VOL. LX.
INDIANAPOLIS, APRIL 29,1905.
NO. 17
CANADIAN CITIES    SUPPLIED
WITH    POWER FROM
NIAGARA.
Tho wonderful engineering skill  which
has brought the immense energy and force
of Niagara under    control    is vividly described in The World To-day, for March,
by J. Macdonald Oxley, who says, in conclusion: ' sOunnels, power-house and gathering dam being all finished, tho turbines
and  generators  set  in  place,   and   every
connection accurately completed, what is
to be dc-ne with the 125,000 of horse-power which can be  produced?    Here  steps
in another company, to wit, the Toronto
and Niagara Power Company, composed of
the   same-   interests,
but having a    different    mission for    its
business  will    be  to
dispose of the power
that  has  created,  to
play tne part of the
middleman  in     fact.
In order to do this a
step-.up    transformer
house, 200    feet    in
length, will   be erected    on    top    of the
Niagara embank
ment, to which the
power will bo conducted under ground
and thence transmitted to Toronto, Hamilton and • other
cities for the use
of the consumer over wire cables
carried       upon steel
towers  nearly  fifty	
feet in height placed 400 feet apart. Between Niagara and Toronto a right of way
eighty feet in width hasbeen* acquired, upon which the steel towers are placed, and
over this right of way in the not distant
future an electric road will run connecting
the two places. In Toronto itself the
the street railway system, the electric
lighting system, the radiaj railway
system, and other large consumers of
powier have already been contracted
with."
sold as maple sirup and sugar is a spurious article. Most of the fabrications are
entirely harmless, but they are not the
real thing. Those fortunate enough to
have eaten the genuine article will always
demand it, and conditions should be such
that they may get it, if they are willing
to pay the price.
The fault does not lie with the produce the sap to sirup and sugar, but with
dluce the sap to sirup and sugar, but with
the middlemen who buy the sugar and
mix and adulterate it most profitably for
themselves. The extent of this adulteration is illustrated by the fact that while
the amount of the raw product has de-
10. Enhances the value of the instruc
tion, because the larger tlie number of pupils the fewer the
grades per teacher, and the more
of himself the teacher is enabled
to give to each pupil.
11. Awakens  healthy  rivalry   through
the inspiration of numbers.
12. Makes compulsory attendance more
feasible and justifiable.
Among the 22 Statics in which the plan
of taking country pupils to schools at public expense he mentions Indiana. He says
lhat the consolidation of schools made
possible, by this plan, results in a saving
of money, in improved schools and in more
regular  attendance.
Written  for the Indiana Farmer:
IN TIIE WOODLAND.
Alta.
Marketing Wheat in the Big Bend Country, State of Washington.
THE BARN WAS NOT RODDED.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
The death by lightning, of Charles
Murray, living one mile from here, occured while he was in his barn, where he had
gone during a shower.
The barn, of course, was not rodded,
and the bolt of lightning followed the
steel hay track and then down a part
where Mr. Murray was sitting.
A rod on the barn; would, without
doubt, have prevented this accident; or
even a common telephone wire cemented
to the steel track and running deep into
the ground would have been sufficient. I
see many fine residences not protected by
rods. Do their owners know that they,
and their families are running a risk in
every thunder shower?
Connersville,  Ind. J.  Scholl.
MAPLE SUGAR AND SIRUP. -
Maple trees now furnish but a small
per cent of the commercial maple syrup
and sugar. While the demand for both
these commodities has constantly increased, the output from maple trees has
decreased during the last twenty years.
The trade has been supplied only by radically adulterating the pure goods, or by
manufacturing a product entirely from
foreign materials. It is conservatively
estimated  that  seven-eighths  of  what  is
creased, the whole quantity sold has
largely increased and its market price has
been reduced. Of late years the price
has fallen in direct relation to the decrease    in    the    price      of    cane    sugar.
United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Forestry.
 •—*—•	
HOW GOOD BOADS HELP THE COUNTBY
SCHOOLS.
Hon. W. P. Brownlow, member of
Congress from Tennessee, and author of
the Good Roads Bill now before that body,
gives the following good reasons for improved roads in aid of rural schools and
the better education of children in the
country:
1. Consolidation and transportation de
creases the aggregate cost of
rural schools or gives greater efficiency at the same cost.
2. Secures to the pupils better instruc
tion,'better buildings ami equipment, and longer,periods for recitation.
3. Insures    closer   supervision by offi
cials and stronger principals.'
4. Conduces to better health nnd mor
als.
5. Continues in school country maidens
.liable to remain at home because
of vagabond tramps or large bodies of men employed in certain
localities.
G. Holds in school youth advanced beyond curriculum and discipline of
most small schools.
7. Relieves    mothers    anxious    about
their girls and children of tender
years.
8. Eliminates truancy and    diminishes
irregularity.
9. Causes to attend many out of reach
of a school without transportation.
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Where could I get a bs»k or pamphlet containing instructions about how to care for and raise
Belgian hares for a  profit?
Decatur Co. A Reader.
Belgian Hare breeding, by J. H. Dar-
row, price 25c. We can order it for you
if you wish. There is a larger book on
the subject, price, $1.50.
If there are sny subscribers to the Indiana
Farmer ln northern Indiana that have the Improved Early maturing White Cap corn I wish
they would advertise the same as I want to buy
some  for  seed. j.   D.   It.
LakeviUe.
—A notice in our For Sale column
would bring many orders no doubt.
Will scune of the readers of the Indiana Farmer
that have had experience with incubators please
tell me what I have done, or not done, to kill
the chicks ln the shell Just before they weiv
ready to hatch. The shells were so very hard
I tried to follow the instructions in the book, but
have failed in some way. Should the ventilators
on each side of the incubator be wide open aU
the time J I was afraid I had smothered the
chicks. I knew they had never been too hot.
Any information that I can get on this subject
will be thankfully received, and as I have just
set my second batch would like to hear soon.
Mrs.   O.   S.
Perhaps you do not keep the eggs moist
enough.
-Will some one who knows please tell me what
to do for my rose. It ls a half hardy tea rose
and seems to be perfectly healthy, excepting the
buds which do not open out right; they stick tight
together nnd become dry and shriveled. It has
had plenty of sunshine, fresh air and water; also
seme fertilizer. WiU be very greateful for any
Information.  ■        M.   ij.
COW PEAS.
Will you please tell me through your
paper how, when and where to sow the
cow peas? Is muck or black loam
adapted to them? What varieties are
best for this latitude? F. H.
—They will grow in almost any soil.
They grow very rank in black loam, and
run largely to vines; clay does better for
the seed. The Whippoorwill is preferred generally in this latitude. Wait
till the ground  is warm  before  planting.
Have you been to the wood for the early
spring Ilowers? I went with my restless
boys and a sweet college girl .some weeks
ago when the maple's scarlet plumes
herald the approach of the spring. Under tlie brown leaves was found the beautiful arbutus, and upon the sunny side of
Rocky Cliffs the violets were blooming—
some were lavender, some were purple
and some with dark velvet petals, rich as
pansies. I have never seen wild flowers
ar ywhere as lovely as these- mountain
violets. The sweet yellow jasmine was
in bloom, and the
red sprays of the
Judas tree were
drooping their
wealth of flowers in
shame. The plump
dark red flowers of
the sweet scented
shrubs were about
half and soon the
woods will be redolent witli their fragrance.
But the greatest
woodland treasures
were the jesurrec-
tion ferns we found
growing on an old
grey ro6k. The
curly brown ball
seemed void of life
we carried them
homo and placed
them in a glass of
  water when they revived green and beautiful. Then we laid
them away to dry, and again when friends
called placed them in water to revive
It seems to be a parasite. They are lovely little curiosities to take to the room of
an invalid. I wish you could all enjoy
them as we did. We also found some
growing on the bark of a tree. I wonder
if they grow in Indiana. This ramble
was in Georgia woods in March. I have
a few on my table as I write, I would ba
glad to send to any one who will send postage.    They are pretty Easter tokens.
THE HAWKS AND CROWS.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
"A reader" says in the Farmer of
April 1th that there ought to be a bounty
on Hawks and Crows. They kill more
quails than the hunters. I think a bounty on both would be a good thing, for
what the hawks and crows do not get
invariably the hunter gets. When the
hunter finds a covey he shoots to get as
many as he can; shoots twice and sometimes more. What do not get stopped on
the wing are watched and shot at again.
The hunter says if I do not kill them some
one else will. As the law is it comes
through the holidays and vacation of
schools, and every body wants to shoot
them. I believe there would be more
quails spared if the season was closed at
this time and open in May and June.
H. A. B.
LIKES  TIIE    ADVERTISEMENTS.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Find enclosed $1. for renewal and one
new name. I have been a reader of
your paper for 12 or 15 years, and can't
do without it. It is worth what it costs
for the advertisements alone, and it puts
us in- touch with so many different breeders and farmers.
Clayton, Ind. J. N. R.