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Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-09
APPLE RAISING ON THE FARM
Trees Are More Safely Set In Late
Thorough TiIIage Is High
ly Recommended.

A gentle eastern or northeastern
slope, as a rule, is the most desirable
for the orchard site, but this may vary
in different apple sections.
Soils such as are found in timber
regions afford the best results, but
outside Of such districts clayey loan
having free surface and subsoil drain
age are best.
Well rotted barnyard manure is the
most valuable for apple orchards. The
next best fertilizer is crops of red
clover grown among trees and allowed
to fall and rot on the ground or fire.
Quently turned and reseeded.
Thorough surface filth is required
to obtain best results in the orchard,
and when needing fertility the land
should be properly manfred
Trees are more safely set in the late
winter. They should be strong and Wig
orous. one or two years old, having a
well developed root system, and at
time of setting their tops should be
cut back to the height at which the
main branches of the future top is to
be formed. All broken and mutilated
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-09

roots should be cut back to sound
wood. For easy planting open out a
deep furrow with two horse pillow
along the line where the rows are to
be made and cross check at the dis
lance apart at which the trees are to
stand At the crosses level off the
ground at the bottom of the furrow to
receive the tree with it's roots in nat
ural position and fill in the dirt among
them well and tramp down, leaning
the tree slightly to the southwest
Thorough tillage with a cultiyator
during the growing season is recon-
mended, and blowing the, land each
spring, turning it at alternate years
toward the trees.
Prune each year in early spring be-
fore growth starts, removing all
cross branches, and thinning out
where too densely grown, so as to bal
ance the tops and afford free air cir
culation and admit sunlight to all
parts of the tree.
All classes, summer, autumn and
winter apples must be carefully picked
without loOSen1ng the stems from the
fruit; handled carefully to avoid
bruises or breakage of the skin, and
placed under protection from sun and
wind until final disposition is made of
them Apples for home use should be
stored in some place where the tenn
perature should BE- kept as low as pos
sible without danger of frost.
Summer and autumn sorts, If for
market, require an immediate dis
position, as they are quickly perish
able. Winter varieties may be held
for while during glut in the mar
ket and in seasons of a shortage gen
orally. At other times it is a ques-
ton of good business policy for the
producer to consider well the best
way Of disposing of his crop.-U. S.
Bulletin 113.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-09
!! FILLING THE SOUTHERN sILo
Southern Dairyman Has for Years
Harvested 80 Tons Of Green For
age Crops to the Acre.

dairyman in southern Virginia,
who has for many years been building
up the fertility of his land and at the
same time endeavoring to ascertain
the limit of productivity with forage
crops on his place, has for several
years been harvesting fully 80 tons of
green forage crops to the acre, using
no fertilizer save stable manure,
Of which he uses liberal quantity
each year.
This farmer has IL acres under cul-
tivation from every acre of which
he takes two crops yearly. Wheat is
sown in the fall and put into the silo
the following May; corn is sown in
June and put into the silo the follow
ing October. He sows two bushels of
wheat to the acre in four successive
sowings, about week apart, and
plants corn in the same way, SO that
the crops are ready for the silo one
after the other and not all together
There are two silos of 125 tons each
capacity on the place and both are
filled to the top annually. The owner
estimates that it costs him 81 to grow
an acre of wheat for silage and So to
put it into the silo. His wheat was
so dense and tall last season that he
could cut only 16-inch swath at each
clip. Corn costs Sc per acre to grow
and So to put it into the silo. This
makes both, wheat and corn in the
silo cost less than 81 per ton.
Cowpeas are sown on the land
from which the earliest corn is taken,
usually by the goth of August, and
gives three crops on the land for the
year.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-09
Homemade Fire Engine.

Gin centrifugal pumps, and will make
a speed of eight miles an hour. These
machines carry 53feet of 21a-in. sue
,tion hose and 500 feet of 2-in. pres
sure horse, and will throw water rs
feet. The pump is belted from the fly
wheel to the engine. The drive trans
mission is by belts to countershaft
and from the countershaft to each OF
the rear wheels. There is no reverse
gear, as the machine is sufficiently
light TO be backed up by hand if nee
essary The frame is made of by g.
inch timber, mounted on three wheels
the steering being done by the single
forward wheel.
The apparatus has apparently been
satisfactory, as the builder and de-
signer means to build two more OF
them this winter.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-09
Weights for Feed Lot.

In selecting size and weight for the
feed lot, want the pig to weigh at
least $50 pounds. At that time l be-
gin to feed early corn, and my expert
ence with early corn has been very
satisfactory, says writer in an ex-
change. OF course, | sometimes use
small grain and find that get better
results when / grind 1t and feed it
eth a little milk. have cement
feeding floor on the south side of my
hog house, on which'I do my feeding.
This gives the hogs nice, clean place
in which they can clean up all Of the
feed. | use straw for bedding. as |
believe it is the best continue feed
ing these 1o0-pound porkers until they
reach 225 pounds or whereabouts. My
experience shows that this weight is
the best time to sell in order to get
the most out of my feed
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-09
HINTS FOR THE HOUSEWIFE.

An idea worth passing on is to have
large safety pin fastened to the
outside of piece bags and whenever
new piece or pieces are added to
it put sample in the safety pin. SO
that a glance will tell what pieces
are in the bag, much time will be
saved in rummaging and disarrang-
ing the pieces.
1t is good plan to have silks,
woolens and cotton pieces by them
selves. After washing and drying
wooden blankets, beat with a carpet
beater and they will renew the light
and fluffy look that they had when
new.
Moisten grease spots with cold wa
ter as soon as possible. it keeps the
grease from soaking into the wood.
Soda sprinkled on to grease spots
with little warm water before scrub
bling aids the removing process.
Milk that is scorched need not be
thrown away, but If set into cold
water in clean dish, in short
while the scorched taste will disap-
pear.
A good way to warm rolls is to lay
them in a clean cloth in collander
and place over steam on the teakettle.
Small pieces of toilet soap IL kept
in a glass jar, can be made into soap
jelly by boiling with soft water This
jelly is nice soap for washing the
hair.
Sour milk is a good mild silver
cleaner. Place the silver in the milk
and let stand for an hour, then wash
in hot soapsuds.
If one has small closet partitioned
off in the cellar with a window for
ventilation. vegetables and fruits of
all kinds may be kept indefinitely.
If windows stick and are hard to open,
grease the cord with little oil and
pour a little around the window
frame.
If a small piece of zinc is burned
in stoves and furnaces the SCOT will
not form in the pipes or chimneys.
If blood stains get on wooden cloth,
rub while fresh with dry starch. this
absorbs the blood without leaving a
trace.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-09
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|E51yl1HS.

The busy hen is the hen that lays
the most eggs.
The alfalfa must be pastured for
the first season
Corn silage is not considered a very
good feed for hogs or horses.
All dead or decaying trees should
be removed from the orchard.
Manure may be procured readily
and economically by raising stock.
The most essential part OF poultry
management IL knowing how to feed.
Cattle are. fed cottonseed meal
more literally In the south than In
the north.
Scientists now agree that farm ami
mails should have all the water they
win drink
Alfalfa viii produce more digesti-
Bile nutrients per acre than any other
agricultural crop.
1t is easily possible 70 treat milk or
factory by-products 80 AZ 70 render
them positively safe.
The plan of having breeding pen
from which to select eggs for hatch
ing is very good enc.
There is little or no danger from
cows consuming the Irvine used for
binding the corn in silage.
If cabbages are fed to dairy cows
after milking. they will not faint the
milk, as happens when they are fed
before milking.
The nitrogen and humus content OF
the soil may be improved by the grow
ing and blowing under OF leguminous
crops, clover, cowpeas, etc.
Fruit will not keep fresh, palatable
or fit for human food in a cellar that
is Uttered with all kinds of rotten or
decaying fruit and vegetables.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-09
FIRE ENGINE FOR THE FARM
Big California Land Organization Has
Three Motor Propelled Machines
for Protection.

A mechanic in the employ of Cali
fornia land organization, having 22,-
600 acres of land on which are IS sets
of farm buildings, all of which are To-
Gated either on the river or the irriga-
ton canal. has built three self-pro-
PEELED fire engines for their protection.
All their outfits are of the same de-
sign, but the first built has an engine
Of only 2-hp. capacity, 17s-in. cen
trifugal pump, and can make but three
miles an hour.
The second and third machines built
have engines capable of more power,
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-09
Georgia Peach Belt.

/ have had the opportunity to visit
the peach belt in Georgia While |
looked over thousands of acres in
peach trees around Fort Valley was
very much surprised, says writer in
an exchange. ] found the growers
with small acreages are really making
the most money, while some of the
largest growers orchards do not pay.
Before went there had an idea that
the big fish would eat the little ones,
but after that visit felt sure the lit
tie fish would eat the big ones.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-09

for the males of some breeds will not
mate with more than one female.
Geese do not require elaborate water
ing places, but plenty OF good, pure
drinking water is necessary. A few
waste acres may be devoted protitabIy
to their needs.
The cost of feed for geese is small,
compared with that for other market
fowls. Geese live on forage and in
sects, and other vegetable and animal
matter, from early spring until late
fall. Goslings require four or i've
weeks feeding and attention before
they can be turned out to forage for
themselves. Feeding is necessary
again just before turning the young
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-09
BIG PROFIT IN GEESE
Eggs, Alone, Bring Good Prices
For Matching.
Then There is the Meat and Feathers
to Sell on Ready Markets-There
is But Little Waste. in
These Foraglng Fowls.

Raising geese can be made very
profitable for small, independent en-
terprise. They respond well to fair
treatment and yield better returns
than any other kind Of fowls. says T..
E. Schreiner, superintendent OF the
poultry plant at the Kansas State Ag-
ricultural college.
Four or five trios--a male and two
females--to the quarter section. should
be kept over during the winter. This,
Of course, depends upon the breeds,
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-09
SOME USES FOR SOUR CREAM.

There are not many who have never
tried it would believe that sour cream
makes a delicious white sauce to
serve with Goldfish. Prepare the white
sauce just as usual, using the cream
instead of the milk.
Sour cream, If not too old. makes
a delicious dressing for shredded cab
bage. Add little sugar and vinegar
and pour over the cabbage.
Sour cream makes fine shortening.
for spice cake and for small cup
cakes, to be baked in gem pans.
Sour cream pie is one that is hard
to beat. Use the cream, raisins and
eggs and bake with two crusts.
Sour cream makes the best shorten
ing for doughnuts. as they do not dry
out as soon as when baking powder
and sweet milk are used
Sour Cream Dressing.-Beat half
pint of sour cream with an egg beat
er until smooth, thick and light. Mix
two tablespoonful of lemon juice, two
of vinegar, a. teaspoonful of salt a
tablespoonful of sugar and pinch of
mustard and pepper. ana add to the
cream. beating all the while.
This dressing may be modified to
suit different vegetables. Any season
ing may be added that is desired.
Onion juice. nutmeg, catsup or any
different flavor liked
Sour cream and nuts with brown
sugar boiled together makes a deli
cious filling.
Sour cream stirred or beaten until
butter comes will give fresh lump
of pure, sweet butter. of which many
are so fond.
Cookies of all kinds are improved
by using sour cream to shorten them.
Sour cream added to cream cheese
or cottage cheese adds to it's palata-
bility.
Sour cream dressing is liked by
many used on sliced cucumbers. This
is simply sour cream with little salt.
pepper and sugar added.
IekAI zzs-7<4.sN-.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-09

Toulouse geese will do well on dry
land. The adults OF this breed gen
orally weigh from eighteen to TWEEN
ty-fiye pounds Geese will not do we'll
ii confined closely. A corral or a
low shed with open sides should be
provided for shutting them in at
night.
Wolves and turtles are enemies OF
geese. Turtles attack the gcslings
and wolves eat the adults. Wolves
bother only when the geese are ar
lowed to remain out in the pastures
over night. Goslings use little dis
elimination in choosing a~place t.
swim. The remote mudhole abound
ing in turtles will likely attract them.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-09
Danger in Corn Ration.

Prof. James E. Rice, in his Cornell
reading course for farmers, says:
Corn is an excellent grain 1t is. per-
haps, the grain, most relished by fowls.
Therein lies the danger Fowls eat it
so greedily that, it being fattening
God, they are likely to become over
Mt, If it is fed too freely"
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-09
JAPANESE UD0 SALAD PLANT
Something on Order of chicory, With
White Sprouts and Of Extra
ordinary Flavor.

This Illustration is from a photo
graph Of Japanese udo, salad plant
of extraordinary favor and quality.
This plant is something on the order
OF chicory and sprouts are pure white,
and almost as tender as young aspara-
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-09

A divorced woman in Missouri has
a right to be kissed. for judge says
SO from the bench. This we should
regard as one of the inalienabls rights
of any unmarried woman. no matter
by what method unmarried.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-09
What Holds Egg Average Down.

The old hen, the carelessly inbred
hen, the mongrel without weil-bred
ancestry. keep the egg production of
this country down to rs eggs average
per year. A little more care in feed
ing and breeding would double this.
and double the revenue from the poul
try yards of this country.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-09

A medical journal says that women
are justified in using paint and pow
der. Very graceful of the medical
scurnai. IL view of the fact that they
will continue to use them whether
they are justified or not
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-09

A Chicago University professor says
there is more romance in marriages
at seventy than at twenty. The Os-
lerian theory has been fiercely at
lacked. but it is hardly necessary to
10 the other extreme and make gay
rios and ardent Romeos OF sep
Aarians
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-09

Signs of an ancient race have been
discovered on an island in the mid
Pacific, skeleton with necklace of
human teeth being one of the finds. 1t
was doubtless that of prehistoric
dentist.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-09

A wife suing for tW enty- eight years
alimony. places her claim at $12 a
week. Her recreznt spouse now finds
that harmony in the home at nothing
a year would have been far less ex
pensive.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-09

A New Jersey boarder who showed
fight to his landlady and was dubbed
into submission with chicken was
sent to Jail He deserved his fate for
causing such tragic hiatus in the
menu.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-09

Certain scientists advocate the use
of the surgeons knife to reform bad
boys, but good old fashioned session
In the woodshed is worth more than a
beance on the operating table.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-09

The navy is evidently in earnest in
sirable men in its service. 1t has just
issued an order putting the ban on
chewing gum
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-09

We see by the papers that a New
York bride is spending her honey
moon learning how to run dairy
farm. The damsers heart is full of
the milk of human kindness.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-09

A Washington telephone girl re-
Gently married London banker. With
her 1t was rapid transit from ring
off" to ring on"
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-09

You don't hear tobacco declers join
ing in the laugh at the expense of
those large hearted women who buy
Christmas cigars for their husbands.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-09

Mr.. Edison says that soon the new
iy-weds need not pay out $3.50 on the
lnstallment plan for furniture but can
get their concrete outfit for 5000. Still
Oh the installment plan?
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-09

Down in Georgia judge has decid-
ed that it is crime to kill baseball
umpire. 1t seems q rather decent
thing to decide.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-09

London is to have new hotel con-
tanning 1000 rooms, and it is promised
that no tipping will be permitted. Re-
serve your rooms early.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-09

why do beautiful women marry
hgly mem" asks a contemporary. Pos
sibly because they believe that hand.
some is as handsome does.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-09

Kipling gets one dollar a word for
Every word he writes He should
write at least ten words before break
fast.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-09

New York asks every citizen to be
enough Of sport to clean five and
'ne-third inches of snow off his side
walk.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-09

Mr.. Edison is producing all kinds Of
concreted furniture except mattresses.
Thus far concrete mattresses have not
been wei received.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-09

A scientist tells us that turkey will
be extinct within the next ten years.
From the looks of things in Europe. so
will Turkey.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-09

Maryland has revived the old Gus
tom of whipping wife heaters. A lit
tie whipping now and then will often
cure the worst of men.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-09

German women are seriously recon-
mending compulsory military service
fo the sex. Sometimes it does seem
as If war was hardly worth while.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-09

A Philadelphia man has bee. arrest
ed for talking back" to his wife He
ought to be tried for lunacy.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-09

Having discovered that 1t is posi-
Die to live without butter. some indig-
aant persons are doing It,
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-09

The son of the Gaekwar of Baroda
says he has no inclination to marry an
american girl Congratulations. girls.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-09

Men are increasing faster than wom-
en- in this country.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-09

Most People Can't Set Them.
1--WE would willingly have others
perfect andsyet we amend not our own
faults. Thomas a Kempis.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-09

A flying lifeboat for aviators is now
planned Completely to defy the ele-
ments, 1t should be made fireproof
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-09

An American miner killed seventeen
s,exican bandits single-handed He
could hire out to almost any nation.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-09

If there were no wars in the world.
what would the newspaper paragraph
ers do for material?
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-09
UieKT'FGHEN

LIANT blessings. blessings VI

LIANT blessings. blessings will
bloom;
Plant hate and hate will grow:
You can SOW today, tomorrow will bring
me blossoms that prove what sort OF
thing
is the seed, the seed you SOW
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-09

gus 1t possesses a slightly bitter
tinge which is greatly relished by
most people. 1t is easy to cultivate,
and should have a place in every wo-
mans garden.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-09
The Great Ambition,

All the worlds stage, and all the
men and women are busy trying to
get plays accepted for production.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-09
Automatic

Automatic.
Most of us forget rather than for
give because it is easier.-Puck.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-09
TRENGTH for today. is al

AS there never will be tomorrow;
For tomorrow will prove but another day.
Each. with its measure Of sorrow.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-09
In Praise Of Frusality.

Men know not how great revenue
frugality is.''-Cicero.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1912-05-23
Dixon on the Draw,

Draw poker is fine game. full Of
skill and science, and the man who
knows what to draw to and when to
do it is the fellow who gets the
money. Harris Dixon. the author. was
explaining one day that every man
who makes practice of trying to I'LL
a four-card flush is doomed to bank
ruptcy.
There is no use talking" said
Dixon. Drawing to q four-fiush IL
bad business. knew an old man
down In Mississippi, who lost three
plantations drawing to them. Two OF
the plantations he lost by drawing
and never filing the flush and he
threw away the third by finally max.
ing the flush against full Rouse
Popular Magazine.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1912-05-23
He'll Know Soon ENOUGH.

There's one thing sure, anyhow:
taxes can't be higher this year than
they were last year"
paid yours YETI"
Not yet"
well. 1t would be pity to wake
you up, Keep on dreaming = little
while longer, old chap"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1912-05-23

Just put yourself in your enemuA
place and you win stop abusing hin