Planting Potatoes.
The prevailing, and we might say
foolish, custom of most farmers is to
plant potatoes just as they come, lit-
tie and big. Indeed, some use the
smaller ones for seed and retain the
larger ones for cooking purposes,
sometimes placing them on the mar
ket While such a course will not no
ticeably affect the potato crop for a
single Beason, Us continuation surely
but slowly lowers the yield not so
much by an Insufficient number of
tubers, but by Inferiority in size and
quality. We believe this to be the
chief blunder made by most potato
raisers and that It accounts for more
failures with this crop than any other
one cause.
Assuming that you failed to select
seed potatoes at the proper, time last
eason (as nine out of ten fail to),
great care should be exercised in se
lecting seed this spring. With the
thought In mind that it was quite like
ly the healthy, vigorous plant which
produced the larger tubers, these
should be chosen for seed, since the
smaller potatoes, which no doubt
came f nvn a weak or inferior plant,
and. If planted, would produce a like
rowtti. Is this not true of any other
plant or animal life? Then why
should it not be true of potatoes?
Twentieth Century Farmer.
Facts About Farms.
Nearly 1,000,000 new farms have
been created In the United States dur
ing the last ten years. In the last ten
years the total number of farms has
Increased 18 per cent In the older
States, from Ohio eastward, there has
been going on for 20 years a tendency
toward the amalgamation of farms dis
tant from market Into larger holdings.
Value of the Silo.
The Missouri Experiment Station
summarizes the value of the silo as
follows: Silage keeps young stock
thrifty and growing all winter. It
produces fat beef more cheaply than
does dry feed. It enables cows to pro
duce milk and butter more econom
ically. It Is more conveniently han
dled than dry fodder. The silo pre
vents waste of cornstalks In the ma
nure when silage Is fed. The silo will
make palatable food of stuff that
would not otherwise be eaten. It en
ables the farmer to preserve food,
which matures at a rainy time of the
year, when dry would be next to Im
possible. It is the most economical
method of supplying food for the stock
during the hot, dry periods In sum
mer, when' the pasture is short
Temporary Sheep Fence. '
A movable fence of this kind for
Boiling sheep is made in panels as
seen In the picture. The panels are
ten feet long, made of four-Inch boards
solidly nailed together. After this
fence Is once put up sheep or hogs
are not likely to overturn It A fence
three and one-half feet high will turn
most flocks. Denver Post.
Drnlnasre.
One of the essentials about the poul
try house and grounds Is good drain
age. For this reason a good hill slope
Is the best place for the grounds. The
land should slope enough so that rains
will wash It clean of all Impurities.
On flat land the grounds should be fre
quently changed and planted to some
crops that will take up the noxious ele
ments. The draining and surface drain
ing the grounds will assist In keeping
them dry and pure. Scraping off the
top soil each year and filling with
fresh soil from the field will aid In
HOW TO PLANT SHRUBS, ROSES AND TREES.
Correct way of making hole. No- Incorrect way of making hole. Ob-
- " v. WHUlUQ UVIC VLT
tlce how the bottom la rounded. The anrva him ths am. .... .,.-a
roots lie with a downward turn. They If the shrub lives the roots must bend
re not cramped or crowded or bent downward again not always success
ttrom their proper course. fully accomplished.
On the other hand, this section has
'witnessed the cutting up Into smaller
raizes of many farms nearer to mar
itet There are now almost three
times as many farms as in 1870, and
an unprecedented increase In the
value of farm lands and live stock.
American Agriculturist
Tree Planting Device.
To those who will be planting shade
and fruit trees, the following method
may be of assistance. In preparing
for planting stake out the plot hav
ing the stakes In line in several di
rections. After the plot Is carefully
staked the troublo Is to get the tree
rrf
purifying the grounds. The soil from
the yards may be used as a fertilizer
for the field from which fresh soil Is
obtained. Journal of Agriculture.
DEVICE FOB TliKK PLANTING.
set on the exact place occupied by the
ctake. The following plan will over
come this difficulty. Take a board
about 8 ft long and 8 Inches diameter,
as shown in Illustration. Bore a hole
In each end and cut a notch In the
middle. Place the board with the
notch against the stake and drive
wooden or Iron pins into the holes
II. B. The board can then be remov
ed from the pegs, place the tree In the
notch and pack the soil around the
roots. The tree will thus be In te
xact spot occupied by ths stake, and
In line with the others.
A Good Forage Crop.
Canada peas and oats Is a favorite
forage crop with many New York state
farmers. The crop may be sown from
early spring to the middle of May. By
making sowings at Intervals of two
weeks, a succession of crops may be
had. The common rate of sowing is
one and onehalf bushels of each per
acre. The peas are usually scattered
broadcast cn disked or harrowed
ground, and then turned under about
thre or four inches deep. The ground
Is then harrowed and the oats drilled
a few days later. The land may first
be prepared and each croD drilled sbd-
arately, but this Is not usually as sat
isfactory as the other method. Peas
and oats are good for hay or to cut
and feed green. When the oats are
neading and the peas blossoming one
may begin to cut for green feed. For
hay the oats should be In the milk
stage, and the peas should have well
formed pods. Peas and oats can also
be pastured to advantage with hogs.
This crop will give a yield of five to
seven tons per acre of green weight
A Valuable Hatch.
A forcible Illustration of the .capa
bilities of a setting of eggs were seen
In a poultry show not so long ago. A
man bought a setting of eggs of one
of the American class of fowls.
Twelve out of 13 eggs hatched, one of
the chicks died, but the owner ' suc
ceeded in raising the remaining 11 to
maturity. He brought them to the
show, there were three cockerels and
Ight pullets and they were all of a
uniform color and size. They won first
cockerel, first and second pullet and
first hen. They were easily worth one
hundred dollars of any man's money,
but ths owner did not wish to sell
Farm Note.
Cut alfalfa when It Is dry.
A good milk cow never becomes
rolling fat
Milk sellers find the Holsteln hard
to beat.
Milk the cows quietly, quickly and
on time.
Never buy pigeons unless -the mat
ing Is guaranteed.
One bad butter cow will eat up the
profit of several good ones.
Too much corn causes the bones of
heavy hogs to break easily.
But the manure spreader first and
the piano will come easier.
Clean the dairy stable in summer
Just as regularly as In winter.
Treat the cows kindly and they will
repay you In dollars and cents.
It Is Imperative that sheep quarters
be dry at all seasons of the year.
In the big cities the market for
squab Is good for every month in the
jrsar.
sash PAurrnrQ discovered.
Picture Declared to Be Work of
Fetl, Sixteenth Century Artist.
A rare and very valuable painting
of "David," said by experts to be the
work of the famous sixteenth century
Italian artist, Domenlco Fetl, has been
discovered in Philadelphia, the Public
Ledger of that city says. It has been
In the possession of a well known man
who, hqwever, is not an authority on
art, for some years, and while he and
his friends always admired It for Its
beauty and the mellowness of Its col
lorlng, It has been only in the past
week that it came to the notice of ex
perts, who enthusiastically pronounced
it a genuine" Fetl, and worth probably
$25,000.
t The picture Is vigorous in treatment
and remarkably strong in color, tech
nique and the general handling of the
subject. The figure of the Biblical
hero is youthful and beautiful. In the
dark shadows of the lower foreground
is dimly seen the severed head of the
giant Goliath. The picture is said to
be one of the few large ones done by
Fetl. It is about four feet by six feet.
The painting Is on exhibition in a
window at 1634 Chestnut street and
has attracted much attention.
Domenlcft) Feti was born in Rome in
1589 and died at Venice In 1624. He
became a follower of Ludovlco Cigoli
and afterward went to Mantua, where
he obtained the patronage of Cardinal
Gonzaga. who, on coming to the duke
dom, ointed him his court painter.
Cnfortu.. tttcly, fcowevpr, FM v way
to Intemperance, and this shortened
his days. He adopted the style of
Guillo Romano without, however, be
ing a mere imitator. His coloring is
forcible and the expression of his fig
ures animated. His works, though
chiefly of small size, are very scarce.
There are four of them in the Corsini
palace of Florence and one In the Man
tua Academy, while others are in
Dresden, Munich and Vienna. Fetl
was a great favorite of the celebrated
picture collector, M. Crozat.
THE COUNTRY'S GROWTH.
Effect of Heat. ,
When one stands before a hot fire
the face becomes red, as we all know.
This result is the effect of the action
of radiated heat on the nerves con
trolling the small blood vessels of the
skin. These tiny vessels are normally
in a state of moderate contraction.
Under exposure to heat they relax
and become distended with blood. The
same process, under the mysterious
connection of the vasomotor nerve sys
tem with mental impressions, pro
duces ordinary blushing.
In regard to exposure to direct heat
the reddening of the skin, together
with the uncomfortably warm feeling
accompanying it, may be lookef upon
as one of the useful little "danger
signals" with which we are surround
ed. Persons who from any cause have
lost their susceptibility, as Is the case
in some forms of paralysis, may ex
pose a limb to heat until serious in
Jury results.
The reason that the face chiefly
flushes Is that in the ordinary posi
tion near a fire It Is most directly ex
posed to the rays of heat, while most
of the body is shielded by clothing;
that the nerves of the face are partic
ularly sensitive in this respect and
that the skin there is more abundant
ly furnished with blood vessels. Lon
don Standard.
Art of Papermaklnav
In the matter of making and using
paper we are not in line with the Chi
nese and other Asiatics, who not only
make the finest paper in the world,
but apply it to all sorts of uses, mak
ing window panes, fans, umbrellas,
sandals, and even cloaks and other
garments of it. The art of making pa
per from mulberry bast is said to have
been invented In China in the second
century, B. C. Afterward bamboo
shoots, straw, grass and other materi
als were also used. The manufacture
spread to the adjacent countries. The
Arabs learned It in Samerkand, and
their learned men carefully kept se
cret the process by which they made
paper for their own ue. The crusades
made Europe acquainted with the art,
and the first paper mill In Germany
dates from the twelfth century.
' A Matter of Time.
"You ought not to gulp your lunch
like that."
"But I save five minutes each day."
"Five minutes, eh? Walt until you
get to waiting two hours each day in
some dyspepsia specialist's anteroom."
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Bankruptcy Dcflned.
'Tather, what Is meant by bankruptcy?"
"Bankruptcy is when you put your
money in your hip pocket, and let
your creditors take your coat."
Fllegende Blatter.
Pessimistic.
"What a pessimist Brown Is!"
"What's the matter now?"
"He even bewails the fact that he
can't live to collect his life insurance."
Detroit Free Press.
When a man Insists that he knows
what he Is talking about, make him
prove It
Love Is blind, and alimony Is ths
Judge's fee for restoring the sight
lowi la the Increase of Mall Mat
ter Handled Annually.
The growth of our country and ths
Increase In the volume of business can
be realized no better than by a com
parison of the number of pieces of mall
matter handled annually. Ths total
for 1889 was 8,860,200,000 pieces, In
cluding letters, postal cards, newspa
pers, printed matter and packages of
very sort Twenty years later ths
total was four times as great and
reached 13,173.340,329.
The advance has been remarkably
regular year after year and at ths
rate of about 100 per cent every five
years. In 1847, the year , when post
age stamps were first issued, the total
number of pieces that passed through
the mails was 114.175,480.
A considerable part of ths Increase
luring the last ten years has been
due to rural delivery. Farmers are
now abls to receive newspapers, let
ters and other mall matter ' at their
doorsteps without leaving their plows
or their harvest fields and driving Into
town.
There are now nearly 40,000 rural
delivery carriers who are paid $35,000,
000 a year for carrying the letters and
newspapers to ths country homes In
the United States, and together they
traveled last year more than 1,000,000
miles a day. The rural delivery serv
ice Is now thirteen years old, and it
has been the greatest success of any
new iiea thst fc" l"n Introduced Into
the administration of our government
The Postofflce Department will renew
Its efforts to secure a law authorizing
a parcels post service so that farmer'
rives can do their shopptng by mall,
but the opposition from the country
merchants, who fear their trade will
be diverted to the cities, Is so determ
ined that it Is doubtful whether Con-
rraas will act
FASHION HINTS
Our sketch showt one of the lovely
chiffon robes veiled In gauze. The robe
is creamy white with a shaded pink bor
der, while the overdress is a deep pink.
A black satin hem makes an effective and
practical finish to the skirt.
lUIALS oft79 'rvfebflEMg
BEING
Too Much for Him.
They numbered four. They abso
lutely exuded prosperity. The things
which they ordered were such as to
fill with envy the breast of the man
at the next table, engaged in consum
ing the most modest dish disclosed by
the bill of fare.
The four were conversing languid,
plutocratic conversation. After a
while it turned to the question of
money. Evidently they wanted to do
something. How much money had
they? One of the four took out his
pocketbook and counted up a roll of
bills.
"Oh, I have a hundred and forty,"
he said, carelessly.
Ths second and third members of
the party went through their pockets.
"I have two hundred and fifteen,"
remarked one.
"And I havs three hundred," said
ths other.
The fourth waved his hand
grandly.
"Neved mind, you fellows," hs said.
"Ill lend you all you want"
Tenderly, waiters bore ths man at
ths next table out into ths cold air.
Hs will recover.
He Place tow Celestials,
George Richmond Hayes, ths noted
San Francisco ethnologist said at a
recent dinner:
"The yellow races are held in bet
ter esteem than used to be the case
In the West. I once visited a very
rough boom town In Oregon near Cot
tage Grove. In the leading saloon a
man In a red shirt said to me:
"'Ye wanter carry yerself almighty
straight In these parts, stranger. Go
wrong the least mlts and, by crlnus,
we'll lynch ye as quick as look at ye.'
"I smiled.
" 'Would you lynch ms,' I asked, 'if
t killed a dogr
"'Would wet hs snorted. "Why,
stranger, we've lynched fellers hers
tor kllltn' Chinamen!'"
aw x(JunruunuriL) rMuuun.Jb& sum
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John and the Franchise.
A woman suffrage lecturer in Eng
land recently brought down ths houss
with the folowlng argument: "I havs
no vote, but my groom has. I have a
great respect for that man In the stv
bles, but I am sure If I were to go to
bim and say, 'John, will you exercise
the franchiser he would reply, 'Please,
mum. which hotse be that?'"
WHEN YOUR MEALS
DISAGREE
It is certainly time to take immedi
ate action if you would ward off a
serious sick spell. It is positive
proof of a weak stomach and de
ranged digestion and for which you
cannot take a better medicine than
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters; but re
member this, the longer you put off
giving ths assitance needed by the
digestive system the harder it is go
ing to be to cure you. We know of
hundreds of cases, taken in hand at
the very beginning, in which a short
course of the Bitters proved very
efficacious. Therefore, be persuad
ed to get a bottle today from your
druggist or dealer, and thus avoid
all possible danger of a sick spell.
It is a wonderful tonic and invigor
ant for overworked, nervous and
run-down persons, and in cases of
Poor Appetite, Bloating, Heartburn,
Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Costiveness
and Malaria it is the best
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