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CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW
GlA LLLIOTT
rcrtinps nowhere In the world cnn
one And such a varied and nmgnln
cent collection of chrysanthemums as
may bo aeon every autumn at the Na
tion's CapltoL Tbe chrysanthemum
chows of Washington have become a
fixed Institution so that society diplo
matic circles as well look forward In
terestedly for the opening of the gov
ernment hothouses which display the
finest of I'nclo Sam's experiments In
this branch of flower growing.
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THE TWO STAR CHRYSANTHEMUMS.
Tha Mrs. EoaeeveXA Yellow Beanty 10 Inches Across, and tho Beatrice filay, .
.u., A Dazzling White fialu
The annual chrysanthemum ahovf
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
bloom with its several thousand of
plants, representing about 130 cliff-'
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 successrul 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 iB not merely one for show;
florists who have seen it declare that
it is of much commercial value.
The Mrs. Roosevelt Chrysanthemum.
Secretary Wilson was so pleased
With this "Seedling of lOOo" that he
authorized it named Mrs. Roosevelt,
In honor 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 Merza and Lleu
nant.rninnel Du Crolsset the lar-
cest of the white and yellow kind
with the hope of producing a combina
tion of value. When the flower of the
vxaxp nlant unfolded itself it presented
en ugly mass of brown, red, yellow
...i.ito mid nf but ordinary size.
i.nck. Other hybrids have
tendency to go back to single petal
'arhities aynd to distinctly different
- h nnrents. And Set each
year the efforts of the government
lardeners are rewarded, even though
eood specimen, iy
l.'iio o t,rvnantheinuui of rare
UUVll
beauty and shape.
Good Crafting;.
. . the, Denartment's show
th year which attracted more than
xnis ... K,,.imn about
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four feet tall on which grow eighteen
different and distinct varieties, some
white, some yellow, while others were
riuk. brown mill ivd. This was ol-
tained by grafting stems from valu
able sort on n rood stock.
The first chrvsantlioiuuin known to
florists was yellow and was grown lu
Japan. It was carried over to China
and from that country rapidly spread
all over the world. The passing years
however, wrought wonders, and the
chrysanthemum, the "autumn queen,"
now claims the whole world as Its
home. Many of the present generation
can remember Low but a compara
tively few years ago the only chry
santhemums exhibited were to be
found in the show windows of flor
ists and the flower fanciers were
taxed sums ranging from one to three
iStim Milk Fed
Calves at Supper.
dollars for ff slnele blossom. Now,
however, when plant experts have
simplified the art of cultivating the
flower such prices would shock even
the most extravagant minueo.
Practical Farm Experimeata,
Of the various publications f the
Department of Agriculture the most
useful and probably the most popular,
Is a farmer's bulletin issued live or
six times a year on experiment station
work. "Practical Farm Experiments'
would probably be a comprehensive
title for these bulletins, as each
pamphlet of about 'M pages Is com
posed of a dozen or llfteen short de
scriptions of practical farm matters.
the outcome of Hio experiments and
tests of the variocs government ex
periment stations all over the coun'ry,
J heir value lien largely Jn the ract
that each article is only a couple of
pages In length and It can be plcKeu
up and read through at odd moments,
whereas when a farmer receives u
longer bulletin be 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' Iiulietln No. 233 Is the
last issue of these bulletins and its lit
tle stories are 'decidedly Interesting,
Information given on the root system
of Hold crops will bo 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 every dlrec.
tlon 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, tlrass roots, four to six
feet. Ked clover completely occupies
the upper threo feet of soil. Crimson
clover roots In a single year grow
throe feet. Alfalfa roots go to the
enormous depth of twenty to thirty
act. All of which may give some
tanners new Ideas ns to cultivation
which breaks the roots of plants, and
the distance at which to plant When
late potato hills are three feet apart
each ay the soil Is very fully occu
pied by the roots to a depth of throe
int. Kach invito hill, therefore, oc
cupies twcuiveveu cu.'lt t'evt of Ml.
Salt Not Needed For Asparagus,
Another snort article Is on the Prop
er Fertilizers for Asparagus. Allhoiigit
salt has Ixvn considered a time-honored
necessity for this crop, It has
lceu found that asparagus will yield
:is veil without as with It except for
the fact that the salt prevent the
growth of weed.
tirowln:? Mushrooms for Home Tse,
Is another short article nud Onion
Culture covers another. Another
short nrtlcle gives the remarkable re
sults of forcing early rhubarb with
ether.
Kalslne Calves on Sklra Milk, sup
plemented, of course, iy grain. Is an
instructive little article, covering the
results of cxivrlments In this line lu
the pivornment stations In Iowa, Ida
ho, Kansas, Nebraska and I tan. Kn
t;i success has Nvn had wit!t th''
sk in milk diet and the practice- 1
considered even more desirable by
some authorities than allowing too
youngsters to have natural milk.
Other topics discussed are Noodles,
a product propareu iy f.urope.n
housewives and some manufacturer
from Hour with the addition of a cer
tain amount of cinrs and R.lt the
dougU being; rollid into fchoctj and cut
into strips or fajciful Shanes; tomll
tlon Powder and Special Stlmufcitimr
rttd for Fowls and arm An,.niii-;
the Relative Cot of Producing Meat
fiom the IVef Trr? rnd lie J:iliy
Typo of Cattle; the I so of Animal
Food for l oun? I'ucks, snowing me
gains of ducklings on rations contain
lug different proportions of anlmnl
food; the Had F.ffoot of T'sing Milk
from FNeascd (own aud the FroUuc-
tlon of Cider Vinegar.
This Is a free bulletin and applica
tion should be made to your senator
or meintier or ooncress, or to fHH.ro
tary James WIIsou at Washington.
Coffee For the A nay.
The yearly contract for supplying
coffee for the I'nited States Army Is
altout to le let by the Quartermaster
General, ana the Department or Ag
riculture lias lepn called uin to de
cide which brand shall be purchased.
This test was made under the super
vision of Dr. v iley, Chief of the I'.u
reau of cueinlstry. He selected a Jury
of veteran coffee drinkers who know
jnd can tell Rood coffee f'o'i bad by
flavor and by the odor with the pot at
orobably a hundreu varus distant. 'I lie
Jury assembled in Dr. Wiley's otllce.
where the bureau cook nail prepared
several small lots of coffee from the
samples submitted. They were tested
CEIITSANTTIEMUM WEALTO IN
by the jury from cups and spoons.
After the test the Jury was dismissed
and the members' each wrote a wp
arate report, giving his views of the
coffee, and stating which of the sam
ples Lo considered the best. These
were placed In sealed envelopes and
sent to Dr. Wiley who opened them
and submitted the finding to tho Quar
termaster uenerai. Ir. iley 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 lllnule Butter,
The Instantaneous Ice-crenm maker
seeuia about to clve wny to an In
Btantancous butter mnker. This l-a
churn capable of making butter lu
slxtv wcond. The Uiachlne 18 so
handy that It might very well be
placed on the tea bible an an acces
sory to the cups and teapot, and yet
not look out of place. All that Is
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A FAMILY OP EDIBLE MUSHROOMa.
necessary Is to furnish the cream with
a temperature of 00 degrees Fahren
heit, and butter can be made at any
time desired while you wuit The.
"Kmplre Churn," reports Consul Me-
fold, of Freiburg, linden, does not
ren need a apodal vessel for holding
the cream. The cream Is placed lu
the vessel so that the dasher Is In the
center, and alout 1 1-2 Inches Mow
tho surface. Tito handle Is then turn
d slow It for a few seconds, ana
then at a good speed, and within one
uiuiuttt butler is lonuou. xucu some
ALFALFA TWO YEARS OLTK
fresh cold water Is pounnl In aud the
hanillo ttinuHl slowly two or thrw
times when the butter Is ready for
vashing, tutltlug ami eating.
OLD JOE i'h'XSJOX,
Much Attention Clvcn In France
to
the Care of the Indigent.
France evidently doea not Im-11ov
that tho old should be chlorofvirmetl
and put otit of the way, for, according
to otticlal n'lH'rts reflved from L'ulted
States otllcluls located at l'arls. that
government has a system of jH-nslon-lug
for the used. For more than a
century the French government Iins
been experimenting with schemes for
giving an annuity to the old, not, how
ever with entire success.
At the present time deposits are re-
eclved from any person, regardless of
age. but the amount may nut exoeea
5O0 francs (ftslSti) In the course of a
year. An : "count may be opened for a
child of three years of age; a married
woman nay deposit money without her
husband's consent. At any age be
tween fifty and slxty-tlve (or earlier
In enso of permanent disability to
work) the detMjsltor may claim his an
nulty, which is calculated according to
THE OOVEItN'MEN'T GREENnOUSE.
the .-mount of hit deposit and Interest
and the probabilities Of life, but tho
annuity may not exceed 100 frnncs
(i.(J0).
In rural districts the tax jratherer Is
empowiT"d to receive deposits, and In
many factories n certain percentage 1
deducted from tho wages aud paid to
the C'alsw! in the worliiuan's name. A
branch of the Calsse may be founded
in any town or Ylllneo, with the per
mlHHlon of the prefect of tho depart
ment, and there are about 2.o0 of au h
branches, wKh nearly 8-10,000 de
noflltoro. There are several larco Institutions
for the care of the Indigent aped. Homo
of these are free and ai others a small
charge 1 1 n.ade for board and losing.
At Issy, near Turls, Is an Institution
for widowers, widows, tr married
couples, of whom both are over alxly
flve years of age and who have been
married at least fifteen years.
There are many small institutions
founded by private persons for old
officials, at some of which tbe charge
Is as high as f350 a year, Some re
ligious orders still shelter a tow aged
persons, either gratuitously tZ ut, u
small sum per annum.
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