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Show THE TROVO HERALD TRAnSEASYrT0 'I If t , i . W. in a VII tl I I t mlmmVlTTV v li r irBEawiaiH f mm v- llT".rS.TTI T hi an a .jb C0NSTRUC1 n TMT1 an i.ar MADERO'S DIFFICULTTASK I r IT Recent revolutionary outbreak In the Republic of Mexico, has again - a II brought Into 'tie limelight Francisco Madero, and there 'is some speculation in certain quarters regarding the president's ability to handle the situation. Madero is the strangest world-figur- e alive today. He is a brave but not a brilliant soldier. He is a quiet, modest gentleman- - and scholar, too nearly a dreamer and a doctrinaire In patriotism for the thought of despotic rule or undeserved injury to any man ever to enter his mind. Gold lace and medals for himself he desplea almost as heartily as he does graft and ' selfish greed. There is not a trace of the glitter that the temperament .loves about the Latin-Amerfca- n . i sj . jj Pfef 0C kZSSVJ s vMBteUMukMB DATES FOR I PLANTING CORN Results of Investigations by Government-Extending Over Period of More Than Two Years. (By JASE& R."b0VERT.X Investigations by he government extending over a period of more tha,n two years relative to the dates of sowing and harvestfng the principal crops of all countries, are of unusual value and interest. The illustration given shows those sectlonsof the United States wherein, man now so well beloved, whose pen picture we quote from Hampton's Magazine: The Madero properties In Mexico are larger than several small Ameri can states combined, and the elder Madero is said to be worth $20,000,000. "' Francisco Madero is about forty-tw- o years old, is married and the father inclined to of a numerous family. - He is tall, stoutness. His head is well shaped, forehead finely developed, eyes far apart. Ills countenance is pale from a somewhat studious and Indoor life, and he does not possess anything like the physical prowess of Diaz. At one time Madero was minister to Russia under Diaz. He held several other important posts in the government. He was educated In Paris and is a man of refinement and culture. He is a linguist and a diplomat. COLONY TO AID CITY'S POOR tines-of-Aver- Two thousand acres near Kutman, Ind.,.will be devoted to the Warren Springer colonization scheme for poor " - Chicago fafrailies with many children, according to the statement of Mrs. Margaret Springer, widow of the mil- !IonaTre reaTestate maii The colony will be laid out as Oscar Lovell Triggs, formerly of the Univer-sit- y of Chicago and now a member of KatherineTingley's "Tbeosephist colony atPoint Loina, Cal., devised with Mr. Springer years ago. ."In the city 4 family of ten children are liabilities, in the .country they are assets," said Mrs. Springer, leaning back in her chair with Russian furs ew r - , w I bet Ieltshi3ii!der. " 'Daddy' Springer's idea was td boost such miserable the' poor who-lelives in the congested parts of the city, not to Jay down the law to them as to bow they "must act. "I mentionefia? Lvell Triggs . because it was his idea J in the first place as far back as. 1898. To say the colony will heIika Mrs. Tingley's center at Point Loma is a mistake. There will be-religious element, and " ' In fact no element but the economic. When asked if she infended being a twentieth century Margaret Fuller on the new Brook Farm, Mrs. Springer replied: , "No. I shall stay here in my huBband's'offlce from early in the ' ytill late at night until his affairs are settled. draped - I" ad no , moj-nin- 1 1 -: DIRECTOR OF RURAL SCHOOLS Jwit' ; , 7x N education & tlon'in below tb6 college, educa- commercial ed- ucation and' for "normal schools and the .tralnin? ot teachers. In .the there will also "be specialists in city school administration, in school sanitation and hygiene, and one or two In secondary education, with a dt .: rector of research." The " plan will , include' a personal visit ot representatives" of the bureau to improve to every rural school in theiUnited States.' The ialB;t)bjec proper school houses. the surroundings of the 'pupils and to aid in securing Dr. A. C. Monahan Is to have direct charge of t tie -- new rural school work.-"Our "will be to make a survey of the jlel4 so that we first sten" .of .the rural schools as they1 iow . exist. renditions know may definitely 606,000 public school -- ""We have in the" United States right now about are new teachers while 125,000 about required every year;teacberB, home-makin- g, -- -- he-sav- ;' HEAD OF A BIG POSTOFFICE Simply because Mrs. Gustave sev-?ra- ; SIGNAL FOR no relation to the senior senator from New- York postmaster of the mining town of .Tuttle, Col., recently took it upon herself to order a couple of men from her office at the ' one must "not of a point ' infer that she is the only woman postmaster (not postmistress) In the counoffice. ty Tuttle iB a fourth-clasThere are 53 women postmasters al first and second class offices, and nearly 200 of all classes, many of them ot' or "long "terms, extending over-tw"more administrations. Th hlehest nald woman postmaster K Excellent Trap. rels, opossums, raccoonB; muskrats, in fact all animals that will eat of prepared bait. In Betting the trap, choose a place on a hillside, in a gully, or a email hollow so the entrance may be placed on a level ,wflh --the earth, and-t- hs animals will have no trouble in eny'--tering, PREPARATION OF CELERY BED . S Plant" Does Best In Moist, Mucky feoit r: and In 8ituatloneWheret.Wate'f f 'Supply Is Abyndant.. Sow celery, in March, or beginning of April in rows in fine, rich sollandl if. dry enough, press the soil, Qtmlj With a roller or the back of the spade. Keep the Beed bed,well watered, as celery germinates very jlowly; Trans--plan- t from June to .August .... Celery does 1)est1rramolstr mucky soil, and in situations where plenty of wateris abundant in the soil. It can be planted in single or - double rows, earthing up as ir grows two or three times, and in. doing this, care should be taken not to'let the earth Papn Notes - rows-mak- e box-ls-ra- lsed . k . i lished is good indefinitely. The market price of commercial - ,. feeder la .. nolndieatioBr-ofthelfciea- I value. Clean all home-growseed and grade, so only the largest seed can be , used. Rhubarb or pieplant Is one of the perennials that should be in every ' garden. Any time In the yeaf Is the right time to begin planning for an aspara-- j . gus plot. , Lettuce and cabbage plants in the s must be- - given air every mild day. ,. . ' 'i ; ,: t Sweet corn is a very profitable crop. One reason for this Is because ft is eo .... ,r easily handled. , silo is now a neoesslt, and for you to compete with the man who has one you must have one.-toIt is always best to order the ve'ge- table seeds early to insure prompt delivery and to get such variety as are - "" I. n " . J Flap' Indicates Mall. The carrier will hold the weight from slipping 'off, the box when he takes out letters and leaves uo mail. .This little device will save many-long walk in bad weather, if the box Is located considerable distance from the "' " house. ,"-- s o 7 . cold-frame- " ..V.'-"--' 'w Robertson at Musgq-- , kee,0kla. Miss Robertson has naa rather notable career ana is am.n w every postmaster .. who has attended ' f t t' f . v-- f - V Si any of the conventions of presidential few - postmasters during the past years. Miss Robertson is a native" of Oklahoma and is now in ier -.. .... . ... .., year..' Her parents were missionaries - among" the Indians of Indian territory, "and she was born at one of these missions. Miss Robertson has seen practically nothing but Indians ', ever '"slnce.Sh served. .! c,erk InJ09 dta office from 1878 to 187. JFrVm "there she went as a teacher to the Carlisle Indian achooL" Afterward aha was schools In Oklahoma, Iter ippolajled disbursing agent for the Creek Indian ' , Indian Creek tna Into tosgu Bible mother translated tot e ' , - - Miss-Alic- 'A - WhefrHhe-4ldrOf-tb- ' M. fifty-sevent- h - - ' - (By O: Q. ELLIOTT, Chtf of Drainage, United State" Bureau ot Agriculture.) The cause, ot seeped or overSatuTat ed land Is the waste : tronij.lrrlgatio ll) rbductr6noririnti llieceMar and leakage from canals and laterals. to Have Well Prepared Seed Bed The skillful Irrigator may insist that if no more water is applied than ia Irrigation Is Also Essen- - needed for growing and maturing the tiil Point. . crops, and that If the canals are so . substantial no that (By Da LEON 1). BATCHKIX)ft. Utah constructed Agricultural CulkK.)amount of waterescapes into the It will hardly be possible within the earth, no land will become too wef for space of this article to give one the farming jjurpoBea. It is true that in detailed directions for growing celery. many Instances Irrigators have been . This crop requires a most intensive unduly prodigal In. the use of water, and painstaking culture, a very rich particularly when the land is first soil, the best surface tillage, and care subdued and .watered. Tbeart ol , ful attention to the care of the young economical irrigation Is usually learn-- ; plants before Setting in the field. ed only when scarcity of water ComCelery Is always :a transplanted pels its less lavish use. In any event, crop. The seeds are small and ger- under methods that we may expect will, ... minate slowly and the seedlings are prevail, some .waste of water will o very delicate. An ounce of seed should cur under the best of management, produce about 2,000 good plants. Tils making draining in many places essen-TyMallows for several limes that amount profitable farming. "For. these nf lrkca ma t r rifr carminnfinn flTlii reasons an account of. drainage ttBBk twHii in lifferent localities and the -- v n,mi of " ery seed should give enough strong met hods of treating them , t oget h er followed with acres. which have results the to five or four set plants In the production of these plants, It various drainage operations, will be of of Irrigated ' J, Is necessary to have a well prepared Interest to the holders farm lands, rrr--- Jf v ivnr-- -l bed with a perfect surface tilth and-i- t It should be observed as a general should retain moisture to the top. truth that water which produces per from be it should Preferably protected n hot and drying winds. tome persons manent saturation rises from the toward ora sat ted of the portion to bed seed the have partially prefer Waste from irrigation shaded with- - lath or cheese cloth the surface. shadei. If the shading. Is too dense, first passes downward until a hard the plants are likely o be soft and stratum of earth Is reached. Thla whlchcse tender when taken to the field, and are may be only a killed by sunscald. It Is advisable to the additions which accrue from the have a shade which can be easily re- irrigation' of a few years will, bring moved from the bed except on the very the permanent ground water level to -the- sur two or three-fe- et brtghtrTiTying-rlays7--Sonietlnie-to farm t face,-awhich 1 time injury bed covered with boards or straw In cro ps - wlttwme;: The d i 8 1 a nee to-- older to- - tnalnta In the moist ure u h This horizon of hard material may.be mticb germination has taken place. be the advisable. If covering is greater and the Intervening ground may left too long the plants may make a may permit free percolation, In whlcb reVery weak and spindling growth and cape a- tmtch longer time will be If this quired to fill the soil, because of the (ire consequently worthless. covering is used, it is generally advis- larger reservoir capacity and the re1 It able to remove It gradually as the lief afforded by not the downward movement of water plan's germinate. wet 1Mb essential that the seed bed be alone- which occasions boggy or" of but the movement, lateral areas.' so located that It can be watered every water down a .slope until ground If tie must Care evening necessary. exercised that the watering Is not bo flat tract or surfare- depression checks flow an accumulation and causes the heavy that 1t packs or puddles thv known by Ita is made which ' ofnter, soil. not, however, until the appearfnee, In order to secure stalky plants, they fllled."7 lower parhr-o- f should be transplanted once or twice Such or level areas re- - i depressions In the need bed, or they may be thinwaste water . celve ned until they finally stand two or ' from lands, r proceeding adjoining three inches apart,. The labor of transr which occupy a higher level. It will -planting Is bo great that many grow- be neen that the saturated conditlon'-o- f ers prefer to secure stalky plants by the-- fand which showg Injury Jb not thinning and then shearing off the due tothewater whlch Is applied Ahe plants when they have i. to irrigate It, hut toZZXfiZw V T may. be - which percolates 1 torn peepme Joo Hfghef cut back one-thirtheir lands, sometimes through ytW or. brie-halconsiderable or sickle. growth by shears It nntil reaches lower the distances, Celery Is grown as a short season flat or depreBslortC crop, occupying landonly part of the Drainage has been carried on In the ' . Btason. Therefore, It may follow such west teyslich an extent that certain 'ft cr(pr as very, early peas,' early met hods are now practiced with rea- or "bunch beets, it la sontfble .nBsurarice of success Jlefer as acompan- - ence to some also ese or two three rows lon, crop, growing of variety procedure "which is now of Onions between the rows of celery. followed; as well aB the cotfstructive . In this case, transplanted onions are difficulties which attend ttils class of used, which will mature in time to use Improvemenfp. The development along " the space for blanching the celery, this line which has taken place during A' thorough, shallow surface tillage the last five year Is most encouraging Should be maintained throughout the to holders of seeped l&nd. growing season, accompanied by suffl-cle4 Irrigation to- - keep up a continual Value of .Irrigation. thrlpy growth, if the plants are alwill maximum crops Irrigation lowed to be checked any time In their while the land Is bring new and full of plant bed even from th seed growth, stage food; but where the crops are sold to the time they are half growi. diffl: year by year irrigation will not of fculty will likely be encountered in the Itself assure good results! plants going: to seed.- Very early celery may be set in the field any time as soon as the soil can be worked, I t&oweyei there Is very little demand ' foY such an early crop, and the cost NOT-BS-1b considerable. The of production for fail and winter consump-p- n alu S .lacrop SllosMIke many other '.planted Jn the field' from the . - . mlddlev of June to the middle of July.. can be ovexJoue. Keeping comfortable goes a long Celery must be crisp and tender and . aVejil blanchedHo be lit for use.' Blanchways toward making cheap jiork. Parasites common to sheep infest ing is accomplished by excluding the light. There are two common meth' southern flocks Just as elsewhere. Dds of blanching celery in vogue at the It Is a mistake if the hog is not fed present ay,;' by the uje of boards and In a clean place free from dust-an' ' banking up the earth. Blanching by mud. means of boards1s"employed only for . Sheep need plenty ot freBb air. and the early and summer celery; because they certainly are. more warmly clad ' protection from the frost must be than we are. , supplied to the celery which remains A hog cannot sleep comfortably in In the field after the first of October, a draft of wf nd. . It will catch : cold and' the boards usually do not afford yery easily, . i.-, ; special protection, I'se- - boards one the wlnjler- - months . sheep During foot wide and one Inch thick and should be well from storms about 12 to 14 Inches long. These of all nature. protected .' y X X. boards re set and yards pens" will the crown of the plant, one on either more' to the help keep bogs thrifty side of the row, and the topa-ar- e and profitable. ' ' , so are tipped together they only two ' should or three Inches apart, oi .nntll they x To do their best, sheep free access or either have to salt else e crowd against the plants. T. boards ' . are held 'In this position by cleats be salted once a week.-- - . . If more farmers northwestern grew or. nailed across the top by wire hooks. After the beards are thus placed, the sheep they would lose leBg sleep over: mortforeclosure" ot the the poeslble worked can be soil up arouud the base ." to exclude all light by the use of a gage. ' horse cultivator. ';ThlB boarding-.ma- y Sheep a year old or more oommonl begin' when the celery Is tall enough gain faster on corn when they have to show a few of Mts leaves above only dry roughage, especially clover, ' ' the boards The plants shoot up for or alfalfa. , ee a. food i.watch Itl light, making slender; soR stalks." FoIt a"bog-niissliage fills the space between the boarda if It misses the seeond feed remove and excludes the light from above and Its.from the herd and thoroughly dls"" from ten to twenty days in warrn Infect where it has been. the celery may be blanchThe novice when stlectlng.a rat! of-thed by, this method. In any means of ' Downs or other hornless breed benching in the summer one must Be, of sheep should: carefuL not that the plants do not rot at the heart, OT Beiect :pne wtth jtubs miniaturel.!; ' ' ' as thy are likely to do if they are horns." ' -, too wet. Tbetefore, boarding or any Probably theJnpst destrflttlve prao--. : s 1 form of blanching must be done when tlce Is that of turning the Btock onto' " " the plants are dry. ' In-- ' . th the pasture-fieltoo.early If the plants are set three Xeet by spring. "':, tse aboani.OOO cair:ise'- Maturet)redlng-nog- 3 four tnchet,-"therrwlplants 'to an' acre, and' it will require larger proportion ot their feed in ine 19,000 feet of lumber to blanch them form of roughage than can young and If they are baked all at once. gfqwlng hoga, t J -- , cod-dlttt- n hot--tor- ; -- ihir i 1 1 under-dralnag- LETTERS get into the heart of the tilant. When severe cold' weather comes, FUg Arranged to Notify. Occupants of take up and transplant Boldly'' in House When Rural Carrier bed close together, and cover graduHas Depotifed .Mali. ally with leavfcB, hay or straw,' as necessary to prevent freetlhg. fi. Jf A flag atfached to the- mall box will let the occupants of the house know when Jbe carirer has leff, mall. ,x ' Jwo pulleys anil a. continuous rope, on which" Js Jasfened'tfie- - flag, are easily ararnged, Fasten a 'weight to the rope t th4 right distance ana put ,; iweeds along the.fence are ine hkr-' a. blockn top of thV box lid to keep Aors for Insects. ' the weight from slipping oft the front. e Long, sVaight garden Hit culttvatloir easier; off and the flag. weight slips up goes Asparagus should not be, cut the ' first season at all.', Poultry droppings make fine fertilizer for the onfon bed. A plant of Thubarb once well estab A. Root- - la Planting. Field-Cor- n According to this 'investigation, corn jlanting begins simultaneously. Corn planting is first observed on the chart about February 15 of nor mal years, the first planting taking place in southern Florida and Texas, Fifteen days later corn planting is observed in northern Florida, southern Louisiana and central Texas, had and by May 16 the - movement progressed as far--. north a southern Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, central' New York, northern Wiscon sin, Minnesota and North Dakota. The curves In the lines of the" chart ire a significant feature. They Indl-:at- e the result of Influences exerted upon planting b-y- topography, soli and latitude. jondttlons,- - rainfall Sometimes one set or influences pre l vails, sometimes another. Again, combined Influences may be as It were, by one con For Instance, "the trolling influence. IJnesj0L.Wstern.. Kansas and Nebraska bend slightly northward, Instead af abruptly southward, as would be expected in view of their greater al titude. The counterbalancing influence in this case is believed to be the character of the soil which, In the western portion- - of these states, is ' landy and therefore readily dries out wd quickly warms up in spring. Tb Influence of the Great Lakes Is jhown In the sinuous line bearing ' iate May 15. , : j The air temperatore atwliich corn planting begins in actual practice has lot heretofore been "established, but from data Assembled in the study of real crops , It is believed to be approximately 55 degrees Fahrenheit,-;xcep- t in certain localities, where the mean dally normal temperature does not fall so low as 55 degrees Fahrenheit. . A new divislqii of experts in educational work will be organized shortly by the United States Bureau of Education iojoolc after tie needs of the rural schools of the country. This is the latest - plan JoUDncle Sam for-th- e proper education of'the coming generation in rural communities. In addition to the 10or more specialists in rural education, there .will be a number of experts engaged to; assist xln the handllng of problems relative to city schools. These will 'include spec- - GIVES - .!.- Dates of the Begin age ning of (By J. VT. GRIFFIN.) Set the trap over a barrel that'll partly filled with water, fasten thT failing doors so that they will not fall and tet the WsTOflhfdugh and around thj. trap Jor several nights-th- en -- tht pull bllTtiffnthar-hokidoor8and you win catch every ral that has visited t'he trap. . Two boards tea inches wide --and two feet long are used for the Sides; one board two feet long and one foot wide for the top; two boards ten Inches wide and one foot, and .six Inches la length for. the. bottom pt falling doors. The falling doors should have tin fastened on the top side Irora where the pivots enter the Bides to the end next to the bait; this will prevent the sharp claws" clinging to the board and climbing back, when the doors fall. : The description by letter is as A, bait; BB, on the dotted lines, shows the position of the fall- ing doors when the game enters the lower part or tne trap; cc. tue en trance to the trap ; DD, the nails that serve as pivots for the falling doors. in which are th EE; nail-holnails that hold the trap unset while the game are getting used to it. TEe bottom part. of the trap that which retains the game, after trapping should be made of hardwood ot should be lined with rooting Iron of . tin. The bait should be suspended with, a small wire and should hang, within two or three Inches of the flooK or falling doors.. If th.e trap Is neatly made and fitted out so that all parts work well, there Is not the least possible doubt as to the 'game ill the rats" oe wish estp exterminate), such as rabbits, sonir- Drainage Essential.! Intensive.. and Painstaking Culture. Requires Crop. -- 3 LAND 86meWast of Water Will Occur V" der Best of Management, Making- - -- ' WHAF CAUSES SEEPED nSlOTJOWINOELERY Excellent for Extermination of Ratt AU io Catch Rabbits and Other, ' : . Animate. . 7 . Forage Plants. For four important reasons, the clovers are among the most valuable of forage plants. First the manurtal cost of their" production is exceptionally low. Second,' they are richer in pro': v tein thanr most"of the forage crops: wanted."--;--'.- -.Fall plowing usually produces a bet far richer than the grasses." Third, they enrich the soil In nitrogen as ter corn crop than spring plowing, the well as subsoil itL so that the" follow- ground being mellowed by the frost "" if ing crops are almost. Invariably good. and rain." tlw-Fourth, lBpermanent mowings Erery grain dealer banket and busk alQmately so. enrich the soil in nitro- ness man should get busy and use evgen that the grasses as well "as the ery means possible to Induce farmers to test every, ear of their seed con. clovers make vigorous growth. " . ---- ts d f . -- of-th- - L1VC STOCK! good-thing- s d ' .Well-draine- d ..l, -- ' -- , ,. be-ve- ry: '"x d U J' |