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Show ' ; &WmM P. NE5B1T Ce TflFWTY II 7 ; i- - Tl II 11 ' rth BML SAM TI NCLR using the . EMsST; r I ' B I g i try at - ' V . order to tefet thisnew idea "the gove?nment has recently laid out hat is believed to , - u i" i wvu'v lan't r nnitPrt It th. mtP. very Dig iarm, w ue ure, having, to begin with, a, total i- I jl Is maKIng a magic current to help the growth of crops In I I "I Sfltl . vFii T i- - arfc- w . , L, i afeyQy - cVM-- - 2 -- ' wavV ' jLivi'S i r, ,J-,.o- s- " JWArJtr . -, -- -- ..v V . "'lit - -- k rr mi ' mini - nurii i mwiir n H whimw mmmtrmn- - I ..-- II " .zzg'- ipumwiiwiininnnii r a 3?e V - iji .. I- Iff II . ' '"JJ - U iMi f. W TTftrveefr-rt-ma- y - .j..:, thatff' he-add- ed all the greatest women Is." is not the intention at any time to keep tht PaWho r he put Cleopalry down, 7 over the electric current flowing An' ma- - she sniffed an' . said: '"That area continuously day and night - That would thing be likely to do more harm than good.. Lat Why, If she'd come here to this town, find more Marcs that aha could She'd afternoons and early mornings will be chosen . string!" for giving an electric boost to the growing whfat and In no Instance, probably, will Dr An' go they went; pa said:. "1 guess , Hriggs have his odd cultivator at work foi That history will bear me out d more than of the time in any given (n honoring good Old Queen Bess," But ma she said: "Humph! There's a twenty-fou- r hours. dOUbt" ; woman who'd . wrote An' then soma wire-sheltere- d i one-thir- -- books-Pa wanted her put on the list. But ma she said: "Look how it look si That woman was a blggumist!" Ithe evergreens den discharge - WellwbJle .they argued for 'n against, I took some paper an a pen set right down, an' I commenced To write the greatest women, then, t wrote, down Gran'ma Henderson, use An' Gran'ma Jones the first, yes, both of them lets me have fun An' each one say I favor her. " An' ' By R. B. BUCKHAM. sir-Ca- ernment scientists, under the 5 of Dr. direction M M; r? wires. Tbe theory which the gov- - --t: TV mill i a cbecli..with ech of these electrified JJv irortfonfc. or plot of equal six where no electric rtTWlV 1 -- M. Bv- conaner inH the yield from M11 shower fa a. t rr r f mi i r lllluaujjj rM i liv . iv and" Dy contrasting f II thfr two pJotslrr each-pa- ir HlWmMn mTTnnmi the production by the seven pairs of beds th to gauga very accu- Pa: he wt down with ma 'iaat nl?ht officials wll influence the electrical factoi An took that fountain pon oLiila- what Just rately ' " mTi, heds-i- s lamjis the electric current is so strong that at night, the wires give ofT a sort of glow that Is visible to any p erson approaching, them. In daylight only a scarcely audible sound indi cates the "leakage" fromNhe electricl t y l a - H B : exqff-em- r --U V V " I2 ; 'r"-i- t z H Ta-- tV. ..- - nt w r T"" - . - m-AJ'-'-- X cl'lV jfintl1 1 , ' X - 1 I vf iVF-- ' H Csjl&ftt,. I Wv'f fssS All , NJiXI' l g-s -- most-importa- V - the same, the prog- resff of vegetation on thin little plot will he .watcheil:.sdtiuien-.interes- t, for rt may point the way to helping the farmers of the future in important respects and even, may be the means of making some of them independent of climate. Of course it is not sought to convey the im- pression that the present undertaking by the United States department of agricultureat Its perhneTrtrfarnTTsthe Jlrst effort to make electricity tJsefutoirtEnar m. Public as well as private enterprise Invaded that field long ago and thus we find today many farmers !nvarlouB parts of the country 'developing electricity for home consumption by means of power plants right on the prem- lses, the energy for generating being supplied by the gasoline engines which are becoming ' so common In the rural districts, or through y the harnessing of water power which, has been done successfully on so many farms. More- I over, the electricity thus generated is not used - merelylforl lllumination7etcJnBi,3e the iann half. "r tfi - 5 To tell something really new about the ever An" then I wrote Aunt Mary's nam, J. An' Aunt Eliza Josephine, greens would be a difficult task indeed, since An' ma, and dairymen Briggs, are trying to demonstrate is that static, ahe'a got a right to fame ..buildings. - Progressive-farmerwith been familiar has doubtless the reader will An' my school teacher, nice Miss Greens-- " have adapted the twentieth century power to electricity when applied to soil and air their principal traits and characteristics' since in' then I wrote down Jane, our cook,.. . stimulate the growth of plantB in such environmany tasks that had formerly to be done by 'Cause she gives- me a piece o caka ' boyhood, and knows them all, root and branch. An' fill ment. There is ample evidence of the sound- human hands as, 'for example, milking and lets me stand around an' look r Hut a few facts relative to them ness of the theory within reasonable limits )'n Saturday when she wUl bake. churning and feed cutting. f tEeTess for ana cconvenient prove reference, Indeed, the benefit that may be conferred by etecTfiAn' then I say that's alt t know and suggestive. such electric discharges is illustrated by tbe farming' pursues quite a different path. This Of who I think the greatest la. deslra-are of First then, of 'all, distinctly they latest function of the magic current is not to flourishing development, (until frostbitten) There ain't as much aa twenty, tboiirfr '" .rSshade and otjP thougfi. An' where thw ia,'"T plants in the .Aref nature. that list TT ''-A- n' Y'l'ZVCCj&at manual labor, In , at-as fail to value such. their looked and many at mine, recognize says: "Well, course, mighty little sunlight. b.ut wherejhe To particularize, in popular form, It may be,, some time, however, they will surely tome to receive mosphero is heavily charged with electricity. explained that the Idea is to have electricity Is great might call this tough. We think Moreover, preliminary experiments which, were ""the place ias such which is due them. Dn them, my boy but when I coma supplement; sunngni in us influence upon No tree can add more to the Jandscape than To study this, you'va named enough." The artificial warmth recently conducted, in England along the same growing crops. and one of These, and especially in rtKe' winter sea lines that Uncle Sam is pursuing, indicated - glow will be called into play as a proxy for the that there was an increase of 30 to 40 per! cent son, when so many others are leafless and for burning beams from the orb above on days FABLES, bet?ntrm dosed - lorn The wondertg that we do not see mor when there is no sunlight and in the mornj.nhe yleWef --wheat that had "wheat will observe that the' slender likewise of the evergreens it) the streets of cities, and and the with electricity, ings and evenings of "the short winter days "WTfesT" Stretching from A certain Showman advertised that t a better price per bushel fine country places. about when old Sol is working shorter hours Than" brought to main are all who would Pay him a Small Sum post post wires, supported by had evidenced that It was In superior for bread Agnin, they are of prime value as timber. Perhaps electricity cannot huge insulators of a pattern usually seen only might see the. Two Greatest Freaks The price of soft wood lumber Is steadily in- ever ever be expected to prove so great a stimulus baking. in the vicinity of Niagara Falls and elsewhere Exhibited. And the People gathThe officials of the" department of agriculcreasing, yearly. When this country "was first ered in his Tent la great Numbers. growing plants as Is powerful j sunlight, but where current is generated or discovered, and grants of land were given by Now, ture make preliminary experiments have proven that it' transmltecLCrossing these principal wiresmt dear that their, present ven judge of theirH, Surprise when Is the king, in most cases great care was taken will help some and the object of Uncle Sara's as new in the electroculture ture activity right angles six to the span between each Saw Two ordlnary-JookinPer they to reserve the pine thereon 4o the crown. Its sons on two poles are. finer wires, so that, taken as "a termed Is purely experimental and they make present undertaking is to determine just how the Platform, ' much assistance electricity will. render under value was recognized Ihen. Shall we fail to apno prophecies 'as to just what they hope to whole, there is provided a sort of wire screen "Ho! Ho!" they cried."You have disco vxr the conditions of soil and climate, etc., which, i - suspended about the height of a man abov JnteresllipfllnlJa-lhat-the- y preciale H, Inriayl- TJeccived us. Tficse are not' Freaks, The evergreens are all of them hardy, and are determined to find out just how much confront the average American farmer. the furrows. but Ordinary Persons." Tho reader might naturally suppose, if. he They Were it a case of switching on electric light electricity will do to aid easily grown, and adaptable to almost any cli"Not so Fast," replied mate ad condition of soil and surroundings. min. have made the most elaborate plans, too, for hasn't been informed otherwise, that if Uncle when it was desired to give impetus to crops "One of these Persons Is tho To end You will find the spruce growing on the exthis ' Sam. was going to employ electricity to conn in the ground it would be apparent Jo the measttrtng the Influence exerted. newspaper Paragrapher who haa oriy - terfelt sunbeams te would do It by calling the experimental area has been apportioned In casual onlooker when the activity waB in progposed and chilly upper slopes of mountains, and noKN'Vitten about Dewey, anything fourteen plots of uniform size and all have Into use powerful electric lights, which seerri ress, but with Uncle Sam's method of adminagain equally well along the muddy banks of a and tbe Other Person is the Only wln- in of the same to be about the next best thing to sunlight or in been good electric of grade the wet treatment the and are not river, planted depths istering things gloomy Man in Vermont who Never went to , In brilliancy. Well, that was the way it was so obvious, hence the warning signs that hang ter wheat. Seven of the beds lie under the swampland, or out upon the sandy plain. Onlv School with him. receive the beneflt oone by several of the give them:a.faIr.chAtica.andiuLyagrMAi44"WBIcFnDelTgb Fed lhe ""Audience bo" ' look out for'themserveY."" There" la ti6 portion nf Europewhohavo rather- . . Much that thef airtaTrnrfiact "to tho ' In such tests. They hung big arc lamps In our nation in. which they" cannot be grown with Show that Night. . success and to advantage. The present is al greeahouses and they lengthened the growing Moral There 1" Often more Fame day for plants and vegetables by flooding the ways propitious with them. They care not In not Being- Famous." ' , several for with hours after hot houses whether times are good or bad, or what politilight cal faction is in" the ascendency. sdow each day. 'The result was that one They are A certain Barkeeper liad Thought so y By R. 8. RUSHING. prominent foreigner has produced splendid ready to launch out with ynu on adventure In Much about what would Happen If bo strawberries ia a much shorter time than the lumber business at any time, and the Should Forget to close his Bar at the '. would have heen possible had nature been almake pretty good partners to tie up with, too. Time that his Hair had . all Proper lowed to take her own course, and our own the" evergreens have land every year, that is to the same land. Today tbe subject of procuring a supply of Fallen out. A Wily Man came Unto 7" Cornell university in New York state was their peculiarities, traits and habits, b means Htm as be stood behind his I select say about five acres each manure is concerning the minds of a great year t6 Bar, and equally successful in hurrying tne growth of of which they can be selected to conform to a 100 worabout loads farmers. This much of me has this renovation, a Baldheaded give apply Make many given he that Requested and other vegetables by this lettuce, radishes one's individual circumstances. Thus. the hem' ' ry at times and Is only mastered by hard la- - . woods' dirt and about 15 pr 20loads of barnr..; .. Cocktail, ' same method. But Uncle Sam is not going to t lQckiiud-th- e seem larch to be tcr able endure ... . manure, v thoroughly yard Incorporated ctudyv But the Barkeeper said: "What In r f6116wblindl3r,ln this heatennpathTTJe is tak-- . almost any amount of moisture In the soil, and it produces good crops. Baldheaded Cock- Perhaps, however, I have not secured my. the Hot Place la Ing a new tack. whereas the pine is bet constituted t thrive tail?" Some land ofcourse will not need quile so manure alj in the same way as most gardeners . new "electric The principle of , In the most barren sands, and to endure long much of ti ls, but Borne of my land Is of clay do. True, all farmers and gardeners cannot Man said: "I wttl show , And the farm" rlf we mayntarr one miniature wheat continued droughts. The. spruce. Is the most secure a great amount of their manure as I loam and In former years has not been very how to Make it." field a farm 1b to employ the electric current " euccessfu of them all In doing without sun you .' It rich and thus ',-have secured much of mine. "". requires heavy applications to So he had the BarkeepeMake eer-Itself and not the electric lamps to spur nature dense f.hade, and making Itself tain In the first Tplace l have tried to make as' bring It noTcTa .high producing Biaie Ardent Spirits and other Things In her work. Thla is interesting in itself and " at home on. northern mountain slopes, where Not only 111 my country Is It possible to have much manure oh my farm as possible, and also and Concocted a Drink. When it was the project will be tof added value in its snow the lingers, far Into the1 spring, and the Finished the Man Drank It and such supplies, but In many places such sources tried to save as near all of It as possible. ; Also v from the fact- - that the growing under sun makes out to shine but a kittle time each are available... The trouble is that these I have made a practice of always having some Turned to the Barkeeper, asking Him: ta to of bh but of instead ' doors I go electricity day. sources are overlooked. ffrftfln irrnwl h r fti rn unilAl Qt Alff brant Hmno "Do you It la called Bald-of a hot DOUBe. ; In the artIflclalatmosphere : Almost 1 know a few" farmers In "of soU and situation he aded?" know.why i ueriveu luuuu ucurui iruuj i.iu . my neighborhood " iuu Moreover,! ia order- can beTnct byheFtrhardy IfTOfifsTimd IFey who have BougH a few cars of manure'and nad" Put the V conditions the experts of Uncle Sam's bureau "T X acre ood landTwhkhn several ;iCshtpped from XhtcagoTancT on fherrTarins-the- re oorofin'olhe man Not know, tbe Man responded: "Be--. --, 7iaJU iHatr, " VI (UUUOt-MOW VUVDCU OB IUQ- OtTUO who is wllllrg .o loan tbeni the use of his land. are waRte places that they can get about from a neighbor.. This purchased cause it is On You." years 'ago a of their experiment, not a prize farm, but If the large leaved trees retained their all the fertility they need tq mix with their foliage But the Barkeeper hit him with a land, is rough and stony. tract onllhe largest experiment farm of the throughout the year It Is difficult to imagine soil. is worth .very little, except to The timber and made him Disgorge Bungstarter of locatUnited States department agriculture' what havoc wind and sleet and snow would Five years ago I bought one car myself and cents. fifteen keep theland shaded and shed foliage to rot. ed near Arlington, Virginia. Thhs land was not occBFion amoHB theio; W the foliage of i must say that I have bad far better results The rock on the land. Is of a gravelly nature Moral it 1b best to be Funnv over part of the historic estate of Rob.formerly." the evergreens is so shaped that thouch re- dissolve It from to the when seems and somewhat rains land the received that 1wood ' : leaf the Telephoner ert E. Lee,. the Confederate general, but it was' "0 damage results 'i'JliJilL0i;S)Alt.JhlJf,ar. manwe ,the .Chicago, . roaav-vaaro. nd after th ,ARLyhllteed. mitr nfflrtul n the t'frcettt kales. - What 'would ha thi In fact, I have ljever used anything that gave farm ollifeemB ia make arw ideal soil- .- it cannot be said to offer tnore than average or other "trees, but 'makes strurfon Against His Principles. music nere country .mere is mucn iana mar oexier lmmeaiate results man does this. nave opportunities for tilling. If they be that good tl.e" evergreens. The. poor, starving goat Bpled a paamopg their may lxn; u. w r a lyres 8 never 0 Ul uol,iU1 ..The appearance of Uncle Sam a "electric . l' uuj a mi;e time occaBionany,-oube attuned throughout the hills and valleys of per In the airey7 Thinking it would Jeast 'cannot be cultivated. .r had to buy nitrogen and I never.expect to... i farm" Is weU calcuIated to rouse the curiosity our lie ran. to- tay lh r country! - 1 ought In using this In tny cold frames, all the of land ten years ago and"Of .any chance farmer ridlng along the road. when he saw it, he But ward.it. clal treatment that it' receives Is to thoroughly I have hauled a great number of loads of rich cau- -' even If he did not see the warning-signsally shook his head and murmured: "v" dirt and $anLmlxed every year and I still nave, work it Into a good soil, or fairly good. soil. -- jThat Piano Music, turning aim that he must not get within rour 'No, I cannot eat it. I-- am no con- - . As tojny hot beds, I use the fire beds and ap- - v Mri.Tubbs feet of the wires 'carrying a current of 10J,fiOO Don't you think there it lritrr4 nlbal."-- ' 1 " pslmuch to haulas when I rrrrrr. ' v rolts nv.ii uin iui iiaui uk m bccu. , ifi Alans s piaying, John7 . electricity powerful enough to. do all . an. old copy of the Ram'g was or it ,':,zr I gave $100 for "the ;25 acre H first and I While I am a great believer In buying the Mr. Tubbs ,certalnjy do. When I hear 'sorts of damage if given, the: opportunity. " it Horn " . have received that much back every year In" proper elements of plant food when it is neces-i.- lt What the farmer beholds is a plowed area me makes feel always, that fd like to 1 kick ' ' dotted at. Intervals, of a coupJeJoCrods with aary, yet I also believe in looking aroum and the cat fertility. Statesman. : " ' to find. some source near home from However. I do not try to "cover . , What He Wanted. ; slender wooden po!es,Jjabout 'seven' feet in ';, .trying " which to ken' :DeBe horseleBs few a acres borfarm Willie Is select rather corner A save 'needs of one the 1 At field and the Weary money, supply every' year.'but height. Drawback, , ..r - , ' I think there should be. just as great and have' some' green crop to turn under and ealled "power: house"; of this farm.- - a small ridges Is great, Isn't dey! SageKnow thyseir. - frame wlre'Von-twhat 20 -in about 6H In 'of feedleads ; this loads Arthuras Anxious a wfiier doy, omy tie Yep;, ljut fertility per acre," "practiced feeding buildtnglrtra' r.CynlcrWbat'a the useT- Ifanot an ao with enly a few.loads of barn:yar4 nianure, aay Meeting: jwIUl the jwlres of a orter Invent ,1s, a blteless .dorf. r Qualntance from whom you can biwrow money ing the anlmaU--' , Tbe cost vt production must '.'': J ".". '..,.' -'. about four or five. ;, This, ! not done, ..to Ithe.'-- be'. considered. 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