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Dry Land Farm ing Book Out "Dry j Land Farming" is the fsiihjiH-t of the latest publication lv Professor Shaw, who was for m .'fly collected with the Agricul tu al College of the University of Minnesota. It was placed on the market January 5. What is termed "the dry land area" embracing five hundred million acres in the United States an l Canada, all of which may be successfully tilled, comes in for consideration by Professor Shaw. A detailed description of the FHOF. THOMAS SHAW most successful way of farming each particular section is given. The book is published by the a.ithor who lives at 2153 Knap btreet, St Paul, Minnesota, and sells at the low price of $2.00 Prof. Shaw's book represents 50 years of agricultural work and experience in the Northwest. It is one of the most valuable books e ;er published and every farmer a id business man should have a c py. Commercial Clubs should interest the leading farmers of their community in this book. Dry land is defined as any section where the rainfall is less than 25 inches per annum. ri;e" dry land" area extends from the heart of Canada south to the interior of Mexico and from the Cascade and Sierra Ne vada Mountains east almost to the Mississippi river. A pii'f-e of fliiiun-l (1 nipi'iu'd with Oliain-hcilnm'.- Liniment anil bound on to the artVctt'tl jia.ts i Mijifiior to any plaster When troubled with 'nine back or painin the fide or chest yive it a tiial and yon ate c-i tain to lie uiore than jileaMil watli the nipt relief-which it affords.' Sold by M. K S.ioik. HISTORIC FLEET STREET. Its Widening Has Destroyed Many Fa- mou3 London Landmarks. Within the course of the next year Fleet street, the home of British Jour nulisni. Is to be widened. IMirht from the beginning of the city of London this street has held a posi tion of high importance. It was part of the highway to the royal palace at the Tower of Loudoa. From it have beeu witnessed the procession of kings, the passing of princes, the riding of the lord mayor to receive his sover eign. The widening of "the street" as It is called by all Journalists, commenced over fifty years ago, la 1853, when the city corporation first thought of un dertaking this vast scheme. During the widening many land marks have disappeared. Houses fre quented by Izauk Walton. Richardson. Johnson, Lamb. Goldsmith and Dick ens have all beeu pulled dowu and re built. Fleet street before the great (Ire was like most other streets of the city, so narrow that one could almost shake hands from the top windows of the small houses The object of the city corporation is to make u street sixty feet wide to al low a free passage for the enormous amount of traffic will' h runs to and from the west end. and the cost of the scheme Is estimated at 1.000,000. Pcarson's Weekly. ; .Ninety Years- a Ssrvant. Miss Sophie Orooni. who has been in the servi.e of one family at Watford for seventy years, does not hold the record for long service In England. On a tombstone In the churchyard at Buttle. Sussex, ,vou can find tho record of Isaac liigall, who died in 17f)3 at the age of IL'O. For ninety years he was In the service of tho yebsters of Battle abbey, Next to him probably comes Surah Thompson of Belfast, whose record of eighty-three years of service with one family was ended by death In lb!).r. London Chronicle. Wireless Wonders. Demons) ration of the practical use of wireless telegraphy ou water was first made Just twelve years ago be tween the Needles, on the English coast, and the incomlug steamship St. Paul. The world doubted, but Marconi was positive. The St. Paul was sixty lx miles off the const when tho first connection wbh established. The wlro lesH can now flash Its message over tho vecuu fully 5,000 miles. AIRSHIP DESTROYER. Naval Gun Throws Shell to hUlght of Over Three Miles. After snooting n sbell 18.000 feet into the nlr nnd closer to tuo skies thnn nu aeroplane has ever flown, tuo experiments with the new one pounder navnl rllle, destined to destroy the air ships of an enemy, were recently con cluded at the Indian Ilead naval prov ing grounds, near Washington. It was annoumod that tho new weapon and Its carrlngo had proved eminent ly satisfactory. Fifty rounds' were fired In the tests, Tho maximum rauge of 18,000 feet was reached when the gun was ele vated at an anglo of elghty-flvo de grees. The shot flashed accurately through a course for 10,000 feet Bo- 1 ' NEW AEltlAL RIFLE. yond that distance it lost its velocity and was affected by tho air currents, falling into the Potomac river 1,500 feet away from the spot where it had been reckoned it would drop. The airship destroying rifle Is the invention of Rear Admiral Twining, chief of the nnvni ordnance bureau. L The Idea of this one pounder will bo developed into a tliree men gun. Naval ordnance experts believe that such a weapon would shoot seven miles Into, the air with effect The favorable performances of the new carriage caused naval authorities to express the belief that before long American warships will be equipped with another battery of guns to flght hostile Invaders In the air. Popular Mechanics. SELENIUM A RARE ELEMENT. Used For Reproducing Photographs by Telegraph. Selenium Is a rare and little known element described by the United States geological survey as having Its great est use In the manufacture of certain glasses to which It gives a red color and in coloring enameled ware red. ft Is used to overcome the natural green color of ordinary glass and also In making glass of a distinct red color, such as that used on rallrouds for sig nal lights. Selenium has the peculiar property of being a very poor conductor of elec tricity In the dark and a fairly good conductor In the light, and a number of electrical inventions depend on this peculiarity. It has been used In ex periments in telephoning along a ray of light and foe transmitting sounds and photographs from one place to an other by means of a telephone or tele graph wire. Double Power Producer. A patent has been granted for a sys tem or generating electricity wherein the prime movers are a windmill and an Internal combustion engine, both operating on the generator Bliaft and connected together by means of a clutch. When the windmill Is idle tho load Is taken by the engine, and as the windmill gathers speed It works both the dynamo and the engine until the speed attains that which Is designat ed us the critical point when the en gine Is disconnected by governor balls, and the Ignition circuit is opened, thus stopping the engine. A reduction in the Rpeed of the dynamo causes the cycle of operations to work in the op posite order, with the consequence that the windmill runs free and the en glue takes the load. Introducing Fishes. Among the most notable and success ful examples of the Introduction of fishes Into a new environment are the cases of the shad and striped bass. These excellent- food fishes are not na. tlve to the Pacific coast, hut were planted there by the government more than a quarter of a century ago. Tho slender colonies took root, thrived, multiplied and spread to such an ex tent that both of these species are now reckoned among the commonest food fishes of the western seaboard, the shad having a coastwise range of 4.000 miles and tho striped bass being more abundant iu California than In any eastern state. The entire cost of the introduction of these fishes into the Puciflc states did not exceed $5,000. Dally Earnings of a Locomotive. A writer In the Railway and Engi neering Review recently gave tho In teresting results of a computation of the average dally earning capacity of the American locomotive. The esti mate took account of time spent tn tho repair shop, Increased cost of repairs and renewals, and the cost of fuel, water and the engine crew. The nvor age turnings per locomotive per day In the east are $124.84 and on tho west ern roads $130.84. The highest earn ings In tho west aro those of tho Santa Fo locomotives, which work out at $149.53 per day. Tho highest earnings in the cant aro on the Central Rail road of New. Jersey, where the aver ago b $1100 per day. trur NOTES C.M.BARNITZ RIVERSIDE PA. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED Theso articles and Illustrations must not be reprinted without special permlfl olon.J WHO DISCOVERED TURKEY! Four hundred and twenty-flvo years ago tho baldheaded boss of the barn yard was not yet strutting before Eu ropean royalty and sasstn' those debil itated dukes and duchesses. Then some one went and discovered turkey, and tho big bay window bird, with crimson cravat and cart wheel conclusion, quick swung Into popularity and gave a solar plexus to the fat pig that had from tho primordial period been tho piece do resistance on King Arthur's round table. Immediately old world wiseacres went to Jaw wran gling that turkey sprang from any where but America. They gobbled loud and long nnd di vided Into three fowl factions. The first claimed Columbus discovered tur key in 1402, the second that he discov ered turkey in 1408, and the third de clared Cortes eloped with turkey in 1518. But here Is the last straw that breaks the Columbus turkey's back. Tho courteous Count de las Navas, libra- Pboto by -C M. Barnltx. PEDRO KIKO'a LITTLE TOHK. rian to bis majesty the king of Spain, has searched the dusty royal archives for us and hands out this turkey truth: Pedro Nino was turkey's discoverer on the voyage made by him in 1409. lie bought some from the Indians at the rate of four glass beads for each fowL It is certain that in 1500. on tho return of this fortunate expedition to Bayeria, in Galicla, besides the mon keys, parrots and other curiosities col lected by Nino in America, turkeys were first seen on Europenn soil. The turkey was sent from Spain to England in 1524 and first eaten in France, June 27, 1570. at the wedding of Charles IX. and Elizabeth of Aus tria. Twelve for this feast were Bhip- Photo by C. M. Barnltx. tub modkjw AMnnioiK nnoHZH, wEiarrr PIPIT FOUNDS. ped from Boston, and the king's mother-in-law nte so much of the new bird she nearly died of Indigestion, But If turkey didn't originate in Turkey, how about the name? The bird was first called Pavos de Indlas, Indian fowl, as coming from tho Indies, which Columbus was sup posed to have discovered, and then, on account of its baro head and neck, it wub confounded with the guinea, which was then called turkey, and the word In sixteenth ceutury vernacular did not refer to Turkey, but signified foreign. But. say, when Raleigh carried the po tato from Americu to England and they called It the Irish potato, does that prove the tuber came from fair Erin? Nit DONT8. Don't expect full returns from hens that only have half care. Don't forget that hens don't do so well In the hot spell. Better slack up yourself or you'll be laid on the shelf, WJkA U fx J2 rVi'1' WHY odlJBLER GOBBLES) j "King Turkey, pranclnjr o'er the ijreen In all that wealth of itoldcn sheen, With fan tull spread, In necktlo rod. As you hold high your lordly head And shake that nooole on your nose And blow yourself In thoto dudo clothet "Why Is It now, you gum old sport. That you get oft that strnrmo retort To overy hungry man you hoc, Gobblo, gobblo, gobblo met' Why. you must want us to eat you With cranborrios and stufflng too. "Why don't you. like a crow, caw, caw, Or, like a jackass, ho-haw-haw. Or. liko a cat. meow, moow. Or, like old Towsor. bow, wow, wowt Then folks wouldn't cut off your red head And make of you a Christmas spread. That gobbler then puffed his chost out, Bhook the big noodlo on his snout, Threw his head back In anger proud And gobbled at mo awful loud And thus replied to all 1 said. With stamp of foot and shako of head: "Why, sir, should you butt In on met I'm hero to fulfill dostlny, Then fly to happy huntlnir ground Whore grasshoppers Immense abound, Whero wlgglers wlgglo wondrously And gobblers gobblo over free. "Bring hero your hemlockl Smiling, bold, I'll drink like Socrates of old. Off with my drumsticks, alios my breast And pass mo round to every guest, Then from the dish my wishbone pluck And wave to all for me KURI03 FROM K0RRESP0NDENT8 Q. I notice fanciers claim that expo sure to hot suu turns whlto birds brussy. Has it any bad effect on tho plumage of colored fowls? A. Yes; it deadens the color and gloss. Q. I recently rend that hens novor gorgo themselves with oats nnd tho grain should bo kept before them all tho time. IIow Is this? A. If hens are hungry they will gorgo themselves on oats, as they will on any other grain they Uko. If turned Into nn oat field after being penned up they often stuff and get hard crop. Q. When Is best tlmo for hatching Bantams nnd what vurlety makes tho best mother? A. As small size Is wln ulug quality, they should be hatched late. May, Juno and July being the best months and tho Cochin Bantam hen being tho best mother. Q. Is thero a school whero poultry Judging may bo learned? A. Certain agricultural colleges Cornell, Now York, and State college Pennsylvania glvo some Instruction on the subject but most of our poultry Judges gradu ate from tho school of experience. Q. What la Inbreeding? A- Breed ing from birds that are closely relatod. Q. What Is meant by a top cross? A. By tho mating of a mnle of ono breed with the female of another. Q. Which takes on fat faster, tho hen or rooster? A. Tho hem In breeding sea sou males seldom take on fat. while hens ofteti get fat as butter and thus lay infertile eggs. FEATHERS AND EGGSHELLS. Ireland has 24.000.00Q. hens and 50, 000 goats and in tho past year export ed $20,000,000 In poultry produce. England's egg output does not equal tho consumption, and she must import $35,000,000 worth of eggs. Dr. Kyes of Chicago Inoculated a Whlto Leghorn rooster with a prepa ration obtained from n human lung In volved with acute lobar pneumonia. Do then secured an immune scrum from the fowl that has a protectivo power against the disease. Winter is not the hen's natural lay ing season, and this must be consid ered in our endeavor to make her lay those high priced eggs. A ration as. near as possible to that which spring and summer furnish brings success, but stlmulunts, as with men, spell fail ure Many tell tho sex of ducks by that pretty curl on tho tail, but those who depend on that sign to select Indian Runnor drakes often get left as tho male is often without that ornament The female docs all tho talking in the duck tribe, aa often in tho human, so there's the cue for you. One peculiarity of many amateurs is that they often select aa their first breed a fowl that is very difficult to breed truo to color and color markings, perhaps becauso such are tho most beautiful. It Is wiser to start with a simpler and easier breed and thus get the first principles beforo tackling the most difficult Tho recent Invasion of locusts if It did no good to the trees, euro made a feast for tho foxes, skunks, ground bogs, birds, poultry and oven the pigs. But If you thought it was great to boo your birds gobblo tho big bugs you should go to tho east whero they aro gathered by the ton, dried and gobbled by bctb bens and humans. Tho farmer will tell you that the great fat tenor for bogs la yellow corn, and if you follow him whoa be feeds the hens you will likely find him feed ing corn to them also. lie expects thoso bogs to get fat and those hens to' lay eggs on tho same ration. "It's a poor rule that won't work both ways," and this is a poor one. It is qulto amusing to bear some ot our poultry lecturers wrangling over tho moist and dry mash question. Tho question ia then generally given to tho audience, and Invariably tho ma jority la for tb'o moist mash. Try them both, and when you count tho eggs and note condition of your fowls you will likely voto with tho majority too. Dr. Mary E. Pennington of the de partment of agriculture declares that "eggs laid in the cool days of spring and proporly put away In storage are better than tho eggs freshly laid In the hot weather and niBhed to tho city from tho nest" English "eggsporta" are laughing loud at Dr. Mary'a state ment Yea; mere man may safely laugh at a female with the Atlantic between. ITEMS OF INTEREST FOR PALE A house and four lota for less than cost on north Bido of Mnd ras. Tho house Ib Well built but not qulto finished, tho lots aro COxlOO. Must be Bold at once. For information write Ora Van TaBsol, Vnnora, Oro. jy 20-tf FARM LOANS!! Hate Slate Bank. FOR SALE At tho Pioneer Oilloo L'gal Blanks of all kinds; Carbon and Typowrltor papor, Installment Sale contracts, Notes nnd Receipts. MONEY TO LOAN ON FARMS. See Madras Statu Bunk. TO LOAN Money on deeded land. Inquire of H. W. Turnor. TOTOAN $50,000.00 on farm lands. Sec Brcnton Jones, Mctolius, Ore. Just urrived at tho Tum-A-Lum Lum ber yard, u cur lond of old fashioned maple wood. Call and look It over be fore buying. Wm. EsBelstyn, Mun ngcr. d28-tf FOR SALE-S. C. Brown Leghorns, heavy layers; GOO furm raised. Trios, $8.50; Cockerels, $5.00; Eggs, $2.00 per 15, $9.00 per 100; Baby chicks, $15.00 per 100.. Primro8o Poultry Plant, James Ireland, 414 Spalding Building, Port land, Oregon. jll-4t-a 1912 CATALOG Mailed Free AND IUILD IT FOR LESS MONEY Buy the mfllwotk dut3 from out bifl factory for one-Uard to ban oi wnai you wonu fj ..... I I A.. VJm nnrttin our OWtl mill nd cn ouuantao every piece we make to be well-made tnd ot c&oicea Kiui-anea iuau. f . I. WILLIAMS' SASH and DOORS S1J0. Crsium&n SI. 60. BudmIow front doon, $5 nd 18. Iniide trim, 10 pc.toatet. OQC q W mII anybody fat cuh. Jup Sm. 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