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HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION"
P ra c tic a l F a r m C o n s e rv a tio n
Knowing How to Do Things More Efficiently a Real Saving of
Human Energy.
H otel Butler
BY C. F. IIODGE,
is to cost $2,000,000, but it may save
P ro fe sso r of S ocial Biology U n iv ersity ten times t h a t am ount of fu tile labor
in a single year. Wc shall soon be b u y ­
of Oregon.
R ARK a p t to pride ourselves in ing a n d selling land nn the bas is of
being a common sense, practical soil analyses which shall in dicate what
poople. Are w e t T a k e this as an fho land is able to produce.
example. We toil for months, plowing,
har ro wing, sowing, harvesting, thresh ing
an d hauling an d shipping a million
bnshels of wheat. Wo send it o v er to
I t a l y and Caruso comes an d sings to us
a few days to pay for it. We adore
s t r a i g h t throu gh the whole problem of i * J S H A L L refuse to pay for a tten d
Under new management—entire change in
th e beautiful an d the inspiring, b u t our
all
departments—all rooms redecorated and re­
4 t common-sense, p r a c t i c a l ” w ay o f g et
had been sta y in g a t an old fash
t i n g j u st a w h iff of these higher things ioned co u n try hotel an d who had ju st
furnished.
Particular attention is now being
now an d then is scarcely above the been presented with his bill. “ Why,
level of the brute beast stupidity. Well, tho bells in th o rooms a r e a perfe ct
paid to prompt, efficient and courteous service. „
t h i s is b e t t e r t h a n not g e t t i n g an y disgrace; not one o f them would ring.
w h i f f of high er things a t all, but E v e ry th in g I w an ted 1 had to fetch my
our ag ricultura l lifo wo have to work self. 1 must h ave spent somo hours t u g
so hard, bccuuso we do not know any ging a t those bell pulls. ”
b etter.
‘ I t ’s true we have char ged for at
Now, “ k n o w i n g ” is only another t e n d a n c e , ” said th e smiling proprietor,
word for “ sc ien ce,” an d the best d e f i ­ “ but, sec, we have char ged you nothing
nition of scienco I know is ono given for your physical culturo co u rse.”
b y Huxley—“ T rain ed an d organized
“ Physical culture c o u r s e ! ” exclaim
common sen se.” W h a t m ust ultim ately ed tho touris t in surprise. “ I d o n ’t
prove a g reater loss th an the labor know w h at you m e a n . ”
comes from the fact t h a t with tho m il­
‘ The daily use of our d u m b b e l l s , ”
lion bushels of wheat we have mined was the cool retort.
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out and sent over the ocean $250,000
wo rth o f soil salts and these may bo
Cause of D e-th .
lack in g , when we w an t to raise another <<
may say your autom obile did
m illion bushels of wheat to exchange
| not touch th is man, and y e t he
fo r music, so we still have to go with
was dead when you picked him
o u t our music.
u p f ” shouted the prosecu ting a t t o r
Tho firs t and g reatest need o f con­ ney.
se rv atio n in our farm lifo is real sav • “ T h a t ’s my cla im ,” coolly retorted
“ My m achine d i d n ’t
ing of hum an energy by know ing how th e prisoner.
jto do th in g s more efficiently. In fact touch h i m . ”
—THE FINEST IN SEATTLE—
“ And y t a saw this m an s t a r t to cross
sta n d a rd s of efficiency are being a p ­
plied to farm operations a n d some ol tho 8 l r e e t t ”
“ Y es.”
tho resu lts aro shown iu the ta b le be­
“ Did you blow vour h o r n ? ”
low:
“ I did.’
S t a n d a r d s an d percentages of e f f i ­
Service the Best.
“ W hat so rt o f a hern is i t f ”
Cuisine Unexcelled.
ciency for farm crops:
“ One of those new -fangled clatter-
Standard
Ter cont
boxes th a t create a sound th a t is a
y ield
Aver ag e of
cross betw een a sh riek and a dying
per acre
Efficiency w a il.”
P o ta 'o e s ........500 bu
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“ T h a t explains it.
You simply
ROBERT J. ROBINSON
.W heat ....------ 50 bu
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scared th e man to d e a t h . ”
C ottici ...
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Manager
C o r n ____ ........100 bu
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A F em inine R ealist.
O ats ........ ____100 bu
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E WAS e n rap tu re d w ith th e seen
T hese low p ercentages are m erely e x ­
cry. H is f a ir com panion a t the
pressions in m athem atical term s of not
co u n try reso rt sa t upon th e stone cord and stopped th e tra in , and th e fa st
know ing how.
T he sta n d a rd of 500 w all beside him.
tr a in ra n in to us. I t will ta k e fiv e
bushels of p otatoes per acre is really
“ Behold th a t e x q u isite s u n s e t! ” he hours to clear th e line fo r us to go
low. W ith addition of know ing how to exclaim ed. “ N ote th e d elicate flesh ahead.
breeding and selection of seed, precision tin ts, th e cream shades, th e long dashes
G en tlem an :
F iv e hours»
G reat
o f fe rtiliz e rs and cu ltu re m ethods, we of Vermillion, an d tho almost liv in g fire S c o ttl 1 w a to be m arried today.
m ay raise tho sta n d a rd to 1000 bushels. th a t leaps up from th e sin k in g sun as
Let him play in overalls
C onductor (a m arried m an, ste rn ly :)
In fact tho inoro use of im m ature seed from a fo u n tain .
with never a care in the
Behold th e fra m e ­ Look here, are you th e chap who stopped
world and you will make
has been proved to inoro th an double work o f d a rk e n in g skies an d o f deep th e train »
him a healthy, happy boy.
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th e crop over th a t from dead ripe seed green. I s n ’t it wonderful »'
Be sure to buy him
of tho satno v ariety .
P ro b ab ly I^ord
H is f a i r com panion sighed heavily.
A fte r E ffe c ts.
R oseberry holds the w o rld ’s record for
“ You ju st b e t it i s ! ’ ’ she exclaim ed.
‘ Yon say you had a co rk in g good
Tw o-H orse Brand
yield o f potatoes a t 2000 bushels of m ar
I t looks ju s t liko a g re a t b ig lobster tim e la s t n ig h t» ”
Overalls
k c ta b le tubers w ith 45 bushels of culls s a la d ! ”
•Y e s.”
per acre. W ith the sta n d a rd a t 2000
a n a
T h e kind that is made
‘Ju d g in g from t h s w ay y on look th is
bushels our efficiency falls to 4 3 4 p«r
for com fort and long wear.
T h irte e n T rum ps— One T rick.
m orning, i t m ust h av e been an uncork
cent. W hen wo know how, it m ay be as
M IT H had in v ite d sev eral o f h is ng good tim e .”
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easy, or even easier, to raise 1000 bush
. . .
frien d s an d n eighbors to te a th e
els of p otatoes per acre as 100 bushels.
On P a y Day.
o th er n ig h t, and th e conversation
T he most laborious and expensive p art veered aronnd to whist.*
H E w orkm an w as b u sily em ployed
o f raisin g a field of corn has been
in e n e rv a tin g op eratio n s b y the
” 1 have seen som e rem ark a b le w hist
“ thorough cultication. ”
A fte r th is h a n d s ,” said one o f th e guests. " I re
roadside— th a t is' to say, he was
had. fo r centuries, been te a rin g o ff h alf m em ber n ot long ago I saw one m an digging, digging, d igging— an d th e way
M a dm B y
th e roots of the corn pla it and w ith hold all th irte e n tru m p s .”
ta re r, who happened to bo passing,
L E V I S T R A U SS A. C O ., Su F a
g re a t labor had been reducing th e yield
“ T h a t's not very u n u su a l,” rem arked paused to inq u ire:
Jfro n i 20 to 50, or more, bushels per acre, another.
“ W h rt are you d ig g in g f o r » ”
som eone h it upon th e idea of try in g to
“ N o t a t a ll; b u t th e curious p a r t o f
T he w orkm kan looked up.
FOR YOUR DEN
know som ething about the grow th of it w as th a t he only took one tr ic k .”
“ M oney,
he replied.
B e a u tifu l College P e n n a n ts
th e corn p l a n t It was discovered th a t
“ H o w ’s t h a t » ”
“ M oney! A nd wheu do you expect
th e roots spread out close under th e sur
“ W hy, he trum ped his p a r t n e r ’s aee to s trik e i t » ”
fa c e of th e soil for six or seven feet in firs t tim e round, and hie p r r tn e r was
‘On S a tu r d a y ,” replied t>« other, Y ale a n d H arv ard . E ach k ln. X 24
•v e r y direction. N ext came th e ques so fu rio u s th a t he g o t np an d threw
P rin ceto n . C o rn ell M ichigan
rr.d resum ed operations.
E ach " in. x 21 In.
tio n : did not deep cu ltiv atio n in ju re him out o f th e w in d o w ."
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th m e roots? R ecent experim ent have
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proved th a t by m erely shaving o ff th e
ing, stream ers, le tte rs and mascot ex ­
Too Thin.
w eeds, w ithout s tirrin g (he soil in the i C s — \T11FR , ” said th e stu d e n t. “ I
‘ T hese p o tato es ta s te stro n g ly of ecuted ia pro i r c o lo rs T h is splendid
asso
rtm en t sen t postpaid fo r 50 cents
le s s t we get y ields of eo rr equal and
w a n t to ta lk to you about eb an g gasoline, my d ear. W hat reeip e did you an d 5 sta m p s to pay postage. Send now.
u se » ”
o fte n b e tte r th a n we ob tain w ith m ost
ing my course o f s tu d y .”
eo refu l su rfa c e cu ltiv atio n . T he am ount
‘ 1 m ust h av e got my recip es m ix­
“ T alk to your m other, s o n ,” d irected
HOWARD SPECIALTY CO.
o f hum an energy conserved along the th e fa th e r, who was read in g th e «port ed,” answ ered th e y au n g w fe a f te r
D ayton. Ohio.
some reflee J ob , “ and used th e one fo r
lin e o f th is one b it of know ing how m g page.
m ay m ake the d ifferen ce on m any a
“ M o th e r.” said th e son, “ I m ade a cleaning v e lv e t.”
GOING EAST ON­
fa rm betw een life being w orth while m istak e when 1 selected chem istry. B ut
and not being w orth th e living.
it is not too la te to change even yet.
COMING WEST
Tho la rg e st fa c to r of all in the whole I w an t to ta k e astronom y in s te a d .”
W hy L ig h tn in g S trik e s T rees.
Tho m other searched tho eyes o f her
problem is th e p la n t food content of the
H A T tre e s are th e o b jeets m ost f re
l i t ran 5 otc non Money
noil ita e lf and a know ledge as to how son sharply. T hen she said :
quenU y stru ck b y lig h tn in g .a the
“ Nope.
Y ou'll h av e to th in k np
Ib is m ay be atiliaed .
T his may mean
observe >n o f M r F. G. Plum m er
Rodurwd nit*« •« H oo*rhold Good g P U n o *
Ik s d iffe re n c e betw een raising nothing some b e tte r excuse f e r s ta y in g out a t o f th e U nited S ta te e foreet service As A utom obile«, e te . T h r o n e * e o « « o lid * t* d r u n
prom pt
d#liv*ry
and
cnrefnj
oa s field, a f t e r a hard y e a r 's work, m g h tl ”
th e roots o f a treo ex ten d in to th e i n w r i n j
• o e
an d ra isin g a crop of 75 bushels oi corn
dam p ground, a tree is m ote lik ely to laafltaG
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