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Hester Proves Her Theory By JANE OSBORN fDopyrtgh 19J8, by the McClure New»p»- pw SjrodlcaUJ w if;?,,. gift Ob To be quite honest Hester was starfee shamelessly at the man opposite her and the predominant sentiment In ifcer mind as she stared was one of admiration. The man sat in a posture of dejection--his shoulders slouched for- Ward and his chin sunk down on his thest. This was not the remarkable thin# for it was a natural posture for H man begrimed and smudged from Jkis day's work at the Klngdon foundry. ! That night after dinner Hester •ought her father, the owner and manager of the foundry, in his study. He Iteld an open magazine In his (land, but his far-away, determined expression allowed to Hester at a glance that his wind was not In the magazine but on the foundry. "No fair having troubles you don't tell me about," she began, drawing her tew chair up to his and folding the Magazine that rested lightly in his bands. "If you must think about business, think out loud. Tm enormously Interested--always." Mr. Klngdon little by little ^admitted to his daughter that the greatest •ource of worry in the management of feds business was more or less of a psychological nature. "It isn't flaws in the metal or shortage of fuel or transportation troubles that give me my .greatest trouble. It's finding men 1 Can trust.** Hester's animated expression show- •d the interest she felt. She told her father that this remark led up directly to the very thing she bad in mind to ask him. Her only hobby outside of her feeds of spring flowers was the study of Daces. She had worked up for herself • system by which she thought she ^jould Interpret men's and women's natures and characters through their faal contour. To be sure in her twen- -two years of life in a restricted circle of associates in the town where her father's large foundry was located the had but little chance to test her theories, but though not extensive her Itudy had been intensive. Now she asked her father for. an opportunity to try it oat. She told him that she could lielp him to find the right man for the tight place In his work if she could be |>ermitted to study the men in the factory and to test them By the standards the had worked out. "Let me have a job as time-keeper-- tbometiiing so that I can see the men fcvery day when they come to work. They won't know who I am and they Mil be off their guard. I know there are men there that have the-"»hJUyity Heeded to take the positions of trust, hut because you have no way of discovering them they are wasted." During the two months that followed Hester's assumption of the job of timekeeper In the foundry there were several surprising promotions and more than one enforced resignation. All that Mr. Klngdon would say when asked for an explanation was that he had been advised by an authority on personal efficiency to make the changes, and that It was<due to no prejudice of his owu whatever, save, of course, a perfect confidence in the ability of the efficiency expert. Who was the efficiency expert? *t admitted that he must be a man of some shrewdness. More than one of underlings in the office knew that the young bookkeeper who was dismissed at the time of the first change had been padding the pay roll for ^weeks. Apparently the dismissal was made without any knowledge of thtn bit of high finance, but merely as the result of the studies in personality on the part of the mysterious efficiency expert. Most remarkable of all the changes Ihad been the ripld rise of Peter Nor" gen. At the time the upheaval began ihe had been employed for two weeks ®s a fireman down in the boiler room, and a not especially capable fireman had he been. Then suddenly he had been promoted. Within three weeks he was foreman of one of the departments, And now, at the Expiration of two months, he had a responsible position in the private office of Mr. Klngdon •himself. And this in spite «f the fact that young Norgen had apparently resisted all promotion, and had shown an utter lack of schooling. He had even proved his inability to write figures and for this reason had a special stenographer to take all his dictation for him. Moreover, he doggedly refused to dress as a man in Mr. Kingdon's private office should dress and came and went in a flannel shirt and overalls, and insisted on eating lunch with the other men is the courtyard at noon and consorting with them at closing time rather than with the men in the office departments. , The Seven Years' War. No one was more puzzled thbii Nv>rgen himself at his rapid rise. If he was at all pleased he did not show It. And this was disappointing, If not to Mr. Kingdon, who had taken a fancy to the young man, then at least to the daughter on whose persistent advice Norgen had received his repeated promotions. Already in his dogged, almost surly way, he had relieved Klngdon of a great deal of worry. In spite of himself he waa proving the rightness of the advice of the efficiency adviser. One day Norgen came abruptly to Mr. Kingdon with his question: "Who is responsible for my promotion?" he demanded. "If there is something behind this, I ought to know." You might have supposed that he was complaining about a plot to Keep him forever working as fireman rather than because of repeated "promotions. "I've heard you employ an, efficiency adviser. Well, I want to know on what the expert bases his conclusions." He spoke slowly and at times with broken English," though it would have been hard to determine the nationality that his accent indicated. "If you don't want to tell me, ar least you ought to lei. me see this expert myself. It Is very important." "You have seen the expert," Mr. Kingdon said slowly and almost solemnly. "You see the expert every day four times a day and if I am not much mistaken you usually stop and chat with the expert for a few minutes when you come in at noon. In fact," Mr. Kingdon was looking straight into the young man's face, I have reason to believe that the expert occasionally meets you after hours and allows you to escort her part way home." ; Norgen's race showed first annoy* ance and then something akin to amusement "A curious choice for an efficiency adviser--what does she know of men's abilities?" ha asked. "She picked you from the rest," was Mr. Kingdon's answer, "and you have made good. I should never have no-, ticed you even in a dozen years. She seems to know her men and she is learning more every day. She is becoming Invaluable. It's a rare gift--a sort of second sight," "She might have found out," the young man who went by the name of Norgen said, and then he made a clean bre&st of the situation. As a son of a Jarge factory owner and sure some* time to derive a large income through the operation of his own Inherited plants, he had started out intent on learning at first hand the point of view of the men whose labor made possible the running of such factories. The theory that he especially wanted to prove to himself was that the men who worked for his father's plant had no show and were ground down as mere machines. He even entertained some high-flown idea of renouncing all claim to the Inheritance if he could justify himself in the belief that such was the case. He had really wished to remain in the Klngdon factory. He took a grim pleasure in the grimness of it. And then In spite of himself, and in spite of his pretense of illiteracy his promotions had begun. Instead of being able to go back to his father with an account of the oppression of labor he would show him the rare proof of his abilities. For he was now holding down a very Important position for Mr. Klngdon and had thoroughly mastered some of the most Important phases of the large plant. "I'm a little inclined to be angry with you," he told the girl who had been responsible for his promotions. "Still perhaps you have done me more good than harm. You have shown me that I have, in spite of myself, a great taste for .the management of this sort of plant. It has become absorbingly interesting. I couldn't give up the idea now of taking over my father's plant some day--and I had thought of giving it all up. I have learned to look at things quite differently now than would have been possible if I had remained in the boiler room as a fireman." During "the weeks that had passed when Hester had supposed him to be only one of the laborers in her father's plant she had permitted a friendship to rise between them that seldom consisted of more than a stroll homeward together at night. They never went more than five blocks together, as neither wanted the other to know where home really was. "And now that you know who I am," he said, "you arent' going to despise me? We are none the less dear to each other, are we? I had always dreamed of marrying a girl like yourself--a girl who knows hard work, a girl of the people whose world Is not bounded by the narrow conventions of leisured society." "I'm Hester Kingdon," she said. "What a dreadful disappointment Still, we might have met at any one of a dozen house parties and never should have cared a straw for each other. If I can forgive you for not being a brawny, unschooled stoker you'll have to forgive me for not being a nice little working girl." And of course he did. The Housewife and the War (Special Information Service, United SfatPd Ppparfment of AKTioultura.) ft FIRELESS COOKER FOR THE WARM DAYS PPPPpffWPfl TKERONLYCXMCE Squaw Recognized Limitations of Material Needed for Making a Fireless Cooker. FIRELESS COOKER IS EASILY MADE Used With Kerosene Stove as Starter Kitchen Is Made t More Habitable. THE AND FUEL ARE SAVED Device la Warm Weather Comfort In Any Household--Food May Be Left Cooking Without Any Worry aa to the Results. The flreless cooker is a warm weather comfort in most any kitchen. Used in conjunction with a kerosene stove, it means not only economy in fuel but it makes the kitchen a more habitable place when the warm days come. Fireless cookers are now being made and used in hundreds of homes in town and country. What is more pleasing to the housekeeper than to pnt her dinner in the fireless cooker before she goes to town or market and to find it ready for serving when she returns? Advantages of Cooker. The fireless cooker offers several advantages. The first is economy of time, as the housekeeper may leave the food cooking without worrying about the result while she is engaged in other household duties or while she ia away from home. Some foods are improved by long cocfelng at relatively low temperature. The texture and flavor of tougher cuts of meats, old, tough fowl and ham are improved by alow cooking. Cereals and dried legumes and dried fruits are more palatable and wholesome when cooked for a long time. Soups and stews are delicious when cooked in the cooker. Baking, however, cannot be done very conveniently and satisfactorily In the ordinary homemade flreless cooker. Economy of FusL Iri some sections of the country economy of fuel must be an Important consideration. The food for the cooker may be started on a wood or coal range when the morning meal is being prepared. The food to be cooked is first heated to boiling point on the stove in the cooking vessel and then this vessel, covered with a tight lid, is quickly placed In the cooker where the cooking continues. The cooker is bo constructed that the heat does not escape. For long cooking It is necessary to place In the cooker tinder the cooking vessel a hot radiator A soapstone Is the best radiator and can be purchased at most hardware stores at BO cents. A stove lid, a brick, or disk made of concrete, heated and placed in the cooker, may serve as the radiator. a small vessel containing the food in the regular cooking vessel and surround It with hot water. Soapstone disks will increase the usefulness of your cooker. They can be heated hotter than the boiling point of water and when shut up in the fireless furnish heat which cooks the food. If you made your fireless according to directions, you can safely use the disks. Heat them very hot, but do not let them get red hot, for fear of cracking. With one below and one on top of the cooking vessel you will be able to roast meat or even to bake bread or puddings. Without the disks your fireless is useful only for certain kinds of food--cereals, beans, pot rettgtl, rtewa, etc.• ; v- When Cooking by Flrsless. Don't let the food or disk cool before you put them in the fireless. The food will not cook unless there Is enough heat shut up with it. Reheat the food that requires long cooking, if it cools before It Is finished. Reheat the food before serving, if necessary. • small quantity of food cools quickly, so either use the disks or put Make Fire lew Cooker. A tightly built box, an old trunk, a falvanized-lron ash can, a candy bucket, a tin lard can, a lard tub, and a butter firkin are some of the containers that have been used successfully in the construction of firel ess -cookers. The Inside container or nest which holds the vessel of hot food may be> a bucket of agate, galvanlzed-iron or tin. This nest must be deep enough to hold the radiator and the vessel of food h^t not large enough to leave much space, as the air space will cool the food. The Inside container must have a tight-fitting cover, and straight sides are desirable. The packing or insulation must be some material which is a poor conductor of heat. The following materials may be used and they should be dry: Lint cotton, cotton-seed hulls, wool, shredded newspaper, Spanish moss, ground cork, hay, straw, and excelsior. Sheet asbestos one-eighth inch thick and heavy cardboard have proved to be the best lining for the outer container and the wrapping for the nest. Heavy wrapping paper or several sheets of newspaper may be used for lining the outer container, but the nest should be wrapped with asbestos or heavy cardboard to prevent the hot stone scorching or burning the packing. It Is well to have the outside container large enough to permit four Inches of packing below and around^ the sides of the nest If a cooker I By being made with two nests, six inches of packing should be allowed between the nests. Pack into the bottom of the lined outer container four inches of the packing. Place the nest or Inside container wrapped with asbestos or heavy cardboard and hold steady while the packing is put around tightly and firmly until It reaches the top of the nest. Make a collar, as shown In Illustration, of cardboard, sheet asbestos, or wood to cover the exposed surface of the insulating material. This collar should fit tightly. Make a cushion which' when filled with the packing will be at least four Inches thick and will fill completely the space between the top of the nest and the lid of the outside container. It should fit against the top tightly enough to cause pressure when the lid is closed. The outside of the flreless cooker ?can be made more attractive by staining or painting it. The lid may be held in place by screen-door hooks and eyes. The cooker may be placet} on casters so that It can be. easily moved. At Least Her Advice to Old Chief Was Good, and Probably In the V Ind Runaway Did "Oat Out of Breath." Shinny as an Indian? Sopnds queer, but those Who heard Dr.^Charles Eastman, a real Sioux, speak at a recent dinner of fellow alumni of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity, know that an Indian has a true sense of humor. Immaculate in a dress suit. Doctor Eastman spoke slowly and with evident relish of his own felicitous choice of words. Listening brothers in the bond of the fraternity almost imagined they were braves themselves and were seated around a council flrq while the big chief said his say. Doctor Eastman urged America's soldiers to "rush" the Huns In the trenches and make "buffaloes" of them. The Germans will get out of wind after a while, he said, and told the following story In illustration of the point: Out on a reservation in the far West a chief and his squaw decided to buy an automobile.- So they left the village and went to town, where there was an agency of a certain popular'make of automobile. Old woman," the chief said to his wife, "let us buy one "of the Iron horses." "We are old," reminded his squaw, *tond the Iron horse is dangerous. See the young bucks--many of them lose their lives riding the iron horses." Old woman," replied the chief, "we are old and must die soon. Let us buy an iron horse, then we can die together." They went to the agency and were met by a smiling agent "I would buy an iron horse," said the old chief, "Is It easy to ride?" The salesman assured *" the chief that anyone on earth could run one. "It Is just as simple as this," he said, explaining what few levers there were to operate. "Get In with me now," said the salesman, "and I will take you around and show you." *1 will get in the front seat*, declared the chief. § "I will get ln^the back seat," said his old woman. "What you don't see, I will see." Accordingly the party started. Soon the chief was persuaded to take the wheel. Within an hour the purchaser was persuaded that riding an iron horse was not so difficult after all. Soon the agent had the money and the chief had the automobile. "Now we will return to the village," declared the chief, as he turned the wheel and headed across the prairie. It was easy going. The chief clung to the wheel and the car performed admirably until they came within sight of the Indian village. When the village saw the old chief and his squaw riding across the landscape it went out to meet them en masse. Braves jumped onThelr horses and rode forth whooping. Dogs barked a welcome. The old chief got rattled. Describing a great sweep, the Ladybug bore down on the chiefs tepee. "Stop it stop It!" screamed the squaw. "How, how?" asked the chief, clutching the steering gear. "Turn, turn!" yelled his old woman. The chief turned, and they missed the edge of the tepee by an inch. Around in a great circle the car continued, with the entire village following after. "Whoo-ee!" howled the braves. "Bow-wow I" went the dogs. The children screamed, the crows cawed, all nature rrfhde a noise, but the auto chugged on. Again the car came around in a circle, headed square for the wigwam. "What shall I do?" asked the chief, looking back at his old woman. 'Hold to the reins I Hold to the FfeiiiBscreumeu the squaw. "It wiii get out of breath soon P * •t the end of the seven years' war the most noted of Germany's generals had fallen, hosts of officers had disappeared, the lands were untitled, the seed corn was eaten, and men hunted men for food. One-sixth of the men capable of bearing arms were dead; the only laborers in the fields were women and girls, and these well-nigh perishing of starvation. The very cattle for food and agriculture were swept away by famine and disease. Ten per cent of the whole population were dead. Selection %and rejection of men for the army were impossible, and at the close the fighting ranks included whole battalions of deserters from the other side, or prisoners captured in the war.--Melbourne Age. Anent Connubial Argument In Berry vs. Berry 115 Iowa 545, an action for a divorce on the ground of cruel and Inhuman treatment consist- Ill* in part of an addiction to profanity on the part of the husband, the court remarked: "It is suggested by !iis counsel that appellant's profanity gras 'argumentative' only, and therefore of no weight as evidence. Upon the Hibernian theory that the riot at Donnybrook Fair was an 'argument with sticks,' counsel's euphemistic characterization of his client's conduct may be adopted, but It should be remembered tha/ In all 'arguments' of that nature Somebody is liablf to receive hurt"--Law Notes. Owes Fortune to Rabbits! If a jack-rabbit's burrow Is a nest a» It certainly ought to be, then the one in California which led to the discovery of one of the biggest nuggets on record will be hard to beat for value. The rabbits had worked diligently to scoop out their hole, and their strong hinder limbs had sent sand and gold dust flying for several yards In all directions from the mouth of the hole. The glint and glitter of the gold dust caught the eyes of a weary prospector, who quickly made the hole bigger, turned out the rabbits, and also turned out a nugget which brought him several thousand dollars, as well as locating a gold-digging which brought mln- „ ere from far and wide and established| W ish to keep'tfc eventually a town. I 'Jl .w. The Completed Fireless Cooker, HOUSEWIFE Before putting a garment with snap fasteners on it through a wringer snap the fasteners shut Wash parsley thoroughly, then put in an arltlght boxE ta^hrlcebox'lf you Germs which grow In food and cause Illness grow very rapidly, particularly If the food Is a little warm, and are not destroyed unless the food Is well cooked before serving. Simply "warming up" is not enough. • • • • glass of hot water with lemon juice ia excellent forthe complexion if taken just before going to bed- Wheq children's shoes are wet, dry THEIR SOULS IN THEIR PURSE That is. If it May Be Admitted That "War Profiteers" Are Possessed •f Soula. An Inquiring correspondent asks us to define a "war profiteer," remarks the Milwaukee Sentinel. Now, as the son! of « men is really the essential and distinguishing part of him we may reach the required definition by turning to a little story told in the preface to that ingenious picaresque romance,* "Gil Bias," by the worshipful Master Alain-Rene Lesage, one of the first of French story tellers, a true lmprovisatore, and the literary progenitor of the English Smollett and Balzac and Flaubert Once upon a time (that is the good old way to begin) there were two students of Spain journeying together to Salamanca, the Madison of Castile. At a halt by the roadside they discovered what appeared to be a gravestone, with this curiouti inscription: "Here lies interred the soul of the licentiate, Pedro Garcias." Whereat they marveled greatly. For while the body or corporeal shell of a man is the frequent subject of Interment and of the offices of the physician's shadow, the undertaker, who ever before heard of the soul of a man being thus disposed of by the gravdlgger! One of the students being of an inquiring mind and doubtless destined for Wha,t in our day is elastlcally called "research work," determined to look into the mystery and qxhume whatever lay beneath the st|>ne. A little digging and prying sufficed to get it «P- <• "Under it he found a purse of leather, containing a hundred ducats!" And that was the "soul of the llcen-1 tlate Pedro Garcias." His soul was In his purse. And the same may be said of the "war profiteer," who coins the necessities of the government and the nation Into the extortioner's or the grafter's dirty profit."" Made Brave Rescue of Boy. With a line tied' about him and a lantern in his hand,. M. Chlavetta, a driller employed in the New York navy yard, descended into a twenty foot tank and located a heater boy who was lying on a stage in a semiconscious condition. This act of heroism occurred on the United States steamship Standard Arrow. Although nearly overcome himself, Chlavetta managed to secure the youth, O'Neill, and, assisted by another heater boy, J. Goodlich, brought him up to air. O'Neill was revived and Chlavetta and Goodlich were given treatment by the ship's company and later by dispensary attendants. In a report of the occurrence the assistant naval constructor In charge writes: "I desire to call attention to the conspicuous heroism of Chlavetta. He entered an unlit choking and difficult tank and exhibited the most praiseworthy determination, judgment and bravery In finding and bringing out O'Neill. Chlavetta was himself under treatment for about an hour afterward and then further distinguished himself by returning to work inside the tank, being the only driller who so remained on the job." He has been commanded by Secretary Daniels. 4- Lightning Uncovered CWWW. Of stories collected by Mr. Shirley in connection with the present war, says the London News, none is more singular than one having reference to the emancipation of Poland. When the Prussians took possession of Cracow in 1794, the Polish kingdom ceased to exist The king of Prussia coveted the traditional diadem of Poland's kings for his own adornment. It had, however, disappeared mysteriously and the Prussian king was balked of his wish. In January, 1914, seven months before the world war broke out, & severe thunderstorm broke over Cracow and a stately elm close to .th$ city was shattered by lightning. fall brought to light a secret trfeasuro which had lain burled at its roots for 123 years, the longlost crown of Poland. Some of its Jewels were loose, and fell to the ground as it waa picked up, but none "was missing. : Bessie's Interpretation. Little Bess, who is in the second grade, startled her parents by Insisting that her teacher was all the time calling for cigarettes. Her mother was so puzzled over this that they visited the school one afternoon to find out what the "child meant by such a charge. In a little while the mystery was solved, for the teacher, glancing around the room, called out to the pupils: "Sit erect sit erect 1" Bessie looked at her mother and blurted out triumphantly: "There, mamma, didn't I tell yo«9?<*»3?ew Haven Register. Salesmen Must; Be Healthy. "The vital action of the brain depends on the physical being and the mental attributes of salesfolk are the results of health. Every man should have a fad or a hobby, something that will give him exercise to prevent that drowsy feeling that Inactive men Invariably have. If a man gains weight after he is thirty-five years old he should become alarmed. The first requisites to "make a real man Is to give the boy a good physical heredity." These were some of the statements made by Dr. M. J. Bllem at the Salesmanship club at their noon luncheon in San Antonio. "We ride today when we should walk for the exercise," Doctor Bllem feaid. "A short system of exercise every morning will keep one active In business and enhance his prospects of success."--San Antonio Express. ^ Cheap Gas Scheme. Two poorly clad women were proceeding homeward after the mothers* meeting, and naturally they dlscuscfed domestic economy. "Dae ye ken," said Mrs. Brown, "I'm due $5 for gas this month, and I dinna ken how I'll get it paid." "Why not be like me," said Mrs. Green, "and use the nlckel-ln-the-slot meter?'* "But they .say it's the dearest in the end. Ye get less gas for your nickel, ye ken, than I get for mine." "Aye, but ye see, It's just this way vrt me--I never put in nae mair than a nickel at a time, and, ye see, a lot o' folk comes tae my hoose at night and whenever the gas begins to go down I just let on I hlnna got a nickel! An' there is aye somebody ready to stump one up. Oh, yes, it's far cheaper in the end."---Rehobotb Sunday Herald. To Protect Birds From Cats. The pole supporting a martin-house, or any other blrdhouse, and also the trunk of a tree In which a house Is placed, should be protected by a cat guard, writes George Gladden In an article on blrdhouse construction In thJ People's H6me Journal. Barbed wire wound around the trunk of the tree, but held away from it by tying around the support or tree trunks, a number of stalks of rose bushes or any other branches with natural thorns. Thoughtful Willie, Freddie watched mother set the alarm clock ahead one hour so as to bring It to "summer time." On Monday the family discovered that they had been awakened one hour earlier than was necessary. Finally Freddie said: "Well, mother, don't we have to them and apply a little vaselin"e." VThefy |I get the clock an .h ou. r . .. . even* w.in.. h. e quite soft In the morning. |I^ nigh^t ? I fixed it last nignt to save 1918. -I met Mrs. B. the other day," said a North Alabama street man, "and she asked about you." "How was she dressed?" asked the wife. "I really cannot say, my dear," said her husband, "there watat enough for sample." > The. Proper Spirit.* *^on*t you wish you had yotir hoy to help you on the farm?" "No," replied Fanner Corntossel; "what I wish is that there was some way of me tyein' over there to help Josh in the trenches." 'i ij HorficuKwal Harvesting Barries for a Canary. ground. When these are dug and ground is rich, another stand will for the following year. If this practice is followed, the fruiting plants* tlon need not be disturbed by digging up sucker plants. Sometimes grower* of the Marlboro and Ruby varieties wait until suckers appear in the spring and set these out. StUch plants will be small, but should be very free from insects and diseases. Raspberries may be propagated atop by cuttings of the roots or canes If necessary. In ordinary practice, however, cuttings of either roots or are rarely used. RAISE CHOP OF mSPBERHIgl Yields In Different Sections Greatly--Secure Plants From Re> liable Nurseryman. CPnptred by the United StstM D«p*|fc> m«nt of Agriculture.) Yields from raspberry plantatloMi < vary greatly according to the varieties raised, the care given them, and the conditions under which they ere grown. In the eastern United States it to agreed generally that in sections ta which they are adapted the purple sorts are the most productive, the blackcaps next- and the red varieties the least productive. Records of redraspberry growers In New York State Indicate that the .average yield is between 1,300 and 1,400 quarts per acret while the best fielda.go as high as 4,000 quarts. Black raspberries in the same state average between 1,400 quarts per acre, and the purple varieties ave^ age between 1,700 and 2,900 quarts Yields In different sections as well MB from different varieties vary greatly. Plants of the different varieties of raspberries may be secured froq^ any reliable nursery and usually in starfr ing a new plantation this is done. Many grower* having an established plantation propagate their own stock. To propagate new plants, the tips of the new canes of black raspberries and of the purple varieties now under cultivation should be buried in moist soil In late summer. By the following spring, the tips will have rooted and formed good plants. The cane then should be severed, leaving four to eight Inches of cane with the neir plant which is^o be set in the field. If the tips of the canes of black and purple varieties are pinched off when they are about 12 inches high, the canes will branch freely and a large number of tips for burying will be se» cured. With many growers the first crop from both black and purple rasp* berry plantations is a crop of plants. In fact, a large part of the plants dtth tributed by nurseryme^ are produced In this way by raspberry growers, wlik in turn sell them to nurserymen. Red raspberries send up new canei from the base of the old canes, as do black and purple varieties. In addition. they send up suckers from underground roots at various distances from the crown of the parent plant. In starting a new plantation the strong est of these suckers are used. If s quantity of plants for setting is needed each year for several years. It may prove desirable to take up all plants In a given part of the field, both the old ones and the suckers. By the following year, a solid stand of plants suitable for setting will have sprung up from the pieces of roots left In the ERADICATE APPLE TREE PE# • 0*-.; Beet Wssh for Borers Is Thiek Coat Paint Applied Before Egg-Lay* 7 Ing Seaeon. Jf-- (Froa U»Ued States D*p*rtmttt M ' Agriculture.) Probably the best wash for apple* tree-borers is a thick coat of paint, made from raw linseed oil and pure white lead. Remove the earth for Tr distance of. two to three Inches from the base of the tree, scrape off the dirt and loose bark scales, and. afer worming, apply to the exposed trunk s thick, uniform coating of the prfint to a distance of about one foot above the ground. Worming and painting should be done annually about early May, before the beginning of the egg-laying season of the parent beetles. White lead paint has sometimes caused lie- Jury probably on account of inferior Ingredients. Orchard for Ordinary Family. Many lovers of fruit plant too large an orchard. For the ordinary family 25 apple trees, five cherry trees and five plum trees are enough. Spray Materials Soars* Spray materials may be scarce this spring. The wise man will buy early while he is sure of getting sufficient for his needs. Don't eell ell the amies and -psefijjji: '< Store enough for the use of year tslfc- Uy during the wlntsr. J.'