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■ A MODEL FARM How a Clergyman Lifted a Mortgage on a Pennsylvania Farm GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL There is a farm in southeastern1 tematlc is the work that the owner Pennsylvania which the Department may leave for a week without notice of Agriculture considers a model twen- to the laborers, with no interruption tleth century farm. It consists of flf- « to the regular routine. The, The feeding teen acres, thirteen of which are in of the cows, the handling of the milk, cultivation, the remaining two acres keeping the barn clean and disposing being occupied by buildings, yard, etc. the manure, are all worked out under This land came into the possession of such a system that they require little the present owner—a minister of the supervision on the part of the proprie Gospel—in 1881 with a mortgage of tor. There is no pasture on this farm *7,200 upon it for pastures on such high-priced land are out of the question. There is not Improving the Soil. even a barn lot, the thirty head of The soil of the farm Is a reddish cattle remaining in the stalls the year •omewhat gravelly clay. So run down round. We have been taught that this Was it in 1881 that it did not support is not a good practice, for it has been the two cows and one horse kept upon supposed that milch cows need a cer It Last year it raised all the rough tain amount of exercise, yet it must age for thirty head of stock, seventeen be considered that the Danish cows of which are cows in milk. It has stand in their stalls from November been brought up to its present remark to May and are staked out in the field able state of fertility solely by the use from May to November, and yet Den of stable manure applied directly from mark ranks high in the dairy Industry the bam. The system of handling this and her cows are healthy. manure is such that none is lost, either Balanced Rations a Necessity. liquid or solid. No commercial fertll- iaera have ever been used and no ma- Notwithstanding this extraordinary Ban has been hauled from the city. practice the bill for veterinary services This Is a practice greatly differing on this Pennsylvania farm during the from that In vogue on the majority of past six years has been but *1.50, and duplicated on other farms, but It de pends on the soil and the man who lias the management of it It cannot be done by one who is not a student. A similar system may be developed on any dairy farm that disposes of pas tures. Where land is cheeper and the dairyman can afford pastures, the sys tem would be radically different in summer but not in winter. Probably the most Important single feature of this Pennsylvania farm aside from the systematic manner in which It is con ducted is the one of handling the ma nure. The fact that the stock is stabled the year round makes it pos sible to save all the manure both Lquid and solid •«•'d apply it to the land. Being applied daily as pro duced, any leaching by rains, carries the leached materials into the soil where it Is needed The remarkable yields of every portion of this farm seem to Indicate that this method of handling manure is highly satisfac tory. work of the Department. 1 cannot believe that the farmers of the try as a whole appreciate what a splendid mine of agricultural Infor- mation exists in these farm bulletins, which they can have for the asking. A BIG EDITORIAL OFFICE. ter of the disease or where they have not developed sufficiently tor him to determine the true nature o the^case. m this event he does not wish to dis play his ignorance or what in reality may be but an apparent lack of knowl edge since at some stages it is lm- possible to accurately diagnose a case; but a frank admission of this kind would destroy the patient’s confidence in his physician. And so at this junc ture the “bread pill” steps in, is given to the sick person, with no apprehen sion of any harm resulting therefrom. for ■rlllns »-• »11...n«, .1 W ««■ I. • • besutv. Ten keys, 2 stops, •boniied cans, double bel lows, protectors and claspe. ▼ou can earn it 111 • W«‘ triiat for Bluinff, x II th<- packages tsar '* ~ Mandolina* Writenow. ^rca^«'sT0N.M*S3. FREE BOOKi. A »plendld. handwnwly liliutraied 250-w be ■•FOOD FOR should b» In : PLAXTb” 1 lbrary oí every fermer who I» lnMs| eared In making the »oil yield the zre»te»t poulbl« returna. Until edition Is exhausted copte» will h» mailed (ree. Send name and addrea» on post card. Nitrate Prerak“*11'*- A»dsrssa B- 'liMas, Ncwïork 40 BULBS, 25 Cents. Fnrin or out of doors growinor Gloxinia, IWonia, Iris, Heilla, Tubcr'ses, Jonquils, DafTcMlila, Oralis Froesia, I . ips. Hyacinths, Crocus. Japan Lily, Snowdrops, Narcissus, Allium, Chionodoxa, Pa coni a. For S/»<•., stamps or coin, wo will send this magnificent collection of bulbs, and also as a premium a fine KTZ? KT KT collection of flower seeds, 250 varieties, ■ ■ » C> E, (>rd«>r today,and be sura to get them in time for planting. WOODLAWN NURSERY, MALDEN, MASS. The Department of Agriculture Pub lishes Over Four Booklets for Every Day in the Year. One of the biggest editorial offices in the Government and probably in JOSEPH A. ARNOLD. the country is in the Department of Editor, Department of Agriculture. Agriculture where the Division of is the title of Our New Catalogue for 1906-the most beauti Publications edits, revises, and in They cover every practical subject ful and instructive horticultural publication of the day — 186 ¡¿gw-700 engravings-7 superb colored platea- some cases returns to the authors and would make an exceedingly val for rewriting an average of four bul uable farm library. Bound together 7 duotone plates of vegetables and flowers letins or books for every day in the they would form several large vol To giro thh culoxuo th« l«r*< t»“lb1« ’« n'*ke **" b11—*•» llb"** o're'> year. During the last fiscal year 1,- umes prepared by the best agricul 463 new publications passed through tural experts in the country and the the editor’s hands, nearly 400 of result of the widest and most exten these, however, being issued by the sive scientific farm experiments ever Counts as Cash Weather Bureau, which is under the made.” To ererv one who will etate where thia advertiiement wai aeen and who Department of Agriculture. The to enclose* Tea CeaU (in «tamps), we will mail the catalogue, and alto tend frM of charge, our famous 5O-Cent •• Henderson collection of aeeda, contain tal number of copies of the remain ing one packet each of Giant Mixed Sweet Ptdtf Giant Fancy Pantiet^ mixed/ KIXG ALFOXSO’S SHOPPING. ing 1,000 odd publications printed dur Giant Victtria Aneriymixed; Henderten't NewYtri Lettuce/ Xtrh F.uby Ternate/ ing the year was 12,000,475. Many and H'hite Tipped Starlet Radiih; in a coupon envelop«, which, when emptied and returned, wiU b? accepted as • 25-centcash payment on any order of these are generously Illustrated, A Paris Millinery Shop Startled by amounting to fl.oo and upward. and beside the great number of orig Visit From toe Spanish King. inal photographs used, the artists of An amusing anecdote is related in the Department make something over connection with King Alfonso’s recent 1,000 drawings a year for illustrating. ’ visit to Paris. In his leisure moments The head of this Division, or the ’ he was fond of taking a turn in the Rue "Editor" of the Department as he is 1 de la Paix, which is noted for its ele- known, is Mr. George William Hill, 1 gant shops, and making a few pur- an old-time editor of an agricultural ! chases. His majesty’s appearance nat- paper, but he has held his present ’ urally created a good deal of flutter, position for many administrations. especially among the demoiselles de "There have been very many rad magasin, who rushed to doors and win- ical changes," said Mr. Hill, "f ‘in the 1 dows to see him go by, so when three If so, we want to send you publications of the Department with- gentlemen stepped into a certain estab In the last ten years. At one time, lishment one morning and the most the Agricultural Reports and other youthful of the party asked to see some pamphlets and bulletins issued were hats they were politely requested, as more or less technical, having the rep most natural thing in the world, to utation generally throughout the coun the a moment, as the king was in the try, of being written in about as dry wait and the girls were all watching We believe we have the very best and the cheapest and uninteresting a manner as pos street, for him. The knowing smiles which sible. The present Secretary has con thereupon line of Acetylene Burners. Our sample will show better pervaded the features of the tinually Impressed upon his Chiefs of little party had the effect of promptly than we can explain here why it would pay you to use Divisions the desirability of short, crisp putting our burners. quick-witted shop girls on articles and bulletins, especially in the scent. the After announcing the great the annual Year Books, written in a Write us today, mention kind of Generator used, enclose 8 cents _n practical and simple style, with the news excitedly to the proprietor of the stamps to cover postage, and we will send you result that the Publications of the establishment they clustered in a ring round King Alfonso and his compan Department Lave come into very gen ions. A SAMPLE BURNER. eral favor with the farmers and are This was a thousand times better eagerly sought after, which is evi than a peep into the street, and then, dent by the enormous number of re what an honor I Only to think of the quests for them.” The Farmers' Bulletins, descriptive Spanish sovereign walking in such of all corta of farm work, stock-rais simple fas’iion into their shop, And ing, fruit-growing, etc., and of which what followed delighted them even nearly 250 have been published, are more. The mistress of the place had by all odds the most popular of the advanced, and, courtesying low, had ut Departments of Publications. They tered one of those pretty compliments are brief, written in simple style and which our French friends have so By H. D. Hemenway. discuss subjects near to the heart of glibly at th tip of their tongues, when his majesty smilingly replied: “ I wish the agriculturist. Many of them have This suggestive little book is a practical manual of school gardening for both been condensed and rewritten from to see some hats. I want three; one teacher and pupil, and supplies the first adequate work of the sort in this country. the longer and more technical bulle for my mother, in rather a quiet style; This volume is based on actual experience (the author is an authority and director tins. setting forth the results of ex one for my sister, and one for my aunt, of the Hartford School of Horticulture). haustive experiments. More than 6,- and please put them all up together in CONTENTS : Introduction; Howto Make a Garden; Twenty-One Lessons 000,000 copies of these popular bulle- the same box.” The masterpieces of tn Garden Work—May to September; Bibliography; Lessons in Greenhouse Work' the shop were presented and inspected. Planting Seed, Potting, etc.; Root Grafting; Lessons in Budding. The selection of the three hats took Size, 5x7; pages, 107; binding, cloth; illustrations, 26. some time, as the young king is not ac customed to that sort of work, and in By arrangement with Doubleday, Page & Co., I am able for the present his dilemma he exclaimed: “Well, I to make special the following ‘ was never so puzzled in my life!” SPECIAL OFFER. Finally the choice was made, and with the request that the hats should be The new Garden Magazine, 6 months, and How to Make School sent at once to the hotel, King Alfonso Gardens, *1.00 edition, postpaid, both for *1.00....................................... took his departure, leaving the mistress The GARDEN MAGAZINE is finely illustrated, and is the finest magazine of of the establishment and her young women charmed with their experience. its kind published in America. To take advantage of this special offer, orders should be sent at once to H. D. Hemenway, Hartford, Connecticut. Every Empty Envelope PETER HENDERSON & CO ‘¿V,’.,“'.“::’ Farm Hu tidings Silos. DO YOU USE ACETYLENEÎ A SAMPLE SURNLR Applying Manure to the Land. W.J1. CWE » f ft.. V the farms of this country, where the thia was made necessary by an acci {twner seeing a dollar in sight for a dental Injury to one of the cowa. One oad of manure readily sella it to a regular breeder la fifteen years old, but neighbor rather than apply it to his is atill vigorous and healthy, giving swn soil, where Its value might be milk enough to make it profitable to Ihree or four times as great. On the retain her in the herd. Experts in the model farm in Pennsylvania most of Department of Agriculture state that the crops are fed to the stock and thus they have never seen a thriftier, better largely return to the land in manure. kept lot of cows. Balanced rations are Upon assuming management of the fed to them every day in the year, con farm the owner with no previous ex sisting of some succulent material— perience in farming began to read silage in winter, and rye, timothy and ghat agricultural literature was avail clover, corn or peas and oats in sum able. One of the first books secured by mer. A second portion Is made up of Um was Quincy's little treatise on the dry hay or fodder, which gives some tolling of cattle, written in 1859. Soil consistency to the manure. The third jug consists in cutting and giving portion consists of meal products, of freen feed in summer instead of allow- which three kinds are used—bran, oil- ng the animals to run on pasture, meal and gluten. Many dairymen this Bystem adopted by the farm would be surprised to learn that every »wner did mi prove satisfactory the cow on this farm has four ounces of Irst year because no other feed was salt dally, mixed with her fodder, fin” Used and the cows did not do well. In table salt being invariably used ano Iddition the manure was difficult to evenly divided among the three feeds. handle and it was not easy to keep the There are round silos on the farm, A NON-PA TENTABL E MEDICINE. barn clean. Before the next season, each ten feet in diameter and thirty- however, the new farmer had procured four feet high. These altogether hold Stewart’s book on feeding animals and about 100 tons of silage and this quan Universally Used by the Medical Pro from It learned his first lesson in tity of corn silage is produced on four fession. ‘balanced rations.” He also learned ¡acres, j uu. c.c.vu planted „„ on „„„„ June .. 22nd. Eleven What Is the most important remedy to feed some dry hay rflth the soiling . men, three teams and a traction en- known to the medical profession? A erops, thus giving the manure a proper Iglne |gfne to run the cutter are employed In in guessing contest might be established SonBlstency. Thenceforward the man- filling the silos. upon this question which would doubt Igement of the constantly growin* The proprietor of this farm has not less bring to the fore a great variety i.rd of cows was a simple matter and adopted any systematic rotation of of remedies, yet, as stated by a very the farm began not only to pay a profit crops, as every foot of land receives an successful practitioner, there is one but to increase in fertility, so that abundance of manure every year or medicine given to patients which phy Within seven years the entire rnort- two. There is but little trace of weeds sicians find more important than any Sage was paid off. and those that do grow are not of the other. Strange to say, this Is the quite The farm Is strictly a dairy farm, undesirable kind. Intelligent methods Universal and ineffective "bread pill," GEOROE WILLIAM IIILL. the only products regularly sold being of cultivation enabled the owner last which, after all, is not bread, but only Chief of the Publication Division, lb-partrnent (silk and a few head of young cattle year not only to produce all the rough so-called on account of its harmless of Agricolture. ■ach •ach year. The cowb are all registered age required for thirty head of stock nature. The bread pill Is sometimes Forseys lerseys ex except one or two picked up at but to have left nearly 4,000 pounds of tins were published and distributed nothing more than a plain sugar pel last year. An active factor in the neighboring sales. They are not only hay, which was sold. let, at others, where a liquid prescrip enormous work of editing _ the ___ Agrl- tion is given, a weak solution of sugar Pre bred but well bred. Male calves, Handling the Manure. cultural Publications Is the assistant and water, or a mixture of powdered worthy of it, are reared for breeding The remarkable yields on this farm chief and editor of the Division, Mr. licorice or gentian, both harmless purposes, but none Is ever vealed. If a male calf Is not tit to raise for a are due entirely to the intelligent use Joseph A. Arnold, whose knowledge drugs when given in the weak propor of stable manure. Most farmers waste of the practical side of Agricultural tions prescribed by the doctor. breeder it is killed at birth. "It Of course the principle use of the __ doesn't pay to feed *18 worth of meal more than half of the value of the Publications is something amazing. produced on their farms. On The storage and distribution of this "bread pill" Is in the case of a pa to a calf that will sell for *7,” said the manure this model farm every particle of the printed matter constitutes a large tient, who, imagining himself ill. owner. The young cattle sold from this farm bring on an average *100 plant food is utilized. The method of and important part of the Publication calls in his family physician, and handling manure in this case can be apiece, and about five are disposed of used only on farms on which stock is each year. kept In stalls and is therefore not ap The milk is all sold at 25 cents a gal- plicable to all styles of stock-farming. Ion the year round to a State institu Behind each row of cows is a gutter, tion located two allies distant. The eighteen Inches wide and seven inches milk tests high, is perfectly clean and deep. These gutters have no outlets. Free from adulteration. There is never They are thoroughly cleaned dally any complaint from the buyers; on the (the whole t>arn is disinfected twice O'her hand, this farmer la considered a week by a free use of creoline, and a public benefactor. As soon as the the Interior is frequently white milk is drawn it Is placed In perfectly washed*. When cleaned, the gutters clean cans standing In cold water some are sprinkled with ashes or dry dirt distance from the barn and stirred to absorb what moisture may lie pres frequently to aerate it and aid the ent. During the day a quantity of cooling. The milk vessels are never consisting of ?eaf mold, rot allowed to stnnd around uncleaned, but absorbent, ten sod. etc., Is placed In them. The are washed as soon as the milk Is re manure Is lifted from the gutters Into moved. first with cold water, then with a cart backed up to the door and Is boiling and Anally again with cold then taken directly off to the fields water The amount of milk produced and spread over them. In summer it from the seventeen cows is nearly the Is applied to the land from which the same at ail seasons and oversees about soiling crops are removed; in winter twenty-six gallons a day. While this It Is spread on the rye and grass fields. yield of approximately 4.800 pounds a No manure is used on newly seeded year for each of the seventeen cows grnss lands. kept Is not enormous, by any means. THE 3-YEAR-OLD DAVOHTKR OF A 1LYEAR-OLD JERSEY. This Is the experience of a pioneer It le good. The Income from the milk produced Is about *2.400 a year. The farmer starting In with no previous Division'» work, the document section latter, knowing his patient to be per outlay for concentrated feeding stuffs training, but going to work in a meth occupying the entire space of a large fectly well, prescribes the "bread pill." odical manner to learn what ho could tour story building. The total print But. probably, the most opportune of is *625 annually. from the experience of others. He has ing bill of the Division for the past all times for the use of the "bread Economy In Farm Labor. applied principles and business meth year amounted to *258,172. pill" Is when the man of science makes One man and a boy do the labor of od» and baa fated a path Into a "Although we are sending .out a a visit to a particularly ill patient, but There Is vast volume of farm bulletins,” re- whose symptoms are of such a nature the farm except In hay harvest and region of greu. possibilities daring the cutting of silage. So sya- no doubt that bls experience can bs market Mr. Arnold in speaking of this that he la perplexed as to the charac- NEW you», N. y. HOW TO MAKE SCHOOL GARDENS. __________________ This Offer may be withdrawn at any time. ONLY ONE LIFE TO LIVE That’s the Reason Why EVERYBODY should get the most out of life that they can. 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