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SEEDS Fer Next Season.

Good seeds, that you have grown
yourself, and has pedigree, the longe
the better, or has been bought of
Commercial. scotsman, with the good
sense to test his seeds before he sells
them, is essential to maximum crops.
If your soil is all right and the fer
tilizers abundant, you do not ger the
full reward for labor, without the best
seeds. The vitality of seed, its power
to reproduce ITS own kind, or some.
thing little better, depends upon the
circumstances under which it Is grown.
Heredity has as much to do with
seeds as with animals. If the farmer
understands this, and will watch over
the growth and purity ofthe seeds for
his crops, well and good. But very
many of cur farmers cannot, or will
not do this. Charlock is among their
oats, thistles among their wheat,
daisies and white weed among their
grass seed. Their corn is choked with
weeds, and runs to nubbins, or is i'm
perfectly ripened, and their vegetable
garden seeds are so mixed that the
varieties fail to come true to name, or
ale nameless. They have no pride in
garden products, and do not exhibit at
the fairs. Now Is the time to remedy
these slovenly habits, snd to turn over
new leaf with the new year. Every
man who raises crops should have the
seeds in readiness months before he
has to sow them. There are commercial
seedsmen who have large farms, and
every facility for growing seeds of all
kinds, for keeping them pure, and for
testing their Witty before they are
put upon the market. They not only
advertise these seeds largely in the
agricultural papers, but they know that
they have them. If a man buys these
seeds, and gives them fair treatment
they will come up, and bear fruit after
their kind If there is a failure, the
cultivator will know that the trouble is
not in the seed grower, but In the seed
sower, or in the soil. There will be
no chance to ease conscience by blam.
ing the seed glover. 1t is happy
day when a man recognizes his owr
lousy chickens, as they come home tc
roost. 1t is a good plan to clear on
all the old seeds of uncertain date from
| the seed basket, or bag and start early
in the season with a new and genuine
) stock We raise some with pedigree
! having followed their history for years
Others come from plants that hav
f given maximum crops for one or tw
e years. Every year we get seeds an
plants from commercial scotsman VIII
e have a reputation to lose. tits none
well invested. Try itand see.-Amsr
can Agyiealturtf.
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ing Of compost Which will ensure 1 Wig.
orous start for the carrots. The field
should be laid out in ridges made by
ploughing through in straight lines,
and on them the seed is sown. which
should be fresh and about FIVE pounds
to the acre.
Peter Henderson says that this is a
particularly safe crop for the farm, and
we can never 60 far in wrong growing
plenty of it as 1t is harder root than
beet, and can be.left until late in the
fall and dug at leisure times, but al
ways before there is danger of being
frozen in and will always bring a fair
price in market, rarely selling for less
than $I.oo per barrel. The average
crop on suitable soils is about 500 bar
rels to the acre.
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Raising Carrots.

Carrots are valuable as substantial
food for stock and cattle. Prof. Mapes
maintains that they are useful to horses
not only for the nourishment in them
selves but because the acid they con-
tain enables the animal to digest and
assimilate food elements which woul d
otherwise pass off unused. A few car
rots morning and night fed to mich
COW will improve the quality and col
or ofbuner made from her milk The
roo. is large bearer, an acre of ground
yielding from 500 to 1900 bushels
Carrots grow well in deep soil which has
been made fine by successive plough.
ing.s The manure should be spread
broadcast on the surface before the
last time of ploughing. Narrowing
should be done twice. and before the
last time the soil should have a dress.
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Care Of Laying Hens.

The Massachusetts, Ploughman very
sensibly suggests that at this season OF
the year, when eggs are rapidly advanc-
ing in price, it pays to give laying
hens little extra attention, and pull.
lets that are approaching the laying
period should also receive extra care
that they may commence laying before
the cold weather commences.
A little extra care by way of better
food and greater variety will make
great difference in the profits of the
flock of fowls, either old or young.
One of the mistakes that is most fire.
quently made in the care of fowls is IN
feeding out cheap food. especially
grain. Too many have an idea that
anything is good enough for hen,
and so they buy poor corn because
they can get it a few cents less, or they
buy damaged wheat and wheat screen
ings this is very.poor policy, for it
not only greatly lessons the number of
eggs, but it also has tendency to in
jure the health of the fowl.
Nothing but the best and sweetest
of food should be given TO flock of
laying hens at this season ofthe year,
because if they should stop laying
when cold weather sets IN it would be
very difficult to get them to lay again
until after the first of January.
Hens like a variety, and always do
better when given half a dozen differ
ent kinds of food. The principal food
may be good sweet Indian corn. but
with this should be fed oats, barley,
wheat and millet. 1t is also important
that they should have each day a few
roots, which should be boiled and mix
ed with wheat bran small ration of
of meat is important, also ground oys-
ter shells and coarsely ground bones.
Hens also crave green vegetables, so
if confined in a small yard they should
be fed daily with green grass, as long
as it can be had. When winter sets
IN, cabbage may be used instead of
grass, and on the seashore eel grass
may belaid up to feed out during the
winter. This is an excellent material
and the hens are very fond of it. Fifty
hens will eat small horse load of eel
grass in single winter. When moth
ing better can be had resort should
be had to rowen, which may be chop
ped up and mixed with Indian meal
or wheat bran, the whole wet with hot
water, and fed out while yet warm, or
the rowen can be chopped coarsely,
slightly wet, and fed without mixing
with meal.
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How a v..sar girl Met her Lover.

A correspondent tells the following
story about Vassar girl, her lover and
her little red sled; "She was beauty,
and as saucy as queen, She had been
sent to Vassar to be protected from a
dreadful young man who was in love
with her. 1t presently came TO the
ears of the faculty that this bold young
man had followed her to Poughkeepsie
and was lying in wait to steal her and
carry her off. The faculty did not
sleep wink for a week. At the end
of that time Romeo had not appeared
and the faculty began to breathe more
easily.
"All this time the poor girl had
been allowed no exersze except what
she could get by coastlng On the little
hill in plain view Of the college win.
dows. She Always chose to 60 alone,
but little boy in short trousers, red
stockings and red mittlns, would come
over to the hill and steer her sled and
drag it up to the top of the slide.
That poor, foolish old faculty dosen'i
know to this day that little fellow in
boys cloths, who came and played
with their captive every day under theil
very noses, was the dreadful young
man they were all SO much afraid of
The young people had to much sound
sense to elope with each other, but
they managed too get good deal o.
enjoyment out of riding down hill OF
the same sled"
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The Rock Island railroad compa-
cutting down its force of shop men,
is place, on account of dull times
light business. Four machlnists
two or three helpers we're dlscharg-
IN Saturday night on this account.
re has also been considerable
gtering going on among the rum
men. tor other reasons TENT n
nbkitan.
About eight months ago Ed.
lord, of Chillicothe, stepped in a
in the platform Of the H. & St.
depot. at that city, breaking Ills
le. The injury laid hun up for
he time. and he was unable to our.
his vocation-that of a travelling
.sman-for several months. He
,ught suit against the company, and
case was tried in the Livingston
-uit court last week. The jury
,ught in verdict allowing NJ. Staff.
S45o.-Z1xatou Republican.
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At the M. E. Church in Hartford.
Ind, a scene was recently enacted
which is seldom witnessed. the evan
gelist, MIR Woodwork, after delivering
sermon on the ten virgins called for
seekers and a score went to the anxious
seat, and soon many of them gave ex-
pressions of conversion. four of the
number going into trance and lying
for hours. One of them a young lady,
was carried home on stretcher. The
meeting continued until 4 o'(ock this
morning. A young man whcefft SCOT
fng at the scene before him =. struck
down and lay for hours appari rs$n{fs dead
and when he came too proc 9 Is,s ID the
tidings of a separation rssol al
sins.
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The St. LOUIS Chronicle makes the
following prediction: within three
months goods OF nearly every line will
be sold cheaper at retail than they can
now be bought at wholesale. The mo-
nopoly manufactures and wholesale
dealers have hung on for good-time
prices about as long as they can. AS
soon as the wholesale spring trade,
which is about to begin, grows triAe
slack they will let 60 their grip, and
then the great surplus in the warehous-
es and factories will be precipitated up
on the market, causing a crash. That
will try financial standing of the moss
back merchants, while it will be nuts
for the enterprising."
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.ated an Emblem.

allied in at a carpenter shop
street yesterday and said
uslness in the western part
aud wanted an emblem to
e font of his building
ind of an emblem had you
g asked the carpenter.
dunno
BUSINESS are you lnF
saloon
How would d beaver dog
amt enough water in my
% support either a fish or a
take an eagle?'
ommon, and the eagle saloon
block away
would a rooster do g
| haven't much to crow ever,
Democratic party seem to own
posters in the country
l take a beehive
tdoes that representa-
Jstry. The bee is ever busy
ow2'
], l amt, and the business is {
e.
llded ak or hammer would lool
/, but they wouldn't do. II
le case and then, perhaps, you
ggest something. l am S4oe
!, my wife has run away, and
, and tired of the business ant
, go west and hang myself l
got any emblem for that stat
rs trot her OUT
carpenter had to decline tn
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MARCH BLIZZARD

Tke United States Government Census, lust pub
lished, speaks of the "Remarkable Success at
tending our Unique and Uhtiring Eforts.'' in
pushing the American Agriculturist. II began the
current year with larger subscription list than at
any corresponding period in twelve rears. The
able CORDS OF Editors. who have made the Ameri-
can Agriculturist welcome visitor TO hundreds OF
thousands of readers for quarter OF century are
stll bending all their energies u make the journal
ifpossible, more interesting and valuable than
ever. And you may rightly conclude thatit
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To common sense men of the State
Board OF Health is making an ass Of
itself. refuses to grant certificates
to physicians who advertise TO cure
diseases, even though theh are regular
ly authenticated diplomas. Doctors Of
medicine muse keep step with the
march of progress. Non-advertising
doctors are like non-advertising mer-
chants. They generally have plenty of
pare time to suck their thumbs for
he lack of customers. We think it
time the medical franternity should
get out of the old ruts. They have
been dormant until the patent medi-
cine makers have got, away with the
great part of their business, and they
should now advertise and let the public
know of their ability. The Sedalia
Democrat says of the subject: 1.-THE
ethics do not pemit advertising-that
is adverdrtising that must be paid for.
If a man breaks his leg and the pop
ular and skilled DR.. Jones-and it
would be discour.eous for a paper to
refuse such kindly mention. Or If a
man suffers from a confused elbow
and DR.. Smith is called to render pro.
fessional services, the live newspaper
can give patent medicine puff of the
able doctor for his correct diagnosis Of
OF the case, without fracturing the code
laid down..for men of physic. But ifDr.
Jones and Smith should publish card
in the paper stating their experience
and skill in setting broken bones OF di.
agnoslng contus ions of the elbow, tn.
medical fluternity would hound them
to death for a violation of profession
al ethics .-BrunsWiek NeaUs.
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The Macon and Adair Shorthorn
Breeders Association met IL the
city hall, Oh Tuesday. The meeting
was we'll attended, and four new mem.
bers were added. II was not thought
advisable to make sale this Spring.
and after considering many matters Of
interest the meeting adjourned, subject
to the call of the chairman.-Homs
Press.
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THE T0URIST

Has long since chosen the Wabash as the
favorite route to all the summer resorts of
the East, North and West, and winter re-
sorts OF the South, as the Company has for
years provided better accommodations and
more attractions than any of its competitors
for this class of travel Tourist Tickets can
be had at reduced rates at all principal
,Aa all Dorr NM
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as a woman capable of filling an
Office Z" She Is. A woman has just
been inquiring after some rejected
manuscript in this Office and she filled
it completely, for the the time being.
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THE FARMER

In search of new home, where he can Sc
cure better returns for his labor, should re-
member that the Wabash is the most direct
route to Arkansas, Texas, Kansas, Nebraska,
snd all points South, West ard Northwest,
and that round-trip land-explorers' tickets
OF very low rates are always on sale at the
ticket Offices. Descriptive advertising mat
ter OF Arkansas and Texas sent free to all
applicants by addressing the General Pas
oanuo,. Oaut
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has twenty-five distinct departments. edited by
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Researches Sanitary, Fine Arts, Music, Scibucas
PEBBLES. Personalities. Ministerial Register. Hymn
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week, Finance. Commerce, ms france. Stories,
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Home and Farm Items.
FROZEN APPLES.

AZ Vic general opinion tnaI an ap-
pie once frozen is but oflittle value. in
fact, that it will be SOFT and hieless
but 1t is not so, II it does not thaw too
rapidly, and is not disturbed until the
frost is out. When it is discovered
that barrel of apples has frozen, the
usual practice is to remove them to a
warm place. and sometimes they are
taken out of the barrel and plunged in
20 cold water. This is all wrong
When apple is frozen it should be
cit undisturbed until it is very certain
hat the frost IS all out of it. II the ap-
les are In an open barrel or box, they
iould be covered over so as to keep
EN- cool and in the dark; but in do
g so, care should be taken not to
'uch the fruit, for whenever frozen
,ole is touched it will make a soft
ace. In fact the simple rolling OF a
rrel of apples over will ruin it In
ezing. apples win shrink so much
t barrel will not be full by nearly
eek; In consequence of this, in roll
barrel over it bruises every ap-
and every bru,se will show when
tpple thaws, and will soon begin
cay.
aen apples are frozen in tight bar.
If they are not stirred until entile.
wed out, it will not injure them
least, unless they chance to be
open air or where they suddenly
out When under cover in tight
or cellar, it frequently requir-
raj weeks to thaw out. The Sc.
me an apple freezes there is
danger of injury, but under
lie conditions an apple may be
and thawed three times with
y.
LANCER of freezing apples is
having the frost leave
o sudden. If one could have
'ol of the temperature, so as
them In autumn, and have
ot frozen until spring, there
no loss by decay. and a
land Greening could be kept
ondltion two months after be-
d out,-Mass. Pl0xghman.
-e
IREs.-AccordIng to the A
Berkshire Record this breed
as became popular the world
lerica breeds more than old
.rself. and numbers are to he
any European states. These
also been introduced into
africa and Japan. g
E STocK.-The total mum.
es, mules, cattle and sheep
I'd States at the last census,
.SSf. The total number Of
,6S1,7oo or sc Is per Cen,
ined number of all other
4 hogs above named.
SHORT HORN BREEDERS
heir third annual meeting
Feb. 1911. These are
questions for discussion
We breed for2 The trouble
.orns: some "odlous" com
ashton in breeding, STOCK
yShort.horns. For partlc
Sc. w. Shelton, Manhat
RN-STALK TROUBLE
ymer correspondent, WHIT
ehead of cattle from Sur
,dder, without a suficien
ter, recommend giving cat
cted tablespoonfuls of sal
olved in I quart of water
claim it to be sure cure
it will often give relief,
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Every one who wishes to be well Informed upon
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Will find the Wabash the most convenient
route to all the noted health resorts of
Illinois, Missouri Arkansas and Texas, and
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RN-STALK TRoUBLE.-A
rmer correspondent, who
e head of cattle from a SUI
,dder, without a sufficient
ter, recommend giving cat
tied ? tablespoonfuls of sal.
olved in I quart of water.
t claim it to be a sure cure,
it will often give relief,
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