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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
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April
and 9<>0 I mx J H
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«waiting
lue. the quality of lands to be disposed
for |W4.k <lf
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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
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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.
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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
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JUS I KIGHT
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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.
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Hamlins Wtxard Oil the best of all
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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.
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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.
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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
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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*
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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.
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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,,
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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
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story to the <»|>*ning of the convention, I* short of leg, thick and round barrel, water dl*ap|>ears. dry earth la cov-
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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*.
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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»-
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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
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but that’» *!>«urd.
Fair Client- Not at «11. sir; be prom-
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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
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and taaUm- ■ ¡ah. will t* wnt by mail aia«»lut*|y
May laboratory.
M m Pearl StrmL New York Qty.
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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
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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
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Sueifh and Ked< • ¥ truubkm. aiul all Private
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consulTAnON fKtt
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