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Show r tfAIlM AND GAKDEN, nntll Wellhouse ft Son sboutid receive 15 bushels per tree, or so long La the trees might bear. The Clenwood was planted "In the spring of 1878; the Miami county tract In 1878, and the Fairmount orchard In 1879, with varieties as follows: Glenwood tract (117 acres): Ben Davis, 60 crs; Winesap, 16 acres, Missouri I'ippin. 41 aerjs. Miami county trSe9A(.lt,(k acres): Ben Davis, 80 seres; Missouri Pippin, 43 acres; Maiden's Blush, 8 acres. Cooper's Early, 9 acres; Wlriesap, 22 acres. Ben Fairmount tract (160 acres); Davis, 60 acres, Jonathan, 40 acres, Cooters Early, 8 acres; Malduns Blush. 8 acres; Winesap, 24 acres. . The years of usefulness of these orchards were from 1880 to 1895 during which time they produced a total of 410,417 bushels, giving a net Income of 1 104 000 or $52,000 as a result of the venture to each party during the fifteen years act've life of the orchards. The account practically closed with tho year 1895. Wellhouse ft Son now own 1,220 acres of younger orchards, located In counties. Leavenworth and Osige d of these are now laden About with fruit and the product of this season Is estimated at 20,000 bushels, approximately valued at $5,000. Their largest t rop was 80,000 bushels In 1890, the years expenses amounted to $13,000 and the gioss receipts for The next year's crop apples $52,000 was 63,698 bushels. From their long experience In commercial orcharding the Messrs. Well-houarc nuking their later plantings In about the following ratio aa to varieties, viz : lien Davis, 100; Missouri Pippin, 50; Jonathan, 40; Gano, 15; York Imperial, 15a Their trees old, In trenches Instead of holes, 16 feet apart in rows noith and south and the rows thirty-tw- o feet apart. There are three main reasons for adopting this plan. First, with the trees so clase together they form thdr own atndbteaft. making hedges or beits of timber unneces-saiSecond, the d ne Itiade makes the evaporation of moisture from the soil less Imminent. Third, It Is easier to secure a good permanent stand by close planting, and the excess of trees, If there is any, can be removed as may he desirable. i$ MATTERS OF INTEREST AGRICULTURISTS. SOM I tloa of TO Date Hints Abodt CnltiTn. tlu eoll nod Vldito 4 mortem SlucultnrS Thernjf-HorlUuU- urat. I tarn. K Jockey Tommy Burns, who was business was attempted in their bout, (Inn. off their the thirteen elements necessari signed recently to ride for the stable and there are thousands of William C. Whitney at a salary of friends who are of the same opinion. (or plant growth, the farmers usuall) found a It le always the case, however, when need take hut little care, excepUng it $15,000 a year, has finally apple tree. Then- she gae a cry of the of potassium, phosphorut A UmUcbmi -he can show his excellent talk get started for all kinds of stowhere place supply delight, for there was Marcella Mar- and nitrogen, and of these three nitre I knew him for a gentleman qualifications to the best advantage. ries to come Into circulation, and some cella. who was every bit as black as and never must Because of the obstinacy of racing very plausible reasons are put Tortl 1$ tall; that is precious costly the By algna gen Dinah herself. official! Burns has been driven from by those who Insist that the contest All agricultural plants drag obtain. Ills coat was rough and rather worn. the west, where be prefers to ride, and was not on Its merits to prove their much of thrir food from the atmos. His cheeks were thin and pale That night Marlon Violet slept alone used the farmer A lad who had bis way to malts. those of aud by after a short season In east, following assertions Many of the close friends In her tiny bed, that night the little phere, th meeting at Washington Park, he of both men have taken time to disWith little time for play; none are much exceeded y probably Mamma sobbed herself to shop, that nutrt-meof 1 knew him for a gentleman baa been found good enough to become cuss the possibility of a fake In wplt In the proportion clover large night the petted and Indulged Marthis In derived. By certain algos today. star rider for one of the richest of the fact that they really do not, the thus .respect cella Lorlnda lay on the top shelf in think they were deceived by McCoy are much like In America. turfmen crops other leguminous Aunt Chloe's dark closet, and that and Corbett seed Is the best Be met his mother on the street; la nothing particularly brainy Clover There clover. red night Dinan Washington got the worst OS came his little cap; a farmer can use. Clover he has $15,000 worth about but that manute Burns, had in short her she had evir scolding $ of courage, connected with some heel My door was shut; he waited there Bob ntXAtm Royaittofe has hen talit-- a trap for nitrogen, seven years. Until I heard his rap; and shoulder work combtned, makes exclusive of royaltle as It collects and presents large quanFitzsimmons, a 'Vo' o' should chile mine t'iuk dat lie took the bundle from my hand. him one of the most capable riders In on his picture fights and his stage ena come to gitalin, bemoaned Aunt tities of combined nitrogen In a fora And when I dropped my pen, the country. He wa the leader of all gagements, got approximately $( 0,000 nourish crops, to growing ready Chloe, "and an ole nigger doll at daf Be sprung to pick It up for me the ridera In the numberof winning out of the Horton law. Jim Jeffries, k in the words of Dr. Kedzie, "With ax Yes ha doll tnus dat carry right This gentleman of ten. mounts last year, and might have been the champion, has $40,000 In governAdequate supply of combined nltrogei the morntu'" of chemicals toe all other agrlculturt ment four per cents, and he boasts In vain Dinah pleaded and cried Be does not push and crowd along; Aunt Cli'ot that he has nearly twice that much, So about Dine become active whHe'a limited suppll flrm is His voice Is gently pitched; more. Tom Sharkey has a house In o'cloi k. a nioit little fig- of active nitrogen correspond! my Bs does not fling his books about action of the rest. For hifel the Dinah stole quittly up the lane limits ure, Bay, and can write his Sheepshead bewitched. were -- As If ha of exceptional? or the least $30,000. Corbett has check at raising for farming Be stands aside to let you pass; The lltfld Maffima walked snrrrtwful-lnot had si many opportunities, large crops, the great want la JU He always shuts the door; out to the orchard The grass wh abundant and cheap supply of as some of the others, . Bs runs on errands willingly and the nltratea. An acre with delicate be set down fairly and dew. the and sparkling $45,000 might To forge and mill and store. white blossoms looked prettlt r than clover will make 6,000 pound f as his earnings. Mi Coy might be ever afnong the deep grrt-leaves, hay, containing HMD, pounds of placed at close to the same figure, and Be thinks of you before himself: or the ash. wllLte the Marnma'cfheart was full of but la matter Peter Maher sas he hav a home in He serves you if be tan, ' grief 97x pounds of putash,'98 pounds if Westchester, and can live until the For, In whatever tympany. Marcella Iiwlnda'" she called. lime, 3 D-- a pounds of magnesia, and IS Horton law is arranged again. Terry The manors tnakethe man. Mari ella Idiwlrr T sortly, MeG overns bhare is thought to b pounds of phosphoric add. The biy At ten or forty, 'tie the same; she stopped, for the' J'lhf wherp Rhc will also coutaiu 1US pounds of larger than that of any of the others. The manner tells the tale. had been yestenlav, wan Marcella He was managed with grat skill H nilrogtn The roots and slubte And I discern the gentleman safe aud soand contain fully as much of these will not approximate his earnings, but By signs that never fall. The little Mamma alwav thought as the hay. are probably quite large they , Margaret K San gator. Ah a I Marovila .must have run aay; J. ii. Law os found that An antunn the big Mamma was mser, for the after the laat crop of clover was cui. ft fall NEW POWER ON THE TURF. Thn Hull ttuct Kan Aw. next hrletmas an ex.n t counterpart that remaining above ground and to y'WfrW (By A. Gladys Coll. ns, Wellesley Hills.) of Mari ella found Its wav Into the the 37 was examined. inches, who now depth of Prince Andre Pomatow-ki- , She was blac k, or at least she had little cabin, and Dinah was made Pounds of the raring incontrols jer been In her day, although qow the happy. acre, ay. h is started terests near San Pram white peeped through In several Marcella Iairlnda had learned her Stubble, etc., above ground conon a paue in out turf to high ai plate for places. She had large black beads Sibil lesson, and never was tempted to leave tained California as it now occupies in Engeyes, that shone so brightly and nat-home again, but the little Mamma 1st nine inches belowground conland. Having organized one of th U rally that w hen the little mamma SJ17 tained keeps a pLrong around her con- biggest Jurf corporation in the coun was quite, quite amatl she was slmoat waist, Just to be string below 2d inches nine ground know. sure." you 172 try, he has gone to New York to Interafraid of her; almost afraid that she tained Smut. Nntnre conest the Whllueyb, Keiiu.s, P.Oiiuonts, Corn of not have below need Inches 3d She alive. be nine ground might Th Duelling of n Prior. D1 A publication of the Illinois Experiand others in s ipport of his big ventained lairlnda Violet feared, for Marcella One of the lined sensational events TOMMY BURNS. ment Station h.yjs: Smut as it is comture The prince has aleady carried was one of the sweetest tempered of in thw smt.ila 'of 'nngland s aristoc6i3i monly ca bd is a plant; not, of couise, ' Total in t'alifor-ni-a, 0 again, but foi the fa-- that he was but several big enter;-- ' dolls, and" probably would not have racy was the reci nt between quarrel and bur was three al between This (lowerour forms one the like set down by Oakland judgpjL.and of mamma and has confllence in his ability Utile high by coming Prince grieved her Edwaid of York and a daughter times as much dr matter as the resto life even If she had the power. ing plants, but one very low in the lowed the privilege of riding only for to take racing away from tbe gamof the duchess of Sutherland, when the In the words of stale of plant life, belonging with the his own stable. idue of the barley. Marcella Uorlnda Violet would no latter bling basis it now stands on and elethrew the former Into a fountain Kedzie, "Tire clover hay, or sod, Bums Is now under contract to vate it to a pure sport He has begun doubt have been spoiled bad she be- In the moulds, toadstools, etc., to lusts, grain park! enough phosphoric acid for core a class of plants called fungi. The John F. Schorr, son of the Memphis by making a reformation that la longed to anyone else, but the Mamma, Startling aa this statement seems. It than double an average crop, eootgh smuts was brought the Indulgent, although belong with those that get their brewer, and will remain with that firm bound to strengthen the foundation of did not have the result that might be for more than four aveage food directly from other" living plants, until January, when his contract will all horse Interests. By his plan the Marcella up so carefully that everynitrogen It .did not shock the naand potash for more than six ao they are called parasites, or paraone acknowledged her to both beat expected. expire. He has been a valuable boy breeder of thoroughbreds will In evtion sense of propriety; It only pleas- crops, behaved of all the Violet family. No, ed crop of wheat!. ..If any paeon sitic fungL Everyone Is acquainted to the Schorrs, who, owing to good rid- ery Instance receive remuneration for average their sense was for of It a humor, were .preaching the gospel of she never cried when her little Mam- Joke broad with the sooty masses that break out ing, have been big winners on every giving the sport a winning horse. He enough for even the Engwell might hold up thiiple on corn, known as corn smut. These track where they have raced their proposes that five per cent of the purshe ma went out, nor the never asked tor lish to t keeitbrough. aa the smel of smut-baltwofileces of cake' kt t,nirwM Alare made up of the spore, homes. Burns, like nearly all Jockeys, es In all races over 1400 shall go to th Prince Edward of York, it must be leaf of the red clover a trinity of blessing to the fVaer, or seed, stage of the fungus. There has had his troubles with officials, but breeder. It has heretofore been th ways calm and polite like a lady. Alhas attained the dignity remembered, for his cereal crops, Sim are millions of these very minute he has never been charged with any- custom to reward breeders only when ways, did I say? Well, I will take It of six years and the lady who ducked furnishing back, for once of this once I am gosources, a an- spores In each of the smut-ball- s. otherwise Tbs thing more serious than disobedience. they had winners In stake races. Whil Inadequate him la nine, but he will one day be of cient ing to tell you once, Marcella did king If all phosphrus, No suspicion 'of fraud has ever attachof the smut, concerned potassium, supply this Is apparently only a small point earlier stage Is a goes well, and she 1 were designing If and Is something very, very naughty. ed to his riding In California last in the prince's racing programme. It nitrogen. composed food, etc., with obtaining a of house daughter famous favored It was a warm, warm day In May, an emblematic seal of our natinal of very small threads that spread winter he found pleasant company and will likely do more than anything els th drown. and as It was very uncomfortable up by agriculture, I would make the ceiral through the tissues of the corn plant, lived a faster life than Is good for a to stimulate the western breeding InIn was Everybody England delightIn the nursery, the Mamma took the figure the clover leaf. For the fanner and when the fungus Is ready for Jockey. 8everal times he rode when terests. The prince Is anxious that because " Prince Edward Is unusualViolet family and trotted out to thr ed, well Is th most effective trap lor nlro-ge-n tt was not the best.' his condition the - beat horses In the world shall rapidly multtply They ly hie beloved, being popularity 1 orchard. There was a nice, fresh due to within his reach. was ordered by come out of California He Is himself he these occasion Into one On and In certain change the Is fact he la places so bad. that It b reeis stirring among the apple blos- not smut-ball- s. As a usual thing with the the Judges to ride the mare Sly in a a great breeder and already haa a the angelic characteristics of the soms and wafting the pretty white petg la I Immi race and refused on the plea of sick large farm of thoroughbreds. He la smuts of our cereals, the fungus belon young that English their peoprinces als down on the green grass They The story of success le slwsyi a gins Its development with the penetraness. For this offense he was punish la their pranks and misIt ple constantly adding to his number of admire; fell on the Mammas sunny hair and chief one, Instilling hope In the tion of the germinating seed by Its ed by suspension for all but the Schorr runners, and only yesterday purchased pleasing that attract the Consequently on fell blue pinafore. They the Violet latest escapade of the future king with breast of the listener and sdmulafing germs. The fungous threads grow stable until Jan. 1, 1901 The punish- Montanic, by Montana Walnut from family, making Marcella looke blacker hie little William C. Whitney at a price not playmate has especially him to greater endeavor. The man Who within and with the plant and no signs ment was generally considered more than ever. Then Mamma laughed In corea a auccesa In his particular Ine of the fungus Is shown to the naked severe than the offense warranted. InHe will use Montanle made public. pleased them. ""lee. , The story goes that the prince's of legitimate undertaking con tributes eye until It begins to form Its spores asmuch as It meant thousands of dol- for racing purposes as soon as the colt "It's snowin', children; doesn't you materially to the general prosperity of into the dusty masses that appear on lars to Burns In outside mounts. Sec- has been gelded. Prince Ponlatowsk) see It T she asked, seating them in a governess had Just given him a lecture on the subjert of his treatment of hie community and Is a working ele- special parts of the Infected plant. retary Howard of the Washington has shown his fiber as a sportsman by row under a tree anil surveying them smut ment In the welfare of the world. The corn the little there besides Park club took his case up In July, announcing that the unfriendly relastate he that In be this more girls should We'll have a real with satisfaction. and courteous than waa his development of that section of the are several others that- occur on our and censured the Oakland Judges for tions between the .two tracks he new billiard. Just like winter. Why, Mar- gentle custom and had left him In apparentUnited States so Indefinitely charactercereals. On wheat there Is the com- their obstinacy in keeping Burns con- controls and the California Jockey cella, your hair Is full o' enow! You'll haa furnished aa ly West the ized and many mood mon loose smut that utterly destroys fined to the Schorr stable for a year. club of Oakland shall be discontinued. penitent while she quiet get cold and have the measles. Im went to Burns Is a boy, who will probably afraid. Yes, Lady Cat'wlne, I'll tend fcrland talk with the duchess of Suth worthy example of surmounting great the seed pd Its enveloping flower Jo another part of the palace obstacles, overcoming discouragement!, parts; also one or two kinds of stinky hold his weight for years, and If he to you right off. soon's as I get n garden'- ,and of the final triumph of the sturdy, Ing smuts that fill the seeds with a" avoids trouble, will undoubtedly gain cooky, cause lt'a most supper time, The trouble when the began prince persevering ploBeer. Many are the dusty mass of spores but do not a reputation as one of the most comand the Mamma hurried away, Just Lo the little Southerland lady experience related, showing the .mar- change .their shape materially or depPppowd petent riders of the present generaml a. nuts, for teeny , that On of the Transvaal chair. tion. litcountry they the velous play barley the war, enveloping possibilities stroy an The "teeny minute proved half tle girl to take the part of President when backed by level Judgment and so far only one kind has been found boor, for the big Mamma at the bouse requireTh Pool Boll Stmb. here and that apparently Is not very made the little Mamma try on a new Kruger and he to represent Lord Rob- willing muscle. One man erts. this was common J The only species on oats Is ments often Naturally with season of 1900 promThe foot-ba- ll proposition happily combining and at when came last she back dress, to the orchard thore sat Lady Cath not acceptable to the young lady, who anothers ability work great advantage the loose smut that destroys the grain ises to be one of the mos successful was patriotic enough to refuse - the to both. Such a circumstance effected after the manner of the loose smut of in the history of the game. Last year erlne, Sir Jack. Marlon and Baby Viothere Is a smut proved a remarkable one in many re let just as the had left them, but Mr- - role assigned her and pugnacious the beginning of the success of Fred wheat1 On broom-cor- n enough ."When the 'piinoeZns.st'edlu Wellhouse',' of Ransasthe most 4xten-slv- e that' occurs in the inner dower parts Ipects, but the present on x certs becella Marcella - Lertnda WAIT gone commercial orchardlst In the forming seed like bodies filled with lieve, will eclipse It In nr any ways- - To Yea. Marcella waa gone! The little turbulent way, forgetting his gallanMamma called and called, "Marcella try, she pushed him Into the fountain United States. He is widely known spores. There Is also sometimes found begin with, the rules have been so near which he stood s as the apple king, of Kansas, and on our grasses (timothy, Lorlnda! Marcella Lorlnda! changed as to perfect the game in sevThere was wild excitement on all the story of his eminently successful and red-toa smut that shows as eral Important particulars, and some No one answered except the soft smutty lines breaking out on the artifices that enabled weak teams to eyed "Moolly Daisy, who paused In sides, but the prince was fished out career In orcharding should be an Inher eating of clover, and gazing over uninjured, and later. It U said, when spiration to all who read ft Some- leaves. scape defeat last year will not he the low etone wall uttered a surprised he had put on a dry eult, he ran to thing of It la related here by Mr. F, D. this. From the spectators possible Ji find the little lady to tell her b bet "moo. Then the Mamma stopped callGrtftolnf PntatoM of the Kansas hoard viewpoint, too, the game will be more secretary Coburn, "Greeiilng" potatoes Is practical worth seeing, particularly a the 11m ing and ran Into the house, not that the could not do It again, but the lit- of agriculture. he was afraid of Daisy, of course not, tle girl had been Instructed by her The year 1875 found Mr. Wellhouse among some of the peasants of Europe. ltlng of the number of coaches, helpPRINCE PONIATOWSKI. only, well, she wanted the big Mamma mother In the meantime and met her without money, but with a definite In 'this country we do not think s ers , etc., on the sidelines will give The Interests are alway Corrigan future sovereign with a curtsey and knowledge of to come to find Marcella. is for In a stands better the chance good an oranything, persons greened potato Tom the owner of Williams, an bucking Then kissed Mamma apology. The big did come, and so and charding In Kansas scquired by years and, so we always keep them out of to see the game unobstructed. But the they did Brother Dick. Sister Dorn end were happy ever after. results of the contests themselves Oakland. Prince Ponlatowskl believes of close observation combined with the light If they are allowed to rethere Is plenty of room for everybody, Nurse, but although they hunted and practlra experience, and full of faltn main In the light and become, green, among tha big elevens undoubtedly and Williams is enough of a gentleA not or of one UrUL trace Marcella did bunted, Story In the possibilities of the state for fruit they become too strong In flavor to be will be'Hfnjh mtre sati'faetory this man to hold the same Idea. Racing An anecdote le told of Grlsi, which ear. new they see. Under than the B. fall last Is It such L. said But that potaeaten. a Wheat, growing. lawyer, of Now, when the little Mamma' had 'la said to be true, how that, once be- Leavenworth, owned three tracts of toes make good seed. The peasants put rules, there Is lees chance of another on friendly basis will be a new thing some Marcella Invited that by suggested haughty noble- 437 acres of land which waa not profit- them In a sunny place aud they are tie game between Tale and Harvard. to California turfmen.. might get the ing measles, the child had turned quite man In London to an evening party, able. Mr. Wellhouse closed a contract turned over every day till they become There Is not much likelihood either pale with fright. The Mamma, how- when the supper was announced an of- with Wheat to Schaefer! Victory Over So ttoa this, 160 acres fully green, after which they are that any Princeton man will win this ever, had not noticed, but hurried off ficial politely informed her that sup- near Fairmount piant The billiard world haa been greatly and 117 acres near stored. It is said that potatoes so years game from Yale by a tor the cooky, little dreaming of the per was provided in a distinct room kick, though, of course, the rules interested In the form shown by WizGlenwood, with apple trees. These treated do not sprout readily and will plan that was brewing In Marcella's for the musicians! The proud noble- lands had cost Mr. Whoa. a greater degree of cold. They cannot affect such a possibility as ard Schaefer In his match game with stand m. mind. man in the insolence of his hauteur said to be less affected by rot. that. Kernes, such as last years George Sutton in a Chicago Wlliard Poor Marcella! She bad already had forgot true politeness in his treatment provements. about $10,003 and ould are also con- -' room recently. The match was 1,209 and be rented for perhaps $1 per acre. He In the spring their vitality is good 10 the measles times, and each tlraa of a guest Grlsi stormed, her black tests., are, fortunately, rare, for they to 800, played In blocks of 300 and 209 had been kept In bed for a week and eyes flashed lightning, and her steps furnished the land, fenced It (breaking and they readily grow when planted. are most "unsatisfactory from the each night It took Schaefer just 49 of these of It facts assertions the not that part However, previously in cul doctored, on.jd pepper tea aodbrowp grew proud,. A half dozen of the elite on this viewpoint of sport, pure and simple, Innings to make his required L200, an . erected ..huildlcci iivation),-have.yet.to.bedemonstrated .g(r bread pills' Small wonder she didn't of the nobility and literary arlstoc - average of nearly 25. Wednesday-nigh- t any way one looks at them. want them again! Small wonder that racy followed her to her supper room, ants, dug wells, etc. Wellhouse ft Son tide of the water, and it may be found he ran out In six Innings, averaging no firm in Is at ill furnished advantage name) the trees, that there when Dinah Washington came walkand there, with her associate singers, (th Tfe Corbftt-McCFight. 50; Sutton got 722 points, averaging cultivated and took ng. planted, the care of gTeen the one her old lane, ing through rag she tang such songs of marvelous Considerable discussion Ss still g 15. Schaefer made two rnnff of over baby hugged closely In her arms, that beauty that the outsiders begged ad- them until they came Into bearing, on in circles the sporting Western Montana 100, and many over the SO mark. of regarding ranchmen all The grain grown on unoccupied Marcella smiled In her most beguiling mittance, but found the door locked getting McCoy-Corbe- tt contest fecently pulled Schaefer says In reference to Glossoa more attention to the raisland between the trees, and are paying and her caused to paid taxP3 way. beady eyes against them. off at the Madison Square Garden, and wanting to play him that he ca have for the first five yesrs. tAfter that Mr. ing of horses than ever before. Th sparkle In the sunshine most entrsno-Ingly- ! which many people believe was a fake a game at any time or a any style, In Missouri the horses for taxes and Wheat each party waa demand A bicycle built for two Isnt half at Dinah stopped! short In astonpaid Bath men deny and K he has to he will travel to New of the expense endfVsiney ute 18 Bod nd the Pnce8 cleverly executed. ishment at the sight of six yes, six comfortable as a hammock built oaten to bear one-ha- lf most emphatically that any funny York to meet him. now. head $18 about one-ha- lf per each receive average of beautiful dolls In full array under the elbly for only on the income x ' Of nt one-thir- vioe-begn- y se ndt-ei- a-- eoa-biu- a, al wm JN&L y. two-thir- ls ri 4 aJ spore-formati- Apple-Growin- s- . blue-gras- p) tree-growi- last-minu- te le Yale-Princet- oj po-le- i |