ONE EVIL OF HIGH PRICED
LAND.
Farmers' boys do not see their
way clear to buy laud nt $100
an acre. Tlioy are doubtful
about being able to keep Inter
est and taxes paid on land at
this prlee, even though they
could pay half the amount at
once. The very prosperity which
has overtaken this generation of
fanners and landowners has dis
couraged the oncoming genera
tion, and the result Is more land
owuershlp by jionfarmers, more
farm teuants and fewer people
on the land. Country Geutle-man.
IF YOU HAVEJO MOVE HOGS.
Emily Mad Portable House For
Swin la a Great Convenience.
The Colorado experiment station de
scribes the house shown in cut as fol
lows: It is eight feet wide, eight feet long
and the roof is eight feet in length,
making the building seven feet high
rOBTABLB BOO HOUSE.
The door in front Is two and a half
feet wide, three feet high and another
at the back, near the top, is 12 by IS
inches. The small door may be cov
ered with heavy muslin, admitting air
and light without draft. The frame is
made of 2 by 4's and is covered with
drop siding. No floor is used.
When it is desired to move the build
ing it may be tipped over on to a low
wagon or stone boat This is the house
we recommend for beginners. It is
cheap, and often old material can be
used in building It It is easily moved,
easily disinfected and can be changed
so frequently that It may be kept on
clean ground, free from disease. When
a sow farrows In cold weather a lan
tern hung to the roof will keep the
building sufficiently warm.
FOR GROWERS OF TOMATOES.
Staking' la Necessary if Finish of
Early Fruit Is a Consideration.
Whether to stake or not to stake
tomatoes is a much debated subject
says a correspondent of Gardening.
Like a good many others, this one will
never be settled to the satisfaction of
all. Where It pays one man to stake
and sucker part or all of bis crop an
other would lose money by doing so.
Many experiments are misleading
because they lack the practical side.
By this we mean the ability to take
the crop to market and bring borne the
money.
We find that for the early trade it is
absolutely necessary to stake our to
matoes, as we cannot sell the product
from prostrate vines. It lacks the fin'
Ish which is so necessary for table
fruit There are other considerations.
During rainy spells the trained vine
will set fruit where the other will not
and when it comes to picking the crop
we gain all the time and labor lost for
staking.
To us It is more a matter bow to
take than any other. We have had
very good results by transferring the
greenhouse system outdoors. This Is
simply setting stakes about ten feet
apart and stretching a wire over these
to which the vertical strings are tied
upon which the vines are hoisted. We
generally have four plants between the
takes and nse American twine flax.
We used to stretch a bottom wire, but
found it very much in the way for box.
lng, hence quit it and get along Just as
well by simply tying the twine loosely
to the tomato plants near the ground.
Salt For the Stock.
Shall we salt stock? A friend says
to feed the salt in the feed and not let
them have access to it His grounds
are that he does not like to eat nnsalt
ed food and then go In the pantry and
eat a lot of salt and he takes It that
the sheep or cow Is like him in this
respect This looks like good logic
Farm Progress.
They were walking In the moonlight
ou a romantic country road.
"Nothing could ever come between
us, could It, dearest?" asked Claude
pensively.
"I can't think of a single thing." re
plied Elsie, "unless I should become
engaged to some other uinu," New
York Times.
The tarmor has no cash drawer, mill
He seta his money ft-om his till.
And yet his till has nothiiiK in It
Until lie tills his tlehls to win It.
Christian Science Monitor.
George What Is your Idea of a tame
husband?
Belle When you can take money out
of his hand without his snapping at
you. Baltimore American..
The bartla are getting rich, eK&d.
They now are moneyed men.
I met a poet chap who had ,
A ticker in his den.
Kansas City Journal.
Stony Contempt.
5l
First Flea My. she seems to turn
ber nose up at ordinary folks since she
has moved up on that English bulldog.
Second Flea She needn't to. I knew
ber when she lived ou a common cur.
Florida Times-Union.
Romantic poets wrote about
Their ladies' feet, which in and out
Beneath their skirts, so prim and nice.
Stole here and there like little mice.
Milady's feet, you will allow,
Are quite a little bolder now.
It is not mice engage the eye
When maids in slit skirts hurry by.
New York Sun.
Willie raw, what Is an amateur?
Paw An amateur Is a fellow who
will work harder for a medal than he
will for real money, my son. Cincin
nati Enquirer.
"A man on first and third!" said he.
"Here's where we work the squeeze!"
"Oh. Charlie, dear, not right out here!
It Is ao public, please!"
Exchange.
"What is the finest form of living?"
asked the eugenics prof.
"Being In the model business," gush
ed the giggly girl Judge.
The radiator's knocking deep
Would leave us less downhearted
If it would only try to keep
The rhythm that It started.
Washington Star.
Patience Those silt skirts make me
laugh.
PatriceYes, I notice they make a
lot of women spilt their sides. Yon
kers Statesman.
Never any country
Half so bright as this.
The friends that travel with you.
The sweethearts that you kiss.
Even In highest heaven
This great old world we'd miss.
Atlanta Constitution.
Professor Give an Instance of the
tact that action and reaction are al
ways equal.
Pretty Soph. A woman calling al
ways hopes the hostess will be out
Just as hard as the hostess hopes the
woman won't call. Life.
Tou read about affinities.
Soul mates. In all the books.
Beware of charmers such as these.
They never make good cooks.
Pittsburgh Post
She How do I know you are not
marrying me for my money?
He If it comes to that, how do I
know you are not marrying me to re
form me? Boston Transcript
We hammered facts into his head,
A dome with Ivory crowned.
"Our darling son," his mother said,
"Gains knowledge by the pound."
Cincinnati Enquirer.
He was one of a group of men dis
cussing wives.
"My wife and I like to window
shop," he said. "My wife never bought
a hat In her life when I wasn't with
her, and she never bought one that I
picked out" Indianapolis News.
BEE NOTES.
Never let any grass grow around the
hives for a few feet on all sides. The
grass helps the troublesome Insects,
speclally the ants.
The Italian bee has been Improved
by selection and careful handling un
til we have some strains that are very
gentle. No effort has been made to
improve the black or German bee.
Bees never puncture sound fruit, but
If the skin is broken by gome other
means bees will often suck the fruit
dry. In doing that, however, they are
sucking fruit which is already dam
aged. Provide fresh water In a shallow dish
near the hive. Put chips In the water
and see that the water does not dry
op. Have salt where the bees can eas
ily find It and help themselves. This
salt should be protected from the rain.
Let the bees form your acquantance.
Let them alight on you at will. Never
fttempt to brush them off. They will
do you no barm as long as you are gen
tle, slow in movement and keep out of
the line of flight. Never use perfume
on the clothing that you wear near the
hive.
There once was an artist emu,
Who painted the folks In the zu,
But his work never sold,
For his method was old.
And It had to be done by a gnu.
Judge.
Thespls When were you a leading
man?
Foyer When the company had to
walk back from Chicago. Brooklyn
Life.
Jones rides around the park each day.
His mount is much admired.
A splendid charger, like unto
The man from whom 'tis hired.
Llpplncott's.
Stude Don't you ever sweep under
the carpet?
Janitor Yessuh. I always sweeps
everything under the carpet Yale
Hecord.
Studying out human nature
This, among other things, we learn
That the things that don't concern ua
Give us oft the most concern.
Boston Transcript
"He's a peculiar chap."
"Why bo?"
"He not only goes shopping with his
wife, but be also admits that he likes
to." Detroit Free Press.
The auto came around the curve,
A load of sand It hit,
And those who saw It all declared
The chauffeur full of grit.
New York Post
"Yes, I'm married. I married a per
fect genius."
"Oh, well, I wouldn't feel badly about
It; i suppose some one bag to marry
tbem." Houston Post
And then the new year will appear,
With none loath to begin it,
For we never want another year
With thirteen sandwiched In It.
. St. Louis Post-DlspatitB.
"Why is be so bitter at the girl he
was only recently eugaged to?"
"Because when she sent the ring
back she labeled the box; 'Glass with
care.' " Llpplncott's.
To Be Puffed Up.
Coed I don't think clothes make
the man.
College Man-Nor I. I think it ail de
pends on what be smokes. Kansas
City Star.
We All Do That
Dr. Flxlm After a meal yon must
It and think.
Mr. Stlngee I do. I think of tha
high cost of living for hours after.
New York Globe.
He Is It
Howell Rowel! is pretty well posted.
Powell He knows so much that It is
impossible to sell a cyclopedia In his
town. Washington Star.
Lost Luster.
Brown Why, man, cun't you see the
Joke? I nearly split my sides when I
first heard that rtory.
Smith So did I. Philadelphia Press.
A Oesirable Acquaintance.
Mr. Backagrln Is that Jimmy Wig
gins? Why, I wouldn't know him.
Old Settler Yes, you would. Jim la
one of our richest citizens now. Wash
ington Slur.
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