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may not be as glued u the garden garnet,
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gardener. dismissed the idea of his remarkable 5", the Vent-Ne according "to J. 1'. WW‘ ‘° 3893‘ the e-Men to now and the
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1.000teetofglass.fromavendor'stradeina u"l'°"“-_Y “1l3h'°|I1¢5ea_|Ipliadheavil inthe :A'nKnwasatisnewhuIwhoa§a:'ro'wswere
wheelbarrow to a commercial gardenefs sub‘- “n °" "<l‘h'~1Y W?!-91!’)! tnthe spring." says  so heavily that they '3‘ 91 no
stantial business, from an insignificgng boy to  nn. A-layer two inchesthieh is not too  use-to aflwoman than a eIvenian’a stone
3 man who holds a world’s championship in m , ""”'d°"'“ °" ’“m"u7 P001’ 90“. W88 fluke!‘ husband. But the tar,
vegetables—thesii are the milutones in the ro- .  context of stable manure is 1”“ Ill” other thints. both iflaral and arti-
._  mantic life story of Henry ":1. conducive to generous leaf growth, ma god. ‘kill, has  e become lighter, until
 - ‘- Kirk-lin learned the nursery business during Vctfhbles as lettuce, cjhbagg gm gag thfh now the womasrgardoer can-y ‘the
J _-j . the eleven years he was in the employ of ‘W ‘L 30'"-"Vet. it is entirely possible to z-.se P°""n" 5"’ “'33 ©0900 3'03! llfllllnga wheel-
‘ Douglass‘ nursery. Afterward he worked 100 much stable manure for the development of barrow around one’s garden plot. .

several years in the’ horticultural department root crops. If this condition exists ‘it is an in- ‘

of the University where he taught students how  that the plant food should be vgfigd .0 . ' ‘T

to bad. graft and grow trees. This work was In to include not only nltrofin but other ole. has been made. They should he worked in with

interesting, but Kirklin was eager to start in mail!-l Illleclally phosphorus.  shallow cultivation.‘ e

business for himself. my be a in_the form of acid phosphate. “Green manure, while splendid for the farm
Oeaselessindustryandfaithinhisworkwere Pqur olhonemealoraeidphoaphatoio u:oes;tnenuhi-tpueueehieseethetmu

factors that eentt-rhuteatothegnaui growth the-«uttered oftround Itatlaered broadcast town

ofhisbusinessnntilitrucheditspi-esentJ:z-o- }’°“"°P’“'¢*1|li8Ia0odapplication.'l1neae ‘

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and other places. Careful records kept by Kirk- .  -_ 4, _? ,_

lin show that in twenty-four years he cleared
,"* Kirl:1ln's achievements in gardening and in V .
1 the reservation of vegetableshave won him Re.“-‘her the    Egg."
‘~. _ notable honors. After winning first place in p .’
 ‘r I ‘*._ several Boone County fairs, he was awarded
‘§»"’-  ‘ second prize on his exhibit in the World's Fair ‘   e
 . at St. Louis in 190; Upon the request o! the ‘\ . ?- A
, .-Late horticultural department he entered an ex- . ' 1 : a ’ i
z hihit at the Te:-centennial Jamestown Exposi-
fi tion in 1907. lie was awarded the gold medal '  I I A I 
;. ‘ signifying the world's championship in ve¢e- j .
 ‘ ‘ tables by a board oz twenty-four judges. The I -
banner which he received is framed in his home.
um LIBRARIES -
and elegant “Official Blue Book" of the James- ‘ _
town Exposition. which is valued at $35 In it y
- is a paragraph which reads: “The Kirkliikeb r
him it we swam“ comma-d man,’ of THE BOOK YOU WANT WHEN YOU WANT IT.
' acts which had been in his ganiui The MISSOURI 3'11) " V hrgat circa]. ' ° ° °
'“ C°‘°.“"’i‘« "'3 9*’? '"1'¢‘°¢ “"3 “W-"**5°n 0‘ Columbia. They are the bfiytelsfi of new wt” 1:
wggwwhu °:_'°;";d“&_*;€:;;;: Wm M” 3_1I:£ei;lhra;Ies gun can get “The Book You Want when You Want It’’
for educating his two daughters at Lincoln In— ne m popuh"
“’~“"‘¢- -"~‘“¢’-3°” CW» "*9 I1 We 5&9‘ 0‘ W‘ The MISSOURI STORES buy to meet the demands of its members,
wife’s sister he redeemed her mortgaged home , no -
and gave it to the two preheat. Later he edu- - 8ew";::tf:.;},;;§ptth°u?:‘:)”ot;}tg m Th°"°‘$ ."°.d.°"V" “° °‘°‘‘‘°‘-. “"3
cated these ' at Jestemh City as he had ' 3°“ ""m“¢- ‘ _
hi! 0'1!  C talllfht   0‘ Have 0“ he‘!-d of some n W‘  ° dhcumd
kl‘ 5'°"‘*°" ““€“°" '“ hi’ m°“'°d' °f 3"’ night? You? want it. we have iteror you. You paywiitsallsmall fee 
gm‘ ""’ '”“"' hi” ‘ ”""'°’ 5“ *5‘ b:l""°”° the book is in your possession and you are free to take put another-
e oun: 's dnth was r to ’
mt”:  on” «Mr? J_ when you are ready. You start and stop when youchoose. No deposit
it. teaches .‘in the Fred Douglass - . "9q°"‘ed- - V
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“min “weld . . . nop.m at any of our book branches. You will be pleased with the
has visitedh‘tshc largest ;:iuh:::;w'.;].iy nlililfi 9"‘ "'“'“"V °f "°°“‘ .°" ‘“‘3”“5'- ‘"6 "°“."‘n °”’°Y “"5 °°"""’°'” 33”“
mm, in the 3.“ “,1 Wu‘ H“ M.“ eyes‘ frnent. Write for our hst_ot' used its withdrawn V We
ebeamiagratitodeasherecountsakinddeed .5enthem‘1"?d‘f°ed  5h3nlh0b¢Khdt08€0di0|ll'l1|8fl
done him by the,late R. 8. Price. "I n. .50.“ order oathlog ‘listing bargains in books, used and new.
to leave for the East." he says. “and ME’. Price _ - '
told me he had something for me. When’! - The new books in the library today: I
inquired of him what it was he handed me a let- . '
ur'ofre¢omm@&fign’ufifn‘met°m‘ken‘¢ cos . . . . ..,.'....e.ee.eeee_e.  
oust whenevarluoedefiit, 1-;..,;.u.,p,.. . 
vided that I was to call on him for financial Blind Man's Buff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jstllil Bemou 6
I541 if any difficulties tune.’ . ' ' Father Ah . . . . . . . . . . . . ° ’
35*'“i°'| “'9 *1! ififlen no in Successful ‘ The Red hlass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Valentine Wflliaina
Farmer and Country Gentleman several years ’ ' i ' ' '
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