Orehard Notes.
Soon is the time wh<u the apple bor
er will emerge from the trunk of the
tree in the shape of a fly and look
about for crevices in the tree trunks
in which to deposit her eggs. A way
often recommended is to take a hoe
and hill up each tre» aliout six inches.
This will necessitate the laying of the
eggs on the trunk where they can be
easily gotten at and destroyed later.
TBE COMING FARM BO Y.
for 1906—th» most beauti-S
The Educated Farmer Becoming a
Power in State and Nation.
The time is fast coming , if, indeed,
it is not already here, when the in
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r
telligent, industrious and energetic
farmer will occupy a far more promi
nent place in the affairs of State and
Nation that evx* before. The—rapid
Counts ns Cash
pace necessarily adopted by those en
EASTER LILY GROWING
gaged in professional and mercantile
T.mrr
pursuits, in order to successfully meet
MtiDKi Ten Cent.
Henjeraoo " Collection o' mJ*, coniua-
TÓ BtCOME AN AMEUICAN INDUSTRY
May will be a Rood time to walk the competition assailing them on
of charge, our famous SO-cent
Gll.nl jr4nf. F ssjwi , ttitztAj
i*ig one packet each
rapidly through the orchard and* rub every hand, is not conducive to the
Cl*.. rimne
'ronenvelope, whirt. who empuwl.
GUY LLIIOTT MITCHELL.
off tho new shoots, or water sprouts, mental endowment of their descend
on J K'hut Tiffd Scarlrt
In •coup)
payment os any order
_ and returned, will be accepted as • 25-<*nt uun p-y
*
on the trunks of the trees. It much ants, and the farmboy of rugged con
amounting to fl .oo tad upward.
»
The general policy of the Depart plants can be grown which are en pruning has been done these will be stitution and industrious habits will
ment of Agriculture has been to en tirely free from disease, and most im found in abundance. When soft and be In ever growing demand to fill their
deavor to produce at home such plants portant of all, that the seedlings give green, as they are during this month, depleted ranks. Much has been writ
as are grown abroad and shipped into an opportunity to select better types they can be easily removed, pulled out ten in regard to the prominent part
by the roots, as It were, whereas later played by such breeding and early
the United States. This is just as true than exist at the present time.
Only Sure Core. *
with regard to luxuries as to neces The very best of these seedlings, they will have to be cut off, causing country training, in the successful
MINERAL
HEAVE
Positive and Permanent.
sities, and especially apropos is its some of which will undoubtedly show a liability to sprout again.
management of great mercantile enter
WEM EDY
Absolutely Pure.
reference to the Bermuda or Easter superiority in several ways over the
prises and the marvelous discoveries
$1.00 Package cures any
Lily. For some years efforts have been parents, can be retained for seeds, and
and achievements of great professional
ordinary case.
made to cultivate successfully the by keeping up the system of selection
$3.00 Packsflecuresawr
leaders
and
much
more
will
still
be
case or money refunded.
Easter illy in the South-eastern States, there will develop in a very few years
written
upon
the
same
subject.
The
Sent postpaid on receipt
but it has been found that the climate strains from seed which will be proven
farms of the country have been and
of price. A gents W ant -
of that section is not as favorable for of great value.
_
hd . Liberal terms.
will
continue
to
be
the
nurseries
from
George W. Oliver, the plant propa
4-604*
the lily bulbs as It is in the Bermudas
whence the degenerating forces of Ulairal Halve Remedy Co., »44*th *>•-. Pnnderi, Pa.
gator of the Department of Agriculture
and Japan.
those
overworked
brains
and
shattered
pan gave ■ Lot of Work?
Experiments have demonstrated that has been working on this particular
nerves will be recruited.
Can Save a Lot of R2MY1
bulbs of the Easter lily can be carried line for a number of years, with every
nr. to pay the cost of packing and postage. You
More important still, there is also
indication
of
success.
In
some
in
/ Hfi. «receive this Grand Collection of Beau-
Can
Increase Your Comforts.
over a season in cold storage, with a
a most promising future for the farm
sMzitiful Flowers, and our hew Sited List, the
stances
he
has
obtained
blooming
Can
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Your Profits!
only
liberal oiler ever made, and a Coupon Check
result that they are benefited very
boy who takes up agriculture as an
that will give you one of the finest Farm Payers
materially as it subjects them to a plants in from 7 to 9 months from
If you are interested In those things
occupation.
Farming
is
no
longer
published, by sending for this grand oiler:
condition approaching that existing in germination of the seed, while in re
mere drudgery and muscular exertion, W\1 fwk we’d like to send you our new book about
25 Packages Bead 1 pkt. Morning Glory.
1 pkt. Mixed CalliopBfSk
1 pkt. Snowball Aster.
Japan, the native country of the spe cent trials, as many as twelve mag
in
which man occupies abo-ut the same (yfej
1 pkUAppleBlos.Balsam 1 pkt. Mixed Calendula.
8TEWheels
cies, where the bulbs are heavily cov nificent blossoms have been cut from
1
pkt. Mixed Portulaca. 1 pkt. Mixed Nigella.
place
as
the
beasts
of
burden,
but
it
1
pkt. Mixed Fhlox.
1 pkt. Mixed Sweet l’ea.
ered with snow during the resting a plant within fourteen months after
is an industry calling for the keenest W electric " H’waoon
<
1 pkt. Sweet Mignonette 1 pkt. Sunflower.
1 pkt. Sweet Itocket.w
1
pkt.
Sweet
Alyssum.
period. This discovery has opened the plant has shown itself above
intelligence and the application of
1 pkt. Sweet William, m 1 pkt. Carnation Pink,
More
than
a
million
and
a
quarter
of
them
are
new possibilities in the cultivation of ground.
lpkt.
MixedFonro
’
CI
1
pkt.
Mixed
Poppy.
9
well defined principles.
UB6 and several hundred thousand farmers my
In order to further this class of
1 pkt. Mixed Candytuft, 1 pkt. Mixed Marigold
the lily. Heretofore, bulbs have been
If the farm boy can be made to In
1 pkt. Mixed Petunia.
1 pkt. Mixed Larkspur,
that they are the best Investment they ever mode.
1 pkt. Mixed Zinnia.
1 pkt. Mixed Pansy,
planted in some parts of the South work, the Department of Agriculture
They’ll eave you more money, more wofk, give bet
understand
that
the
cultivation
of
the
lpkt. Mixed Nasturtium 1 pkt. Mixed Verbenia.
ter service and greater eatlsfactlon than any other
early in the fall, with tho result that has obtained plots of land In California
soil
and
the
feeding
of
stock
are
based
SS llulha, a Beautiful Collection, lent with thia
metal wheel made—because Thgy’re Made Batter.
and
Oregon
where
it
is
believed
the
they sprouted considerably before cool
order, including Hyacinth!. Tulips, Crocus, Tube
upon principles as clearly defined as By every test they are the best. Spokes united to
roses. Gladiolus, (jaladiqni, Oxalis, if you will send
weather set in. When severe weather, Easter lily can be grown as profitably
the hub. If they work loose, your money back.
those underlying any mechanical or Don
at oncece&tl m |ilwr W liawps. Address
if
not
more
so,
than
it
is
In
either
Ber
’
t
buy
wheels
nor
wagon
until
you
read
our
such us the South gets at some periods
mercantile
pursuit,
and
that
the
same
E, C. HOLMES,8<HW»rvllte,M«sg.
book. It may eave you many dollars and It’S free.
muda
or
Japan.
of tlie winVr, does come, this growth
skill an<l energy applied to the former
ELECTRIC WHEEL CO.,
A
point
greatly
in
favor
of
raising
is killed and the plant more or less in
as to the latter will yield equally pro Box 263
Qulnoy, Illi.
jured. During the period before com the Easter lily from.seed, to constitute
fitable returns, he will be more greatly
ing into bloom, the plants rendered the crop of marketable bulbs, is that This Maonificent Bouquet was Crown from Seed attracted to his home acres. When to
sickly during the winter often suffer from one to two years’ time is saved in
In Fourteen Months.
these facts are added the opportunity
severely from lack of moisture, result the operation over the scale method.
By Using St. John’s Tin Mender and
The results of the work of the Depart If any top grafting has been done to participate in public affairs and
ing in poorly developed bulbs.
a Match. Don’t pay the tinsmith 15
cents every time you have a little
ment of Agriculture in obtaining and the grafts have taken, all sprouts the assurance that because he becomes
leak in your pans, kettles, pots,
On the Blue Bermuda Islands.
blooming plants in so short a time after below the grafts should be rubbed off a farmer, he does not surrender all
etc. Mend it yourself in half a
minute, and 100 other mends for 1-4
Lily growing on the Bermuda Islands planting the seed would probably seem clean, allowing the full vigor to go claim to public recognition and re
cent,
per mend. Ready for instant
nown, he will enter upon the work of
is an exceedingly profitable industry. like a fairy tale to tho participants of into the graft.
use» Mends all holes, from the
the farm with greater zest and courage
_ size of a pin point to 1-8 inch in
Practically all the land available for the illy conference held In London in
diameter. Greatest household convenience ever invented.
and with less foreboding.
the' production of bulbs is utilized for 1901. One of the papers read at that
DR. COFFEE’S SO - PAGE Write to-day for St John’s Tin Mender, Scents, pro
this purpose, and while the rotation time states that many species of Lil- For the best results fruit and other In order to obtain these results, it A EYE BOOK FREE aid ; per dozen, |1.45, prepaid. Bonanza for agents.
E. N. CORNEAU A CO ,
how to < ere eye diseases ■ ,
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of crops, together with the most ap- Hum, must have from ten to twelve trees should be cultivated early and is necessary that the farm lad be fitted JNHK at It tells
Dept. 49 Biver Street.
CHICAGO
home without visiting a Doctor—Write to
often during the spring and early sum for the work as thoroughly as persons
mer, as that is the time when most are fitted for other professions. He DR. W. 0, COFFEE. 104 , Century Bldg., Des Moines, la.
growth is made. When the fruit is must study agriculture as one who is
small there Is plenty of sap for vigor to become a physician studies medi
ous wood growth, but after the fruit cine, or the one who is to be an at
approaches maturity the wood growth torney studies law. He must not only
know how to do all things, but be
decreases.
must also know why the things are
done. He must know the effect upon
Made by the basic open-hearth process in our Steel Mills, Monessen, Penn
Caring for Transplunte<l Trees. tho soil of different methods of culture
sylvania. Has double the tensile strength of common fence wire, the springi
ness of a high grade spring wire, and is used only in the manufacture of
it is well the first year a large tree and the effect upon animals of various
Page Fences and coiled springs. Ask for “ A Trip Through Our Mills.” It
is transplanted to put a tile at its systems of feeding. He must know a
tells
how Page-Wire is made; how it differs from common fence wire and
base or a square box five or six inches thousand things unknown to his an
why
it is stronger and better. Sent free by return mail. Write for it to-day.
in diameter, in an upright position, cestors a generation or two ago, and
and stimulate the tree by pouring then—and not till then will he be in a
Page Woven Wire Fence Co., Box 926, Adrian, Mich
down soap suds or other water. This position to practice farming as intelli
furnishes sub-irrigation and allows but gently and as successfully as the phy
rMÌp-s
little of the water to evaporate.
sician practices medicine or the at
Trees should also be dug around torney practices law.
from time to time if rapid growth is
It requires time, hard study and
desired. A tree can grow up in sod some money to acquire this knowledge,
and practically stand still or by the but not so much as is required to pre
use of manure and cultivation it can pare for other occupations and profes
be made to grow as fast as desired. sions yielding good returns. There Is
The sod method is frequently followed no study necessary for the laborer
by the man who has no time to spend who uses pick and shovel at a dollar
on the convenience and appearance of and a half a day, but preparation is
The best 50 cent magazine in A me rien.
his place.
necessary for him who earns three
or four times that amount in any line
A
dollar magazine in everything hut price.
work. There is no preparation nec
As the warmth of spring approaches of
essary for the farmer who is content
tho system craves some fresh acid, and to
Thousands upon thousands are eagerly watching
harvest what the soil produces of
nothing is more grateful than rhubarb.
its own accord, but preparation is
for opportunities, financial, industrial, agricultural
A most satisfactory practice is to cover necessary
for the farmer who produces
a couple of thrifty stools of rhubarb three or four
while East, West, North and South opportunities are
times the average yield
with an old half-barrel, inverted, and of the soil. The
waiting for someone to pick them up.
man
who
manipulates
pile around it green manure. This Will the soil and directs the elements of
force it into quick growth.
The mission of OPPORTUNITY is to bring
nature in an intelligent manner in the
the seekers and the opportunities together. OP
production of that crop is an almost
PORTUNITY is full of attractive features,
Green Manuring.
greater factor than the soil itself.
beautiful illustrations, valuable information,
Father
and
mothers
who
desire
their
Very sandy soils are more apt to
interesting stories, instructive editorials. Good,
show a beneficial effect than heavy soils boys to become or remain farmers,
clean, wholesome, delightful reading for every
from plowing under green crops as should encourage them to make the
one in the family. Order a year’s " subscription
compared with applications of fertil requisite preparation for their life
at 50 cents. Read it three months, and if you don’t
izers or manures, for the reason that work and then there will bo fewer
like it write and tell us and we will stop it and re
in such soils fertilizer or manure ahandoned farms and fewer dis
fund ynur money. Do you find any other publi
leaches quickly away, whereas the couraged and disheartened fanners.
cation in America making such a liberal offer ?
humus afforded by the green crop is
The reason is that we have faith in ourselves and
know that
more entirely retained, itself adding to
The Joke was Moss Grown.
the body of the soil. Sandy soils, too, He said it in all innocence.
OPPORTUNITY WILL PLEASE YOU.
are nearly all deficient in vegetable
We otter the finest list of premiums to club raisers ever
It was at a nice, homelike little party
brought together by any publication. Liberal cash com
mold, and green manure is the easiest
missions given if preferred, but the prizes offered are
and cheapest method of supplying this the other evening, and Gabley had just
worth more than the cash commissions. No cheap, shoddy
told his time-worn story.
factor.
goods, but beautiful, valuable and useful
V
’
“Ch, strangle it,” called out Jonothan
Presents for Boys and Girls, Men and Women
5ECRFTARY WILSON AND A LILY GRÒ* N AT Irti DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FROM SEED.
Happlegood in his sonorous voice,
l‘,neo?VewihSolni.ely free fora lin>e work taking subscrin.
which made everybody look. “That
proved methods of selection and cul years to develop a flowering bulb from
an ,attt,c“ve magazine as -Ol'PORTU
sîiIi«y>-irrfLoÏLwuentsa year 11 1S easy work to secure
story is more ancient and rock-ribbed
tivation, would undoubtedly be eventu the seed. A noted scientist who was
subscriptions all the year round.
than the hills.”
ally a good policy for tho growers to believed to be an authority on lily
Boys, Girls, take an agency for OPPORTUNIT Y, and by
Then the three spinster Hill sisters
pursue, yet, except in tho case of the growing, stated that “in three or four
Lit n
a°e£ori,and after school and during vacations
of uncertain ages got up and stalked
more progressive growers, there is lit years at most, flowering bulbs will
?all your spending money or fine prizes, just such
things as you want, guns, watches, cameras, pianos, easy
stiffly out of the room with that set,
tle likelihood of tills being done, as it be produced from seed if the young
goSft ti,S<kJtfih%d,rt‘8heS’ Pc«ket knives, desks, base bail
hard expression which is akin to the
would materially decrease the revenue (liants are properly treated.” While
K oks' ¿
.
punching bags, electric novelties,
"automobile face.”
from lily farming for tho time being. the experiments of the Department of
ment^e“^'"^^^”« machine8- musica‘ mstru-
This will readily be understood when Agriculture have shown that some seed
OPPOCTraTv
time a£terno°ns and evenings to
it is stated that an acre of lilies will lings are longer than others in coming
One of the Hanks.
<«nish your hôïerfinreSrve™”ey’of0rthX”
bring from »1,000 to »2,000. Some into bloom, yet when these do flower,
“Hello,” said the Pipe to the Black
growers on tho islands who thoroughly they reward all the cultivator’s labor
Ji™“1"« C“’1
^^deÎoraK^ia^^c^ka tXs'ry’
Cigar.
appreciate the importance of careful by producing a great amount of flow
^}nuf^S?.rïï??cîeTiture’
In the Smokers’ grand parade,
methods are using small bulbs in ers—Instances being known of plants
“I see you march with the Cigarettes
preference to scales, and are selecting with from ten to fourteen flowers at
t H ki ’ t ve\^!tne °£youî friends to subscribe for OPPOR-
Instead of your own brigade.”
and fertilizing carefully, but they are one time.
luu7a« OuXC^ciîttSlfd“1^Ora^ Morris'chiir'
The
Black
Cigar
moved
down
the
line,
heavily handicapped by tho many
Hybrid Philippine Lily.
I°r your w£bor son or daughter1 SO”e Vai“b“1 pre“ni
Ashamed as he could be,
small growers who cultivate their
The Bureau of Plant Industry of
And simply said, with deep-bowed
crops according to old methods; and
Evcrybodf wants Opportunity as soon as he sees it.
head;
in these cases there is no selection the Department of Agriculture last
year
took
up
the
problem
of
shorten
’’I've joined the ‘rankB,* you see.”
• with a view to producing and perpetu-
’Ing good types. Little manure is ing the time of growing, as any short
ening
in
tho
time
of
growth
represents
">d. Tho methods of propagation are
Courtesy to the Cloth.
Always give your own name and fan address and write
ry faulty and they have not been so much gain to the cultivator. With
He
was
a young and smart-looking
this
in
view
the
Department
imported
inged since the beginning of the In
Scots
clergyman,
and
was
to
preach
a
species
of
lily
from
the
Philippines
st ry In the islands. For instance,
a "trial” sermon in a strange church.
•he growing of the bulbs for Amer- which was known to bear flowers In
Fearing that his hair might be disar
THE PHILIPPINE LILY.
markets the smaller sizes are from two to three months after plant
ranged or that he might have a smudge £ 279 DEARBORN STREET, CHICAGO, ILL.
Ì
ited in the fall and harves’M in ing of the bulk This lily has been
on
his face, he quietly and signifi
, or before the bulbs have thorotlph- crossed with the common Easter lily,
Planting
overgrown
nursery
stock
cantly
said to the beadle, there being
ripened. In the process of handling, and the result has been a hybrid, because it can be secured cheaper than no mirror
in the vestry:
Chy of tho immature scales drop bearing as many flowers as the old young stock is a serious mistake. In
John, could you get me a glass?”
In m the bulbs. These are not thrown Bermuda lily, with no difference in ap the first place the handling is much “ John
and after a few
zMvny. as they ought to be. but are pearance from this plant, except that greater, and. again, such trees will minutes disappeared,
returned with something un
carefully saved and planted with a view the hybrid will develop In four or five never make the sturdy and vigorous der his coat,
-' Your Mona, Back II You Want IL
which, to the astonish
to raising small bulbs. These bulbs months representing a shortening In growth of the younger ones. To use
Will bring you by mail aS m . box
ment of the divine, he produced in the
ultimately form a large part of the time or from one to three months. them at any price is poor economy.
I “'«an- Vanilla Crystals,
form of a bottle with a gill of whisky
While the experiments of the Depart
general crop.
Orange,
Lemon, '.Almond,
in IL saying:
are not yet completed, the re
Clove,
Nutmeg,
Ginger,
A r a result of »11 those conditions ment
Rose or Cinnamon Cryatals.
The Eskimo (fives his doctor a fee “Ye manna let on aboot IL meenlster,
sults
attained
so
far
warrant
the
be
the bulbs marketed by Bermuda have lief that the new hybrid Easter Idly as soon as he comes. If the patient for I got It as a special favor, and I
The best Flavoring ever made.
Non-Alcoholic and Unchangeable In
become impregnated with disease, so can ba produced cheaper than tho old recovers, it is kept; if not, it is re wadna hae got it If I hadna told them
Cooking. Superior to any 25c. bottle
that, at the present time it Is almost variety whirti blooms not les» than turned.
it was for you.”
of Liquid Extract.
Endorsed by U. 8. Food Commission
impossible to secur» a bulb or plant
IOC ■>.«. M
8end 10 O«its to-day to
which does not nhow some trace of dl- from six to eight months after ¡»¡ant Th» gate« of Pekin are closed every
JOS. BUTLER co., IT Battery Plate. • M. ¥. OMv.
ing of the bulb.
The Man of the Hour.
•▼ening with elaborate and formal cere He stood In the hail at midnight,
The American Method.
mony The closing of the gates is one
But the clock was not striking the
Men's Trials.
Investigations made by the Depart Seo a pin and pick It up—and yon of th» sights which strangers travel
hour,
far
to
see.
ment of Agriculture have shown that can bet your wife'll ask yon for ft be
FoI hta
touch had stilled It,
by tho use of seeds instead of scale», fore you get a chance to use It
Ere the storm had time to lower.
The beautiful patterns which
larger bulbs can be secured in a much
He said, as the stairs he climbed softly
used for Cashmere shawls are
shorter time than can be produced by
“A hero of labor I'm like—
the scale method Moreover. It has
Th «re are Indian millionaires ta In quently copied from the leaf of
For surely this night I’ve averted
begonia.
been demonstrated that In this way dian Territory and Oklahoma.
A HMt disastrous strike.
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