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The National tribune., 1911-04-27
THREE SYSTEM S OF PLANTING.

make full use of it while the orchard
| is young. BY covering permanent
squares into temporary quincunxes
Can arrangement of things by fives in
a square or rectangle, one being
placed at each corner aTlAone in the
middle), VIC secure an iSsI plan for
double planting; thus by{pIanting our
/ filler at the intersection of the dag
onals of Il 40-foot square with the
central tree standing about 2S feet
from the permanent trees. This Is an
almost ideal distance for apple trees
for the first 10 or 15 years of their
bearing stage. This system of plant
ing is not confined to the apple, how
ever. but may be employed with other
fruits as we'll. The practice of mix
ing different kinds of fruit trees in
the same block is never advisa BILE;
the filler should always be of the same
kind of fruit as the permanent trees:
il is usually a different and quicker
bearing variety.
In septIple planting. the trees form
equiia teral triangleS. The chief claim
made for this method is that tho trees
are more evenly distributed than by
any other-every tree being equidis-
tant from the adjacent member of its
group. Moreover. the trees in one
row alternate with those of the next
which is an advantage in especially
windy locations. Although this sys-
ten does not lend itself readily to
double planting. Yet il does not pro-
hibit it. BY introducing filters in diff
ferent ways, quite a variety of dis
tances can be secured. This also
meets the condition of the home or
chard, inasmuch as We may approXis
ma te~ the ideal distances for the diff
ferent kinds of fruit grown without
modifying the general planting plan.
For example, if apples are planted in
permanent triangles. 40 feet apart,
then by planting an additional tree
in the center of each triangle, We
create a system of smaller triangles
with trees standing approximately 23
feet apart. which is very good dis
tance for standard pears and sweet
cherries.
For plums. peaches and sour cher
ries, an additional tree may be planted
between the corner 40-foot trees,
thus converting the plan into .triangles
with trees standing about 20 feet
apart; or trees may be set in the
center of the 23-foot triangles, giving
a distance of approximately 13 feet
between trees The 20-foot triangles
reduce in the same manner to approx
imately II feet. Thus almost any dis
tance can be secured through these
various methods of reducing the tri-
angle.
Where square planting is adopted.
standard apples should be planted
from 50 to 40 feet apart: dwarf ap-
pies 10 to > feet apart: pears and
cherries, 20 to 25 feet apart: peaches
and plums, ID to 20 feet apart. Some
variations are allowed for differences
of variety of soil conditions.
The National tribune., 1911-04-27
Preserving Soil Fertility.

Farmers Bulletin No. 342, issued
by the L. S. Department of Agricul-
ture, Washington. d. c., discusses
among other things, the conservation
of soil resources, which it character
ICES as zone Of the elemental prob
lens Of modern scientific agriculture. -
The bulletin notes that agricultural
operations in the United States have
taken little heed of the soil inheri-
tance of future generations. For
ests have been destroyed. flood
waters from torrential rains and melt
ing SHOWS have swept away the soil.
leaving bare rocks behind or soil
robbed of plant food. Poor Cultiva-
ton has rivaled dcforestation as a
soil destroyer. Not only has the soil
suffered from erosion by rain, but
from drifting by winds. so that at
the present time the problem of con-
serving what is left of the natural re-
sources of the soil is of great eco
nomic significance"
The agricultural experiment stations
have given attention to soil building.
and also TO scientific conservation of
the natural resources of the soil.
The bulletin considers methods of
preventing soil washing, such as en-
banking. tile drainage. deep culture,
subsoiling, soddinG, and planting to
crops. The reclamation of washed
soils is considered. Terracing is
highly commended for hillside farm
ing.
Methods are also discussed for the
prevention of the drifting OF soil
under the influence of winds. Among
the methods advised are frequent ro-
tation in long. narrow lands, increas-
ing the water-holding power of the
soil. leaving the ground uneven after
seeding. the preservation of wooded
belts in north and south strips. and
the planting of windbreaks. Says the
bulletin:
Considered in its general aspects,
the work which the agricultural cX-
pertinent stations have done along the
lines of preventing the washing and
drifting of soils is of great economic
Significance Means for preventing
the further waste of the natural re-
sources of the soil have been discov-
cred. If these principles are put into
practice, large tracts of land now use
less can he brought under cultivation.
and If these lands are worked in ac-
Cordancc with methods of restoring
and maintaining soil fertility. which
the experiment stations and this de-
partment have discovered and pub
lished. the extent of the wealth-pro-
ducing power thus conserved to the
farmers or the United States viii be
The National tribune., 1911-04-27

The progressive bee keeper will find
it to his profit to subscribe for at
least one journal devoted to bee keep
ing. Several of these are published
in the United States. The names and
addresses of such journals may usu-
ally be obtained from a subscription
agent for periodicals, or from a sup
ply dealer.
IT will also be advantageous TO read
and study books on bee keeping, of
which several are published in this
country. These are advertised in
journals devoted to bee keeping, or
may usually be obtained through the
local book dealers or through dealers
in bee keepers supplies. ..
There are several publications of
the Department OF Agriculture which
are of interest to bee keepers, and
new ones are added as fast as the diff
ferent lines of investigation arc COM
pleted.
Write to your member of Congress
or to the Secretary of Agriculture,
Washington, d. G., for FarInres' Bull
letin, No. 397, entitled Bees The
Department also publishes several
bulletins for which a small charge is
made. q list of which will be sent
on application.
The National tribune., 1911-04-27
Gossip About Geese.

Geese are long-lived birds. They
retain their laying and. hatchine
qualities through life, says 1.-THE
Feather" which makes them a bird
of profit. They attain great age;
birds of 40 are by no means rare
while those of 20 are often seen. The
ganders, however, should not be KEEP;
beyond two or three years. as they
become quarrelsome and unproductive
after that age. In mating, there
should be one gander for every three
or four geese. Geese should be
plucked about three times a year, and
should yield an average of one pound
of feathers for each bird. The feth-
ers should be plucked when there is
no blood in the ends of the quills, or
when the feathers come off without
hard pulling, Almost all varieties of
geese are good sitters and need only
ordinary precautions in setting them
to insure favorable results. After
laying n dozen eggs they feather their
nests in manner almost jdentical
to that employed by their wild con-
geners, and at once commence the
duties of incubation. After a few
days trial the eggs may be given the
sitter. and little care is needed for
the next month. during which she will
sit quietly. provided she is not too
much annoyed and interfered with.
The National tribune., 1911-04-27
Bees and Honey.

If honey bees were better under
stood. there would be more swarms
kept on the farm. which would mean
more honey produced, and in turn,
more and better sweets for the chill
dren and grown folks.
Those WHO have made Il life study
of honey, find that it is a pre-
digested food which cannot be imi-
tate d, and under the Pure Food Law
mus not be adulterated. All sugar
that is taken into the body must be
converted into grape-sugar before ii
can be digested. making it a tax on
the digestive system, but honey is one
of the purest forms of inverted sugar,
and will consequently yield more
nourishing elements than cane or
beet sugar.
1t is now conceded that bees arc a
great help in horticulture or fruit
growing in that they greatly aid in
the perfect and proper fertilizing of
the bloom: there are other insects
that do this, but as bees come through
the Winter in colonies in great num-
hers, they are so much more numer-
Gus in early Spring that they are the
greatest aids in this work.
The National tribune., 1911-04-27
Eggs for HatcllinE.

An eggshell is porous, so the egg
is constantly cooperating. Conse-
quentIy the germ is gradually weak
ening from day to day until there is
not enough strength left for the chick
to be able TO help himself out OF the
she'll. If you wish to be convinced
of this for yourself, 1 would suggest
that you try it. Take, for instance,
a sitting hen, pat under one egg that
has just been laid and still warm.
then take two eggs that are q week
old, and then two two weeks old, two
three weeks old. and SO on until you
have reached the sixth week, which
will give you 1S eggs Mark the
dates on these eggs, and when the
time comes for them to hatch keep
close watch, and you will find that
the egg that never got cold will be
the first to hatch. and so on through
the different ages, and if the oldest
eggs hatch at all, they will always be
behind the rest, and will die sooner
or later before they are weaned. So
one must guard against setting
eggs that are too old. I find it Il
Eery good practice to date the eggs
as | bring them in, and then / am able
to distinguish the new from the old.
even if they are all put together, and
il you want the best results do not set
eggs more than Is or 20 days old. 1t
is time and money thrown away. I
know if we would pay more atten-
ton to the selection of eggs for hatch
ing, we would hear less complaint Of
poor hatches.-A. i. Van Der Wort.
The National tribune., 1911-04-27
MORPHINE RELIEVED PAIN---THE GREAT
KIDNEY REMEDY RESTORES
TO HEALTH.

For the past few years ! suffered
greatly from what three physicians
fcalled neuralgia of the stomach. The
doctors treated me without any sue
cess and | called in Il fourth doctor.
who pronounced my disease gall
stones. / suffered intense pain. and
the only relief the doctor could give
me was Dy injections of morphine. [
was SO completely discouraged that I
had almost given up hope when q
neighbor told me about DIR. Kilmer's
Swamp Root. | decided TO try il and
began its use at once. and after taking
nine bottles was completely cured. not
having Il spell OF sickness in over two
years.
have so much confidence in
swamp Root that / never fail to rec
ommend it to my friends vino may
have kidney trouble OF any kind. I
feel certain that. DIR. Kilmer's Swamp
Root saved my life, why should it not
do likewise to others who take it in
time.
You are at liberty to use this tey-
timOny at any time.
Yours truly.
MRS. ELLA HENRI,
SIC Schaefer ave
Kansas City. NJ
County of Jackson } &C
State of Missouri
On the 2Sth day of July, 4. u. 1909,
personally appeared before m No
tary Public within and for said Coun-
y and State. Mrs. Ella Henry. who
subscribed the above statement and
made oath that the same is true.
HENRY c. EMERY.
Notary Public.
The National tribune., 1911-04-27

Bee culture is the means of obtain
ing for human use n natural product
which is abundant in almost all parts
of the country, and which would be
lost to us were it not for the honey
bee.
Bee keeping is extremely fascinat-
ing to the majority Of people as a
pastime, furnishing outdoor exercise
as well as intimacy with an insect
whose activity has been a subject of
absorbing study from the earliest
times. II has the advantage of being
a recreation which pays its own way
and often produces no mean profit.
When necessary bees may be kept
on house tops, in the back part of city
lots, in the woods. or i'll many other
places where the ideal conditions are
not found. AS A matter of fact. few
spiaries arc perfectly located: never
theless. the location should be care
fully planned. especially when II large
number of colonies are kept primarily
for profit
There are several manufacturers of
supplies in this country who can fur
nish almost anything desired by the
bee keeper. Some of them have
agents in various parts OF the country
from whom supplies may be pur-
chased.
The National tribune., 1911-04-27
Florida Products.

CFrom the New York Grocery Worldly
Florida oranges are drawing near
the end of their season, but will come
along yet for two or three weeks. CAL
ifornia oranges are coming poor and
are selling rather cheaply. In conse-
quence Floridas are somewhat dull.
Ordinary fruit ranges from s1.7o to
So.15 and Indian Rivers will bring 81.
The first full car of strawberries
reached the Philadelphia market dur
ing the week. Florida berries aver
age 20 cents per quart. and are not
very good. South Carolinas range
from IS to So cents. Strawberries are
wanted.
Florida striug beans range from
s2.75 TO $3.50 per crate, which is Il
very fairspricc. New limas (improved)
range from s3 to $3.50. Fancy beans
are wanted.
Florida cucumbers are cheap-S1.50
to So per crate. a few dollhouse cues
are about. averaging 81 per dozen. The
demand for cucumbers is good.
Florida tomatoes have advanced,
and the range is now $3.50 to $3.50.
Even this is comparatively low. Tho
Florida season is approaching its end,
and growers have the supply moro
thoroly in hand. Tomatoes will short
y begin to arrive from other sections.
The National tribune., 1911-04-27
y Destructive Animal.

The brown or Norway rat is the
worst mammal pest in the United
States. the losses from its dcprcda-
tons amounting to many millions of
dollars yearly-to more. probably.
than the losses from all other iniuri-
Gus mammals combined. Several
species of rats are known as house
rats, including the black rat. the roof
rat, and the brown rat. OF these, the
last-thc Norway-is the commonest
and most widespread III this country.
Not one Of these species is a native.
but all were imported from the old
World. In addition to its destructive
habits, this rat is now known to be
an active agent in disseminating in
fecttous diseases, fact which renders
measures for its destruction doubly
important. Persons interested in this
subject should send for Farmers Bull
'lctin No. 367, How to Destroy Rats
Department of Agriculture, Washing
ton, ID. 6.
The National tribune., 1911-04-27
For Better Food.

Prof. II. W. Wiley was born on Il
farm in Indiana. His parents were
poor He studied between chores at
home, and then at the district school.
Entering college, he boarded himself,
taking the food from his home once
a week in a sack on his shoulders.
He lived for four years exclusively
on cornmeal mush, boiled potatoes.
bread and molasSes. He never owned
an overcOat. He never piticd himself.
He led his classes in both studies and
athletics throughout the course.
When he graduated he was con&id-
cred one of the best Latin and Greek
scholars that the college had ever
turned out. Since completing further
study. both in America and Europe.
and now as Chief of the L. S. Bureau
of Chemistry, he has rendered the
country invaluable service in the in
tcrest OF pure foods. AS author, and
lecturer he has added much to the
worlds stock OF knowledge. His case
is orfe Of many showing what can be
accomplished by courage and deter
mined effort. And row he stands be-
fore kings in honor. and We buy
canned goods in confidence.
The National tribune., 1911-04-27
Fare to Florida.

A comrade at Unionville, Conn.
asks us to give him the fare from New
York TO st. Andrews Bay and also 20
St. Cloud. For his benefit and for
Others of our New England friends will
say that Florida is available from
North Atlantic States by both rail and
steamship. The fare from Boston is
about s35; from Portland. Me, S37.
from New York. s31. and from Phila-
delphia, SIS, to both towns. Steam
ships are operated from Boston, Prov
idence, New York, Philadelphia and
Baltimore to jacksonville. Fla, where
connection is made with trains for
beth St Andrews Bay and st. C.vud.
BY rail the route 10 Florida from New
England points is via Washington. On
the first and third Tuesdays in each
month of 1911 to November the home
seekers rate to Florida points is s25
for the round trip.
The National tribune., 1911-04-27

1t will pay anyone raising fruit to
have bees if none are kept near them,
just to pollenize the bloom. even if
one never got any other profit from
the bees; yet the pollenizing of fruit
bloom is not all that may be gained
from bee keeping, when properly
managed.
Bees can be handled as safely as
chickens, if only due precautions will
be taken. The first of these is to Sc
cure q gentle strain. as the Italians
Having secured swarm of good
yellow Italians, do not get the no.
ton that you will display your skill
in handling bees to your admiring
friends, but buy a bee veil and wear
it at first, and until YOU become ac-
customed TO a few punctures of your
skin wear pair Of glaves with long
cloth gauntlets.
The choice of hive, while inpor
tant. is usually given undue promi-
nence. in books on bees. In actual
practice. experienced bee keepers with
different sizes and makes OF hives
under similar conditions do not find
as. much difference in their honey
crop as one would be led to believe
from the various published accounts.
A blind Inan, Francis Huber, a
Swiss, laid the foundation for the
present scientific knowledge of bees,
and his works are still an authority.
4, If blind man can handle and study
bees. the average man possessing his
eyesight ought TO be able TO do So
1t is better 10 begin on small
scale. make the bees pay for them
selves and for all apparatus. as well
as some profit, and gradually toN in
crease as far as local conditions or
the desires of the individual permit.
The National tribune., 1911-04-27

omitted. lie finds in condensed sem
tences the doings of Congress and the
important things of the world. and
keeps better posted asIto real happep-
lilss than the1avcrage city reader, Who
often studies the baseball and other
sporting pages, the frivolitics of so-
cicty. the stock market, or other
special features, and il he has time
left may look oNerN the telegraphic
news, TO which it is regretted the
chief space is given up to crime and
mlshap. Hereafter The National Trib-
une will not only continue to give
its readers the features for which it
is famous, but several additional at
fractions. including farm and garden
information. condensed from thu find
ings OF the United States Department
of Agriculture and various Stale Ex-
pertinent Stations
The National tribune., 1911-04-27
In DAYS To Como.

We arc just entering upon the day
Of large things in railroad matters.
We have heretofore had excuse for
public neglect in this. In the years
that arc gone, it was more important
that We should have railroads than
that they should be regulated. Hith-
crto there has been no science of rail-
roading, nor of railroad law, nor of
government. But a science of rail
reading, and Of its law and govern
mcnt Is slowly aud haltingly being
worked out, and in Il few years hence
We may confidently hope that rail-
roads viii be as completely and sue
ccssfully subjected to governmental
control as banks and life insurance
companies are today: and that the
railroads will then serve the public
as profitably to themselves and as
satisfactorily to the people as banks
and insurance companies now do.
The National tribune., 1911-04-27
The Best Varieties of Fruits for tho
United States.

The Catalogue of Fruits of the
American Pathological Society" di-
Yides the United States into horticul-
tural districts, and each district in
cludes States or parts of States hav-
ing approximately similar conditions
of soil and climate This catalogue
is the work Of the leading expert
Pomologists.
The National Tribune will print week
by week the varieties adapted to these
various districts, beginning with Flor
ida Gin which State many of our read
ers are interested), and those parts of
Alabama, Mississippi. Louisiana and
Texas bordering on the Gulf of Mex
leo.
Apples: Red June, Taunton, Iopp.
The National tribune., 1911-04-27

Pears: Kieffer. CARRIER, lie Conte,
Smith. Howell, Lawrence.
Plums: Abundance. Burbank, Cha
bot. Excelsior.
Peaches: Amelia. Bidwell Early
Bidwell Late, Early China. Galveston
Honey. Peen-to. Srsquehanna, Waldo
Grapes: Herbemont, Lenoir, Ca
tawba. Niagara, James.
Strawberries: Early - Thompson
Michel. Crescent. Sharp
less, Wilson. Brandywinc, Hoffman,
Late-Gandy.
Blackberries: LuCrctia DcTberry.
ounces: Champion.
Kumquats: Marumi.
Lemons: Belair. Villa Franco.
Lines: Rangpur. Tahiti.
Nandarins: King. SatSuma.
Pomelos (grapefruiD: Pcrnambu-
CO. Mammoth, Blood.
Sweet Oranges: Centennial. Hart,
Jaffa. Jaffa Blood, Majorca.
Figs: Black Ischia, Celestial. Lem
on. Mission. Turkey. Refine Blanche.
GuaYas: Common.
Japanese Persimmons: Tanenashi,
Okamc.
PineappIes: Abachi. Cayenne. Egyp-
tian, Pcrnambuco, Red Spanish.
Pomcgranates: Purple, Sweet.
The National tribune., 1911-04-27

Somcrvillc County, Tex. This acre
made Is bushels of corn. strawberry
variety; deep sand with red clay sub
soil; rows. three feet wide: corn, two
feet in drill; good stand; plowed -four
times with single stock with shovel
on, with the calf. Say they viii do
better next year. They could not get
any better facilities for cultivating
their corn, 50 they improvised some.
The Yields did not compare with those
in other sections of the work, because
of the extreme dry weather prevailing
last season in west Texas. altho their
Yield was about the average per acre
of that State for the last 10 years
the work of men,
The National tribune., 1911-04-27
The Country Life.

Cities arc trying in artificial ways
10 provide their youth with the good
things which abound and arc as free
as air to the child whose home is in
tho country. Conversely. the resident
in the country frequently assumes
that the opportunities available to
him are inferior 10 those of his city
bred cousin. This is a mistake. The
The National tribune., 1911-04-27
Letter 10
DR.. kilm-r & Go.
Binghamtou, N. Y.
Prove What Swamp. Root viii Do For You

Send to DIR. Kilrner & Co, Bing-
hamton. y. Y, for a sample bottle. 1t
will convince anyone. You viii also
receives Il booklet Cf valuable infor-
nation, telling all about the kidneys
and bladder. When writing, be sure
and mention the Washington WeeklN-
National Tribune. Regular fifty-cent
and one-dollar size bottles for sale at
all druS SstOres.
The National tribune., 1911-04-27
The Weekly Papcr.

The farmer may not have a daily
paper on his table, but he has The
National Tribune and his County
weekly. The city reader picks up his
daily TO note under flash headings a
murder trial, a scandal or divorce in
high life. to which columns of nause-
ating details are given. while III The
National Tribune, the farmer gets all
matters of interest-with padded stuff
The National tribune., 1911-04-27
Two Small BOYS and n Calf.

This is William Bert Armstrong and
his brother, Robert Lee, with their
calf starting to the field in their cart
to gather William Berts acre of corn.
These boys worked their acre of corn
with this calf with a single stock with
shovel on. William Bert is / l years
old and Robert Lee is . years old.
Their post Office is Georges Creek,
The National tribune., 1911-04-27

country provides n hundred whole
some Influences which are lacking in
the city. The country home may take
to itself much of the good which the
city offers and omit the evil and Cs-
cape tho slums. Both city and coun-
try,-depend upon the farm for their
strong. energetic and capable men.
The vigor of the cities is supplemented
and rcplenishcd by the sons and
daughters who arc brought up in the
wholesome surroundings of country