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The Inheritance Tax. By Max West, Ph. D.; 248 pages. 6x9% inches. Bound in paper. Published by the Columbia University press. Macmillan Company, New York, agents. Price, $2. This book presents the best general synopsis of the inheritance tax laws of the various countries of the world, and of the different states of the United States, that has yet been published, together with discussions of the history, constitutionality and legality of the laws in various states. It is very well written and presents references and cites authorities for all opinions.

Elementary Wood Working. By Edwin W. Foster; 135 pages, 5Vix7V4 inches. Thoroly illustrated with half-tones and etchings. Bound in cloth. Published by Ginn & Co., Boston. For sale by the Ohio Farmer, Cleveland, O. Price, 75c. This is a very useful little book for those who desire to learn the elements of wood working and the use of tools. It is prepared for a school text book and we believe it will answer its purpose well. The uses of the various tools are given in the order in which they are used. Commercial Raw Materials. By Charles R. Toothaker, curator of the Philadelphia Museums; 117 pages, 7x9% inches. Copiously illustrated with engravings and colored charts. Bound in cloth. Published by Ginn & Co.. Boston. For sale by the Ohio Farmer, Cleveland, O. Price, $1.25. This book is a study in commercial geography, a most important subject. It shows by chart, picture and descriptive matter the sources of the various raw materials that are used in the world's commerce and manufactures. It is extremely interesting and instructive and worthy of a place in any library. Who's Who in America. - Fifth volume. Founded and edited by Albert Nelson Marquis.' 2.304 pages. Cloth. 6x8 inches. Published by A. N. Marquis & Co., 324 and 326 Dearborn Street, Chicago. This is the fifth and revised edition of this invaluable reference book. It is brought down to date with 16,395 names and sketches. This book fulfills the original purpose of the publishers, of giving "a brief personal sketch of every living man or woman whose position or achievements make his or her personality of general interest, telling just the things every intelligent person wants to know about those who are conspicuous in every walk of life." The book gives home address, age, place of birth, and such other points of interest related to this subject as every intelligent reader and observer wants to know.

Forest Service, of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. 40 pages, 5x7 inches. Well illustrated. Bound in cloth. This little book explains what the forest reserves, or the National Forests, are. and gives an outline of the purpose which they are designed to fill. The National Forests closely concern all the people of the country, especially those in the West. This little book* should be read by all who are at all interested. Write to the Forest Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington. D. C. and ask for it. Farmers' Cyclopedia of Live Stock. By E V. Wilcox and C. B. Smith; 745 pages, 6y2x9i4 inches. Copiously illustrated with etchings, half-tones and colored plates. Bound in cloth. Price $4.50. Published by the Orange Judd Co., New York. For sale by the Ohio Farmer, Cleveland, O. This is certainly one of the most useful books that we have seen in a long time. It is not in the same class as most socalled "cyclopedias." rehashing impractical and irrelevant matters merely to fill up the book. It is new matter, brought right down to date by men who are well qualified by education and experience to prepare such a book. The general subject of stock raising is considered in the first five parts of the book, and the remaining seven parts are devoted to specific animals - horses, mules, cattle. sheep, goats, poultry, etc., and other useful animals. Not onlv are the different breeds described and their general history given,the best methods of feeding and handling presented, but the anatomy of the animals is thoroly shown by paper models or manikins which can be taken apart and the organs shown in their correct, relative positions. This book should be in the library of every stockman. The Forcing Book. A manual of the cultivation of vegetables in glass houses. By L H. Bailey. Cloth. 5x8 inches. 266 pages. Illustrated. Published by the MacMillan Co. For sale thru the publishers or thru the Ohio Farmer at $1.38, postpaid.

This book gives full discussions of growing vegetables under glass. It is conveniently arranged and profusely illustrated. There are chapters devoted to discussion of forcing-house construction, and management, and a chapter each to the various vegetable crops. A very valuable book for market gardeners. Aid to Materia Medica. By Robert H. M. Dawbarn. Cloth. 4»Ax6y2 inches. 338 pages. Published by the MacMillan Co. Price, $1.75.

Ditches. - I have a wire fence along a) ditch. Can the man who is cleaning tho ditch tear the fence down and haul tho dirt on my land? M. H. - The statutes do not take care of a question of this kind, but on general principles no one can injure your property without paying you for damages. It" it is a township ditch you should apply to the township trustees for relief, and they will probably arrange the matter in some way for you. - * H. L. S.

Trespass. - B has a sale on his farnj and C buys eight -tacks of hay, two of which are in a field. B leaves the farm and D moves on. C does not remove the hay, altho notified to do so by B and D. What can D do about the matter? J. V. B. - D should notify C that if the hay ia not moved within a certain reasonabla time he will remove it at C's expense. - * H. L. S.

Damages. - A public road runs under a railroad trestle and is In very bad condition at that place. A lady about to drive under the trestle stopped and listened for a train, but hearing and seeing none, drove under. The train came out of a cut and whistled just as it crossed the trestle. The horses frightened and tho lady was injured. Has she any remedy? J. V. B. - It would not appear that there is any remedy in this case as there ia nothing to indicate that the railroad company was negligent. It may be assumed that the engine blew its whistle at the proper time and place, which they had a right to do. They can not be compelled to give a signal when the train approaches a trestle, but only when ap-< proaching a crossing. - H. L. S.

An interesting invention has been recently announced to the building trade. It is a substance which comes in rolls like ordinary "Prepared Roofing," socalled, but which has all the appearance on the roof of individual, diamond-shaped tiles. The material comes in long sheets. Thru the middle a saw-tooth cut is made in manufacture. The halves are separated after the sheet is unrolled. One-half is placed over the other when laying, thus developing the first course of tiles. Each succeeding strip breaks up the snip underneath into these graceful individual tiles. The sides of the material are slightly different shades of red, so that by alternating these sides in laying, a pleasing color contrast is developed between adjoining tiles. This new material is called Zolium. Full information regarding this important invention can be obtained of J. A. & W. Bird & Co.. Boston, Mass., who are the patentees and makers, if you mention the Ohio Farmer.

Salmon River tract in Southern Idaho contains 125,000 acres, of which Twin Falls Company has selected 80,000 acres of the best land, Will be opened for entry on June 1. Every fruit and vegetable grown in a temperate climate can "be produced in this section in three-fold abundance. Large crops of alfalfa - three a season - make it ideal for stockraising. In this region 500 bu. of potatoes to acre have been raised. Sugar beets bring $75 to $100 per acre. Wheat, 84 bu.; oats, 115, and corn, 90. If desirous of securing an irrigated farm that will in a few years mean financial independence, write Twin Falls North Side Land and Water Co., 301 Pittsburg Bank for Savings Building, Pittsburg, Pa. Complete data will be forwarded, witli maps, etc., if you mention this paper.

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On Dec. 14. 1907. I ordered an Ohio Farmer sewing machine which came promptly, is giving good satisfaction. and I am well pleased with it. - Mrs. A. E. Carpenter, R. D. 4, Wakeman, O.

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The fence problem continues to be a serious one everywhere and people who have fences to build and gates to keep up should write to the Eureka Fence Mfg. Co.. Richmond. Ind., and get a free copy of their circular on gates.

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The Ohio Farmer sewing machine that we bought from you does just what you claimed it would do. We have tested it on light and heavy goods and it baa not dropped a stitch nor broke a thread. On coarse, heavy or light material it sews at the same speed. Never fails, and runs like a watch. No agent can put a machine like that in a house for the same money. I will recommend your machine to every one and I will further say that no woman will make a mistake in ordering a machine from the Ohio Farmer. - A. B. Piper. Wooster, O.

My Ohio "Farmer sewing machine is all that you claim for it. I have used ^he hemmers, tucker and ruffler and am very much pleased with them; also I can't see but it does as good work as any machine. My daughter bought a machine of you some six or eight years ago and it is doing as good work as ever and I have another daughter that needs a machine and some neighbors and I will not forget to speak a good word for yours. - Mrs. Dora Carter. Albion. Pa.

By Pearle White M'Cowan

Women, especially mothers, who are ambitious to help along the family finances or to provide pin money for themselves, should first decide two important questions: First, am I strong enough physically to assume this added burden? Second, can I do this and not neglect the care of my home and the up-bringing of my children? There are things which the average mother can omit from her regular routine without deducting in any way from the actual comfort and wellbeing of those dependent upon her. For instance she can leave out most of those things which she d'oes merely because others do them. But if the "mothering" side' of her nature is to be absorbed in the "business woman," she would better nip those moneymaking ambitions in the bud, even tnt> it may mean the practice of most rigid economy for every member of the household. The last will not hurt the usefulness of their lives, and may broaden them considerably. The first is their inalienable right.

If these questions can be answered in the affirmative, and if there is some one thing which she enjoys and can do better than some other people can, she may be able to turn it into a little extra money.

For instance, I know a woman who had never learned dress-making but whose shirt-waists were the admiration of all her friends. Today, altho she lives a mile from town, she is making shirt-waists at from 50 cents to $1.50 apiece and earning good money. She secured' an agency from a Chicago firm for waisting materials, and sent cards to all the well-to-do families in town, saying that from two to four on Tuesday afternoons she would be at a certain millinery shop to show her samples and take orders for shirt-waists. She gets a commission on all of this material that she sells. The milliner, who was her cousin, readily saw the advantage to her own trade likely to result from her cousin's callers. The waists are delivered as soon as finished by her pmall son, who is paid so much per trip for his services.

Two more examples I have in mind of country women who are making fairly good incomes in ways not usually attempted by farmers' wives. One, who lives ten miles from a city of 15,- 000 inhabitants, made upwards of $50 last year from perhaps an eighth of an acre of gladioli. The patch was rear the road and was a constant source of temptation to autoists and pleasure seekers driving thru the country. A neatly printed black-board sign told the price of cut flowers, and invited people to stop and select their bulbs for fall or spring delivery. Dahlias, or sweet peas or chrysanthemums would perhaps prove equally as remunerative.

The second lady reaps her harvest in the winter or very early springtime. At that season, her large windows are filled with bright little prim- To?e faces. While others find it almost impossible to Taise these dear little favorites from seed, she seems to have no difficulty at all. and she finds ready customers at 25 cents a plant.

Another lady, living in a small town where there is no green-house, has had fairly good success in the sale of choice begonias and cinerarias raised from seed. This spring she has added pansies and English violets to her list, selling the baby plants at so much a dozen. Many make a small amount annually from the sale of choice tomatoes, cauliflower and cabbage plants, raised in a hot-bed. The woman who is fond of knitting or Crocheting can often earn a few dollars by making sweaters. opera Shawls, mittens, etc., to order.

One farmer's wife has worked up a good trade in a neighboring town for her cottage or Dutch cheese, which is delivered once a week. People pay a little more for it than for the ordinary article, and are rewarded with a tender well-seasoned cheese, which actually contains real cream. This same woman sells several hundred attractive little jars of sauor-kraut and dill pickles each winter. These are placed with a local grocer and sold on commission. Another enterprising woman receives and fills orders for hulled corn, and thus in the course of a year makes a goodly amount of extra money.

The woman who lives near a summer resort has a little advantage. She can take orders for baked goods, angel c,akes, brown bread, aall>rising bread, or any delicacy which she may be famed for making. She may raise and sell flowers to grace little social gatherings, or she may furnish fresh eggs, chickens, butter or fruit on regular days. Reporters pay well as a rule, and the chief requisite to success is to produce an article a little above the ordinary, and present it in an attractive setting.

The woman who would undertake any financial enterprise should have no false pride about her. The world does not take kindly to timid shamefaced persons who offer their work or their wares in a whining apologetic manner. It respects plain honest common sense and self-confidence, which offers no excuse, but says to the world, "I have something to sell which you need."

To advertise in some manner is almost a necessity. Often a notice inserted in a local newspaper will do, but plain little printed cards, giving prices, and explaining the nature of work or wares is better. A neat and attractive littie sign, or a black-board in front of the home are very common and useful modes.

Refrigerator Substitutes

The time of year is nearly here when some way of keeping milk, butter and perishable foods cool is a necessity. This is easy enough for those who put up ice in winter, but where ice has not been provided, the housekeper must depend upon some other method unless she has a cool cellar.

The country woman without a refrigerator is more fortunate than her friend in the town that boasts a waterworks system, for with a box to hold the food it can be kept almost as cool in the well as in a refrigerator. The well need not necessarily be an open one either, for where a pump is used a trap door can be cut in the platform thru which to lower the refrigerator box. The size of the box will of course depend largely upon the size of the family, and each will select one according to its needs. Having chosen it, nail on the cover, and with a small bit bore holes thickly in the sides, ends, and bottom to allow free circulation of air, but not in the top as that would allow dirt or dust to fall into the food.

Hinge the side for a door to open either toward the top or the bottom, and nail strips along the sides on the inside on which to rest shelves. Since tht box is not very heavy, clothes line will do with which to suspend it. Nail it securely along the bottom and side of the box, near the front and back, letting the four cords come well above the box before knotting into one. However, where the cords are knotted into one, the box is apt to whirl, hence it is better to bring the two cords together above each end, f making two cords to the top. Where an open well is used, a small windlass is the easiest way of raising and lowering the box, and a strong hook should be attached to fasten the handle when it has reached the right depth. A windlass could also be arranged where the box must come up thru a trap door in the well platform.

If you have not a suitable well, the next best thing is to dig a hole on the north side of the house, and fill the bottom with small rocks. Over these lay broad, flat stones or an old marble slab, on which the dishes of food may be set. Now get a large box. which will fit closely in the hole, remove the bottom, and hinge on the cover. If there is a round-topped trunk that will not be used any more, it Js good, as the shape of the lid makes it rain' proof; if a flat-topped box is used, the top should be covered with tin or oilcloth to turn the rain. Provide a lot of clean, old carpet to throw over the box to exclude the heated air. The top of the box should not be higher than the level of the ground; lower is better. In our section the majority of farmers take home 15 or 25 cents' worth of ice on the Saturday trip to town. The bottom being out of the box the ice is laid in the center, directly on the rock, and the food set on the eolef stones surrounding. The loose filling of rocks beneath provides drainage, and if the box is well covered above, it is surprising how long a piece of ice will last if kept in this sort of refrigerator. Even when it is gone, the earth and stones make a cooler storeroom than can be found anywhere else above ground. Shelves can be added across each end of the box if more room is needed than that supplied by the bottom. - E. E. Shaw, Pitkin Co., Colorado.

Sterilized Milk For Babies By Nevada Davis Hitchcock

As warm weather appToaches.mothers with little children are naturally anxious. The "second summer" is considered' so trying for teething babies that it has become a bugbear. I am convinced that it need not be for I brought three children thru it (and one of them a sick child) without any alarming times. All of my success in this I attribute to the fact that I used sterilized milk and was careful what I fed the children. From my own experience and from the observation of others I feel that I can not impress these things too strongly upon the minds of young mothers.

"Sterilization" of milk means subjecting it to heat under either high or low pressure. Different kinds of sterilizers have been invented, and many of them are very nice to have, but they are expensive and often beyond the means of the ordinary family. Moreover milk sterilized in an apparatus is subjected to high temperature under pressure for some time and consequently thare are certain changes produced in its composition which make it difficult to digest; on this account many children do not thrive on it. Sterilization at low pressure is considered more healthful for the majority of children. This may be done easily without any apparatus and with only a small outlay of money.

I got along very nicely with a granite kettle which had a se-fitting lid. In this I set three ordinary one-quart glass fruit jars filled with milk, with the lids set on loosely but not screwed on. Then warm water was poured around these jars. The lid of the kettle was put on and the kettle placed where the water would come to the boiling point. Then the kettle was set aside to- cool. In about half an hour the milk was cool enough so that the jars could be taken out and set in the refrigerator. When I did not have ice, I set them in a crock of cold water. When the milk was cooled. I screwed the covers down tight. Care must be taken not to let the kettles stay on the fire after the water reaches the boiling point, else the milk will be heated too much, and overheated or boiled milk causes constipation. Milk treated in this way will keep sweet for twenty-four hours or longer.

Some mothers that I know have found it easier to have enough nursing bottles to use for twenty-four hours (about ten) filling them with milk, and putting them into a rack and setting this rack into a pail of water and bringing just to boiling point. The bottles should have cotton for stoppers, and the hot water should come up to the necks of the bottles.

Sterilizing milk in this way renders it aseptic, that is, the germs are killed, and if kept cool it will keep sweet for a long time, while its digestibility remains unaltered.

It is very important to keep the bottles, nipples, jars and all utensils used about the milk absolutely sweet and clean. Plenty of wateT. soap and soda should be used in cleaning them, and the jars and pans used for sterilizing and heating the milk should not be used for anything else. It seems sometimes as if it is a good deal of bother to sterilize milk and be so careful about keeping things clean but that is not half so much bother as to take care of a sick child day and night. "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." is particularly true in the case of children.

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Furnishing The Veranda

Let us make the veranda an attractive resting place during summer. The expense need not be great. Get the children and young people interested, and they will take hold of the work with zest and pleasure. After the task has been completed, the members of the family will love to assemble there for rest and recreation. The mother will frequently repair to this veranda to do her sewing, mending and various necessary tasks, for she can work to better advantage and with more comfort than indoors where the air is warm and close; besides, it is beneficial to sit where the eye can rest upon restful colors and objects.

The floor may be painted a yellowish stone color, which shows dirt least, and furnished with strips of matting, carpet or rugs. One should aim to have a harmony of colors. In the absence of vines, awning cloth is very convenient. Cut the cloth the size required allowing at the top and bottom for hems wide enough to hold strips of wood 'of the necessary length. To these sticks strong cords or rope can be attached to hold the awning securely in place. In this way the awning can be shoved along the strips of wood.

A stand or table to hold papers and books, easy chairs and a hammock should be provided. An old couch, repaired, will be found comfw+able. If springs are out of place, they can be tied in place with rope, or if missing, a rope can be laced across both ways and securely tacked in position, t -m padded with batting or old comforts, and covered with serviceable brown denim or awning cloth, tacked on with bright-headed tacks. A settee may be 'made of slats, modeled after those used in the city parks. Plants in pots or boxes should be there.

Pure air is a wonderful elixir; it saves doctor bills. We should avoid shutting ourselves in from all that is beautiful and inspiring in nature. - Cora Belle Williams, Seneca Co., O.

A Modern Lighting

It may be of interest to parties contemplating the installing of an acetylene lighting system to learn that there is now being made an apparatus for the generation of Acetylene Gas which does not store the gas from after generation. The carbide is crushed into small particles not larger than peas, and the generator is so constructed as to automatically drop it into the water only in sufficient quantities to supply the amount of light as it is needed, making it absolutely safe, having no storage of gas. For several years I have been looking for something to take the place of kerosene and gasoline, and knowing the acetylene light to be superior to any artificial light that I had ever seen, yet until I found a generator that would not store the gas from after generation, I did not feel safe in putting a plant in my home. For more than a year I have been using my plant with much satisfaction to both my family and myself, and I believe that I have the best and safest artificial light in the world. There is no smoke or soot from ft^ will not even color the paper above the burner and there are no lamps or chimneys to be everlastingly cleaning. The expense of running my plant has not exceeded $12.00 per year, and in addition to lighting we have at times used a hot plate for cooking aud ironing. While there are many generators made - all producing the same light - many of which I have examined, the feed mechanism is about all there is to an Acetylene Gas Plant. I would suggest that parties before installing i ny type of an acetylene generator make their own test as to the storing of gas from after generation. This can be done by taking a very small grain of carbide and dropping it into a glass of water; hold1 a match to it and- see what it will do. All claim that they . sell the best and safest. This can be determined by the above test. The light so nearly resembles daylight, is most restful to the eye. I am using the W. S. Hunter System. - A. L. Surface.

Six-Egg Angel Cake. - This is a favorite recipe of ours because it is easy to make, and not so expensive as the usual angel cake. Sift together four times % pup of flour and % cup of granulated sugar (or 1 cup of pulverized sugar) and 1 level teaspoonful baking powder. Put a pinch of salt into the whites of 6 eggs, and whip to a stiff froth, then fold in gently, part at a time, the dry ingredients, flavor with your preferred extract, and put into a baking tin, and into a moderate oven as quickly as possible. If the oven is too hot at first, the cake will have no chance to rise, for it will commence to bake at once, hence the necessity for a moderatj oven. Baked in a small long tin, this makes a prettyshaped loaf, which slices neatly. When the cake is removed from the oven (it will take about half an hour to bake it), turn the tin bottom side up, resting the edges on something so that the cake will hang from the bottom of the tin; leave thus until it is cold, then loosen from the sides of the tin with a knife and usually it will drop away from the bottom without any trouble. We never grease the tin, because that seems to make the cake stick; instead we keep a bright tin just on purpose for this cake, never using it for anything else, so it does not get roughened. This cake may be frosted or not - it is pretty enough without.

Twelve-Egg Angel Cake. - This is also an easy recipe and reliable, too. Sift together five times 1 cup of flour, 1% cups granulated sugar and 1 teaspoonful cream of tartar. Dump all at once into the stiffly beaten whites of 12 eggs, stir until all incorporated (but be careful to stop stirring before the mixture ceases to be foamy and light), flavor, and put into a| very cool oven, leaving it thusj for about 20 minutes, when the fire should be increased and it should bake 25 minutes longer. The purpose of the cool oven is to give it plenty of chance to rise. With a gas oven I turn on only one burner, and that very low, then at end of 20 minutes turn it up and light the other. With a wood or coal fire I have a low fire at first, and sometimes leave the dioor open a little after the cake is, put into the oven for 10 or 15 minutes, according to the fire that I have, then shut the door, and open the fire box draft so as to increase the heat quickly. A regular angel-cake tin, with center tube on which to rest the overturned cake to cool, and with a slit in the side at the bottom, thru which to run a knife for loosening the cake from the bottom, is desirable for this cake.

Twelve-Yolk Sponge Cake. - To use the yolks for the above cake, when I do not care to make them into salad dressing or use them otherwise, I evolved this recipe by experimenting: Beat the 12 yolks until light, then beat in gradually 1% cups of granulated sugar (you must not dump all this sugar in at once because you will get thus a lumpy mass which will not melt readily). Sift gradually into this egg mixture 2% cups of flour, into i which 2 teaspoons of baking powder have been sifted twice; beat the dough vigorously as you sift in the flour. Lastly add % cup of boiling water and J % teaspoonful of flavoring extract. ; Bake in a moderate oven.

Pour-Egg Sponge Cake. - Put a pinch ! of salt into the whites of 4 eggs, beat them until stiff, then beat the yolks ' into the v/hites; beat into this 1% cups granulated sugar, then 2 cups of flour, into which 2 teaspoons bakirg powder have been sifted twice, and, just before putting into the oven, stir in % cup of boiling water and % teaspoon of flavoring extract. - H. M.

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(.Conducted by W. C. Fair, V. S.) Advice through this department is free to our subscribers. Each communication should state history and symptoms of the case in full; also name and address of writer. Initials only will be published. In acute cases, where we believe that immediate treatment will be necessary, reply will be made by return mail, free.

Barren Mare. - Mare has failed to get with foal for past 2 years. Is in good condition and comes in heat regularly. W R H., Kunkletown. Pa. - Put 1 oz. bicarbonate soda in 3 pints tepid water and inject her daily thru small rubber tube with funnel on end to pour liquid thru. You might try the yeast treatment.

Elbow Tumor. - Horse has a shoe boil, the size of a pint measure.. S. H. H-, Benzonia, Mich. - If bunch is soft and fluctuates on pressure, open it up freely to give, proper drainage. Inject a little tincture iodine once a day. If bunch is hard and vou can do without her work, cut it out' and turn to pasture until it heals. Operator should cut away sufficient skin so that it will heal smoothly.

Ophthalmia. - Horse in apparent good health shows little white lines around outside of eyeballs. Several horses in this localitv have gone blind with similar ailment. A. E. L... Decatur, Mich. - Apply saturated solution of boric acid to eyes, 3 times a day. Give 1 dr. Fow- ,Jer"s solution and; % dr. iodide potassium at a dose, in feed, twice a day until the eyes brighten. Protect him so far as poseible from bright light.

Nervousness. - Mare appears extremely nervous and is continually on the move. W. R., Layland, O. - Your mare suffers from nervousness. Give % dr. powdered mix vomica. dr. powdered colchicum at a dose, in feed, night and morning. Bhe will ' perhaps improve as the weather grow& warmer .

Paralysis of Tail and Rectum. - Mare has had paralysis of tail and rectum for three months. A colt came two weeks ago without difficulty. Her main trouble is in emptying bowels. J. L. B., Roxbury, O. - Apply equal parts alcohol and water to parts surrounding bowel and and root of tail, twice a day. Also give 1 dr. ground nux vomica at a dose, in feed, twice a day. Bowels should be washed out once or twice a day with tepid water and soap. This can best be done with a rubber hose with funnel on end. Her recovery is doubtful.

Pink Eye. - Five horses have been troubled with fever and sore eyes. They are weak and stagger. C. O. S.. Shanesville, O. - They suffer from pink eye (influenza). Give % dr. acetanlide. 3 times a day. Also give 1 dr. Fowler's solution at a dose, twice a day. Feed plenty of grass. Blow a little calomel into eyes night and morning, and keep them from bright light.

Indigestion. - Mare reaches down in manger when it is empty and goes thru motion of eating hay. She moves her lips and teeth continually when standing in stable. It is not cribbing because she does not take hold of anything with hfer tooth. She eats well, but is not in good flesh. L. H.. Defiance, O. - Give % oz. bicarbonate soda. % oz. ground ginger and % oz. ground gentian at a dose, in feed, 3" times a day. If possible turn her to ^rass, for I believe she will soon contrail the habit of crib-biting. . Telescoping of Bowels. - Horse apparently all right when put in barn at night, had ankle swollen and full of pimples next mr.rning. Pimples discharged yellowish liquid. We treated him and pimples were gone in couple of days. We worked him 2 days and his leg swelled at stifle joint. He died several hours later. Vet. was in doubt as to cause of death. R. A.. Remus, Mich. - The swelling on leg was light attack of grease heel which no doubt yielded to treatment. His death was result of a telescoping of the bowel, which brought on an acute inflammation and resulted in death. Such cases are fatal.

WeaKness. - Old mare tires very easily after a drive. She belches gas and has a vaginal discharge. Have bred her a number of times without success. E. V. C, Atwater, O. - Give % dr. ground nux vomica. % oz. ground gentian, % oz. ground ginger and 2 dr. powdered sulfate iron at a dose, in feed, night and morning. Put 1 dr. permanganate potash in % gallon tepid water and inject her daily. Use full quantity at a time, applying thru rubber hose and funnel. It will do no good to breed her as long as she has the vaginal discharge.

Colt Leaks at Navel. - Colt, two weeks old. leaks urine at navel. I tied a cord around skin at opening and it seemed to do some good. A. C, Maplewood, O. - The opening should be stitched so as to nrevent any urine passing out. Apply r>aual parts Iodoform, boric acid and tannic acid to sore, twice a day.

Mange. - Horse has scaly. Itchy patches on back. W. S. Y.. Bucyrus. O. - Give oz. hvpo-sulflte soda and 1 dr. flour sulfur at dose, in feed, twice a day for days. Apply 1 part coal-tar disinfectant and 20 parts water to sores, twice n day.

Dlstefnper. - Four horses had what I rail distemper last December. I gave them simple remedies. Abscesses ,ormed tinder jaw which were opened pntl discharged freely. What had I better give them? F. Y., Kimmell. Ind. - The sores that have not healed under law bad better be Injected with 1 part carbolic acid and 10 parts water, twice r> day. I often Inject such sores with a ''ttle tincture iodine. Also give 1 dr. "idide potassium and 2 dr. powdered ! ulfate iron, in feed, once a day. Feed vorne gr»in and let them run on grass.

wind Gall?. - Colt has wind puffs on V'Mh fore legs, but is not lame. A. S.. bowling Green. O. - You had better apply tincture iodine, once a day, or use any one of the well-known remedies advertised in this paper.

Garget. - Cow gives curdled milk from one teat and that quarter inflames. Attacks last only 2 or 3 days, then she remains all right for 2 or 3 weeks. Attacks appear to be periodical. R. W. K., Millport, O. - Wash udder with 1 part coal-tar disinfectant and 50 parts water, twice a day. If she is stabled keep the barn clean. Give 1 oz. hypo-sulfite soda at a dose, in feed, twice a day.

Bruised Udder. - Cow, fresh this morning, gives bloody milk from all 4 teats. J. F. S., Galion. O. - She has bruised her udder and will doubtless come all right. Put 1 pt. tincture arnica and Vi lb. sugar lead in a gallon of water and apply to udder 3 times a day. Also give 1 dr. fluid extract ergot at a dose, in feed, 3 times a day.

Acute Indigestion. - Cow was giving 1% gallon of milk at a milking, then suddenly gave only % pint. I examined her tail and near the end found a small spot. I snlit it and put some salt in it and bandaged. I am told that this is a case of hollow tain. Can a barb wire cut be healed so as to leave no scar? R. R., Winchester, Tenn. - Your cow suffers from acute indigestion. There is no such disease as hollow tail or hollow horn. Take off bandage and leave her tail alone. If her bowels are costive give 1 lb. Epsom salts daily until they move freely; also give % oz. ground ginger, % oz. ground gentian, 1 oz. bicarbonate soda and % oz.. powdered charcoal at a ciose, in feed or as a drench. 3 times a oay until she recovers. A barb wire cut near foot seldom heals without leaving a scar. It depends on after treatment. HOGS.

Piles. - Young pigs are troubled with bleeding piles. J. M.. Wheeling.- W. Va. - Put % lb. sugar lead. 2 oz. sulfate zinc and 2 oz tannic acid in a gallon of water and apply to piles, 3 times a day. The pigs* bowels should be kept open.

Nasal Catarrh. - Sore Throat. - Sheep are troubled with a discharge from nose, have a cough and swell in throat. Have opened throats and find sack filled with water. H. M. J.. Canal Dover, O. - Apply equal parts camphorated oil and tincture iodine to throat, once a day. Also give 2 grains quinine. 10 drops tincture iron and 5 drops tincture nux vomica at a dose, 3 times a dav.

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Mercer Co.. O.. (W. C.) May 16. - Weather backward with much rain. Live stock all on pasture and doing well. Cattle. 4@4%c; hogs, 5%c. The bottom has fallen out of the wool market, 12@15c the best. Wheat, 90c; oats. 48c; cornT 80c cwt. Everybody going with a rush at present. Wheat and grass doing well. Grass was never better; fine prospect for all fruit. - H. S. Stanbery.

Jefferson Co., O.. (E. C.) May 18. - Warm and clear; occasional showers. All live stock turned out in pasture and doing well. Pastures good and all kinds of stock plentiful. Sheep came thru winter nicely and shearing in progress. Winter wheat is extra fine; good prospects for big crop. Meadows good. Wheat. 95c; oats, 65c; corn, 80c; hay. $13; cattle, 5c; hogs, 5%c; sheep, 4@5c; butter, 28c; eggs. 16c. Live poultry, 13c. Farm work well up to season. Most corn planted last week. All potatoes planted early this year. Gardens doing well. Some' sweet corn up. Fnrm help plentiful. Factories still idle and lots of idle men. with no assurance of work. - Elmer J. Gilkinson.

Delaware Co.. O., (C.) May 18. - Fine for getting ground ready. Horses in demand at good prices. Little colts are numerous and doing fine. Fat cattle scarce at a good price. Lots of pigs and shoats; fat hogs scarce. Meadows and wheat fields look fine. Some farmers thru planting corn; others have not commenced where tile drainage is poor. Very little wool sold. - W. E. Watkins.

Indiana Co., Pa.. (N. C.) May 19. - Good growing weather. Live stock looking well; plenty of pasture. Corn and potatoes are all planted. Fall grain looking well. Corn. 80c; oats. 70c; wheat, 90c; butter. 20c; eggs. 14c. Good prospect for hay. Farm work late. The two weeks of cold did not damage the fruit. - S. A. Morrow.

Clinton Co., O.. (S. W.) May 21. - Fair and warm; splendid growing weather. Live stock doing well with plenty of pasture. Wheat doing well. Corn planting and sheep shearing in full blast. Plenty of fruit except cherries. Few oats sowed. Hay crop coming on fine. Wheat. 94c; corn. 65<S)70c; potatoes, 80c; butter, 18c; eggs. ' 15c. Fat heifers, 5c; hogs, 5Vtc; fat lambs. 5V.sC. Farm work has been delayed on account of excessive rains, but farmers are catching up now. A great deal of plowing and planting still to be done. - N. R. Vandervort.

Pasco Co., Fin.. (C.) May 16. - Tobacco grown under glass will be sold in June; is contracted at 45c per lb. Pole cured tobacco will be delivered In July or August. Ehrly c\icumbk?rs. squashes and Irish potatoes have been marketed. - W. E E

Kanawha Co.. W. Va.. (C.) May 18. - Cool and rainy. Corn about all planted but coming poorly. Potatoes and grass looking well. Cattle on pasture and looking well. Hogs scarce and high. Prospects were all good for fruit, but it has all dropped. Some kind of blight or fungous disease hit It. - F. A. Kendall.

Stark Co.. O.. (N. K.t May 21 - Warm and wet. Corn about half planted. Wheat, oats and gracs making fine growth. Some hay still In farmers' hands. Quite a lot of wheat sold at the raise Fat stock scarce. Poultry crop not large. Prospects good on alf fruit except cherries. Quite a few fruit trees set this spring. - A. T. Krlchhnum.

Gallia Co.. O.. <S. C.) May 21 - Very wet. continual rnln. with destructive thunderstorm. Live stock In good shape: plenty of pasture; too wet for sheep;not many sheared yet; no price on wool yet.

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All fat stock scarce. Few changing hands at present. Lambs, 5 Vic, for July delivery; butter, 15c; eggs, 15c. Too wet for planting corn; not half of corn planted yet and still raining. Roads in bad condition and farmers behind with work. - S. N. Rees.

Huron Co., O.. (N. C.) May 22. - Growing crops never more promising than now. Meadows heavy and forward. Oats dark green and completely cover ground. Wheat fine, earliest beginning to head. Pastures are fine. The only discouraging feature now is the heavy rains which retard planting of corn; not 20 percent of the crop is planted, and many not thru plowing. Wool market is disappointing; only 18 cents offered and bulk of clip still in farmers' hands. Butcher steers scarce, 5Vfec; hogs, 5c; sheep, 4c; lambs, 5%c; wheat, 94c; corn, 70c; oats, 50c; potatoes, 60c. - E. P. S.

Highland Co., O.. (S. W.) May 21. - Warm. damp weather. Pastures and meadows doing well. Wheat was injured by last heavy snow. Good prospects for large crop of fruit except cherries. All farm produce good price. Some early planted potatoes rotted in ground. Farmers busy planting corn. - E. J. Druhot.

Lamoure Co.. N. Dak., (S. E.) May 18. - An early spring; at least three weeks earlier than lasf year. Wheat all sown, and up; much of it covering the ground. About the usual acreage. Same is true of oats. Barley will soon be all in; acreage somewhat increased. Stock on pasture since May 1. Some flax seed sown. Breaking well along. No. 1 Northern wheat, 98e; macaroni, 75c; oats. 60c; flax, $1.07; seed barley, 80c; dairy butter, 20c; creamery. 28c; eggs, 13c; potatoes, $1. - P. S. Hodge.

D. J. Green & Gander of Cumberland, Ohio, recently purchased the grand show bull, Glen Brook Champion No. 2S1768. from Mr. Thomas Johnson, to head their Green Spring herd of Shorthorns. This bull is regarded as one of the best young bulls in the state, and is expected to make an enviable record as a breeder.

Testing Honey. - Bulletin No. 75 of the Bureau of Entomology, TJ. S. Dept. of Agriculture, discusses methods of honey testing for bee-keepers. The most frequent forms for the adulteration of honey consist in the addition of glucose, cane sugar and invert sugar. The standard at present adopted for honey permits the presence of 25 percent of water. The average water content of pure honey is 17.5 percent. The bulletin describes tests for water, glucose, cane and invert sugar. It is free from above bureau, Washington, D. C.

Guardian and Ward. - A went to live with B when he was twelve years old and at that time B became his guardian. A worked for B until he was of age. During that time B charged A $1.50 for his board, so that at the time A became of age his money was all gone. B did not keep A in school any part of the time. Can A recover damages from B for not keeping him in school? Subscriber. - A would have no action against B for not keeping him in school. He would not have cause of action unless B had wasted A's estate, except possibly he might recover for his services after he became of age, but that would depend upon whether or not the circumstances presupposed a contract. - H. L. S.

Line Fence. - The fence between A and myself was a rail fence. A planted trees in the fence corner. The fence was pulled down and the trees are right on the line. Have I the right to cut them down or can I compel A to do so? How can I compel A to put his fence over the line? It is partly on my land. P. H. - If the trees are exactly on the line they belong to both you and A, and you have no more right to cut them down than A has. You have a right to trim off the branches that project onto your land. If A refuses to remove his fence you can compel him to do so by the proper action in court, concerning which you will have to consult local counsel. - H. L. S.

Dog Tax. - Should a dog be taxed where it "resides" on the first Monday of April, or where it may chance to be when the assessor comes along? Is the property against which the dog is taxed liable for damages done to sheep by that dog during the year? J. A. B. - The pres-ent law provides that assessors may charge against the real estate the tax for any dog which is harbored thereon. If a dog is wrongfully taxed to your real estate in that way. you should take the matter up with board of county commissioners and the county auditor. The real estate would not be liable for damages done to sheep by the dog. - H. L. S.

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On this page is shown a four-horse, self-dumping drag that has been in use for many years on our farm. It works very satisfactorily. It is splendidly efficient as a leveler and clod crusher, and if, at any time, it shows a tendency to clog and fill between the cross-bars the driver merely places one foot on the tongue bolster, the runners rise behind the curved portion, and the trash is released. The seat on the rear keeps the cross-bars level with the surface when in operation. - J. F. Keller, Licking Co., O.

Cleveland, Ohio, Saturday. June 6, 1908 The Hired Man

The question of the hired man on the farm is one which is hard to solve satisfactorily. For two years past I have had men who have not been very satisfactory. In the endeavor to get good American help I have paid about $25 per month and selected those who gave promise of being good companionable sort of men; men of a high order of intelligence and of good moral character being selected if possible.

Two years ago the man who worked for me was quick and active, doing his work well and usually in a proper manner. He was not very well informed upon the current events of the day, not taking ifp a paper during the eight months he worked for me. He w.as always in a hurry to be off as soon as possible after six o'clock no matter whether he had any business or not. He owned a bicycle and would make a point to go somewhere as soon as he could get the chores done, and it did not. matter if they were not done as well as they might be. If I had anything extra to do, as is often the case on the farm, to get ready for the next day's work, I had to do it alone. He was not very agreeable about the house and seemed bored if asked to do anything which was not in the line of the day's work. So at the end of the year, I was glad to have his time out, and be able to do the chores and necessary work myself.

A year ago I hired a young man who was a minister's son and a graduate of a high school. He gavt every promise of being a good man, but soon developed traits that were not conducive to satisfactory service in a hired man. He soon made the acquaintance of a girl who lived some eight miles distant. In order to keep up his acquaintance with the young lady he had to buy a horse and buggy and spent at least two nights in the week on the road. He was a member jOf. a Grange choir and had to attend all the meetings of the Grange. He was also faithful to the appointments of his church, which took him away two or three times a week, and usually- all day - o>n Sunday. Taken as a whole my hired man had more calls away- from the farm and his work than the proprietor. His calls being for pleasure and social matters, and because he was such a good fellow I was tolerant as possible. When he was thru work in the fall I owned a mortgage on his rig and he had nothing with which to pay it, and no job for the winter, and a horse to keep. I have said all this because it is a very common experience and shows the difficulty in securing good American help. This man was paid $26 per month.

This year when so many are out of employment in the cities and are looking for work in the country, or are said to be, I expected that it would not he difficult to secure some of this help. I live within six miles of a town in which a tin shop closed last winter throwing out of employment some six hundred men. Most of these men formerly worked on farms or came from farms in this icinity. They are said to be unable to pay their rent or bills and have no work, yet I have received no application from any one to work for me. It was well known that they could get from $25 to $30 per month on the farms, but very few of them improved the opportunity. They became so accustomed me. All the money that he has earned is due him, as he has not used any money. He begins to understand much that is said to him. I am usually at home to give direction to work, and when I am, he will do as much work as any man I ever had. He is very good with a team altho not an expert horseman, but is improving fast in his ability to use a team of horses. He has done much plowing and fitting in a good and satisfactory way.

when" r/4> ''o>N lally rained we have had the ' V/.. .ets and fixtures to wash, scaru "^fc, put away in perfect condition fo. next year, certain changes, shifting of the implements, etc., in the great barn and the making and stenciling with my name and address of 300 additional bushel boxes for apples and potatoes, making now 1,000 all ready for the fall harvests. Also the thoro washing and oiling of eight harnesses, and other needed jobs.

When it does not actually rain, but is too wet for tillage, we have had the setting of over 200 young apple trees, the pretty thoro pruning of some 400 large apple trees, cutting the large limbs into sugar wood, hauling and piling the brush, putting the wood into the shed of the sugar house, picking up and cutti g dead limbs and rubbish about the maple grove, and cutting three rather large dead maples into sugar wood and storing all of it ready for next spring's sap-boiling. This hauling of brush and wood from orchard and sugar camp we have usually done with a 7xl4-foot flat platform rigging on a rather low tru< k wagon; but the ratlipr low, widespread limbs of the apple trees now interfere more and more each year with the brush of a large load even on low wheels.

So we fastened the same flat rigging firmly on the stone-boat sled with which we gather the maple sap in its season. W§ find it far handier - - only a foot high - for loading and unloading. The brush is lo^ed cross-wise, sticking out a foot or so on each side, and is thoroly tramped and crushed together every, few minutes-, during the loading. When half the load is on, a long dividing pole is laid lengthwise on the "near" side to serve the same purpose as a sling for hay and grain. When the big load is on we drive to an open space in the near-by pasture, drive the near runner up on a pretty big log or chunk and two men with poles or manure forks keel the load in two sections onto a long and compact brush pile, ready to be burned for a Fourth-of-July illumination. This work has never before been done so rapidly or so well. The mode of loading and unloading was the thought of our foreman.

While the ground is so very wet as it has been we find the same boat sled without the rigging far better than the low wagon for hauling the sugar wood from orchard and sugar grove to the woodshed. With two strong stakes front and rear, we can put on from a quarter to a half cord of 3ufoot wood. The team draws it as easily as if it were on a truck and the ground is cut up scarcely at all by the broad, smooth runners. Thus the orchard has all been pruned, and the brush and wood all drawn off and the sugar wood is all under cover for next year's boiling, all during weather when the land was too wet to work or even to drive on with wagon. Last year from pressure of spring and summer work the sugar-w.ood was not stored in the shed until fall, and never got thoroly dry, and the third-rate wood which we chiefly use did sot boil sap half so fast as wnen it has all been under cover ten or ele\ < months, including the hot months, and has become "as dry as tinder." The manure for the potato land, what was not drawn and spread in winter, was applied when it was too wet to plow, the broad wheels of the manurespreader not cutting the land badly.

In three or four days now the bloom will be off from all the apple trees enough to permit the first spraying with Bordeaux and Disparene. Two men (myself one) with a ome-horse to village life, the dress up and parade on the street, the meeting of friends after work, and the tippling in the saloons, that they would rather starve in the village than take up country life.

This being the situation and not knowing of good American help who could be hired, I concluded with a neighbor of mine to go to the city and hire a greenhorn. We went to an employment agency where Poles were advertised, and picked out such help as the house and generally agreeable. He takes care of his room, always willing to do chores and odd jobs about the house and barns; is not particular about the hours or what time the day's work is done. And. what pleases the women of tfce household, it makes little difference if the meals are not always just on time. I would recommend farmers who have difficulty in securing good help to try an immigrant, especially, if they can work with them most of the time. All they seemed to be the most intelligent and likely. There was a large number to select from. The one I selected was about 30 years old. I was told by an interpreter that he has a wife in the old country, that he owned land there, and was here to earn money, and would be steady and faithful. He has proven to be so, and satisfactory, and comes up to expectations in every respect. He is careful and painstaking with the" chores. He never forgets to do a thing the second time the way he is told to do it, nor neglects to do things he is told to do. He has worked for me two months and has not been off the farm, except on business for

Experiment Farm Notes

Planning the Work. - As I now keep two first-class hired hands and pay them accordingly, and am absent from the farm about four days each week on the average, and it rains this spring more than half of the days, (15 of the first 22 in May) and keeps even my tile-drained clayey land too wet for plowing and tillage, it takes some forethought to plan for profitable work all the time. Down to date, wagon will do this, while the other works the other team at plowing, etc. - if the land gets dry enough. The point is, that with the great number of wet days and wet land, we have managed to find profitable work all the time indoors or outdoors. With different kinds of farming different planning will be required. But in some way on every farm it seems to me that profitable and necessary work should be planned for every day. - W. L Chamberlain, May 26.

Making Hay

A large hay crop seems a certainty this season. There is an especially fine promise of clover. Good clover hay on the stock farm almost makes the difference between profit and loss for the year. There is no denying, however, that it is more difficult to make good hay from clover than from timothy, and that clover hay poorly made is almost worthless as feed. There are not many operations of the farm that call for a higher order of skill and judgment than the making of clover hay. So many things are to be taken into consideration. Ideal conditions seldom or never prevail. This makes it unpractical to lay down hard and fast rules. It is important, however, to understand a few general principles.

Hay is not grain. It seems necessary still to urge this upon a few people who insist upon letting hay get ripe before cutting. As an argument to support their contention they cite that the crop continues to increase in weight until fully ripe, and further, that a mature ear of corn is worth more than one in the roasting-ear stage. The fallacy here is that the illustration tends to prove the reverse of what is intended. As plants ripen, the material that may be utili ed as feed for animals is largely gathered in the seed, and the stem rapidly increases in mineral matter, which renders it less digestible. Where the grain alone, or principally, is to be utilized as feed for animals, it is wise to let the crop mature, but that is not true with hay. The ripened seeds of the grasses and clovers are practically valueless as animal feeds. In support of this statement are the facts gathered from feeding investigations. Animals thrive better when fed upon hay made from immature grass and clover than upon mature.

As years have gone by experience has led us to cut hay a little earlier than formerly. We used to wait until one-half the clover heads were brown before starting the mower. We now start as soon as the field is in full bloom if weather conditions are favorable. Favorable weather is so important that we watch it about as closely as the hay crop itself. It is difficult to cure hay on wet ground even if the sky is clear. Hence we have learned to take advantage of favorable conditions rather than wait for the exact stage of maturity at which we would like to harvest the crop. Poor Richard's maxim, "Make hay while the sun shines," is sound advice if not interpreted too literally. Make it when conditions are right, but that does not mean when there is a glaring hot sun. The moisture (sap) can be most readily and completely gotten out of the stem by way of the leaves, hence the study should be to keep them active as long as possible. A scorching hot sun parches them long before the stems are dry and thereby retards drying. Clover cut in the afternoon has much less moisture in it than that cut in the morning. We prefer to cut late enough in the afternoon so that a heavy dew or even slight rain will not injure it should they come, and late enough so that the leaves will not lose their action should the sun remain bright until setting. If the following day is a good bay day and the tedder is used freely it will do to begin taking up after noon. It should be raked into windrows before quite dry enough for the mow. The loss of let vet from overdryiug is serious in making clover hay. Unless a large force is used, so that it can be taken up at about the same rate as mowed, arid then a side- delivery rake used, a bay loader is not very satisfactory in making clover hay. We have done it with every thing just right but very Often it is impossible to make good clover hay without putting it in cock for a day or two 1 1 . should be done before the hay is dry. I have never been able to make good clover hay in a single day. I have put clover in the barn the same day it was cut but it was too ripe to be really good hay.

The tedder is almost indispensable in making clover hay. It should be started before the swath is dry on top. Some persons seem to think it is to turn the swath over. It does nothing of the sort. It loosens it up so that a;r and sun gets at all of it. The sun is important only as warming the air. It is really the air that dries the hay. In a rainy season I should depend upon putting the hay in a cock as soon as slightly wilted, making them very small at base and as high as practicable. - H. P. Miller.

The Weeder In Corn

The weeder is a tool which, sooner or later, must come into common use In corn tillage. Its value in this capa< ity is immeasurable and no other tool can ever quite take its place. We have been using a weeder now for 12 years and the more we operate it, the more fully convinced we brome that it has no equal in its particular field of usefulness. At present, comparatively few weeders are used and we have often wondered why this is so, but we have observed that wherever the tool has been given a fair trial it has been retained and operated successfully. It is not an implement calculated to do rigorous work, but more to carry on the work started by the light harrow during the early stage Of corn tillage. Every farmer probably appreciates the benefits of early harrowing of corn. The weed'1 is the only tool upon the market which will take up the work where the harrow leaves off, and prolong it until the corn has passed the intermediate stage and is ready for cultivation. Thruout the entire period of cultivation, the aim should be to keep the surface soil in a loose, mulch-like condition. To do this successfully, the surface must not be allowed to form a crii * during this period in the early growL of the corn. With the ordinary cultivator, the space between rows is amply stirred, while a small square around each hill is left unbroken. From these unbroken squares the rapid evaporation of moisture is undisturbed, and it is here that moisture is most needed during the early growth of the corn plants. With the weeder this difficulty is overcome and the entire surface is given a smooth and uniform finish which leaves the desired dust mulch.

The weeder should always follow immediately after cultivation. The soil is then stirred between the rows, thus assisting the tool to loosen up w hat remains around the plants. When corn is planted in drills it is best to go the same way of the rows, but if in checks, running crossways of the last cultivation is more effectual. When the cultivation is done with a twohorse cultivator, it is advisable to stop and go over the freshly cultivated soil before the whole field is cultivated. In this way the soil is loosened about the corn plants, before that in the rows becomes baked. It is never advisable to operate the weeder before cultivation. The tool is too light to accomplish effectual work. We have used our weeder with good success until the corn Teaches a growth of 14 inches. Never attempt its use when the dew is on or immediately after a Tain, as the corn is then brittle and is easily broken. - Leo C. Reynolds, Shiawassee Co., Mich.

that not over half of this is available even where there is no loss either from evaporation or percolation. He found, however, that on a well-tilled fallow ground, evaporation went on at such a rate that 8.24 inches of water were lost in 64 days. Another observation of actual field conditions disclosed the loss of 1.75 inches in seven days. This was on ground left unplowed, while from adjacent land of same character plowing almost completely checked loss in the surface four feet. Still other observations have shown a loss of two pounds of water per square foot daily from bare and unfilled land.

The three factors in the problem to which I want to call especial attention are: First, it is the water now in the soil and subsoil that must be depended upon very largely for the production of the season's crops. Second, the rapidity with which this is lost thru surface evaporation unless prevented, and third, the way in which this may be done. It is well known that it is summer drouths that farmers most dread; and they are felt the most after a spring of excessive rains by which the ground has become firmly packed, as evaporation then goes on most rapidly. Immeasurable values in crops are lost every year thru the failure to recognize that the principal purpose of cultivation is to conserve moisture, and that it ought to be given at the earliest moment possible after a rain. The thought is almost universal yet that we cultivate crops to keep down weeds, hence cultivation is given only when weeds appear and is discontinued when there no longer seems a probability that the weeds will overtake the crop. The weeds must be kept out but it would be highly profitable to cultivate if no weed ever grew.

Another thought that controls many in cultivation, that seldom has a basis, is that it is for the purpose of loosening the soil so the plant rootlets may the easier penetrate it. That may be a necessity just once after a period of heavy rains, such as we have had this spring, but that need does not maintain thru the summer. King found that three inches of loose soil on the surface proved a very effectual mulch for prevention of evaporation. That this may be effective it is necessary that the entire surface should be stirred to that depth. This suggests small-tooth cultivators. The old style, large-shovel cultivators that throw the soil up in large flakes.moving only half of the surface, and leaving it very rough, even hastens evaporation. The other point of importance to keep in mind is that this mulch must be stirred often enough to keep it loose. The character of the soil and the weather conditions will determine that. - H. P. Miller.

Save The Sou. Moisture Concrete Hog Trough

The yield of crops Le determined more largely by the moisture supply than by any other factor in crop production. In recent years agricultural writers and speakers have laid great emphasis upon soil fertility which has generally been construed as referring to the amount of plant food in the soil. I do not sav that it has been exaggerated, but the part that soil moisture plays has not received enough attention. The enormous yields gotten under irrigation are not due to the fact of excessive stores of plant food in the soils of that region, hut to the maintenance of the r'ght degree of soil moisture.

Prof. King has worked out that the average loam soil with clay subsoil contains less than 20 inches of water within five feet of the surface, aid course concrete will not rot but I have seen some tried and they were failures. The anchor posts were all right but the line posts would crack and then would begin to crumble where the cracks were, not because they were not hard enough or rich enough, but on account of the friction of the wind swaying the fence. These posts were reinforced with wire, spread in the post as advised. The concrete was made of bank sand and a good grade of cement. Tue posts were kept wet four or five days before moving. The fence was set when the posts were about three or four months old, and the posts began to break in from 12 to 18 months. The wine did not break, but they let the fence sway badly. - O. E. S., Rockford, Ohio.

The posts were handled or jarred before the cement had fully set, causing many small breaks in the concrete which did not open until strained by frost or tension strain. One crack opening allowed all injured parts to open, which made it appear as tho the concrete was crumbling. - Hamau Glock.

Fig. 21 shows a hog trough and Fig. 22 is a section of same. Make the form the size desired and place a half log in the center, the log should be one foot shorter than the mold to allow for six-inch concrete ends. As shown, the trough is molded in an inverted position and left in this position undisturbed until cement has hardened, which requires six or eight days.

In making concrete in forms, much trouble can be avoided in removing the made article from the form by painting the interior of the mold with common harvester oil just previous to filling the mold with concrete. As oil and grease will destroy green concrete care must be taken to remove all surp'us oil before concreting. Sawdust from green or wet timber mixed with concrete will destroy its strength equally as much as oil.

Plan No 11G

Bank Barn. - Please give plan and bill of materials for a bank barn 36x 48 feet, with an 8-ft. basement. Will want to drive in at the end above. Please give arrangement of feed chutes and stalls. - E. It, Peebles. O.

Bill Of Materials

To Make a Square or Angle Cut Without a Square. - Place your saw on rhe stick or board to be cut. in position to saw. Then look for the reflection of the stick on the side of the saw. If the reflection and the stick are in a straight line you are in position to make a square cut. If the reflection and stick are at right angles, you are in position to make an angle cut of 45 degrees. - R.

To Drive Nail in Hardwood. - Bore a small gimlet hole in the end of your hammer handle and fill it with sosp or beeswax. When a nail is to be driven into hardwood, first smear the point with the soap or wax and y.iu will find that it will drive much more easily. - R.