Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-05


see things from your point of view. 1t
is necessarily a narrow point of view.
Your mother knows. She has gone by
the way you are coming. Happy that
daughter who confides In her mother.
Happy she who can go 20 ner mother
with her little secrets and misgivingS. |
her girlish hopes and fears. and talk |
of these. freely assured that mother
will understand and advise tcndcrly |
and scnsibly and rightly. Happy that
mother who has won and Kept her
daughters confidence. who knows how |
important il is to listen sympathctical. |
~ to her daughters doings and plans. |
Happy the mother who has not driven
her daughter away by speaking of the
girlish notions as silly" and "prcpos.
tcrous." or l'y scolding the girls petty
delnpuencies. The bond between
mother and daughter should never he
broken. The bond of comradcric he.
tween the two is n natural one. IT Il
binds them together the daughter
problems become the mothers nrob-
lens and the solution will he . wise
one "A son Is Il son till he gnts a
wife: n daughters n daughter all the
days of her life'--if the bond holds
true. The old song says: ~ boys
best friend Is his mother" That's true
Hut n mother is In a peculiar sense the
hest friend of daughter. And the
girl who forgets this is likely to make
u mistake in life. Ask your mother.
United States reports on foolstufrs
show that the experiments made by
government point to the conclusion
that nuts are not intligestible and are
| to he accounted among the hcalthicst
of foods. Nuts gained an evil rcputa.
| ton from the fact they were cOnsid-
cred merely as light dessert and were
eaten frequently ut the end of u heavy
dinner. when, In truth. they should
have been classed as piece de resist.
unce. 1t Is not necessary to be II veg
eturian to appreciate the value of nuts
as food. They add to the variety and
luxury of the table as we'll as to the
economy. They are rich in oil. with
only n small percentage of the social,
ell carbohydrates, such as starch ana
sugar. and they also contain u large
proportion Of heterogeneous constituents.
1t goes without saying. then that nuts
are among the most highly concentrate.
ell forms of nOurishlnent. and while
they may he eaten freely II should be
with discretion In connection with
lighter forms of food. The increased
demand for nuts has given an impetus
to farmers from Maine to California
Chestnut and walnut orchards promise
to he u significant feature of the farm
and u most profitable investment. Eng.
fish varieties have the preference.
since they bear more quickly and more
prOliiically than any known American
variety. In these days. when the cost
of living has increased 'ns II has dur
Ing the past decade. anything that
adds to the bill of fare without tend.
ing to deplete the purse II welcomed
ns u boon. Learn how to use nuts ami
make your table more inviting at less
cost.
Most people who are familiar with
the progress made In scientific ngri.
culture In this country will incline tn
the view that DR.. II. j. Webbcr's pes.
simism regarding the future of Amcri
can h,isbandry II not warranted by the
facts. Dr. Weber. who IL director Oi
the laboratory Of plant breeding In the
Department Of Agriculture ut Wash.
ingtOn. declared In an address before
the faculty Of sciences of the univcr.
sity of Chicago that Americans are
miserable farmers" ana that as u TO-
suit of their ignorance they will have
10 hustle In order that the United
States may keep Its place among tho
nations" II DR.. Weber had said that
most Americans IRE not scientific ngri.
culturlsts few would dissent from his
opinion. But when we come to farm
crs-men who cultivate the soil as Il
business to make the most money out
of tit will have to he conceded that
American farmers are the greatest IN
the world. Confusion OF the terms
agriculture and farming IL common
and natural. Our progress In scicn
tlhc agriculture. through the work OF
the State universities, government eX'
pertinent stations ana the Department
I of Agriculture. makes a distinction I'D
+. visnble. The farmer Is the man who
/. makes q business of agriculture. BE
[ cause he does not reduce to practice all
, the theories of the agriculturlsts OF
) does not utilize all their discoveries OF
, adopt their methods. II does not follow
, that he Il Il failure as Il farmer. Sci
!. entihc agriculture may he wholly IL
| books; scientific farming IL practiceC
Q upon the land. The ideal farmer Of the
, future, of course. will be IN agricultur
I. lat as well as farmer. He will under
I stand the chemistry of the soil and h'
Y will know more about plant brec'ilns
I than he does now. The man who care
r fully inspects the exhibits that are Il
o he made In the palace of agrcultur,
Y ut the Worlds Fair will hardly b.
o ready to cOncede that the America,
Y farmer Is u miserable failure. He wi
lind there the most colossal educationa
exhibit of the products of American
agriculture ever brought together
" Each product of the soil will have
grouped about II all that pertains to it
= cultivation. also every by-prOduct tia
= Is made from 1t and the process o.