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Show r of office once taken, he was no ii ngac eiiuiTe utUen, as he had een during tlioM- two dajs of wailing, the dignitv of tie government had come into hi- - kef ping with the office IK nee forfh he would pa no more calls, PRODUCE FOR MARKET CAPACITY-- AVERAGE OF SILO -- - Several Pointsl Important Easy Matter, to Determine dumber of COtofcFeet of Ensilage Required n to Feed Cows. ae-ce- I lion a. WfVI itpoianviit 1 1!V di fixed he would receive call, and he would show hinvself once a we at iis Washington's general iTo would invite s recept persons of official rank or market distinction to- - Ih- - whit at suitable intervals There 'muld be no pretense of seclusion, mrparado of inaccessibility. The presiiUrt should be a republican offl i vant of the cer,tlu people. Bat he would lot be common lUshould be ' known that his office and authority were tie first in the laud Bury proper cujtw ard form of dig nitv, cer inony and self respect should be Tdwtervtd that might "tell iitxn. the imagination of the people that might be made Ho serve as a visible sign, which no man could mils that there was here no vestige of the old federal authority, at which It had been the fashion to laugh, but a real government, and that the great est In the land Prestige for Government. , Rome thought him stiff, but onlv the churlivh could deem him unrepubllcan, so evident was itdo every candid man that it was not himself but his office he was exalting. His 'old passion for success w as upon him, and he meant that this government of which he had been made the head should hare prea tige from the first Count de Moustler, the French minister to the United States, deeming America,, no doubt, a protege of France, claimed the right to deal with the president as if upon terms of familiar privilege, when conducting his diplomatic business, but was chocked very promptly It was not likely a man bred in ths proud school of Virginian country gentlemen would miss so obvious a point of etiquette as this. To demand was to intimate superiority, and Washington's reply drew from ths count an instant apology. That the United States bad evei reason to hold France In loyal affection Washington gladly admitted with all stately courtesy; but affection bencame"" servility whe- It lost and France must approach the president of the Ufilted States aa every other country did, through the If properly constituted department khere are rule of proceeding," he said, quietly, "whlfh have originated from the wisdom of statesmen, and are sanctioned by the common assent of nations, it would not be prudent (or a state to dispense with them Ioung particularly a young state (his thought added) which foreign states had despised and mijht now try to patronize. x These mallinatterswQudfarry an Infinite height of suggestion with them, aa he knew, and every tuggee-tiothat proceeded from the president should apeak of dignity and Independence. Stricken With Illness. He had been scarcely six weeks In office when he stricken with a sharp Illness. A malignant tumor In hia thigh seemed to his physicians for a time to threaten mortification, It waa three weeks before he could take the air again, stretched painfully at length In hia coach; even hia stalwart strength waa alow to rally from the draft ipade upon It Dy the disease, and its cure with the knife. " There was deep anxiety for a little among those who knew, so likely did It aeera that the life of the government was staked upon hie life. He himself had looked very calmly, into troubled face, and had the doctor bidden him tell him the worst with that plaeid flrmnesa that always came to him in moments of danger. "I am not afraid to die,'- he said. Whether tonight or twenty yean hence makes no difference. I know that I am in the bands of a good Providence. -- Installments execute the office of president of the If the estate brought money so slow cited States, and 111, to the beet fjr In while he farmed it, he must ,0 ,m' ability, preserve, protect, and rount upon its doing even less while defend the Constitution of the United he was away; and yet he had deter-and then, bending to kiss ths mined to accept no salary., as presi- blr held before him bowed his head lent, but only his necessary expenses aas safd So help me God in tones ahile In the discharge of his official no raan could mistake, so deep was duties, as in the old days of the war their thrill pf feeling N Hailed at President. Washington Perplexed. It had brought distressing perplexilive George Long Washington, ties upon him to be thus drawn from Pccjodeut of the t'mted States'" cried bis private business to serve the na- - Livingston to the people, and a great Lon. Private cares passed off, no shout went up with .the booming of doubt, and were forgotten as the jour- the cannon in the narrow streets. But the other anxney lengthened. Washington was profoundly moviety, how he should 6ucoeed in this ed. and. with all his extraordinary large business of statemanship to mastery of hinistlf, could not hide which he had been called.dvdLflot his agitation It was a company of friends, the pass off; the incidents of that ride only served to heighten it senators and representatives who When he had ridden to Cambridge stood about him within the senate that anxious summer of 1773, he had chamber as he read his address, after the taking, of the oath. been hailed by chering crowds-upo- n Some very old friends were there the way, who admired the fine figure he made, and shouted foy the cause he men who had been with him in the was destined to leud; but he know first oentinental ongress men who had been his intimate correspondents himself a soldier then, was but and did not fear to find his the long jears through, men wo were now his close confidants and duty uncongenial. Not many- - stranThe people had loved him and had swrorn supporters thronged about him with" IoCKS" and gers could crowd Into'; the narrow-halland it was not mere love of words it had quickened his heart to see and hear as he made his way ceremony, but genuine and heartfelt from Nfw York to Annapolis to resign respect, that made the whole comhis commission but six years ago; but pany stand while he read that was upon the morrow of a task Washington Visibly Moved. He visibly treml'd, nevertheless, accomplished, and the plaudits he heard upon the way were but greet- as he stood in their presence, strong ings to speed him the more happily and steadfast man though - he was, and several timps could scarce make homeward. j out to read," shifted his manuscript now. Things stood very differently Jpom. band la hand;, gestured uneasily - hlmselfgrown-old- , felthe Though he hail come out to meet a hope he with awkward effort; let .his vgfice could not share, and it Btruck a subtle fall almost Inaudible; was every way unlike himself, except for the simple pain to his heart that the people majesty and sincerity that shone In him should so trust him should give so royal a progress as he fared on his him through it all His manner but- - gave- emphasis, way to attempt an untried task. after all, to the he was reading A Royal Welcome. "The magnitude and difficulty of No king in days of kings' divinity the trust." he declared, "could not but could have looked for so heartfelt a overwhelm with despondence one welcome to his throne as this modest who, inheriting inferior endowments feared office he to the gentleman got from nature, and unpracticed in the to take. . of civil administration, ought duties Not only were there civil fete and to be peculiarly conscious of his own military parade at every stage of the deficiencies;" and no one there could Journey; there was everywhere, be- look at hluTand deem him insincere sides, a running together from all the when he added, "All I dare aver is country roundabouts of people who that it has- - been my faithful study to bore themselves nof as mere sight-- ' collect from a just appreciaduty mj of out come had If. seers, hut AS .they ' love for the man they were to s3e tion ot every circumstance, by which it might be affected. All I dare hope pass by. is that, if in executing this task I It was not their numbers but their have been too much swayed by a manner that struck their hero with a of former Intheir grateful remembrance pew sense of responsibility; or by an affectionate sensistances, s. earnest gaze, their unpremeditated to this transcendent proof of cries of welcome, their simple Joy to bilityconfidence of the my $ee the new government put into the and have thence too little consulted hands of a man they perfectly trusted as well as disinclinatHe was to be their guarantee of my incapacity the and untried cares for ion. weighty Its good faith, of Us respect for law before me, my error will be palliated and its derotion to liberty; and they the motives which misled me, and made him know their hope and their by be Judged bymy itsconsequences confidence In the very tone of their some share of the parwith country . greeting. ' tiality with which they originated. Strew Roses Before Him. Some Vital Truth. There was the manifest touch of His hearers know how near the love in the reception everywhere pre- truth he struck when he said, -- The pared for him. Refined women broke smiles of Heaven can Jnever be extheir reserve to greet him in the open pected on a nation that disregards the road; put their young daughters for- eternaL rules of order and right ward. in their enthusiasm, to strew which Heaven itself has ordained; roses before him In the way; brought and the preservation of the sacred fire tears to his eyes by the very artless-- of liberty, the destiny of the repubess of their affection. of government, are Just' When at last the triumphal Journey lican model ly considered as deeply, perhaps as was ended, the, display of every prefinally, staked on the experiment Invious stage capped and outdone by trusted to the hands of the American the fine pageant of his escort of boats people." , Pom Newark and of his reception at It was, no doubt, "a novelty In the the ferry stairs In New York, the history of society to see a great peodemonstration seemed almpst more ple turn a calm and scrutinizing eye than he could hear, upon itself, as the people of Amer) , I fie display of boats which attendica had done; "to see it carefully ex- ed and joined ns, he confessed In his diary, the decorations of the ships, the roar of the cannon, and the loud acclamations of the people which rent ih rkles a .I walked along the streets, filled my mind with sensations as painful at . they are pleasant;" for his fears foreboded scenes the opposite of these, when htf should have shown himself unable to fuljnl the hopes which were the burden of all the present Joy. "' It was the 27th of April when Washington reached New York, i Notwithstanding his executive fashion of making haste, the rising of the e V. . 'V ' v'w "ki, country to b'd him Godspeed haa kept h'm four days longer on the way than Mr. Thomson had taken to carry Mansion, New York. the summon to Mount Vernon. Three Ftrg Presidential of the evil" Into days more elapsed before congress amine the exfont had completed, its preparations for which disunion and disorder had ' hia inauguration. brought it; "patiently wait for two On the 30th of April, In the pres- years until a remedy was discovered; ence of a great concourse of people, and at last voluntarily adopt a new havwho fret broke Into wild cheers at order and government "witboqg of blood a a tear drop pr wrung fell silent ing sight of him. and then again upon the Instant to see him so from mankind. Overcome by Responsibility, moved. Washington stood face to face that the feut Washington knew with the chancellor of the state upon and such for mastery deserved the open balcony of the Federal hall praise would be short-liveIn Wall street, and took the oath of effice enough if the new government should fall or be discredited. Take the Oath. It was" the overpowering thought Do yon solemnly swear." asked elf would be chiefly 'its spccess or. failure for execute the office of president of the Ur hed fUaet, and will, to the. best of that shook his nerves as he stood there at the beginning of his task; abMity. preserve, protect and no mu of right sensibility In and United of the the Constitution like Mrnjhe . S Ah s thatq?ienc faiJedhimto. the I more lm- trust and better i swear.' replied rctmnly T7- n that I will faithfully pLcItly for his emotion.. J 1 j - mem-arabl- e forty-thre- ; ! - fellow-citizen- s, -- 8 I Si -- J tfl. SSgtlll .VlT V " d N -- de-tT- 'l "It was a very touching scene," wrote Fisher Ames, of Massachusetts "it seemed to me an allegory in which virtue as personified as addressing those whom she would make her Notaries Her iower over the heart was never greater, and the Illustration of her doctrine by her own example was nver more perfect WortfFfof Appeal. "I feel how much I shall stand In need of the countenance and aid of every friend to myself, of every friend to the Revolution, and of every lover of good government," were Washington's words of appeal to Edward Rutledge, of South Carolina: and he never seemed to his friends moreattractivejr more aoble .than now. Turns to New Duties. The. inauguration over, the streets fallen quit again, the legislative business of the houses resumed, Washington regained his old self possession, and turned to master his new duties with a calm thoroughness of purpose which 'seemed at once to pass into the action of the government itself. Perhaps it was true, as he thought, that he had been no statesman hitherto; though those Yvho had known him would have declared themselvea of another mind. Ho had carried the affairs of the Confederation upon hta own shoulders, while the war lasted, after afashion. the men of that time were not likely to forget, bo full of energy had he been, so provident and capable upon every point of policy. His letters, too, since the war ended, had shown his correspondents the country over such an appreciation of the present, so sure a forecast of the future, so masculine an understanding of .what waiteLtohe done and of the means at hand to do It, that .they, at least, accounted him their leader In peace no less than in war. But statesmanship hitherto had been only Incidental to his duties as a sol dier and a citizen It bad been only an accident of the Revolution that he had had himself, oftentimes, to supply the foresight and the capacity In action which the halting congress lacked. He had had no experience at all in actual civil administration. He did not know hia own abilities, or realize how rich hia experience in affairs had, in fact, been. He went about hia new tasks with diffidence, therefore, but w ith the heartiness, too, of the man who thproughly trusts himself, for the capacity at any rate of taking pains. Statesmanship was now hia duty his whole duty and it was hia purpose to understand and execute the office of president as he had understood and administered the office of general Need for Caution. He knew what need there was for caution. This waa to be, in the first instance, in a considerable degree, a government of accommodation aa well as a government of laws. Much waa to be dene much by con oillation, much by firmness." I walk,' he aald, "on untrodden ground. There is scarcely an action the motive of which may not be subjected to double Interpretation. There la scarcewhich may ly any part of not' hereafter be drawn Into precedent." But, though he sought a prudent course, he had no mind to be timid; though he asked advice', he meant to be his own master.. Washington had, no doubt, a more precise understanding of what the new government must be made to mean than any other man living, except, perhaps, Hamilton and Madison, the men whom he most oonsulted. The Confederation had died in contempt, despised for Its want of dignity and power. The new government must deserve and get standing from the first. Its policy must make the states a nation, mast stir-th- e people out of their pettiness as colonists and provincials, and give them a national ch&racter and ' spirit , It was not a government only that was to be treated, but the definite body of opinion also which should sustain and perfect it It must be made worth believing in, and Ute best spirits of the country must be rallied to Its support. It was not the question simply of how strong the government should be. Its action must, as Washington cafl be mixed of firmness, prudence and conciliation, if it would win liking and loyalty as well as respect It must cultivate tact as well as eschew wea f ness; must win as well as compel obedience. J Gives Dignity to Office. It was of the first consequence to the country, therefore, that the mast Jt had chosen to preside-Ithis delicate business of establishing a government which should be vigorous without being overbearing waa - a thoroughbred gentleman, whose instincts would carry him a great way toward the solution "of many a nice question of conduct toll-pulse- d ct pre-emine- While be called upon every senator and representative then in attendance upon congress,- - with the purpose to show' them upon bow cordial sad nathewaited-to-be-made-presid- ent ural a basis personal acquaintance be wished, for hia part to see the government conducted; but the oath I whole-sonW- VV II ib a. n. yii aw i Tacking is equally as important as " Any 'of iho ot h t r o i u'' r ,t ft o n s Involved in the preparation of fruits and vegetables for market There are several Important points in connection with this workw orthyof " consideration, probably tire most. Important of which is honesty. Every grower's pack should be as good as his bond '' want honestly packed goods and they are usually willing to pay good prices for them. A grower nev.er loses by placing honestly packed produce on any market, be it at home or abroad. Each package should be filled with the same grade throughout if this is done tbd top may be "fuced." "Facing is' the arrangement of from one to three lujera of fruit on the top, thus increasing the attractlvenees of the package. This is an honest and practice provided the entire contents are fruits of the same grade as those placed on top. "Seconds" and inferior grades should never be "faced'' with prime" spedCue-totner- s - ! of -- 3talllons to Re place the Grades Pure-Bre- I d 1 Tbs principles to be followed an opportunity to discriminate against the whole package and ruins the reputation of thb grower as an honest packer. i Produce should be'cool and dry before being packed, lleat and molature promote decay. Conditions of this kind should be guarded against, for decay means loss. Allow all fruit and vegetables to cool in the packing house, and have them dry before pack-ing- . - Tbey will keep longer and present a better appearance at the time le handled way. So much of the success In marketing farm products depends upon the pack lng, that growers cannot be too par tlcular In seeing that this work1 done In such a way ae to show their produce to beat advantage when put on sale. While it is of the utmost that each package be filled with the same grade throughout, it is equally aa Important that it be done carefully. With the softer varieties of fruit and vegetables, such ae peaches, plums, tomatoes and egg plant, that are usually put in small packages each specimen should be placed by baod. This not only makes the pack more attractive, but It lessens the liability of damage resulting from bruise. Produce of firm nature, a not bruise apples, potatoes, etc,,-wiso readily, and as a result It Is not ad necessary to handle each Individual specimen In packing. 4f-sale- -lf tvVKfr Dr. Alexander Urges Home Productloa neither cash or vVTbere character in this practice." A few sec onds or culls scattered in wltlt a lot of fancy specimens give the buyer n -- HORSES FOR PROFIT BREED Poorly Packed Potatoes and Cabbage, Packed Too Loosely. mens. flx- - uprrtnti-nilen-t ntwrxlty Farm, H of Pilate required and the sire of riti needed to hold It can ie quite tfosel) calculated '"provided hq number and kind of animals to. bo fed from It are known before building An ayoiMKe coa or he.ef ' aaima.,.. may be fed about .15 pounds of silage per day Turd tho' Uasr prflod' tTuflfig which silage is used in this latitude will be about 210 days large ani mala or those that are being fatencd may consume considerably more than 35 pounda per day, hut this haa beea. found a fair average In a silo of ordinary, depth, thv average weight of the silie is about 40 pounds per cubic foot Near the top of the silo, however, where Jhe pttasure la not groat, it will weigh obi) 25 pounda per cubic foot, while at tho bottom of a 35 foot alio Is may weigh 60 pounda Taking these aver agea. if areoxv cats 35 pounds of en silage In a da v, 'she will eat 35 40, oi 7 of a cubic foot per day, and with this as a baala It is easy to determine the number of cubic fet of ensilage required to feed a cow or any numbei of cows throughout the season The diameter of the silo must be such that the stock on hand can use one or two inches of silage off the toj each day during the winter and al leasrftiree Inches per day when sum iuer feeding of silage la to be prao tlced This is necessary to keep the silage from spoiling A silo 10 feet in diameter is adapt" d to feedlnJ0 mature cattle. One 12 feet in diameter, will feed 15 head and one 14 feet in diameter will meet the needs of twenty he'ad; but II there are 30 or more cows to feed a. 16 foot silo should be erected These silos should be 30 or 40 feet, or ever more in height Farmer Never Loses by Honestly Packed Farm Truck Each Pack-ag- e Should pe Filled With the ' ' Same Grade Throughout inti-raac-y w-a-a J rul, The amount l) self-respec- t, V i M nn i Oil a in-tb- by farmers In improving their horse stock are: The use of sound, pure bred alre of a particular breed, the use of sound mares, the feeding an'd care of the mare and foal and the working of the stallions regularly. Dr Alexander, of the Wisconsin expert ment station, further urges the home stalllona t production of and replace the grade, mongrel scrubs too often used at present, lit urges that grade horses replace scrubs In farm teams. The organization ol will greatly community association facilitate the promoting of horse breedings and the encouragement ol the Industry may be furthered b) prizes at country fairs for pure-brestallions, mares and colts. The evil effects .which result from the use of unusual sires and dama and the transmission of hereditary disease are especially emphasized. It should be easily possible to Increass the value of Wisconsin horses at least $10 per head during the next flvi years, the author points out, by th use of sound stallions and mares, and this would mean an addition ol al least 97,000,000 to the total value ol the horse stock of the state. pure-bre- d -- -- d COVERING ALFALFA CORN IN ll Problem 8od " of Overspreading Soil on Solved by Use' of Plank Drag Shown In Illustration. -- - SUMMER RATION FOR HORSES Sometimes farmers obtain good re- sults from sowing alfalfa between the Feeding Cer or Shelled Corn Would rows of standing corn. Where this is done It Is often a putxle to get the Be More Desirable Than Grind-- , seed properly covered,. The accomTO BE CONTINUED.) lng-- On Good Combination, panying illustration is a lank drag, 94 Inches wide and 92 8tory. If corn must b fed to the horses, y after dinner Joseph speakers Among grinding It will not pay, unless the Jefferson ranked as one who could horses have poor teeth. In which case tell a good story In a dry, delightful it might be advisable. Feeding the way. Us stories dealt principally with car or shelled corn would be the more theatrical subjects. desirable method of feeding. While starring through Indiana Crushed corn and cob meal is not several years ago." he aald at a din- aa good because of the coat of crushner one right "my manager was ap- ing, and the amount of food value seproached by a-- man who had the local cured from the cob J so small that f being past "worker,' It does not make up for the energy reputation t He told ths usual yarn or required to digest go much crude 'fl about being a former actor and end- ber. ed by asking for professional courtesA combination of corn, bran and For Covering Alfalfa 8ed. ies. little oil meal make a good summer 1 wojjld be glad to oblige you, inches long, that Is used for the purration for horses. Feeding a said the maanger, 'but unfortunately, boras about ten pounds of corn pose on a small alfalfa and truck haven't a card with me.' Just then and three pounds of bran pqy day farm In southeastern Ohio, where the a. hajpjr. Fiought struck him and he would-be ..equixalenLtoJi pounds Ohio station has experimented in deadded: Til tell you what rll- do. t ! of oats, it contains a little termining practical methods In small although will write the pass where It will be more and less protein, faming. carbohydrates easy for you to show It' thus making a little wider ration, Leaning over, with a pencil be small amount of oil meal woulo offset Awnings for Hon Houses. wrote, 'pass the bearer.' on the fel- this, however. Is a good plan to have awnings It lows white shirt front and signed his or hoods of cheap muslin or boards name." The beat thanked him and to go over the windows of the hen Bulky Food for Hens. hastened to the gate.- The ticket taker house in summer to keep out the food. or Hens Clover need bulky gravely examined the writing and let him take a few steps inside, then alfalfa bay cut In half Inch lengths aun, and thus keep the house much cooler. But It is not advisable to called him back, saying In a loud helps to make an ideal ration, have those awnings up during the mixed with bran cooked and it makes voice: as the sunlight is needed In winter, Clover and Hold on, my friend; I forgot! It an excellent breakfast. bouses the to purify them. not alfalfa only promote digestion will be necessary for you to leave but also largely assist hi supplying that pasa with me." the"" elements necessary " for the Kill Lice and Mites. albumen. lice and mites are now putChicken 8hrin at Aaron Tomb. -An Important archaeological find, ting in their best licks at night. Just when the fowls need rest Get after Can handle Hogs. Juat reported from London, is a shrinv on the top of Mount Hor, which H The dairyman can .handle bogs to them with kerosene can and sprayer. claimed to be the tomb of Aaron. The splendid advantage. That's one Yea-so- u shrine is always jealously guarded by Kindness to Hogs. why he la able to make acch Mahemetana, and - haa never, before goodprofit It is due to theslda If the practice is followed of talking been examined by competent archae- line.. to the bogs, and moving around among ologist. them, they can be handled very easily. Hebrew inscriptions are also said te Rest for Hors. have been found in the place, whJpl Unless the farm horse Results from Roughage. havw iLtrue. ,xnuet. be very ancient ca -t- fcanew for'prvper at night they "Good results wr had ky Jew ha been allowed to approach the eoon become weak and lose weight. shredded fodder for roughage. i shrine for area. home-mad- e After-Dinne- r dead-bea- 1,000-poun- d - - fC- rt r ' - -- J |