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Thc common toad has been t!» aub- bot of fidlcule. contempt and (upon mum for centuries past. Nature hu- Mnlod beauty and attractiveness w this was cmture. To many peonlo It In more repulsive than it: relutlven. tho uptllel. We should learn ta pro- toad and respect Mm {or the doc. to us in. Some oblon- neru have aid thnt u to“! Iota: 810 In : ntden. The at the mutter ll um pncuculy the toad'l dict II o! unlm-l or- Nonrly every element of "I II undo up of Inact- whlch no In 1d- und ardent. ,- AL‘ _-‘_- .3 fig: 125 mo IS GARDENEH’S FRIEND Nutty Ivory Element of In Food In M Up of Insect. Which Arc Put! In the Flaldu. uw â€" 7W, â€" W. have heard much of the "In. of MN. “(I of the mu": 0! protect: mama. ltuulnovobesn to an for tho toad. at well. for uni:- mu [or hue! mat it truly alon- hflu. wflm l'. B. Outlaw In the Inuit-um Amman-c W a.- ol Ml tour nonwh- proud “’0me «their (cod want the not! Inflated abou. cum. nu. M and tactics. Irma, you» b p.11. (homo-mod worms. in “h but atorvlllul and 3:3qu 3* m anus by thou-MI. Win 3‘ 11 WW war-n van in hmflmmud"__‘“‘fi vv wrâ€"v V won-I. 0! mm it would M to 60W» tho nun-b" on! n (and It lib-fl] '0.“ I- u nun mm. I! 1- to how on they no vi) '5 Hi mums THE UM! IOWER autumn the custom"! «1 to firm-lawn wort-Immo- m and rub It but and form a“ the Nada. A manna): m I- W n app-rum far nup- nhc more ‘ma should pm. In. unable-one and who u ciao W. ma lamb App-nun hr mum lm Ao-IM mu , of “riding Material. A but has mud-rd: to to the shaft of the man bl“. of It'- flower and a med whoa, g-lnndle. to came the van! in. than Ind mm the latter. All Will of lbndmg muted-.1 ll E8315 TM Gard-n Toad. 'm.mm It is rather dlmcult to estimate the value or stable manure in dollar: and cents as commercial lertllizera are valued since the stable manure adds much valuable humus to the sell as well as direct plant food and the com- mercial fertilizer is valued for the direct plant food alone. (By w. 3. Km.) In lpite of I“ that has been writ- ten telling of the vliue of stable manure there are many farmers who still neglect to care for this valuable by-prpduct or the farm and spend their money for commercial fertilizer, 1 do not wish to discourage the use 0! commercial tertiiizer. but it should never be used until the stable manure is first taken care of and applied to the soil, it there is not sumcient manure to meet the demands 0! the farm crop: the deficiency should be supplied by using common-chi iertii~ Innate humus In In m mom: a! ma W"- A «one mo. 1: W! hm. --.--- rev." Dr. Mkmen says that the humus or the suhie manure is worth quite as much to the soil as the direct plant food. Valuing the phosphoric acid at five cents per pound, the potash at five cents per pound and the nitrogen It 16 cents per pound a fair average whine or the stable manure may be estimated as foliown 10 pounds nitrogen It 16 cenu..$l.60 10 pounds potash at 6 cents. . .. . 60 3 pounds phosphoric acid on 6 __m_,_’ nod. MN, W W for a. mp0 vim and ”'5'"..- u a... plum mum n". ma of you“. M Ground M am May perms never can“ tho loo umdthoprdmbmflusgoo‘ pmlkotouummdulau every three yearn. r-v :- vvvvvv Tho bud road ta II the heaviest tax the farmer has to meat. ' sou lmprovament club- m beta! «namely organised than an Pea. beam and onlonn m first known in Kant my cannula :9. Buy chicken wire to us. in the gun- don mum at can. '1:er pon- title. he ado he!“ no!” the mile- at mun : profit from 3100 u «to Then it we MN a. value oi the humus. commission chased by «onto and {night on comma-chi fertiliser: we my all“ be conservative when we double the commercial nine of in. mnnuro and count I ton of well- and for stable mum worth $450 to the (arm. PRACTICAL HOME-HIDE ”NIL an the mom ruler. and navy poo-dbl. m "a- -â€"., . man-n mung-um:- M7. The all It nu the Mt any. to make at nm. Toronto! nym'noodlottuloo- ' "15m... Is not appreciated bee-m I! I: I by-product and because turn- or: have [won Into the mm or no;- loculz to pronoun our. [or the man- ure and apply It judlcloglly. The manure when Illowod to w cumullto shout as cable. a In tho way um I: I maul-Ive. bod-Imam: product. rm when dnvn m (he laid and distributed out m not! by w: or spreader: ". I. out o! (no '01 and umprmnumooummvt hm crop. .., . nu an“ an In Wad null ""l'. "a, ' “i“ t tour-{bot Moon of mm“ Im on t ___w . truth. ll MI [I “I “W. on. a 'h um a”.m M» ‘on In an IIJ'MN In an world In. built (or a poultry ulnar In Now Oriana. k la 40 not Ion by 8 too: . .140. Ind mm:- to compartments. «ch hung u «may of m an. OAPDEN and FARM NOTES Haney hm union-m Can I. 000‘ mud on d ”M Moo. 0' Eda-imam Phylum ammo-um ."good'ofmfl‘flm In [of I“! 7‘0““... I! 0M Inflrol‘ Iron. "OM“. Anvil. satisfaction. wins-in. $3.16 Hone Owned by Pennsylvania Poultry Rel-er Ahead of Eastern Egg- Laylng Contact. Tho egg-laying contest at the Com necticut Agricultural college. with its 500 pallets from 19 state; of the Union, England and Canada. repro- seniing 12 distinct breeds and 23 va- rieties, attracted considerable atten- RHODE ISLAND BEDS IN LEAD Rhoda Island Rod Hon. Mon at the Connecticut ultry u- uoclntlon meeting held at. unto“! re- cently. u some of use speaker: had blrdo entered In the content. lam-mummy. ltolhd. no that any a... or all d II. compartment; m be WIN. ao- cotdlng to (he number of am to In hushed. The controlling thermo- stltl uaed do not confide” Mesh a. heater circuit. but htrodnco the con- punuvoly high red-um of 3 mm electric lamp when om. m avail- In‘ spitting at the contacts. ”EIIBEHER the report of the fiend- iug hens {or the twelfth Week or “no contest: ...._ -....,.- ............ cw; Howard steals a! Phil-del- ohll, Pt. Ilnslo comb Rhoda plant! Redo. 23 eggs. Top Notch farm; Wal- (er mm at Long lullnd. barred Ply- mouth Roch. 21 can: C. 8. Sewing of, But Hovethulo comb Rhoda ll- lud Rodi. 23 eggs. 1 per cent. chh hm: \anler wu- ot Long Is- tand. N. Y, boned Plymouth Roch, 2,l can; 0. 8. Sewn. of But Haven, Conn.. rou comb Rhoda lohnd Rods. 20 out; Wood-1d. Poultry (um. Phllndelphh, P... INIO Wynn- thu. I! ma; Arnold hunch at on. Pl. slut. comb Rhoda blond Rm. 1! om: F'. 0, You of Sure, Pl. dub comb Whit. muons. 1| John A. hatchery of Harrisburg. PA, sins]. comb Rhodg Inland Rodi. Huhlm lam 'or New ONO-M Pom- an (in mm loch-wt. net ”can”! an- bc untrue!) cou- ELECTRIC INCUBATOR IS BIG ’Don'z let your hroedm set too In: or you will be my for it. Noting like a few wahn an to can the ham to my, foam: duck. would, :1qu have plant! at water ad and. gift! grit. , 3% condition powder on the aunt In a good u whole-mo food and plenty o! m. - oreâ€"moutbmoud mtfmm tho vomit and but in tho mu!- m» "iiény gobblon would be man with the hen. u only a mug certainly by the am of AD?"- 7 The best layers are those {me that hue been bred vertical-fly m a new to increased 0a production. Inbreeding men men the vitality of e noel. Tint 1e why to mm at nnmmmmdum 76 3466' H99 “99"?! W Expensive and Elaborate structure I. Not Neceunry, but Dry, We" Ventilated One In. (By J. W. GRIFFIN.) The size of our home poultry-bund- ing 13 16x40 feet. 0 feet at the trout save, and 'l at {to rear cave. and 8 Vâ€"V v. w- feet at the comb. The floor should be the natural earth If the house is located on a well drained place. If not, there should, 0: course, be a plank floor. For the convenience or the keeper. the building shanld be divided into three rooms in the front part; the hallway at the rear should run.tho entire length of the building. The hallway la 4 feet wide; this will leave the three rooms 12x13 feet. POULTRY HOUSE FOR FARMER The partitions between these rooms should be made solid two and one- half feet high. The rest of the parti- tion can be of poultry~wire netting. The upper part of the partition be. tween the hallway and the rooms is made or wire netting. In the hallway we keep the supply of food for the poultry, and a. few barrels of road- dust that We gather up during a (fry time in the summer. This is for the dust-boxes during the wimer, when the hens should not be out on (he cold ground. ahead an u» mm m the pathos on tho dropping-bond; The phmmn for nu ma. (he «howling-bonds. Ind the packet In put In In din-Ion. (km of 18 foot «cl. nu {nemato- Ibo cloning u all of the Interior manna-u no "moved at bomb-Magnum. vhlch ll (Ila I yearâ€"0min; undid]. This II the gem! cut-Ina “no: the you an cleaned each week. at! the dropping-bond. each m. The mun" saved by cunning (In drop- ping-hoard: out: any from I hundred hens pun Madame”, not only In the nine at the mun". Int In hoping Ibo hone cianly. The Donn no each one rompkio within the". The opening: of tho mung! v1.â€" do'o Are mvflod um: poultry mm; The home I: made perfectly mm except the curtaloed window; Them In | venmamr in each call u the (IMO (or summer ventilation. 7 in gnln food when uttered In um tones or unw gho- tho mu covered with cut Imv. or better um, dry leaves gathered in the fa" Ind noted nay to be and though the vintcr. the much needed exercise. The dry nuanced: and meatâ€"scraps. etc” are fed In the troughs. The interior shank! be thoroughly spayed with llmo-and-cnlphur solu- tion. Una equal parts of "mo md sul- phur in making an whitewash and §6Jw1irnot {e troubled with nee. chiuon or mites um. trouble the Cornell“ for own-(lug. Chit-coal I: an excellent corrective of tho evils of lnjndlclan- overload- lng. and In alto I good remedy ln bowcl dllordm in poultry. Ruins wonderful absorbent voters, «meld I: (or gases. only a mall «unit! should be put into the feed hoppers u g “no on meant of m all-mun ItahoanokvptlnuW by mm! with n. <2!an war. no u to exclude the air. It chum! In heated well hetero men to tho malty. It will NY. I. tendency to arm 01! the impurmu which an! have become absorbed. ad it 'm in equal to fresh chm]. , mam m _ mkMHM.um» mummmm 3mm“? mu mmmMWWMM Km mlw In mm; m the The North Side Shoe-Store Ladics', Men 5 and Children' 0 Shoes and Rubbers I am am the "True Blue Pam“ Food" and“!!! by Hartman Willard. Naparm’lleJ . True Blue Pond ‘I made from sound. sweet. clean air: reelemed md sihed [m from dust and dirt. and umm this feed curtain- no 't. Yman bpygripfm 75911)”pr lmlm.aM when youbuyPoulbry cod .-nm n... um»... [mils-0'5” 0h. For the special J. Warren Rogers. President. Ralph N Ballou M. C. Cannes Samuel Curtifl Make the children comfortable. Just re- ceived a good selection of children’s low one and two strap button shoes, all sizes, also a full line of children's barefoot Sandals, good selection. Prices right. Special .Men‘s Balbriggan underwear 6s cts. to $1.00 General Dry ([0qu and Grocefiel Repairing Neatly Done It Reasonable Prices! 44 FOREST AVENUE Safety Deposit Boxes at $2 per Annum. Is “now open at 8 A. M. every business day and between 6 and 8 Saturday evenings. It is convenient to keep your savings account with your home bank. If desired. arrangements can‘be made so that any member of the family may make withdrawals or deposits. ‘Three per cent interest is computed from the first of the month on all savings deposited on or before the 10th. special accommodation of Downers Gm'i numerous band of commuters, the . ‘ V CHAS. L. JOHNSON, Proprietor Hendquartcrs for Garden and, package or bulk. GEO. R.- WJLLARD dent. ' Ralph N. Ballots. Vice-President Simuel Curtist. Cashier ’ 6r oowms’b’nOVE . KEHLER ; 7 In 3.31. FOR POULTRY FOOD DIRECTORS W. S. Greene DEALER IN fer E X P E C TIN G SOMETHING? I50 IE. fat tin pig!