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Show IZflT5iIEN IUI1 TOT" Jbi to ttO - U no branch of agricultural In I ha lTnltprt Ktntaa riA ...i.,it where the past' few year has witnessed greater improvement la methods of cultivation and bar K vesting than In the sphere of corn "M BTowlnu. This U as It should be for corn Is easily one of our Indeed, moat Important crops. although the fact Is not generally recognized, It Is greater wealth producer considered In the broad sense than Is the wheat crop. which has been made concerns . (t only the methods employed In nurturing viuv um id iuo mcaui ij handling meIS corn me macninery wuicu is uo-.ployed, that much to aid human brawn In caring for (a golden kernels. uuvo in man Whereas progressive iariper worked out their own salvation as L,.t. ih Improved methods of corn cultlva- L it Is perhaps only fair to give the major or tne creau io me uimeu amies prtment of agriculture, which has worked proration with the State Agricultural col-L. .nd experiment statiens to bring about a Iter understanding of the requirements of . mm croD. Many an farmer U been wont to assume tbat every tiller of U toil knew from nia ooynooa apprenucesnip mere is 10 Know aoout i the farm all mat owing corn and yet the experts of the agrl-;!tudepartment found that In reality, there bs proa" 0 er sldcat. uppoi J rarniet 1U Hi putt on or mi a limn by tin oes, ceBJ X3P procitjr V n that tt lUbiUbJ t thu ureredJ ch the Q teem to I RATE! ConildJ Lou. eh trtW o offstt 5V r If !1 .'1 1 .4 ra J nodltjr 1 by tbt Isslon li 'ith. ...J neetitj offictn t' 'piArrrrtG onslden uent : waters oast, h i i J concra In rata1 ' iraerce ulins ti 'j ;lng ran' interna "111 harea' ;o rcomtaf' -the a r mur is vr ml- they U'ftira, long-handle- 38 held i human family wholomi itd of aouml. ahoulJ aat ana drink ta what There has been much said about the lost flavor of grape Juice after It has bctn boiled and bottled. The agricultural bulletins tell us that It la unnecessary to bull grape Juice In order to preserve It Heat to 165 or to 17( Fahrenheit, and the Juice will not lose Its delicate flavor and aroma, but will The bottles Into keep Indefinitely. which the Juice Is put should be carefully sterilized and as carefully scalded. It cotton batting is lied over the Another corks, mold cannot enter. thing to remember Is that the bottles should be filled to overflowing. Rinse all dishes that have contained egg or dough with cold water, as hot water bas tendency to cook the substance and makes It harder to remove. Remember If you want a good running egg beater, never to allow the cogga to become wet. on the floor, If grease Is spilled pour a little cold water on It at once. This causes it to harden, and it can much of It te scraped off with a knife. Sprinkle a little soda over the spots and let It absorb the rest A crochet hook Is a utensil to good keep In the bathroom to remove lint from the washbowl and bathtub drains. Remember to wipe the milk bottle carefully before pouring out the milk. When traveling, carry a few flaxseed in the bag, and If one Is unfortunate enough to acquire a cinder In the eye, drop In a moistened seed, and It will soon gather It up. If It has penetrated the eye sometimes a piece of chewing gum rolled Into a needlelike point will fish It out Mosquito netting makes a fine dishcloth. Take a large piece and double it is it, quilting the folds together, toft easily wrung, very absorbent and to Inexpensive tbat they may be thrown away when gray and discolored. Elevate the feet for ten or fifteen minutes when they are tired and swollen from walking, and they will be greatly rested. ..nr ed tret II1C HOUSEHOLD HINTS. t se by tie. S u I ICRS ' I "N I 13 DAtL l ttnt$ Hal irt. 3 Kagle rce and ;cial rejl ins of e: 7 iteel lad stated t es com as more widespread miscorception regarding pe needs of corn than about any other leading km commodity. ry wor! w?s a x For the purpose of putting our farmers on t differ! s right track In their corn Krowlns Uncle W during the past few years bad field agents roximj1 )rked e;; r demonstrators traveling about th ponntrv tb whlle to give advice and assistance to eek, vl e corn ( growers who do not ancear to be hour ping the thing the best way. At first there UlliBg Si a a opposition to regard with distrust if not Ith suspicion the advice of these "book farm. vas the K" but gradually as that An odd circumstance phase of the crusade f ti they proved they and triple corn yields with scarcely cent of extra exnense. ihev won ovpr to itlcall Mr site a conslderablj Tarm-- ( of the portion in community and'thls "missionary work" la low being extended until in time It will em- JUNTS' pee We corn belt" where stranee as it mar the farmers are not getting nearly all fem they should out of the land-yjd to Is if iei mese government sharps tell It ire City iue nrsi noost that was civen to the Amer-ipital i an corn crop came through Improvement by by rer4 selection. The experts have Induced the tbatti nners to select their seed corn with ereat dayi In the field Instead pe of merely making use to pen V nat happens to remain In the crib at plant- from unie and the improvement from this cause ty iB has approximates at least twenty cer Hon n of H mo uoiiDie at Most also awakened to reserving seed mm d pit. nt Sim: the bark f the wisdom of Dronerly Irannlnv tt Arv rfnrlnff winter in a special seed house Instead of preiy entrusting It to the corn crib In the old 'Phazard Wav. It haa nnw mm in thn nns 8 in acre the best 1 then quality of corn Is worth $25 per nca, R 'shel more for seed Dumoses than unselected iters,' with second effective method of Improving our rr crop has as Its purpose the Improvement me condition of ince the soli in accordance with Studied rpntitrnmanta nt earn cultivation. lcr, M 'odern science is teaching the farmer that It will not pay to attempt corn growing IRE. (,1U7 land until It Is brought Into a fertile aaiucm by the growing and plowing under of ore f Nervousness--- i: red I" ne s asyl; outa ere 1 vhen Row.oftrb we meet women who of being nervous. What they yUn a''y nionn la that fhv have not cod- ro1 of their nerves, but let them run A Wflmnn m.iv hn of A nervous vr tive '"Pcrament arwi ntroI of her nerves on! itfuR ' own1 Onlv B linitimi.u tn orv at trivial mpn WBBtfl V(r mani-Itse- lf In various ways. Sotnetltnes hnve "th vi awret; Sir: Buch Rood that sho never 'plains of being nervoim. "n inck of nerve control Dr. r Lack of Control A iitnca." tum;ii-i- i or to worry Diifeiiifli an mnrh time thlnklnK A tllltipa witkb H,,t .... n.,1 ami r1vnna ' ' i'pi ith a friendnipJones Us Joy In the "thought, for this victim of the " lo its lives over upaln every moment lcaS ri f the w:lt vrrvthlnsr mfntla ch. ,vv. It, . EBiu nnu nuiiucn ai fOPront .,,,. ..."c.'-'- a , luuniiii Thlnif.1 tilling wun i l n.lrrtnnl. Hpra jiil.i lakn that wnv arn now brought up rrl!lclHni and pondered over until -..an convinces ncrseit or , cc. of a hl(M(;n she Is m.i.. i. lr Ki'li fid mining, ,in1 KD0 n9S ie bent and with this for better methods of handling the corn crop was the discovery by Uncle Sam's investigators that corn growers as a class are very conservative, altogether too conservative, indeed, for their own good. Tte implements and methods employed Con-in Iowa are entirely different from tbos of necticut and the latter in turn, are dissimilar to those in use In Georgia. No section bas a In methods monopoly of all the good things a pracInstances in and many and machinery tice In vogue in one locality Could be profitwhich had remained ably used in another district In Ignorance of it. All. this bids fair to be. awaken-Jrgchanged, however, under the present e corn growers are paying states than their visits to other to be a general Is result likely own and the discarding of poor and adopting of impnved corn-growin- g g methods. The depth of planting, the distances between rows and hills and the depth and frequency of cultivation are all corn problems that are being solved along dependable scientific lines after a century or more of discussion and dispute. Meanwhile the Improvement of corn cultivating and harvesting machinery has worked wojders In bringing about the new era in the corn fields. Mechanical corn harvesters have developed more slowly than wheat and other cereals, atthe machines the solve problem of mechanically to tempts handling the corn crop dating frjm 1820, whereas It was not until 1831 that Cyrus made the first reaping machine. conDespite the fact tbat there was almost harof corn in the sphere tinuous experiment menvesting machinery from the date above tioned it was not until 1892 that success crowned the efforts of the Inventors. The principle In corn harvesters and binders which was destined to prevail appeared In the year mentioned, the invention of an Illinois man. In Its elementary form it consisted of a corn harvester with the two dividers passing, one on each side of a row of corn, which was cut and carried back fr the superior charms of the other woman. "If I cannot bold I do not you against all women, then Is the want you," right thought If Is atyou think some other woman and wake up husband, tracting your beat her at her own game. Do not sit Idly In the corner and complain. A woman who Is nervous does not of usually realize what Is the cause irand excitable When condition. her ritable and suffering from a nervous headache, she takes various remedies to deaden the symptoms instead of the looking the matter squarely in cause. the Many after and face going women need a hobby to take up their were ocspare time. If their minds a good in bodies kept cupied and their condition by proper care, they would soon gain control of their nerves. cor-onati- a vertical position to the binder attachment bv means of chains and gathering arms. Latterly various Improvements and modifications of the design have beet made and new Inventions along the same line have been introduced. In some of the machines the binder of is In almost horizontal position instead s vertical. Naturally, badly tangled fields make the progress of a corn harvester somewhat slow, buMt is remarkable with what precision the machine will right the stalks. Owing to tha great variation in the height of the corn, even In the same field, the binding attachments art? given great range of operation and In some machines they are placed as high as 32 Inches. The machines weigh from 1,400 to I, 800 pounds each and cost, on an average, $125. The average numbe- - of acres cut per day by such a corn binder Is upward of eight and the total cost per acre of harvesting the corn by this method (allowing for cost of. machine, wages of driver, outlay for twine, etc.) Corn shockors cost averages about $l.G0. about as much as corn binders and weigh approximately the same. These are the Ideal machines for owners of small farms who do most of their own work. A man with three horses and a corn shocker can cut about five acres of corn per day at a total expense of II. 06 per acre as against $1.50 per acre with the machine previously described. The fundamental features of the corn In shocker are the circular rotating cutters which cut the corn as the machine advances and the circular rotating table upon which the corn Is collected vertically to form a shock. A loading device for handling the shocks adds greatly to the efficiency of the modern ap- proved type of machines. Corn pickers, which remove the ears from the stalks (which latter are left in th field) cost $250 each and are operated at an expense of $1.81 per acre. Combined buskers and shredders are the latest additions to corn handling mafarms these are in chinery and on many instances operated by gasoline engines. ma-chin- ToRaize Old Paris Fortress to acknowledge the original thoughtless sentence Into on ugly sting. These nervous women are the ones who aro continually tormented with the demon of Jealousy. If one of them should suddenly meet her husband on wothe street walking with another rehe lecturo a curtain what man, he not or if that, ceives that evening: finds hi3 wife wearing the air of one who considers herself much abused. be The real facts of the case may woother the met husband her that man Quito accldently and, as they were going In the same direction, he withcould net avoid walking with her out being positively rude. In this age 1910, bjy W. Q. Chapman.) men must of necessity have business a (Copyrlfflit, transactions with women. It Is ' common occurrence for two men to Accepted at Last. a lunch together In order to have Poet My eplo on the coming chance to talk over some importan. has been taken. business matter without fear of inter Wife Oh. darling, I'm so glad! W it? ruptlon. There Is no reason the Whos taken took it this morning to do not woman might man and poet-M- ary would fire withi-Lon- don same, and yet how Impossible it light the study be to convince the Jealous woman mat Opinion. this was the case. To be Jealous Is Ehaped In connection 1 Fortifications Now Useless Undesirable Persons Rent Space From Government and Attack Pedestrians.' v i sian, M. Ivanoff, had gone for a drive tn a taxlcab. The motor broke down near the fortifications, and while it was being put right M. Ivanoff went tor a stroll. He was not more than a couple of hundred yards away from his cab when two men and two women attacked him, stabbed him in seven places, robbed him of all his money and his watch and chain and a valuable scarfpln, and left him for dead. The two women have been arrested, but their companions are still at large. The Incident fs being used as Bnother argument for the leveling of the fortifications. Another argument still Is, of course, the great value of the land for building purposes. There la talk, as there has been talk for years, of leveling the fortifications of Paris, which are perfectly useless now In the improved conditions of modern warfare, and of building houpes on the large tract of ground which would be set free right round Paris. At present the fortifications are not only useless as a protection to the city in time of war, but they are absolutely dangerous to the citizens in time of peace. According law a large space around tho fortifications Is kept free of all stone buildings. This military zone, as it is called, bas no houses upon it, but y huts are allowed to little A Suggestion; be built there and are rented at tiny rentals by the military authorities. "If the sea had s. milky way as well Their cheapness and discomfort at- as the sky wouldn't It be convenient tract undesirable tenants, and the for the sailors?" Paris apache has for years made a "In what way?" hunting ground of the fortifications. "They could have floating dairies Only a few days ago a rich Rus when their boats skimmed the waves." to-th- e one-Btor- .Kf.'a to the talk we lova. Whatever that tnak may be. For itic work aeema light and tha 1 1 1 1 j-i- Wide-awak- leguminous crops, the application of manure, etc. In not a few instances corn farms have been rendered more" profitable by rearranging the fields In order to make them more uniform as Soil washregards moisture and soil fertility. surface ing, that Is, the washing away of the Is corn of growing the soil one of bugbears as being prevented by systematic means such were almost unheard of a few years ago. The big problem of fertilizers is one which touches the very heart of the out of the Industry and the experts in and exgovernment service have propared very corn grower the for enabling plicit directions to add to his soil nitrogen or whatever other the Ingredients are most needed to produce been It has longed-fo- r prize ears of corn. found upon investigation that many farmers have bad very different ideas as to how corn should bo planted and cultivated but at the same time It bas been discovered that no hard and fast rules can be laid - down as apThe corn plicable to the whole country.in a secsoil a Is deep cultivating grower who will tion where there Is prolonged dry weather theon different a to proceed obviously have Is low and wet ory from the man whose land home is that driven is being that The point each farmer must study bis own particular needs. Averts PS j?rt3151l vaofAf cQAttJtvvfsrffi i-i Crlglit. . If to heart and hand 'tis a auro delight U M. Thornton. DAINTY MEXICAN DISHES. This manner of serving spaghetti It Fry two largs typically Mexican: pork chops brown, then remove them and cook until brown three minced onions and two cloves of garlic. Put Into a kettle with the chops and onions two cans or a quart of tomatoes two green peppers with the seeds removed, a tabkspoonful of Worcester; shire eauce, ce'ery sa't and table salt to taste. Simmer until the chops fail to pieces; strain through a coarse col ander. The sauce should be of tb consistency of thick cream. Doll bal a package of spaghetti in a large kettle of boiling tailed water. Do not break, but add carefully to the water and add water as It bolls out Do not minutes, drain cover, cook forty-fivIn a colander and pour over cold water to blanch it Put the spaghetti into the tomato tauce and set on the stove where it will keep hot' but not boll, for fifteen minutes. Arrange In a deep dish and sprinkle the top with grated parmctan cheese. Serve with grated cheese and stuffed olives. Put two1 turn Mexican Ice Cream of granulated sugar In a saucepan over until the fire, and stir constantly melted, add two cups of walnut meats and pour into a pan to harden. When perfectly cold, roll or chop fine. Crumble two dozen macaroons Into fine crumbs and brown In the oven. Make a rich custard of the yolks ot four eggs, one-halcup of sugar and two cups of cream. Cook until thick) then pour over the bpaten whites ot two eggs and let cool To a quart of of cream add a third of a cup of sugar and beat until well mixed. Add to me custard and flavor with vanilla; then freeze. When half frozen add the macaroon crumbs and half of the walnut mixture. Let ripen two or three hours and sprinkle the remaining walnuts over the mixture when serving. e f Engtleh Postage Stamps. The English postofflce authorities have recently made an Innovation which Is tald to have been received very heartily. It is now possible to purchase stamps In moderate-stzei- l numbers, or In large quantities, In the form of a tape, and protected In u small circular case, from which the end Is drawn as desired and th stamps pulled off. It Is claimed tbnt than th Is even more convenient books which have proven so popular In the United States. A Practical Man. "I took home the belle of the ball, last evening." "You have nothing on he. I took home a pretty fair umbrella." |