Notes
I .laora Indiana  Farmer:
No doubt but that Jack Frost is shak-
iug with laughter at all the weather fore-
is that pnomlaed no severe weather
lliis winter; he was just waiting until most
all had ceased to dread tlie zero mark,
when all at once the fall came. For three
mornings now  the  mark   has  been  4  to 6
legreea below zero raapectively.
How about the turkey hen weatber
prophet, if she is yet laying, the owner
weald better start a breed of winter laying turkeys.    "All  signs fail" sometimes.
neglect   the   water  supply,     	
brutes suffer in eold weather for this free
commodity. Warm the bits liefore bridling the horses. Yes, this is old, but "lest
we forget." K    r
AGRICUI.TIKK IN A SOUTHERN
SCHOOL.
K.litors Indiana  Farmer:
My former letters from Tennessee having elicited some inquiries about our work
and some kind words of encouragement
from those who wc hope will aid us further, we venture lo write again and more
Are there not readers of ihis valuable
paper who would like lo own a window, ji
door, a table, or a bookcase in ..iir .-..liege'.
I*..ssil.lv smile would like air interest in
our Ik'II that is i,, resound daily among
these hills. We will also need a  union
Hag to float over tbeae children at tha
loyal border people,    who kept  tha war
south of the Ohio river. Perhaps some
one would enjoy aiding a bright bill needy
son. or grnnds»>i.. of a 1'nion vetieran in
paying   his   tuition   and   other   school   c\
pesos.
Drafts, checks and  money ..nh-rs    nl-
Education of the Farmer.
Kdltora  Indiana  Farmrr:
l>ovs the farmer noo,I any preparation
for his work? Would education Ih' of any
valne to the farmrr'.' Let us sen'. Would
il be of any valne to the fanner lo know
the different kinds of sn.il and what
.n.ps Ihey would grow best'. To know-
in what elements ..f plant fertility s soil is
lacking!    To  know     how     to   supply    Ihe
deiii-ieii.-y. To know how to buy commercial* fertilisers as well as how to take eare
Of the I.ani  yar.!  manure.
Would il  l.e any advantage to know the
Laporte County Boys who
■it   for   Prizes   f.
Best Aere of Corn, under the Manage nt of the Farmers' Institute of Laporte County.
Much of the warm weather was ac-
rompanied by high strong winds and perhaps this breeze prevented a too forward
growth of fruit bads. Often a hard
wiuter is blamed for a failure in- fruit
when judicious spraying would give a fair
'run. Negligence is as bad as laziness in
11'lit culture, if in nothing else.
The eold tains and wind of spring,
"i- when fruit is blooming often do more
damage to fruit than does the cold of mid-
wiuter, sometimes  the correct    sort    of
"playing. ,k„u. at j„Kt ihc rij-Ml ,.„.,,_ wjjj
offset Ibis to a great degree.
Bach season demonstrates the worth of
Intelligent spraying, this along with sensible pi'iiiming. mulching an cultivating,.,.
•luenUy making a crop of fruit, yet many
' wuers of promising trees and bushes, pro-
'I'lislinate this necessary work too long, or
''""'I do it at all.
Are the tools repaired and sharpened,
ready for work when spring comes? It
is the poorest economy to try to work with
 'r tools, and not enough.
IT the idea is to enable the manufacturer
iud agent to have an easy time dont keep
"ie tools clean, nr in- repair, or housed: but
If the idea is to help yourself and familv,
toe* do all of those three things.
I-.IImiw grease is good, and at necessity;
t...,l grease is also an Indispensable,   but
"'"St of all brain grease is needed, don't
"°gleet this by any means, or your hard
work, with the harder work of the horses
Will not get ahead much.
Is your ice harvested, this may lie the
lost iee snap we will have. No, Lin no
weather profit.
to the point. We are founding B school
at Red Boiling Springs. Maeon county,
Tenn., near the Kentucky line, for the
white people of the Highland Rim. A
feature of the school is to lie industrial
training. We have already a elass of
eight students iu agriculture. We have
five acres of land and should have a hundred. Land near the college can be
bought for about .**'_!.■. an aire, and a short
distance away for $11). an acre. Is there
not some friend of agricultural education
who will purchase one or more acres for
na?
We will also introduce manual training
and domestic economy as soon as practicable. Ten of our students have taught
in the district schools of this locality, and
many others are preparing for that work.
We give Instructions in nature study ami
pome of the principles, of agricultural
science to the entire school.
We   arc   but    beginning.        Our   school
opened January -. So far 80 students
have enrolled. We are  using a  rented
hall. We charge a low rale of tuition
and the receipts cover all running expenses. The salaries of the teachers are
very low. and rent, fuel, etc., are the same.
But we must have aid from the North
to  complete   our  new   buildings. The
people here arc not wealthy, and alone
they cannot build a college. The land
lias been donated l.y citizens and much
of them aterial for the building has been
given free, but we lack funds to pay workmen. It is very important thnt our building should lie finished before the opening
of the next school year.
ways gladden our hearts and encourage
our hands. Supplies should not I «• scut
without   directions   from   us. We     are
so far from rail that tbey may lie lost.
.1.  M.   Keck.
Bed  Boiling Springs. Tennessee.
wnv dii> Tin: CORN TURN
YELLOW.
Edlton Indiana  Farmfcr
I  bave had two pieces of land under my
observation the prut mmm.     They were
not cultivated the preceding year bill grew
au abundant crop of weeds, one of them a
crop of giant ragweed, or horse weed. Last
spring they were plowed, turning under
the entire crop of weeds, and planted lo
corn, bnt the corn was yellow and kept
a yellow color all season, and was n..t so
gc.l as on the adjoining land where there
were no weeds to turn under.
I have practiced turning everything under that I could, but this experience looks
as if I had bunie.l the WMdS . fl I would
have had one-third more corn. Th.- sea
son was rather wet. so that tile wiiils did
not make the ground too dry. What was
the cause of the yellow color and short
crop? W.  W.
Clarke Co.
Recently (fa-tin Swaiis of Acton, was
arrested ami hronght before the Indianapolis police court, for wanton abusing his
bone, while he. not the horso. was under
the influence of li.pu.r. In attempting to
ride th" horse he use,) his pocket knife
as a s,,,,,. Swalls was heavily lined f„r
cruelty to animals and intoxication.
best kind of a milk cow and how lo feci!
and .an- for her'.- What foods are llie
I ,sl milk prodiK-ersV Which arc llie fal
producers'.' To know what kind of a
horse is best for the fanner lo use and to
raise'.' Mow should it be fed ami cared
for? Which is llie b.-st beef cattle breed
to  raise,  how  should  il   bs  fed   and  cared
for'.'   When sliould it be marketed?
Mad a fanner better raise Inccf cattle or
dairy, ot a little of both. Which is the
l.esl breed of hogs lo raise, how should
tliey be fed, would il pay to pasture Ihem'.
Which is the Ih-sI breed of sheep lo raise.
which is more profitable raising for wool
oi  mutton, or both?
I low- should a garden l>e planted: what
.•lie Ihe best varieties: when should the
different kinds be planted so as to have
vegetables throughout the season? How
■ an the cabbage worm lie prevented, the
cucumber beetle an.l the other troublesome insects'/ How can blight be proven
t.-.l ..ii apple, pear and peach  (rocs? How
.-an a g I crop of strawberries   always
lie assured'. What is the principle of
making ensilage and ils advantages'.
Tlu-se are only a few of the many pro-
Hems that the farmer meets, ami how is
he going to get the Information if he does
not already have il?    How is the farmer's
boy going to get  that  Information.   Not
only d'ies he need the information but he
aiso needs skill iir making use of it. This
leaves but one answer to the question
"would education be .any value to the
tanner" as Ihe proper education would
gne information on all points mentioned
as well as a whole host of others.
W. c.  Palmer.