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Show f IS KING OF ALLTflE CEREALS cultural ' partment does not c,mm al estimates which ,.)'' of w nt 2.500.. ,!.., allhJUSh It has no 11r-",Ub' 11r-",Ub' with which f'131' Thr - f tlmatcs were do-f,compii'lon do-f,compii'lon n1"''1 on ,he ' t t pt mber 10th. This lMi id break the record "orc th ti 200 000 bushels, ibeeotr t hat extraordinary JmeMU-al facti". This has 'latcornjenr In the South Kijcfth country's ncrouge jtMU inn, nlthoimh nioit -aralsetl ther is consumed on ,.ra to dc not Ret into the Part1- nore. the crop of 'J. st t him b'm belated "pi ii month behind. ?,Ml Pfmaturel) ',fth r r of losses from -U ruble Tift crop Is fo , ,o th.it fn. Is rather . . i . -,r.n Ut mil table "!,.f t It It ullt be ll n ex- , ,1 it r p but ennscrvn- . , i to a fluctuation J, ml rather than ,ur mn l n the cotniner- TmS" - nf th" "'" ,.,t h 1 'hi movements of ..r ! tint the llilng ,r i in f detailing mono ,, J al ptosp rll Is not ipal r I ir c!o of Trans-mr Trans-mr tl rxinrts of steel, but rff ,n If thit l laiRe they it it ti ) mums h Kic.it ittrlal web behiK bo lurgu ill gr Into beef nnil tork .illranln h genciitlly that Its .utllnii 1 long many lines. i 3 fill thelt plate akin In n measure by corn, dull f, but when corn falls, t in Mil II added lost mid entile d i tngemint of the tig. lnurk ti mST OK AM- CHOI'S. Mmlncn of corn innong 1 iplcullurnl irops Is one of nrd1mr uts of our'nutlonal l corn kitchens nl the l'.irls impositions dcseive to bo icnly to educate Kuiopeans In torn as fowl hut its nn oxem- Jon of our own domestic re- IHemni lr Rinln which Pow- nujht In his basket to the in olon eti was destined to ran) fr 1 m Imporluuce to lent) tli ild foi which they ."it M th t t of the woild's ihii in hi bioiiRht under n rl v nzeil iigiluilture. utlm In "ho uses of the white stn ! from the disinter) J II I I rnbihl) IndlRenous ' t ntral American re- i i founl in the old Aztec lr - have fnlltil to teal- ' n net dtli In com, by ("" nf nig use of the word ' mini i i In Orent Britain ' it ti' tIH applied to wheat. "d li n ) while when n in iji orn ' he means Mmme in which we nppl) 1 e r educe thrrc-fntiillis of 'imp This world's imp. al- "if I m ixlonully by the "pand rnre often by that of ' now Vain d muh pinpor- IH'r likely soon to he ree- li the -irld's Rieatest leienl. T't p some limitations ' 111 r I'tejiidlic among "nn iiiri as to Us use for '"" i na lus also limited "u 'i i Hut both these '' I o their forie Corn, '"". tit a semi trnplcil 'f I?) to piocesses of lulc lh lluropein ' b( nbitliK ' ' ' of the corn (rop 7 . 'he predominance The entire inntl "!? ri i has produced 1 " ir on an nernRe, f unber of bushels as ' InirliiK that period, li i produced 50 per ,, , till utile hemls- ,l 'he crop pinrtlcally fiom two to t In eo r i the second corn- of the world, In "i principal lereal ' ' 1 lane,.. Mniln. I'nr. , i IliilKiirla and In li is Income nn lm oin Is (iiltlnled 111 ,. tho miwl rimtnly ,.;. o 1'iiKct sound, nnd r '', Hie aid ilxer'nf tho i, ' Miy lIverKlides nf 'Ion Is mm a bcii- , Inn unithliiR except , , iiKilculiiual census " 'Nil e-,s than iibuut !t " tntil prolueed In 'ues Of recent years ... " have produced more Vhf 'ban crop. It Is tho ir, " ' statistician nf ,? n ' AKilrultiire. as ex- l '1 efore the Interna. ," ' Institute, that the h 1 the hlRh water ,' ' ! n y to concentrate the it iin r" '" n fl'w Htutes. In ., ,' and Iowa iilono pro. la. V. ' ,hn American crop. u" " ' 0 found hnlf of the , I"1 " I In four mates, not- '" " ' there was nn aer- 'h.i ""' r "' 0""1 one.tenth , ' i 'he land surfnrn from ,h ' the Quit nnd iest. of tho ltocky inoup- ,..? r"lilon an wmerlenn '" linti nnd by-pro lucts ,"1 I rnrty.fln distinct a... tho many ordinary ,",' ' I" from the Rialn and n ,, trry American fnnil- ! ,v h nrtlcles ns lellulose 'iii,,,"n for PncklnB 'off r- " ' ' ir pnpci shock pre. njl ' . hll1 "f the.ornstnlks. .. '""wcin' menl, feed of r" N l and stnlks and l Pipes lager beer. m "" I opcorn, nrltlsli , ' Hundr) starch, tablo i-,.i'1"1 ' "'" paste, corn in TV ,n " " al(e Rfiipe 11 i ' elinnse, i (infection. 1 tl - and confectioner!' u S buruan IojjJ, coin Uj a tea countries outside of the Culled States Is more extmlHly used than Is generally gen-erally realized It Is the ordlnnr) nnd almost exclusive food of I he i:R)ptlan fellah In Mexico the tortilla cake made from crudely Rroun 1 com Is the stnff of life of the masses and this Is nlso the rase In mnny nf the Centrnl nnd Pouth American republics The polenta a somewhat slmllai fool and a product of corn- fulfills a like function for the peisint of Hnumanla The Inhabitants In-habitants nf a irtloii of the recently famine-stricken districts nf India subsist sub-sist principally on this ceieal nnd Its quick-maturing properties caused It to be utilized to great ndinntaRe although to n small extent, during the famine In the lclnlty of wells the water supply of which had failed In the usuil agricultural agri-cultural uses In three woll-remem-bered Instances, too, cargoes of corn have Veen a Beneficent contribution of the I'nlted States to th food supply of starving people first to famlne-slrlcken famlne-slrlcken Ireland, later to ltussli, and recently to India. Corn Is handled In a different wiy now from tint of twer )ears ago Then the man dl I nil l.lltle corn is nnu huslcerl h hand, most of It Is a 1th- c red nnd husked by muhlneiy, nnd shelled by n patent shelter The rob Is gioiind up with the fodder and makes good feed In fict, the fodler Is considered con-sidered 1 per cent of the nop There are cornfields In Knnsas and Oklahoma that cover 3000 to 'Mfi acies. and from ten to twenty corn harvesters run through them, one following nnother The cornstalks, with the ears, arc slicked In rows b these harvesters, later they are hauled to the thresher nnd shellti, the curs torn from the stalk and the grain ftom the cob, The coat of these processes is ver) sniill In lHOil the United States raised 3 000.. 000(100 bushels of corn, In W01, 1,500,000.-000 1,500,000.-000 bushels In 1"6 tho crop renched 2,283,000,000 bushels. Cold Storage for Apples. The Now Hampshire experimental station sta-tion has n bulletin In press that will Rive results In experiments from putting apples In city eold storuge. "Ibis will be distributed distrib-uted short!) As forerunner to this pamphlet pam-phlet and hi order to call nltentlon briefly to somo of the moro Important points of Interest, the follow InR brief abstract In hero elven 4 somo practical experiments conducted by I'rof. Hail?, tho horticulturist horticul-turist of tho station. On .November 9h a number of barrels bar-rels of tipples wero shipped to one of ho Boston told storaso houses. Beginning vvlih Februuri. two btrrels were taken out each month until July and rxnmlned The fruit did not revive niiexlia euro and was represen stive ..funples,,, or-ilhuirll) or-ilhuirll) purchased Ht that ''". ?'' em the nnen tnirket It was fnitml tliui the apples could not stfelj bo allowed to remain alter A rill as the) .Ucij.d nip-ldl nip-ldl utter that date The price i at I nis of shipment ranged between f "' . snd on April 1 .the) bmugh . 1K t to l n ! Jnples ia. sent to cold sturage. with th. f,,llnlnic results Price when put n siorng, l &. ii April -'1 ten liarreis soi.i lor HI Expense I arihiR. W cents, commission, com-mission, 8 per cent. KB, n-t Prcee. Is. tvt;8. or I10 Per barrel lrelsht and cold storage charges must '''' act e.1 from this amount The storage rates were 10 rents i er barrel per month, or tor the season ending bi 1st. 1. cents to .A cents, according to the number of barrels bar-rels The freight ehirges r in easily be found out. according to lh.t location of the Individual , ... . . Ihn greatest care In Inndllng at d p ac-Ii,g ac-Ii,g the fruit Immedntcjy Into rol.l storage stor-age pnjs for the extra trouble One miit understand that cold storage will simp retard nnd not prevent entlrelj the spread or dera"' If the fruit b. It. pr Ime keeping ronilltlon on enuring It Is UKel in enme out In proportlotntely n good condition con-dition , , , L,. .! Where apples were placed In br ne nnd roll ulr stotage, the cold nlr rivb tho ''"rom'nn examination of the prices paid In the fall and those pild on April 1st for the past hlx )ears, tho results show that l,ero has been . sufficient h.crease o warrant the extra expense of slorake in every case, nnd on the average the proc tlee has resulted In g'"d I refit fpon examlnallou each month It vfas shown that the grenlesi anioiint ! was found In the bottom of the barrel ns taken out en Die heildnl end a. picked very Urge proportion "''''" ""' also within six Inches of the bottom, showing tint much rtre Is needed I In not ovir-crowdlng and bruising th" fruit when psrklng If the fruit Is to tie stored I hi reason that cold storage nuiiles do not keep long after Inking them out Is that th" temperature Is so mm h higher nnil condition urn far more co.i.bi. He to dectil In the spr ng Where the rrult was taken nut In th' winter months and g ven soring i line linns, as phiilng them In a wl'rm grienhouse the) .Icciocd euunlly t,M mil, lell . Our recommenditlon would be to pick the fruit relitlvel) enrl), a rlfl' cnrller thin the common custom Use n lie best grade for storage, and pick grn le an" shin the same .li) If possible The sooner the fruit Is In storage nfter It l nicked and cooled down to on even Ion emprrnliire. the better It keep. Do not expect Impossibilities of cold storage It never makes an lll-shipe.l apple sliap.lv. in unsound frull sound n worm) apple , W"ct. "r a Piile, slclcl). Immilure fruit bright colored fhe apple cannot he expected ex-pected to Increase In size or overcome ?oiigl careless treilment II Perchnoco may have received before going In WHh "proper knowledge of the conditions rareful ) compiled with, thete seems to be no o estlon but w hit the practice of p'kVk apples In cold storage can bo recommended - Effect of Scanty Pasture on the Cow. HventhluR the cow does, everv kind of exercise sho lakes, every rendition wh I, h surrounds her, ever) -peele" '" ' '' eats and the way she Is t re led all these have a bearing on the quantity and tutlliy of the milk she produces mrmers o . oHen are not god observers of these fact f"r few among them are real close 'tX c'X for a moment the ;-' In which a poor, scant pasture affects n '"" r hr tnllk n- tal,rfSrtfiJ drouth or when t pis iirsj MX cows are eonslantl) on toe m , food In siu-h ""'""' ,7,m t!, come up farmers eav The rows se n bul ,r. mlk ..Vonsu.l) shrinking 1 don . quickly and ilea;"";'! j ,n Pxerc ne und p'end n Urge part f fy "i m , p,ak fno'i "milk "ids mailer of extra effort " ?rSf ffeu- .!,v.c"u,ridirr' tlfi- 'Mirimrni is biv. lei. m'lnei vrry 'I b hii Hi Ulff r li . Is it .i it inli nl II in in tnvestlBit ir i-il HiKI hi il.s (Xierlmonis with I b i- tint In ch-wlng a piun.l of hn the anlmil ixeiend.il "Ml enlnrbs or h'nl units in i hewing ,i puin.t of mis the ex t . mill irr was n (hired to :i cilleries nnel with j. pound of corn the expenditure was nnlv 1 calorics This shows us how close-I) close-I) related Is the question of beidll) exer-ilse exer-ilse and the final result whlih shall be ettnhiM from the food of i nurse there are other mutters which nfre. t the (low of , milk when the row Is n n s. unlv pns- ! tur. such ns a Ine k of sue e ul nee In the grass iir lln having lieeoine Iihi wondv In Its flher Hut the chief factor we believe In he the excessive labor the cow expends In see tiring the. foo.1 she gets Modern dslr) necessities call for lller Ideas and inanngemrnt It Is n mosc excellent ex-cellent thing to si arrange If possible ns to have n soiling irop growing next the pasture either corn e lover or alfalfa si nisi as soon ns the milk commences to shrink, the cows mav b iihtm.linlly flven m supplementary feci Hoard s I )alrj man ' Mnnufactutecl Honey. At the Nehraska Btste fair a great deal was In lie heard about m iniifaetureil comb honr bring sol I nt Lincoln, snvs II Whttcnmb of the Telegram or frlenel Neb It Is elrance that none of the bee-keepers bee-keepers of tho itate nre able to secure simples of this wonderful production or In even get a glimpse of It I.Ike uusl filsehnoils, the) run so fast that n rail-rnH rail-rnH 1 train cannot catch them We desire to remnrk right here that the inn iiifaeture of conib hone) b mtechtn erv has never been accomplished and probably never will be whatever mn) be snld to tin contrnr) notwithstanding A ee-ctlon of comb hnnev is even more eh II cite than an egg nnel when an) one Is nl.le to construe t in egg, plnee a shell Hi. rem nnd fertilise that egg so that It will linn n men we will lcllevc that mi) one Is ntil- to manufni tare and plnee upon the market n i nmh hone I he A I Hoot ronquinv or Median o bun for mini) uirs plaied a si indlng off. r of IU'" for a single imiind of hone v c nnili mmle a el tilled nnd senled over so ns to tie ntle to dei.lve atn erson of ordlnnr) Intelll-g. Intelll-g. nre t p to this lime this off. r line never been t iken and perh'eps never will It Is a fael Hint unprincipled persms do sometimes aebilleriite extracted honiv, but to construct honej tomb, mi It with either gliteo hone) etr sugir syrup mil then pi ic e ihrron the ctpplngs found em comb hone; Is i task so elcllcaic th.it no on- will llkel) Ik. able to nceompllsh It tuncc the advent of alfalfa hone) uimn the tnirket the ehirges that tenib bontv Is being inunufneured have lieen renewed Anv one ncqiinlnteel wtlh ulfulfn hone) knows full well that It Is n pure sweet nnd has not an) of Hut flavor usuitl) found with n great many kin Is of hone prceeluceel b liie bees but when we purchase pur-chase alfalfa hnnev either comb or rj. traded In the m trkel we should not look for flavor and then chatge thai the whole mass Is the product of some manufactory vvhcru honey Is bclufi mietc In Urge etuun- tllld llec-kceiicra have never been able ns jet, tu mnnuficture liieue) tomb let ulone the delleiiln job of lining It with s)rup mid nflvrwurd placing thereon the vex) dedicate e ipplnrs The Job of lllllog honev combs with s)rup or honey Is one tint no practical hee-kreper catea to attempt to seal It over It la true that we do manufacture manu-facture what Is called In toe pnrlancc eoinli fniindallnns rills Is ns wld.ll rr-movcel rr-movcel from hone) comb ns the Last Is fro mthn West, and slniplv furnishes a foundation upon which the bees may build .unci will compel them to build reg ulnr and straight, but tint Is us far ns nnv nn. h is leee n able to go In some pines where honey Is solel, a ver i-esid sample of coinb hone;, little of which Is to lie founel upeeii the fnirket Is shown the. rustonier with the assurance that It Is manufactured and Is weerlh -ll rents per pound A ver Inferior sample Is placed beside It wllh equall) as good an nsMiieiencr uitti n, un eel" e Iii the tees and Is woith the same price Of e nurse, the customer Is Hniulrlng ii wnnib rful amount of information nnd-nf course lakes the liees honey, nnd nt a prollt to the seller at ptolnill) twice what there would hive been hud Hie customer taken whit was shown him as manufacture.! manufac-ture.! heme) Most nil of us iin ulle to agree that there are some tricks In nil trades but those which wo ourselves ure engaged In We confess to having met many penile who have seen mclnilfiittureel comb hone), nnel we nlso confess our Ignnrunre of its existence or evenltlial we have evei been nbt to see a sample and wotill deem It a personal favor Ir some of our friends who ale cnntlnuillv running ncrnis this manufactured nrllcle will send us n stm-I stm-I e for Inspection We w HI manige to tell our frlenls whether It uus sealed lev the fob blool Hall in or by tho black or lis brld bees and dlsclilm any desire lo obtain ob-tain a nil of honey nt their exoense The Dual Turpose Cow. Mai Alvord of the fnlte.1 Antes He. pirlment of Agrle ulturo does not believe In the dual puipose e ow and he sets foilh his leosons as follows Though in nil attempts have been mad" m develop n In id of entile proiit abl for both beef nnel milk, suee, ss in that dlieilloii has not vtt been reii heel nnd It seems more than probable that such a breed will nev. r be se. ured It Is the nuturul tench nev nf i vers eow to usa her surplus lood either In growth nnd the aeiumiiliitlon nf rnt or In th - pre dnetl m nf milk l.llhir of these tendencies mil) be great!) strengthened In Intelligent l.ttccllug and selection hut no breed his ever been developed which excels In both beef and hiuter-maklug quolnics und lm-irovemetit lm-irovemetit In either direction has usually Well accompanied b) il corresponding Ioks 111 the t r It Is true til it there are some br. which make animals of fnlr size nnel vvllicn are also line- eeaiey aiiiniui bin lhe are only f iir as either 'l he best beef animals and the best milking nnl-malB nnl-malB huve never been found In the same Inillvldtiuls or even In the sime breed, and the c cttle-rnlset who attempts to raise !ef for a living and nt the same time to make monc) b) using his cows In u el tlrv Is almost sure to llnd.one branch of his business tiniirolituhlo A prolltoble beef animal Is one thing while a prntublu dairy cow Is something quite different The man who expects to make his living from n dairy should select the hroe.l which will give him the greatest amount of 'butter nn.l milk from the smallest number of unlmals at the lenst cost " nhcumntlsm and tho Bea Ctire. A good deal Is being said Just now about the ' two cure ' There nre some reasons for doubting Hint this will become a fad, for ll Is not pleasant enough, but It seems llkel) to iiciiulre ast a certain vogue A corresponele nt rlttng from the eastern east-ern sherei nf Maryland, tells of the mis-fortune mis-fortune or rather the good t tune which befell ii vcniralle citizen "' lna garden where i were hie ng Th ln-ierts ln-ierts all In i lb on th oil i?nHeinan vv wa a vletln of rheuma. H.n and stung him In th w Is or the correspondent "v n theswe ng from the stings dlsapi tree the rheum iile i, litis and silliness wen with 11 accord- ng to the testlmonv of the sufferer on I he no longer swears nt be s, hut b) hem ' Another sufferer from . ie same mnlnel) Is repotted as skiing that he "e. liheritel) '" the experiment b Indue.- nii li. e lit J -one bees to stlnx him in i lac en where Ihn disease seemed to start In bs Hmii Iw.iiD-toir hours his relief from the malsel) was complete Some persons mov l" In. lined to regard these reports "1 "npo.hrvi-l.al, but ni-s m.v ur. all rislit t bust sugi . the N-w 'iprk Inst writ r tt s ems clear that the En urn woull be excellent fir nnv ills x w rein Hi ihlef dim ul was a ten t v f the mini to dw'll upon and mignlfx hr main Where turning thought Into new channnls would do any good, the bo. fiats Di'SUV J IC- ftjli' Uuct succcis ' . |