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Show 4 unceasing, there rhould he a Utiffclent of moisture in the soli to grow and mature one of the numerous crops adapted to arid conditions. If summer rains come, as Is expected In nearly all localities, so much the better and . so much larger the crop. A crop blannlally will doubtless seem exasperatlngly slow to the raln-coutry farmer, But it should bo remem bered that the land Is cheap and adapt ed to rapid, wholesale cultivation. A curious fact, too, Is gradually becom Ing known. This constant cultivation Impregnates the soil with that won derful agent, nitrogen, thus forcing the growth of crops even though a great supply of moisture Is lacking. This, Indeed, seems to be the compensation of the dry farmer. Denied by nature the abundant rains of heaven, perforce he must cultivate, cultivate, cultivate, and this constant stirring of the soli helps to Increase the nitrogen so much desired by the farmer of every clime Were the rainfall greater, be would cultivate much less and would there by be deprived of that unseen, but Influence. DRY FARMING CROPS i ! amount EJelhod to Become Important Adjunct to Agriculture. n Possibilities Widening With Each 8ufr eessivo Ymp Extensive Experiment! Constantly In Progress Shed New Light That dry farming la destined to become an Important adjunct to American agriculture t a conclusion no longer opn to serious doubt, says Orange Judd Farmer. Its possibilities are with each succeeding year, and the extensive experiments constantly In progress are shedding new light upon the whole broad question f agriculture. To the average farmer the proposition that moisture can be conserved In the eoll against a day of need for weeks and months Indeed, carried over from one season Into another, teems the most absurd folly; yet that U can be done has been amply demonstrated and the plan Is In cctual operation upon hundreds of farms throughout the west. Dry farming Is not a'together new la the United Stat-- a. The Indians of tile southwest bave raised meager crop of beans and maize for centuries In sections where the rainfall Is almost nothing. There are many things to Indicate that the prehlBtorio races of the southwest were farmers, and unless great climatic changes have taken place, they must have raised supplies for large populations In a land whore the rainfall was very little. Dry farming has been a feature of agriculture In California since the first settlements, Oatai barley, corn and tnanj varieties of fruits and vegt widening 1 tables are raked with rainfalls ing from 8 to 20 Inches yearly. llfe-glvln- g "DRY To some extent, farmers even In this favored section of the world, can learn something by studying the process known as "dry farming," for rains do not always fall here exactly when they are needed, says Jollet (111.) Herald. Those western farmers who have to contend with a scarcity of water are learning the value of It and how to take care of it a thing that few of us In this part of the world ever think about. The old fellow who nssd to show. up at the water cooler every morning and consume about a quart of the coolest water he could obtain, had the correct Idea when be said: "No teetotaler knows how good water Is." No man who lives In this coun try really knows the value of moisture. because there Is seldom a time when It Is not to be had. Tbe "dry farming" convention shows that if land Is prepared In a certain way, it will retain moisture much longer than when It Is not so prepared, Every farmer understands that He understands that where the soil Is loose and loamy It retains moisture longer than when It Is packed and hardened. He also understands that where the soil Is covered with straw or leaves It holds the water better than where it Is exposed to the rays of the sun. Those are the cardinal principle of "dry farming" to so pre pare the soil that for many days after a rainfall the moisture will be held In the ground and not allowed to run off or evaporate too rapidly. There Is not a section of this country but where enough rain falls to make a crop, If It were conserved. In this part of the world a drought ought to be a harmless affair, and It would be If the ground were properly cultivated. Certainly It would be If artificial reservoirs were constructed to take the place of the natural reservoirs we have destroyed In ridding the earth of the vegetable growths. Some sweet day, of course, when ws have a great deal of our wealth washed away by the floods, and a great deal more of It destroyed by the droughts, we shall provide means for conserving the moisture, but so long as we can raise half a crop In a haphazard way we do not seem Inclined to study the art of "dry farm Ing" to the extent that we ahould. evaporation la arreted and the soil kept moist and hospitable to the growing plant Perhaps no country In the world, rave that of the actual desert sand, aeerns less calculated for agriculture thaa the plains of New Mexico and Arizona. How can crops be raised In that land of perennial drought, where the rainfall. In many places, registers lesa than eight Inches a yenr? Dry fanners say that It can be done, the secret or system being wind-swe- In sections where the rainfall Is least It Is proposed to tore rr.d conserve the moisture during one year for use the next, thus only attempting a crop every other 0 if ILLINOIS the Country But Where Enough Rain Falls for Crop If Conserved. varyIt Is year. In those favored localities where the rainfall averages IS Inches or over yearly, a crop each year may be aafely attempted. The plan Is to grow some quirk, Bumroer growing crop, such as kafir corn, Egyptian corn, milo maize r beans. The planting should be timed fo that the crop will be In full growth when the greatest rainfall Is mpected" to occur. As the rainfall Increases, wheat, barley and oats may be safely attimptcd. Rut where the rainfall Is less than IS Inches, nothing remains for the husbandman but dry Yentiirprome farming of the most intense sort He roust look IS months ahead for his crop. Industriously and constantly preparing, the while, bis field for the expected planting. The plowing should take place during the spring or early mummer, allowing the ground to lie fallow throughout the season. As fall approaches cultivation must begin. Usually a disk is used to break up the crust and light od which may have formed. Should rains fall during the fall and winter, cultivation must each. And, In any event, cultivation at Intervals must take place. The noli must he kept loose and not allowed to rack, as that condition Is fatal to the storing of moisture. Cultiva tion must continue up to the time of ' planting In April or May. been bas cultivation If the rigid and IN No Section of a land of hot, blazing sunshine, yet merely cultivation. FARMIN3" fol-te- I Dairy Enriches Farm. By selling milk and butter we take away the least bit of the soil's fertlll ty. By selling off our crops the land Is soon robbed of Its productive pow ers. On the other hand the dairy con stantly enriches the farm. It causes us to get larger crops and better pay for our work- - eating animals as cattle, horses and sheep. A brutal man with an uncontrolled, Ooat flesh haa a flavor like deer vicious temper is a poor Investment meat Goats are sold In the open market on any farm, no matter bow cheaply he will work. for a high grade of mutton. The vicious hog that Is forever Never tolerate a man on the farm who yanks, kicks or whips a hrrse. breaking out and causing trouble fot Put the rams with the ewes in Oc- one's neighbor cannot be fattened and tober. This brings In lambs In March. killed too quickly. It a horse's neck or breast becomes Sheep like the shade of thick bushes ore. It Is certain that the collar does during the hot weather and a cool mot fit. damp place In order to escape the A scrub sheep, Just like any other torments of the grub fly. crub animal on the farm la a poor Tbe breeding mare can do a good Investment. of work if she la not hurried or deal Clover, hay or grass Is a good laxa- heated. Unfortunately few men have tive feed for sheep at lambing time sufficient common sense to do it safeto prevent constipation. ly. Free range for hogs does not mean will grow and thrive on clover that they rhould be allowed to run or Hogs other good pasture in warm weath farm. over the neighbor's but will gain faster, er, without ft Is a good plan to provide summer of course. grain, If fed a little meal and sheYw-Tor the hogi on a high spot milk. where the wind will hnve a full sweep. Two pastures are better than one With rod wire fence as cheap as it while the hogs are feeding In because divide to matter an Is easy Is today. It on" field the other will be recovering Into convenient the bog pasture up ana later furnish much more attractive LIVE STOCK NOTES. . lots. ' Although bogs will eat flesh and drink blood, they are as much grain-Dair- Enrlchea' Farm, vjy tilling milk and butter we take away tie least bit of the soil's fertility. Dy selling off our crops the land 1 Is soon robbed of its productive powers. On the other hand the dairy constantly enriches the farm. It causes us to g"t larger crops and better pay , lor our work. Care of Sow, After weaning the litters, sows should not be fed heavily, but should mve plenty of good pasture and be red again In the early winter. i i. Your Liver ul niifu iivww uri 'int. n i nr - LAKL WISE LITTLE WILLIE FAULT IN TRAINING I HAD NOT ONLY ONE REQUEST, BUT TOO MANY PARENTS WITH CHILDREN. THAT WAS IMPORTANT. the Privileges of Prls oners About to Ce Sentenced, Culprit Established Good Hard Sense. "it is my duty to teach you a se vere lesson," said Horatio Poppen ham, when Willie Poppenbam got home, after playing hookey all after "Now, 1 want you thoroughly to understand tbe situation. Don't Imagine that I am punishing you because It will give any satisfaction to me personally. And I want you to realize thoroughly that I am not do ing this In anger. I do It simply as a duty. It Is very often necessary for Judges In the courts to sentence men to undergo punishment, and the sber tffs and jailers and wardens have to noon. Inflict this punishment. "Do you suppose the Judge gets any personal satisfaction out of It when he sentences a man to be hang or to un dergo Imprisonment? Not' at all Very often tbe judge's heart Is almost broken because It Is his duly to Im And so It Is pose such sentences. with tbe men who iave to Inflict the punishment They do not administer It In anger. I suppose they would In most cases prefer to let tbe offender go free, If tbey could, just as I would much prefer to let you off now, If I had only my own feelings to consult "But there are di'Jes which officers of the law owe to society, and so they ire compelled, when a man does wrong, to see that he Is properly pun Ished. If people could do wrong with out being compelled to suffer for It many of them would be doing wrong all the time, thus not only injuring others, but also injuring themselves It Is the same In your case. If I per mltted you to go unpunished I should be doing you a wrong, and I should also be wronging the rest of tbe fam lly. If you were allowed to do such things as you have done, and suffer no chastisement, you would soon go from bad to worse, breaking your mother's heart, robbing me of happiness and spoiling your own chances for tbo fu ture. "You see, the family represents so ciety, on a small scale, and the fam lly, like society, must have Its sacred taws. When these laws are broken tbe laws of the family it Is Just as Important that tbe one who breaas them shall be punished as it Is Im portant that the criminal who breaks the laws which society has made for itself shall be punished. In a small way you represent tbe prisoner who bas been found guilty by the Jury, while I, occupying the position of Judge, am compelled to pronounce and" sentence upon you, "Say, father, In court the prisoner Is always asked If he has anything to say before the Judj,e sentences him, Isn't he?" "Yes. And I am going to extend that privilege to you. What bave you to say?" "Please let mother be the sheriff." Miraculous Surgery. The successful "sewing up" of hu man hearts Is getting to be something of a commonplace nowadays. A Philadelphia doctor took five stitches In a wounded heart (cut open by a dagger) and the man I' said to be on tbe road to recovery. It was the second leart operation of this surgeon within a month or two. His previous patient got w ell. There are now on record somewhere neai a hundred cases of surgical operations upon the human heart, and the death rate, considering the extreme gravity of the operation. Is surprisingly low. When It Is remem bered that the heart Is practically In constant motion, that Its complete toppage means Immediate death, and that the delicate surgical manipulations necessary to repairing its wounds have to be performed upon throbbing and more or less inaccessible piece of tissue, the manual skill and coolness demanded of the heart surgeon will be better appreciated. , To Laugh i at Prank Today and Punish for It Tomorrow Is Something of a Puzzle to th In-fa- is Clogged up Thafs 13 Way You're B Tir.dA. . CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS and Thoroughly Cleaned Aired Before puwng in ome of the Best Methage-Sods of Caring for Them. Should Well Aware of mtmrnmn THEIR WELFARE IN SUMMER ALL IMPORTANT. wr m will put you right in a lew days. Mind. The good housewife is naturally summer welfare In train-f- concerned about the One of the greatest faults "allies that if she con- of fine rugs, and our children is a lack o months they hot In the used are mistake In they in winter sistency. We make a great be so resplendent won't that ,...... n away In tne laughing at cunning baby pranks will some day cease to be "lu'n manner for the summer win baby fee s her- proper When the colors to an In the sometimes.renew fading self badly misused and sulks extent. otnnlahlnor ..ih nmlcal look of offended Before sending the rugs on their Is laughable, but It face on her dignity storeroom vacation tbe chamber Itself gin scream. when the six year-ol.hnul.1 be well . leaned. Use perfect wear a passion because she cannot and not Is It In ly cold water foi the scrubbing her new dress out to play shelves floor when then naphtha soap; so funny. And yet the principle go over all in hnth Instances is the same and painted walls are dry rags clean with wnndwnrk fh sufferer. and the poor child Is the The moth not kerosene. with smeared been taught had William Little for petroleum to touch the piano and very seldom minor has no fondness alone will keep It rest device this so he and grew one hut day iiinivpit Aunt out of the storeroom. less, end watching mother and of his eyes corner The rugs themselves must be thor the of out Mary came down and nlano wt nt nvor to the oughly beaten, cleaned or spots ami hours. the little list on the shiny keys. He hung In the broaJ air for some ara11u.il flWBV with SUctl S look Of A TurklBh rua will stand a soap and and water scrub admirably and where It complete Innocence that mother hnth lanehed heartily, and Is feasible a light one may be put en auntie caught him up with a kiss and tirely In a tub and washed like carried him out to see the Kittens. sheet After the airing beat the rugs nut the next day when mother and again, using a strong rattan beater, William called on the new minister's then spread smoothly and spray with wife the little boy soon discovered the a strong black pepper tea. Have preninnn and started to niay. His mother pared some wooden rollers about two spoke to him, but be paid no heed, Inches through and as long as the so she rose and started to close tne rug Is wide. First put over the rug a nlnno. but Master William objected sheet made of newspapers pasted toand there were angry screams and gether, then place the roller on top mother had to carry the little Doy to of this at one end of the rug and be her chair. And why not? Yesterday gin to roll, keeping the wooden prop It had been a play; they had laughed straight all the time. Cover the roll at him then, so why not today? It with more paper pasted together, then was Injustice to his baby heart and be Insert It In a round bag made of tough rebelled. If no attention had been nianlla paper and paste all the loose paid to the baby when she sulked she ends securely. As long as there are would have soon tired of her lonesome no loose seams In this outer bag no corner and foricotten her grievance, moths can but a further preIn, get and If William In bis restlessness bad caution would be to spray the bag c been gently reminded of the piano all over with pepper tea. a forbidden thing and his atten lightly rugs and old carpets will not Cheap tion directed to something else, he need so much care, but If they quite probably would not have troubled the are to be kept entirely free of moths nlano again. A eood Idea If the baby should be looked after. Beat, tbey Immediateroom Is to leave the sulks sunbrush and spray these In the same ly. With no attention a baby's offendas rugs, then roll them between ed dignity wears off, and with no way with a thick sprinkle of newspapers, audience a screaming child will soon tire of Its tantrum. But bablea de gum camphor between the folds, mand attention, and If we laugh at Cover the piles of loose rugs or car them for some little mischief one day pets with burlap, or more newspapers. to keep off dust they think they are cunning and will expect us to laugh at tbe same prank another day. Breaded Salad Eggs. These dainties are liked by almost all children old enough to eat them, War and Culture. So hostile to culture Is war that and If there Is any objection to the the artisans of France have never bread the eggs can be prepared with been able to attain to the standards out it Boil the eggs that will be of workmanship which prevailed un- needed until sure they will be hard der the old monarchy. Latin has been and mealy. Leave them for half an mispronounced In England ever since hour In cold water, then peel and cut the wars of the commonwealth. Our In lengthwise slices. Scoop out the national culture started with the yolks and work them to a paste with war, and olive oil or a little sour cream; add handcap of a seven-yearwas always a little behindhand. Dur salt and a squeeze of lemon Juice and ing the nineteenth century the Ameri- then put In enough toasted crumbs, can citizen was buffeting the waves of finely powdered, to make a mixture new development. His dally life was dry enough to pick up in the fingers, an experiment His moral, social, po- Stuff this in the white shells, cover litical Interests and duties were Inde each one with a sprinkle of crumbs terminate. Nothing was settled fo and set In the Ice box until needed. At him by society. Was a man to have the utmost two halves a single eg- gan opinion? Then he must make it is enough for an stora himself. This demands a more serious ach, for these eggs are very substan labor than If he were obliged to manu tlal. facture his own shoes and candlesticks. No such drafts upon individual Onion Salad. Intellect is made In an old country. When baking new beets allow two You cannot get a European to under stand this distressing overtaxing of extra ones for this salad, as the baked the Intelligence In America. Noth beets has a finer flavor than plain ing like it has occurred before, be- boiled beets. Spiced beets can be used cause In old countries opinion Is part or canned beets, but the baked beets of caste and condition; opinion is the give preference. Cut the beets Into slices, then Into strips. shadow of Interest and of social quarter-Incstatus. John J. Chapman In Atlantic Cut a medium-sizeSpanish onion Into quarters, then slices. Scald and drain quickly and while still hot marinate with a spoonful of fresh dressing and Gypsy Wordless Language. To communicate with one another let cool. If you have enough tender gypsies now use letters and they use white celery to make a cupful Into the telegraph, too, when necessary dice, add to the beets and onion. Also especially In this country. But the a tablespoonful of capers or chopped modern Romany also follows the pickles. Season to taste with salt and tracing the footsteps, or wagon pepper, mix and mask with a good tracks, of his friends on the road bv dressing. the same method employed by his an cient prototype, reading directions Ice Help. where no words are written as clearlv After placing In Ice chamber of reas the gorglo does a roadside sign- noara. nut the pattaran can be read frigerator sprinkle the ice with coarse by the gypsy only It Is hidden and salt and cover with a clean cloth-ove- r this put a newspaper, secret, although It may be In plain tucking sight, as a signboard Is open and both in tight about the edges The public. The pattaran may be formed moisture caused by the salt on top of of sticks or stones or grass, placed the ice will make the cloth adhere to cross fashion at the parting of roads he ice and tho cloth and paper will practically exclude in such manner that only a gypsy the air would Instantly notice and understand No food should be put Into the ice To him It means much; first of all, the chamber of the refrigerator, as the Id or door to the direction taken by Romany predecesgame ought never to be opened except when sors. From Riley M. Fletcher Berabsolutely ry's "The American Gypsy" In Cer necessary. tury. i AyisjJ HWdT" t4 Im, imau nu. uuu vm, buv heV-tl- . Sick M, osz. J.UU, Genuine amMbut m FCCI Signatory 5 d w GAVE 81$ AWAY. .ntu be-In- s' eight-year-ol- h d "pat-taran.- " Oregon Man's Insect Catcher. In the country all sorts of homely devices are used to catch the bugs and kill them, and an Oregon man, who probably had his apple orchard overrun by some destructive species, patented trap for the pests. A bar rel has pieces cut out of the upper porticn and is half filled with rotten or bruised apples or some other odoriferous fruit. On top of the barrel Is placet.' n pan partially filled with water, oil or some poisonous liquid. From tho apex of a tripod that keeps the basin from falling off the barrel hangs a lantern. In the daytime the Insects will be attracted by the odor of the fruit, and In flying up to feast many of them are likely to fly into the water. At night the lantern la lighted Such Beautiful Manners. and bugs will come from afar to flut "Did your son play football at mi. feed than as If both pastures aro used ter against it and meet their death in lege?" as one. the liquid below. Chicago Tribune. "Mercy, no! He considered fn..,i very, very rude. Clarence hn. ...i! Skim Milk for Calf. lovely manners, you know. You Rhnu Not Quite a Failure. Skim milk may form the principal was a boy his mother see him come Into a room. He's so par he "When diet of the calf for six months to a thought be would be a president some ticular aooui me ruies or etiquette year. Factory skim milk should Yes, Indeed. Why, he's got so now day." be pasteurized to avoid the that he won't eat at the sum "He'll never get there." of tuberculosis. The best ' spread "I'm afraid not Still, he gets a lot with his father." skim milk Is that which Is fresh from out of being a big man satisfaction of the separator and still warm. in his lodge." Astute Professor. "How is Professor Film Alfalfa and Clover for Hens.' He Explains. along with his memory school?" Alfalfa and clover leaves fed green "Will you love me always?" mur"lie's swamped with applicant" tre most excellent green food for "What's the secret of his success'" owls. Cut the plants with a lawn mured the girl.' "He collects tuition In advnnr "Certainly, If you wish it," respondnower when young and feed la a ed the young man. "But I'll only be teaches his pupils to remember everv mac h, or alene. If you dasir. lawn here two weeks." thing but their debts." I r . . - com-bine- d To Cook Veal Cutlets. To cook veal cutlets or steak, so It "1 be as good as chicken, egg and crumb It and fry brown In hot grease T- h- put in a baklngpan and Her Little Brother Say. ara ter marry my aisler Bess! Her Suitor Why. leased6 Her Little Brother Well, vnn im i heard her tell pop she was goln' tw tana you tonight KEEP BABYjSSKIN CLEAR Few parents realize how many m tlmable Uvea have been embittered and social and business success pr Teniea oy serious sun affecUooi which so often result from the nedect of minor eruptions In Infancy ind childhood, with but a little care uj the use of the proper emollients, baby's skin and hair may be preserved, purified and beautified, minor eruption prevented from becoming chronic ul torturing, disfiguring rashes, Itchlsp, Irritations and chafinga dispelled. To this end, nothing Is so pure, n sweet so speedily effective as the constant use ofCutlcura Soap, assisted, when necessary, by Cutlcura Ointment Send to Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, sole proprietors, Boston, for their fret Cutlcura Book, telling all about the care and treatment of the skin. e JUST NATURAL A MISTAKE Gussie, in Fancy Costume, Astonishd the Doorkeeper for a Moment Gussie and was knock-knee- angular He had a ter lible squint, and a mouth like a stew roller. All the same, he reckoned on making something of a hit at ti fancy dress ball, and his costume wu as elegant as his figure was un lovely. With fast beating heart he stepped Jauntily from his automobile outside the town ball, where the ball was fat ing held. The hall porter stepped back ward at the unsightly apparition. "Great Christopher Columbus!" h gasped, as he regarded Gussie. "No, no, my good man!" chirped Gussie, as ho tripped through the por tals. "Chawles the First, my dear fellow Cbawles the First!" Londoa An swers. round-shouldere- Rockefeller's Hard Shot John D. Rockefeller tried a game of golf on the links near Augusta. On i rather difficult shot Mr. Rockefeller struck too low with his Iron, and u the dust flew up he asked his caddf "What have I hit?" The boy laughed and answered: "Jaw-Jah,- " boss." Answerlno for Him. Physician And would you llks ti be a doctor. Jackt Mother fwhlle Jack Is still nesiuu Ing) No. no! The dear boy couldnt kl a fly. Punch. Right food is a basis For right living. "There's only one disease,. Says an eminent writer-- 1 "Wrong living "And but one cure "Right living."- - Right food is supplied by GrapeNnts It contains the vital and brain-buildi- ng Elements of wheat and Most important of which barley- -! is The Potassium Phosphate, Dainty Dessert, i lace two tablcspoonfuls am in dessert J glasses " the whit of an Bg boaten which bus been added naccaronn. cut fine, one ul powdered Jite. lcrt Bugar Jon uj to ,, Whipped cream may for the beaten egg if tH desired. Grown in the grain For rebuilding tissues Broken down by daily use. Folks who use Grape-NuU tabLlSon - aVliUW. add Body he moot and cook in the oven for hour. It win be so 11 tender .most cut w,th a fo,, and .- goln Know this they feel it .u2 "There's a Reason" chor Read "The Road to WellviHc '.' Found in packages. ( |