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Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-24

SHEEP-There was only an average run
of sheep and lambs here this morning and
the market opened brisk and fully steady.
Packers seemed to be just as anxious tor
supplies as they were last week, so that
everything sold as fast as unloaded. Year
lings sold as high as $3.50 and ewes
brought A.6o. Choice lambs were very
scarce and I'm fact there were none at all
that were anywhere near finished, so that
the sales on paper do not look very high.
Considering quality, though, the market on
lambs was fully steady.
Feeders were again In Ugh supply and
the market showed no quotable change
from the close of last week.
Quotations: Choice lambs, $6.5096.7 70; fair
to good lambs. $5.50d6. rs; choice Colorado
lambs, $6.50d7.00; choice lightweight year
lings, $5.65n6.00; choice heavy yearlings,
IS. 40q5.65; tair to good yearlings, $5.00d5. so;
obs; choice ewes, S4.5Odl.75; lair to good
ewes, $3.7514.25; feeder lambs. "a. 75g5.5 SO;
feeder yearlings. A.25q4.75; feeder wethers,
81. OcG4.65; feeder ewes, $S.OOq3.5o. Repre-
sentative Salas.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-24
CHICAGO LIVE sSOCK MARKET.
Cattle Higher. Hogs Tumble, sheep
and Lambs Barely Steady.

CHICAGO, Feb. 2S.-CATTLE-Receipts
26.o0O head; strong to loo higher; good TO
prime steers, $5.5Cq5.SO; poor to medium,
$S.25q4.5O; stockers and feeders. 81. 35@4. so;
cows, $l.4Oq4.50; heifers, S2.OOa4.75; canners'
81. 4OQ2. 60; bulls, $2.25a4.4O; calves, S. 95Gs.O 90;
Texas fed steers, $3.5Oa425.
HOGS-Receipts, 1900 head; estimated
tomorrow. 5000: left over. i, 1000; opened
5ql0c lower. closed on another &c decline
mixed and butchers. $6.S5G7.2 20; good 10
choice heavy, S7.25d7. as; rough heavy. Sc. 90
q7.e5; light, s6.5Oq6,O; bulk OF sales, S. 81
head; sheep steady; lambs steady to Toe
lower; good to choice wethers, S5OOd5. rs;
fair to choice mixed, A.OOa5.OO: western
western lambs, SL75a7.25.
Ofictal Saturday:
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-24

HOGS-Receipts Of hogs were liberal
here today, so that, although twenty-five
cars were consigned direct to packers,
there was a larger number on sale than
usual for a Monday. The market opened
very slow and generally 5d1Oc lower than
the close of last week. Sellers thought
they ought to get more money than that,
so trading was extremely slow from start
to finish. Packers were looking for a big
run for tomorrow and would not raise their
bids. Medium weight hogs sold largely
around $500, while prime heavyweights
sold from $685. to sos and the light stun
sold from $685. down. The last half of the
market was extremely slow and weak.
REPRESENTATIVE sales.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-24
Cotton Market.

NEW ORLEANS. Feb. 23.-COTTON-
Firm; sales, 2,1OO bales; ordinary, s 3-l6c;
good ordinary. s Slice; low middiing, 9lsc;
middiins fair. 10 is-lsc; receipts. $50 bales
stock. a7.461 bales. Futures, steady; Feb
ruary. 96Sc bid; March. 973d9. 74c; April,
9.75d9.0c; May, 9.SOd9.S1c; June, 9.S4a9.S6c
July, 9S9G9,9Oc; August, 9.51d9.o2c Septem-
Der. S.S2dSS4c; October, S44d8 acc. No mar
ket tomorrow-Mardi Gras holiday.
LIVERPOOL. Feb. 23.-COTTON-In fair
demand; prices 2 points higher; American
middling fair, 5.9id; good middling, 5.56d
middling. 5.$sd; low middling, 5.26d; good
ordinary, 6.S1d. Receipts, 1900 bales. in
GLIDING, 1900 American. Futures opened
steady and closed quiet; American middling,
good ordinary classes. February, Sod:
February and March. 5.2lQ522d; March and
April, 5.21dj.22d; April and May, SOD; Nav
and June, 5.2id526d; June and July, 5.25d
July and August. 524d; August and Sep
TENDER. SID; SCI tember and October, 4.S4d;
October and November. L6lG4.62d; Novem-
Der and December, 466d.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-24
81. Joseph Live stosIS Market.

ST. JOSEPH. Feb. 23.-CATTLE-Re-
ceipts, 1.SS9 head; steady to strong; cows
and heifeTs steady to 10c higher; natives,
50. 75a5.S; Texas and westerns, s.. S5d4. so;
COWS and heifers. 2.O0d3. As; veals. 5000
$50; bulls and stays, 81. 756p4,O; y~earlings
50. 25I4.50.
HOGS-Receipts. 5,47e head: mostly SC
medium and heavy, SS.sSa7.i5: bulk. 1910
10; pigs. IS. I5G6. 30.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Receipts, l,sS4
head; strong to 10c higher; top Colorado
yearlings. s6.25; Colorado ewes, $50; lambs
steady TO strong; fair Kansas wethers, So. So.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-24
Sugar and MOIasses.

NEW ORLEANS. Feb. 23-SUGAR-
Steady; open kettle, 2AG3$c; open Kettle,
centrifugal. SsQ3%c; centrifugal whites,
3hc.
MoLAssEs-open kettle. nominal, lsq26c:
centrifugal, 6alsc; syrup, nominal. lsd2ic
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-24

SIOUX CITY, Ia. Feb. 23-CSpecial Teie-
gram) - CATTLE - Receipts. $500 head;
best stockers strong and killers steady;
beeves, $4,000; COWS, bulls and
mixed, N.amAOJi stockers and feeders, SIS
di.G calves and yearlings, 2.JOd4.O0.
HUGS-Receipts. 5000 head; &C lower, SELL
ing at S6G)dI.U 7Is; bulk. S. 75d6.Sj.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-24

ST. LOUIS. Feb. 28.-CATTLE-Receipts.
5000 head. including 1850 Texans: market
steady; native shipping and export steers.
AOOa65, with strictly fancy quoted up
to S75; dressed beef and butcher steers.
SaT5d5.25; steers under 1000 lbs, S.5Od4 Is:
stockers and feeders. s.. COWS and
heifers. 2.25dA.75: Gamers. s25n3.O0; bulls.
S.5oqA0O; calves, S.OodS8: Texas and In
dian steers. S.35a4.io; COWS and heifers.
s.. lOG310.
HOGS-Receipts 5000 head: market Sc
lower; pigs and lights, &75d7OO; packers.
E.Cd1G: butchers, T.i6a735
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Receipts, 500 head;
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-24
FOreiEn Financial.

LONDON, Feb. 3-Money was much
wanted and scarce in the market today and
a busy week was anticipated. Discounts
were maintained. Operators ON the Stock
exchange were cheerful. but business was
inactive. Traders were mainly occupied
with the mining carTy-over. Consols were
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-24
THE REALTY MARKET.
INSTRUMENTS filed for record Monday,
February %:
WRrranfY Deedn.

INSTRUMENTS filed for record Monday,
February %:
Warranty Deeds.
Peter Kuhl and wife to Peter BUM,
lots Z and s, block 8, Bennington. IS $50
Edward Tessl and wife to Charles
Hodeck, lot II, bio tx 2, Melia's LIST
duu 300
Benson Land company to oliver Chris
Jensen, lots J to 5, - and "a, block 20,
Benson Observation-Disclosures. $3.50
Margaret c. Wear and husband to
Nels Petersen, lots IS to q, block 3,
LIST add to Corrigan Place. ...,....... 1000
Nels Petersen and wife to ]. ]. Wear,
lot 5, block s, Corrigan Place. ......... 200
H. A. Whipple and wife to Bessie Hold
der, und1k lot q, IS, VIA feet lot 20,
lot 81, e26 feet lot 30 and VS. feet lot
81, Luke & It's add. L
Quit Claim Deeds.
Mathies Schneider and wife to Omaha
Realty company, nh lot 8 and e13-16
feet of nh lot 2, block 9, Improve
ment Association ado ..,a......... l
Deeds.
Sheriff to w. S. Mackie, executor, mis-
feet lot 3, block !, Mayne's LIST add to
Nalley BIZ
Total amount of transfers. ........ &c., 6l
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-24

market steady TO strong; native muttons,
A.40H5.50. lambs. Gf0d7.O); culls and bucks,
S2.0dl50; stockers, N.50H3.O0; Texans, S.35
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-24
London stock Market.
LONDON, Feb. 2a-closing quotation

BAR SILVER-Steady at 2Ikd per ounce.
MONEY-Shd4 per cent. The rate of dis
count I'm the open market for short bills is
ShgSS per cent and for three-months bills
is ga per cent.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-24
EIEin butter Market.

ELGIN, ILL.,, Feb. 23-BUTTER-There
were no offerings of butter on the Board
OF Trade today and no sales. The quota
ton committee declared the market at &c,
lC higher than last week. The OUTPUT OF
the week was 500, 900 lbs.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-24
stock In sight.

The following were the receipts Of live
stock at the six principal western cities
Yesterday:
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-24
Liverpool Grain ana Provisions.

LIVERPOOL, Feb. 2s.-wHEAT-spot:
No. 2 red western, winter, steady, IS f1zd
No, l northern, spring, quiet, IS Sd; No. /
California adlet IS I'D. Futures: Steady;
March, 6s $50 May, Is 2kd; July, 6s 1ssd,
The imports of wheat into Liverpool last
week were 22,5O quarters from Atlantic
ports, none from Pacific and $500 from
other ports.
CORN-Spot: American mixed, new,
steady, Is sid. Futures: Steady; March,
As Sd. The imports OF corn from Atlantic
ports last week were $500 quarters.
PROVlSIONS-Beef, easy; extra India
mess, gas 3D. Pork, easy; prime mess west
ern, los. Hams, short cut, IA to 16 lbs,
easy, 5s Cd. Bacon, Cumberland cut, 26 to
80 lbsY strong, 49s; short ribs, l6 to "a lbs,
firm, Dos; long clear middles, light, rs TO "a
lbs, steady. AIS Cd; long clear mlddles,
heavy, IS to 40 lbs, steady, as; short clear
backs, 16 to 20 lbs, strong, i9s Cd; clear bel
lies, IA to 16 lbs, strong, sos. Lard, firm;
prime western, I'm ~tierces, ASS Sd; American
refined. in pals, 49s.
BuTTER1F'nest United States, nominal;
good United States, steady. SUs.
CHEESE-Steady; American finest white
and colUred, 62s Cd.
TALLOW-Prime city, steady, 2Ss: Aus
tralian, In london, easy, 33s Cd.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-24
OMAHA LIVE STOCK MARKET
Beef Steers and Cows Sold at Steady Prices
with Close Of Lat Week.
HOGS SLOW AND FIVE TO TEN LOWER
sheep and Lambs Continued I'm Good
Demsnd and Trading Ruled Active
with Prices Fully steady
with Last Friday.

RECEIPTS FOR THE YEAR no DATE.
The following table shows the receipts OF
cattle, hogs and sheep at south Omana
for the year to date. with comparisons WITH
last year. 1885. 1872. Inc. Dec.
Cattle. ...........l3 1876, 6SS l2l, 19 1859 ...
Hogs ............34l I. 45O,eS2 80. S'Z6z
Sheep .............lS,Zoo llt'is o'IV' "'.'
Average price paid for nogs at south
Omaha ror the last several days with COIN
partsoIas:
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-24

uestion the validity of an
his rights are directly af-
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-24

Ohctal Saturday:
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-08-22
POULTRY POINTERS.

Laying hens must have meat or
milk.
Always feed some whole grain at
night.
Early hatched chickens usually
make the best breeding fowls.
Feeding a little at time and often
is better than overfeeding at any
time.
A liberal use of ground bone will
correct the tendency to laying soft
shelled eggs.
Keeping fowls on hard floors will
frequently cause swollen feet and
legs. They must have some loose
ground to scratch over.
Turkeys must have good range
to be profitable. They are insect
eaters by nature and need good
range in order to thrive we'll and grow
economically.
After the ducks and geese are
through laying the feathers should
be picked regularly. The time to
pick them is when the feathers are
ripe and before the fowl begins to
lose them.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-08-22
BE POLITE.

John G. Shedd, millionaire and
partner of Marshall Field in the dry
goods business, talked to 500 men in
his employ and gave them the keys
to success
"The man who is not polite is SO
times out of a 100 failure.
High moral character is the best
commodity business man can keep
in stock.
"You can't be good salesman and
be liar.
81 wish there was no such thing
as tobacco in existence.
"You can't aim too high, and be
sure to pull the trigger before you
get wobbly.
Breathe pure air. Associate with
good companions. Drink plenty of
pure water and nothing that will in
toxicate. Take plenty of wholesome
exercise. By little training you
will have an outfit which will take
you far on the road to success in bus
mess.
Learn how to save. Give the
money you are spending for tobacco
and drinks to your wife to put in the
savings bank. Don't even invest
your savings for the sake of the in
come. It's very dangerous.
"The big head is the worst disease
that ever attacked a young man.
"The fellow who only thinks or
dinarily and lives ordinarily and does
not much care, will never get any
where.
Don't lose your temper. Let the
other fellow lose his.
"Those who in their youth have
found themselves really in need of
earning their daily bread have been
those who have made the successes
in 1ife."
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-08-22

Thorpe with an air of satisfaction.
Upon these conditions you can re-
turn to your desk tomorrow morn
ing"
1t took Will Larkins but very
short time to reach home after he left
the offices of the Grand Central R. R.
that day. When Nell saw the glad
look in her husband eyes as he walk
ed into the door her hopes ran very
nigh. But when he told her of their
good fortune, her eyes filled and tears
OF Joy coursed down her cheeks.
During all the future of his life
Viii Larkins bravely stuck to his
promise never again to drink, and he
was always kind and loving hus.
band and father, earnestly attending
to all his duties. 1t was with pride
that he continually wore the little
bOzO of blue
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-08-22
MY WIFE.

Oh, she works all kinds of doilies for each sofa.
stool and chair,
She is unsurpassed at costly Renaissance,
With her handlwork so fancy there is none that
can compare
But that button is still missing from my
pants"
oh, she makes fine silken splashes for each man
tel in the place,
And to beat her gaudy pillows there's no
chance;
She embroiders fancy flowers and initials she
does trace
But that button is still missing from my
''pants."
Oh, you ought to see the patterns of the work
that she crochets,
Her piano shades and covers, they entrance;
Her lace handkerchiefs and tides they receive
all kinds of praise
But that button is still missing from my
"pants." III p. Pitzer.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-08-22
IN THE LITTLE OLD TOWN.

It's none of your crowded city streets,
Where the rush and hustle are,
And the wave of constant movement beats
Through the dust and smoke afar.
1t saunters in with peaceful air
And 1t slowly passes through
This cheerful, hurryless thoroughfare
With its seeming "Howdy-do.n
1t stops where the roses blandly nod
Through the quaint old garden gate,
Then goes with placid, patient plod
Where the sidewalks hold it straight.
1t halts again at the public square
For an unbegrudging rest
And friendly chat with the comers there,
For each cross street is guest.
Then lazily to the blacksmith shop,
Where it has to pause once more
To see how the blazing cinders flash
From the forge just by the door.
From there to the bridge across the brook,
To hear what the ripples say;
Then on to the walnut shaded nook
Where the sages sit all day.
Main Street goes on with calm content
To the summit of the hill,
Then yields to the soothing Establishment
Of the countryside, all still.
1t rambles out where the meadows spread
And the soft, green grasses creep,
And there. on blOssom-spangled bed,
Main Street has gone to sleep
" d.. NeS0it, In Chicago Tribune.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-08-22

It is generally asserted by those
who make specially of studying
humannature that nothing more mars
the happiness of life or hinders its
success than fear. 1t affects charac-
ter, lesens ambition, sometimes
causes diseases, and all along the line
preventsworthy men achieving what
their metits deserve. Fear is an ex-
cessive tinidity, an overweight mod
esty, which paralyzes all other ele-
ments o. success the possessor may
have. It is always seeing bridges to
cross which have no existence, and
arousing apprehensions upon mere
imaginings. "The most extensive of
all the morbid mental conditions
which reflect themselves so disastrous
ly on the human system is the state
of fear, says DR.. William H. Hol-
comb. at has many degrees or gra-
dations, from the state of extreme
alarm, fright or terror, down to the
slightest shade of apprehension of
impending evil. But all along the
line it is the same thing-a paralyz-
ing impressing upon the centers of
life which can produce, through the
agency of the nervous system, vast
variety of morbid systoms in every
tissue of the body" "Fear is like
carbonic acid gas pumped into ones
atmosphere, says Horace Fletcher /;
cit causes mental, moral and spiritual
asphyxiation and sometimes death
death to energy, death to tissue and
death to all growth"
Now this subject may seem at first
sight abstract and of no practical
everyday value. That is great mis-
take. Fear is cultivation which be-
gins with the early education of the
child. 1t is cautioned a thousand
times year to look out for that it
may get poisoned, it may get bitten,
it may get killed something terrible
may happen to it if it does not do SO
and so. There are plenty of men
and women who cannot bear the sight
NJ a0iA1S --s.. .---a-----A
cause as children they were told it
would hurt them. So from youth up,
from the cradle, too often there is in
stilled into the plastic mind of child
the terrible image of fear. 1t is we'll
to have judicious caution, but not
overtimidity. No brave man ever
had mother possessed of all kinds
of fear. The man who succeeds
springs from parents who did not
know how to shudder at petty dan
dangers, but who met them and con-
quered them.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-08-22
QUICK AND EASY METHOD OF HAY1Ne.

At Applecroft farm the moving is
done during the latter part of the day.
The ground is then dry and warm
and the newly mown grass begins to
dry Immediately and still will not
wilt sufficiently to blacken. In the
early morning get the carts, scythes
and other tools in readiness for use,
then as soon as the sun has dried the
dew, start the tedder on the grass cut
the day before. While this is being
done, if any hay was left on the wind
row or bunch the day before, turn
and air it.
There is more danger in good hay
ing weather of drying too much,
rather than too little. BY 10 or 10. 30
A. M. such hay as was left in the field
the night before will be ready to draw
to the barn. With good weather and
VTESdsag SEous Hight tAs 6eg 6Re2Tgl9K Fl tbs Pie
tedder, will be ready to rake by II
A. M, and the cart may follow the
rake, taking the hay from the wind
row, thus drawing to the barn when
the conditions are the most favorable,
and you have your hay in the barn be-
fore the danger of showers, which
usually occur during the later part of
the afternoon.
This method saves much handling
of hay. AS much of the va1ue of the
crop is in the tender leaves, which
are scattered and lost during the pro-
cess of cooking and opening, this dan
ger is removed, the time required to
cock the hay is saved and we are
ready to start the machine and the
chores can be done at the regular
time. We are not haying from early
dawn till past the setting Of the sun.
Then, too, there is much less danger
of having large amount of hay dam
aged by rain storm by this method,
for one can tell with much more ac-
curacy the weather indications for
tie next day at 3 P. M. than is posi-
BILE early in the morning. Hay Sc
cured by this method comes from the
NOW IN the best possible cond1t1on.
In case we have a heavy crop of
clover to secure, moved at night, it
may be cooked the next afternoon.
Let stand until the next day, when it
will sweat out, so that tipping the
cocks bottom up, that the moisture
gathered there may be expelled, will
put it in condition to store with all of
its nourishment retained. Such is
Our method, varied as circumstances
and weather require. By this method
I have succeeded in securing my crop
without extra help, with very little
damage by rain, and have at the same
time had ample opportunity to run
the weeder and cultivator through the
hoed crops. Haying when conducted
as it should be is the pleasantest and
most agreeable work on the farm.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-08-22
THEY HAD THINGS MIXED.

1t was almost sundown when ar
rived at a mountaineer's cabin high
up on the Tennessee side of the Cum
Derland mountain, and 1 found the
man seated on log at the gate and
his wife smoking her pipe on the
doorstep. asked him if could find
lodgings for the night, and he shook
his head and replied in doubtful
tones
II don't skassly believe yo' kin,
stranger-not skass1y."
How far is it to the next cabin ~
"Bout a mile, I reckon, but 1
amt believin' they could take yo' in"
'And the next after that %
1.-TWO miles mo-, but they d hev to
pass yo' on. I'd really like to take
yo' in, but I amt skassly seein' how
it kin be done"
s.v Il BIN ..5 be done, stranger, if he'll Sy
man.
''But yo' must give up ours fust. /"
he called back.
I saw that there was family dis
pute of some sort on, but hesitated to
ask any questions. After minute
or two, however, the woman rose
slowly up and came down to the gate
and explained:
Stranger, Tom yere got up this
mawnin' and said that the whale
swallered Dan'l."
"And I'm stickin' right to it, !" re-
piled the husband.
"And I said it was Moses, and Pm
stickin' right to that. Tom he's sot,
and I'm sot, and so we've sot right
here all day to which would outset
the other in sotness. If Tom will say
the whale swallowed Moses I'll hev
supper ready in ten minutes.''
II never kin do it" replied Tom.
''It was Dan'l, and ye've only got to
say so fur us to take the stranger in"
"But see here" I put in, 'it was
neither Daniel nor Moses. You are
both mistaken"
"Who was it, them" they asked
in chorus.
"Why, Jonah"
"Yo' don't mean it !" gasped the
husband.
"Listen to that p whispered the
wife.
cit was Jonah, and all the Bibles
in the land will tell you so. Daniel
was cast to the lions, and Moses was
hidden away in the bulrushes when
he was baby.
"Dog-gone my cats, old woman,
but he's dead right and we are two
fu1es," exclaimed the man. "Shake,
stranger, and yo' come right in and
own the cabin fur the next var OF
co'se it was joiner, and if our sotness
had driv yo' on I'd hev allus bin
hcpin' that the both of us would hev
bin bit by woodchucks and gu1ped
down by bars !"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-08-22
POOR SOIL WORKED Rich.

The physical condition of soil is
nearly always of more Importance
than mere richness in plant food.
The chemical composition of soil is
not necessarily a measure of its pro-
ductive capacity, since plant food is
of no consequence unless the plant
can make use of it. If now, there is
sufficient material available to pro-
duce only a stunted growth of trees
and grass at the same time, it is evil
dent that the surface application of
additional food may temporarily stim-
ulate the growth of both. Hard,
lumpy soils, however, will not pro-
duce good crops, no matter how much
fertilizer may be applied, and there is
no doubt that the number of "worn-
out" farms in New England is much
smaller than is generally supposed.
The average New England hillside
contains a sufficient amount of food
material, or nearly so, to insure good
crops if the land is properly handled ;
the tillage, by improving the texture
of the soil, is the key to unlock this
store of wealth. By fning the soil,
and thus increasing the feeding sur
face for the roots, by increasing the
depth, and thus giving greater for
aging area by warming and drying
the soil in the spring; and by reduc-
ing the extremes of temperature and
moisture the physical condition will
be rendered best for giving up the ac-
cumulated plant food. The increas-
ed water-holding capacity Of the soil,
as a result of tillage, is also an i'm
portant factor in successful crop pro-
duction since, as rule, the amount
of water which falls during the grow
ing season is entirely inadequate for
the growth of plants during that time.
Naturally those soils which are
open and porous, which contain a
large number of spaces between the
particles, will retain the moisture to
better advantage, and will give better
opportunity for the roots of plants to
penetrate them and take up the food
laden moisture there stored, than will
compact soil-in the same way that
a sponge will take up larger amount
of water than a block of wood. By
deep blowing, thorough working and
the addition of organic matter by
means of cover crops, this spongy
condition desired is obtained and the
growth of orchard crops as we'll as
of farm and garden crops is fostered.
-lluns0n.