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SUPERVISING DRAINAGE ENGINEER. 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 

 March 6, 1907. 



The United States Civil Service Sommission announces 

 an examination on March 6, 1907, at the places mentioned 

 in the list printed hereon, to secure eligibjes from which to 

 make certification to fill three vacancies in the position of 

 supervising drainage engineer in the Office of Experiment 

 Stations, Department of Agriculture, at salaries of $2,000 

 to $2,500 per annum, and similar vacancies as they may occur. 



The examination will consist of the subjects mentioned 

 below, weighted as indicated : 



Subjects. Weights. 



1. Drainage engineering (including questions relating to 



steam hydraulics, theory ana practice in the con- 

 struction of surface and underdrains, levees and 

 other structures required in draining lands and for 

 protecting them from overflow) 40 



2. Thesis of not less than 1,000 words on one of two 



subjects to be assigned 10 



3. Drawing (topographic mapping, working plans, and 



free-hand lettering) 20 



4. Training and experience 30 



Total 100 



Applicants for this position must indicate in their ap- 

 plications that they have had five years' experience in re- 

 sponsible charge of drainage work, and are able to design 

 and direct the carrying out of important projects in land 

 drainage. 



Supervising drainage engineers will be required to super- 

 vise surveys and investigations looking to the reclamation 

 of agricultural lands by drainage and to conduct experi- 

 mental investigations of special problems in farm drainage. 



More than one day may be required for this examination. 



Age limit, 21 years or over on the date of the examina- 

 tion. 



Applicants whose applications show them to be otherwise 

 eligible will be admitted to this examination regardless of 

 the training and experience shown. The training and experi- 

 ence claimed by them will be given consideration before the 

 rating of their examination papers, and if they receive a 

 rating of less than 70 per cent for training and experience 

 their examination papers will not be rated. Persons, there- 

 fore, who have not had the required training and experience 

 should not apply for this examination. 



This examination is open to all citizens of the United 

 States who comply with the requirements. 



This announcement contains all information which is 

 communicated to applicants regarding the scope of the ex- 

 amination, the vacancy or vacancies -to be filled, and the 

 qualifications required. 



Applicants should at once apply either to the United 

 States Civil Service Commission, Washington, D. C, or to 

 the secretary of the board of examiners at any place men- 

 tioned in the list printed hereon, for application Form 1312. 

 No application will be accepted unless properly executed and 

 filed with the Commission at Washington. In applying for 

 this examination the exact title as given at the head of this 

 announcement should be used in the application. 



As examination papers are shipped direct from the Com- 

 mission to the places of examination, it is necessary that 

 applications be received in ample time to arrange for the ex- 

 amination desired at the place indicated by the applicant. 

 The Commission will therefore arrange to examine any ap- 

 plicant whose application is received in time to permit the 

 shipment of the necessary papers. 



Issued January 25, 1907. 



PATENTS 



Send sketch or model for free examination and report as to patent- 

 ability. Patents promptly secured. Advice free; terms low; highest 

 references and best service. Address 



WATSON E. COLEMAN, 



Registered Patent Attorney. WASHINGTON, D. G. 



IMPORTANCE OF THE KITCHEN GARDEN. 



Every one who has lived in the country for any 

 length of time understands the importance of the 

 kitchen garden. A writer in Farm and Ranch, says that 

 the kitchen garden is not only a convenience, but a 

 necessity because it is a saver of money and a saver of 

 health. The old saw about the shoemaker's children 

 going without shoes finds its counterpart in the farm- 

 ers' children who grow up without an abundance 

 of garden things to eat. If one who lives in the city, 

 having no land on which to plant a garden, economizes 

 on fresh vegetables, there is some excuse, because the . 

 price that he pays for them sometimes amounts to 

 $1,000 or more per acre for the land on which they are 

 grown; but for the farmer to economize by not having 

 a good kitchen garden is not economy at all, but the 

 worst extravagance. 



Of course every farmer has a garden of some sort, 

 and usually has turnips, collards and sweet potatoes, 

 but while this is good as far as it goes, it does not go 

 far enough. The renter can not have all the things 

 that an owner can, but he can at least have all the 

 annual vegetables in greatest abundance. 



The kitchen garden should be as near the kitchen 

 as circumstances permit. It should contain one-fourth 

 acre, one-half acre or more, according to the size of 

 family. The soil for it should be enriched with ma- 

 nure, ashes and fertilizers most liberally and the drain- 

 age should be perfect, even if one has to resort to tile 

 drains. It should be fenced to keep the poultry out, for 

 chickens and a garden in the same place at the same 

 time are incompatible. It should contain everything in 

 season. Something for the early spring, something 

 for the long, hot mid-summer, something for fall 

 and something for winter. 



Turnip greens last until spring time, and early 

 radishes come on before one realizes that they have had 

 time to grow. Asparagus is a delicious vegetable, but 

 requires a full year after setting the roots before the 

 tops are eatable, but after that they always appear every 

 spring and must be cut every day or two, else they will 

 get too old. 



The asparagus that city folks buy looks beautiful 

 in the bunch, but only the upper third or fourth of 

 each stalk is tender enough to eat, the rest being stringy; 

 but in the garden one may cut it so that practically the 

 entire cut portion is tender. An asparagus bed lives 

 for years and furnishes edible cuttings for a period of 

 a month to six weeks every spring. During the same 

 period rhubarb can be cut for sauce and pies and a 

 dozen hills of it, well manured, will supply the family 

 for many a year. 



one may cut it so that practically the entire cut portion 

 is tender. An asparagus bed lives for years and fur- 

 nsihes edible cuttings for a period of a month to six 

 weeks every spring. During the same period rhubarb 

 can be cut for sauce and pies and a dozen hills of it, 

 well manured, will supply the family for many a year. 



Lettuce can be had in the early spring if it is 

 started in cold frame in the winter. It stands cold bet- 

 ter than any of the vegetables, except those of the cab- 

 bage family, and the seed is very cheap. It is one of 

 the easiest vegetables to raise and by means of a suc- 

 cession of plantings may be had throughout the year. 



