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PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS ABOUT PLOWING | it i 'M re m 5TODY DIARIE VAN VOE>: ILLUSTRATIONS^ r a y v a l t e r s il caer<M*r e r r*e ¿ ua » nrt.tuj. nytrwrr SYNOPSIS. MS. Plowing in Relation to Drainage. (B y O. M. O L S O N .) to form a hard, compact layer in the The depth at which land should be sub -oil at that depth. This is an un plowed depends much upon the sea desirable condition, and can usually son of the year, the kind of soil and be avoided by varying the depth the physical condition of the subsoil. slightly from year to year. New land, Fall plowing, except for fall-grown when first brought under the plow, grain, should invariably be deeper should not be plowed too deeply. than spring plowing, as there is more While it may be desirable to ultimate time for it to become sufficiently set ly have a furrow six or seven inches tled and compacted. Whenever land in depth, it should be brought about is plowed quite deeply, and the cli gradually, by plowing a half-inch or matic conditions do not thoroughly so deeper every year. settle the furrows, it should be thor A method of draining fields which oughly worked before it is planted. has proved satisfactory and Inexpen Heavy soils need to he plowed sive is »’ dging the land v hlle plow deeper than the lighter types of soils. ing. Such soils usually have quite com The plow is started in the middle pact subsoils, and they are benefited where two furrows are plowed against by being brought to the surface. It each other. By turning the horses to is also a benefit to heavy soils to bury the right when making the turns at C the vegetable matter at a good depth, and D. the dead furrows will be lo as this will assist in keeping the sub cated at A and B and E and F. By soil from becoming too compact. continuing this systefh a series of Lighter soils are very much the years, the ditches are made deeper opposite. Their subsoils are usually year by year. No ridge is formed on not too compact, and it is better to the sides of the ditch. By commenc have the vegetable matter mixed with ing to plow in this way, and by vary the surface soil. Deep plowing of ing the back furrows one year a little such soils has a tendency to make to the right of C and D, and another them too loose, and care should be year a little to the left, the dead fur taken to thoroughly compact them be rows will be made 'broad rather than deep, making the fields gently undu fore they are planted to crops. Plowing land continuously at the late Instead of being cut up by deep same depth every time has a tendency I ditches and narrow high ridges. contalns space in the center for a silo 18 feet In diameter. Owing to the fact that a silo is a necessity for the most economical pro Too Little Thought and Study duction of milk, a bam is not com plete for a dairyman's purpose un Given to Details. less it Includes a silo with capacity to store sufficient silage for the herd. In the case of the round barn, the Not Generally Understood That Circu silo Is the most economically built In side. but in the rectangular form would lar Structure Is Much Stronger cause a waste of space, and for that Than Rectangular Form— Cost reason is best erected outside. There- of Material Is Less. BEST FARM BUILDINGS (B y W . J. F R A Z E R .) The planning, construction, and ar rangement of farm buildings do not usually receive the thought and study these subjects warrant. How many dairymen have compared a circular, 40-cow barn with the common rec tangular building containing the same area? How many understand that the circular structure is much the stronger; that the rectangular form requires 22 per cent more wall and foundation to enclose the same space; and that the cost oi material is from 34 to 58 per cent more for the rec tangular building? In a community in which everyone Is engaged in the same occupation, one person is likely to copy from his neighbor without apparently giving a thought as to whether or not there is a better way. In comparing a 60-foot round barn with a rectangular barn of the same area, the two barns should afford the cows the same amount of space on the platform. Allowing each cow in the 60-foot round barn three feet six Inches in width at the rear of the plat form, it will accommodate 40 cowb and Ieavp space for two passageways. But In a rectangular barn, only three feet four inches of platform space need be allowed for each cow, and the 78V4- trrrCAncr farvt CPI VC OpIVC f'cr -j allc T Arrangement of Cow Stable for Two Rows of Cows Tailed Together— The Barn Is Cleaned by Driving Around Behind the Cows. fore, in comparing a round dairy bam with a rectangular dairy bam, silo should be included. The smaller surface on the outside wall of the round bam requires less paint and makes a proportional sav ing in keeping the round bam paint ed in after years. TAKE CARE OF TH E MANURE Shallow Concrete Pit Affords Practical Means of Taking Care of Soil Fertilizer. The shallow concrete manure pit out of doors is a practical means of tak ing care of manure and is to be rec ommended. Where a manure shed is used it should be so arranged that stock may have free access thereto. In this way V »‘ Sue the manure will be kept well packed down by the animals tramping over it, and the danger of loss due to burn ing and excessive fermentation very materially decreased. Barnyard manure, however, 1» not a balanced fertilizer for ordinary farm crops; it is relatively high in nitrogen and potash and correspondingly low In C aiqy phosphorus. Experiments conducted by the Indi Showing How This 60-Foot Bam May ana station show that most c<ay soils Be Arranged to Accommodate 40 of the state are deficient in that same Cows In Stalls—To Supply This element, phosphorus. By adding some Sized Herd and the Necessary phosphatic material to the manure as Young Stock With Silage for Eight It is produced, we are able, not only Months Would Require a 370-Ton to supply the lacking element, phos 8ilo, or One 18 Feet in Diameter and phorus, but also to fix the nitrogen, to 56 Feet Deep; With a Seven-Foot some extent, and thus prevent its es Feed Alley and a ¿'/¿-Foot Man cape in the form of ammoDla gas. ger, the Circle at the Stanchions Would Be 38 Feet In Diameter, or Maintenance of 8owe. 119 1-3 Feet In Circumference; Al In the maintenance of the brood- lowing 4[/2 feet for Two Passage sows we have our best opportunity to Ways, the Stalls Would Be 2 Feet make use o f pasturage, waste feeds, Not that these 10/g Inches Wide at the 8tanchion, fallen fruits, etc. and 3 Feet 6 Inches at the Drop. things are sufficient, but because roughage, range, bulk, succulence and foot bam, with two three-foot nassage- variety are good for the sows. ways across it for convenience in feed ing, will accommodate 42 cows. While Work Together Nicely. the rectangular bam has stall room The hog and the dairy cow work fo r two more cows, the round barn nicely together. t I-s C o m »» tie S »bron . i-sptaln o f French cavalry, la k e * to hie qu arter* to ralee by band a motherless Irteh terrier pup. and names It I'itehouna. Mu dlnea with the Marqulae d' K aellgn ar and tneeta Mlaa Julia Redmond. A m erican helreaa. who •Inga fo r him an English ballad that llngera In hta m emory. T ry in g to save Pll.-houne's life, he declines a second In vitation to dinner because o f a "v e r y alok frien d ." N o m ors Invitations come from he Chateau d'E eclIgnac. Pltchotsn*. though lam e from hla accident th rives and Is devoted to hla master. Sabron and I'ttchoune meet the Marqulae ami Miss Redm ond and a fte r the v to ry o f I'ttchoune Is told Sabron la forgive n and luvlted to Sinner again. Sabron Is ordered to Al giers. but la not «flo w e d to take servants pr dogs H e Is Invited to a mualcale at he Chateau, where Miss Redmond, hear ng that Subron cannot take I'ttchoune with him. olfera to take care o f the dog lu rin g hie m aster's absence CHAPTER VII— Continued. ‘My dear Julia, my godson, the Due do Tremont." And Sabron bowed (o both the ladles, to the duke, and went away. This was the picture he might add to hla collection: the older woman In her vivid dross, Julia in her simpler gown, and the titled Frenchman bow ing over her hand. When he went out to the front ter race Brunet was there with his horse and Pitchoune was there as well, stiff ly waiting at attention "Brunet," said the officer to his man. "w ill you take Pitchoune around to the servants' quarters and give him to Miss Redmond'a maid? I am going to leave him here." "Good, mon Capitaine.” said the ordonnanre, and whistled to the dog. Pitchoune sprang toward his master with & short sharp bark. What he un derstood would be bard to say, but all that he wanted to do was to remain with Sabron. Sabron bent down and stroked him. #"Go. my friend, with Brunet. Go. mon vleux. ¿o.” he commanded stern ly, and the little dog. trained to obedience as a soldier's dog should be, trotted reluctantly at the heels of the ordonntfnce. and the soldier threw hla leg over the saddle and rode away. He rode regardless of anything but the fact that he was going. CHAPTER VIII. Homesick. Pitchoune was a soldier's dog. born in a stable, of a mother who had been dear to the canteen. Michette bad been une vrale vtvandiere, a real daughter of the regiment. Pitchoune was a worthy son. He adored the drums and trumpets. He adored the fife. He adored the drills which he was accustomed to watch from a respectable distance. He liked Brunet, and the word had not yet been discovered which would express how he felt toward Monsieur le Capitaine. hta master. His muscular little form expressed it in every fiber. Hla brown eyes looked it until their pathos might have melted a heart of iron. There was nothing picturesque to Pitchoune In the Chateau d'Escilgnac or in the charming room to which he was brought. The little dog took a flying tour around it, over sofas and chairs, landing on the window-seat, whefe he crouched. He was not wicked, but he was perfectly miacr able, and the lovely wiles of Julia Red mond and her endearments left him unmoved. He refused meat and drink, was indifferent to tho views from the window, to the beautiful view of King Rene's castle, to the tantalizing cat sunning herself against the wall. He flew about like mad, leaving destruc tion In bis wake, tugged at the leash when they took him out for exercise In short. Pitchoune was a homesick, lovesick little dog, and thereby en deared himself more than ever to his new mistress. She tied a ribbon around his neck, which he promptly chewed off. She tried to feed him with her own fair hands; he held his head high, looked bored and grew thin in the flanks. "I think Captain de Sabron's little dog is going to die, ma tante," she told her aunt. "Fiddlesticks, my dear Julia! Keep him tied up until he is accustomed to the place. It won’t hurt him to fast; he will eat when he is hungry. I have a note from Robert. He has gone to Monte Carlo.” "A h !” breathed Miss Redmond In differently. She slowly went over to her piano and played a few measures of music that were a torture to Pitchoune, who found these ladylike performances in strong contrast to drums and trumpets. He felt himself as a soldier degraded and could not understand why he should be relegated to a salon and to the mild society of two ladies who did not evet* know how to pull hla ears or roll him over on the rug with their riding boots and spurs. He sat against the window as was hla habit, looking watching, yearning. "Voua avez tort, ma chere,” said her aunt, who was working something lesa than a thousand flowers on her tap estry. "The chance to be a princess and a Tremont does not come twice in a young girl's life, and you know you have only to be reasonable, Julia." Ills « Redmond's finger« wandered, magnetically drawn by her thoughts. Into a song which she played softly through. Pitchoune heard and turned hia beautiful head and hla soft eyes to her. lie knew that tune. Neither drums nor trumpets had played It. but there was no doubt about Its being fit for soldiers. He had heard hla master sing it, hum It, many times. It had soothed hla nerves when he was a sick puppy and It went with many things of the intimate ltfe with his master He remembered it when he had dozed by the fire and dreamed of chasing cats and barking at Brunet and being a faithful dog all around; he heard again a beloved volco hum It to him Pitchoune whined and softly Jumped down from his seat He put hla fore paws on Mias Redmond's lap. She stopped and caressed him, and he licked her hand. “ That is the first time I have seen that dog show u spark of human gratitude, Julia. He la probably beg glng you to open the door and let him take a run.” Indeed Pitchoune did go to tho door and waited appealingly. "I think you might trust him out. I think he is tamed.” said the Marquise d'Kscitgnac. “ Ho la a real little sav age." Miss Redmond opened the door and Pitchoune shot out She watched hltu tear like mad across the terrace, and scuttle Into the woods, as she thought, after a rabbit. He was the color of the fallen leaves and she lost sight of him in the brown and golden brush where velvets and scarf* were beluf sold at double their worth under the light of e fiatnlng ysllow lamp. As he stood so, hla back to the cafa where a number of the ship's crew were drlnfc- lug, he heard a short sharp sound that had a sweet fainlllerlty about it and Is the S to m a c h , but tho whooe Individuality made him start most reliable barometer of your with surprise He could not believe physical condition is the appe hie ear* He heard the bark again I f it itt poor, you can look and theu he was sprung upon by a lit tite. tle body that ran out from between the for an overworked and over lege of e sailor who eat drinking hie loaded condition of the Stomach, coffee and liquor. "Oraoious heavens!" exrlalmsd Ssb- Liver and Bowels, which prevent ron, thinking that he must be (he vlo> them from properly jierformin« tlm of a hashish dream. "Pitchoune!" their daily functions. A trial of The dog fawned on him and whined crouched at his feet whining like child Sabron bent und fondled him The sailor from the tuble called the dog Imperatively, but Pitchoune would have died at hta master's feet rather thun return, if hla throat could have uttered words he would have spoken will help Nature restore normal but bis eyes spoke They looked as strength and regularity through- though they were tearful. " I ’llchoune. mon vleux! No, It can't 9ut the entire system und thus be Pitchoune. Ilut It Is Pitchoune!" Try And Sabron took him up In hi* arms. help you niuintain health. The dog tried to lick hla face. a bottle today. "Voyona," said the officer to tho ma rlne, who came rolling over to them "where did you get this dog?” The young man's voice was Ira peratlve and he fixed stern eye* on the ALL RIUHTU HtsSMVUJ sailor, who pulled his forelock slid ex plained. "He was following me," said Sabron 11k« im>s (tract1 1 al. hraiiMul. p iarti»« not without a slight catch In Ills vole* f arment* n e f Isttsln l lor tblM lfS I tu tf y ran of i f « . Mad« la our pier* The body of Pitchoune quivered under «u h «trop I . t t«s4lr aiivp«l ui» «»r hla arm "H e la tny dog. I think hla o#. fcssil» washed. N « U*u : rissile bands lu «Msp rinviati«* manner proves It. If you have grown M »d# In b !« « tirili m. and Mur and fond of him I am Berry for you. but I « h « a hukoljr st.iprs lor all the »ra r r«»uud. Al*«» lif birr weight think you will have to give him up.' tu* irr tal Io t an tanner wear. All (arment* tflmard «U h Iasi red or Sabron put hla hand In hia pocket blu« (ataira. Made In |>ut. h rm h and turned a little away to be free of «U h fila i» ateeveg and bigh M ck and tuo g W f t f i , the native crowd that, chattering and grinning, amused and curious and A Real Source o f Health H O S T E T T E R ’S Stomach Bitters OVERALLS Keep Kids Kleen m 75c the suit I »vur drglrr rann « . .pply you. We will send them, «b alge« prepaid o « latript ut prue. 7W e*»h. Yjji'L A Nrw r n r r If They S u it r i u L L K ip I M;.U B> ^ L a rl Strauss A Co., Saa Francise « y CHAPTER IX. V m The Fortunes of War. (Ui Sabrons departure had been de layed on account of a strike at the ! M dockyards of Marseilles. He left (p iA ) Ï \\à 0 Taraacon one lovely day toward the end of January and the old town with its sweetness and Its sorrow, fell be hind, as he rolled away to brighter suns. A friend from Paris took him to À. the port In hia motor and there Sabron waited some forty-eight hours before be set sail, ills boat lay out on the azure water, the brown rocks of the coast behind it. There was not a breeze to stir as he took the tug which was to convey him. He was Inclined ¡'■ 'y ßS to dip hla fingers in the Indigo ocean, sure that he would find them blue He climbed up the ladder alongside of the vessel, was welcomed by the cap 'W. \ /s_ tain, who knew hitn. and turned to go "7 below, for he had been suffering from an attack of fever which now and then laid hold of him, ever alnce his cam Looking, Watching, Ytamlng. paign In Morocco. Therefore, as he went Into his cabin, eager to participate In any distribution which he did not leave until the steam of coin, was gathering around him. He er touched Algiers, he failed to see found two gold piece* whlrh ho put the baggage tender pull up and failed into the hand of the sailor. to see a sailor climb to the deck with "Thank you for taking care of him. a wet bedraggled thing In his hand I am at the Royal Hotel." He nodded, that looked like an old fur cap except and with Pitchoune under hts «rta pushed his way through the crowd and that It wriggled and w a alive. "This, mon commandant," said the out of tho bazaar. Ho could not Interview the dog him sailor to the captain, "Is the pluckiest self, although he listened, amused, to little beast I ever saw." He dropped a small terrier on the Pttchoune’s own manner of speech. He deck, who proceeded to shake himself spent tho latter part of the evening vigorously and bark with apparent de composing a letter to tho minister of war. and although It was short. It must light. “ No sooner had we pushed out from have possessed certain evident and the quay than this little beggar sprang telling qualities, for before he left Al from the pier and began to swim after giers proper for the desert, Sabron us. He was so funny that we let him received a telegram much to the point: swim for a bit and then we hauled him You n isy keep your dog. I congratulate in. It is evidently a mascot, mon com you on such a faith fu l companion. (T O B E C O N T IN U E D .) mandant, evidently a sailor dog who has run away to sea.” Gauge for Measuring Sootfsll. The captain looked with interest at The Pittsburgher who resents the Pitchoune, who engaged himself in timeworn variations of the soft ooai making bis toilet and biting after a smoke glboa now baa hla chance to flea or two which had not been prove that they are unjustified, or re drowned. main forever silent. By a new Inven “ We sailors,” said the man saluting, tion It la at present possible to measure “ would like to keep him for luck, mon the dbotfall of any city aa accurately commandant.” as Its rain or snowfall may be meas Take him down then," his superior ured. Already this soot gauge, tried officer ordered, "and don't let him up out In England, has proved what the among the passengers.” .tourist long suspected, that I.ondon. • * • * « • • with all It* yellow fog. baa far purer It was «. rough voyage. Sabron air than the North of England factory passed his time saying good-by to cities of Birmingham, Manchester and France and trying to keep his mind tho like. Not only have Pittsburgh and away from the Chateau d'Escilgnac, other slandered American cities the which persisted In haunting his uneasy opportunity to whiten their sooted slumber. In a blaze of sunlight, Al reputations, but the manufacturer, too. giers, the white city, shone upon them may now establish accurately (he ex on the morning of the third day and act proportion at hla contribution to Sabron tried to take a more cheerful the civic soot; for th« now device view of a soldier's life and fortunes. Judges the quality as well aa the He was a soldierly figure and a hand amount of sootfsll, and la quite capable some one as be walked down the gang of distinguishing between th* factory, plank to the shore to be welcomed by furnace and kitchen range.—Literary fellow officers^ who were eager to see Digest. him, and presently was lost In the lit tle crowd that streamed away from The Boy Who Dreams. the docks into the white city. It la a good thing for the farmer boy to have an Imagination, says the Prai CHAPTER X. rie Farmer. It la a good thing for him to "dream dreams and see vi Together Again. sions.'' It takes a dreamer to see the That night after dinner and a ciga transformation that Intelligent effort rette, he strode Into tho atreeta to dis will bring to pass on the old place. tract his mind with the sight of the It takes a dreamer to see how much oriental city and to fill his ears with more desirable that place will be In the eager cries of the crowd. The ten year* than a Job In a dry good« lamps fllcki red. The sky overhead ■tore.— Emporia Gazette was sa blue nearly as in daytime. He walked leisurely toward the native To Remove Paint. quarter, Jostled, as he passed, by men Equal parts of ammonia and turpen in their brilliant coetumeg and by a tine will tak« pain*, out of clothing, no veiled woman or two. matter how hard or dry it la. Satu He «topped Indifferently before a lit- rate «pots two or thre« times, the* tie cafe, hla eyes on a Turkish bazaar waah In warm soapsuds. fr v 'i y « 5 * H Happy or Brave. When you cannot bo happy, you .'an be brave. There are things no body can enjoy especially, aches, pains, disappointment«, uiiklndnesses, and thing« of that aort. Nobody ex pects that you boy* and girl» can bit Just as happy over vour troubles as you are over vour blessings But that doea not excuse you for fretting and whimpering. Just aa soon as things go wrong. If you cauuot be happy, you can be brave. r o c s o w n a a o o o u r w m . t m i y « u Try Murtn. K> . Ur.tir.ly fur K.il, W-«« kivl And (lr»nillslol jtjrtlMa; No Nm»rh»|- uh L-Kjr* Comfort. Writ, for Hook of .fir Kyi •y mall fro«. Murln. Kjr Kmo-.l, Co , Ctu.-.gu, Mental Overwork. In mental overwork tho brain cells, being In constant use. are apt co >e- maln alive after work has been aban doned. In this case «leep la prevented Worry ha* a like effect on the cerebral cell*, and If anything w o rse. f~l()WAttl> h iM KTUlt Ammyr>r *n«t nttmlA, flllv . r I a r I, f i (t o ld , MUvur. 7.V. 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Finally after repeated sug gestions to try it we go t Lydia E. Pink- ham’s Vegetable Compound. A fte r tak ing the third bottle o f the Compound I was able to do my housework and today I am strong and healthy again. I will answer letters if anvonc wishes to know about my case. ’ ' — Mr*. J oseph AHUM, 106 Fourth Avenue, Minneapolis, Minn. Lydia E. Pinkham’ a Vegetable Com pound, made from native roots and herb*, contains no narcotic* or harmful drugs, and today holds tho record o f being the most successful remedy we know for woman’ s ills. I f you need such a medicine why don’ t you try It? Tf yon have th « «lightest doubt that Lydia E. Pln kliam ’s Vegeta* hie Compound will help you,write to Lydia K.IMnkham MedirlneCo. (confident lull l.ynn. Mass., for ad vice. Y o u r letter w ill be opened, read and answered by a woman, and held In strict confidence.