FARM
EASY MONEY FOR FARMERS.
National Commission on Farm Finance
Studies Foreign Methods.
1 he finance committee has reported
favorably to the United States senate
the Gronna resolution. It provides for
a national commission on farm finance,
to consist of three members and to be
limited to one year. It is to investi
gate and report upon the systems of
co-operative land-mortgaging, bank
ing, and co-operative rural credit
unions, which have achieved such stu
pendous success in Europe.
If this class of institution can be
enjoyed by American farmers, the
result will be of profound importance,
says an editorial in Farm and Home.
The Nashville conference, which con
sidered this problem, takes the same
view. An official report of the Brit
ish government says that these meth
ods of co-operative rural credit are "a
modern discovery which may be lik
ened, as a factor in production, to the
discovery of steam."
Some millions of farmers in differ
ent European cuntries are members of
thousands of local and provincial
credit unions that make a business of
seasonable loans to farmers, at rea
sonable rates. In Germany alone,
these rural banks are doing a business
of $5,000,000,000 annually. Foreign
co-operative land-mortgage banks do a
still larger business, enabling farmers
to borrow money on mortgage at 3 1 to
4 J per cent and encouraging them to
repay it by installments, so that in
due time the farmer owns bis place
free and clear of all incumbrance.
Abroad, these institutions are the
outgrowth of over 150 years' experi
ence. Their successful development
in this country, declares Farm and
Home, may be productive of more
good than all of the political reforms
now agitating the public mind.
The national commission on farm
finance should present all the facts, so
that the farmers in the respective
states may succeed in their financial
co-operation. The report should sug
gest what state laws are needed and
also whether any national legislation
is called for to promote the most ef
fective progress of co-operative farm
finance. .
Insuring Against Hen Lice.
The time to fight lice is all the
time. Absolute cleanliness must be
maintained at all times. The drop
pings should be removed at least once
a week.
Twice a year, in spring and autumn,
a general cleanup should take place.
The perches should be removed and
burned until the outside is thoroughly
charred. The building should be thor
oughly whitewashed. For this purpose
a spray pump not only facilitates the
work, but does a much better job, the
spray putting the whitewash into
cracks and crevices that would be diffi
cult to reach with a brush.
A good spray pump will do as much
in an hour as could ordinarily be done
in a day with a brush. The perches
should be thoroughly sprayed every
week or so with kerosene to keep
down the red mites. These mites at
tack the fowls only at night, and are
round on the perches, or in cracks and
crevices near the roosting place,
Kerosene is an effective remedy, but
it should be applied frequently.
The litter should be replaced with
clean material at least once a month.
The nests Bhould be looked to fre
quently, as the hollow straws make
nice hiding and breeding places for
red mites. Excelsior is preferred by
many. However, the best material
for nesting purposes is tobacco stems.
When the house has been thoroughly
rid of the pests the fowls should re
ceive attention. There are many lice
powders on the market, but the safest
plan is to make your own at home as
needed. Farm and Home says the
best formula is two ounces crude car
bolic acid, four ounces gasoline and
one pound air-slaked lime. The car
bolic acid and gasoline should be thor
oughly mixed and poured over the
lime, stirring the whole mass thor
oughly. Keep away from fire. After
standing for several days a fine pow
der is the result. Use a sifter-top can.
Experience has shown that this pow
der is very effective.
A thornless blackberry is the latest
"amazing" discovery credited to
Luther Burbank, who is said to have
worked 10 years to produce it Next
he will be heralded as the originator
of the seedless orange, an odorless
rose, and a bloomless strawberry.
Thornless blackberries are not new by
any means. The old Wachuaett Thorn
less has been known and grown for
over 20 years, says a writer in Farm
and Home.
ORCHARD
IMPROVE PASTURES.
Sod-Bound Ground Turns Water -and
Then Dries Up.
Pastures should be improved,
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If
mere was a good stand 01 grass,
weeds would not grow. The trouble
is, the pasture rs packed hard. Wa
ter runs oft when it rains instead of
soaking in. In other words, the pas
ture is sod-bound.
Here is the way to handle such a
pasture : As soon as the frost goes
out of the ground in the spring, and
before we get busy with the regular
farm work, we should use a disk drill
and thoroughly cut up the pasture, at
the same time drilling in from eight
to ten pounds to the acre of red clover
seed on the high lands and alsike clo
ver seed on the low lands.
Here is the result: The drill loos
ens the sodbound condition of the old
pasture and lets the air down to the
roots, stimulating a more vigorous
growth and spreading the plants so
that where one plant grew last year,
two will grow this year and both of
them will grow better. In addition.
the clover seeds will fall on those bare
spots where weeds grew last year, and
clover, one of the best feeds in the
world, will grow this year. Cows
will be able to secure two or three
times as much feed to the acre. They
will get growing and milk-forming
material protein. Farm and Home.
Red clover grows best on the hill
sides and high lands. Alsike clover
is a mighty good grass for the low
lands, for on such land it will make a
wonderful growth and provide remark
able pasturage and hay. Farm and
Home also says sorghum makes a good
crop for summer feeding of cows. It
is a heavy yielder and . will furnish
feed when the pastures are short,
Farming With Dynamite.
Where the surface soil is underlaid
with a layer of . compact sub-soil or
hard pan that is impervious to water
and impenetrable to the roots of grow
ing crops, the rain runs off quickly
and the land suffers severely in times
of drouth.
Blowing up with dynamite this com
pact subsoil to form underground res
ervoirs has been tried with good re
sults, says Jj'arm and Home. Bore
holes in the ground two to six feet
deep and from 20 to 30 feet apart ac
cording to the nature and compactness
of the subsoil and hardpan. About 80
sticks of dynamite are used per acre,
wnicn cost ?i.6u, with caps and fuse,
An ordinary two-inch augur with a
long handle is used, and a half-pound
stick of blasting powder is placed in
each hole. The explosion breaks the
ground all around for a distance of 10
to 15 feet, makes an opening at the
surface 8 to 10 inches in diameter,
and forms a sub-reservoir below the
bottom of the hole from three to six
feet in diameter, with the hardpan
sniverea into iragments. The open
ings and holes so created should be
partially filled with sand or eravel to
keep them opened permanently for the
surplus rainfall. The work can be
done in leisure time in dry weather.
Largely increased crops result The
modern method of tree planting is to
blow a hole for each tree with dyna
mite. FASHION HINTS
This Dainty rollnrless waist is carried
out on lines that make it good style to
wear with the summer coat suit. It is
Irtssy, yet not too elaborate. '
SHOE
Z.5U 3.UU 3.50 $4.00 4.50&$5.00
FOR MEN, WOMEN AND BOYS
WX.Douglas $3.00 & $..50 shoes are worn by millions
Of meii.becauae they ure the best In the world for the price
W. L. DoURlas $4.00, $4.50 & $5.O0 shoes equal Custom
Bench Work costing $0.00 to $8.00
Why doe W. L. Douglas maka and .11 mnr. M nn i en
and $4.00 shoes than any other manufacturer in the world ?
BECAUSE: he stamps his name and price on the bottom and
guarantees the value, which protects the wearer against high
prices and inferior shoes of other makes. BECAUSE : they
w . V. , na sausractory ; you can save money ft v I
by wearing W. L. Douglas shoes. BECAUSE : they have no 3
equal for style, fit and wear. DON'T TAKE
If your dealer cannot supply W L. Doucla. shoes,
Shoes sent STerywhsre delivery charge, prepaid.
WIRY BUTTER IS PROFITABLE
'.ack of Attention to This Product
Has Resulted In Increased Manu
facture of Oleomargarine.
Farmers have been giving dairy but
ter less. and less attention in recent
years and as one result of this oleo
margarine, as a cheap substitute, has
come into use.
It has been observed during the
months of phenomenally high prices
that the butter substitutes are flour
ishing to an amazing oxtent. They
are taking a place In the world's com
merce which ought to be held by
trod, wholesome, farm butter. With
plenty of choice dairy butter, oleomar
garine would be driven from the ta
bles of American families generally.
When creamery product Is selling at
t to 60 cents, the oleo comes quick
ly into common use, becaue there Is
enough dairy butter to meet the
demands. The substitutes get their
start and hold a large and valuable
trade simply because the farmers are
neglecting the opportunity to furnish
a sufficient supply of fair to choice
dairy butter. Not all farmers are lo
cated near enough to creameries so
that they can deliver their milk once
a day without unreasonable travel.
Those who are not should keep but
ter dairies, large or small, according
to circumstances, and market their
product once a week.
This Is in the line of diversification
and It is a paying proposition. It
should not be all dairy, not all poul
try, nor all hogs, nor all corn, but a
wise mixture so that the farmer al
ways has something for the L.gh mar
kets. A little pushing along the dairy
line Just now Is justified both by pres
ent prices and future prospects.
wnen larmers can get 25 cent3 or
more for a fair quality of butter, as
at present, there i3 money in it for
them and they can afford to give
that branch of husbandry a great deal
more attention than they do.
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' ac" ymcKiy. xry it lor Ked, Weak,
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trated Book in each Pack
compounded byonr Oculists Dot a "Patent Med
icine 'but used in successful Phrslciuns' Prno
t co for many yean. Now dedicated to the Pub
Jlo and sold by DrunirlBis at 'o and 60c per Bottle.
Murine Kye Salve in Aseptia Tubes, 26o and 6uc
Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago
Very Good Fit
Sometimes the blunder of a chllt,
seems like the veriest wise msn'a
wisdom. Such might be said of tha
little fellow in Hutchinson, according
to The Gazette, who, desiring soms
01 mo Doarding housekeeper's de
light, commonly called hash, said:
"Please pass the trash." Ransai
ity Star.
Ventilate the Chicken House.
Chickens breathe 8,278 cubic feet of
air in 24 hours for every 1,000 pounds
of live weight, while men require only
2,833 cubic feet and cattle but 2.804.
Hence for poultry ventilation is a mat
'er of first importance.
Novelties in the Church.
Barbara was comparing notes wit)
a little friend who went to a different
church. "Stained glass windows li
nothing," she declared triumphantly
"We've got two priests and six aero
bats!"
DAISY
placed urrvhera, at
tracts tzi kllli all
fliaa. Hcnt. clean,
ornamental, conven
ient, cheup. Laitt
all sasaon. Mnde ot
motnl, cun't apill or
tlpovor; nrill not mill
or Injure anything.
GnnrHntocd effective
Sold by dvalers or
B sent prepaid for SI
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WANTED AT ONCE
100 Young Men or Ladies to prepare
for positions as Commercial and Rail
road Telegraph operators; positions
guaranteed, $70 to $90 monthly. For
particulars and application address
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FLY KILLER
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES
Sfifi J52rf sTooda bria-ht.r and fasUr colors than any other dy. On 10c packar. colors aUk, wool and cotton smislht
vii?i,i? FYr?ntei? to ivsj r.rfsKt result. Ask dealer, or wo will send postpaid at 10c ..ckiaiT. Wrlt.ioS
booklet how to dyo. bleach suuTmix color. MONRoF Dftuo CO&A1?t7 QuJncj wl3$
DOUGLAS
W. L. Douglas makes and a-ll.
$3.00, $3.50 and $4.00 shoes than
any other manufacturer in ik w..u
A SUBSTITUTE FOR W.L.DOUGI
write W. L. Dougla., Brockton. Ma., or catalot.
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Wind and Fcg In San Francisco.
On some afternoons the velocity ot
the wind In San Francisco rises with
I almost clacklike regularity to about 22
miles an hour, and a solid vail of
fog, averaging 1,500 feet In height,
comes through the Golden Gate, caus
ing a fall In temperature to about that
of the sea namely. 65 degrees Fan-
r-tnhotfr . .
Water In bluing
iff In AmiHarfltinn
nlnan unit
clue, nukes clothes whiter than snow.
"r nutxe liquid mue costly.
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Noah's Struggle.
It was only with the utmost difficul
ty that Noah was able to control him
self, as the two mosquitoes of the ark
waxed red and corpulent on the back
of his hand, gorging themselves to re
pletion. "If It wasn't for the grudge I
have against my posterity," he rasped
through his clenched teeth, "I'd smash
vour infernal carcasses!" Puck.
Under Suspicion.
"I am afraid that man we sent to
congress is losln' his sympathy with
the plain people," said the backwoods
constituent. "What has he been
doln'?" "Tuckln" his napkin under hit
chin an usln' a knife lnstld o' plcklr'
his plo up with his hands."
Caution.
"I wish," said the dashing bride,
"that we could arrange to take oui
wedding trip in an airship." "I doni
know," replied the cautious youth,
"whether it would be well to take
chances on being obliged to take ouj
first falling out so perlouBly."
Mothers will find Mrs. Window's Sonthlns
Syrup the best remedy to ubo lor tUeiv cuiliirej
iuriug l-.e teething period.
Happiness Transmitted,
Happiness, at least. Is not solitary,
it Joys to communicate; it loves oth
ers, for it depends on them for its ex
istence . . . the very name and ap
pearance of a happy man breathes of
good nature, and help the rest of us
to live. Stevenson.
Escaplg an Infliction.
"Isn't that Miss Yawler slnginf
across the way?" Yes. I wish she
belonged to the grand opera company."
"You surely don't think she can sing?"
jnoi at an, Dut grand opera com
panies never come to this town." Bir
mingham Age-Herald.
Yon Can Get Allen's foot-Ease TREE.
Wrlle Aliens. Olmsted, I,e I'.oy, N. Y., for a
free sample of Allen's Fnnt-Kase. It cures
sweating, hot swollen, aching feet. It make,
new or tight shoes easy. A certain cure for
corns, ingrowing nails and bunions. All drug
gutt sell it. 25c. Don't uoccpt auy subslitut?
Off With the Old.
The latest fashion in New York, wt
are told, is for an engaged girl to
wear the portrait of her sweetheart on
her slipper. An ingenious bootmaker,
we understand, has Invented a con
trivance by which the portrait can be
frequently changed without injuring
'.he shoe. Punch.
Wonders Within Ourselves.
We carry with us the wonders wt
seek without us; there is all Africa
and her prodigies In us; we are that
bold and adventurous piece of nature,
which he that studies wisely learns in
a compendium what others labor at
in a divided piece and endless volume
Sir Thomas Browne.
Try IrTnrlne T.jo Itemed y for Perl,
Weii It, Watery EyeH und Ot-uuulateU Eyellua,
Mo buittrtinif Junt ye Comfort.
Severe Criticism.
Dr: Hedge and Dr. Bartol spent
summer together down east. One Sun
day Dr. Bartol preached to a congre
gatlon largely composed of fishermen
Dr. Hedge was curious to know the e.
feet upon them, and asked ' one old
salt what he thought about the preach
Ing and the sermon. The reply was:
"Well, his Idea was absurd, and hli
language was preposterous."
Aroused His Congregation.
There is a story that a preacher
pawned his watch and the following
Sunday preached four hours because
he had no timepiece. At the conclu
sion of the sermon there was a special
collection raised and sent to the pawnbroker.
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IAS SHOES.
tea
' -not coffee
Its the most de
lightful Breakfast
Drink you ever tasted
and the most wholesome and
Invigorating. You cannot but
like Us rich "grainy" flavor and
spicy aroma. Ask your grocer fr
Three G's
(COLDEN GRAIN GRANULES)
If he hasn't got It he will get It tor
you. it's good for you 3 times a day.
And remember that there
is no substitute for 3 G's.
New York's Greatest Borough.
Manhattan, t)ne of the five boroughs
comprising greater New York and its
most important borough, is approxi
mately . fifteen miles in length, from
the Battery to the city line, and about
Ave miles at its greatest width. Its
frontage on the water, together with,
the shipping facilities of the entirs
clty, is 444 miles, or equal to the dis
tance between the city and Buffalo
in Lake Erie. .
Don't buy water for Muina. Liquid blue Is ct.
most nil water. Buy Kcd Cross Ball blueu Uwe
ulue that s all blue.
Virtue In Compulsory Work.
Thank God every morning whea,
you get up that you have somethluc
to do that day which must be done,
whether you like it or not. Belngr
forced to work and forced to do your
best will breed in you temperance and
self-control, diligence and strength of
will, cheerfulness and content, and a
hundred virtues which the idle never
tnew. Charles Klngsley.
FOR SORE SHOULDERS.
Jaa. Beck & Son, Centerfield, Utah, writess
"We sell Mexican MustangLinlment and
hnve agood sale fur it, especially in thresh
ing time for hones' sore shoulders."
It cantuinsnoalcoholandaocennotsimn
in cases of open wounds. Soothes mod
relieves strained ligaments at once. ,
25c. 50c $ 1 a bottle at Drug & Gen'l Stem
Church Information Wanted.
rVhy are there so many churches
fn New York without a sign to know
their denomination or who preaches;,
or any sign of anything except th
abode of the sexton and undertaker?
Nobody is anxious for the undertaker,
and everybody, as a rule, scolds the
sexton. Give denomination of tbe
church, time of service and name of
pastor. From a Letter to the Editor
of the New York Press.
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