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BHiEFIT OF DRAIIIAGE
Has influence That Nothing Elss
Can Accomplish.
Soil Has Usually Been Enriched by
Deposits From Higher Lands and
Will Therefore Become Most
Fertile and Valuable.
(Bj a P. NOROOOD.)
There are in general three condi
tions of soil needing drainage: First,
land which is wet and marshy because
of a lack of surface drainage; second,
that which has so large an amount of
organic matter and such bear? clay
that water cannot well penetrate it;
third, soils with heavy, compact clay
subsoils and hard pats. Upon such
subsoils, the attack of the air from
above and beneath flowing drainage,
and deep plowing or subsoillng, made
possible by drainage, has a loosening
and mellowing influence that nothing
else can accomplish.
One of the most obvious results of
drainage, from which all other bene
fits accrue, is the removal of surplus
Relation of Depth of Tile to the Po
sition and Depth of Water Table.
water. Plants require a moist mIL
but cannot grow in a saturated soil
where roots come In contact with
standing water below the water table.
Plants obtain their moisture almost
entirely from capillary water, that is,
the water which is held In the small
openings between soil grains as oil in
a wick. Since capillary water is only
available in the unsaturated soil above
the water table, drainage, by lowering
the water table, makes room for more
capillary water, thus increasing the
supply of water available to plant
roots, and making possible the storage
of large Quantities of moisture during
a wet season against the time of
droughts. With drainage comes also
tha more favorable condition for the
formation of mulches and consequent
prevention of waste of moisture by
surface evaporation.
' By the downward percolation of
water toward the drains, .the plant
food, of the fine surface soil and the
manures, is carried downward to be
come thoroughly incorporated in the
oil, rather than to be washed away by
surface overflow. Moreover, the deep
ening of the soil increases its capacity
for water, and prevents the overflow
which washes away the saturated.
muddy top soil.
Vegetation can use only plant food
of finely powdered soil easily soluble
In water. The passage of air and heat
into and through the soil, made pos
sible by the removal of the standing
water, and the interchange of air
through the soil between the bodies
of air in the tile and the air above the
soil, disintegrates the soil particles
. hitherto unavailable to plants, and pro
duces that fine, crumbling, workable
condition of the soil known as fine
texture, in which is found the maxi
mum amount of soluble plant food and
the most favorable conditions for plant
growth. The toughest clay soils are
in thiB way made friable, responding
with increased crops. The Increase
of heat and air provides favorable con
ditions for the increase in the num
bers and activity of bacteria, the min-
jut plants whose function it is to set
free plant food and change the form
of the constituents of soil into a food
for plants. Moreover, the constant
passage of surface water into soil car
ries In chemlcals'whlch act vigorously
to set free plant food bound in various
chemical combinations.
Since it 1b very difficult to heat
water from above, a water-soaked soil
Is very slow to become warm in the
String and Gauge Method of Grading
the Bottom of the Ditch.
i
spring; but well drained soil, like a
metal, is easily and quickly heated in
the spring, hence is an early soil. The
growth and extension of root systems
as instruments for obtaining nourish
ment for the later growth of the upper
part of the plant must take place dur
ing a certain definite period previous
to top development This period and
consequent root development is short
ened by a cold, late plant bed in the
spring, but increased by a warm, early
soil, henoe th removal of water by
drainage, by permitting an early rapid
heating of the soil, insures a vigorous
root system to supply abundant nour
ishment later for the growth of the
top. ,
The development of the root sys
tems is further helped by the lower
ing of the water table. Roots cannot
grow below the water table. Lower
ing the water table permits a deeper
foot development and consequently
more root surface in contaot with and
in position to take in the plant food.
It will thus appear evident that
snany of our apparently dead, worth
less lands are so because of lack of
r&ln&s and that fir&ia&ge can un
lock the fertility of these dead soils
and make them alive, warm and
fertile.
The deeper the drains are placed the
lower do they make the water table
with a given distance between drains.
Drains do not lower the water table
to the same level at all points. Close
to the drains it is lowered to the depth
Of the drain, whereas at the DOint
midway between drains it may be sev-1
era! inches or even feet higher, de
pending upon the openness and perme
ability of the soU to water. The water
table is thus formed into a series of
curves, the end of each at the level of
the drain and the crest approaching
the surface of the soil . Therefore, the
deeper the drains the farther apart
may they be placed without danger of
bringing the crest of the water table
too near the surface.
Pour feet is considered deep drain
age, three feet medium, and two and
one-half feet shallow drainage. In
general three feet Is a safe distance.
bat on some soils containing very
thick and close hard pans, it is safer to
lay tile at two and one-half feet, it
such a depth will keep them above this
impervious subsoil.
In some Instances the Ian Is too
wet in early spring only, while later
the water table lowers sufficiently
through natural causes. In such
cases depths of two and two and one-
half feet are usually sufficient -
WAYS OF SECURING NITROGEN
Very Costly Substance to Buy In Arti
ficial Fertilizer, Yet Most Soils
Need More of It
(By U R. NEEL.)
Ther is a lack of sufficient nitrogen
In tb average soil to supply all ol
the demands of a grain or grass crop.
Sometimes this need is very great so
that a good crop cannot be harvested
without supplying nitrogen artificial
ly. This element is very costly in a
commercial form, costing most farm
ers 20 rtents t pound or more. So that
a ferti'Jser w$h only 1.65 per cent of
nitrogen is made much more expen
sive by Its presence. At 20 cents per
pound for the nitrogen the cost per
ton for thru element would be $6.60.
If 200 pounds of this mixed ferttllier
were used to the acre, only 3.3 pounds
of nitrogen would be applied, and this
at a cost of not less than 66 cents.
This small amount of the element un
der consideration would only be
enough to start Growth over the acre.
Nitrogen is a Very costly substance
to buy in an artificial fertilizer, and
yet most soils need more of it For
tunately it can be secured without
buying it All the plants belonging
to the order commonly known as
legumes can get their nitrogen power
from the sir (4-6 of the air Is nitro
gen), by the aid of very small plants
or bacteria living on their roots. So
this class of plants is independent of
the nitrogen In the soil. If there If
plenty of other plant food in the soli,
they will make a luxuriant growth
where nitrogen is . deficient Thl
nitrogen that the legumes draw from
the air is 6tored in root, stem, leaf an
seed. If the crop is allowed to decay
on the land or is fed to stock and the
manure returned, the nitrogen content
of the soil will be increased and a bet
ter crop of corn, wheat or grass can
be grown. So it is evident from this
that there Is a practical way of sup
plying the corn, rotton, tobacco and
hay with nitrogen without paying 20
cents per pound fa. it And it should
be mentioned that nitrogen accumu
lates in land in pasture or when shad
ed by some crop, or by straw or
boards, etc. Both of these natural
ways of securing nitrogen are very
important, but it should not be
thought that the latter will be suffi
cient without the former.
The legumes are the beans, peas,
clovers, alfalfa, vetches, peanuts, beg-
garlice, the locust tree and some oth
er plants not' so well known. There
is scarcely one among them but that
Is valuable as a farm crop, so that
they can be grown at a profit inde
pendently of the nitrogen they gathei
for the farm.
TOBACCO IN CROP ROTATION
Recommendation Made as Result of
Experiments Made at Virginia
Station Grass Is Best
The office of experiment stations
Department of Agriculture, has re
ceived a copy of a report from the
Virginia station of experiments made
in co-operation with the department
in connection with tobacco growing.
As a result of the crop rotation
work the recommendation is made for
the following seven-year rotation: To
bacco, wheat, grass, corn with crim
son clover as a cover crop, cowpeai
and red clover. The rotation of crops
In the suncured tobacco district was
found necessary and profitable. Id
connection with this rotation work it
was fMhd that seeding grass alone in
August gave better results than seed
ing with small gram.
It was also found that heavy ap
plications of fertilizer were more
profitable than light applications. The
use of 1,000 pounds of 3-8-3 fertilizer
per acre gave a profit of $40.29, while
1,300 pounds of a home-mixed fer
tilizer gave a profit of $112.17.
Water in the Cow Pasture.
It Is most Important that h dalrj
herd have plenty of pure water. If
water is not abundant and pure the
profits win be cut in two or cut out
altogether. Keep the spring boles
in the pastures clean, and make the
approaches safe. Water-is a nnces
a. A1 .Mil Axalaak
sity in aiding uio uigwsuuu
Uation of solid food
w:::i to the bare facts
Young Minister's Passioc for Self-Sacrifice
Had Results That Might
Have Been Anticipated.
The announcement of Miss Helen
Miller Gould's betrothal led one of the
charity workers of New York to say;
"Marriage Itself will not be able to
quench Miss Gould's passion for giv
ing. Apropos to this passion, she once
told me a story.
"There was a young minister, the
story ran, who, being poor and hav
ing nothing else to give, used to give
away his clothes.
"The young minister's district con
tained many needy men, and he would
give them shoes and socks, shirts and
coats, gloves, overcoats and trousers.
"Yes, time and again he would give
away his clothes, foolishly and reck
lessly, piece by piece, until "
Here the charity worker smiled.
"Until," she ended, "he came to
hlmselfl"
New York Flat
They who have ever flat-hunted in
New York know well that, till a rental
of $5,000 or $6,000 a year is reached,
flats are incredibly cramped. Indeed
In a good neighborhood, even a flve-thousand-dollar
flat is apt to be a tiny
one.
Discussing this phenomenon, Prof.
Brander Matthews said at a luncheon:
"I remarked to a lady the other
day:
'"Why, madam, your dog wags his
tall up and down!'
" 'Yes,' she replied, Tie has to. We
are comparatively poor, you see, and
Fldo was raised in a flve-thousand-dol-lar
flat.' "
NOW WALKS
MOST ANYWHERE
But for Fifteen Long Tears. Mrs.
Dickson Could Not Stand on
Her Feet for Any Length
of Time.
Dallas, Tex. "I cannot recommend
Cardul, the woman's tonic, too highly,1
writes Mrs. R. J. Dickson, of 2907
Bryan Street, this city, "It Is the
greatest boon to those suffering from
womanly trouble, in existence.
For 15 years, I was a Bufferer from
such severe pains, caused from woman
ly trouble, I could not walk, or even
stand on my feet, long at a time. I
also had backaches and headaches. I
commenced taking Cardul, the worn
an's tonic, and now I can walk any
where I want to, do my own work, and
feel better than I have for ten years.
I am so thankful that I took your
medicine, as I feel like a new woman
entirely.
My advice to all women is to try
Cardul, the woman's tonic, when they
feel they need a tonic, as it will cer
tainly do for them, what It has done
for me."
Cardul goes to the weak snots and
helps to make them strong. It Is for
the weak,, tired, nervous, irritable
women, who feel as though everything
were wrong, and who need something
to quiet their restless nerves, and
strengthen their worn-out systems.
Thousands of women now enjoy
good health as a result of taking Car
dui. Why not you? Try It At all
druggists.
N. B. JTi M CsslHnniea MenUa Cfc, LaoW
AJiaerf Dm tit U Qutftaaeoge, Tf mra. faff
Hdsl iMtmalmnmyott am aad 64-easa book. "Haas
IntUMBt tor Wobmb, teal ia Htm
In a Literal 8ense.
Juvenile remarks are not always so
naughty as they seem. Small Sam, for
Instance, had no intention of using bad
language when he got Into such severe
trouble ia class.
His teacher was trying to press
home certain facts concerning a vol
cano. In reviewing the lesson she
drew on the blackboard her own con
ception of a flaming mountain, using
colored crayon with extraordinary ef
fect "What is ltr she asked, the picture
finished.
"You don't know? Well, what does
It look HkeT" the teacher persisted. '
Piped Sammle, whose home boasts
ft colored pictorial Bible:
"I think it looks like hell." Chicago
Record-Herald.
ECZEMA FOR TEN YEARS
1809 Little Walsh St.. Baltimore,
Md. "I was afflicted with eczema for
about ten years, the most tormenting
and agonizing. It was dry eczema, all
itching. It was scratch, scratch,
cratch and turn, burn, burn. By
scratching I brought sores which
cabbed. I tried all remedies which I
knew or heard of; some gave me tem
porary relief, but none permanent
cure. I couldn't sleep for scratching,
after which there was burning. I saw
the advertisement for free samples of
Cutlcura Soap and Cutlcura Ointment
and wrote for them. They did n
good immediately and I then bought a
box of Cutlcura Ointment and a cake
of Cutlcura Soap. I was cured In two
weeks." (Signed) George Wooden,
Jan. 21, 1912.
Cutlcura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout tho world. Sample of each
tree, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
post-card "Cutlcura, Dept L, Boston,"
Adv.
She is a smart girl who can trans
feral a yawn into a smile.
If lLfJPmer1f tr
0
Bg.Pierces CtoMen fcleiical Piscovery
Will Bring Quick Belief
Dr. R. V. Pierce found years ago that a glyceric
extract of Golden Seal and Oregon grape roots,
queen's root and bloodroot with black cherry bark,
would aid in the assimilation of the food in the
stomach, correct liver ills and in nature's own way
enrich the blood, tone the entire system and con
sequently help in the restoration of perfect health. Many
who have used Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery tes
tify that they have been restored to health when suffering
from stomach and liver ills. Let this famous old medicine
start today to lead you to health and strength.
Now It you prefer gou can obtain Dr. Pierce'
Favorite Prescription tablet of your drittgiat
at $1 per box, alio in 60c ize or $end 50 one-cent
etampt to IL V. Pierce, Buffalo, for a trial box, -
Ton can learn all about hygiene, anatomy, medicine, etc., from the
People's Common Sense Medical Adviser, by Dr. R. V. Pierce, a newly
revised, up-to-date edition of which is now offered, in cloth covers,
post-paid, for 81 cents in one-cent stamps, to cover cost of wrapping
and mailing only. Address, Dr. Pierce's Invalids Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y,
" Don't be poisoned by sluggish bowels. Dr. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets regulate and Invigorate stomach,
liver and bowels. Sugar coated, tiny grannies.
HABIT.
"That howwld Miss Giggles really
laughed at me lawst evening, doncher
knowf' "Well, never mind her she often
laughs at nothing."
" , . . ,
- Her Great Love.
They had already celebrated the fact
that the mistletoe hung In the hall,
and now they were occupying not only
one settee, but also the entire drawing
room.
"Could you love me, darling," he
murmured, as the thought of that
sprig of mistletoe came to him again,
"if I possessed only one coat in the
wide, wide world?"
She looked up into his eyes as she
framed her reply.
"I could," she said, "If I knew you
had sacrificed the others to buy me
a new dress!"
Galsworthy Aphrolsms.
Nothing that's true is synical, and
nothing that is synical is true.
The word "smart" is the guardian
angel of all fashions, and fashions are
the guardian angels of vulgarity.
"For Love of Beasts," by John Gait
worthy. AFTER THE DOCTOR FAILED.
Even the mo.t stubborn cases of
malaria yield to Elixir Babek.
"In the ummer of 1896. I contracted
the disease known as Malaria. After a
year's fruitiest treatment by a promin
ent Washing-ton phyalclan, I was en
tirely cured byVour Elixir Babek."
BraleO'Ha-an. Troop E, 6th U. 8. Cav.
It Is equally rood for bilious disorders.
Elixir Babek, 60 cents, all drufririata, or
Klocsewakl eV Co., Washington, D.C. Adv.
Real Test.
. Gabe How do you tell a genuine
diamond from a fake?
Steve Try to hock it
shake nrro your shoks
Allen's Foot-Ease, th. Anti.eptic powd.r for
tired, aching, swollen, nervoua f.t Olves
rest and comfort Makes walking" d.lifht
Sold everywhere, 16c. Don't accept any sub
stitute. For FREE sample address Allen 8.
Olmsted, Le Roy, N. 7. Adv.
Of Course.
"What did your lawyer say when
you stated your purpose to him?"
"He said it was fees-lble."
rrCH Relieved la 30 Minutes. .
Woolford'. Sanitary Lotion for all kinds of
contagious ltoh. At Druggists. Adr. .
Just Because.
"What would you recommend as the
fish diet for sailors?"
"Roe, of course."
Mrs. Window's Sootblsf Syrup for Children
teething, softens tb. gums, reduces Inflamma
tion, allmy. pain, cure, wind colic, tSc a bottle.,
It's easy for a man to resist tempta
tion if he has something better in
sight
4mWmv W
wHk, mt "ftfNOYlMC." Mtff by
StiBmrndla ami M?iE
Do you start the day f eeling that the whole world is against
you? You cannot nope to "make good" under these cir
cumstances. Nobody can. You must have a clear brain
and every organ in perfect trim to do justice to yourself.:
5 PER CENT
una all oth.re. 1 not depend on any powder in inn
of di.leuip.r. Booklet, 'Dt.umper, I'au.ea, Odr.. and Prevention," free, uruffltu aaa
shop. Mil Spobn'. Cure. M eenu, 1640 doien; tl.QU WW A doien. v
SPOHN UEDIC1L CO., Bacteriologists, GOSHEN, IHOi
The Reason.
"Why is consistency
such a Jewel?"
"Because It Is rare."
considered
TO DRIVE OtIT MALARIA
AND HIULD 111 THE SYSTEM
Take the Old Htand.rd UltUVU's TASTKI.KSH
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eople and children. 60 eenu. Adv.
Since October 16.
"How's things in HoHton?" '
"I hear they have art dud a frieze of
baseball bats to the public library."
She Knows.
"You never thank a man for giving
you a seat In a street car." "Not any
more," replied Miss Cayenne. "I used
to until I noticed that almost invaria
bly he was going to get out at the
next corner anyhow."
Fair to All.
"Recently," says a Richmond man,
"I revelved an invitation to the mar
riage of a young colored couple for
merly in my employ. I am quite sure
that all persons similarly favored were
left in little doubt as to the attitude
of the couple. The invitation ran as
follows:
'"You are invited to the marriage
of Mr. Henry Clay Barker and Miss
Josephine Mortimer Dixon at the
house of the bride's mother. All who
cannot come may send." Lipplncott's
Magazine.
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RELIEVES;
SORE EVC
and Shipping Quality of
improved by the use of a
IVMsMft
POTASH
Some of the largest growers of the South use'
of Potash to the tfcre and find it
Have your dealer carry brandi of fertilizer rich enough ia
Potaih ai well as Potash Salts.
we will tell you Potaih direct In any
a 200-lb. bag up.
for prices and forVree book of fertiliaer
lormuui and directions.
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