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PIN MONEY FOR BOYS
Seeds for Planting Should Be
Carefully Assorted.
Time for Performing Task Varies Ac
cording to Latitudes and Seasons
Onions Mav Be Put in Earl
ier Than Other Plants.
B KATHERINK ATHERTON GRIM.)
If there is one time of the year that
is better than all the rest, it is the
- time "when the seeds are put into the
ground. The ' sweet, warm air, the
sunny sky, blue as a million tur
quoises, and, more than all, the smell
of the fresh, moist earth, all seem full
of joyful promise. No wonder. all, the
nnsg hlnsenm nut in tViA Enrinp" PVPT1
a horse-block could write poetry if it
couldl
Now for the planting. Your ground
is fit as fit can be see how mellow
and warm it is! your seeds are care
fully tested and sorted, and each kind
is tied up by. itself in a little cloth
. sack that will not break if you carry
it in your pocket.
I said your seeds were sorted. Are
you sure you rtmembered to do that?
, on a white oilcloth laid on the table
one kind at a time, of . course and
have picked out all that were broken,
or not well filled, or that did not look
, right for any reason. Of course, all
foul seeds should be taken out, too.
It looks like quite a task to do all
that, but it is really not half as hard
to remove the foul seed as it is to dig
up the weeds they will raise; and it
is far more profitable, of course, to
plant good seed than p$or.'
Otherwise, you would not have ta
ken all the pains you have been at to
eecure the very best seed you could.
How deep are you going to plant?
Does each kind of seed require to be
put at the same depth? You can find
these things out for yourself by try
ing a little experiment. .
Make a box frame of two-inch strips
large enough to hold a pane of 7x5
window glass. It should be about four
inches in depth, and have wooden
Device Showing Proper Depth to
Plant Seed.
ends and bottom. Set in a couple of
panes for sides, and fasten them in
place with little wooden buttons. Fill
nearly full of rich, damp earth.
On the ends mark a scale of inches,
beginning at the top of the dirt. Put
down into the soil, next to the glass,
the seeds you wish to study the first
one Inch deep, the second two inches
deep, and so on.
One-half of one side can be used for
corn, and the other, halt for "beans,
while the other side can be used for
onion sets, tomato seeds, or anything
else you wish. As the seeds sprout,
you can easily tell which depth i best,
and plant your field seeds accordingly.
A big glass bottle may be used in
the same way, but is not quite so
handy as the jbox.
The nicest kind of a bag to drop
seeds from is an apron, such as car
penters use. This should be made of
some stout cloth, such as denim or
duck." A yard Is enough for one, and
you can, surely coax, mother or big
sister to make it for you.
Be sure to plant your seeds in rows
far enough apart to cultivate with . a
horse. Even the smallest of garden
stuff, such as onions, lettuce and -radishes,
may be cared for much easier
this way.- . ' '
The old-fashioned, plan of putting
such "small fry", into a raised bed is
not a good one. Not only are they
hard to keep free from weeds but
such beds dry out badly. It is far bet
ter to put everything in rows.
The time for planting " varies so
"much jwith different latitudes and
seasons that there Is hot much use
trying to- make a rule, for it.. You
know that, seeds must have warmth
to grow, so know that it will not pay
to be in too big a hurry to get them
in while there is danger of frost.
Onions, 'though, may be put in ear
lier 'than most other things, as they
delight In the damp, cool weather of
early spring, and will, take no hurt
from slight frosts. '
Bat the tenderer plants, such as
corn, potatoes, tomatoes and the like,
will not stand much cold, and it pays
best to wait till settled weather before
putting them in. V '
Planting over, the year's work ; is
fairly begun. Now for the pleasure
of watching the lovely green things
come to life, and push up through the
mellow earth. What a f wonderful
thing it. Is the life that teems
Hf ny
. II 1 B U 1
throughout the world of spring. Tern
remember the line:;
In the beginning:. God. the Great Work
Fashlor.eU a seed, j v v
So lfi planting and caring for . the
latent lives shut In the dry kernels,
you are only finishing the work he be
gan. A great thought for the planting
time, isn't it? And now, good luck to
every Farm World ibcy and his gar
den. -
(Copyright, 1913. by c; M. Shultx.)
TIPS FOR THE COUNTRY BOY
Youth Should Make Deal With Mother
for Share in Poultry Some Other
Excellent Advice.'
: If you are in the woods and your
saw has the set taken out of it : by
a log that pinches or otherwise, saw
a cut into a big' log a few inches; lay
your saw into the cast, teeth up and
put more set in. Cheaper a great deal
than pulling a pinching saw.
This is the time to make a bargain
with father for a share of the crops
next year. "
How about the sap tools? Sugar
making will be here before we know
First Swimming Lesson.
it. Look the buckets, pans and spouts
over and if any need overhauling, do it
now while there is time.
Keep the axes sharp. Whaling
away with poor tools wears a boy out
before his time, and all to no pur
pose. Edge them up every day.
Frosty grindstones do not wear
away your tools worth a cent. Thaw
them before you begin.
N Just when does cider change into
vinegar? Be careful about that. Stop
using it before it has that in it that
will make the head swim. More than
one boy has begun a life of shame at
the farm cider barrel.
Make a deal with mother for a share
in the poultry. Get a pure-bred roost
er. Ten dollars is not too much to
pay for him. Start with pure-bred eggs,
not too many, and you will be mak
ing money in two years.
REAR SEAT ON MOTORCYCLE
Device Allocs Motorcyclist to Take
Wife, Sweetheart or Baby With
Him on His Jaunts.
It is a selfish motorcyclist these
days who does not take somebody
with him on his pleasure jaunts. ItJ
may be his wife, it may be the baby,
or it may be the girl he is hoping to
make his wife." If it is the baby, the
infant is carried in a basket-like con
trivance that hangB over the handle
bar. If It is some person old enough
to take care of herself she occupies a
seat over the rear wheel. A Colorado
man has invented what he claims is
an improvement over the rear seats
used heretofore. The cut shows the
general construction of this seat, with
its padded bottom and back, but the
Motorcycle Rear Seat.
chief virtue lies in the spring mechan
ism The rods under the center of
thereat lead into tubes that have a
short coiled spring at the bottom and
act as shock absorbers. -
riddles:,
Why is a washerwoman the most
wonderful woman in the world?
Because she goes to bed worn out,
and next morning gets up fine linen.
When is the wind of use to a, country-engaged
in war?
' When it blows great guns.
What is that which a cat has, but no
other animal?
Kittens. - ' .
What is that which js full of oles
and yet holds water? ( ; , :
A sponge. . v 't ' ' '
What Is that which every man can
divide, but which no man can see
where It has been divided?,
Water. . . ;
What is the keynote to good man
ners? .i. , U -.
B natural. : . -
GETTING AHEAD IN THE GARDEN STUFF
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The Best Paying Vegetable on a Small Farm.
Those without a hotbed will fill the
kitchen windows with seedboxes;
for many garden plants should be
started early, and the expense of buy
ing plants is much greater than that
of buying seeds. Besides, there is a
pleasure in working even in a small
bit of soil after being shut from it
during the long winter months.
Tomatoes and. peppers are among
the earliest-seeds started. The soil
should be rich and fine. Back of the
barn there is often a plot of rich soil,
evidence of a former farm leakage,
though modern management has hap
pily .ll but rendered obsolete such
waste, or leaf mould, enriched with
perfectly decayed stable manure will
serve the purpose well.
Pack the soil firmly in the boxes
and then sprinkle the seeds thinly
upon the surface. Cover with a sprink
ling of soil and moisten with tepid
water until it is quite damp.
Firm the earth ' down upon the
seeds. The next day it may be still
further presseddown and more earth
covered over rso that the seeds will
be covered to about four times their
own diameter and pressed in place.
This will still keep the seeds covered
when the-watering is done later. If
all the earth is placed at first there
is a tendency, when they arc watered,,
to wash the seeds bare.
Heat on the bottom of the box Is a
great advantage for the first few days,
yet it should be uniform, and not so
great as to scald the germs. The
small pan or box may be given a suit
able place around tho kitchen range.
In our own experience, the top of the
Incubator starts seeds more quickly
than any other place.
The tiny plantlets always turn to
ward the light. Shift the boxes daily
to counteract this and , keep . . them
growing straight. When they have
formed two or three leaves shift each
to a small pot. The halves of egg
shells make good substitutes for the
smallest sized pots if placed side by
INSECTS IN THE
WINDOW GARDEN
Warfare Against Plant Enemies
Must Be Made for Ex
termination Look out forthe insects in the win
,dow garden. If any are found as
quite likely there " will be wage
prompt and aggressive warfare
against them.
Probably the aphis will show up
most 'prominently. I used to dread
this pest more than all others, because
of the rapidity with which he breeds.
Now I find it an easy matter ' to
keep him under control. I do this by
the use of the extract of tobacco. This
extract is very strong and a little of
it goes a good ways.
A pint of it costs about $1.G0, but it
will last the owner of a good-sized
window garden for years, because , a
spoonful of it will be sufficient for a
ten-quart can of water, and. this will
be enough to spray forty or fifty plants
thoroughly.
It is sure death to every aphide it
comes in contact with. It is , much
cheaper, in the long run, than tobacco
for fumigation, and is much pleasanter
to use, as it gives off but little, odor,
and this is soon dissipated while" to
bacco smoke leaves itB stale, stench
behind it for days, and clings to every
thing In the house. '
Every owner of a window garden
should provide herself with a good
sprayer. The small bulb atomizers,
operated by squeezing, are of little
practical use.
Better invest your money in such a
sprayer as the small gardener uses, in
which the atomizer and reservoir are
connected in such a manner" as to
make a compact little implement, very
easy to toperate, arid capable of throw
ing a small stream or spray of any de
gree of fineness as you may elect.
With a sprayer of this kind it is an
easy matter to give your plants a
treatment once a week, and that
ought to be enough to keep them free
from aphides.
. In our overheated, : dry-atmosphered
living rooms the red spider is sure to
do more or less damage unless some
thing is done to keep it in check. None
of the emulsions, tobacco extracts or
other applications advised for use in
fighting plant enemies are of any use
here. ' : : '. .'
A correspondent asks if good plants
can be grown in tin cans. Certainly.
I have seen very fine plants in them,
1 . "Star
side and sunk in a box of earth or
sand.
.When more root room is needed
the shell may be peeled off and re
moved without disturbing the roots of
the plant. They should be repotted
at least once more, and then when
finally shifted to the garden, the roots
will have become so matted arid in
terwoven, that they will be little dis
turbed by the transfer.
Use. always good seed. While .that
of inferior quality may much of it
germinate, you are losing very much
more than you save through its em
ployment. In this day of cheap seeds,
just think what the land is worth, and
then resolve that the best Is r.oue too
good for it.
Strive to hate the best tools with
which to work. In this age of cheap
and efficient tools one cannot afford
to waste their time in any makeshift
way. Even in the garden for family
use, one ma' raise so much more that
the wheel hoe will soon pay for itself.
It is pitiful to see the gardener work
ing slowly among the weeds, the lat
ter stunting the plants in the last
rows weeded, when in an' hour's time
with the wheel tools the entire plot
could be thoroughly cleaned oat. Time
must be counted by the modern gar
dener, and all labor and time-saving
devices given a trial.
Resolve this year to add some new
variety to your list not one of the
high-priced novelties, but something
which you have never before grown.
If frosts threaten after the plants
are transplanted to the garden, make
covers out of old newspapers, either
by folding a sheet like a fool's cap
and holding the corners in place with
small stones, or, in the case of very
small plants, the paper may be spread
out loosely over the surface. Old
boxes may also be used .for covering,
but tin, in any form, draws the frost
and renders the attempt to protect a
real injury. .
(Copyright. IMS. by C- M. i'chultx.
The fact is it isn't so much the vessel
that the plant grows in r.s it is the
care it gets that counts. If cans are
used, punch holes in the' bottom 'for
water to run off through. I would pre.
fer pots, because they look better and
are better for general use, but those
who cannot afford them will find
that they can grow plants, and grow
them well, in boxes, cans or an old
earthen teapot or pitcher, provided
drainage is arranged for. That's the
important thing.
Don't discard the good old stand
bys for "novelties" in making a selec
tion of new plants for your window
garden. They tell lis geraniums are
"common." Granted; but a window
bright with the blossoms of these
"common" flowers is a thing to delight
in in the midwinter, while the window
in which "novelties" abound nine
times out of ten is conspicuous for its
absence of bloom more, than anything
else. A brave show of "common"
flowers is a great deal more satisfac
tory than no flowers at all. Who cares
how "common" a flower" is if it is
beautiful?
CUTTING OF PLANTS
INCREASES BLOOM
Columbines, Hollyhocks and Oth
er Hardy Perennials Re
" spond Very Quickly.
The cutting of flowers of any, sort
results in increased bloom. Some
years ago, needing a quantity of cut
flowers when blossoms were very
scarce, I cut every stalk of my colum.
bine. To my surprise it sent up new
flower stalks and bloomed a 'second
time that spring, which it never does
if the seed is allowed to ripen. Since
making this discovery I have learned
that hollyhocks respond to the same
treatment in the same .way, and it may
be that the Eame thing is true of other
hardy perennials. Sweet peas, pansies,
verbenas, etc., must have the flowers
cut off, allowing no seed pods to form,
if one would have continuous bloom.
Never a rose should be allowed to re
main on the bush until it drops its
petals, or a geranium until it fades, if
one would have roses and geraniums
in abundance. .
Prime Bacon. ;i
: Prime bacon is really more credit
to the producer than is lard alone. . It
is also true that the best bacon;
brings good prices, costs less to bring
to fitness, : and can be made a great
j staple if we work for it. "
HA Wl
NEW ERA APPEARS
Bible and Christian Civilization
May Be Made Dominant
in the East.
The sense of living on the verge of
a new era is widespread among
thoughtful men. Everywhere those
who are in touch with social and spir
itual movements, whether at home or
abroad, feel that the situation is criti
cal to a supreme degree. They trem
ble in their joy, for as they are
amazed at the unique opportunities of
the new era, so they, are bewildered
by its responsibilities and dangers.
We are living in an age when it
seems that nations are born in a day,
or at least when they are awakened
from their sleep of a thousand years.
The danger is that in the hour of their
awakening they may be turned into a
wrong course and given wrong ideals.
In this new era some fear a pagan
renaissance because the great pagan
nations of the east are so rapidly com
ing into power and influence. This is
a time then when Christianity should
recognize its opportunity, for we have
come to one of the great watersheds
of history when it seems that the
course of humanity may be turned in
either direction.
The opportunity lies before Chris
tian nations to make Christian civili
zation dominant in the east as well
as in the west. The whole Orient is
astir as it never has been before. The
long sleeping east ' has awakened
Hermit nations which a few years ago
seemed to take no part In the world's
progress have become world powers
There is deep unrest in India; Japan
and Korea are rushing towards the
new era; the vast Chinese empire is
throbbing with new ideas and aspira
tions. .
It is the primary duty of the Chris
tian church to enter in and occupy
for her Lord whenever and wherever
6he can. Never have there been so
many open doors as there are now,
each with its-eloquent appeal for the
Gospel of a better age. The great
barrier to much development in the
east- has been Mohammedanism, but
even there of late years have been
signs of a shaking among the dry
bones. Unknown to the Christian-
world, conferences have been held to
discuss the decay of Islam, and to pre
vent its disintegration. A conference
was held on 1907 at Cairo, the subject
of the conference being, "The Causes
of the Decay of Islam." It is evident
that not even Mohammedanism, which
has long been regarded as practically
hopeless by many" Christians, can
stand against the pervasive influence
of the Bible arid of Bitle-inspired civ
ilization. And what is the significance
of the present war, and of the defeat
of the stronghold of Islam before the
arms of the Christians whom Turkey
haj so. long oppressed? It means not
only another open door, but in God's
providence it means the removal of
the last great barrier to Christian civ
ilization in the east.
Our gracious God is never ahead of
time nor behind time in his disposi
tions of the affairs of men. When the
fullness of time had come he sent his
Son, and ail things in his Providence
come in the fullness of time. There
fore, If we are to know God's will we
must observe the course of events
and be awake to the signs of his Prov
idence. Goethe regarded the universe
as "the living garment of God," and
Carlyle called history a larger Bible,
which contains, for all who have an
eye and a soul to read aright, a clear
record of God's dealings with men and
a clear indication of his purposes.
Now, it is recognized, that not only
to the lands of the east and to the
islands of the sea, but also to our own
land comes the crisis of the new era.
Let us turn our eyes to the homeland
and we find among ourselves gropings,
strivings, longings, for things not fully
defined. There is an undest among our
people, . a . dissatisfaction .with things
as they are. There are great move
ments on foot which we regard as po
litical or social, but which at bottom
are religious, that is, they are the
outcome of the Christian conscious
ness of righteousness and equity. ,The
cause of the church is coming home
to the masses of the people, and our
thinking men are beginning to see
that the cause of Christianity is, the
cause of the nation.
'Perhaps we cannot furthe'r the sal
vation . of the world . better than by
.evangelizing this land in which, we
live. Think what a power among the
world's peoples would be a united.
Christian America. America is known
as a Christian land, but there are
thousands of heathen in it. America
bears the Christian name, but un
righteousness, vice and crime are ram
pant among us, and often go unre
buked. Alexander Duff knew the
abysses of vice in the east and espe
cially in India, but after a visit to the
slums of Philadelphia he left tho tes
timony that such vileness, debase
ment, drunkenness and shamelessness
he never saw surpassed in any heath
en land. We comfort, ourselves with
the thought that this was 60 years ago,
but there are still slums in our large
cities which are a standing shame to
a Christian land, and. there is much
work for this nation in "the cities, in
the towns and in' the .country homes.
These things are not remedied by laws
nor by socialistic schemes. . The only
solution lies in the, principles of tho
Gospel of Jesus Christ, lived and ap
plied by true and earnest men.
Get away from the crowd awhile
and think. Stand on one side and let
he .world run by while you get ac
quainted with yourself. R. J 13ur
dette! . . ,-4 ' : . . -.,
(Conducted by the National Woman's
Christian Temperance Union.)
INTERESTING TO A FARMER
Closing of Distillery and Br-wcry
Would Set at Liberty Large Amount
of Capital and Labor.
(By FIIOF. JOHN A. NICHOLS.)
They cry out that If the liquor i.raf
flc i3 abolished one of the markets for
grain will be destroyed and a terrible
calamity will fall upon the farraere.
But the closing of the distillery and
brewery would set at liberty a large
amount of capital and labor which
would be diverted to other channels
of business, including among other
things the development of produce and
its adaptation to the wants of th
people.' Many millions of dollars now
expended in liquor would be expended
In farm produce of various kinds.
There is a large proportion of our
people who do not consume as much
of our farm produce as they need and
desire, because of the waste of wealth
In the consumption of intoxicants, and
if this waste ceased the demand for
farm produce would at once increase.
Experience has shown that the clovins:
up of the saloons and the outlawing
of the liquor trafSc has always proved
a great benefit to every legitimaft- in
dustry. A chapter in the history of
Ireland furnishes a graphic Illustra
tion. During the years 1809-10 and
1813-11 the distilleries of Ireland wer
stopped on account of the famine, on
the ground that these distilleries
wasted the grain that might other
wise be used by the people a3 food.
The results were surprising. Tho con
sumption of spirits fell off nearly one
half. Oa the other hand there was a
tremendous increase in the demand
for dry goods, blankets, cotton good!,
sugar, hardware, crockery, groceries
anil other necessities, thus .showing
that a year of scarcity with prohibition
is better than a year of plenty -without
it. .
TO DO AWAY WITH ALCOHOL
New Regulation in Federal Military
Expected to Bring Relief to Evils
Complained Of.
It Is 'notorious that drinking and
drunkenness are great evils concocted
with army life. It was to protect the
soldiers from this debauchery that the
canteen was abolished. To further
stimulate them to lead temperate
lives an order has been issued by the
federal government which reads as
follows:
"Provided, that no officer or en
listed man in active service, who hall
be absent from duty on account or' dis
ease resulting from his own Intem
perate use of alcohol or drugs or other
misconduct shall receive pay for the
period of such absence from any part
of the appropriation."
This new regulation in our federal
military service is expected to cring
relief at least in some measure, to
the evils complained of; also it is re
garded as another step toward abolish
ing the use of alcoholic beverass ia
the army entirely.
BLOW TO PERSONAL LIBERTY
No Person Has Inherent Right ta Sell
.Liquor or Buy It in Saloon.
- Says Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court of the United
States says that no person has an in
herent right to sell liquor, and now
the supreme court cf, the .state of
Washington declares that no person
has an inherent right to buy liquor
in a saloon. In its decision the court
said:
. "Just as the right to engage in, the
liquor traffic is not an inherent right
In any citizen, neither is it an inher
ent right In any citizen to treat an
other in:a Icensed saloon which ia
under the control of the police power
being jexercised by a municipality.
Whatever the right of the citizen may
be, elsewhere, he has no Inherent
right even to buy liquor at such a
place."
Another blow to "personal liberty."
as interpreted by the liquor trada and
Its friends!
Insuranw Rates.
Insurance companies In Great Brit
ain, America, Sweden, Norway and
Germany are discriminating against
those who drink, even in moderation.
The insurance 'companies in Germany
Tiave Issued leaflets and posters show
ing the detrimental effects of alcohol
on the human body. Many' insurance
companies place total abstainers in a
separate, division, Insuring their lives
on cheaper rates. It is manifestly un
just to require that total abstainers
shall pay higher insurance rates on ac
count of the losses caused by the
drinkers insured by the same- com
pany, f; ; ' ; " ''.-. , .
Not What He Meant
"Now, Pat," said a magistrate to an
old offender, "what has brought you
here again V ,'; .
' "Two policemen, eor," was the re-
"Drunk.ill. suppose?'' . queried thet
magistrate 'sternly. "
"Yea, sor," said "both or
thin?.'. . h , :
. . ' Close Many Bar. V
More ban 12,000 bars hava been,
cloreof in palicla, Austria-Hungiry. In
a year. . ' .