Show A A RAIN WATER M A pure inexpensive supply cornea comes from ab above ova and needs no lifting A galvanized iron tank la is placed in an upper room just beneath the eaves ot of root the arrangement ran gement of the various pipes etc 0 can best be under apt stood by reference to diagram given bere berenith with T is 0 the tank E pipe from one bide side of root roof 0 overflow of tank into no c leader from roof to cistern C els cis tern I 1 pipe from cistern to tank by which tank may be filled when rains are not frequent enough to do it P pump at kitchen sink R range 11 hot water tank 3 pipe from large tank supply ing cold water tor for bathroom and for hot water tank B bathtub A closet L cold water faucet at hot water tau acet V waste pipe from bathroom do D soil pipe leading to cesspool away from house the cut la Is made in th this s way more merely 7 to show the different parts the va rious fixtures should of course be located according to the construAl construction on of the bouse house arranging things eo so aa as to take as little pipe with as few turns as is practicable the pump is used tor for the water sup EUP ply in the kitchen being a double acting pump one can by try changing the shut offs pump water from the cistern to fill the upper tank the filter F Is not entirely feces sary by having an aerator attach ment to the pump and by taking the precaution to turn out the first water that falls after a dry spell the cistern will be quite satisfactory it should be cleaned out two or three times a year not counting the cistern which Is usually already present the materials says the farm journal would cost something as follows labor not in eluded galvanized iron tank 5 bathtub 5 hot hO later tater tank 5 pump G SO one and one half inch galvanized iron pipe and three inch casic alron pipe to cesspool about 30 traps vents etc perhaps 10 the soil pipe to the cesspool should hae hane a good fall so as always to run clear of obstructions it should be trapped and vented in the best man ner the fixtures in the house should also be trapped and vented a plum ber will ex explain lain all such details not shown on diagram diagram without traps and vents sewer gas Is likely to get into the house and poison the inmates cheap poorly connected plumbing Is worse than none it Is continually getting out of order and menacing health get a first class job FERTILITY OF SOIL science of the growth of plants should be understood by farmer A it IL whitson of the wisconsin sta tion says directly or indirectly the food of 0 mankind comes from the soil and there la Is ther efow oo nothing more important in agriculture than thattie that the factors which determine the prodoc tl veness of the soil be thoroughly un der stood this bulletin Is written tor for the purposes of putting before the farmer a statement of our present knowledge of the factors which influx ence the fertility of the soil and of the relation of these factors to each other the agricultural plants require for growth a favorable temperature light and a supply of material including carbon dioxide water and certain chem leal ical elements derived from rom the soil the chief of these elements are nitrogen phosphorus potassium calcium and magnesium since oxygen is used at every point of the plant where growth takes place it Is needed at the tops of the roots and therefore soil must be aerated all these condl condi eions are dependent on the climate on the physical and chemical conditions of the soil and on various changes going on in the soil 9 0 ALL AROUND THE FARM have you a good supply of seed corn the indications are that seed corn of 0 first class quality will be very scarce next spring dont don it drive the boy off the farm into a store or shop arrange the farm work vork so he will like it it don doat t starve the heifer calf just because she Is to be kept for the dairy she should make a healthy growth all the time some people believe in predestined careers we believe in making one ones 8 career dont don t you the farm Is a good place to work one out dont don t mix the salt with the feed let et the stock use it as they wish the secret of good breedl breeding Is to have a good foundation to work upon don dont t chain yourself to a profitless cow soil sol and keeping quality of apples investigations of the apple soils of california have shown that there is a close relationship between the keep ing qualities wes of the apples and the various kinds of 0 soils on which they are grown this la Is very important and should prove of great value to apple growers in plaste ww new 0 orchards AP 41 FARM LABOR of poor qualley A hard ard to get and suggested remedy one of the most common complaints JS the the farm from coming today of most of the bavm Is o lop that can be secured it is not borers that this w ill rs result hesss to be doubted establishing of 11 nally in the where of or bureau an I 1 to will be possible f or crude laborers labor competent fa rm be made into of idle mento thousands there are ers that the cities to in ordinary tima work in be glad to 90 out and W under stood the the country if they work farm work also varies 60 great that one kind of a farm character I 1 y in laborer Is not well fitted to do other kinds of 01 farm labor that b has ad worked thus us a city man as astola asT stable bla man S a great horse horsek hor seb breed well establishment would not be ing fitted by his experience to go 90 to work when he loses horticulturist for or a his position with the horse breeder be turns his face city ward and goes to 11 it if h f in town work lor for some man j to learn how to had an opportunity do all kinds of farm work be he could readily change from one class of work to another but as a matter of fact it Is not easy for a man that wishes to learn farming to get with a man that will let him leam learn all kinds of otna farming 4 usually his work mork Is po BO one sided that he be makes little progress k this IS ig a matter that will doubtless be taken up in time by the departments in our agricultural colleges that deal with farm economics thinks farmers review it bould ha be entire ly easy for some ona one of our agrical j tural colleges to start such a fitting school as an experiment experiments with the j idea of turning out annually a few allaround all around farm laborers who would have learned many kinds of work la ift i the various departments of the experiment station farm laborers so taught i would have the adian advantage tage of having been taught more correct principles j of farming than ta Is true with most 11 borers who pick up a good deal of error with the facts they acquire DWARF FRUITS earliness Earll ness Is their chief point of ad vantage over other varieties dwarf fruits cannot ie be made corn merc merci lally ally profitable but they have xa 1 4 some advantages over other fruits in the earliness with which the tree begins to bear dwarf pears under good treatment as to soli soil come quickly into bearing the most prolific sorts give some the second year after setting and increase the product from year to year tor for a number of years A good many dwarf apples are now being planted and these soon produce good crops of course these trees are short lived and cannot be made to take the place of the standard sort of apples and pears there are many farms however on which it Is desired to have some fruit in a few years and these furnish the means they should not homeer ho howe weer er be planted between rows of standard trees as some suggest suggests but in a plantation by themselves yes the plan of planting between standard trees short lived trees that are to be dug out neer works out satisfactorily here and there will be found a short lived tree of more than usual value and longevity and s t the owner will not cut it out nor f should such trees be dispensed with 4 till they have passed their period of s 1 usefulness it if they are in fit y a planta i tion of their own the best trees can 1 be left to grow and bear fruit long after the others have been cut out DESIRABLE CART FOR FARM USE v one in which leaves leave s straw etc can be easily moved where a larger quantity of loose ina ma aerial such as manures manure straw and lawn must be carted from one place to another I 1 find a cart made after the design shown in the accompanying ll 11 1 av M A good cart for farm ute use t ff 1 much more conceal convenient ant than a wheelbarrow says a correspondent J 0 of prairie farmer s Ts to 0 wheels from an old riding plo mow about three feet in diameter TP lecter the axle a piece ot se gas piping was used the f aroi rome fc the box which ts to five feet lo 10 cef 24 feet bet wide nas mortised morti sed together tn two 0 by two material ro of the front posts are two I 1 I 1 feet eat ejbl s inches in height and the box was wa aSk strutted ted of three quarter incas handles were bolted to the alde that the cart anny in ty be either drawl dral ri 8 0 pushed p shed A leg in front holds the th when standing in position to IQ load W vt fertilizers pay r 1 l ai no farmer should lose sight kofl of fact that all fertilizers 6 vahle value and d not a pound ps have arte of 1 should be allowed to was go to waste ast 0 general principles a farmer S ouM always working 0 into his si 3 soil the rials that will make pant abundance K of plant food Is food od the soil required if farming ld to ua carri ed profitably it should be bat that every particle cle of re ter makes fertility vegetable ahert it d a should be yes worked into tho I 1 BOB appreciation of thin this t the loss 1088 0 largo large ft to quantity tl ot of yard manure Taft nure which to im sa 10 to Od to to JA briw v aa r oo 00 i I 1 4 |