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FARMER AND PLANTER.
WEEDS AND THEIR SEEDS.
A Fartor in Farm Work that Con*
lumni an Enormoii5i Amount
of Time.
Tf we could know how much of our
tL’JC each year is sjH'iit in lighting
weeds, the record would astonish us.
Weeds in the corn, weeds in the pota
toes, weeds in the grain and weeds ia
the grass, weeds everywhere. Where
t-hey all cotne irom and just why they
thrive, as they do, furnish food for
thought.
I have lately been having a cofetly
experience with a weed which we
call here in the east the wireweed.
J think it is a species of the golden
rod. The leaves and blossoms bear a
remarkable resemblance to that plant.
1 am unable to give the origin of the
plant on my farm, but it came last
year in wonderful areas. Those who
know anything about its tenacity,
need not be told what roots it has,
running far out in every direction
and sending out its myriad of tibrous
rootlets here and there until it runs
all other vegetation out. Last fall 1
plowed a piece which was thickly
grown tip to this weed and thought
perhaps by plowing again in the
spring 1 might be able to conquer it;
but when spring came and 1 turned
the land over again there was the
wireweed as fresh as ever after the
first warm rain. Then the question
arose what to do next, and 1 conclud
ed that nothing would avail like thor
ough cultivation. 1 planted my piece
xo poiaxues, as 1 nuu inienueu, auu
sat du«n to await results. 1 hail not
long to wait, for some time before
the potatoes were out of the ground
the wirevveed had begun to send up
its head all over the field. I put in a
spike tooth harrow and did what I
could in that way to subdue the weed,
but it speedily presented itself as
fresh as before. As soon as 1 could
see the rows 1 started the cultivator
and had the satisfaction of knowing
that I had rooted out some of the
stalks. This gave me courage and 1
kept at it. Four times 1 went over
the piece, part of the time one way
and part the other. I was beginning
to get the stuff cornered. Still many
stalks remained in the potato hills
and after hilling them up 1 went
through them with a hoe and every
spear of wirewood I could find was
carefully pulled by hand. To-day
the piece is as clean as can be imag
ined, but oli! the hours of backache!
Where do they come from? Well 1
think we buy a vast deal of foul stuff
in our grass seed, for, be as careful us
we may, some will get into the grass
seed. 1 have always taken pains to
buy the very best and cleanest seed 1
could find, and yet, no doubt I have
been deceived. Again, one careless
farmer may seed to foul weeds a
whole township, for the weed seeds fly
on the wings of the wind far and near.
If allowed to ripen these seeds are
so light that they float across the
snow for miles; thus wild carrot and
similar plants, migrate. A few mo
ments with a scythe just before the
plants begin to ripen would save un
told trouble to those who really try
to keep their farms free from weeds.
Many of our weeds come from the
seedsmen, who send them out in lit
tle packages for the flower garden.
Of this class may be named the so
called paintbrush. There ought to be
a stringent law against spreading this
seed in such a way. It is a most pes
tiferous weed running everything
else out wherever it gt ts a foothold.
It spreads from the root and from
the seed, which like that, of wild car
rot. is as light as a feather and is
carried by the wind for miles and
miles. In some parts of the east this
plant is getting a dangerous foothold.
—E. L. Vincent, in Agricultural Epi
toniist.
tUUUAlIUN A NfcUfcSSITY.
The KHrmep, in Order to Achieve
Sure cum, Must he l.ilierall}’
IM neu t i'd.
There is no profession or calling
known anion" men, in which a thor
ough education is more necessary to
success than farming. The farmer lias
to deal with all the natural sciences,
and whether ignorant or informed,
must abide the results. If lie knows
nothing of botany, he i> handicapped
from the start. If he knows nothing
about agricultural chemistry, or the
laws of plant growth except what is
necessary to distinguish between a
very poor and a very rich soil, or to
know what plants grow best in sum
mer and what in winter, he is at a se
rious disadvantage when competing
with the best educated farmers. If
ignorant of zoology, entomology, my
cology or ornithology, he is at a dis
advantage wherever liis business
touches these sciences, and suffers loss
proportioned to his lack of informa
tion. Of course, it is not expected that
farmers generally shall be experts in
all fliese branches of scientific knowl
edge; but if they are grounded in the
elementary principles, they will know
where to go for what they want. A
wise philosopher has said that the
next best tiling to the possi ssion of
knowledge is to know where to go to
obtain it. Without education in the
sciences upon which success depends,
farmers can not hope to hold their
own with the commercial and manu
facturing interests, with the best
training the world of commerce can
bestow, 'these branches do not come
in contact with any science but that
of numismatics, and that is acquired
by simple contact, or as is often the
case, by inheritance. Every operation
of the farm, from turning the furrow
to protecting harvesting and feeding
out the crop, is based on nature’s un
repealable laws, and a knowledge of |
these Ians Is science. Such knowl
edge is never inherited or acquired
by accident or incident. It must be
secured by hard study and persistent
thought. There is no calling, with the
exception of that of teaching, that re
quires for best results such broad
learning as agriculture. The time is
rapidly approaching when farmers
must he educated in every branch o(
knowledge which effects their calling
eariv in life to be effectual. It should
or they must take a position with the
rear guard. This training must be
gin at home, continue in the public
schools, be carried on through the ag
ricultural colleges, and continue
through life. When a farmer becomes
too old to learn any more, he should
sell his farm, inoie to town and do
the best he can.—Texas Farm and
Ranch.
IMPORTANT FACTOR IN HOGS.
An Important Factor In Hon llaislnv
la to Keep tlie Animals
(iranlng.
It 13 possible to keep the hog grow
ing- and thrifty in July and Aug-u.st,
as well as in April and May, if the
conditions are made favorable, llog-s
may be grown successfully by soiling,
but this plan requires more attention
than many fanners want to give. So
the next best way is to provide a
pasture. Grass and clover are loosen'
mg to the system, and are just suited
to pigs in dry, hot weather. This suc
culent food is also rich in the muscle
and bone forming materials, and on a
pasture the pigs get exercise which is
very necessary lor their proper de
velopment. Hut wether the pigs are
on pasture or not, they never will l>e
thrifty in summer unless plenty of
pure, fresh water is given them. This
is of great importance, yet I believe
it is a matter that is neglected by
very many farmers. Of course, slop
is a partial substitute, but will not en
tirely answer the purpose of drinking
water. To get an idea of about how
much they will drink, measure the
water out to them in a pail some dry,
hot day in August. You may be sur
prised at the quantity they will con
sume.
Another thing in the east; of hogs
in warm weather, and one which ia
too often overlooked, is shade. In go
ing through the country how often
we sec a half dozen of more hogs con
lined in a small lot entirely destitute
of shade. Again, it is a common prac
tice among some farmers to pen theii
hogs up in a small yard adjoining the
hog house, where they are kept
throughout the summer in mud and
tilth. The building answers very well
for protection from sun and stormi
but a grove or wood lot would l>6
much better. Y'ou can smell some
hog pens farther than you can see
them, and to confine these animals
in such places at any time of the year
is very wrong, and especially in hot
weather. There is no cleaner animal
on the farm than the hog, and he will
keep the pen and yard in a sanitary
condition if given a chance to do so.
The hog is a great •conomizer of
food, and it surely will pay fanners
to study closely everything relating
to feeding pigs, improving their pons
and rations, and to look after their
general dealth and comfort, for the
hog crop is an important one with
the average farmer, and it is these
little details that we must look after
carefully, if we ex]>cct to grow hogs
at a good profit.—V. M. C., in l’.pi
tomist.
HERE AND THERE.
—Kaffir corn need not l>e harvested
in a hurry, for it will remain g<-ecj
until killed by frc*>t.
—It takes- the right kind of feed
to produce eggs, just as it does to
produce bone, meat or muscle.
— It is a very poor farmer who can't
make $.'>00 a year on 100 acres ot good
farming land. That is five dollars per
acre, and represents ten per cent, on
land at $50 per acre. There is plenty
of that sort of land all over the
southwest.
—The president of the Chicago
board of trade estimates this year's
corn crop at 1,000,000,000 bushels.
Last year’s crop was 2,100,000,000.
Ibis shortage is about 25 per cent.
Over large sections the crop will be
as much as 50 per cent, short.
— The necessity of comfort for any
animal from which increases isexpect
ed. is rarely appreciated at its full
value. This is especially true of fat
tening hogs. The value of comfort
can be approximately estimated in
terms of eorn. oats or other feed.
—Wheat straw should be baled as
soon as threshing is over. This straw
has a market value, and besides, it
forms a wholesome roughness for cat
tle when pasturage fails. Cut straw
wet and jnixed with bran, or corn
chops, will be relished by cattle and
horses.
—A big cotton crop means a scarci
ty of feed crops, poor cattle and
horses, a heavy outlay for bacon and
other things that ought to l>e made at
home, short rations of butter and
milk, and many additional things that
must be bought; and, worst ot all, a
low price for cotton.
—The Sea Island cotton crop of
1899-1900 was calculated by the I'nit
de States department of agriculture
as one of the largest ever grown,
amounting to 9s,333 bales. Large
quantities are now used for mercer
ized yarns. This cotton is also very
much in demand for making high
class goods.
—Green pasturage is the chief fao
tor in profitable pork production.
Corn to put a finish on iB equally nec
essary. Oats, or any winter grain, al
falfa, cowpeas, sorghum and Bermuda
and Rescue grass arc sufficient for tht
purposes of growth, ami iti the south
west cau be had all the year round.
DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES.
Ably Set Forth I.>- K. >1 k!inriig at
tin- limn Mull- I 0(1
i entiou.
i’he (leniocra.ts <>i Io«:i, In conven
tit'ii at l)t’-> Moines, M r Ine-day. Au{f*
ust 21, lii a ioteof6t>l to reaffirmed
the Kansas City platform after one of
the most bitter striijfifles ever known
in an Iowa state convention. Much to
the surprise of itryan leaders, the op
position captured the committee on
resolutions and submitted a majority
report with the signatures of eiitht
out of eleven members, but the minor
ity report, presented by ex-( •nifresi
man Walter II. (Sutler, of I’olk county,
was forced through, after an exciting
contest. The most noticeable feature
of the meeting was the opening ad
dress of Temporary Chairman K. M.
Sharon, who spoke in part as follows:
“The democratic party must not t><* a
n- native party—a party of ire r- upposltl it.
It cannot be a party of calamity which
draws vitality and success from industrial
or financial depression.
“It will merit success h e in- it grapples
the problems of the present and brii to
their solution wise statesmanship. tie wis
dom that comes from democratic prinel
pl* s. because It is guided b> the < -mpa-s
of the constitution, ever pointing to the
great declaration of human rights which
the father- proclaim ,i at the lu girnti g
ai d ttxed In the firm in-r.t of our national
life. From tliit gnu;- and that object wo
get our cardinal principles of equality of
ail men—natural and corporate—to er.j'-y
the rights and bear the burdens of g iv- ir.
m. r.t.
“While It remedies the wrongs of special
legislation for favored ela--- it will lab -r
lor the upbuilding of right imtu.-trial at.d
comm> rcial progress, tor real expat shut
from within that will make our country
the great political and comm rcial pow r
of the world, while all of our people will
share in its prosperity, while they enjoy
the blessings of free government and the
noblest citizenship.
“We are facing to-day conditions thit
are momentous, destructive to our In
dustries. our commerce and the welfare
of our people—conditions that have been
reattd by tie republican party In viola
tion of the democratic doctrine of equal
rights to all and special privileg s to nont
that It was the destiny of the Fnltefl
States to be the great American power,
the dominant power of th- wa .-tern hemis
phere.
imperialism and trusts are the two'
K' at dominant evils of our national life.
They produce the two grtat issues which
tin democratic part\ must meet.
"The colonial policy of the administra
tion had its inspiration and its demand
from place hunters, concession grabbers,
from those who have or seek special privi
leges in our acquired posses.-tons. if the
administration had said to those who
sought concessions in Havana and Manila
that its policy was equal right.- to all and
special privileges io none we would have
liad no war in th- Philippines and our army
of occupation would long ago have left
Cuba.
"There can be no solution of the trust
problem, there can be no breaking down
of monopoly until government favor is
withdrawn from them. Destroy mor poly
and special class privileges and you kill
the trusts. Commence in the patent office,
the fountain head of b galizrd monopoi>
"if the government at Washington would
demand that the stock of every corpora
tion licensed by it represents money or
property at its actual worth—if it Will
take care that it gets no undue advantage
from transportation companies, that it
uses r.o unfair means to destroy legitimate
competition, that it sells its products for
a fair price, that it treats its employes
honestly and pays fair wages for a fair
day's work, if It will oblige if to pay an
Income tax upon its possible earnings, we
would find a great many Napoleons of
finance losing interest in what are now
the vast monopolies and trusts of the
world and honest business men could use
their methods of operation for the beneiit
of our Industries.
"If congress persists In refusing to sub
mit necessary amendments to the con
stitution of the United States it is the
duty of the states to call a convention
tor that purpose and revise the constitu
tion by adding to it the grants necessary
to enable congress to control the trusts,
d> stroy monopoly, provide for the elec
tion of United States senators by the peo
ple and provide for an income tax on per
sons and corporations sufficient in times
of peace to pay the greater part of all the
expenses of the national government."
Kffp Close Walrh.
Democrats that wish to control the
government so that the revision of the
tariff and the control of the trusts
through the amendment to the anti
trust law and other necessary legisla
tion must work earnestly that tit men,
able, honest and true, are nominated
for congress and for member- of the
legislatures that will elect Unite i
States senators. It is none too soot; to
be shaping events to this end. First
class nominations will always bring
added support to such candidates in
many congressional districts, enough
to turn the tide of battle. There are
50 such districts now represented by
republicans who will all vote in the
next congress to prevent anti-trust
legislation. As all the people are in
terested in striking down monopolies
that oppress them, keep close watch
on the way your congressman votes.
If he is ;t democrat he will be against
the trusts; if he is a republican h will
almost certainly do nothing to prevent
them continuing to rob you? Call the
attcnt ion of your republican neighbors
to the votes as they occur. Ask your
congressman to send the Congression
al Record to the public library that all
may be informed of what congress is
doi ng.
The democrats of Ohio, Mary
land and Virginia have shown their
understanding of the demands which
the present makes on their party.
Their example will be followed by the
great body of the party all over the
country. There may be a few states
:n which democrats will show thern
selvc- to be still wedded to their shat
tered political Idols. lint they are
few.—St. Paul Globe.
The plain fact of the matter is
that the republican party has been
Hannai/.ed, and in this condition will
never lift a hand in sincerity and truth
t> stay thecottrseof monopoly or drive
the -yudicatts out of the government
at Washington. - Springfield (Mass.)
Republican.
The London papers s.ty that during
the past two years th'-re ha- been an
increase of HO per cent, in the resident
American population of tha* city.
The wheat crop of Minnesota, ,\sr'h
Dakota and South Dakota for laul .1
•atimated at ls-i,000,OOo bushels.
OF FOREIGN INTEREST
Norway, Serbia, Greece and Bulgaria
are the only European nation- which
have but one house of parliament.
In many of the perfume factories of
south Europe only the purest olive oil
is used iti fixing the perfumes of flow
er*.
As late ns 1770 the journey from T iv
erpool to London w as dangerous on ac
count of the bad condition of the
roads.
The total daily circulation of news
papers in the United Kingdom was only
60,000 in 1801; 700,000 in 1831; and is
now 8,750,000.
Great Ilritain now spends £ 3,300,000
a year on imported vegetables. Near
ly half this is spent on potatoes, and
£780,000 on onionw.
Seventeen hundred and twenty-six
dies were used in the English mint last
year. On an average 75,244 pieces were
made with each die.
Our Station’s Wealth.
Gold and silver are poured abundantly
into the lap of the nation, but our material
wealth and strength is rather in iron, the
most useful of all metals, just as the wealth
of a human being lies in a useful stomach
it you have overworked yours until it is
disabled, try Hostetler's Stomach Hitters
It will relieve the clogged bowels, improve
the appetite and cure enstipation. dyspep
sia, biliousness, liver and kidney disease.
An Answer for the Anxlnns.
M irie B . of Waverly—No, Marie, just be
cause the young roan writes you a letter on
fly paper, you need not jump it the conclti
sion that he is stuck on you. No, indeed.—
Baltimore American.
Piso's Uyre for Consumption is an infalli
ble medicine for coughs and colds. -N. W.
Samuel, Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. 17, l'JOO.
A grocer offered a taster a peach this
morning “No, thank you,” .-aid the taster,
“1 would rather steal it.”—Atchison Globe
Big words do not always carry great
weignt of meaning llarn’s Horn.
Every man thinks lie does an honest day’s
work.—Washington (la.) Democrat.
It is because only the first step counts
that the following ones are so easy.—Town
Topics.
ittsics i'i uin kit in iiiuii> as ytc
grow older, but we steadily prefer the unob
tainable.—Puck.
Being ignored altogether is no more odious
to a sensitive woman than forced gallantry.
—Town Topics.
It is 1 tier to be able to talk sense in one
language than to chatter rubbish in two.—
Ally Sloper.
If you cannot have what you prize it is a
good thing to prize what you have.—Ham's
Horn.
Miss Gabbeigh—“I had 15 proposals yes
terday.” Miss Sezzit—“Did the man stut
ter?”—Baltimore American.
Our latest submarine is named the Adder.
Her business will be to subtract from the
numbers of the enemy.—Boston Transcript.
No man can avoid his own company—so
he had best make it as good as possible.—
Atlanta Constitution.
Mrs. Bingo—“I wonder who sent us this
book: ‘What can be done with a chafing
dish?’ ” Bingo—“I guess the doctor did.”
—Town and Country.
Not “Burke’s Peerage.”—"What’s the
name of that book that shows the social
standing of the aristocratic families?” in
rpiired tne seeker after knowledge. “ ‘Brad
street’s,’ ” promptly replied the man who
knew.—Philadelphia Press.
Sorrow in a Side Show.—"How did the
bearded woman take it when the manager
discharged her?" “She faced it like a man
till she went in the dressing room, and got
her false whiskers off, then she broke down
and cried like a woman.”—Philadelphia
Kvening Bulletin.
Ask Your Itealrr for Alien's Foot*Rase,
A powder to shnUoinfo vour sli es. It rent.*
the feet. Cure* Swollen". Norn, Hot.t'alloua,
A' liin*;. Sweating feel and legr ovingNa N,
Corns, lluniona. Allen'-. Knot-Ease makes
new it tight shoes easy. Sold l.y all drier
irists and shoo stores, iIV Sani|ilo ninth1.!
runs. Address AUeuS Olmsted,la'Roy.N. Y.
Another Rrrord Aninslteil.
Finding undigested food in the *tornao!i >■
s Siberian mumnot'i that had tieen *
iiO.Onn years break-, the record f >r ehron ■
dvspepsia. Louisville Courier .Journal
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Is pleasant to the taste and does not
upset the stnniarli like the so called
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He thinks he lives, but he*s a dead
one. No person is really alive whose
liver is dead. During the winter
most people spend nearly all their time
in warm, stuffy houses or offices or
workshops. Many don’t get as much
exercise as they ought, and everybody
knows that people gain weight in
winter. As a rule it is not sound
v weight, but means a lot of flabby fat
t and useless, rotting matter staying in
^ the body when it ought to have been
driven out. But the liver was over
burdened, deadened—stopped work. There
you are, with a dead liver, and spring is the
time for resurrection. Wake up the dead!
wt all the tilth out ot your system, and get
ready for the summer's trials with dean, clear blood, body, brain free from bile. Force
is dangerous and destructive unless used in a gentle persuasive way, and the right plan
is to give new strength to the muscular walls of the bowels, and stir up the liver to new
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