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The wild turkey, called by Choctaws
and Cherokees in differing tongues
the "wit of the woods," is supposed
by old hunters to have intelligence
above that of other birds. In general
It has. Yet sometimes it nods like
Homer, and sometimes it displays the
indifferent recklessness of a cross be
tween D'Artagna,n and dear old Ouida's
hero. Bertie Cecil.
C. S. Stribling lives near the lower
pan of the San Antonio river, a few
miles above its debouchment into the
Gulf of Mexico. Wild turkeys are
plentiful in the region, and he kills
1 Good many of them.
In winter it is never more than
three miles from his house to a roost.
When he wants turkey meat he sad
dles his pony before daylight, rides to
within a quarter-mile of the roost, dis
mounts, walks stealthily to the bur
dened trees, waits till he can see 'a
round, black form between him and
the sky. knocks one over, and goes
home.
.Vir. Stribling does not pretend to bs
a sportsman in the finer sense of the
term in fact, he raises cotton as a
means of keeping in debt, but he likes
turkey, especially when it is self-fla
vored with nuts and wild pepper.
The river runs by his home and i3
thirty yards wide. Directly across
from his front yard grows a solitary
cypress that is probably 150 feet high.
One forenoon, while sitting on his
front gallery and enjoying a cob-pipe
he had been blackening for five years,
Stribling glanced toward the cypress
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When Bob Evans
Was Near Death
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, al
though he has seen plenty of sharp
fighting and has been often under fire,
o:ice came nearer to losing his life on
board his own ship and when not en
gaged with the enemy than during any
buttle in which he ever had part. He
tells the story in "A Sailor's Log." A
little before the destruction of Cer
vera's fleet he had gone below to his
cabin with Commander Kimball of the
torpedo fleet, who had brought dis
patches. They were sitting at the
cabin table studying the situation,
when a startled voice exclaimed,
•"Jjook out, captain!"
I threw my head to one side, be
writes, to see what I was to look out
for. when there was a tremendous
crash, and I was aware that I was hurt
and more or less dazed. My first im
pression was that one of the SpaniBh
gunboats had sneaked up on us and
put a shell into my cabin. I had been
thinking all the afternoon what a fine
chance it would be for them that
night. But when I was really con
scious I saw that that was not the
trouble.
My cabin was full of men, all star
ing at me, their eyes fairly sticking
out of their heads. They thought I
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PALESTINE WAKING UP.
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According to United States Consular
Agent Harris Palestine has shown un
mistakable signs of progress during
the past decade, much of which is to
be attributed to German enterprise.
"German colonists, merchants and
horticulturists," says Mr. Harris, "are
awakening that part of the Levant
from a lethargy of a thousand years.
Three years ago a German bank was.
established in Jerusalem, with a
branch In Tata, which exchanged |15,
000,000 in 1901. The waters of the
Dead Sea, where no rudder has been
seen for centuries, are now being plied
by German motor boats. A direct line
of communication hag thus been.open
ed up between Jerusalem and, Kerak,
the ancient capital of the land of
Moab, which still commands the cara
van routes leading across the Arabian
desert. There Is no doubt that Ger
man enterprise will also exploit the
phosphate fields situated on both sides
of the Jordan, when transportation
facilities shall have been sufficiently
developed to Insure success to the
undertaking.
"For many years Germany has been
looking to Asia Minor and other coun
tries adjacent to Palestine as suitable
PAINTINGS 80LP BY MEASURE.
Diipoud of London at from 80 ,. £ent»
to •l.SS Par Inch.
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5 WILD TURKEY SEEMINGLY $
S ENJOYED BEING SHOT AT.
flany Signs of Progress Which Are Due to German Enter
prise.
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Is the American spirit of commer
cialism invading even the English
market for artistic wares? A poet's
recent advertisement in the London
Daily News, seeking a speculative pub
lisher for a "translucent, attractive,
and apothegmatic lyric," had already
aroused
some comment, and now they
appear to be selling the paintings
of
the leading contemporary artists by
the square inch.
The
announcement
of a sale at Christie's says, that a
painting by the late T. 8. Cooper, en
titled "Sheep Shearing," and measur
ing 48 by 72 inches, was sold. for 810
guineas, while: another representing
"Six Cows On the 3ank Of a River,"
and measuring 29 by 44 incliiM, paint
ed In 1877. brought 800 guineas,
and saw perched on Its top a wild gob
bler whose burnished feathers shone
in the sun. It stood calmly with head
erect enjoying the air and, the placid
river beneath.
Stribling laid the pipe down care
fully, walked into his bedroom, picked
up his rifle of .44 calibre, and went
back to the gallery. He knew that
he would be forced to go a half-mile
downstream to the nearest ford, cross,
come back upstream, go back down
stream, and come back upstream in or
der to retrieve, but did not purpose
to be insulted.
He shoots well. He leaned firmly
against the end post of the gallery,
got the tip of the front sight on the
base of the bird's black beard which
hung from the gobbler's breast, held
it there for a moment, smiled as it
occurred to him that the thing was
too easy and pressed the trigger firm
ly and steadily.
There was the usual sharp crack,
which sounded doubly loud in the still
ness of morning, but the turkey was
unmoved. It evinced no curiosity.
Stribling tried it again, a little more
carefully and with less confidence
same result. He said: "I may be get
ting old and wrinkled in my face, but
I'll bet the farm and all it costs me
that I can make you move." Samo
result.
That was all the cartridges he had.
He walked to the bank of the river
and yelled at the bird. It looked down
at him and sailed away.
Famous Captain Tells
of His Narrow Escape
from Fatal Accident.
was killed, and I suppose they wanted
to see the last of the "old ma{i." I
was soon aware that one of the doc
tors was feeling and twisting my
right arm, and that my right shoul
was in pretty bad shape. Through
all I was sorry for Kimball, who,
I thought, was surely killed, and I
was greatly relieved when I heard his
voice, which sounded a mile away.
The men were running in a steel haw
ser, and it had.picked up the steel bat
tle hatch, 'weighing something over
400 pounds, which was lying on deck,
ready to be put on the cabin hatch
when needed. The line had carried it
along until it came directly over the
hatch under which 1 was sitting, when
it slipped off, came down edge first,
and caught me on the shoulder in
stead of the head.
The man who called to me to look
out held on to it in his effort to stop
it, and came down with it.
My shoulder was. badly mashed and
dislocated, but the excellent medical
men soon wiped the blood off, reduc
ed the dislocation, bandaged my arm
to my side, and turned me in.
xi my head had been four inchet
further forward I should never have
had the pleasure of writing this book.
territories in which to develop Ger
man markets. The Bagdad railroad,
which will lead through Anatolia, in
tersecting the headwaters of the Tigris
and Euphrates, to the shores of the
Persian gulf, is an enterprise of vast
importance, not only to Germany, as
the promotor, and the Turkish em
pire, but to the world at large. It is
the greatest commercial and civilizing
factor that could be introduced into
this region end will tap the rich terri
tories which composed ancient Meso
potamia. Apart from new avenues of
commerce, a land will be opened up to
students and tourists which, owing to
expense and unsafe methods of travel,
has thus far been practically inacces
sible.
"The commerce, of Palestine to-day
is not unimportant The products of
the country are wheat, barley, or
anges, oil, wine, nuts, figs, apples,
peaches, pears,, pomegranates iaprlcots
citrons almonds, cucumbers, lettuce,
onions, wild artichokes and 'aspara
gus, .truffles, tobacco, sesame and silk,
while potatoes and other European
add American vegetables are being
Introduced by German and French
colonists."
between thirty cents and |M5 per
square Inch In London while, esti
mated as live stock, the six cows In
the latter picture appear to have been
valued at fifty guineas each, despite
their advanced age, which precludes
the possibility of their being useful
for other purposes than landscape or
naments—although this Is ^perhaps
minimizing the value of the riparian
rights along the rive^. What a wealth
of conjecture these facts suggest!.
Think of the prices that, some of the
enormous Munkacsy canvases' would
bring if sola .on. tuts basis, and ot the
possible value of Rosa Bonheur'g
"The Horse Fair"—with stallions at
Tattersall prices! Let the artist re
member to stretch hi» canvai wlde
enough, or, if he be an animal-palatet,
to put in A sufficient number ot mar
ketable beasts, and tbefe will speedily
be an end" of tie cry
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LAAGEST DREDQE WORLD
III Dipper Will Scoop Up Thirt««n Ton.
of Material at Oae Time-
On the 1st day of June next the Pol
son Iron and Shipbuilding works at
Toronto will deliver to J. Poupore, a
Montreal contractor, the largest dipper
dredge in the world. It will cost $62,
000 to build.
The title dipper dredge, by which .it
is known, is hardly fair to the im
mense machine now under process of
construction. It is a big dipper so
big that every time it goes down into
the deep thirteen tons of material will
be brought to the surface and dropped
into the scow beside it. This immense
weight of 20,000 pounds will be han
dled as lightly and easily as If it were
a shovelful instead of .eight cubic yards
if earth.
This great dipper can reach down in
to the water and haul up earth from a
depth of fifty feet, and its capacity is
sixty loads an hour, which, for a day's
work of ten hours, mean 15,600,000
opunds.
For a craft doing such an immense
amount of lifting it is not long—just
96 feet, with a beam of 36 feet 8 inches
and a mean depth of 10 feet 6 inches.
The great arm which will control the
dipper will be 66 feet long, and two
steel spuds will run down on each side
of the vessel and take firm hold on the
bottom while she is lifting. The main
hoisting engine has cylinders with a
6-inch diameter and an 18-inch stroke.
The dredge will carry a crew of 12
easily, says the Buffalo Commercial.
The consulting engineer in its con
struction is L. A. Desy of Montreal. It
will do its gigantic feats of dipping
first in connection with the great
works which Mr. Poupore, the pur
chaser, is constructing for the govern
nent at Maisonneuve and Sorel.
NO DOUBT OF INSANITY OF ANIMALS
Species That Have the Same
aa the Human Race.
Word "Ham" Appropriate.
A party of prominent New Jersey
men were sitting upon the porch of the
Stockton house, Cape May, one sum
mer afternoon, listening to an old sea
captain relate a story about a ship
wreck in the South Pacific. He stated
that after being cbst'bpon an island
starvation was imminent, and It was
resolved to cast lots to decide who
should be killed and eaten. The vic
tim was the colored cook. One of the
listeners asked the sailor how the col
ored man's flesh tasted and the captain
replied:
"We boiled a piece of the darkey,
and when it was cooked the flesh tast
ed like new ham."
His questioner remarked, In an In
credulous manner:
"That's singular, captain. Are y©v
sure the taste was Uke bam?"
The late Gen. William J. Seweli
United States Senator, who was one
of the group, said in his dry manner:.
"There isn't anything singular about
it at all. If you remember, one of
Noah's sons was Ham, who was a
black man. The ship's colored cook
was a descendant.of Noah's son Ham,
and the captain and his shipwrecked
crew simplyate good boiled Ham!'' •.
Richard Croker, Tammany Hall's ex
president,
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"exti?,
A Biff AND GARDEN.
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walking down Madison,
.avenue a day or two after his loss of:
the political scepter, when Ue was ac«
posted by a newsboy. ,,
"Paper,'!
sir, paper?' crted the little
fellow, advancing toward Mr. Croker
an ^about the change In the?
city governinent.' Tammany out of
-jower and reformer* In.: Paper, sir
"No, AoVi saidthe fallen^ chief. ihif
patiently WinsMdi?
want.lt go yvylf
All about the downfall'"ot .efciutf:
Croker, sir! persisted the youth, ,but
the sharpness of the look from the
man from Wantage brought rthe.^y
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sudden and final alienee, and Cro|te*
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MATTERS OF INTEREST
CULTURISTS.
Rome Op-to-Uate Hints
ration of the
New Hampshire 63
Maine 61
Massachusetts .65
Connecticut 61
Rhode Island 47
Affllctlov
"Animals go crazy just like humar.
beings," said an observant citizen,
"and I have seen some rather curious
instances in my time. I have often
wondered why some man who makes
a special study of animal psychology
hasn't taken the subject up. Really
here is a good field for some scientist
who is fond of speculating on such
subjects. I recall the case of a horse
who displayed unmistakable evidences
of insanity. The horse was moody.
He was a fine animal, almost perfect
physically, and went all the gaits. He
was one of the best buggy horses I
ever saw, and could trot a mile in a
jiffy. About once a month he would
get into an unhappy mood. There was
no doing anything with him. He would
nQt obey any of the usual commands.
He was simply wild. He would run
away in a minute. One day his owner
and a friend went out for a drive. It
was one of the bad days with the horse.
It was one of his crazy days. He be
came unmanageable and ran away.
The owner was badly bruised and his
friend was killed. The horse was bad
ly crippled by running off of a bridge.
He was so badly hurt that he was not
of much good afterward. He was un
questionably crazy. I have seen other
animals display the same -weakness. I
have seen crazy cats, crazy dogs, crazy
cows and crazy animals of various
kinds, and it seems to me that there is
a good field here for some man who
takes an interest in such matters."^
New Orleans Times-Democrat. 'i vV*}:
TOAGRI.
About CUU»
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Thereof—Horticulture^ Viticulture..and
Floriculture. 4
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Market Applea In New England.'
Some interesting statistics regarding
the apple business in New .England
are supplied by Prof. P. A. Waugn,
horticulturist of the Vermont Experi
ment station, showing in a remarkable
way the popularity of certain Varie
ties.
The Baldwin apple, for example, has
been a prime favorite in-the New Eng
land states, and especially in Massa
chusetts', but Its vogue seems to be
giving way somewhat before thtt -jner
its of other varieties. The foO^wing
figures show the percentage of JBald
win trees In the orchards reported. The
first column gives the- percentage of
bearing trees which are Baldwins, and
the second column shows in percent
ages the proportion of Baldwins among
trees too young to bear.
Young
Bearing.
Vermont ..
10
5
58
34
48
79
64
The percentage of Baldwins is not
ably reduced in Massachusetts which
has been the principal New England
producer of this variety. In Vermont
the proportion of Baldwins is greater
among newly planted trees than in old
orchards but this has little signifi
cance, since Baldwin has never been a
leading variety in Vermont.
Rhode Island Greening, another New
England favorite, does not make the
showing that might be expected. The
figures are as follows:
Bearing.
Vermont .. ...... ». 18
New Hampshire 2
Maine .. .--..........'5
Massachusetts 4
Connecticut .. .... i 4
Rhode Island 13'
Young.
4
3
1
1
1
1
0
It will be seen that Rhode
Greening has been practically ignored
In the planting of young orchards,
even in Rhode Island.
Island
The figures for Northern Spy are as
follows:
Bearing.
Vermont .. V*... .1....7
New Hamphire ... j.....1
Maine .. -5
Massachusetts .. ......1
Connecticut .--3
Rhode Island ..2
Young.
9
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Northern
These figures show that
Spy is holding its own, or perhaps
inga little, in Northern New Eng
bu* that it has been discarded
Massachusetts, Connecticut and'
Rhode Island.
When compared' with these three
Standard New England varieties, the
figures for Ben Davis are particularly
instructive. They follow:
Bearing Young.
Vermont 10 48
New Hampshire ...... 1 1
Maine .. 5
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Massachusetts 0 13
Connecticut .. 5 8
Rhode Island 6 16
In other words, Ben Davis outnum
bers ail the varieties previously named
In the recent orchard plantings of
nearly every statei. In: Maine and Ver
mont the drift toward Ben Davis is es
pecially pronounced while even in
Massachusetts, it'is rapidly gaining on'
Bajdwln.
These figures are made up from re
ports secured from several hundred of
the leading apple growers in the states
named. While it would be too much to
claim that they prove any particular
proposition, they certainly Indicate
some important changes In the apple
growing business of New England.
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Uatlnc Cora.
Llstlnt corn is a practice that nas
grown Up mainly ln/the last ten years.
It is of little value In the Jiumld states
but has proved serviceabl6 in the seml-v
arid regions, especially where the
lands are light In Kansas and Ne
braska are sectlons where the soil dries,
out very quickly after plowing. The,
heavy anil continuous winds blow the
roil after it Is dry, and when rain
does not come immediately after the
seed is sowii, the seed Is not infre
quently blown away: with tho.tppriiost
layers of dirt This led to the evolu
tion of the practice Of listing:' Listing.
U to place the seed la iha soil without
a general plowing The top soll is left
undisturbed for the most part and the
high .winds" are unable to blow the
soil away, as it la packed solid from
the rains of the prevlbqs 'season., A
lister is a plow that turns the soil both
Va? and deposit? the seed corn in the
farrow behind It, allowing the Hrjt to
fall at the sama time, over the dropped
seed. It* use mu*t depend on the con
dition^ under which' the farmer exist*
mtttfcfo:: mm on hea,vy soil the
lister will be found of no value. List*
of hprtictttarai uotee in th^
life
must, be earned by careful watchful
ness plum orchards are not, to
be thought of." Nevertheless, exten
sive plum orchards are now fruiting in
many parts ofl North America,—on the
Paclfio coast,- in Texas, Iowa, Npw
York, Ontario. Many more are being
planted. The plum Is also a garden
tree, and peculiarly suited to the small
home fruit garden, either on the city
lot or in the farmyard. Plum trees in
the garden, however, demand precise
ly the same treatment that they do in
large orchards.
Plums'will' not grow on solid.rock,
but .-they will succeed on any kind of
soil. Professor Bailey has remarked
that, next to the apple,,the European
plum, Prunus domeatica, ha3 probably
the most generalized adaptability to all
sorts of soils of any known tree. Then
when we take into account the Jap
anese plums and all the various Amer
ican species with their wide diversi
ties: of adaptation, we have a selection
of plants to cover the whole range of
soils.
The Domestlca and Damson plums
are generally said to grow best on
rather heavy clay loam at least they
do not do their best on light, sandy
soils. A ^eavy clay loam need not
be wet and cold and if it Is well
drained and comparatively warm, It
forms an ideal soil for the European
races of plums. The Japanese prefer
rather lighter soils.
Cereal* I^t Kentucky.
Andrew A. Soule, of Kentucky, says:
There is a degree of difference in the
hardihood of the various winter cere
als which is not generally recognised.
Rye and wheat are more generally and
successfully cultivated than any of
the other cereals because of this fact.
Winter oats and barley are more deli
cate in nature and that probably ac-'
counts for the indifferent success met
with in their culture on the farm.
While these crops may succeed when
sown quite late in the season, it is
very important that they be seeded
early—from the first to the middle of
September. It is true that they often
succeed sown as late as the middle of
October, but the chances ot failure are
greatly enhanced by late seeding, and
the loss of the seed and the crop to
gether Js too great a risk to Incur. If
winter rye is desired for a f^U and
winter pasture, it is necessary that it
be sown from the middle of August
to the middle of September. It can
often be sown in the corn field after
the last cultivation and as it makes a
quick and vigorous growth, fUrnlshes
an excellent pasture from October un
til Christmas, or through the. entire
winter if the season is mild.'
ar,bTV,profitable
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Root Crop* for Stoeks. 'i'h iikr
Bulletin 132, University of Califor
nia: Several of the vegetables are vai-.
uable in supplying succulence tor the
ration. Among the root clasp the one
in most common use is the mangsl
wurtzel beet, because very large quan
tities can be grown per acre and be
cause it is palatable to all kinds of
live stock. Carrots are also used
some sections, and they'have the ad
vantage of containing a slightly larger
amount Of dry matter than mangels.
Of all the roots, moreover none are
more relished by horses than carrots.
Sugar beets are not found profitable to
grow for feeding stock, because they
yield so small a tonnage in compari
son to mangels, and the greater cost
of growing and gathering can onl7 be
undertaken on the ground of their
greater value for sugar. Potatoes con
tain about twice as much dry matter
as mangels and thrge times as much
carbonaceous material. They are,
therefore, of greater food value, but,
like sugar beets, have too high a com
mercial value as human food to make
them for stock.
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Afrlenltorftl Votn.
Broom corn is a "cash crop," and,
like other cash crops, has its favorable
and unfavorable features. Its cultiva
tion on a very large scale is seldotu
successful, but If properly handled on a
small scale, say from fifteen to. twenty
five acres for the average farmer, and
especially on new land where the va
riety of sure crops la limited, it will
prove to 6e as paying as almost any
crop that can- be raised. Oklahoma
has. early aeMona ud cin market the
ibrush terly in the season, when the
highest price is usually paid, and for
that and other reasons shouliT easily
become a great source of the nation's
supply of broom oora.
After a long time {drains iom&riri£
get out of plaee through subsidence ot
the ground. If not attended -to the
injury slowly lncreases. and at length
an extremely damp state of ground is'
produced., The -only remedy in such
a case is to dig op the old drslas and
Water,, in passing through the soil
to the drains, dissolves out small
'lUgonnts of' miasral salts and platit
food, which It carries away. The
greater the absorptive power of the
soil, the less Will he the amount thus
Gray African geeee are, by many
ralser% consldeyM the most profitable
of all' geese to keep.They grow the
il&ailest in the shortest space of #me,
andiare ready for market ip tea weeks.
weifililn4«ttba^ag« i£tw^ighra*6:
ten pounds. i They are wy ,ipucfc likfc,
'this, andffgjf
moat satl^^ Wtpns
bMtuft $n»e 'to%vi£im(wW:.
Rational Pruning of Vine*.
The Experiment Station Record thus
reports a paper read before the Acad
emy of Scieiices-at'Paris: "The* author*
F. Kovessl, holds that the ripeness of
the wood materially influences the
duction of fruit the following seasosrr*
This is true not only of vines but of
fruit treea The influence of ripeness
is felt in two ways: It modifies the
ripeness, and the position of the fruit
buds and also the number of fruits.
With well-ripened wood the fruit buds
begin close to the base of the shoot
on which they are borne, say the third
bud, while on shoots of
These facts are susceptible of prac
tical application, and furnish a ration
al basis for the pruning of different
varieties in different localities. If the
season has been such that the vines
are well matured, pruning should be
short If the season has been rainy
and conducive to the production of
poorly-matured shoots, the pruning
should be longer than otherwise.
Campbell Method of Soil Culture.
A few years ago the Campbell meth
od of corn culture made quite a stir
in the country, and it was claimed that
a revolution in soil tillage was immi
nent The method was tried quite ex
tensively in different states and at tho
experiment station. Interest In it
waned and gradually It dropped out ot
sight Recently, however, the writer
in talking with Professor Cottrell of
the Kansas Experiment Station
learned that the Campbell method is
still In use there and Is giving excel
lent results. Especially was this true
last year when the drouth was so ex
tensive that it annihilated crops grown
by other methods. The Campbell meth
od necessitates*the use of a disked
roller, on the soil, th? disks sinking
into the ground and packing the soil
some inches below the surface, but
leaving the top of the soil in a state
of looseness that serves as a dust
mulch. The theory is that the dust
mulch on top and the packed soil be
low tend to hold the moisture and to
give It off only by way of the slant
coots. Professor Cottrell says that un
der this system It has been found pos
sible to raise crops with much less
than the average raliffall even in Kan
sas. The Kansas station is located on
bills and much of the surface soil is
ISO feet above water. It will be seen
then that it is very necessary to con
serve all the water that comes in the
way of rain, since no form of Irrigating
Is possible.
Some Folnta on Swine Raising.
How many hogs should a farmer
keep on his farm? As many as he
can handle profitably. This is regu
lated to some extent by the amount
of hired help available. It will also
be governed by the facilities for feed
ing and caring for the animals. On
some farms the arrangements are such
that much labor is wasted. On others
the labor is reduced to a minimum
because a good system has been fig
ured out What this system Is must
depend on the individual farm and
the individual case. Sometimes the
food is all prepared in one place and
distributed, not by a man carrying a
pail of swill at a time, but by some
movable box or large tank running
on a track. Everything must be re
duced as near to the automatic aa
possible. Every reduction of this kind
increases the number of animals that
may be looked after and so increases
the profits:
The TaWea Neajly Turned.
There Is a certain brilliant young
lawyer in Brooklyn, with a reputation
for ability in "rattling" witnesses,
who had the tables,neatly turned on
him the other day. A prominent
Heights physician testified as to th»
Character of the Injuries sustained by
the plalntlff, and the young lawyer
was peeking to ridicule his testimony. V.
The phjrtdan had said that, the ptain- '|5i|w
tiff's brain and spinal ^cord had been^
injured, and that -the. injuqr to the
braiawasmanlfested'by.anincreased
knee Jerkv
"Now, see. here, doctor," said the
'lawyer, going through a series «f
physical contortions, chiefly with his
knees, "what does this increased knee
Jerk, of thine show?" •v' ,'
"yell," said the doctor, slowly,'-.
"taking your exhibition of yourself
betore the ju^y and this knee jerki
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poorly-matured
wood the fruit buds commence to form
only with the fifth bud. Besides, the
shoots in the first case will carry two
•or three branches, while in the second
there will be only one.
(The
produc.-
tion of a fruit crop, therefore, is subr
ject to the influence of the meteorologi
cal conditions of two seasons: The
year preceding, which determines the
degree of ripeness of the shoots, and
thus the position and number of
bunches, and that of the same year,
which affects florization, fructification,
and the maturing of the crop. An ex
amination of the weather record and
of vintage production over long periods
of time showed that dry years, which
permit of the thorough ripening of the
wood, are usually followed by abun
dant harvests, while wet years, which
favor a late, Immature growth of wood,
are followed by small harvests.
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