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NELSON O'SHAUGHNESSY MAlE FINE RECORD AS U. S. ENVOY TO MEXICO As Charge d'Affaires in Southern Republic He Has Been Steadily Handling the Most inflamed Spot in Our Foreign Relations, and Doing So in a Manner That Was Amazingly Clever in Many Ways. -y JOEPI' MElII..L PATTERTn" . era o0 .ecial corrspeond,.nt of rt t'hlMcago Trib- cd f une at Vrra Cun. Vera Cruz.-For the last ten months seize( Nelson O'Shaughnessy has held the Ma most important job In the diplomatic Geort service of the United States. lie has one I been charge d'affaires in Mexico. Th, which means he has been steadily in- most gering the most inflamed spot in our little, foreign relations. all That be has showed well a truly with amazing combination of cunning, cour- Chap May and calm is evident not only from for 2 the grateful testimony of the Amerl- seta ean refugees now in Vera Cruz, but Bu also from his achievement in getting cOUp on comfortably with three successive cams Mexican governments, all bitterly an- strer tagonistic to each other, first with the on old regime of Porflrlo Diax, then with the Madero revolutionists, who tried him out, then with the Huertistas. who turned Madero in-to his grave. Undoubtedlt if O'Shaughneesy had Waited in Mexico City for the ultimate arrival of General Villa he would have been teaching that eminent generalis -imo the proper stance on the links of the Mexico club within a month. He is a pluperfect jollier. is Mr. Nel ms O'Shaughnessy, but his work is artistic. He sits and smiles and blushes a trifle and shows white teeth like an mubarrassed youth conversing with a debutante. He breeds confidence emally. You tell him what you know and then he tells you what you know. sad when you go you are impressed with his exceptional penetrution and hope to meet him again and have an ether talk about Mexico. lie doesn't my anything in particular, but a whole iat in general, and says it charmingly. wet lay. A dre ma tar bec ant cee cul hin the live or wlt htr he int me on 0'1 fal tic thi dd t sti Nelese O'Shaughnesy. He makes the abstract sound like the hacrete in a remarkable way. He was appointed first by Roosevelt I 1904 as secretary to Copenhagen at the age of .twenty-seven. He was se of those rich young fellows in New Terk city who ran to clothes, tennis L mosey. Some people call them etshmen." though of course he would eaeer eat soup with his knife than we such an expression. His family wished him into the diplomatic service beease he did not care enough for mosey to work for it The Republican senators of his state held his appointment up, but Roose velt had one of his obstinate fits and Daldly shoved it through. In 1905 he was transferred to Berlin en third secretary and played tenns with the crown prince. In 1907 he went to Vienna, where he stayed fonr yars. He was distinguished in neither Dplace except as a jolly good tellow- which nobody can deny-and a chap whose taste in gentlemen's shirtings. Ssltlngs sad usockli. was infallibly pophetic. Me was offered the appointment au siniater to Buoharest, but some of hris seelous friends had his appointment dheld up in the senate, hoping to get him a better rne. He knew nothing of this at the time but was blamed for it. and for discp a he wasr given second secretaryship o Mexico. This was in the days be sore the excitement and diplomatically a distinct step downward. Doubtless he was expected to re sign, but he didn't and his reward followed quicktly. A month after O'8hanghnessy s arrival in Mexico City Dias fled, and the Mexican post became the most important in our service. Then O'Shaughnessy forgot about shirtings and ticings. For a big show was coming of and he wanted to take part in it Francisco Madero entered Mexico City en the leader of a social revolu tion. He stood for the redistribution of property in land. He rode into power on the promises he made the peoms that he would make them own ADb FIVE YEARS TO YOUR LIFE lew York Phyulelam Would Make Comp4lsory Health Tests Once a Year at Least. b thehght to thre to ave years ho pve? het Ilfe of every man, at la 1U a New York if Dr. 8. Mj ea t se h oet scheme an e ot & he ltends to son s- h to a health test -oe --Ls pear. Doctor Gc* Ut· *1" ers of the land they tilled. It was the old forty acres and a mule idea that seized the negroes after the Civil'war. Madero was a more drastic Lloyd George-tn theory, but a far feebler one in practise. The country turned to Madero al most unanimously. lie needed to fight little. So strongly were the people all the people except the landlords with him that Diaz, the old eagle of Chapultepec who had ruled as a despot for 30 years, fled almost without re sietance. But what his leaders promised he could not perform. Ills friends who came into power with him on the strength of his assurances went back on him. They told him his plans John Lind. were impossible, they insisted on de lay. And Madero, who could dream great dreams, could not manage men and make them execute them. He fell and was murdered in a mili tary revolution. During his rule O'Shaughnessy had become extremely friendly with him and when his murderer, Huerta, suc ceeded him, O'Shaughnessy quickly cultivated a personal relationship with him. O'Shaughnessy's views seemed to be that while 30,000 or 40,000 Amerlcns lived in Mexico, most of them directly or indirectly extending American trade with this country, they should have in him a friend at court. In other words, he was forever trying to establish an influence with thb Mexican govern ment whatever that was. After the removal of Henry Lane Wilsoh as ambassador last July, no one was appointed to succeed him. and O'Shaughnessy became charge d'at faires. It is, believed be made no representa tions as to the policy of recognizing the Huerta government. Certainly if he did they were never known outside the state department and cabinet. fi PATHETIC SCENES IN VERA CRUZ b It i t· 4 , . . • ,.:. : . -..::: : B. /// " "" " : i d,/ .;, '. ·,, M I In the upper photograph are seen poor Mexlcan children in Vera Cru5 to returning from the food supply station established by the Americans. Below ºe is a group of poor women returning to their homes, each with a good supply n- of food given them by Uncle Sam. water's proposed system is at present In operation in many of the big cor * porations in the city. There is a bureau of child hygiene in the department of health which was first organized for the purpose of pro a vention of epidemics among children i. in the public schools. The bureau has I. since been enlarged to include the i. prevention of physical defects from a- advancing. Commissioner Goldwater k- is advocating the establishment of a t bereau of adult hygie. I Altlhosh thel Le Is still ain i t But all during this trying period his personal relations with Huerta re malned friendly, though of course p0 litical relations frequently came near the breaking point. John Lind was sent to Mexico as the PRE president's personal representative. I but except for ten days in the capital he remained here at Vera Cruz, 300 miles away, and negotiations with Hu erta were carried on directly through SU O'Shaughnessy. There were dozens of times when an open break meaning war with the ex Life M e fast 1- sou i1fort tha sun )trO ing pi at l Ing oo I wofft ha= s o pi e cis 'pet Henry Lane Wilson. col plosive alcoholic old Indian dictator erc might have been precipitated, but th, O'Shaughnesey realized this was what he the home government did not then tir want and staved it off. wt It must have taken considerable as staving off, especially after President Wilsons announced policy of "watch- th ful waiting" for Huerta's fall, but th O'Shaughnessy and a lot of other O'Shaughnessys behind him in direct line have kissed the blarney stone and de he managed it. th One of his chief difficulties during pr this period was getting Americans out th of jail. Huerta for the life of him co couldn't see why they shouldn't stay th in jail for their offenses, real or other- wi wise, while President Wilson was th "watchfully waiting." pr One reason for O'Shaughnessy's suc- n cess in Mexico, as well as for his pop- 'S ularity in Viennese society, is undoubt- gi def edly because he is a Catholic. H The main reason, however, seems to be eat be his human understanding, his ex nd traordinary ability for getting into the other man's skin and seeing things m hll- from his standpoint, and in hie lan- 1 guage. He speaks French, Italian. , Rad German and Spanish. tl rim Talk to him for half an hour and di o-. you feel like laying your problems be- tl kly fore him; for another half hour and he of rith is helping you solve them. i The most conspicuous example of s be his native diplomatic endowment may ans be left to the end. He not only was tly intimate personally with Dias, Madero o ads and Huerta, one after the other, but a in he kept his job successively under rds, Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson. an This young diplomat of thirty-seven ern- plays poker equally well with or with out cards under the bland exterior of ane a dandy. When the Irish take that line. t no they're hard to fool-and, when they and want to be, they're great toolers. d'at- 1t Gets $10,000 In Tips. ta- St. Louis.-John M. Green, head sing usher at the St. Louis Union station 1 t he resigned after having saved $10,000 the which he received in tips during the., past ten years. fancy the commissioner has been giv Ing It a test by applying It to the 3,000 or more employee in his department. He expects within a short time to ex tend the examinations to all city em ployes, and itf they prove of value, to every man, woman and child in the city. Hlghwayman Got His Money. Ladentown, N. T.-Hearing groans in a woods, Albert Knowlet inveet, gated. A highwarman knocked him .swa and stole rec o WILSON IN A TENT age tion 1 PRESIDENT MAKES HIS SUMMER tOday. HEADQUARTERS IN THE OLD of con may FASHIONED GARDEN. fear t nient terest SUBSTITUTE FOR EXERCISEUsed dl other vote Life In Fresh Air Is Expected to Do force Much Toward Keeping the Chief peran Executive in Trim During the On Hot Weather. ment of th By GEORGE CLINTON. that Washington.-President Wilson has on th pitched a headquarters tent in the old- en vi fashioned flower garden lying just ready south of the one-story annex, which influe forms the east approach to the White Repre house. He has made up his mind of i that he will spend a large part of the again summer in Washington and as the idea summers here notoriously are hot, he fluen intends to get all the breezes and pecul tresh air that he can while at his try- some ing administration work. they Unlike two of his predecessors in ough office, Theodore Roosevelt and Wil- let liam Howard Taft. Woodrew Wilson may. has not been able to get all the exer cise that he needs to keep himself in Co perfect physical trim. Physicians say tinal continuous fresh air will make up to mak some extent for the lack of bodily ex- of tl ercise. It must not be understood of r that the president is a sick man, for on tl he is not; he simply is somewhat to v tired and has determined to do that the which will overcome the tired feeling Ti as much as possible. the When Mr. Taft came into office there were many alterations made in give the east wing of the White House. the where the cabinet room, the presi- Goel dent's private office and the offices of proj the clerical force are located. The of tl president's office is a circular room in Gorj the south side of the office annex. It will communicates by a passageway with med the office of the private secretary. lian " which is at the southwest corner of tun ' the building. The outlook from the crew president's room and from the cabi- Col. net room as well and from one end of opel S'Secretary Tumulty's room is over the be great south grounds of the White gine House and on to the monument and seal beyond that to the Potomac river. whc Tent Site Well Protected. app The change which President Taft poll s made necessitated an encroachment "of on the grounds of the tennis court. L where President Roosevelt and his tennis cabinet played games almost daily for the seven years in which ful the colonel was in the White House. SIf the tennis court had not been built to upon it would have made an ideal for site for President Wilson's outdoor st y camp. for it would have been close to C ` Secretary Tumulty's office and to the to ' offices of the executive clerks. The tloi old-fashioned garden, in which the elti ir president's tent is located, has a me hedge of privet on two sides of it, a Th n third side being enclosed by the east of White House wing, while the fourth era side is open to the great grounds of e e, the house and beyond them to the in v river over what are known as the del white lot. the monument grounds and fer the Potomac drive. mc The old-fashioned garden was en dd planned and planted by Mrs. Theodore tht n0 Roosevelt. who found what she by thought were too many "botanical r specimens" in the White House tel grounds, in other words, too many un- Jul " familiar flowers. So the old-fashioned th' garden was laid out and largely was co o!anted by the president's wife's ca hands. There are lilacs, syringas. pansies, sweet-williams, bachelor's l buttons, forget-me-nots, hollyhocks, peonies, fuchsias. nasturtiums and all Cc the rest. President Wilson will have in a fragrant old-fashioned environ- of ment. Must Show Their Colors. er Prohibition and woman sutfrage are of today squarely before the house of rep - resentatives as questions to be voted m upon. For years the friends of both th causes have been attempting to secure re~ord votes on the questions In house and senate and for years they have g failed. Now it seems likely that the , prohibition amendment will be voted i on in the house before the adjourn- 9 ment of the present session. Suffrage I possibly may have to wait. For a long time sunfragists and ad- b vocates of prohibition have been urg ing members of the house to see to c it that both amendments were brought p to a vote. The answers which the Sprohibitionists and the suffragists re- p ceived were alike in virtually every g instance. The proponents of theq amendments were told that the Ju- e diciary committee had not acted and I that nothing could be done unless that body made a report So it was that the members of the I judiciary committee were made the I targets and they resented what they I said was the throwing on their shoul- i ders by the other representatives of the blame for inaction. The committee 1 resolved to let the house fight the matter out for itself, and it has re- I ported both amendments, although no , Affi. -------- -- --.--v. SEEKS TO FOSTER THRIFT National Society Formed to Promote Economy Among All Classes of the People. "When I was a kid there was such a tragedy in my life that every day I used to sit on the bank of a stream at noon and cry. The tragedy was that I my shoes had so many holes in them I couldn't join the other boys in using shoes for boats on the stream. Theirs floated. Mine wouldn't" Representative James Francis Burke. gi- member of congress from Pennsyl 5,000 vania, who has come out with a strong sent indorsement of the work of the Amer D *e ican Society for Thrift, was the speak em er. He wants to promote economy eto among all classes. Sthe Representative Burke's success has been the result of his industry, his habits of thrift and his appreciation I' of the value of money. Although still ro a young man, he is one of the moat ** Infuential members of the house, and him is wealthy. Also,. he has a big law pratise in Pittsberb. . recommendation was made for pas sage or for non-passage of the two E proposals. L There is some humor in the situa tion in which the house finds itself Stoday. There are plenty of members of congress who think that prohibition may be a good thing and yet who fear that if they vote for the amend nient all the forces of the liquor in terests in the United States will be E used to compass their defeat. On the other hand they are afraid that if they vote :tgainst the amendment all the forces of prohibition and of the tem perance cause generally will be used against them at the polls. On the proposed sufrage amend ment to the constitution the position of the representatives is much like that in which they find themselves 1s on the question of prohibition. Wom en vote in a good many states al st ready, and woman has a tremendous influence in whatever state she lives. (:y te Representatives do not like the idea To Id of having the suffrage Influence i' te against them and they do not like the giv in te idea of having the anti-suffrage In- tritii te fluence against them. They are in a ('lovu id peculiar position and it seems to to fo 7 some observers in Washington that of tv they will do what all representatives rt in ought to do, vote as they believe and oil n 'II- "let the consequences be what they this Dn may." It ar- Recognition for Canal Work. first, in Congress apparently is prepared ay finally to take action on a bill which ativi makes provision for the recognition dig,, d- of the services of the officers of the from od army and navy who held membership birtt tat on the Isthmian canal commission and nmor rat to whose hard and devoted service the lat the completion of the waterway is due. Ti ng The proposed legislation will give thre the thanks of congress to the army pout ce and navy officers concerned and will and sn give authority for their promotion. If seco se. the bill becomes a law George W. mtuilk s- Goethals, chief engineer of the canal and oe project, will be made a major general of tl be of the line, and Brig. Gen. William C. elim in Gorgas, sanitary expert of the zone. may will be made a major general in the or , medical department. Lieut. Col. Wil best r, liam L. Sibert, the builder of the Ga of tun dam, locks and spillway and the the creator of the Gatun lake, and Lieut- TO bl- Col. H. F. Hodges, the designer of the of operating machinery of the canal, will the be made brigadier generals in the en tite gineer corps. Commander H. H. Rouse- FEI and seau, the civil engineer of the navy r. who did constructive work on the sea approaches to the canal, will be ap raft pointed to the grade of rear admiral ent "of the lower nine in that corps." To t Thanks of Congress to All. lost What doubtless will be more grate alch ful to all these officers than promotion use. is the provision in the bill which gives uilt to all of them the thanks of congress deal for their "distinguished service in con loor structing the Panama canal." p e to Care was taken in framing the bill ma the to avoid interfering with the promo- wa The tion of officers of the army and navy, me the either senior or junior in grade to the not s men whom it is proposed to advance. ne' It, a The. bill provides for the promotion plE east of Colonel Goethals and Brigadier Gen- ma artb eral Gorgas to the rank of major gen- pe s of erals, the one of the line and the other an the in the medical department, but In or- mi the der to accomplish this without inter- al and fering with the promotion of other the men the existing number of major gen- tou was erals of the line and the number in dore the medical department are increased of she by one each. Thus it will be seen up ical readily that this not only will not in- qu ouse terfere with the promotions of men of of j un- junior grade, but actually will advance pt oned the junior officers of the engineer cr was corps one grade, because of the va- p Ife's cancy caused by the promotion of e agas Colonel Goethals, who is now an en- of lor's gineer officer. th In order that the promotion of 1. d all Colonels Sibert and Hodges shall not m have interfere with the regular promotions iron of junior officers in the corps of engi- p neers, two additional brigadier gen- ti eralships are provided in the corps e of engineers. The promotion of Sibert c f repand Hodges to these ranks will pro- e voted mote every officer junior to them in both the engineer corps, one flea P cure Extra Grade is Temporary. b house William C. Gorgas, now the cur- t have geon general of the army with the f t the rank of brigadier general, has only a a voted little more than four years to serve. 1 lourn- When he retires or leaves the service n Irage from whatever cause the extra grade r which It is proposed to provide for b id ad- him "shall cease and determine." A tI a ar- similar provision is made to fit the c e to cases of the other officers of whose a ought promotion the bill takes cognisance. a hI the In the past when junior officers were a it r promoted to general rank there wasU . e every good deal of criticism of the acts. Un- c the questionably the framers of the pres- f ae ju- ent measure had this matter in mind I d and when they save consideration to pro- a unless motion as a reward. a The services of Leat. CoL David t of the Du B. Gallard, the digger of the Cu le the lebra cut, who died as the result oft Sthey his devotion to duty, were recognized a shoul- by congress. Colonel Galliard was a of the dead when congress took action, but 1 mittee his high services to his country were at the recognized in a manner as close as as re- possible to that in which the thanks agh no of congress are given to a living man. IRIT In commenting on Mr. Burke's ca reer as a lesson to every American ote boy, Simon W. Strauss of Chicago, Spresident of the American Society of Thrift, said: "The lives of such men as Mr. ch a Burke are the greatest possible lesson dc a in thrift. If the average boy will learn habits of thrift he will learn also that em at scarcely anything in life is beyond his s that reach. This is the lesson that our na a tion and the individuals of our nation i must learn National extravagance. now a national vice, must be cur Burke. tailed."-New York Tribune. nnylNo Silence There. m Yerat-Do you have to ask consent speak- e your wife to go out at night? Crimsonbeak-Well, if I do, and onomysilence gives consent, I never get it , his It is entirely easy for a fortune eciation teller to read a woman's mind after a h ti little diplomatic questioning. te most se, and Among other rights some men give big law up when they get married is the right to think for themselves ESSENTIALS NEEDED TO PRODUCE MILKERS Fine Herd of Young Cattle at Pasture. im +, " -. +* ";'T " ·. ... + . . ,..· .. ?:: ,..~~-· , . -' , o. . +.. + +- / '.. " . , , <: . , (Wy A. A. I;o li:.AN I C'npyriv ht. 1414 ai te To insure stroung. \igorous caltce b- a nI gin aring for thetini bI-fore birth by skin giving the Inotiinr palatabie and lnu- of tritious tood, rich in protelin and ash. at t ('lover hay, coirln Ilalge and froni two daily to four pounds of grasn mixture liade two of two parts iby \ eight i of oats, two crea pa;rts wheat bran anid ionle part lllaseed go oil nieai forni an excellent ration for writ this purpose. Give grain spariingly for rrot a few days before and after calving. and It is important a calf receive the If first, or coltatruli, milk yf the datm. subs being rich in mineral matter, with lax- is ti ative properties necessary to prevent foul digestive disorders. Itllrove the calf best from its dam within three days from rest birth, as the sooner it is removed the rais more easily It is taught to drink from It the pail. Sect The first two weeks feed the calf trat three times daily, giving eight to ten cau pounds of milk per day the first week sou and ten to twelve pounds per day the stiur second week. The third week whole rerr milk may be substituted by skimmilk cas and a grain supplement, so by the end and of the fourth week it has been entirely a lj eliminated. The amount of skimmilk to I may gradually be increased to sixteen tur or eighteen pounds daily. Grain Is sub best fed dry, beginning with a handful unt TO RENEW FERTILITY IM Ha - FERTILIZER AND GREEN MANURE CROPS ARE EXCELLENT. lor nit To Build Up Soil In Nitrogen Recourse lat Must Be Had to the Growing of pi( Leguminous Plants, Such as lal Peas, Beans and Clovers. SBy C. A. MOOltlES. Tennessee Experl ment Station. ('opyright. 1914.) * As an all-around means of soil im provement, no other material equals 1 manure. Frequently, however, people o- want to know what to use to supple n. ment insufficient supply of manure. If 5 nothing be known about the special 0. needs of the soil use a high grade com In plete fertilizer, such as truck growers - make. One thousand or 1,500 pounds n- per acre is not too much, and this or amount may be applied broadcast and r- mixed throughout the soil. However, a part may be saved for the row or in er the hill for crops like potatoes, toma- i n- toes, etc. in But will even 1,500 pounds per acre of high grade complete fertilizer build an up the fertility of soil? The answer is in- quite simple. Fifteen hundred pounds of of fertilizer contain several times the e phosphoric acid removed by' a heavy r crop of vegetables, and the unused ra- portion will remain in soil for the ben of efit of succeeding crops. The supply ti- of potash need not give concern, but the weakness of the fertilizer is the it of low content of the high priced ele ot ment, nitrogen. A comparison of thg proportions of a plant food elements present in fer- 6 aD tilizers with those found in crops will t 9 make this point clear. Take corn, for example. In mature plants for every ten pounds of phosphoric acid are found 23 pounds of potash and 32 t pounds of nitrogen, but in a common brand of trucker's fertilizer for every 1 -r. ten pounds of phosphoric acid are the four pounds of potash and only three ra and one-third pounds of nitrogen. Thus t ve. 1,500 pounds of such fertilizer does I 'ice not contain as much nitrogen as is sde required in the production of a 40 for bushel corn crop and less than one A third the amount removed by a heavy the crop of cabbage. In fact, all of the ose nitrogen demanded by common farm ice, and garden crops cannot be profit ,ere ably supplied by commerical fertilis e/ era. To build up soil In nitrogen, re Un. course must be had to the growing re for manurial purposes of leguminous ind plants, such as peas, beans, vetches, pro especially clovers, all of which gath er nitrogen from air. A complete fer ivid tilizer for the legumes need containl Co only phosphorlic acid and potash, but of the sweetening of soil by an occasion zed al liming will be of benefit to them was and to the garden crops. Clover should but be sown freely in midsummer wher were ever possible. Finally, as a result as of the application of manure, fertil-* inks isers, lime and the growing of Ie an. gumes, fertility of soil is built up. . Kind Treatment Pays. Ican Good cows are not developed by ago. harsh treatment. If she expects a y of whack by a milk stool or a fork han dle when she is approached, is it any Mr. wonder she is nervous and kicks? If, son on the contrary, she never knows fear earn and as you sit down to milk her, she that tries to lick your shoulder and thinks I his you are the best calf she ever had, you r na- can figure that kind treatment pays in tlon dollars and cents, or from any point ace, of view. r- Keep Posted. Keep in touch with your college of agriculture and experiment station. No farmer should be without the bul iset letins of these institutions. They deal with practical matters as vital to the Sprogressive farmer as the text book is to the school boy. rtune Have Some Asparagus. ter a Plan to set out a good liberal aspara gus bed this spring. No vegetable Is easier taken care of or returns more give for the labor expended on it than as right parag aIftr feIling iil!. \\ hen the calf b a minth 1hl am! be,!,ic t,.d entirely, skinmilk,. hay atdl e'.tiln, the amaf of grain Il;na! b - lnt I.::i, pound da, iat the en'd of tao Init'ths one poy daily and at the ei:td ,if three mcra twio pounlds dllly. ;lid no further f" erease is nec..essar' fr six months . gotd mixture is three parts weight I of cornin.:,l. three - trounid oats., thre tarts wheat e" and onre part linstcdl oil meal. If the skiri, ilk i.4 limited varbi sub.stitutes may lI,. used after the is thirty da! s old. 'l . C('ornell s found driid sciltinlk powder gave th Ites.t results, and calf imeals gave gnas resultd. strong c:l~ctes having eam raised by their use without milk. In raising caples indigestlon a scours are oftenl troublesome and ea traced to ontc or more of the follo0w causes: Too mulch milk. cold ak, sour milk. unclean pails or unei surroundings. The best remedy is I remove the cause. When a sevm case appears reduce the feed at ass and give three ounce of castor oil r a pint of milk, to be followed In h~ to six hours by a teaspoonful of a nl ture of one part salol and two Ile subnitrate of bismuth three timesda until the calf improves. IMPROVED DEVICE FOR FAN Harrow Arranged With Hinges InC Over Obstructions. An improvement over the old-.s loned A-llarrow is to have the Imub ment divided in the center with to large hinges joining the two partli pieces, writes B. P. Wagner of Legi Tana in Southern Agriculturist. lb i-.* dIa r, t * . is * ry a at improved Hlarrow. he Illustration shows a light, S plement that can be raised fe er side to pass over oetr of and yet leave half of the teeth rr- ground. A short chain is ill the front end of each section. n, -------~ or Suited to Poultry. id Many retired farmers ia 32 towns keep poultry (also fle on and girls who are yet Ia ry They are just the ones to t" L Ire poultry in any of its varied is akin to the work the frdi us to do. It keeps him out wd.U t he can make it as heavy gt is his strength permits. Io e fully as much poultry raised Ir n so many locaks to a givse ti he tever, not all of them sei rm net profts. ior South Waklg U. id- The South Is certainly e ag the importance of the p h th- and each year one sees io a em passing away, and any uld hopes to win the blue in thO er- will have to take classy bi m ht pete with any hope of W rtl. -__ i e Exhibition Fowl. Pm The fowl on efhibitioa s often a painted bird: his legsP ly coated with iodine to by the color, his comb, facen a ea have received a generous are an- line to show up itsbrig any the feathers are well wail f, soap and water. she Work of AIfrit Inks Alfalfa opens up the soil you feet do'n, fills it with hr '5 in trogen, and makes it rich " oint way, easier far to work tbS and much better to take profitable prt e of The growing of clover sad tion. ed plants is profitably bul- most soils, and subsoiling i deal practised with some sols to the their water-absorbnl chSC book enable the corn roots to - to greater depths. Sweet Corn ' pra- Sweet corn seed from_ - e is not grow as large as st M more to make an ear as 00 l n as- the ground. Seed cor be taken far, either north o