HELEN DINSMORE HUNTINGTON WILLBECOME BRIDE OF VINCENT ASTOR

Young New York Multi-Miflionaire and Charming American Girl toMarry on April 30-Couple Have Been Acquainted From In-

fancy-Mother of Prospective Groom Arrives From Eu-rope to Witness the Ceremony.

New York.-On the last day of Aprila most notable society event will takeplace up the Hudson-the marriage ofthe head of one of the greatest Amerl-ean houses, Vincent Astor, and HelenDinsmore Huntington, daughter of an-other line which has long been promi-sent in American affairs.

The recent arrival from Europe ofthe mother of the bridegroom-to-be.Mrs. Ava Willing Astor, the refitting oftCo famous yacht Noma and announcement of the wedding so shortly beforethe date set today are concentratingthe attention of society folk upon theyoung couple.

Through the winter there was muchmystery about their plans. Many hint-ed at a secret wedding. It was thoughtthe Noma was to be used for a mys-terious purpose.

This idea was fostered largely by thegdmple tastes of the young couple. Thebridetobe has extracted from her be-trothed a promise that they will spendmost of their lives on the beautifulbanks of the Hudson, where she wasbrought up and where Astor's 5,000-

cre Ferncliffe estate lies. She is notunsociable, nor at all ignorant of ball-rooms, theaters and "doings," but shemrse not a whit for the formal side ofsociety.

The wedding will be a country cere-many, either at Hopeland House, themansion on the Huntington estate, orin the little country church nearby.

Young Astor has not been very wellthis winter. He has suffered frompneumonia and bronchitis. It will beremembered that his mother almostdespalred of his life at the ageof eight, when she hurried him off toSt, Morits.

From the life Miss Huntington hased so far it is to be expected that she

sad her husband will spend much timeIs the open. The tall, blonde girl oftwenty was brought up almost entirely on the big Huntington and Dinsmoreplahes along the Hudson, which wereeaee held by her grandfather, Williama Dinsmors, late president of theAdams Express company. She went toschool in Dobbs Ferry, which isn't apeat distance from her home, and shebas spent some winters in New Yorkity.

Her first quarrel with Vincent cameat the age of nine-he being theneleven. She had planted an oak tree,whes three years old, with the aid ofbher grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Rob-ert P. Huntington. The tree had grownSr six years and she proudly took her

ittle visitor from "up the road" out toIsuk at it. Astor remarked, with awkleal eye, it would take some yearsIr the tree to be big enough to climb

Is. The visit ended abruptly righthere, but the next day Vincent sought

md obtained pardon over the tele-

At the time the Staten Island Ship-•flinag company began to rip out the•tinge of the Noma. It was naturally

Helen Dinsmore Huntington.

Sramised that she was to be the"lmeymoon ship." Then it was un-drstood that the swift little craft wasi mahe a pre-nuptial cruise across the

Mlatlc, through the MediterraneanSad up the Nile with the young couple

41 their mothers. This would havebe. following the course taken by thelte CoL John Jacob Astor on hishmerymoon trip which ended with thetaking of the ill-fated Titanic. But

Iang Astor said "No" to both theseSports and set the gossips still tur-thr speculating.

If Astor does not use the Noma heIh many other means of slipping outof the country. There are, first, hisnMerous high-powered automobiles.Tha he has a crack hydroplane thatbu 35 miles an hour, and if he carriesmSt his plans will soon own a hydro-

remoplane. Being an expert mechanic.e sually spurns the assistance of a

rueeslonal chauffeur.Dut the Noma's engines have been

Ste•pred for a long cruise. EntirelymW bollers have been installed. Cap-

SDangan of the Noma has been in-rUced by Mr. Astor to fly no pen-

35ats when the yacht leaves the ship1tadm and steals up the Hudson to

necliff.The landing is only a few miles di--t fro Ferncliffe and from Hope-

Bnd House. the graceful and statelytHlUato mansion on the estate of I

h late William B. Dinumore. Alto I

MADE RICHEST BOY IN WORLD

m5. Untl ee Knot In the $25,000,000John Nicholas Brown Estate In

New York.

ew York.-John Nicholas Brown, 1S fourteen-yearold boy, great-

aon of Nicholas Brown, after <Wb Brown university was named, Imm the "richest boy in the world,." c

s a supreme court decision, hand- t. bra hera A legal tangle had tlel

La

gether it is pretty safe to assert that"Astor" will be often in the headlinesthe next few months and that NewYork newspaper reporters will haveseveral merry little chases to amusethem.

Meanwhile Astor is working hard tomake money to get married, like anyother young man. He has run up threeOr four new apartment houses, severalloft buildings of fine character and aunique bachelor chambers enterprisejust off Times square, which is mod-eled after the famous Albany of Lon-don. He gets down to business in theAstor estate offices at No. 23 WestTwenty-sixth street regularly at half-past nine or ten o'clock every morn-ing, and he stays there until what isto be done is done. When it is neces-sary he is to be found there eveningsalso, although the Astor money-mak-ing machine is running very smoothlyunder his direction and that of the

Vincent Astor.

able counselors he inherited from hisfather.

If the tale bearers are to be believedMiss Huntington isn't wasting her pen-nies these days, despite the fact thather family has been in the millionaireclass many decades. It is related thatshe came out of the Carlton House re-cently and walked Forty-seventhstreet toward Fifth avenue. She wasgowned for a fashionable wedding shewas to attend that afternoon, but firstshe was going to visit her fiance. Justthen laid up with a cold. Past taxiafter taxi walked the future mistressof the Astor house until she arrived atthe corner of the avenue. Here shewaited patiently until an omnibuscame along. It was a cold day and theinterior was pretty crowded, but shemanaged to wedge in., The taxi farvcould not legally have been over 50cents, but Miss Huntington, despite herfine attire, preferred the other mode of

FEDERAL LEAGUE MAGNATES DRAFT SCHEDULE

The picture shows the baseball magnates of the Federal league engagedon drafting a schedule for the new league at the recent meeting in Baltimore.From left to right-Edward W. Ginner, president of the Pittsburgh club;Robert B. Ward, president of the Brooklyn club; Walter F Mullen. vice-president of the Buffalo club; G. C. Madison, president of the Kansas Cityclub; William A. Kerr. treasurer of the Pittsburgh club; James A. Gilmore,president of the Federal league; Walter S. Ward, treasurer of the Brook-In club.

up a large part of the $25.000.000 es-tate left by John Carter Brown, son ofNicholas Brown, it being argued thatcertain trust funds, valid bequests un-der Rhode Island laws, were invalidin New York state, where part of theestate was located. An action wasbrought to test this point. Frank W.Matteson. trustee, being unable to pro-ceed with the administration of anyproperty until there had been Judicialconstruction. Justice Weeks foundt at the bequests were valid.

Mrs. William Watts Sherman.

conveyance. There was 40 cents morefor her trousseau.

The coming wedding, set for April80, is the absorbing topic in New Yorksociety circles.

William Vincent Astor, son of thelate Col. John Jacob Astor, who per-ished aboard the Titanic, is now twen-ty-three years old and head of the As-tor estate. His fortune is estimated atbetween seventy-five million and onehundred million dollars. His enormousManhattan real estate holdings arevery productive. Since young Astortook hold on his father's death, twoyears ago, he has done a great deal ofbuilding, erecting many large apart-ment houses and loft buildings. B.

Mrs. Ava Willing Astor.

sides his considerable business activ-ity, he has worked in municipal poll-tics against Tammany hall and has in-terested himself in social causes. Ex-cept for a speed passion, expressing it.self in numerous high-powered automo-biles and hydroplanes, with a hydro-aeroplone in prospect, he is a quiet,hard-working young man, who seemsdestined to be a leader of the risinggeneration.

Miss Huntington is two years hisJunior, and possesses an open-air,breezy type of beauty. Her tastesare simple and run to dogs, horses,boating and country life. She is adaughter of Henry P. Huntington, thearchitect. Her great-grandfather as-slated in founding the Adams Expresscompany. The members of her familyare very wealthy, although their for-tunes are far surpassed by theAstors'.

Mrs. John Astor, who divorced herhusband, was once called the mostaristocratically beautiful woman in theUnited States. She spends most ofher time abroad.

CURES PARALYSIS BY KNIFE

Noted Gotham Surgeon Shows ManyChild Cripples He Has

Helped.

New York.-A new operative treat-ment for spastic paralysis, or paralysisaccompanied by pasmsa, which he de-clared had been successful, was ex-plained here by Dr. William Sharpe ata meeting of the Medical Associationof Greater New York.A dozen children, one paralysed mon

one os+ both sides, attended to showwhat Doctor Sharpe had done forthem. The pride of the little ones, asthey showed how they were able tomove once useless limbs, broughtsmiles to the medical men.

Doctor Sharpe's operation for thedisease, which is a result of brainpressure, due to cortical hemorrhage.consists in decompression by directoperation on the skull, with removalof enough bone to give new brainroom. Other methods have been de-voted mainly to operations on thespinal nerve roots, the injection ofalcohol, or plastic surgery, such as thelengthening of tendons. A girl of fouryears, who never had walked up tothe time of an operation a month ago,was able to toddle through the hall,led by the surgeon.

Dr. Wllliam M. Lesyansky, In dis-cussing Doctor Sharpe's report, saidhe feared improvement would be onlytemporary, as in some other treat-ments of the disease.

Women's Club Has Smoking Room.New York.-The new Women's Uni-

versialty club has a cozy smoking room.The club has 1.100 member.

mother of Lady Camoys, is the onlyliving child of John Carter Brown. Herinterest in the estate of her father alsohad been tied up in a trust she hadcreated upon her marriage. It was de-cided in the present case, however,that this trust terminated with thedeath of her hnsband in 1913 and thecourt directs that see receive her halfof the estate. The other part will go.under the court order, to her nephew.John Nicholas Brown, Jr., whose father, John Nicholas Brown, died in 1900.nine weeks after the birth of his son.

DRESSING YOUNG GIRLHER CLOTHES ALWAYS 8OME.

THING OF A PROLELM.

Wise Mother, at This Stage of HerDaughter's Life, Will Provide

Pretty Thinge and Teach Herto Take Care of Them.

There is no period in a girl's lifewhen it is so dialcult to dress hersuccessfully as between the ages offourteen and seventeen, and thoughthe problem of finding suitable clothesis one that faces all mothers of grow-ing daughters, one seldom finds anyvery wide selection of ready-made gar-ments suited to t..- purpose.

In choosing frocks, a great deal de-pends on the girl herself, for it is nogood buying dainty attire for theyoung person who considers the careof gowns and hats a perfectly unneces-sary waste of time. Miss Sixteen, withopinions of this kind, needs a certainamount of training before any respectfor her garments can be instilled ef-fectively, and though the majority ofgirls today are as anxious to be aswell turned out as their grown-up sis-ters, the tomboy malde still remains.and the difficulties of clothing her ao-cordingly.

"I have often heard," said a motherrecently, "that rough and serviceablematerials, serge and holland in darkcolors, and such like, are all thatshould be used in a schoolgirl's outfit,but this is, I think, a great mistake.No girl will ever learn to value herthings and take a pride in her appear-ance If only supplied with garmentsof a workmanlike but ugly type. Anoccasional pretty gown, a becominghat, soft solors, and light materialswill, by their very charm, teach herbetter than a hundred wordy sermonsthe necessity for care where her pos-sessions are concerned."

This being the case, it is wisest toexercise great care in choosing a girl'sclothes, and what is more, she shouldbe allowed to make her own sugges-tions and have her individual ideascarried out as far as they are com-patible with good taste and commonsense. Mothers who do this are lay-ing the foundations of a practicalknowledge in the details of dress andexpenditure that will prove invaluablein after years.

LARGE TRAY ALWAYS BESTOf Much More Importance Than the

Table When One Is Serving theAfternoon Tea.

The woman who lives in a smallapartment finds the large tray andsmall table the best solution of herafternoon tea problem. When everyinch of space counts in the appear-ance of a room, a daintily equipped teatable constantly in view rather "clut-ters" up things--as the New Englandhousekeeper would put it. But a gen-erously roomy tea tray, accommodat-ing teapot and cosy Jugs for cream,sugar and hot water, several cups andsaucers and plate of cake and sand-wiches or the thin bread and butterwhich is so delicious at tea hour, maybe carried in and set down on a tabou-ret, small folding table, or even thepiano stool at a pinch.

If one does not possess a handsomehammered brass tea tray or one of the

SLEEVES FOR VARIOUS GOWNSNot Much Latitude Is Allowed, But De-

signers Have in Instances VariedTheir Offerings.

Though the sleeves in modish gownsaure so alike that they grow monoto-nous. tbe designers do depart occasion-

ally from the stereotyped and varytheir offerings. A group of sleeves forseveral different styles of frocks isshown here. On the upper right iq asleeve designed for cotton blouse ormorning dress; the one on the upper

WOMEN AS PUBLIC SPEAKERS

Toastmaster of Experience Marvelsat the Ease Shown When They

Address Public Gatherings

A toastmaster recently .declaredthat. after many years' experience, henever remembered an instance of aspeaker admitting that he was a flu-ent orator, most men, as a matter offact, apologizing for their lack of abil-Ity In this direction.

Women. who are comparativelyfresh to the "platform," do not seemto be overtaken by the nervousnessor to display the false modesty ofmen. Nowadays women have manyopportunities of public speaking. Peo-pie regard it uas a matter of coursewhen a woman rises to speak at anykinG of gathering, and it is very rareindeed that one who does speakshaltingly or makes any preliminaryexcuse for herself.

Perhaps only those who are asureof themselves do speak, but it is quiteremarkable that one rarely hears a

Inlaid mahogany, a bamboo Japanesetray will answer very well. It shouldbe furnished with a large teacloth andsmall napkins to match, of drawn-work or hand embroidered linen.

It is the daintiness of the tea serv-ice and the delicious character of teaand cakes that makes most impressionon a guest; the table really counts forlittle. Admirable for the small roomare nested tables of mahogany. Thetable reserved for the tea tray, whennot in use can be tucked under an-other table holding a vase and a photograph or other bit of bric-a-brac.

WITH DESIGN OF SPIDER WEB

Pretty Little Pincushion That Is So•e-thing Just a Little Out of

the Ordinary.

Novel ideas for making pretty pin-cushions are diffcult to obtain, but inour sketch we show something quitenew in the shape of a quaint littlecushion made to represent a spider'sweb. It can be carried out in anysize to suit different requirements;and in making it, in the first place acircular piece of stiff cardboard mustbe cut out. This card is well paddedwith cotton wool on that side whichis to be the front, and the wool shouldbe arranged so that it is much thickerin the center than at the sides. It isthen covered with cream-colored satin,

the material being stretched tightlyover the wool and fastened on at theback of the card with a strong ad-hesive. The spider's web is workedupon the material with gold thread.and this should of course be doneprior to covering the card. The cush-ion Is finished off all round the edgewith a gold silk cord carried intothree loops at the top, and by thecenter loop it can be suspended froma nail in the wall. To complete thisvery novel cushion one of those littlepaper Japanese spiders can be pro-cured and tacked upon one side assuggested in the sketch.

Quaint little novelties always at-tract attention at a basar, and a num-ber of these cushions made in differ-ent sizes will look very pretty on astall and should command a readysale.

This cushion could, of course, beused equally well laid fiat upon thedresstng-table if preferred.-YoungLadies' Journal.

Unveiled Vellings.Veils that have long beea velled

from the public eye are returaing, saythe fashion authorities. Over in Paristhey are assuming the nose veil andhere in America we have been show-ing a number of new vellingp whichmake wide use of the chenille dot-long banished from the list of thingstolerated.

left for a coat suit of cloth or silk. Thecenter sleeve is suitable for an infor-mal evening or dinner gown, whilethe two lower sleeves are intended fordancing frocks of silk and lace Theone on the left is particularly suitablefor a young girl's frock.

CORSET IS OF IMPORTANCE

Fashionable Outline Makes It Impera-tive That a Good Deal of Atten-

tion Be Accorded It

Although waists are things of thepast, let no one imagine that the cor-set is no longer a necessity or is inany way a negligible quantity. Parfrom it. It is a modern paradox thatin order to attain the natural figuregreater attention than ever must bepaid to the corset. These wonderfulnearly straight lines from the arm tothe hips, or rather to the knees, forthe new corsets reach to Just abovethe knees, are due more to the art ofthe corsetlere than to any dietary orexercise. The latest thing in corseteis very lightly boned, and has mobones at all over the hips. It is madein most instances of tricot, either in acotton or silk mesh, and is extremelysupple and comfortable to wear, fittingwithout a wrinkle. Their variety is in-finite. There are special models forathletic wear, for riding and dancings,very thin grceoful ones for eveningwear under draperles, and a morestardy kind for general wear undertallor-mades. With tlie coming fuash-ions the choice of the corset will be anaffair of the greatest lmportance, foron it much of their gracefulnees willdepend.

really dull or positively poor speechfrom feminine lips.

New Hat Bow.A novel bow for the tailored spring

hat-which nowadays blooms in mid-winter-is the sole trimming neededsince it practically covers any of thesmall new shapes. It is made ofthree-inch broad and very heavy rib-bon, fashioned into four seven-inch-long loops that start under a commonknot This knot is placed exactly atthe center of the crown, and from Itthe loops are drawn respectively toward the edge of the brim at back,front and sieldes. They do not Hlie filat-ly, but stand partly on edge in theperky little manner which is difficultto achieve unless one possesses themilllner's touch. This sort of bowwill prove a real boon to the womanwho must returnish a last year'sstraw hat-if she can bend it intoreasonable resemblance to one of therecent shapes-for, having refacedthe brim with new velvet, she mayconceal the faded crown with the longand broad ribbon loosp

PRACTICAL SUGG66ESTIONS FOR A DAIRYMAN

Giving the Cow a Taste of Alfalfa.

wnas a renf it is to have the eowaout to pasture and not be compelledto feed grain! There are cases, how-ever, where it is a good plan to keepup the feed ration otr a few weeksafter the cows go to grass.

Take it where cows are thin in fleshwhen they are turned away. For sometime they will use everything they caneat, nearly, for building up their ownbodies. Precious little left for youtill the cows get in average flesh.While they are doing this, better feedsome grain and hurry the matter on.The best way, of course, is to keep the

RAISING BEEF CATTLE

SOUTHERN STATES ARE WELLADAPTED TO THE INDUSTRY.

Great Areas of "Cut-Over" Lands atPrices Ranging From 02 to $10

Per Acre Avallable- TickNearly Eradicated.

(Prepared by the United States Depart-meat of Agriculture.)

The geographical location and theclimatic conditions of the South aresuch as to make it a good section forcattle raising. The soils are so va-rled that what may be said in a gen-eral way will not hold true for allplaces or sections of this large, areaThey vary from light sand to heavyclay, or to the black prairie soils, orthe stiff post-oak. As a rule the stlf.tfor the soil and the greater the contentof lime in the soils, the more nutri-tious the grasses are, and the greateris the variety of clovers which willgrow.

The Piedmont section of Virginia.West Virginia, Westep~ North Caro-tina, Tennessee and northern Alabamas a fine grazing country, and thous-

ands of good beef cattle are foundthere. The Shorthorn is more popularthan any other breed In this region.and they do exceedingly well. Thegrazing plants are hlely blue grass,white clover, red clover, red top andorchard grass. The cattle hfatten veryrapidly during the grazing season andraise excellent ealves. Most of thisregion is free of ticks and the lossesfrom death are relatively small.

The black prairie section of Ala-bama, Mississippi and Texas, and theDelta lands of Mississippi p"d Louis-iana, are extremely favorable sectionsfor raising and finishng beef cattle.Experiments conducted by the bureauof animal industry and the Alabamaexperiment station show that cattlewhen kept free of the cattle tick, canbe raised at a cost of 8 to 4 cents apound. This cost includes the keep ofthe cows for one year. .charges forpuasture and all feeds consumed atmarket prices, depreciation In thevalue of the herd, and 6 per cent In-terest on the money invested. Theprincipal native grasses which are 10-digenous to these soils are bermuda,Johnson grass, lespedesa and melilo-tus; but red clover, alike clover, barclover and white clover grow readilywhen planted In the pastures, and thegrazing season can be extended great-ly by their use. Alfalfa, soy beans.cowpeas, corn, sorghum and otherforage crops do well on these landsand produce an abundance of rough-age and hays for wintering and fatten-ing the cattle. The red clay soils pro-duce crops very similar to those men-tioned for the prairie soils.

There are great areas of "cut-over"lands in the South that range in pricefrom $2 to $10 per acre. which couldbe used for beef production. The soilof such lands is usually sandy orpost-oak neither of which are as goodfor grazing as the prairie or deltalands, but which would furnish goodgrazing if a little care was taken ingetting pasture plants started. Onthese soils carpet grass. bermuda, les-pedesa, white clover, red top. pas-palum dilatatum, and bur clover doexceedingly well. The carpet grassfurnishes abundant grazing on thesandy I-nds while the bermuda doesbetter on the soils which are a littlestiff. ' The paspalum. white clover.and red top do well on the damp lands.and if some lime is present alsltkeclover will furnish fine grazing. Thefoundation of all pastures on sandy orsandy loam lands should be carpetgrass. bermuda and lespedeza Thevariety of forage crops which may beraised on this type of soils Is large.and it is an easy matter to grow allthe hays. silage crops and forage nc-

Presence of Reoster.The presence of the male does not

affect the number of eggs produced,but the average weight of the egg isIncreased.

Diversity.Don't put nay farm all to one crop.

It is too uncertain and makes a greatrush of the work.

Planting Cotton Early.Planting cotton too early makes a

second planting necessary.

cows from running down that way inthe first place; but we do not alwaysdo as we should. Would it not be fineit we did?

A rusty milk can is a .nuisance.Some cities will not accept milk whichhas been brought in in one of them.Good thins, too. No amount of scrub-bins can ever make a rusty spot iatin pertectly sweet and clean. Newcans are the thing.

It is the "gentle" bull that booksthe life out of his master. Look outfor yours, as he may turn on you atany moment.

essary for feeding the stock whichmay be kept on the farm.

One of the greatest drawbacks tothe cattle industry of the south hasbeen the 'presence of the cattle tickthat transmits Texas fever, which killsmany of the cattle and stunts othersin growth. The tick is rapidly beingeradicated, and it is only a question o(time until the South is freed of thispest.

The native cattle of the South arecold-blooded scrubs carrying a varoble percentage of Jersey blood. Theyare small in size and inferior in qual-ity, but they have stamina and thecows produce good talves when bredto a beef bull. Some of these cowsweighing not over 600 pounds havegiven birth to half breed calves whichhave developed into 600 to 600-poundaninjals at 12 to 1i qMonths of age.They usually weigh about 800 to 8spounds at two years of age whamraised under arerage southern tareconditions. The halt breed calves donot fatten out as well as calves of ahigher grade, but it permitted to gowuntil two or three years of age theyfinish out as very good best animals.The half breed halters when bred tobest blls produce exeeneat evre.

No section of the country can ratiecattle as eheaply as the South, andthe variety and pries of beds amsuch that the animals can be seanomieally finished for the market. Theforage plants, especially sorghum sadcorn, make such a luxuriant growth Inthe southern latitudes that large yieldsof silage can be produced per are.The sllage is an excellent feed forwintering the breeding herd, or for fanishing the animals for the marketThe use of silage in a fattening ratiosalmost invariably increases the siasof the daily gains, cheapens the gains,lengthens the period during which cat-tle can be fed cottonseed meal soo-nomically and without danger, sadresults in better finish, fatter eattleand greater profits per head. Theoleguminous hays as alfalfa, cowpea,lespedesa, red clover and vetch andthe corn stover and oat straw are godrough feeds to use In oonjuacttoq withsilage.

The Shorthorn, Aherdeesr ages.Hereford, Red Polled sad Devoabreeds of cattle all do well to theSouth. The Shorthorn does well onaall lands where the pastures are goodand feed is plentiful. The cows usually prove to be very good milkers, giv-ing milk enough for the calf and tosupply the home as well. The resu1dof the good milking qualities of thecows is usually a good growthy calf.The Herefords and Angus are goodgraers and will do well under rangeconditions, as well as on the asmalfarm. The Hereford stands ahead atall breeds as a range animal, but theAngus have the advantage over allbreeds In the feed lot, as they finishout very smoothly, are high in qualityand kill out a high percentage of marketable meat. The Devon is slowerof growth than the other breeds, butare great rustlers and fatten on pas-tures which are so thin that some ofthe beef breeds could hardly subsist.The Red Polled is a dual purpose breedwhich ranks next to the milking strainof Shorthorns in the production ofmilk and beeft' They are not as welknown, nor as popular as the bShort-horn, but have done well wherevertried in the south. Any of the breedocross well with the native cattle, andcan be used advantageously in breed-ing up the scrub herds.

By the eradication of the cattle tick.the use of good, purebred beef bulls,the Improvement of the pasture landsand a closer study of the cattle bust-ness, the South will develop into agreat cattle raising section, and shouldcontribute largely to the supply ofmeat in the next two decades. In mocase should high-priced, high-bredstock be brought from tick-free ter-tory until the farm upon which theyare to be kept has been rid of ticks.

Preparing Cotton Land.Cotton land should be prepared sesw

eral weeks before planting time.Land prepared just previous to plat-ins is seldom in good condition, anad

it is very poor farming that makhesthis necessary. Begin now If yeohaven't your cotton land brokesL

Manure as Top Dressing.Manure used uas a top dressing win

pay. It will not be safe from nowoa to plow manure under. Use it 4a top dressing instead.