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Show CONCRETE DYKE , PROTECTS. Huge .Embank,,, " Constructed ' Cincinnati ta Protect Farm . Lands and Road Bed. . -- rveat the Tq - at -- - . Uniformity Exists In a Degree That Is Probably Unmatched protect land, ,y Any Other British Breed ot Horses. of Cincinnati is spending ove the city CEMENT END POST GREEK: ISA PERIL . . OF BIG DRAFT SHIRE Ohio Tlver,' daring flood stage, from sweeping away a road bed and to farm BRACING A ENGLAND, IS H0ME Great "Florida Sponge'Beds .vaded by Alien ArrrryY herev.ZAt JherateT"that,the Greeks are coming it is a question of but a short control the town-- ' time before they-wi- il ... absolutely. Key West "jsobn" felt "the" effects of "tBen6w1 competition and vessel after, vessel" was" withdrawn" from the" flsbV until ery, or else sold to now the Key West fleet numbers less what it did in "1905. It than one-hal- f was soon discovered that tha Greek" divers,- - instead of going out into tha . deep waters which were inaccessible ; to the hookerg, preferred to frequent the shallow waters worked by . the hookers, where the sponges , were cured-thatnore safely tuore euHily-an- d . in the greater depths. , Finding It impossible jto secue effective state legislation owing' to the. In- - : Native ;;.of .Sunny L Southern State " Menaced by Adoption of European Method of Furthering Oner of Industries. . ;, Mow to Not Construct a Pillar That pive Way in Stretching .... a Fence. ... Will jt " . .. . The Gretk has come to be regarded as jinjYQPQmicjnienace by the native residents of Tarion " Springs and other parts of the west coast of Florida. The story of how this has come' about as" showing bowngrcat is results Bomettmes grow from" small ' , beginnings. From Miami car the east coast, down through' the chain of keys and up the west coast as far as St. Mark's are the immense, sponge beds which" have been one of the sources of Florida's wealth for many years. Up-"tthree or four years ago Key West was the chief center of the industry, sending out a fleet'of some 400 vessels manned by several thousand men to" fish for sponges, which Bold at highly remunerative prices. URed to 1905 the by apparatus Up the sponger consisted of a water-glas- s hook and a pole with a at one end. The water glass, wae sim-plail ordinary buckut the woodPB The Champion. Stallion. bottom of which bad been replaced with a pane-- of window-glassr--This favorite English draft horse The blacks have been blended, with pole varied' In length with the depth has-a- great standing at home. The other colors till they no longer pre- in which " the sponger was working, English Live Stock Journal sings his dominate, and - the prevaiMng - color abouf'45 feet being the greutest depth praise in its resume," of his growing among London winners now Is bay iia which the iiooker could .work, and brown, and "the levelnesaTand uniIt saysT popularity". In 1905 onevof the sponge buyers Prom the days of Henry VIII, to the formity existing among the selected at this place, thinking that there must present time the Old English breed animals in most of the clashes is very be fine sponges in the deep-wate- r, of cart horses has been carefully nur- striking. which were inaccessible to the hooker, tured, so that the back breeding (or 'Lord Rothschild's stud' at Tring has made arrangements with a Greek pedigree), so essential where uniform- a power of resuscitation which 'must djver to come to this place and introity of type is iiKtulpd, exists in the be almost unique. Last year there duce the method of gathering: sponges was a great sale by which the stud modern Shire in a degree probably sults .which arejn Jti. men... In. British breed oT 8eenied"'l6bVdenuffea"or allTts strong" 'ffenerai use diving, in the sponge fisheries of d horses. In the dayr of Bakewell the est members,-anyertn IflO&it bas Greece. It was supposed that the in local ; its greatest-succes- s prevailing -- eolir spongers observing thisLmao at " . show-ringocOti many previous and at. the itime of Arthur tfetf work, would - see the advantages of Young's tour through England he men- casions Lord. Rothschild has carried diving over hotiklng in the deep waHe has pro- ters and would tions the. black breed as being quite away the championship. adopt the new method. distinct from the English breed of duced at the appropriate moment an Hut the native spongers absolutely recart horses, iz the Suffolk, The Alston Rose, or an. equally brilliant fused to have anything to do with It, weightier breed found a home on the mare or stallion; but it was reserved The Greek diver was very successstronger lands of the Midlands,. Derby- for this year for him' to - take both. ful. The glowing reports of his large shire and Notts being early breeding chaHipionships and sweep the board earnings sent to the north and to grounds, the former is still first for of all its principal honors. It speaks Greece at once started an. influx of breeding winnersr Since that" time the something for the care, intelligence Greeks. and in a few months some Shire horse has found & home and and knowledge witli which animals 400 or 500 Greeks had swarmed into flourished in every English and Welsh are purchased for the stud, that all this place, They have been coming county, and his tractability, ability and the winners this year, with the excep- ever since, until now there are sevwillingness to work at anything where tion of one, were Shires that had been eral thousand Greeks settled here, is still more interesting to their number power- is needed, whether, in front of bought. being almost treble that the plow, drill or binder, in the shaft know that those winning atilmals of the native population. of a drag or a miller's wagon, or be- - camf, generally speaking, from tenant . As a result.of. this influx .of .foreigners thetowji..haalaken. The Greek language is appearance. heard more often than the Emglish, while Greek names are rapidly those of t lie American merchants who formerly did business - In order to brace an end J "!nrelv. first plant the post feet deep, says a writer in Indiana Farmer. R aiir.fi. that Illfi jllrtJa .well Iaiui.ii,d around the post Pacfcfag the first loot j well is the most' essential thing in making a post stand Arm. Lean the post back about three inches. This leaning causes the post to pull to the! ground Instead. of lifting outof thej ground, as it will do if it leans the other way. Then cut a notch about half way- - bttwen t top of the post for end of brace to resUj PiisL-se- . ihtt-reatlii- g ."V J V t j e-gMH in. t j . .JAfc l iMMMI I . I' ll I III'! Building a Dyke. $100,000 in building a concrete ing along the sides of the' roadway, says Popular Mechinics". The big dyke will be over a mile long when com g pleted and represents one of the gest pieces of concrete work "ever done In that vicipify The. rnncret.ing slopes at an angle of 45 degrees and varies in height from 15 to 35 feet. " The illustration gives a scene at the on' the sloping laying of sides of the roadway. - The concrete Is laid in strips of six feet wide so that men can work the surface conveniently. When one Bet of strips Is sufficiently hard to bear the weight of the men the intervening strips are filled in. lar--kin- FARMING j MODERNIZED.- tAgncultureJHas ' ' I I ., .......... '" . in I I -- 'I t-- (1 b -- post about six feet in front of end post for foot of brace to rest against, placing topi side of lower end of brace six inches! below, the surface of the ground with a flat rock under it (to keep the brace Mow from settling in the ground). pass- three strands of JNo. 9 wire around the two posts,- - tna-'- J six strands of wire to twist to-- t Then-plan- a - - NQtE8capecL.RevQ.lu- tion of Machinery, in AU Kind- - - Industries. Brace for Cement End Post. ' Agriculture has not escaied- 'the gether. Fasten the ends of the wire of machinery that revolution ..together, so they will not slin. . Take mighty a rod about 18 inches long, place be- has swept all kinds of production withtween the six, strands of wire and in the last half"or even quarter cen" twist them together. Do not" neglect tury. Many'of .our' feaders can the bull plow with the woodto twist them tight, for this is the when "tbe spike tooth secret in making the posts stay in en position. If my Instructions are fol-- harrow was Considered perfection; lowed the fence stretcher is not made when seeding and planting of all kinds that will move the end post one inch"! were mostly done.by hand;, when the cradle gathered and the flail threshed at the top. wheat and other small grain. But the wooden plow, POTATO CULTURE PROFITABLE - mold-boa-c- d 1 - mold-boar- d which was only a few degrees refrom the "forked stick of "the" moved Certain Sections of Country Where savage, has given place to the chilled Irish Potato Is Best Growing steel share that cuts and turns a clean ' Crop on .the Farm, j furrow to different widths and depths, There are certain sections of the and. under this have been placed so that now the farmer rides United States which are, owing to cli- wheels breaks' his .land" Instead1 df trudghe as matic conditions, combined with the nature of the soil, better adapted to ing weary miles in the yielding soil. not the growing of the Irish potato than Again, in many places, though is done.by steam plowing generally j and farm other product, probably any as this crop can be marketed. at re-- j andgasoline engines, and these" wijl is put more "inuherative" prices on an average of fricreaseas agriculture more basis. a business and upon four years out of five, the farmers of what is known'as the. "potato dis- - j The harrow has followed the detricts" rely "almost "entirely upon this velopment of the "plow, the spring -.crop;, ther.e-- .t tooth and ridingTu" disc harrows being product for thais-mone- y use a ha increasing fore, it becomes necessary for them 'quite generaUy -- to secure as yearly. tuof a great quantity The riding cultivatoris known in bers as possible from each acre of amount- - almost, every: farm community. "land planted, Wheat drills and corn planters put of labor and expense, in order to get tne greatest percentage or pront ob- in by far the greater portion, of these ' . tainable. crops, and machines 'for planting po The :soilbest adapted, to growing tatoes and jathe root 'crops are by loam well sup-- . no means uncommon. the potato is with vegetable matter. This plied kind of a soil is not available In all TIN WITH HAND. SAW cases and we have to be. content with CUTTING that Qf a heavier nature. In that case Jt Is advisable, .to Juru under, a .sod of Instructions for Catting Metal When Are' Not Borne character, clover, "... aPair. .'of Snips preferably Handy.which will serve to keep the. land in a mellow condition and retain the A carpenter's kit of tools does not molBiure longer than if the soil should usually contain a pair of tin snips, become more compact. More attention every year Is being! and when he is putting on siding or a fancy gable he finds it necgiven to the selection of seed, and finishing the most successful potato growers essary to use some tin strips The tin "nave long ago 'diacarded" the" using1 oT can. 'bo cut with., the. back... of .a. hand r culls for seed" potatoes. Experiments saw. Plac'e-- two pieces of material having straight edges together on r have shown that an "ordinary size In. 'Cut will often' quarters pro potatO duce 25 to 30 per cent, more salable -- potatoes per acre than when cut with only one eye 4o the piece. If proper precaution? are taken and -treatments - begu- 4a time there --arc-t -- three-toothe- nrsfc& d y "" The been-black- v- eem-4e-ha- ."Cutting Sponges. rl-- " conflicting, at that time, Interests of f" Tarpon SpringB and Key West, aa appeal was made to congress, which enacted a law in 1906 prohibiting the landing in this country after May 1, 1907, . of sponges taken by means of diving in letis than 60 feet of water, while sponges taken In .a .greater, depth had to be . secured .between October 1 and May. I. The people of Key West have fought against diving from the beginning and have threatened to burn the first diving vessel which conies there. Last year a rumor spread that a diving, vessel .wa8workihg.oa.lhe key grounds in the upper part of Monroe countyr An expedition was hastily got 4ip, but when it swooped down upon the 8UBpJciousYessel the latter turned, out to be a mackerel fisherman from It - " " -- lacing " ' Miami. . . . - SEE RUIN IN RUSSIA " j " v ' ' j - . 1 - --uone-uf thepotato; which; If properly .handled, cannot' be 'reduced to a nonentity as far as damage to the crops is concerned. ithe -- .. -- and more, ground. Yet in the reign Weak Role Played by Empire in of Alexander III. the reactionaries raised a cry against the separatists, Balkan Crisis, among - the -- various'- subjugated -- na tionalities when no trace of separatism could be found. Butnow"Teople Bureaucracy Blamed for Humiliation of all shades of opinion are constant Owm Fierce- and Orator ly "po"iutiug""out"the"" threatening "dan-- " Destructive Denounce the ly ger of the dismemberment of the em ' Policy of the Govtrnment, pire. Prof. Milyoukoff's organ, Retch, ia Russia's attitude in the Balkan em; Jts'daily review mentions tbis lncreas-rbroglio has caused a great bumflta- j ,;nprof.liuyoukoff and" tion to the and is freely his friends are deriding their alarm- condemned by the St. Petersburg 1st cry. "Poles, Georgians and other moderate nationalities," say the liberals, "are" press aud parliament-Evnot, seeking separation, but simply, a humane and honest .administration. -- - pan-slavls- The champion Mare. tween the metals a t a busy gqods star tion, place him first as a draft horse. There was a time in bis history wheiTsoundness was by no "means" his strong point, and an eminent veterinary surgeon, writing some fifty years ago, said: "There is scarcely a dray horse but what has some ossification Qf..thecar.tiagea of. the foot," That improvement could only come wth soundness was recognized by the Shire HoTse-Bocieat its formation, aniand at its first show," in 1880,-nmal was awarded a prize which cpuld not pass the examination for soundness. The rejectee ones In those days were,- - of course,, rather numerous, but the number has"grad"uaITy"" d"wTna"Iea"" down till perfection, at least so far as fcldebone f8""cbncerned,r is"" alvnost reached, seeing that not a single stallion . cast for that at the J904 show. e farmerSjSoinetimes doubt is raised in regard to the advisability of encouraging tenants to keep Shire mares; r but the events "Of go far to is show that the "recommendation sound. The primary use of heavy horses on the farm is to perform hard work connected with the various acts ofhushandryrisuch as nlowing ing, harrowing and the like. To distract the attention from this particular business to the preparation of animals for show, purposes cannot "in every case be altogether wise. The farmer who is a good Judge of horses, and has the Instinct for breeding, will probably, do best to content himself - 100,-000.0- I "DhXjsaflkTfl""' can obtain "plum;" if he does not know " already," he will' soon find out that Bhowing is not in itself a profitable game. for a the-rep- a PRDFTT-FOItFARM- - -- v In its use, as it la liable to kill or in-- " Jure plants" to" which It iBapplieiTal all freely. We find ordinary air slacked lime just as sure to kill n!uga" " " in lha.raund.lu. the fall the farm appears like acres and IN DANDELION as ealtr andprobabJjr'wJuftch.tafe SIhpb are nieht feeders "leavinsr iheti and, feasting oa "the leaves first reached (usually the lower ones) shortly-- ' after sundown. To tha pest dust the lower, parta of The Saw Blade Cuts the Tin.. pairjof horses. - -- d - If rot for ;gtoring up these . fertility io.thA.BOlt Aa "orchaidmay be started on reasonably thin noil if the proper care is giveo to store up " plenty of fertility for th?e use of the "trees in producing their crops of fruit. cropa- - are-fin- e, acres ot land for covered-wit- h hopelessly f run, Thcfr-thfl-skywi- down-int- ane-ahoty o the root. roove-apftft.-a- jomeZinstancea 'six. or., seveo jliatlnct trees stand In the area which" before surrounded the main tree," and they will sometimes be as much as 20 feet :. . . . . apart.' . Cultivated Product Now Rival . Spinach aa Delicacy. - - old r? . rootsrHabout-tbelddl- of March, e - ffieeorerfngthe first..crops arev ready for harvest By care in cutting the plants before they have produced' .buds or blossoms the cultivated dandelion is said to be much more, tender, and sweet than the wild variety." It is pronounced fully as satisfactory and palatable as spinach, and Is eald to 1?eneBfTDe most healthful vegetables in the snrmsr mar ket, occupying a place Blmilar to that rhubarb"; . High. Knock. face.'T" - rJcr X s - Dedad, no! 01 hit him so harrud he measured, th ceiling., '; O'Tooie and the first three years ng existence ;the congresses were alwayFsecret "and the influence league on the government was' tremendous. By its recommendations of-th- - Congresses Were Always Secret . gwTnce-nd-igh-ffieiai-er- ' r them- ehosefir con8eratUreBhave.eipreased "These hundreds of millions of the selves in terms far from flattering to "Our incapable min- budget of the mrnistry of the Interior the government. isters," said one of their orators, in are the budget of the nobility. said the douma, "have brought Russia "Id 6neofthe speakers In .the' dotitlna.-Ththe brink of economic and political budgets of all the ministries are ryin and Russia's .position in. intenlin reality the budget of may national politics - has become second asno state post In . .. rate be . occupied by any but a nobleman. Rven this rongress-n- f defenders of .That the. hinlfflTesnnure crats have ruined Russia has long ago autocracy ancTTfiiTvTIeges br"lBe'Bb-bilityVeen acknowledged was'oblfged to '.recognize' thai by the progresof the country: Rodie- - .the Rwsiir-Twl,'''' prateHy heff; one of the best speakers in the ruined. The' man who reported on the douma. paid a short time ago during economic conditions was no other "the formenasslstant minister1 of the discussion on the budgefof thd TKjTOy mlalslry orTJieTnterlbK-'Thwho was of the government "Ts leading to":the destruction .of the country."" Now the obliged ti) resign his post. for abuse" conviction that the 'empire is going of the famine fund,, which caused the scandal, .i, to its disintegration ia gaining more e . the-emp- ire . :. . " - . ' fve-elements th-i- HarrlganAwn yez didn't make him measure the floor? yearsj ago nc-- of"-it- s dandelion8,Tbese axe covered-- e winter for protection from the frost, ot and as soon aa the earliest shoots of from- - the pandeHonsjts-a- longer dependent on the nomadic pickers who go out as one of the first signs of spring' armed with a knife and a basket' Most of these boons to the suburbanite do not spend their days in keeping the vacant lots and parks" free r" Tft e if b w Q of cotrBtnnptioir Tfrcy peddle---" thtr wares, and the favor with which they have met has led one Pf the largest .west to de market gardeners"bf-th- e vote many acres of his farm to the raising of the planla.- a Caltlynted dandoHon-ap-gaiat- eg strong" poaitiooTin the market and. the variety raised by the grower who supplies most of the demand la eaid to be known all over the United States. .AfterJhe. first, sowing of the fields created the defenaejQtJiUtpcracy btllty,-Duri- for-th- Nail anothe: Pjece across tEe bottom of "the parallel pieces and. put the saw in between lifding-place"themPlace the tinllat on top oF the pieces back of the saw and pry down y . ; on the; saw handle; as shown. in the sketch," and the back of the saw blade affected of crops foliage '..the lightly will cut aa ' ' good as tin snips. ""1 with the .lime. The effect la immediate. Next morning you willii nr tht rtlca,'. Strange 6rowtKof Olive Trees." " is""6etdom Attention" ttecT6a'"g slugs: Timrtatltffa'rnr-TTrrtmi"thaTacTerTsnc Value of the Berry Patch,,, of the olive tree. - After many year Where an old berry patch has been of growth Jie .different large branches cleaned out Is fine for a crop of met- of the:.tree8 separate gradually from should be the trunk until they are quite divided I ons or potatoes. Then ' Petersburg!MsJsjLLeague some St." which- - was fromthe-foot- s, re--raised- which-remain. ER During the debates on the estimates of the ministry of the interior fierce attacks were made on the government and especially on that - depart- ment, Not only the left wing of the dounia, Dut"even7 the' center anWXffiT moderate conservatives,- - were unanithe ministry of mous" in condemning " the interior. This department, the budget of which amounts to over roubles ($30,000,000), was nothing else than the- - head of the police. whusesphere of actlon-i-a so oaHmited toe senate, thaLaii other - ministries, state - council and - douma - are sub; jected to ItAt the same time.a congress of the united Russian noMIty "was held In " - Far- Slugi.er9naits.: ;.Salt is a sure remedy for the plugs d of nationalities., this-yea- ty " economic ruin are dan- gerous for Russia without distinction Despotism-an- - TheirtOTfer,r-Mrr-Orirkor"the-rfame- e " . Lidval-Gurk- o |