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Mus,pdrtige martte.
ResSerf, IL. Gttober.

e A@. SAtUbtks
Neil Bufutr 20,0l2 8bls., B.rfanSt
II, 495 DblS.-- Der Uarit mar bsute fef.
Spring yatent $4.60-4.90, Dinter Straibst
4.40-4.60, sBinter $atents $4.70-5.l6
Gyrins clears $4.25-i.50, 8inter ertra,
10. / A.10--4.20, ao. 2 DO. $4.0O-4.10
4anias Straisbts $4.15-4.25.
nsaaenmebt sar beute feR. 6air
bisautes $3.80-4.00, &siee bic fanes 44.05
-@.lO.
BuSsa,enmstl II aetis " 32.2s
Der loo yfanS fair bis sutes sass -
5.l6, &siee biz ianes $5.0o-5.25.
NaisMe5l III rubis. 6einss seiSes
xnb setbes $l.s0-l.65, srsbes $l.6s--i.6o,
4ilnSreb $4.15.
1nAS eiaen nsminen. 1nsriean S5e
anl Eanastan 63e c. I. I. NeS Osrt.
Nslssn III ftetis. Ns. 0ekern Csc
Ct. I. 0afals.
Oeske il tetis. Ral,ssree 90 - 20
{. II. DxHals.
Deils n.-8ufstr 274,s00 1s., Bsrfanbl
48. 600 Ax. 9earlt iif itarf. ne. rsttel
seuer TOTE. 1. f.sim eIebator snb l061<,
II. 81 f4sinnsnb. Ks. 4 KsrttsrR Oxlatt
lOl1ze. Z. -. i6ntmsieHA.
0eN 4sssM-0sfsbr II, 6,760, HerianS,
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1dgli@er Weartt. Dert1t.

sinstnnati. H. oitobsr 1912.
I'd nur ssa suf anaros Transaltisn.a s,i
iI,iner,u 0efMdfteu uere.u etpas tSker.
4r,iie b.r,t,uet.
Vssthsntu
Der Rartt sar rubla. bic Vr.ii. H.tiq.
e9@stt |1'"a s'sam zio-i2.2o
tSn.t.r,.ar ., -.
II ;,S chart I.ar s,u.y ,oL 1ons
M.rt ass,ri.it,u 10 IoI<. .r,-, o.;
.i,s, E,;t.n - 1ol, sx.f,.rn - ~
iIs-e N,ni,s "a 1aLr iot, ars
mtbr strbs1t. ~
Uorft i.# sbor,n,r. S;
ten 1aL = 1aiIe ,.r.. S;ns..,.;..a ~
Ist.s ,stro isort eI.or s.s... ss"lI.a", Ia",aiI,
e6sitern l2, I--laa|, sns N.l,,s Ia-1I4I,, !,
lsifnns I.e Ter Iinns m,br n.rs,S,
sngar cured : si,iih vearf, a s,t;,
G&iut.u 1917 I7c s,;rr;, shuitsr
I2K - Ia nr.aitas Nrssn On 81
e&ultern 10 - 1oLL N,r nor, Gut sAuI,
tern I2I - "a. trsf.s, H.ef. snist.u
19.OO-2GoO
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES fen
eGiuf,n i4ll 15 Mimi gmuit,rn
lI--IILe H.ni.s 1slI--I7LIe Shnlt,ru
ll-1Ille. N,p osrt Gut eaul,ern liz
-llsIs.
SrifS.sSItii6.-eAinrtu 13LI -13lLe
yienie GauItern Os.-lIl.c. shuItsrn ii !,
-!lke, fbort Nips,rfeit.n Ii lii, ibort
flare Setter 1lII-1iILt ,ytra fborf E,iteu
llA-Ilht. Helii.s 13sI.l5Le per vfuus
H,sf Earsat Io--13e.
m.sI -, @....n.
49,, o.. n:'.~a... ~ ., 100
NeN.- Aeaes DtHter pa1smt s4'o'-o.ou,
tnnt gaae9 s4.oo.ay mlntef Ssmu!
sEua so.o-o.W ero.aa.e'
sIE :, ssn,s a. so co., san,;fs e. an
- os m.o..,r.sI ,or,-.gf,X a.,r;,At.s
Il m r,;n,ss;ts "a T5-.z az o,miih.
t,s "a 30 en- ~, An
= .i,., 1sr,. I,s.c,t ,rs s,.;o 30 t,
,.t.., sa;rt.r Ina iii, o. AZ. 90
loS14e. 10. 4 roti.r 74-9ss Der Bulhel.
0sH 4tsrn. - Narft III rutts nno
piliasr. As. seibet69-69ae, 10. . petses
o81a-o9e, 10. Dsites 63-o7s. No. selbes
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M.tt. - Der Mar,t 1T itsta.. sSistsr
sat.nts ~ 1880, Straisbts s. 10-4. so,
esrins Iatentsft.25--5-5s. 5trais5ts 81. 90
Alb Sat.rs s3.75-4.00
8.t,sn. sir December 923I-931Ic,
am G@lus 1886; fir gtai 96Ts-97I;
am shlub e7As fir 5uli 941s-S4Jf, am
Sdlus 94Ae.
8etfAtsr n. - Sir Sttsser 6356--
64l6e, am ShIut 641.c; fir December 531s
-54s, am shIus 537st; 'ur Tai 523s -
53t, am Shlus 527sc; fir 5uli 525a -
531s, am SdIus 53tse
safe r.-Fir Sttober 32L-325,e, am
Shlub 325se; far December 32sS-38e, am
Shlus 33c;, fir Nai 341t - 3476, am
shLus s47sc, fir sufi 341S-s41ae, am
ShIus 341ac.
Fsaat n.-xs. 2 69-s9lbe.
SerHs. Sat. Jutt.rs.rt. 47-53e,
cute bis dolce Wal3aeras 60-72r.
9imsthsiaam n.u. $500
- 90 Der gentnsr.
aIeeisamen. - $13.o1--1s.o) per
gentuer.
M.issr! - Sl7.37k-17.50. sur OF.
tobsr S17.25 - 17.4O, am ShIss SIT 40
fir Sanunr $l940 - 1878, am stIsb
s1s.75. fir g1a $1,000 - 1920, am
Shlnb $3.50. -5iss.--
S6ms[3.-sll.97IS o per 100 Sfuns. Sir
Sttober sl1-90-11 22hk am nshluS $11 go Il;
iilr DECEMBER &1l. 40-11.6 .62t1 am shIus
sl1.60; fir sauuor sl1.05 - 1l.25, an
shIub sl1.ao; fir Wai s10.521l--10. TN
SfIub slo.7o.
short Atss. It {. n-esfs $l0.62 4
= ll.25 Der 100 gfuas. sar Sftobcr
$l0.s7H-1l.0o, am Shlu5 $ll.07k; fur
San. sl0.271a-l045, am shluS s10.42K;
Ilr Wai $l0071k - 1o.l714, am Shlus
s10.2a%.
SItt ter. - Nsrtt In Rstia. gr.am .riss
24la-29c, Darrs 221aa-27e per yiuns.
eter. - Ttartt il it.tis. 8rif6s 2l -
24e per DRtsxs.
aafs. - Rar.t ia itstis. Sr.an IL
17Lc Der 3Faps
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Sx8er. - vreife it.tia. naf6nirt.r gst
qsaf s.es,, bssberss SIS. eubst 5.7oc,
eranuIateS 5.l5e, GsnFeetisners ~ zoe,
on IL" s. 5.10-5.S0e, neit,r ertra g" soc
--S.o5e. ertra e. 4.s5-E95s, srsiairts
selter 4.T5-4.s0e
MsIaffes IL k.tis. nes Ortesus Os.s
AestIe $3.50, eestifrasat is-ass per
oaGsne.
Aets.-W Wartt ri.mvi5 r.5saft ans a.sis
esai itaaa, Gaaes Hsas az Tie. ptima s
~ srsisArer H-4He. Sspsa lA-3He
per 4fuxs.
Datrt vrsta..
Hutter.-gearst ruhia unb Breife hstia.
| aonss Ersansra 32ke. Greamers frA 81 1ae
b. isesmes 3oe, faxes Dairs 25s Re. 22s
Der yfuRb.
aIf.. - marst astia. D5s Ice, Hsrs-
seSIt&er ls-lSks, xss Dsri l7s, SAnsl-
isr2)--2ie, ~. Grid l6e, esmburssr II u
Der vfnnb
si.r. - Mar,t ,uhis. anssbst sros-
srsiaers frts zoe, fsssass lie per ots
NerluA ab.
osHiset.-- 3ufubr srOter ala bic gad.
yfunb unb baraber l8ke. xnter IN Stun.
AOSg VupHSk AA ~ -AoAt VeeWt Cgntt &bAA'
tiitxsr 12--162r. GxHS 81, seite eHten II
-llc, eeMtfAte liz, o6nfe 7--0e ter Sfuns.
bksn, 0smli:.
1stfsI. - Gaues $2.O0-8.50, auserle.
isne 81. 5O--2 90, anSere 50-75e per 1a.
GitssaeR. Narst itetis. GaltfsrsiA
44.5O-6.OO per Rite.
0rAnae en-. - Narst r1til xss fetig.
eafe 8eleueia $1.50-3.5O per Aifs.
Dirnen - 0artletts SEQ - 800
DutAe1t &S.Oo-8.6O, anbere tl.eo-l.26
Der Dbl.
yfirii@e - euts $l.So = l.75 PEI
Dxfbel.
3u6ermtIsaen. - Anssbot meikent
Colorado Hint GueeHs Az 76-90c ptr fa
MtS Grate bon 12-16 Gtii6.
YfIaaneM - California tl.00 - LII
per Rife.
Cxttten. $4,000 so tr Nuf6el.
@eintraubsH. Gsnfsrb l2xe
Niagara 30 - Csc. per &orb son 8 a,funb
Gatapba 12la - l5c, Dtlopare lSe pei
| Aorb BON ( VfuHb.
AartsffeIa.-Ginbsimif8e q. 2.00-z.2e
tsr Dbl. unb 63- CSC per 1s. aaf BEN 0eIeife
SdttartsffeIH.- Ssrtea 48.2S -
A6Q sisetsis ta.oo-2.2s ler Dbl
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WeN .sn eau surss ju 81 5S ausse.
lieben unb fhlob su So.
yrima esidaftspaplere Sarstm iu p
btSfentirt.
efsrltns ermanae ptllia. Sidjt ~
4.86h snb go Tass GommsrtiaI 8iHs ~
A.5l1a--4.S55s.
Dnnbes. Sbftaattonen pareu f..
tia unb marcen ME rolat austirt;
Der. Staaten Fefanbins 2H l0l : 101 u
~ resihrirts ll9e5) ll3A-il44, Coupons
ll3Az-ll41, 81 rsaifrirte l02H l03,
eenpsns lO2k - l03, Yanama Resifsrsl
~ 1O1-lO1lL
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~ sRrrft IN g,4 axnut a.

- Dn. Nartt iif feif. Grpsrt Ns. Z
59t4s i'm eIesatsr ans 6os 20. b. itpim.
mene.
&afer.- Bufuhr Al, ,175 Bu.. serfsnst
25, ,999 gu. Ttarft lit faum it.tia. stansarb
peiber 391Sc auf benz @.Ieiis, no. p.iser
a9c. SO. 8 39e, no. 4 38e.
feu In ftetig Yrima 12oe, Ns. l 115e,
10. 2 1856, 30. 3 9o-96c.
6stf.n it ft.tid. -stat. srs;rsr.r bis
dolce 1912, 26--33; 1911, 15--2oe; "a.
eiHc GsaH prsinar.r Bis toie. 1912, 1s -
23e; 1911 20--2le.
27Ae, 8osota 271l-28Lc.
4eser III feH. HemloS 27-2e:.
Sort ift feff. 6omils s22. 90 - 1890,
Bert clear $2l.50--24.0o, 1eb s19.25-
1850.
sect it f.a. samila s2l.oo- 2a.oo,
T.i sl7.o)--1S.oo, Daf.s tintsn $500
81 80.
Sat m.sts Hnb f.tia. s.po,elt. Bel.
lies, 10 bis l2 SfD.. IL - lac. b.. s4ul.
terms ta-SAe, b. 9&iat.n lac.
SAmaI3 1T fefter. WtsbI. Bel yrim2
$l2.30-12.4o; NafFnirter if f.ii.r. aonti.
nent $3.50, q. A.3l3.35, gsmpsanb 81
--8ke.
- III HtltG. Ntlua 0Ip 5u b38c,
Ssantrp 6-634e, SpeciaI 7He.
3aumD stlfaamen. Del III itetia.-
Srima rsbes su $4.87-4.97, Srima Ssmm.r
selbts $6.45 $50.
Y.trste II ft.tiI. aaffnirtes
aeS Ysrst3.35, Slilas.lpsit uasbIttim,t.
$8. 35, ~. in Quit $475.
1sll &c ii rubis. Bom.fis Et.se. Dsis
32t.
eart ia 'ietis. etraiu.s, s.sssntiasr
biz sutes 1856.
ferpenti 4 II 1etia ,s Ace.
Seis in fen. - gtabeimifaa 3A--se,
Satna 6Li-6Ae.
Wslaffss in fetig. n.s orteans DS.n
Rettle, snier bis Msice, 37-52c.
9a6er. - Nster III rubis, NxseasaSs
80 fef, 3.61e. centrifugal IS Zen Allie,
NslaFes-3uder 80 Ten 8.38c. @afinirt.r
ii ftetis. Gut esaf 5.70t, Srufh.s 5.60s,
ROuIs ~" S.2sc, gub.s 5.lst. Ssnseres
s.05e SranulateS 4.90t, Diemsns H.,
4.s0e, gsnfertisners II" ATS, 80. 4.s5,
10. 24.Soe, To. s4.75c, 30. 44.70s, 30. 5
4.65, 10. s 4.8)e. 30. 4.55e, 10. s4.50t,
1s.s 4.45e, no. 10 4.40c, Rs. IL 4.35 30.
124.30c. Re. Is 4.23c, r.. II 4.25c.
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- Die biefssn Bansen rnb bic 96rien
bIisbsn am Gamfas lgolumbus.fas) et'
f&IoFsn unb e Hnb bober fsine gsranOsruns
gen In ben 0ustirungtu psu treatas ~ Der.
iei&neu.
BON, Welnn,artte.
eineinnati, ~. ostobsr, 1912.

gineiunati, IL. SHober, 1919.
Die SCI daits paren in Der osrHohsnen
ESode nidt iebr Isb1ait, bod IN 6elo imnser
nod feft. Tarlettn ,on eau" weroen BON
bsn Nanten meiitens gu 80 ausstllepen,
mabrenb geiHdftsyaviere gu 81 oisfons
tirt' purben. Die TatIer plaeirten pri.
pat.aatital su 411-5< 1on sal" nno au1
3eit eu 6-61z%.
aasAfst ssf Rsw Dsss
nurbsn Az pari ,wilAen Hausen berlauft.
Tt. Gsxnterrats betrast 5Os Rrdmit per
$1,000.
fnb miais. Die feIseneeu East,runsen
finb ~ beri6ten:
esnssn, 5 9aae eidt. s4.86H-l.86K per
E, 60 Gage SiHt, S4.621--4.6216 per e /;
paris, fase si6t, 5.l5-5.l6lx Der Hranss;
$lO0 60 Gage Siht, 5l71S-520 8ranss Der
Sl00; fir Dsutfhlanb 4 9aae Sidbt. Wart
s5h-96s<s 30. so Gage siht, 941se.
Documentary 1ias aui eonbon urben III
4.S1L, aaf 6lassop su 4,81 uRs iaf Bel.
iat ~ 4.s0A D.rtauit.
Nsptsa-CBHsstssns1.
r.a5il sns estis. Die raa..n asatirea hi.
eintauf. Esrfauf.
~ 0snSs, 1929 Soup. .ll8A ll4L
81 0snSs, 1918 ...... .l02H lob
- Donbs. 1880. .....l01 lOl
~ Yanamd ..101 lO1 y
NaAAs6ense 9abea. bon I'm bieFsen Narti
bshHbIiAen Dsnes uxS Gttiea stebt Die sIf'
jisHsn Oustiraseen an:
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Metau marft.


NeDt tsrt, II. Sttobtr.
sinn in iauaa 'u s49.25--49S5; aupfs r
N rubig elsctbrslstie s17.62 - 7.87c,
cate $l7.62 1876; eating su sl725-
l7.37. Slei rubia iu $40. Sssltsr rubis
;a $3.50 - 7.S0. eifen mar ftf. sto. l
Gsunsrs Rortb.rn gu 7.50-18.00, Io. /.
bs. ju Sl725-l7.75, Rs, soutberu urS
20. Ssuthern isit ~ .00-lS.50.
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Rinb eb. - Sic 3ufubr pdr siemlid
arob nuo bic Breiie Der beiieren Gualttater
'tetia, pdhreno bic anb.ren Iangiam uuo
iGnah paren. Stoders Ano Jseehers iInp in
;isntliH gutter 0ahfrag. uno ftstig.
6dn.re etisre brattsn $6.50-8.00, ertru
- fanes ...... Cai.n $2.50-s.75
tIeil6erftiere $460-7.75, auserIsiene bis
.rtra SIS 85-7.75, Sei,.rs $3.25-5.75, aus.
.rlsiene bis EXTRA s58s -6.25. tautp $40.
fiite $2.25-485, auserlei.u. bis ertra $500
$50, ganners 81 225-3.75, Gtodsrs ual
Gtehers $4. .50-T00, Sto9.8eifers $425-
500. etod.albs s3.00-4.00.
Bullen. - Die 3ufuhr mar mid: grOl
unb bic greifs itetia.
Rassre rns Isitts s4.00-4.60, 8sIssna
$4.65--5.35, ertrd So. .40-5.50, iette Sua.n
Sc. .0O-5.75 Sseoers $4.25-500.
W | t il BE. - Die Prsiie fur Wilh.
tabs narsu in Der usrHoNsnsu @Oas tstis
bis feit.
Grtra $500, quite bis aus.rI.fen,
$t7.5o-72.5o, Oroindre bis gut. $500
45.0 90. "e
aaibsr. Die aahfrags par b.ut. nur
mabig. uue bic Drsile Tsl.H um 25c per lO0
Bfuno.
crsissre nab srsie s4.5O-1ooo. fair Bic
ssts Isidt. 8.50-l0.25, .rtra $40 so.
adlbsr in ben Rommiifous-S Sduiern. -
6snes 1OI4s, prima bis aussrIsisns 9-s1Se,
srsindrs 5--Ss.
Sdwsiu.- Die 3uiuhr bon Shpei.
men mar bsuts s.rIus uHo bic Vrsiis blisbsr
ifstta
ehp.re $50 pfuno auipdrts s9.2O-9.25,
quite Bis auserlei.at B.rpa6unqs. uno
6leifAerfsrtsn 92o-9 2S, eemif4ts Sersa.
Sunssisrten So 90-9 Is, orsinare bis aus.
srl.i.ns iav.r. istte eSdue So 50-8.35, ertrs
$40 - $50, 6tass $4.50-775, Isiht,
8erianstiorten $3.50 - s.40. Sertsl ben I1C
$funo uns nenia.r 81 .00-7.40.
0AGie a1n ner. - Sdafe ite.
ben um l5--25e aiebriser aIs leste @rts,
2ammer absr limb iteiis.
sdais. grtra $3.50, CUTE Bic aus.
erltien. $500 - $40, srbiudre Bis quite
$l25-2.75, Wuttsrihaie $3.50-4.25.
edmmer. Grtra bradtsn $6.7S, gut,
sic auserI.iene $6.35-6.65 orbindrs biz
fair. $425--615. guus $2.50-4.00.
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Gtieaas, 12. S.tsber 1912

Sseses 81. .85-l1 90, f.ras
6tiere 81 $1,000, peifIi&e Stisre $3.50.
$50. Stsdsrs unb GseSers $4.40 - 7.60.
Ait. ans 6eiiers 81 9o-8 10. Adlber 81. &c
--lO. 80. Martt Iausiam unb fhpah.
6AnsiRe. = eei4ts $8.70 - 9.35, &c.
miiAt. $a.75--9.421s, i&ners So. 60-9. 40,
raube So. 80 - $50, 6ertel $500 - $40.
Marft ftetia uub etpas boter.
66aie uuo edm mlnsr-SAafe: Gin.
seimifGe So 1880. neftIihe $40. IS,
Sdbrlinae $4.25-5.35, eammer /: Sinbeimi.
fAe $4.6O - 6.85, ssftlias $4.75 - 6.95.
Narft itstis.
9ufubr. MiRssiss 1.00o, SADsi1
Z, 900, SAafe nnb 2dmmer .000
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Wiebmdrfte.

gine nnati. IL. Sttobtr.
3uiubr unb Berianbt ui6reno Der oerHof.
f.u.n g8od,, bergIihen nit ben borb.rgeb.us
ben gSphen tparen ipie iolat:
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-12-26
FEET OF DRAFT HORSES.

A draft horse does most Of his hard
work at the walking gait. It is there
fore important that Re should be able
to walk fast without firing. He should
he able to walk four miles an hour
with a load. If his feet are deformed
in any way, whether it be by disease
or hereditary. he cannot do his bes,
work.
The soles Of the feet should turn
up and show the shoes plainly as the
horse moves away from the observer.
The feet should be lifted quickly and
evenly, and be set down squarely and
firmly.
The hoofs should be ample in size,
sound. smooth and symmetrical in
shape. The hoof is continuation of
the skin of the parts above. The
color Of the skin decides the color of
the hoof. Color counts for little.
however. If the hoofs are Of poor
shape and texture. The horn should
be smooth. Waxy looking and FREQ
from cracks or ridges, and the coro-
nets should be open, prominent and
wide at the heels. The sole should be
slightly cupped, not flat or bullying:
the frog large, elastic healthy and
without deep cleft: the bars promi-
nent. Poor fore feet are one of the
commonest and most serious faults
In draft horses.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-12-26
AMONG THE SMALL FRUIT
BUSHES.

With the exception of raspberries
which should be attended to early In
the spring, all the small fruit bushes
should be pruned. sprayed and fer
tilted during the late fall months
This will include the gooseberries cur
rants, blackberries, grape vines, etc.
After all danger of bleeding" s
past, the grape vines should be care
fully pruned and all posts and trell-
ises Strengthened up, which will guard
against doing this work in the spring
at time 1t will damage them. Old
straw or corn stalks make g. good
fertilizer here and then a goodly per
cent of common wood ashes should
be supplied to furnish the desired
muriate Of potash, which will keep
down the too rank growth. thus
guarding against funguous diseases
and rot and giving the fruit an ex-
cellent flavor and good size.
All fruit bushes or orchard trees
that are where the rabbits can reach
them should be wrapped III thick
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the harrow to take chances on by
not doing the work. Heavy winds
which are Of frequent occurrence In
this section of the country, will not
uncover drilled wheat"
| A Pennsylvania farmer says: Drill
ing proves best here"
In Virginia, 80 bushels per acre has
been and is being harvested each year
from broadcasted seed.
In Kentucky drilling is said to have
given far better results than broad
casting.
A Missouri farmer writes: II pre-
more uniformly"
From North Carolina farmer
writes: III the seed Is evenly dis
tributed we think broadcasting best in
the South, as it keeps down all other
vegetation"
On this subject, Professor Massey
says: IF the same amount of seed
could be uniformly distributed over
the whole land. I would decidedly
prefer broadcast sowing to drilling.
But the difficulty is in the distribution,
and have never yet seen a broadcast
seeder that would give the best dis
tribution. I believe the same amount
Of seed would give better results
evenly scattered over the land than
crowded in drill rows with the larger
part of the land bare Of seed. But
until some means for this even dis
tribution is devised the drill will be
the most economical.
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The VALUE or The DRILL IS BEYOND QUESTION

The value of the drill is the ques-
ton most frequent in discussions on
wheat raising. The results of four
years tests in Iowa are found to be
AZ bushels Of winter wheat gain per
acre when the grain was drilled, over
that which was broadcasted This,
figured at 70 cents per ushel, the
average price of wheat for the time
covered by the experiment, shows a
balance Of s2.95 per acre in favor Of
drilling.
The opinion Of farmers in all parts
or the country seems to be about tho
same. when it comes to the value Of
the drill.
rive pecks per acre is the usual
quantity sown when the wheat is
drilled: and six pecks broadcast Ex-
oer1ments seem to Indicate that a
larger quantity Of seed does not in
crease the yield. I prefer drilling to
oroadcast1ng. mainly because it places
tho seed where each kernel will
serminate at once and there is abso-
mlutely no waste of seed. Whether
drilling has any advantage over broad
cast sowing in point of yield seems to
be an unsettled question. but for
series OF years I have no doubt that
drilling would be ahead. The saving
OF from one to two pecks Of seed per
acre, where field of several hundreds
OF acres are common, is a point very
strongly In favor Of drilling. Then,
too, in drilling, the whole operation
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Identification OF AMERICAN
OAK WOODS
BY G. b. SUDWORTH.

The wood users need of a reliable
means of recognizing commercial
woods has become greatly empha-
sized in recent years because of the
enormous demand for standard kinds
and species of woods This increased
use is necessitating, in some cases,
the substitution Of similar or entirely
different woods for many Of the we'll
known and long-used ones, the sup
plies Of which no longer meet the
demand.
as good as standard timbers. while
others are inferior to them. How
ever this may be, the frequent dis
covery by consumers that they have
not received the woods ordered has
led to great many difficulties and to
serious controversies involving ex-
pensive lawsuits.
In many instances manufacturers
believe that in substituting, for ex-
ample, the woods of several different
species of the white oak for that Of
the true white oak, they are doing
no injustice to. purchasers, and this
belief is reasonably supported by
facts. Much depends upon the uses
made of the timber.
No one could deny that for some
purposes the woods Of the con oak,
overcup oak, post oak, bur oak and
swamp white oak are as good as that
of white oak. But the substitution,
for example, of the somewhat similar
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The MOLE KEEPS At WORK ALL WINTER
H.

mole sticks to our lawns ana pafHA
and he is always found in neglected
orchards and natural wood lands
For his permanent Highways ana
home he seeks the higher ana drtsr
spots. If his principal runways are
destroyed by rain or otherwise dam
aged, he patiently reconstructs them.
always making new tunnel under
the old one. sometimes going down g
a depth Of foot or more.
Moles do very little harm 20 the
roots Of grain, grasses or vegetables.
except in pushing the soil aside. ana
they live principally on the white
grub, earth-worms and beetles.
He thus proves himself to be .
friend to mankind, because srubs are
the greatest scourges of grass and
other valuable plant roots. It II hard
to catch moles with traps, except ~
those that are placed on top Of the
ground out Of sight.
They may be poisoned by soaking
grain and vegetables In strychnine.
but experiments show that the best
way to destroy them Is by traps ana
rolling the lawn and ground where
they have made paths, which will dis
courage them and usually cause them
to seek other quarters.
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that OF less rapidly grown one of
the same species.
While the practical woodworker
recognizes the woods with which con-
slant work has made him familiar,
his knowledge Of other woods Is neces-
sarily limited. Confronted with the
necessity OF distinguishing the few
oak woods he knows from a larger
number Of different species, the char
acters he has long and safely relied
upon are often insufficient because
they may be common to the wood Of
some Of the oaks with which he is un-
familiar. Thus a carefully selected,
well-seasoned piece Of water oak GO.
nigra) may be so similar In color and
general appearance to some grades of
white oak as to deceive not a few
unacauainted with the structural
characteristics of all our oaks.
Another difficulty that may be en-
countered by one who depends en-
tirely upon an empirical knowledge Of
woods is to prove his convictions re-
garding the identity of a wood. For
want Of exact knowledge Of the
anatomical characteristics of the wood
In question. he can only insist upon
his opinion. 1t happens in actual
practice that one inspector passes as
white oak shipment composed Of
white oak, black oak and red oak
and his judgment Is challenged by
another inspector, yet in such an event
neither is able to do more than assert
his opinion.
1t must not be understood that a
study Of the structural characters of
woods always renders Identification
easy. 1t is sometimes extremely diff
cult to find characters that distinguish
the woods of closely related trees,
which may be abundantly distinct in
their flowers. fruit and foliage It is
comparatively easy to point out simple
characters which distinguish oak from
other woods Moreover. it is not
difficult to find characters that will
separate the white oaks (annual
fruiting species) from the black and
red oaks (biennial fruiting species).
The task. however, of pointing out
easily observed distinctions that can
be relied upon to separate the woods
of different species Of white oaks,
black oaks and red oaks Is difficult,
and. in few instances, Impossible
without the aid Of the high magnify
ing power of a compound microscope.
This is because some of the minute
structural characters easily demon
strated when greatly magnifed. can
not be seen under the low magnifying
power of simple pocket lens.
or the approximately 800 different
species of oaks known in the world.
about SO occur within the United
States. Thirty-five include all of the
commercially useful ones and a num-
Der of other species, the woods of
which are likely to become more or
less useful in the future. The re-
naming fifteen species are of inferior
quality or the trees occur in such
limited quantities as to be of little or
no economic Importance.