THE FARM.
ALCOHOL POII MURIEL.
In to* Uoo of Do-
of the
*• W bettor op-
An (to many uses of
to* kiowa to tb* farmeri
com try. Uncle Ami being
* living the public the full
•f lb* opportunities In store,
hiring an axhibit at the
Exposition showing the do-
it sad sees of deanturised
rMeb la and* from the pro-
tb* form and garden. This
soblbtt will be In charge of competent
government officials of the Expert-
■oat Stations of the Department of
Agriculture
la ooonecttea with this Government
•Hit will be sxhIMts of various
Kinds of Internal oombustlon engines
using deanturised alcohol for fuel,
fbrmers will learn at the James
town Exposition how to save labor In
a thousand different ways. They will
be shown how they can untlllze ma
chinery for a&wing wood, chopping
•took feed, pumping water and many
othsr things. And the farmer's wife
son employ machinery for doing her
aborning, washing, operating her sew-
ing machine and in many other ways
to aav* labor. Special machinery Is
already being made for utilizing this
new and cheap fuel and so economical
sh bn this fuel alcohol that every
firmer can make his own supply from
the waste products of his fhrm.
Uncle Sam will also show the public
how to use denuturlzed alcohol as a
fuel for heating and cooking purposes
at heme and for lighting the houoes
and country reads. He will teach the
farmers how they may save timo and
expense by making their fuel and
lights at no small a cost that their
living expenses will be reduced to a
minimum and their conveniences so
greatly Increased that they will find
real luxury In living on a farm,
cd. floay xetarlgu vwaOcfS
Uncle Sam's new show will bn given
free to everybody, will open Its gates
to the public on the historic choree
of Hampton Sonia, near Norfolk.
Virginia, April Mth. IW7, and clones
Nov. M, 1MT. It will be an Interna-
tional exposition, given la honor of
the three hundredth anniversary of the
flrst permanent English settlement In
America.
NOTE* PROM THE KANSAS.
DAISY ASSOCIATION
A prominent butter-buyer in Minne-
sota, which Is one of the best butter
producing states in the Union, re-
marked that high-claae butter ie very
rare on the market nowadays. A tub
that will grade aa high as 95 is the
exception. Why is this trueT It is
due, almost entirely, to the poor cream
received. The commission houses and
large plants lost heavily on poor but*
ter last year, and the reason they arc
co-operating in the work of grading
cream is to get better quality. They
mint have better quality or go out of
business, and if alf interested parties
do not carry out the cream-grading
Idea and stick to it, they will get let
down harder than ever.
4
There are some creamery patrons
who will bring their cream and milk
in juat aa poor condition aa it will
be accepted. They are careless about
the proper care and cleanliness neces-
sary for good creum. The only way to
reach these patrons la to grade the
cream and pay n higher price for good
cream delivered frequently than is
paid for cream that is old or not dean.
4
Questions come to this office as to
who shall grade the cream with hints
! that the buttermaker is not compe-
tent. Why should not the buttermaker
be competent? Isn’t the average but-
termaker as competent to grade your
cream aa is the average grnin-buyer
to grade your wheat ? I say he is and
i oftentimes much more so. A farmer
will take a load of wheat to town that
lo a little dirty with
wild onto and will nod any
when docked two to
bushel. But let the i
that Is «S Savor or
dirty practice la handling tho milk,
separator, cream, etc., and ho will h*
terribly sore If spoheo to shoot H
even though he la sot docked la price.
Now why this difference? Simply be-
cause he has always known that bs
must bring g4od wheat or got Soohod.
On the other hand he has been wood to
bringing poor milk or cream nod re-
ceiving the same price aa does the pa-
tron who brings fla* goods. Of course
this Is not fair, and the sooner we got
Into the system of paying a different
price for the good and the poor, tho
sooner we will get more good cream
and less poor.
4
While the hand-separator la all right
and has come to stay, It la a fact that
the ronditlona which hnve surrounded
its use In late years have not been as
productive of good quality as under
the whole-milk system. This is due to!
infrequent delivery of cream which
causes that stale and musty flavor
which can never be gotten rid of by
the butter-maker. In my judgment tho
best way to overcome this would be
for the patrons to organize routes and
take turns in collecting and delivering
cream. Six families on a route would
make but one trip a week for each
and would deliver the cream every day
in summer.
4
The dairy business is by far tho
most profitable branch of agriculture
and the profits may be increased or
decreased by proper methods or the
lack of them. Care, cleanliness, and
cold are the watchwords of the aue-
ecssful dairyman.
4
Remember that a ton of whent robs
the soil of $7 worth of fertility and
sella for about $20. while a ton of but-
ter robs the soil of about 50 cents
worth of fertility and its worth is
about $600. It costs as much labor to
produce one as the other.
Uy Profs
feed with ptoaty of alfalfa.
r ho —So by sslxtog «m
oae port hurley, sod ooe
oad foood thet am cow charged 114
coats per pouod for her hotter while
aoothor charged M
Tho ether eow
flguroo. Ho aloo foood that by sailing
hull the herd ho could make s hand-
some profit while If ho kept thorn nil
he coaid not make oae root. Thao-
^ sends of cows aro sow boing milked in
this country that nr* o dead loos to
their owners To correct tide condi-
tion the former should weigh the milk
from eneh eow dolly and moke n test
for buttor-fot about once every seven
weeka. He should vsntilato, lighten,
and cleanse his stable, and keep the
cows comfortable all the time. He
should study the principles of aden-
tifle feeding and balance his feeds in-
to the beet milk-producing ration, and
be should get a good, pure-bred dairy
bull and raise and train his heifers
into good milk cows.
4
Questions come to this office a* to
how best to send cream samples for
official test. Great care should be ex-
ercised in taking the samples. The
cream should be thoroughly mixed by
pouring from one can to another at
least four times. Then fill the sample
bottle entirely full, cork tightly and
place in a mailing case and address
to Prof. Oscar Erf, State Agricultural
College, Manhattan, Kansas. The test
will be made free of charge and the re-
sults reported. Re sure to cork or seal
the sample bottle tightly to avoid
evaporation, and fill it full to avoid
churning of the sample.
4
During the summer drouths It is
important that the cows be kept on
full flow of milk. This can be done by
feeding new hay with the grain ra-
tion or by feeding soiling crops such
aa green corn, sorghum, Kafir-corn, or
alfalfa. The best combination of dry
| weather feeds is made by mixing o
grain-ration of one part corn, one part
oats, and one-eighth part oil-meal, and
dairy to tho thing. Dairying by far
tho moot profitable branch of ngrtook
turn, bet, like other profooslooa, K re-
quire* special training
. THE ORCHARD.
What la tho present condition of
your orchard? If it lo woody oad
hard, plow It juat os soon os yoo con.
Then harrow It and get the ground to
good condition. Do not disturb to*
roots, but get the weed* and groan
i If you have or can get cow peas ,t will
do to sow them any time in July or
flrst part of August. Thty will pro-
duce a crop that you cag mow or
turn under in six to eight weeks. Then
the ground should be plowed or thor-
oughly disked again and towed to rye.
| If seasonable it will come on and moke
some feed and a covering for the
ground. The rye will make fine fall,
winter and early spring feed for
poultry, piga aad sheep! If tho or-
chard Is pastured by poultry, pigs,
and sheep, they will eat the windfalls
and wormy fruit. The insecta for tho
coming season will be largely destroy-
ed, and the pigs and poultry will b*
healthy. There is seldom a cose Of
sickness in poultry where they hove
the range of an orchard and plenty
of green feed, and it ia equally so with
pigs. Sometimes, of course, the dis-
ease is brought upon the place, but if
conditions are right the disease Is not
so apt to take hold. Dirt, filth, dosi
pens and bad water are breeders of
disease germ and poultry or pigs kept
under such condition* ore liable to
be swept away entirely if attacked.
•'Like the Wolf on the Fold.1’
"I am not doing aa well aa I expected
out here," wrote a man from Lo* Ange-
les to a New York friend. " have a door
mat with ‘Welcome’ on It. This morning
I examined It and found that the pro-
cession of my creditors has worn out the
•L’ so now it reads: ‘We Come.’”
Got Through With Wings.
‘‘You may hnve read,” said the trav-
eling agi'nt of an oil company—“you
may hate read that at mi investiga-
tion before the Interstate Commission
witnesses swore that even ministers
of the Gospel were hriltcd to help the
oil of a certain cctnpniiy along. That
may lie pretty sir ng. hut let me tell
yon about n certain deacon in a cer-
tain town on my route. After I had
taken order* in the town for a time I
found him opposed to tne. lie was
getting a gallon cf kerosene free each
w«ek. and the way he did talk up tlie
other company was blissful to henr.
My buyers found that he was hurting
the sale of my oil and wanted me lo
struggle with him. I was delaying ttie
matter and wondering how liest to ap-
proach the Deacon, when I ran across
him at the depot one day on my ar-
rival. 1 knew he didn't drink and
didn't smoko, and it was embarrassing
to tell just how to tackle him. While
Well, Deacon, I hope to convince
you yet that my kerosene will give
more light than any other made.”
"I'm!” he replied ns he twiddled his
thumbs.
"I should like to give Perkins, tho
grocer, orders to leave a gallon at
your house every week free of cost to
you.”
"Well—I—don't—mind,” he slowly
replied.
•'Yon can see how it compares with
the other company’s, you know. I
have heard you say that the president,
of tho other concern deserved angels’
wings.”
“Yes, I believe I have said some-
thing to that effect.”
"And his kerosene still continues to
give the best of satisfaction, does it?”
“Well—er—I couldn’t say that. I am
not burning any of it now.”
"Indeed. Any trouble?”
"No particular trouble except that
President Blank seems to have got
tired of wearing the angel wings 1
fastened on to him, and now if you
want them you can tell Perkins to
send around tnc gallon weekly!"
JOK KKHR
I was hanging arotind a friend whis-
pered to me that the other company
bad gone buck on the Deacon and was
no longer supplying him free. With
this knowledge in my possession, 1
braced up to him and said:
TOO . BAD.
Daisy—Carrye mane an awf il break on my blrathday.
Maisle—In what way?
Daisy—Carrye made an awful broth on my birthday,
of the person who gave it to her,
The Quick Delivery.
"There goes a man,” observed a
steamship agent as he directed atten-
tion to a surly looking individual who
had Just engaged passage for Europe
"whose efforts are devoted to con
struettng short cuts in business meth-
A
ods and in eliminating all time-con-
suming men atid their propositions
from his busy existence. He is a man
of very few words.
“Some years ago this gentleman
crossed the ocean and had a very un-
pleasant trip. One mornir-g a sympa
thetic passenger offered him a lemon
expressing a sincere wish that it
would give relief.
"The pale traveler seized the lemon
hurled it viciously into the ocean an
When the Ghost Walked.
First disconsolate widow—Are you
going to the medium’s tonight to see
if you can get a message from your
husband?
Second disconsolate widow—No; it
isn't any use tonight. Saturday night
was always the night when he weul
off to spend his salary.—Somerville
Journal.
Our New Organ.
Bobby had early shown a great in-
terest in anatomy, but always drank
in information about the various parts
of the body most eagerly. One day he
came to his mother in great perplexity
and said:
“Mother, I know where my liver la.
but where is my bacon?”—Harper's
Weekly.
A MISNOMER.
"Wot's a walkin' delegate anyhow? "Why a walkin' delegate Is a feller
wot never walks, only uses parlor cars an’ cabs.”
growled.
"This Is a quicker way than th j How many roads lead to unpopular-
other."    j ity.