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or Bestroying (t. nited States department of agricuitare | aver it. as it is a fertile place for the spring grain 'or "gredn bug" Moreover, as 'speciilists of the department point is 'particularly necessary for growers in these two sections other purts of the south to stop first developments of the aphls, a8 "mot controlled in thie volunteer grain may very well spread to the sown n-and become u source of damage. L The pust history of the spring grain [iphis, or "grecn bug." one of the most dreaded pests of the wheat grower in southwest, Indicates clearly. that tive invasions west of the Mis- river have had their origin in lly--a wife and 'e must do everything that 1s possible to belp them. Now | of use to you-1 who | painting trees And 'streams . J {> mnst be assured food and shelter, and That Should 'Be Employed | they'll need money. « Here! You see | that little bureau? Do you mind going to the first drawer? Good! Now take out what you think becessary, and 1 beg you not to use teo much discre tun. My back is turned, and | won't fouk. Yon can't think bow glad | am tv be allowed fo share in your kind efforts on their behalf" Obeying these ditectious, the visitor opened the drawer and paused thun- "derstruck, for it was full of gold and bills. tossed in helterskeiter as the art. ist had received them: With sowe em- barrassment, while Corot worked away busily at his easel, the visitor helped bimselt to as large & sum as his con- science permitted Wim to take, mur mured his thanks and departed. Corot never inquired what he had taken or looked to sve, although, indeed, he wonid not bave knows if he had. ----e.. 'REPAID THE. FAVOR. (By 1sabel Ecclestone Mackay.) ' Would I bad lived when the world Was young, < "A he esclaimed. | When its boundaries no man knew, : When mystery hung on the far sea- wall Like a haze of quickening dew-- And a ship was lost in the Great Reyond What time she was lost to view. Then had I been, when the world was young, The king of a shapely ship, Full-manned with British saflor-men, | Blue-eyed and straight .of lip; : With a chanty gay we had sailed her out Where the gréen horizons dip. (Safled her out to the sparkling nights ¢ And out to the glad, free da; With ever the Lure, like a .star, to guide Through the ocean's tumbling maze, And hope set up like a taper light At the shrine where a seaman prays.) Would I had loved when the world was young, 'When love burnt fierce as bate, When passion's draught was no brackish brew But wine from the flask of fate-- Danger and bliss, and a man made strong In the strength of a weaker mate! estimate ash While this streaut flowing from our been purchasing of one-fourth to one-th bas cost by the tm the nitrogen of nitrate phosphorus of acid meal, but the potash of. chiefly from the liquid ex 1s mostly soluble in wat ready for immediate , pound of potash in man least as much ar a substance in the fertil While this stream has from our barnyards, it 8 | ing with it both nitrog phorus. the lus In these ing a greater potential ¢f | value than that or the |X