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The Lamar register., 1907-04-24
SOWING GRASS SEED.
Timely Suggestions By Prof. w. J.
SpiIiuan, US. Department Aericgi-
ture-

The importance of good seed can
hardly be oyerestimated- A good
many failures in seeding down the
grasses result from insufficient prep
ararion Of the land. but many failures
result also from the use OF seed which
has lost much. or all. of its vitality.
Other things being equal. rich land
requires more seed than poor land
and wet land more than dry A veil
prepared seeded requires less than
one poorly prepared. because larger
proportion of the seed finds z chance
to terminate A single pound of tim
othy seed to the acre. If every seed
produced a thrifty plant, would give
p plants on every square foot Of
land Since IL TO Is pounds of tim
othy are usually required to secure
good stand. it is evident that o.ly
small proportion of the seed sewn
on even the best prepared land pro-
duces plants
On rough. cloddy land the proper
ton is much smaller No absolute
rules can be laid down for deter
mining the amount Of seed to SOW.
One must consider all the circun-
Ie@-N~7 eOftA -FL .
A beginner will do well to consult
those who have farmed in his local
ity for many years. and if such eI-
perience is not available. to use a
liberal allowance Of seed until he has
learned the proper amount
When mixtures are sown, num-
Der of considerations govern the
amount of each kind to use. In sor-
ing grasses and clover together Il is
customary TO SOW enough of both
for full stand. But if several grasses
are used in the mixture. the amount
Of each is usually somewhat reduced
In parts of the timothy region. 1t is
customary to add more or less red
top to the timothy and clover. except
when the hay is grown for sale; but
the amount Of timothy seed is no;
thereby reduced.
The amount of each kind of seed
to be used depends partly on how
much of each kind. of grass is de-
sired in the hay. Hdtop is usually
added as a filler to increase the yield.
rather than because of its desirability
in the hay. and hence the proportion
OF its seed is small Some authorities
recommend that nearly as much of
each seed be used in mixture as II
it were to be sown alone, and this
is very good rule If one is not sure
OF the quality of the seed. A general
rule is to reduce the amount of each
kind of seed in proportion to tile num-
Der OF kinds in the mixture. This rule
should be used with much caution, yet
it is guide of some value.
The Lamar register., 1907-04-24

fremen. some roads do and some do
not. but / think they all prefer to
make their own firemen. as they VIII
stay through the slack times when a
boomer will not.
Just ten minutes before I approach
ed the master mechanic for a job an
honest knight of the scoop. wearing
the regulation 1000 mile shirt, round
black hat and the badge of our noble
order. called upon the same gentle
man and stated his case. but was told
that there was nothing doing
L was wise to the master mechan-
ic on that particular railroad, and be
fore / asked for work l visited a sec
ond-hand store and fitted myself out
with longlegged boots. sombrero, and
big red handkerchief (all lacked
was a gum. and then | told the mas
ter mechanic my trouble.
He asked me IL ever fred an
engine. / replied that 1 had never
fired one. but that had seen lots of
them He wanted to know what
had been working at. and l said had
just come down from the Panhandle,
where ! had been chasing longhorns
all my life. ] got the Job"
The Lamar register., 1907-04-24

as is usually the case. the box will re-
quire a greater height in front. to
make it set Level. as shown in Fig 2.
The box should be well nailed or
screwed together and should then be
painted all over to make it more dura-
5le. a number of one-half inch holes
should be drilled in the bottom. thus
allowing the excess water to run out
and prevent rotting the plants and
box
Having completed the bare box. 1t
may be trimmed TO suit the fancy of
the maker. The design shown in Fig
is very simple and easy to construct
but may be replaced with panel or
other design. One form of panel de
sign Is shown in Fig 8
Trimming having too rough 4 sur
face will be found unsuitable for this
work. as it is difficult to fasten and can
not be split as well as smooth trimming
It Should be cut the proper length
before being split and should be fast
ened on with brads The half-round
hoops of barrels will be found very
useful in trimming. especially for fill
ing-in purposes, and by using them the
operation of splitting IS avoided After
the box is trimmed. the rustic work
should be varnished in order to thor
oughly preserve it, as well as improve
its appearance.
The Lamar register., 1907-04-24
SETTING OUT TREES.
Yearly Practice Of Planting Trees a
Coed One.

On our farm We have made 1t
practice every spring to set out some
trees We choose this season of the
year because We have had better sue
cess in getting them to grow than we
have by planting them in the fall. This
holds good not only with forest trees.
but also with fruit trees and even
strawberries.
OF late years Te have been putting
our trees along the highway and now
We have some beautiful trees growing
there. Some OF those We set our first
are now six or seven inches in diane
ter, having made this growth in the
last Is years. And these. too. being
hard or sugar naples. have grown as
slowly as any trees, almost, that one
might choose TO set out In our state.
New York. writes Z. l.. Vincent in
Farmers Review, there is state
law providing for certain tax deduc-
tons for setting out trees along the
highway. but we have never taken ad-
vantage of it. being very well satisfied
with the added beauty, as well as the
prospective usefulness to us of the
trees.
Not far from our place there is a
farm with so many trees of the variety
mentioned. the sugar naples. along
the road that the owner can tap quite
a sugar orchard right there il he
wishes to. The trees have gained a
good size now. so that they would not
be materially injured by careful tap
ping. There is this great advantage
in sugar bush of this sort. II is
easy of access. One need not travel
around over rough roads to do the
work. 1t is always neat and clean and
the work OF gathering the sap is not
hard. Some day We will all pay more
attention TO this matter of setting out
trees than We do now. and 1t will be
great thing for the country when We
do
The Lamar register., 1907-04-24
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RUSTIC WINDOW BOX.
Ornamental and Useful Article to
sesuthy Horne

Instead of using al ordinary green
painted window box why not make an
artistic one in which the color does
not clash with the plants contained in
ii. but rather harInoaizes with them
and brings out the beauty of the foil
age to the most advantage. asks q
writer in Popular Mechanics
.sach window box can be made by
anyone having usual mechanical sbil-
ity and will furnish more opportunities
for artistic and original design than
many other articles Of more compli-
Gated construction
The box proper should be made a
little shorter than the length of the
window to allow for the extra space
taken up in trimming and should be
nearly equal in width to the sill. as
shown in Fig / II the sill is inclined,
The Lamar register., 1907-04-24
SHOWED NOBILITY OF SOUL.
Poor Mans Remarkable Fortitude in
Face Of Gloom.

For real. whole-souled optimism In
Che face of gloom. submission to APP
n,reut defeat OF noble aims and sun
.hininess of disposition when every
turn of fortunes wheel means loss,
give me the old paper man / know.
whose wife worked in the washtub
In order to assist him to make both
.odg meet. and who when she lay
dviry cheered her to the last with
,cseaie tales OF the success of his
,recar,ous business on the street cor
per" said a Philadelphia charity work
er The other day. Such devotion /
never saw. The old woman required
40 much of her husbands time and
attention that 1t Is wonder he was
nb.e to earn enough 10 keep his own
,,ody and soul together. to say nothing
of her needs. But he never whimpered.
"He's always been the same the
GOOD wife told me the first day
Scund them In a little room Town
town. Poor soul, she was In the last
The Lamar register., 1907-04-24
NOTES.

The farmer pays the freight" on
the San Jose scales.
Many flower seeds are very small
and will not do well in rough, lumpy
soil.
A new insect-the apple leaf miner,
is getting in its evil work in some
parts of the country.
1t is a mistake to keep food continu.
ally before the hogs after they have
been put on full feed.
No hog can be healthy or produce
meat of the best quality If compelled
to drink putrid water.
Suppose you sit down and tell
us of an industry that will not be
helped along with any help given to
agriculture
Has the winter suggested any new
ideas in household conveniences
How are your women folks cared for
in regard to drying the family wash
ing?
The Lamar register., 1907-04-24
New Explosive of Great Value.

Potasimite is new explosive. per
fected in Monterey. Mexico. and first
used with success upon the construc-
ton of a Mexican Central railroad
branch with wonderful results, for it
is pronounced safer. cheaper and more
powerful than dynamite. Those explo-
sives based upon nitrogen produce a
gas that necessitates abandoning
closed works, such as mine or tun-
mel. during the explosion. and the la
borers can not return to work for a
long time thereafter. depending upon
the facility for carrying off the gas.
Potasimite is said to produce no nox-
ior' gas, the only precaution neces-
cary in its use being that the work
men get out of the way of the flying
particles of blasted rock.
The Lamar register., 1907-04-24

There is no safe method OF deter.
mining the butter qualities of herd
except by testing or churning the milk
of each COW separately. The bulk o.
the milk is not a sure indication. Yer,
often the COW that gives but moder
ate quantity of milk may yield tn,
largest amount of butter. In breedin.
up a herd a knowledge of the charac
teristics of each COW will enable the
dairyman to breed for the best results.
as the superior COWS may be used for
breeding to thoroughbred bulls. 1t
does not pay to keep the calves unless
the merits of their sires and dams are
well known.
The Lamar register., 1907-04-24

The Pennsylvania system is investi.
eating the problem as to how many
miles locomotive should make before
being sent to the shop. irrespective of
whether it is broken down or not. An
expert engineer is studying the prob.
lem and is making exhaustive reports
on the mileage that can be made eco.
nomically by a locomotive before i.
should be sent to the shops for an
overhauling. When this mileage is de.
termfned orders will be issued to send
every engine to the shops when it
makes the specified run. regardless of
its general confederation Trade Re
view
The Lamar register., 1907-04-24
TRACK WAS TOO MARROW.
But the New Conductor Was Going
Over It Anyway.

AN amusing error was made one
day while I was with the Colorado &
Southern" said c. E. Carson. superin.
tendent of the Missouri Pacific.
Business was brisk and we had a
good many extra conductors at work
Arrangements were made to run an
engine and crew out OF Denver one
morning to go to Greeley for train
of potatoes. The conductor, com.
paratively new man. misunderstood
his instructions and called for running
orders to Georgetown instead of Gree
ley The dispatcher. himself unfamil.
lar with the different classes of power
issued the orders as requested.
The conductor then went to the en-.
CINE. The engineer, an old head
glanced oversthe documents and said
That's narrow gauge track up
there. Bill
",All right ole man. responded the
conductor cheer.ly; lets CO.
go? The devil" exclaimed the en-.
giaeer. this is a bro / gauge -ngine.'
Kansas City Star.
The Lamar register., 1907-04-24
KEEPING STEAM UP WITH OIL.
An Entirely Different Job from Firing
Locomotive with Coal.

Firing locomotive with oil is a
very different matter from firing with
coal In Texas on account OF the
Iox cos. of fuel oil many lines burn
it in their engines
THE oil is stored in tanks in the
tender and enters the hrebox below
the door" writes a Texas firemon in
the Locomotive Firemen's Magazine.
A small pipe called the atomizer con
meets with the oil pipe just as it
reaches the firebox, which sprays the
oil evenly all over the firebox. which
is lined with fire brick.
THE fireman has five valves to op-
erate-the oil valve. to regulate the
supply OF oil; the atomizer. TO spray
II. the heater. which heats the oil
in the tank; the superheater. which
heats the pipes connecting tank with
firebox. and the blower. which must
be worked a little when steam is
shut of to create draught enough to
keep oil burning
Firing an oil burner is very par
ticuIar job. The operation OF the oil
valve and the atomizer must CORE
spond at all times with the amount
of work an engine is doing: not
enough fire starts an engine leaking,
and too much oil makes black smoke,
gums up the fiues and makes less
steam.
1t is then up to the fireman to
get down on the deck and fill up a
funnel with sand to clean the fues-
By putting the end of the funnel into
a hole in the frebox door the sand
is drawn through the fiues and out the
stack.
"Ffremen on helpers and yard en-
gines prefer coal, as it requires less
watching. but on through freight.
especially on the heavy hills, oil is
all right The engineer can drop her
down a notch or so. and just as quick
" can the fireman give her little
more oil and the atomizer.
The hardest work an oil burner
fireman does is to take water. 1t is
not a dirty job. either. but / have
never seen a fireman wearing a white
collar. 1t is all he can do to keep
clean overalls. The pay was just the
same as for the coal burners in that
locality.
In reference to hiring experienced
The Lamar register., 1907-04-24

stages OF consumption, but as cheer
full as her husband was The day be-
fore her death she asked him: How
are you making out. John? Still hold
ing your trade? All. poor John, you've
had a hard time with your old WON
an. and it's been hard for me to
see you spending your money for med
icines and food that | could do with
out II | was well; but. never mind
John; God will reward you for It
all
John suppressed his tears. which
| could not do. It's all right, wife.
for as long as you can be comfortable
and / can keep well enough peddling
my papers. neither of us shall want
Well. the fact was that John had
not a dollar left when | came upon
the scene. He had told his sick
wife this same story again and again.
Every cent he had earned had gone
for invalid comforts and the cost of
prescriptions. Indeed. just ar
rived in time to save the woman from
learning the truth. On the day she
died she told me that John had been
able to earn more during her illness
than they had both previously earn
The Lamar register., 1907-04-24

elm boards four inches wide and -
inches long come out from the inside
of these standards so they will form
:. spring not too stiff. Be sure to place
them in the mortised hole firmly. Now,
explains The Farmer. make iron hold
ers as shown in cut from three-eighth
inch round rod is inches long. Curve
the ends SO they will hold one-halt
inch below hem of sack. Use a fat
clip to hold iron arm on spring stand
ard. Plane off all sharp edges from
woodwork
The Lamar register., 1907-04-24

Colts are too valuable now to take
any chances with the mare about to
foal. Working her moderately won't
do any harm, but don't put her to
heavy draught work. Give her some
bran, with some chopped feed occa
sionally. Keep her at night in a
stall by herself, and don't turn her
out in icy yards. or with other horses
where she is liable to be hurt By Z
Eck
The Lamar register., 1907-04-24

ed together-'that was when / could
work at the washtub, you know she
explained. She fingered until the sun
sank in the west and with its last
CLINT on the horizon her spirit depart
ed. l shall never forget the fortitude
of that old man, nor shall / ever lose
the inspiration OF his unselfish deyo-
ton. He had lied to her. 1t is true,
lied to her to whom he had always
confided his secrets, but the reveal.
ton of the secret that he carried
about with him while she lay Ill
unto death he forbore to make. lest
she should be retarded in the recoy.
cry he prayed might come to her.
Even to me he did not utter one
single complaint
He is still selling his papers, and,
what is more. insists on sharing his
profits with our society. Only an in.
cident in the lives of the very poor.
but one that reaches the hearts of
those who know their struggles and
their victories. Need / add that this
old hero shall not be left alone to
suffer when he. too. will be called
upon to fight his battle against the
grim reaper?"
The Lamar register., 1907-04-24

1t takes about one-fourth pound of
digestible protein. one pound carbo-
hydrates and one and one-fourth
ounces of fat over and above the main
tenance ration to produce five pounds
of four per cent milk. Remember that
different lots Of the same kind of feed
vary in quality. The feeder must
watch the individual animal to get the
best results
The Lamar register., 1907-04-24

The dairy farmer and the creamery
man must pull together. The farmer
must present his product at the cream
cry in the best possible condition. and
the creamery man must have his end
Of the business well in hand Coopera-
tive creameries are profitable only to
the extent of painstaking cooperation
of all parties concerned.
The Lamar register., 1907-04-24

The present year sees the tercen-
tenary of the Introduction of forks
into France and England from Italy.
Think of it; 800 years old, And most
OF our brethren of to-day continue to
be sword swallowers.
The Lamar register., 1907-04-24
er.pared Chick Food Useful.

y I keep the chicks dry and warm
kWhen they are "a hours old. feed few
Ntry bread crumbs and after they are
three days old feed good prepared
chick food until two or three weeks
old. then give cracked corn and wheat
plenty of fresh water and milk ] give
sour milk, as that gives them good
appetite.
The Lamar register., 1907-04-24

With British capital and British en-
gineers China will now build the Can
ton-Hong Kong railway. 1t is expected
that it will be completed in three
years, and will eventually connect with
the Hankow-Canton trunk line.
The Lamar register., 1907-04-24
Would Be Ia.,i wo.,d

all the erurgy that is spent in
Worry ard com LIANT were directed
toward Taking other people happy
what Gear. lilly. silly. splendid ole
world 1t would be
The Lamar register., 1907-04-24
HANDY SACK HOLDER.
viii Really Hold the Mouth of tire
Sack Open.

Take a heavy piece of plank 32xIa
X. This should be a good solid piece
without any cracks in it. Now NOR
tise two holes four inches long across
the plank 20 inches apart. Now nail
or bolt cross plank inside the holes.
Make spring standards from cak or
The Lamar register., 1907-04-24

ditions have grown steadily worse. and
plague has broken out in one or two
Of the provinces The sufferers are
huddled together in thousands in the
! CAMPS.
The Lamar register., 1907-04-24
Seek Aid of the World.

Determined efforts are now being
made TO enlist the sympathy of the
world with the suffering. ignorant
peasants. and emissaries have been
sent to this and other countries. VI.
Shiskoff. who is in America to enlist
aid. says that IS will save the life of
an adult and that s. will keep a child
from dying.
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9ohter.
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mittel. ein3uaeben, tpeltes iein 2eben
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Rehien. unb Qunaenleioen bon 80. Is.
peters Mpotbete. preis SOC unb 81.
probef1oids fra. Sn peters Npo-
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