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nine to mercer severni neer amWats
every year.
A farm of thirty acres conducted on
this plan will yield no income of $2;000
or more afterpaying for the labor re-
quired'. Naturally some seasons will
a
n
be better than others and profits
Will
not always be the same. but this ener-
getic young woman has found a sys-
tem of making her farm pay, and her
success with thirty acres has made
some of the men
folks who have
much
lugger trnetg gnsp with astonishment-
The day bare "um,. in. the opinion of
tlgrieudtuial experts, when terms 'of
ten to thirty acres will be ni.de sutH-
cient to occupy the time and talents of
highly; trained and pirogressive men
cull women.
Roth. in fart and theory farms are
beeveting. smaller,. and expertsnow
hold that a fair living income for a
family may be gained from one of
these small tracts. Ten neres, if wise-'
ly managed. will return an annual
profit above operating expenses of
$1.'00 to $2.500. Larger planes give
retires In proportioa when the owner
tial ability and suitable equipment.
There are plenty of truck and fruit
farms in the United Stntes which can
shown yearly revenue or more thnn
$000 nu acre. This only Itis ronle
about in recent years since the pres-
ent high level or produce was reached,
nod therefore many old fashioned
farmers who devote themselves to dai-
ries or ons or two grain crops are still
nun were of what may be accomplished
by modern methods.
14-1-1-1-1-3 ÷1^1-1-1-3-1-1 1^1-1-1-3-I••I . I .. I SHRINKAGE OF OF CORN, 4
How much will corn shrink in
• weight during the Year is n ques-
tion often asked by farmers.
For eight years the Iowa experi-
ment
` ment station carried ou a or-
t: ough and complete test with the
following results for each mouth
from the time of cribbing: No-
vember, 5.2 per cent; December.
1.7 per cent; January. 0 per cent:
February, 3 per cent: march, 1.0
1, per cent; April, 3.1 per cent;
[• May, 1.0 per cent; Julie, 1.0 per
i3. cent; July, 1 per cent; August, 5
per cent; September. .4 per cent;
October, 0; total shrinkage for
Wes -later issue ulrollga 5111x11 Qovuluny
In the bark resembling tine shot iwles.
These beetles lalso do damage by ere
tering the twigs tit the bases of the
buds and by making feeding burrows
in the truuks and largo limbs of the
trees oYtheir EGic
. The Ohio a r
Icu1-
tural experiment station recommends
as a preventive measure against the
pests the creating of nn unfavorable
environment for propagation, the regu-
lar' burning of all dead frees each year limbs
and that all dead' and sickly ,
branches and stubs he eut away and
burned, Very scabby, and dead trees
should also be removed and burned,
Whitewashing and similar treatment
as preventive of attack have proved of
much value.
Strong Early Plants.
all men none' two setllrnl veterinarians,
who should have been employed right
at the start of the trouble, pronounced
the mold on the straw the active cause
of all the trouble.'
Therefore all who depend heavily,
or indeed at
all s on their oat traw for
horse feed in winter will do well to
see to it first that the grain is not
O cut too green nor bound too tight In
the sheaf, and then before it comes
time to feed it have It thoroughly ex-
amined to determine whether it
molded or not ,
of 1)ekaib,
en who are
went. She
.res a mile
record el'
pride.
educated
e of the
northern
)et uncle,
alpha1 to
s, of land
this little
machinery-
rprise, in a
nt about it
fel study. It
diversify her
e would not be de -
single crop.
a large part of the farm
d has a record of making
fere from Chis legume in
there being three cuttings
of tine plant. Few people In northern
Illinois have reached these figures with
alfalfa. Five tons to theacre in three
cuttings is considered above the aver-
age, and it is not best to cuttbe plant
more frequently titan this. At $13 this
makes a return of $00 per Here. All
who know anything about faint earn-
ings will understand that this is far
OF TEE FAalt I5 KEPT IN
ALFALFA.
he i ,*age.- but similar :esult9
obtained where intelligent care
to the cultivation of alfalfa.
Glidden at the outset was ambi-
ot only to make her farm a
al success, but to demonstrate
sdom of having a rotative
e and of selecting a variety of
cis for which there is a steady
demand in provincial towns as
as in large cities. Much of her
comes from management along
line, as she always bas two or
small fields of highly profitable
has succeeded fairly well in
o crops from a pitch of
roe . one season. This is done by
rodn'.g lettuce, radishes, peas,
eets, etc., in the early part of the
mmer and following them with
weet corn, peppers, spinach, celery
nd other vegetables which cannot be
!anted while there is any danger of
frost in the spring. This scheme of
growing succession erops can be
worked in various ways. Land has to
be beavily fertilized in the fall. This
and thorough cultivation during the
growing period will maintain soil fer-
ity. Miss Glidden varies from her
ogram in such a way that the labor
s evenly distributed throughout the
ear, or at least thispoint is kept 1n
ieW, but naturally field work becomes
retty heavy in connection with vege-
able growing. She has a paying poul-
try plant and in a short time will be
Thousands
of Howes
early and certain relief is found
for the ail ents to which all are
subject—ail eats due to defective
or irregular action' of the stomach,
liver, kidne s or, bowels -in the
most famo s ' family remedy,
the world has ever known.
PILL.
are justly famous because they have
proved to be so reliable as correctives
or preventives of the sufferings, dull
feelings and danger due to indigestion
or biliousness. If you will try them
to cleanse your system, purify your
blood, tone your stomach, stimulate
your liver and regulate your
bowels, you will know why so
many rely on Beecham's Pills to
Insure Health
and Happiness
lamest Selo of Any Medietpe in the World..
Sold overytvhoie.: In boxes, 28 cards
the year. 18.2 per cent. or nearly
one-fifth.
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WORTH OF WOOD ASHES.
Farmers Are Advised Not to Waste
Valuable Constituents.
Don't waste wood ashes. Apply
them, as produced, to acid soils. This
Is the advice of A. R. Wbitsou, head of
the Wisconsin state soils laboratory. It
is of particular value to farmers in up-
per Wisconsin and others who actually
have waste wood to burn.
Wood -ashes contain a large propor-
tion of lime, which makes them of
value in correcting acid soils. Often-
times land Intended for clover or al-
falfa can be better prepared for the
crop by a top dressing of fresh wood
ashes. either hard or soft wood being
equally satisfactory. Such a treatment
will be of especial value on marshy
and sandy soils.
If not allowed to leach out, wood
ashes are also ricb in potash and so
form a home source for a much needed
clement. Practically all of our potash
supply has been imported into this
country from certain of the countries
of Europe now at war. which fact has
caused considerable concern with many
here who purchase in large quantities.
Whether or not it will pay to use
fishes for agricultural purposes de-
pends upon the distance they have to
be bawled. When buying ashes the
purchaser should satisfy bimself that
the' material is neither adulterated nor
full of coal residue.
If very strong, early plants are de-
sired they must not be crowded in the
cold frame after they have been re.
set from the hotbed or greenhouse.
Cabbage plants should stand about one
and one-fourth inches :,part; tomato
Plants, two inches apart the first trans-
planting and tout' the second. Lettuce
should have about two inches each
way in order to develop the strongest
plants.
Orchard Bark Beetles.
Bark beetles, or shot bole borers,
cause more or less damage to fruit
trees every year. They are particular-
ly apt to attack weakened, scale infest-
ed trees in cities and in some seasons
have been pests of the first order in
the peach growing belt along Lake
Erie. Some kinds of trees, such as
peach and cherry, exude large quanti-
ties of gum through the holes made by
the beetles, and the surface of the bark
may be coated over with pints to gal.
Tons of this gum, depending upon the
severity of the attack and the size and
vigor of the trees. Again. such trees
as apple and pear do not gum at all
under attack. The small white grubs
burrow in characteristic fashion in the
sapwood. often killing the trees. and
As The _ esult
Of a Neglected Cold
He Contracted
SEVERE BRONCHIAL TROUBLE.
Mr. W. T. Allen, Halifax, N.S., writes:
"I feel that I would be doing you and
your great remedy, Dr. Wood's Norway
Pine Syrup, a gross injustice if I did not
write and let yon know the wonderful
results that I have obtained from its
use.
Last spring I happened to contract a
cold. Of :oursc, this is a common oc-
curence, and I did not take any particu-
lar notice of it at the time. However, it
did not break up as quickly as colds
generally did with me, so after two weeks,
and no sign of improvement, I began
to get alarmed, and went to my local
physician who informed me that I had
contracted severe bronchial trouble as a
result of neglecting my cold. He pre-
scribed some medicine for me, which I
took for about two weeks without any
sign of improvement. I was getting
pretty much discouraged by then, but
one day a friend happened to be in to
whom I was relating my trouble, and he
advised me to try Dr. Wood's Norway
Pine Syrup, saying that he had obtained
very beneficial results from its use in
a similar case. I took his advice and
procured several bottles from my drug-
gist. After taking it, according to direc-
tions, for about two days, I noticed a
decided improvement, and from that
day on I began to get better, and in ten
days I was in my usual health. I con-
sider this an excellent showing for your
remedy, and can highly recommend it to
anyone afflicted as I was. 1 shall always
put in a good word for it whenever the
opportunity offers itself."
You can procure Dr. Wood's Norway
Pine Syrup from any druggist or dealer.
Price, 25c and 50c. The genuine is
manufactured only by The T. Milburn
Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont.
TIDY OAT STRAW
MADE MARES ABORT
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INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE.
Agriculture on the average has
begun to grow more intensive.
If inventions and discoveries of
ss the future are to annul or re-
•• verse this effect they must be of
a different kind from those that
-• have giver us our seeders. reap-
ers, thrashers, etc. We shall
- need thereafter, not something
that will enable a man to till
•- more acres, but something that
will enable him to get greater re-
- turns from a single acre. -Pro-
: fessor John Bates Clark, Colum-
•• bia University.
•1-I-F•I-I-I-I-I•d-I-I••1-83-2••1•d-3••I-i••I-hl-b•I»N
ORGANIC MATTER IN SOILS.
Nature of This Material but Little
Understood.
[From annual report, 1914, of bureau of
soils.]
Organic matter is essential to make
a son of what would otherwise be pul-
verized and more or less hydrolyzed
rock, and while there are some soils
capable of growing crops that contain
small quantities of organic matter, on
the whole the quantity of this material
in average soils is considerable. The
average organic contents of soils
amount to approximately fifty tons
per acre, and yet the nature of this
material has been but little understood.
It has been believed for many years
that It consisted chiefly of some such
body as humic acid, differing perhaps
In different soils, but having the same
general properties. One prominent
service which these investigations have
rendered agriculture bas been to show
the nonexistence of Gumic acid and its
hypothetical relatives and to show in-
stead the existence of many compounds
with many relationships.
This line of research has been espe-
cially profitable during the year just
past, and the number of compounds iso-
lated and identified bas been increased
to more than forty. Some of these,
Most farmers make a point of com-
pelling their idle horses to consume a
lot of oat straw during the cold weath-
er, writes John Mason in the National
Stockman. Clean, bright well cured
oat straw, cut when not too dead ripe
and saved thoroughly dry, is excellent
filling for idle horses in winter if
joined to a diet in which there Is a
liberal amount of nitrogenous nourish-
ment There is not very much food
value in such forage, but it makes an
agreeable variety of bulk which every
horse must have in bis ration if he is
to thrive properly.
A word of caution, however, is In
order. Last winter 1 knew of a firm of
breeders who lost sixteen foals out of
eighteen mares by abortion, caused
solely by eating oat straw that was
moldy. This oat crop was cut rather
early on purpose to save as much of
the straw's food value as possible and
bound too tight in the sheaf. It was
rained on once before being thrashed,
but when passed through the separator
looked pretty fairly decent roughage.
On closer examination—made when all
too late—it was discovered that the
Breeders of Shire . horses have
come to the opinion thatthe great
quantity of hair on the legs is not
only a detriment to the animals,
but loss in money value to the
breeders. While the Shire horse is
considered by many to be the fin-
est drafter in the world, his hairy
legs have worlced as a detriment;
hence the el'chel'on, with 1115: clean
limbs, has forged to the front. The
picture shows a line type of Shire.
straw was infected by a light greenish.
yellowish mold, very difficult of detec-
tion on the early cut grain.
Being fed little else ha the way of
roughage, the mares naturally ate their
fill of this material, with the result
THE enofARD BARK BEnTLit. that eventually no 1555 '.lion sixteen of
inure blackish or brownish bee them aborted. Af ' i,Ge damage bad
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compounds i contain 411 only (sleben mil
hydrogen; some tartans hydrogen and
oxygen: some carbon, hydrogen. oxy-
gen and nitrogen: Others contain :phos -
phones or s0lidlnr. Isolation 10 a pure
vouditioi) of thee' orgnnie constituents
of soils 1188 Lu • possible the
correct
interpretation or the changes that or-
ganic matter unrkigoes in soils The
compounds found lire recognized as
represent ingvlecnmpositiof products of
fats, earbohydrules, proteins, and oth-.
m , ds and
!assts of natural l'trl l0 OUn
u 1 .
n grent dial of light Is shed thereby
on tire, processes of humus formation
and transfmnuttIon in the soil. These
researches into the nature and proper-
ties of soil organic matter have showu
conclusively that the soil investigator
must tuneinto consideration the presenceof organic compounds in the soil.
Soil Compost.
Proressor Ahearn of the Kansas Ag-
ricultural college tells how to prepare
soil compost for growing plants:
"A workable soil may be made from
loam, spud and munure, but it will be
greatly improved if leaf mold or peat
is added. The best loam for plants is
made of well decayed sod taken from
a pasture. After the grass has been
killed by hard freezes in the fall the
sod should be cut three or four inches
deep and placed in a pile, the grails
side down. For the sake of conven-
ience make the pile three or four feet
wide and as high and as long as nec-
essary. Hollow out the top so as to
catch the rains. If the year is a dry
one a garden Bose may be used to sap -
ply the moisture. In the construction
of this pile alternate layers of sod and
manure should be used. This compost
should be allowed to weather for at
least a year, preferably two years, be-
fore being used. When ready to be
used it should be chopped and thor-
oughly mixed with well rotted ma-
nure."
Beheadings.
I daah upon the sanity chore,
Behead me and 1 do Implorer
Behead again, 1 chine and bier•,
Behead once fItore, I answer yet
Anerec.r.—Seray, pray. ray, 55.
Blanketing the Horse.
While we often notice some pro-
fessed horsemen standing their horses
in the stall with a blanket on tbem so
their hair will look sleek when the ani-
mal is led out to ride or drive, such a
practice is not wise,. since the horse Is
sure to chill before he can be hitched
up and driven enough to start a good
circulation of the blood unless the
blanket is kept on until the team Is
started.
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