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som. Experiment. viii Wheat.


At the Tennessee Experiment sta
ion the results OF fertilizer expert
nents with winter wheat after bare
ALLOW show that the cost Of the in
.rease per bushel was 10 cents. with
$50 pounds Of acid phosphate per acre
two applications. 26 cents with ten
ons of barnyard manure applied In
800 and tons In 1901. and 80 cents
With an application Of SO bushels of
ime in 1900; while accompanied by .
rop OF cowpeas plowed under. 80
rushels OF lime applied in 1900 reduced
he cost OF increased yield per bushel
16 cents, $50 pounds Of basic Stag to
Z cents. and the same amount Of Ten
,essee and South Carolina acid ptos-
,hates' to 10 and 20 cents. Where bare
;ost OF the increase with these pbos-
,hates was 1899 and "a cents per
,ushel. respectively. The phosphates
gave good results in all cases, but the
duplication of muriate of potash alone.
II blood and bone, and 100 bushels of
ime alone were unsatisfactory. The
complete ready-mlxed fertilizers were
Improbable and the complete home
mixed fertilizers were not SO econom-
cal as either phosphates, lime or barn
'ard manure. On impoverished soil a
iome-mixed application OF SO pounds
nitrate OF soda, 100 pounds acid phos-
,hate and rs pounds muriate Of pot
,sh gave the best results. Cowpeas
gave the best returns when pastured
1ff on the land. and the next best when
made into hay. Flowing under cow
peas on poor soil is considered as al
ways profitable.
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The Tower MAasiea. roashkeepsie
the tragedy Is the fact that Mrs. Tow
crs mother. many years ago. had
made n similar but unsuccessful Mt.
tempt on the life OF her son and her.
self.
The Towers owned n paiatial homo
In Poughkcepsie, n mansion In New
port and n handsome yacht and pos
sessed unlimited means. Both father
and mother worshiped the boy who
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0astasss.

Are you n brisand!" asked tho
traveller In Europe.
II am." was the answer.
well. bow much will you charge
to steal mc!''
"why-we don't usually do business
In that way. The question Of nxinE
q ransom"
This won't be any ransom trans
action. This will be cash In advance.
But you've got to hurry up. I've got
my lecture learned by heart and my
magazine article written. All want
now Is the advertisement"
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A.. und..,r-h,. Joh

Here's n position wouldn't like"
observed the shoe clerk. as he glanced
over the want column OF his paper.
what Is it," qucricd the inauisitivc
boarder at the pedal extremity OF the
table.
'wantcd-A young man for clcri-
cal position. to be partly In the store
and partly outsidc''" read the shoe
clerk.
What's wrong with that job?"
asked the |. b.
"Oh. nothing whatsoever" sarcastic
ally replied the shoe clerk. especially
when the door slams
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uoprofe,.lonn, D.c,.r..lon.

What say" said the speaker Of
the evening, in earnest accents. "is
live and let live"
Whereupon the Amalgamated Or
der of International Undertakers arose
in body and chucked him hence for
unprofessional conduct.
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To notl eo City o. Cesaasey.
Tho milk supply OF New York dur
Ing February OF this year was about
700. 900 gallons. against s.Sso.ooo In
the corresponding month last year.
This d IN increase Of over 100000 gal
Ions. This increase was made In the
faco Of . short and high-priced feed
supply. How was Il made! BY ray
ing more for milk. The average price
paid tho producers In February. 1901.
was 2.7s cents per quart During Feb
ruary. 1909. Il was 3.25 cents per quart.
an increase OF onc-half cent . quart
without this increase. Il II safe TO cay
that the extra amount Of milk c"uld
never have been obtained. A. the
great cities grow they must reach nut
further for their milk supply. and must
Increase the price they pay for II
This fact always initiates against the
creamery. OF the two ways Of disros-
Ing Of his milk the creamery is scn.
orally tho most profitable to tho fam.
cr-not at once. but In the long run.
When n farmer sends his whole pilh
to the cities. the manurial value In II
never gets back to the farm. Wher
n man sends his milk to the creamery
and gets back his skim milk. he car
produce out OF that skim milk veal
pork. poultry. meat and eggs. Mcn
should take this into account when
figuring milk prices.
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rru,, Inv,,,lr.tlon; n, m,,,our,.

The government summary OF the
work of the Missouri Fruit Experi-
ment station, under the direction Of
Prof. John T. Stinson, says. During
the first years operation Of this sta
tion about forty acres OF land were
brought under cultivation. twenty of
which were planted in test orchards
Experiments in crossing Strawberries
have been undertaken, and some
spraying experiments on q commercial
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Intimidation.

First Senator'S Something seems to
be troubling Jones'"
His Colleague-"See that woman
with the eyeglasses and the stern
smile in the gallery?"
Yes
That's his wife and he's got a
woman suffrage bill in his pocket. Ho
doesn't know whether to introduce 1t
and get roasted or to sit still and meet
her when the sessions over"
What will he do?"
"Oh, he'll introduce it,
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nor.,sa,.ar., sight. Abroad.

To try and write you an article cn
the horticulture saw In Europe
would be bewildering. writes b. Il
Bones In Wisconsin Horticultural
Nothing seems impossible with those
Frenchmen as florists. gardeners OF
fruit growers. ! saw men independ-
emily rich ON hve acres OF ground. ]
saw caulinOwers eight inches across
and leaves touching the body Of cherry
trees on which there were no less than
six bushels to the tree. Forty-eight
hours after the caulingwer was cut and
the cherries picked the soil under the
tree was planted to another crop!
How they can do this II mystery.
and as my French is limited to about
forty words. could not ask many
questions. Tho gardens between Rouon
and Paris are probably the finest in
the world and the neatness OF the
homes beyond compare: stone houses
with red-tiled roofs. no weeds. NO
waste material lying anywhere. Pears
Of all coiors loaded the trees. and
trees trimmed In fantastic shapes.
cherries bending with fruit and. east
Of Paris few miles. SO many that
they fairly coiored the landscape.
In Paris ! saw oleanders that could
climb and at Treves tree roses. ditto.
A. tho latter place. In the great rose
garden OF Europe. as late as Aus. !.
thousands OF roses were still In bloom.
What must II have been In June! For
shade trees they have no elm equal to
ours: their linden Is not to be COM
pared with ours. and We can beat the
oaks Of old England. The sycRmore Is
tho great ornamental tree Of Europe.
and you arc never out of'sight Of them
In any town from the Mediterranean
to Rotterdam.
OF grapes I saw NO end. Thousands OF
acres: the terraced banks Of the
Moscile and the Rhine are one continu-
Gus vineyard. In France II you fur
nishcd two casks they would NIL one
and take tho other for pay. SO great
was the vintage. this tho ordinary
wine. Tho apples Of Europe arc not
~ good N our windfalls. In Covent
Garden Market. London. were haa-
drcds OF bushels Of Eooscbcrrics lnExcr
In size than green gage piums.
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I.ethargicvillc.

Ida-"He says, If l marry him life
will be one long, sweet dream"
May-"Gracious! He must expect to
sleep all the time"
Ida--"I wouldn't be surprised; we
are going to live IN Philadelphia"
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MARION mANoLA MASON VERY IL,

Popular Singer Nov on . Couch Of
sansr:ax In = Bo.ton Hospital
Marion Manola Mason. who is seri-
ously Ill In Boston hospital. Is one OF
the most widely known women on
the American stage. Eleven years ago
she won her sensational divorce suit
in Boston against Henry 8. Mould of
Cleveland. and one month later she
married Jack" Mason In London.
These events were the occasion of
much gossip at that time. Mrs. Mason
Is n handsome woman. dark, with
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Thirty Days,

Are you guilty or not guilty"
asked the police magistrate Of the
prisoner. who was dazed from the ef-
fects OF his recent dissipation.
"Give me time to think 1t over. your
honor" replied the prisoner.
with pleasure" replied the Judge.
I'm give you thirty days"
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A Nncn..nrx Inrr.hisn.

The tenderfoot was announcing his
intention of showing the foolish West
erners thing or two about high life.
a." he asserted. have plenty of
dough. Don't forget that"
"You," murmured the Mexican monte
dealer, will be pudding for u.s.
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Pictorial bunlor

ing down his newspaper. '-and tor
pedo-boat destroyers and your torpedo
boat destroyer destroyer destroyers.
and 30 on as long as you can keep
up the repetition without making our
tongue itch-but It strikes me that Just
at present the most active craft In ma
val and military circles Is the reputa-
ton destroyer.
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A sensitive soul.

II suppose even you have said
things you have regretted" said the
man with hasty temper.
That isn't the point at ALL an
swered Mr.. Meekton. II have been
trying TO figure out whether ever
said anything that didn't regret"
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The Boston Maiden.

Clad only in her nightrobe and her
spectacles. the half-fainting little girl
was carried out of the burning building
by the brave fireman.
Your name. please?" asked the re-
porters.
"Iphigenia." she gasped. Accent on
the penultimate. please"
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A Lucky Negro.

Stranger-Did the mob burn that
negro at the stake?
Colonel Hemppull-No; we found
there was some doubt about his guilt
SO we gave him the benefit of the
doubt, and only hanged him.
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sign, Of sprIps.

Hello. buddy exclaimed the
sprouting blade OF grass to the embryo
leaflet.
Please don't shoot" exclaimed the
bud, in mock alarm.
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An lpsiauattsn.

Mrs. uppton-My daughter both
plays and paints. professor.
Prof. Blunt-i have never heard her
play. but I am aware she Possesses
remarkable talent rs an artist.
Mrs. uppton-So you have seen
specimens of her work.
Prof. Biunt-wcii. cr-i have me:
the young lady. you know.
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An ENuarf.

Nebb-Is Biffer good golf player?
Numskull-I should say he is! Why.
yesterday | saw him knock over a
caddie who was at least quarter Of
o mile away.
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CsiinAu.

csiiaasy.
my predecessor. ! believe" said
the new missionary. did not live here
very long. ! suppose the climate killed
him.
Really" replied the eaanibal chief.
II rather incline to tbs belief that
our cooking had great deal to do
with it,
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Past.

Clara-"I don't think 1 care SO much
for tragedy as did"
Maud-"They say that tragedy is en-
joyed only by the young"
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Epid smic of Suicide In Madri,i.
During one week there were no fewer
than twenty-seven suicides committed
in Madrid. Love and financial troubles
claim most OF the victims.
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sep,ibIe Folks.

Mrs. Van Upperton-Yes. my an
cestors came over in the Mayhower.
Mrs. Suddenrich-How foolish Of
them. Mine waited for ten-day boat
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MoxAb.e scen.ry u.sd.

Movable scenery was first used In
Italy in the year 1903. It was the ir.-
vention Of an Italian architect named
Peruzzi.
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Absst the sis. Of IL
Talk about you torpedo-boat dcs-
troycrs." said the Sage OF Kohark. lay
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THE WEEKLY
PANORAMA
AWFUL DEED or INSANE MOTHER

Wealthy Society Woman k'ii' usr so"
aad Hsrssis at roushkssPsis. y. v.
A lamentable double tragedy oc-
Cured few days ago at Poughkeepsie.
N. ". when Mrs. Albert Edwin Tower.
wealthy. cultured. and = leader In New
York and Newport society. killed her
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TIL. x..n.r ra,,ov.

The good old advice to summer fai-
low is no longer passed on from father
to son. The plan originated In the
days of the Hebrew patrinrchs. and.
We doubt not has had something to dc
with the barrcnncss that Is now said to
be the state OF many Of the hills on
which It was practiced. When sci-
cncc took up the matter II found that
no fertility was conserved by permit
ting the land to remain idle. It was
even discovered that crop OF weeds
was far superior to crop Of nothing
Summer faliow--plowing up the land
and leaving II bare for q season
causes losses in several ways. The ip-
per layer of soil becomes dust under
the fierce rays Of the sun. In this
dry dust chemical action sets in and
annihilates every vestige Of organic
:natter-the humus. This humus was
the great factor in the retaining OF
would have shaded the ground and
prevented chemical action of the ma
ture mentioned. The loss Of hurnus
changes the physical properties of the
soil, causes It to be less retentive Of
moisture. lighter In color and heavier
in weight per cubic foot. Rotation. OF
crops, Including the lcgumes. is better
than summer failow.
wheat and the Hessian Fly.
How to avoid the Hessian fly is one
of the great problems that confronts
the wheat culturist. From time to
time discoveries are being made that
may make 1t possible to in the future
greatly lessen the violence Of the at
tacks. It now seems probable that
where wheat Is lacking in thriftin ness
It is more injured by Hessian fly at
lacks than where 1t is vigorous. This
is a principle quite generally accepted
as to fruit tree insects. Prof Andrew
NJ. Soule of Tennessee says: Wheat
on thin and impoverished land suffered
most from attacks Of the Hessian fly.
From the results obtained in sowing
wheat on different dates, 1t is apparent
that the date OF seeding wheat deter
mines, to a considerable degree, the
amount Of injury done by the fly. end
It is further evident that II wheat is
sown on carefully prepared land Of
good quality where there is an abund-
ant supply Of available food that II
will stool out and in measure make
up for tae original shoots destroyed
by the fly. These shoots. however.
will not be so vigorous, nor will they
All SO we'll as those first thrown up"
Broom Corn.
From Farmers Review: The proner
time to plant broom corn is the last Of
May and June, when the ground Is
warm. so seeds will soon sprout. Any
ground that will raise good corn will
raise good broom corn. Our soil t.
adapted to raise finer fiber. than the
soil in central Illinois. 1t should be
drilled from sixty to seventy stalks per
rod and should be well cultivated, rs a
farmer would little corn.-J. @. Mon
roe, Marion County, Illinois.
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FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO A0Ri-
CutTuRisTs-

sass Up-is-b.ss u,ats About csiss.
sstiss Of the sell sad Yields
Thsrsas-si.ssiesissrs. vi,ississss $50
blsstesitsra
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Professors OF the Vermont station
have been investigating the orchards
Of Addison county In that state. In
part their report states:
Tho statistics Of culture. however.
show moro strikiugiy tho condition OF
tho appIe growing business In Addi-
son county. Out OF ~ representative
apple growers whose orchards were
personally examined ~ the agent CT
tho Experiment station. only eight, or
less than onc-nfth. give any cuitiva-
ton to tho ground. The others grow
their apple trees In grass. and often
pasture or NOW tho grass at that
This 10 altogether wrong and unpro'-
liable. II was once dcbatable qucS-
tion whether an apple orchard should
be cultivated or not: but Il is dcbata-
BILE no longer. The cash returns set
tied that. BY way of comparison Il
may be said that there II hardly an
orchard. large or small. In Grand Isle
county which Is not now annually cui-
tivatcd with the pillow and harrow.
Probably the greatest reform to be
made In Addison county apple grow
INK lice III kue CuikiNahtou VI suu Ao1o'
Apples can be grown in sod. to be
sure: but Il Is absolutely certain tnnt
in ninety-ninc cases out Of hundred.
better fruit can be grown and great
or profit realized II the soil is properly
cultivated. Proper cultivation. accord
ing to the generally accepted doctrine
Of the time. consists Of plowing the
land early in the spring. and in ioi-
lowing this with surface cultivation
With spring-tooth or cutaway harrow
every ten days till July FIRST. BY thnt
time the wood is done growing and
cultivation should be stopped. Then
a cover crop OF clover. eight pounds to
the acre. or Of peas. two bushels to
the acre. or Of buckwheat, one bushc,
to the acre. should be sr-... me cover
srop holds Its n'"c. untouched till the
follow'-s spring. when It Is turned
under at the annual plowing.
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Brnom Corn.

Cocksfoot tDactylis glomera.a) is n
useful grass. 1t grows best on deer
rich loans. It will bear the shade .
overhanging trees.
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Os,isst ser vsui'.

Ossisst see Ysui'.
W. II. wylie. Ohio: The outlook for
.ruit Is fair. AZ the trees went through
he winter well.
II. ~. Dunlap. Central Illinois: The
'utlook for tree fruits is good. This
'ppiies to apples. pears. cherries and
,luma Peach buds are dead.
r. l. Holman. Ohio: The prospect
or fruit Is poor and the general crop
rill not be over 80 per cent OF an
,verage. Peaches arc entirely gone.
There will be some plums and cherries
md part crop OF apples
Prof II. c. Price. Iowa: From pres
snt Indications the prospect for fruit
he coming season II very good. The
apple. plum and cherry blossoms are
IN good condition. Peach blossoms
Aro killed and some Of the more tender
varieties OF plum and cherry. but on
Tho whole. think the prospects are
sery good.
T. z. Goodrich. Southern Illinois:
rhe outlook Is good for all tree fruits
sxeept peaches The peach crop Will
be light. A few buds are ready TO
break out Into blossoms. but not
enough for . crop. Pears and apples
promise well. Trees are leaving out
Warm rains during tho past two days
tAiarch 20. :7) arc bringing out the
grass and Frightening the color OF the
wheat
Professor John T. Stinson. Missouri:
The prospects for an apple crop In
South Missouri arc good. reaches arc
killed over Central Missouri. but -
far south as Koshkonons and also In
the southwestern portion OF tho state
they promise q good crop. AZ some
points. for instance KashkononE. the
report is that tho crop promises TO DO
full.
Professor Albert Dickens. Kansas:
Applcs promise very we'll. except In
some old orchards which bore extra
heavy crops In 'oi: young orchards
generally In good condition. Cherries
and native piums promise we'll: Japan
csc piums considerably damaged. April
cots badly damaged. Peaches In
northern part Of the STATE. buds killed:
conflicting reports from tho southern
part. probably seriously injured.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-11-22
JUST 4 REMINISCENSE
OF HAPPY CHILDHOOD

Who among us does not remember
with pleasure the meeting house" SER
vices on Thankssiv1nk day morning.
now, alas, many years ago. Antici-
patton Of the feast OF follow the SOL
emn ceremonies of formal Thanksgiving
may have detracted somewhat from
our attention to the words Of the
preacher, but our hearts turn now with
grateful warmth to those well-remem-
bered scenes. We are better men and
and women to-day for our attendance
at those homely Thanksgiving services.
The gratitude Of full hearts was thus
poured out for the manifold blessings
Of the year. Happy the man who can
to-day with "a lowly and contrite
heart" reverently return thanks for
the good gifts of God.
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PRISON labor HARMS
A DULUTH INDUSTRY,
Merchants buy Prison Broos in Preference to those
to those l1ade at Home. Have no Fear of Com.
petition Of outside Free Labor. Chance
for Display of Loyalty.

What kind Of brooms do use at your
home? Are they made in a fair factory,
or in prison? Do you take sufficient
interest to know or care where they
are made? At this writing there is
scarcely a retail grocer in Duluth that
does not handle prison made brooms.
There is also a broom factory here,
where many men are employed at living
wages, and this factory finds it almost
imposfi!e to place it's brooms in any
store IN the city. The brooms made
by the home factory are Of the very
best in quality. The factory can COM
pete with any house in the country pro-
vided it's brooms are made by free
labor.
Usually we blame the jobber for en-
couraging the sale Of prison made
goods in preference to those made at
home. In this case the jobber is not
responsible, 1t is the poor, so often
sympathized with grocer who is en-
couraging the sale of prison made
brooms. How do they do it? In this
way:
A representative of the house hand
ling prison made goods visits the
grocers, offers brooms at a cheap price,
takes their orders for a gross or so,
and passes the same over to a jobber
to be delivered to the trade.
This is the manner of Introducing all
lines of goods in this community.
Under agreement a representative of
manufacturer cannot sell direct to the
trade. but he must do it through a
jobber. The jobber in turn supports the
retail merchants in their effort to main
tain uniform prices. So it can be seen
that 1t is no easy matter to induce the
merchants from handling prison made
goods. Organized labor discovered this
long ago. There is no man in business
who will curse the trusts more than a
retail grocer. He is squeezed at every
turn. His profits are gradually narrow
ing, while the manufacturer and job
be ber is gstting the best of it.ss AT the
same time the grocer IL usually the last
person who will encourage any move
ment that will ultimately give him re-.
lief. The show cases on every grocer's
counter is usually. filled with trust
made cigars which are made by cheap
labor. 1t is true that these cigars
are bought cheaper than some others,
and this is the reason why the grocer
favors them. There Is a premium on
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-11-22
OUR OBLIGATIONS MUST
NOT Be OVERL LOOKED,

In the length and breadth Of happy
America to-day there should be no
single person in want. Blessed above
all other nations ON the earth have we
been; let us not forget our obligations.
1.-The poor We have always with YOU"
AS true to-day as when the Perfect Man
first uttered them, are these words.
With PROSPERITY and happiness goes the
duty of remembering those less fortu-
nate than we. The joy of relieving
distress-even distress occasioned by
sin or waywardness-is one of the Keen
est pleasures of this festive season. No
family should be in want, ,.no person feel
that he has not cause for gratitude.
Out Of the abundance of our store let
us succor the afflicted. "Inasmuch as
We have done It unto one of these, We
have done It unto Me-"