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Show Valuo of Sugar Beet T-nnd in Germany. Ger-many. "Durlnc tho put summer I had an .pportunlty of observing tho Industry as It exists In flcrmnny, tho locality from which so much of our Import sugar comes I had heard of high priced lands, high rents and expensive fertilizers, nnd I was n little Incredu-lous Incredu-lous about some of It, but I went out over the furms In the vicinity of Mndgcburg and I found that the best sugar land In tho most fnvored localities locali-ties were talued at R00 to J100 pel acre that ground tents wero from 120 to 125 pel acre and that the beet grower was compelled to pay out 112 to 115 ptr acre In addition for commercial fertilizers. fertil-izers. This seems llko nn enormous outlay, nnd Indeed It Is. nnd the land that commanded this rentnl, I am pre-pared pre-pared to sny. Is no better In any way, and will produce no more beets, or no better beets than tho best lands of northern lown and ndjolnlnij territory," Correspondence of National faugar Vrof Curtlss nf Iowa Agricultural college pas "I personally Investigated these conditions In Germany last car and found them to bo ns reported In tho nbovc I feel confident thnt tho sugar Industr) Is destined to occupy a permanent place In agriculture' The Ornhim rnllacy. It Ii an old saving that a little learning learn-ing Is a dangerous thing There nro plenty of cases which Illustrate this Ono noteworthy note-worthy oxample wns thn graham food fad Mr Graham learned that according to rhemlcnl nnalsls brim contains much more i rnttln or flesh-formlntf fuo.1 m i-terlal i-terlal than line llour Ho elaborated n ttKs.rt thnt whole wheat was n natural and cnmi lete food for hum in beings and Hint Promt miit( from lulled Hour Is nn unnnliiril fool II i ersu nll n multitude multi-tude of pencil Hint tho greater part nf the plD-Urim of life wore due lo while bread and Hut tin straight diet of bread maili from the whole wheat was the ro)al run. I to health n Immense amount of suturing r.isulleil. and a gnat mill) p(o. nie who natural)) had weak illgemlvo powirs brnk down trilng lo live on liarb broad bndl) mad. from Hour which contain, il bran which the) inuld not ill- ""Hiiro nre minv n.oilo who even to this da) liellovc that whole wh(nl trend Is much lnor( nutritious than while bread Tho whole w be at bre id nf tho present time contains Just enough of Ihe bran n kite ll tt rldi color and tl.o breij Hind, from It I good and dlges,l, il Is Kcncrall) mido from soft whom nnd, an a mattvr of (mt, (.onlalns less protein Hi I tlio b.-,t lurd-wluit while ll iu s Tl I si pi .p under tin ilu.liiiii in r b s b, , r, i nils k iw k I ,.n nl in Mlnii.s in iM.rlimtit si ill .11 hi icttnl dig. stli a oxp rlnunt ll ihun Hour , iili-d uitiri win nt Hour und wlilii Hi. ir were in id. frolll th. ninn lot nf wlunt Ihi (.rilinm Hour cunt lined the mwl pro I In and III. wlul. Hour th. bast but the lersons who ale Ihe bre id elluoeti.l more trot, In from a given .pmntlt) nf white br. id ihiiii from Hu same qiinnllt) of either entire win at or grnlinin bread In other words tin nutritive oil mollis which iliomlenl Hlinl)sls llmls In Iran nre not available for '1111111011 use although 1 little llll.l bran 11 itr nviillnl.le rood The Mtnm sola exise rlments also nhowisl thnt lino Hour Is more dlvcsllhlc Ilinn ennrs,. Hour This knocks out nnotlnr of Ihe grahnni th.oM.s but Is In ne.inlitiu with the i Memo of srs.ilis nf w.nk dig stlou who Into found Ii mm Ii 01 r. ngri.atl to eat light br.ad 111 idc from lino whltn Hour thin th, hum In,,,, I which Is inn.lo fn.m eonrsi Hour In III. iiullir nf funds It appears In lu a stToc plan tn follow Hu natural liking of th, averni,o tHTsi.ti thnn tho ii it hlngs of tho 111. rig. he ilili r. fnrimr who xin.rall) starts out will, tho iii.siinitli,ii ih it the nines or the pmple nro iniluwitl Willi n ptrvertesl tux,, for thnt which Is not go,s fnr them Oregon Agriculturist. Tickles ln Urine. Choose sinnll cucumbets. free fnnn blemishes If gatliore.1 from join own vines, pick them In the em I) moiiiliig or Lite In the evening, us tutting 111-1 111-1 umbers nt mlddiiy In npt to Injure the vines I'm (i lijer of euiuinbem In Ihe 1ml-loni 1ml-loni of a 1 ark then it l,)er of mil about a quirtei of nn Imh thick On (Ids 1 but iiiiuiher l.i)i r nf (iieiiinbirM. Hun 01 will, und so on, till all me used When twmlt-lliv nr llihlj iiiiiimbeiH have bun i.irked mid half 11 pint of water to start 11 brim, Ibis wlih the Juice dl.ivvn .fnnn the , 111 lllnln-r will lorin pluil) of lirliie for nil W Inn Ihe Mippl) of nn umbers Is 1 xli.un.ti , I, on er with 11 bonid iiresmd down wlili stonis In keep the pickles nml, r bilne If )ntl wish lo odd llliue il. kl. M null dl) ns giltliueil slmpl) leinove Hie linn id nml slums nnd arrange In la)ern ns In fun Atlir the cask is till. , 1 put n thick bi)er of hoi soi i.lMi upa iiiuUr Ihe hoard then cover lh cask with a .loth tucking It duwn around the edge tlKhllv In the winter when the encumbers are wnnted fnr picking, ran fully lift the cloth with tho mum 11 homy si mn will form but It does not Injure' the plckles-lnko out what pickles mu walltul. wipe down the sides of the cisk. mid art, r Ii.uIiik washed Ih, board, stones nnd cloth In wnrin wntir, cover the cask ns bofnre r..i.n nn- , iie-tiiui.oin yiul IIMVI' IIIKCI1 out In (old wnter for thieo d ls, chnng-Iner chnng-Iner the wnter each day, then drain nnd wlpo tiih cucumber emefully Three or four cihhnge leaves may be added while pIcklcH are soaking 1'ut In a porcelnln kettle with siiillclont vinegar vin-egar to cover them, and sit over the fire, turning them ovci, thnt nil 11111) be heited. Let Ihe vinegar cniue In u bull, but do not rook the plikles, the inliiule the lnegnr In gins to simmer take It from the fire If nu wnnt them irlsp, nt the expense nf health, add n plcin of nlum the size of n harolnut vvIkii the pickles nre put on the lire As sism us honied drnln Ihe cu nimbi rs nnd lino In Jais, mid inver Willi rush (nnd tine-glr, tine-glr, SplriK nnd sugnr may be uibliil to suit tho taste A table sionful of chopped horseradish will prevent molding. mold-ing. They will bo ready for use lu n w tck. Produce of One Cow. An Inten sting Illustration of tho progress nnd profit a firmer of moderate moder-ate menns may make in 11 compaintive-ly compaintive-ly few ears fiom the puiehasc nf n pure-bred mw In building up a tnlii-nble tnlii-nble herd which will pay Its way nnd leaves Its owner richer than It found him. Is seen In thn report, In June ;uth Issue, of the disposition snle of thu Shorthorn herd of Mr Wnlter I.) noli of Westbnurne, Manitoba Mr l.jnch started thirty )enrs ago with one purebred pure-bred (ow of miscellaneous lliionge. hiving 11 Mind, sound pollgtee, but of no fashionable family nnd by the use of bulls of good t)io, for which no fancy prices wer pnid, he llnds himself him-self on retiring from farming, nfter having wild many thoiisnnds of dol-lnrs' dol-lnrs' worth of cattle In tho maiiitlme descended fiom that tow, the owmr of n herd of sixty bend which fsdls nt auction for the handsome total of lior.ir,, every nnlmnl In tho disposal (except tlj slock bull, which brought 1370) having been bred by himself mid descended frnm bin nriglnnl purchase of a modest little cow It would bo Interesting In-teresting to know Just whnt the grand total of sab s from tho pnM ny nnd descendants de-scendants of Hint one cow hns amounted amount-ed to, but no one, we venture lo sny. will doubt thit she has proved a profit-nble profit-nble Investment We have heui.l the question recently asked "What number of femnbs liny ono reasonably hope to rnlso ln ten jenrs from one cow nnd her pogony'" figuring It out on tho basis of the cow and nil her fennlo descendants piodui-Ina piodui-Ina their llrst cnlves nt two )enrs oil, nnd breeding legulnrl) n cnlf inch ynr und Allowing fnr the average pioportlon of bull miles It will be found practical practi-cal le, all the females retained to'huve a hril of nbout seventy head at the end of the ten enr term without making mak-ing contlngeno) of tho birth of twins or triplets This computation should surely nfford encouragement to an Increasing In-creasing number of fanners cmbnrklng In the breeding of puro-bred stock since good UK fill registered animals can )et be bought at prleea which need not (liter an nveisre fnrimr fnnn venturing Into this tit Id of pure-bred stnek raising If he has 11 fancy for It farmers' Advncate, Camilla. A Few Home Ilemedles, To cure Hone I'don A nine euro fnr n bone felon, If taken be fore It is too far udvanced, is tho following preparation prepara-tion Tnke equal pnrts of tnllnw, spirits spir-its of tuipcntlne nnd sulphur, mix thoroughly thor-oughly with (i knlf. on u smooth surface sur-face nnd apply twleo a day Do not wash tho tarts but wlpo off carefully before (ndi application for Tooth-mho If tho tooth has a cavity mi turn In a hiiuiII I l(e of cot ton cloth with (love oil nnd with smill twiczeis, or a toothplik pi ess It gently Into the opening enter It with a bit of dl) cnttnu tn ke-ep Ihe oil fiom spreading to the other uuta of tho mouth If tlio pain Is of 11 neuralgle iharvKr Hie best rimed) Is a little lirppiMinlnt oil or oxtrud. 11 1 piled to the f.uo whoio the pnln Is felt Kor Hoie or Tired 11) en llithe Hum often with luki wnrin wnter lu which has hern illssolted 11 little boile add An excellent lotion for genual weakness weak-ness of the eym or ihihsIihiiiI inllam million la piipaiid us follows Tnke n teminonful of kiii!ciu1 borl( ik Id nnd !' diops nf 'plills nf camphor In n cup Hub to 11 smooth piste then add two-thuds of a cup of boiling wnter. When cool strain nml bottle. Appl) tvllli libs,, ilnnt cultuii, nr uso 11 glass i)o cup. 1'nr snre throat, which nfttn nocom-piubs nocom-piubs ii slight if.1,1 an excdlent gurglo Is nuiilei by dissolving 11 liusHiuful mull of Hilt nml Imrnx Into a pint of wnter. If 11 slrongtr gmgle Is preferred pre-ferred use only 11 cupful of water to the quantities mi ntloued Ornss for Poultry. A grass run for poultry Js universally recognized us the most desirable wny to supil) the Hook Willi grien food fowls ciinsiimn 11 mudi larger quantity of grass nn their dull) food than most pernios per-nios realize It would miko mi Ideal poultry )nnl Ir we mold ke. p 11 giuul slnnd of clover liithdr runs, but poultry poul-try will very Hooti kill out dovti iihIcsh they have n largi r run tlnu most of us ran nlTord to give Hum Timothy stnnds fairly well lu the poultry yuids but we thlntf the Austrliti Hinmo griisa (Hro-mus (Hro-mus ineimln) Is going tn make n Hue rruss for poultry ards, ns It Ins n tendency to thicken up llko our ((million ((mi-llion June grnss und docs not seme tn be rn much nffectid by the hnt dry summer wenther us most of the grnssis, but stnnds up nlrn und green nil through Hie summer A ynrd for poultry poul-try should be large enough so the fowls will not kill nut the grnss, for where Hiiro Is n thrifty growth of ugetatlon tin. soil Is kept dean by natiiro nml much nf the risk of dlswiso done nwny with. In some enses poiiltrjinin hnvc the runs divided and sow them tn r)o nltrrnntel) nnd while the fowls nre rating rat-ing the )nung growth In one )nrd the other )iinl Is plowed und secib 1 down, thus gitltu; the soil a thorough clean-slnif. clean-slnif. Better Thnn n Fnld Lobby. Tho men who have had charge of the effort lo secure anti-shoddy leglslillnn, like many others, seem able tn learn little In nny other wuy thnn by their own expel lonce. The samo men who wero seeking to prevent this fraud opposed op-posed bitterly the efforts of the dnlr)-m(n dnlr)-m(n to secure effective ligislntion ngnlnst tho sole of oleomnrgnrlnc They now sny that the nntl-rnlor bill pnss.il beenusn there wns n powerful lobby behind be-hind It nnd that the nnl) wny tn secure nntl-shnddy legislation Is to employ n powerful lobby nt Wnshli;i;ton The fait Is that tho one thltu that secured the passage of the anil-color obomnrgi-rlnc obomnrgi-rlnc bill wns convincing the Congress-nun Congress-nun of both housiH that millions nf fnrimrs twin earii.stly ddiiandlng Its I assagu na n mutter of tight and Just-b Just-b ( There Is no 1 canon tn hnpo that any Icglslatlnn uhlih will pmie cffcrllK In pr-tcntlm" fraud III tho sail of shoddy nods can be nhlaliud In nn) other wny ihun thnt which the dilrxncn ndopted " 0 Inlluence of the manufacturers will le found more polint thnn that of u hired lobb). Oregon Agriculturist. Thoroughbreds vs Scrubs, A good thoroughbred buck will surely be a mnney-innkir for tho usor A poor thorou-hbresl may be no better than a good grade Hut get a 1.0ml Individual of th. tried, and the proms will lu twofold two-fold In wool and mutton No man evtr graded up 11 Hock of simp l using scrub bucks Tuke Bliropshlns for Inslnnco 'Ihe scrub buck will gel lambs niarkcsl In all thiidoi. fines white sneaked and some (1 llltle snutty and their lambs If ken, nre llkili to be bar., of wool on legs and belly at 3 or 4 jours old while the thorouiihhrod will gel idee smooth hlurk-fuccd liuilbs, whkh nil admire, and the) will fcoll fi.r inon- mono), und If kept In tlio (lock will shear good lleeces of wool until n ripe old nge ears ngo when I used 11 scrub buck one fall a limb bluer enlled at rnv iino nnd nfter string tho limbs said he. uiuld not use them ns ho wns bujlni for a tce.br who wnntld nil hlmk fnees nnd would rn) nbnti. tho market nrlie foi them A )enr ngo one of my neighbors bnusht a scrub buik pa) Ing SI for I1I10 I was using a llmroughlireii ll, 11 nisi IS at six months old Lust full this ntlhhhnr winitod lo s II his I mbs A buyer called, but said hi did nut wnnt them ns they were too si runni 'the sumo d ly 1 sold in) lambs to lh same luinr at a top price, after using 111) buik two tears 1 toll llllil lo H binder for lllnri tllllll lie cost in.' while this neighbors serilli will go lo Murrain nl n Virt law llgure, llkel) 10 bo mad. up Into wlomr wmst When bluing 11 buik lor hrudlug r. inciiil.. r that like I.. K Ilk' I ooil thi.niUKh I, ml Is a goo I Inn slim nt whll. 11 scrub Is il'iir at 1111 line I rank 11, l'oulo, l.utun cuuut, Mich. |