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Show i f J tv ALFALFA RAISE SEED Either Too Much or Too Uttla Water Affects Yield. Sunlight Is Strong Factor and Isolated Plant Will Equal Several Crowded Together Rowe Should Be Thinned by Disk. ',2 , ' 5e t 4 H f .1 A high development of the individr ual alfalfa plant la necessary for high seed plants production, therefore should not only be seeded in somewhat ' wide rows, but even thinned, if neces sary, in the row. Either too much or too little water will affect , the yield. In the first case a second growth will take place, and in the other there may not be enough moisture to mature a rrow one, crop. The margin Is a and unfavorable moisture conditions account for many low yields. An 'rale fall properly distributed Is about right for a seed crop. Thirty ? u i CUBE FOR BROODINESS Two Methods Given for Breaking x Up Setting Hens. Btrenuous Meaiures Muit Be Adopted to Dlaeuade Fowl From Her Put poee Leghorns Popular for Eggs. 18-inc- h ost Are-M- By PROP. JOHN WILLARD BOLTE.) n. Contrary to general Impression, broodiness In hons Is not a fever and wb bave no evidence to Bhow that it is contagious. The ailment, If we may term It thus, appears without warnings The iaL may bave been laying steadily r.d acting In a perfectly normal fashion, when suddenly she distaste Imbued for active pursuits. She betrays a very crabbed disposition, rushing at her erstwhile friends and pecking them viciously whenever they approach her. Her plumage sticks out at right angles, making her appear abqut twice as large a usual. Wlth head drawn deep Into her hackle feathers .and wings and body taking , up as much space aa possible, she mounts guard over her chosen nest and defies all comers. The hen becomes broody because nature prompts her with a sudden desire for a brood of chicks. She probably does not bnow why she docs it, as she will take to potatoes or door knobs as kindly as to eggs, but she - wltU-a-gre- at g THE GERMAY EPTPERQRJ TABLET 4 the many ruins to be found in the east, those of Baalbek, in Syria, are second to none In inter est. During the last four years German archaeologists have been busy excavating there," and every visitor to the ruins owes them a debt of gratitude. They have not only dug down and removed many tons of rubbish and debris, thereby exposing the ruins to better view, but they have also strengthened the weak, parts. It was not entirely a disinterested work, however, MONO COLUMNS BE. PORTAL TEMPLE OP BACCHUS At an early period the Arabs 'converted the temples and-t- o - Into the fortresses, this end, to a certain extent, removed them. Their work, however, has now been removed by the Gerjnans. of Baal-beThearly history in involved darkness, is but it Is certain that from the most distant times It had been a chief seat of sun- worship, as its name implies. Augustus made it a Roman colony and placed there a Baalbek had an 'garrison. oracle held In such high es teem that In the second cen-- ' tury A. D. It was consulted Trajan prior to his entrance on by the Emperor his second Parthian campaign. Antoninus Pius built the great temple which the fA. D.' among the modern inhabitants current legend counts a vrork of Solomon. The platform and substructures, however, are of a" much earlier date. This temple Is said to have contained aon cergolden statue of Apollo. r of Zeus. of citizens Heliopchief the festivals annual talp ChrlsWhen oils bore about on their shoulders. dominant ihe became tlanlty.- under Constantine, religion, the temple became a Christian church. In the wars that followed the taking of the city by the Arabs, who sacked It In A. D. 748, the temple was turned Into a fortress. The city was pillaged by-- Timur in A. D. .1400, completely Both city and temple continued to fall more and - mote Into decay under the misery and misrule to which Syria has been subject ever since. Many of the magnificent pillars were overturned by the pashas of Damascus merely for the sake of the iron with which the stones were bound together. What the Arabs. Tartars and Turks had spared was destroyed by a terrible earthquake- in 1759. Baalbek Js nowan Insignificant village w ith ' a population of about 2.000, more than half of whom are Christians k wmm Excellent Type, sets when the time comes i 5 v CARYJJYG jut-th- QVPORTAL OT, TrPLPJjE OEBACCRJO e same, and she will keep on setting until you break her up or let her hatch out a brood of chicks. This pertinacity would not be so important If it were not for the fact that sho quits laying and stays quit. She has decided upon a vacation and she refuses to work during this period. The loss of & couple of months of a ben's time is not to be thought of at any period' and especially during the spring, which Is the natural time .for setting and heaviest egg production as well. . If we do not wish to set the hen on eggs we will have to adopt strenuous means to dlssuade-he- r from her purpose and start her to laying again. successful There are a number ways of doing this, and conditions will indicate the most favorable. The main thing is to act promptly and be thorough. Remove the broody hens from the nests each night,. as. they are most easily detected then. They stick to the neBt Instead of going to roost. Dust them thoroughly with Insect pow- der and confine them In an open slat crate or cage In a cool, light location. Keep water before them and give nothing loHpatTexcept a little whole wheat and green stuff once a day. This will not hurt the hen and about three days of this water cure will convince her of the error of her ways. e Another good way Is to have a pen with absolutely bare floor and wall9, and no possible place to hesi, and place all of the broody hens In It, In the company of two or three vigorous male. birds. This scheme is frequently used on large poultry farms. The heavier breeds are especially addicted to broodiness, the Asiatics -being the worst -- offenders and the Plymouth Rocks and. R, I. Reds leading in the American class. Leghorns and Minorcas and llamburgs set so rarely that they cannot be depended on to raise their young. For this reason the Leghorns are the most popular breed for large egg farms, as they waste no time setting and the young kre easily- - raised artificially sep-rat- Most Fertile Eggs. The eggs- - from rua,tureViens will hatch better and produce stronger chicks than the eggs of pullets. They arte usually larger, too. . Discarding Setting Hen.. "The old "setting hen Is gradually go ing out of business. With several hun- Jred manufacturers of incubators aud . brooders as 'competitors. Don't Change dts Mied. When once Incubator doea not have the privilege of changing' Its ealnd as does .old Biddy,- Sot-th- J TV Egg e t inches will prove too much, especially If much rain falls in the blooming sea-soHigh temperatures are neeessary for setting of seed and its development, though occasionally the flowers weather. Ocare blasted by over-ho- t casional light frosts only retard seed development, but either l continued light frosts or a killing one will spoilthe chances of a seed crop. The exelusion of insects from plants tends to make them- - sterile, as the tripping of the fertilizing portions' of the flowers Bumblebees, does not takexPlace. from their welght,Nand wild bees, by the Insertion of their bodies, accomplish tripping more perfectly than the tame bee, which draws the nectar with Its proboscis. Ordinarily alfalfa sets its seed with the pollen frsn anif other flower, but it is the flower be tripped. , Lands where' alfalfa easily finds moisture are seldom- good seed " producers, as tbey stems make a second growth from. of the first growth, which Is so ynk as to lie down. Sunlight is a strong factcr In seed production, and tfee Isolated alfalfa plant will equal several plants crowded together, having - a much better developed system of branches to carry the seed pods. Two 10 three pounds of seed per acre is sufficient for row seeding, knd a further allowance should be made in the num. her of plants In an arid climate. When, moist seasons cams the plants will thrive below and above ground, the spread of the branches will fill a very large area, and when moisture Is lacking the rooots, a 1th proper cultivation, have a mueh- - larger area from which to draw moisture. The distance between rows may he from 18 tnchea up as high as four feet, at which distance Ihe yieds at Chico, CaL, were as good as at any other width. Probably a less distance will be better if the pjants be thinned in the rows by the disk or , plowing, and the yield of hayr which Is not much lessened by row sowing over broadcasting, be finer jrhen hay rather than seed is desired. The crop to leave for seed depends on what season of the year gives the best conditions; also in the arid country it will often be evident at the time of the first cutting that there Is not moisture enough In the ground to start and mature a second crop either for hay or seed, and It must then depend on the growers Judgment whether to cut for hay and then cultivate the ground awaiting rain. If the ground Is merely dry on will restore top a good cultivation things, hut If digging shows It to be dry clear down rain mnst be awaited, and If the alfalfa be allowed to stand for seed In such condition my expert-- , ence is that a second growth 'will almost always start when rain comes, the seed be lost and two crops of alfalfa occupy the ground at the same time. This la less apt to occur when tho rain geta clear down Into the soil than If It were merely superficial, , ts which affects the upper part of exand sprout's the buds at the pense of the main plant. for the Berlin museums now possess many of the fully carved with figures of Bacchus, fawns, cupids, Batyrs, and bacchantes, woven around which are grape vines and clusters of fruit, popples and ear of wheat, all of which are leal of the revelling which the name of the temple suggests. . This great doorway stands 43 feet high and 21 H feet wid&j while the carving of the posts just mentioned covers a space about six feet wide. On both sides of this door stand graceful fluted columns forming the prostyle or portico, while the plain ones of th8 peristyle, which stands between them, seem to reflect their beauty. The mammoth stones contained in the inclosing wall of the Acropolis have been the marvel of engineers for ages. The lowest courses are of -- stones of moderate dimensions, but st a height of 20 feet above the ground on the west wall is a row of three enormous stones, the shortest being 63 feet and the longest 65 feet In length, and each being aljout 13 feet high and 10 feet thick. They are the largest building blocks ever known to have been used by man. A still larger stone lies In the ancient quarry nearby never having been detached from the rock beneath. This one ' Is 70 feet long by 14 feet by 13 feet finest examples of the carvings found there. Baalbek Is the name of a ruined city of ancient signifying the "city of Baal thosun god. The name Was converted by the Greeks, during fhe Seleucidian dynasty. Into Its Greek equivalent, Heliopolis. It Is situated in latitude 84 degrees, 1 minute north, longitude 36 degrees, 11 minutes east. In the .plain of Buka's, at the northern extremity of a low range of bleak hills. about one mile from the base of Antllibanon. In a well watered and delightful locality, a little more than 40 miles northwest of Damascus. It was once the most magnificent of Syrian cities, full of palaces, fountains and beautiful monuments O These ruins are known as the Acropolis and are unique for their massiveness and for the great amount of' both bold fcnsl delicate carving with which they are adorned. - There Is, Indeed, so much carving and such variety aa to make one's first visit bewildering. The temples being built on a flat plain, It was important to raise them above the surrounding level to render them more imposing, and to that end there are vast "vaults aud passages" supporting the shrines.' The most imposing was that of the great Temple of the Sun, which was a rectangular building 290 feet by 1 60, having its roof supported by a peristyle of 54 Corinthian columns, Coela-Syrl- ! J9 slx 138-16- i ' - these columns is about 23 feet, and the length the shaft about 58 feet; with pedestal, capital and entablature they measure about 80 feet in height. The great Temple of the Sun occupied a the Acropolis about 1,000 feet by 430 platform-d- rr feet The main entrance of the temple was on the east. Here a wide flight of steps led up to a portico 19 feet above the gardens and orchards that now surround the ruins. An inscription on the great portico states that the tempte was erected to the "Great Gods" of, IleLopolla byj. Antoninus. Beyond the portico is a hexogonal court through, which a large gateway opens into the great square, at the w est end of which Is the a lofty -- stylobate. ICxeepfThirxWumns" temple-o- n mentioned, little of the great temple or of the buildings In front of It Is left standing, but the ground Is covered with their ruins. The vast size of the ktones used in the substructures of the great platform is remarkable, some of them being over 60 feet long and 12 feet thick. South from the great temple Is a smaller one known as the' Temple of Jupiter. It is smaller and' the wfalls of in form.Tiavlng still jnostly standing. Its dimensions are 227 feet in length by 117 feet in breadth, with 15 columns at-tsides and 8 at each end. Both temples as well as the surrounding structures were built of limestone. In a richly decorated,, somewhat fantastic Corinthian style Besides these there stands at a distance of 300 yards from-th- e others a clrcularjjullding supported on; six granite columns built In miied Ionic and Coring tblan - style.. Nearby also are the remains of the Temple of J Bacchus, famed for Us magnificent carvings, j Here are enormous slabs of stone, elaborately carved with the heads ob emperor "And deities ..and interwoven with floral designs the whole forming a unique ceiling The portal Is the gem of th& entire edifice. The door posts are beautl- - THIINGS NOT GENERALLY KNOWN Thousands of Change f Can Be Rung on Eight of tyle Its-peris- h, -- its-cel- . 1 seed-maturin- ls Bells---Hors- : es g the-plan- HOW The" circumference of aresLlL-standlng-1. -- TO TREAT STRINGHALT Medical Treatment Does Not Givo Benefit, But Good Results Follow Careful Feeding and Tonlc. (By R. Q. WEATHERSTON. Stringhalt, a spasmodic contraction In Race. of the voluntary muscles of the leg. usually occurs in animals of a highly nervous disposition. One of the most range them in a straight line In 720 different frequent forms of stringhalt is a jerkways. ' Try tt? ing' up ofThe hind leg as the horse Finally, it would take 5,000 years for a man travels. In many cases only when the 200 a year to earn earning 1.000.000, while horse If a person Invested 1 at 5 This is often most severe In cold per cent compound interest he would become a millionaire could he weather and gradually increases as live so long in 283 years. the animal grows oldef, but it does not seem to cause any Buffering nor Interfere with the general health of the" .Nothing Li keThat These Days, How did Skimmels make his animal. money? He was one of those In most cases of chorea (stringhalt) dairymen who left you in doubt whether water had been medical treatment does not give benput in the milk or milk had been spilled 4n the efit, but good results follow careful, water." Washington Star. " feeding and tonics. The food should be nutritious easily, dlgeptftdr of good . r" Awful. 1 variety and abundant Clarice tt must be awful to be married to a A mixture of oats, oil meal and man yon cannot lore! bran is good. Three times a week Gaby I should think so! It is so hard getting the following: Salt four ounces; give sulA divorce from those goody-goodchaps. Penn- phur, two punces; hard wood ashea. sylvania Punch Bowl. .two ounces a tablespoonful In the feed. Also give Fowlers solution of Disqualified. arsenic, beginning w(th one half ounce,, "My wlfe thinks I'm one man ha million.' doses in the feed once daily, and grad-nall-y boasted Tigg' ounce increasing by "Is that sor said Wtgg. sadly. I don't believe at a time until, one Mice la given at e. my wife thinks Im a man at all." dose m the morning and at night This should for two week, - ' A Serious Loss - then withheldbetwogiven weeks and then "Diggs tells me he takes nearly all the leading newspapers," said the visitor. So he does sighed the exchange-editor.- ' He Best, , , Beparjitf Room takes them from me."- Separate rooms for layers and bate Vt are best sJwaja. -- How many people realize the number of ways In which il ls possible for-- some-othe commonest events of life to happen? London every-daAnswers asks. As you walk through the streets of your town. Tor example, and hear the chlmeaAf your parish church PM Is, has it ever occurred to you to think out how many changes can be rung with a peal" of eight bells? The answer is 40.320. a number wTilch seems almost incredible, but none-thf y s -- e less lstrue Ten horsek run In a race. The number of wavs In which the first, second and third places can be filled Is 720, while the number of ways in which all ten horses can pass the winning post Vis the enormous' number 3.627.800 ' ' " 7 counA town council Is composed of twenty-fivcillors and ten aldermen. From It It Is possible to form 6.375,600 different committees, each composed .of five councillors and three aldermen. Eight people could arrange themselves about a round table in 5.04 different iwavs. and If six per - sons receive a railway carriage having six seats they ,could choose from among 700 diT-- feren ways of seating themselves. . A little girl haa ten different beads to make into a necklace. She could do It 18y,290 times and get a different nacklace eacb,tim4 It we- - wish- - to .make a selection of six books out of an available twelve, we have the eboleo of' 924 wgys In which to do It, while If we have the following coins halfpenny; penny,' sixpenny piece, shilling,' florin, and half crown we can ar- e first-clas- s . first-start- . y one-fourt- . h I |