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CORNELL GAR P 9 ^ 1 5 f f i l l C l

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CONTAINS ORIGINALS OF NELL PLANT BREEDING «E

PCRtMENTS OF INTEREST „ TO €VERY FARMER.

i Basin. A glance at the map will show : typical of those of the Mississippi ' •bit tiit1 }lj5t»U*ip|>l river drains \liv greater portioii of \St states, an arra containing J,->«/NW square mile*.

V ; jCpon t£is are* falls over 40 pyr cent. SECRETARY 1»ANE ADVOCATES, of the precipitation of j t i c country.

PLAN .WHICH DWARFS ANY and fuHy SO.OOO.iluO acres of rat io IRRIGATION SCHEME IN IM- land art? subject to overflow.

I - , , ; y PORTATiCE. , The leveeing of the Mississippi, tin-" • .,, • "' / -; p ~ * . > deej>ening of lis channel t»j carry-off

When Secretary l^aue recently sent the water whioh now spreads put over ^ t o w o p . e i s a reporf urging the «n*ct- the basins ami through numerous bsy

MADE J M H f HOW AN AmANOONED OAQHARO

RESPONOBO ^rO CARE ' AND PROPER T U A T M E N T THE

METwbO* USED.

RURAL HrORO-ELECTfC PLANTS ON N. Y. FARMS

MJMN in Which small Mrnw> Are Muilt To l><> a Part of tbe

Kara* Work.

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The combination New York Central* Vorneli School of Agriculture Farm Train, which is touring Aie State is well worth a visit on the part of-any fanner, even though the latter in­volves a long drive in the mud. For

! « e a t of a law authorising the dram-age and reclamation by the l*n>:ed States of public iwamp and overflow. e4 rands In any states

on*, awl the drainage of this vas! raet cf land constitute one of the

KHMrtest yroblera* of internal improve-

bc advocated a measure which has or territories uiem ever presented to any nation.

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"mense potentialities Cor the couirry.

:-,.tbe train carries' the actual samples _ ™ c P / 0 ^ , B M « u r « * ver>' c o , n

• <pf highly educated grains and o!her ^ T ^ i f ! 0 * « « c w l ' a V a n a ^ vYarm products the pictures <>f w^rcli *?** J° t h ! m " 4 * m ! i r i o 1 1 • « !»•*«« in overflow

**>2 for the irrigation of arid muds, ley,

A Combination Project Tiiere ;s another reclamation p r o v e d farms.

fctiU dinVn-nt from any of the farms others dUcusseuV-tbe swamp and

areas t*r riie Sacramento val-

•Karxer* who have oiu. uu pn>d jet-•Ive orchards wUl be .n;irvated O#;HV-ia'ly at this season o: the >v^r m tiie e*i>erieaee of <>. W. . Hti<o. wnnb he relates in^the curren: issue, of ihr i'ouu.ry GepUeiiUJi. Jr LS an exin-ri-« net which many far*,i* rs-mteht du* p!icat«', perhaps on a ^mailer btaie. Mr. Bus Ii writes as io;io\»*

j About six years ago we tame int.) [iposscs^ion. of several M»nn-ai»a;idon-

«y semi-aandotM J I meai; t e n a n t «ien« -wont

have become familiar to u* farmers in the pases of the Cornell bulletin*.

es: \\fta!evcr t-uch one.of

Juration of that act. • ;States. ; ^'hile it is designed primarily for Tlie Sacramento

r:\er.

wen- out orchard, f*^,l,« «r > jcwsifrting of from iify r o two hun ICV%4°n <n

during its dred tree^. A rorry > :o

were.

here ivu«u ^ nen» #wont to n-inc tlie soil, and whoever noald pav

. K a small sum ml^ht harw>*

Or, « the p r i n c e , exhibit, • i n u . . » * ^ n ^ l « ' - ' . e n C e " ^ a*™ i n- l " * * ^ - : « » " - - « l » * »K. - S . ^ S r i T i i f " " 1 " ^ ° B " ^ trates the danger, of monkeying with the laws- of nature unless one does t . . . -

coii<Htioii^ «rf state or ?rivat« . w . 9 | . Z s S T ; 1 , ! r T ' w <-r* *° " " ^ W ' t h b r " h t h , t i l w o l , W

PQsaibiUtles. the reclamation of, the drain a , irrigation and flood " ^ *** swamp Jaadfl of the luitcsi State* is ttciion

to bt^cd backwards as forwards. Juat > to doxomnraui that seed KCiectioo

. . ; really works for the heterraent of crop*, the Cornell people have work*

v; ^ed -it backwards, starting -with |K> a-toes which made a fairish yield and

yv by '»ucoe«*Ive selections from thCj ; ' -'poorest nHls tbey ran the yield down r.i- to jmx S ftttte marble or two to the' l'£ hil|Li Worktmc the ptiier way. select-* in?; the oeri hills for se d and contin-

ifiog throngn several years, the yield • - wae int/eased from the b v yields to

.ap ground three hundred bushels to , *• the acre: % ^ ,

The experiments made proved :Tiat '• there is more in the hil! ;han ip the

•Individual potato. A small potato' -;•«_ from a hill of heavy yielders, that is

\:v"an exceptionally prolific hill, will pro-,/-» duce proline yielding hflls of arerasc •C; sized potatoes while a Urge poajto

.from a ^iil yielding perhaps only the "'•, ^one tuber wil! reproduce only one or

two tubers. ' t . T!;e trhole sit^ret of .success^ 1n

,"•'•* 'breediLg up i^otatoes is to use the ; /bes t hMls for m*ed. assuming, of

: cour>e. that all he hills hxd the same * ' number of "eyes" planted.* with the

»ddi;W>»al precaution *r» cut the seed ^aotatoes to thaf each piece will have 4a par; of the bjKi end attached, for the

^V sprouts frojtt- the bud end give larrer

pro-mill ;n-The sciution <• these

a well nigh.^tupe.idous proposiu^ui. elude ai d to naviga.ioi.. The iacreaac of productive land it» n he .-While ihcre are alou* 3.»>0<.c««0 most obvious side of it. The bettering*acres in the Sacramento va-Ue>, >::s-of,health of the iwo4)ulatiorr now dwell- eeptibie of rrrlgation f-om t.lle wa;ers iag near these often noisome places of the river, the average flow, proper-is one <|oixe as i-nuiortanf. . -,-]y impounded, mould i»rovide water

Prof. X. S. 'Shaier of Harvard, in a enough for tl e recharaation of three book dealing with the subject, de- or four times har acreage in adJit:on. scribed Jii.OOO.WJ acres of nioras*es After ^ie groai project shall lwrc in the United States. This is an area Uc^n worked out of ro< laimiug these con-soderaOly greater than that otf the 3,900,«XM> acres in the Sacra nemo val-BritisB Isles or grea?:er -than all of icy, the still vaster one of carrying New England. New York and Penr.syl- txsi surplus water in o the adjominff vania combined—an area capable of San Joaquin valley anti irrigating sev-supportiot. #ays one-scientific student, a iiopalation as great as that of ho entire Cnited States to-day. and wortii

will

when reclaimed to/agriculture, a a C^oserifative estimate, $lo.000.ttj<»Ki.

Jknierican swateip arias present a great diversity of character. T i e New England and

tcr.ards li&ht.

the

cral iniiliou acres of i:s arki ^oil present UseLf. . . ;

AVhiW some of the Sacramento val­ley tract* aiready redeean^d are of considerable1' extent, they are hit si>ecks as com par d wj h the area? ce^sible ones. ThcK remaining untouched. * Millions have thiftiied ar tiie e"

great prt^blent of the "dweller i.tf*e rounirj is the lat k of efficient

M.ilji . Because of the dr ft *it>-Hard of .he counirx Li>>>- ramil:«: v.ith t V work of ti.e larm and be-eau:rC of the -inexperience of UIPM v. ho drill country-ward 'from the c ftier, ;ho rural d l^r icu ha\e trc. came o>ple:ed o." ihwe .skilled in country craft and the managers of favms and countr> estates have b< n forced to consider whi-lh«»r it might

! b^ jx>^ble to sut>rti;uie *-onie ether term ot en erg > for human musclv.

To a considerable extent the solu­tion of the problem has be^n fotjni in :he farm stream, harnessed to the 0>na;i:o. the storage battery, the mo­tor and those acc\srorles which s^HH'lcuient them and njulitpl) their uses. Through the .uiechathcat per-

heAC deviees. it i;» now possible to make available for prac­tical use on the .Vrm the hitherto

,\%aited energy of the .brooks and creeks as well as of the eouer of the ianrer ?trr\iuis and *'iverr. The /ailing water supplies the po^er. the dynamo converts it into a'S electric turien., th«k motor applies it where j; e<icd afu! it matters not whether the unk of !H)\vrr U* *t!ie five horj*<>-powor of a tr^ut stream or the five

j hundred thousand horsepower of a j Niagara.

taerry <*JT Small Streamv. f>en <.mail units of power niay be

m^de-io perform vory much of the wcrk of the farm, whic'h in the ag-

o considerable an tue patching amount of time and human energy

of the old tiunks. in the pruning the Vatt-r in all needed quantities for regular :wo<edge4 pruning saw. t h e f a r n i use may be pumped* by means cross-cut saw am*- the a i played im- . 0 ; a one hor^ci>ower motor and the l*orant ]«rU. ^ffee men went into s^toe n;t:tr"wtH run ihetH* high trees and cu: out the^ greater number 0t the larger limb* which were stretching their

: larger uriif > tor many months in each : >e«r u That ihe>e streams are a< -UUJIJ) cauable <rt economical develop­ment and UM- is tielng proven daily in many part?* of *be coun.try. where iar:nv."s a*\e p!o*;ded the equ»«)-men*. lor putdUK Khx streams to work.

I Model rnrw riant. • "On the ou^.kirts of. Hie %-iliage of <»rfskan> Fal)^. in 4hi»,h!:i. -<\»unty. New York i*A a fsrm of «t»out one hundred at rer. tlirtwiRh which flow:,

. On.skauv t n*ek, wrth a fall of about Ni\ feet within the limrt> of t!ie farm. The Ntream is subjoi* to frealiets hut hah a minimum flow ttitticicnt for thr rcuiir'-ments of the farm. Jly .he construction of a (hm. with in^cQto.is tirovhfion Jor caring fpr food water, the cr-ction of a small

't*»wer houte at tae end ef a, little / -<i»a> and the im allation of 'a tur-

b A^ wa^er wlteet. a power plant was "!>iovi«ied which proved to be ns ef­ficient in its way i s its, larger t ro-

ypes at X1agar:i Kalis, the sahie

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CHRISTMAS IRES H S I I IE HOI 6R0WI

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>b lmpfirtatieM*4 PermHted »»* the supply .Hn%| (erne From ^ a l h e

Fore»t%—A J-arge JleawiMk The approach oi the aamuaj Xsnas.

«M**on w irh its demand for Clurial-mfts trt»es and Chrtatma* greens wiU call fortjf the ucuar protest a^alnat the c i t i n g of t o many yoanfc* tm:

u.Mufc trcis from those who are enr-cr-c*thuskiKt;c in their stuppert o? Canters atkni. k is e^lmatedi ihMt >ie* Vork spent iaM year over $Ur¥ *<*

mop ipo w e for C hrtatmas U*v* mad wim> rhri«tat&H greens rTh« use of like Christmas tree nroaa&c* to c t t a t i n * and iactcmse and everyone who -rcml-O remembers their childfccod wmmta the preecat and future genvraUooa of children to »*e the Christmas tree ever is* rcoaiiigly. With the ctiUUjf oft of the souccc of supply in >*ew

pi nciplew of cnirineering bHng em-. Kit gland, there will oe a very jfea* ployed in both. / ^ [^ral ttirniag to tbe cutting of Chrlat-

A I21t kilowatts dynamo is be4tei ma^ trees in Northern New YoriL X

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any could in a soil

ne wild irrass. One of hesc orehnrd^ of two hundred trees yielded less tnan thirty barrels of inferior fmlt. l

Cleaning Out the Brush. - ' i

The ;ask of bringing ;oese tree^ in­to productivity seemed aimo-st hnpos-Fib.V. J; was undertauca. 1K>WCV r. during the i a e winter. The tirst thing to be done was A * pmning and thin-^regale reqolres ninj; oT the lia.os and

to tlie revohlng shaft of the turbine and the re*ulWnx current of electric-It > is carried on aluminum wires to the house and barn The first use of the current was in lighting the* house and bams. 70 ineadeseent lights be­ing installed for J ^ purpoee. .The surplus power ot>cn*trs a motor bejtod to a vaccum pump connected to w- pije which runs to ho*ise and barn, in the house there tre two tai*s, one on each floor, to which the h;'je of the vacuum cleaners may be attached. • The pi *e running to the \ Avn passes over the cow stanchions vtirh ta*i>s at alternate ttanehions to which the tubes of milking machines are attached ,and the creek ttwilks :wen*v-frve cows twici* each day. In the. dairy room a half horsepower f h e Ctirintmaa I motor operates the crer.m separator, 'efoporly cut. is^

from the forest

sky in search These wet

seven cf ;he main limbs were usually the lower arid more ac

were again

a cream seja-f-tor or a grindstone or a eorft shell or. pive horsepewer grinds

arms twv?sty-Avc' to forty bushels of feed

the churn . tpd the fre<*2er.

The hoys of the fartli and equipped a machine tainlng another motor.

ice-cream

Where tos forest is nndcr mtioonl methods ot management the Christ-mas tree is a legitimate by-produ<^ in the d o elo(>ii>«Bt of JJbe / o r e a t Whether tb* forest i s jHant^d or starts naturaHy from seed there will usually be maAv mors trees on the ground than «fey and. mokture condl-tkms and the proper deve;o« ment uf tJie trees jss4ify. if tse scnnU trees waith are crowdisg Others of gr er value .are not removed a s tare ck> it and that in a less affectelve w, than if the small trees axe removed as a Uinnint ffom the. 4 forest. Trees six feet fcigfe J*d two Inches to diameter at |h«^/sutt are m<Mt in oereand althouxJKWn^r • i*-c^r are frequently sold ac food prices.

kttnc A n MmUnnry srm> should be tsk-

principle a s

&

proved to be a source of both pleas- 'me ure^snd of pVoat. In the home are ;$ five ticctric heaters which have sup* y<s£i planted stoves; all of the cocking a family varying from five to tea dene by electric ramie, tbe kitc<

en out on the have built table crops shop, i-on- Idnction pi jKhristmas treat promises which h a s ; t o becoror^n very iarge Andeatfry in

SLID-; j B * j n hc^jr. »Six horlepower will thinned to six orjw'. i re8%. 2,5*1 bucheU of grain in ten

Those left r.^^rj or saw wood as rapidly as four ' men can ftUc it. Ten Jwrse-l?cwer will operate an ensilage cut- ivrrntilated by an electrically

at lean half of the l c r a a ( | elevate the ens-iluge into the fan, a small mc^or opera well as do all the other power beater and cream whip|»er

on an estate, except that in the other drives tne sewing j motor £rtrcu purap X

Already dsslsoi are be-aiarmsd About, t s s d u r o n t

supply and UB^M* there are cicnt trees taken from Uw |nf^ t-C northern New Tork tne mnr^

ket trios will he prchJbattvc tor &m ordinary^nonsumer. £^-.'- • ?M

I I f - trees Usst Vstn l s# l ^ The J9alsnm JFlr imstai t b s JHmt

as for instance , ^ yfelds than do those from the other

H£eyes. ,[,^ • . r ; : . > v ; . j - S / X ^ J s ^ ^ . 7 * ' " m%mu^' ^ P k > u * and if oLe wishes to dream tin? down of the^i^i j i t was also ^ A handy * u e Ubfc for notato s r o w ^ ' ^ ^ f l * 8 * * ^ ^ O V S *>pp3stte o f t b e c o a o u e g t c f m toiaml.eaiirtrc'neAtery » n n ^ i T pZ era was taken from the exhibit of New York.

(he seeds bu, to visit the In coameeticii witk *>«• ^nrWmiifo}W " ^ * a irw' *" ,4* lk LUV s ^ o r a : , J * n l 0 *™m ^e underside to iprnvent ni»Ut>}tWVweeda and cjover thst came Hotscods. -which la as follows, the final - l ^ m ^ ^ ! l „ ^ _ ! ? ^ _ _ e . ? I * > * ? l \ t o and the San Joaquin valleys and view tin* *gun» being the yield of iK>tatoea per " ^ 2 2 ! ? ^ l ^ T J 1 "? 1 ^ ^ ^ iHMmihUHles of swamp and desert

hctteands of farmt* are streams ' eqtii\ a lent of a ^ . . are < apahle of supplying the hot water being

to relieve the wefchi **<* *^oid split- f n ; 1 i n <>r uniu at all thnes and the t< an electric — — — 1 1 ". 11 ' plant la ope

some 4tetaitte,Twi<* during the summer we clipped tne only up. ocra&kmal

4n msfemg o u r ^ » we look leaving .hcai to decompose on the cost of

by means The power

Btlnuottslv and requires te an

The estimated

drsined on S t ten Island stre, In busheU, when the hills sre ™ T ** " 7 " " * • - - - • . * - v «* +?- reclamation. : . teree feet by e^bteen inches apart: j ^ * " ^ h e r ^ o f i f ^ E T " . 1! * .Moltarf . Example.

One baK pound ,K>r hill yields ^ ^ J ^ f J ^ S ^ . t « ^ , £ ™ A w w > « ** ***** o f t U ' mishels pe r acre; I iK>:md, 162 \m*.)*?***« ^ * t t ^ \ ^ most t > m w els; 1 l-C 3H>u«d. 243 bushels- *<« f™*™* M ^ T K ! ! * ??' f HHmds, *34 bushels; 2 1-2 rounds, 495 U £ * * -c?J

fW C™. y ^ ™™*«\-

loshels; I pounds. 4** - bt i sMs; 3 1-2 . ^ w m r d frox. Urginm. » ^ U K pounds, H? bushels; and 4 j o i n t * , *ut}re A t I a n t i C . <»*? *"J<W « rge

Lite to sa.w closely, leaving no sboul- grnun&[ i n October we harvested our dcr at anv point iu order to hasten c r o j , , which was far ahead of what w e ^ o u s e

*fS bug he Is per. ac.-^; swamp areas," culminating in *:he .. - . _ • - * il»-ii«-M«r^*«* : w e i *a*d }>ody on the ton'i-

tke MS h rrade -timothy which the Cw, , ^ ^ ^ „ i M a l a . COB-« n people bare. b « n dorelopte, <or ^

that have mtst lu* successfully, little "supreme. Here are some of tlie old­est and most imjioriant works in ex istence. irreat dikes have been con­structed to'keep owt tbe gca. and i c er-ior embankments are nearly as ex­tensive. Such water -as can oe drained oat her we _n tfdes is handled

i and insure bealing. exi»ectcr We picked them and world ^or the wounds, which were indeed placed :nem on a sorting table con-

try suppor ing Lc prosperity a populs a square mile* ca> ing maierif 1 and closed up

yet contest. ^She cavaties w4th coucreKS jmsde

« w ffueer ircas^ in i.ie roarer o l r o r j d swamps s comuari ivelv un ^ ^ ^ »>" windmi.is. The rcclajtr^d

rrasses have been de v e t o e d under [£2* b W M , * , s s ^«"P«"4f.hely un- ^ ^ e D ( i r c l e U h v t h r s c • . ^ • W e a i of breeding auoptcd. Four ; t O U l ' h e d . . v ., ; ^girccp m„or± lKM a I ; a r t o llw coim.

, l « » of timothy to the acre is some ; Florida Everglades. . h r ) A ^ o f ^ w w l | t a i : o R w i l I

v crop, but that is what 13 claimed ^JT The Kvergiade* extend fr^m Lake have } H r haps 4(H, windmills* . ^ C o r n e l l timothy, without any spe- Oke«-hobee due south 1*6 miles to Two-fifths of Holland thus 'reclnim-,;•**! foxing by fertiltxationn, (or all Cape €aWe, comprising nearly 4.<KK>, ed ries LeJow the sea. the UMe conn-j:f inese tests are made tOTdetermine the W acres. .Thrs b-wamp rests on s ;;v «*tracteristtcs of the seed. «ot the eoralfne Ume^rone formation, .and tion of 4T»d people in

^ naillty of the famter to force big n^ong its eastern edge a le ige crops'-But HoHand k not **??*' ' :•-•' ' ' , t o u t »^h»Lv higher than, the surface stHi proposes <o reclaim tne Zuyder e pial pans of sand snd cement.

f >.^T*€ 4lm>Uy ** f mU p r a i n ? ift U r * e °* l h c ^ a d ^ s l l in f f ** a natural dyke. 2ee, tlie most ambitious -drainasc Tree Surgery and Sprayi/ig. - : ! Z r U O ! t J , r o a s h xhr M r a e T > n a t i o n ^ . Florida ha* the greatest wet land ^ b e m e ever advocated. <whicb em The first step »as finally compi led , j f t^strating the « m e principles ^ area of any state, i n dcr the swamp .braces plans to recla:m by punping -^11- the brush- was trimmed out v; piint breeding. The yield of wheat, land act she has already received 2*. j - , * * , * * a c r ^ m: a n Cjri:mated co*L of burni^d in the orchard. ^ oat« and rye* for example, have been 121 ^m acres and there is more to'$;,2r»<Mrx>t»f>0

^ r more ^ a n doabled by carefa! breed- cane , ^luch state land U also drain- . Prtk. s'heler, in his drscnsslon ^ i n g snd tbese rmproved ,»eeds *re ab le . v . *r . ©roward. wl*en covemor, drainage pos*rb:litie* r^otes «hat x^**rk&^y.cQmms into t t c mar- obtaised <kt passage of a s U t e net.,Great Britain and' Ireland f*!lv - ^ m . *• * . V : - • " " - i : C : > ' f r e ? « f « • ^ o / - i w a » i ; drainage . dia-^fth oY the most ferfiV Wicul:ura2 V ^ * e * ! e m e n ^n cnargr of the iricts in whroh a tax might be ler^ed, unds has been'reclaimed by. drainage, >*Z*V^'#** c ? ^ , V € * n .P<^«w« iB- »oi *> ejwad.ton cents an acre a year, *& that one-tweniic h of the'now til-

^ formation^ and report thft the visJtori* io be e x u d e d in the drainage <X lable incd id Euroi^ was inunda.ed : . ; . » ^ t w m D p i r ^ n u D d r e d a these Ian*. Cnder ibis, enactmexu and unfjt for "ngri*ui;ure ;n ^be eignth ^aary pe ato #pra*er '*:x**^*^*}»^ !^^v^eikdry>;the" r s«n^--^pn6n9s i i les ex- l**rt7. *»e* o t^c** ^ the farmers t a i * i s t h e eafcibit . i sgc to Flonda. : ; \ K . , / -Jst *ere *ut & Ui g rf/Sn-ruxe. .

• • .'. . r j „Ja Minnesota sn entirely dlWercnt ° . / --™ 5 THRICW.WE£K COITION Hnituation exist* with refrrenee to

^-'•* OT THE NEW YORK WOULD, ewsmp reclamation. Ja'the northern ^ >"* iMur of the state arc the Ohippews In-

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d/aJitage probl««n numerous, and for places where the r*froeted after one of our own plans Holland trands u a r l : had died and i»eeled. we used' l o %\$ in rapid barreling.

some of the cheap heavy lead and sine' ^ Harvest of §00 Barrels -nixed with raw linseed oil with just^ * n : e a|H>h*s ^«re sor ed into Ci eaoitfli consistency to be p**;y. We grades, according to si ie and qu fotlnd thai * . . . . - - • • if we mi*ed this .-thln.it was the work of one man to otoaer tweat*-fCUr inch water wheet of U e onougbi-.to do ordinary painting tbe t t e barrels and to place j s a U j r W t h e impulse type ope rat) ng under a bead fresh cut wounds would absorb the bottom of barrels of No. X qyfip two cf lt>;, feet Hi directly ttmnected by s j-amt and we could not see what hz^ u>ersof large, extra fine. VeVcolored rbaft to . ir rx and s haH kttowatt become of rt„ apples, and one layer *tfilft colored generator running at ^ou revoiuttona L

"As It*-was cold, freezing .weal her ^'0. 2"apples in ' he 4>o;^na^oX t"he bar- j;cr m i n u t e . . . / > . a hen most of the trimming was done rels used for the secAjTgrade. The This fceacrator aoppHes a 6*» cell wc-t_aou£ht bext to leave the patching No. 3 apple* were IH Mrt* in chea o f the old trunks untjl the wea:her barrels, burlap ctpfejfi* being warmed a little in Uje spring. At this ov -r them withodt iwuch pains and at laiwtrh, a 4% cell battery for an open time a aian wUh an old carpenters slight co«t„ tv^w** the work of one launch and a 4<>.cell bakery for an chisel and trowel went over ihe old man to stsndnt)/:hc spout of^be table, electric roadster, sil of wbich are in decayed Hmm and cleaned sut the de* and do thejErading as the apples came pretty continuous ns* during each

n e A CbHsimas tree because of t s regf* PS the | a r f o r m a n d besutlfsi da^rk grestt

foliage ^prnce > sssd s i so mtt i t ; ki not t» sttrsci i fe 4* form ami as the Balaam. ^Hemlocn, Ptee

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, r i r ** Wruen. Kverrsno ^ . ^ . . ^ ^ re plant exclusive 0 / ( ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ y >ts prsTent clear #«**»«

equumieot at tbc^dut should Uvor f n t « # M ^ *«M j young forest iesvhng tbe

Answer Type* ; . Imost rnpid .grewlog irefen oil tbn hwest Bay. U k e CSeorge. Igwii i a form tbe future forest. Tan

is another development of *'thinning* should be made i p *}tt eat type. Here a pood is tbe dra-cst ywmf stands

rce ef the water which i* eoa-> j ^ ^ ^ ^ spaces shottW be lef t f *» e>ed through a 1 ipe dc>wn the hill S u u > %ul BUiieT a great iMI If UMI

"" young spruce and ftr "Joresve <of ¥ r y .York are clear cut for Orlotmns, -

Forestry conaisid not only 4n tbs raising of ;roxs -bvt in selling tfcsaft J* tbe bcEt poosi-bls form snd a| s g n n w

^profit The New rorlc, dtate CoHegs hof Forcriry is SULK lo us to sOninlni'e propcr markeUag of t n j products -tf

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ip slat hcure l>ot»ery. carrying 4i lamps, M tho forest cf t&e n fttoT It svjll te olaccd 84 <c\& battery for a 3* foot cabin g\at therefore'to bate anyo** wh* In

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Interested ia supplying; |rsed for tbe CbrtfejBias tree trade mri**. | o , Qm College cf Forestry ; s t wbicb will do all it e s s ( s

inducer a i consumer tssjKsw. .amg-* f*ostions as to the best mess* of lbs

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fhroagh Jb'J* s burlap arrangement vumroer. • vented •bmismg. This %ieW . J«M third of a barrel, and each At fawycrsviile. Schoharie County, f^fpwjug, and coUiag of trees will be

he be-lap apron was let into the .\>w Yor^:. a stream so smsil tbst it a^ven gladly. , which stood, on s besvy plank may. be stepped serosa feurisfee* 'enmnmmmmssn the spout, the osrrel was given \fcht for twtv farm houses and power *ary to bar nets two streams la

few quick shakes to make sure that sufficient <to operate two motors to* provide tbe power wU* wnscji tf> 4U conten s would •not be^loose when m<b*ch do tbe dsir> work Uoc India g operate the twenty-five motors, hmv-headed. One man worked behind'tbe milking, and to run the grindstone,' jag mD aggregate output ^of 1*1

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^••acticany W Onily at the Price of' *'&*a lands, embracing 2,:-*«f.«nn acres , w « * l y - - * l o Ottmr Newaawper m ^Tnese coaslfrme 4r tbe most part a

-**• Ws^|d Gress So Mscte *t f*«ge swnnrp. Ere% m caaes where tne Swere^fi l !^a>t^ m So Lswr a Price.

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land is slightIV higher than tbe sur .ltnmdtssg bo%Jr:t maices at be*: mere

- T w » » i tin* of great events, and island farmar and, although fertile. U Tbcr* I* a ><u* grange fa a N^w 7m *W want t*e news acewnteiy lor m^tcW a^r^utery cu; off from \prk rUtagt of ^Taa pciwiaiian that *M. P«w»f<^. All tne eowacries of ib* usasniuay 4sn wilt ^irilixarioa. -bas mnde oo-o^e.wt:\T buying a car-1t^art<. tlwsdUy draw closer together. T«e Mrss*ssipi Prsbiefn. . *^i»%l principle Wco^: jr^it :b* dst

.wires bring tbe * * > ^ of every one. £*o otner news- eenn

j j ! ^ i T ana a service e^osl to tbst of '"2? W t t l i • * • * relates everything J?5J *** **wxpOr : « . - ^ t f w laad -T** Wsrtd iemg alaw esta^mtbedJS** aw bctasJ **mm? mads, bat

impartiality, and a n y / a s s tbat acreage nf overSo%ed

srppi River tai ley sta-es prr- of Jte -organiuu*an. saj* t t* Cr* stUl davrefit phase of wet 5^V» Letter ft can^>™ica was l y m -

fllL&ais, for tnstasce. U cre*r- ed m»d capital wtocs v t i l^.^ffUA itb m m a g 2^a.**T afres af#'i*<Teascd later to %\*jm. MT. tbe

A* a marrer of fact s*c sfcocfc ^ beid A, - . - - c a a > r ^ : t*# grange. Tn*» basinc--, i s by a mmmak^rr w^o *, • ajt- g^a

the —over a tiuhdred loads—was car Sway "by tbe men for Are wood next operation was the apiyiag o^:he soner wl:h a screw prea»~aad ba\ebeU feed cutteriK any fork and fanning bersepewef. w)*)cti jgre * o p a i An dormant spray, which was a s y e a r l y and h. was b;s work to pad dew* the nrtij Tbe available faH la ^oady ^rsform tne Inside work 'of th* vgr^ ;h April a prepare ion of omjr of the barrels, jiress in the .fcead* and line fifteen ^ c t bat the turbine developes tou* departmea^« of tbe farm. comjberrial brands and *jfi? being both end* After this he invert ed the stout **k borwe-fiower asdwV belted " . The adsptabtlitx ' ctf the electrW uf^tf. about one gallon of jfTray to ten barrels so thai the jeod ths; was bar- , 0 m three' kiiowa t lt:» A^6U direct carreat" is well s b o a a b j a of wster. Our sprayer jf&* an ordl- t o * in t i e filling was now top; then current generator " The plant is tbe anejatloxu 4* which it i s a i r s

v**A . with ibe barreis-were marked, on the top over half a mile from tb^ borne of empioyred^ *fn addition' to hgJKmg it j * tet^l*ot endJ wttH tbe Tsrjety of appiesv onr the cwner and tbe entire-cost ot."«-',.|ne b^Udfn^ witir IncadssccKt i igats

hqlknr pdm. - I; jf^s neeessary to prtvare mark, the mark of tne com- stalktibn, wot regaling labor, *nith and'the grOnns* wits arc lights; tne .attach a h a n d k y ^ the pax p. as it mission merchant, snd tbe grade— wss done by the owner chiefly, was Jyorked of Use l f^ i .y when the horse COO barrels, some of tbr.beJ* a f these *e*s tban I^Od.

_ ;was mcvjng ^Y* sprayed the tr*cs wtetber extra choice o f 'No . 2. For \ « a r 4>c4bi. Delaware County X. PtQM DMffflnraC tborosgiUy from ^wo aide? taking that frrst season ta* yj^ld was over \ i» M deveiopmefd of still another • W B a W l l K S w cafe ro c o w tbe trunk' as wefl as tbe goiac for export at as high as %IV> a tyj,?. Hvr* a ftsh pond, from which

j large and^maH limtMi. for there were barrel. This far exceeded our ex pec- the owner €Hs «ao tans of ice, escb Vade- by'prewent^oonsidvraWe nusartt ^ of u i o w for tbe nest season. 'winter, was amada by tbe erection of r* boft tt& Jose and oysternhHl scale. The iiecond wister tbe pruning w a s \ asm. Vonstrue&d troas tbe esrtb

••'- '1 A ^ b e r a l coi' .nc at rather coarv* very ***7, ebnstatmv simply in area*- 'd^ stones from tW nearby fields, mi ur* wss appl.ee ana early in May rag a few of tbe breaks that occwrred utile core.4 From jfem pswd Um water i^gxn'to iurr wit fa* tbe plow ;he is :ae llsib« and taking oat-sbtm tuck- 'w^e l s sre inwtallfd. Of thee/* there

-s as wst n*ressar>. Tbe ore bards ^ ^ fbr^*, <f. tbe tnrbtae t>pc; one *re manjr^d darias tbe wi*:sr the: develcpes 1"' bor"ik-pnwcr% oae

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buHdsngs are provided wftb an wster sweu> y la tne dairy b*rn~ls * bay* bsist which wfli tske care of b fni) load of bey at s time, a root ter. a vscsum swmp for tbe milking asacataea. a sad a eawra, prl> asoscr drfees. IM U e .refriarraatag .iiaaHmiaTt tJMtw

p and a

W sr d bosmd trrrf We plowed esrh rr>m of rrers a* thoogn- It wer< a fteid

funs I wAteT immp. tbe ewtowt Uefi l

taking '-are to plow ciom to sprayed d?r.ng ti^ s^nag aad sum- that eereicpe* eli bof se power sad'a a: all't;men. bo: j*r,i ©ver mer a* beft^re. ex^ej-. than hboe-sce third wblrn AewKope* three borse-

deer Tbe arcaardfe were pbur wa« tabs itnted for taw^coirmer- power Tbe41anre wbeel is ased to orr*ftk>ft*Hy. i m tbe mid- cisl preparatios *VJ ibe winter spray r/n a saw jstil. tbe atx

if teats s* ir+ per any. A grt* mUl. *

wdodwcTkmg ebop bfcsp are aJi eampsed *»iUi eft^etrte

- y p a w e r mm well as tbe Vl.wbicl i tne tdafaea are

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of J^aa wben wynanoch r«d c^ver Tbe ground was tilled kad ieyilrafd erbee4 4rt*irm a & an •rater waacb fax-^as sows, aboc: s xtsewswsrL* in :be and a eo*er m*p wa# ps»k as ia tne a cfre* ejaotrlc IHrbU and also power

_ . _ _ . . . a --%- J-^# as :b< petate wrr^ faiiiag- pr^vioss year Tbe apples ga:nervd for tbe wrsaJ fana asotwrs and tne of u ^ s r e

«*m saTord Its Tbrtce-a-Week m6- mm arws of vast tstew. ^t^^y* T»* daargv of tbe brslnee* jfc 1e- :b* / - we ap^ied a pw wred tei'--»^:pbij.-.*were graded and peeked as asua: aad ^mmM w**** fsraisaes power for a operated ***€* caana* ewery otbrr * * # * * vaKeys of tbe ^f>«*is*tppi, ^nsmsb, rectica of t t e K e s i d e a j ^ a d B o * ^ of s>ra;. mbo-*: os^ gaiam of fc»e-f*:- thw urn* s^ariy a tnoussW bsrreis Bvscb^ae aawp. - •', meilielly

^snday^ * *W be LrrOe ar*as>*L. aUsknskla. Sangaaasa. Ltrert*** The ror^^UM o v r s sv^i^ar :o f i n y ga.i^is af water i s :J&;S « » ^ bsrVf!sted' s sd bw>*igb s good .A few m'les distant AJaptner smatj r ^ n y » n->w/ Tbe Back and De» F!aine» riven-nave, in store, a wsrHsonss^.V'iH* Ve*-t m «-e d:sso*v#d »k<r:: tkran s»^ a fcs!r ?rv* Aud »« » is ;* msanrr c i pci>* |4sa'. fcraWies Hgbt lor tn* v^^d and dfeerooa af tbe

sd ares sf' k^t t jaa waics *r^ 14 ccrxi .f*»a« **4 i**' 4TQ* po-nd* of a ~ r i * of inad. w*::. :ae c*t* 4ce rsssjrt>s >s/k ;o tn* coxm r fcro^ sad factory of tbe wwser. for axsswat of mossttr^ ia tne t*r?ar t:on*%. arres wcxa are all s-jk>ec* to over- cspariiy e * ^ l / d m ^ - .at*-^ rV* s s * » X K ' M » » . : t wbacb «* i 7*>e<i cia pr^d^*. f«r s » a«c* • ,<sy. rbe or ^ cb^r-b snd fe* r<ghtn%g lb* mats tne am^pllst iaa

itt fart. low. * / . . . <osh troBB t > ^ e cmr i s >» U - and rb-e w x : s r *,*t^ ^* *prared -$+ f^s1* ^ a-i* M ^ ***~r s s s d X dar.ac *>*# «« i cf •** ilstas^ r , - Tbe i e i w i istkni of tne'wste? at to jfie /?-^id ss a Aa ex:eaded j^e^xJasry s^rwr is o>a«ed fren -^*ff k>*v s - ^*rr*< s ? > i ^ «s 1 ^-t*^ v>c>w«d a '*• + dr.^ pa?- >-• »*ar* m> focsd jas: » b e s • I Mr Farm temtpmewt, - * "er^ ^ i ^

^;*c" ibeae sr*as avsde1 by tbe CtTtcd as wasrec. jf^^rr m 0t'^r* r:-*yr- Arx*s iz e>*» : **Tt dars. befc*r» r>v* ** s**< r-•« . for owr w-jt-*^ ***** Wfeft* tb^ *xawp1-^ cn#d *ncw tne lWOB^D> 5 i « Geaeoa^ca: &irr*% fe ce^ope* tsrw sC b r ^ ! * i v . f *- r ;»t * •<>- a-^*» tr=-r*«i acr«sw%?d s*£ ^*%-» •i>'** «**• V^er start* oi «r*"- o« ^o*y'!s.ilt- r ' s»*<*»<*UT

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rfca tbe boss* and enav^* a^d 5 ifem^ s*f *•*• r s - n a cowt of rcflcT aa^* OOer tc:.c..Jvg» ar* * <«^* ^ x -dr*-***r* black rm*-x s^na. ?tn?!- A S 4 *£***. p*>^ e 5 ^

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w ^o*?'%. j > fr : I'ssi TZTZ pr»^s-»d h * M i i . ^ •_ -.%+<.5 - i r j j ^ C^>«.~AM; ,' i rob- -r*i F ^ v *a* ^*^ T s V * sr^ so 4g.r^* k ^ T ;** a:crt exisa i ^ ir*" c_;.sr»I a* *• :>* e i ^ - cjat e? K.»4.:ax a«o& 5 "o«^r pUst iz tb*- *or>d * sit'sit^f

of t r-o*r* r- X4i< r^r^Tx^r *e.« r->rBcer« - i v of * s « ^ cod » o ^ a es» oc a Tarw s* *ibmn N > . *~i: tne c + ^ e w - ^ n r arid sad pc t-^e* » « i**r* » »o soebc ins: lew sbor* of Lake C^sart-i*in This t » a of

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