DYNAMITE ON THE FARM "WO of the accompanying illustrations show results of the use of dynamite on a farm at Hibbing, Minn., for stump blasting. A third illustration shows a field of oats planted in non-subsoiled ground near Syracuse, N. Y., while a fourth photograph shows an adjacent field of oats planted in subsoiled ground where dynamite was utilized. The difference between the last two is striking. It is because the action of an explosive on soil causes it to become thoroughly loosened and aërated that trees planted in blasted holes show so much stronger and healthier growth than trees planted under old conditions. Orchardists and nurserymen who have had long experience in planting trees in holes prepared by dynamite blasts, have learned that compact subsoil is broken up by the blasts, which enables the land thus made porous, to absorb plenty of water in rainy weather and store it up for the use of growing plants in dry weather. It must not be assumed that dynamite blasting is beneficial only when the top soil is underlaid with hardpan. It is of the utmost importance to assist a tree, especially a young one, to send its roots out into its feeding bed as easily and rapidly as possible. STRANGE MONUMENTS NEAR THE TOMBS OF CHINESE EMPERORS AT NANKIN. The rails are intended to protect the stone animals from destruction by curious vandals. FRENCHMAN WHO HAD EVADED MILITARY SERVICE OBLIGED TO SERVE AFTER HIS MARRIAGE. His wife and children live in this van and follow the regiment from one station to another. ert of Candle, Alaska, and will be used for towing sledges from place to place in the frozen North. The machine was converted from a four cylinder runabout and is made in the caterpillar style in order that it may run over the soft snow fields without sinking in. The machine is of a similar type to that used by Sir Earnest Shackelton in his thwarted dash for the South Pole. VICTIMS OF MILITARY IT often happens that young men in foreign countries, who endeavor to evade the military laws are apprehended and brought to a complete realization of the rigidity of the laws of their native country. The case of the inan who is shown with his family in the above photograph is particularly interesting on account of the fact, that after he had been apprehended it was discovered that he had been married for many years. The man whose profession is the weaving of baskets, etc., eleven years ago, omitted to have his name entered into the military lists of France. A short time ago this omission was discovered by the authorities in the Colonial Infantry at Brest. He is a married man and the father of six children. He is forced by his profession to travel from place to place. In order that he may be accompanied by his family, he hit upon the novel plan of using the van, drawn up in front of the barracks as shown in the picture. While he is thus in service his wife receives financial assistance from the government. In his leisure moments, he follows his profession of a weaver of baskets, at which he is quite expert, thus adding to his income. THIS MAP SHOWS THE AREA OF SWAMP AND OVERFLOW LANDS OF EACH STATE. MENACE TO PUBLIC HEALTH EN acres of swamp or marshy land in TEN a county can breed enough mosquitoes, malaria, and typhoid to seriously affect the health of the entire county and greatly lessen the industrial efficiency of the community. In the United States are swamp and marshy lands that aggregate an area almost as large as all England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales combined. There are more than 75,000,000 acres, approximately 118,000 square miles. The area of Great Britain is 121,390 square miles, including the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. The swamp area of the United States is almost as large as the states of Illinois, Indiana and Ohio combined. It is as large as New York, Illinois, Massachusetts and New Jersey. The crops of these 75,000,000 acres are snakes, frogs, mosquitoes, fevers, and alligators. Only the frogs and alligators are of any value of any kind. The mos TRICYCLE FOR STREET CLEANING. It is the invention of Jacquelin, the French champion bicycle rider. At the rear of the tricycle is a revolving brush that sweeps the dust into a basket fastened between the rear wheels. |
