr. If the wInd blows in, a p)Iece et barlap can he hlung over- the open aoe through which the ir can get in by which the wind can be kept out. REARRANGE PERCHES IN CHICKEN HOUSES See That Roosts Meet Require. ments of Various Fowls. Birds of Heavy, Large Breeds Shoult Not Be Compelled to Jump Too Far-Dangerous to Permit Halls to Crowd at Night. When making readjustments In thi poultry houses It Is always well ua look over the perches and see if the: imeet the requirements of the birds. L Cowls are of the heavy, large breeds thi percles should not be as high, fu' many ill effects are the result of.jumil Ing from high perches. The lightzer weight fowls are usually hetter lyer. and ean aissist themselves li gettin up and down much better than Can th heavy ones. The two kinds shoul( nieair be kept In the saime house I night If for no other reason than tht above, says a writer In an exclinge Thte height of the perches also bring. trouble if every tole is not Ill) the Fiint level. In endeavorlug to secure thl safest p1lce inl the house aill fowls wil try to reach the highest perch and thi lower ones are practically useless ex cept to the ones that could not igb their way higher. Always aim to have the perchesc- a the same height and have room enougl on then to avoild crowding. There art dangers in e:ewding the lhens at night to say nothing of this discomfort. Nt lien likes to be uncomfortable, nor doe: anh1y aiiimial. in fact, and if we mnaki domestic fowls of the hens we Imus give them the privileges and liberties as nearly as we can, reseibling tha of their natural state. i'l i jumping fromi the roosts if likely to injure the legs of the hlens and if the birds have not at tainec tlieir growth they will be iore labli to defortuities. It is the naItural in si inct of the fowls to want to roos hi-:h. away, a- they supposo, fron thir eliileit'sz, as they do in the wil( slrle; aid wlile rat.s Shouli not bl permitit tel tIo ist the hot)ons there 1: Ies itl Iner fromu tlel whe: the fowl are hihi ip. Then. too. the littl1 st reams of air (ilhat should not be al h\etd to tiow in on the hlens) will d ss hima it' it e roostis ( are not tot low. While very h1igh roosts are disap proved of It Is. nevertheless, advan tageous to have theml high enough sc that the birds may feel safe and a the samte timie have them on tilie leve for tihe, whole flock that inhabits ti olle houise. GOOD SHED FOR IMPLEMENTS Drainage Should Be Sufficient to Keel Different Machines From Stand. Ing in Wet Place. A serviceable implement slied shoul be tloroughly trined so that the mi phiiiets do 110 snill in a wet plaec It must protect articles fron sur winld and mloisture. It 11m1st not h) too exilelsive. It sloulld b situate( In 1 convenient spot and so arrange( as to be easily used. Tho material froni whieh tie shei is inadel wvill dhepenid upon1 t' cost an the localit. V ~ery goiit sheds ar An Inexpensive Shed for Variou Farm Implements, mande of wvood-fcrame conlstruct ion, ('Oi eredl withi sheet iron. Ot)3her goo ones can he mande of wood-frm ne cot' strueilloni and closed in with1 bmirni sk Ing, drop sIdIng, or wvith - sip-laj Shingles, corrugated iron or patetn roofing make good roofs for machin sheds. EYES OF ANIMALS RELIEVEI 'Ten Per Cent Borio Ac'd and Nintet Per Cent Pure Water is Most - Excellent Remedy. Sore and watery eyes of anImal may be relIeved by a solution of 1 per cent borte acId and 90 per een pure water. Apply it on absorben cotton andl use a fresh pIece ever, time the eyes are treated. USE OF QUICKLIME FAVOREK Superior to Put in Graves of Animal Dying From D:fferent Con. taglous 'Diseases. Quicklime Ia good to put In th graves of anImals thast dIe from cot tagliius diheases. In 'using It the cai cas., s'<'ld be surrounded and col ered wIth twice its weight of tb anmt~iriem.. DAYLIGHT ROBBISRY IN WHEW YORK -CITY Highwaymen FaM to Got Bank's Cash. One of the Robbers Caught . New York, Jan. 16.-Bandits battled with bank clerks in an inoffectual at tempt to rob the Manhattan Savings I Institution at Broadway and Bleocker street at 1i o'clock this morning. Fully twenty shots were fired but none of them took effect, .although I, score of patrons were in the bank when three highwaymen made theirIV attack. One of the desperadoes was' captured when he retreated, but the other two escaped. Their demand for money was ignored and they lied emp ty-banded. All of the employes of the Manhat tan Savings Bank had been coached. for years in what to do if an attack t was made by robbers and acted promptly in offering resistance. They are familiar with the details of the fa nous clean-up imade there forty--od1 years ago by Jimmy llope, Red Leary and Shang Draper. who burglarized the bank and escaped wit hundreds of thousands of dollars. The bandit who was caught today was seized by a traffic policeman as he ran out of the building. He said he was .laies Stratton, of Chicago. The police assert he has a record as a bank robber. )uring the battle, bank patrons flat tened themselves against the wall or (ashed to safety in the street. Three billets went through the front window of the bank into a haberdashery Shop across the street. Others were Im TI gK Auo oils: spirited Oldsmobi doesworty ho or tig ihd nety eristicallybOlsobi Spraigte Ondsmlanbi dsaorthydinv t tinbuished aestrboy andlmechanica bexe ersialmettdaoi P. 0. Box 217 LWded In- th'e0 Wal A*W . andit Was "Doped?" Now York, Jan. e.,A lone bndit, 'doped" with drugs, according to the )olice, fought a iosingAevliver battle vith bank tellers today in an unou :essful attempt to rob the Manhatton 3avings Institution at Ibroadway and 31cecker street of $5,000. The smoke from 20 revolver shots, dl of Wfhich went wild, had not clear d away before the robber, cowering nd penitent, was under arrest.. He ave the name of James Stratton, ot hicago. 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