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Boots For the Plf. "Wherever roots are used as part of their rations, quite remarkable results ga J *re obtained, apparently out of all proportion to the feeding value of the + roots. This seems to show that the roots serve to render the grain food more digestible. Although pigs do not like raw turnips, yet when the turnips are cooked and mixed with raw potatoes or cabbage, they will eat them readily. When a small amount of \ ' hrflii is fed with this mash good gains arc maue.?American Cultivator. To Complete the Ratios. We read a great deal nowadays in ' tlie farm papers about balanced rations. Such information enables the farmer to feed his animals so that he ran get th? most profit out of them for the cost of Hie food. Such information is good, and we want to encourage it; but those who feed animals should al"wnys bear in mind that a ration is never perfectly balanced unless there is a little "kindness" mixed in with it. You need have no fear of using too much "kindness." for the more you use the better; but very, very grave results oftentimes happen to those who do not make use of it at all.?Weekly Wituess. Developing Suitable Sheep. A writer in the Shepherd's Criterion says that "to develop a good flock of breeding sheep for wool and mutton I % would begin with ewes that are half Cotswold and half Merino and mate , that with a buck that is a full blooded Shropshire. In this cross you get a grade of sheep that is hard to beat for both wool and mutton. By this L method I once got a twin lamb that sheared, when a little more than a year old, sixteen pounds of good wool and when a year and a half old the carcass weighed 1G0 pounds. I cross my sheep back and forth as my judgment tells i me is best. If the sheep are getting too wrinkly and the wool too short I get either a Cotswold. Oxford or Shropshire buck, and if the fleece is getting too hairy and light in weight I breed back to the Merinos." Weeds Are Bad Enemies. A North Dakota man, who thinks weeds the worst enemy to be met with in the production of a garden, writes the Farm, Stock and Home that they must be fought early, late and all the time. The best time to kill them is before they appear above ground. If the garden is large a good harrow is the best of weed killers. Corn and potatoes can be harrowed once a week from the time they are planted until " four inches high. If the garden is small the iron hand rake and wheel hoe are indispensable. Plow all the garden as soon as you are ready to plant the first early vegetables; then "V.-- once a week stir the unplanted ground, about an inch deep, with hoe or rake, and thus destroy the weeds while .young and tender. It must be remem bered that the secret of a good garden is constant and careful cultivation Subduing Flying Fowls. When fowls are kept confined tbey "Set uneasy and long for freedom; this Is particularly the case with the smaller breeds, says an exchange. The common method of prevention is to clip the wings of the birds, not a desirable thing to do if they happen to be highclass fowls. A better plan is to attach the little arrangement here described. Take a stout cord and tie around the points of the feathers on the wings mainly used in flying. Tie one wing in this manner, then pass the cord over the back and tie the other wing. Be careful not to draw the cord too tight, but leave it so that the fowl can carry --- - ? HARNESS FOR FLTIXG FOWLS. the wings in a natural position ami it will do 110 harm, yet the bird will not be able to fly any distance. The Value of Silac*The best milk produced in the United States, says G. X. Knapp, of the Wisconsin Station, as well as the milk produced at the greatest net profit, is milk produced from silage. The cows producing this milk are. of course, not fed exclusively on silage, but it is because of the cheapness of silage and of . the intrinsic value of silage as a feed that such milk can be produced and produced so cheaply. In the corn belt wl ere cattle are finished for market anf men of long experience make a business, or a profession. of producing beef, they fiud that L>6tt0r D6 i, us wen u? luuit* gains are obtained by feeding silage. The steers are not fattened on silage, but silage is a very important supplement to the fattening ration. Sheep are fouud to utilize silage to good adv vautage; many feeders make silage more than half the winter ration for tbeir sheep. Hogs and horses are also fed silage to advantage. Because of such facts as these, which are becoming more and more apparent, the interest in silage and silos is growing rapidly among farmers who appreciate the necessity of a cheaper ration as well as the importance of a succulent food. Silage is coming to be regarded as an indispensable adjunct to successful farming. u. ' Ur?^5tock K' The Department / has in preparation a farme?^-. a\, the advance sheets of which iifffteate a cumber of instructive discussions. In an article on "Grain Rations For Animals" the statement is made that it is better to use two or three kinds of, grain in making up a ration than to feed one exclusively, and the feeder should always aim to prepare palatable crain mixtures. Rations should also . J.'- ; . I bo bulky, to avoid digestive disturbances. Many feeders use from one* third to one-half wheat bran in order to obtain the necessary bulk. Corn silage and chopped hay constitute dilutents or distributors of the heavy concentrates. Among tables given the following are selected: 1?One-third bran, one-half gluten feed and one-sixth cottonseed meal. 2?One-third bran, one-third cottonseed meal and one-third corn meal. 3?One-lialf bran and oue-lialf gluten feed. 4?One-fourth malt sprouts, onefourth mixed feed, one-half gluten feed. 5?One-fifth malt sprouts, two-fifths corn meal and two-fifths gluten feed. 0?One-third cottonseed meal, onethird flour middlings and one-tliird corn tneal. 7?One-half corn meal, one-fourth cottonseed meal and one-fourth oat middlings or rye feed. Seven pounds is the usual quantity to be fed daily to cows producing ten to twelve quarts of milk. The richer the milk the more feed needed. Many feeders find it economy to use but five pounds of grain daily and feed maximum amounts of roughage. Sow Some Barley. ^ Wheat and barley sowing season wil. soon be here, so let me impress on your farmer readers the importance of a barley crop. As the writer has had exnorionr>A he feels it a dutv to lend en couragement to those not skeptical in raising barley. My last year's farming was thirteen years ago, when I had forty-five bushels to the acre, while I only had thirteen bushels of wheat to the acre right by the side of my barley and the same quality of land (sandy), and all sowed at the same time and drilled alike, one and one-fourth bushels to the acre. Harvested barley 13th of June, and wheat the 20th; stacked aud thrashed at same time. Sold wheat at sixty-eight cents and barley at sixty cents. It is easy to compare expense and profits. Sowing was done first days of September. Barley should be sowed soon after the middle of August, as it requires early sowing so the crop can get an early start to grow up aud cover the ground before white frosts or winter. No danger of fly in barley. Best soil is a sandy loam, or dry ciay. Never wet 01 sprouty. or where watey can stand over at any time of the year?well tiled clay will do. but loam or sand is best. An ordinary soil for wheat will raise good barley. Barley doesn't grow as high as wheat by six or eight inches, and the straw is soft as oats straw, and is better feed for stock than wheat or oats, and the beards are full six inches in length and are relished by all kinds of stock the same as the straw, and in shocking and stacking makes a thatching almost like shingles. The grain is good feed for all kinds of stock and poultry, and when ground with equal parts of corn makes the best feed for milch cows that can be had, and to sum it all up it is a rich feed, and those that have the right kind of ground will burn daylight for a candle when they fail to raise barley. and if they have more than they can feed, sell it to feeders, and, not to brewers, as feed won't make drunk, but beer will, and drunk will fight and kill, and play liavoe generally .^Henry Baker, in Indiana Farmer. The Life of the Sot!. Every time crops are hauled away o2T the farm, life is hauled away from the soil, and the farm loses in value. Even hauling away hay and straw is pretty nearly as bad; and the old-time way of burning straw is worse. I knew an eeccniric man once who would not even have his fruit gathered and made use of. because he said it was due to the earth to return to her what she had taken the trouble to duce! The Indian to-day, who fights against civilization, says, "Grass?mother Earth hair. I not cut mother hair. Earth?mother breast. I not plow mother breast!" But to get value from the farm, something must be shipped. The question is, what shall that be, to be the most advantageous? The answer, according to a friend of mine, is "That which will take the least value from the soil, and which will be the most easily replaced. To this end the value must be in the most concentrated form." i moot ofnfTc* pronm firwl Vivailji 1UUU Oiliuo, ?00, are highly concentrated products. Of course the cost of production and the I market values have to be cousid?red in making the selection. Everything raised, on the farm (what is not wanted for the family larder), can be turned into these crops. More money can be made off them than off other things. When you haul them away, you leave the bulk of the life of the soil b?hind. Live weight and cream weight have so little bulk, comparatively. and the small extraction of fertility can be replaced at small cost. The skim milk occupies a corresponding place to the cream, that the permanent pasture does of the live stock, when it goes eventually to the cattle dealer. A Government bulletin makes "skim" worth from fifteen to thirty-five cents a hundred for feeding purposes. Fed to poultry it is easily worth from thirty-five to fifty cents.?L. A. N., iu In- j diaua Farmer. Onoil Whitewash For Tree*. In the New England States whitewash is frequently applied to fruit trees, especially apple trees, and seems I to have the effect of keeping off fungus and insect pests. The whitewash as used there is generally made by simply slaking tb? lime with cold water. But it would be better to slake the lime with hot water. It may be made to stick better by adding some skimmed milk. Some even heat some glue, and when it has become a thin liquid dilute it with hot water and add it to the wash. This still further helps the sticking quality. Better treatment for horses wounded in battle is being sought by the English Church Society for Promoting Kindness to Animals. ' . 'v . ' With the Fanny j The Old, Old Story. Two sweethearts 'neath a sky of?* l>id whisper like a pigeon's With Cupid's Fast in their They swore they'd be forever? ?Detroit Tribune. !<u. ?. Took Him Oat. "What makes you look so fagged out, isiggersiy : "Jaggersley took mo out automobiling this forenoon." "Well, did taking you out iu his auto wear you out?" "No! the taking out was all right. We had to walk back." Effrontery. Voice (through the teltphone)?"Is that the society editor?" The Other Voice?"Yes." Voice?"Will you please say that Argie Higgum's back " The Other Voice?"I don't care for vany items about Archie Higgum's back."?Chicago Tribune. A Distinction. "What is the difference between a practical aud a theoretical farmer?" "A theoretical farmer," answered Farmer Corntossel, "is one that insists on tryin' to make a livin' off the farm, an' a practical one jes' faces the inevitable an' turns the place over to summer boarders."?Washington Star. .The Artist's Industry. Bacon?"You say your artist friend is industrious?" Egbert?"Very; why, I've known him to work over four years on one picture." Bacon?"Is that possible?" Egbert?"It is. He was a month painting it, aud four years tryiug to sell it!"?Yonkers Statesmau. Left In Donbt. First Pennsylvanian ? "Well, tljat tainted chorus girl couldn't make a go of it aud they've disbanded her show." Second Pennsylvanian?"A tribute to our Pennsylvania good sense." First Pennsylvanian?"I don't kuow whether it is or not. Maybe they figured that if it wouldn't go ill Pennsylvania iMvouldn't go anywhere^' A Hint. Jack?"tier heart is as hard as glass. I've little hope of making an impression on it." His Sister?"Why not try a diamond?"?Illustrated Bit?Not All A1IL T'When you know that" a man is a devotee of golf," said the enthusiastic golfer, "you can be absolutely certain of his mental caliber and be as"Oh. come. I wouldn't say that," replied the plain man. "I don't doubt fliof ormn mon nlnr rtnlf wlm iirA r.'lllv quite sensible."?Philadelphia rnss^ Didn't Cor* to Sit Down. "Thank you, young gentleman." she said to the boy who permitted her to take the seat in the trolley car that had just been vacated, "but. perhaps, you had better take it. You look weary." "I guess you'd look weary, too, lady, if you'd been tishin'^n' got keteheil at it by yer dad."?Philadelphia Ledger. ~ Tlie Main Cliance. "Let's go over and call on the Greens to-nlpht," remark:d Mrs. Pox, as the c. euing threatened to drag. I don't care to go there unless we have r.u invitation," replied her husband. "Liu why not:" "Loeause they wouldn't have a lunch r.ady if they didn't know wo were coming.*'?Columbus Dispatch. Casus Brill. "Xovr, the trusts?" began the patj out churn man, addressing the washing r achin agent, "toe trusts, let me tell you, are " "Here. now. gentlemen!" remonstrated thp landlord of the tavern at PolkYille, Ark. "That's what the tight here yesterday started about; and it's going to cost me $3 or $4 for new window glass alone!"?Tom Watson's Magazine. Tlie Absurd Poor. "Give you a nickel?" said Miss De Style. "Oh, no! I never dispense promiscuous aims. Why do you not ob tain employment?" "Please, mum." was the timid reply, "I have a small baby, and people won't be bothered by a woman with a child." "Then, you absurd creature, why not leave the child home with its nurse?"?Philadelp) ia Bul.'etin. Shre; tl Move. Mrs. Fox?"Gr^^ news! George Is engaged to Miss itmtley." Mr. Fox?"What! Our son engaged to Miss Itoxley? I must object!" Mrs. Fox?"Nonsense! Are you out of your mind?" Mr. Fox?"Not at all, but if wo don't kick a little the Roxleys will think we ion't amount to much and they'll prpbibly call it all off."?Catholic Standard ind Times. f ^gllggH / USEHOLD AFFAIRS THE KITCHEN SINK. Placing the sink in front of a window^ helps to make the routine work of washing pans and kettles less like drudgery, says a household magazine. To secure an architectural effect for the exterior of a house this pleasure of an outlook is often thoughtlessly taken away from the kitchen. Ihe CAAKAf nf mnMnnr lrItnhon Tt*nrl* nnlAVfl. OCV-iCt Ul UiUUill^ rwivuvu M V4 u ? ble is to keep recurring duties nt a minimum, relieving them by every possible labor-saving device. METAL BEDS AND THEIR CARE. If metal beds are chosen with an eye to their keeping bright, and then given just a little care, there's no necessity for their turning dull and tarnishing. Experts say that brass oughtn't to tarnish if it's properly treated in the first place, and the brass trimmings to white beds are the first places usually that show wear. Be careful, in getting your bed, to see if the trimmings (or the bed itself, if it's all brass) are carefully finished. If you don't know the signs yourself, ask some one who knows; it may cost a little more than you thought, but it will be less in the long run. Enr'ueling can be done (redone, that is,) t home with very little trouble. Anc enamel paint costs so little that there's no excuse for letting a white iron bed get shabby, even though frequent handlings may have scarred the enamel here and there. Once, in every few weeks, too, an enameled bed should be gone over with a soapy rag?it is surpri sing how much dirt will come ofl and how fresh the enamel will look after its cleaning.? Washington Times. CARING FOR PAINT BRUSHES. Every housewife has, or should have, one or more good paint brushes and some cans of ready mixed paints. Nothing brightens up woodwork of any description more than a coating of good paint, and nothing saves the scrubbing brush more. When done with using the brushes, it will pay her to take care of them, for their uses are simply legion. Don't let ' 'John" borrow them; he should have his own (which you stould cheerfully borrow when you warn; them). When done with the brush, suspend it in water, with the brush part not quite touching the bottom ot the vessel in which it is suspended, being careful that the water Just covers the bristles, not reaching the binding, which should novnr he wot. fared for in this way. a I) usli will last a long time. Some painters insist tliat a varnish brash should never be put in water, while others claim that it docs not matter; but all agree that linseed oil is a good preservative, the brush being suspend|d so that only the hair is covered. It is a good plan not only to have these paints and brushes, but to use them, ?ud until tried, one has no idea what i "saving power" for the overworked bopsewife is to be found in them.? The Commoner. __ I RECIPES Tomato and Cucumber Salad?Six fresh, ripe tomatoes, two cucumbers, one onion, three hard-boiled eggs; slice ? - * 1?,1 all tnin ana piace in mjcrs m u saiuu bowl; add a dash of cayenne, if liked, and salt and vinegar to taste. Tomato Paste?One peck of ripe tomatoes, four onions, twelve sprigs of parsley, two bay leavt s, two good-sized carrots, peeled and sliced, one tablespoonful each of salt, sugar, ground cloves, mace, black pepper, and whole celery seed (tie the Irst up in a bit of thin musliu), one sea it teaspoonful of cayenne. Boil the tomatoes, onions and carrots together antll soft enough to press through a colander, then add the seasoning; boil again for about five hours, or until a little of the pulp will jelly when placed on a saucer. Remove the bag of celery seed. Spread on shallow pie plates and let the raste dT thoroughly in the sun or in an open oven. It can be packed in layers in wooden boxes, with waxed pnper between the layers, and is useful for seasoning macaroni, soups, stews, etc. Cranberry Pie?To make a cranberry pie extra good soak out the se?ds. Cut one cup of cranberries across once and drop them into cold water to stand for a little wliVe. then skim out i.nd leave the seeds, add one-balf cup of raisins, seeded and cut small. Mix three level tablespoons of flour in a little water to make smooth and pour on one cup of boiling water, cook until clear, then add the cranberries, raisins and one cup of sugar. Line a plate with good ontiirr (inrpr and piiaie, ijuui in int. oi j bake. Serve when nearly cold. Stuffed Cucumbers?rare the cucumbers; cut in halves crosswise; remove the seeds and let stand in cold water half a ' hour; make a forcemeat, using one-bt * cupful of tine stale bread cruml^nnd one-hall cupful of milk; cook the bread and milk to u paste; add two tablespoonf lis of butter, the white of one egg, two-thirds of a cupful of raw veal chopped fine, and salt and cayenne pepper to season; fill the cucumber halves with the forcemeat; place them upright on a trivet in a saucepan; half cover with white stock and cook slowly for forty minutes; place en slices of diy toast and pour around rich cream sauce; serve as an entree or vegetable. A Lone Knn. A long suffering traveler on a single track railroad ventuied to complain to an attendant of the exasperating unpunctuality of the service. The employe remonstrated in virtuous indignation. "I've been on this line now upwards of eight years " k ? began. "Have you, indeed?" interrupted the other, sympathetica! y. "At what station did you get on"' The attendant did not pursue the subject,?Youth'a Companion. I \ ? I SB' SB SK SB ^ fcfc Tvr tV* iT? ? *7* * S? I 3? 151? I 85 1 85 I 3? FARM TOPICS. OVERCOMING WEATHER. A proper system of cultivation will to a large extent offset weather conditions. Thus we read last year of many getting crops of eighty bushels or more of oats per acre, simply because the weather conditions were just right; but a knowledge of how adverse weather conditions could be overcome by soli preparation before the grain was sown would result in much larger crops. It Is of very little benefit for a man to exhibit a sample of oats that yielded eighty bnshels per acre if the yield was simply the result of the weather being just right. But let that man by proper soil preparation produce eighty bnshels of oats per acre for five consecutive years and his name and fame will go abroad, and the yield for his whole county may be increased by this showing.?E. A. Rogers, in Massachusetts Ploughman. DESTROYING PLANT LICE. The practical counselor for fruit and garden culture at Frankfort. Ind., recently offered a large prize for the best method of destroying plant lice, for which fifty-eight persons competed. The prize was awarded to the author of the following preparation: Quassia wool two and one-half pounds, t) be soaked over night in ten quarts of water and well boiled, and then strained through a cloth, and placed with 100 quarts of water in a petroleum barrel, with five pounds of soft soap. The mixture is then ready for sprinkling on plants infested with lice. Leaves, even those of peach trees, wil not be injured in the least by the solution, which can be kept covered fh the barrel from spring to fall without deterioration. As soon as lice ap pear the leaves should be sprinkled with the solution. If it is repeated several times the pests will disappear. ?Indiana Farmer. SAVE THE SLOP. i M | Don't let the pigs spill the slop. It is valuable. Every one knows how pigs try to spi 11 the slop when you feed them. To prevent this, take an old milk can, turn it upside down, knock out the bottom and fasten the neck of the can to the trough. Pour in your swill with It all going in the trough instead of on the ground. The pigs can't spill It?The Epitomist, INCREASING FODDER SUPPLY. Fine and well-rotted stable manure will also often pay in the increase of rowen when spread on the land shortly after the first crop is secured. Another method of obtaining a good seconu crop as advised by Professor C. S. Phelps in the June report of the Massachusetts Board of Agriculture is to cut early, plow and seed at once to clover and mixed grasses, using at least fifteen pounds of clover to the acre. With seeding done early in July, a good crop of.clover should be obtained late in September or early in October, and a strong growth of grass and clover the following year. Taking up the specific crops that can be grown to supplement the hay crop. Professor Phelps gives those that are best adapted to the purpose, time of seeding, quantity of seed per acre, time of cutting and method of use, whether for hay, silage or green fodder. The crops mentioned are corn, Hungarian grass, the millets, soy beans, oats and peas, barley and peas, winter vetch, I Mn? nna ^nhhaiire. Corn can be sown as lnte as July 10 and still produce a fair growth of fodder. Hungarian grass Is, all things considered, probably the best crop that could be sown In July for hay, and should be cut early, even before nil the heads are formed, as it tends to grow woody as it ripens. Soy beans are a valuable crop, particularly for silage. Late cabbage can often be grown to a profit as a market crop, and the unmarketable portions will furnish valuable fodder. Professor Phelps says that he has found apple pomace to be a valuable feed for milch cows, and there are many sections where it can be obtained for the hauling. The article closes with some excel lent advice as to feeding the hay cioji after all possible has been done tc supplement it. To obtain the best re suits, about one-half the dry mattei of the ration should come from the grain feeds. The cheaper dry fodders such as corn stover or oat straw, maj then be fed in connection with libera silage and grain feeding, and good re suits will follow. - Massachusett! Ploughman. The Jocular Direr, The mermnid sat In the green, trans lucent light of an ocean cave, combiuf her yellow hair with a gold comb. Slowly, through the sbimmerinf water, a strange creature descendeda being encased In rubber and lead and wearing a great round helmet witl a glass front. Gracefully the mermaid swam to ward this apparition. "Why," she asked, "do you wear s< strange a dress?" With a chuckle the man replied: "For divers reasons."?New. fori Press. SOUTHERN *7 d? frC TOPICS OF INTEREST TO THE PLANT m |_,|M| ! ! ???a? Treatment tor an Aiiaua. G. W. H., Bedford City, writes: "I have one and two-thirds acres in alft.lfa which, was sown last October. Four hundred pounds of high grade phosphate were used at the time of sowing. Four hundred pounds of rich alfalfa soil were also broadcasted over the field. The stand was very scant this spring, so about April 20 we sowed 300 pounds of prepared lime broadcast, cultivated and harrowtd it three times and sowed one bushel of inoculated seed and again harrowed two times. The seed came up and did fine until the first part of June, when it began to turn yellow. On June 22 I sowed 200 pounds of land plaster over it broadcast. Do you think it Is all right or what had I better to~to help it?" Answer: From the description contained in your letter you have treated your alfalfa generously, and you should be able to hold the stand, provided, of course, the subsoil is not too X 1 maa1UA fhn U XiUL'lUUS. UUUUi J uu icau&c iuw importance of alfalfa making a fine ioot development. The trouble you expe-jence at the present time should harely be due to an acid soil, though you might test it with litmus papey and then you would know definitely. Get a nickei's worth of blue litmus paper at any dwig store; take a handful of the soil an inch or two below the surface, moisten well with rain water and in ?ert a piece of the litmus paper. If the paper turn red the soil is undoubtedly acid, and lime should be applied at the rate of twenty-five bushels per acre. You should first clip the alfalfa and then broadcast the lime and work in well with a barrow. The fact that a large number of nodules hat e not developed may be due to an acid condition of the soil, and though you applied 300 pounds of prepared liine, it may not have been sufficient for the purpose. When alfalfa turns yellow it is often due to one of two things?either an attack of the leaf spot or rust or the need of nitrogen. Judging from your letter you did not apply any nitrogen in the form of fertilizer and it is likely that your land is low in humus or vegetable matter. It would be almost impossible to apply humus to the soil in a satisfactory manner uow. However you might clip the alfalfa and apply a top dressing of farmyard manure at the rate of ten to fifteen tons per acre, and an application of nitrate of soda will also probably prove effective, say 100 pounds per acre, put on as a top dressing. It should be put on when the dew is off or else it may fire the leaves. The leaf spot or rust which often attacks alfalfa, particularly in the East, can generally be overcome by repeated clippings during the first season of growth. Under any circumstances you should clip the alfalfa frequently this year and not attempt to get any hay, and that will tend to throw the strength of the plants back in the roots and insure their making a more substantial growth. If you can only get the alfalfa deeply rooted and well established in the soil you should be able to maintain it provided you feed it liberally. Alfalfa must have plentiful supplies of nitrogen, which it must obtain through the bacteria living in association with the nodules on its roots or directly from the soil, and if the nodules do not appear in large numbers you can hardly hope tb mainI -i_?_ xt- ^ ~ lam lilt? uiinua. If you follow persistent clipping and the suggestions made above and do not get satisfactory results, plow up the land this fall, top dress heavily with farmyard manure, subsoil and reseed. In my judgment farmers who attempt to grow alfalfa and fail to get satisfactory results the first year or two should not give up. The bacteria do not take kindly to all soils, nor do they develop as rapidly as many people imagine, but I believe persistency for several years will give satisfactory results?Andrew M. Soule. Will It P?y? _ .... A writer in the Southern Cultivator asks this question and then proceeds to answer it. We certainly agree with his conclusions. In this climate it pays to raise chickens wheuever you can get good fcrrtile eggs to put under the hens or into the incubator: Will it pay?does it pay?do fall chickens pay? Will it pay to raise them? Has it ever paid any one to raise them? This is the silent query in many a mind at this season?it is an open question in many a household, it is much more worth trying and? it is something worth knowing, ana 1 solving for one's own knowledge and 1 satisfaction. In mathematics it is a question so simple that it answers itself. We say simple, because we have only to com1 pare a hen and an egg to settle the question?only to ask ourselves, which i is the most valuable?from which one 1 we may in the future obtain the most 1 value. Nuggets from Geogia. Poverty throws the door wide, and 1 sleeps without fehr of thieves that break in and 6teal. ( After we've run the race for Happiness we look back and wonder why .' wo didn't know him when we met him I in the road. Mighty few wise men came out of , the east of old, and thoso who are of the west are all in the dime museums and can't break away. Pointed Paragraphs. 1 Nearly every woman would rather be married unhappily than not at all. A girl hardly ever thinks low shoes are becoming to her when the stock' ings aren't. - j i : A man nas a goou uusmcsa utuu when he knows you can't run your house on business principles. 3 rJie same woman who objects in early life to marrying a man old enough to be her father later could i find it reasonable to marry one young enough to be her eon. , v ( - . /J ?D 'ARM -- yV ^ d ?> H| ER. STOCKMAN AND TRUCK 6\ n| f How simple the question is, and ifl how easy to decide. There Is the hen HI and here is the egg. The hen Is worth , H a quarter In any market and the egg *1 j one cent Twenty-five to one is their , ! comparative value. Nojv, then, shall we sacrifice the egg at the nominal ! price of one cent, or shall we converflM^H it into the higher value by increaa&jHHH its worth twenty-five hundred' peiHHH cent.? It has a life-giving prindpte^^^H within it?a germ that will germinat* and crow under favorable conditions. f Better and more practical to set it S and convert it into a chicken that six flj months hence will be an egg-machine rVi' in a sense worth as much as the hen ' M' that laid it. Or, if we should elect to * attain an earlier success and a quicker m dividend we may sell the chicken from ?i it as soon as it is old enough to eat, Mj and in this latter way increase the revenue from the egg at least fifteen jjpj hundred per cent. ? Some may contend that the fail fc chicken is out of season, and not aa fl | desirable as the spring hatched bird. Granted, in part, but not wholly. The fall hatched chicken is naturally a: JS part of the fall growing season, and fjjjj every one who knows anything about the country knows that there are many; things that may be brought to succeas- , ful maturity after midsummer. Fall chickens for market may be raised as A 1 successfully as at any other time of '"] the year?we having need only to observe the maxim that the most profitable time to sell a chicken is as soon as it is large enough to eat. Any one crfli grow chickens to that age either with 'ffg hens or with incubator and brooder in H the autumn and early fall. Likewise '<3 any one hatching chickens of this class jjfl may, by selling the young roosters oniy, raise to maturity a number of pullefs fl that will lay before the frost is out of the ground the following spring time, -Jaj ai\d thus be a continuous source of ifM profit to their owner. These are such as reach the maximum of value in the comparison between the egg and the The autumn and early fall season is fl also favorable to the hatching and growing of pure-bred poultry, either with the fancier and experienced^ ftafc breeder, or the new beginner. Indeed, the desire is most pressing. Action I taken now will be just so much time gained?so much advancement made V*! prior to the regular hatchibg and gVow- ' ? ing season next spring. It means the ?H utility of time that is valuable, and the taking of a step that Inaugurates now: a cherished plan, or purpose, instead f^*j3? of postponing it until a later season. Improving Heavy Bed Clay Land. J. T. B., Atlanta, Ga., writes: I hate ? 100 acres of heavy red land which I ff ^ have sown in cowpeas and intend sow- \ ing the land in wheat and grass thia V J fall. Will it be best to take the vine* f- J off for bay or plow tbem under? What w VM is the best grass for permanent pas- ? 9 ture, on high and wet land? Kindly * give me your opinion of subsoiling > > heavy red landIf your land is a heavy red claj and , ?'~u * " >A,a jta torture, olow you WISH. 11/ JLUptVI v t r_ under the cowpeas. You may regard Sfl this as a great sacrifice, but humus Is * one of the essential elements of the ijjjiffl soil. Humus is of more Importance 1 than some of the forms of commercial -r fertilizers which are so generally used, because it changes the entire mechan*._ ical condition of the soil, allowing air w \ and moisture to penetrate readily so ^ that the plants may breathe and the ' i process of fermentation go forward with rapidity, which is quite as im- ' portant as a large available supply of k plant food. You have often observed that a low, swampy soil will often not J grow crops until it has been well, drained, simply because the air can not' n*>nptrate into the soil. The value of humus is not generally recognized, or. there would be less hesitation in plowing under green crops. At the same time, when it Is possible, it is always advisable to cut the pea vines or any other green crops and make into hay. feed to live stock and reapply in the form of farmyard manure. Where stock is not kept on the farm green manure must be resorted to and will be found profitable if Judiciouslj handled. One of the very best grasses to sow for permanent pasture on high upland; is tall oat grass, and you will not mak< 4 a mistake in using it. It will furnish , about as mueh grazing in proportion as j any other grass you can grow, and it ii J eaten with relish by all classes of liv stock*. It is hardy and stands tramf Ing, but has one objection In that it i % inclined to grow in tussocks aud doe: % not make a smooth and even sod. Foi low, wet lands, there is nothing bettei tnn wliieh makes good graz luau tvu ? lug and a fair quality of bay. Tbes< rgrasses may be sown spring or fail, ac cording to the season and soil condl tions. Subsoiling is advisable on heav; >red clay lands. It is best done ln*th fall, as it is then not so likely to puddh the land.?Knoxvllle Journal. Pointed Paragraphs. Some jokers are as artless as their jokes are pointless. Lots of people suddenly become deaf when duty calls. ^ It takes a lot of will power to enable a man to save himself from him* self. ^Vhen a woman really has more sense than a man she is too cleve]^^^^ to let him know it. Wise is the man who decl'V IB take his troubles seriously. When there is a right waj ^ERflB wrong way the average ms ISjB^H wrong. J^^BS No, Cordelia, a photagrap IflH^B necessarily a robber because fgHHB It's the wise boy who i: B ate of today and doesn't w B tomorrow. Jsm^IB A woman never fails U W^m her intuition every time 1B|HB a good |MN, 1HBB