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U. S. Army's New Hospital Train Is Declared Finest in the World UncIf Sam has provided his army with what is declared to be the finest hospital train in the world. The train, consisting of ten Pullman cars, is now stationed at Fort Sam Houston for the use of the troops on the border. ft Is intended to be the connecting link between the field and bare 'hospitals. Though it is no more serviceable than similar trains of a number of belliger ent powers in Europe, it excells all foreign trains in luxurious appointments. The seats have been replaced by regular hospital cots and a surgical dressing room has every convenience of a well-regulated hospital. The kitchen equip ment is also complete. The train carries a complete roster of physicians and female nurses. The picture shows, below, one of the cars in the train, with a side door through which patients are carried on stretchers, and, above, the interior of one of the cars with the attendants and a patient being carried in through the side door of the car. UNCLE SAM, PRINTER Uses Some 32,000,000 Pounds of Paper Each Year. More Than 4,000 Persons Are Now Employed in Big Establishment Maintained by Government Some 32.000,000 pounds of paper and 65,.(N) pounds of ink are used annually by Uncle Sam's big printery, the gov ernment printing office, and the total expense of the office is something like $6,(00.,000 a year. Employees work eight hours a day, receive a compensa tion comparing favorably with union wages throughout the country, and are allowed 30 days' vacation with pay each year. Some divisions of the of fice run night forces ail year and oth ers only during the sessions of con gress. Employees working at night receive a 20 per cent advance over day rates of pay. It was not until 1852 that the office of public printer was created, with an .annual salary fixed at 52,5(1). prior to which printing was done by contract and by special acts of congress which appointed various printers to do the congressional work for certain specific amounts, all of which were found wanting in pIracticanlbility. It was not, however. until 1861 that a printing plant wais established. At that time there were sonie 3K0) employees, and the bullding and equipment cost about $135,)000. At the present time there are more than 4,.0M) employees, and the building and equipment are valued at several millions. There are now 16 elevators in operation in the offices,. be sides several lifts for handling forms of type from the press rooms or foun dry; there are also eight automobile trucks in service, with special capacl ties, ranging from 1,000 to 8.000 pounds each. for delivering work done at the 1 office. The press rooms are equipped I with overhead carriers for handling I roll stock, and pneumatic tubes furnish º rapfd communications between the va rious divisions. One section of the office which has proved to be of unusual interest to the general public is the division of public documents. This division is a central distributing agency for government publications, and receives by law 4 copies of all public documents printed in the government printing olffice. At specified number of these documents ase distributed to certain designated depositories throughout the country, and other copies are sold at cost to alny one person. The interest shown by the public is evidenced by the fact that i about 230.(K0) letters making inquiries t about documents are received by this 1I division a year. More than 42.O(N.tKM) v documents were sent out by the super intendent of documents last ye:.r, and f' the work along that line is increasing each year. The current stock of docu. Ih ments on hand is about 13.tK0h.uU. to Properly to handle this work requires the services of some 200 employees E mtd an almost perfect system for keep ng the work current. To facilitate ,ailing, a 30-Inch belt conveyor, op rating through a tunnel seven feet Igh. eight feet wide and 455 feet long. )nnects the government printing office Ith the mailing tables of the city post ri Iee. f, American Aeroplane in China. gi UL'cle Sam's consul at Swutow, pi tdna. reports that the native popula- fe m of that city has been considerably tt cited by the arrival there from Ma- in a of an American aeroplane. This gi chile was purchased by the local fr Iltary authorities for their use. A aea aviator who received his train In the United States has been en- h( ed to operate the machine. iperiments bare shown that ex- n. t -pPapr can be made out of grape in a. or ae s Manioa of Mt. Carmel, Pa., re : a thLrtl-Year-old hen. pa RI NEW DEVICE WOULD GUARD PORTS FROM SUBMARINES Uncle Sam Investigating New Appa S ratus Which Inventor Claims Would Keep Submarines From Harbors. Uncle Sam's experts are Investingt Ing a new apparatus which the inven wtor. ('Charles WVillianison. claims will prevent submarines from entering United States ports undetected. The apparatus consists of a steel d lcollapsible tube three to five feet In ly diameter suspended in the water in v- a vertical position. It is open at the il top and extends only a foot above the re water level. At the lower end of the "k tube Is a steel box or rootm ten feet .- square for observation. The tube nnd in I observation room can be lowered re nearly any distance below the sur Ly face. It has been tried with success f. SO) feet down. I- The observation room has glass In o- the four upright walls and Is equipped it with searchlights thait can throw their r rays 'IN) feet through water. Sound detecting devices to give warning of Pe the approach of a subsea vessel are t n also part of the equipment. o The men in the observation room wt would have telephone c('olllUlunic(ation h with the shore and the other obscrva e tion roomins at the hatrbor. Wlhen a t Ic submarine is located the mInes be- r d neath It could lie exploded from tile (1 t, observation roonl and torpeildoes (could t g he tired tit It fromm the roiint under 1 e water \\hile the seurchliglbts keep it t d in view. u it e HUMAN-HAIR INDUSTRY DIES G Changing Styles Among American Women Give Hard Blow to Once ~s Thriving Business in China. e Changes in styles of hair-dressing i amnong Amnerican wolmen have been S:largely responsible for practically piut e ting out of conimmission one of China's g d leading industries, Uncle Sam's consul Sgeneral at llongkong reports. Until a few years ago large quantities of human hair were imported from China k and used by American women. In 14(11. It is said. the imports of human hair front China Into the United States I were valuedl at more than i million a dollars. hair to the ullue of $015t.137 it t was imported direct and probabhly as t miluch more came into the couintry froin 1 ('hinl ly waiy oif Europe. At that time t Sthe prodluct was among the chief Items of IolingkIolng's exPort tradle. A big organization of collectors, workers and P brokers grew up and the business seemed to be on it siubstantlll basis. Li Then gr;duallly changing styles In hair-lressing in the United Staltes led to a falling off In the de(land for the better graldle of hair, annd with the nd a vent of the war the demland in Europe Il fell awaiiy. As a result nliny of the is factories in Hongkong in which the in haIr was lirepared for export have w teen c'losedl and the Industry Is about 7t to die a naitural hdeath, It Is said. ce EXTENDS SCOPE OF BUREAU Uncle Sam in Future Will Endeavor 1 K1 to Provide Jobs for Teachers, Professional Men and Others. Unc(le Salm's free empnloyment hu- In reau, whic'h has now been in ollperation in for several years. will enlarge thei n scope of Its work so that wonmen antd l girls. youths and boys. teici'hers and wi professlionr l men. tray obtain thie ben etit of its services. This aInnounce Inent has been rmade by Anthony Ca'n inettl. commintssioner general of Immi gratlon. under whose direction the (r free employment bureau is operated. 19 "Another Innovation." Commissioner st. Caminettl declared. "is a clearing- pu house of emnployment information pi available to enlployee and employer. .l Every employer will be requested to du notify the clearing-house several weeks pe in advance of any proposed reduction or Increase In his worklIng force. "In the case of a reduction the bu- ifa reau will at once take steps to get new rfa poitloms tor thie men to be Oet ot. tr MEAT PRODUCERS GET LARGE SHARE Farmers Receive 54 to 85 Per Cent of Prices P:.;d, U. S. Quiz Shows. RETAILERS' PORTION VARIES Amount Taken by Dealers Ranges From 8 to 38 Per Cent-Still Smaller Margin Goes to Packers. S ncle ISam's experts, after a year of investigation into the live-stock and ii at Imarkets t s tohe relative cost of diflferent ftltors or steps, in nmarketing at ni.atls and prophlltilons of linal price rteaching f armers and olt r parti-es to tral li-: tionl. both lthroul gh 'centra Ilized Salrkets ;1a41 \%here the animals w\ere disposed of lotallý, have reached these 'on clusionls: In thet. (cntralized inarkett theI falrlmers' shlare of thle groi, returns r:lngeid from 4 :,-I per cent to bS per cent, while fo fr l per 'cent to 5 per tcent wenit to pay iimairket exlpenses, 2 4per cent to 9 per cent to the packers an11d h8 per cent to "33 per cenlt to the retail ers. In the local sales from 62 per cent to S-I per cent of the grlos, returns .gwas received by the fa:rrters and frotml 1:. st per cent to $, per cent by the retailer. S Central Sales Bring Most. . "The detauled tigures indicate, h,wev Is. er, that even when aiccoullnt is taken ,r- of the ftlct tlat lower grade stock is ts. sold :loclly, the returns frollil sluch1 sales are lnot as great relatively as those from sales through centralizedl ,d markets. th The investigaltions covered th le lead- ; he ing markets of the counlltry. The spie in cialists. under direction of A. I). Mel y vin, chief of the bureau of iiinimal in dustry, and ('. J. Itrand. chief of the bureau of malrkets, trace1d several typ- i ical lots of beef cattle from produc er S to conllsuller. ; The three general methods of mlar- I a keting found to be in most commnon f use, says the repol4rt, are shippBl g to r the large centralized mtrkets, selling to local butchers and packers, and d the sale of fartl-prepared 11me;1.ts to dealers or consumers. The bulk of " the animals from centrl states Is I sold through the centralized markets. while some form of '. local market el ing predominates in the extreme I eastern, western anld southern see ntions. n The great central markets handle e four-fifths of the sheep and Imllbs,. 1e two-thirds of the hogs and npproxi IC mately one-half of the beef cattle. tFor local slaughter, alout one-tlhird l1 of the beef cattle, one-eighth of the r- sheep and Iambs and one-t -Plfth of the Shogs are sold. Nearly one-third of i the hogs and about one-tenth of the beef cattle and one-twentieth of the n sheep and lambs are slaughtered onfi Sfarmls and ralnges. Co-operation Big Factor. it - Co-operative alsseciationls of cattle raisers are becoming an Important f:c ,e tor In market, the report shows. S(ev- 1 en hundred and fifty organizatio,ns t which market cattle in a co-operative as n way now exist in 15 states. a '- The deplartme:nt specialists declare a that these nssociations bring gretter n reurns to the farlmers because of re-- 1p e duction of marketing expenses andi '1 the realization of the prevailing r prices lit the centralized lmarkets. and t4 Sthat they tire also valtuable )ttcause te oIf their ec(llational featurn-s. I1 The chief outlet for fstl producing fi nnimnls in this coultry, the stu1(y t dlscloses. Is wiholestle slniiglihter and mnett-lacking. More than 1.2'to slaugh Stering and menIt-lpacking 45stl4hlish- P1 ments were operltilg in the United States in 1914 and turned out prodtucts MX worth $1.651.765.424. t Pa'cklng estbillishmentsl bluy diretly Ili froml the protlircer in C'alifornla to a greater extenltt hlin i1 aniy otliher state or section. This practice, which. inG I the oDinion of specialists, will continue to be nlportant in those Ipatrts of 1the G c ountry rellmote from 'eltrallizedl mllr keits. is most characteristic of the west ern grotup , f states in generllrl. l There is II decided dliffTerence of ,opinion aInonlig prHdlucers. nlarket ml-n in 111n(1 tI:t(.k4,rs 4, 1( to the effe(cts of this kl practice in tsectiolls sulpliteld wi1th c1(el- d(: tral lnllrkets n )I the g4-ller-l lmalrklt ill prices of live. stock and fn thei prosper- SI ity of clttle rIaisers. rn PASS BILLION-DOLLAR MARK th Lumber Products of Country Above This Figure in 1914, in Spite of d I Temporary Slump in Industry. ri I th The valiie of tlie 1nn1111111 ollt|tlt of ''0 llumller produlcts of the Unlitel Star e tli is now well vIII ye the l4illin-lolltr 1n illl1rk. Tils mlla rk was I:lsscl In 1.I'w 4'"i %'hn1*l+ the ollul4lt w14s valllue I . .1 .$ le-i).. to'( 7Srf.t !. and whlle a d, -cliun t f .:1 ,,'r .! ('-ilnt uns1. showll i 1914. c4,raeenrdlig ti census fltures juist given out 1by UicI- in Sam. the unnual outplut wais still K worlh more It1n 14 billIon dtolhnr-. the 14 exact vllue being plhc4ed ' at .r1.Vl"'4S2.. tit (W1K). The figures for 1|14; 11l'e ,'x- :Ill ipected o generanlly exceed :I"oe 4,f '+'1 1914. In splite io a general sliuinp in the fal industry In 1914. the alm(lllt lii paid ollt InC in salairies during the year shoi\v(l III tr increltse of 12.2 Iwr cellt 4v41r t14t h tif 4 iM .), while the aioil(in paid o l i(4 hii wliges showedl a d1.Cline lit 41 ily O.5 rie itper cent. Ioi Shoe Production Grows. T'le United States produced $.:N,. . (r~02o5 worth of boots and shoes in it 1 1914. according to Uncle Sam's census ml: statistics on the industry. Just made "at public. This was an increase of 15.1 buit per cent over the value of the outplut in wi o 1'Jtb., which was 512.79~.01tM. The in- tha dustry gave employmlent to 2'7.60051I sFm persons in 1914. Comptlton of American lnlooleum: factories is every year decreasing in rithl favor of Scotland's export to this cooU- hot try. _a CHINA VERY FRIENDLY Eager to Obtain American Help in Building New Republic. er Uncle Sam's Commercial Attache De. clares Finangiers and Business Men Overlook Big Opportunity. By JULEAN H. ARNOLD, ES Commercial Attache to American Em. bassy at Peking, China. America's greatest asset in China to des ay is the friendship of the Chinese Speopl e. No other people on the fare of the earth ocicupy such it warlu place in the hearts of ('hincese .as do Americans. of Just before leaving Peking recently l'resilelit LI Yti tii ull ng asked lue to of convey for lirn ii nd his people to the people', of the I'nited ` utes a messlage ic of friendship,. ;iIl: to state that Allleri ;ican p:it:l, bra:ins and mnaterial atre \anted to help build the new Chini. .re I:ut how is Anmerica availing he elf l, of this position of vanta~ll ge'? n ilel ('hint' lutport trade his increased fouirfohl i i the past 25 years. her Ii ptl s firo, lh l' nited States have not etven doublell in that period. nt i fin t, our trailde with ('hinii durlng ,or fli- pst tin years hais lrlbeen Itloiut sta Jud tionar3y. Wh:iat we hliaive lostI in piece il- Joo< nlld hour. we hiave' gained In kerosenell and steel products. ,it ihe great rristiake lieIte hby AAleri c';ian Inurllritf; urI ers. exporters and i i nikers tlii:yi iit regarding li, 'hiina as thied for aiivity is their fail ',u to 'on ilter the ('Chinai of teni and twenty ,r ye:i'rs hlence rIther th:ani the countllry is The rIisni Amerinl'n trad I ie has l higged behiid tlihlt oif othler inations in , Ihin, Iu thit Alerinin financiers have d not particilpated in ('Chlinese loans. Brit i-is. ;.el-lrinn, Ireiclih and Jaii:panese cap iltal ihas glonet ito ('|hini int a big way. 1- Ilut Amlelricin capital,l though exlltended 1 i an esl'ecilly c-rit ial ilnvitationii , h re iiutiieid shy. n-r Ie Il splte of ('Chiijs rePvollltions antd reiellions, foreign-ll il:nterests l:have been er iprotected ali tihey have been indem nlitled uagtilur t al lirect losses. 'ir. Today the ltew ('hiuia is rapidly in forciig out thi old. We shall imaike to Ilno mistake i ,l restlllponding to the geLter ig ous lnvittion of ithe Ch'linese niation id for tour '-ipilp1tiil. bra ins unlil Iaterials. of WOMEN ENTER PROFESSIONS Is ý I Number of Feminine Students in Ger. man Universities Greatly In le creased Since War Started. Many Gerlnt WVoeni' atre studyilng eI I tie physicians or to enter other pro f fessions, says UnIcle Suii's consul it ii',Nuremberg. 'Thlie woan:n students n 'trolled at tlhe different (ermanllil univor 1 ltiies for lie nllllllller senliester of 1916 lnullhbered 5.4('. or nearly twice the itiiht!er enrolled in 19ll. EI'nulile stu dents In 19111 c'instituited 1I0.3 per cent e of the totali studenlrt hbody. colipared i with 4.8 per cenlit five years ago. Durinig tihe past fie years feminine t interest in mathematics. natural stI- u nce, and l nedittciie has gruatly in- s 'ralsedtil ; mnore it e-n one-fourth of the tl Swolenlll stuldents now are enrolled for ft the list-lnatetdi course, c- mpared with I at tnI _0 per cent five years ago, or. In ll i'tual lumblllllers, 1.:3!t4 compaipuredI with t e 5 te. Th stludentis of n:tlherniitlcs and \i ntlllural science nurnihter 1,011, co-nl patred wilth 04 flve years ago. In phl lology andil history lthe numllier hall ri sen sintce 1911 froiim 1.4 1* to 2.654; in ipoli ticl science and agricu'lture. fromii 67 to ': law. frlil :) 10 to !; t'rotestllnt tiheolog.y, from 5 to 14: Iphltrliincy. friii 8 to "2; atiit delntistr-y. from 27 to .i8. Sincel the orlirtr,'lk of the wiar the en rolhnlt'nt iof fetiilihe st tludents inhts Inllde n partlculrnr stulrhles in the P'russian Int verciies (Berlin. I"rankfrt-on-Miiin. Manrhuirg. alnd Ii:ilh,) and also in thea init-trsty litt the lavli'it- n ti pitplt , Mit nitch. The incre:tse ait iheltlelberg rmnd ITlithrtinli hti hn ie ni all. t IGASOLINE MADE FROM GAS Great Growth of New Industry in at United States Shown by Statistics as Prepared by Uncle Sam. qi f A nlen industry. thlnt of nanllfactur- F iring g soIllline out of ltainr-i I gs nailnd i ktnowli la tlhe 'ii. ntig hliid oistoline In - diliry. grew rlapidly In 191,. ncecord t igi to sta:tistics ciiopilthd by Uncle Shrn. 'Thli qnantity ,f raw gasoline ex tracted froml n:trllril uls and sold Il to that year amounted 1i, "t(14..i5 cal- a.t lonr, a llin of 2".712'.([13 glllains. r th .3 per cernr. ii' r lhi, qnlltlliitty nmarket- or ed in 1941. 'lte averiige price re iceived for thi, tinliltlildll prodliet at the sourci , ,f tii-uillction wa.s 7.!) ic tintsl a g:ilhl n rill thl t Inrll' ket r t'llll, if i the entiri' -irtit was 5i.1A.4.~2:L'.. n th lni of ii.fi ti lit in nl'eli Unit liri'e' pr ,nitl of '.Itt1,'1i.14. or 66 per cent. in ttal liarket ':irle. ('nilt.p'rred tllh L !1(. 4. in the mnlrinlff'iuirtre 'I thliit iil:lntitvy if .n.llne . ·xclulll f,, ll hll rec -verdl ilii drips ri itro :1g lliIns., is estlinmted fi mi ore Ihiin 2 l.lIft..IItW ttiM) tlltitl feet. t1il the lit'i-:na reutuvi rv oif giilolinlth isir thotsur l f.el it- 2..7 gllolnos. The nunihtr ,i ihili.ts for thel mitnu facture of 'altlirin from natulral as ilncreused fmetln :3nit lit the Ielinintn , ,I litl. to t14 it thi' ai-l 'if th y-ar, sirtiii ui rs!\ 7 i-er n ii'tt. birt he ("lt t tl ri'usei rri 17.3 lit 2 t' gal- i lis. aiiout :i -0 i per f n h-nt. It Can't Be Done. E A New York mnlieInt journal thinks it all wrong for people ito try to mini- Fa milze their sleeping hours simply be ,'use Napoleon wan suffered to sleep but little. In other words. the editor wotild impress some of his renders that they cannot hecome Napc;~leo lv simply by sitting up late.--Pueck. Is Species of Blackmail. mls We have discovered that It is pos- Its rible to let a lot of attention around pt home by threatening to slnl.-Tolede be( Blade. mel LY USES FOR SKIM MILK I in One of Best Feeds for Both Young and Old Chickens. Also Considered Excellent for Pigs of All AgesValuable in Itself and Assist In Digesting the Other Foods. Milk Is one of the best foodb for - both young and old chickens. The casein, or curdy part of the milk, large ly supplies the protein necessary for ese laying hens, while for table fowl there is nothing superior to milk for making the white. juicy, delicious flesh. the The milk may be either sour *or sweet, and may be given as a drink itly or mixed with the meal, or both. Sour to skim milk or buttermilk fed to chick the ens confined to limited range keeps age thenm in health. The acid of the milk eri- supplies the lack of vegetable acid ire they 'would obtain if running at large. n,. and moreover it aids digestion. self Poultry farmers living near a cream aile Pry gladly pay for the skitu and sour *ed milk. which can be had at very reason In- able rates. ot Farm iD:airying says: "Skim milk is consildere(Id oaJ of the best of foods Ing for pigs of all ages. It is not only ta- valuable in itself, but it helps to digest p, other foods land so llmakes 'heln more in valuable. Milk makes a firm., excellent quality of pork. ri- "About a gallon and a half a day ni for a lt)-tpouta pig will bring econonm ical results, or feeding at the ratio of three Ipounlds of milk to one of meal." at Mixed milk atnd ~ heat bran make ry tthe best ration for pigs and shouts In conlnerction with clover and grass s pasture. i Al Al animanls like a variety of food. N~ o one food, however good It nlay be, will antswer. Give a variety and only what will be eaten with a relish. y. Keep the feed troughs and feeding ed yards clean and dry. S No rancid food should be fed. Hotel refuse Is not a healthy food. nd on RAT-PROOF CORN CRIB PLAN ID Structure Will Aid Both in Drying of y Crop and Protecting It From ke Rats and Mice. ut The rural engineer bureau of the de 1I. partment of agriculture will be glad to tell you all ablsut this crib that will aid hboth In the drying of corn and in pro lecring it from rats and mice. It is rerally a sort of double crib, separated r r. ly i drivewnyv 12 feet wide and covr at It Rat-Proof Crib. ered )by a gable roof. The two cribs are each S by 32 feet andt hold a thou sn snd bushels apiece. As planned by ae the gove.rnmaent engineers the concrete r foundation is put in for all the walls. s I Co'mplete plans macy he had from the I n office of Public Roads and Itural Engi- r h neering. Delpartment of Agriculture, p SWashington. D. C. , GOOD WAY TO MEASURE HAY a Four Hundred Cubic Feet Has Been f, Found to Be Fair Estimate for p Ton-Weight Will Vary. a Sometimes hay is sold In the mow o or the stack. When this is done it is s necessary to estimate it. o It has been found that 400 cubic Ia feet of hay will be a fair estimate for a ton. The actual weight of 400 cubic t - feet of hay. of course, will vary, as will p Sthe kind of hay. time of cutting, posi- n tion of the mow. etc. But It will be a fair estimate to both buyer and sell er to consider 400 cubic feet a ton. S When you are making an estimate multiply together the length, breadth n and height of the mow or stacg In feet and dlivide the product by 400. The quotient will be the number of tons. FARM OF RIGHT PROPORTIONS Records Show That Farmer Either Has Too Many Acres or Plot t Enough for Successful Work. The size of business often has much Sto do toward making the farm profit- p able. Farm management records show r that farms are often either too smnall or too large for the most successful farming. There may be too few as well as too many acres. A man may not have enough land or he may he "land poor." g thereby rendering all his acres un profitable. LATE FALL PLOWING EASIER 'Cool and Stimulating Weather Makes Work Less Difficult for Horses Keeps Them 8trong. Iltte fall plowing is much easier on e the team than early spring plowing, . as the weather is cooler and stimu- a lating, and they can stand the work much bctter than they can next May. Besides. the work will keep their muscles and vital organs stronger and a omore vigorous, so that they will not become fatigued at the advent of P warmer weather. In EARNING CAPACITY OF LAND Farm Will Pay Good Interest on In vestment in Regular Process If Al It !.s Worth Anything. The value of farma sal ea be ar rived at by its etaranug capacity. If It Is worth any price it will pay good so Interest on the Investment In the reg- sp ular farming process. We can add to of Its value by adding to its capacity to lo pow things and grow them a little on better than any other farm ia the he neighborhood. g LIVE STOCK AIDS FERTILITY Diversified Farming Calls for System of Rotation and is Best Insur th ance of an Income. On farms where live stock is kept the land is more productive than on farms where exclusive grain farming of is followed. Where/the crops are sold on the market all of the plant food contained in those crops Is lost to the soil. This practiceawill &sult without Alil in Impoverishment of the land. 'or Live-stock farming is diversified he farming and calls for a .stem of crop re- rotation. It returns fertility to the or soift. Adds interest to the work of the re people living on the farms and finally ng is the best insurance of an income. or nk ur ·k pa Ik id ur 1t ly Splendid Beef Type. re Every farmer should make a business at of growing his own beef and pork as well as his own vegetables. He should ty grow his own protein feed for his n- stor.k, and stop buying bran, cotton •f se-ed meal and other high-priced pro- I tein feeds. i SWEET CLOVER FOR PASTURE d. Some Farmers Regard Plant as Weed y and Practically Worthless-Im d proves TlJth of Soil. h. ig The value of sweet clover as a pas ture or hay crop is much disputed. el Some farmers regard it as practically worthless and consider it a weed. m while others apparently have had good success with feeding it. Its foliage has I a bitter taste due to the umwarin it contains and its stems have a tenden cy to become woody as they mature. If not allowed to become too rank be fore pasturing, or if cut for hay before the first bloom buds appear, these two objectionable features may be avoided o to a considerable extent and very good I d feed obtained. Since it is a biennial, sweet clover may take the place of red clover in the rotation on those lands where the lat ter does not thrive well, but on the best lands it cannot compete with eith er red clover or alfalfa for hay It is efficient as a soil renovator, by reason of the large amount of nitro gen it is able to take from the air as well as the humus added to the soil when it is turned under or from the decay of roots when the crop is har vested. ADDITIONAL SPACE FOR HAY Temporary Shelter May Be Obtained by Placing Prepared Roofing t' Materials on Poles. - I When the rains make hay harvest a so unfavorable, as was the case in 1(4l1. E it is important to provide sultabtli C roofs under which the bhay may he a placed as rapidly as it can be cured h sufficiently. While the substantial barn 8 Is always first to receive consideration a it frequently happens that more or less E additional storage is desirable. d In many cases this additional space P for hay may be provided at small ex- If pense by planting telegraph polesa suitable distances apart, connecting these with plates made of plank and 1 'on these plates placing roof materials. If SSuch a structure may be built In short order and at small expense. Farm ye laborers may even do the building. p SIf a more durable and larger struc- tt ture is desirable there Is nothing su I perior to the plank frame hay bar- C racks. tl NEGLECT OF FARM MACHINES 't Some Cultivators and Hay Racks Are t t Never Greased-Keep All Wagon t Axles Well Oiled. It The oiling or greasing of no machin- 1 ery on the farm is so neglected as are the axles of wagons, huggies, rakes, . cultivators, etc. An oil can or box of axle grease is not carried along with these vehicles or Implements, and be- d ca'se oiling is not needed every few hours, this is neglected. G Some cultivators and hay racks are practically never oiled or greased, W when this should be attended to after B a steady dry or two of service or the a equivalent Nothing but close atten- B tion to wagon and buggy will keep the axles well oiled, as the trips of a few G miles each day soon accumulate and get rid of all of the grease. SEVERAL RATES OF SEEDING t nD Ohio Experiment Station Finds Great. est Yield of Grain Secured From h Eight Pecks to Acre. Li Experiments conducted by the Ohio ht experiment station during 17 years th and including eight different rates of ( seedlnlg with ten varieties of wheat show that eight pecks to the acre , gives the greatest net yield of grain. Ri Figures given In the station's bulle- th tin point In general to a gradual in- hi crease in yield from the use of three th pecks to nine pecks per acre, but seed. th Ing more than eight peeks to the acre , has not paid for the extra seed. hi GOOD RETURNS FROM MANURE Average Return of $4.09 a Ton S. cured in Experiments Made at the Iowa Station. wl Barnyard manure applied to clover sod to be turned under the following ah spring has yielded an average returan O of $4.6 a too la experiments at the Iowa experimment station. Appieatione on cover-mixed meadows left for hay have produced an annual retrn of ti 18.76 s ton at the Iowa stationa 'I lr iY's 1rWvw ,nIRY 10 - Id )d BLOWING SOAP BUBBLES ut "The Brownies," said Daddy. "were giving a Soap Bubble Partj down by the Po' 'P l I "Bll wie 1e had a the 1e Party an er ly sin gle e -1wale e. bad come to Jt. They were hav ing a. splendid time sitting on rows of Stumps which Billie Brownie had put 1 along the Pond. Some of the Stumps were so Such Soap Bubbles old that they fell through and the Brownies went sprawling on the ground. But this they didn't mind In the least. In fact they thought it add ed to their fun. "Such Soap Bubbles as they did blow. They were wonderful! And Billie Brownie offered P'rizes to the s ones who blew the funniest, the most ' beautiful, the ugliest and the largest d Bubbles. The Brownies all blew s pretty nice ones, so Billie was having a hard time deciding the Prize Win ners. "They had been blowing Bubbles for quite awhile and had been laugh ing and enjoying themselves so much when they heard a sound from the d Pond. "'Goog-a-room, Goog-a-room, Goog-a room.' "'What's that?' asked the Brownies. s- They stopped blowing Bubbles to find I. out. y "'Goog-a-room, Coog-a-room, Goog-a 1. room,' came the sound again. "'Why hello, Grandpa Frog,' said s Billie Brownie. t "'Whatever are you doing?' asked Grandpa Frog. "'Blowing Soap Bubbles,' said B11 lie. 'Want to come and join the e Fun? We'd be glad to have you. Yes, ° indeed we would.' "And all the Brownies said: 'We'd be glad to have Grandpa Frog come and join us on our log.' "'Well,' said Grandpa Frog. 'that is a pretty nice Invitation. But tell me how do you make those queer things? For some of the Brownies had com menced again blowing Bubbles. "'You see.' said Billie Brownie, 'we have some brown Bowls which the Fairy Queen once gave us at a Party. These we have filled with Pond Water.' "'I have plenty of that,' said Grand pa Frog, with a grin. "'And In our Bowls we have some of the Brownies' Soap.' "'What, pray tell, Is that? asked Grandpa Frog. "'It's the Soap with which we make the Bubbles. It's our very own Soap -brown you see, and especially fine. It's called the Brownies' Soap-and sometimes, sometimes-' Here Billie Brownie walked over very close to Grandpa Frog and leaned down to whisper him this secret: 'Sometimes,' he continued, 'we throw some of this Soap Into the Bowls of Children who are Blowing Bubbles-for then their Bubbles will be wonderful too! They don't see us do it. but you may be pretty sure, that whenever some Child Is blowing Bubbles. some Brownie is around to give a few hits of the Brownies' Brown Bubble Soap! Then you ee the Child's Bubbles become so much better.' "'But what are those queer things you are Blowing with?' asked Grand pa Frog, as he put on his Spectacles to have a good look. " 'They are Pipes. my dear good sir. Clay Pipes, and the Elves gave us those at one of their Parties.' "'Seems to me.' said Grandpa Frog, 'that you're all pretty lucky. I never knew any Crea tures to get so many Presents.' "'Yes, we're lucky, and they like to have us at their Partlees we're always so merry.' "'What can I do to have a Pipe?' asked Grandpa Frog. "'Oh. do you want to Blow Bubbles too?' asked Billle Grandpa Frog. Brownie. ""To be sure I do. Goog-a-room Goog-a-room. I think It will he gre fun. An I'll call some of the othe Frogs.' "'Goog-a-room!' shouted Grandpal Frog at the top of his lungs. And all the Frogs came around from far and near. "Then Billie Brownie showed them how to use some Pipes which he made with Pond Lilies-small, yellow Pae Lilies. The rest of the Browantes helped him as so many Frogs eamn they were kept busy making theug new Pipes. "They were just right for the yrogm and such funny Bubbles as they bew But what a fine time they had! And the Brownies enjoyed the Soap RBub bles the Frogs blew more than any they had made. But before the end they gave the Frogs some of their wondrous Soap which made their Bub bles beautiful too." Semmie's Warning. Small Sammle-You'd better met gI beating with sister, Mr. 81owbDo. 81owboy (sister's admire') - And why not, Sammlet 8mall 8Samnle-'Cause I heard her tell Cousin Clara this mermag that she was going to throw ye aover "Is he conceited?" "'ery. I' bet at times he even wonders bow hLnve Is getting along without llm,' Free Pree.