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will. The offspring Of the hill is al
most certain to produce a certain per-
centage of small tubers, but We may
count upon it that 1t will produce a
lesser percentage of small tubers than
the average hill.
What q farmer should do at potato
digging time is to dig a fair-sized
patch, leaving each hill by itself.
After the patch is dug he should care
fully go over the patch and select out
those hills that have few tubers OF
good size.
The tubers from those hills should
be sacked by themselves and laid
away for seed for the year following.
If he is particular he may not be able
to find more than ten hills to his Hk-
ing.
In the springtime these should be
treated by themselves and planted in
a separate patch. The second years
product from the ten hills will be suf-
flcient to plant quite piece OF
ground, perhaps as much as the farm
err desires.
If the farmer wants to follow a
method even better and more accurate
than this, he should plant each Of the
ten hills in little plat by itself.
This requires that each hill Will be
sacked separately at planting time. II
the ten plants show up of about equal
value and all good, it is not necessary
to keep them longer separate, but the
product of the ten plats may be
sacked together and saved to plant
the main patch the year following.
If two or three of the ten plats are
off. these should be discarded and the
good plats saved
If an occasional farmer follows the
method here laid out, he will soon
find that his neighbors will be after
him for seed and they will be willing
to pay him bonus for them
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value OF manure from different ami.
mails fed different feeding stuffs. Let
us take corn silage. corn stover, and
corn meal.
Corn silage contains ! pound OF
phosphoric acid, 49, pounds Of nitro.
gen and 81 pounds of potassium; corn
slower, 3S pounds of phosphoric acid,
6.1 pounds Of nitrogen, and 1913 pounds
of potassium; and corn meal Ga
pounds Of phosphorlc acid, 14.7 pounds
of nitrogen and Al pounds of potas'
stun per 1000 pounds Of the respect
i've feeding stuffs.
Counting the value of nitrogen at Is
cents per pound, phosphoric acid at
5 cents, and potassium at cents per
pound, we find the value of the ma.
silage Is $2.02S, of ton of corn slower.
S3.666, or more than the usual price
of the corn stover In certain sections,
and OF ton of corn meal, $685..
If ton OF corn silage be fed to n
fattening steer, he will return in ma
nure SIG pounds of nitrogen and 4.69
pounds of phosphoric acid and potas-
SUM. The value of these constituents
is $172. The same feed fed to q COW
in milk would return in the manure
$40 pounds of nitrogen and 80 pounds
of phosphoric acid and potassium. In
this case, the value OF the manurial
constituents amounts to sl.3S.
The value of the constituents from a
sheep fed the same amount would be
Sill
While the steer returns 22G per
cent of the nitrogen in his solid drop
pings, the sheep returns only 1871 per
per cent and the COW 49,. per cent,
People sometimes argue that the
manure from the dairy cow is richer
than that from the steer. So It will
be II the COW Is fed feeds. such as
oil meal, cottonseed meal. bran, al
falfa and clover hay, which are high
in fertilizing constituents and the
steer Is forced to feed on such as
! timothy hay and corn slower, which
are low in these constituents. An ar
gument is also put up that sheep ma.
nure Is of greater value than manure
from the steer. This Is true because
the manure from the sheep contains
more dry matter.
In 1000 pounds of fresh solid cow
manure there are 100 pounds Of dry
matter There are 420 pounds Of dry
matter In an equal amount of fresh
sheep manure.
OF the dry matter in the cows ma
nure Is per cent Is nitrogen and 1.5
per cent. is phosphorlc acid. OF the
dry matter In sleeps manure, It's
per cent. is nitrogen and LAP per
cent is phosphoric acid. Accord.
ing to these figures, 1t would appear
that the dry matter In the cows ma.
nure was at least as valuable as that
from the sheep. Fresh sheep manure
Is higher in dry matter, and thus rich,
er in the fertilizlng constituents than
the manure from the steer or COW, but
this Is compensated for by the fact
that for 100 pounds Of dry matter in
the feed the COW excgetes 3S4 pounds
of fresh manure and the sheep only
1873 pounds, or not more than half az
much fresh manure.
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Simplest Way of All.

The following story the Saturday
Evening Post says is told of Col.
George w. Goethals, who at the time
1t took place was an instructor in en-
cheering at West Point.
One day, in a recitation he gave out
this question to class of cadets:
The poBt flagpole. sixty feet high.
has fallen down. You are ordered by
your commanding officer to put 1t up
again You have under your command
sergeant and ten privates Of the en-
gineer corps. How would you get the
pole back into placer"
Each cadet, after long consideration
and much figuring over the derricks,
blocks, tackle and SO on, evolved a
different method.
NO." said Goethals, you are all
wrong. You would simply say: Ser
geant. put up that hagpole!
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Antidruduery CLUB.

Six women in Chicago have organ
lied club TO lessen household cares.
The club is the possessor of an cleo
trio vacuum cleaner, one electric wash
ing machine. two electric irons and d
fan for drying the washing.
The only dues are those required for
the upkeep Of these labor savers, and
this amount has been estimated to be
about three cents week. The initia-
ton fee consists of the price of the ap.
paratus divided into six equal parts.
The members arrange their work SO
that a small boy may take the appara.
tus around to each in turn. They live
in one neighborhood, SO the affair is
easily arranged How PRACTICAL, how
easily the idea could be explained to
take in any number of housekeepers
What help 1t would be in solving the
servant problem Club
Woman.
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BETTER HOMES
FOR THE FARMS
The Department of Agriculture
Establishes a Branch for
Informat ton on House.
hold Topics.

Secretary Wilson of the department
of agriculture has always recognized
the influence for good farming which
flows from an attractive farm house,
and has developed branch of the de-
partment which, through its CORE
spondence and its publications, has
become bureau of information on
household topics. Bulletins on SUBJ
jects relating to food and to home
making have been prepared which
have had a circulation of more than
100000 copies. One of these, The
Economic Use of Meat in the Home,
reached an edition of million and a
half copies. At the same time this
branch of the department has given
special attention to agricultural edu-
cation, assisting states to plan and or
ganize schools, to secure teachers, and
to prepare courses.
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CANADA'S PROSPERITY.

The New York Times Of March %,
1912, In an article dealing with Cana
da's progress. says:
AT the present moment eight ship
loads of European immigrants are
afloat for Canada, while there are
signs that the outward movement
which is customary with us during
labor troubles will be marked this
year. There Ia no such startling rec
ord Of our loss to Canada. Our citi-
zens quietly slip over the border in
groups OF trainloads, but their going
is not advertised.
There is no mystery why Canada
is the good thing the United States
used to be. 1t is because Canada is
following In its neighbor's footsteps
that 1t is repeating the fortunate ex-
perience which its nelghbor IL envy
ing, even while deliberately turning
its back on the teachings Of the past.
A fortnight ago the Dominion budget
speech reported the unprecedented
surplus of $39,000,000 and on Thurs
day the Government passed through
the Committee on Supply credits Of
$3s,00O,o00 for railways and canals.
With this assistance the railways
themselves are both enabled and COM
PEELED to Increase their facilities. Ac-
cordingly we find a single road allot-
ting ten millions for work Of its own.
Naturally the Canadian newspapers
contain announcements calling for
fifty thousand men for construction
work. This influx Is apart from those
Americans who go with money In their
pockets obtained by cashing in their
high-priced American lands.
"A st. Paul dispatch says that with
In a fortnight two thousand carloads
of farm animals and machinery have
passed toward Canada, the property
of men who expect to pay for their
farms with the first crop"
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WATER REQUIRED
BY DAIRY COW
Should BE Pure and Fresh and
Easy of Access to Animal
In Pasture and TN
Barnyard.

Inasmuch as 1t has been proven by
actual experiments that the average
COW will drink 1000 pounds of water
a month, great care should be ex-
erciged to provide her with water.
That is true enough, but there are two
other points that need to be also In.
cluded.
1. This water should be pure. I'm
pure water is just as hurtful to the
health and vigor Of COW as 1t is to a
human being. 1t produces disease just
the same. 1t reduces the amount of
milk the COW would naturally give.
2. The water should be easy of ac-
cess for the COW, both In the pasture
and the harnyard. With a large herd
of cows, say 30 to 80, 1t is a good plan
10 have two or three watering tanks
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One OF the characteristic state.
ments made by Prof G. G. Humphrey
of the College OF Agriculture in his
lecture on dairy cattle Is Every up
todate dalryman keeps daily record
OF his milk and knows the test of
each individual COW This Is the ba.
sis for economical feeding and for
raising the standard OF excellence in
the dairy herd"
Here is a grain ration fed 10 the
dairy calves in the university herd; II
was recommended on the trip by
Prof Humphrey: Whole oats. five
parts; wheat bran, three pars; corn
meal, one part; oil meal. one part.
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More and better live stock" is the
slogan that Is going to make Wiscon-
sin a more famous live stock state
than it now is-and that Is saying a
good deal. The live stock special
train run recently by the Live Stock
Breeders Association and the Agricul-
tural College accomplished wonders.
A carload of animals was taken
through the counties in southern and
eastern Wisconsin. At each stop the
animals were unloaded and lectures
were given before the large crowds Of
farmers who attended Each lecturer
illustrated his points with live ami.
mails.
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The table shows that a fattening
steer returns in the excrement over
SO per cent. Of the fertilizing mate
rial in his feed, while the calf only
about 80 per cent of the nitrogen and
As per cent of the ash in it's ration.
1t should also be noticed that over
three times as much of the nitrogen
(the most valuable element) appears
In the urine as appears in the solid
excrement. The wisdom and economy
of preserving as much of the liquid
manure OF the farm animals as posi-
BILE is very forcefully illustrated In the
above table.
1t Is interesting to estimate the
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BY Prof. J. r. TORMEY.
isconsin College Of Agriculture.


The manurial value of any fertiliz-
ing substance depends upon the
amounts of fertilizing constituents the
material contains. The most common
constituents that are generally re-
quired to replete soils worn out or ex-
hausted through cropping ere nitrogen,
phosphoric acid. and potassium.
Cash values are placed upon these
constituents and the market value Of
any commercial fertilizer is based
upon the amount of these constituents
that is found In the fertilizer
The value Of nitrogen IN fertiliz-
err is 10 cents per pound; of phosphor-
ic acid, 5 cents per pound and of pot
ash, cents per pound.
Feeds vary In the amounts of these
various constituents and the amounts
Of the different constituents appearing
in the manure of animals depends prl-
marily upon the amounts of the con-
stituents in the feeding stuff upon
which the animal was fed. Animals
fed for different purposes reserve diff
ferent amounts Of the fertilizing con-
stituents for various purposes, and
consequently void varying amounts.
For example, the growing calf will
keep more of the nitrogen for tissue
building purposes and somewhat more
of the phosphoric acid and potassium
as mineral constituents for building
purposes The dairy COW utilzes quite
large amount of material in milk
production. The fat steer voids in his
manure larger percentage o. fertil-
izing constituents than either the calf
or the dairy COW, because he has his
body all built and is storing fat, which
does not contain any Of the three ele-
ments found in our fertilizing mate
rial.
The following table from Henry's
Feeds and Feeding" serves to show
the amount of fertilizing material ex-
creted by the various animals.
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Queer Way of Elshlna.

A curious mode of fishing is In
vogue at Cochin, South India, The
large nets are let down into the wa
ter on bamboo cranes and then sud
denly holsted Up by means of an ar
rangement OF weights and pulleys.
The catch principally consists of large
prawns. The fishermen arc of low
caste, known as Malars. They eat
pork, and each man has small plot
OF rice by the riverside which pro-
vides him with sustenance when the
fishing Ii sleck.---Wide World Maya
elmo.
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have an operation. Iwould not listen to
that, and when friend of my husband
told him about Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound and what it had done
for his wife, l was willing to take it.
Now look the picture of health and feel
like it, too. / can do my own hcusework,
hoe my garden, and milk a COW. / can
entertain company and enjoy them. I
can visit when choose, and walk as far
as any ordinary woman, any day in the
month. l wish | could talk to every
suffering woman and girl. Mrs. DEMA
BETnUNE, Sikeston, Mo.
Murrayville, Ill.--"I have taken Ly-
dia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
for very bad case of female trouble
and it made me a we'll woman. My
health was all broken down, the doctors
said must have an operation, and was
ready to go to the hospital, but dreadedit
so that began taking your Compound.
l got along so well that gave up the
doctors and was saved from the opera
ton. Mrs. CHARLES MOORE, K. r.
No. 3, Murrayville, III.
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By PROF. L. r. wALDRoN. North Da-

(By PROF. L. r. WALDRON, North Da-
kota)
1t is a common belief that II we
purchase variety of potatoes from a
scotsman that we have secured just
II the scotsman is reliable, he will
send potatoes that are uniform in
color, depth of eyes, earliness OF ma
turing, and other qualities. But I'M
less these particular potatoes have
been pedigreed, then We have not re-
ceived one thing but many.
The farmer can demonstrate this
fact to his own satisfaction. At dig
ging time let him lay off portion OF
row containing 100 hills. In order
to show this, each hill must have
come from only one piece of seed.
The 100 hills are dug and the tubers
of each hill are kept by themselves
on top of the hill. The products Of
the 100 hills are now ready to be
studied.
At first glance the hills may appear
to run very uniformly A little closer
view will reveal tie fact that about
the only thing that is uniform is that
they are all potatoes. The first hill
has one large one, two medium-sized
ones and half-a-dozen small ones. The
next hill has one medium-sized one
and several small ones. Perhaps the
next hill has three or four good-sized
ones. Another hill has a solitary
tuber but of good size. Perhaps an
other hill has nothing but little runts
Thus it goes through the 100 hills.
The ordinary farmer will pick up the
tubers from all of the hills and put
them all together. He does this COM
placently and with satisfaction. His
fathers did it before him and all OF
his neighbors do it. Why should not
he?
Late in winter, when he begins to
read the seed catalogs, he wonders
why on earth, or under it, he cannot
raise such splendid crops Of potatoes
as he sees pictured. Now, that is the
point | am getting at; our variety is
not unit.
close study might reveal the presence
of at least ten strains or varieties. in
stead of the one that We thought we
had.
The hill that bore the little runts
has the runt character as a habit 1t
is going to persist for years, and every
time we plant seed of that strain we
will know to certainty that we will
harvest little potatoes.
The hill that produces one or two
large and several small ones, is CON-
mon feature of potato fields.
The hill that bore three or four
good-sized tubers is the one to fasten
our eyes on. That is the hill that has
ability and the one that we should get
next to.
We will assume that we have three
.ubers to every hill and that the total
weight of the three tubers is one and
one-half pounds. There is nothing alb
surd in this, for often an individual
tuber will weigh more.
We will further assume that our
rows are three and one-half feet apart
and that our hills are two feet apart
In the row. This is open planting
probably more open than Is commonly
practiced.
At this rate of planting there will
be 6,200 hills per acre, assuming near
ly perfect stand With one and one
half pounds per hill, we would have a
field Of 1855 bushels per acre, yield
farmers.
Now it may be that the hill with
the three or four good tubers will not
breed true, but the chances are that 1t
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Wnmrn and Economy.

Mrs. Pearl White OF Michigan, writ
ing to Farm and Home, has this to
say on the subject of women prac-
ticing false economy: MANY a wom-
an will walk half a mile or more to
borrow pattern that is not even the
right size. trusting to her ingenuity
and good sense to make 1t IT. but the
chances are that the time alone which
she could save would more than equal
the 10-cent expenditure for a new pat
tern, besides securing better At and
style. and considerable saving OF
neryeg."
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II was Welsh minister who Do
scribed the devil to little ccnsregar
ton in remote Welsh -a!iey. Said
the minister:
"The devil is bound round the mid
die with chains. and round the arms
with chains and round tho legs with
chains. But John JONES'" pointing To-
a man in the front row. he can reach
you; and you. David Evans" pointing
to ono In the middle row. "he can
reach you. and" pointing to one at
the back. John Williams. he can
reach you"
And then a man in the gallery call
ed out, why, he might as we'll be-
loose London Globe.
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in the yard, where the cows are wa.
tered out of doors. 1t Is worth while
also to have man remain in the yard
while they are drinking, to drive the
master cows away from the tanks as
soon as they have drunk their fill. In
turning cows out to drink. It is a good
plan to first turn out the underlings
and the most timid ones, giving them
plenty of time to get what water they
want undisturbed. Lots Of money can
be lost with herd Of cows by being
Indifferent or careless on this water
question
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Substitute for Third Degree.

A New York dentist advocates
laughing gas as substitute for the
police third degree. He believes that
this. the least dangerous of anesthet.
les, lays open what already is in the
mind, unconscious Of the search for
its secrets. He believes that II a
man who has committed a serious
crime should be questioned about II
during certain stage of recovery
from nitrous oxide, or laughing gas
anaesthesia, he would not only reply
and truthfully, but half minute later
he would realize fully what he had
said.
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a "CussU Word,

And why" asks the minister of his
deacon. with whom he Is playing golf.
do you exclaim 'Gatun!' every time
you make poor drive or miss the
ball?"
We'll, you're along" explains the
deacon land 'Gatun is about the big
gest dam | know Of"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-05-30
Sheep Remove Bushes.

Is the farm growing up to brush in
the pastures? Invest in n few sheep.
They can cut the bushes cheaper than
you can do it, and will make the land
richer wherever they go.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-05-30
An Old Neiuhborhood.

"You live in an old, retired neigh.
borhood don't you?"
Yes, indeed. Every one OF our
neighbors has long since got over the
idea that he can save money by rails
ing his own chickens"
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Keep Best Lambs.

Do not allow any dealer to sort out
the best lambs, leaving you the culls.
1t would be better to sell all Of them
at once, at figure that will be fair
for you and the dealer, too.
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Cause of Cheesy Taste.

The cheesy taste of butter % due to
lack Of thoroughness in washing and
removing the buttermilk Butter will
not keep we'll If any Of the brttermilk
remains.
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On the Train.

mercy. Laura. what do you mean
by beginning to write just as soon as
the train pulls out?"
"Oh, I'm just writing a post card to
my husband, telling him we arrived
safely"
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Eradicate Weeds.

Troublesome weeds or grass of al.
most any kind may be gotten rid OF
by scattering rock salt plentifully on
It. The stock will eat it Off close
every time It comes up. and tramp It
out.
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Coles Carbolsalve quickly relieves and
cures burning, itching and torturinR skin
diseases. II instantly stops the pain OF
burns, Cures without scars. 25c and Soc
by druggists. For free sample write to
j. w. Cole & Co, Black River Falls, Wis
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In,portapt TO Mothers
As to Coping.

Drink Is the worst evil with which
we have to cope"
Yes, and isn't 1t remarkable that
so many people insist on coping with
1t regularly"
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or five days at a time
every month, and so
weak l could hardly
walk. / cramped and
had backache and
headache, and was
80 nervous and weak
that | dreaded to see
anyone or have any
one movein thereon.
The doctors gave me
medicine to ease me
said that | ought tn
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shouldn't try again, even though at
first you do succeed.
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There is very little fighting done in
the world, considering the number OF
men who go around with chips on
their shoulders.
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Beware Of Springs sudden changes: keep
Garfield Tea at hand. Drink hot on retiring.
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The chronic borrower discovers that
como people are 80 close you can't
lnnch them.
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German silver is an alloy of nickel.
copper and zinc.
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The most stubborn costiveness yields
gently and naturally, TO the persuasive action
OF Garfield Tea.
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WOMEN SHOULD
Be Protected
Against So Many Surgical OPP
erations. How Mrs. Bethune
and Mrs. Moore Escaped.

Sikeston, Mo- For seven years Isuf-
ferod everything. | was in bed for four
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-04-12

Coed IN 0iseeNtent.
plecoutent u there 10 . reason ~
4 y q hopeful and useful sign.