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tkrz QBwmr rncu, »ia ibui city, k. j.

OoUar en acre in income. I had moved to the (arm with my family and I devoted that winter to ntodylnjc apple culture. I procured and read aU tt* pamphlets lamed by the national yovenirarnt and the state eo this subject and corresponded with ate tatful apple trower*. By sprlni; I felt myaeU competent to asvume con trol. Under my direction we pruned a*d plowed the orchard and sprayed at What we tbousht the proper time. We I>ad a lar*e crop—or what seemed to roe a Sarce one—picking more than 4.000 bushels of apples. They were, however, of poor p«de and affected with bitter rot and San Jose scale, while the cnrcullo moth made heavy ravage#. My net Income was $700. X 'realised now that It was neces■ary to appeal for help. I did so. Upon the suggestion of the .tnte board of agriculture 1 secured the services of a young man Just graduated from the college of agrtcnlturr. where be had spent four years In studying %£H raising, particularly apples. Qe came to the fa.m In January and I at once .put him >n complete charge. He knew his bow.:***. I believed In him from the start. To watch him prune *be trees was aa Inspiration He took the utmost care not to Infect one txje from another, using aseptic solutions with his tools. He cot the trees dll I feared there would be little left. But most of all to be admired was bis method of determining when and how to spray. From the various tree* he cut cultures which he forced to grow In fruit Jars, and watched them for the development of the \artou* kinds of disease* With this knowledge he set bis time for spraying, and mixed bis Ingredients to ht the special caaea. The resalt was astoandlnc : »hat very yeex wo harvested more than MM0 bushels of apples, and more than three fourths of them were of first grade. My old farmer neigh ho-* w ho had laughed at the “college feller" who ran my orchard, now came and admlttod that he was right and asked him to give them suggestions with tbetr own fruit. But not yet had 1 aucceedcd: for I learned that It was not enough to ^ w how to raise siperior apples I < also learn hoa to market them. We sold them throng!) the usual channels of the Jobbem In the large cities, nod ocr income for the whole season ■ as hut slightly more than fl.aOO— Just 20 cents a ImUiel on the avnag* for Hr*!-class fruit. The Jobbers reported to nr that our ►bittneuts came at a rime of glutted markets, or were to badly damaged on the way that they had to be aacrtbeed. Oo* carload of Jonathans which I had carefully selected end packed myself, knowing that not a Poor apple went Into the hoses. »s* turned into vinegar as bring too small •nd too poor to U sold for eating, •f any rata that was the report seat

us and upheld by aSdavlts. For this carload we got $160. Daring the winter I formed a new campaign. I moved to the city, leaving the farm In charge of my tried and true assistant. The week before the Jonathans w*. to ripen I visited every grocery store In the dty. large and small, and offered to deliver to them such apples as I shooed as samples. for $1.90 a bushel box. yrepaid. As that grede of apple was then selling to the retailer by the Jobber for $2J0 at the least, they were plecsed by my offer, and within three days 1 had sold three carloads—1^00 boxes. I wired to the fs-ra to ship them, and gave the express company the names and addresses of the consignees. About ten o'clock In the morning of the second day the express company telephoned roe to come down tt once. I did so, and there found all my apples but 160 holes, piled in the hot depot. Every shipment excep* one had been refused by the dealers. They had not even opened them for inspection. r.nrt in most case* had refused to let them be unleaded from the dell-cry

wagona.

I started out to learn rhr cuse of this extraordinary behavior. My firs? Inquiries were qnweemfoi. the dealers evading anwer. Pit after a *hitr t found an old Gen-jib who nas willing to talk, and be toW me that the Jobber* of the eltj bad —cl an agrr.' to see them ’be day te-fore ard told them that !l tfcey took my *1 t^e> a* agreed, the Jobber* would refuse ihem fort her •nrorterfes"—■ hu-h meant they ceaM bay on e re fruit fo re the regular wh-Je«jle itesler. . . seifprotection, therefore, the .nailer* had to deetlrw my shipment* The -svr ah'* had dared to disobey tbi* dr»»:tc order from the overlords «e» the largest retail firm In the e ty. •h.ch also conducted a wholesale depart meal. »nd had taken the apples in that side of their business Still unronqnervd. but feeling mighty weak<«ed. 1 went to th* jobber* direct The flr*» man who lesmed my name tunie.1 .*1 hi* heel, fr-tu me and slammed the door «»f hi* cdBor >n tay face. Th- next one told me with an oath that he couldn't do business with me. 8o It ■ etil along the n>« till at Inst by giving » «ctitl-n* name and even denying that I *a> roysrif. I found t«>' Jdt*ber* *ho would take the apple*, to he •old no the m - —

had found no sale for my apples and had shipped them to an adjoining town 50 miles sway, where they were sold st a price, which, after deducting two ootnir ieslons and the additional freight. ; left me 55 cents t bushel. Naturally this took all the fight ont of roe and toe rest of our crop was marketed through the J*d*bers. The total sales for the S.000 bushels were $4,500. But :!>«<. apple* cost the consumer more thru $20,000. 1 had a new scheme for the ensuing year. I advertised In the paper* of several towns that we would deliver fancy No. 1 awle* to the homes of the 1 peojde. with the privilege of inspection before paying «tpres* prepaid, for $2 a bushel. At that same time the usual i retail market pree was more than $4. We also sent circulars to the people who«e names appeared In the telepbohe books. As * result of this campaign we sold less than 600 bushels. ; which did not pay for the cost of the advertising. Evidently the housewife 1 Is not anxious ' save money, or e! e

she has little faith.

Piece the* we are going on raising the best apples ue know how to produce. We prer and p.ow and f«rtllixe. We tf€%} rarefully. We pick by hand with Tie utmost solicitude, oiur apples are rge and free from bitter rot and ott er blemishes. But we sell ti-.m through the Jobh»ra. snd »e n-. > r an average of $2 a bushel cw:. . « with the prevall,Ug h rh pdev* . t 'be*? -nliM- "PP"» «t the tetatl '>■ • :■* tv.icr that sum. t »e dlfferec.-e i •-» Into the rapcclou* ' i.e*er-*ati.. - mas of the men • tx. do B.kthit . ’ ra.*e fruit or to it -w to put : : ;• real value into It; • i;t <• be live««!. •- i-ff-rt* of the other two ter.: 1st* er- 1 think tba' they ought >.• spell th* - name* with tn Ini-

tial XI insured of J.

But they base • heir side antiquity snd rrllghma pr. * *- FW eveu ‘way hack in the tin-.r of the Garden of Edce there wa» her* an aH<le tree. K«r tended tbl* t- ■ and watched Its fruit Whe* It »** rli» site presented ,t to Adam. Tin . i:»e was the pm .*n. er and Ads:: the consumer. But thst »»* not all Even there was to ..-und the middleman; the Bible culi. him bv a mol*- characteristic

miss

The i sale of i in front

Educated Clerks.

Two Terre Mauie school teachers, hath college graduate*. »lirnt n week rreently clerkiBg in a fhicago Itnkery. , tit,, dav they sol! *. .eral articles to )«.. rustoro-sra. Tlie hUI came to exa.^lt Kt cent* and t»>th were elated. t»e-n.-:r further dated when they heard ..ia- >d the women remark to the other

otice that they counted up their h.a<!» Instead of us r of paper as the old ones

’Twain’t a Bird Somethin* had gone radly wnwg tn ! •fce poMoOlr*. and various employee* kuatled hither and thither at d knlned ( thmr hrows In attempt* to asrwtaln w b«t was what and why Mr. 'ipriagatoan, poatmaster h* J»st «. trUI* of his ruatomary calai a* U ivertad among maoeoger*. ear **r*. darks and othera ta Ivaru h"« H B * t *ht be that a poor IMtU oriole thinned tshtta ta traaan by

Mi

yea. I know. If* a bird." came >ul reply It Isn't either. *«ld Mrs. M ..tie of th»i*e Iwby earls that

strangers prepared Fe.. •* this dug growl?” u.'ked the d the dog dealer. “Oh. ytw. ■ wa* the answer. “Well. I dog that d.wwn't gnml." “Don : snt something that will grow rtrangaea come umund?” “No ►Tea*; »G! attriul to thal."

•tWllsoii, In Message Preparad i illneaa. Makes Appeal fcfer Genercut Response. Ington. D. C.—In a request of the United States to g< respond to the Third Red ri! Call the following meaaage was dictated by President Wilson before his present Illness: As president of the United States and a* president of the American Red Cross I recommend and urge a erous response to the Third Red Cross Roll Call, which opens on November the second with the observance of Red Cros* Sunday and appropriately dose* on November 'be eleventh, the flrsl anniversary of the signing of the ar-

mistice.

Twenty million adults Joined the Bed (.'roes daring the war. prompted by a patriotic desire to render service to their conntry end to the cause for which the United States was engaged In war. Our patriotism should stand the »e»t of peace as well as the test of war. and It Is an Intelligently patriotic program which the Red Cross propose*, a continuance of service to our soldiers end sailors, who look to It for ma^j things, and r. transference to the prob..ms of peace at home of the experience and methods which It acquired durin, the war. Stress on Membership. It Is on membership more than money contributions that the stress of the present campaign is laid, for the Red Croas seeks to associate the people In welfare work throughout the land, especially In those communities where neither official nor unofficial provision has been made for adequate public health and social service. It Is in the spirit of democracy that the people should undertake their own welfare activities, and the National Red Cross wisely Intends to exert upon community action a stimulating and co-ordinating Influence and to place the energies of the organisation behind all sound public health and wel

fare ageudes.

The American Red Cross does not purpose indefinite prolongation of Its relief work abroad, a policy which would lay an unjust burden upon our own people and tend to undermine the self-reliance of the peoples relieved, but there Is a necessary work of com pletlon to be performed before the American Red Cross can honorably withdraw from Europe. The congress of the United States has Imposed upon the Red Cross a continuing responsibility abroad by authorizing the secretory of war to transfer to the Ameri can Red Cross such surplus army mod leal sappl.es and supplementary ant dietary foodstuffs now In Europe n« shall not be required by the army, to be used by the Red Cross to reliert the distress which continues in certain countries of Europe as a result of the

Program Deserves Support. To finance these operations, to conclude work which was begun during the war, and to carry out some comparatively Inexpensive constructlvr plans for assisting peoples In eastern Europe to develop their own welfare organizations, the American Red Cross requires. In addition to membership fees, a sum of money small In comparison with the gifts poured Into 'ts treasury by out generous people dur lug the war. Both the greater enduring domestic program and the lesser temporary' foreign program of the Red Croas deserve enthusiastic support, and I venture to hope that Its peace-time inemberxhlp will'exceed rather than full below Its Impressive war u>rml>er»hlp. WOODROW WILSON.

Avers* to Borrowing Trouble. Jimmy has been rather unfmintuits lately In the way of minor accldeuta. rnd his mother bis grown quite cau tlou* about his taking chances. One day be came In and wanted to ride his trlryd# down to his auntie's bouse His mother hesitated before consent tug to his request, tud Jimmy cut In with the comforting assurance. “Maybe there won't be a thing happen, mother. »«> don't make a worry for yourself till It does."

Life Is indefinite—a- bundle of vm tradu-ilons. We men. with our Ideas, strive to gUe It a particular shape lit melting It Into a particular mold—Into the definitenets of success. All tinworld conquerors, from Alexandet down to the American inltllonalreamold themselves into a sword or mini am. thus find that distinct Image o' themselves which Is the source of theti success.—Ralk.udranath Tagore. Her With. Wee Bessie on being told that sb<--.vould have to eat condensed milk on her ontmeal exclaimed. “I wish thal old condensed cow would dir.''- Boston Transcript. Fertilizers In the Netherlands One source of the demand for fertilizer* In the Netherlands I ha! our Is apt l-i overlook Is the fairly extensive reclamation of waste land. The pr<» ••** of dyking and draining tluit ha* son large sections of the country from the sec and It* culmination In llte p -oj•rt to drain the greater part of the Zuider Zee are well known.

Then Get the Other Bide. Fix cess I* merely a matter of lock —If you don't bslleve It ask any uo«utc*asfuJ sum —Boston Transcript

BSTTLE AG/UNST ANIMAL DISEASE

People Must Have Wholesome Meat at Fair Prices, Says Dr. John R. Mohler.

PRODUCTION IS BIG FACTOR

Merely Question of Time Before Every Serious Ailment Mutt Yield to Weapons of Science—Fight

on Tuberculosis.

I Prepared by tbs United States Depart-

ment of Agriculture.)

“Oqj live-stock Industry must be so adjusted that the people of this country may obtain wholesome meat at fair prices and this must be done wlthont discouraging production.” That statement was made before the National Association of Meat PackerIn session at Atlantic City, by Dr. John R. Mobter. chief of the bureau of animal Industry. Ample production, iuo.n tinned. Is the most Imiiortani factor leading to prices that the consumer Is willing to pay and pay cheerfully. The public must have confidence In the method of production and distribution. and consumers are entitled to full Information, he said, regarding the growing and marketing of live stock and the distribution of the meat

and Its products.

Control and eradication of animal disease. Dr. Mohler asserted, are vitally Important factors In ample production and of liberal consumption and proper nutrition as well. If the livestock men of tbe country, be said, on top of their other problems, hsd to contend with pleuro-pneumonia. foot-and-mouth disease, surra, rinderpest and other animal scourges that tbUnlted States department of agriculture has succeeded in keeping out of this country or eliminating as soon as they appeared, production certainly would fall and consumption would be curtailed by reason of high prices necessary to cover tbe risk of production.

Victory In Sight.

“Aa to most other animal diseases.” he continued, “1 am now able to aay from a scientific point of view that victory against them Is In sight and in certain cases eradication Is practically complete. There ts still need for abundant field and laboratory work, thorough supervision and energetic Inspection, but we are confident that It la merely a matter of time before every serious disease must yield to tbe

weapons of science."

Dr. Mohler backed up this statement by citing what has been accomplished with a number ol serious diseases. As late as 1906 cattle scabies was prevalent In about 1.300,000 square miles of the United States. Now the country la practically free from this disease. Id 1906 about 1.800,000 square miles were infested with the sheep scab disease. Now only about 200.000 square miles remain Infested and st the recent rate of progress the next year should practically see the end of sheep scab. In 1906. the rattle fever tick occupied a domain of about 700.000 square miles. Thla has now beet reduced to less than 300,000 square miles, and the tick Is doomed to practical extinction within the next four years. The hog-cholera campaign, he ■aid, has been of guerilla character, but tbe use of anti-hog-cholera serum, esperially In connection with the virus.

3UMES FOR DAIRY IERD ARE SUPERIOR

Higher Average of Milk Yield Obtained From Alfalfa.

W«ll Worth WhlS, for Parmer, r. Oh* District to Study Feeding Practice* of Other District*—Best to Correct Soil.

(Prapsrad br U.® turned Suite* Deportment of Agriculture.) That profits may sometimes be Increased by the substitution of legumes for a large part of the coneentratra In the dairy ration, is brought out by cow-testing association records obtained by the dairy division. The records from six associations where alfalfa formed a large part of the dafry ration was compared with the records from eight associations where legumes were fed sparingly with the following results:

In the alfalfa district the cost of grain was 10 per cent of the tobd feed ost, and in the other district tho cost of grain was 41 per cent of t! • total feed cost. The average milk yield of the alfalfa-fed cows was 6, f -65 pounds and tlie average yield of but er fat was 281 pounds. In the other district the average mlik yield was 52234 pounds and the average yield of butterfat was 238 pound*. For the a 1 falfa-

Splcndid Field of Alfalfa, fed cows the average Income over caat of feed was $73 snd for the grain-fed cows tbe average Income over cost of

feed was $37.

The alfalfa-fed cows may have neen better cows and the climate may hare been better adapted to dairying, but as both districts are favorably knows for their dairy products It may ba assured that the cows were of good quality and well cared for In both dlstric's. It seems fair, therefore, to conclude that the higher production and greater Income above feed cost of tba alfalfa-fed cows was due largely to the feeding of home-grown legumes. la any case It is well worth while for tbe farmers of one district to study tba feeding practices of other dlstricta. If legumes add to net profits, why not grow and feed more legumes? tf tba soil la not adapted to legumes It may pay to add lime or manure or whatever else It lacks In order that the dairy herd may be supplied with aa abundance of home-grown legume*.

ANNUAL VALUE OF W00DL0TS Areas Are Capable of Being More latenoively Managed Than Are

Large Forests.

Is a definite means of preventing further outbreaks of serious character. Foot-and-mouth disease hat> appeared In the United States at six different periods within the last half century, but has been eradicated with a total of rattle Infected during al! of the**' six periods of loss than 100,000—a relatively small figure when compared ■1th 67,000.000. the approximate number of cattle In tbe United Slates tbl*

Can Eradicate Tuberculosis.

“To eradicate tuberculosis from live stock In the United States." Dr. Mohler continued. “I# a very exteuMn noletlaklng snd to some may seem endless. We do not consider It so. We know definitely tbit tuoerculoslF can be eradicated from small areas and what can be done on farms or la an area as large as the District of t'olumbln can be repeated on a larger scale. There la no Insurmountable barrier to tbe eradication of tuberculosis from the entire United State*. Actual accomplishment de|Mtd* ncc-saarily on public enlightenment and on public cooperation. also on adequate facilities and trained men to do the testing properly. This generation probably will not aes the rad of the campaign, but oUer* wlM foltosr and. we hope, will

push tbs work to completion."

(By W. J. MORRILL. Colorado Agricultural College. Fort Collin*. Colo.) The annual value of the farm woodlot products of the United States Is ■ $l&5jOOO.OUO. Does your woodlot pro- ; duee 1U proportional part of that vast

sum?

! Approximately one-half of the fito.- | hereil anti* iu the United States ara In farm woodlot*. These area 1 ’ are capable of being more Intensively managed than are the large timber , supply forests und can be made to produce more timber than the forests proper. As a rule, however, tlie woodlot Is deteriorating, because the owners are usually culling nut tbe bettor Kpecles, are making no innvlsiaes for tbe future timber enqu. and In many places are tiring the woodlot as a posture to the detriment of the woodlot

BIG ADVANTAGES OF MANURE Tends to Prevent Boll Drifting, C-teh-ee Snow and Protects Plants

From Weather.

Manure kpn-nd on wheat late In tbs fall or during winter tends to prevent soil drifting, catches snow, protect* tin,- plant* from extreme changes In temperature, prevent* soil hnivlng, conserves soil moisture und add* Foma plant food Next year when the ground Is plowed the organic matter I* Incorporatid with the soil and improves tbs texture and fertility of the land for producing succeeding trops. BE CAUTIOUS WITH ALFALFA Maks* Good Silage If Fed Within Reasonable Length of Time After

Putting Into Clio.

Alfalfa silage is good tf fed within a few- month* after putting It tuts the alio, otherwise h soon lw iswsn offensive In odor and Is not rellahsd by stock. If materia! rich In fermentable sugars Ic added to alfalfa it M effective in preserving tbe alfalfa ns silage. Oat*, peas, stc, will aerv*.