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Show PERIOD OF MATURING Critical Time for Crops in North- western States. Yield Commonly Arise From Two Causes Lack of Sufficient Moisture and Injury Don by Warm Winds. The critical period fur crcpa la too northwestern states Is not usually when the crop la sown, nor during the early ktagos of growth, but later; that It In, toward the porlod of maturing. .14 asily possllbe to carry ft crop on that la big with promise until It comes nenr the ripening period, and when that stage approaches, the realisation of what was promised earltor Is not attained. In some instances, It Is eo far abort aa to amount In a tense to failure. The result referred t more commonly arises from two naurei, the Dakota Farmer. "ne la ifce Uu.X of autr.dont moisture : cany tiie crop maturity, and the other la the that may come from vrm Injury wlnda that blow for successive days And Interfere with luo filling of the train. It might seem at first thought that the farmers are at the mercy of tee elements, and can do nothing to .prevent the injury referred to from either of the causes named. Hut such la not the fact. It is true of course that the farmer cannot make It rain, and It la also true be cannot command Uie winds. Nevertheless be can do much to ward off the Injury that would otherwise result from either should It threaten. The toll may be prepared for the crop in a way that will bold the moisture that falls for a period sufficiently long to bring some relief to the crops, should they bo threatened with a shortage, or with Injury from undue heat The preparation called for may In character. It may con tui 1st of keeping In the moisture by surface cultivation, or It may mean the .locking or the land with humus. These moy both be accomplished In one season, but more commonly they are resorted to In different Bcasons. The stirring of the surface roll Inbringing the summer-falloto the rotation or the growing of some crop tl:at calls for cultivation during much of the period of growth. Which of these methods Is to be chosen must be determined by the attendant conditions. If the soli Is infested by perennial weeds that are difficult of eradila to be cation, the summer-fallochosen. Tho same la true of any soil that wants cleaning. If the farmer Is not prepared to utilize to advantage the crops that may be thus grown. Where he la so prepared then the cultivated crop Is to be preferred to the bare fallow. Humus may be put Into the soli by Introducing any kind or a grass or clover crop into the rotation. When the aod of any of these Is broken, a largo supply of humus Is put Into the aoll In the form of roots and stubble or top growth. The Increased power given to the aoll by this process Is It Is specially very oonnlderub'e. bclpful when hot winds come, for there Is then a reserve, as It were, of in the soil that would rot otherwise be there, and Its presence way fce able to carry the growing through a critical period where It would otherwise fall The two processes may be carried on the same season, as for Instance, and when the land la one or two crops are burled during process. This the way easily be done by making one of these winter rye and the other tome quick growing crop on top of the bailed rye. The necessity for giving attention to these methods Increasea with tho wearing of the soil. When land is flrvt broken It Is usually well supplied with humus. Each grain crop taken from tt lessens the supply. The result la, finally, that the humus supply Is m low that the soil Is not well able to restflt the Influences of drought. Wherever the rainfall Is short In a normal season, and wherever hot wlnda are liable to prevail, close attention should be given to both those wotboda of warding off crop failure. ;:' ai . two-fol- d summer-fallowe- summer-fallowin- g d MOISTURE IN HE BuUGHT CHICKENS NOVELIST'S ALL SOIL Evaporation Can Co Prevented by ( Cultivation and Keeping surface CITY MAN ON RANCH WAS SENT In Fins, Loos Condition. FOR KINO THAT LAYS. , (My A. Short t HOLDING n, GFIAH AM, Ohio 81 at Cooling as an Icicle PEOPLE DO NOT PROPOSE AT ALL IN ACTUAL LIFE. If voti want to think of crisp winter weather and sparkling frost ; if nn wantto forcct the heat and the dust tnd thcthirst forrcal,cool comfort d:un.c Uni- versity). If every farmer were compelled to haul and pour over each acre of bis farm over 200 barrels of waur per day, he would gain some conception of the amount of moisture evaporated from an exposed, uncultivated noli, at this season of the year. This evaporation varies according to the kind and condition of the coll, weather, location, etc., but under average conditions the sun and wind are rapidly drawing from tbe aoll that w!ii mots ture be needed later In tbo season for crop growth. It Is Just like drawing dollars from the farmers' pockets. Now Is tbe time to prevenf this loss. Soil moisture is va liable. Past records show that an Inch of rainfall of In July means 15.000.009 worth corn to tbe state of Ohio. While farmers cannot make an Inch of rain fall lu July, they con carry an Inch o soli moisture over flora May until July, aud that means tbe samo thing. Aa Inch of rainfall means 113 tons of water per acre. If this Is allowed ti escape at the rate of 230 barrels per day. It will require only foil days to loso the entire Inch. Every farmer who falls to prevent this evaporation Is losing tls share of that (5,000.000. Are you one of the losers How can tbla evaporation be presented? By cultivating tbe soil. Keep the surface of the aoll In a fine, loose condition. Follow the plow with the harrow. Harrow the cornfield before the corn Is up; after It la up, cultivate often viiougb to keep a good soil mnlch Don't be stingy with the use of the cultivator. The amount of molsturo In tbe soil this spring Is below normal. Moisture la essential to maximum crop production. Conserve your soil moisture. Do It now. Helping Out Scant Moisture. The beat safeguard against drouth, at this time or later on, Is to keep tbe cultivator or harrow going. By thus stirring tbe surface aoll the capillary tubea are broken, a mulch Is formed the depth the cultivator goes, and thus the moisture In tbe soil below Is prevented from evaporating. It la amazing how much water can thua be retained in 'he soil, con pared to ground not so treated. It Is important to follow this practice at once to conserve the present supplies of soil moisture. Moisture during the growing pcrlcd of May and June la even more Important than during July and August Crops well started can withstand a later drouth, whereas plants with a feeble start have a poor show against the dry time In midsummer. Save Soil Moisture. Remember that this may be a very dry year, consequently save all the soil moisture you can. As soon as the plowed land la fit give It a good Double disk the corn harrowing. ground and harrow it afterward. Should heavy rains come In early spring barrow after these rains as soon aa the soil Is fit. The Berry Crops. Keep the fruit of strawberries cool until the time to use or market them. Never pick berries for market when they are wet Beware of red rust In blackberry or blackcap bushes. When seen, promptly dig up and burn the infected plant, being careful not to scatter the fungous dust over healthy bushes. Remedy for Scours. The following remedy la suggested by a Canadian swine breeder tor 6coura In young pigs: Take half a gallon of oats and boll for an hour and a half. Allow to cool, and feed to the sow, giving nothing else for hours. twenty-fou- r e Telling Fertile la only one way or telling a fertile egg andv that Is by Incubating It for at least four days, and then testing it with a good egg tester.' Eca-Ther- LIVE STOCK NOTES. Look for the ewes that show good breeding. Tbe aow cannot produce something Marketing Butter. of nothing. ' out when butter A good way to market No animal on the farm will try am has no Ice, Is to pack the rolls harder to keep clean than tho bog. In a box lined with white paper, bavHogs greatly relish mixtures of In in; a tight cover. Wrap the boxand wood ashes, salt aoi the several thicknesses of newspaper like. nclose It In a larger box. Packed If a horse must be kept In tbe barn to this way butter can be taken In hot weather keep all the wlndowa several miles to market in warm open. weather without showing any signs The Importance of plenty of shade of melting. during the hot days of summer cannot be overestimated. ; ; Use of Nutrients. Pens and pasturea through' which Protein, fat, nitrogen, free extract the drainage from swine Inclosurca and as are termed nutrients on ac- higher up runs should not bo used. count or their mission in building up are frequently Old hog wallows now and restoring old tlsues. Each breeding holes for cholera, hence tbey of these nutrients has a certain work should be filled and clean places made to Co in promoting the growth " and for them. maintaining the animal body. Reduction of feed so that the sows show loss of flesh haa a markel effect of the litters and is the cause of Sheep Have Few Ailments. Some farmers raise the objection heavy losses. A good pair of draft mares will per to raising sheep on the ground that tfcoy are subject to disease. This Is form more work cn the farm than a a creat mistake, because when prop- light team and at the same tlmo grow erly cared for, sheep have Tewer ail- a good pair of colta. Where many horses are kept In a ments than any other farm animal. barn tt la well to whitewash the Interior of the stables frequently to kill Turpentine for Worms. . recommended Is disease germs affecting horses. highly Turpentine A little rape may be sown on th aa a remedy to free pigs from Intesthe-waout-o- f places on the farm for tinal worms. The dose Is one 109 the 80 of to bogs, and It will pay better than for each pounds which usually gvow on sucL pig, given onoe a day for three days the weeds la milk. plares. a succession, preferably , , . y v.uG Tin Handsome Plymouth Rocks. Only to Find Out That They Were All Roost- Took Back So Assertt Man Who Haa Made Careful Investigation of What Ha Calls the (' "Back to the Country!" Is a good war cry and motto, and countless voices have Joined In shouting It It Is nevertheless true that a real city man la likoly to underrate the difficulties of wresting a living from tho soil. He falls from Ignorance aa often at the countryman who moves to the city. Ernest K. Ilarte describes his life with another city friend on a Boutb Dakota claim. Tbe chicken episode Is memorable. Klbbey concluded that we needed tome cblckena about this time, our garden having grown beyond tbe atage when chlckcna disarrange such things. It being my turn to make the usual commissary purchases, I took the mules and set off over the execrable roads to town. I bore a commission to buy chickens with a portion of our diminishing capital. "Plymouth rocks?" I asked, atfer e "Any breed, Just so they rocks. Eggs are what we want eggs. They're thi chickens that lay tbe eggs. I'll have tho henhouse built by the time you get back. Don't pay over 40 cents apiece for 'em," waa bia parting Injunction. "And get a dozen or so to start on." The storekeeper I did my trading with was a taciturn old fellow whose conversation waa limited to monosyllabic answers to direct questions only. When I Inquired if he bad any chickens lor ss le, he pointed to a coop. "Plymouth rocks?" advised Klbbey. looking them over. He grunted an affirmative. "How much?" "Ten cents." I made a lightning calculation. Ten cents, Instead of 40; four dozen Instead of one dozen. It was a bargain, indeed. "I'll take 40," I said. Tbe third assistant, a boy with a foot, caught the chickens, tied their legs and weighed them. "Sixteen dollars and 10 cents," announced the storekeeper. "Guess again," I said, shrewdly. "Forty times 10 Is $1, according to the Aralic system or notation." "Ten cents a pound," said the storekeeper, briefly. "Four pounds apiece. Sixteen dollars and 10 cents." I told the boy to put 30 back In the coop after I had selected 10 of the . prettiest ones. Klbbey had the chicken barracks completed when I hove In sight of the homestead. It was a eod house of smaller dimensions than the manor It self, but tbe architectural scheme waa the 8ame. I waved a trio or chickens aa I came near. Klbbey shouted and tosced bis chapeau. When he made an Inspection at dote range, however, I caught the psychological waves of something amiss even before he spoke. I thought his voice sounded choked with emotion. "Did the man say these were layers?" he asked. "He didn't say," I returned. "I didn't ask him. I picked these chlckena a-- stone-bruise- ply-mou- th d f$ Love-Makin- g ers. Came. "lfi about time the novellsta wero said getting this proposal thing right," meerschaum pipe, the with man the using bis thumb for a bookmark. "They ought to give ua thla gamo tbe way it's carried out In tea! life. They get It all wrong In novels. I claim that people don't propose at all! There'a none of that business outside of tbe Bob Chambers and other brands of fiction. I'm not married myself, but I got Interested In tbe proposal thing some time ago and I made some Investigations. "First of all I spoke to my old friend. Phil Harper. Phil's been married for only about two years and a half not so long that he wouldn't remember the full particulars. "'Phil,' says I, 'tell me now and this la no kid, understand toll me a hat you said when you proposed to your wife. Where were you and how did you get around to tbe subject, and were you scared, and what did your wife or, rather, your girl say to you and all that? "Phil looked at me and gave a laugh. 'Sorry I can't accommodate you,' he says, 'but to tell you the truth, I never made a proposal. Oh, no, don't get tbe Idea that my wife pre posed. I did whatever proposing waa done, if you call It a proposal. After I'd been catling on Malzle two or three times a week and twice on Sundays for a cou ple of years I foucd that the Malzle habit had aa much of a bold on me as any drug habit could have, and I didn't know of any quiet little sanitarium where I could be cured of the habit "'One evening a couple of girl friends oT Malzle's strolled by tbe rront porch and began to guy us. One of them said that she'd be willing to bet we were engaged even at that mo Ai iparkline.wholcsome and rcfreshins as a spring i C ww v t!m vnu'ri tint- tt - - tirrl UOUSC iwiuw, a near mat or thirsty, if you're anywneret piaceIf - love-makin- g a soils " "Why, or course we are," I says, "Aren't we, acting on Impulse. Malzle "'Malzle gurgled a little "yea, That's the way I proposed.' "Then," went on the man with the meerschaum pipe, "I asked George Crothers about his courtship and pro posal. "'Why.' George told me. 'It was a queer thing about our engagement It just sort of got to be understood between us that we would be married sooner or later. One day we were taking a walk and I stopped to look at a new apartment bouse that was being r . built " 'Are we going to live In a flat or a house?' I asked suddenly, and Carrie she's my wife now said she thought we could save money by living In a flat at least at first No, there were no flushes or confusion or long drawn sighs or clenches such as you read about In novels. It was pretty In commonplace.' "Oh, I must have asked a dozen friends how they proposed, and I didn't get a single case with any more 'Hearts and Flowers' music to it than these I have cited to you. "Still, I don't suppose there's any Klbbey turned black In tbe face. use getting excited over the situation. "Every last one of them Is a roos- It won't go any good. Thee novelter!" he yelled, when he had partly ists will go on dreaming their wild, recovered. Outing Magazine. moving picture dreams. And a lot of 'em call themselves realists!" Slight, But Terrible. Gen. F. D. Grant, at a dinner at Baby Likes .Being Automatic. West Point, once analyzed the military To tell you the whole bitter truth, genius of Washington. the baby does not mind being made "Washington," he said, "'gave us our automatic, says Ellis Parker Butler In Independence by campaigning fault- an article in Success Magazine. Tbe lessly. He never made) mistakes. is that unrocked and uncradled baby solmore have been There brilliant diers than Washington, but there haa and uncuddled, and fed patent ready-madroods, and sterilized, and sciennever been so sure a one. tifically reared, really thrives! He Is "In warfare, you must know, the smallest mistake may lose a whole put out of doors when the weather Is two notches below zero, and his bands battle, a whole , campaign, a whole cause. And that reminds me of poor get warm! He Is plumped into bed without a pat or a lullaby, and be Tom White. off to Bleep like a little pink drops "Tom White failed In business owHe awakens at uncanny hours of log! or one mistake to the single letter ing made by his stenographer. Tom's the night, and Instead of howling, he winks a couple or times and goes to patron In business was a deaf milagain! He begins to teethe, and sleep lionaire who was very touchy about his deafness. This millionaire turned when he wails, instead or being red from a good friend to a bitter enemy and filled with soothing simps, be has he foreclosed on Tom because the his rood supply cut down to a minimum, and he teethes without revers or unhappy fellow's stenographer acci- stomach riots! He is bathed as a dentally began a letter to him: cocodlle would be bathed, and be "'Deaf Sir.'" loves his bath! Aroused the Sleepers. A clergyman In an Irving Park The Unwelcome Pollock. Never in the history or man have church seemed to bring his sermon to somewhat or an abrupt and Illogical pollock been so plenty along the Maine coast as they are this summer. stop. Then he said: "Tbe congregation will rise and sing the third and Pollock fishing Is furnishing a good rourth stanzas of the Psalm." sport for scores of fishermen about The general deduction was that the the mouth of the Kennebec river, and minister realized the Irksomeness of even the oldest Inhabitant does not rethe heat and was cutting the service member when they sre to be found How to get rid short. Everybody looked for the In such quantities. benediction at the conclusion of the of the pollock is becoming a serious singing, but when it was ended he question, for they are devouring the said: little herring like hungry wolves. f "The congregation will be seated. Then they bother the codfish, a When I was expatiating upon my text slower-actinfish than the pollock, I noticed that ten or flften persons and force them off to the eastward! were asleep and I thought It best to Again, the pollock attracts the dog! arouse them." lish, and the latter wages war upon the Then he resumed his sermon. Chi- cod and other fish. Kennebec cago Evenfng Post. my-self- ." e : g And Moonshine. Airship's Predecessor. "Stephenson broke another record "You want to marry my daughter? today. His Rocket made a flight of asked the father. five miles, carrying four passengers, "I do." replied the young man. and left the r&lls only twice." "Have you anything saved up for s remarkable "Very achievement, rainy day?" very but you can't tell me that the "There won't be any rainy days if ?team engine will ever be of any real I marry your daughter. It will bo ai! irnctlcal va'ue "The Tatler. sunshine." Yonkers Stntmrmn. Uoca-Uol- real go in ana give youiscu a ' a, treat. THIRST-QUENCHIN- MM VV k- -i-. lfks Ttstk Abort Ccs-CU- XL A if ti REFRESHEN DELICIOUS heart-palpitatin- ment jf72f G .urauMM rnru-Ai- l Alln.es, Wssanst COMPACT W. I " m mm A tic tskak Csss-Csl- s "3 BLACKMAILING WOULDN'T ANY WOMAN? MUST BE ART Amateur Makes Mistake When Seeks to Make Money In Such an Avocation. hV rollce Commissioner Waldo of Kn talking about blackmails "They are, as a rule, stupid," a said. "Their threatening le tters m as ludicrous In their stupidity u i letter a friend of mine received U) other day." York was 00: Van And Commissioner Waldo, with i As laugh, produced tbe letter. Writta In a large, boyish band, it said: le 1 "Deer sir Your winder was br en by a bed bol wat throo it tbra four thee plrpua. The ball beelooget two mee, but an eneme of min neaked it and did the deed to pe; mi the blaame on mee. I am sorry a Di did It, and that it have give you mti "Ki pain, and I have persecuted the pa peetrater wot done it But you vocli cue not have thee Innocent suffer fer tk gllty, so, if you drop thee ball v the garden wall. If you dout W ware! (Signed) Innocent" A Distinction. Mrs. Caddy There are som 6 Mollle She's great on adopting new Unctions In life which are verypo fads. zling to me. Professor Pundit Like what, for Jack But she objects to new ' stance? wrinkles. Mrs. Caddy When you write m Nothing Oolng but Talk. thing bad and mean in a man's lift; Tbe following Is told of a federal a book for everybody to read, ft v, a senator of tbe biography; but when you Jurt tell tw official, formerly same things to a few people on a froty United States from Kentucky. n In tbe days of his youth the porch, it's gossip. was asked by a friend to second him In a duel. He consented, and DISTEMPER mot ai tfia A at iini.t.A ia In ill its forma amrns all aeei of korwt is well as dog, cured and others ia hu pointed place. prevented from hnvim the diw Now it was this Kentucklan's duty ttalile with SPOIIX'S DISTEMPER tt'RK. to say-thlast words touching the Every bottle guaranteed. Over 000.04 terms of tbe duel. Out, although be bottles oolil tart year $.00 and $1.00. AnJ drupgiKt, or send to mnniifactnrmj faithfully performed this duty, the 5 nod icer.ts wsu ted. Pnobn Medico! Co, Sped duel never took place. contagious Uiseasea. Uosiicn, lmi. A murmur of "Why not?" Invariably goes round whenever this story Is There are but few sure things hi told, whereupon tbe answer la as fol- this old world. One of them is M lows: uncertainty of a woman's age. "For a very simple reason. Wen Joe finished speaking It was too r,k Urn. Wlniow, Soothing- p.rmp for ChllJm fethlnir. uf lena ihe (rum, rrdnces lnrtmm. tor a duel" Chicago JournaL bun, ailas pais, cum wma colic. 2ie a Uu 'A Clew. More people would succeed if moi "How did the accident happen?" " ' would try. asked the reporter on the scene of the Plain railway hoiror, the Cleveland Dea'er records. "Somebody stopped the train by pulling the airbrake cord," answered the conductor. "So the second section ran Into us. It will take six hours to clear the track bo that we can so ahead." "Six hours?" shrieked a passenger. and other ills, due to aa inactive cooi "And I waa to be married today!" tlca of the Liver, Stomach and Bowel "Have you any Idea who pulled the aod rope?" continued the reporter, disremay be obtained most plcasan'Jy garding the Interruption. most promptly sy using Syrup of Fip "I dldnt have until now," whispered ami Elixir of Senna, It ia not a at the conductor. "But what do you think and .untried remedy, tut b tucd to of that fellow that Just butted in? I'll families lliroujt millions of sic the detectives on him." out the world to cleanse and sweetco LUCKY MISTAKE. and strengthen the system whenever Grocer Sent Pkg. of Postum and laxative remedy I needed, Opened the Eyes of the Family. fuQ Bn When buying note A lady writes from Brookllne, Mass.: o? the Company California Fig Syrt? "A package of Postum was seut me Co printed on every package of one day by mistake. genuine. "I notified the grocer, but finding Regular price SOper hot one in & that tnere was no coffee for breakfast For tale by all lending dromWa-next morning I prepared some of the Postum, following the directions very carefully. "It was an immediate success in my family, and from that day we have UBed It constantly, parents and chil. dren, too for my three rosy young-Bter- s are allowed to drink It freely at breakfast and luncheon. They think It delicious, and I would have a mutiny on my hands should I omit the beloved beverage. 11 WW "My husband used to have a delicate stomach while we were tery Nneatin Quality. Large-a- t In V"'' using . Hiey meet for coffee, but to our surprise his stom-ac- h panning shoes of all kluus ana eolurs. has grown strong and entirely well since we quit coffee and have been on Postum. Noting the good effects in my fam-u- y I wrote to my sister, who was a coffee toper, and arter much pereua-slo-n got her to try Postum. "She was prejudiced against It at "h found Presently that allnients that coffee gave her left and sho got well quickly Bha became and remains a and thorough enthusiastic Postum convert "Her nerves, which flU.T EDGE tho only Imlles w' iUn posltlvoly snntulns oil. lilsess pattered by the use of wffeVhS! flilt '.S'llOH1 ami slioi. healthy again, and today Bho la WithoutSMiIrutibliiir, ifV boots Glo. '' t new woman, thanks to Postum" allUA Ml Y eoiiilmmtloii forFrench cleanln si"'lr kj nil a of rwet or Inn shoes, Mo. "S'sf Jam given by Postum Co., Battle OlU'K WHITE nkrs.llrtrc'",r!;iSn an.t ,frf In liquid form Mich, and the "causo m OnhAly andwhite. umille-lA 'P""" '.n ensily e found In the great little bookf w m always uns. 1u;iko, lor reuily "Tho anil 8J toad to Vellville," which r in not Ken-tuckla- TV. e - tJ Shoe Polishes evc-r- " f(;k eli-a- . V.vrr n-n- 1. comes . .v.... jour Mi"! us Ills rti-!- ,u" nuuum , Itln-M- s ..,,.' r kerpth and Ilia ii'lc lu ln WHITTEMORB BROS. & c?v. J Albany t., CombridROj a full 29-2- trrv.ii. u does 0 iVux) Pvliilitg t th World. |