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PAGE TWO w in ter uf 1847 48 was one of extrem e sev erity , am i ice of un precedented thickness formed on Bake Erie. W hen th e break up ram a, tow ard tho end of March, a stro n g Superintendent of Demonstration Farm Explains Use of Logged-Off Lands to Settlers Many Yeara Ago Ice Dam Shut Off W ater and Cataract I southeast w ind was blow ing, and tb s (T h is a rtic le is by II. W. S p ark s, eat fa c to r comes in to a ctio n fo r we very best, but there is no th in g in iro w as piled into banks as larg a as Became Silent for a Brief Time su p erin ten d e n t of th e dem o n stratio n believe th n t well d ire c te d soil nud them , or ab o u t them , b u t w hat cau Icebergs. Tow ard th e n ig h t of M arch farm o f th e S ta te College of W astin g - crop m anagem ent w ill m inim ise, if be d u plicated in thousands of places, doth th s wiuil suddenly ehnnged to ton. Mr. S p ark s is an e x p e rt in b it not fully co u tro l, th is difficulty. W e It is also tru e th a t th ere was much O nly onco in history has the roar urns only a naked channel, w ith In th r opposite d irectio n , increased to a line and his artic le w ill be found ' ire m aking w onderful progress in th is of hard w ork, patience, aud a t tim es of the m ighty falls uf N iag ara been sig n ific a n t brooks splashing nmoug te rrific gals and drove th s ice into well w orth w hile.— E d ito r.) directio n , aid ed and supported by th e failu res th a t w ere discoursgiug. The silenced. T his s ta rtlin g phenomenon th e rocks. All day long this nstound th e out ranco of N iag ara riv er w ith e ffic ie n t corps of w orkers from th e laud had to be cleared of the stum ps occurred ou March 111, IStS, Early j ing couditiou continued, end persons such force th a t a huge dam was dry shod, from tho C anadian form ed, of such thick nose and solid A ny co u n try w ith in whose b o u n d s ' H a lte d S ta te s D ep artm en t o f A gricul- j and brush on the su rface aud under on th n t m orning people liv w in alked, g near ries th e re is a b o u n tifu l supply o f *llre> o ur s ta te a g ric u ltu ra l colleges, th e surface. Som etim es th ere seemed the falls were surprised by a strau g e aids, along the very edge of th e prec ity as to lie p ractically Im penetrable w ater for th e soil and tem p erate cli- lin*v,'r* ', >0*- s u b s ta tio n s , an d by th e , to lie more u n d er the surfnee ti n u on hush as sta rtlin g in o ffse t as would ipice, as fa r as Uoat island, on th s aud stro n g enough to hold back th s t ' . ' B urbanks an d Edison» of every sin surface, be an unexpected and trem endous ex A m erican aids. g reat mass of w ater pressing a g a in st m atic con d itio n s o b ta in will see in th e |»la n c |, „ f production. These, to- I believe it is fo rtu n a te fo r th is plosion in an o rd iu arily q uiet corn- E arly in tho m orning of A pril 1st it. A t Inst, in th s surly m orning of near fu tu re th e g re a te st developm ent g e th er w ith th e creed of a square favored country and th e good people m iinity. Many persons thought they tho fam iliar th u n d er of th s grent April 1st, th e Ice dam gav e way in th e home b u ild in g ev e r seen on deal, w hich is abroad in our land, th e who in h a b it it th a t th e land is ex ha I been afflic te d w ith deafness, c a ta ra c t w as ag ain heurd, und has under the trem endous pressure of re th is e a rth . P erh ap s th e re w ill be -s l>lcndid public school system and th e |*>u»ive to p rep are for c u ltiv atio n in aud all were oppressed by a sens* never since been silent, though sim strain ed w ater, aud th e falls w ere „„„ ___ i .k . i u _ - n ever in creasin g arm » o f th e b rig h te st th a t we a re p ractically tre e from th a t tion of dread ilar condition», w ith like results, once agnin one of the scenle w onders some who re a d th is a rtic le who w ill . . . i — - and b est, a ll conspire to solve th e rla ss o f undesirable ad v e n tu re rs who W ith the coming of lig h t th e am m ight prevail any spring. The of tho world. question my ju d g m e n t in th is stato - problem s of th e home b uilder of have been fo r generations m o v in g ! n«*d people com prehended th e runs .. J ------------- ----------. — — - , — ,------------------ m ent an d I w ill plead th a t I am an today. All th e natio n s have ever pro- from one pieee of virgin soil to an »01* fo r tho disq u ietin g ailence. W hers o p tim ist by n a tu re b u t have been duced soldiers of fo rtu n e who have other, ex h au stin g tho accum ulated fe r ihey w ere used to "see th e g re a t falls tility , g iv in g no th ing in re tu rn , whose was a bare precipice down the face schooled by experience to believe th a t th ! ‘r »w o rJ s , ' “ «» pru n in g hooks, ” an d converted cam p equip sole m otive has been th a t of exploit ' of w hich a few sm all and co n stan tly any one w ho has a w ell-founded the- age in to homes of hum ble necessity, ation, crow diug out neighbors and all dim inishing stream s trick led . Above ory can ju s tify bis confidence in th e Who shall say w hat th ey can not do th e b e tte r resu lts th a t come from com the falls, instead of a rushing riv er, accuracy o f th a t th eo ry by substan- tod ay ? ■iamity n ip s r iH s a Tho cost o f As an evidence of w h a t man can do clearing m akes most of th e ex ten siv e | tia l evidence. wo will b rie fly call a tte n tio n of th e m ethods pro h ib itiv e. N ature seems to ,m“'h g reater execution when the P ro ceed in g th u s, we a sk : W h at are re a d e r to th e splendid resu lts achieved have conspired and by proclam ation *ro " ,ld U ful1 o t w at*r - T his 1» «•»!>• the fa c to rs fo r home b u ilding? And a t Hood R iver, Oregon, and Puyol- o f stum ps an*l brush served uotice to 01 *rn® ' n *be lig h t or open soil, such as the lig h t ash or loam soils, we an sw er: F irst, th e m an; second, th e sandy or gravelly loams. A gain, clim atic co n d itio n s; th ird , th e soil, when there is some old, w ater soaked and, fo u rth , n a tu ra l d iv ersified re lugs, shoot them early in the season sources, w hich we w ill consider in re th u s giving them all the tim e possible verse o rd er here named. S tric tly to bum so th a t th ey ra n be dried out. And the slashing should also lie speaking, th e firs t th re e fa c to rs a re done as early a t possible a fte r the resources, an d th e c h ie f resources, but foliage is out and some care ta k e n in as th e y a re to some degree common fa llin g the brush and tim b er in places w ith all in h a b ite d co u n tries, we w a n t w here the m aterial is not thiek. A to call a tte n tio n to those th a t are little e x tra e ffo rt to fall portions to g eth er in w indrow s or heaps is con not common, and th ey a re m any and ducive of b e tte r burns. We have valuable. seen some w onderful resu lts from a I believe th e tim e w ill ju s tify us in good burn, p ra ctically e v ery th in g the sta te m e n t th a t th e m eans of cleaned up from the firs t fire. tra n sp o rta tio n , w hich w ill include th e T here has been considerable prog ress in the pow er m ethods o f clearin g m any tra n sc o n tin e n ta l and local ra il laud. E lectricity , steam , and horse roads, u rb an , in te ru rb a n and electric power a rc utilized now as never be lines; th e splendid system of w a te r fore, and the ap p licatio n of f irs to w ays; th e n a tu ra l grade«; lim itless | th e roots of the big stum p, called the supply of th e best m a te ria l fo r road rh a rp it method, is stead ily grow ing in favor. T his is especially ad ap te d to building, to g e th e r w ith th e bound-to- tho needs of the home bu ild er as no huild and-build rig h t s p irit o f our peo expensive equipm ent is needed; but, pie, is a resource of in estim ab le w orth like all new m ethods, it h as its ad ap to com m ercial in te re sts, as perm anent ta tio n s and lim itations. We hav e oh- | commerce alw ay s tra v e ls along th e served in tra v e lin g over our te rrito ry th a t th ere is a co n stan tly increasing linee o f le a st resistan ce an d easiest 1 num ber m aking use o f th is m ethod. grades, an d to th e home b uilders on When a tte n d in g any g a th e rin g of th e b an k s and te rra c e d benches of farm ers now it ra re ly happens th a t the in lan d sea, la k e or riv e r; o r hack th em are not some th e re who have been successful, and q u ite freq u en tly on th e p la te a u s or m ountain-sides. wc bear the expression: “ O ur only T hen, th e w a te r pow er—endless, reg ret is th a t we did not learn of boundless and “ going on fo re v e r.’’ th is y ears sgo. ” We are learning. M an u factu rin g is alw ay s prosperous We a re m aking real progress. We w here th e re is cheap pow er and ad e shall ta k e aw ay n large p a rt of tb s qu ate tra a sp o rta tio n fa c ilitie s, and hard labor by plan n in g our w ork so when we rem em ber th a t we have as to ta k e a d v a n ta g e of season, m eth w ithin reach m ines of th e precious ods and a rtific ia l aid th a t eom et from m etals, v a st deposits o f iron, coal, the well d irected use o f power as m an u fa c tu rin g coal, o rn am en tal and represented in pow der, steam and w ith building stone, fo re sts o f tim b er, is horses. We shall learn much from th ere a n y one who can c o rrectly e s ti each o th er and we a re all th in k in g m ate th e p o ssib ilities o f an y place and p u ttin g our th o u g h ts in to action. w here n a tu re has been more lavish in bestow ing h e r g ifts? I f we w ere to ju d g e th e soils by the am ount of m ineral elem ents nee lu p - w “ h *nlD<H>. tw o n o tab le ex , all th e soil ro b b ers “ here a re homes tMwory fo r crop production th e y con am PIes am ong m any other» we could I in plenty fo r th e w orkers. Drones ta in as shown b y chem ical analyses nam e if *P*<’e p erm itted , b u t these need not a p p ly .” Because of these we would say th a t th e re are m any w‘^ su ffice. H ere we have a develop- seem ing b a rrie rs, and also the fa c t places w here th e re is much more uni n ,ent th a t '• very rem ark ab le and be- o . i f th e i unsurpassed clim atic conditions, | New Y xurii nuus ntinvu i.t ork I'lB M asons raised f $1,500 to Id K n ig h t. Tempi a r in form ly good soil. We have on th e licv ® we cou,d challen ge “ >e w orld to th e dem ands o f the ever .«creasing redewn . T in rn i f l t m n A? #»< > n «1 m n r u n -a aha aaa P aeifie C oast th o u san d s o f acres Produc® records of equal developm ent population o f consum ers, we »hall see v itatio n to P resid en t M cK inley. The which can be c o rrectly classed as ' n t *le sam e len g th of tim e. H ere th e th e small farm ru le; th e co n stan tly in v ita tio n plate w as found in the good, and considerable t h a t is poor *oreat and ju n g le have been tran s- im proving in te n siv e m ethods prevail, stock of a paw nbroker, who refused when ju dged b v th e soil c h e m ist’s form ed in to th e most p ro d u ctiv e fr u it and th e p ra c tic a l c o m m u n ity , m aking ^ , | f *i t " f o *r " ie“ss't'h V n $7,500.’ * T h i sta n d ard . In d eed , we th in k we can and landa> orch ard s and g ar fo r b e tte r social aDd in d u strial con- 1 in v ita tio n w as sent to P resid en t Mc say th a t th e soils are m ore v aried d en * in a v ery few A nd th ere ditions. K inley from C alifornia. Homes here w ill be well w orth th e here th a n a re most of our agricul- arc th o u san d s of acres of soil, w here • • • tu ra l soils. W e have found as m any th " clim atic conditions a re ju s t as fa price. By experience, we are learn Jo h n Allen, a farm er liv in g near as fo u r d is tin c t ty p e s o f soil on one vorah le as a t e ith e r of th ese places, ing to clear th e land w ith much less acre, ju s tify in g ns in using th e gen- P o e tic a lly undeveloped, w aitin g for expense and labor. We are learn- s Enid, O klahom a, is $3,800 b e tte r o ff oral term “ sp o tted in p la c e s,” b u t th e man who can organize, c o o p e ra te , in g th a t th ere a re seasons when p a rts through a kick by a mule. H is skull all these ty p es h av e a special value Kiv ® lo d e o h i p , and live th e square o f th e work is accom plished to much w«e fra c tu re d and he w as tak en to a when we know how to select and d **l' " e have alw ays had men. Yes, b e tte r a d v a n ta g e th an a t others, th u s hospital, w here he su b m itted to an A fte r th e surgeon was a d a p t crops an d m ethods of produc- b u t th e r® “ * d ifferen ce. W e liv e in a given am ount o f pow der will do operation. done w ith him , Allen rem em bered tion b est su ited to o u r soil. B u t a progressive age. The little school- I w here be had hidden th e $3,800. D ur theTe is a second fa c to r th a t a sse rts house all over th e land has done a ing th e panic of 1007 A llen becam e itse lf here, upsets and com pletely ®I'lendid w ork. The consolidated high tim id ab o u t leaving his money in a routs some o f onr preconceived notions *°hool w ill do, and is doing, b e tte r, b an k in E nid and w ith d rew it. Ha of soil fe r tility . I re fe r to clim atic T h® n ext g en eratio n will be b e tte r buried the m oney. A few days a f t e r conditions, w hich h av e n o t alw ays been <lDal>U®d fo r th e w o rld 's w ork and w ard he w as ia ju re d in a runaw ay fu lly a p p reciated . The m ost fe rtile b e r® i n t h i * favored land th e founda- and lost all mem ory of bis cache. soil in th e w orld would be valueless f*0D* he laid deeper and broader, th a t can m aka th e follow ing A fte r his second in ju ry an d th e re w ith o u t w ater to tra n s fe r th e ele- and ,h ® su p e rstru c tu re b e tte r adap ted sta te m e n t: su ltin g operation, Allen w ent out and m ents o f th e s o il’s fe r tility to th e to aI1 th e Beeda of a11 th ® P«ople. grow ing p la n t. T e m p eratu re of soil I believe th e re a re few , i f any, -<torrs A g ricu ltu ra l E xperim ent S ta recovered his fortune. tio n , 8 to rrs, Conn., Aug. 4, 1911. and air, to g e th e r w ith sunshine in places in all onr land th a t o ffe r as season to a ss ist in e la b o ra tin g and m any inducem ents to th e home build- To whom concerned: Oregon gam e law s an d th e U nited assim ila tin g tbes« elem ents. A ny com- er as p a rts of w estern W ashington In th e course of our W hite D iarrhoea Mt*t **" parcels post a re in co n flict, it b in a tisu of soil and clim atic eoodi- and Oregon, possessing, a s it does, a in v estig atio n d u rin g the p ast season I " ai d- U nd®r th ® governm ent m ail tions th a t has produced a v a st for- com bination of clim ate and soil th a t reg u latio n s birds, fish and aaim als, • s t o f m am m oth tre e s w ill produce produces w onderful resu lts. W e have wo havo used s large num ber of eggs w eighing less th a n 11 pounds, m ay be b o u n tifu lly of o th e r and m ore valu- seen m easured and weighed tw enty- from th e flock of 8. C. W hite L eg h o rn s,; »hipped'‘th ro u g h 'T h e m ! d l 7 s '’ea«Uy as able crops w ith our co-operation. I t seven and e ig h t-te n th s to n s of the owned by M r. A. M. Pollard. We were i a ¿OTen eggs. A gam e w arden may would be v ery d iffic u lt to com pute best q u a lity o f fo rag e crops fo r th e unable to discover, e ith e r by baeterio in v e stig a te all suspicious fre ig h t and Made only by th e full value of th e a n n u a l ra in fa ll d a iry eow p er acre. W e have seen logical exam ination or p ractical test, express shipm ents, and, if he finds of th is co u n try , com ing a s i t does in th re e crops from th e sam e land in any evidence o f b acillary w h ite d ia r co n trab an d , he m ay a rre st th e send g re a te st q u a n titie s in th e do rm an t one season—tw o o f v etches and grain, rhoea infection. ers, b u t th e U nited S ta te s post is season in g en tle, fa llin g ra in , w ith o u t follow ed by corn th a t m atu red suffi- closed to him. He may not in v e s ti DEO F. RETTO ER , NIAGARA FALLS. N. Y severe w inds and la te r snnshine and c ie n tly fo r ex cellen t feed. W e have g a te and no postal clerk is allowed B acterio lo g ist, Sheffield Scientific show ers blended. T here is untold mil- seen stra w b e rrie s lite ra lly cover th e to answ er questions concerning o th er School, Y ale U niversity. lions in them . I t is no w onder th e gTound w ith th e ir luseious f r u it which p eo p le’s mail. K. H. 8TO N EBU B N , E g y p tian s o f old w hile w o rk in g w ith yielded th e ow ner a t th e ra te of P rofessor of P o u ltry H usbandry, th e ir parched field s would shout and $1,700 p er acre. W e h av e seen a j cry w ith joy, when th e y saw i t com- ch e rry tre e produce $50 w o rth p f fr u it C onnecticut A g ricu ltu re College. ing, “ W a te rl W ate r! O reat is wa- per y ear, and p ears grow ing equally A ll stock h a v e fre e range on 89 < te r! W a te r is b re a d !” I t is tru e w ell, w ith m any o th er v a rie tie s of th a t th e ste a d y dow npour of ra in is tree, v in e and cane fr u its y ie ld in g ; a c r* * ~ We *r * booking orders now for a t tim es try in g , b u t we believe th a t ab u n d a n tly . W e have seen th e d a iry 1013- Run your farm on a business basis and i t w ill pay big Mr. E. J . N ovak, F irs t N atio n al Bank Bldg., Chicago, th e agonies of w eb feet and moss backs herd feed in g on th e gre^n m eadow . BOOS $3.50 p er 16 $16 par 100, who operates a farm in the S outh, w rote me on A agost dividends. a re not so k illin g a s th e deepair th a t p ra c tic a lly e v ery d a y o f th e y ear, L et me help you to weed out u n p ro fita b le crops aad 19th, 1912: “ Some tim e ago I purchased one of your Farm comes from seeing our crops dry, and th e a d v a n ta g e s fo r p o u ltry ra is ventures— to so plan your w ork os to m ake your farm s r ’s Sim plex Records and consider th a t th a best in v est w ith e r and b u rn fo r w a n t of w ater. in g a re n o t to be questioned—all of m ent I have ever m ade. I d o n ’t see how anybody can m ors p ro fitab le. I have o ften h eard it said th a t m any, th is, and more, on th e logged-off I have perfected an easy-to-koop Record Book w hich g et along w ith o u t i t . ” if not all, o f th e farm ers o f th s arid lands. And th e b est p a rt o f th e sto ry will show you a t a glance— As an ow ner of my Sim plex Record, you may w rita .to b elt would g lad ly give th ree -fo u rth s of th ese record producers is t h a t th ey W hat ynnr p ro fits a re on live stock an d individual me as often as you wish about the KoepUig T rack o f T o u r crop#—— tho cost of labor and m iscellaneous expenses— Bualr.ssa problem s w hich co n fro n t you. A nd in an sw er of th e f e r tility o f th e ir soil fo r one- all believe th e y ra n do b e tte r y et. which cost is too g re a t fo r w h a t i t produce«—acreag e ing 1 w ill give yon th e benefit of y ears devoted to tho fo u rth o f th e w a te r rep resen ted by W hen we have learned to employ yields— m onthly and y early gain or loss— how m aeh you solVl ig of th e F a rm e rs ’ business d ifficu lties. th e ann u al ra ilfa ll in w estern W ash those m ethods and crops b e st ad ap te d owe nd others owe you, etc., ete. ington and O regon. I t is also tru e to our local conditions and n o t farm A. M. P o llard, M anager, W rite me today. Yoa o bligate yourself in no w ay, and T his Record is th e Best, E asiest end S im plest ever de th a t in places th e excessive ra in s as we did in o th er places or a s our vised fo r tho G rain, T ru ck and F ru it F arm er, Stock I will give you inform ation th n t will be of much value M ansfield C entre, Conn. to you. leach o u t an d c a rry aw ay much of fa th e rs did, as th is has been tb a cause B reeder, D airy and P o u ltry M an. I t eoats b u t littla and th e a v a ila b le f e r tility o f th e soil. of m any failu re s. I t is tru e th a t M em ber N atio n al 8. C. W hit« Log- w ill bo .rurth h undreds of dollars to you each season. A. O. R EIC H , D ept. I, a , R ivard ala, Chicago, IIL I t is new t h a t th o fo u rth and great- I some of th a fig u re s given a re o f th s born Club. Sparks Tells of H om e Building When Niagara Falls Ran Dry Soda C rackers are e x tr e m e ly se n sitiv e to moisture. B efore the advent of Uneeda Biscuit the only persons who ever tasted fresh, crisp soda crackers were the people in the bakeries. N o w t h a t we h a v e Uneeda Biscuit—we have p erfectly baked sod a crackers—perfectly kept. No moisture can reach them—no contaminating in flu e n c es can ef f ect their flavor—their good ness is imprisoned only to be liberated by you, for you, when you open the package. Five cents. NATIONAL BISCUIT COM PANY Looking It Over i i j The Only White Leghorn Farm in the World 1 The Call of the Bell It is music to Johnny’s ears if he starts the day with a warm, nourishing breakfast of SHREDDED WHEAT —and it ’s so easy to get him off to school without fuss or worry because it’s ready-cooked and lias in it everything he needs for study or play. I t ’s the whole wheat, cooked, shredded and baked to a crisp, golden brown. Simply heat the biscuits in the oven a few moments to restore crispness, then pour hot milk over them, add ing a little cream, and salt or sweeten to suit the taste. A muscle-making, brain-building food for children and grown-ups, for athletes and invalids, for outdoor men and indoor men, for workers with hand or brain. The Only Breakfast Cereal Made in Biscuit Form The Shredded W heat Company Make the Farm Pay More Money The Grandview Poultry Farm