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Show JDNES MODEL IS COMPLETED. and TpTjjYMT WAGON BED CONVERTED INTO DIFFERENT USES IMPROVEMENT LADDER THAT WILL COLLAPSE Often Found It Hardship to Be Obliged Agriculturist Has or to Buy Build Number of Vehicles There are several forms of collap sible ladders, but that shown In the illustration seems to be the most ingenious yet. It was invented by an Illinois man. The sides of the ladder, or the stiles, have recesses along Required on A convertible wagon bed which can be changed Into 15 different kinds of bodies for different uses around a farm, without adding to it or taking from It a single piece, has been designed and Is undoubtedly the most radical Improvement made In farm wagons for a decade, says Popular Mechanics. In a few minutes it can be transformed from a hay rack Into a wagon for carrying live stock, and with equal Quickness It can be converted into a vehicle for carrying a large number of passengers who can be provided with Farm. The agriculturist has often found It a hardship to be obliged to buy or build a number of wagons for the multifarious requirements incident to the op- eration of a farm. The wagon that could serve to carry boxes or crated and berries to market vegetables would not be of any use when haying time came around. When It was necessary to carry calves or live stock, still another wagon must be called Into service. While reapers, threshers, and other farm implements have been continually improved, the farm wagon has re-- a 5 PLANS GOOD FOR CORNCRIB by Illinois Man Step? Fold Up and Permit Sides to Be Drawn Together. A Arranged u A Hay Rack Wiagi PdM O Sr Hogs, Sheep. Etc. Wagon Bed of Many Uses. comfortable seats along the sides for picnicking, etc. The remarkable versatility of the new wagon bed Is secured by hinged malleable Iron pieces attached to the sides. These support two folding sections on each side. The strain which Is put upon these pieces when heavy loads are placed on the wagon makes It Imperative that they should be of strong, dependable material. mained practically at a standstill. Perhaps the fact that the automobile has made such wonderful progress has served to overshadow the humble beast of burden and his reliable wagon. Old Dobbin may be a second rater now, but he will continue for some time to fill his particular sphere of endeavor with a faithfulness which the motor car cannot always be relied upon to give. RIDDING FARM OF GRASSHOPPER the grasshoppers are thickest. If the insects are invading a garden or potato patch, it is well to scatter the bran mash about the borders. In the fields of alfalfa or grain, the bran should be scattered where the on ditch grasshoppers congregate banks and dry places. All the insects will not find and eat It, but many will and olten the crop can be fairly well protected. The writer has never used this preparation against young grasshoppers, but some farmers state that the crops may be completely protected by its use, while others claim that they will not eat It. Of course. It will not do to scatter his substance where chickens will be likely to pick It up, and none of the mixture must he left where domestic animals are apt to get It or be fed from the vessel. Favorite Remedy, Recommended By Colorado Agricultural e Is Arsenic Bran Mash. Colies JOHNSON. Colorado Agricultural College.) In spite of the fact that a great deal of work has been done by experiment stations on grasshoppers, no royal road to control has yet been found. Each attack has to be considered on its own merits and relief sought through the most promising (By ARTHUR S. channel. One of the favorite remedies Is arsenic bran mash. This is made by mixing one pound of white arsenic with 25 pounds of bran. The arsenic Is so near the color of the flour in the bran that it is not easy to tell when the mixing Is well done. To overcome this difficulty, the arsenic may first be collected by adding a little dry paint. After the bran and arsenic are well mixed they should be moistened with water. Put in just enough to make the particles stick should be mixture The fattening beg should not be alThis lowed to root, ns the exercise con together. scattered where sumes too much feed and energy. TILE DRAINS IN CLAY SOIL dra ined soi t undrained soil t soil undrained when drains ere ejartf drained wXen they art SO feet ) ESS fSO'-fee- The Illustration shown herewith Is from a bulletin of the Ontario Department of Agriculture and shows how the water table of the soil de pends on the location of drains. If in a field that Is underdrained three feet deep a number of holes are dug it would be observed after a heavy rain that in those nearest the drains no water would remain. In the hole sitbetween the drains at uated half-waC would hold considerable water for a few days. In a clay In fairly good condition It will be found that the slope of the water table Is about 1 foot in 25, In loam 1 foot In about 33. The illustration represents a clay soil with drains A and B 100 feet apart. Wells are dug 12.5 feet apart. At the end of 48 hours after a heavy rain the water will stand about as Indicated lines. In a gradient of about by zig-za1 In 25, and hence will be two feet deeper in the centre well than at either drain. Hence If the drains are y g apart three feet deep there will be three feet of drained soil over A and B, but only one foot at X. Capillarity and soil resistance to water flow play an important part in holding the water highest half way between the drains, and the gradient 1 In 25 represents their combined strength In clay, hence after this gradient Is reached drainage becomes very, very slow, and the water table stands in this Irregular shape until lowered by evaporation from the soil and plants. But during the months of April, May and sometimes June, when the rains supply at the surface all the water needed for evaporation, none Is drawn from below for this purpose, hence during the early months of growth the water stands as indicated by the dotted lint AXB. Consequently root development is hampered at X, as 1 foot of soli Is not enough. There are two ways tc remedy the defect, either to dig A and B deeper or else put a drain at C half way between. will put you right in a lew days. Co! f a - Cure fennels, InJigeition, and Sick Headache. SHALL FILL SHALL DOSE. SMALL FRICK Genuine mm w Signature In detailing plans for a crib to hold GAVE SIS AWAY. space should be 12 feet wide, 24 feet long and 10 feet between Joists. The foundation should be pins of concrete, and pyramidal, 1 by 2 feet on the top, five feet apart on the sides, three feet apart on ends. The center wall should be continuous, and may be of rough stone laid up roughly In mortar. Good foundations should their inner edges in which the steps be sought for. Stones with sharp an- - fit and into which they can be folded. The steps themselves are hinged in the center with the form of hinge that opens only one way. When the ladder Is In use and the steps are flattened out they are quite as safe as If they were of a solid piece. When the stiles are pressed together the steps break and fold Into two parts, each part fitting into the recess along the side of the stiles and giving the ladder the appearance of a couple of planks laid side by side. The back supports of this ladder and the side pieces connecting them with the stiles are also jointed and can be folded into a very small compass. Though this apparatus is perfectly safe it takes up no more room when collapsed than a four-incplank of the same length. gles weighing five to six pounds may be used In the pins; there should be an Inch of matrix outside all stones. Put the forms together with screws and inch lumber planed. Lubricate the forms with soft soap before filling; loosen screws to remove. Sills should be 6 by 6 inches, joists 2 by 8 Inches, 12 feet 8 Inches; studding 4 by 4 inches by 11 feet; plates and rafters 2 by 4 Inches; plates should be doubled. Place the poists on top of sills and set studding well toed to on centers, and thoroughsills, ly spike joists to studding. See Fig. 472. A. The upper tie joists may oe 1 by 6 inches, well nailed under plate to studding. All material thus far hemlock. Pieces same preferably width as joints should be nicely nailed on studding between joists on sill to prevent rats getting on sill from Inside. Fig. 472. The floor should be of 14 gauge perforated iron, or lay f Inch mesh wire on the joists and lay floor over this. The perforated sheets would furnish ventilation On inside of studding nail Inch mesh wire cloth, 11 to 12 gauge, with light wire staples, from floor to plate all over the inside except at openings. Between the studding cut in strips f all around and to the top. by 5 Inch, beveled on edges to a miter. These strips should be set at an angle of 45 degrees and may be three Inches apart. Use window blinds for model. Cut gains by one-hal- f Inch in sides of studding. See Fig. 472, B Put strips In place and toe with sixpenny nails. Strips and studding should be surfaced, and may be set up in pairs and painted before being nal'ed In place. It will be Impossible to drtv rain over these. Put a shelf high enough from the bottom so two widths of one-hainch mesh wire screen will reach It; put shelf all around at same angle as ventilator Flats. Rats cannot climb over It. Put openings above shelf for shoveling In the corn. Doors may be placed on sides or ends; by using wire cloth or perforated sheets. This building may be used for other grain by simply lining with building paper as may be needed. This Is not an expensive structure, but will give the fullest protection. BREED HERE One Barrel of Water May Be Breeding Place for Enough Insects to Infest Entire Farm. Keep your rainbarrel covered. One barrel may be thq breeding place for No Mosquitoes Here. enough mosquitoes to Infest a whole neighborhood or the entire farm. That malaria is caused by a certain type of mosquito has been proved beyond a doubt; without the pests no such sickness would exist. Home-Mad- e A good home-mad- e Water Cooler. water cooler may be made as follows; Take a sugar barrel and put straw In the bottom, on this place a large stone jar and pack around with straw. On the cover of the jar place a wet cloth and then cover the barrel. Nice cool water where the men are working will be appreciated during the summer. lt ROADS ARE VALUABLE. (By HOWARD A H. GROSS.) sturdy German, In speaking of good roads, said: My farm Is ten miles from Sheboygan; If it was only five miles it would be worth $10.03 more an acre. If I had a good hard road all the way I could go to Sheboygan whenever I wanted to and haul twice as much. So a good road would be just as good for me as If I lived five miles out with a bad road. So that's why I go In for a good road. Sure it will cost money but so does everything else worth having." Bad roads and the extra cost of doing business over them would bank rupt almost any country except ours. Ye have the worst roads on earth and yet we are better able to have good ones than any other people. When we wake up and take hold of this question at the right end, we will get results. We need both state and national aid and to build permanent roads by bond Issues and let the next generation help pay the bill. If this is done we can have good roads with very little increase In taxation. clear-heade- d Few parents realize how many estimable lives have been embittered and social and business success prevented by serious skin affections which so often result from the neglect of minor eruptions in infancy and childhood. With but a little care and the use of the proper emollients, babys skin and hair may be preserved, purified and beautified, minor eruptions prevented from becoming chronic and torturing, disfiguring rashes, ltchings, irritations and chafings dispelled. To this end, nothing Is so pure, so sweet, so speedily effective as the conStatue of Paul Jones. stant use of Cuticura Soap, assisted, Park, In front of Seventeenth street, when necessary, by Cuticura Ointment northwest, Washington, D. C. Send to Potter Drug & Chem. Corp., Niehaus has been working on the sole proprietors, Boston, for their free statue about two years. In depicting all about Cuticura Book, the features of the Revolutionary hero the care and treatmenttelling of the skin. terra-cottthe sculptor has used the bust by Houdon, now in the possesA MISTAKE NATURAL sion of the National Academy of De- JUST sign, as a model. The commander of the Bonhomme Richard is represented Gussie, in Fancy Costume, Astonished as watching a naval engagement, his the Doorkeeper for a Moment. right hand clenched and his left hand holding his sword. Gussie was knock-kneed- , angular Commenting on his work, Mr. NieHe had a terhaus said he had tried to depict a man and who is capable of doing almost any- rible squint, and a mouth like a steam thing and not simply a man who can roller. All the same, he reckoned on do only one thing. making something of a hit at the If you look at the celebrated Greek fancy dress ball, and his costume wa3 statue of the Farnese Hercules in the as elegant as his figure was unMuseo Nazlonale In Naples, he said, lovely. With fast beating heart he stepped you will se a very simple figure lean--' Ing on a club, but you will be im- jauntily from his automobile outside pressed with the idea that this Her- the town hall, where the ball was becules could do anything. I have tried ing held. The hall porter stepped backto suggest this in my statue of John ward at the unsightly apparition. Paul Jones. Great Christopher Columbus! he It Is Interesting now to recall that gasped, as he regarded Gussie. for years efforts were made to conNo, no, my good man! chirped firm the historical statements that the Gussie, as he tripped through the porremains of John Paul Jones were in- tals. "Chawles the First, my dear felterred in a certain puce of ground in low Chawles the First! London AnParis. These efforts resulted In docu- swers. mentary proof that he was buried on the evening of July 20, 1792, in the Rockefellers Hard Shot. now abandoned cemetery of St. Louis John D. Rockefeller tried a game of in the northeastern section of Paris golf on the links near Augusta. On a The body was found encased in a lead- rather difficult shot Mr. Rockefeller en coffin and was transported from struck too low with his iron, and a3 Paris to the United States Naval "he dust flew up he asked his caddy: What have I hit? Academy and deposited In the now historic brick vault there. The boy laughed and answered: "Jaw-jaboss. round-shouldere- one-hal- rat-pro- KEEP BABYS SKIN CLEAR a one-hal- one-quart- Her Little Brother Say, are you ter marry my sister Bess? Her Suitor Why, er er er dont know. Her Little Brother Well, you are. I heard her tell pop she was goin ter land you tonight. goin e h German Farmer Gives His Views on Question That Interests Every Agriculturist. Jut That Why Sort Hare No Appetite. 4 CARTERS UTTLEf LIVER PILLS 200 bushels of corn, D. P Barry, writing In Rural New Yorker, says: Such a building must contain 3,000 cubic feet of space and support a weight of 42 tons. The desideratum in a corncrib Is ventilation. A building to contain 3.000 cubic feet of GOOD m New York. Charles II. NIehaus, the New. York sculptor, has finished his working model for his heroic-bronzstatue of John Paul Jones, for which Congress appropriated $50,000, and which will be unveiled next spring at the entrance to Potomac Your Liver is Clogged up Youra Tired BiL one-quart- Good Exercise. There Is no harm in pigs rooting If they are In a field where rootipg will do no harm. Pigs ran secure miich feed by rooting and the exercise will do them good. Where troublesome roots infest the soil they will often eradicate them if allowed to do so Statue Naval Commander. Be Used NO MOSQUITOES for Um Heroic His Work on tho of the Great for Other Grain as Needed and Is Not Expensive Gives Fullest Protection. May h Wten Sculptor Finishes Peas will sprout at 45 degrees. Cheap seed Is often the most expensive. Always plant the best seed you can get for every crop. Good time to cut out the poison Ivy. Its almost a crime to allow It to grow anywhere. Give the boys a chance to take a swim every day possible and the horses too. Do not let any pickles ripen as long as more are desired for pickles, for the vines stop bearing. After the hay is off the meadow we can see Its thin spaces better. Get busy with the manure spreader. Make sowings once a week of such quick-raisinvegetables as lettuce and radishes, to Insure a continuous succession. Smilax does not need sunshine. It requires a soil of sandy loam, should be watered freely and kept in a warm place. Cucumbers for pickles should be picked every alternate day at least. Cut them but never pull them off. as the vines are liable to be Injured. Why do so few farmers raise asparagus for family use? It is very little trouble; once planted it remains Indefinitely and never fails to bring a crop. Machinery used during the summer harvest should not be allowed to If it has not (stand out In the fields. yet been placed under cover it Is high time that it is placed there now. One may have green corn until frost romes if care Is taken to plant varieties which come to the eating ttage at different times, or early sorts may be planted every ten days until August g 1 TRUCK FARMS IN ALASKA. Answering for Him. Physician And would you like to 8ome Far North Riches for Patient be a doctor. Jack? Cultivators Prices of Produce Mother (while Jack is still hesitatVery High. ing) No, no! The dear boy couldnt n tv Punch. How would you like Washington. to he a truck farmer In Alaska? This is a hypothetical question Right food is a basis asked by the Unltetd States Depart- For right living. ment of Agriculture. In an official Theres only one disease, report from the department the question and the answer are included. The Says an eminent writer report says; Would you care to run a truck farm Wrong living with strawberries selling at $1.25 to And but one cure $2 a quart, cucumbers $2 to $5 a dozen, celery 50 cents each, tomatoes Right living. 50 cents to $1 a pound and other products at proportionate prices? Or Right food is supplied by would you prefer general farming, with a few pgs and chickens as a side line, with hay selling at $60 to $100 a ton, hogs 30 cents a pound, young pigs 75 cents a pound and eggs $2 a dozen? These prices are received In Alaska under favorable market conditions, It contains the vital but the prospective settler should con- Body and g sider the difficulties and exrense of farming as well as the h'gh prices of Elements of wheat and barley his products. Most important of which is Alaska is not generally given much consideration from an agricultural The Potassium Phosphate, standpoint, and yet, despite the rigor- Grown in the grain ous climate, a large variety of grains, For small fruits and vegetables are being rebuilding tissues successfully grown. Experiments are Broken down by daily use. oeing made with tree fruits, but the lesults thus far have not been very Folks who use Grape-Nut- s encouraging. The work conducted by Know this they feel it the government with grains at the Rampart experiment station has been Theres a Reason an unqualified success. Varieties of Read The Road to Wellville, nearly all grains have been found that Grape-Nut- s brain-buildin- jrow well. Found in packages. |