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Pericles P. Pemberton: Cured l S By Jessie Reno Odlin | l

Miss Cordelia was neither tall nor short, plump nor slender. Simply a well-proportioned, well-poised woman, dainty in dress and manner. Hers was not a young face, and yet the smooth, fair skin showed no telltale wrinkles. : The clearing was not large, not quite ten acres; yet, lying as it did in the midst of the great forest, it was & beautiful and restful sight to guest or chance traveler. Like a rose blossoming in the wilderness it seemed to Miss Cordelia when she returned from her brief and infrequent visits to the little town three miles away.

Ten years before, with his only daughter, Pericles Pythagoras Pemberton had left his Illinois home, left lifelong friends and neighbors to try his chance with fortune in the booming Puget sound country.- At first his anticipations seemed likely to be realized. In a short time he had acquired wealth and repttation as a prominent, pushing capitalist in a town of mushroom growth and marvelous promises. As for his daughter, she presided over a pretentious, well-appointed home, having her heart’s content of every procurable luxury, and every dainty finery. Of social gayeties, flattering attention and would:be" lovers she had also enough and to spare. ;

And then—well, things began {to change. Money did not flow in such uninterrupted streams. Desirable corner lots declined in value with unheard of suddenness. Stock companies ceased to declare dividends, and then, one by one, ceased to exist at all Banks failed, real estate companies disbanded, and one enterprise after another sank into hopeless oblivion. The population melted away perceptibly. Whole blocks of stores and office buildings were vacated, and the wharves began to assume a forlorn and deserted appearance. The remnant of the residents, dismayed, bewildered, trying in vain to stem the current, finally found itself practically stranded and forced to the stupendous realization that the bottom had fallen out of the boom.

When the actual truth of the situation was borne in upon Pericles P. Pemberton, all his late financial ambitions, all his energy, all his interest was gone in one breath, and he turned, helpless, confused, defeated, to Cordelia. There seemed but one thing left to do, and Cordelia determined to do it. But she need not have feared opposition from her father. He was as clay in her hands, passive, disinterested. So they moved to a little half cleared ranch in the Skagit valley, taking such of their household goods as seemed necessary, converting all else into money. This ranch Pericles had in prosperous days jestingly deeded to his daughter, :and now it opened out to them a haven of rest and refuge after troublous times. ‘Here Pericies found new channels for energy, time and strength, and fell to work with a will, having apparently no thought beyond the clearing away of cedar stumps, the digging of ditches, and the raising of poultry and potatoes. Under his hands the clearing improved as if by magic. To the past he never referred, and had it not been for one instance, Miss Cordelia would have believed that he had indeed lost all comsciousness of anything beyond the present existence.

So Miss Cordelia lived her quiet life, managing not only the household, but the limited financial affairs, wholIy unquestioned by her father, who grew more dependent and child-like as the months went by. On this particular evening Pericles was sitting deeply engrossed in thought when Cordelia, her evening tasks completed, took down the lamp, lighted it, and prepared to enjoy a newly cut magazine. “Cordelia,” said the old man, at last.

“Yes, father?” questioningly. “It is a year ago to-morrow sinee Mr. Benton and Susie took dinner 'ith uqq o S - “Yes, father.” :

“It was that day, Cordelia, that Mr. Benton recommended to me the use of the Quick Conquering Compound. I used it, and you know the result. I am a different man to-day—l have been a well man for three months. You must admit, Cordelia, that I derived gréat benefit from the use of that valuable compound.” - “Yes, father.” ~ Miss Cordelia conquered the smile that rose to her lips as she hedrd the stereotyped phrases of the paterrt medicine -testimonial glide from her father’s lips. He was silent for a moment; then rising, he spoke with inspired decision.

“Cordelia, I hold it my duty not only to acknowledge this benefit to those who provided it, but to give my testimony to the world, that others may profit by my experience.” “In what way, father?” “By sending my testimony and my photograph to the manufacturers that they may place it before the general public in the next pamphlet they issue.” He spoke slowly and solemnly, with the air of one who has resolved to do his share towards the enlight--2 enment of mankind. " Miss Cordelia looked gravely up into his face. Summer came once more to the Skagit valley, and the rose bushes, rich in color and fragrance, vied with the ivy and honeysuckle in hiding with beauty the quaint little PemberPericles P. Pemberton had been a 2 bappy man for the past month. He Bad received a pamphlet from the - Conquering Compound Co., fn which et et e mreily wotded ﬁﬂ:tﬁm

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man just now—the fruit trees, the vegetables, the chickens, had never promised so well before. /There were rumors of valua eral finds in the surrounding S, : . Miss Cordelia, too, felt the impress of new hopes and brighter prospects that seemed to permeate the whole atmosphere. : Sl “Eleven - years,” she whispered, sometimes, “11 years—how old I must be growing, for I was 25 when we left home.” No other place had really been home except that little town far east of the mountains. It was about this time that a man; a stranger in Seattle, had stood in a drug store, listening to the conversation about him and mechanically. turning the leaves of a patent medicine pamphlet. Suddenly his attention ‘was arrested by a signature. He studied it and the accompanying woodcut very carefully, then gave a little surprised exclamation. “What is it?” asked a man beside him. : “Nothing,” he answered; “just noticed an odd name. Pericles Pythagoras Pemberton—" “Distinguishing name,’ said the other; “sure to be only one.” “Yes, surely only one,” muttered the stranger, absently. : > “Know him?” jested the other. But the stranger laughed, pocketed the pamphlet and left the store. At the hotel he questioned the clerk. “Where's Snywamish?” _ “Little town up the Skagit. Awfully out of the way. Going up to prospect? That's/where the next boom’ll strike.” “Yes. I think I'll do a little prospecting,” replied the stranger with a rather curious smile, as he left the office. “Who is that man?” inquired a bystander. “That,” said the clerk, “is Armstrong—traveling for a big Chicago mining syndicate.” Meantime Armstrong was soliloquizing. _“Of course it's her father. She's probably married long ago. 'Twon’t hurt-to look them up, though. I wonder, after all these years, if—" The next day he was in the little

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This Is a Final Triumph for the Quick Conquering Compound.

town of Snywamish, receiving from a garrulous landlord a full account of Pericles P. Pemberton, his daughter, his ranch and his eccentricities. Later he' met the old man on the village street, accepted his hearty invitation to ‘“Come right out to the ranch,” and set off upon the threemile walk with what Pericles would have called “a complication of curious sensations.” - '

As they reacheéd the opening in the woods, and entered the little clearing, beautiful again in the sunset glow, Frank Armstrong turned to his companion and said, earnestly: “Mr. Pemberton, will you do me a favor? Years ago Cordelia and I were lovers, and when you left home, parted in a lover’s quarrel. All these years while we have drifted apart I have never forgotten her, never loved any other, and it has been the dream of my life to meet her again. Will you let me go to her alone?” .

The old man gazed at the speaker in awestruck amazement. Then his eyes grew dim, as he placed his hand in the warm grasp of the other and with a trembling voice, said: “Listen! She is playing on the organ—you’ll find her—" S

Bat Armstrong was already on his way. : ;

Suddenly the low, sweet music stopped, and Cordelia, coming at the sound of footsteps, to the little rosecolored porch, found her hands held in a tender, unforgotten clasp, and while she listened to the voice of her long-ago lover, knew that for her happiness was indeed assured, and she need no longer dread a loveless, lonely future. 2 A little later, when blissful silence had followed mutual explanations, Pericles Pemberton entered the room, gve his paternal blessing in tender rds and added in lighter vein, although his voice still quavered a little: “This is a final triumph for the Quick Conquering Compound; a wonderful healer of earthly ills—from *livers to lovers.” ~ Btill Have Scruples. “Good night, you precious lamb,” said the mother, with the liberty one sometimes takes, even with one’s son, at bedtime. “Mother,” said the small boy, beseechingly, “if you must call me something, wouldn’t you just as soon call me a billygoat?'—Youth’s Companfon. 5 = First Electric Mnumy, - The first electric street railway in the city of Warsaw, Russia, was put into operation recently. The city shares in the &mﬂu of the line, although none of the expenses of congﬁ;ﬁ'ﬂ* equipment were borne by

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THE UNFINISHED FTANSION O THE BLUFF AT HAHATONKA

One of the most beautiful spots in the Ozark mountains in Missouri hasf been secured by a group of wealthy St. Louis men, who propose turning the tract into a playground for their own delectation. The place is known by the poetic name of Hahatonka and has something of a romantic history, having been origlnallybowned by a St. Louisan named Snyder who chose this wild and wonderful spot, deep in the recesses of a rugged region, and inaccessible to a marked degree, as a place where he could build an ideal home far removed from the marts of men.” The original tract of land, consisting of about 2,000 acres, was pur-. chased from Maj. Kellogg, Col. R. C. Scott and others. The present estate’ comprises 5,400 acres, lying in a narrow, irregular shape, the extreme length being 14 miles. Col. Snyder had planned to acquire not less than‘ 10,000+acres. ‘ When Mr. Snyder found he had a bigger contract on his hands than he could manage there was a move to have the place purchased by .the government and turned into a- national park, Congressman Shackelford putting forth earnest effort in this direction. Failing in this, the place has remained in a neglected condition until its recent purchase. The name Hahatonka is Indian—meaning laughing waters, it is said—and - there is an Indian legend connected with every scenic feature of the place, most of them lugubrious, as Indian legends are inclined to be. It is said that Mr. Snyder put a quarter of million dollars into the improvements on the .place and the visitor is surprised at the extent of the improvements, the estimated cost being $300,000. The pay roll at .one time amounted to $l,lOO per week, The location of the mansion—such it is called and so it is—is on a high hill, once the site of an Indian burying ground. Many skeletons were unearthed when the excavation for the building was made, and tomahawks and other implements of'lndian war« fare are yet found. : : In the mansion are 28 large rooms and many smaller ones—about 60 in all. The entire building is wired for electric lights and piped for water and gas, 7,000 feet of steel piping having been placed in positipn. Immense furnaces in the basement supply the heat. Rooms had been planned for the vari‘ous members of the family. Then there are guest rooms, a smoking room, a billiard hall, wineroom, etc., each facing on an .inclosed central court extending from the first to the fourth floor. Mr. Snyder had selected his own suite of rooms on an uUpper floor and in the southwest part of the building. From the windows one catches a view of unsurpassed and indescribable loveliness and grandeur. From here one sees the sun sink behind the blue ridges far beyond, lighting with tenderest glow the lake below, and, a little later, as the day dies, kissing good-by to the heights on Sunset hill, the highest point for many miles. To the west of the mansion are the greenhouses—five buildings, two of which are 25 by 120 feet, and three 20 by 50 feet. The boilers and pipes are in place, d the thousands of panes of glass :;on the grounds, ready for the frames., A hundred yards or more to the east of the mansion is the stone stable, 46 by 110 feet, and of even finer workmanship than the house, the stone work having been done .by Scotch workmen. Beyond the stable, on a higher point, is the water tower, 80 feet in height and with stone walls five feet thick at the bottom. Counting from the bottom of the bluff to the top of the tower, the height is about the same as that of Washington monument—sss feet. Two pumps, run by water power at the old corn mill, half a mile to the west, force the water into the tower tank, from which it is piped to other buildings and to distant parts of the grounds, including an ice pond built on the hill, as the water in the lake never freezes. It had also beer. planned to have water furnish power for the electric light plant.

A DUSKY CYNIC

A lady was walking along Fifth avenue, New York, a couple of weeks ago when a big negro stepped up to her politely and asked her to give him a quarter. : “I am a shipwrecked sailor,” he told her. “Three days ago the ship I was on went ashore outside Sandy Hook. Ever since then I've been wandering around without being able to get a ’Ob." . ¢

The lady gave him a quarter and passed on. A week later while going by the same spot on Fifth avenue she was approached once more-by the same negro. : ; “] am a shipwrecked sailor,” he began. “Three days ago—" She let him finish. Then she remarked: : : A “Two weeks ago when I gave you a quarter yon told me that same story. Then you said that you had been wrecked three days before. Now you say the same thing.” ~ And she looked at the negro se

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Such was the princely home in which Col. Snyder was fated never to reside. At his death the tools dropped from the workmen’s hands, and since then nothing has been done on the estate except such work as was necessary to prevent destruction by weather. At present the great mansion stands an unfurnished monument to the uncertainties of earthly ambitions. But in this enchanted spot it is not what man has done, but nature’s work, which awakens our. wonder and admiration. On one side of Sunset hill, to which we have already referred, is the great spring which bursts from the foot of the mountain, making a surging stream of clear, cold water which whips itself into foam as it rushes against the rocks, makes the roar of the rapids and, far below the mansion, forms the falls. To the north the rock walls rise abruptly and are bleak and bare, save for some scraggy cedars that .overhang the perilous heights. From the south the Big spring is reached by a path, very steep in places, which leads down ' through dense growths of trees, wild flowers and ferns. The spring (it may be but the outlet of some ; subterranean stream) has a flow 80 feet across and averaging five feet in depth—a volume of water sufficient to supply a large city. We follow this stream, in whose waters we see scores of fine fish, down through Trout glen, the most beautiful of all the beauty spots, past the Balanced rock, the meadow and the mill, until it spreads. out, forming a 60-acre lake, on which wild ducks nest, and moss and water cress grow. At the lower end of the lake the water rushes over a dam on through sluice gates, then on a few hundred yards into. the Niangua river, the waters of which, like that of the lake and smaller streams, is so clear that the rocky bottom may be seen to a great depth. / S To the east of Sunset hill are the Coliseum and Natural bridge. The Coliseum, so-called because of its for mation, natural slopes making seats on all sides, would seat 10,000 people, and the acoustic properties are so superior that all could hear a speech delivered in an ordinary tone of voice, From the central plane rise tall and almost ‘branchless trees seeking the sunshine. ® The entrance to the Coliseum is through the Natural bridge, 180 feet in height, and above which runs a roadway. Farther to the east is the Devil’'s fireplace, with an opening large enough for a yule log that would last a week and a sure-enough chimney, so big that old Santa could drive his deer down it. Near by are the Red Sinks, really a small hill-in: closed meadow, without an outlet, the water, after a rain, rapidly sinking into the ground. 4 : The Ha-Ha-Tonka region is an ideal place for the hunter- and fisherman. Boating and bathing are also fine. The streams abound in trout, bass, crappie and many other game fish. The late Col. Snyder was an enthusiastic fisherman and stocked the streams with a carload of rainbow trout. The finest trout shown at the St. Louis world’s fair were taken from these waters. It has been several years since bear were seen, but there are yet a number of deer in this region. Wild turkey are so plentiful that no good hunter who knows the haunts and the “how” need fail in a day’s hunt to bag a bird. Wild cats are occasionally killed and small game of all kinds is plentiful. ‘

verely. | He threw back his head and burst forth into roars of laughter, “Did—did I give you dat story last week?” he chuckled. “Did you give me a quarter? Well, if dat ain't & joke on me!” | " And she left him standing on the sidewalk convulsed with laughter, ; i R Kerplunk! . #One more unfortunate | " Flying machine; ! Rashly importunate, | Falls on the greem | Take it up tenderly, | Handle with care! | Fashioned too slenderly | For the wild air! : | - —Puck. 1 ——————————————— : ' Proof Desired. ‘ “Waiter, is this egg fresh?” = . . “Yassah! Yassah! Laid dis maww “H'm! Waiter, was the hen undes

COOKED IN CHAFING DISH.

Appetizing Dishes for Those Who Are Fond of Shrimps.

Shrimps may be cooked delectably in the chafing dish in several ways. They are delicious with curried rice. Put four tablespoonfuls of butter into the blazer with a little chopped onion and allow to remain until brown. Add a heaping tablespoonful of cornstarch, into which two teaspoonfuls of curry powder, a teaspoonful of salt, and a dash of pepper have been mixed. Then add two cupfuls of milk, one-half cupful of shrimps broken in small pieces, and a cupful of boiled rice; cook slowly for about five minutes. For shrimp salad cut the shrimps into pieces and mix with m.nced lettuce. Arrange lettuce leaves with it and cover with & dressing made with two eggs, yolks and whites bheaten separately, adding a teaspoonful each of salt and pepper, half cup of vinegar, and a spoonful of mustard. The whole should be cooked until it begins to thicken.

Two other reécipes have been ‘test. ed and found not wanting. For one, take half a pint of fresh or canned shrimps, a tablespoonful of tomato sauce, half an onion grated, two and one-half tablespoonfuls of butter, half a cup of boiled rice, and half cupful of cream. Put the butter into the blazer, and . when melted stir in the onion and rice. Then add the shrimps, cream and tomato sauce. Stir until it boils, then allow it to simmer for five minutes. * Serve on toast. The other recipe: Melt a piece of butter in the dish and add half a cup of boiled rice, one cup of cream or milk, and three tablespoonfuls of catsup. When the mixture is thoroughly heated add one cup of shrimp and cook for three minutes. Serve this also on toast..

Try cleaning white cloth trimmings with salt and flour, hot. This is very effective, while not injuring the material in any way. = ‘Furniture takes a better. polish if, before starting the rubbing, all dirt and dust is rubbed from the wood by a slightly dampened cloth. A quick and easy method to peel onions for frying or stewing is to cut off the top and bottom of the onion, quarter it and the outside skin is easily removed. ' When starching Holland pinafores, if a little tea is put into the starch used they will keep their color, instead of getting that faded appearance we all know so well.

If a small quantity of cream turns sour in the icebox do not throw it out, but with a fork beat it a few minutes and a tiny patch of fresh butter and a little glass of buttermilk will be the reward®:

To clean kidshoes put in a saucer a half-ounce of strong ammonia, dip in a clean flannel and rub it on castile soap. Then rub the shoes with this, changing the flannel when it ber comes soiled. j

Beef Croquettes.

To make croquettes of soup meat use, two cups of very finely chopped or ground meat to one cup of thick white sauce. Season the meat well with a teaspoon or more of onion juice, salt and pepper, and mix with the sauce made from one cup of milk, two level tablespoons of butter, and four level tablespoons of flour cooked five minutes and seasoned with a level teaspoon of salt and a saltspoon of pepper. Spread on a large plate to cool, then take a heaping tablespoon 'of the cooled mixture and shape into a little roll, flatten each end by striking on the board, then roll in very fine bread crumbs. Take each roll on a bread bladed knife, and slip into a deep plate in which an egg is beaten with a tablespoon of cold water. Roll over and over to be sure that every point is covered, then roll in fine crumbs until well coated. Fry in deep, smoking hot fat, and serve with a tomato sauce.

Cream Salad Dressing.

This is considered by many to be ‘better than mayonnaise, and in the country, where there is a plentiful supply of eggs, and good olive oil is hard to get, this dressing is an excellent substitute. Here is the recipe: Bake the yolks of six eggs with half a cupful of granulated sugar. Add a cupful of vinegar and cook in a double boiler until it thickens. Remove from the stove and while still hot add a tablespoonful of butter and a tablespoonful of mustard, having first blended smoothly. When cold add a cupful of cream beaten to a stiff froth. Keep hz ascold place. -

Bacon in Potatoes.

Select large potatoes and see that they stand firmly on end by cutting a small piece off each before baking. When baked soft remove the other end of the potato, scoop out part of the inside. Fill the cavity with chopped boiled bacon, letting it form a small mound. Stand the potatoes up on a dish and place a bit of parsley.in the bacon. It can easily be made, and on a warm summer morning will tempt the appetite. _

To Prevent Sticking.

Most housekeepers buy seeded raisins these days, but ihe conservatives who cling to old ways will find the sticky task of seeding much improved by slightly greasing both knife and fingers with butetr. A small pointed knife used for paring potatoes is the begt choice. If this is dipped from time to time into boiling water the stickiness will also be relleved. . To Remove Ink Stains. - To remove ink stains from table linen, etc. As quickly as possible after staining, pour a quantity of hot, melted tallow on the spot; let remain at least thirty-six hours, scrape off, and if not entirely removed, repeat process. : o Home-Made Sausage. i One ounce of pepper, one ounce of sage, about two ounces of salt to every ten pounds of meat. Use one-third beet and two-thirds pork. Beef lean, pork part fat and part lean. :

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To simplify the planning of rotations, field crops are divided into three general classes according to their effect on the physical condition and available plant food of the soil. These three classes of crops are grain crops, grass' crops . and cultivated crops. :

Under grain crops are placed such crops as wheat, barley, oats, millet, etc. These crops grow but one season, are sown usually in the spring, and are harvested without intermediate cultivation. They do not develop heavy root systems, consequently leave but little crop residue to keep up the supply of humus in the soil. During the years when grains are grown, weeds increase and the productivity of the_soil decreases. Grass crops include such crops as clover (though“not a true grass) tim: othy, bromus, etc. These crops groy two or more years from one seeding,

consequently develop quite extensive root systems. When plowed up, the roots add materially to the supply of vegetable matter in the soil and. in decaying leave open spaces between the soil particles which allow the entrance of air. These crops may be termed soil building crops. : The cultivated crops are those planted so as to allow intertillage during their growth. In this class are found corn, potatoes, and root crops such .as mangels and sugar beets. The cultivation of these crops destroys weeds, loosens the surface of the ® soil, conserves moisture by the formation of a surface mulch and allows the entrance of air, thus making conditions favorable for the decomposition of vegetable matter.

It may be seen that a far better condition of soil is maintained by a good rotation of crops than by continuous cropping to corn or grain. The grass crops maintain the supply of humus and the cultivated crops retain moisture, destroy weeds and help to aerate the soil. ‘lnstead of being a complex matter difficult to understand and impractical to follow, a systematic rotation of crops is one of the simplest and most easily carried out of any of the suggested improvements in methods of farming. o :

Crop rotation may be defined as a systematic succession of the three general classes of farm crops, namely, grain crops, grass crops and cultivated crops, in such a way as to provide large yields of grain, pasturage and forage needed on the farm at the least expense of labor and fertility. This treatment cannot fail to keep the goil in much better condition than can be done by growing any one crop continuously, and it may be brought about by a very litile planning, and without very seriously changing the acreage devoted to each crop. Most farms in the middle west have from one-eighth to one-half their tillable area in corn, and from one-eighth to one-half in grass each year. All the change that is necessary is to arrange these crops according to some regular system of rotation instead of growing each on the same field year after year. : ~ A few people hesitate to begin the rotation of crops because they have the idea that it necessitates dividing the farm into small fields, It is true that a certain number of fields are necessary to carry out a rotation. It is also true that on the average farm

HE “HEALED IN SECRET.” Many Cures, Through Faith, Ascribed to Old Frenchman. Christian Science is no new thing, and is no American invention. An old wizard of 85, who has just died in Auvergne, practiced the doctrine suc‘cesstully for half a century among ‘me unsophisticated peasantry of that ;country. He did not call his method Christian Science, but gave out that he “healed in secret,” and seems sometimmes to have been as good as his word. When called he never gouched a patient, prescribed no medicine, and advised no change in diet or manner of living. All' he asked was: ‘“Have you faith? Are you .persuaded that the Almighty can curé you?” If the patient said “yes,” the healer merely urged him or her to bear up and “to put faith in God, who cures the sick.” He then went home to pray—and his patients were cured, Some of them, at all events, say they were, and their pumber was enough to make the wizsrd’s reputation. When he had become known all over Auvergne his. fame epread abroad. Of late years patients

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a‘' good rotation will provide fewer fields and better shaped fields than are used at present under the less definite systems of cropping. : Experiments at the Minnes'ota, Agricultural college farm have established the following facts regarding crop rotation: - ‘ ; There is choice even among good rotation schemes. In these experiments all those cropping systems gave large net profits in which corn, small grains, timothy and clover sod laid for one to four years, were arranged in a four to seven-year rotation, with light manuring once during the course. ' ,

The standard five-year rotation is: First year, éorn, following the application of eight, tons of manure per acre: second year, wheat; third and fourth years, meadow; fifth year, oats. This rotation has given an average gross income per year, based on average farm prices, of $14.08. The cost of production, including $3.50 land rental, is $9.05, leaving a net annual income -of $5.03 per acre. ‘ Several other rotation schemes were even more profitable than the one used for a standard; while crops grown continuously and crops not properly arranged in the rotation were less profitable or even resulted in a logs: : i

Many farmers would profit were they to practice systems of cropping which include the alternation of grain crops, grass crops as clover and timothy sown together, and cultivated crops arranged in any rotation scheme best suited to their conditions.

Any systems of cropping that have provided for the maintenance of a supply of vegetable matter in the soil, either by manuring or by growing pasture or meadow crops, bave given profitable returns. : The plots which have grown cultivated crops, such as corn, potatoes and mangels, continuously without manure, have given poorer returns than have the plots which have, grown grain continuously - without- manure. This is believed to be due to the fact that the intertillage given these crops has caused a more rapid depletion of vegetable matter than has taken place in the continuous grain fields. The four-year rotation: First year, millet; second ‘year, barley; third year, corn; fourth year, oats, gave no better returns than did the plot on which wheat was grown continuously. All of the crops in this rotation are considered exhaustive crops, as they all decrease rather than increase the supply of vegetable matter in the soil. The practice of sowing grass seed with the grain on corn land that is disced in the spring in place of fall plowing, has resulted "in securing a grass stand in nearly every instance. It has proved to be the surest method of obtaining a grass stand of any tried at the Minnesota university farm. ; » : ' ANDREW BOSS, Agriculturist. Rush 'Em.—Force the chicks along by keeping before them in self-feeders a good, dry mash composed of 200 pounds good wheat bran, 100 pounds each cornmeal, wheat middlings and beef scrap, and 50 pounds each linseed meal and gluten meal or brewers’ grains. e e S T

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