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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-05

black soil must of necessity be q
rich one. But, on the contrary, II
may be almost devoid OF nitrogen,
and so stands in need of some fertil-
izer. Whilst It Is true that garden
soils in general have a suficlency of
both potash and phosphoric acid in
them, the chances are that these two
food materials are to a certain extent
"locked up'-that is, they are not
Immediately available to the plant,
and are only taken out by slow de-
grees.
Therefore, the amateur gardener
will find that the best all-round fer
tilizer for him to buy is one with an
abundance of nitrogen, and moderate
quantities of the other two sub
stances, or course, for large OPERA
tions, special compounds of fertillT
ers are an economy, and, while the
same thing holds good in theory on
the small scale, yet in practice, az
the amount involved is so little, 1t is
wiser to have one all-round fertilizer.
S%ucculent vegetables particularly will
thrive on nitrogen. 1t makes them
grow rapidly, and that can ten
derness. Potash is used to improve
the quality. Phosphoric acid helps
to build the tissue of the plant. What
a fertilizer contains ran always be
ascertained by reading the analysis
which must accompany 1t. Look
only for those three terms. Don't
regard anything else.
How much to use? or course, the
answer largely depends on the grade
of the fertilizer. Stable n can
be spread oil three inches thick. A
pound OF nitrate of soda is sufficient
to cover from eighty to 100 square
feet.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-05
Fertility Must BE Kent,

1t is estimated by some of the lead
ing agricultural chemists that the
worlds supply of phosphorus, a very
important and essential element of
plant food, and without which no
plant can be grown, will, under our
present wasteful system of agricul-
ture, be exhausted within the next
fifty years.
The stupendous waste of soil fer
tility that has occurred in this and
other countries in the past must be
speedily checked. This means that
a new system Of agriculture which
economies the plant food in the soil
without diminishing the yield of the
crops produced, is being developed.
In other words, this system will take
thought of the future as we'll as of
the present productiveness of the
land. This means that the farmer
of the future must be acquainted
with the soil aad understand how to
manage it so as to secure the largest
yield with the least injury to his
land.-H. ]. Waters, Columbia, Mo.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-05
Keep CultivatOr Working.

Farmers have learned that the cul-
tivator has other uses besides keep
ing down the weeds; true, the weeds
are destroyed by the process, but the
judicious stirring of the soil incites
growth and conserves the moisture
in the soil, which is of immense ben
eft to the plants later in the season
when prolonged droughts are likely
to exist. Again, cultivation means
increased crops, hence the work is
one which may be done with profit.
In the orchard cultivation, very
shallow, mainly for the purpose of
conserving the moisture in the soil
and breaking up the surface which
is likely to bake, pays full as we'll
as with a cultivated crop, and it is
especially valuable when combined
with the cover crop, the seeding be-
ing done in late July or early Aug
ust, and the cover crop plowed I'M
der in the spring to add humus to
the soil, something much needed by
most soils in which trees are Set
indianapolis News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-05
Feeding Work Horses.

Experience and observation teach
us that horses that are at work
should be fed at regular intervals,
and after eating, a half hours rest
given to a tired animal, as it is hurt
full to require them to work on a full
stomach Immediately after eating. II
work horses are fed every five hours
the meals are digested pretty well in
the intervals between eating, and so
the horse is in much better condition
for work. A horseman says that
most people know how a bucket of
water will stop a ace horse, but few
think how the overcharged stomach
affects the lungs of a horse when at
work. A horse when fed while heat
ed and out of breath cannot digest
its food, and the result is diarrhoea,
or curiously enough, the extreme op-
posite in the form Of collie or indi-
gestion.-Indiana Farmer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-05
Farm Notes.

Anything which checks the growth
of an animal for a single day is a
loss of a days feed and a day in the
time of maturing.
Remember, to grow bone, muscle,
feathers and flesh a varied diet is
necessary, and the food must be Of
the very best, whatever is used.
Do not tempt your hogs by placing
them in a ramshackly old pen. Make
the pen good and strong. After a
hog once gets out, it is hard to keep
him in.
Be sure to have suitable cutters
around the upper side of the coops
that will prevent all possibility of
water running in the coops during
heavy sudden showers.
Hogs and growing pigs may be
turned into the orchard where they
will have shade and can eat the early
falling fruit. Hogs are about the
only stock that a be turned into
an orchard without doing some dam.
age.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-05
Give the Chicks Dry Quarters.

Our chicks, some thirty, have been
remarkably healthy and vigorous
this summer. So have those of a
neighbor, who has three times as
many as we. We are not specially
successful chicken growers, nor are
our chicks exempt from that univers-
al pest lice, but we have scarcely
lost a biddy yet. We attribute our
success to the dry season and dry
quarters. The fowls have plenty Of
yard room, but no grass for the little
fellows to run into. If we were go
ing into the poultry business on a
large scale we should locate the
coops on sloping ground, and keep
the surroundings clear of weeds and
grass till the chicks eel half grown,
and able to take care of themselves.
A fool hen, in a big grassy yard, can
kill more chicks than all her eggs
are worth.-Indiana Farmer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-05
NEWSY
Javr chaplains want more pay.

NaVr chaplains want more pay.
One person in every 1900 is blind.
Spain is enjoying a business boom
Over $4,000 autos are registered
in New York.
Persia is to have a Constitution
and a Parliament.
Japan is determined to construct a
large mercantile navy
Decentralization is spreading in tKl
Russian army and navy.
Owing to the failure of the Labra.
dor fishing season a fish famine is
likely. %
Mr.. Root spoke in Argentina in IA
o of a union Of hearts in all the
Americas.
The Oyster Bay IN. " tax asses
sors increased the assessment this
year by $1,000, 900.
Captain Richmond Pearson Hob
son thinks it would be easy for ia
pan to capture the Philippines.
Within three weeks nearly thirty
tons of gold specie have been trans"
ferred from England to America.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Workman, OF
Worcester, Mass, climbed a mount.
ain in India more than $4,000 feet
high.
The rules of settlement adopted by
a number of fire insurance companies
amount to a practical reputation of
their San Francisco obligations.
Landrat Won Uslar, whom the Kais-
er sent to German Southwest Africa
to discover water with the aid of his
divining rod, has located fifty-three
springs.
In South Africa the tension be-
tween negroes and Englishmen Is in
creasing. Not only are there occa-
sional outbreaks Of rebellion, but a
general condition Of unrest and ex-
element.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-05
BREVITIES.
A Western college professor says
that football promotes anarchy

A western college professor says
that football promotes anarchy
Axtell, 2,12, a trotting stallion,
once sold for s105,O 900, died at Terre
Haute, Ind.
Ranjitsinghi, the famous Indian
cricket player, has become the Jam
of Nawanagar.
+. O'Neil's Penarris won the $10,-
900 Grand Union Hotel stake at the
Saratoga IA track.
Mike Dwyer, famous ace track
plunger, died of a paralytic stroke at
his cottage at the Brooklyn Jockey
Club.
Clarence NJ. Peacock's Pirate won
the GLASGOW and $1,000 champion
ship motor boat trophies at From
tenac.
Lady Gail Hamilton won the fast
est race rel trotted on the Pough-
keepsie track. gaining a record Of
2.0GA
King Edward cabled his congratu-
lations to Mr.. f. NJ. Smith for his VIC
tory with the sloop Effort in the
Kings Cup race.
By defeating Brya Mawr in the
final game of the series, Myopia won
the Point Judith polo cups. The
score was II to u.
Martin Sheridan threw the discus
137 feet II inches at Celtic Park,
New York City, beating his Olympic
record by 10. 2-3 inches.
Charley DAILY, the former Harvard
and West Point football player, and
generally considered the best quar-
ter-back that ever passed a ball, has
resigned from the Artillery Corps to
engage in private business.
Englishmen are laughing at the
idea that they are fast losing their
prestige in athletics. They say other
countries can occasionally wrest
championships from them, but that
their tight little island has more men
of muscle to the acre than any other
country or earth.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-05
Fertilizers on Home Garden.

The practical fertilizer questions
that the amateur wants answered
are just these: What to use, in what
quantities?
Most Of the articles and all the
books on fertilizers lay special stress
upon the food values and costs.
Though Of great Importance to the
farmer, these details are only of mi
nor interest to the amateur. The
great problem for the home gar
dener is how to get earlier, larger,
better fruit, vegetables and flowers.
There are three great plant foods,
nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash.
The one most likely to be deficient
in the soil is nitrogen. The trouble
is that the salts that are available
for the plant are so soluble that they
are quickly washed out of the soil.
Stable MANURE gives nitrogen in
small quantities over a comparative
ly long period, and is valuable on
that account. Its vegetable matter
,(giving humus and holding water)
is also an important factor, render
ing it especially valuable on light or
sandy soils.
Many people have a notion that =
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-05
Cabbage in tine Garden.


The farm housewife who spends
some time %cultivating cabbage and
less over pastry will be ahead at the
end of the year. Hoeing, even, is
not such hard work as some imagine,
If the ground has been properly pre-
pared. 1t has been well said that
freshly turned sod is good ground for
cabbage, and soil in which It was
grown the previous year is about the
poorest; the latter clause should be
emphasized IL clubroot has invaded
the premises. The old German rule
of two fertilizers to one dirt" still
holds good; for cabbage ground can
scarcely be made too rich. And to
economic this fertility it is best to
manure in the hill, thoroughly mix
ing it with the soil. Any we'll rotted
stable manure is good, but nothing
is better than poultry droppings.
For winter cabbage the sesd may be
best planted in the hill, putting in
four or five seeds, and reserving only
the most thrifty one as the plants
attain the size for transplanting.
This will usually give a surplus for
filling vacant places, and perhaps
supply a neighbor. For early use it
is best to start seed in boxes. Trans
plant at evening or on a cloudy day,
letting the boxes in which the plants
are be thoroughly wet for several
hours before, in order that the stems
may become full of moisture. With
these precautions they seldom suffer
the check in growth that becoming
badly wilted is sure to cause. Plant
deep, and firm the earth about the
plants. Hoe often enough to keep
the weeds down and the soil light.
Earth kept light and porous absorbs
to drouth than when compacted. II
the heads incline to burst, tip them
partly over, thereby breaking some
of the roots. Should this not avail,
use them at once. They will soon be
fit only for stock.
When the white butterfly appears
it is time to guard against cabbage
worms. Soapsuds sprinkled over the
plants are often effective. Wood
ashes are a still more forceful rem
edy. Hellebore and paris green are
said to be harmless until the cabbage
begins to head, but I'll go without
cabbage rather than use any that has
been so doctored. Destroy all CO.
coons found; they are frequently
seen clinging to board fences or I'M
painted buildings in the vicinity.
Salt and water or -four busted over
the plants when the dew is on are
standard remedies. Early cabbage
will be out Of the way in time to
make room for celery. Even where
a second crop is not expected from
the ground it is wise to feed the
stump and refuse leaves to stock and
remove the entire plant, which may,
il left, become a harbor for insects
of fungous growth. The main thing
is to start right. fertilize and culti-
vate to induce rapid growth, and in
sects will do little harm.-Bessie L..
Putnam, Conneaut Lake, Pa.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-05

Except as a decorative feature In
fox hunting, stag hunting and the like.
the horse has made his exit from po-
lite literature and, = appropriately
enough, the equipages which he draws
have gone numbering after him, prop
hesies the New York Mail. Hereafter
We shall find the faithful friend OF
man exiled to dialect stories and pas
torals which tell Of circuit riders in
the Southern mountains, shrewd,
kindly horse traders, supplemented
peasants or that life in we olden
time" which we have been wont to
associate with pictures Of English
stage coaches and ruddy-faced squires
armed with pewter mugs and long
churchwardens.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-05

The sufrragettes or England nave
had one of their meetings broken UP
by outsiders, and now know how it is
themselves. Mr.. Keir Hardie, wnc
had come to address the strenuous sis.
tiers, notes the New York Press, climb
ed a high picket fence and took to the
tall timber, but It. is refreshing &c
note that Mrs. Sullivan, one of the
leaders of women's rights movement.
stood her ground manfully and knock.
ed down two male disturbers of the
peace with her clinched fist in an eft
<rt to restore order.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-05

The novel is as valuable a form as
any offered by law or science for
showing conditions as they really ex.
list. Statutes and statistics are not the
only terms in which facts can be leg
Ultimately expressed, declares the Chi
cago Post. But inasmuch as all ways
are open, the man who selects the one
that offers most license must be
judged by the highest standard of sin
cerity. ~veracity and ability.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-05

A Hiawatha clergyman preached .
rather exhaustive sermon from the
text, Thou are weighed in the bal
ance and found wanting" After tina
congregation had listened about an
hour some began to get weary and
went out; others followed, says the
Kansas City Journal, greatly to the
annoyance Of the minister. Soon an
other person started, ~whereupon the
preached stopped his sermon and
said: That's right, gentlemen; as fas
as you are weighed pass out"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-05
Starting Young Trees.

Newly set trees, save the cherry,
should be severely cut back. A good
start is half the race, and nowhere
Hoes it have more Significance than
In the new orchard. With proper
pruning, cultivation and fertilizing
YOU may reasonably hope for a
strong, vigorous and healthy tree
which will be able to give returns in
way of large yields of luscious fruit.
Lowell Roudebush, in the National
Stockman and Farmer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-05

In London's underground railway II
has been found that very few men
will spit on the new and bright limo
leum with which the floors Of the cars
are covered.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-05

Spain Is the only country that has
a coinage bearing a baby's head on
1t. Coins bearing the baby head Of
King Alfonso were issued in 1888.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-05

They're finding thorium In the
island of Ceylon. You can't keep any.
thing hidden now that the rage Of in
vestigation and exposure is in full
cry. Is the comment OF the Kansas
City Star.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-05

By holding u spots responsible for
volcanic disturbances, scientists bring
US back to the old question, What
are we going 10 O. asout liz" suggests
the Wash, a IA.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-05

King Alfonso intends to introduce
golf In Spain. A remarkable thing
about his playing is that when he
makes a bad stroke he smiles. says
only "hi!"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-05

The Canadians are discussing tae
ad~yisability OF a~nnexlng Jamaica.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-03-01
CLEVELAND
GRAYS HERE
IN MARCH
Will Arrive on the Morning of the
5th. and Spend Entire Day
on the Bay.

Owing to a change in the itinerary
the special train bearing the Cleve,
land Grays did not reach Pensacola
yesterday morning, the trip having
been so changed as to place the party
III this city on the morning of March
3.
The party number Us. and is sup
posed to be composed Of only mem
Ders Of the organization. although il
Is probable that a number of them
viii have their wives and families
with them.
At first it was decided 70 spend only
a few hours here, but upon learning OF
the manner in which they could spend
an enjoyable Gay the members decid
ed TO remain over in Pensacola all OF
that day, leaving late in the afternoon
over the P. & A. Steamers have been
chartered by the Louisville and Nash
vile for the party and arrangements
are being made for a FISH chOwdeT
dinner at the life saving station.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-03-01
BLUFF SPRINGS

BLUM Springs, Feb. 2S.-Ihe farm
ers are all busy getting out their fer
tiHzsrs and getting ground all broken
ready for planting.
The very pleasant weather during
February has put new life into every
thing. Peaches are in fun bloom.
mulberries are already formed and
garden crops are doing we'll Sugar
cane and potato planting is already
under way We were looking for some
bad weather the past week when the
clouds ana winds shifted to the north
west, but We only got a good shower
and brisk pleasant weather followed.
Several car loads of commercial fer
tilizer have been delivered to the
farmers around the Bluff and every
thing indicates the Planting of large
crop here.
This being an off year in politics
may be the farmer will not have to
stop his pillow to shake hands SO often
with candidates. but candidates are
like the chickens on the farm-in or
der to feather their nests good they
begin clucking early. But the voters
are going to do some OF the looking
around too ana try TO get men of the
right calibre to fill the Offices. Misfits
ara bad. anywhere. more especially in
Office There are good men enough to
fl! the Offices and some TO spare.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-03-01
Indisnensnbf billy.

NO" said Burton Holmes, lit doesn't
DO to get swelled head and think
you're Indispensable TO the welfare Of
this world.
I was IL the lobby of big hotel in
Cincinnati when a bus load of travel
ing statesmen came from the station.
Every man Of them. as he signed the
register, paused 10 shake hands with
the hotel clerk, fatherly old fellow
who had been there many years.
"'Ah,' said one Of them TO the clerk,
it's a good thing you're still on deck,
Uncle Dave. / don't think the house
could run without yOu.
Couldn't it, just" said Uncle Dave.
You fellows would come in here. and
if there was strange clerk you'd say,
where's Uncle DaveT
"'And the clerk would say: why.
didn't you hear? He died a month
ago"
"'And then you'd say: well, I'll be
darned! That's too bad. Say when'n
dinner be ready?' ''"-Woman's Home
Companion.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-03-01
GOVR. BROWARD'S
DRAINAGE PLAN
ANOTHER ARGUMENT AGAINST
PROJECT LAUNCHED BY EN-
GINEER MAILING.

In the report of the affidavit filed
by the noted engineer, Captain Chris
rCpher Mailing. of Kissimmee, says the
Jacksonville Times-UniOn, in which
the impracticability Of Governor
Broward's scheme of draining the
Everglades was pointed out by the al
faint the Times-UniOn, through unin
territorial omission of the preceding
paragraph, put Capt. Mailing in the pO-
sitiOn of saying that a canal $50 feet
wide. and with a four foot flow would
lower Lake Okeechobee ( feet in 10
,0ays. The Ommited paragraph, which
makes the argument against the drain
age of the Everglades all the stronger
reads:
ITO obtain a current of one mile
per hour. a fall OF not less than four
inches to the mile is required. and
thus it becomes an easy matter TO cal
culate the size of a canal necessary TO
carry off a known body of water.
Take Lake OkeeChObee, for in
stance. with its 1900 square miles Of
surface. and height of 20 feet above
sea level. Without including any in
coming water. but looking upon it as
AZ inclosed reservoir. to lower this
body Of water four feet would require
a canal of $50 feet in width, with Il
flow of four feet in depth. and over
the route mentioned of 80 odd miles.
the current would be % miles per
diem. ana it would take 17G days TO
reach the level desired
Must Allow For RainfaIls.
In commenting upon the results that
could b. obtained from this canal,
Cant Mailing. in letter to the Times
Union, says:
a canal of the size mention,
would I consider. do little more than
deal with the rainfall on the lake it
self AS bearing out Elis statement. l
give the rainfall from the official
records at this station (Kissimmee)
fo1 the past thirteen months:
{" january, 1905, O.70; February,
O So: March. 3.eS; April. 1872; May.
715: June. 4.46: July. 1915: August,
II 50: September. 515; October. 800:
November. none; December, 1923; and
January 1906. 6.44. (Measur smsnts in
inches)..
Now this may be a maximum rain
fall hut maximum rainfells must be
nroyidad for and this j.; only a fur
tber argument in favor OF delaying a
most costly undertaking to recover
lands which viii not be required for
many years.