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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-03-07
Use Experiment Stations.

There is not State experiment sta.
ton in the country whose staff of ex-
perts will not welcome knotty prob
lens from the farmers of the state
This would be the case, especially this
winter, when they are not rushed with
work. Go over the operations OF the
last season and jot down, in consider
able detail, each operation which gave
you trouble and unload these trou-
bles on the experiment station of your
state. The staff may be book farm
ers, as you think, but all of them are
trained men and sincerely anxious to
help you. III asking about any particu-
lar crop describe your soil in detail.
your method of culture, and give any
other information which will enable
the station people to give you an in
telligent answer.
II any particular crop was unusual
ly short and you can not account for
1t on natural reasons, describe your
method Of culture, of fertilizing, the
seed, etc, and see how your form of
treatment differed from that given in
any previous year when the same
crop was satisfactory. Do not be
bashful about asking for help from
the stations, for you help support
them, and they are in existence to as
sist you, which they will do If YOU will
give them any sort of an opportunity.
Indianapolis News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-03-07
Three Piece Skirt.

The circular skirt in all its variations
makes pronounced fnvorite of the
season and is being shown In some ex-
ceptionally graceful and attractive
models. Illustrated is one of the best
that combines narrow front gore with
the circular portions and which can be
treated in various ways. The original
is made long and is trimmed with ap.
piled bias folds between which are
rows of soutache braid. but the folds
are optional and the skirt can be left
plain ana trimmed in any manner that
may be preferred. Again. the folds can
be used and the braid between applied
in any pattern or design that may be
liked or omitted altogether The full
ness at the upper edges is collected In
narrow tucks that extend well over the
hips, doing away with all fulness at
that point. and what is still further
advantage, the skirt can be cut IN
walking length If desired. In this case
plum colored broadcloth is stitched
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-03-07
Careful Milking.

Every mixer thinks he knows how
to milk, but if the COWS could express
their opinions they would probably in
innate that few lessons in the gentle
art were not unnecessary. 1t is not
fair treatment to sit down to a COW
and tug and haul on her until she steps
around in the stall and acts as ii she
were being badly hurt. Sometimes Il
COW will stop eating and wait until
( the ordeal is over before she will re-
sumo her meal The cow that does
that is not comfortable, and an uncom-
Portable COW will not do her best for
her owner. Some men have a way OF
milking that so pleases the COW that
she clearly shows she enjoys the
process. These are the mea
whose method should be copied. OBJ
serving them, we see that they never
shout at, strike, nor otherwise ill-treat
their COWS. They sit down quietly.
take hold of the cows teats gently, no
matter how much OF hurry they may
be in, and begin to draw themilk with
out pressing too hard, for they know
they are touching her at a tender
point; then they keep steadily at it un-
til the last drop is out. 1t pays to milk
carefully.-American Cultivator.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-03-07
Pennsylvania Black Walnut.

LAUNDERING in Delaware county,
after many years has started in
afresh. The lumber dealers have
taken advantage of the large quantity
of black walnut, which is more plenti-
full throughout the State, especially
in Delaware county. than many per-
sons know
An onslaught in the woods In Della
ware county already has netted the
lumbermen about $4,000 feet. while
the number of feet of this particular
wood expected soon to be cut down
in Pennsylvania, roughly estimating.
will aggregate about 100000 feet.
From one local depot in the last
month shipment of 10000 feet was
made. It's destination being Hamburg
Germany, where it is used for the
making of gun stocks. The Delaware
county black walnut trees average
in size from 80 to 60 inches in diam
eter.-Morton correspondence Phila.
delphia Record
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-03-07
In the Palace of the Cow.

The cowbarn is of artificial stone.
with floor of concrete. Like the pig
gerry. it is lighted by electricity al
might. The partitions between the
stalls are skeleton barriers of metal.
extremely simple, but substantial.
Arranged in a. double row, facing the
middle aisle, the animals take their
food from concrete troughs which run
along in front of the stalls, these re-
ceptacles being filed with drinking
water when emptied of provender.
All refuse is carried out of the build
ing by an overhead trolley. and there
dropped into carts, to be carried
away. Here, as in the piggery, every
thing is cleanliness itself, and there
is not even suggestion of a dis
agreeable odor.
When the cows are to be millled,
the men go into the dairy building.
take a shower bath, so that it may be
certain that no impurity fingers about
their persons, and put on clean suits
of white duck. Then they go to the
COW barn, each of them carrying a tin
nail which has been previously steril-
lzed and with harmless dlsinfecting
fIuid they wash the udder of the ami
mails. Each man has ten to attend
to, and while the milking is going on
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-03-07
8utter Eat.

That butter fat is chiefly due to the
breeding and quality OF the COW, not
the character and quality OF the feed
ing, is pretty well settled by numerous
experiments Natural law settles a
great many things Richer milk can
not be made by richer feeding any
more than thick loin marbled beef
can be put on scrub steers by the best
possible feeding. Good blood and good
breeding does both. If it were not so
the probability is that good breeding
would be neglected and our cheaply
grown precious food stuifs would be
poured out by the tons in the feed lots
and dairy barns. One of the latest
and most conclusive experiments
along the butter fat line was that re.
Gently of Cornell University. To as
certain whether the fat in milk could
be increased by liberal feeding, mix
lures OF such foods as cottonseed
meal, wheat bran, gluten feed, buck
wheat middlings and linseed meal be-
ing given, or as much as the animals
would consume readily in most cases
y pounds per COW per day. which one
COW exceeded. The summary of con-
clusions is that in herd of formerly
poorly fed COWS an abundant ration
easily dtgestible and rather nitrogen
Gus in character continued through
two years resulted in an average in
crease of onefourth of percent of fat
in the milk, which was about per-
cent OF increase on the quantity yield.
ed before the liberal ration was given.
This was accompanied by an increase
OF about 50 percent in total amount of
milk and fat produced-Indiana Far.
mer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-03-07
Useful Hints.
Keep accounts.
Plan your work ahead.

Keep accounts.
Plan your work ahead
Allow an ample margin for the un-
expected.
Make lists instead of trusting to
| your memory.
To retain the color of vegetables
plunge them into cold water an instant
after boiling
A small portion of orris root put
into the ordinary washing water will
impart delicate perfume to the
clothes.
Open canned fruit an hour or two
before it is needed for use. 1t is far
richer when the oxygen is thus re-
stored to It.
To keep the color of parsley, dip it
for a minute or two in boiling water,
then shake off the water and chop for
soup or sauce.
When food IS accidentally made too
salt it may often be counteracted by
adding a tablespoonful each OF vine
gar and sugar.
A little thin cold starch rubbed over
windows and mirrors and then wiped
OFF with soft cloth is an easy way of
producing most shining results.
Two potatoes grated in basin of
warm water will give better results
than soap in washing delicate fan
mel or woolen goods, ribbons, etc.
Piano keys can be cleaned. as can
any old ivory. by being rubbed with
muslin dipped in alcohol If very
yellow, use q piece of flannel moist
ened with cologne water
The possessor of very brittle nails
should rub them at night with cold
cream or vasellne. or if they go to the
other extreme and are soft and tender,
wax and alum will harden them.
A sauce for wild duck is made by
adding little port wine or lemon
juice to the birds gravy. A dash OF
cayenne pepper should he thrown in,
and the whole served piping hot.
Artistic covers are now being used
for the telephone book. They are
made to suit the color tone of the
room or hall in which they hang. Sim
pie cretonne is one of the prettiest COW
erings.
Moist hands are ruinous to light
colored gloves. A good remedy for the
trouble is to bathe them frequently
with mixture composed of two ounces
of cologne and one-quarter ounce of
tiucture of baladonna, After this is
rubbed well into the hands they may
be sprinkled with talcum powder.
A new idea in celery and apple salad
is to CRATE the apples, which should
be tart and firm, into the mayonnaise
dressing The celery, shredded and
crisp, should be served on chilled let
tuce leaves. with the apple mayon-
naise poured over.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-03-07
ScalIoped CaulifloWer.

Select good, fresh cauliflower, and
remove any wilted leaves; soak for a
couple of hours in salted water; then
cook in boiling water until it is quite
tender, but not until it falls apart. In
the meantime have prepared rich,
white sauce, by stirring together a
teaspOonful each of butter and -four
in a saucepan. mix smooth with lit
tie warm milk, add pepper, salt and
half cupful OF cream. When the
caulihower is done stand it in seal
lop dish. cover with sauce, and oven
that sprinkle cupful each of grated
cheese and bread crumbs. Bake rich
brown aud serve very hot.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-03-07
The Exclusive Use of Fertilizers.

A reader Of Rural New Yorker IN
quired IL exclusive use OF commercial
fertilizer would tend to impoverish
land ii used continuously, and was
told that ii i wellbalanced fertilizer
was used year afte: year. so that plen-
ty of available nitrogen, potash and
phosphoric acid is added, the soil will
not become impoverished, yet such
soil may refuse to produce good crops.
There may be plenty OF plant food in
the soil, yet crops cannot utilize it.
Why? Because the physical condl.
ton OF the soil is wrong. The most
common fault with such soils is that
they lack humus. or organic matter.
This humus warns the soil. let's in
air, aids drainage and also holds mois.
ture When there is too little humus
present the soil becomes soggy and
cold in wet season, and either bakes
hard or becomes too hot in dry sea-
sons. ANY OF these conditions make 1t
harder for plants to grow and take
food from the soil Take a piece OF
brick. No one would expect to put
a seed on top of it and have the seed
grow. even if well watered and fed.
Grind the brick to a fine powder, put
ii in flower pot, and again plant the
seed. Il would make a poor growth,
because when the brickdust was wa
tered and dried ii would bake hard.
Take the brlckdust and mix thorough
ly all through 1t from 10 to 15 percent
OF its weight In dried clover leaves or
even ground straw and the seeds
would grow and make good plants.
The clover or the straw furnish the
humus which improves the character
of the brickdust and makes it "soil"
The use of chemicals alone, without
manure or green crops, would have
tendency to remove the humus and
thus hurt the soil. While the illus
tration is not exact, We might COM
pare such farming to feeding a COW
on grain alone We might give her
al! she needs of actual food in bran
and cornmeal yet she would not
thrive, because nature has provided
her with "A digestive system which re-
quires bulky food like hay or other
roughage to keep it extended and
open
In some parts of the country, as in
Long Island, Florida and parts of New
Jersey and Delaware, fertilizers are
used exclusively-even hay being sold
from the farm. Under this system.
instead of becoming impoverished. the
soil grows steadily more productive
Such soils are usually light or sandy.
The fertilizers used are soluble and do
not as a rule contain much acid. The
rotation usually contains good crop
of grass and clover-the stubble and
roots OF which provide considerable
humus to be plowed under Special
catch" crops of rye. clover. buck
wheat or turnips are grown between
two regular crops in the rotation, and
plowed under to provide humus. For
example, it would be possible to grow
potatoes year after year, using fertil.
izers alone, If as soon as the potatoes
were dug rye could be seeded and the
winters growth plowed under before
the potatoes were planted in the fol
lowing spring. 1t is possible there
fore, to supply humus even with the
exclusive use Of fertilizers"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-03-07

Very distinguished was dinner
gown of maize-hued chiffon velvet,
combined with deep cream lace. The
waist was slightly low. and round in
the neck, and was composed entirely
OF the lace. 1t was scalloped at the
top. and white tulle was laid under,
making very soft finish. Large putfs
of the lace formed the sleeves. tied
at the elbows with bands and bows
of the velvet. Deep ruffies of lace fin
ished the sleeves
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-03-07
Government WhiteWash.

Slack half bushel of lime in boil.
ing water. covering to keep in the
steam. Strain the liquid, and add a
peck of salt previously dissolved in
warm water, three pounds ground rice
boiled 10 thin paste and stirred in
while hot, one-half pound Spanish
whiting, and one pound glue dis
solved by soaking in cold water then
hung over a slow fire in a glue pot.
To this mixture add FIVE gallons OF
hot water. stir well, and let stand
for several days covered from dust.
II is better applied hot.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-03-07
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1lAz|yGARDEN lz|yG I:
S1F5sS2S=@EeIsGsa EeIesGa

no other person is permitted to go
through. or even enter the barn. The
milk of each COW is carried separ-
ately to the foreman OF the barn, who
stands besides a pair of scales and
weighs the milk. writing down in book
its weight and the number of the COW.
Richard Powys in "A Wonder Stock
Farm" in the Outing Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-03-07
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
! Form TopicsE |
N~HH1HrNNrNHR
BEANS AND PEAS.

Ingenious German chemists have
brought out a new food process which
is said to greatly improve the qualities
of such materials as beans and peas.
Chemical treatment removes the OBJ.
jectiOnabie qualities of these foods,
yields a fine yellow powder with u
slightly sweetish taste and very rich
in albumen. Its nutritious elements
are of the form which makes them cas-
lily digestible. The substance is a
concentrated food suitable for infants
and invalids and is likely TO become
q standard article of commerce.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-03-07
MANURE AND WHEAT GROWING.

The Oklahoma Experiment Station
has shown the great value Of barn.
yard manure in several recent tests
in wheat growing. The recent bulie.
tin says:
"A half.acrc plat that received 10
tons of barnyard manure the first year
of the test and 80 tons the second
year of the test, yielded from six con-
secutye wheat crops S2.9 bushels OF
wheat.
"A like half-acre. receiving no ma
nure, but the same treatment other
wise. from six consecutive wheat crops
53.1 bushels of wheat.
"a difference of 29.S bushels in favor
of the manured plat, which gives an
average for the six years of 90 bush.
els per acre.
"The first year the manure plat
yielded 1876 bushels more per acre
than the unmanured plat, the second
year 1S.1 bushels and the last year 81
bushels more per acre. Not quite
two and one-third bushels OF wheat
We're obtained for each ton of manure
applied per acre.
The above results are from consecu-
five work on the same land. The fol-
lowing are from isolated cases:
''In 1894 the average yield per acre
from manured land was 324 bushels;
from unmanured land 14.4 bushels.
In 1898 four manured plats aver.
aged 2I.J bushels: the unmanured. 14.5
bushels per acre."-Indana Farmer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-03-07
Curry Sauce.

Dissolve a tablespoonful of butter
in saucepan. add tablespoonful OF
-four. Il teaspoonful of curry powder
and a large onion sliced finely. Stir
all together, and then by degrees pour
in teacupful of good stock, some
salt and little pepper. Stir all to-
gether thoroughly, simmer for 10 min
utes, then strain and serve. The sauce
must be stirred as it cooks slowly.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-03-07
Tomato Nut Sauce.

Cook one small chopped or ground
onion in two tablespoonfuls of butter
or olive oil, add one tablespoonful
flour, and stir until brown. Stir in
gradually one cupful water and one
half cupful tomato juice. Cook until
1t thickens, then flavor with two tea
spoonfuls peanut butter-or other nut
butter-creamed with water.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-03-07

black braid. but all the materials af the
season are appropriate.
The skirt is made in three pieces and
is laid in inverted pleats at the centre
back. The folds are bias, made double,
and arranged over it on indicated lines.
The quantity of material required for
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-03-07
Baltimore Samp.

To have samp at its best soak all
night in tepid water, drain in the
morning. cover with boiling water and
simmer all day, replacing the water
that cooks away. When nearly cooked
at a teaspoonful of salt to each quart.
To serve as Il vegetable reheat such
portions as is required in rich cream
sauce. adding tablespoonful of chop
ped parsley.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-03-07
A Piciuresaue Hat.

A really beautiful and picturesque
nat was of pale blue soft .elt, with a
fairly high crown and Il sheperdess
brim dropping slightly back and front
and turned up gracefully on one side.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-03-07
Salmon Scramble.

Melt one-half cupful of butter and
add to 1t two-thirds OF a cup of chip.
ped smoked salmon; cook for six min
utes. Beat five eggs into one-third Of
a cupful of thick cream and add to it,
then serve on triangular pieces OF
toast, garnished with sprigs OF pars-
lev.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-03-07

In Lapland when the door of
warm room is opened during the winter
it is Immediately followed by min
iature snowstorm In the room, the
condensed moisture falling In nakes
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-03-07
COlOred Waists.

1t has been so long since coored
sliirtwaists were worn that we have
almost forgotten what they are like.
The family tinted linen waists slowr
are refreshing in their novelty.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-03-07
souNDNEss IN MARKET HORSES.

Perhaps the first and most important
essential in Il market horse is sound
ness. 1t is absolutely useless to expect
to sell horse that is unsound for n
good price Oh any critical market. Un-
soundnesses that are most common are
those Of the limbs and the respiratory
organs. A marketable horse should
not have splint so high up on the
leg that it interferes with the artieu-
lation of the knee joint. A splini
may be small and low down and not
seriously affect the selling price of the
I.nimal. Understand, however, that
where you have to consider the high
est type of equine beauty you want
to avoid blemishes, just as much as
possible A splint at best is blemlsh,
and naturally Will result in discrimi-
nation being made against horse pos
sessing one when he is sold With
light horses. everything that is an
offense to the eye must be avoided.
The more beautiful horse is other
things considered. the higher he is
going TO sell. There must be no ring.
bone, no side-bone or other unsound-
ness of the feet and in the hind legs
no curb; no SPAWN no thoroughpln or
bog SPAWN: of course, he must not be a
roarer or wind-broken. Now most of
these things are unsoundness that can
be readily detected by any one who
is at all competent in judging horses.
DIR. George NJ. Rommell, in the
American Cultivator.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-03-07

cuffs at the elbows, so that they can
be cut of at that point if liked.
The quantity of material required for
the medium size is four aud one-eighth
yards twenty-one, three and three
fourth yards twenty-seven or two and
one-fourth ards forty-four inches
wide, with one yard OF all-over lace,
iive-elghth yard of bias velvet and
eight and one-half yards of ribbon to
make as illustrated.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-03-07
THE POINT OF VIEW.

They sat before the kitchen range.
The corn was bobbng In the pan.
She was sweet and loving lass,
lie was brave but bashful man.
For full year on her he'd called /
And looked the love he bore the maid,
BUT still IL seemed he never would
Declare himself without her aid.
So,. weary of the long delay.
r., A hint resolved TO give him.
Sne SAID, Look at the frisky corn
do declare It's poppin, Jim
ITS rs poppin'', poppin', Jim Dear me
What Is 1t telin'. don't you know?"
ne Diushed and rose. II guess said he,
ITS tellin' me It's time TO 10 |"
--WOman's Home Companion.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-06-21

in that way cultivate more inten-
sively, and obtain much larger yield
and prot per acre than by dry farm
The Greeley tribune., 1906-06-21
were really there, or my spirit had
come back to haunt the place.

were really tneIe, OF my 6pAIAI Aa0
come back to haunt the place.
Presently the head jailer came to
me and told me that fire had taken
place in the neighborhood the night
before, in which two strange men were
so badly burned that death was but
a matter of hours with them. One OF
the men, when he was told that he
could not live. sent for the minister
and confessed to having committed the
murder l had been convicted Of. His
story, which was subsequently confirm
ed by the other burglar, was, substan-
italy, that they had come to our
town in quest of proper prey. They
had learned that Miss G had many
well-to-do boarders In her house. some
of whom carried money with them In
large amounts, and they had determin-
ed to rob the house. The hour was
late, and the night very tempestuous
and black, the very elements seeming
to favor the wicked purpose of those
men. Their plan was to go to Miss C's
room and secure the keys of the
house, after which they could loot at
leisure. Accidently, however, they
awakened the landlady, who immedi.
ately set up such an unearthly scream
ing that it was found necessary to
despatch her without more ado. One
shot was enough for the dastardly
purpose, and the poor old creature.
who had never done any other harm
than to ask for her just dues, went
quickly over the river The robbers
then paused for a moment to ascertain
II anyone in the house had been arous-
ed by the shot. Concluding finally
that the storm had drowned the re-
port of the pistol. they determined to
leave at once, as the murder had SO
unnerved them that they had no
thought of theft, but cared only to
get away. AS they were going out.
however. they discovered a man lying
in the hall at the landing, near Miss
C's door, in drunken stupor. Then 1t
occurred to them to drag the man noise
lessly into her room, and leave him
his hand. Their motive in doing this
was to divert suspicion from them
selves as they were strangers in the
place. When they discovered that
had a pistol in my pocket similar to
their own, they exchanged cartridges;
hence the empty shell in mine.
Gentlemen, that Is my story"
Presently he said:
Il know there's one question you
all want to ask. You want to know
what I've got in my hat that had such
a startling effect upon me. I will
tell you what it is.-it's picture
it's not that of mother, nor my sweet
heart. but,"-and he held his hat with
the inside turned toward US.
There was picture there, one that
caused us all to shudder. It was the
picture of gallows.
Todd extended his hand.
'The deal is on" he said.