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paraded through the streets of our cities and 

 villages to educate our children toward vice, as 

 If they could not learn it fast enough through 

 the ordinary channels. God be praised for the 

 energetic measures started by tho W. C. T. U.; 

 and may all good people fall in line and second 

 their efforts, whether the governors listen to 

 our prayers or not. Keep the children asvay 

 from the thing, as you would keep them out of 

 a drunken row. I rejoice to kn'ow that Arch- 

 bishop Ireland, in St. Paul, Minn., has vigor- 

 ously indorsed the movement to suppress the 

 kinetoscope shows. 



lean not help thinking of a little v^rse my 

 mother taught me in my infancy- 

 Let dog's delig-ht to bark and bite. 



For God hath made tliem so; 

 Let bears and lions growl and fight. 

 For 'tis their nature too. 



But boys and girls should never let 



Their angry passions rise; 

 Your little hands were never made 



To tear each other's e^ es. 



And these little verses remind me that our 

 humane society, of the present age, with its 

 efficient laws, does not always let even dogs 

 bark and bite, and chicken-fights have been 

 justly ruled out. What inconsistency to permit 

 men to do so, and encourage crowds to witness 

 the shameful scene 1 Can't our veteran friend 

 Henry Berg lend a hand just in this crisis? If 

 he is gone, where has his mantle fallen? 



MORE ABOUT CIGARETTES. 



The following clipping has been sentln: 

 CThere is scarcely a high school, academy, or col- 

 lege in ihe land where studenis are not dropping 

 out of their classes, and failing to graduate, from 

 cigarntie (physical and mental) disintegration. 

 Their names are legion, and they are pouring into 

 the lunatic-asylums of all these lands, and commit- 

 ting suicide every hour of the day. 



THE WORK OF THE ANTI- SALOON LEAGUE. 



We clip the following from a Cleveland daily: 



-' Leipsic, O., March 23.— Tlie town council last 

 evrning passed, upon the third reading, the screen 

 ordinance by a unanimous vote of those present, it 

 thereby becoming a law. The 3aloon-heepers are 

 loud in ihfir denouncement of the memViers of the 

 Anti-saloon League. The'Tdinancevirtuallvmeans 

 the liilliDg of the saloon business in tnls town. 



It'may be necessary to explain to some of our 

 readers that the above alludes to the screens 

 placed in front of the windows of every saloon; 

 and I suppose it is true that the saloon-keep- 

 er's business would be ruined by letting God's 

 daylight shine in upon him and his customers. 



THE GOVERNMENT DISTRIBUTION OF FREE 

 SEEDS. 



With the stir that is being made in this mat- 

 ter it looks as if this blundering waste of the 

 people's money would soon be abatfd. It has 

 been pronounced a humbug and swindle again 

 and again, and Secretary Morton certainly did 

 all in his power to have it stopped; but. not- 

 withstanding, a million of dollars or more is to 

 be fooled awav again this present season. 

 Farmers are ta.xed to support this stupendous 

 fraud, and then la return some of them get 



bundles of seeds ilu^v did not order and did not 

 want. So far as I can find, nottody is in favor 

 of it except public uflicials who want the seeds 

 to give away in order that they may make 

 friends among their immediati' constituents. 

 Of course, there has been a rtfurm in purchas- 

 ing the seeds of promineut seedsmen; but even 

 the seedsmen who receive the government con- 

 tract condemn the principle openly through our 

 periodicals. 



THE OHIO EXPERIMENT-STATION REPORT ON 

 POTATOES FOR 1896. 



Bulletin No. 76, devoted entirely to potatoes, 

 is of more than usual interest and value. Prof. 

 W. J. Green seems to have a faculty of making 

 every thing exceedingly plain that they have 

 learned by their numerous tests. After read- 

 ing every word of the bulletin I turned back 

 and read many passages over and over. The 

 summary is especially helpful. In fact. I have 

 deemed it worthy of a place in our pages as 

 below. 



SUMMARY OF EXPERIMENTS WITH POTATOES AT 

 THE OHIO EXPERIMENT STATION. 



Changing seed potatoes for the purpose of secur- 

 ing those grown on a dififerent soil maybe advan- 

 tageous, and it may not. More depends upon the 

 selection and keeping of seed than changing from 

 one soli to another. 



Changing for the purpose of securing an improv- 

 ed variety is also uncertain as to results, '"New 

 blood" does not necessarily indicate an improve- 

 ment, for as a matter of fact many of the new va- 

 I'ieties are inferior to the old. 



Keeping seed potatoes so as to preserve their vi- 

 tality is of the utmost importance. This can be 

 done fairly well by pitting; but cold, storage, when 

 the temperatuie is held at about 35 degrees Fah., is 

 the ideal method. 



Oold-storage potatoes make a quick, vigorous 

 growth, and give a perfect stand in the field. 



A storage room for potatoes need not necessarily 

 be CO led with ice, as ventilation answt rs very well; 

 but with ice the temperature may be controlled at 

 all seasons. 



A good crop of potatoes may be secured if plant- 

 ing is delayed unlit the first of July, providing the 

 seed is kept ptoper'y. 



As between budding or sprouting the seed in the 

 light, and cold-storage, there is but little choice. 



Budding is accomplislied by spreading the pota- 

 toes, one layer deep, on the barn floor, on a loft, or 

 in shallow b >xe8. where thej^ get light, but are not 

 exposed to direct sunliaht. This is done several 

 weeks before the time of planting. 



Potatoes treated in this manner come up in about 

 one week, and grow with astonishing rapidity. 

 Cold-storage potatof s are a few days later in com- 

 ing up, but mature at the same time. 



Contrary to expectations, the best results have 

 been secured in using medium and late varieties 

 for late planting. 



Usually, as large a crop is not secured by late as 

 by early planting; t ut the advantages lie in being 

 able to follow early crops in this manner, and in se- 

 curing lietter seed, because of the superior keeping 

 qualities of late grown potatoes. 



It has been found advantageous to immerse seed 

 potatoes not more than an hour in the corrosive-sub- 

 limate solution, in the treatment to prevent potato 

 scab. 



Seed potatoes, grown from treated seed, and 

 planted on land free from scab, may produce tubers 

 almost free from scab. 



The treatment for potato scab does little or no 

 good if the potatoes are planted on land infested 

 with scab. 



It is a good plan to treat seed potatoes some time 

 before planting, and to dry before storing. 



Spraying to prevent potato blight has given vari- 

 able results, possibly because the same forms of 

 blight have not been present at all times. 



Potatoes appearing to be sound, but showing a 

 dark ring when cut across the stem end, are dis- 

 eased, and will carry the blight to the field. The 

 Colorado potato- beetle, blister and flea beetles, may 

 carry the disease from one hill to another. 



It is essential to reject diseased tubers, to keep 

 the " bugs" in check, and to plant on ground where 



