Ligonier Banner., Volume 45, Number 12, Ligonier, Noble County, 9 June 1910 — Page 3

By Maud Ballington Booth . The “Little Mother’ of the Prisons E{ My “Boys’’ AWl_lo__ﬂ‘l&c_zde Good ,

The test of all work must be in its lasting results, and in such a work as _ that which we have undertaken in the Volunteer Prison league the success accomplished .means more than it would almost anywhere else. If a man, on going forth into the world from prison, proves steadfast and makes ‘good, it sends back a message of hope to all those still waiting for the good day of liberty. A practical message of this kind means more to them than all the theories that can possibly be brought to bear upon them. If, on the other hand, those who go forth before them fail and fall again into crime, their return to prison will bring to the waiting prison population a shadow of gloom and hopelessness deepened and darkened by the thought that they, too, will in all probability fail when their chance and turn come to step out {nto liberty. When [ first learned the needs; and realized the possibilities represented by the great prison population, [ said to my boys that I did not intend to go out into the world with theories and arguments, but that I would refute all pessimistic views concerning the prisoner. and his future, confounding their old adage “once ‘a criminal, always a " griminal; once a thief; alwdys a thief,” with flesh and blood facts. 1 ' told them that their liveg in the future were to be my argument. Their success, their faithfulness, their integrity _would prove to the world that what I believed and prdclaimed about them was true, and that I had not bestowed my confidence in vain. ““All Is Well, Little Mother.” These hopes have been wonderfully - and widely fulfilled. I do not say that . I have always had success. There have been some disappointments? and when these disappoinfments came they ‘were always very heartbreaking. We also have to -face the fact that the nin('-t_v—aml-riine who do well, and settle down to honest and industrious lives, pass unrecorded in the world, but the one who plunges back into :crime is heard of and heralded, so that the few failures are known very widelysby the public and the many successes go quietly on their way with no applause or credit marks in their favor. But I can truly say tQat my heart has been cheered, and my faith rewarded so wonderfully that -we can proclaim with sincerity that.it has been all well worth while. All over this country, as I-travel, I meet those whom I once knew in prison, now living, earnest, honest lives. I can call up as I write the faces of a host of those whom I first remember as hopeless and.hard and sad, but to-day they are bright and good, and can meet my eye with a steadfziét, look and say joyously in answer to me question, “All is well, lit£le mother.” ! ' Eight Thousand Graduates. Of' course, in one way, this work can never make a _reat show or parade before the world. Over 8,000 men have come to me straight from state prison, ~-and passed thr%ugh our two homes, going out into positions to which we have sent them. This does not count the record of the other homes, nor does it speak of the thousands who have been earnest league’ members in prison and have gone back to their own homes, there making good to the great joy and pride of their loved ornes. But we cannot gather all this multitude of earnest, honest, reformed men into some vast hall .and exhibit them to the public as the living, tangible results of the work. Even if such a thing were possible, I should be the last to wish it; .we do not seek this kind of advertisement. We do not wish our boys to become as notorious in their efforts to reform as they were in their past criminal lives. The power of our work is that we build up a man’s self-respect. We help him to forget the past, to find his place once more as an ordinary working member of society, - not - marked or ticketed in any way as ~coming from prison. Nevertheless, in - their own little corner of life they are ' making their mark, and little by little they are making easier the path for those who come after them. The very fact that we have been dealing with the most desperate, the very given-up. men of the criminal world has made these reformations all the more marked in the little communities where they have been known and watched. - . Still, there is to me in my work no greater joy than that of the testimony coming to my heart from my ‘“boys’” own lips, and the evidence which I can read when I meet them, which assures ‘mé that those lips are speaking truth. o A 12-Years’ Success. I was met in New-York only last week by one of my “boys” whose life 1 had ‘helped to brighten from the day of his discharge. With -a face literally beaming with "happiness, he said, “Well, little mother, next week it will be 12 years since I came home, 12 good, happy years.” As I congratulated him I realized as no one else could how much that meant to him, and how much it had meant to others to whom his life had been an inspiration. Living the life of a professional crook until he was over thirty, he was so many times convicted that if you asked him about the number he would have to stop to count his arrests on his fingers to make sure he missed none of them. He had never made a dollar by honest work in his life until . after we sent him out from our Hope hall. Known in Sing Bing during his last term as one of the most profané, hopeless, reckless men, with no home, no friends, no religion, no God. Just —a burglar, with heart embittered and full of evil plans and schemes. What has he' become? Since the hour that ‘the new heart was given him he has been a bright, bhopeful, earnest Christian, trusted and loved by his employ«ers, & blessing to all who have known him, and one of the cheeriest souls I ever met. To-day he has a happy home, a good wife, two little girls to whom he is absolutely devoted, a good position, which he fills most faithfully, “with employers who trust him tully. ‘He bas scores of friends, a good name,

and plenty of opportunities for stretch‘ing forth a helping hand to others who need his help and advice. I have never known him to fail when the chance offered to do some kindly deed for some one else. =~ = | From Prison to Affluence. I had registered in one of the large thotels in Chicago and, after calling for 'my mail, walked across the wide en‘trance hall to the elevator. As [ thread!ed my way through the crowd I became aware that I was being followed. 1 at-once concluded that one of the omnipresent reporters was after me, ;and, being weary from a night journey, T quickened my steps to'avoid a possi‘ble interview. As I stepped with several gentlemen into [ the elevator I knew-that I had not evaded my pursuer. The one who had followed me entered the car and slipped behind me. As we shot upwards a voice said in my ear: “Little mother, may I intrude? 1 icannot miss the chance of speaking to iyou_." -Turning to receive the card he extended to me, I faced a tall, fine}looking gentleman, evidently a- pros. perous business man. No one could \’huve guessed from his dress or bearing that the shadow of prison bars had ‘ever darkened his life. The card bore ‘his name and business address, and ‘also the number of his room, and he ‘asked me if I would send for him when T could give him 15 minutes of my time. I offered the next 15 minutes, for I wanted to hear his story, as the words “little mother” had told me that, incredible though it might seem, he ’\\'as one of my “boys.” When we had found a quiet corner in the parlor he turned to me and, with deep feeling, said: “Little mother, I have been hoping for this moment for years. I cannot tell you how much it means to me. It is over six years now since I saw your face last in one of the eastern i prisons” (he gave the name, which for obvious reasons I withhold). “I have { known Ilmvt some day I should get this 'chance of thanking you for what your message meant of hope and new courage in those dreary years of sorrow ;an(l shame. But until to-day 1 have never seemed to be in the.same city i\\'ith you in my journeyings. I always | make .this hotel my headquarters when in Chicago, and I am often here to ‘meet business associates. When I ‘slepped to the desk to register this ' morning I saw your name before mine. I cannot tell you the thrill it gave me, Hor I knew that at last I should have l the chance to speak to you again. And now, that the chance has come, how can I'ever thank you?” His voice ‘ broke and, strong man though he was, ihis eyes filled and his K lip quivered. Then he told me at length the story which I give here in brief. He left prison to return to the wife who had patiently and bravely kept a home for him. He was a gentleman by birth and education, and before his dewnfall he had been well thought of by his business acquaintances. He Imad'e a very definite resolve during those bitter years in prison ‘that he Lwould go forward to live an upright life, and to prove steadfast, whatever the future held for him. He determined that he would never lie about !his prison experience, never seek to 'avoid or cover up the past when honesty demanded that he speak of it frankly. He would not proclaim it to the world, or to those who were not _concerned, especially as his two chil‘dren had never known of his downfall, but that any who-were. closely associ‘ated with him in business should not ‘be kept in the dark he considered the only safe and just course. Despite this fact he found many friends. He perfected a most valuable patent that was taken up by a number of the large corporations of the country, and the mo‘ment he spoke of it I recognized the ‘name and realized the importance of f his present work and position. In these 'six years he had retrieved his fortunes, ‘been able to send his children to college, had built a beautiful home for his wife and surrounded himself with a fine circle of friends and business associates. “Yes, little mother,” he said ‘w'hen' we parted, “I knew it would do your heart good to hear of one more of your ‘“boys” who is making good. . G»> back to those who are still where | came from and tell them it is possiblu to retrieve the past, and to win back: ‘all they have lost, if they will only start right.” - : ~As I went to my roem I said to my‘self once more: “Yes, it is all well !worth while.” & These are but two of the many hun'dreds whose story I could chronicle if I had time. Two from the opposite extremes of society, but they will serve to show why my heart can sing with joy, even within the darkest shadow of the prison walls, as INlook out to the day-dream of hope that will bring sunshine and happiness and prosperity to those for whom I am working in the ! dear Lord’s name. ~ (Copyright, 1910, by Joseph B. Bowles.) Her Second-Best. - Quakers believe in a sober garb, but they are by no means without that ~quality which would be termed vanity in “the world’s people.” Aunt Peace Lawton had this quality to a marked ~degree. : = - One day a strolling photographer ‘asked permission to take a picture of the Lawton family, sitting on their velvet lawn. Mr. Lawton gave the permission, but his remarks were not approved by aunt Peace. When it became evident that her gentle remonstrance had no effect, aunt Peace said no more, but at the moment when the photographer said “Ready?” and exRosed the film, aunt Peace lifted her spotless handkerchief, spread to a snowy square in both hands, hiding her face and head completely. “Why, aunt Peace, what made you do that?" asked her nephew, reproach. fully, when he had permission from thé photographer to speak. “if thee thinks that I propose to be put in a picture with my second-best cap on, and my Kkerchief sadly in need of an iron, thee is greatly mistaken.’

Get Mén Who Can Deliver ‘ Is Griffith’s Plan to Win

Manager of the Ci)lcinnati Reds Says Team Must Go After the Enemy - 3 and Go Hard i

(Copyright, 1910, by Joseph' B. Bowles.) No manager can make a baseball team win, or tell how to win.. If a fellow is going to cut any ice he needs ice picks, and the first way, for. a manager to win is to get men who can deliver, and men of intelligence eénough to take care of themselves. My theories in regard to what constitutes a winner are the only ones, and I use them in instructing my players ‘what to do. I used them in pitching, and they worked out, and I believe any player will succeed if he follows them. .

The first thing to do to win baseball games is to go after any one who does

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CLARK GRIFFITH

not wear a uniform that looks like yours, and go after him hard. Hand every opposing player anything that will make him weaken or show the yvellow. Any time 1 can convince my men that they are going to win, and the other fellows that they are going to lose, I'll win a pennant. .

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You often hear the “bugs” talking about -the greatest baseball player that ever swung a bat. Some say it’s Wagner, others say Cobb.' In Chicago they’ll tell you that Johnny Evers or Frank Chance has ’em all beat. In New York they think Christy Mathewson is it. But while you are thinking of these great ones don’t forget that there is a fellow in Pittsburg named Leach. Everybody calls him “Tommy.” He i{s modest and retiring and

Wagner Keeps

Among the things Honus Wagner has as souvenirs is the first uniform he ever wore on a ball field. The uniform was the property of John S. Robb, Jr., a leading lawyer. Robb used to play for the Carnegie County league team and Wagner played, also. Wagner would not wear a uniform, however. When the rule was made that all players should be uniformed, Wagner sat on the side lines until Robb drove out a homer. The big

chance to gain an inch of ground or a base. The player who takes chances of hurting himself seldom hurts etther himself or his opponent aud he will make a weak opponent run away. More players get hurt stopping up on their feet and giving up before they are touched than are damaged in sliding to bases. ! Then claim every point and claim it quick. Holler “No, No” real quick and beat the umpires to it on every close play a la Evers. The umpire may be perfectly honest and square but on a close play the fellow who yvells: quickest {s much more likely to get the decision. I do not believe in fighting umpires or nagging at them. I believe in yelling quickly. Yelling quickly beats yelling loud all to pieces. It {s not cheating a bit, but simply protecting yourself on close plays not 8o much to ge't the decision yourself as to keep the othgr fellow from getting it. Y . These thirgs, together with a Ilittle good pitching and perhaps one star pitcher, will win any pennant {f carried out correctly and persistently, regardless almost of the mechanical ability of the players on a team.

“Ump’s” Joke on Himself,

Umplire Guthrie of the American association tells a good story on himself. “When I was a youngster I thought I could fight,” said the umps. “l had whipped a few of the town boys and the promoter of fights wanted me to enter the professional ranks, which suited me exactly. One day he asked me to meet him and fix up the match. We talked the matter over and I sized up my opponent pretty well. Then the weight question came up. The other fellow said he wanted to fight at catch weights.. “How can I make catch weights?”’ said I T work every day and cannot affo:d to quit.” : Ebbets Answers His Critics. - “The purse strings do not need to be loosened if they are stretched wider than most people know,” said President Ebbets of the Brooklyn club, in reply to published criticism of his management. ‘“The Brooklyn players are not .only well paid, but they have been promised a liberal bonus in the event of their finishing in the first division at the end of the season. They will receive an increase of from 5 to 20 per cent. of their salaries, according to the amount of hustling done by each individual.”

How About This, Johnny?

“Don’t ‘believe all this bunk you read about the Cubs’ inside ball,” says “Doc” Casey, the former Chicago player. “Evers and Tinker have just one sign, and that tips off which one will cover second on a possible hit-and-run. This stuff about working with the piccher is pure bunk.” ,

doesn’t boost himself, but when fu comes to playing baseball he’s there with both feet and both hands. In making a bluff to bunt, thus drawing the third baseman in and smashing the ball over that player’'s head Leach has no equal. Leach can bat, he can run bases, he can field and knows the inside game. It is doubtful if Pittsburg could have won a world’s championship without Tommy.

First Uniform

fellow was so pleased that he ‘could not keep out of the game any longer. He got Robb to change suits with him behind the backstop and made hig first appearance in his stocking feet, but otherwise discreetly and legally clad.

The grand pyrotechnie display promige would have been more seasonable if the comet had postponed its visit till the Fourth of July.

INDIAN TWIRLER SCALPS THE CLEVELAND PLAYERS—OTHER NO HIT, NO RUN MEN. WITH a warwhoop that could be heard all over the American league stamping grounds and echoed through the camps of the National league warriors, “Big Chief” Bender of the Philadelphia Athletics unsheathed bis tomahawk ‘and scalping knife a few days ago .and before he was through with his awful massacre the Cleveland Naps were tortured and slain. All but vne of the Naps died three times under the tomahawk. ' Bender tied them all securely to the stake except Turner, who managed to slip the buckskin thongs and get to first base. Then when he tried to escape Renegades Thomas and Collins of Connle Mack’s band captured him and added him to the list of dead. It was a hitless, runless game pitcbed by Bender, who {s some kind of an Indian. Whether a Sioux, Comanche, Apache, Cherokee or of some other tribe, the Cleveland players agree that Bender fits into the classiA ‘% :"iﬂ ; ‘o":‘“; ’,,, :-‘:~:5;:,'5<’7:)?5““5:;.5::fff ek : Al - 8 2R g e B EooE g Rnne | :%° Pl g } i o 5 £ B - ME, s ""”@go 3 | /{/ Y. . f"':- i |,£/ g’ ':v_‘;‘\. “,3:_.:“. g .:I;, - PNNESF % W : DR TRRRNR 53, SRR LR N f \F \ Rt S 3 gil | “BIG CHIEF” BENDER. ;ﬁcation that “only a dead Indian is a igood Indian.” It was awful, say the war correspondents, to see such mighty scouts as Lajoie, Flick, Turner et al. step up to the plate with war club in hand and try to hit the ball as it sped with the swiftness of an arrow into the } catcher's mitt. Bender has pitched some wonderful } games.before, but this is his first no-hit-no-run’ achievement. Not long ago 'Addle Joss, a long, lanky paleface on the Cleveland team, shut the Chicago Sox out without a hit or run and there is joy in the camp of Comiskey's braves over the slaughter of the band led by “Deacon” McGuire. It was the second hitless, runless game in the American league this season and is ‘taken as an Indian sign—not the to'bacco store kind—that there is going to be some pitching in the junior organization of big league circles this year. ; The first no-hit-no-run game was pitched May 29, 1875, by Mann of Princeton against Yale. The pitchers who have accomplished the feat of permitting no hits by their opponents and the teams with which they played are: Mann, Princeton; Bordon, Boston; Devlin, Chicago; Richmond, Worcester, 3; Galvin, St. Louls, 4; Bradley, St. Louls; Welch, Troy; Lynch, Washington; Keefe, Albany; Ward, Providence; Corcoran, Boston, 3; Mullane, Louisville; Radbourne, Providence; Daly, Cleveland; Clarkson, Chicago; Ferguson, Philadelphia; Atkinson, Philadelphia; Terry, Brooklyn; Kilroy, Baitimore; Van Haltren, New York; Porter, Kansas City; Seward, Philadelphia; Weyhing, Philadelphia; King, Chicago; Titcomb, Rochester; Lovett, Brooklyn; Rusie, New York; Stivetts, Boston; Sanders, Louisville; Jones, Cincinnati; Hawke, Baltimore; Young, Cleveland, 2; Breltenstein, Cincinnati: Hughes, Baltimore, 2; Donahue, Philadelphia; Thornton, Chicago; Phillippi, Louisville; Willis, Boston, 2; Hahn, Cincinnati; Matthewson, New York, 2; Dowling, Cleveland; Callahan, Chicago; Fraser, Philadelphia; Henley, Philadelphia; Dineen, Boston; Smith, Chicago; Lush, Philadelphia, 2; MeLean, Rochester; Eason, Brooklyn; Swan, Kansas City; Moriarty, Newark; Pfeffer, Boston; Maddox, Pittsburg; West, Toledo; Stovall, Louisville; Brandon, Kansas City; Curtis, Milwaukee; Wood, Kansas City; Wiitse, New York, 10 innings; Upp, Columbus; Marquard, = Indianapolis;: Rucker, Brooklyn; Rhoades, Cleveland; Joss, Clevetnd, 2; Hall, St. Paul, and Bender, Philadelphia. Hall of St. Paul is allowed a no-hit game because it was in the tenth inning that one of the Louisville batsmen got a single and the Colonels won, one to nothing. i Catcher Pat Moran has been sold to the Phillles by the Chicago Cubs. Chicago got him from Boston in the O’'Neill-Pfeffer trade. S . Bescher’s Aim in Life, ; Bob Bescher of Cincinnati hopes some day to become a theatrical magnate. He is putting away money as fast as he can out of his salary, with ‘but one thing in view—to buy a theatetr in London, 0., his home town; and it won’t be a moving picture em. porinum, either. : : : " 'No Mustaches in Big Leagues. No professional player wears a mustache now. It's an unwritten rule of the profession to play the game with put either beard or muptache,

AN RSR TP 3 r& 4 t"" - Y a E ‘¢\§—\T\-‘—-‘v“‘ e -Don’t bank on luck in seed. The cherry bears early and régt.' larly. Substitutes for lard are nearly as high as lard {tself,

The chill of the water and the chill of the air act against prcduction.

The cherry is the most neglected of all fruits grown in this country.

- One object of plowing is to conserve moisture, so the earlier it is done the better.

The, soja or soy bean is a plant that i{s assuming a position of much importance.

The horse that lasts longest is the horse that fs not abused, especially when young. ’

_ The clipped horse looks better. and is easier to care’ for than the one with a ragged coat. -

Wheat bran fed dry or brown wheat middlings made into slop make a most excellent feed for the brood sow.

More pigs are ruined by the confinement and overfeeding of brood sows than by all other errors combined.

The use of vaccine or serum to protect hogs against cholera may be said to have passed the experimental stage.

Goats by the hundred thousand are slaughtered in the United States annually, and the product sent into the food supply. . S

* As soon as the colt can take care of himself, both mare and foal should be turned to pasture,. providing the weather is suitable.

~Among the things which should be on hand for the lambing pen is a supply of lime for sprinkling over the soil where discharges are left.

The sow that has been fed a ration of forage and 'small amounts of grain foods may carry a large amount of flesh and still be safe to use for breeding. I

Experience, judgment and a knowledge of the disposition of the sows afford the only guide for a man to follow in handling his sows during the farrowing period.

Authracnose attacks the bean. Use bordeau mixture when'plants are zall well started. Again three weeks later and follow with ‘a third spraying in three more weeks. Good mellow drained soil, rich enough to grow corn, is just right for the fruits, but if it is not rich emough, the time to apply manures is the previous year to planting them.

The Leicester is one of the most readily fattened sheep we have, is a very satisfactory producer for the lamb market, and feeds well where pasture is coarse and abundant,

Great profits are made by raising seed to sell to the seed houses. Onion seed brings from $1.50 to $2.00 per pound. Peas from $3.00 to $5.00 per bushel, and other seeds at a similar ra.c.

A prominent Missouri grower says there are no secrets to the growing of strawberries. Procuring good plants true to name, thorough cultivating and careful and honest packing are the essentials.

~ There is no plant whose varieties differ so widely as the soy bean, and in this fact lies the peculiar value of the plant. It may be used as a grain crop, as a hay crop, for silage, soiling or forage. -

One of the good reasons for raising fall litters is that it enables a person to keep up the strength and vigor of bis hogs. Breeding from yearling sows continuously is sure to reduce the size of the hogs, as well as their vitality.

It is impossible to run a separator under farm conditions without having variations in the test of the cream occur and in fact if the cream buyer should always give the same cream test, it would be more suspicious of dishonesty, than when it varies slightly. :

By keeping the sows separated in lots of from ten to twenty, it is safe to allow them to rum together up to within two or three weeks prior to th 2 farrowing period, then each sow should be removed to the farrowing house and given special food and attention, as the occasion may require, up to farrowing time.

The proper time to dehorn is in the spring when grass first comes.- There are no flies then, the weather is more favorable and the cattle are out in the open instead of being crowded in a feed lot and having to push their sore heads into a bhay rack. Furthermore, after the steer leaves the ,range he goes onto much more expensive feed and the setback which he receives from the operation will be quite ‘expensive instead of practically negligible as it is on grass, :

Give spring pigs good pasture. | g ; i ! T : . o Gapes s a disease found only amoang | your- chicks. ) vid Crude 01l is now being used> to kill | the Texas fever tick. =

The well-bred hen with a good laying record is cheap at any price.

For fruit spot on apples use bor deau the middle to last of June. -

Every man who raises hogs should provide a good pasture for them:

With alfalfa hay the summer pasture conditions are most nearly realized. o B

Hogs should not be allowed access to a stream where there-is cholera on farms above. - - = L e ’

A road drag used occasionally ‘after rains on the farm roads will help to keep them in good condition.

Missouri has fed goats numerously during the past year and- those who handled them made money. =~

Some claim gape worms can never be gotten rid of once a soil is infested with them, but this i{s not always true.

"~ rdorses and mules are -now barre@ from crossing the state line of Kansas until they have a certificate of good health. ’ .

| . The middleman gets a jolt" in the | statement that American beef is now %sellihg in London cheaper than it ie 'in New York. i

. No sow can bring a litter of thrifty, well developed pigs unless she Is fed liberal quantities of the right kinds of food during pregnancy.

" There are very.few gardens in the rural sections that are provided ‘with asparagus, which is as easily grown as weeds when once-established.

Be sure to mulch the newly planted trees. The hot, dry days will come and these cost the lives of many young fruit trees that are not so protected.

Much of the danger that comes to the pigs at birth will be eliminated if the sows are kind and tractable, allowing all fiecessary help at farrowing

Colonies of 50 chicks do very well, but colonies of 25 will do better still, for it does not pay to crowd young chicks any more than it does to crowc old fowls. = S

The best remedy to cure bloating in cattle is to give one ounce arpmatic spirits of ammonia at a dose every half hour in a pint of cold water until the animal is relieved. - =

. Horses and cattle do ° not suffer from tape-worm nearly so often as sheep. Sulphur is not a good vermicide and it has little effect in destroying or expelling tape-worm. . ’

Every calf fed to eighteen or twenty months of age (of a beef bred) will bring the farmer $6O to $BO, and will consume much feed that otherwise would not be of much profit. )

Different rams will cost .varying prices, but the returns they each will give are to be wholly the guide in order that you will purchase the ram which will give the largest net money returns. ge :

When the silo is filled thorough wetting down and tramping-of -the-top will prevent the entrance of air, and will save more of the top layer from spoiling than would be the case if this is not done.

A hen should be fed some grain that she doesn’'t have to scratch for. Although exercise is necessary to keep her in good health, she needs time to rest and dust herself in the middle of the day. 23

Lettuce -can be put to good advana large supply of quickly avallable plant food. Its culture demands the

most liberal feeding to realize the best results. The heads must be large as well as early to secure the best prices. ' -

Chicken hawks, weasels, rats and other marauders often prey upon the small chickens and all efforts to capture them {im traps prove unavailing, where a good gun will often be of more assistance in ridding the farm of their depredations. :

Where one has thoroughly well drained land and once gets a good catch of alfalfa it makes a most -excellent pasture, but it costs some money. in getting a stand and also a large run, as alfalfa under the most favorable circumstances will not admit of close pasturing. :

The conditions, which man creates, causing a loss of humus, are brought about by continued cropping without supplying anything to form humus and by improper cultivation which permits a rapid evaporation of the soil moisture and an excessive aeration of the soil and oxidation of the vegetable matter found in it =

There is no stock raised on the American farm today that-is paying as big dividends on the capital invested as draft horses. From weaning time to maturity the draft horse is ready money and the demand is now so urgent that the seller sets the price. Never in the history of the country have draft ‘horses sold so high as they are selling now.

The old practise of burning corn stalks in the field is still praetised in some localities, and its wastefulness does not seem to be understood. While stalks may have but little value as manure they have a good deal in the production of humus and farmipg on land devold of humus is a heartbreaking proposition. The cutting and plowing under of the stalks involves no more labor than does the breaking and burning while the former process saves all of their value to the land.

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