gg&J. A GREAT
pfe CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW
CCk UllOTT
rerbape nowhere In the world can
one find such a varied aud tuaguld
cent collection of chrysanthemums a
may be seen every autuiun at the ?a
tlon'e CapitoL The chrysanthemum
shows of Washington have become a
fixed institution eo that society-diplomatic
circles as well-look forward In
tereetedly for the opening of the gov
ernment hothouses whteh display the
finest of Cncle Sam's experiments in
thla branch of flower stow Ins.
THE TWO STAR CHRYSANTHEMUMS.
The Mrs, Roooevelt,A Yellow Bmntr 10 Inches Aeroea, and the Beatrice May,
A Dazzling While Bal-
The annual chrysanthemum show
of the Department of Agriculture, un
der the auspices of the bureau of
plant industry, of which Dr. B. T.
Galloway is chief, has Just been held
in the new greenhouses of the depart
ment The building was one mass of
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bloom with its several thousand of
plants, representing about ISO diff
erent varieties. Many of these are
the product of the government's gar
deners, artificial pollenation and cross
breeding valuable varieties, bringing
about most startling results. This
year the most successful of the de
partment's efforts Is a magnificent yel
low flower fully ten inches in diame
ter. The petals are extremely heavy,
well shaped and all in all the bloom
is a huge ball of molten gold. The
flower is not merely one for Bhow;
florists who have seen it declare that
it is of much commercial value.
The Mrs RooeveIt Chrysanthemum.
Secretary Wilson was bo pleased
with this "Seedling of 1905" that he
authorized it named Mrs. Roosevelt,
in bonor of the first lady of the land.
But the department's experiments
along the line of chrysanthemum
crossing are not always a success.
Last spring efforts were made to
cross two varieties Mcrza and Lieutenant-Colonel
Du Crolsset the lar
gest of the white and yellow kinds
with the hope of producing a combina
tion of value. When the flower of the
new plant unfolded itself it presented
an ngly mass of brown, red, yellow
and white, and of but ordinary size.
It had gone back. Other hybrids have
a tendency to go back to single petal
varieties and to distinctly different
color from the parents. And yet each
year the cCorts of the government
gardeners are rewarded, even though
they produce one good specimen, by
obtaining a chrysanthemum of rare
beauty and shape.
Good Grafting.
A. plant at the Department's show
this year which attracted more- than
usual attention was a specimen about
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four fiet tall Vn which grew eighteen
dioVtvut aud distinct varieties, some
wnue, some yellow, while otuera were
pink, browu aud red. Thla was ob
tained by grafting stems from valu
able sorts ou a good stock.
The first chrysanthemum known to
florists was yellow and was grown in
Jitvin It am mrriisl nror lit China
and from that couutry rapidly spread
au over tne wono. me passing years
however, wrought wonders, and the
chrysanthemum, the "autumn queen,"
now claims the whole world as Its
Lome. M.iny of the present generation
can remember Low but a compare
tlvely few years ago the only chry
santhemums exhibited were to be
found in the show windows of flor
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(taxed sums ranging from one to three
Ists and the flower fanciers were
Skim Milk Fed
Calves at Supper.
dollars for a slnele blossom. Now.
simplified the art of cultivating the
flower such prices would shock even
the most extravagant minded.
Practical Farm Experiments.
Of the various publications of the
Department of Agriculture the most
useful and probably the mont popular,
is a farmer's bulletin issued five or
six times a year on experiment station
work. "Practical Farm Experiments"
would probably be a comprehensive
title for theBe bulletins, as each
pamphlet of about 30 fmges Is com
posed of a dozen or fifteen short de
scriptions of practical farm matters,
the outcome of the experiments and
tests of the varlocs government ex
periment stations all over the coun'ry.
Their value lies largely in. the fact
that each article is only a couple of
pages in length and it can be picked
up and read through at odd moments,
whereas when a farmer receives a
longer bulletin he is more likely to lay
It away for some future reading when
he has more time, and as time is usu
ally pressing on the farm, It is likely
never to get read at all.
Farmers' Bulletin No. 233 la the
last issue of these bulletins and Its lit
tle stories are decidedly interesting.
Information given on the root system
of field crops will be a surprise to
probably even some of the best In
formed farmers. An Illustration is
shown of corn roots as they occupy
the ground in the corn rows. It shows
a myriad of small rootlets, entirely en
compassing the ground in erery direc
tion for a depth of almost four feet.
The root systems of various other
plants are described. Wheat roots oc
cupy the ground to a depth of four
feet Flax roots go down three and
tour feet Uraas roots, four to six
feet Ked clover completely occupies
Uie urier three feet of soiL Cnuiaou
clover roots In a Uil year grow
ihree feet Aualra toots go to toe
uiortuous depth of tweuty to thirty
act Ail oX wblva may give some
farmers new Ideas as to cultivation
which breaks the roots of pluui. aud
the distance at which to plaut Whvu
kite potato hills are lhre feet apart
each way the soil la very fully occu
pied by the roots to a ueptn or turee
feet. Kacu potato uui. luererorv, oc
cupies twcnty-ecvca cubit feet vt soil
Salt Not Needed For Asparagus
Another snort article is on the l'rop-
er KerhUiera for Asparagus. Althougu
salt has been considered a tliue-lion-
ored necenalty for this crop, U has
been round that asparagus win yield
as well without as with It except for
the fact that the salt prevents the
growth of weeds.
Growing Mushrooms for Home Use,
is another short article and Onion
"ulture covers another. Another
short article gives the remarkable re
sults of forcing early rhubarb with
uer.
liaising Calves on Sk'm Milk, sup
plemented, of course, by grain. Is an
Instructive little article, covering the
results of experiments in this Hue In
the government stations in Iowa, Ida
ho, Kansas, Nebraska and Utah. En
tire success has been had with the
skim milk diet and tho practice U
considered even more desirable by
some authorities than allowing the
youngsters to have natural uiltk.
Other topics discussed are Noodles,
product prepared by European
housewives and some manufacturers
from flour with the addition of a cer
tain amount of eggs and salt the
dougu being rollid Into sheets and cut
Into strip or faaclful shnitcii; Condi
tlou rowdcr and Spechl Stimulating
mom for fowls and rirm Animals:
the ltelatlve Cost of Traducing Meat
fiom the Beef Type lind the Dairy
Type of Cattle: the Use of Animal
rood for loung Ducks, showing the
gains of ducklings on rations contain
lug different proportions of animal
rood; the Bad Effect of Using Milk
from Diseased Cows and tho Traduc
tion of Cider Vinegar.
This is a free bulletin and applica
tion should be mnde to your senator
or member or congress, or to Secre
tary James Wilson at Washington.
Coffee For the A rmj.
The yearly ccntract for supplying
coffee for the United States Army Is
alout to bo let by the Quartermaster
General, and the Department of Ag
riculture lias been called upon to de
cide which brand shall be purchased.
This test was mnde under the super
vision or Dr. W iley. Uhler of the Bu
reau of chemistry. He selected a Jury
of veteran coffee drinkers who know
jnd can tell good coffee from bad by
flavor and by the odor with the pot at
orobably a hundred yards distant The
Jury assembled In Dr. Wiley's otnee.
where the bureau cook bad prepared
several small lots of coffee from the
famples submitted. They were tested
CIIH VSANTII EM UM WEALTH IS
by the Jury from cups and spoons.
After the test the 1urr wni (lixmlHwil
and the members each wrote a sep
arate report, giving his views of the
coffee, and stating which of the Ram-
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I'ica ue cuiiMwreu tue OCHl. lllOHC
were placed In sealed envelopes and
sent to Dr. Wiley who opened them
and submitted the finding to the Quar
termaster General. Dr. Wiley also
constituted a part of the Jury a fore
man, as It were to ascertain whether
his findings and Judgment of the qual
ity of the coffee coincided wltu those
of the others.
One Minute Butter.
The instantaneous Ice-cream maker
seems about to give way to nn in
stantaneous butter maker. This is a
churn capable of making butter in
sixty seconds. The machine is so
handy that It might, very well be
placed on the tea table as an acces
sory to the cups and teapot, and yet
not look out of place. All that is
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A FAMILY OF EDIBLB MUSHROOMS.
neressnry Is to furnish the cream with
a temperature of 00 degrees Fahren
heit, and butter can be made at any
time desired while yon wait The
"Empire Churn," reports Consul Mo
feld. or Freiburg. Baden, does not
even teed a ihmiI veawd for tioldlua
tue creaiu. The creaui is placed lu
the vcsel so that the dasher is lu the
cvutcr, aud about 11-2 Inches below
the surtacw. The handle is then turu
ed noly for a few secouda, and
tueu at a good specu, sua wuuia oue
uuxiule butter ie lorwcu. iucu some
.LFALFA TWO YEARS OLD.
fres i cold water Is poured In aud the
handle turned slowly two or three
times wbeu the butter Is ready for
A-ashlng, salting and eating.
OLD AGE PESSIOS.
Much Attention Given In France to
the Care of the Indigent.
France evidently does not believe
that the old vhoutd be chloroformed
and put out of the way, for. according
to ottlclal reports received from United
Jtates olllclals located at Tarls, that
government has a system of pension
Ing for the aged. For more thun i
century the French government has
been experimenting with schemes for
giving nn annuity to the old, not, bow
ever with entire success.
At the present time deposits are re
ceived from any jH-rson, regardless of
nee, but the amount may not exceed
.VW rratics in the course or a
year. An "count may be opened for a
child of three years of age; a married
woman may desit money without her
hustmml's consent. At any age be
tween fifty and sixty-five (or earlier
In case of permanent disability to
work) the depositor may claim his an
nuity, which Is calculated according to
TOE GOVERNMENT GREENHOUSE.
the .-mount of his deposit and Interest
and the probabilltiej t ? life, but the
annuity may not exceed 1,200 franca
(23l.OO).
In rural districts the tax gatherer Is
empowered to receive deposits, and In
many factories n certain percentage is
deducted from the wages and paid to
the Canute in the workman s name. A
branch of the Cnlsse may be founded
In any town or village, with the per'
mission of the prefect of the depart
ment, and there are about 2.300 of such
branches, wUh nearly S-10,000 de-
Dosltor".
There are several large Institutions
for the are of the indigent aged. Some
of these are free and others a small
charge Ii u.nde for board and lodging.
At Issy, near Paris, Is an Institution
for widowers, widows, cr married
couples, of whom both are over sixty
five years of age aud who bare been
married at least fifteen years.
There are many small institutions
founded by private persons for old
olllclnls, at some of which the charge
Is as blgb as $250 a year. Some re
ligious orders still shelter a few aged
persons, eitner gratuitously or at a
mail sum per annum.
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um the
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