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o 1 IOTTAELE DAIRYING Vw, V-v-t; '-p- I,ViI.S tis'itC, L lown fnriuvr iv!tw ' yw this futir t,.:n' thu oihv.i' fauu :cv,n ' - :...--. Wttfe to be .s.iipy..i -a,, .i - ' ' , entirely in their iuiw U v.u .v. , 'ul(l bti reuuved ! aaiouiit tt itit .........' i the Ouult'. c:i v, y ;. . IbtlUfl lu& X- KV 0i..'J.u . OUili hii .l.!uOai i !.;. "' "" oi'O)! suiht itiitiy- 'a.jiv j '. '" tf ti (S til fifclta U -v -. ' PruilDIiS :y '.fcv v.Vi ..i,.r.-,...; I 'Tdtn-if. ul tho lAtif.u ' 'Ti;U;u U.U.. itlv .ttt t:i If p. ibiirjnici int :.iiHH..;ii v.. w Sn rw.a uiiU iimm- .-.: ., ?TfOiilK.itlg .XlJ:il i J.v '! 3a .f. i jiuM-iliillly .,' 4,1 jiit; svhjiuhio :ort!liy. n i-vi-jx-B,t-ij confronting far'."vr ci WC 3e J fccU UK' la." Jt2! ra?:d-J- j,"t g ;jujiJat:oii. It is necessary j I'i'i to cofitiD'W producing as n,u k-. a diinf nf fnml lll:on the tfcrn- tie west, but In the future t u.-i r. .re nust be raised per acre o! sre-rj farmed than ha3 ever been riiseJ before if people are to have as tauch to eat and wear as they have had in the past This is due to the fact that the population of the United States Is rapidly growing and new farms of great yielding value are be coming very Bcarce. Tills point is ex emplified by the fact that last year larger crops were raised than ever be fore, and with the exception of a very few years in history, prices rule high er than ever before. Intensified Farming. All this points to one general fact, namely, that the farms of the west must be worked more intensely, and perhaps instead of one or two crops being raised, more attention must be given to diversified farming. It is very necessary that the great fertility now present in the soil must bo re tained at least, and if there is a pos sible way of Increasing the fertility of our farms, attention must be given to this point, notation of crops is use ful In holding fertility, but it is ex tremely doubtful whether this method alone will suffice to keep the farms in a profit-producing condition; for the fact Is very evident that whenever a bushel of corn, wheat, oats or potatoes or a ton of liny Is taken away from the farm, all tho fertility which Is con tained In them goes along and Is thus transferred from tho farm on which the crop was raised to 601110 other farm or wasted. There was a time when farms In tho New England states wero fertile and productive and their owners boasted of the fact that tho soil was rich and deep and could never be exhausted. From year to year large crops were raised, a large portion of which was sent across the water to Europe, and gradually the farms of Europe became better and more productive, but this was at the expense of the farms in the New England states, lor, as a matter ., (' 11. ::;- 1 .-,, .!' .-:;-r. h;ch ' ... , u 1 : .-. -v : : .- i 'C 1. r- M..,.-i ?-hi :'f- Vf fO ..J..K. ! ,1:' v-:; r.r; :!-cr:or;ts t. k I'm zlt.t - r rr-.'vr sj stra 1 .-1 ;i't '.. i-.T.f.. i. ct'.r.tr w.tb tte j '-,.."1.;. z.u r..f s.r.i grasses raised : ! . :'.t.: tie dairy cow. stil:ng ; 7-.-i:: :z tie form of butter and -:.-.::; ths by rroducts to the land, tie Iowa farm can be made to produce nx.-e largely from year to year, and iuai fcj 5r I tn&ucri BOO .. . . w.... ....vtno fnr him a vrt pwtirf, tu tva? of fni i:$ to m even after ,Httsms tb v-ily of the skim milk .-ti vjcta-jr fnia the standpoint j st- tvHisi-a !. With this fact -t ar'td ixl e-'c-r tatrvsttfd in the :r4. 5xf H rot stUt-J at dis' ti.t '.! ;-'! ,w a!o:H so ho -j.,n it t buii v:p his herd '.'l-jrt t.tt fee svfXs knowh'dge s-.' !x- t5 rrcyer ivtttts to be ,kvv vt it tie ifVotion. btvedin.n vy;i ;ie vr-v.. for i-ows. and vv-;r 't s v:w jos'.Mtf fot .,- . t:rI y the Iowa Statf -.ss vvia::oa to be of as ij'iMf t.- t-nt Tke spirit of Im a rt-achevi f.irther than iw Vi' jr,:r t?4 tie Pairymen's as f.vi: s-t:, o tia: at tho r-roscnt t,nir - j:! ! tontjt done by publii r-:i tver aions this same line 01 ; :'t e:t:e:tt. Ica Cew Culture Club. rrot-sbiy no one has excited Rf r.tuoh interest In dairying during the ;ss? year as has Mr. W. W. Marsh of Waterloo. Iowa. During this time he has made two or three trips to tie Island of Guernsey and imported from there, regardless of cost, nearly 100 head of the very finest Guernsey cattle that money could buy. He was the organizer of the Iowa Cow Culture club and put up $1,000 in cash to be divided as prizes among the 12 cows producing the most butter in Iowa After he had started the game many others followed. The Iowa State Ag ricultural college at Ames agreed to make official the records of these cows by sending a tester to the home Effective Costumes A Cow and Her Three Daughters That ter in a each generation that tills the soil will leave the farm to the next generation in eveu butter condition than they themsolves inherited it. Dairy Cow Most Economical Producer. This Is not the only distinct ad vantage the dairy cow has, for she 13 furthermore recognized as the most economical producer of food nutrients. Extensive experiments curried on by Metinrs. Law and Gilberts show that the cow giving daily ten quarts of milk produces six times as much min eral matter, six times as much nitro genous material, and an amount of fat equal to the steer that gains in live weight 15 pounds of beef per week. A good dairy cow, too, will accomplish this end by the consumption of cheap er foods than will tho steer, for the food of the dairy cow is made up largely of roughage, which is a cheap er kind of food, with a small amount of concentrates, while the ration of the steer is mude up largely of con centrates, with a comparatively small amount of roughage. J nS NT T W J t 'H ' v f - , "Matilda's Lily," Jersey Produced 565 Pounds of Butter In One Year. of fact, the great fertility which was once to be tound ou!. these eastern farina had been gradually worked out of the ground. Incorporated in the crops that were raised and shipped across the water to Kurore, and al though the process was slow it was extensive, and tho fertility was trans ferred from the custom part of the United States to the farms of Europe. "Many Farmers Rob the Soil." The western farmer is acquainted with this fact and realizes that to con tlnually grow corn and hay and other farm crops and ship them away from his farm In the raw state moans to transfer tho fertility from his farm to that owned by some other man; the observing have seen this fact demon strated. In many enses whore on one side of the road lived a grain farmer nnd his neighbor across the road fed live etock, gradunlly and In some ln Btances quite rapidly It could bo seen that the stock farmer who was buying grain from his neighboring grain farm er was carrying across the road the rery best portion of his nelghbor'a farm. As years went by one farm la this case became better by far And The annual production of dairy prod ucts In the United States returns an income of $800,000,000, which Is equal to one-ninth of the entire value of all farm products. Of this amount Iowa ol one cent per pound, this money to be spent for the employing of an ex pert to do everything In his power for the rssistance of tho patrons and for the upbuilding of dairying in that community. Now, experience tells us exactly what will be the result. The farmers of this organization will dispose of the unprofitable cows. They will keep the good cows and during the next year, although they do not produce so large an amount of milk and butter fat, the labor on the farm with the cows will be less, feed will be saved and the net profits will be far greater. Then, and not until then, does the farmer become really interested In the busi ness ot milking cows. Then It Is that he sees the manner In which real profit can be made from his herd. His eyes have been opened to some really wouderful facts. He has found that wtere one cow was producing 100 pounds of butter In a year and barely paid for her keeping, another cow Will Each Yield 500 Pounds of But Year. of each cow once a month. By so doing, when the year's test has been completed each cow will have an offi cial record of the exact amount of milk and butter that she has produced during the year and there will be no guesswork about It Hon. J. J. Richardson of Davenport Iowa, than whom there is no more in fluential man connected with the American Jersey Cattle club of New York city, at once set about to Induce the Cattle club to duplicate Mr. Marsh's prizes for Jersey cattle that might enter the contest and win. VV. B. Barney of Hampton, Iowa, pres ident of the Iowa Dairymen's associa tion and likewise Influential with the Holsteln-Frlesian association of Amer ica, induced his association to dupli cate the prizes to the extent of $500 for Holstein cows that might be win ners of a portion of Mr. Marsh's money, and then it was that everyone seemed anxious to put up prizes for the good of this cause and seven or eight pure bred dairy bull calves were offered as prizes to competitors own ing common grade cows. Dairy sepa rators, milking machines and prizes of all kinds were offered, until finally the prize list amounted to between four and five thousand dollars, and then It was that the farmers of Iowa began entering their cows until at the time when the date for entry closed there were found to be competing in the one large association 160 cows and surprising are the facts that have been revealed from month to month. A large number of the cows have been producing from 40 to 100 pounds of butter per month and, on the other hand, a large number of them have been producing from 10 to 15 pounds of butter a month; or, in other words, some of the cows In the test are the equal In milk nnd butter production and, in the end. In the production of profits to their owners, of eight or ten of the cows on the other end. This yearly contest will be finished by the first of August. 1910, and the yearly production of 160 cows can then be figured up. At that time It la planned to duplicate the test and al ready much prize money has been ot tered for the cows that will enter for another such race. Now, the value of such a contest Is not in the prize which the owner of a cow may win, because this really is a small portion of the real good, but It Is surprising as well as very gratifying to find how Intense the Interest ot the owner of the cow becomes when she begins ' her race in a public contest He at once wishes to learn the very best ways of feeding and caring for her and there is an impulse which leads him on to Increasing bis edu cation along lines that will better the conditions In the dairy for all time to come. This growth of Interest brings questions from farmers, dairy men and breeders all over the state regarding the building up and caring for the dairy herd. Many are antici pating going Into the dairy business and others who have been tn the dairy business are anticipating making uuamess one or less drudgery, shorter hours of confinement nnd business of profit with less of the heavy work and caw than in most anjr oiner line of farming. -1 If IS, mm pilM VMM 1 1 Iw&n 1 1 g f lite I III! w y wU Twit 11 HE costume at the left Is in russet 1 colored face cloth, and is effective ly trimmed with black military braid. The skirt has a panel back and front cut in with the lower edge of sides; the upper part is laid on in wrapped seams; buttons are sewn each side of front; six rows of military braid are then arranged at equal distances at the foot The coat is semi-fitting and has the front and back panels laid on the sides in wrapped seams, braid trims the lower edge of sides, also the collar and cuffs. Hat of black felt, trimmed with black satin bows com pletes the costume. Materials reauired: Six yards clotn 46 inches 'wide, 18 yards braid, 4Va TO COVER THE FURNITURE Cretonne Slips Are Among the Pret- tlest Tnings max an for This Purpose. ti7.n how Dretty and .mi am fiimlt.ura covers made lauwai vi - from cretonne and other figured material, or more nousowivea uu.u t rfinovatlnK tutin.t) UBO UL DU" - old and worn furniture. Incidentally, these modern "slips" can be made by a woman who has had any experience In cutting patterns. i " models for chair covers, etc., can be best made by cutting a design from three-cent cambric and fitting it snugly with pins to the furniture. When the exact aimensions oi .iv. pnmnlotft in cambric these trial "slips" must he unpinned and laid on the material rrom which iu slips" are to be constructed to bind the seams in these slips. Indeed, In a a a effort nf Ruch seams is undesirable. On plain, dun-colored fabrics life is Introduced by the use of red or blue braid on the seams. With figured goods, French seaming Is best. It makes a firm and neat finish, and obviates the use of an other color. In slip covers the frame ot the furniture is hidden by the material. They are precisely what they are called, "slips," which easily can be large enough to allow for shrinkage when first washed. ruwourg DAMASK FOR SHAWL SCARFS One of the Prettiest and Most Sensible of the Present Season's Fashions. Silk damasks are used in the fash zoning of the broad shawl scarfs that ore fashionable. They have the air of having once covered sofas and chairs of the grand monarch period. These scarfs are so ample that . ,j nhnut the fleure they are wneu wu""" " - , as warm as a coat The colors are ex quisite A blurred design In Japanese red which has all the romance of the east in it is most effective. A mel low thistle blue shade and a peculiar trreen that is named after the Nile, yet which makes the old-fashioned Nile green seem inspired, is used with ex cellent effect These are often bordered with mara bou and are often thrown over the shoulders with the defiant abandon of the Spaniard's cloak. Ironing Table Linen. ' It is said that an experienced laundress never sprinkles her linen. She dries it thoroughly in the air. then dips it into boiling water and puts It through the wringer. Each article la then folded in a dry cloth as smoothly as possible and allowed to remain there for a couple of hours or to. Irons must be hot but not scorching, because the linen must be Ironed perfectly dry. Herein lies the secret of table linen that is guiltless of starcr yards silk or satin for lining coat, two dozen buttons. The second might be made in navy serge; it has a panel taken down front and back of skirt, terminating in a box plait; on either side of front are two Inverted plaits, these are headed by a material strap pointed at the end in which a button is sewn. The coat is spinl-fittlng and has a large sailor collar faced with materi al; the right front is cut in a point and taken over to left, where fasten ing is formed. Hat of navy chip trimmed with a feather mount Materials required: Six and one half yards serge 43 inches wide, seven buttons. GIRL'S EVENING DRESS. m 8 This simple little dress is in soft cream satin; the skirt has the fulness gathered in at waist, then again to the lace band at foot; this is of coarse lace, and is cut in a tab in front The kimono bodice is edged with a lace trimming to match skirt, and has the slight fulness drawn into a lace waist band, the sleeves are finished off in the same way. Material required: i yards satin 43 inches wide, 3 yards lace. Chenille Scarfs. New scarfs that should make thelt wearers Indifferent to any degree of cold, less severe than that of the arc tic, are of chenille. They come in navy blue, old blue, amethyst and oth er fashionable shades, have chenille fringes and are further adorned with Persian borders. The Wheel Motif. Huge filigree and jeweled wheel motifs now ornament gowns. They are made of old gold flligreellke fret work, lncrustec with giant sap phires and imitation stones, and linked together with heavy chains of beads and gold filigree balls. Price of Ivory Increasing. Ivory continues to make rapid garni In cost and may sooner or later be In a class with gold. At the sales in Europe the tremendous demand pushes up the price. The allotment for each sale seems co be the same, and with a gaining consumption it is logical to expect a price advance. This will continue until a substitute Ivory is discovered or ivory Is se cured in greater quantities. Although we buy a great many tusks for piano keys and use the very latest method of cutting and bleaching, the margin of profit In finished key ivory is ex ceedingly small. With the best of skill in blocking the waste is enor mous and there are many other de tails in connection with key ivory manufacture that require time am money. Motors will find Mrs. Window's Soothing Byrup the best remedv to ubo lot their ciiUdrea luring toe teeming penuu. New Silk for Scarfs. Among scarfs the newest material is fine silk cricot like glove silk. Theee come in all the fashionable shades. Many scarfs have embroidered and silk crocheted lace ends, in self tones or In harmoniously contrasting colors. Closu Uworver. PhiliD. eiKht years of age, already is a close If silent observer. In his town a number of men in the past few years have died, leaving their fam ilies unprovided for. One day Philip's teacher asked him to define the word "widow." "A widow," replied thought ful Philip, "la a poor woman with, a large famllf ,,v" hoarders." ' .t The Missing Bird. 'I "How do you find the chicken soup tonight, Mr. Newcomb?" queried the boarding house landlady. "I have no difficulty in finding the soup, Mrs. Hasher." he replied, "but I am in clined to think the chicken will be able to prove an alibi.' Strong Winds and Sand Storms cause granulation of the eyelids. PET TIT'S EYE SALVE soothes and quickly relieves, 25c. All druggists or Howard Bros., Buffalo, N. Y. The Only Way. To try to make others comfortable Is the only way to get right comfort able ourselves, and that comes partly of not being able to think so much about ourselves when we are helping other people. For oursolves will al ways do pretty well If we do not pay them too much attention. Qeorge Macdonald. TRY MURINE EYE REMEDY for Red, Weak, Weary, Watery iEyea and Granulated Eyelids. Murine Doesn t Smart Soothes Eye Pain. 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Used tin World over to Cure a Cold in One Day. 25c How to String Beads. In stringing any precious beads, and pearls especially, never use a needle. Simply wax vhe end of the silk ard pass it through the hole. The knotting is also an important point. It must be large enough to hold the bead, but not large enough to show. Pearl stringers use an intri cate knot of their own, and that Is why it is. on the whole, better to have very expensive Jewels strung by a professional. When there is a col larette or something of the sort to be made, this is absolutely necessary. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cui constipation. Constipation is the causa of many diseases. Cure the cause and you cure the disease. Easy to take. Always Something to Miss, -" I tee that a man has succeeded tl flying from a ship to shore." "When they get so that they can ; ny rrom snore to a ship there may be some chance for the man who always . misses the boat" I True, but then well hare to on. tend with the man who always nlnirn) ; the aeroslan."