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Farmers' Educational and Co-Operative Union of America Matters #, Especial Moment to the Progressive Agriculturist ('onll ,ii qulality seeks a low level. I bt .s a malignant form of pov erty Education should be with a view to acti1r: Politics. ' ithout education, es a dan gerous thing Clear-sighted reason is one's most, valuable asset. IDbt mrr:ake cowards of us all -pro videdl w e are honest. Success comes to the man who be lieves in succeeding. Clean bodies and clean clothes have a moral effect upon children We should water and cultivate the foears, and destroy the weeds in our disposition. No talents, no circumstances, no op portunities aill make a successful man unless reinforced by a reasonable amount of energy. The man who hitches his horse to a fine shade tree ought to be condemned to holding the In'ching strap in his teeth until he learns better. UNITE TO GET FAIR PRICES Attorney Generals of Southern States Give Opinions on Scope of Farmers' Co-Operation. To what extent may producers unite to obtain fair prices and better dis tribution? Is it legal for cotton grow ers in each state to hold conventions, vote that the price should be a cer tain figure, and then through their own state organizations urge upon local granges and unions within the state the wisdom of co-operating to demand and obtain such prices? We submitted this all-important # question to the attorney general of each of the southern states, says the Iowa Homestead. Their replies Indi dicate that such action on the farm ers' part does not violate the anti-trust law in any of the southern state. The Mississippi attorney general writes a lengthy opinion to the effect that the anti-trust law was not aimed at that sort of thing, but that it is an advant age to the state and to the public for growers to receive a reasonable price for their produce. Evidently there is not much danger but that the ef forts of farmers to co-operate in marketing their produce wholly with In their state may be legal and not subject them to prosecution. Hlow ever, it will be aise for them to take Counsel on this point Interstate combinations of pro ducers to effect better distribution and secure better prices may run up against the federal anti-trust statute That is why so harmless a corporation as the New England milk producer, company had to disband as a result of being indicted for violating the fed eral law It has been succeeded by a voluntary association, which strives to avoid any conflict with the statute The organization of the California orange growers, which so efficiently promotes the distribution of that crop at fair prices, has thus far escaped in dictment. Instead of discouraging Cooperation, both federal and state laws should encourage it. HIGHEST PRICE FOR COTTON Movement Inaugurated at Bonham That Deserves Consideration of All Shipping Points. The merchants of Bonham, Tex., have organized a company to offer the farmers top prices for their cotton. The company does not care to deal in cotton, but will take it where the regular buyers refuse to pay the high eat market price. The business men of Texas are be ginning to realize that they can be come most useful on the marketing ] side of agriculture and the Bonham I movement deserves the consideration I of all other shipping points. Buslness men can employ their ener- 1 gies to no better advantage than to assist farmers in getting fairer market prices for their products. t Marketing Cream. On farmnis where a hand separator is r used more money can often be ob tained by selling sweet cream to ho- d tels, confectioners and eice-cream mak- t ers than by ,selling sour cream to the t creamery (if course, it is more a Strouble to market sweet cream than . sour. as the product must be taken f to market oftener, and care must be r .exercised to keep the cream perfectly r ..weet. but where the market is not c too far aaay all these difficulties can c be met nicely. Ice cream manufacturers desire a a Stin cream, testing about 1. per cent t Stt, and this, of course, leaves less t, Skimmllk on the farmni than when a v high-test cream Is marketed. but the s Sbetter price received for the sweet 1 cream is usually enough to pay for this and the extra trouble. Health of Young Pigs. f Young pigs hbulbt not be given b Crowded quarters In order to keep them In a health.y growing condition. a proper d:,'t should bte fed. Healthy ladividuals ,Osess a ('rtain amount c Of power to r-'sist disease, and this tl plays no small part in preventing it c Swine Shelter. Cheap sbtirs and fences should be; t'ed until lhe lr,,its fromnt the hogs a Dpay for bet-tr onI s No large sI hildlng should hie rected uintil hogs t( he been grot stveral years on thl IS l and the breIider is sure of what it Swants and xhri, he wants to 1o- t) L*aib it S Comfortable Coops. Coops for the hens and chicks sl }hould be w-ll v-ntilated. easy to tI .Ita, and of suff.clent proportlons at Sinsure comfort. CO-OPERATE IN HOG SELLING Practical Plan for Farmers Given oy W. J. Shuford at Conference for Educat:on in South. The following plan for co-operative egg-selling by farmers was laid be fore the conference for education in the south by W. J. Shuford of Hick ory, N. C.: Any nurmber of farmers from six up can start an! .-gg-glling association. S The:l shoul, I hae enough liens to fur- I tr ish at least tao cas-s of eggs per we.ek at the seaso,l of the year when ege production is the lightest. The amiounit of capital necessary - to start might be as luw as $5, or $I '". depend'.ng upon the number of to rneibers. There should be an mitia a t in ftee of f; to get the nlecessary an- ..pital Oranize by getting the farmers and their wives together to It talk the jimatter over There should ti bhe four or five meetings, and the sub- n ro- lt thoroughly discussed, before get- ci tling don to business The farmers pi should secure some central location b, in the neighborhood that would be di Sacce ssible to all who might wish to ni join the association. The school house fl he during the school term could be a pl pir lace for the gathering of the eggs di The children could bring in the eggs at rp- ahen they come to school. Sales, qi ful etc, could be looked after by the ble teacher. Bs (Constitution and by-laws should be bi a very simple There should be an th 1ed agreement in writing specifying fresh, hi hs clean eggs, gathered daily, and de- of livered at least twice a week to the th association for a given period; and th rules should be made that if a patron ca brought in bad eggs over three times at tea he would be dropped from the asso- b elation. of A stamp should be given each ca member with a number on it as a ite means of identification together with tit is- an agreement to attend a meeting pr w- when called by the president. lzi ,s. Officers should consist of president, ut er- secretary, manager and treasurer, he sir with a governing board of from four cr on to six directors. Possibly it would be wi he best to combine the offices of secre- G to tary, treasurer and manager. en Some nearby market should be se- th .nt lected and a good grocer found who 01 of desires a good quality of eggs. Hotel th he and college trade should also be cul- to dl- tivated. gli m-I Shipments should be made two or dii Ist three times a week in warm weather. ga he and twice a week at other times of a the year. of he A record should be kept of all Us at eggs received. If any profits accure nu at- they should divided among the cri or patrons at the end of the year, in pro- til ce portion to the amount of business fur- so re nished. dll 'f- C'ash should be paid for all eggs as in bought, price based on daily market sot h- reports. eal ft Start the association in a small way, qu w- give it a name, and sell your eggs eai ke under this name. All goods should cr be carefully packed fn cartons. inl o-_ dit id KILLING BOLL WEEVIL EARLY to n Warning Sent to Farmers in Cotton the ;, Belt Cautioning Them Against in It Spread of Harmful Insect. gr( d- be a The department of agriculture is sor to sending out warnings to the farmers is e in the cotton belt, cautioning them avi is against the spread of the boil weevil lat ly It is also advising them thro gh field the p, ag-nts how to destroy and prevent the hai n- spread of the insect. an "Destroy the cotton stalk early in aft ig October if possible," advises the de partment. "Destroy your stalIi even pla if your less progressive neighbor does oni not. It will pay. Clear off and burn rec N all your rubbish on ditch banks and other hybernating places for the mi weevil This should be done early in the fall. •Do not plant cotton after cotton but plant your cotton on land that has I.. groan a heavy crop of cowpeas, velvet 2 t beans, Lespedeza, or some other legu. n. minous crop to supply the land with n nitrogen and vegetable matter. BIreak e the land in the fall or early winter ,- that is to be planted to cotton next year.5 e"Where sufficient teams and toos 6 e are available to plow under and com g pletely bury the stalks this should by to all means be done. Where it is Im- 7 n possible to plow the stalks under they should be uprooted, raked into wind r- rows and allowed to dry for a few o days. They should then be burned." t To prove the value of destroying i I the cotton stalks, the department con- ren ducted experiments in Amite county, led Mississippi. last year and the following i results are shown: ada On 117 acres where no stalks were the destroyed but where all other instruc- dry tions or the government were followed, s I s the average yield was t;19 pounds of I ing e seed cotton per acre. On 28 acres fu where the stalks were destroyed be- can Sfore October 10. and the same cultural methods applied, the average yield gen - per acre was 1.050 pounds of seed levi t cotton, or a gain of 441 pounds of seed ma Scotton per acre, worth at that time ' $17 64. was secured by early fall de- bes a struction of stalks. If it pays a few cor men $17 I,4 per acre to cut their cot Ston stalks before October Ii,. what would it mean to a county if every SA stalk in it were cut before October On the other farms in the same I county where none of the government instructions were followed. It took from eight to ten acres to make a 1 bale of cotton Crop in Poultry Yard. ar Plant the poultry yards to some ago t croy if osible. If this Is not prac- c ticable. eep the yard r'weet and t cltean b. ploaing and disinfecting. Deet Tops for Silage. put Wisconsin farmers are enthusiastic and at the results of using beet tops with on shock corn for silage. Where heet get tops are thrown away a great saving is here shoan to be possible. By us- ly I ing shock corn it can be put in when i an the beets are toppled. Wethers for Market. a ,'ethers intended for the fall market should be taken from the flock, put by and themselves and fed liberally until they o i are so fat that another week's feeding will not add a pound. SDIVERSIFICATION ON SOUTHERN FARMS n Corn Crop Peculiarly Adapted to Soils in the South. IMPORTANT CROP IN SOUTH n No Such Risks From Frosts as Menace Farmers of So-Called Corn Belt Only Necessary to Pulverize , Soil to Absorb Moisture. (By G. H. ALFOIR.) e The long seasons of the south make o it peculiarly adapted tc the cultiva d tion of the corn crop, since there is never any risks from early frosts catching corn as there is in a large s part of what is now termed the corn belt. The rainfall is sufficient to pro e duce maximum crops and it is only necessary to pulverize the soil and fill it full of vegetable matter and plant food for from 5 to 15 Inches deep so that it will absorb the rain and conserve the soil water by fre quent and shallow cultivation. Fertile soil and good seed are es sential to success in corn growing, but without thorough preparation of ' the soil before the seed is planted we have no right to expect a good crop -of corn. If we will only give our lands the preparation that the farmers in the central west give their lands we can, by reason of climatic conditions and natural fitness for the crop, easily beat them in production, and the doing of this is not a question of mere appli cation of so much fertilizer per acre. The results of the experiment sta tions seem to indicate that at the usual price of corn and commercial fertil izers, the profitable production of corn upon commercial fertilizers is almost a hopeless undertaking, unless the corn crop is grown in a systematic rotation with nitrogen-gathering crops. The Georgia station says: "That at pres ent prices of commercial fertilizers they cannot be used with profit." The Ohio station states: "In no case has the increase In the crop been sufficient to pay cost of fertilizers." The Vir ginia station says: "In no instance did the nitrogen application give a gain equal to its cost" An application of a medium amount of the fertilizer on average land will usually pay a profit. Barnyard ma nure is a valuable fertilizer. It in creases the amount of available fer tility in the soil, adds humus to the soil and improves the mechanical con ditions. The average yield of corn in the south is about 15 bushels. It is an easy crop to improve in yield and in quality. The yield to an acre can easily be doubled with very little in crease in labor or expense by plant ing better and more prolific seed in ad dition to increasing the fertility of the soil and by better methods of prepara tion and cultivation. The variety should be adapted to the conditions of the soil and climate in which it is grown. There is no crop grown that is so much influenced by being transferred from north to south of the section where the corn Is to be grown. Therefore, we should avoid sending north or south of our latitude for seed, but should take at the start the best corn attainable that has been long grown in our latitude and through careful selection, year after year, bred up. The average corn grower plows, plants and cultivates one-fourth to one-third of his corn acreage without receiving anything for his labor. This CORN GROWERS' RULES. 1-Save Seed Before Oct. 1st. 2-Test Each Ear. 3-Grade the Seed and Test the Planter. 4-Improve the Seed. 5-Do Not Import Seed. 6-Do Not Continue Without a Rotation of Crops. 7-Do Not Follow Oats With Corn. is because of the vacant hills and bar ren stalks attributable to poorly se lected seed. The method of planting must be adapted to the section and nature of the land. Where the soil is high and dry soil, or where very dry weather is likely to prevail during the grow ing season, planting corn in the water furrow is probably best. The soil can be gradually worked to the corn Where the land is well drained, it ts generally best to plant the corn on a level so that flat, shallow cultivation t may be practiced to the best ad vantage. On wet lands, it is usually best to plant on beds and give the corn ridge cultivatiqp. b SAND FOR THE SICK CHICKS' Kansas Farmer Saves Many of His Little Fellows by Use of Gravel -Remedy for Lice. (By J. D. HUNTER.) I see so often in the paper of peo ple being troubled with white di arrhoea in their chicks. Three years I ago we lost most all of our young chicks with this disease and I con cluded it was the want of sand, so this year we have sieved sand for them when they are one day old and P put a little bran on millet and wheat and corn chop, all mixed, equal parts, on the sand-Just a little so they will get more sand than the mixture, and g this year 1 have 150 and have scarce ly lost a chick. I had 56 little ones and did not lose one until I ran out of sand, when one died and the others looked bad, so we got the sand right away and they picked up immediately. For mite lice we use a pint of grease and one quart of coal oil and a pint of crude carbolic acid and take a swab a or turkey wing and fill all the crevices n the chicken houses with the mix The result of the experiment ate tions seem to indicate that it makes no particular difference in yield whether the corn is planted in hills or in drills. The distance apart in rows and drills must be settled for each lo cality and each particular soil. The amount of moisture and fertility of ,d to the soil must be considered in de ciding the distance in the drill. Where the soil is light and dry, weather us ually dry during the growing season, best results are generally obtained by ei UTH having the rows four or five feet t apart, with one stalk every three feet s5 apart in the row. Where such thin tl enace planting is necessary, it is generally n, t- preferable to plant soy beans, pea- it e nuts, or some other crop between the b: corn rows. a The cultivation of the corn crop it should always be level and shallow, ex make cept in low, undrained lands, where gi Itiva- it may be necessary to plant in ridges m re is and to keep the middle clear to assist rc rosts in drainage. The first cultivation hi large should be made before the corn comes th corn out of the ground, and the best im- sa pro- plement to use is the harrow to mere- in only ly break the crust and allow the corn id and to come up easily and uniformly. Then cl and follow with a harrow or weeder, going di Iches both ways, and after the corn gets cc rain six or eight inches tall, the two-horse nc fre- cultivator, which enables the operator be to cultivate both sides of a row at wi e es- once, is the best implement to use. oi wing, It is always much easier and more uJ in of satisfactory to prevent the growth of dr d we weeds or destroy them soon after the ye crop seeds germinate than it is to attempt ba lands their destruction after they have at- in -s in tained a firm, fast hold. The sectional rjn s we steel harrow, or the weeder, on light N tions lands full of humus and so on are the ro asily implements to use in cultivation. loing The later cultivation after the corn In Lppli- gets tall is the small-tooth, one-horse en re. cultivator. Worked in this way the be sta- roots are unharmed and the moisture m, Isual is kept right where they seek it. m: ertil- Many carefully made experiments I I corn have shown that the stalks, leaves mi ost a and shucks of corn have a feeding co corn value equal to the grain. Of course, hs stion if we let the stalks stand in the field lei The until the grain is fully matured the no pres- foi izers thi The GOOD PLACES TO HANG sit has SEED. ,tent SEED. thi Vir- 1-Dry Ventilated Cellar. ance re a 2-Dry Attic or Spare Room 3-Dry Ventilated Shed. ount will 4--Any Dry Ventilated Building. ma in. BAD PLACES TO HANG SEED. er 1-Stable Over or Near Stock. con-' 2-Over Oats or Corn. the 3-Damp Cellar. auan' 4-Closed Attic Over Kitchen. d in dan 5-Any Damp Close Place. in 6--0ut in Sunshine. lant iad the stover will be of very little value. But ara- if the corn is cut while the fodder is still green and untouched by frost, I to that is, as soon as the ears are well C nate glazed, and is cured in the shocks, the crop fodder is of far more value for feeding. I by The most important and valuable to invention in the connection with the corn corn crop in recent years has been ould the invention of the silo, into which wa our the green corn is cut, preserved in a old e at succulent state for winter feeding and a that for tiding over a drought in the sum- wit tude mer when the grasses fail in the pas- tin year tures. The silo is indispensable to I the breeder of either beef or dairy rig -ws, cattle. to More corn brings into use the pas 'out tures and idle lands of the farms. It this is a basis for the cheaper food supply for the masses. Therefore, the pro duction of an abundant supply of corn of is one of the essentials of good farm. ing. The south will be prosperous when the necessary corn is grown bot within her borders. dy Where it is common only to gather st the grain and then turn the cattle into an the field to glean the fodder, that, standing in the frost had become prac tically worthless, the cattle ranging over the soft and wet ground, puddle the soil and do serious injury to it in a the future cultivation. Then, too, the wi land is left bare all winter and loses of fertility in winter rains, when it h should have the green cover crop, on it at all times. Modern machinery has greatly lessened i labor of cutting and bar- shocking tue corn. We now have ma e- chines to cut and bind the corn, and we have the huskers and shredders be that separate the corn from the stover chl and tear up the whole stalks and leaves into such a shape that not only her is a far larger portion eaten, but the ow- waste part is in such a shape that it m er makes valuable bedding. my soil dus rn Dairy's Biggest Leak. t s Keeping two cows to do the work full na of one constitutes the biggest leak in ion the dairy business. eve ad- flay slly A bird that has been sick with any due the contagious disease is disqualified from wh being either a safe breeder or mother. lo ihis KS'ture and we have not seen any of the let lice since two years ago, barring one I His or two times in the summer when sie I went right at the roosts with the f mixture and they quickly disappeared. con Indication of Yellows. du e The premature ripening of peaches ble di- on a small branch or part of a branch cou are is a sure indication of yellows. out on- Benefits of Cultivation. so Thorough cultivation not only kills for weeds, but saves moisture and enables md plants to stand drouth better. Inte eat t. Keep Pigs Growing. she ill Prepare to keep the young pigs imp nd growing from the hour they enter the " ce world. I'm er here of Locate Brs. you rs The drops of gum which exude mor ht from the roots of the peach trees show her ly. where the borers are. sie asl nt If the newly set strawberry plants Do ab are dying look around for the cut and es worm. The best remedy is to dig the dan i worms out and destroy them. that you: The Basement i Philosopher he IiII of By KENNETT HARRIS in at ax re at z (Copynrtr 1911. by W. G. Chp.man) b 11 ) With a dragging footstep and a gen- or by eral air of lassitude, the Janitor en ýet tered the boiler room and seated him ýet self in the dilapidated rocker near sa tin the furnace, first ejecting his Scandi- of Ily navian assistant who had been dozing tr ea- in that particular seat. He did this th he by tilting the chair abruptly forward S; and sliding the stupefied underling on se op i to the cement floor. ut x- "Is that the way you watch the re gauge, you tow-headed, milky-eyed ,a. es mutt?" the Janitor demanded. He 1st *rolled some cut plug tobacco between i on his horny palms and grimly surveyed sh es the muttering northerner, who was m- slowly gathering his sprawled person R.n re- into an upright position. "That's your Se rn idea of qualifying yourself for a first- in en class engineer's certificate, is it, you 'g dumb, dopey square-head! Whose al- I ta cohol lamp have you been getting to to se now, I'd like to know? Can't turn my or back for a pleasant evening's visit at with my wife's wealthy relations with- BI out you curling your big, ugly carcass re up in my chair and snoring like a Tv of drove of hogs, can I? Let me catch le you at it again and I'll take that slice pt bar and make you see your native ror Lt- ing-boring Alice. Everyth!tg's all I al right, is it? Lucky for you it is, or Al' ht I'd not let you sit in the wheelbar- bel Ie row." sci The Janitor crammed his tobacco jui r into the bowl of his pipe, lit it and any se emitted a smoky sigh. "I feel a little at Ie better now," he said, with an abate- abi re ment of his truculent tone. "Forgive my harsh words, Nels. my friend; but tal ts I have been tried. I sure have. Five enm 3 minutes ago I was wearing a clean old 15 collar and using stiff, starched and erc e, hand polished conversation to a wit Id leathery, elderly lady that ain't got tal ie no more use for me than a pig has to, for a pink parasol. She's got an idea the that my wife might have done con- me siderable better than what she did of when she married me. I don't say I the old lady ain't right either, but how doi Sit t. e "IF MY WIFE'S AUNT WAS IN SCA NDA n A HAPPY M h was I a-going to help it? Once my five a old woman makes up her mind to do rict d a thing, there ain't no use arguing har r with her about it. I seen that at the wit time. I didn't know her as well as ly i o I do now, but I was wise to that all sixt 7 right. ab "Nels, my friend," continued the tral Janitor, after a few reflective puffs at vigi his pipe, "I'm going to give you some good advice. I take back what I've you been saying about them frugal habits to of yours. Go right on nourishing your- abo self with cold water and cabbage tiv soup. Stick to that red vest and last bottle green coat of your grand--dad L dy's and save money; then you go and take a trip back to the old country and give the girls there a chance at A you. You've got to a marrying age of 1 now and some female or another isa at going to cop you out spre, so you the might as well take the curse off as the far as you can by going where your mat wife can leave her relations a matter ed of two or three thousand miles be out. hind her. If my wife's aunt was in scet Scandahoovia or Shanghai, I'd be a ing happy, carefree man this minute, but out having her as close as Indianapolis him and knowing that any time a year, on. she may hop on the train and come com to see us is quinine in my whiskey inqi and hair in my pipe; it's a thought to dog I chill hot victuals and make my feath- ple er pillow feel like a gunny sack full "A of half bricks; it puts an ache in the my bones and a fever in my brain, him makes the cold sweat stand out on "1 my forehead and fills my mouth with rem dust and ashes. It's fierce!" atr The Janitor shook his head mourn fully. "You wouldn't have thought it was dust and ashes in my mouth this 01 evening, though," he went on. "You'd writ hlave supposed it was butter that was and due to stay there until I swallowed it neit whole or spat it out. There she sits, got lIooking like a Philippine curio in a life thissolnary museum, with her old gim- tivit let eye boring into my depraved and nice degraded soul, and me feeling as if bres I was the biggest mistake in a small star size that ever happened. Me, with my forty-two inch chest and my noble and commanding presence! Me that's re A duced the arrogantest tenant to hum- the bleness! Me, Mike. limp as a lunch It v counter dishrag, picking and sorting "sam out my words and smiling till my it w cheeks is stiff while she's Lasking my tod wife if I drink as much as ever. ties "'I hate a fool,' says she. of 1 "'They're sure poor company for an won intelligent person, ma'am,' says I. tion "'I'm glad to see you realize it,' she says, 'but I doubt if you'll ever improve much for all that,' T "Wouldn't that Jar you? It's well in I'm a reasonable man or I'd come out ral here and bust in that bone head of Swi yours to get even. And two days mat more of it to enjoy! If it was just 2,49 her talking-Just her! crea "Who is It? I wonder at you now, as little sense as I know you've got. Do you suppose any human hundred- "J and-ten-pound, visegar-tongued harr- bur dan' 'ould hand me out a spiel like shot that and get away with it? Not on bit your picture postcard. It's money Cht that's talking, Nels, my friend; money 0 in the bank, drawing four per cent t interest, and when money talks, you've g got to scoop your hand behind your ear and listen with respectful atten tion. No, Nels, it ain't just my wife's aunt that's insulting me. It's her sav ings account and a municipal bond th and a farm mortgage and a house vt and lot, and I'll take a good deal of to bawling out from them sort of things fis if I've a chance of getting my mitts ta a gen- on 'em in due course of time. bc or en- "But them two days is the limit," sp d him said the janitor, knocking the ashes ar nearout of his pipe. "If she was the wealth r! of the Indies and the United States SE dozing treasury vaults, I'd have her trunk in le; the wagon the day after tomorrow. wi rard She's got forty-six hours-twenty- of Ing on seven hundred and sixty goldeb min- ch h the utes to take me by the ears and rub my face in the mud, and then, the on y-eyed stuff's off. I'm a patient man when bo He I've got to be, but there's a point pa tween when I rise up on my hind legs and mi veyed show 'em what's what if I've got to loi was smash every dish on the table and ch eron wake up the folks in the next block. ba your Seven twenty-five Wednesday morn- ble ing and the place is clear of her. ble t, you "Unless," added the Janitor, after a an se al moment's pause, "unless she concludes dii ng to to stay a few days longer." dii rn my __ visit with- BRAIN WORK AND LONG LIFE i ike a Two Would Seem to Go Together Pro catch vided That Element of Worry Ps slice Can Be EIImlnated. e ror- -- Th A all English judges, according to Lord is, or Alverstone, are often at their best elbar- between sixty-five and eighty. The scientific explanation of this is that bacco judges use their brains cJcbtantly al' t and and with great concentration, and are wa little at the same time relieved of worrying wa abate- about their material welfare. the irgive Worry hastens death, but hard men- at I; but tal work is a tonic and life-strength- Pre Five ener. If you want to live to a good ma clean old age, use your brain. Mental ex. to I and ercise keeps the brain well supplied as to a with blood. With the source of vi- the t got tal energy well nourished, it acts as a Shas tonic to the whole system. Those, on cog idea the other hand, who are deficient-in col con- mental exercise deprive their brains sid e did of a sufficient blood supply. use t say The same study which found judges Da how doing their best work between sixty- J wit tw( for fax net ca pul for knc the and to is r Stini afti doz twc of the ing s twn tpie cup SCA NDAHOOVIA OR SHANGHAI, I'D BE are HAPPY MAN." my five and eighty, cited the English ag o do ricultural laborer, who, after a life of B ruing hard, outdoor work, but practically tat t the without intellectual exercise, frequent- all 11 as ly goes to pieces between the ages of lip g Lt all sixty and seventy. For most people bon a bit of serious meditation or concen- ags the trated thought would prove a more one Ts at vigorous tonic than physical exercise. Ing home Work your brain hard and keep Mil I've young. Any man who devotes himself abits to serious thought without worry in your about the future will be more produc bage tive of a high order of work in his f1i and last years than at any earlier period. -dad- -Leslie's.m , and bak intry Dog a Bit Ahead. :e at A Maine man tells a story of a friend age of his in the west who was induced by Ii sr is a stranger to buy what was claimed by sift you the latter to be the best wolf dog in foui f as the country. A few days later the der. your man took his new purchase and start- in atter ed out early in the morning to try him one Sbe out. The dog soon picked up the and 5 in scent and started off, the man follow- and be a ing on horseback. The dog was soon onts but out of sight, but the man could hear witl polim him bark occasfonally and followed on year, on. About noon he met another man in I *ome coming from the opposite direction and skey inquired if he had seen a wolf and a it to dog anywhere, to which the man re- T sath- plied that he had. half full "And how were they going?" queried molv s in the man. "Was the dog nearly onto Cov rain, him?" cup t on "Well," answered the other, "if I eggi with remember correctly, the dog was just and a trifle ahead."-Harper's Magazine. fou grn. let 1 ht it Practice Versusea Preaching. and this Our young people have thought and like oud written much on labor and reform, or C was and for all that they have written, ad it neither the world nor themselves have sits, got on a step. Intellectual tasting of A in a life will not supersede muscular ac- lt gim- tivity. If a man should consider the a and nicety of the pwassage of a piece of n s if bread down his throat, he would si mall starve.-Emerson, and Thinks the Word Will Stlck. ju Sre A magazine writer is credited with atte mm- the invention of the word "Highbrow." be Inch It was coined to express a blend of pac ting "snob' 'and "acadeice." He first used my it when, as a reporter, he had occasilon my to descrlbe the proceedings of socie ties who talked about the betterment milk of the drama. He thinks that the pow r an word will be assimilated by the dio. will tionaries of c it,' ' one ever European Wlnes. stea The total production of wine In 1912 sevs well in the following countries: 8pain, pIes out France, Italy, Luxemburg, Roumania, tute d of Switzerland, Algeria, Tunis, is esti days mated at 2,781.985,000 gallons, against Just 2,498,322.000 gallons in 1911, an in. Ct crease of 11.4 per cent cut now, squs got. Comment on the War. frel red- "Just to think," said Mrs. Tricke- tone arrl- bury, "that this great Balkan war eggs like should have been started by a little of te t on bit of a country like Monte Carlo."- may mey Christian Register. slice oney DISHES FOR SUNDAY SUPPER cent urve Something New That the Family and your the Guests Will Be Sure to .tten- Appreciate. ffe's say- For a ,change on Sunday night try bond this salad: Marinate with your fn ouse vorite thin salad dressing three-quar 1l of ters of a pint of any cold meat or kings ish (never mix meat and fish) two nitta tablespoonfuls of capers, one egg boiled hard and chopped, one table mit." spoonful each of olives. dill pickles shes and ptimentoes, two dashes of pap ralth r!ka, celery salt to taste; stir well. lates Serve cold in two hours on lettuce k in leaves garnished around the edges ,row. with slices of hard boiled egg. sprigs tuty- of parsley and thin slices of Swiss min- cheese. rub Another supper dish is made of the one pint of macaroni measured after rhen boiling, which is about one-third of a )int package, one-half pint of stewed to and matoes, to which are added two bouli t to Ion cubes, one gill of grated rich and cheese, two tablespoonfuls of chipped lock. bacon and one of bacon rat, one ta iorn- blespoonful of minced onion, one ta blespoonful of chopped parsley; salt er a and pepper to taste. Rub a baking ades dish with baco:2 fat. Mix all ingre dients thoroughly, put them ynto the baking dish, brown in a hot oven. IFE Both dishes are satisfactory served with graham toast. Pro PROPER WASHING OF TOWELS Those Used in the Kitchen Require od Especial Treament to Be of best Good Service. The - that Towels used in the kitchen should ntly always be rinsed in moderately cool, are water and then washed in hot, soapy ring water. They should be rinsed and then dried in the open air. If time is oen- at premium they need not be ironed. gth- Probably this laxity would shock ;od many careful housewives, but a clean -. towel, dried in the open air, is quite lied as useful for drying dishes as one vi. that is ironed smooth. Us a One clever woman always saves the coarse 'sacks that sugar and salt t-in come in-the big ones. She rips the tins side seams and hems the ends and uses them for towels for pots and ge pans. A doll's clothesline, which comes with half a dozen tiny clothespins and two small pulleys, is a convenience for drying kitchen towels. It can be fastened from the kitchen porch to a nearby tree. and extra clothespins can be bought for a small price. The pulleys, rope and six pins are sold for ten cents. Stewed Apples. In cooking apples it may not be known generally that the more quickly they are cooked after paring the richer and better they are. An apple begins to be discolored as soon as the skis is removed, and this discoloration con tinues in the cooking. As quickly after paring as possible, put half a dozen apples, sliced, into a pan with two-thirds as much water as the bulk of the apples. Cover them and let them cook as rapidly as possible. Watch them closely to prevent burn Ing, and just as they are falling to pieces put into them two-thirds of a cup of sugar, stirring it quickly. They E are delicious also served cold. Creamed Cod in Potato Case. Boil and mash six good sized po lly tatoes, add one egg. a gill of milk, nt salt and pepper to taste and beat until of light. Pick and scald one pound of boneless salt cod, drain and scald again. Now press absh until dry. Put one large tablespoon butter in a fry se. ing pan and add two tablespoons flour. Mix and add one pint of milk. Stir till it thickens and add pepper to .lf taste. Grease a pudding mold and rry line bottom and sides with the po lu tato. Add the cod to the cream and his ll the center. Cover the top with potato and bake a nice brown. It may be served in the dish it was baked in or turned out and taking Powder bleult. by Into a mixing bowl put two cups by sifted flour, one level teaspoon salt, in four level teaspoons baking pow. the der. Mix and sift several times, rub rt- in two level tablespoons butter or iim one of butter and one of lard, till fine the and mealy. Wet with one cup of milk 3w- and mix Into a stiffl dough. Toas on onto a well-floured board and pat out mar with rolling pin, using flour enough red on board to prevent sticking. Bake an in hot oven from 10 to 15 minutes. Lnd I a English Tea Bliaoutits. re To one cup hot mashed potato add half cup sugar and one yeastcake, dis led solved in half cup lukewarm water. ato Cover and let rise; then add half a cup each of butter and sugar, two I eggs well beaten. one teaspoon salt at and three and one-quarter cups of flour. Knead, again let rise, shape, let rise again. Brush over with sugar and bake in modern oven. And, if ad liked, half cup of raisins, cut in pieceg or currants. Simple Jelly Bag Strainer. of Another old method of strainlng Jelly by hanging the bag on a broom handle between two chairs might be Sbanished from the emclent kitchen by of using a new strainer with a bag which d sits on a stand on the table. A large iron ring suspends the bag, which drips into a bowl on the table. AllI juices can thus be strained without it attention, and the muslin bag may -. be easily cleaned, and the strainer of packed away when not in use. 4d on Raisin Puffs. le One-half cup sugar, one-fourth cup at milk. two eggs, two teaspoons baking he powder, pinch of salt flour so batter b will drop from spoon. Stir in a cup of chopped raisins, butter cups and fil1 one-half full of batter, cover and steam one hour. Will make six or )11 seven cups. Eat hot with sauce. Ap in, plea, cherries or figs may be substi ia, tuted to give change. mtu at Tongue and Egg Salad. in- Cut cold tongue in thin slices, then cut again into pieces about one inch square; arrange a layer of tongue on fresh lettuce leaves, and on the a- tongue place a layer of hard-bc lIed rar esggs sliced thin; then another layer tlI of tongue, and cover all with a good -mayonnaise. Decorate the dish with slices of cold beets and parsley.