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I DRY FARMING CONGRtSS. RAISES ITS PRICES Method* of Increasing Crop Output Beet '«rust -Says Cattl* Ar* Scare* Will Be Discussed. and Corn High. Th* Dry Farming congress is now New York, July 5.- The beef truat organis'd, with aomr per-u«teni y am has again ordered th« price of it* pro- determination to b* hi-aril from in thi . duct raieed Fourteen cent* a pound matter of urging its claims upon th. for pot roast to 2K cent* for porter attention of the public. The faith that house ami sirloin steaks is the price. the promoter» and operators of thu Thirty cents will be demanded for the association have in their claims of dr} latter cuts in a few days, while avér farming methods, well carried out age beef will coal the dealer 10*4 és tile cannot be q ie«tionc<), says the *.iilo. a p«jund, as against th* hitherto pre- of ths Twentieth Century Farmer. Th* vailing price of 10 cent*. experiences and result* of careful am Th« high price of corn and the •car* persistent work in crop growing efforb city of cattle are the reason* ssaigned are the evidence that la offered in tea by the trust for th« increase in prices. timony of the feasibility of dry farm A* to why csttle should be any scarcer ing metho!« and dry farming as an in now than at any other time no answer duo try. is forthcoming. It la not surprising that there ar« Retail butcher* explain that the the doubtful, the skeptical, the uiitx- working ¡irople are too poor to buy liever in converting the dry land of th« beef; that there is a lessening in the arid West to agricultural purposes. th« lemand and consequently a raising m growing of crops, the cultivation o' tin- ¡-r< It tn ¡minted out that Pat orchards and forests. th* establishin| ten's corner in wheat has increased the of bom< a and lb* building up of com : demand for corn ss an article of human mercial interests ami Industrie* 0* I consumption, and that therefore the these land*; we say that it la not sur priee of that grain ha* so increased prising that some hesitate, that they that it is no longer profitable to raise doubt, the availability of «ufl.ri,« i com-fed cattle. moisture to grow crops; that they fore The officers of the beef trust in the cast seasons of drouth, str. All these East arc very reticent in discussing things had their period and have exert Hie condition of th« beef market. ed their influence to discourage anc When an expresaion of opinion was prejudice ths mind of the ¡niblir as th* i sought from the reprosentstiv«-« of the settlement of the country has pro- big Irader* in the trust, such a* Ar greased w«-»twar<l fir th«- last fifty mour's and Swift's, the inquirer was years, and yet cultivation has been the referrtd from one official to another. civilising infl jence that has contjuered Finally a vague statement was made drouth, hot winds and the barrenness to the rffect that th« market ws* nor of the plains and prairie countries that mal and that existing prices were due are'now the dependence in production. i to natural trade condition*. The Fourth Dry Farming congress will hold its meeting at Billing*. Mon BODIES IN RUINS. tana. October 2d. 27 and 2H, '.!»<>!♦. Thia will not only be an institute foi dry farming farm« ;» and dry farming Work Su»p*nd*d st M**«ina on Ac- count of Hot Weather. instructors and teachers, but it will I h an exposition of dry farming product* Rome, July 5. Thousands of b sties such as this or no other country ha« of the vlrtims of the December earth •V«r witnessed There are pledged al quake that dev a stated Messina are ready exhibits from thirl« « n Western still in the ruin* of that city and will state* that are engaged in dry farming not be dug out to receive burial until work. The organization by states, to wint«<r. In an effort to convince King ■bow what each I* doing and capable Victor that it is doing every ¡«ossibl* of doing in the raising of grain and thing toward the end* desired in Mes vegetable crops. without irrigation, is sina, the Interior department Uxlay a feature never before undertaken in submitted it* first comprehensive rt-- thi* distirct ami promise* some great |x>rt. It is underst«»*! tonight that the surprise* for visitors. king, though not doubting the honesty The are* of tillable land* in the ut the official*, was angry tlukt there United States not yet turned to culti hud tieen so «nuch delay, and hail de vation is comparatively small, and un manded s|M»edier work. der present conditions of demand by In reply to the accusation that no the homesteader will last but a f«-w excavation had been made in the ruins, more year* at moat, it is only the part the Interior detriment declares it ha* of go<«l business judgment that the b< en found nrnniarv to suspend til dry farming district* be investigated work of thi* nature during the warm by those who contemplate getting a wi-atlii r. I’p to that time lio.mio bod horn«* under the fr«-« homestead law. ies had been recover«?d. An average Good land* and the best locations will of SOO bodies were remove«! daily in be the first taken. Each year will ro . Jal's . », II Bl.i N were »AI n ni April and 9<>0 I mx J H ics «waiting lue. the quality of lands to be disposed for |W4.k <lf „ (11 . af as government homestand*. The Dry Farming congress will be GOLD ORE AS BALLAST. * good place to visit next October, in view of getting dry farming inform* tlon and dry farms on which to put it Santa F* Road Bed Rich in Precioua into practice. The Dry Farming con Metal. gress announce* that there are 200,- Chicago, July 5. Officials of the 000,000 acres of arable land awaiting Santa Fe road are inclined to twlieve - levelopment by the dry farming meth- that through the accidental discovery I 6 Give the bees plenty of water. They need a great deal and will fly a long distance to get It. if there I* no running ■ tr.am or lak* of pur* water near It Is well to pla«e a pall of fresh water near th* •palry every day Bees use water to dilute the heavy, thick honey left over from winter to make It suitable for tbs young larvae ■ nd also to mak* th* coll wax pilable Bees should be protected from the wind on the north and west by a close «♦< bed** or high fem e All the weed* should be kept down In front of the hives Mow s plot < feet wld* snd then rut the weed* and grass close to th* ground with a boe. An hour once a week «¡»»nt on tbs car* of th* be«* will bring larger re turn* for th* effort than any other labor on th* farm A newspaper man In Chicago, who live* a few mile* out In th* country, last year sold 1315 worth of bonay to thre* big hotel* Ils say* he did not •p«nd more than an hour a week look ing after hi* bees during the season —-F. and D. Journal. kerd fur « fattili«. Feed chicken* the firn day or two upon a mixture of bread crumb* gtated fine and hard bo Cod egg chop I»ed fine Keep water before them In a small fountain, «o they ran drink but not get Into It lo a few day* feed upon rolled oat*, finely cracked corn and any «mall seed* Add a »tiould not be forgotten that th* spring I* the proper time to prepare th* alfalfa crop '.hat I* to b* planted next tall Th* ground wblcb I* • « p*cted to be used for thl* crop should not be planted to small grain; neither should corn pre<wd* alfalfa, becaus* the ground a ill not be hept free of seed* and gras* Th* best prepare tory crop tor alfalfa la cow pea*, then after the vines are removed or plowed under the ground should b* well broken and kept clean of weed* and grass by surface cultivation until It I* seeded In alfalfa th* following fall Peanut* may be grown Instead of cow p*aa. It the crop Is considered mor* dMlrabl*. as It 1* perhaps, but they must bo kept well cultivated and e» peel ally allow no earth grass to grow In the crop Chicago Inter Oraaa. \ «!«• tii a im«l| I'orrabt. <«n«l«« * » k Boars the Signature of •trWMM. In Use For Over 30 Years. 4M« « cmvwm M vdM»*a«rv. V» • rwthrd %•«!«< Mrs D>i,han 4 you think that I shall be a »' «1 looking old woman? Denham I don't know why yog should expect any such radical change. —New York Pr« s* Xoih.n will Amt Mr» win,!..»«', «...tkle* fyrup (far b •’ *« h HI t <*> u«w Tut tb«Jr • hUdr»«) iuiiuf lit« |Aer»tai. Maebla*. A machine by which the farmer eat. ¡>re|>are and can hla frulta. tomatoes, corn. t>eana. or any other farm produo* which can be' ranned. In the field* or •«•««¥, MOW »©•« c t.t«eral DAISY FLY KILLER ii»*. Of all ¿e»¡* r« *M IM Hi (<r> j-*a«4 fur •/ eval» C ommand. "Rent It' Beat it' " «'rivi! ths mas terful wife to her meek snd Obedieut husband But he did not go a step. Hh. did not mean him to Rh« wa* referring to the c.trpet hanging on ths line—Baltimore American. The < «o»r of COFFEE Ì TEA SPICES » C I BAKING POWDER « EXTRACTS JUS I KIGHT «ITEX» CLOSSET a DFYEÄS , ro*ri*HD. oat. It. A CURE FOR FITS “The writer you Introduced me to th* other day was not at all Imposing In bl* sppearance In fact. I thought b* had a very poor carriage" The Treatment I* to Accomplish "That may be because he I* nothing What Science Has Been Strug but * hack."- Baltimore American. ------------ p.----------- .. . » HSROlO tOMEft*. 1*0 (NK*D «,*.. Br««tt,«. N. ». A I The Wise Dental Co. wi* • i » The Kind You Have Always Bought — I r Caatnria la u liarn I«-»« ««ibstitrito for 4. ■ rtil I'nrc- l.orica l>rop» and Nnothiug Kxriipa. It I* ri<-a«.«nt. It <oiit>«iii« mitlu-r Opium, »forphlne n««r other Narcotlo substance«. It* ag«' Is its guarantee. It destroy* Morin* and alia«* Fereriahnr««. it cur«-« Diarrlm .i ami \\ nd Colic. It rclicxes *l'c<'4hln« Troubles, « ur« » <'«>«ixilpiitlon and F’liitulrn«-x. It m>»unHut«-* the Food, regulate* the Ntotm««-h ami Itoxxc!«. giving healthy ami lial'irui sleep. Tho Children** i’auacea ’I hc Mutlicr*. Friend. Belter than gold Like it in color Hamlins Wtxard Oil the best of all remedies for rheumatism, neuralgia, ■nd all pain, sorerisM and inflamma tion. Out-oi-Town Peopl 4- What is CASTOidA DRAFT ON DOUBLETREE f signa- tuda-r hi* • no ono 1»n* nini igaT ths ata-tiG 'Ihr KI ih I You Ila»«« Always Bought bus lx> turr of Cha«. II. I Irte her, nod ba* b<-< |H-rM«oal super*¡'Ion tor o»rr 3«» }< u to «leeclvr you in this. <'outit«'rr«-il •• .lti«t-u*-gow«l ” ttrr hut Ex pertinent ». nnd health of Children—llgprrtenre against I An lutereatlng example of the value of a email stream for light and power purposes may be found near Sacra mmto. Cai A trout stream has been damned up and the power In the form of electricity has been used for doing such light work as washing and Iron Ing. also for cooking and lighting in the home of the owner A* the si ream !• very small during th* dry months, an old miner's ditch has been dammed to form a reservoir of 100,000 cubic feet capacity. The plant coat 11,500 snd In a single year has done 1700 worth of work. 1 ! Shake Into Tour Shoes «rlei l Fo>x lüua. ■ t«>«Jw fur th« f«et. ft rurw gainful, ««rutlan. «mär'.In«. «w««<in« feel. Mak«« w* «ho* •««». Held br ««II t>ru(*V«Uand Htuw UoNB. t>«i t ari-ept «nr «utwlIUK«. Sample KHKK. Addie«« A H. OlwuH—1 le Kur. N. Y. ’ There Is a difference of opinion regarding the pulling ability of each horse In a team. Rome are of the «.pinion that the hors* ahead is pulling of gold and copper in Hie ballast used the most, and vic* versa The draft on meh horse depend»! entirely on the relative lengths of th* on the Belen cut-off a now rich mining Appropriai«* llrrrd. "Th* aeronaut who la going to try district will l>e developed in the Man- lever arm*, and the ieng'ha of the b vrr arms depend on the position of the In upper diagram (1) the clevis that long flight will take hi* ¡«et dog zano mountain* in Torrance county, clevis pin* with reeped to the draw pin pin* and the draw pin are Io a straight line, hence th* lever arm I* the per New Mexico. along" A fact that add* romantic interest pendicular distance from the draw ¡»In (A! to the line of draft of each horse. “What kind of a dog la ttf 'A «kye terrier, of lour««."— Balti- to the gold discovery i* that the region The lever arm* In thl* case are A B and A C which are equal, no matter ; is adjacent to the desertert city, which how much one horse la ahead of the other One horse alwYtys pull* the same «,<?’« Anu-rlcan. is supposed to have been Spanish and amount a* the other l«ffur«M*llww ll«rr«a. which is known a* Gran Quivera. In diagram (it the clevt* pin* are behind the draw pin. and when one I » <h J -1 would tell me If There nre legendary stories of old Span horoe pulls ahead of the other bls lever arm (A C I becomes longer and •I m cbabge In the there ha» beeti any ish mine* which are supposed to have (A B ) the lever arm of the one behind become* shorter In thl* case th* of the 5 <--nt i ' ■’ witbln lb« laat l«e«-n productive hundreih of years ago, horse ahead, having a large lever arm. ha* the advantage and pulls les* er fifteen year« Man al the Ifc-ik iN-.ldeilly there ha*, but which were abandoned. Now that than the one behind 5 cent piece of i.-e iati't more iban gold has been discovert-d tn the region In dingram (31 the clevis pin* «re ahead of the draw pin. and when these stories are being revived and on* horw pull* ahead his lever arm shorten* and the lever arm of the one a* Urge as II used to be. many are flex-king into the mountain* behind lengthens The hor*e ahead, having the lever arm shorter, pull* more 1 hr Ural I and are staking out claims everywhere. I than the horse behind. must cotigratuluto Jack on hl* t| .-. L. duel___ golden wedding " to one of the engineers of the com- 1 In the orchards In which the vegetable or "Golden wedding? Why. lie's only pany, who is located at the general I little beef scrap* to the food lust married " office* n Chicago. Not along ago thi* course of two w«»ek* whole wheat can fruit la growing. Is described In Popu "I know, but the bride Is worth a 1 engineer was walking track between be given Thl* I* the dry method of lar Mechanics. Mounted on a wheel la coming Into vogue harrow arrangement, the machine can million"—Boston Transcript. m u'll anu w iiiam and wniiv w**o*». .*> Belen and Willard while in n a deep feeding, which cut he picked up a chunk of ballast quite extensively, ller* I* another I m * pushed from one orchard to another ItlSUvn. which hail a chemical stain upon it. met hod of Deeding: Ml* dry two parts or from a tomato patch to a cornfield Iter falsi tift <4 beauty Th«- stone was brought to Chicago, and of corn meal, on* part of finely ground as neceaalty require*. Water for th* Never C*li»ed the pit i p»t it was found to lie highly infused with wheat bran and one part of beef process la heated by a kerosene burner. Of anybody'* h. art At all gold. Some of the ballast which was scrap*, After they ar* thoroughly Rhe won a mudtrn bat. Handling Ueeae. being used on the Belen cutoff was then mixed add boiling water In auffb'lent Iloufttou I'ueL In handling gees* they should always _ sent for and was found to assay about quantity to mak* a «tiff dough Cover $3 worth of gold to the ton. the vessel and let It cook Feed the be taken by the neck, arid when lifted dough warm or cold, but never hot— from the ground the body should be turned with the back toward the per- Four Killed in Cyclone. Denver Field and Farm. son handling It. In that position It Winnipeg, Man., July 5.- Reports lUlalng IM««. cannot strike, and will remain quiet received tonight from Southern Sas- The body can be partly Th* cheapest way to put gains on and docile katchewan show that four person* were Shs supporte<| by selling the first joint of killed and more than 50 hurt, and that young pigs Is through the sow ' immense damage was done by the cy has a strong digestion and can tura the wing with one hand It the goos* clone which swept that district late ■oar»* grains and pasture Into easily la held facing one. It will strike bard last night and early this morning. In_______ digested milk. Carerul experiments blows with Its wings or scratch with the Gainaboro district three person* »how that a pound of weight taken Its feet. were killed ami nearly 50 injured, while fr„m ¡he sow will make more than 1 Work Hoars nt Farmer«. a child was killed near Carrievale. The pound of gain on the pig*, the flesh Prof Roas of the Minnesota Agricul cyclone struck first at Kedvers, turned if the young animal* containing more south toward Carrievale ami Gains- water. The *ow should be fed to pro- tural College, say* that statistic» of boro, and then went east to Pearson, luce a high milk yield, and th* pt*» the actual hours of labor on ths nine hours a day tn summer and bw .Manitoba. «hould be kept with her until they Ret UN W A WISE twsen four and five In winter. Prof. to eating a full feed of grain and pas- as Year« a I jtw I«’* m PainMM [Vnui Bailey of the Farm Life Commission Educator Say* Nothing i* Right, Work tn I’oAUnJ. tare. tells the story of ths schoolma'am Ilenver, July 5. Charging that the Mor*a» Ilr*r«r4i. working from 9 to 4 until she married e' whole present day school system is Forty years ago th* Morgan* were a farmer, and had to work from 4 to rwlically wrong and that American Shi«,xi re'T»»mhvr th«' -- tn. «« •« am «--.i homes and ««»cu-ty are directly respon- ,’he favorita road horse* Thl* strain •. Moral, schoolma'ams make good that wa; can I«» THt'iH »NTlKKt own sible for elements in the school* which trace* to a single gnee*tor, Justin Mor wives for farmers Oberlin Times. ,-\K sSi.' Corrupt moral, and make for crime .nd gan. foaled In Vermont In 1793. hl* Tr»«.vla>ll«(. eriminala. JLC. McNeill suparintend- ' blootl being largely thoroughbred In transplanting any vegetable TKtTil ano »:<*•! wiiHuiTTHK t.t a -r ent of school* at Mt-mphts, Saturday From him descended the Blackhawk. XOHtt llKNT.. noentwrta,, ' PAIN Bashaw. Golddust. Ethan Allen. Ben plant* let It 1» done In the evening. dropped a bomb into the camp of * the For the Next Fifteen Daye National Educational association's con-i Franklin and Gen Knox and Daniel If possible Press the soil flrmly about Wa wltl shr. p»« • ■ *"« 33k ,i,ll or porvo. , vention at the council m«'eting prepar- lambert families The Morcan type the roots and water well. If. after th* lain riN'wn for ..................... story to the <»|>*ning of the convention, I* short of leg, thick and round barrel, water dl*ap|>ears. dry earth la cov- ttk A« | -------------------- M<4ar rrown Intelligent and of great roti rag* and ered over th* wet. It will prevent bak Oold or •n»m*»l filUn«« Trust In No Danger. ' anduranc*. Mlvrr ftllinre ................... ing of the soli about th* roots when (ioni rub>> r pu?«« rm York. July A.- There is little the tun come* out next day. n»* !•*•< rrw< ntTvher plate* Wo<bo4« of CaHKatlnn Compared. ‘ ■« probability that there will be any PainloM 4»«tr««*t*•<««• _ pros»- _ Th* farmars of the North Atlantic A aloe ef Raalltr. A LL WORK OUARANTEED >» TEAM cution of the augar trust until Auguat. . .1,0- . .-.«.«e» Extra larg* *i*clmens of vegetables when United States «Z..WWI* Distrcit n<mvn>w7 Attorney *t*t*s during th* last census year Wise, who sailed Saturday for Europe, *ach produced about |944 worth of ar. all right for exhibition purpose* President and Manager : returns to New York. The failure of farm crop*, while th* average Routh and to win prise* with, but tb*y ar* the Federal grand jury to file indict Atlantic states farmer made only |4M. not what th* average coaaumtr want* ments in it* Investigation of the Amer though the Southern farmer averaged and I* willing to pay freight on. I lean Sugar Refining company add* to'104 acre* per farm and th* Nortbara ' Quality, uniformity of *ti* and smooth- UN«' l Tblnl and « whln««.» Sla I thi* impression. .farmer only 9< acres. I i « m ar* what th* average man waata. PORTLAND, OREGON è e *<««■■• I'erMSy. U»y«r You want to sue yonr hus band for breach of proml««? M by. mad • m. pardon but that’» *!>«urd. Fair Client- Not at «11. sir; be prom- I»ed m* • divorce, and be’* (on* back on it-__________________________________ gling to Attain for Centuries Th» inton*«* intérêt that ha« been manifested hr'Ugrbojt the < ■ wintry l y tfae wondorful cura that er* tseniM a« < »implteh««! dally t<y n>d*PUidK «till continue« It . < rt-Tiily -mpriMHf fho r i.-.Jwvr of Wh « have alr« a !y lawn curad <4 fit* ami D«Tvotj»rt>< » > In »rd«r that ovwytmdjr may have a chanco tn to-t the m>-dicin«. largr trial vaiuaNo life*r*tur>- llutory y and taaUm- ■ ¡ah. will t* wnt by mail aia«»lut*|y May laboratory. M m Pearl StrmL New York Qty. C. Gee Wo SOUR STOMACH •*I usnl Caamrets and leel like a new nan 1 have been a sufferer from dys- x-p*ia and sour atomsch for the last two rears 1 have been taking medic me and ither drug«, but could find uo relief only or a abort time. I will recommend i ,'ascareta to my friends as the only thing or indigestion and *>ur at »math and to «rep the towel* in good condition. The» are very nice to eat " Harry Stuckley, Mauch Chunk, Pa. H«a««at. 1-rdatabl«. l*n»ant. T««l« G-.od, IVotiocsl Sever Skken. VVi-sEeuor «Irlpe. JiX . ZV vs N«v«r «old In bulk, i h« gvn uln. labiel «l«inpwl C C C ciuaraataect to cur« or yutu uioncy baA aS P N U 1 > ' ; I No. 2« 09 The Chinese Doctor ThU wondafu! man haa mad* a hf«»tudy of th« of Root*. Hetl*a «nd Bark«, and I» irtvin« lh« w<irld the bctwfH uf hue x rvk««. No Mercury. P oil or»» or Orug* l %« d. Na Oprratiun« or ( uUin* I Guaranto ruro Catarrh, A*fhnw. t w, Sueifh and Ked< • ¥ truubkm. aiul all Private IN mmm » uf M ■ ana Women. 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