lian (.'hemist Produces New and Valuable Fertilizer From an Explosive I.Nitrated I’eat” is Shown to Ha\e Fertilizing Value Fcjual

to Sodium Nitrate

d p«*f' lx the fertilizer | a abort time i* decanted a* a eaturatod l y an Italian chemUt from I M,, uiion. Thle Is mixed with pent remaining ammnnH nl- r ° wdpr and erapora'ed. The product . .v P ,o«i„. ■, pl^ 1» .1™'“,,"'”'“ l 3 .” 0 ' C ™' °' “■ , nionin nitrate nad has been shown to ■m«»» "f pel,-„ nut the nitrate, and after that of sodium nitrate

The Furrow News and Views About the Farm

South Dakotans to Kill Prairie Dogs ivei Thousands of Dollars Worth oi Crops

■Co- iperatlng with ^fne Biological i of the United State* Depan- ■ f Agriculture, the farm bureau P'Fa - River County, 3. Dak.. Induced e.unty rommtesioB.Ti to under- . » campaign for the extemlnai -f prairie dogs, and the county fill were placed In charge of thn ■k More than 10.000 acre* of land ■*' d with prairie dogs were sys*ticaHr covered, and a aaring of r* aniou^-ing te $17,812 resulted it year the wont will he resumed newly infested lands, and all prvifly poisoned lands will be gone r.nd policed until every prairie

Exports of Domestic Meats are Increasing Over Three Billion Pounds Last Year

The export:! of domestic meats and meat products from this country totaled 3,333,000,000 pounds for the year 1»19. a quantity, without regard to kinds of meat as great as pre-war am ntal consumption of meat In Prance; three-firths of that of the United Kingdom; one-half as much as of former Russia, not Including Poland; twice as much as that of Italy, nnd 45 per cent of that of former Oennany. For the year ending June 20. 1>17 , the total export* in pounds of moat pioducts was 1.950.000.000. 1; the year 191S. the total rose- to 2.216 OOO.oOO pounds. In 1919 exports amounted to the largest in the history of the industry, according to the

'■ llea<1 Thf task will take at. Bureau of Crop Estimates of the two years more, besides aereral United States Department of Agricul-

of police duty thereafter. I u

a* 0 ValU,lblf f ° r ULdp rneath to catch the drippings.

fi-nt Tr 7 o" ‘ “''" r P'oe Ibo ''™» Into wbl!. It

hoot !..r lloo,.1 , Ig „„ ud pu.,.,, nicoer oorconuoe of nltro.fn ihar

ri“"7r.“ t ,“ , ”“'“ T< “ h ' rtad i oro roomies OT pluit,. TO., Mo7o^ “k ••nk mm. .hon .omoote .1U, U.e pto,, b) . O. T “ bel ' il “ ,: “* “ *" **" P'nnt looa ond nol.lur, tto pUr, ■ , h , , lq „ w „„„„ „p o,| w , or ^ ottow I, not ovniltfiip. oUicr iu,i,rUI- U ra. L„„ „[ p |„„ bo ■ub.'ltolod lor th- pomo., ,..p«,.. ri>, .pw, ct .OwrOln, ,0, li,oia ^„rr. S.r 1Mr „ OlirL ,h.vl» CTl or „ii,„ coon. droo.L. .rcr^lv, r.10, nod

mule mntrnnl may t- ur.d Fnm „.brr ndvrr.Hk. s as a rule use too HiUe bedding _

10‘ddlnr pot onlj nlordn comlon lorj T1 , Um , tl „

mr nnlmnlr. to, It o, U,. .ui,., p.,,,, „, r ,

on*, pmcj,*! m.an, ot oon.vrvlnp ' It plow, dorpnr. ,oleHrr. II,old tonnurr AH oU,o, „„ ktor „ , be oonm. mnlnrlnl. wblol, rumot be led 1 »„,b ao p. ,p. d „|„ M ,

oats only when it works and very little then—works day and night, if

If'est Virginia Fanners Inaugurate “Better v Sires—Better Stock” Campa gn |Hundreds Bf Farmers Pledge Themselves to Use Only

Thoroughbred Sires

IVUothor bulls, boars, rams or r.onths and whole counUea are planprs—If they are j n the scrub i- ng to put on eampalgns the object they mu.i go! This is the dec- of which is to secure snore purc-brcd lit?tion of West Virginia which. i*iork. It Is exi>ected that v Ithin the [taving joined the "Better sires—Bet- next few months ieve-rr.l hundred head I stock” campaign. Is going at live- sf puro-bred sires, ind also asms, will • improvement with a will At- be brought into the State as pan of dy hundreds of farmers have pled*- the general program to raise the livv i themselvea to use only pure-bred stock standard. Several counties Feeding demonstraUona are to doubtedly will be able to show a umerons during the coming. .1 pur.'-bred sires within a short time.

[(irasshopper “Bait” , Slaughters Insect *ndred Million Dollars :

Grain Destroyed

year ago the grasshopper ate up rearly I100.000.900 worth of our win wheat Science at«once set about revising some scheme to control this They mixed a concoction, on an enormous scale, known as “grass hopper halt.” making 4565 tons of It enough to W! 183 large railroad To mis this bait they used '•0.000 lemons, si^bty-thco-e tons of »hite arsenic «nd other ingredients if. similar proportion. The halt waa then scattered over a great area In Kansas. The grasshoppers aW it f eely with the expocteo .-esnlt This ear there are no graashonpera in

Will Transfer Tea Inspection The r.deral tea inspection service will lx- transfenod from the Treasury Department to the IiepartKePt of Agriculture at the end of this fiscal yrar. Jf the authority oi the tramcarried in the peodtng agrtculturol .ppropHation bill becomes law. vice is maintained, not under the Jd and Drugs Act. but under a spel Tea Inspection Act which. In som k titulary, confers, more authority than doe* the Food and Drugs Act >fcjy adul'.eratign and misbranding are led under the Food and Drugs while quality is included under |he Tea Inspection Act. In order to make tea of good comvrcii.I euality. the leave*, used must • only the young leaves that grow wr the ends of the twigs. If leaves »taken from farther down the plant l qu^ity Is lowered, and while the a’s purity is such that It could not bexr!ud.<l under the Food and Drug* P. the quality is so affected !ha. It nt be ext bided unoev ike' Tea Inaction Act. The two lines of work, •wever. are similar and it is believed at better results will hr obtained bylacing (be enfoicement of the Te* ■pection Act u&der the Bureau of watatry of the D-ypartraent ->f kricmlture. wb.ch all Bong has !x *n irged with tht •iiorc'aoBt of the

Britishers Object to American Whiskys Flavor Doesn’t Compare With Scotch

and .

I AiM.

r plan la t

A demand that all American Whiskey shall be distinctly Ubgled when on dale in England Is supported by the Wine and Spirit Association, which advocates speeinl regulation* “Otherwise.” said a leading London merchant, “enormous injury will done to the home trade by the dumping cf a class of import which • pares unfavorably, to say the least, with genalne Scotch. "The two do no* blend well. American wh skey has a distinctive flavor which does not appeal to the average Britisher. 'Very flery and comparatively new stuff la arriving lu large quantities. The age question might be overcome some extent by the requirement* that spirits must be held in bond for a * peel fled period; but even when it U four years old that carticuikr American whiskey retains Us flery el<--jnrnt." The suggestion that wood alcohol may have four 4 its way among somof the imports ts not thought probable by ‘radars. take over the organisation practically Intact from the Treasury Department. Tec inspection efflee# are maintained at the Ports of New York. Boston. Chicago. St. Paul. T-.coma, San Fianrlvco and Honolulu. On the Other Side Little Philip had cried all night with tea thacbe and upon receiving a nkkel tae next morning he went as usual to get candy again. His aunt! \ or. coming home, and finding be had brught candy with her nickel, asked him: "Why. Philip. 1 thought you weren’t ever go'ng to eat candv egain7^ To which he replied: •'Well, auntie. I’m not eating candy on the toothache side." The Optimis* —“Rvery cloud has a Silver lining, my bo. The Pessimist—"Yes, but It looks tike thunder"

I old

should be worked through the barn, and returned to the soil as manure.

s,!»a.,w. or iaia «,n a, pot c-o „ „„„ ao „ " r*!*!*.? *' B-e mumn. lu.U, ud p,,,., „„ dr.wter wM ,od „■

Ih.rofore trpd to trap pp lb, dixmmo quir ^ p,, .n.^upp . h , n

o-.tior ooniont o, U,« «,U. .Bo-r.rd .ookod. It r-julr™ k., boro ram.,

roloMtap tboir own plant tood lL , n honw ,..d

thtrough slow decay.

A broom will last longer If on each wash day. after the ciothee are ail boiled. It la dipped for a moment In the soapy suds. Then Aake It as free from water as possible and hang up by the handle. Slip an old newspaper

Farm Agency is a

i storage space

for horse feed, while belt work make* it useful the year around. .is a rule deep plowing is considered advisable under most condt-bt-red in breaking land late In the

spring.

A well matured animal will always show a higher percent of dressed weight than a young immature animal.

Great Organization Merino is the wool sheep. Shropshire the all-purpose and Southdown th** D , , i t i c • br ' ,,, Din,t ® n sheep. Renders Invaluable Service ^

to Farmers

j One who has sucessfnlly tried It . wiys ‘hat a choked cow may be re-

America Is the 'and of o»port*nitr.{| ,ev i ed < b ^ WnK a ?tlck ln h<>r n,on,b

the one place above all others wher

rhillty and energy are quickly recognized and reworded. This statement Is amply verified in the history of the Lewis Farm Agency oi No. 5S0 Ellicou Square. Buffalo. A few days ago our representative, after repeated efforts, succeeded In obtaining an interview with Mr. Henry I-cwIf. the genial president and gliding sp.it of this unique organization. Some twenty-five years aro Henry I owls, then an auctioneer, saw the need of an agency where tha fa-ni buyer and farm seller could be brought together. He started that agency in s 'small and modeet way. From the beginning he met with success, and today has a farm exchange that does an annual buulnees of over $5,000,000. The staff has grown unt.l it now consist* of 2S people, automobiles are used In conveying clients to see properties. Subwgencie.v with resident managers have been eslabUsbed throughout Western New York . Mr. Lewis attributes his suehis strict adherence In tbe r-ollcy of square dealing. Jeamen gradual - from the office force througn the hard school cf experience. They are men of energy , enurtesy and tact, and imbued with the same Ideals as Henry Lewis, whom they alweys refer to as “the chief." Sr-ch is Henry Lewis and the Lewis Farm Agency. Our Interview came t» end and we came away with the lira; conviction that whether w-y wanted to buy or sell, we could leav. the matter In Mr. Lewis’ hands and : be sure of quick and saUsfactr.ry re-

sults.

to hold it cnen for a while. Her ef forte to dislodge It will start the ob

stiuciion in the throat.

She“p will Improve weedy pastures but poor psetures wig not Imi.i the sheep unless the sheep are liberally from other sources

soil need-* considerable weathering tr» make It suitable fo- the roots of plaKs. Unless the subsoil Is exposed long enough for It to become mellow and pliable under the fore# of rain, sun and organic iile. It is not likely to be fertile. This should be remetuticns wuen done In the fall or winter. Subsoiling or v^ry deep plowing Is seldom advisable late tn the Spring, though no role can be followed. Rub-

Drat Him

"Pa. what is a ‘crepe banter?" ’’ "That's a colloquialism, son."

"Yes, slrr

"And is often applied to the uianj who goes around telling what a fine j mini julep he could make tf he only had the Ic^redienis."

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Winslow Taylor A- Company. t»f 150 S 15th Street. Philadelphia. Pa., have | ‘.pened the way for people of moder fcte means to make substantia! inveei-nu-nt in stocVa of proven merit. The are Odd Ix»t specialists dealing in stocks of all markets, in any ’. umber from 10 to 100 shares. They have a large organization am! have a clientele that substntiatc their reputation as high class brokers

Price. Guard & Co. say that the strength displayed b y the Oil seen-1-tier indicate the shortage of the n - seive supply of erode oil. In their opinion, the hlghei grade oil securitieDierlt the Investing public s afention The recent advance In gasoline 11Ices bear* cut the prediction of Mr Phelan, th e Shipping Board Oil Ex pert that 40c. gasoline Is a pouibilpy

hr August of this year.

The oil stocks should become lead

ers in the market action. Wild Herd Increase in'Decade

In the ten years since the Montana National Bison Range was established the J7 buffaloes with which the herd was started have Increased to 296. la addition there are on the range 125 elk (not including calves of last year), 33 antelope and 15 mule-dee-. It. Is believed that the range 1* larg enough to support 800 bison, 400 ante-

lope, 500 deer, and 800 elk.

Filing Teeth . The practice of filing the teeth is quite common among 'he tribes ol Sumatra. The operation, which is an extremely painful one. Is begun at an early age and continues until mi>turity. when both sets of teeth hnv been completely filed down to the Jawbone. 'Hie custom originated as a form personal adornment, but the reason* «lo not seem to have been Inherited ■with the practice itself. Although their us’ial food of rice, syrup and finely chopped meat and fish Is soft and easily dlgesfed, their inability to cb.-w is a serious physical disadvan tage.

Money talkr. but nowadays a dollar cnly say* about 50 cents' worth.

A parson is always the best man at a wedding. He gels the coin. All Is not gold that glitters. Sometimes It I* merely an Indication of guilt. When a girl tells a young man she thinks of him every day. It is time for htm to say something or give the other fellow a chance. Nothing Is so contagious as knocking. Even when fortune knocks, many a man get* out his own hammer.

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