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BEST SOIL FOR municipal abattoir GROWING TUBERS 1 L0WERS ^ TPR,CE3 ; Animals Are Slaughtered at All

Times of Year.

Sandy or Gravelly Loams Are i Best Adapted for Success

With Potatoes.

:GTO>'.—A “ball of fame for trrri" ha» b*«i loaucurmtcd by tb* rABxnran Torootry •-■wortatioo for I hr rrcocnltlon of famoup ir*fii and I Jpci.lcn of lb* larjest ahade tro* In th* L'nllad StttM. (Tiarlrj Laihron Pack. pr*«ld*m of tbr awodatlon. «aya: “Thorp »rr many famoua tr***. For pzample, th*r* I* IJhprty trp* on lb* campua of 8t. John * collrgp at Annapolis und*r ahlcfc a lr*»ty «ith lb* Indians was *lgn*d In 1652. Tb* export* t*U u» thl* trep U rios* to 800 .rear* old. Wp all know of lb* William Penn Treaty trrp. beneath which Washington took command of the contlcerta! aimy. At Oberttb la the eltn on the eomer of the campus under which waa the fir« log house la which c <r>ge waa founded. \V* srar.t a -xmiplpte Hat.” 1 Hiintlngtoa. IntL. hwig has been re*an‘ed aa the Urtpst shad* a in the country. Now come* Dumont Kennedy of Crawfordulll*. Ind.. vyroi* of a tree ou hit property and th* aurgestlor that It la larr*r [,e tree at HunUngton. ThU tree has ■ spread of SO feet, while the igton dm has a spread of only 75 f«*t- * l!« of entries is growing rapidly. The “Wye Mills Oak." near Eask Ind. corera a third of an acre of ground and has a spread of 1^)^ fret. P rir-umferenc* 1 foot from the err mod la 51% feet | Fixan Uibon. comes the nomluatloo of the tree tinder which the In- ‘ white aettler* came to au ngreeraent regarding Iron ore to be i in making kettle*. Ralph <5. fSmlth of Orderllle. enters the Ixjgma B In that city. | C. C. Keyce nomlnale* the ptr Joseph Hooker oak at Chico. CaL; General t, cm,mates that 7^*00 men oottVI stand In the ahade of thl* tree. D. I>art nominate* the “largest lire oak” in the South, at Brunswick. „ known to he • veteran fc. 1788. It tea a circumference of 28 feet. jrmy Is to Play Polo, the Next Thing to Real War | APPEARS tb t the army la pohig in for polo. Polo la duite a game: It la • not the ne»real thing to war obtainable to times of peace. The war dennt amhorirea publication of ca annoanoemosi ty the othce of the chief | star, which says among other It h fiie desire of the war departthat polo ahonld be one of the ■* to be eoeonragod and develthronghout the army. To accomthe alms for which tbit game la red in the service, namely, the ■iopment of horsemanship, skill ,_v ^ « daring on lie part of officers -nd rted men. coinrnAnd'ng officers will ' u an means at their c-wnmand further the Interests of thl* sport. la especially desired that teams be developed and malntalne! at the sevil division campr and at training center* and regimental posts. A central pole, committee haa been established in the war department, h committee will co-ordinate all matters pertaining to polo activities oughout the army It will secure every assistance posrlble for the further- > of the game, and wt'I co-ordlna'e relation* betweaa polo In the aervlce 1 th* American Polo aatoclatton. <»rganlxatlona declring to take op polo are empowered to n*e regulation tm« of their authorized quota for this purpose. Regulation mount* of tteceaaary speed and hardiness will be furnished such organization aa ■t of their qnota on requisition made to appropriate remount officer. To units developing tentnr will l>e Issued on reqnlaitlon the necessary o equipment, including saddles, atlcks. balls, etc. Irxtrnctlons governing participation In match and tournament play, the* iniag and use of horses and the requisition and ca. of eqti.pment will »e from the war department.

j Never Advisable to Turn Up More Than One Inch of Raw Subaell at On# Plowing—Land Should

Be Pulverized.

| fPrepared br th* railed States Depart-

ment of AgrieUlture.)

1 The types of soli In which the po-

I into plant thrive* best are those deslg- _ nated aa sa-.Jy or gravelly loam soils, j ^ mea't U chilled for 24 bourn in

Meat It Chilled In One Room and Will Keep for Long Period in Good Condition— Heats Inspected by

Veterinarian.

iPrvrwrtd by the rotted States Depart-

ment of Agriculture.)

The city of Paris, Tex_ operate* a munldpa' Abattoir which serve* the entire locality at cost, according to the fnlted State* department of agriculture, which has recently pn-mred data regarding Its operation. Hog* are kill d In this establishment at all tines of the year, and at a cost to the owner* of $1.56 a head, which covers killing. dressing and cooling the meat.

REAL FAiRY. STORK

Searchers for Thrills Might Real ‘•Day Book. IBSV

II may he grown with a fair degree of succewa on any type of soli except loose sand and a heavy, sticky day soil, provided the land Is well drained and contains the necessary plant food. Successful potato production Is dependent to a large extent on the thoroughness with which the land la prepared before planting the crop. Where ■ horse can oe used, the land should be plowed from 8 to 10 inches deep, provided the surface soil Is of a sufficed depth to permit 1L It la never advisable to turn up more than one Inch of rr w subsoil at any one plowing. so If previous plowing* have not been over 6 Inch** the maximum depth at which It ahoolS be plowed la

7 Inches.

Thoroughly Pulverized. Whether the land Is plowed or spaded, it should be thoroughly pulverized immediately afterwards. It la a bad prn-tlce to allow the freshl) turned aoll to bake In the sun and wind, and thereby become cloddy. Where horse labor can be used, the load after plowing should be thoroughly disked first then springtoothed. and finally finished with a

Wired Wireless”-and Everybody Talking at Once KREfXTION' of a method of “wired wireless." by means of which at fewest ten und possibly 50 conversation* mar be tarried on simultaneously by *ue of a single wire by persons thousands of mile* apart, will soon be announced by MaJ. Gen. George O. Squirr. chief signal officer of the array. Th* method. It waa said, make* lonc-dlstance telephone communication virtually limitless. Conversations from Argentina to Alaska will be a matter of course, provided single wires are Fining between the points mentioned. The new method will save telephone and telegraph companies large sums of money, as by Its use one wire will do the work now done by ten or me.*. “Wired wireless" la a 'aystrtn of guiding radio currents by means of wlrv. Th, current* travel ihrougb the air alongside the wire, which guide* etc o tbHr destination. It was explained. The method eliminate* one ult of the uni I nary radio which aeods .he messages broadcast In all diree0,,K Under the Squler method the wove current a atay dear to the wire, o* Insuring rellobllty and secrecy. The high frequency current travels along the wire, but not In It. passing "•ugh the ether as do radio wares, with the difference that Instead of beK diffused It travels In a path of which the wire scr\a* core. old-Storane luck Vs. Cookinn of the Countryside | I’ASIOX.VXXY some carping critic ventures the opinion that a good deal "f “bunk*' la pcrpetrated on the floors of oongrr**. Maybe these critic* hot know itM- difference between “bunk" and oratory for h«*»e consumption. ir Instance. Representative Thomas Kentucky. In speaking of a pro- ^ M " <! adjournment of congees*. Is > otn'. by the I'cngresslonal Record. r*rt as follow*. ~'2, *ir. Thomas. And tbnt wonld iht! a cliange of living condition* >w cold .tornge junk and indifferent ’king to the fresh, pure food and it! ‘‘ooking of the countryside, t.’oni** could the-e mingle with the "jfiy boo* and fair daughters of the ‘Oil breath- the Inspiration of ., . >ve thoughts and loftier Ideals. The frost 1* now or, the pumpkin, the -cd com Is In the crib, the golden wheat Is In »hc bln, the yellow yarns t t idic-ing and avree'ening In the cellar, the succulent pcrslmmoo and tb# 'htonje "p<«*uui' are now ripened under the cool temperature oi frosty, ezijg moor,lit nlghU, and all nature Is redolent with the perfume of dying » "» and aglow with the varU-olored beauty of rutumnal forests find th# 'by and aplendor of autumnal sunsets. And then contemplate the e[,Icurean richness of a country dinner ltd*ting of coun - ry-cured bam; and nog and lye hominy, made only as they °w how to maie It in Kentucky: acqommmied by light, hot biscuits and wiry-made blackberry Jam and other like delicacies: and to crown all, as tool course, a big. Juicy, “poaswn." ‘-oci a dinner ri a real and glorious feast, fit not only for a congressman i f r the gods; and after It Is ovrr. how pleasant .o go to the old log ■ and craw l up Into the loft as In hy gone day* and be a boy again, and “•m- or *Jte new-mown hay as of yo-c. and be lulled Into peaceful sleep by i iwHer of the rain on the old board roof, and drift a»ty Into dreamland mtirtlfol of ajubltlor. and the pomp and clrcumtaace acd vainglory of the

amoothlng harrow. Where land mnst be prepared by band. It la good practice to pulverize the soil as much as pe*»:M* when spading It up. after which It can be put In a fine condition of mellowness with a steel garden rake. The Importance of thoroughly fining the soil cannot be overemphasized. for *t Increarea the waterbolding rapacity of the soil, renders’ more plant iood available, and reduces the number of weeds. Whan to Plant Potatoes. The date of planting neceasarl’.y must be governed by climatic condition a. In attempting to produce a* early a crop aa possible, some risk must always be incurred of the plant* Lelng Injured by late apring frosts. Aa a general proposition, it !s best to plant potatoes as soon as there la little likelihood of killing frosts after •he plant* arc up and the ground la In condition to work. Depth to Plant. Plant the small eye cuttings from 1% to S Inches deep, depending upor the character of the aoll—the lighter the soil the greater the depth of plant*ing. larger seta may be planted 4 inches deep.

Spacing.

If an early variety la planted, and •be work Is to bo done by hand, the row* may be spaced as cloae aa 2D Inches, whereas If cultivation Is to tvdone with a horse, 80 to 34 Inches n. tally Is allowed. In order to give the gardener some Idea of the number of seta required to plant a plot of ground M by 100 feet at tllffermt sparing*, the following table Is sub-

mitted.

If a late variety Is plant'd, the sparing should be greater, say 84 to S<1 Inches between the rows and 12 to 13 Inches between the plants In the row. To ®iant a Plot 50 by 100 Fs#t. Spar* b*:wcen Space In row Sets

between plants, rvqalrvd 10 Inches {.TW U tnebee tec 10 Inches t*n

room, put In the cdoler the next day. and kept at 32 degree*, and will keep In good condition for a long period. The find four days It 1* kept In thl* cooler without additional cost to the owner and after that t» 1* kept at a charge of ten cents a day for each carcass. Hoga are killed and salted down at $2.50 a heed, no extra charge being made for the salt, and they are kept In cold-stornge rooms aft l-elng sailed oown for four days without additional cost and at five cents a day thereafter. This curing room la aepante from the regular cooler where fresh meat# are kept, and Is not quite so cold, but no meat has been known to be lost In It Calve# up to 350 pounds are killed for $1.50 a bead and the hide Is left on them, though they are dressed and th* bide is thoroughly washed. When cattle are skinned there !e an additional charge of one dollar, tbr hide remaining the property of the ownei of th* carcass. Sheep are killed at $1.50 a head and are skinned without extru charge. Hogs cattle and sheep are killed throughout the year. A city ordinance i-ompela every butcher or other indl vidua) who Fell* meat In Paris to have his slaughtering done at the municipal abattoir, which Is operated at cost. All the meat* tr* Inspected by the etty veterinarian, who stamps each areas*. The plant pay* its own expenses and has been making enough In add, lion to cover cost of depredation. The abattoir cost between $15,000 and $20.000. About ten years ago. when the abattoir waa built, the department his a record of original coat of $10,000 and the dally capacity then wo* 30 cattle, 80 hoga and 30 sheep and calves. Meat In Paris bhs been selling from ten to twelve cents n pound cheaper than In some neighboring localities. Competition Is as ured because It is easy for the hotel*, restaurants and others using much meat to boy lire stock and have It killed and stored In this municipal abattoir until they are ready to consume It. This results In prices being kept at relatively low lev-

els.

Satisfactory Results Reported Frors Number of Co-operative Shipments in Arkansas. tPrcparvd by th# •Jatted States Depart- , men; of Agriculture. The Poinsett county (Ark.) agricultural agent and bome-demonstratlon , ajent report satisfactory results from | a number of cooperative shipments of chickens marketed by farm women during the early summer. Shippers Hated their poultry In the same man aer aa U employed where hogs or cattle are shipped co-operatively, using Monday as shipping day. AH the poul try was shipped by express from 6C ' to 210 miles to the Meiupb's ard St Touts markets A total of 1.573 pound* of ponltrj was loaded at the shipping point lr> July; the total weight at destlnatlot was 1.411 pounds, the aggregatr •hrinkage In transit amoui.tlng to 16: pounds, or an average of 163 per cent The cost of marketing. Including ex pres*, commission*, coop expense*, etc. 1 but not Inclusive of shrinkage, was 4.4 cent* a pound, while the coat of roar ketlng a pound. Inrlndiug the drift over the railroad was: Hen*. 7.5 cent* cock*. 63 cents; and springer*, SI

cents.

The total gross sale* amounted tc $421.07. which left a net re:jrn to th* shippers of $35236 after the shlpplnf expense* of $68.71 were deducted. The market value of thl* entire shlpme.M on the local market was only $26830. so that the net gain through co-oper-ative marketing aggregated $80.47, or a total of 34 per cent. Twenty-one shippers participated.

PAYS TO BANISH LOAFER HEN In Recent Culling Campaign In Indians 345 Out of 1322 Fowl* Were Discarded (Prepared by the ffitted States Department of Asrirulture.) The Bartholomew county (Ind.) agrl cultural agent reports that a total of 1.222 hens were hr.ndled In a recent culling campaign and of this numl,ei 345. or 28 per cent, were discarded as |v t layers. The entire number ot hens. 1.222. laid 2368 eggs the week before culling, while ,he week aftet they had l>een culled the 887 fowls left on the fanna laid 2302 egjp-. This explains why It was expedient wan i-jement to rid the flocks of the .145

WAR ON WHEAT SMUT WIDENS Sales Of Formaldehyde Demonstrate Desire of Farmer* to Drivo Out Inaidleua Ditease. That farmer* are tremendously In earnest In their desire to drive out wheat smut Is shown by the big Increase In the sales c? formaldehyde which have been node In four states where the United States department of agriculture. Hi co-operation with the extension departments of the stste agricultural colleges, has bees carrying on r*mpa:n>* of education

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Writer Juatty Conrider# That for Ro mance It Has All the Quivers of Oldtime T/les Beat to a

Frazzla.

There vrs a time lb It-- dear, dead past wlif-n 1 was n dW-ted to tile myth* and legends of th,-, -ng ugo. I loved to road, writes Kenneth L. Roberts, la the Saturday Evening Post, tales starting “Ouee upon a lime." »s4 t-U-Ing how the old witch, after sradylac for thirty-seven years In the College of Witchcraft and Sorcery, waa outwitted hy the hanrioocoe prince to purple tights who didn't know a mngir wand from a magic lantern. I loved Kluta v,m I.lnsenioippe and the wrong und fearless counts of I.linhurger and the deep bass voice of the old Rhenish bungstarter* and life hmnpfm. Wed rhinestone eastlc*. I loved the Tabl« Board and the whistle of the trusty falcon and the keen-edged meat or as Kir Martingale the Red and Kir Batter du Bellicose basted each otbes In the midriff for the favor of the beautiful Lady Mellsande of Marrowfat. 1 ate that *• iff alive, as the say-

ing goes.

Today, though. I can't get a quiver out o f 't. I need stronger meal. Whew I wan to get the old thrill that used to go with the fairy tales I pas* over the stories of Raponzel and Soosr White and Slnhad and Cedric voa Stussberg and WUIIatn Tell and Agatha von Addlepute and all the others end get down an old. tatiecwL leather-covered volume which been the fascinating title. “Day Book. 1824.“ Tills hook was the property of ooe of my forbears, who late in the 1700* and early In the 1800* ran a flouriahIng Ktore In the town of Kcnnebcnk. Me., whin he wasn't running the British and Indians around the ruy ed Maine scenery. It has the fairy storiea whipped to light froth. Rlg..t at the top of the very first page appears th* absorbing statement: “Ellnb Stevens. Dr. To 1 pr. Morocco shoes. 84 centa." And right ui.der It Is the thrilling bit: “Capt. Elisha Cbad'oom, Dr. to 6 dnx. Eggs, 75 cents." And piling sensatioa on sensation, the third paragraph rends: "N'oah Sbackford. Dr. lo % pt. N\ E. rum. 7 cts. Drank In store." Morocco shoes. 84 cents! Be stllL my finttcring heart, be still! And one-half pint of fragrant old New Ene land rum. straight from th* heart of Medford, Maas., for 7 cents! 1 swoon! Who cara* where It was Crank, so Ion* ss the drinker got It for 7 cent*? Seeon cent* for half a pint cf New England rum! Twenty-eight, cents for <a quart! And 34 cents for a pair at shoes or throe quarts of rum! To say nothing of six ilozen eggs, freshly abstracted from under startled Maine hens, for the staggering sum of 75 centa. or 12% cent* the doner. Who care* to listen to sutfi trite and commonplace twaddle a* Che fairy godmother's adventures In getting a coach and fonr out of a purapvln. and some rats, when one can read red-blooded Muff altout Eiiab Steveas retting a -air of Morocco shoes on, of 85 cents? My little leather cowered day book may be a •.rifle -dicrter on love interest than “Cinderella" at “Beauty and the Beast." but It poo- «> -m s Infinitely more excitement and much more of the surprise clement, oh, much 1

lazy loafers which laid only 54 egg* the week after they had been separated from their former mines, despite the fact that they received the same amount of feed as the profitable pro duccrs. The percentage of egg prodneOoi. the week before culling was 27.H while the week after it was 363 per cent.

Illustration of Improvement Whlcn May Result From 7 -vsting Seed With c ormaldehyde a* 6mut Often j

Stunts the Plants.

I to demonstrate the proper use of formI aldehyde In treating wheat for this j disenae. Reports from the«e Mates ' show that the Increase in the sales ■f fortnuldehyd, for the current year

325 per cent, aa

imparo-d with the sales of 1017. thei | lust year befor* the present campaign } I <.nK Inaururated. The four state* in t ! which th!* recurd has been n.ade are * j M tone* ota. North Dakota. South Di;t I lota, and Montana. There 1* every * ! i vasoc to believe that practically all J j «>f this Increase represents supplies T I used Id fighting smut.

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UNPROFITABLE METHOD Hogging down rye Is an tn profitable practice, according to

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PREPARE CULLS FOR MARKET Among Other Fowls to Be Disposed of Are the Old and Weak and All st the Scrubs. tPrep»ted hr the t':ilt*d Stairs DepartCoil out ntd prepare for market all

Promising Outlook. “I seen the start <>f what looked Hbc It waa going to be u right lively fetm. over at Turalinvllle yestenCjy." related Gap Johnson of Hnmp-js Ridge. “A couple of fellows Jumped onto another fcJU-r. for something or nuther. I reckon, although I didn’t learn wh'r. and went to mauling him right nharptyTbon another feller Jump'd In. to ruakw It even. Alxint that time the sbeilff came a-running a*.d started to puH ’eov t, art, and all four lit In on him. H* deputized a pitssol of fellers that were standing around, and they sorter to«fc hold, and another hunch of feUvrr that came up ’peared to rigger Unit the process ».,* too one-sided, and so they tore In. too. About that time !t begoc to rain, nuJ they i'll adjourned to the porch of the Tote Fair More ant! ueag to talking hors* s wap and po'itica. But for a spell 1 shore reckoned I was going to ** ■ something of a 'ight,"— Kansa* Cay Star. Natur Studies on the Prab ie. A Bloom township fanner says that he hu* a i*-t catli-h in a w ter tank on his l. rm which serve* :i uaefat purpose. Whenrver thl* farmer gets the fever to fl*h he dig 1 - up j few worms and throws them In the tank. ,f the pet (Hh grabs them up he knows fish are biting nnd g- ts hi* ft*h pole snd bikes for t! • ri.er. If, on the other band. Hit- L*h pays no ntlentio* to tbe worms he know* It 1* a poor day for fishing and let* ds wife tell bin what she wants done i nd di>e» It. R» he n- -,-i rtisses It and always ret tier a from the ri.' -r with a roring of Safe tike th. proverbial small boy *>■!•. i 'em township farmer told n* this; but gol dura If we can remember v, h» It ant*.—Olay Centre Times.

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I dock hunting the other d«) utoner who wa* a member killed most of tbe dnek*. asm Age-Heralii.