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Show i --. GRASS Of Special It Will Ba Found Greatly Advantage ous In Dry Areas to Provide Suitable Covering. portance Throughout Mississippi Valley. -- 11 I If Beaton Should Continue Dry S be Necessary for Firmer, aa Oate arg In Shock, to In and Disk Hla Stubble. j - It Will Soon Co The problem of growing crop Id a mean a rj season and by tbla season of leu than the normal rain-rai- l mutof the aoctlon la mainly ter of holding tht molature.. Wa can not ma!: It rain, but muat almply use the moisture wo bave. To save the moisture la of apeclal linporlanre Ihla year, because througbout tbo entire Mississippi valley the pas year the liortaae of rainfall waa about twelve or thirteen per cent We raised fairly good cropa last year, for the year 1910 organ with moisture aeeplng out of the anil at every pore. That sup- i ' ply la now practically exhausted, and we must depend to an extent greater than usual on that which cornea from J above. Hence It la Important to save i all the molBture possible aa long aa I he aeflHon keeps dry, whether that -- olslure la secured from below or i above. ' Fortunately, U-- soil la In unusually fine physical condition, and has been I ever since the opening of the spring, Under aays the V'allace'.. Farmer. tbese conditions It la much easier to save moisture than wh- - the ground j breaks up cloddy In the spring. rlret, moisture In the corn field. Tbe only way to aave this la by frequent mil ring, thus mat. nlng a mulch of dry dirt Someone may ask: Why does a mulch of dry dirt con .erve moisture? Simply because by cultivation tbe soil particles are kept o far apart that thj moisture from ielow ran not climb out and get out 1 luto the atmosphere. When the I ground is solid, the moisture below 1 keeps rising to take the place of that J evaporated from the surface. Tbe I aiue occurs when a crust is formed I by a beating rain on a well tilled field. Tbe moisture from below escapes through this crust In tbe same way that It doea on the packed road, or tie path through a meadow or pasture. Tbe only thing the farmer can do la to keep the soil particles o fur apart that the water can not so to speak, climb out and get away In seasons like this, when the land 4s free of weeds, farmers sometimes think there Is no necessity for culil ' atlng thetr corn. Tbey forget that in time the stirred soil sinks and becomes compacted, and hence the water la able to get out In fact omet lines a balf-incrain In a dry lime la a damage to the corn field. H lies mostly on tbe turface. The i iieatlng of the rain packs the surface ) together, a crust is formed, and water escapes from It almost aa readily as from a bare field. Hence It is Ira : 1 1'ortant after a heavy rain, and some-- i I times after a light one, to restore the : mulch oi dry dirt and to do It as soon las possible after, the ground Is dry to work. jnougb 1 If tbe season should continue dry, lit will be necessary for the farmer, J as soon as bis oats are cut and In ' Lock, to i go in and disk bis stubble, j'tn order to conserve tbe moisture. The oat fields particularly will be very ?lry. because a pound oi the dry matter of oats, both of staU and grain, requires about five ) ndred pounds f water, while .corn requires only 'about three hundred pounds. Hence Mtats dry out the land; an J If the field Hs to be plowed, then the sooner It is 'disked the better. In fact, the disk fchould immediately follow tbe binder, without waiting tor the shocks to be removed. Land bandied in this way (wouId brepk up with fewer lumps and be much easier to put in physical con4 I li t I'll e ; b : ; -- : dition. We can do nothing In the way of VgnservInB moisture II the pasture or 'juieadow. We must stand the loss there, but we can do a great deal In Hue corn field, in the potato field, or I'm ths grain field, after tbe crop has been removed, If it la intended to put jU In fall grain. As we bave often pointed out, ' . ' SEEDS' AND ALFALFA SAVING ALL MOISTURE In dry areas it will be found great-l- y advantageous to provide a covering for grasses and also for alfalfa. Tbe harrow Is not the best Implement lo provide this covering. It does not bury tbe seed evenly. 8ome of It may He so near tbe surface that In dry weather It will die after it hat Much of It may not germinated. germinate at all. In some seasons alfalfa thus sown will practically rail, whereas on similar land It will succeed well If properly put in with a drill. Many drills now in use will not sow alfalfa seed properly. Tbey feed It out too fast, thus making the stand too thick on the ground. To meet this condition it U sometimes mixed with road dust or come otber substance. When thus sown it Is not easy to regulate the antount of the seed used. Those who are purchasing drills should see to It that they purchase one with an attachment for growing grass and otber small seeds that will feed the seed Into the large tubes of the drill so that It will be burled In the soli It may be sowed with the grain or separately, as may be desired. The seed may be covered to any depth that may be desired. Tbla attachment may be so made that It will drop the seed on the surface, bul as a rule It' should run It into tbe large spouts. The amount of seed aown may thus be perfectly controlled. In some places It answers fairly well to sow grass seedj along with the grain, the seeds going In together with tbe grain. This plan Is sometimes adopted on tbe sort soils or the Dakotas. On hard soils It would be a complete failure. Grass seeds may be sown by these drills separately from the grain by running tbe drills across after tbe grain baa been sewn. These drills will be first class for sowing dwarf esses rape, also for sowing millet In all of Its varieties. It will enable the farmer to sow alfalfa In rows wide apart; when thus sown It may be cultivated. The rape and also the millet may ba put in similarly. MAKE EXCELLENT DRY CROP Milo Should Be Crown Instead of Corn Where Rainfall la Below Twenty-Fiv- e Inches. Milo is the surest yielding grain crop that Is grown in eastern Colorado, western Kansas and Oklahoma, the Panhandle of Texas and eastern New Mexico. ; The United States department or agriculture reports the average yield for five years at Amarlllo and other dry land experiment stations at forty bushels of grain per acre a year. Farmers In the same section report vlelds of thirty to eighty bushels per acre. bushel of milo will produce from ten to eleven pounds of pork. This makes the annual pork production for the dry lands or the southwest equal to 400 pounds and upwards or pork per acre when milo Is crown And red. Ten pounds or milo have the same reeding value for horses, beef and dairy cattle, hogs and sheep as nine pounds of corn. Milo Is tbe corn for the plains of the southwest and should be grown Instead or corn where the annual rain tall drops below 25 Inches. A Success in Transplanting. This depends on several conditions: First, good, healthy stock plants, which have been well "hard- ened off," must be used. Tbe toll must be in good tilth . and moist enough for the plants. Before they are moved they should be thoroughly soaked with water, and, where possl ble, it Is desirable to take some soli with the plant It Is also a good plan to shorten back tbe tops from one third to one-hal- f Inch, In tbe case of plants like cabbage and celery, to prevent more evaporation taking place from the leaves than the roots can stand. In' setting out plants see that the roots are put Into fine, moist soil,- and are well firmed, bo that the small roots may at once take bold of the soil. there are three things that determine 'tcrgely the magnitude of tbe crop; tbe vfcynlcal condition of the soil, which 'never was better; the temperature, of Filling the Silo, which re bave an abundance, and In The important thing Is this Is to ex'many places a great excess; tbe clude the air by close packing. moisture, which is short As will be Whether the silage be delivered by seen by referring to the weather re- or blower, it is very necessary carrier from 'ports which we aro publishing one or two good men remain in 'week to week, there are but a few that the silo to pack tbe ensilage thor' in in the Mississippi valley points If air get In, the ensilage iwbicb we have bad normal ratnfall oughly. The ' beating of the ensilage Hills year. Therefore, one of the most spoils. Is due to bacteria, which multiply at Important things for the farmer to 140 to 160 degrees. After a time a both study and practice, and that thor- slower fermentation process succeeds oughly, is the best methods of con- - and acetic acid Is formed, which gives moisture. serving a relish to the feed. To facilitate ': these processes, a fair amount of ! No Excuse for Surplus Males. moisture Is needed; so, If the corn I Don't carry a lot of surplus male Is at all dry It is well to turn a Mrds, As soon aa the hatching sea-- . stream of water Into tbe silo as It Is 'on is over sell them, If they are being packed. or eat them If they are not '. UTomaUid hens lay as well as mated Picking the Melons. A practiced , ;aces, and Infertile eggs do not spoil hand can easily tell as tbey get when tbe melons are ripe. , vn summer aa soon Usually , iwarmed up to 90 degrees, as fertile the first tint of yellow attracts the ones do. eye that is accustomed to handling the melons in the field. If they have not yet lightened In color, but tbe What Dairying Does. ( and general appearance invites size a short t On tbe dairy farm system l if crop rotation revives old fields, puts tbe conclusion that the meloa Is Ul crop nearw n the manure and fer- sweet, tbe fruit readily responds when slight pressure tilizer used, increases the variety of it Is lifted and only astem is needed .be feeds, adds to their value through exerted against the it from the vine. If It doer b increase in tbelr protein content to lift to this pressure It may nd to tbelr palatabllity and ease of not respond left for tbe next day's t.lritfr.i; ilgestlon. . : . : . I '(Hire-bre- . 1 ? i- CAPITAL OLD RELICS COLLECTION AT SECRET SERVICE HEADQUARTERS. Unique Candy Box That Was Made In SpainThe Work "Big Hand" Gilbert Did Imitation Bills and Colna. Ninety-nin- e bill struck off irW.1i11. per rent, perfect' a $1 on the top of a tin box lies confiscated at tbe United States secret service headquarters I n tbe treasury de partment In Wash' urk mWlM Ington. It Is but the latest, although in some respects the add! strangest tton to tbe most unusual collection or relics made by Government There are many more such specimens. Each one in some manner bears the pattern or a bill or coin minted for circula tion In the United States. 'This collection exists because many years ago a painting of three $5 bills bung In a dingy. liowery saloon. A man with enormously large bands caught sight of the delicate and accurate tracery of tbe artist's brush. Each day be went into tbe bar tbe Qlcture was before him. Finally a curious freak of criminal pyscology gripped blm, and within a year be was pen etching the most dangerous counterfeits with which the secret service nas probably ever had to deal "That painting. Innocent In Itself, pointed tbe way and the ease with which 'queer' bills might be etched with a pen on bond paper instead of on canvas." said Captain Moran, acting chief of the secret service, explaining why such an apparently arbitrary confiscation should be made, aa In the case of tbe tin box cover. "Of course, nobody believes that this box cover could ever be passed as money," continued tbe captain, "but you know how youngsters who read tbe old penny dreadfuls go out and try to rob and kill because It appears easy In tbe stories. This Is much tbe same thing. Only this Is much more The man with the big dangerous. hands got away with bis counterfeiting game for a long time. "Then, too, In tbe case of this box top, on which the printed face of the bill Is 99 per cent, perfect, think of what damage could be done if counter-fel- t bills were struck from tbla engraved plate. "This box was designed for a ChristI bave found mas candy receptacle. that it was made In Santander, Spain, for a Cuban firm. "No. there isn't much counterfeiting of United States obligations done abroad, but there are lots of boxes like this, only none so perfect manufactured. We bave other boxes here, made to resemble stacks of coins, and the like." In tbls way It really took the dangerous operations of the man with the huge band to bring the government to a realization of the true significance that a painting, box or advertisement might bave to a mind capable or taking a criminal turn. Tbls led to tbe passage or a law in 1S91 which makes the reproduction of any obligation of the government-coi- ns, bills, bonds, revenue or postage stamps a misdemeanor and attaches a heavy fine. Over tbe mantel in the office of tbe service hangs a framed S5 bill. It is nearly three feet long and proportionately wide. It was taken from tbe window of a Chicago shoe store some years ago. Defore one of the windows hangs a transparency, made from a negative, which shows two fl bills' and two quarter dollars. The photograph was made for reproduction on the silk tin Ings of bats sold by a Baltimore firm for that price. Many or these hats were disposed of before the secret service look a band. On another wall of tbe room many paintings bang. Usually tbey are made on wood, for the bills-loo- k much more natural when tbey are not painted on canvas. One of these pictures represents a number of barrels overflowing with gold certificates. Almost every gold or Bllver certificate now In use baa at some time or other been pictured to just short of perfection by tbe brush of an artist and has found Its way into the collection. Then there are records of seizures of which no relics were obtainable, as In a recent Instance of a Baltimore merchant, who caused a huge electric sign to be made carefully and exactly of minute incandescent bulbs a remarkably faithful and accurate blazing dollar bill and also In the case of another merchant on whose shop window was painted a IS bill seven feet long. Nearly Perfect Counterfelte. The career of the old counterfeiter with theblg bands Is classic In the jnnals of the secret service because le Is probably the greatest example f the criminal Influence a painting ol i United States certificate can wield, is well as because be was perhaps the lloneer of counterfeiters who have itched tbelr queer with a pen Instead )f depending on engraved plates. Framed, as examples of the nearly erfect and most dangerous of counterfeits, a Farragut and two Lincoln (100 bills, and one Hamilton 120 and ne Franklin $50 "bill hang in tbe ecret service office. While Captain Moran, who Is now He acting chief of the United 8tates VI . It IJHIVW, . AUmiaaat- hi w- CUrlOUS collection of painting i and advertise ments, of which tbe candy box is u most unique, be recalled the history of "Big Hand" Gilbert It waa due to tbli counterfeiter'! work that tbe custom of confiscating paintings of money was established. Gilbert was ostensibly a German farmer, living over on tte Jersey sldo. He made bi weekly trips to New York a city, and on every trip stopped at little bar where, above tbe long rows 1 of bottles, bung a painting of a that bill. Whenever Gilbert wno at time really was a farmer, stopped for his drink the painting, with every line or tbe bill accurately followed, stared blm in the face. That was In 1882. Two years later Cllbert, whose bands were so large and apparently clumsy that they won blm tbe nickname of the man with the big bands, recalled that when a boy In Germany be bad been proficient with a pen and that a great future as an etcher had been predicted for blm. So one night, after gazing for an hour at the bill. Gilbert went to bis little rami across the river and told bis wife, a bard working woman, that be bad conceived tbe idea of an Invention which would make tbem rich. He aid that he wished to keep tbe nature of bis device a secret and refused even to tell bis wife. There, after nightfall, be labored for months before he produced bis first bill a Hamilton $20 certificate. His work was ao perfect end his bands so large and clumsy in appearance that no one ever suspected blm, and while he went about New York, making a small purchase here aid there at different places, be was floating quite a goodly number of bad twenties and fifties. There was absolutely no clew to tx the Identity of tbe maker. Tbe treasury agents were at a standstill, and then Gilbert having progressed In bis hidden occupation, $100 bills began to make their appearance, and three of these two Farragut beads and a Lincoln bead fell Into tbe hands of the agents, having passed through tbe New York subtreasury undetected, and caught at the treasury -- J Birthdays andWeddin . . hi Happen Every Day Our store Is the srroat place in, presents. Last longest Bud eou little. Write for tiu tableware Good Jewelry, silver watch. oiWb qualities are aihaihiir I heir DOW- tia oiiuka iheoi proud or make than) humble. -I- 'hilllpe Brooks. Zj .V LWATS ,h,i,i M. h TIMELY HINTS. IMS UK B aix UTAH ' J Vegetal Hss peorla, I There's a Reason. Boatmon Peter an mell DOt I, able to take ye out Dsbin1 m'am; but Teter'a nephew win u afther takln' ye av ye like. Lady Well, I hope Peter's ta oloaner than Peter is. Boatman lie 1b, m'am; he's youut at runcu. When out with no bonnet or try using a newspaper folded In tbe form of a poke bonnet Pin It on with a bat pin anej ba "cool as cucumber." A bandy utensil for removing plei from the oven Is a common shingle. Whittle a handle from tbe thick end and make a bole In it to bang it np by, and when baking use It to slide under Hat Authority. tbe pies and avoid burned fingers. . Bacon "In Dresden tbe man Mr. Wrap the knife with tbe oiled pamake authorities apeclal provision for per to which the bricks of butter come and a slice, smooth and even will be the transportation ot millinery am hats In boxes." ?ut Mr. Bacon "In this country the fe He careful to have tbo berries for telly picked on a dry day. After a male authorities have to do with m beavy rain tbe Juice Is much thinner. Ilnery." Make your wash curtains with equal bems top and bottom, then tbey may be bung upside down and double tbe wear. A really pretty curtain may be made of unbleached factory clotb by stitching on a pretty border cut from cretonne or applying a t flower here and there, carefully hemmed down For casement window curtains one roung woman colored factory clotb a pretty shade of green to match tbe ' color of ber wall paper. When scissors lore their edge, cut several times on a coarse needle and - a avt but tbey will be greatly Improved out a mix It of suet and Try piece with equal parts of melted butter and The meet rich, fragrant and you will bave a fine shortening to use delicious Tea ee the market. for cakes, biscuits or cookies. Your grocer will be pleated "To lengthen your Uvea, shorten to supply you with . four meals." Tbe common newspaper may serve many purposes. When a chilly drive LUNETA "Tbe unintentional application of a finds one without proper wraps, test, which we would urge everybody newspaper tucked under the waist into use, caused Gilbert's undoing," said front and back will prove a great proCaptain Moran in speaking of the lection. At the Prune Club. Often the hotel mattresses are so case. No matter how carefully a counter-fe- lt thin that tbe cold comes up through . "Wby Is a baseball- - umpire like i bill is made, whether engraved or them. Try laying a few thicknesses mother asked the thin board or paper under the mattress. er. coming down to breakfast wHLout etched, certain portions of it will blur An alarm clock Is a useful article hla cellar. when dampened. Tbls is especially true In regard to tbe numbers on coun- .n the kitchen. It may be set to call "Because tbey both watch toe game." terfeit bills. Tbe government bills jne to duty or to remind one of some suggested tbe fat man, from the bureau of engraving and thing In the oven "Nix," replied the thin one. printing do not blur. "Because tbey both put a mas out "There have been other instances came from the shoe clerk. unjustly," of ren etche l work. But Gilbert was not the right answer," but "Good, a genius at It No pen note man ever I came from tbe thin one. "It's really too even approximated tbe accuracy of I to give up. but hero It is ota easy ueuui ana cieancui won ne aia. Ana II. THEKK'8 no use In rrvttmx are very unpopular." he used only ordinary bond paper, too, We ell with carve are vexed. But In to of a lots there' of fun Tb3 course, but good quality. living, just see what happens next silk threads of tbe government paper were simulated by lines, and it really DAINTY DESSERTS. took a government expert to catch bis Sollrl, t!irrt. atmnc and reliable t'ih bank hu been srntvint lor work " yean, ami Is bwom-In- j Manhattan Pudding. Mix a cup and itrcater en"h ar. liankhertibvniail. HtnA And this Is why tbe government SI or more TOlnY to open a savins a half of orange Juice; a fourth of a ann sun it etromi 4 per cent. won't let you display a painting ot cup of lemon Juice and sweeten to WALKER BROTHERS BANKERS, use the money or design of a dollar taste Turn Into a brick mold Wbtp Etcit Brunch ot Hanking. ' Salt Lake City or a stamp on an advertisement a pint of heavy cream, add a half cup of sugar, hair a teaspoontul HOW WILKIE GOT A "BEAT" of powdered vanilla and two third of a cup ot Before sending ycur by aiwy walnut meats chopped. Cover with Story of Long Famous Head of Secret waxed paper; pack In salt and ice. let to a boarding school, investigate Service During His Early News-- ' stand three tours to ripen. paper Days. Angel Parfalt Boll a cup or sugar and three-fourthof a cup of water unIn days not long ago either be til It threads from tbe spoon. Pour fore telephones were prevalent In Chi- - slowly on the beaten whites of three cngo, an enterprising young newspa eggs, and continue beating until tbe per reporter found himself five miles mixture is cool. Add a pint or cream from bis office. A terrific fire, of In- beaten etlff;, flavor with vanilla and terest to every citizen, was at its pack In baking powder cane to freeze. ALT LAKE CITV, UTAH Serve with raspberry sauce. Cataloiue Sent Free en Application Praline Ice Cream. Blanch a. cun Rev. J. J. Culnan, President or almonds and slice lengthwise, then brown In the oven, shaking the pan to brown them evenly. Chop fine. Carmelize a hair cup or sugar and add two cups or scalded cream. As TO TRY OUR B. & T. TRUSS senn as the sugar Is melted add the We fit Shoulder Brnres, Atvlmnliwtl Sus nuts, and of a cup of pporter. Kinetic The kUtd that pirftM. sugar and a plncb of salt Cool and ('it guaranteed orUoniery. money refunded. 11 ail onien sCd a quart or cream and freeze given prompt attention. German Ice Cream. Mix one and a REX DRUS CO. Cut Rate DrusfUt fourth cups or sugar, one tablespoon-fu- l Cor. Third So. and West Temple. 8alt Lake CIW Ai or flour and a fourth or a of salt Add two egga beaten and two cups or scalded milk. Cook over hot water until the mixture thickens, then add two squares or melted chocolate, and cool. Add three cups itt uaih mr balt lam city of cream and a PffCWSerOSMl AHB AMATtUn PHOTO tablespoonfui of vanilla. Strain and freeze. Just before serving add three cups of tweiback broken in small pieces. A POSITIVE ana PER- net cut-ou- h Tin a- Hewlett's Tea . HEWLETT'S TEA Liks an old oak tree fifty-tw- o aot-oa- ALL HALLOWS s COLLEGE MEN WANTED Tm, three-fourth- MANENT CURE fOR Drunkenness and Opium Diseases. t B 4.jJ aa Mtali m Mtlicitr. a atck Tragedies Told In Headlines. THE KEEUI i He Rocked the Boat-callSmirE.mw.s. height It was near midnight and the a Bigger Man a Liar." paper was within a short time of go"Case of ing to press. There was not the slight- Elevator." Long Hatpin In Crowded est chance of getting the story In beUt L00k,BC it anvvfB ik .1 8IU n fx .rSf'l a ...iiA a ie Tr0Uble: fore tbe edition got away. The rival Kound6!" , iii wtrtn oy ifMi nrniHii dm realized the Im-mconditions and reporters our. fiuftrTtrag n1 Hhorthii!! lor 8UrPr" luformaticm to B. U. P&vfr. U"' gritted their teeth. Without a word. His' Ra"zUer."Take0 the man in question went to a fire KODAKS SBSSS" To alarm signal box. Tbe door was open. Often "P'D Tm PMP"d 0nc Mall order given special stw)""1 lie unllmbcred the Morse key within Complete atock ol Photo HUM"? 7,r,,ed ,0 Stop Hl8 Neighbor From and tapped a call to a friendly operaBuilding M"""V,i Fence." spite tor at fire headquarters. With rapidity -nig Bulldog was on Guard," and skill be communicated to hla r a. ouaaen friend a graphic account of transpiring cnange. Tom Was an Amateur. Little EdgarwUncle John,. did 7 evenis. len minutes later the city le She-- I'm editor of tbe paper had the story. U afraid. Tom. dear, you will used to bo a little boy Uko was a distinct beat for the resource- - And me a mine of faults. John "TeB, IW!a.,, n'1' ful In the career of a man who waa Little Edgar "Didn't yon tool shall be the sweetest later to become a national fiirum labor of my life to correct there. ly queer for a few daya after yen " She (flaring John E. Wilkie, famous as the head eed. you shan't! to be a man?" ExcHiuiko., or the secret service, was the reporter. He had picxea up telegraphy while They Won't Blow Away. A Big Head. ' A young man In She (with newpaper) "Another cycovering tbe night police . and fire tbe country wrote clone out west It has swept dow"1 neanquariera ior nis paper. Now Mr. to bis city cousin: Tre grown a ca Wilkie In addition to hla secret servf farms t9H ,n c,'cumfereoe. of everythlflfi." wbe.d ice duties is head of the United States . your hatter?" wrote back He Tileloar bet n,e .mortgagee dW1 customs agents. the slty youth.-Tlt-- Blta. udge an inch." Boston Transcript. John E. Wilkie. -- ed 'r mm .1.-- Ilelma..rkr roe?-Unc- He-par- llng.it up)-lnd- HP L Z |