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Show m morzut tc CUBAN TOBACCO GROWN : FROM SELECTED SEED 1 Inadvisability of - Using Varieties' ISft Adapted to Soli, and Climatic Conditions Is Found ur -- . In Connecticut. AffSJ ntlWET zmTffmueYMrmifM 40 tcr fv4 r sii'ioo tv. 1 A.C o Th I tsi v. Xn.r H ti it t lull ah ainj aad wrw rn iM 111 w hf jU Uif hli l Mish Jim ?i i in, ut',i'h H 4rrm p situT uv Win ri fm f upon nu I hi' rl tnl fintn m oiiix h . - rti- nt bn lnnk hhufimil on if t hal lTi.ann hrti tf juirr Tf' Kf !iinar !IU mml of , htakt M.trtfd to Hvvtin Im k ft y flm hnt u .in rup to r ov r Slt.iko rHnrnM Wltit!'top w t fea J.ft mat. ft n a iigantt fnr ia'Jm b,s trad hv fhw Tin r iirt hon-t n trio slur fr4 at it. n! ik. fir Ilghei land 'Miri ai- i on," it (i HUk tA fc! tin in h f n.tri mi unfimil "tarrif M.h I T"! Winthn-fim ma II tui.td That d fe'ftfnl the J nUht mt li U ttf I in ii.UjKiifi Hi vr was HiitnK lr I "Some." "Then, if only we could climb the 1 Tiff might there not be another place? "No; Ive looked at both sides. What g more, that stioued tomcat has got a monopoly oh our water supply. The river may be fresh at low tide; but weve got nothing to boil water in, and such bayou stuff'is Just concentrated malatia. elseThen we jnust find-waMiss Leslie rescinded where, "Might we not succeed If we went on tothe olher ridge?" :cb Youve ; rl ! iu .t rjiMimi: ijtrh mmla trr. to the pm ujriwi i ihry ft re nmniirtn td hHt to trim Wt tin m Th y then fuiiol from ti. Kim. nlWu fraul mw im nanot t, the only pi nrTor liiakft, .aalm i.ow4 I ad hv Hinke hie deliKtinj rnnhuia 'etaMiheJ u home In norm- - MTh Mine wnter spun Htake fnutnl anoatim famd an unphaimrit CHAPTER VIM Continued. I ih stone cigar-wrappe- s Win-fhnjpe'- - koar. But hla stuouldeilng Irritation soon quenched when they drew the green thicket at the foot of Aw cleft In the almost deathlike wuUnesa Of mid afternoon' the kdtiml mt trickling water came to their ears, rclear and musical. 1 shouted Blake. spring! guessed right Look at those green Stotts and grass; theres the channel where It tuna out In (he sand and large-proporti- on -- Crept Back Down tha Trail. dries up." The others followed him eagerly as iaa pushed In among the trees. They running waterr for - the tiny asrM rfit that trickled down tha ledges was Matted over with vines. But at the ; font of the slope lay a pooL toroe ten yards aenwa, and ovgrstmdowmHrr thr eerroundlng trees. There was no there. I heard a growl, and thought it about time to clear out. ily JoTe,we'd bcttei withdraw around the point!" "Withdraw your aunty! There's no leopard going to tackle us out here in The open ground this tlineof day sneuklng tomcat! Jf only I had a match, I'd show him how we smoke rat holes. Mr.1 Wlnthrope spoke of rubbing sticks to make fire, suggested Miss Leslie. "Make sweat, you mean. But we may as well try It now, If we're going to at all The sun's .hot enough to fry eggs. We'll go back to a Bhady place and pick .up sticks on the w ay. Though there was shade under the cliff w Utln- - some600 .feet,- - they - Lad to go some distance to the nearest dry worn! a dead thornbush. Here they -- v underbrush, and the ground waa wnunpled bare aa a floor. 'By Jove, said Wlnthrope; "se the trarksi There must have been a drove ' ml sheep about. . . lhter, you mean," replied Blake, 'heading to examine the deeper prints at the edge of the pool. These aint sheep tracks. A lot of them are larger." Could you not uncover the brook? asked Miss IiPsMe. If animals have bewn drinking here, one would prefer cleaner water." If youre Sure." assented Blake. same for a climb, and can wait a few Winnies, well get It out of the spring nartf. Weve got to go up anyway, to get at our poultry yard! Heres a place that looks like a path," called Wlnthrope, who had about the ede of the poid -to the gMhwcda - at branc-hear-ev- All was thrown down In a heap near the cliff, and Blake squatted beside it, penknife in hand. Having selected the dryest of the larger sticks, he bored a and -- dropped to a pinch of powdered bark, laying the stick In the full glare of the sun, he thrust a twig Into the hole and .began to twirl it between hts palms. This pt movement up for several min whether he was unable to but utes; twirl the twig List enough the right kind of wood or tinder was lacking all his efforts failed to produce a spark. Unwilling to accept the failure, Wlnthrope Insisted upon trying In turn, and pride held him to the task sweat. Hh until he was drcnclted The result was the Bame. Told yon so," Jeered Blake from Wed where h lay In the shade. stqnd nfore cbancs cracking stones together. "But what shall we do now? asked 1 Miss IjCstle. atn becoming" very tired of coeoanuts, and there seems to be nothing else around here. Indeed, 1 think this is all such a wasie o Xlme, If we had walked straight along the shore this morning we might have rcicbed a town HWe might. Miss Jenny, and then, again, we mightn't. I happened to overhaul the captains chart' Quill-manMoiambique that's all for hundreds Of miles. Towns on this coast -- e -- farther side. make ran around beside him and stared at the tunnel-likpassage which wound up the limestone ledges beneath the overarching thh kets. he-ke- "Odd place, Is tt not? observed Vtnthroie. "lawks like a fox run, only larger, you know " Too low for deer, though and their hoofs would have cut up the ru? and ferns more. Lei's get a rkas look Aa ho spoke, Blake stooped and 'limbed a few yards up the trail to an overhanging ledge, four or five feet Where the trail ran dp over this break in the slope the stone was bare of nil vegetation. Blake laid his lnh on the top of the ledge, and was about to vault afier it, when, directly saw the piint of gvenoath his a great catlike paw, outlined in dried At the same Inslant a deep vnnd -growl came rumbling down the "fox run. Without waiting for a second warning, Blake dreW his club to him, snd repi back down the trail. His stealthy movements and furtive back- ward ghmc'K filled his companions with vague terror. He himself was .'nmliy less alarmed. "Get out of the trees Into the oiven!" he xclalutod in a hoarse whisper, ami where down under the boardingschool ' stuff. . "What do you Tileaarslf? H ! 'Now, don't get huffy, please; 3 Its a question of think, not of putihg on airs.. Here we are, worse off tjj!dhe people of the stone age. Ti Ore and flint axes; we've got dithlng but our think tanks, and aa to Uons and leopards and that sort of thing. It strikes me we've got about as many on hand as they had." "Then you and Mr. Wlnlhrope should Immediately arm yourselves." "How? But we'll leave that till Tbe girl gazed at the surromdlng objects, her forehead wrinkled h the "We must effort at concentration. we suffered how Think, havewatqf. yesterday! Then there la shelter from wild beasts, and food, and "A4l right here under our hunts. If we had fire. Understand? "1 understand alwut the wateg Yon would frighten the leopard away with the fire; and If It would do ttat, it would also keep away the other animals at night. But as for food, mless we rrt tint Tor toeoantGa ? - Dont give it up! Keep your Blinker. going on the side, while Pat tells us our next move. Now that he got the fire sticks out of his head "I say, Blake, I wish you would drop that name. It is no harder tt say ake. if you figure out what we ought to do next." ( Really, Blake, that would wc be half bad They ei they ia!!ej me Wir. at Hat row. "That so My English chum went to Harrow Jimmy Scarbt i.lge " "Lord James! you- - chum j "He started In like von. son of top lofty. But he chummed all 1 took out a lot of his BntBh aarch with a good walloping " "Oh. realiy now. Blake, vou cant expect any one weh biaun to hriteve that, you know" "No; 1 dont know, you know and 1 dont know if you ve got anv brains, you know Heres your h.iiHe-oi,hous. Whats our next move' "Really, now, I have ha i no vperi-mc- e In this sort of htug doift 1 It seems to mthat terrupt. please our first' concern TT shcltei t the unex-ertedl- Win-fhrop- , y e ?Sot so large 'bout the sixe of a jams s. Must be a leopards den up town without Maybe I didnt talk with feH lows down on the Rand. "But what shall we do? repeated Mies Leslie, with a little frightened catch In her voice. She waa at last beginning to realize what this rude break In her sheltered, pampered life might mean. "What shall we do? Its Its absurd to think of haring to stay In this horrid country for weeks or perhaps months unless sdme ship comes for tit! "Look here. Miss' Leslie." answered Blake, sharply yet not unkindly; "sup- go into a wlUTnlggcr a gun. thinker a bit If jronre your daddy's daughter, you've got brains aome- - 8 Mf- - ught-Hift-- $ .. s . Wltthrope. "Youre olT, there," rejoined "But look here. Ill make it If, &jwa,.wliit.o.nit.U. slu j.il How about villages? de tree nest, we jI the unknown danger, be followed at cocoa palms." 5 heir ht els, looking backward, his club manded Wlnthrope. Oh. yes; maybe Im fool enough to 'That's Vsf raised in readiness to strike. .1,'VCpl C.racp clear of tbe trees. Wlnthrope a tight MU.-- I.esHe hv the imul and broke into a run. In their terror they j;hld no heed to Blake's' command to stop- - They had darted oil so that be did not overtake them short of 100 yards. "Tkild on! he said, gripping roughly by the shoulder. Its wife enough here, and you'll knock out . tha! blamed ankle. What Is It? What did you see? gasped Hiss Leslie. -Footprint mumbled Blake, ashamed his fright. ' late. What else?" -- h volunteering to carry a load. o . quanlity- Miss Leslie 1 tdgh. An illustration of the Inadvisability of using varieties not adapted to soil and climatic conditions is found in the experience of growers of Sumatra tobacco under shade in the Connecticut valley The seed of this variety of tobacco secured from Florida, and Su?nn"ff! Its tc matra and sown in the Connecticut to start now. But first thing in 1901 and 1902 was found to valley Ill talus, a run down that way, while you twdvlay around camp and break up Into several distinct types, see if you can twist some sort of fish-lin- some of which was desirable, but most out of cocoanHt fiber. By braid- of which proved undesirable and unr for producing your hair. MissJenny, you can profitable tion. The of desirable proportion for hooks" spare us your hafy-pintypes wat small, and the difficulty of J3uL-Mx. afraid Blake, l ld sorting them out from the undesirable with us rather youd take you. With in the crop ,s so great that tbe types that dreadful creature so near of this variety was found to Well, I dont know. Lets see your growing be unprofitable feet? A careful and systematic-atn- dy f Miss Leslie glanced at him, and the Connecticut fields of plants from thrust slender foot from beneath her Florida-growseed revealed the presskirt. ence of a of the sev"Um ni stocking tom; but those eral undesirable types of plants The slippers are tougher than I thought. use of proper methods of seed selec- Most of the way will be good walking, along the beach. Well leave the fishing to Pat er beg pardon Win! BUCKWHEAT IS With his ankle By Jove, Blake, Ill chance the - VALUABLE CROP I ankle. Dont leave me behind. give you my word, joull not have to lug me. XJhTof co'urse. Mr. WinlhropeTmust Soil Should B Plowed nd Cultivated Early Before go with us!" Planting to Secure the "Fraid to go alone, eh?" demanded Best Results. Blake, frowning. offended rtled and her; yet all he saw was a politely quizzical (BT A. J. IsEGO.) Buckwheat Is a very rapid growing lifting of her brows. "Why should I be afraid, Mr. ,rop and needs plenty of moisture and Blake?" she asked. available plant food, bence the ImportBlake stared at her moodily. But ance of preparing the soil early by when she met his gaze with a confid- plowing and frequent harrowing, so as ing smile, he flushed and looked away. to keep the ground free from weeds, "AH right, he muttered; well to conserve moisture and properly move camp together. But dont ex- aerate the soil. pect me to pack his ludship. If we The crop may be sown at any time draw a blank and have to trek back from the middle of May until the last without food or water. of Jtine with fair prospects for a crop, aa It takes only about sixty days to CHAPTER-! Xv- It Is sown. mature a rrop-afte- r The main points to consider In se- The Leopards Den. the season for sowing are first to'have s rather'COol season for the formation of the grain and maturing the crop, and Second to give plenty of time to mature before frost. The West Virginia experiment staHILE Blake made a success- tion got best results from plots sown ful trip for the abandoned June 26 1 have aown buckw heat as cocoantitsThls corhpanions late as August 9 and grown a fair leveled the stones beneath the ledges crop. However, 1 prefer eai Her chosen by Wlnthrope. and gathered sowing. enough dried sea weed along the talus There are three principal varieties to soften the hard beds. grown, viz : The old variety, Japanese Soothed by the monotonous wash of and Silver Hull buckwheat. The Japthe sea among the rocks, even Miss anese is a much larger grained variety Leslie slept well. Blake, who had in- than the Silver Hull and usually jlelds should retain his coat, more bushels per acre. sisted that-shwas wakened by the chilliness preis a much plumper The Silver-Hul- l ceding the dawn. Five minutes- laer grained variety and weighs Beveral they started on their Journey. pounds per buushel heavier than the The starlight glimmered on the Japanese variety. waves and shed a faint radiance over About one bushel Is the right the-roc- ks. This and their knowledge amount to sow per acre, drilled in of the way enabled them to pick a with 150 to 200 pounds per acre of a path along the foot of the cliff without good grade fertilizer. A superphosphate gave best results difficulty. Once on the beach, they swung along at a smart gait, invigor- for money invested, but other fertilizated by the cool air. ers may give better results on other Dawn fonnd them half way to their soils. The yield varies from ten to goal. Blake called .a halt when tha forty bushels per acre. first red streaks shot up the eastern ..Buckwheat is harvested and set up sky. All stood walling until the quick- In small bunches in the field until it ly following sun sprang forth from the dries, then it i3 usually threshed with sea. Blakes first act was to glance s common threshing machtne with the from one headland to the other, esti- teeth or a part of them removed from His the concave and smooth boards put mating their relative distances. In their places. grunt of satisfaction was lost tn exclamation; "By Jove, look This is necessary in ordpr to prevent cutting up the grain. at the cattle!" e "Ih'tlern a run. when yon haven't Uie gun. Come on. We ll go in a .frmsch, after all, in case I iim'iI stones. Wlttv lor ankle not for V Ini h rope jTIIake set so slow a pace that the half-all.'- i walk consumed over half an -- Field of Cuban Tobacco Grown from Selected Seed. ter Theyll be dry In a day or two. Kay, Wlnthrop., you miht fotrh ho hip "iaf llioHPHtnncH- - Hirp of a hull. I usod a fanry plltbor wIipii I was a jo l fcid, am! wp might scare up a rahblt or aomeUilna " -I play cricket myHdf. Hut thoHc ) 4 t; sea-bird- s . jrt 1. 1 liiak nt umii1 .-- By morning I believe my'ankie will Pc In su h shape that 1 could go back for the fetiing of cocoanuts which we diopped on the beach 11 go myself, else well Now were getting have no fetippt-i- ' If those nuts have down to bediock not washed away by the tide, and for two wcie fixed for j'nicaTs, such as they are. But what next Even the rain oj!fe will be dried up by another day or so." Arc not good to cal? Inquired Mies SYNOPSIS. Tin iifud f 5,' JJ, an ft tc , sin m Te T ifjr'r IK shuuij- t a. in u should also be nc -. - aide ' your the Here's the 4her, Bar to wndr"Seru8x sharks anf alligators; them swampy gruTTitls-m- a larla, mosquitoes, thorn jungle guess the hands of both of you are still sore enough, by their look If only I had a pot of cold ertsun!" sighed Miss Leslie. "If only I had a hunk of - jtrked beef! echoed Blake "I say. ,why couldnt we chance It for the night around on the seaward, face of the cliff? asked Wlnthrope. "I noticed a place where the ledges overhang almost a cave. ' Do you think it probable that any wild beast .sould venture, aa ckita ta lhs asa?n- "Cant say. Didnt see any tracks; so weU chanc It for Next? t. Early e - Wln-thrope- (TO BR CONTINUED.) The Public Eye. In a little more we came to an open pace, very thronged. shouted the The Public Eye! megaphone man of our party. some curious psopla There-wer- e within the space, but even more curl ous were those Just outside. Of these latter we thought certain women especially interesting; they were busiy neglectjpg their families In order fo get Into the Public Eye. A pathos attached to another group of women who had been in the Public Eye tod could never be happy out of It, though they couldn't In the leaBt tell why. Positively funny .were a few men who kept trying, by a variety of droll dev lees, tohreak iutoJhe Publicise our candidates! Puck. man explained. megaphone "Vice-presidenti- -- Preparing If4b4ad Is Soil. fore planting in order to make It thoroughly flue. It will be well to roll It before the second plowing to pack the surface somewhat and maks-t- h earth Turn better without clogging the moldbosrd. The roller is also useful in breaking clods and tn packing the surface to prevent excessive evaporation In dry weather. tion and breeding enabled the growers-tpropagate the different types which were true to seed and to eliminate the unprofitable types of plants. The seed of the variety of tobacco brought to the Connecticut valley in 1903 from Cuba and ssed for production was found to exhibit N)e same characteristic breaking up in type observed in the case of the Sumatra yariety, fcnd it was not to grow this, variety, profitably until seed of the desired types was saved free from crossing In this way the frqaks, reversions and other undesirable ''and unprofitable types of plants which developed as the result of the change of seed were eliminated. If the valuable types of these varieties had been secured by breeding and adapted to the soil and climatic conditions of the Connecticut valley for commercial production, the loss due to the use of unimproved varieties could probably have been avoided. er cigar-wrapp- pos-sib- le EROSION CAUSES, MUCHLOSS ' Second Only to This Is Waste, NonuM and Misuse tha of Fertilizer Derived from Farm Animals. The greatest unnecessary loss ol our soil Is preventable erosion. Sec ond only to this Is the waste, nonuse and misuse of fertilizer derived from animals and men. The losses tafarm products dile to injurious mammals is estimated at 1130,000.000 annually; the loss through plant diseases reaches several hundred million dollars; andx the loss through Insects Is reckoned at The damage by birds Is balanced by their beneficent work In destroying-noxious Insects. Losses-d- u 0 the elements are large, but no mate has beenf made of Ihm. Losses t !ve stock -- from these causes are- diminishing because of protection and feeding -- during winter. The annual losses from disease among domestic animals ore; Horses, 1.8 per cent.; cattle, two per cent.; sheep, 2.2 per cent., and swine. 5.1 per cent. Most of Tte"Tarth losses "are preventable. There Is a tendency toward consolidation of farm lands. The estimated area of abandoned farms is 16,000 square miles, or about three per cent of the Improved land. The causes of abandonment differ in different parts of tbe country. Where most prevalent, it Is caused principally by erosion and exhaustion of the soil. Thw product of the fisheries of the United States has an annual value of Fish culture is carried 137.000,000. on by the nation and the states at an enormous scale. Most of the more important food species ere propagated,"'" and several species are maintained' in that way. Fish from fdrestwater furnish $21,000,000 worth ofTood yearly, a supply dependentxfn the preservation of the forests; aniOur wtld game and mals have been largely exterminated. To prevent' their, complete extinction the states and the United States have taken in hand their protection, and their numbers are now increaiiilg. Forest game yields over $J 0,000,000 worth of food each year. $659,-000.00- eBtl-lecti- g Mixture for Pasture. Minnesota farmers have found pounds of timothy,' five poum): sit of efir tucky blue grass, and one pound of red top seed per acre, to be an excelfor pastures.' If .Tha ground Is inclined to be wet, the red top will take the place of the timothy. - lent mixture Increase In Farm Horses. Government reports show that farm horses have Increased in number from 13,000,000 to 20,000,000 since 1900, . Pigs in Clover. The man who turned his hogs In and In. value from $44.61 to $95.64 the clover field now finds himself In each. Illinois has more farm horses financial cloTer. Every moment that than any other state in the union. Is not used to the best possible adFarm 8choola. vantage is wasted. session of the At the twenty-fourtfourth course in agriculture at the Profit in Sheep. Sheep not only pay their own way, Wisconsin college 461 farmers and their boys ware In attendance. Nearly scrub cows and other derellcts on the everycounty In the stats was represented. farm: h |