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Must Keep Changing Crops.
To the Editor—The effect of con
tinuously growing the same crops on
the soil year after year is shown on
the once rich prairie lands of the
West, where this method is fast ex
hausting their fertility. The results
are more plainly evident on some of
the abandoned farms of New England,
whose fertility was once mined rath
er than cultivated when they were
new and rich.
Though different crops are all com
posed of the same elements taken as
food from the soil, they do not use
them in the same amounts. Thus the
root crops require potash, the grain
phosphates and the forage crops ni
trogen. Plants have different meth
ods of getting the same kind of food.
Clovers can get nitrogen from the air
and nearly all classes of plants differ
in their foraging area in the soil. So
if we grow one crop all the time it
will exhaust one part of the soil
while not using the other.
A shallow rooted or deep-rooted
plant should not be exclusively grown
upon any one soil. We therefore
practice rotation of crops—that is,
growing a different crop on the soil
each year from the one grown there
l.efore. In this way we give the land
different kinds of treatment in prep
aration for the crop and during its
growth. Some crops are intertillei
«nd some are not, and so we give the
ireeds different treatment. It is well
known that certain insects and dis
eases infest certain crops. If we
change crops we disturb the home of
the insects and cut off their supply
end allow time for the diseases to die
(tut bjefore we plant the same crop
(gain.
The Balanced Ration Fad.
We have heard a great deal about
balanced rations during the last few
years. Balanced rations for cows, for
Ireding cattle, sheep, hogs, human be
ings and poultry, until a good many
people really believe that a great deal
of feed is wasted unless it is properly
lalanced and contains due percentages
c.f protein and carbohydrates.
Prof. Hacker gave some of the the
ories about balanced rations for cows
a sad shock by proving that it is not
necessary to feed dairy cows so care
fully, and Prof. Davenport said to me
one time that it was often good econo
my to waste a little cheap feed rather
than buy a costly one in order to make
a balanced ration.
Hr. Mapes of New York announced
that he was a heretic as far as feeding
balanced rations to poultry by telling
how he gave his hens a mixture of all
hinds of feed and let them select what
they liked best.
While I have never tried to feed sci
entifically balanced rations to my poul
try, I have roughly guessed at the
proper feeds so the hen might have
enough protein to produce eggs and
carbohydrates enough to prevent the
waste of protein, and have been very
well satisfied with the results.—Mil
ler Purvis.
The Family Mellon Patch.
Many who pride themselves on a
good garden and are fond of melons
never attempt to grow them. “Cheap
er to buy at 25 cents each?” May
be for the first two or three, but if
you would like a dozen or two, enough
that if company comes unexpectedly
and there is no dessert for dinner,
the melons can richly replace pastry—
that is a different, matter.
Despite theories to the contrary,
melons are as easily grown as cucum
bers, and there are a number of va
rieties which will mature unless the
summer is unusually short. A rich,
light soil, sloping toward the east or
south and well fertilized in the hill,
will bring the luscious fruit.
If there is danger from dry weather
fill and an old pail or water can (first
perforating the bottom with nail
holes) with stable manure or poultry
drippings, sink it partly in the ground
and keep it moistened. This will not
only furnish moisture, but food. The
reservoir being below the surface will
tempt the roots to grow down instead
ef seeking the surface, as when water
comes from the hose in only small
Quantities, and they will be less sus
ceptible to drought.
If the plants go to vines nip off the
ends, but do not try to check vigor
ous growh by starvation. The Rocky
Ford is one of the best early musk
melons and one of the easiest to
grow, bearing in profusion.
The Indiana Sweetheart is a favor
ite watermelon, ripening early and of
excellent quality.
A few suggestions about dehorning
cows: First, do it in cool weather, .
when the flies will not trouble them,
and second, do it on an mepty stom
ach. If you bear these points in
Wind they will suffer little if aiiy loss
in milk by the operation.
Old and neglected orchards call for
severe pruning. Don't neglect that
'his season. It may be done at any
time between the full of the leaves
and the rise of the sap next spring.
Trees that have not borne for the last
two years should be well opened up
from top to bottom. Exercise judg
ment, of course, but do not hesitate
to take off large branches where you
think (he tree would be improved by
it- After pruning, don't leave the
brush scattered around the trees. Pile
burn it at some convenient place.
Stick by the Live Stock Business.
Men are encountering a new set of
conditions in the Central West. A
corn crop below normal in 1907 and
another of the same in 190S has made
the grain prices look very high to
the feeder, and it is not surprising if
it tests the nerve even of the old
timers. When men can sell corn di
rect as higli as 70 cents a bushel the
incentive to feed it to either steers
or hogs with the possibility of not
getting over 6 cents for the weight
put on is not very great, and the
quickest way out of it, is to simply
make a cash deal and sell the corn.
To change over to the grain selling
policy, however, is not farming in the
best sense of the term. It is soil
robbing. Values will eventually be
adjusted so as to offer sufficient stim
ulation to men to feed their own
grain. But those among our farmers
who are wisest in their day and gen
eration will not change, but will con
tinue the policy of feeding as usual
even if for no other purpose than
that of maintaining the soil’s fertility
supply.
It seems difficult for men to re
member that land well filled with hu
mus such as is derived from an ap
plication of farmyard manure is in
much better shape to withstand
drouth, and it is likewise better able
to go through a wet spell than is poor
and. In other words, taking it one
year with another, such a soil would
be vastly more profitable than one
farmed under the robbing system.
This being true, we would very much
like to see men go on just about as
they have in the past. If they have
been making so many pounds of beef
in a year, let there be no change in
the policy; and, likewise, let the hogs
that are on hand be carried to a good
market weight regardless of the
temptation that brisk prices for grain
will make.
The wisdom of carrying out the
same policy by men who are engaged
in breeding animals cannot be ques
tioned for a moment. We cannot see
why any man who has raised a fair
crop should keep a single sow less
than his usual quota, and the same is
applicable to cattle. It will be a
sorry day for agriculture when a little
flurry in market values will prevent
the carrying out of a sane policy ~y
famers, a policy that in the main
keeps up fertility. This is the most
profitable policy and on that ground
alone it ought to be advocated more
and more.
The Farm Poultry.
Under the heading. “The Hen and
Wonderful Products,” the Cotton
Journal has something to say that
should command the attention and
interest of every home builder in
the South. There can be no real
home without a hen. The eulogy on
the hen is as follows:
The hen is the symbol of peace and
plenty—wherever her cackle is heard
the lamp of civilization burns. The
poets have immortalized the linnet
and the mocking bird, and a brainy
congressman before his peers has
had the temerity to sing the praisee
of the busy hen. Not only that, a
great literary weekly has threatened
to lay before its readers all there is
to tell about that domesticated crea
ture which so assiduously lays the
delicate and nourishing food classed
on the market as eggs.
The Cotton Journal is indeed inter
ested in the great poultry industry,
knowing that these Southern states
present opportunities for the growth
and development of other breeds sec
ond to no other section of the United
States. The cotton belt is awakening
to the importance of poultry as being
a part of the supplies each and every
man should produce, who is so situ
ated as to raise chickens. One hun
dred good hens with the proper num
ber of cocks go a long way toward
sustaining a family when this fact is
d,earliy understood by our people,
very much greater interest will be
manifested in this truly important
branch of home supplies.
Raise Turkeys.
If farmers knew when they were
well off they would raise more tur
keys, good turkeys, either the bronze
or the White Holland. The latter is
not quite so large as the Bronze, but
is a rapid grower. In any section o!
our farming community where the
raising of turkeys once gets a foot
hold they do not let the industry lag,
but on the contrary it is ever on the
increase.
In many sections of our country
they are raised by the hundreds for
market and still the demand is so
great that the price is higher than it
was fifty years ago. It is no hard
ship to raise $200 worth ot good tur
keys on the average farm.
In hatching goose eggs by the hen
do not remove the goslins if the hen
is quiet until all the eggs are hatched
and the young dry. Should the hen
be restless, remove the young as soon
as dry and keep them in a warm
place, such as a basket lined with
flannel.
On account of the growing scarcity
of wood the National Conservation
Commission has undertaken to inves
tigate the possibilities of sawdust.
Inquiries bearing upon the subject
have been sent to 500 manufacturers
of explosives, pulpwood and like prod
nets. Closely related to this particu
lar investment are other inquiries
dealing with the utilization of waste
lumber from sawmills and waste ma
terials f’-ont mills devoted to cooper
age. furniture, box, veneer and ot»S*
Industries
The
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scientific attainments of its chemists have
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skillfully, in the right proportions, with
its wholesome and refreshing Syrup of
California Figs.
As there is only one genuine Syrup of
Figs and Elixir of Senna and as the gen
uine is manufactured by an original
method known to the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, it is always necessary to buy the
genuine to get its beneficial effects.
A knowledge of the above facts enables
one to decline imitations or to return them
if, upon viewing the package, the full name
of the California Fig Syrup Co. is not found
printed on the front thereof.
"BOBBY" WAS SO NERVOUS.
He Was Not to Be Agitated, Even by
"Percy, Dear.”
It was moving day for the summer
colony along the North shore of Mas
sachusetts. On the morning train
from Rockport, bearing many well
known Bostonians to their town
houses for the winter, rode a stormy
old gentleman from the west. At
Pride’s crossing a family of three—
father, mother aud daughter—boarded
the train, bearing respectively the
family treasures: One pet poodle, one
gray cat in a blue blanket, and one
traveling clock in a much worn leath
er case. The party had no sooner
found seats across from the western
er, than it became apparent that the
excitement of boarding the train had
caused a commotion among the pets.
The cat was chided for talking aloud.
“Calm yourself, Bobby,” said his mis
tress. “Be yourself once more—we
are now on our way home.” Where
upon Bobby grew calm.
The poodle became restless in the
company of his master on a seat in
front and signified his yearning for
Bobby's company by climbing up the
back of the seat and casting goo-goo
eyes at the Tabby. The sympathetic
mistress understood at once and said:
“You may come over here and sit
with us, Percy, dear, on one condition
—you must not agitate Bobby.”
This was too much for the stormy
westerner. With a loud snort he
reared up, pawed his hand-bag from
the rack above his head, and pranced
into a coach ahead.
IN AGONY WITH ECZEMA.
Whole Body a Mass of Raw, Bleeding,
Torturing Humor—Hoped Death
Would End Fearful Suffering.
In Despair; Cured by Cuticura.
“Words cannot describe the terrible
eczema I suffered with. It broke out
on my head and kept spreading until
it covered my whole body. I
was almost a solid mass of sores from
head to foot. I looked more like a
piece of raw beef than a human be
ing. The pain and agony endured
seemed more than I could bear. Blood
and pus oozed from the great sore on
my scalp, from under my finger nails,
and nearly all over my body. My
ears were so crusted and swollen I
was afraid they would break off.
Every hair in my head fell out. I
could not sit down, for my clothes
would stick to the raw and bleeding
flesh, making me cry out from the
pain. My family doctor did all he
could, but I got worse and worse. My
condition was awful. I did not think
I could live, and wanted death to
come and end my frightful sufferings.
“In this condition my mother-in-law
begged me to try the Cuticura Rem
edies. I said I would, but had no hope
of recovery. But oh, what blessed re
lief I experienced after applying Cuti
cura Ointment. It cooled the bleeding
and itching flesh and brought me the
first real sleep I had had in weeks. It
was as grateful as ice to a burning
tongue. I would bathe with warm
water and Cuticura Soap, then apply
the Ointment freely. I also took Cuti
cura Resolvent for the blood. In a
short time the sores stopped running,
the flesh began to heal, and I knew I
was to get well again. Then the hair
on my head began to grow, and in a
short time I was completely cured.
I wish I could tell everybody who has
eczema to use Cuticura. Mrs. \Ym.
Hunt, 135 Thomas St., Newark, N. J.,
Sept. 28, 190S.”
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp., Sole Props., Boston.
One Spider’s Doings.
The entire fire alarm system of
Bayonne, N. J.. was recently thrown
out of order by a single spider. The
insect had got caught where all the
wires of the transmitter room con
verge together, and its body hung in
such a way as to short-circuit the
whole system.
Middls Course the Best.
Lobster and champagne for supper
—that's high jinks. Sawdust and near
coffee for breakfast—that's hygiene.
Between these two eminences, how
ever, there's room for some genuine
living.
HEADING
OFF THE CALLER.
Plan for Getting Rid of Life Insur
ance Agents Not Patented.
The bell ran?: three times, and the
man at the desk hastily reached for a !
flannel bandage. This he put round \
his neck. Then he arranged a sling,
in which he put one arm, disarranged
his hair, drew down the corners of his
mouth, got out of his chair, and pain
fully limped toward the door.
“Mr. Jones?” inquired the well
dressed caller, who opened it at that
moment.
The man with the bandage half
suppressed a groan.
“Yes, that’s my name. What can I
do for you?"
“You appear to be suffering,” said
the intelligent caller.
“Suffering!” returned the other. “Do
you think I'm doing this for fun? But
what is your business, sir?”
“Er>—pardon me,” stammered the
caller, “I think I’ll drop in some other
time—eh?”
“It’s some trouble,” soliloquized the
man with the bandage, as he removed
the paraphernalia and returned to his
desk. “But it is really the quickest
way to get rid of these life insurance
agents. That man will never trouble
me again.”—London Tit-Bits.
KNEW WHAT HE NEEDED.
H. R. Sute—Sonny, kin you tell me
where I kin get a—
Kid—Nothin’ doin’, pop! De barber
shops is all closed on Sundays!
Static or Ohio City of Toledo. J
Lucas County. f ss*
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he la senlo:
partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney A Co., doing
business In the City of Toledo. County and State
aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of
ON'K HT'NDRKD DOLLARS for each and every
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Hall’s Catarrh Cure.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed In my presence,
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| \ —^ I A. W. GLEASON.
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George and His Wad in Demand.
“The young wife answered tho
’phone.
"That’s another call for George,” she
said to her mother. “Somebody wants
him to come somewhere and play
bridge. It's the third invitation he'3
had this evening."
"That would seem to indicate," said
the mother, "that George is very popu
lar.”
The young wife sniffed.
"It unquestionably indicates,” sh*
said, "that George is an easy loser.”
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Character's strength Is not in doing
what a self-will would have us do. but
what the conscience dictates is our
duty.—Royston.
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrnp.
Tor children teething, softens the gores, reduces la.
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Itch cured in 30 minutes by Woolford’s
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