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escaping the late spring frosts in the
north. In color it is light red and yellow,
| of good quality and a fine shipper. The
writer has fruited the Radiance but a
single season, but 1T is so promising that
trees will be set in considerable number
as soon as obtainable. We believe 1T will
not be offered by nurserymen until the
spring of 1906 and then the trees will be
high in price. As 1t bears early, 1T VIII
pay plum W everywhere to give the
variety a trial.
Home Mixed Fertilizers.
There is no question but that the ingre-
dents for fertilizers can be more cheaply
bought and the mixing done at home than
to buy the fertilizer already mixed, but
whether or not 1t will pay depends upon
several things. If one knows pretty well
what the crops he proposes to grow need
and understands something about the
home mixing of fertilizers, having the
necessary help to do the work, It then
pays provided one also has the necessary
cash to pay for the material. Then again
there is probably a greater profit in the
low grade fertilizers thar in the high
grade article and hence a corresponding
profit, so il follows that the saving would
be greater in mixing the low grade or
more complete fertilizers. They are also
easier to mix, the ammonia per cent. be-
ing smaller and less likely to escape in
the mixing. AS a matter of fact 1t is one
of those things which must be largely de-
termined by the farmer to suit his WI
conditions yet, on the other hand, Is one
of the things that 1t will pay to expert
ment with to a greater or less extent.
Sun in the Poultry House.
The time honored plan of building poul-
try houses was to face them due south
when, as a matter Of fact, they should
be faced southeast, which gives the sun
in the house early i nthe morning when
the poultry need 1t most during the winter,
and then the sun shines in the house near
ly or quite all day, especially if a window
is placed in the southwest side. In cold
climates it is not wise to lave entire glass
fronts, for the action Of the air on the
glass after the sun goes down makes such
houses very cold at night. In the average
poultry house holding from rs to 80 hens,
windows four by eight on two sides of the
house would be sufficiently large and even
then some way should be provided for
covering them at night. For this purpose
nothing Is better than old burlap hung
on a roller with button holes worked at
intervals along the sides so that when
down it can be fastened sver carriage but
tons driven in the sides of the casing.
This will keep the house snug and warm
even or cold winter nights.
Running in Debt.
In this age when vast enterprises are
carried on with the help of borrowed cap
ital, 1t is hard to see how one can CON
duct business on a strictly cash basis. One
OF the reasons why some are able to bor-
row sums seemingly out of proportion to
their tangible assets is the honor with
which they carry out such deals. If they
borrow a sum of money and agree to re-
turn 1t In sixty days or ninety days, as
the case may be, 1t Is always returned as
agreed so that 1t Is not hard for them to
borrow again. 1t would not be a wise man
who advocates that farmers carry on their
business on borrowed capital. 5ut there
are some farmers who ought to have more
capital to work with than they do n who
would readily turn the borrowed money so
that they could meet their obligations
promptly and ave a profit besides. The
successful merchant whose profits are 20
per cent. on the goods he sells can afford
to pay his bank 6 per cent. for money
when he needs 1t rather han use any por-
tion OF the capital he has invested in his
business. Learn to borrow, II necessary,
wisely and pay back the borrowed sum as
agreed, keeping your credit good and you
will have little trouble in obtaining cash
provided always you prove yourself able
to carry out a well laid and well thought
out plan. Banks or individuals v no
money TO loan for wildcat schemes. but an
abundance for legitimate purpose when
backed by In honest, able man.
Now for Poultry Lice.
AS Is generally known August is the
month OF the summer when vermin in
crease in large umbers and though the
poultry house may have been religiously
cleaned during the Summer at short III
tervals. 1t will require q vigorous going
over now and once or twice more before
cold weather sets In. AS an example of
what lice will do we cleaned our houses
thoroughly on the tenth OF July, white
washing sides and ceiling and using car
bolic acid freely. On the tenth Of August
hundreds OF lice were found In the house
and the work had to be lone again. At
The end or August IT. was done o third
time and 1t will be done at least twice
more before the hens and pullets go into
winter quarters. This Is hard work, but
Is the only way to keep the houses free
from lice and the hens In such shape that
they viii lay up to the standard.
Growing Special Crops.
Each ytar there are numbers OF growl-
ers among farmers who wish they could
ind some branch OF agricultural work
less arduous than mixed farming. It Is
admitted that on some farms hard work
is about all there IL to be found and yet
the conditions surrounding many such
farms are such that only mixed farming
can be carried on with any degree of sue
cess. On the other hand. there are farms
devoted to general farming which should
be turned into speciality farms. Then.
too. We nnd farmers who are peculiarly
successful In growing some one or two
crops. In such cases the way IL plain.
II the soil and conditions seem suited to
these one or two crops one can grow bet
ter than hia neI0hhorr u1t~h <~o,. x~.dS