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TUDY WOOD USES Forest Service Plans to Conduct Large Experiments. Laboratory Opened In Madlton, Wis. Hear Admiral Stockton It Chosen President of Qeorge Wash Ington University. Washington. Utilization o( forest resources to the fullest posslblo ox tent Is to bo tlio aim of nn experiment station that under the namo of tho forest products laboratory tins recont y been established by tho forest sorV' ico at Madison, Wis. Henry S. Graves chief of tho forest servlco has ro turned from opening tho laboratory and spoko enthusiastically of tho out look. Tho station Is called n laboratory, but this Is hardly a dcscrlptlvo namo, Tho word laboratory usually Inters chemical or physical experiments on a very small scnlo, and laboratory work Is always differentiated from Held work because It Is not always certain that an experiment successful 1n the laboratory will bo a practical and commercial success. Tho wort: at tho Wisconsin station Is on n scalo that Is largo enough to eliow whothcr tho work carried on has a commercial future Thcro nro n number of varied Industries all con nectcd with forest products carried on under tho samo roof, but they aro car rlcd on In n largor way than Is com won in n laboratory. Thera is n prao tlcal pulp mill for making paper out of woods that nro to bo found In tho national forests, but that hnvo never boon utilized for paper making; thcro is a plant whero now woods nro bo Ing tried for making load pencils, thoro aro testing dovtcos for dnlcrmln Ing tho structural strength of woods, real chemical laboratories for deter mining chemical composition and Uio adaptability of woods for dyeing, tan ntng and other arts, and sections for kiln drying, flroprooflng and prcsorY' Ing voods from decay, Thoro will bo nn liiportant branch dovoled to im vlng wood rofuso by distillation, tho making of wood alcohol by cheap and practical processes nnd tho Ilka. "Tho opening of tho laboratory was In ovory way a nottcoabla auccoss," paid Mr. Qraves. "It wan participated In by a largo numbor of lumbormon representatives of wood-using Indus tries nnd otbors interested In a prao tJcnl way In what tho laboratory Is Intended to do, I think thoso mon woro much Improssod with tho fnclll ties, for studying practical problems on n scalo which will mako tho results valuablo to users of what Uio forest produces. "For inntnnco, thoro was n pnpor mnchlno making paper from species of wood which nro bolng experimented with to discover their vnluo for this purpose. Homo of tho woods to bo tosted nro national forest woods of rolntlvoly low valuo for timber. Oth rr testa woro of construction tlmbors of largo site. "Tho success of tho opening was largely duo to tho hearty co-operation MM Chief Forester Qraves. of the representatives of wood-using Industries nnd tho lumbermen. Ono of tho greatest advantages of tho lab oratory will bo (lint it will brine cloa or together those who nro studying to promote tho most economical uso of your forests, for the sako of urn king our timber supplies last as long as posslblo nnd servo ihelr best uso, nnd those who aro engaged In tho bus! ness of converting trees into market nble forms. Tho Industries will gain both greater assurance of permanence nnd discovery of the methods which will puy them best, while tho public will gain from tho conservation of the forests." Tho lumbormon of tho country aro particularly Interested In the work of caving what Is now refuse wood. They figure that a third of tho wood ns It is cut in tho forest now finds its way into tho market, and they are Just as nnxloua ns any other people to savo this two-thirds it it can bo done at any profit to tbomsolvos. They havo already furulshod a good doal of ma chinery for testing nnd experiments nnd havo suggested n number of linos for Investigation. The station is bolng conduotod by tho department of agriculture in con junction with tho Uulverslty of Wis consin. The Inttor institution hns fur nished tho building and will supply the light, boat nnd power and tho de partment will furnish tho working force. Tho now building cost tho state pf Wisconsin about 150,000. While the aim ot tho station Is to do work on n scale that will be largo (enough to pretty well establish Its commercial possibilities, there havo boon arrangements mndo with n num ber of Uio commercial concerns Inter ested In the uso ot woods to carry out on a commercial scale work that ap Tears promising In tho laboratory, Thero will bo an additional oftlco maintained in Chicago. Tho work thoro will consist ot studies ot tho wood-using Industries of tho various states, tho collection of statistics and keeping In geueral touch with tho f.vood market SB Ajrf.XSrT SBBBBBTBBBBBBBBBS nJfjFj -iySlBBBBBBBBBBB' ADMIRAL HEAD8 UNIVERSITY. Washington. Hear Admiral Charles Ilerbort Stockton, LL. D., U. 8. N. ,ro- tired, will succeed Dr. Charles W, Neodhnm ns acting prcsldont oi Ocorgo Washington university. He will tako up tho duties of his office September 1. On tho samo dnlo Dr. Howard Leo Mcllaln, assistant pro fessor nnd dean ot tho Collcgo of Political Sciences, will bocomo profes oor of political sciences and assistant to tho acting prcsldont. Tho appointments wcro mndo at n special meeting of tho board of trus tees of tho university recently. As Hear Admiral Stockton's namo hnd not been mentioned publicly as a prob- ablo successor to Doctor Necdham, nnd as Doctor Mcllaln la only thirty' ono years old, bath appointments were a surprlso In educational clrclos, but tho opinion was general that tho so lections of tho board ot trustees are excellent ones. Hear Admiral Stockton will tako up tho work of reorganizing tho oducn- ttonal and flnnnclnl affairs of tho unl- flear Admiral Stockton. verslty, nnd when this Is completed will rotlro In favor ot n permanent president. "Tho board of trustees contemplates nnd hns for n long tlmo contemplated, tho restoration ot tho endowment fund," said Admiral Stockton. 'Though this will necessarily loave us In n strnttcnod financial condition, wo bollavo that tho publlo will como to our aid. Whothor tho untvorstly thorcaflor succeeds or not will dopond upon tho support wo obtain outsldo and Inside. "Changes will bo niado In tho cdu cntlonal administration nnd tho unl vornlty plnred on a solid basts In ov ory way. In tho administration of ed ucational affair I will bo aldod b7 Doctor Mcllaln, dean ot tho school of political sciences, who Is nn educator ot marked nblllty." Horn in Philadelphia October 19, 1845, ns tho son of Itev. W. It Stock tan, Hear Admiral Stockton was ap pointed to tho Unltod States Naval academy when n young man nnd grad uated lu 188S. While still n cadet by served abroad tho Macedonian In the summer ot 1804 during tho blockado of Confederate ports. After tho war ho went to tho 1'nctflo squadron nnd later was transferred to tho Philadel phia navy yard. After serving on sov- oral vessels at tho New York nnvy yard ani at Uio hydrographlo office he was ordered to the Washington navy yard ns lloutenant commander. In 1889 ho was placed In command of the Thetis, nnd three years lator he was ordered to the Naval War col lege for special duty. After two years in command ot tho Yorktown he was chosen president of tho Naval War coltego In 189S. Ho was then n rank ing captain nnd served in the war col lego two years. At the organization of tho "now navy" Captain Hiocmon was piacoa in command of tho Kentucky, nnd In 1003 became naval attache at tho American embassy In London. He was recalled to accept the position of pres Ident ot the board of Inspection nnd survey, mid was afterward made pres Ident of the nnvnl examining and re tiring board. Of the 40 years of his scrvlca 21 have been spent nt sea. Ho was re tired lu October, 1907, with the rank ot rear admiral. He edited n manual on International law nnd has written several papers on subJecU relating to tho Intercourse of nations, lu ISSu ho wns married to Miss Pauline L. King of Now York. Went to the Limit. Ono night as Inspector McCafforty, then one of Byrnes' detectives, wns entering Lyons' old eating house, In tho Bowery, he was accosted by a hungry-eyed tramp, who exclaimed: "Fur Ood'a sake, mister, put me agnluBt tho trough. I nlu't eat nuthln' for t'roo days." He looked It, so McCafforty took hint lu and told a waiter to blve him n full dinner. When McCafforty hnd finished his utiiiiut unu .iwu um, tramp on the sidewalk and was th'o .11. .....IL.n.t mi. Im frtlin Mm reclplont ot protuso thanks. "Well," remarked thodetoctlvo, "I'm glad you got all tho dinner you want." "I didn't, boss," corrected tho hobo, "but I had nil I could eat." Weather Observation, "This cllmato is changing," said n woman to hor husband at tho break fast tablo ono morning. "Hut my doar," repllod the husband, Uio weather records for tho last twonty yearn show about tho same avcrago ot temperature. Now if you will" "Ob, weather records be flddled," the wife retorted, "don't I know that in putting our winter clothos nway lator nnd later every yoarT I toll yqu U'a only n llttlo whilo beforo wore going to havo another Ice age," The Great Nlmred. Thoy were talking about Roosovolt. "Oh, anyone can bo successful when ho is born with everything In his fa- or," growled tho pessimist. "You novor hoard of tho wolf knocking at Teddy's door." "Hardly," laughed tho optimist. "It any wolt should bo so foolish ho would probably find himself made Into a rug In short ordo PATTEN UNABLE TO KEEP OUT OF THE LIMELIGHT AMES A. PAT I TEN, former "wheat king," la- tor "cotton prince," finds It lmposslblo to re- tiro to his homo In Evnnston, ill., nnd shut off tho calcium rays. Re cently Mr. Patten held up his hand and said "novor again," nnd ho probnbly meant It. Ho wanted no moro limelight. Ho wns satisfied with tho money ho had mndo nnd ho wanted to got out of tho public cyo. Hut your old Undo Sam had other Ideas concerning Mr. Patten. Wheth er merited or unmerited, Just or un just, thoro Is no Intention of saying in this brief sketch, but tho fact ro mnlns that Mr. Patten was Indicted In Now York on charges of conspiracy In restrain of trndo under tho Sherman antitrust act It was alleged that tho accused mon formed n pool to arbitrarily fix tho prlco of cotton. Mr. Pntton, ns did tho others, vo hemcntly denied the chnrgo. "It will bo shown," said ho, "that I hnd noth ing whatever to do with this nllcgod cotton pool. I nm willing to let tho courts dccldo." Then Mr. Pnttcn gnvo 15,000 ball and rotlrcd to await developments. It was n series of successful opera tions In oats and corn on tho Chicago board of trado which first brought fortune to Mr. Patten. For year ha wns unlucky In wheat, tho market getting awny from him Just ns ho was nbout to scire his profits. In April, 1909, however, ho put through tho most successful whent corner Chicago over hns known nnd won tho tltlo of "Wheat King." Ha forced the prlco of Mny wheat to $1.34 and unloaded with a profit estimated nt moro than 9S.000.000. At the head of tho bear clique opposed to Pntton In this dcnl, wns J. Ogdon Armour, said to hnvo lost $2,000,000. In Soptemhor, 1900, Pntton by dnrlng trading brought himself out of bad holo In September wheat nnd nddod to his fortune. Again Armour was n heavy loser, Early In March of tho prosont yoar Pntton decldod tho 1910 wheat crop was going to bo n fnlluro nnd began to buy heavily for dollvory not later than Soptemhor. Ha told closo frlonds It would bo his last deal In wheat. To ward tho end of Mny, on tho ovo ot Patten's retirement from the board of Trade, Armour got his ravengo when Patton was forced to unload nt n loss ot $2,000,000. Patten's heavy speculations In cot ton led him last March to tako a "plensuro" trip to England to look over tho situation, In n spirit of bravado ho decldod to visit Mnnchcptor, tho English cotton spinning contor, and ventured on tho floor of tho cotton ex change. Patten did not remain long after the brokers recognized blm, Ho was "bnoed" off the floor nnd out of tho building by two score of brokers who hnd lost heavily on account of his maiilpulnttons, Outsldo tho crowd hooted him as "That Yankee." nnd he wns forced to tako retugo in nn otllco building to cscapo violence. tELEN TAFT IN ROLE OF U. S. "FIRST LADY" J OCIETY In J V n a h I u gtou wns greatly Inter csted when Miss Helen Tnft, nine teen . year old daughtor of the president, re turned to the White House from school at Uryn Mawr nnd nt onco took up the so cial duties at the capital to nld her mother as "first lady ot tho land." It was nt n dinner to tho Prince and Princess Fushlml, Japanese royal vlsl torn, that Miss Taft tlrst entered tho role ot Whlto Houso hostess. Tho charming grace with which the pres). dent's daughter conducted the func tion caused much favorable comment among tho elect In tho capital's social circles. Her appearance may bo often repeated from this tlmo on during her father's Incumbency, according to thoso well informed of official and so cial life In tho capital. At the Fushlml dinner Miss Taft not only woro her first grown up evo- ... i.... hor first full lonuth "' " .. . e" dress, and carried herself with the grace nnd dignity of ono accustomed to the position ot honor In such for mal and trying functions. Her gown of white was becomingly decollete and made en trolu. Her balr was dressed In keeping with the dig nity ot her gown, and thoro was noth ing ot tho college gtrl on vacation to Identify her, had her schoolmates of Hryn Mawr surprised hor while she was acting as mistress of the White Houso and "first lady ot tho land." It Is not intended that Miss Taft shall abandon her course at Hryn Mawr, but she Is said to have realized that her mother must not be taxed with nil tho heavy Whlto Houso social Aid for Poor Memories. To prevent operators ot small ma chines driven by electric motors for getting to turn oft tho current when they loavo thorn, a mat containing a switch has appeared lu tho market. When an operator stops from tho mat tho circuit Is broken. When Money Was No Object. Ashley Como on Into tho nickel odeon with mo. Seymour Say, you must bo flush. Ashley I am. I put $2.60 In the savings bank a year ago and I've Just drawn my Interest duties, nnd to bavo concclncd n plan by which she may be her mother's valuablo slda nnd nt tho samo tlmo complcto her collcgo cours? next year. SECRETARY KNOX TO STAY IN PRESIDENT'S CABINET ni'.iU'j is ono record mndo by Thoodoro Roosovolt as pres Ident which Wil liam 11. Taft has no Intention of nt tempting to break. It Is Hint of cabinet ofllca c linn gos. Roosovolt hnd not been In olflco as long as Taft has served until ho had turned the cabinet topsy turvy. From tlmo to tlmo thcro hnvo como rumors that certain Members of tho cabinet woro going to got out Few members of a prcsl' dent's cabinet turn over their port folios voluntarily. Generally tho pres ident asks for thorn. Tho latest rumor concerned Philan der Knox, secretary of state, which Is tno ranking position In tho cnblnot Thcro was somo basis for this In that certain Republicans In Pennsylvania wanted Mr. Knox na tholr candldato for govornor. When tho president heard of this plan ho put his foot down on It In n hurry. It wns barely announced that tho Republicans of Pennsylvania wnntcd to tnko Mr. Knox nwny from the Taft ndmlnlstrn tlon nnd put him In chnrgo or tho stnto's affairs nt Hnrrlsburg, whon tho secretary of stato Issued n statement, which President Tnft requested him to mako, saying ho would not Icavo tho cablncL Tho statement followed n long conference between the prcsl dent nnd his secrotnry of stnto In which Tnft urged Mr. Knox to rcmnln nt tho head of tho stato dopartmont, nnd In Hint connection tho prcsldont mndo somo very flattering statements with regard to tho servlco that Knox Is rendering to his country In tho manngomont of Its forolgn affairs. Tho prcsldont without reservation assured Knox of his unqualified sup port nnd pointed out to him that his succoss so far hns been so great In tho mattor of tho court of nrbttrnl Justice nnd nil tho othor policies bear ing Knox's Immcdlato prlmaturo that he Is bound to rank nmong tho great est of American secretaries of stato If ho will contlnuo In ofTlco nt least for tho remainder of his torm. GOV. HASKELL IN THICK OF STATE CAPITAL ROW HERE'S nl ways some thing doing in Ok Inhomn. They havo onjoyed statehood n little mora than throe years, but seldom n day pnsses that you cannot pick up a nowspapor nnd find tho now. est star in the flag doing some thing. Charles N. Haskell, govornor of tho stnto, Is ouo of those strenuous pep sons who keeps In tho limelight, nnd tho uewspnpor men In Oklahoma con sider It a poor day whon the chief exocutlve doesn't da something to mako n story. Oklahoma hadn't shod Its territorial garb very long before Its legislature pnssed that bnnk deposit guaranty law That certainly nttrncted somo attention, and it got much moro pub licity when tho Doinocmts In conven Hon nt Denver made It tho bnsls of one ot tho party's platform planks, Next camo the muss that resulted In Haskell's retirement as treasurer of tho campaign committee. Then camo tho land fraud charges, which have never been thoroughly threshed out. Now It Is n fight over tho state capital, and Governor Haskell may bo found In tho thick of the battle. The capital has been located In Outhrlo since Oklahoma became a state, but Oklahoma City has wanted tho honor and the perquisites and recently when the mattor was left to a voto of the people Outhrlo lost. The mattor was carried to tho courts and Injunctions, mandamuses and such things were In tho air. As soon as he heard tho result of tho vote Govornor Haskell prepared to move to Oklahoma City. He moved In an automobile and established his oftlco In a hotel. Tho secretnry of stnto went with him, but didn't take, tho seal of the commonwealth. In a wild midnight auto ride nn official sped to Outhrlo, captured tho seal and took It to Oklahoma City. Tho as sistant secretary of stato got a dupll eato r-eal and has been doing business in Outhrlo. Haskell got into trouble with deputy United Stntes marshals, and there was talk of contompt of court pro ceedings against tho governor, A daughtor of tho governor was stoned as she was about te board a train for Oklahoma City in Guthrie. This brought out talk ot mllltla to maintain order. Altogether It has been a lively bat- tlo and has kept Haskell nnd Okla homa In tho publlo oye. U. S. Horse Ration, Tbo Btandard horso ration In the Unltod States army is 14 pounds of hny a day nnd 13 pounds ot oats, corn or barloy. This standard has been ar rived at from tho amounts used la practise, but the gonoral observation has been that tho hay allowance is greater than tha horses will consume on ordinary duty. A Change Impending. He "If you accept me It will make another man of mo, but If you rotuse mo I shall never bo the same man agaln," Puuc I IT I xrSS IT (gfflSMS Hand? 1'en-Stieller. A llttlo mnchlno that will be highly appreciated In tho kitchen Is tho pen shelter Invented by a Utah man. This handy little de vice will shell n peck of peas in the time It would tako tho cook to shell a dozen by hand. It con sists ot n hop-por-llko arrange ment clamped to tho tablo by nn BAVsit or time. Iron upright Abovo tho hopper a pair of roller bear ings studded with blunt, pyramldlal teeth nro In closo relation. A handtc turns theso rollers, while tho mouth of tho hopper opens over tho tablo, whero n dish can be placed beneath It. The pods aro Inserted between tho rollers end foremost As the rollers aro turned tho teeth cngago tho differ ent shells of tbo pods and rip them open, allowing tho pens to roll down Into tho bowl. The shells aro then tossed out tho other sldo of the "wringer." Of course, tho two rollers nro not closo enough togcthor to crush tho peas, but Just close enough to on gage the pods. Atljimlnlile Step lor Ladder. House painting Is very easily dono by painters having their own scaffolds, but a person desiring to do his own work will havo only a ladder to tako placo of a scaffold. To paint and stand on tho rungs of n laddor all day will tiro ono'a feet As tho writer hnd to do somo painting nnd n ladder was tho only thing obtainable to climb up on, a flat detachable step was niado to put upon tho rungs of the ladder to stand on tho samo as a scaffold. Tho step can bo adjusted to any part of tho ladder for tho painter to stnnd upon nnd pnlnt n surfneo within easy reach, Two Irons nro bent V-shnped, Tlltt ADJUBTAUUG BTtr. as Illustrated, each end having n half circle to fit over tho rungs of tho lad der. Two boles are drilled in the top angle In which to put bolts for fastening the step. The step can be quickly changed from one position to another. A person will feel ns safe on the step as If he wcro on a stag ng. Popular Mechanics, Slllu Good for IMIrr, Mllo can take the place of corn In feeding dairy cows, and will yield an average ot twice as much grain an acre ns corn In dry regions. In sensons so dry thai corn will be n total failure mllo will usually yield fifteen bushels of grain or more an acre. Tho heads of mllo may be snapped from tho stalks and fed to cows giv ing milk. This Is an economical way to feed this grain, as n cow hns to chow a head a considerable time be foro she is satisfied to swallow It, and the more she chews It the better It will digest. The wbolo heads may be ground without threshing, and the small stems that hold the seeds form, when ground, n good matorlal for diluting the meal nnd making it more easily digested. The threshed grain may be ground bofore feeding. It does not pay to feed unground threshed grain, as the cow chews the whole grain but little before swallowing It. and a large pro portion passes into the tuauure undi gested. Green Food for Chicks, Orowlng chicks demand green food, and by all means give them plenty ot grass range It you have It; if not, supply them with nn equivalent, such as lettuce, cabbage, weeds, clover, al falfa; they relish It and will thrive on It. Provide chlckr, with shade and whero a cool breeze can fan them in warm weather. This should bo sup plied, even It a temporary board root Is tho only thing that can bo fur nished. Tlllnve of the reach. No troe Is more sensitive to tillage than is the peach. Probably more failures In peach growing are due to neglect in ttllago than to any other one cause. The most diverse views are held by different growers. One good grower will declare that the or chard should bo tilled early la the season, and his neighbor will maintain that early tillage will endanger the crop. Fotatoe a Peed, Potatoes ted raw are not so valu ablo a feed, but cooked, boiled by no means a difficult or expensive process they mako a good feed for either growing or fattening hogs. If the po tatoes be mashed alter boiling, and mixed with chopped corn or crushed grain ot any sort, nn excellent feed Is provided. What n llorte Will Eat. X hUhy horse eats nine ttmw Its wslghj. In food during a year, A utieation of nronomf, It Is natural for every man to want to got the best posslblo when ha goes In to bring out somo new farm ma chine. This often brings n fellow to grlof, however, since tho dcslro to spend ns llttlo money ns possible sometimes onuses tho purchaser to tako the cheap machine. If confront ed with n proposition to tako a sulky plow, for instance, that will last flvo years for $25, or another that will last ten years for $35, which ono would you take? Which ono would It pay you to take? This is about the sum and substanco of buying n cheap farm Implement It may not scorn that way In tho warchouso whon each tool looks gaudy with paint, the chenpor ono looking even tho moro gaudy but Jn actual work, In tho rough nnd tumble of tho rnnch, this Is about tha way It always turns out Denver Field nnd Farm. Deep SoMlllK ot Milk. Tho best results In keeping milk sweet nnd maintaining tho highest quality of cream aro obtained by sot ting tho enns In cold water. Tho box as shown should bo near to the pump and Ice house. The AveritKM Fanner, Farms In tho United States pro duced $8,760,000,000 In 1009. Ilut did the farmer get his sharo ot It? Wo read n wholo lot nbout tho American farmor being king and wo aro told ot tho farmers sporting automobiles and sending their children to collcgo or to Europo If they hnvo been given the collcgo course, but It Is tho one best hot that tho average farmor no plutocrat Tho farmer Is consld crcd lucky If ho can keep tho Intorcst paid up on tho mortgage, and If flnnl ly, after years of hard labor, ho owns his placo clear of all Indebtedness ho is considered well off. Tho American farmer is n long way from being the real ruler of tho country. Field nnd Farm. What llecuuie of Ilia Coru, Peoplo often wonder, particularly thoio who havo traveled for hundreds ot miles through the coru bolt, what becomes of corn which Is grown evory year. In the year 1908, when tho to tal crop wns 2,000,000,000 bushols, 241,000,000 bushels were consumed In flour nnd grist mill products, 8,000,000 bushols In tho manufacture of starch, 9,000,000 bushels for malt liquors, 17, 000,000 bushels In the production of distilled liquors, 40,000,000 bushels for glucoso, 190,000,000 bushels for export nnd 13,000,000 bushels for seed, mak ing a total of 518,000,000 bushels, or 10.3 per cent of the entire crop. The remaining 80.7 per cent or 2,118,- 000,000 bushels, seems to have been used almost entirely for feeding. Ilralh Aiuona Chirk. The trouble which causes the death of many young chicks Is commonly known ns white diarrhea. Different breeders have different theories as to the cause of this trouble, nmong thorn being n lack of vitality ot breeding stock, improper feeding and poor ven Illation. Lack of sunlight and imper fect sanitation causo tho death ot many chicks. The diet should contain n sufficient quantity ot animal food nnd the chicks fed often nud not al lowed to get so hungry that they will dovour large quantities nt times and then fast for long intervals. South Dakota Farmer. Mnble Vrnlllnfor, BKCULATE8 ITSEIT, This ventilator Is always In work ing order as the hinged doors are kept closed on the windward side and at the same time the connecting board presses open the door on tbo opposite side. The cord and pulley enable the connecting board to be lifted to the dotted line when both- doors will re main closed. Number of Pica 1'er S.mt, The number of pigs a sow raises is something worth taking Into account It she Is to be kept over for another breeding season; it is equally impor tant to know something about her motherly Instincts when young sows are to be selected from her Utter for the breeding, herd. For this reason every man should keep some record of tho size ot tho litters his sows raise. Farmers' Tribune. New HurveMluiT Slaehlne. A new harvesting machine has boeu introduced in Nebraska. The harvester is propelled by its own power and is followed by a truck-carrying gasoline engine, which operates the harvesting mechanism ot the machine. This Is used mainly In wet fields, where the power ot the harvester Is not sufficient to make headway. mectrlcltr on Farm. Electric power companies are being formed In Pennsylvania and other Eastern States which are thickly set tled to supply light and power to farms. One Philadelphia company Is now making contracts over six coun ties. The Brooding Coop. It the ground Is low where the brood coops are placed, It would be well to set them on platforms a few Inches from the ground, and then when a heavy rainstorm comes they will not be liable to get drowned. ALL ABOUT THE HOG SOME STORIES OF THE USEFUL, IF UNORNAMENTAL, ANIMAL. "azorback Variety May De Dependec Upon to Furnish Something New How Woodpeckers Fooled Drove of Arkansas Man, - Tho group on tho porch was talk ing nbout razorback hogs and tha storekeeper was telling a story. "Thero was n foliar travolln' through here," ho said, nccordlng to tho St Louts Post-Dispatch. "Ho was a stranger In thesu pnrts. Ono day ho camo ncross n bunch o hnwgs thnt hnd big silts in their ears. Ho flggcred at them silts. They wns too big ter brnnds. What else could thoy bo? After n bit a nntlvo como down tho trail. 'Jess looktn' at them hnwgs,' said tho stranger. 'You was,' says tho nntlvo. 'D'yo mln' tcllln' mo what them big silts In their ears Is for?1 said tho stranger. 'Not nt all,' Bnys tho nntlvo. 'Hnvo you noticed theso hllls?' 'Whnt d'yo monn?' 'Noticed how steep thoy Is?' 'Yes, I hnvo.' 'WnP says tho native, 'that's It Wo have to put them silts In tho hawgs' earn so they kin stick their hind legs, through 'em nnd rough lock thorn- selves down theso hills to kocp from klllln' thomselvcs.' " Thcro wns n snlvo of very henrty- outdoor laughter at this, nnd Mr. Ant- wlno stirred behind his nowspnpor. "That remln's mo of ono thoy used' to tell down on tho Arkansas line,'" bo said. "Thcro was a foliar . go In' through thcro, too. Ho saw n drove o' razorbacks carryln' on mighty qucor. Thoro was nbout 20 of 'em, nnd they Dcted Itko they was crazy. They would, run fust to ono treo an' then to nn othor, tryln' to climb it Then they would spin nroun' on their noses, crack their tails, nn' squeal in iho most plalnttvo way you over heard. Tho trnveler watched them hng for 16 minutes, an' tho moro ho uiw ot 'cm tho moro they puzzled him. "Finally ho wont on through tho woods till ho camo to n houso, Thoro wns a man out In front Ho wns. bnskln' in the sun. 'Is them your hawgs up thoro In the hills?' tho stran ger asked. 'Yep,' says tho native. "At that tho traveler steppod up an lookod his man In tho cyo. 'Say.' ho said, 'what In tho Sam Hill's the mat ter with thorn hawgs?' "Tho nntlvo kin' o' hnlf smllod. Thoy docs net qucor, don't thoy?' ho snld. 'I should eny thoy doos. 'Wnl. It's this way,' said tho natlvo. 'Wo had. n hard wlntor In horo this tlmo nn' thero was no food In Uio hills for thoin hnwgs. Ah had to let 'em havo corn. Along Into In tho winter Ah took such. a bad col' Ah couldn't hollor pig. oocoy nny moro. Ah hnd to call 'cm up by hlttln' tho corncrlb with n nr hnndle, nn' now,' ho says, lookln up tho hill, 'thorn dnmn woodpeckers Is. netlln' thorn crazy.'" Iron In Antiquity. Tho following Is a brlof summary ot tho facts known as to tho uso ot Iron by tho anclentst Intorcstlng In the light of recent metallurgical practise Is a part of nn Iron tool found In tho Great pyramid, because it contains not only nlckol but also combined carbon, showing- that It Is not of meteorlo origin. Under a sphinx at Karnak an Iron sickle wns found. At Delhi there still exists an Iron pillar, CO feet high and 10 Inches In diameter, made of 50-pound blooms welded together. This pillar, It Is suggestud, may bo regarded as tho- doyon nmong products of tho heavy Iron Industry The usn of Iron and steel In China has been traced to tho year 2357 I). C. Tho Japanese are said to have had' curious method of making steel. They burl9d forged iron in marshy ground and after eight or ten years, through somo alchemy of nature, It camo out steel. Dolls' House Many Years Old, There are nt least two famous iIoIIl houses( In England; one ts at Nostell priory,' the Yorkshire homo of Lord" and Lady St Oswald. This dolls' houso dates from 1C90 and It contains some exquisite Chippendale furniture made In miniature. The dolls which Inhabit It are dressed In gorgeous old brocades and the dinner service off which they oat Is of stiver. The other dolls' house is In a house near Peters. field and It not quite so valuable la nevertheless very beautiful and n much cherished possession. A curl- ous fact In connection with the lovely Chlppondale furniture, some of the- finest specimens known at Nostell priory, Is that the receipted bills for It aro also preserved there, conclusive ly proving that It Is genuine. Many Women Farmers. Almost a million women in tho United Stntes tire either farmers or farm laborers. Thanks to tho popular lty ot the homestead in the west and to a belated appreciation of agricul ture as a field for woman's Industry. this number Is rapidly Increasing. Tho United Statos, however, hns not gone so far in this respect as England, There, in the dairy sections, women havo entire control of the herds, not only the butter making, but the milk ing and feeding. In Franco nearly 3,000,000 women aro engaged In farm work, while In most of the countries ot continental Europe the finer breeds of cattle are mainly the result of woman's efforts. Now Idea Wom an's Magazine. Actor's Triumph. Ludwlg Darney, the German actot who made bts appearance in New York before large audiences In 1S67. celebrated the fiftieth anniversary ot his entrance on the stage at Hanover on May 2. At the time ot his New York engagement the Thalia theater, in the Dowery, was the most popular place ot amusement for the German population, and there Barney was seen In a large repertory. Two play bills ot that time for "Narciss' and for "Uriel Acosta" have been care fully preserved by one of his admirers In this city. Doth bear the actor's autograph, pointing to which the own er said: "He was 'Herf Barney then he is 'Geheimrath' now." New York TrlbunA