THE CHANGE
Conducted by
3. W. DARROW. Chatham. K. Y,
Prat Correspondent Sob York Statu
Grange
CROP REPORTS.
GODOWNS OF JAPAN.
The Quantity of Grain Remaining. In fy Warehouses Mada Naceaaary by
Farmara Hands. I th" Fraquency of Firee. - y
The crop reporting board of the bu- Fire is one cf the terrors that
reau of statistics finds from reports of , - JaT)anese
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NATIONAL REPRESENTATION.
Some of the Larger Grange States Are
Restive Under Present Rules.
An important resolution passed at.the
last meeting of the New York state
grange was to the effect that the state
prance adopt a method of representa
tion in the national grange by which
each state shall be represented accord
ing to membership. It will lie remem
bered by those who are familiar with
the workings of the national grange
that two years ago Mr. Kegley. from
Washington state, introduced a resolu
tion of similar purport, but it was
given a back seat. But it is more than
likely that a resolution changing the
representation in the national grange
will be Introduced at the next annual
cession of the national grange. The
matter is being urged in Michigan as
well as in New York and other states.
There is obvious injustice iu the pres
ent method of representation in the
national grange, considering the paid
np membership. New York, with its
77.000 members, has but two votes.
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa. Indiana
and Colorado have ten votes, with a
combined paid up membership of 4,300.
Several other states could be added to
these five before a membership equal
to New York state alone, and these
five states have ten votes for 4,300
members, while New York, with its
77,000 mrmbers, has only two votes.
New York lias three counties, each of
which exceeds in membership these
five states named. While in some re
spects the present system should be
rosined, there are others where the
representation according to member
ship is greatly to be desired, and we
anticipate a new discussion of the
nnostion when the national grange
meets in Washington next November.
NOT ORDINARY FARMING.
State Master Richardson of Massa
chusetts Raises Wild Animals.
A rather unusual kind of farming Is
.nol hv State Master C. D. Rich
ardson of Massachusetts, but he ia cer-
toiniv n farmer on a large scale. At
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west Tirookfield he has a preserve with
rii. eiir hnffnloes. bears, foxes, wild
W-,., v ' , '
PPPSfi. nheasants and nearly every otn
er kind of wild animal known to the
temperate zone. He has been in this
business of breeding animals for about
ten years and has sold during that
time nearly 800 deer. 40 buffaloes, 200
elk, 50 wild boars, a dozen bears, 100
pheasants and swans and almost in
numerable foxes, coons, muskrats and
nther small came. There Is a large
number of wild animals in every park
in the United States supplied from the
West Brookfield preserve. He has
made shipments to New Zealand and
Germany, the shipment to New Zea
land including twenty-four bears and
twelve elk. His' most extensive for-
eicn trade is with Germany and Den
mark. Recently he had a rush order
from Germany for 100 muskrats, and
the order was filled. The preserve is
a fascinating spot covering about fif
teen acres of his ninety-four acre farm
rresnondents-and agents of the bu
reau that the quantity of wheat In
farmers' hands on March 1 was about
23.5 per cent (equivalent to 148,721,000
bushels) of last year's crop as com
pared with 28.1 per cent 206,44,000
bushels) of the 1906 crop on hand
March 1. 1907. and 24.6 per cent (155.
2C8.000 bushels, the average for the
past ten years) of the quantity of the
crop on hand on March 1. It is esti
mated that about 58 per cent of the
crop will be shipped out of the coun
ties where grown as compared with
58.1 per cent of the 1906 crop and 55.9
per cent the average for the past ten
years so shipped out.
The quantity of corn in farmers
hands on March 1 is estimated as 37.1
per cent (equivalent to 962,429.000
bushels) of last year's crop as com
pared with 44.3 per cent (1.298.000.000
bushels) of the 1906 crop on hand March
1907. and 39.4 per cent (882.70 i.ouo
bushels), the average for the past ten
years, or me iuauuijr ui
on hand March 1. It is estimaiea iuui
about 18 per cent of the crop will
he shipped out of counties where
grown as compared with 23.2 per cent ,
of the 1906 crop and ia. per cent iue
average for the past ten years so ship
ped out. The proportion of the total
crop which is merchantable is esti
mated as 77.7 per cent of the 1907 crop.
89.1 per cent of the 1906 crop and 84.2
as the average of the past ten years.
The nuantitv of oats in farmers
hands on March 1 is estimated as 35.5
per cent (equivalent to 26i.470,ooo
bushels) of last year's crop as com
pared with 39.8 per cent (3S4.461.000
bushels) of the 1906 crop on nanu
March 1. 1907. and 37.3 per cent (311,-
625.000 bushels), the average or tne
past ten years, of the quantity of thh
crop on hand March 1. It is estimated
that about 28 per cent of the crop will
be shipped out of the counties where
erown as compared with 27.6 per cent
of the 1906 crop and 27.4 per cent the
ovora.-o for the Dast ten years so
shipped out.
Woman'sWorld
THE BLACK vSHADOW.
Illinois State Grange.
The Illinois state grange has elected
rmver Wilson master. John Miller
overseer. L. B. Eidmann lecturer,
.Teannette E. Yates of Dunlap secre
tary and adopted resolutions condemn
Jng ship subsidy, favoring the estab
lishment of a deep waterway from the
lakes to the gulf, favoring the election
of United States senators by direct
vote, favoring the parcels post system,
urging each township to comply -with
the provisions of the local option law.
Indorsing the movement for the estab
lishment of postal savings banks, favor
ing the amending of the game laws,
inakirg it unlawful to kill quail, tree
squirrels, prairie chickens or pheasants
for five years; that hunting on private
premises without permission of the
owner shall be a misdemeanor, that all
game killed should be carried in open
view and that hunting on Sunday shall
void the license of the hunter.
Too Early Testing.
As a consequence of the last poor
corn year thousands of farmers wno
have never tested their seed corn are
orobablv doing so for the next crop.
And there is a very natural result to
be feared namely, that of testing too
early in the season. This very early
testing is by no means sure to prove
satisfactory, for, as an exchange sug
gests, it frequently happens that corn
will give a high percentage germina
tion in the-middle of winter, while the
same seed if kept two months longer
may have its vitality greatly impaired.
Where corn is placed so that it cannot
be frozen there is less danger of this
happening, but even then better results
will be obtained if seed testing is left
until some time during the early spring
days.
We have in mind an instance where"
good dry oats gave 10 per cent better
germination in the middle or January
than they did on the 1st of April. All
seedsmen will tell you that they find it
necessary to retest seeds in the spring
that have been tested during the win
ter in order to make sure' of their vital
ity.
Wrinkles In Lettuce Growing.
A combination method of indoor and
outdoor lettuce culture that sometimes
works nicely is starting head lettuce In
the greenhouse, hotbed or cold frame
and transplanting to the open as soon
as the weather is favorable. Not only
do we thus get earlier lettuce, but the
development of head lettuce seems to
be very fine under these .conditions.
Deacon, Big Boston, May King, Biacn
Seeded Tennisball, Market Gardener's
Private Stock, Iceberg and Improved
Hanson are varieties suitable for this
An Interesting Record.
A grange at Carroll, N. H., has re
cently celebrated its fifteenth anniver
sary. Five of the twenty-two charter
members were present. Mrs. Flora J.
Miles, now Pomona of the state grange,
has been lecturer of this grange since
its organization with the exception of
one year. The first master served sev
en years, and the first woman to hold
he office of Pomona did not miss a
meeting for ten years. Fifty-five mem
bers of this grange have married in
the fifteen years, and only three have
died.
Educational Railroad Trains.'
It Is proposed to run agricultural ed
ucational trains in West Virginia next
fall. There will be two of these rtrains.
and stops will be made at all- impor
tant stations. Professor T. C. Atkeson.
overseer of the national grange, is In
charge of the matter.
Columbus Hayford. a member of the
Teontive committee of the Maine
state srrange. is something of a farmer.
He harvested 9,000 bushels of pota
toes, 2.000 bushels of grain. 140 tons
nf linv and one ton of' honey. He can
pretty surely qualify as a farmer.
Since its organization in lSn the
Bradford County (Pa.) Grange Mu
trial Fire Insurance company has pr.ld
$100,299.74 for losses. Its membership
has been increased to 1,800. and the
Insurance in force Dec. 31 was 53,06,-
householder all the time, and be
cause he lives in a matchwood dwell
ing Sakure-san has to take a curious
precaution against the sudden loss
cf all. his household goods. This
precaution is the godown.
The stranger in Tokyo or Yoko
hama who sees from his rickshaw a
strange iron plated building with
doorslike turret shutters and point
ed roof heavily incrusted with tiles
is led to believe that here perhaps
is some feudal fort of the od time,
ready to house fighting men against
the attacks of a street mob. But
when the tourist finds one of these
black sheeted buildings on every
other block he learns from the
rountry' dweller that these things
are godowns, or. storehouses for
household goods.
When a fire gets well started in
the crowded blocks of dolls' houses
in a Japanese citV, it is rarely stop
ped until from ten to fifty houses
have been consumed and a black
scar has been drawn across the
whole face of the district. Because
the houses are so flimsy and crowd
ed so closely together that the Jap
anese firemen even at their lst can
do little with a well developed blaze
certain astute citizens erect these
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iron sheatnea ana snutterea two
storied storehouses, wherein the
householders of the neighborhood
and the storekeepers of the district
can store away their valuables.
The eodowns are so heavily
sheathed with iron plate and so
weighted with mud tiles that they
rarely burn. All day long their
windows are kept almost hermetic
ally sealed by heavy swinging shut
ters that look like the doors of a
safe. When a fire comes to a cer
tain district the first thing is to
close district the first godown and
put it in shape to weather the
flames.
To these public fireproof safes
the householders take their best
furniture, their porcelain and their
delicate prints. 'Ihe wives keep
locked up there their best kimonos
and their odds and ends of jewelry.
Merchants have their excess stock
stowed away within them.
Whenever there is a lete in any
GRAND OPERA HER GOAL
Miss Flora Wilson, Who Has Chosen a
. Musical Career.
" Miss Flora Wilson, daughter of the
American secretary of agriculture,
has been in "Paris for the. last three
years preparing f6r grand opera under
Jean de Reszke. At her first public
appearance she rendered a number of
difficult operatic selections in such a
way that her friends were enthusias
tic. Practically every prominent mem
ber of the American colony was pres
ent. Miss Wilson 'received an ovation
and was also the recipient of about 100
pounds of orchids and roses. Miss
Wilson will probably make her debut
in grand opera next year.
Since the death' of her mother Miss
Wilson has presided in her father's
home, supervising his domestic inter
ests and welfare and that of her broth
ers and filling the role of hostess on
social occasions.
In addition to these exacting du
ties. Miss Wilson held the position of I
A Vary
of the
Curious Superstition
Tupi Indiana.
We had been listening to the 1
stories of an officer recently re-
turned from service in the Philip- j
pines about the curious supersti- J
tions among the brown races, when
one of the party, who had been sev
eral years a resident of .Brazil, re
lated an experience he had had
among the native Indians along the
Amazon river at the time of a lu
nar eclipse. He said: 'T noticed
Fruit and
Fi owers
DWARF APPLE TREES.
An Interesting Account of Two Type
Used For Stocks.
Unlike- the dwarf pear, which la
hmhlerl or -.";! fto-l on ouince stock, the
that for several days every Indian jappie when grown as a dwarf is work
employed in my hosts' sawmill, ten 'ed on dwarf forms of the same species,
or twelve in number, spent their j Dwarf and many other curious forms
entire noon hour in making ar- jfcf any plant may appear where many
a i,m k oKfm seedlinis are grown. The dwarf or
O - . I, i. 1 1 ... v..,,. m,n
them at a large tree, not less than
100 yards distant, which stood m
the clearing around the mill.
with the use of firearms and use
sruns in hunting. But for some rea-
bush lima bean may be mentioned as
an example. The bloouiless or seed
less apple, of which so much has been
cM nf Into hna anneared at many
Of course these men are familiar piaces both in the United States and
in Europe, as is shown by tne litera
ture of horticulture.
Paradise and the Doucin.
There are two types of these dwarf
son, probably a tradition supersti
tion or nroohecv. still preserved, it
ia a nnrt of nearlv everv Indian 1 apples which are used, for stocks,
boy's education to make and use known as the Paradise and the Doucin.
bows and arrows, en though re- ' The exact origin ,of 'the .apple-
siding in the cities. I was aston
ished at the skill these men dis
played. They rarely missed the tar
get or struck it so high that they
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could not reacn ana wunaraw me
arrows. When asked what so many
is not known, as several ancient writ
ers describe different apples under this
name or the apple of Adam. One writ
er describes a variety as the true
Paradise, in which the bite of Adam
and Eve can be seen. This notion
probably comes from a peculiar blush
arrows were made for, their only ;on one side of the fruit. It is evident
tnat tne name una ucru
many different forms, all of which
make a tree of about the same height,
ranging from six to eight feet
The origin of the Doucin is more
certain. It appears to have originated
in Italy and was first brought to no
tice probably in the sixteenth century.
m l i 11 1. 1 1
answer was to snoot ine macs:
shadow,' which to me was no expla
nation at all.
"Now, making these arrows is
both difficult and delicate work.
Both shaft and feathers must be
chosen, while fashioning
the points, which are made of a ! This makes a larger tree than the
separate piece of harder wood and Paradise, being about midway between
MISS FLOBA WILSON.
librarian and taught literature In the
Iowa State college, whence she was
graduated in 1892.
She is deeply interested in the de
velopment and progress of women, a
believer in their higher education and
Japanese home or preparations are an advocate of their rights and is her
being made for the entertainment self a living demonstration of the fact
nf cottia enema Priests tne servants tnat tne currents ui a uuui. -.c
are sent to the nearby godown to and a private life may run side by side
hrino- home all the valuables. PlC- penec uaiuiuu,
tures are again hung on the wall,
the heavy bronze vase is restored
for the day to its special taboret,
and the wardrobe of madame is re
plenished.
Then with the passing of the spe
cial occasion passes also the house
hold grandeur. All the fleeting
The women of her state have already
enjoyed the privilege of casting their
ballot on some local questions, and
Miss Wilson thinks it is only a mat
ter of a very short time before they
will be voting in state elections.
The first time they were permitted to
exercise this prerogative Miss Wilson
was the only woman in her ward wno
prettiness of print and flowered ki- availed herself of the coveted privi-
mono is swallowed up in the black lese- " .
. "NT Vrt Miss Wilson is of medium height
Sun.
slenderly built, with a delicate, intel
lectual face, gray eyes, an abundance
of dark hair and a broad, well de
veloped brow. She is a woman whose
strength is none the less felt because
she is gentle and persuasive.
A Practical Rotation.
"I suppose you follow a system
of rotation in your agricultural op
erations," casually observed the
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high browed graduate 01 ine moa- Gentle Art of Making Enemies,
ern agricultural college. I Whistler, the great American painter,
"Follow what kind oi a system r may be better known for his pampniet
inquired honest, hard handed Uncle entitled "The Gentle Art of Making
j2ra I xinemies uiau iui ma f -
tures. And it is an an pracuceu. uj
not a few people, though it is only
cvniclsm that would ever call it gen
tle. Some are always getting hurt and
offended. They seem ever on the look
out for slights and rudeness, and so
turn and twist many an unintentional
thine into a deadly insult. And its
GRANS RAPIDS LETTUCE PLANT.
Grown In pot for transplanting to bench
or dox.j
combination culture. The last two are
curly leaved varieties, but under prop
er cultural conditions form good heads.
The plants are started in the green
house, transplanted into flats ana nara
ened off in the cold frames. They are
then set in the open ground In rows
fifteen inches apart and about ten
Inches apart in the row.
Another wrinkle in the growing or
early lettuce is to grow the plants in
pots until about the size of that shown
in the figure and then transplanted to
flats, in which the plants are grown to
maturity or at least salable size.
"A scheme of rotation. , That is,
take that large field there. You put
that to one purpose one year, an
other purpose the next year and
Btill different the third year, and so
on.
"Oh. ves. I see your meanin'.
Well. sir. last vear we used the pro- funny, if we are on bad terms with
ceeds of that field to give Elizabeth some folks, whether by their fault or
her musical education; this year the ours, now we are aiwBJ iUUu1U6
proceeds went to pay boot m a hoss
1. T VJ U X, He that hath a thousand friends
irauu luai j. uou uui j- i Hath not one friend to spare.
eineerm , and next year 1 intend
that field shall give me a trip down
to the city and build a new concrete
smokehouse. After that I'm. count-
in' on lettin' the youngest boy,
Henry Absalom, farm the field on
shares to kinder get his nanus into
the work." Puck.
Favorite Figs.
Black Ischia is known as Blue Is
chia. This and White Ischia are prime
favorites. Fruit is onsidered as good
is the best for Georgia and the south.
Skin violet black, pulp rosy red. meat
white, soft atid melting. Dries on tree.
Ripens in August. White Ischia has
the same qualities except color. It is
greenish yellow. Farm and Ranch.
And he that hath an enemy
"Will meet him everywhere.
Though true, this is decidedly an un
pleasant circumstance, and so, for your
own sake, it is best to be as little pug
nacious as possible. Having enemies
is a luxury none of us can afford if
we want to make the best of life and
have our friends and relatives make
the best of it, too, and, in addition to
this, there is the higher side of the
question, for we are enjoined in the
we must
not be too hard on one another nor too
critical. If we were weighed in the
balance we use for others I am sure
we would often be found wanting.
But we have a private, a very differ-
charred and shaped in the fire, re
quires both skill and patience. Only
the wing feathers of a bird possess
the spiral twist necessary to give
the arrow a rotary motion in flight.
"The night of the eclipse I went
to my hammock, as usual, not re
membering that one was due. It
occurred about midnight. I was
sleeping soundly when I was awak
ened by some one gently shaking
my hammock!. Housing myself, I
found the oldest man employed in
the mill bending over me. The
eclipse was on and the room was so
dark that I could not distinguish
his features, but his voice was very
grave as he said in Portuguese,
'Pardon, senhor, but do you not
want the moon . to shine again ?
'Moon what's the matter with it?'
I asked, only half awake. 'It has
gone out and will not shine again
until we shoot the black shadow, j
Will the senhoi' let me take his gun
to begin driving it away?'
"I gave him my double barrel
gun and half a dozen cartridges,
and he went out. Greatly mystified,
I followed him a moment later. All
the Indians were assembled in the
open space before the house, and
every one had his bow and arrows,
watching the moon, which was now
entirely obscured, l ma noi join
them, fearing, to disconcert them,
but watched the strange perform
ance from the door.
"First, the old man, after finding
a good rest for his gun, took a long,
careful aim at the moon and fired,
repeating the shots as fast as he
could reload. When the cartridges
were all used, the bowmen drew up
in line, and, taking an equally care
ful aim, shot scores of arrows at the
offending black shadow. 1 hen they
all sat down on the ground, lighted
their cigarettes and waited results.
I left them watching and went in
and was again asleep when the old
man awakened me by entering with
the gun. He was jubilant at the
success of their assault on the black
demon and thanked me for my as
sistance in the ponderously polite
phrases characteristic of his race."
Dewey Austin l-odd in uos An
geles Times.
the latter and a standard tree, states
an authority in Country Gentleman.
For this reason the Doucin has nor
been much used as a stock. Nearly
all the dwarf apple trees in this coun
try are propagated on the Paradis
stock.
Most of the stock is grown in France,
where our nurserymen procure their
supplies.
THE GOOSEBERRY.
Conditions Under Which a Plantation
Lasts Many Years.
The gooseberry is a moisture lovlnff
plant; hence a soil should be chosen
where there will be a constant supply
of water during the growing season.
In dry soils gooseberries suffer very
much in a dry time, the foliage often
falling prematurely and the fruit be
ing scalded by the sun. The soil,
should be a cool one. Moist soils are
usually best but the surface of a sandy
loam soil gets very hot in the sum-
Spraying Peach Trees.
One spraying with bordeaux mixture
m the spring before the opening of the
blossoms continues to prove effective in
the prevention of leaf curl. Where
fungous diseases only are to he fom
bated the bordeaux mixture is pre
ferred. Where scales are present the
How the Oak Will Grow.
There are trees which would
seem to substantiate the theory of book to love one another.
some scientists that there is no rea
son why a tree should ever die un
less destroyed by unfavorable con
ditions or accident. The oak, for
example, will live as a sapling for . fnr hom 'use as a rule.
ages until given opportunity for j' ns ponaer on what Oliver Wendell
growth. There is an old saying to Holmes once said, "Surely while the
the effect that if a pine forest is Lord can tolerate me I can tolerate
Mit. down an oak forest will stow, my fellow creatures." It is not love,
and this is said to be literally true, but an excess of self love, that is at the
vr TTi intA the root of all evil. We fancy that we are
pin woods by birds and squirrels ?t5Z3S'
are left to sprout m the ground. As on a dea, better If we put Beif
me wny bapuugs S'"" w"i6 fa the background and tried to maKe
tives OI tne lorest snaaes niDDie on otners happy and enjoy themselves.
their tender leaves. A.eam ana tf wouldn't eet offended then, let
again new leaves are put forth, only I QS try it
to serve as food lor hungry deer or
The Gallery Answered Martha.
Of the Dublin gallery boys a fa
mous baritone in his reminiscences
tells some good stories one of
"Faust," in which he played Val
entine. After the duel Martha," who rush
ed in at the head of the crowd,
raised Valentine's head and held
him in her arms during the first
part of the scene and cried out in
evident alarm:
"Oh, what shall I do?"
There was a deathlike stillness in
the house, which was interrupted by
a voice from the gallery calling out :
"Unbutton his weskit!"
PEARL GOOSEBKBEY.
mer; hence it is not the best for this
fruit Well drained, heavy clay loams
are the most suitable for gooseberries,
as these usually are both cool and,
moist The soil should have abundant!
plant food, easily available. A good
application of well rotted manure
thoroughly worked into the soil will '
do mnch to bring about these favora
ble conditions.
The Pearl gooseberry is an American
variety. The bush is a moderately up
right grower and very productive.
moose or other marauding crea
tures. And so, hidden from sun
light, deprived, as it would appear,
of every essential of life, the little
plants live on, and when ai. last tne thnt homelike atmosphere.
pines are felled and the sunlight The flrst thing to do Is to choose a
' - ' ilium fKnyr VtAmn Mioit- ta ' rwl a t-!ct tr rtARitm. for there
rnlnhur sprays may be relied upon ror -"" a. ; ' - .
2f wriTOtloi-A.D.8eC of growth. j are some figures shown that would not
Cretonnes In Bedroom.
Of the various materials shown In
the shops nothing is daintier than cre
tonne for a bedroom. There are a fresh
ness and a crispness about the material
a
Brown Rot of the Lemon.
Brown rot is a certain form of decay
of the lemon of an appearance and na
ture very characteristic to one familiar
with it The orange, pomelo and otn-
er citrus fruits are also affected, but
uot to the extent of the lemon, on ac
count of the methods of handling the
latter fruit Brown rot in the pack
ing house Is distinguished most clear
ly by two features its rapid spread
In the fruit by contact and its charac
teristic odor. The odor of brown rot
In citrus fruit Is most characteristic,'
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AIT nark-turn linu lO one uuimioi "
KnocK-turn. . -mn Bmonnt of
When J A. MacNeill WMstler; fr-Raiph
lived in Chelsea, England, his pe- E gmitn CallfornIa. ,
CUlianues SUUIl maue mm a a.iiiLiiai.
figure even among the bargemen,
who got to know him as the artist
of their beloved Thames.
ernoon, while sauntering along the
embankment, Whistler was con
fronted by a man who had one eye
most effectively blackened. The
artist stopped and inquired, "What's
the matter, my good fellow?" The
man touched his hat. "Oh, noth-
Care of Cailas.
Callas reauire plenty of water, with
One aft- good drainage. The pot may be set in
a dish or saucer of lukewarm water
nd allowed to soak up into the earth
t the bottom of the pot, thus reach-:
tag the ball of the root
Shrubs and Climbers.
Shrubs and climbers together, Judl
.tmieiv nlntvxl. will often transform a
m", sir mereiv a snocn-ium bare ana areary uuuse nuu
blue and green." into a scene of harmony and beauty.
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