Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 35, Number 237, 3 July 1910 — Page 6

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THE EICmiOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, SUNDAY, JULY 3, 1910.

Of Interest to the Farmers

This nMr n uat'aet'ba rorlnwi Wltbut soraftlsaieoJ Fiwm acres, limn farmino. If tfcere to one feet tnt needs Inprmtof oa the aatod of tbo American oil tiller who la handling more than eighty acres It la that ba coo Id make juat aa mueb money la the long run and do It far aaalar and with a greater degree of satisfaction If bo would work half aa nucb land trriee aa well aa tba area bo la at present handling. Tbla fact la' brought to light In tbo crop statistics aold figures which a bow tbo average yield of com pr aero for tbo couatry to bo twentyatreo baabala, wheat fourteen bushels, oata betwoea twenty and twentyfl?o baabala and potatooa from eighty to a bondrad bushels, with tbo yield of other ataplo farm cropa on a par with thoao mentioned. It la abown In tbo farther fact that ao few fanna bare tbo gardens they ought to have to raiee vegetablea and fruits for the bono table. Reaaon men too busy from daylight till dark tending cropa, making , hay and milking cowa and tbo women folka too busy In the house loading hungry raen and washing and mending their shirts to take up this outside work aa an extra harden. It la farther abown la the fact that the average nock of bona la left to ablft for the meal vea iaatead of being looked after systematically and made a source of substantial profit; farther abown In ao many mea keeping her da of usprofkabie cowa simply because they are ao swamped with work part of It mllkiag theao name cowa that they doa't find time to figure out whether they are paying for the atnff they eat. It la eaaler to offer advice than to pot advice Sato practice, but It la from this reduction la tbo area worked by one man and too handling of It mora Intensively and intelligently that any regeneration la ear agriculture must chiefly come. Tbo time la past when slipshod, hlt-and-go-miss methods can bo employed on tbo farm and a fair interest retain ea money Invested be realised. There la already In ezlatence aa a result of patient research and experiment a body of Information which may properly be termed the aclenco of farming, and wide awake tillers of the aoll are looking to this la aver increasing numbers for information and assistance, while it aeema clear that the others will bare to do tbla if they continue mocb longer in the baelneae. This aclenco baa to do with one fundamental facta of the cbemlatry of eolla and tbo makeup of natural and artificial fertilizers. It states tse causes of aoll depletion and tall why rotation of cropa la necessary. It takes up tba question of balanced ratJona and shows what feeds may be moat economically need to produce given results. It analyze milk yields and makes possible the weeding ont of ooprentaWe IndlTidaals of dairy bards, and It applies the tuberculin test and locates toe diseas ed and unprofitable cow. It does these things sad hundreds of others. It goes without saying that tbo farm er must got bold of aa much of una information as possible if bo would kssp up wltn tba procession. Unless bs doss so bs Is bound to become a straggler oa tba highway of progress. A NIW WORM PEST. 'Added to the conditions of drought which are always present, a portion of Borthssstsra Now Mexico, southern Colorado and a strip of tba Texas Pas.handle are being overrun with what ts known aa tbo Mew Mexico range cat erplllar. Tbo fall grown larvae, which have a spiny and decidedly ugly appearance, frequently measure twoand a half Inones an length and are as thick aa a ansa's forefinger. Oonnta which have been mads of the number of catsrplHrs oa small areas show that asctions which are worst infested bar as many aa 20,000,000 of these hog worms to a square mile. The bureau of entomology of the depart meat of agriculture baa been making a study of the life history of this worm. its natural aaomies and measures which are effective in Ita extinction and baa published tba date collected aa bulletin No. 85, part 0, bureau of entomology. ERVINO TWO MASTERS. ' It beats all how a handful of cigars or a rids in the easy going automobile of some smooth tongued representative of special Interests st stats or national capitals will befog the mind of a leg islator relative to tbo plain duties devolving upon blm aa representative and trustee of the Interests of bis constitu ents. But the day la at hand when be will bare to fish or cut bait and decide whom ho will serve. This matter of the people paying lawmakers good fat salaries to represent them only to bars them turn ap later in the guise of easy marka and stool pigeons of capitalistic interests is a type of traltoriam that la viewed with increasing abhor reoco in the mind of thinking people, and it's time tba fallows who hare be tas red to this class repented In sack cloth and ashes or ran for their cy clone collars. A bath of kvrtMfue will often giro now rigor to the family clock when it gets on one of those tired streaks. - Many a young fruit tree la injured by baring the label wire left on at planting time through hurry or over sight. Tbeae should be removed at the earliest opportunity. The total export value of sugar from Cuba to the United States in 1000 was 174.434 ,901. and it Is estimated that for the current year tbo rains of the export sugar will run doss to $90,000, 000. One of the latest commodity frauds on the caleudar is the adulteration of oyster shell with rock salt. There are apparently some shell factories that are altuated a trine too far from the aeacoaat. It taken Just ss much ginger out of the soil to grow a crop of weeds ss it .does to produce most of the useful crops. This is equally true In the case of moisture, one of the Indispensable of satisfactory crop development. Some. one has suggested Uac,,an jeasy

way "uf protect ts 'liiroj ireasr tae attacks of the house cat is te tie a little bell oa her neck. Tba rata and mice might take warning also, bat they could bo disposed of la soma other wsy.

One who has tried it has found car bolic add an effeceive means of keeping flies from a boras daring hot weather. Ho kosps aa oiled dotn in tbo barn and on this pats a few drops of carbolic add. Every morning tost before harnessing ho rubs his horse over with this eleta, with tbo result that tba files keep st a distance. Students of the good roads problem the country over assert that aa a nation we lose annually the aum of $250,000.000 in hauling produce to and from market over poor highways. Hero would aeem to bo a line along which the conservetlen theory might be worked to good advantage conserva tion of horse power, wagon and har ness, besides a whole lot of time and a good deal of patience. The bsy csp made of squares of thirty-six to forty Inch Al sheeting and weighted at tbo corners is coming Into quite general are In haymak ing sections which are subject to rains during the cutting season. From sev enty-fire to a hundred caps are usually required to cover an aere of hay in cocks. CarefoUy dried out and put away, the oovers will last for many seasons. Whether they pay in any particular case can easily bo determined by figuring the probable deterioration In the hay crop through laek of protec tion covering a aeries of years. There is no mors ruthless enemy of young bird life thaa ths little red squir rel which frequents country wood lots and hedges and trees la many cities over the country. I4s this little fiend's delight to come upon a nest of young birds just before they are ln shape to fly and bite tbea through too back of the head, sucking out their brains and drinking ttieir blood. Wo did not know this until wo saw fledgelings treated In exactly tela way. The upshot of this situation is that one must choose between the birds and the squirrel. If he doesn't exterminate tbo squirrels the squirrels will exter minate the birds. There is no one of the bird enemies of the cotton boll weevil that la given a higher rating in the destruction of tbla Insect thaat She purple martin, .which spends the winter in the southon and the summer in ths northern states. More thaa this, it continues its work of Insect destruction in the localities where it builds its nest and rears its young. For these reasons one is a real benefactor if be does what be can to provide secure nesting pieces for these Interesting birds helps himself and the cotton planter of the south. If along with ths protection given the martin a Ilka protection were accorded the robin daring its winter sojourn In southern states there would be very real reciprocity of favors. The folly of buying high priced land "ansight and unseen" as one swapped Jsckknlves la boyhood is nicely Illus trated in the ease of a couple of men who last winter invested In soma Yaki ma valley fruit land after inspecting pictures of the tract when there waa snow on tbo ground. This was in the winter. When they moved west in the spring to develop their ranches they found, much to their surprise. that the deeda they had paid a long price for gave them ownership to par cels of land composed of solid rock at the sarface. It is a matter of satis faction to know that the agents who thus aimed to defraud them were ar rested, one already doing time in the penitentiary, while the ether bids fair to occupy an adjoining eefi. There is no need of any farmer paying out any of his bard earned coin to secure the patent right to make concrete fencepoats or of his buying the right to sett such patsnt for a giv en area, for be may fmdhout all be needs to know aa to the making of concrete posts by writing to his con gressman or to the department of agri culture at Washington for farmers' bulletin No. 408. which takes up the subject tn detail, including the selection of materials, choice of molds and the way to make, them, re-enforcing, setting, fastening of wires, etc. The cement poet will in moat sections cost more than tbo best grade of wooden posts, but they Improve rather than deteriorate with age, being immune to destruction by weather, insects or fire. "'A set or muley names, with ths pro jections above the collar minus, and an extra abort doubletree should be in the equipment of every orchardlst. They will make possible more thor ough cultivation near the trees and fewer injuries to them. Fifty dollars' worth of paint judi ciously, appll!. will often add .fire Violet Dulce Talcum The new talcum powder with a sweet violet odor. This Is positively the very finest grade of talcum with a most delightful odor, making a pow der that is unsurpassed for toilet use. It sells at 25 cents and is worth it. See it in our window. ADAMO DRUG QTORE 6TH AND MAIN. The Rexall Store.' ..HOT.. Weather is a sure sign that your horse needs a cool feed. UBIKA is the one highest in protein and lowest in Fiber and Heat of any feed on the market. Richmond Feed Store 11-1 J N. ttb Phone 21SC

time that aateaat so tao vaaao or the premises la case oaa wishes to setL And if s net a bad idea to get seme of this point oa bote she folks who

have been living ia tao house move out. A. work shirt made of black or other dark staff is moom warmer when worn In ths sunshine thaa Mghter colored shirts of the same weight for the rea son that instead of reflecting tbo rays of the sun it absorbs them, thereby greatly increasing the heat. It la true that the black shirt d leant show ths dirt aa do shirts of lighter color, but this Is the only thing that can bo aaid la lta favor. One who has bad extensive experi ence In tbo matter of Ivy poisoning recommends a wssh made by adding ten or twelve drops of carbolic add to aa ounce of distilled or rain water. Another who has also bad experience suggests a paste made by moistening sifted wood ashes with water and ap plying to the affected parts. Both the remedies sre cheap and can bo easily tested and compared. Recently a man in the aoutbwest baa sought to get rich without working by selling st 00 cents a pound the seed grain of what he claimed was Califor nia wheat, which, he declared, would yield from 200 to 400 bushels per acre. The agricultural department has investigated this claim aad found that the seed in question is of a variety of sor ghum known as ahallu, which was tested several years ago and found to be only half aa productive aa Kaffir com. One has a greater respect for the Philippine Islands commercially when he realizes that the thirty-seven prov inces whioh constitute the group pro duced 508.000.000 pounds of hulled rice in the year 1908 and last year increased this total to 064.000.000 pounds, a part of the Increase being due to more complete resurna. While the Filipino is usually rated by Americana aa of a low order of intelligence, it is worthy of note that tae system of terrace irri gation devised ay the little brown man generations ago for the culture of rice Is now rated as one of the marvels of agricultural history. Crop statistics are aometimes inter esting in that they abed side lights on fundamental agricultural conditions To illustrate the point, the average yield per acre of winter wheat for the ten year period 1800-1909 waa 14.8 bushels per sere. For the preceding decade It was 12.9 bushels. This shows an lncreaae of 1.4 bushels per acre for the later period. In both Instances, however, the average yield is so low that it pays a mere pittance in Interest on money Invested after cost of production, taxes, etc., hare been paid. An Increase In yield per acre means little unless it stands for a better sys tem of farm management which keeps in view a maintenance of the fertility of the soil. If a measure which was introduced In tbo recent session of the New York legislature eventually becomes a law commission merchants of that state will have to put up a bond of $5,000 each aa a guarantee of square dealing with customers over the state who may have no assurance of their integrity beyond claims made in newspaper advertisements or seductive circulars. Should the law pass it will mean that to start in the commission or jobbing business or continue in it a $12.95 typewriter, a batch of cheap stationery snd a few bunches of penny stamped envelopes will no longer suf fice. This law will put the shark and shyster ont of business. To cure these commission swindles, which are country wide, a federal law of similar character abeuld be enacted. Dairy experts from the New York State School of Agriculture and officials of ths Erie railroad took a very effective method of spreading the gospel .of better dairying when they.ran a

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Bear in mind that it is hard to get cars on short notice. So if you are ready for one, come and see us. Also remember that automobiles don't receive ail of our attention. If you need a new vehicle of any kind we have them. We also carry a large stock of Harness on which we make extremely low prices. Do you need NEW RUBBER TIRES on your old rig? Weil we can put them on while you wait, and we use nothing but the best quality.

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"sUlk pfrditcUoV specter over That road in April of thai year. Forty-five minute stops wore made at twenty-one towns, thirty aalnnte lectures on the one subject of tmUk. production being followed by a Afteea salautes deaaonstratlea of a pseStasle sad unprofitable type of dairy cow, the first being a Holstein with a record of 427 pounds of batter 1st per year, while the other

on but a trifle less feed made but 167 pounds of b aSter te the saas period. In the lectures the fact waa emphasized that to keep ia business . the dairyman must, la view of present high prices of feed, either receive mors for bis product or reduos in some wsy the cost of ita production, which waa shown ould be effected in three ways b.r tiv more m-nnomical feeding of home grown feMls (grain, clover, alfalfa, silage and beets), by weeding out the boarder cows by the use of the Babcock test and by grading up the dairy herd by the continuous use of a pure bred bull ef a single dairy breed. Four tbouaaad three hundred and twenty-one people attended the lectures and manifested an unusual interest in the subject of better dairying. WHAT CLEAN BLOOD MEANS They used to accuse Dr. A. B. Simpson, one of the famous physicians of Indiana, of having a cure-all because his great reputation was established largely on one prescription, the most effective alterative or blood-purifier known. "No," he would remark, "it will not cure consumption, nor typhoid, nor any one of a hundred common diseases. It simply purifies the blood, but It does that very thoroughly." What are the symptoms of poisoned, impure blood? They range all the way from the dreadful syphilis to a muddy complexion. They include inflamma tory rheumatism, catarrh, scrofula, eczema, erysipelas, pimples, boils, running 6ores, erysipelas, pimples, boils, and a number of similar afflictions. All these yielded readily to Dr. Simpson's treatment. And during the forty years this preparation has" been on the market as Dr. A. B. Simpson's Vegetable Compound It has never failed in a single case. The very worst cases of syphillis have been cured as well as all the other blood diseases named above and the same compound has always given clear, clean complexions to those, oth erwise in good health. It is sold at $1.00 a bottle at all drug stores. Praise Your Wife. Praise your wife, man, for pity's sake praise your wife when she deserves it! It won't injure her any, though it may frighten her some from Its strangeness. If you wish to make and keep her happy give her a loving word occasionally. If she takes pains to make you something pretty don't take it with only: "Yes, it is very pretty. Won't you hand me my paper?" It will take you only a minute's time to kiss her and tell her she is the best wife in town. - You will find It to be a paying Investment one which will yield you a large return In increased care and willing labor for your comfort. Loving praise will lighten labor wonderfully and should be freely bestowed. Exchange. PALLADIUM WANT ADS PAY. T dD

We Are Still Selling Them, and Lots ot Them. Remember We Handle the Well Known

A SERIOUS PIKER. The Way the Great Emperor Charles V. Ate Hie Meals. The diary of a Geramsa gentleman. Bartholomew Saotrow, who lived in the time of the Fsasator Charles V gives us a good idea, of tbo gastronomic customs of those times. S&strow's description of the table habits of the greatest ruler in his day is very interesting. Young- pstaees aad counts aerved the repast. There were anrarlabty four courses of sis dishes. The emperor bad no one to carve for him. He began by cutting his bread in pieces large enough for one mouthful, then attacked bis plate. He often used his fingers while he held the plate under bis chin with the other hand. When be felt thirsty he made a sign to the "doctor" standing by the table;

then they went to the sideboard for two silver flagens and filled a goblet which held about a measure and a half. The emperor drained it to the last drop, practically at one draft. During the steal he never uttered a syllable, scarcely smiled at the most amusing sallies of the jesters behind bis chair, finally picked his teeth with quills and. after washing his hands, retired to a window recess, where anybody could approach him with a petition. SALT WATER. Deep Seas Are Mere Saline Than Those That Are Shallow. The density of sea water depends upon the quantity, of saline matter it contains. The proportion is generally about 3 or 4 per cent, though it varies in different places. The ocean contains more salt in the southern than in the northern hemisphere, and the Atlantic contains mere than the Pacific. The greatest proportion of salt in the Pacific is in the parallels of 22 degrees north latitude and 17 degrees south latitude. Near the equator it is less, and in the polar seas it is least, from the melting of the ice. The saltnecs varies with the seasons in these regions, and the fresh water, being lighter, is uppermost. ttain makes the surface of the sea fresher than the interior parts, and the influx of rivers renders the ocean less salt at their estuaries. Deep seas are more saline than those that are shallow, and inland seas communicating with the main are less salt, from the rivers that flow into them. To this, however, the .Mediterranean is an exception, owing to great evaporation and the influx of salt currents from the Black sea and the Atlantic. The water in the strait of Gibraltar at the depth of 670 fathoms' is four times as salt as that at the surface. St. James' Gazette. Lore of the Clover. Any one who carries about a four leaved clover will be lucky and will have. the oower .of.discovf.ring, ghosts -BURGLARYThe summer outing season will soon be here, when you will leave your silverware, furs, rugs, paintings and bric-a-brac to the burglars. Upon your return, if you find some valuables gone, others destroyed, locks broken, and your pretty home turned Into a place of desolation, a draft covering the loss and damage will look mighty good to you. Let DOUGAN & CO. protect you. Phone 1330. ..Daylight All the Way.. By the Kodak System , W. H. Ross Drug Co. 804 Main St. M E. M. F. "30 Flanders "20 Inter-State Ford Premier

or evil spirits.' With it under the'pUlow the lover stay assure dreams of the beloved one. A. fragment la the ahoo of a tiarelox answrss a safe journey. Of tbo flv4eae4 clover it is dedared that If it be worn oa tao left side of a aoatdeao dfeess or fastened behind the ball door the Christian name of the first man who enters will bo the same as that of the future husband. The power of the four leaved shamrock for good is familiar to all from Lover's pretty and once popular song, the speaker ia wtticb. pictures what she would do should she find the magic plant: I would play the enchanter's per n scatter bliee around. And not a tear or aching heart should la the world be found. London Globe.

Har Deareet Friend. Tf you were 1." she said to her dearest friend, "would you be married in the spring or the fall?" "If 1 were you." was the unhesitating reply, "aad bad actually secured a man 1 would set the wedding for the earliest date possible." When the lite King Edward was in Canada, nearly fifty years ago, he re ceived shoals of addresses, and among them was one from the lumbermen and raftsmen of the Ottawa valley. The address was concluded with these words: "Long may you remain the prince of Wales!" When the Jt oreman of the woodsmen was questioned about this rather doubtful compliment, he explained that the address Accident Insurance E. B. KNOLLENBERG. Room 6, Knollenberg's Annex.

JORDAN, M'MANUS & BLANCH ARD FUNERAL DIRECTORS & EMBALMERS. TELEPHONE 2175. PARLORS 1014 MAIN ST. Automobile Service for Calls Out of City. Private Chapel and Ambulance,

FIREWORKS

The kind that gives the desired results. We are selling A. L. Due's famous line of fireworks, every piece of which is good and "goes off as it should. ...SPECIAL.. CHINESE FIRE CRACKERS A popular cracker at a special price, 52 in each pack, 5c pack or 6 for 25c. SPARKLERS - The harmless, brilliant fire works, 5c box. AIR TORPEDOES Perfectly harmless, no fire, no smoke; use paper for ammunition. Sounds as loud as a cannon cracker; special price, 25c. Many other kinds, enough varieties to please any degree of enthusiasm. See our line before buying. The Geo. Bretim

517 Main. Phone 1747. OPEN EVERY EVENING. Our Fireworks are all new, and prices right.

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meant what it said. "We are perfectly satisfied with the queen, and want her to reign as long as she can." bo added.

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