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Show STUMP SPLITTER IS WATER SUPPLYTSYSTEM UNIQUE Old Method of Using Wedge or Dyna-mitImproved Upon by Large e i SECRETS OF HONEY BUSINESS Beec Will Store Just as Much In Old Box or Washing Machine as In Finest Hive. Bees nill store Just as much honey in any kind of an old box, keg or deserted washing machine as in the finest hive that was ever made, and that is one of the big secrets of the bee business; the principal thing is keep the box cool by shading it during the heat of the day, though shade at other times I consider objection-aide- . Close to the hive have an abundance of water, some salt and slaked Unique Stump Splitter. lime, writes A. F. Benney in Farm conPress. The best watering device I tration shows a new method. It sists in screwing a wedge into the top of the stump. The wedge is in reality a large conical screw, provided at its lower end ith a fine thread used for starting the cone into the wood. The shaft of the screw is provided with a hand w'heel, by which it may be steadied and turned. Extending laterally from the shaft is a long arm, at the end of which a whifiletree is coupled. A horse may be hitched to the whiffl-tree- , to turn the shaft and screw the cone into the stump. When the stump is too large for the threaded cone on the shaft to split effectively, another cone section may be added. After the stump has been split by means of the cone into a number of small parts these parts can easily be excavated anil removed." POTATOES WERE LEFT OVER Seed Remained In Ground All Winter and Produced Strong, Vigorous Plants. know of is a board set at an angle of about twenty degrees with a can or bucket at the high end which leaks just fast enough to keep the board wet a little. The container must be kept covered, else the bees will get in and drown. Secret No. 2. Do not molest the bees after they get to work, and give them an abundance of room in which to store honey 2,000 to 3,000 cubic inches is not too much. No. 3. Bees will sting, for they are built that way. The remedy is to wear veil and gloves until you get to like having the little dears prod you. Take an old box of about 2,000 cubic inches capacity and across one end factory dozen sticks the size of your finger, nailing Into the ends of them through the sides of the box. Cleat the cover boards together, cut a hole one half by six inches in the lower end and fasten it on with screws. Now tie a wire loop In the top of the box to hang it up by and you have what I With several of call a tree box. them, which cost me just 15 cents, I got honey enough to sell for $100, but I sorted It carefully, putting the clean white comb into jars (Mason), and selling it for 15 cents a pound. The rest of the honey I strained and put in jelly tumblers, Mason jars and tin (gallon) cans and it averaged me II cents a pound. Labels can be bought at a low price which aid in selling. At the end of the season I had besides the honey several swarms of bees and could have had more. Long Sometimes potatoes left in the ground over winter will produce good crops the following year. Of course such instances are rare and are not easily accounted for. The photograph Left-Ov- MwJfccs " Farm Life Attractlr and Ltswos Dangsr Froa Fire Can Very Readily D Used for Carrying Wnttr to Dairy and Barns. mill, or what is much better, a gasoline engine. Every farm ought to hare a small gasoline engine, which can be utilised not only for operating this water supply system, hut for churning, sawing wood, cutting feed and doing a dozen and one other jobs about the farm. It would take only a few minutes of pumping to raise the pressure la the tank to the desired height With the engine. It win not he necessary to be eoonomioal in using water, provided the well Is a Can Faroters have running water, hot or cold, la their dwelling houses? Most certainty, What win the cost be? Fifty dollars and up, depending upon the size of the house and the kind of equipment needed. This makes possible the hath and toilet room, protection from fire, the easy washing of windows and walks, the eprlnkUng of lawns, the irrigating of gardens, and all the ether convenience which a few years age were thought possible only in cttlea, where his water ays-- Hawsd Puma and Pressure Tank. ferns were available, writes Clarence A. Shamd la Orange Judd Farmer, This is one of the things that makes farm Uf attractive. It lessens the work In the house, insures a fine lawn and garden, reduces danger from fire, adds greatly te comfort and convenience la every direction. The way to secure this Is to Install a water srrprty system, with a pressure tank la the basement. This pressure tank is so arranged that by pumping It full under strong air pressure the water is forced all over the bouse, and Is available for the bath-rootoilet room and the garden or fire hose. The water is distributed about the bouse exactly as it is in city homes, by steaas of galvanized iron pipes. Where a small building is to be supplied and the amount of water to be used is not large, the system can be installed for $54. For the average bouse $S0 is a better figure. Where the house is large, and where considerable amounts of water are needed for the lawn and garden, and possibly also for washing carriages, automobiles and horses, a larger system should be Installed, costing up to $150. The cost of the system, therefore, depends upon the wishes of the owner and the demands that will be made upon it Its Installation is easy, and Its operation Is exceedingly simple Any pipe fitter or plumber can put In the plant so that it will work perfectly. AH that Is needed for operating Is to keep the tank pressure up to the de good one and the supply of water large. I have a system of this kind In my oonhtry home. It was Installed four years ago and oost $75. Previous to that time nothing of the kind had been used in my neighborhood. We take care of the waste water and sewage by running a large tile from of a mile the bathroom, distant, to s large cistern, located In the center of a big field. This Is disinfected about twice a year, and la easily handled. I have never had any trouble with the water pipes, even during the coldest weather. Neither have I had any difficulty with the waste system. In fact, the water sup ply Is practically perfect, and I dont see how any farmer who can get together $75 or $100 can afford to be without 1L The illustrations Indicate the an rangement of a water supply system, as can he readily seen Is very simone-quart- ple. The system can also be used for supplying water to stock tanks, and these may be located anywhere on the farm The pressure developed in th tank is sufficient to force the water anywhere wanted, y is use will, ol course, .depend entirely upon the wlsharTid-Cdw-ffWiicand Is simply a matter of cost of pipes. It can very readily be used for delivering water to dairy or other stock barns, where It can be run into water troughs In the stalls, or elsewhere, as desired. On the whole, the farm water supply system la one of the most satlsfao Potatoes. from which the accompanying cut was made was sent by a man living at Stamford, Conn. He says this hill was from seed which remained in the ground all winter and grew strong, vigorous plants the next spring. The ground had been heavily fertilized for rhubarb. Churning. The principal causes for long churning are here given in the Montana experiment station bulletin, and possiDomestic Water Works 8ystem. The application of lime to cabbage may find out bly those interested is highly recommended. soil with is what wrong by comparison This may be 20, 40, 60 or tory that has ever been Invented, and sired Thin the early endives and keep the 100 polnL these different causes. A few strokes of the should be looked up by everyone whd pounds. rows. the between cultivation going 1. Cream may be too cold. pump. If the work is done by hand. Is is desirous to secure comfort and cod Bee hives should be made so that sulficienL If a lot of water Is 2. Cream may be from strippers. used, of venience. 3. Cream may be too thin. they can be opened without Jarring course the amount of pumping will 4. Cream may be too thick, and them. increase. By being economical in the Cars of Milk. thus whip up into a lather when the Stirring honey unnecessarily causes use of water, that Is to say, by wastCarry the milk out of the stable as churning commences, and by sticking it to candy sooner than it otherwise ing none, this matter of pumping is soon as you get it from the cow. Milk on the side of the churn is not really would. not at all a serious problem. is awfully grasping. It will take every Avoid breaking or treading on the The most satisfactory method of smell within Its reach. Dont give it churning, even if the churn is revolvvines when gathering cucumbers or pumping, however, is to use a wind- - a cbance. ing. Churn may be too full You may be churning too fast and thus carry the cream right around with the churn. Of course, there are bacterial infections that will cause slow churning, but I would hardly suppose that you would be bothered to that extent. Probably in looking over your work some of these causes may give you a clue 5. 6. Bees and Cucumbers. of one of the leadis bee Journals authority for the ing statement that more than 100 growers of hothouse cucumbers in Massachusetts have found it necessary to keep bees In their buildings to set or fructify the cucumbers. Over 1,000 colonies are now being used in this way and in most cases it has been found necessary to replace these colonies each year. This has created a steady demand for bees, and the benefits derived have been so apparent that this demand promises to grow. At present, however, an earnest effort is being made to determine if possible, why colonies thus kept in hothouses are short lived, since the necessity of replacing them almost yearly is not only very expensive but seems a great sacrifice of the industrious little Insects. A correspondent melons. The best way to combat the Hessian fly. Is to seed the wheat fields as late as possible. On the same day that the plowing Is done the harrow or packer should follow the plow. The cool days of middle autumn afford the best time of the year to paint the farm buildings. Eat the string beans while they are crisp. Take a dish of them over to the neighbor w'ho has none. One hundred pounds of nitrate of soda per acre will help shove late cabbages along wonderfully. The queen bee lives to an age of four years or more, but the workers live for only about forty days. Keep the tomato vines off the Handpick tomato-worms- ; ground. are easily found and killed. they If you want to enrich your soil cheaply, sow a cover crop as fast as the ground is vacated by vegetables. Hoe or cultivate cabbages, and other growing crops, often. at least once in ten days, and especially after rains. Close stopping of fruiting cucumbers is necessary or a lot of useless wood It U well known to experienced and foliage will be made. Young breeders and nature students that d birds will once in a plants, of course, will need more fre dom. while have white offspring; this explains the origin of what in this country ! known as the White Holland turGrowing Cedar Trees. Bo keen an observer as Teget-melA farmer in Tennessee has 25 acres key. Is on record as saying that 'Tt la Dlanted to cedar, which is grown for well known that most birds, wild as the sole purpose of making lead pen- well aa y tame, occasionally produce cils. The trees grow very rapidly and more white Individuals of deli vre cultivated like anv other cron DELICATE BREED OF TURKEYS black-plumage- er Goo Pastures. Shade from the hot sun and pure water are as essential to good pastures as plenty of grass OF REGULARS CONVENIENT TO FARMERS Conical Screw. The usual method of removing stumps of trees from the ground is to split them by the use of a wedge or a blast of dynamite, says Scientific American. The accompanying illus- - FORGED DEFEAT per-'ectl- Progressive" Movement Has Brought About the Retirement of Twenty-eigh- t Republican Stand-patter- RAILWAY EMPLOYEES FORM AN ALLIANCE TO PROTECT THEIR INTERESTS. Declare It Is Not a Political Move, But a Move to Get Away From the Old Lines of Partisan Politics. stand-patters- New York. For the first time in the history of railway unions, members and deelgates, representing men of the four great divisions of railway employees in the east, voted unanimously, at a meeting here on Sunday, to take concerted action in national and state politics. The proper place to settle questions affecting labor is at the oauot box, said Warren S. Stone of Cleve 308,-00- Washington. To date the progressive movement has brought about the defeat or voluntary retliement of twenty-eigh- t Republican members of the house who were conspicuous as , the defeat regulars and of one Republican regular United States senator, the voluntary retirement of six senators, the nomination of candidates for governor in two Republican states, the elimination of Joseph G. Cannon as a serious candias speaker, the date for nomination by primaries of two candidates for United States senator in states regarded as safely Republican, Sherman the defeat of in his own ward and district as a candidate for delegate to the New York state convention, and the dereat of Senator Gallinger of New Hampshire, one of the stand pat leaders, as a candidate for delegate to his state convention. 0 land, O., grand chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Whatever your political affiliations, do not let party lines blind you to your true interests or prevent you from doing what you think is best and right. See that the men you vote for stand for the right principles, regardless of party, and support those men who meet the requirements, and you will not only be doing the best thing for yourselves, but for the public. This is not a political move at all, as is generally understood, but a move to get away from the old lines of partisan politics. In pursuance of this plan, t.)e meeting voted to send out a series of eight questions to state and national candidates, particularly to candidates for the legislature and house of representatives, asking for a definition of their attitude on the universal adoption of safety appliances and an employers liability law where buch does not already exist company pensions for superannuated employees, hours of labor, and other matters of kindred In Vice-Preside- SENATOR DICK HAS FIGHT. His Opponents Declare They Will Ignore Verdict of Primary. candiO. Republican Cleveland, dates to the legislature from Cuyahoga county (Cleveland), in a meeting here have passed resolutions pledging themselves to vote against Senator Charles Dicks Senator Dick was the only person who complied with the primary law terest. Unearthed a Tragedy. Longmont, Colo. A revolver and a shoe, protruding from an old hay stack which had been set on fire by William Martiu, a ranchman living near here, led to the discovery of a skeleton believed to be that of A. II. Barker, Martins stepson, who disappeared in December, 1906. It Is believed that the boy burrowed into the haystack and committed suicide. The stack, which was on the Martin place, had been set on fire to get it out of the way. Bryan Roasts Roosevelt. Springfield, Mo. William J. Bryan in a speech here Saturday, devoted much time to the speeches delivered Roosevelt in Theodore by Colonel Europe. Referring to the utterance In regard to English rule in Egypt in his speech in Guild hall, London, Mr. Bryan said: This utterance is and, complaces tho ing from the people of the country in a wrong light, as no one stands with him. Too Ticklish for Teddy. HadJefferson City, ley has received a letter from Theo dore Roosevelt in which the colonel wrote he did not deem it advisable to go up in an aeroplane while in St, Louis, October 11. There Is to be an avatlon nipet in St. Louis on that The promoters Invited Mr. date. Rolsevelt to accompany one of the aviators on a flight. Cholera In Naples. Is Rome. Official announcement made that one case of Asiatic cholera has been found in Naples. It is said all who were in contact with the disease have been Isolated and further drastic measures taken. Auto Collides With Freight Car. Cleveland, O. Dr. Morris D. Stepp of this city drove his automobile directly before a speeding electric freight car late Sunday. The machine was hurled high into the air and Mrs. Stepp and her two small children were killed. Six Victims of Wreck. Tipton, Ind Six bodies of victims of the Interurban wreck here were taken to their homes on Sunday for burial. It is said all the injured will recover. Sultan of Sulu In Washington. Kiram II, Washington. Jamalul sultan of Sulu, with five members of his suite, reached Washington Sunday night from New York. The sultan will endeavor to make a White House appointmen for come day during the week. Death Due to Poison. The body of Elmer Omaha, Neb E. Bryson, 50 years old, prominent citizen, was found in one of the city parks. Death is attributed to poison, self administered. Slain. Huser, the seven-- j ear-oldaughter of a ranchcate constitution than the parents man living on the outskirts of Denver, There can be no doubt that the selec was accidentally slot and killed at tlon and pairing of such is the way in her parents home b Kurt Oertel, 19 which the breed of white turkeys has years old, a boarder. been established and kept up. J. A. Mrs. Sankey Dead. Leland, a noted Illinois breder of white York. New Mrs. Frances Victoria save: I "As to color, have turkeys, never seen White Holland turkeys that Sankey, widow of Ira D. Sankey, the did not show some black ticking in singing evangelist, died early Sunday plumage during some period of their morning at her home In Brooklyn She was 71 years old. She was marlives." ried to Mr. Sankey in 1863. Child Accidentally Denver, Colo. Rosie d CHARLES DICK. United States Senator from Ohio. regulations and therefore Is the sole senatorial candidate, but his opponents declare they will Ignore the primary. Senator Theodore Burton has already announced that he will take no part in the election. American Party Names Candidates. Salt Lake City. Allen T. Sanford of Sait Lake City, for congressman, and John A. Street, of Salt Lake City, for Justice of the Supreme court, were the candidates named at the American" party convention on Saturday. A complete county and precinct ticket was also placed in the field by the Sait Lake county "Americans. Mining Man Slain, El Paso, Texas. Carodo II. Hughes, a mining man of this city, was murdered by peons near Durango, Mexico, September 17. While overseeing the work on a mine Hughes was attacked by three drunken laborers and stabbed to death. 1 Sought Purer Life Through Suicide. New York. Miss Vera Filch, the young Californian who shot herself in the Hotel Astor on August 29, gave her reasons Sunday night in an Interview. She said she hoped for reincarnation in a more moral world. un-usu- Four Drowned New Orleans. In Auto Accident. All four occupants of a large touring car returning from a lake shore resort to New Orleans early Saturday were drowned when their car, taking a curve at a high rate of shot speed, straight ahead and plunged into the new basin canal. Due in Baltimore. Baltimore. Charges of incompe-teneand misconduct were preferred againbt the local board of police com mlssioners by Governor Crothers on Saturday. Frenchmen and Britons Objected. Paris. It is understood here that the English syndicate headed by Sir Ernest Cassel has abandoned the ne gotiations of a loan of $50 000,000 to Turkey in deference to the objections of France and Great Britain. Shake-u- p Smuggling Opium Into Prisons. of Washington. An Investigation the federal prisons at Atlanta, Ga., and McNeills Island, Wash., has been ordered by the departments to ascertain if liquors and opium are being sent into the prisons. Domestic Trouble Costs Two Lives. Cleveland, O. Because of efforts by her mother to force her to abandon her acquaintanceship with Paul Mueller. a friend of her husband, Mrs. Lawrence Distel shot and instantly killed Mueller and then shot herself, dying shortly afterward. New Minister to Panama. Panama. Thomas C. Dawson, the new United States minister to Panama, who arrived here Friday, was re ceived Saturday afternoon by Acting President Mendoza. |