OKLAHOMA FARMER, MARCH 15, 1911.
planning tljc JFIotoer (Sarfcrn
tfT SOMETHING GOOD BE SAID.
"When- over the fair fame of friend or
foe
The shadow of disgrace shall fall;
instead
Of words of blame, or proof of thus
and so.
Let something good be said.
Forget not that no fellow-being yet
May fall so low but love may lift his
head;
Even the cheek of shame with tears is
wet
If something good be said.
No generous heart may vainly turn
y aside
In ways of sympathy; no soul so
dead
But may awaken strong and glorified
if something good be said.
And so I charge ye by the thorny
crown
And by the cross on which the Sav-
ior bled.
And by your own soul's hope of fair
renown,
Let something good be said.
—James Whitcomb Riley.
order seeds early.
It would be a great benefit to all
concerned if farm.rs and their wives
•would "come early and avoid the
* rush" when ordering seeds by mail.
The seed houses are more apt to
pivc prompt attention to the early or-
der than the late one, as these firms
often fall behind in filling orders dur-
ing the busiest part of the season.
Quite naturally, the choicest seeds
on hand are the very ones the seed
houses will fill the first orders with,
and here the advantage of the early
order is most apparent. In fact, the
late order is more than liable to be
filled from old or an inferior grade of
seeds, if the regular stock is depleted
by early orders.
Again, by ordering seeds early in
the season, one will have time > in-
spect them, and, if it appears neces-
sary, they may be put through the
germisation test. Then, if they are
not satisfactory, it will not be tco late
to exchange them for others, or order
from another seed house before plant-
ing time. Also, this will aid one to
avoid planting seeds not true to name.
But the most commendable phase
of early seed ordering, is that of avoid-
ing the delay frequently incident to
their transit. Should the seed houses
be a little slow in filling the order;
then the railroad, express company or
post office department missend or de-
lay it, one can readily see that it be-
hooves us to order early enough to
make ample allowance for these de-
lays Indeed, we have known an or-
der to be entirely lost through one of
* the above causes, and by o enng
earlv it could either be traced up or
re-filled before the seeds were needed
in ,hc1i cases.—M. Albertus Coverdell
In Successful Farming.
PROFITS IN CURRANTS.
Currants may be most relied on of
finy small fruit for a crop, if Kept free
from the currant worm. far,^.®P1L.
rations of hellebore PO^rr wiH <le
strov this pest, and a good crop
almost sure to follow. Remaining on
the bushes from two to three -weeks.
" - they give better opportunity to mar-
ket than most berries, and generally
bring a good price. 
carrots take "place of eggs.
Carrots are being used as substi-
tutes for eggs In the evening classes
In the public cooking schools. They
are used In malting English plum pud-
,U„B and Miss Lllla p. Frlch, super-
visor cf cooking, te experimenting to
see whether they can take the place
or eggs In Other dishes. Necessity
brought about by the Increased cost
of living Is the mother of Miss *ilch 
Invention —I ' I Jl
By EBEN E.
Personally, I am not much of an
admirer of carpet or ribbon bedding
or the "designs" which the enthusi-
astic amateur gardener frequently at-
tempts, but is pretty sure to abandon
later in the season, because he discov-
ers that designs work out unsatis-
factorily in annuals.
The fact is, carpet bedding plans
are only effective when certain kinds
of foliage plants are used because
they can be kept within their proper
limits by shearing and pruning, while
the annuals have too much "sprawl"
to be tractable and very few kinds
give a sufficient mass of bloom to
produce the desired color effect.
We are likely to think that because
a plant has yellow, red or blue flow-
ers, that it will prove effect!.e wher-
ever these colors are desired, but we
lose sight of the fact that the flow-
ers will be so few in number and so
far apart that there is seldom any
solid color effect such as is necessary
in properly working out patterns.
This being the case, only the simp-
ler designs should be attempted with
annuals, and only such effects aimed
at, as can be produced by contrast in
which harmony plays an important
part.
Ribbon beds are easiest of all to
make. Very pleasing ones can be
made with pink, pale yellow, and
white Phlox, planted in rows. If
darker colors are preferred the scar-
le and crimson can be used, always
REXFOUD
Japan Snowball.
combining them with white to give
the necessary contrast and relief.
Do not use the soft, delicate colors
with the stronger tones, as ther^ is a
lack of harmony between them.
Asters can be , lanted in rows of
white and lavender, with very pleas-
ing -esults, provided the same kind is
used in each row.
Ribbon beds would become mon-
otonously tiresome if we were to con-
fine ourselves to them, therefore it is
advisable to have something else for
a change.
Next to them the circular bed is
easiest to make. I would not advise
too many colors.
Have a center of one color, say
lavender, if asters are used, then a
row of pale-pink, with white in the
outside row.
This arrangement of colors car
be varied to suit Individual taste.
If sweet-alyssum or white candytuft
Is used as an edging, the cffcct i 
heightened, as these plants bring a
mass of foliage and bloom down to
the ground, and hide the tall stalks
of the astors.
A very brilliant combination is
made by filling the center of a circu-
lar bed with calliopsls, rich yellow
and maroon, and surrounding it with
white and pale-yellow phlox.
The contrast between the dark, rich
yellow of the calliopsis and the softer
shade of the same color in the phlox
is charming.
If another color seems advisable
use pink phlox. This harmonizes
beautifully with the stronger tones of
the calliopsis.
The center of a circular bed can be
filled with scarlet salvia, with nas-
turtiums as a border. The contrast
between the fiery scarlet and the rich
tones of yellow and orange and sul-
phur found in the latter plant, Is ex-
ceedingly lively, while the pea-green
foliage of the nasturtium affords just
the right amount of that color to
bring into strong relief the blossoms
of both plants. Such a bed any one
can make with very little trouble.
A charming hedge is made by plant-
ing scarlet salvia in a row as a back
ground, then a row of white nicotlana,
with blue ageratum as a border. Here
w-e have the patriotic colors of our
flag effectively combined.
The blue of the sageratum and the
scarlet of the salvia would prove a
rather violent contrast if planted next
each other, but separated by the white
of the noctiana, their aggressiveness
is toned down in such a manner as to
produce a pleasing effect.
A beautiful hedge is made by using
zinnias in the back row, then calliop-
sis with white phlox as a border.
Ribbon beds can be worked out
with good effect by using different
colors of the verbena in rows. Such
beds are most pleasing when near the
house or close to the path, where they
can be looked down upon.
But in order to carry out such de-
signs with this flower, it will be nec-
essary to purchase plants of each
color from the florist, who grows them
from cuttings. Seedlings are quite
sure to bring plants of all colors com-
mon to the family, therefore, are not
t  be depended upon where it is abso-
lutely necessary to have each color
in its proper place.
Those who have old plants of ger-
anium, which have been kept over the
winter in the house, can utilize them
In the summer by plant ig them 01 .
Of course the effect will be most
pieasing if the pinks and scarletsi and
crimsons can be kept by themselves.
Try combining them with such an-
nuals as white phlox, yellow calliop-
sis, white nicotlana, or, in the case o
pink sorts, lavender ageratum.
If you have odd plants of Madam
Palleroi geranium, break them apart
and use -he cuttings so secured, for
bordn- purposes. Each cutting wi
be almost sure to take r°ot-
Put them in the ground wheTe thej
are to grow, about eight inches apart,
pinching the soil firmly about the base
of each. In six weeks' time, they will
liave made a fair showing, and by
midsummer they will have
gether in a most attractive row of
green and white. This is one of our
best edging plants.
9.
When cutting potatoes for plant-
ing, two good eyes are 9ul!''e '
When the furrow is opened^ btfora
vou drop in the potato, put a goo
sprinkling of well-rotted manure along
the bottom of the trench. The tubers
will like it. Remember it is the early
potato that brings the good price.
In order to multiply your sto,k. It
is well to prepare cuttings of currant,
irrape, gooseberry, several kinds of
plums, some varieties of quince, most
Of shrubs, willows, poplars, and hedge
plants; these will root readily if put
into the soil as early as it can be
worked, taking the cuttings before
buds begin to grow. They should be
set about six inches apart, and the
soil well firmed about them, set deep
enough so that only the uppetmos
bud shows. They must be cultivated
and hoed all summer.
Onion seeds may be sown as soon
as the frost is out of the ground.
Peas should be in the ground among
the first things, and should be planted
fairly deep. Beets, spinach, and all
half-hardy vegetables may be the nrst
things, and should be among the first
things, and as soon as the plants get
good size, transplant to six inches
apart, cultivate carefully in rich
ground, and see it grow.
Start asparagus beds, either from
seeds or plants. Almost any s.:.-ds-
man's catalogue will tell you how it
i« done. Asparagus is not Sro™
enough bv the home gardener. Set
out a bed this spring.
The sheep Is a much neglected ani-
mal on our farms in this country. n
our svstem of farm management we have
apparently over-looked the sbetp. Civ*
sheep a place on your farm
Best Quality
Low Prices
All kind* Farm, Oardtn and
Flowtr Sred to sclect from.
Best quality fruit trees, large
bearers, grafted stock, not
seedlings. Apple 4c
Peach be. Plum 15c,
Cherry 12c, Concord
Grapes $2.50 per
10(1. Forest tree
seedlings$1.25
per 1000 up
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freight on
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SEEDS
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Seeds, w rite to
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Dallas, Texas
For their 1811 Catelog and price li  . Ttie
mailed l'REK. Mention paper.
Strawberries From Seed
R IPE FRUIT
.N* 4 MONTHS
This Wonderful Everbearing
Strawberry iB a greatcariosity.
Yt grows rapidly,and will begin
to fruit. In about 4 months after
towing seeds, and continues to
bear rruit constantly all sum-
mer and fall, % Pint of berries
having been picked from one
plant as late as October. Seeds
sow ii in the house in winter will
produce eaxlv fruiting planjf
which will bear until late in
(all, and if taken in thr bouse
will fruit all winter. Plant!
perfectly tardy everywhere,
iror nnlv \6C we will Bend 100 Everbearing Straw berry
* fn a l(K U,bttf Envelope and when empty envelope
w ill be accepted as 10c payment on anv order for seeds in
our 1911 Catalogue, which la l.,"RI1HN ^ Y
6M11~H BROS. SUED CO., Bo* U7, AUBURN, N. Y.
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Among the vegetables, radishes, tur-
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their appear in from three to six
days after planting, while celery, pars-
Sips. carrots, pepper, etc.. retire never
less than ten days, and often
Nearly all vegetables require from
eight to fourteen days at the carlies .
The early potatoes should be in t 11
ground as soon as it can be worked,
and many things can be started as
«oon as the frost has quit eaying11 e
soil. Clumps and roots can be sepa-
rated, and divisions made at once.
This is the Greatest
Berry the world
has ever known,
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the Himalaya
VI o qntains.
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and proCac-
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