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PwiMp STATE T*EWS mmse^rn fW-'- Xdwatdvrllle.--Joseph Bayer, a semiprofessional ball player who had Signed a contract with a Toledo (O.) *--nt, was killed when he came Into •contact with a charged wire here. Bayer was a lineman and was twentynine years old. Peoria.--Dr. James D. Banta, a prominent physician of Rock Island, was sentenced to two years in Fort Leavenworth penitentiary by Federal Judge Fitzhenry after pleading guilty to having" morphine and cocaine In his possession for unlawful sale. Belleville.--A jury in Judge Crow's court In Belleville convicted four of five men charged with the robbery of the State bank of Dupont December 23 last, when $11,343 was taken. Those convicted are: Leo Hildebrand, Claude Bernero, Melvin Cramer and Peter Mc- Cann of East St. Louis. Boy Damon was found not guilty. DIvernon.--Local Union No.. 146, United Mine Workers of America, at DIvernon, has adopted resolutions which have been sent to International President John L. Lewis, presidents in the four central competitive states, and all local anions in and around Springfield, opposing the separate state agreement proposal and expressing confidence In themselves and other members of the Mine Workers in the present strike. Springfield.--Dr. Otto L. Schmidt of Chicago was re-elected president of the Illinois State Historical society at the business session of the annual meeting in Springfield. George A. Lawrence, former Ualted States Senator Lawrence Y. Sherman and Congressman Richard Yates, both of Springfield; Ensley Moore of Jacksonville, and Charles L. Capen of Bloomlngton were re-elected vice presidents, and Mrs. Jessie Palmer Weber, secretarytreasurer, and Miss Georgia L. Osborne, assistant secretary. Evanston.--Elbert H. Gary, head of the United States Steel corporation, will receive the honorary degree of doctor of laws from Northwestern university in Evanston during the commencement exercises at the university next month. He has been a trustee of the university for 30 years. Among others to receive honorary degrees will be former Gov. Chase S. Osborn, Sault Ste. v Marie, Mich., LL. D.; President Samuel Plantz of Lawrence college, Appleton, Wis., LL. D.; John Merton Gun dry, Cleveland, O., M. A.; Miss Agnes Law, Trier, la., M. A. Springfield.--Official call for a meeting of the Republican state committee elected at the April 11 primaries on Monday, May 22, at the Leland hotel Springfield, was issued by Col. Frank L Smith, chairman of the retiring state committee. The call states that the meeting is for the "purpose of electing officers and transacting such business as may be necessary." The Democratic state committee Is to be called into formal session to ratify the election of Thomas F. Donovan of Jo- Met as state chairman and of Isaac B. Craig of Mattoon as secretary of the state committee. In order that the requirements of the primary act may be compiled with in their entirety. Marengo.--Four children, ranging in age from nine to two years old, and their father, August Bourke, Jr., employed by the Elgin & Belvider® rail road, were killed In a fire that destroyed their home In the outskirts of Marengo. Mrs. Bourke, the mother, a six-month-old baby and Paul, eleven years old, the oldest son, were found lying In the yard unconscious, where they had been taken by the father. The Are Is believed to have started from an Incubator In the klchen. Because the house was located 1,500 feet from water plug, the fire department was delayed In attaching a hose, with the result that it was destroyed before any attempt could be made to quench the &|mes. Waukegan*--The states case against Oov. Len Small was outlined to the Jury by C. Fred Morttmer, state's at fcprney of Sangamon county, in the first ict of the trial proper in Waukegan The governor, his wife and his son and daughter-in-law hdard the arraign •lent In which the prosecutor assert tfd his "belief that the jury will be Shown "beyond reasonable doubt" that Governor Small and Lieut. Gov. Fred Sterling, while serving term* as state treasurer, conspired with Vernon Cur tU and the late Edward Curtis of the Grant Park Trnst and Savings bank to cheat the state of Illinois out of '"a targe sum of mortey, amounting to between $1,500,000 and $2,000,000." Mr. gortlmer's opening argument was lef, dispassionate and careful. It Was Interrupted by opposing counsel only rce. Mr. Mortimer promised the Jury show actual, real evidence of the conspiracy. "The prosecution will not **ly, as some have said it would, on circumstantial evidence." He asserted fhat the defendant and his fellows juggled the funds intrusted to their care In such a way that the state received Only a portion of the Interest earned * the money. "2 Bloomlngton.--Pr. Theodore Kemp, fourteen years president of Illinois fCesleyan university, has resigned, effective July 1. Doctor Kemp and his %lfe expect to take a trip to Europe fls summer. Chicago.--According to "reports, Prescient Harding will soon appoint Adam G. Cllffe of Sycamore to succeed KenetHw M. Landis as United States district judge for the northern district of Illinois. Judge Cllffe, who Is recom- »ended by Senators McCormlck and ItcKinlegr, Is now on the Circuit court bench. ^Pv ~ impalgn.--Ben Kartman of Chicais named managing editor of the Illini, the student paper at the srslty of Illinois. Chicago.--The seven women pickets, ' jjour of them with infants In arms, who Were in the , Cook county Jail six Siys for contempt of court in connecon with the cigarmakers' strike, are ".illack at their homes. Judge Denis E. fullivan ordered their release after fhey had appeared before him, con- Jessed their guilt In disobeying his or- '^•er nr>f 111 nlHrpt unil hpifgwl tn h* DecBTtrr.---The uecatur Fans' elation has incorporated for the pr> motion of baseball In Decatur. The association is not for profit and has no capital stock. The Incorporators are: J. H. Hill, Wilbur S. Turpin and R. W. Hell. Marseilles. -- Ray Flnkie recently killed eight wolf cubs on his farm near Marseilles and collected $80 bounty at Ottawa. A few miles away, Peter Talty 6f Seneca bagged five, but as Grundy county pays no reward he had only the pleasure of killing them. La Salle.--The fifth annual season of Starved Rock state park opened on Saturday, May 13. It Is expected the crowds of visitors this year will break all records. Camping facilities for tourists by motor have been Increased, following the large number of such visitors last season, every state In the Union being represented Jerseyville.--The first oil to be discovered in Jersey county is being brought to the surface in buckets. U. K. East ham, a building contractor, went to his well to draw a bucket of water, but the pall contained good oil when It was drawn to the top. fie then drew 21 buckets of oil within 15 minutes. The supply r.ppears to be Inexhaustible. Springfleldw--Officers of the Illinois State Dental society elected here were: H. Prothero of Chicago, president; Howard S. Layman of Springfield, vice president, and A. C. Willman of Kankakee, C. E, Duff of Lawrencevllle, H. A. Frankel and H. E. Smith of Chicago, members of the executive council. The retiring president Is Frederick B. Noyes of Chicago. Chicago.--Alfred Miller will receive the income from the $100,000 estate left by his father, William H. Miller, during his life, at the end of which It will be used to provide an amusement park and benefit quarters for working people at Harvey. This Is provided In will left by Mr. Miller, Sr., who died recently. He was a pioneer banker of Harvey. Chicago.--Active preparations- for the 1922 wool pool among the county bureaus of the state. are being started by the Illinois Agricultural association. The association is supplying %he 89 county farm bureaus represented In the 1921 pool with sacks and twine, to handle the clip this spring. In the 1921 pool the association figures it saved the farmers $17,000. Urbana.--Success has attended the campaign to encourage strawberry planting among children in Illinois, according to an announcement from the junior extension and the horticultural department of the state university. These departments which conducted the campaign announced that 725 boys and girls from 78 counties in the state have set out more than 225,000 straw berry plants. Enrollment varies from one in some counties to forty-nine In Vermilion county, which has the largest enrollment. Danville.--John Cox, negro, was found guilty of complicity in the murder of Miss Francis Banner, a high school girl who was attacked on her way home from a church festival last September and her body thrown Into the river. A jury In the Vermilion county Criminal court returned a verdict that Cox was an accessory after the fact; that he helped carry the body of the girl after she had been strangled and had caused the spreading of a report that the victim had gone to Chicago to take a position. Urbana.--The fiftieth anniversaiy of the first class graduated from the University of Illinois will be celebrated at the 1922 commencement In June. A committee of which C. W. Rolfe of Champaign, professor emeritus. Is chairman, has been at work on the program for several months. Professor Rolfe is a member of the . first graduating class. Other living members of the first class are: Mllo Burwash, Champaign; J. D. David, Madison, Wis.; W. A. Relss, Belleville, 111.; T. E. Richard, Pasadena, Cal.; N. C. Ricker, professor emeritus of architect ture at the university, and Reuben O. Wood, Woodburn, III., ail of whom are expected to be present at the celebration. Jollet.--Infatuation for his former secretary. Miss Mabel Kerwin, and fear that he was losing his hold over her, led Robert F. McRoberts, managing director and principal owner of the Woodruff Inn at Jollet, to shoot and kill her and then end bis own life by firing a bullet into his brain. The double shooting occurred in the lobby of the Eagle apartments near the business heart of Joliet, where Miss Kerwin resided with her aged mother. McRoberts, who was forty years old. Is survived by a widow and a ten-yearold son, Robert Frank. Jr. Mrs. McRoberts Is a daughter of Henry F.- Piepenbrlnk, member of the Will county board of supervisors, former sheriff and formerly chief stockholder In the Scherlng Brewing company. Miss Kerwin, of medium height and almost perfect figure, was thirty-one years old. She had light-brown hair and blue eyes and was of such pronounced beauty that in 1910 she was chosen queen of the Labor day festivities In Jollet. Sterling.--Mauri ca, nlne-months%ld son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Knox, farmers, residing west of here, fell into a tub of water and was drowned. Mollne.--Reorganization of the Moline Plow company has been completed, it was announced. New plans for the compiany and Its subsidiaries^ chief of which Is the Stephens Motor Car company, were ratified. The reorganized company is the Moline Plow company, Incorporated. It Is a Virginia corporation, succeeding to all the assets and good will of the old Mollne Plow company. Woodstock.--Guy Clemens, farmer, who lived near Woodstock, was fatally Injured when a tractor he was driving became lodged In the soft ground and overturned. Clemens was unable to lump to safety and was carried beneath the machine. Urbana.--The annual review by representatives of the war department of the University of Illinois military corps, which comprises 2,507 men, took place Saturday. Maj. C. E. Lull and Maj. Harry F, Hazlett from the F«dJ eral were Thrw-Pltoe Outfits Art UmeBQht of Paris Fashions, Correspondent Says. SHORT AND YOUTHH. The one-piece dress, like Tennyson's brook, might have gone On forever, writes a Paris fashion correspondent in the New York Tribune, had not the tailors of the world suddenly discovered that the way to secure a large part of the business going to the dressmaker was to make suits and coats with the allure of the one-piece cloth dress; that is to say, the Bevere lines of the tailored suit of other days must give place to soft drapery, and the strictly tailored coat, when used, must be short and youthful In appearance, for women desire, above all things, to have their clothes make them appear young. The chemise dress did this. Some of the most successful models might have made suitable frocks for Uttle girls. The tailored suit has b««n to the height of foshlon since prewar days until this season. Such great finesse have tailors shown In this that it has come to pass that the threepiece suit is now the high light of fashion--a thing which no one believed would ever happen again. Dog Collar Belt of Badger Hair. Even O'Rossen, the tailor, of the Place Vendome, in Paris, who made himself famous almost over night by means of his severely tailored gray suit, has changed his tactics and Is miiitiiiiiiiiHfiaNMaimiiiiiiiiiimiR J W2EB2 DIFFERENCE IN" COST OF TRACTOR £Nt> HORSES iHiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiimimiiiiiitiiimifiiiiiiiiiiiii reduction of 1.4 months in the Models in Yellows and Red# now featuring suits with short graceful Jackets blouslng over a low-placed waistline. He has completely forsaken gray--the color which precipitated htm into the limelight--and now uses the soft sand shades. The materials which be favors are English woolens, and tricotlnes. It Is quite remarkable how coquettish are some of the street coats for spring. Designers have obviously endeavored to make them as becoming as possible that they, too, might rival the very smart one-piece wool dress. of models of this sort is a Patou makes a complete showing, of tailored suits, three-piece suits, afternoon dresses and evening gowns for jeunes fllles. He has used perfect taste and discrimination between the youthful models and mature styles. This house also specializes In sports clothes. Patou shows blazer suits and knitted suits of Jersey cloth. He 1* not afraid to use color, as all his sport garments are in high tones and his youthful models In suits and dresses run toward yellow and red, with strong accent on the former. Martial et Armand Is making a big feature of the woolen tailored suit with jacket and the tailored wool dress with cape or jacket, also the robemanteau, or woolen street dress, having the appearance of a coat. The predominance of such models gives the Impression of simplicity and practical lty to the sbowlug. In view of the international Interest In out-of-door sports for women Paris Is showing her talent in designing novelties for this purpose. Every important house has given tills subject some attention, and several booses boldly coat 'developed In a brilliant brownish red cloth and trimmed with threadlngs of black taffeta cut in bias points. This model has the Madeleine Vlonnet circular swing and cup-shaped collar standing erect. The floating ends of taffeta are quite unusual on a doth coat. The marked feature of another coat is Its dog collar^ belt, exactly Itke that worn by the smart and much-indulged bulldog. The belt is of raspberry red and black enamel leather borderedj with bristling badger hair. The coat Itself, which seems almost secondary, Is in a raspberry red velours de laine embroidered in black and gray. Hip-Length Jackets In Combinations. The Jackets of the new tailored suits are notably short, some in semi-fitted styles and others with full bias swinging coat Just passing the curve of the hips and hanging loose from the shoulders. Sometimes this type of model is belted, but more frequently It hangs loose from the shoulders. Among extreme novelties oae often finds a coat In contrast to the skirt. Thus black satin may be combined with red cloth, navy serge with a high color foulard and serge Is frequently combined with leather. Cnerulfs suits are particularly Interesting, with their smart, full hip length Jackets or the hip-length jacket which Is belted. This house uses the hip ybke In many skirts--a revival of a fashion prevalent In 1908. Many great makers, notably among them Rolande, of Paris, make a feature of the jacket which looks like the blouslng bodice of a dress. Several of these are notable for their long, tight-fitting sleeves, so long that they wrinkle In order not to cover the bands. Tailored suits made from striped materials are very interesting in their detail, transverse stripes being used in opposition to vertical ones to work out the novelty of the design. There is a note of red on m&ny'of the new suits, a bright Chinese red being used as an embroidery, piping or belt trimming in combination with black, with navy blue, castor beige tones and gray. An interesting feature Is $he crepe de chine Jacket suit, the material being treated as one would use a serge. All of the tailored suits are shown with most charming little blouses, some of which match, notably In the trimming, and others In distinct contrast to both material and color. Three-Piece Suits of Two FabHes. » Worth makes a specialty of crepe de chine three-piece suits, many of which have very fancy sleeves. He combines two materials, such as crepe marocaln and crepe de tchlne. The sleeves. In addition to being very elaborate, are often much embroidered In beautiful combinations of color. Jean Patou has created a great Impression with his smart youthful lines, notably in suits and simple tailored and one-piece dresses. Practically all jackets are short and In distinct tailored style, many being belted like the Russian blouse. He uses lovely tweeds and other Interesting materials in mixed grays. As a variety among jacket suits he has models with smart short capes. In nearly every instance a very attractive blouse accompanies the suit, this in itself being quite as much a feature as the suit Two materials are often combined; thus he shows one tailored model--- Mephlsto--with a white serge skirt and a red serge jacket There is a full line of one-piece afternoon dresses in both wool and In silk. The navy blue serge .dress is at its best in this collection. A lovely model called Parlslenne Is developed from Blandblnl' 8 Jacquard serge, which seems to have a fine thread embroidery In wbUe thrown to the surface on the blue serge ground. (Tr*w<d tor the Unlt«d State* Department •f Agriculture.) The cost of power on tractor farms In the winter wheat belt Is somewhat greater than when horses are used for all the work, according to the results of a survey by the United States Department of Agriculture. A preliminary report Just Issued shows, however, that thnee-fourths of the {sector owners were of the opinion that their tractors were proving profitable. This survey shows differences in the cost of power and labor due to the use of tractors, the work done with them, and the cost per acre feu- different opamount of regular labor used. Three and one-third head of work stock In addition to those on hand at the time of tbe Investigations would have been, necessary if the work had all been done with horses. The tractor owners considered that they needed in addition to their tractors an average of only 6.5 head, whereas they were actually keeping 8.3 head. j Effect of Use of Tractors on Power : Costs. I Wonted "FarmeritlwT Honey in Wtfrttffl flaftp Are Taking Advantage , Opportunity Offered by the Fa* ' tile Land and Fine Climate, Is many parts of Western Caned* are to be I'ound women owning and rnnnlrfg farms for themselves, and what is more, making them pay. May Hazlett, an English girl, who lived on a farm In the Touchwood hills, in Saa- . , „ , katchewan, for the past four years. There was a net lhcraiie of $206 looking after her stock and cultivating her land, is one of these. 1%e farm fJ * . -.v.: : • ••"V .> vv, > x. ^. Xv - ^- ~ *t - „ -o • T v Tractor Uaed far. Disking* -t 'SsvSL • orations both with horses and tractors. Son^e 354 tractor owners in northern Oklahoma, Kansas and southern Nebraska were visited and a complete record of all work done with tractors and horses during the year was obtained, together with statements concerning the farmers' opinions of the advantages and disadvantages of using tractors. The farms averaged about 500 acres in alee, on which 352 acres of crops were grown in 1921, nearly three-fourths of the crop area being in wheat The cost of "usthg tractors for drawbar work on these farms averaged $484 for the year, or $1.00 per hour. These fanners were keeping an average of 8.3 head of work stock In addition to their tractors and the cost per farm gof keeping the work stock for the year was $541. Thus the total annual cost of power for drawbar work was $1,025. The tractors furnished the power for 40 per cent of the drawbar work. Variations in Cost of Power. There were great variations in the practices and costs on individual farms and the results Indicate that often the cost of using the tractorf and keeping the work stock was excesper farm lb tfie combined coat' of power and labor due to the use of the tractor, after deducting the cost of keeping the work stock which bad been displaced and the value of the family and hired labor saved. Hat' all the surplus - horses been sold there would have been a further reduction of about $115 per farm In the cost of horse labor. On many <rf the farms there h&d been a reduction Of feed for work stock due to the use I of the tractor, and If this had been taken Into account a f*arther saving of about $47 per farm would have been shown. The analysis Of the cost per acre of power and man labor for different operations when done with tractors and horses gave the following averages: ' Plowing spring and fan with ^ tractors •"*-- Plowing spring and CaU with horses 188 per aero Listing with tractors 110 per acre Listing with horses LOS per aors Disking (tandem disk) With , tractors psr aera Disking (tandem disk) with , horses 1.08 per acre Drilling with tractors M per acre Drilling with horses .68 per sere Drawing binder with trw* tors pw aera Drawing binder with' horse*. .68 psr acra Cost of Power on Horse Farms. , A group of 85 farms where tractors were not owned, but comparable In size to those where tractors were used, were surveyed In order to obtain a direct comparison between costs on farms where tractors are owned and costs on farms of similar size and type where tractors are not owned. There was an average of 10.5 head of work stock on these farms, of which 10.1 head were needed for the work. One horse was needed for each 33 crop acres while the tractor owners were keeping one for each 42 crop acres and needed. In addition to their tractors, only one for each 54 crop acres. The cost per head of keeping the work stock was $00 per year where tractors were not owned and $64 where they were owned. The horses worked 482 hours per head on the tractor forma and 624 hours on the other farms. The cost per form of announce having opened special atel- Uers for the creation of tennis, golf and other sports wear garments. Knitted suits, coats and sweaters naturally have a large showing In this line, but with true Parisian originality and Ingenuity many other Interesting new things are shown for sports wear. -• .. . The Overfalouse Camisole.- r The sheer overMouse may at last realise Its most charming possibilities with the advent of the overblouse camisole. This dainty little camisole Is linen lawn or crepe de chine banded in lace and drawn thread-work, though it may be developed in a variety of materials according to the overblouse with which it is worn. Senss of Beauty. " The ~ woman who would remain young cultivates a keen sense of beauty and takes her enjoyment more or less as a child and forgets quickly the petty annoyances which come in every life and cause worry Unas. . ------- nf.;; i TO MAKE THE LATEST GIRDLE New and Up-to-Oate Adornment Is Made Attractive by the Liberal Uas of Beads. • Hot tile string girdle of .last year, nor the narrow but long bead girdle that trimmed the winter frock, but a perfectly new and up-to-date girdle Is what any girl can make for her new street dress or suit. Measure your waistline. Purchase a length of round silk elastic of the same length. The Important point Is to select your beads with an eye to art. For a black silk frock of simple design, a bead girdle of black and white alternate beads Is attractive. The bracelet of beads is made by stringing the beads on the elastic. The elastic Is fastened together securely by tying the ends In a fast knot. A long bead tassel may finish the bracelet girdle and hang gracefully down the front, or the girdle may be used frock, to a jgttle below tba normal waistline. Sufficient ribbon to encircle the waist twice is necessary for the girdle that accompanies the suit with its short box Jacket. Two lengths of fringe a half-yard In width is required to finish the ends of the girdle. The fringe is carefully stitched to the sash ends, so that when the sash Is looped at the side, the long fringe dips far below the skirt hem. The very wide fringe is neccesary to give the correct line. Henna is pretty on a navy suit and blaCk is an excellent choice If the suit is light in shade. A black girdle of this kind Is a good Investment, as It may also be worn on frocks of almost any hue. nf Horses Being Used , to Prepare Seed Bed, was originally her brother's homestead, at which time Miss Hazlett was ft stenographer. Her brother was killed while fighting with the Canadian forces at Vlmy Ridge. Neighbors advised Miss Haslett to sell the farm, but sha decided that she was tired of ther' "eterqal pounding" and became a: arette. , Mrs. Mary J. Blackburn, woman former of Alberta, has Just added 160 acres to her form near Hard!sty. Coming m>m Eastern Canada, Mrs. Blackburn homesteaded a quarter section in 1902. She Iiad two Hoi stein heifers, a bull, awd $1? fa cash. She lived In -a tent the first summer and in a sod shack tn tha winter. Her first crop put her, as she tells the story, "on Easy street." In ten years she had a hod Of 00 pure-bred Holsteln cattle and was' operating a prosperous dairy. A fine residence has supplanted the sod hut, T milked my cows, raised my cattle, cut hsy and stacked It aO by aqMrif,- said Mrs. Blackburn. "I started on bare prairie with no money, and made good. I worked hard, but the exporltnce was wonderful." It has generally been conceded fttt farming is a man's job. It has long been considered that a woman's place on the farm was In the house, with a> few attendant duties, looklng^aftsr tha chickens and tbe garden. fbnesr are changing. Demonstrative of the present feminine initiative, there are two young i ladles farming extensively and with' j good profit too, in Western Canada, i Some years ago a family located a 100" acre form In the Oak Lake district, | Manitoba. Later tbe father dled, leav- I Ing his two daughters and aged Wife a mortgaged quarter section. Insteid at selling the effects and .noving to- : to take employment, the girls 4actiMf< |o work the place. While the mother looked after the household duties the daughters did the form work. They did the plowing, harrowing, seeding, haying, har^sstlng, stocking, feeding and other form ttlons. Except at threshing getting out of wood, the help i€ > was never sought. Instead of s acre place, with seven horses and ten cattle, which they started with, they have a 1,120-acre form. head of heavy horses and nearly al flred head of cattle, Their farm buildings. equlpa^tS* and well-kept fields would ^ jMpgs of pride to the owners In any tMlAi J. Their accomplishment has B0t been profitable but have enjoyed every They are two entertaining and girls, and have all the feminine 1 of womanhood. Their manl " Hon has not given them a character or appearance, an the older generations might Their gallant struggle for nlfies the truth lh the maxim of Western Canada* assistance and the soli, al richness and God*e soon pay for tbe land itsatt.* ^ _ If you wish to learn more ati what Western Canada can do, copy of "Canada West" mailed to you free by yos» Canadian government tlsement. gfve tdf ffte Mount of work done; Many tractor owners have not determined exactly what work they can use their tractors for most profitably and what should be done with horses. The average cost per crop acre was $3.57 per year for drawbar power for all the farms. This cost ranged from $2.21 as the average for the fourth of the farms with lowest cofcts to $4.70 for the fourth of the farms with highest costs. The tractors had been in use for 23 months on an average and the first cost had been $1,473. about one-third higher than the present price of tractors of the same size and type. During the year covered by the investigation the cost of fuel and oil was also somewhat higher than at present. On account of these lower prices it is estimated that the present cost of operating tractors purchased at current prices would be something like 25 per cent below the 1921 cost on these farms. Tractors Reduce Horoes and Labor. The effect of the addition of the tractor to the farm equipment was shown in changes recorded after the purchase of the tractor. On an average, these farms had been increased by 50 crop acres and there had been power for drawbar wort where trietors were not used was $701 as compared with $1,025 where both tractors and horses were used. What Farmera Think of Tractors. The owners' opinions regarding the use of tractors showed that 75 per cent of the farmers interviewed believed that their tractors would be profitable Investments, and 72 per cent of them intended to buy others when needed. The principal advantages mentioned were the ability to do more work In a given time, and the saving of horses In hot weather. Among the disadvantages, the first cost and depreciation and the running expenses were mentioned most frequently. The tractor was used as the primary source of power for field work by 50 per cent of the owners, while 41 per cent used the tractors as supplementary to horses. In 21 per cent of the cases the tractor owners believed that the tractors had been responsible for some increased yield per acre. To Improve Appearances. Fences, outhouses, and any unsightly spots or views m:^ be screened and the appearance about the home in general may be improved by a Judicious planting of shrubbery^ HOT CHICK'S TIME TO OK Raider of Garden Seemingly tUMny Uv«i aa Haa vkrMal Tammy, My garden has tiowere and fraHl ll1 It; my neighbor keepa dfcksnsfc tatX do more than my Bhare In fcS*0lag! those hens plump. My son haa snuhlj^ gun, and one evening recenOy foolishly met one of the shstn 4? way. We were anxious to dispose «f -' her; we could not dream of anflMt^ her ourselves, so our neighbor sa tSifc .. other side promised to help us OVt by % lifting the chicken after dark. Bat night we watched for bis coming, and growing impatient, I started out to help. There was my neighbor gsarter*" lng the ground without fiadlug tb« bird; he had a flashlight and I a lantern. Across the fence came the friendly Inquiry, "Anything you are looking for?" Like guilty conspirators we looked up to find the missing chicken safe In her arms. The hen evidently had re* covered sufficiently to find her way home. We doused our glims and scuttled for beds.--Exchange. BARLEY USED FOR FEEDING SWINE White for Mourning. Ullte Uifen frocks are worn for mourning with fagoting and handwork of black silk, the neck and department at WasWngtgg, B, C- .plain. It 1s put on by slipping over I sleeps borad with a narrovf binding the inspectota, • •' v';.- V'-!" (tiba bead and laorlng down, on fhatof blatk ttJk» Its Use for Brewing Purposes Has Fallen Off. Department of Agriculture Takes Up Problem of Finding Relative Value - Wflht and Heavy Gratis • 'fit la Cheap Crop. Barley as a hog feed Is coiflftog' on the markets In Increasing amounts, probably for the reasons that its use for brewing purposes has fallen off and the hog Industry has been moving Into the barley-producing districts. The United States Department of Agriculture has taken up the problem of finding out the relative feeding value of light and heavy barley. There are no federal standards for this grain, but light and heavy grades are recognised on the market. During 1921, tbe department made the trials will be repeated. Not enough data are r.vailable yet for definite conclusions as to the relative merits of the light and heavy grain, but the results have shown that high-class barley has a feeding value only slightly lower than good shelled corn. When these tests are completed the department will have additional information on tbe methods of feeding barley, whether or not it should be fed whole, roUadt dry or soaked. It Psys to Fertilize* Pastures should be s; fed. ermanent pasture® may be expected to decline In carrying capacity If not fertilized. • dressing of stable manure is valuable. £ Pasture for Stock. Sweet clover makes an excellent pasture for all classes of live stock. It may be seeded on a June' grass sod In early spring with fair results, pro- Buttons Long In Use fthn Jones, a waiter In the lng cars of the Pennsylvania railroad* asked the other day for a new set brass buttons to use with his duck coat When he turned la old buttons in exchange it wen ticed that they were not only usually bright, but also that polishing and use had off the lettering and that of each button was acCMi through In one or more phsceB» how long he had worn thf he replied: years." They had In 1882 by Maj. J. F. pertntendent of dining tanranta.--New York WotlA. Obeya (on Who goea there! Voice--Ofllcer of the day. "Advance, ofllcer of the day, and ' plain what yen am Poetry of love Is prose whea matrimony Mrawdt siaan. SFij# • *•-* ' 'Wj?: <'