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About Hemingford herald. (Hemingford, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1895-190? | View Entire Issue (July 17, 1896)
,f - A 'V. 'i fen K J 8m "OLD STATE OF PIKE." THE HOME OF THE STARK BROTHERS NURSERIES. One or tlio IJIffRoit Institutions In the World Its Tral Kxtcmls to Nearly Every Civilized Nation on Uurtli. St. LouIb Republic, January 7, 1S9G: Ono of the largest Institutions In Louis iana Is tho Stark Bro's Nurseries and Orchards company. The trade of tho llrm extends not only throughout tho United States, Canada, Germany, Prance, Italy, Hungary and other for eign countries, but It has a number of customers both In New Zealand and Australia. Eighty years ago there came from Kentucky to Plko county the late Judge Stark, then a young man fresh from Old Hickory's Now Orleans cam paign. He started the nursery and planted the first grafted orchard in the state, having brought ,tho scions on horseback from Kentucky. The business has descended from father to son, and Is now conducted by the third generation, assisted by the fourth. This ilrm has moro than 1,000 traveling solicitors, and employs more people In its offices than would bo nec essary to run a large manufacturing concern. Tho extensive packing-houaes of the company are adjacent to the city, connected with tho railroad by special tracks. From these packing-houses hundreds of carloads of trees are shipped annually. The viursery grounds embrace a number of farms convenient to the city, and even extends to Rock port, 111., where there Is a plant of several million trees. The peculiarity of the concern Is tho establishment of largo orchards. These orchards In 24 states aggregate nearly nO.OOO acres, and more than 3,500,000 trees on the partnership plan. The firm is also interested in as many more trees on the co-opcrallve arrangement. The nurseries have been beneficial not only to their home, but Missouri owes no little of her prestige as a fruit growing region to the progress and work of development of this firm. Tho exhibits of this firm, whenever made, attract great attention, and do much to advertise the state. The firm pays large amounts for new varieties of fruit, and conducts the largest businc33 of the kind In America, If not in the world. Louisiana firms have more traveling men upon the road for them than travel out of any other city of the world of its size. This, of course, is largely due, to the large number of men employed by the Stark Bros. Nurseries, who fur nish their men the moat complete, up-to-date outfit ever Issued. They are Increasing their force of salesmen dally and room for more. Iinltntloti Antiquities. The genuineness of antiquities is hard to vouch for, as has been proved by an English woman who recently re turned home from Egypt. She brought with her a terra cotta. figure of a cat which she saw with her own eyes dug up out of the ruins of Karnac. Sho paid a good price for It, and was de lighted with her purchase. Unfor tunately, the other day it was knocked down and smashed. Its head was then found to be stuffed with old num bers of the Birmingham Pest London Times. Hall' Catarrh Cnre Is a constitutional cure. Price, 75c No Improvement. "Say, it was a great Idea to put the district messenger boys on wheels. I saw one going like the wind today." "Huh! He probably struck a good bicycle road und was trying to com plete a century run before delivering his message." Truth. IIegman'Camplior Ice vrith Glycerine. Hie original and only genuine. Cures Chapped Hands aud Kace, Cold Sorvs &. C. O. Clark Co. ,N.Ha cn.Ct- Tbe girl of tho period is not tbo kind who captivates men. FITS stopped frve and verminert'v "-r il. No tlintihrrtln.tu.iy.ii'jcf Dr. Kllnc'sC'rat Nerve ltentorer. 'rre S3 1 nal loitl"nnd tieatie Mar v. douscures. Uk.KUXk,WI ArcnSt. l'LlJkJC:phla,l's. otne distinction goes with tbo girl who docs not ride a wheel. An hour with the lawn mower every day Is a desirable exercise. I believe 1'iso's Cure is tho only medicine that will euro consumption. "Anna M. Roes, Willlamsport, Pa., Nov. 12, 'U5. As soon as Adam named tho anlma's, h bad a language. Gladness Comes With a better understanding of the transient uaturo of the many phys ical ills, which vanish before proper ef forte gentle effort s pleasant efforts rightly directed. There is comfort in tho knowledge, thnt so many forms of sickness are not due to any actual dis ease, but simply to ij-constipated condi tion of the system, which the pleasant family laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt ly removes. That is why it is the only remedy with millions of families, and is everywhere esteemed so highly by all who value pood health. Its beneficial effects are due to the fact, that it is the one remedy which promotes internal cleanliness without debilitating the organs on which it acts. It is therefore all important, In order to get its bene ficiul effects, to note when you pur chase, that you have the genuine arti cle, which is manufactured by the Cali fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by all reputable druggibts. If in the enjoyment of good health, and the system is regular, laxatives or other remedies are then not needed. If alilicted with any actual disease, one may bo commended to the most bkillful physicians, but if in need of a laxative, onb should have the best, und with the welMnfonned everywhere. Syrup of Figs stands highest and is most lark ' y used und gives most general satisfaction. DAIEY AND POULTRY. INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR OUR RURAL READERS. How Successful rsrmeri Operate Thlt Department of tho Fnrut A Ver Hint as to the Cnro of Live Stock and 1'oultry. RS. A. L. SMITH, Gibson county, In diana. I have had considerable expe rience with tho fault mentioned nbove. I have tried a number or reme dies, but have found nothing so effective ns chang ing them to now quarters, find watching them closely for a few days, getting each egg as it Is laid. Several years ago I broke a fine lot of Black Lang jshtins of this habit. This year I had a lot of White Javas that got the habit and I broko them In the same way. Tho cause Is chiefly confinement In close runs. I had to shut up my fowls for several days in the house and that is where they learned tho habit. I put them into a new run and gathered the eggs as fast as they were laid for a few days and tho habit was soon bro ken up. When I have a hen that Is sit ting and brings off an egg every time she comes from the nest I cover up her sitting place and take her out and feed and water her every morning, giving her meat scraps If I have any. I do this for several mornings and after that I have no trouble. I practice tak ing off my hens, feeding them, and putting them back on the nest, cover ing tho eggs with a warm cloth while the hens aro off. I use Incubators but usually havo some hens sitting toward tho end of the season. I had one egg eater this season, but soon broke her as nbove. Hens will not eat eggs if they havo proper animal food. A mor bid appetite is the cause. If I should find one that could not be broken by tho treatment that I have mentioned I would take her off the eggs for a few days and put another hen on them (as I generally have supernumeraries) and give tho egg cater a few china eggs to practice on. She woyjd forget her old habit In a few days. Ono way that hens learn to eat eggs is by having too many hens laying in tho same nest. Some of tho eggs aro broken, and In this way the habit Is begun. Whole eggs or half egg shells thrown to them will teach them to break eggs; that was tho way my Langshans learned the trick and my Javas learned it by being kept shut up where they were Idle. Now when I feed egg shells I al ways crush them. I now havo about 400 chicks. Of the older broods there will weigh eight pounds. The next brood are three weeks younger, and I have two other broods (Incubator) at intervals of three weeks in age. Tho four broods consist of White Javas, White Cochins, White Langshans, and White Plymouth Rocks with a few half-breed Javas with the latter birds. Ruben G. Porter, Emmet county, Michigan. I havo had some trouble with hens eating their eggs in tho nests where they were laid, but none eating them when they were sitting on them. Make the nests In kegs and the hens cannot get at them and will soon stop the habit. F. J. Marshall, Butler county, Ohio. Yes, I have had some experience with the egg eaters. It is a pernicious habit and hard to break up If several get at it at the same time. The best way then Is to make a nest slanting so that the egg will roll out of the reach and sight of the hen as soon as it is laid. Care should be taken that the construction of the nest is such that the eggs will not be broken as they roll away. Con fined hens are most apt to contract this habit. I have also bad hens that were sitting eat their eggs. They would bring off an egg with them every time they came off to cat and keep up the habit till the eggs were all gone. Such hens usually break an egg when get ting on the nest and then take it out with thom next time they go to feed. I never could remedy this to my satis faction. Nests for sitters should not bo deep at point of entrance as that con dition Is most likely to result in bro ken eggs. I think that if they did not get an egg broken at first they would not enrry them off, but tho smeared eggs make them worse. Whenever an egg has been broken and the other eggs smeared they should be at once washed In lukewarm water and the nests made dark, if possible. Dehorntiic Calves. Cattle ought not to have horns. We all believe that today. It is best to breed them off. There are as good animals of the beef breeds that are polled as that have horns. It Is time that horns were bred off the milk breeds. Next best is to prevent the horn starting on the calf. It is not five minutes' time, nor one cent's ex pense, to do it. I have dehorned many and never failed or made a sore head. After using patented fluids and caustic potash, I now use common con centrated lye, such as the women use for breaking water and making soap. When the calf is less thaji ten days old is the right time. Simply wet the bump where you expect tho horn and rub on as much powdered lye as will equal three grains of corn. Do not wet elsewhere. Let the calf alone thereafter. The scabs will come off and the hair will grow out as nicely as on a natural poll. I do not see that the fighting or butting habit is devel oped in these dehorned calves. A Jersey bull four years old would have killed my brother had he had horns. He got fctm down in the pasture and no one was near to help. A shepherd doe came to the rescue. I ask Dr. w Smoad it it is possible to produce polls by dehorning in this wny? It is against scientific teaching if I mistake not, yot I had a helfcr, a thoroughbred Shorthorn as I thought, having raised her, that had beon dehorned nt calf hood and breeding hor to our St. Lnm bert bull, also dehorned when n calf, the result is a perfect poll. I am sure of these facts, yet they upset my theories of heredity somowhat. Jos eph E. Wing. I can dehorn 100 calves for 10 cents. That sounEds big. but it Is true. I take tho calf from three to fivo days old and use concentrated lye, a 10-cent box. I take n pair of shears, clip the hair over the nub about the size of a nickel, dampen, but not enough to run down tho side of tho head, put what will lay on point of knlfo on nub and rub a llttlo with fin ger and tho Job Is done. It will form a scab, which will como off Itself. I have never had a miss yet. I think it very cruel to cut off the horns. I saw ono cow faint away after cutting off her horns. A. P. J. in National Stock man. t Olco In France. The French chamber of deputies has passed a very stringent measure by which it is made Illegal for dealerB in butter to kqep oleo for sale, or vlco versa; the fraudulent compositions aro only to bo sold at places especially de signed by tho municipality of each town. Moreover, all boxes, firkins, or other packages containing oleo, must bear the word "margarine" in largo chararters, and a full description must bo given of the elements employed in making the composition. In tho retail trade all oleo must bo placed in bags, on the outside ofw hlch aro to bo found a description of the article with tho name and address of the vendor. Full authority is given to the inspectors to enter butter factories aud shops, and take specimens for analysis; in tho event of the specimens being found pure tho cost ylll be borne by the state. Tho pennltles for an Infraction of tho new law will vary from six days' to three months' imprisonment, and a fine of $20 to $1,000, while in tho event of tho same person being convicted a second time within a year, tho maxi mum fine will also bo imposed. There will also bo a heavy fine imposed on persons who place hindcrance in the way of the inspectors. r,' Judlclom Feeding of Cattle. In an address, E. P. Lee said: "If wo would bo successful breeders of cat tle, we should give to our cows an abundant supply of healthful food, proper shelter and exercise; then select the best bull we can afford to purchase, for crossing with them; and when this is accomplished, wo have employed moro or less Imperfectly all the pro cesses under which the domestic ani mals of the sarao species develop into breeds. Good food, or the lack of it, exercise in moderation or excess, shel ter or exposure, and selection or care lessness in crossing, these mako up the sum total of the influences which modi fy constantly, for better or for worse, our horses and cattle, hogs and Bheep. Tho form, constitution, and temper of every domestic animal Is, asldo from tho characteristics of the species, the effect of the interplay of these causes. Judicious feeding, careful treatment in shelter and exercise, and skilful selec tion for coupling, aro the key notes to the breeders's art. If one of these be lacking, breeding is nearly a failure. If all are defective, the animals that result are well night worthless. Wo must be careful in regard to mating. The breeder should notice tho defects of the female ho wishes to breed, and couple her with a male as nearly per fect as possible; and especially strong In the point where she is weak, and by so doing for a few generations, we shall have arrived at nearly perfection. Sheep. The history of sh.-ep husbandry dates back to almost as remote a period as that of man, and from that time to the present, has Justly occupied a promi nent position in the commerce of all civilized nations of the world, being a source of luxury, ornament and profit, and when John Randolph of Roanoke publicly proclaimed that he would at any time go a mile out of his way to kick a sheep, he virtually asserted that it would be a luxury to abuse his best friend. I do not propose in this brief essay to give the origin or history of tho various families or kinds of sheep, but will view the subject as it exists in our country at tho present time, as a branch of. mixed husbandry. Thnt a flock of sheep is a necessity on the farm I unhesitatingly assert. As la borers In the field they are industrious and thorough, feeding upon briars and many other species of vegetable ver min, consuming much of all kinds of forage, both in summer and winter, that is rejected by other stock and convert ing it Into and distributing over the field a more valuable fertilizer than it would bo in a crude state. C. C. Mor ton. Feeding Vetch Hay. As a preliminary report for the pur pose of answering some questions re garding the feeding of vetch hay, I present a brief summary of results of our experience in feeding this mate rial. We havo fed the vetch hay to fattening steers, and to cows giving milk, and in both cases the results have been very satisfactory. It was compared with clover hay in both in stances. The steers made good gains when receiving vetch hay as the only dry food, except the grain. Two steers were fed 42 days on tho vetch hay, and gained 3.07 pounds and 2.07 poundB respectively, per day. Those fed on clover hay gained 2.1C pounds and 2.5G pounds respectively. The vetch when properly cured is reliBbed by all kinds of stock. It must not stand until too rlpo boforo cutting. When fed to milch cows tho flow of milk and per cent of butter fat was maintained throughout tho test, which . extended over a pqriod of 4C days. As a cheap substitute for clover hay tho . vetch seems to nnswor tho ilomand very satisfactorily. It is an annual, conse quently must bo sown ovary year. In this respect it can not bo compared with clover. As n fertilizing crop, It is not as Good as clover for it docs not root nB deeply, nor loosen tho boII as completely ns clover. II. T. Fxcnch, Oregon Experiment Stntlon. Here Kitting Hen. I havo had some hcnB cat their cggB whoro laid, but find that it almost al ways occurs In midwinter or early spring when tho birds aro short of grit. It generally commences by lay ing soft shelled eggs or lnylng off tho roosts at night, whon they havo nn op portunity to roll tho eggs around nnd peck at them. When tho Bprlng 1b fairly on and the laying season in full swing, I havo never been bothered ex cept by an occasional caso, and if I can detect that hen off goes her head. My sitting hens never bother me by eating tho eggs sot under them, unless I happen to put In nn egg that lins a very soft shell and it gets broken in the nest, or In somo caso where tho nest Is mado in such a manner that tho hen has to drop into it from too great height, and thus accidentally break an egg. But those accidents I usually guard against after ono experi ence. As to treatment, if it Is an Iso lated caso of egg eating and I can find tho hen I chop her head off. But if in early spring or in tho winter a mania Becms to selzo them for egg eating I scatter china nest eggs on tho floor and in tho nests, nnd keep nil eggs picked up ns fast ns they aro laid for a few days and find no difficulty in stopping the habit in this way. Joseph Murphy. Delta County, Michigan. Medium Hogs for Market. Drovers' Journal: Big corn means big hogs. Big hogs means lots of lard, big hams and big pork, which is now, nnd 1b liable to remain a heavy drug on tho market. Tho January flurry In the prices of hogs and provisions made ev erybody feel bullish, and the conse quence was farmers and feeders held their hogs long after they ought to have been shipped. While cellars and storehouses have been crowded with heavy, fat stuff that nobody seemed to want, packers say they cannot possibly supply the demand for bacon and cuts of pork mado from light hogs at prices considerably above board of trade quo tations. There is nothing like supply ing the demand with what it wants, and holding already heavy hogs to Blmply store moro cheap corn into them is folly. Better sell tho hogs when they are at tho most desirable weights and save tho corn, which will ipme In handy. Silos. Prof. Gcorgcson at tho Kan sas Dairy association convention said: "I would like to indorse the question of silos. We have had flfty-Blx head of cattle, which wo wintered last year, and they were wintered for six months on tho corn that was raised on twenty acres or a little less; all put in the bIIo. They were fed an average of forty poundB of ensilage per day. We began feeding it the latter part of October and It lasted until the middle of May. They got nothing else except a llttlo corn stalks fed In tho daytime. It kept them in good condition. Tho Shorthorns and those cows which wo did not care to feed for milk did not get a grain of anything else." Now York Milk. Mr. Van Valken burg, assistant commissioner of agri culture for New York, said to a re porter for The World, in relation to milk as the farmers send it in: "About four cans in ono hundred show adul teration. They show an average of about 10 per cent of adulteration by watering or skimming. This repre sents only about sixteen quarts of water added to 4,000 quarts of milk. I claim that there are no two cities in the United States that are supplied with milk so nenrly up to tho Btand ard mado by the state legislature of Now York as In New York and Brook lyn." Fast-Walking Farm Horses. Any good breed of trotting horses, or any horse which has thoroughbred blood in its veins, can by practice be mado to walk fast. No common-bred animal can bo made a fast walker. A fast walker is made by careful exercise in that gait and it Ib a delightful ono for a traveler if his steed walks four or five miles an hour. It Is also very im portant to tho farmer to hnve a fast walking team; but it depends much on the rider or driver whether a horse ever attains this highly esteemed quality. Farm and Home. Danger in Holding Stock. The farmer who "holds for a rise" does not always get it. He loses a double In terest, for the farmer who has money in hand can save twice the legal in terest by buying all hla needed winter supplies In bulk and by paying cash for them. After stock 1b ready for market there is a probability that the added cost of feeding will offset any increase in value. Air Space for Cows. Tho depart ment of ttnimal industry considers that each cow should have at least COO cubic feet of air space. A diet of fruit and-mllk, it is said, will reduce flesh at tho rate of five pounds a week. It has been found Impossible to build a lighthouse on Diamond Shoal, off HattcraB, but tho government will put in a lightship at once, and she will be tho strongest ever made. Thn T.onaltnnM of VTrnltli. Ferry I doubt if riches bring lmppl ness. Some of our rich men seem to bo tho most lonely pcoplu on earth. ilargreavcs And 1 don't doubt that they nre. I know I would bo awfully lonesome It it weren't for tho company I find in tho bill collectors that call on me. Cincinnati Enquirer. Valuable Franchise Secured. Tho frnnchWo of onsy nlOHllon-ono of (ho most valdnhlo In tho Rift of medical nclonco cnu uo'ocurod hy any purMin wlso unouith to mo HoMattcr'n Mnmiu'li Hitter, oltlior to Mipprois hiowImb ilysimp'lu. or to uproot It at maturity. Hlllou, rhoitmath; and fovnr nud actio ntiiroror, persons troubled with nervousness, and tho const I pnteri. should also M"tirn the health fran chise by tho s.iiTio nioaiiR. No man of refinement is over Interested in unwomanly women. II tho Ilnhy Is Cutting Teetn. Oorure and ura that oM i)J clltrled remedy, Mts. lYixLou ' IS ootiiiku Sriitr for Children Tit thing- An excellent thing to rouicinler Ib thnt every story has two sides. FREE HOMES Noarly 2,000,000 Acres of Government Land3 Now Open to fWtlrttnnnt tr tU NORTHERN ARKANSAS. Tbty srr fertile, wrll-wattiml. tirTllr-tli.it)rnM, ami urodupo stains, pr and. fruit and vegetables In sbmuUncp. North AikkUMsaiiplis are noted. Tho climate l drlitddful, winters mild aiul short.; These laiidsarvsunjret to liutni.ttad entry ot 100 acn-a each ROW IS TIIK TIUK 10 tin a Hunk. For further In. futinatloiikddrris Ln.i.M 10 cnu la Biinr. E. V. M. POWELL, Immigration Agont, Harrison, Ark. IK llrfcrs to Dank of Harrison and lloone County Hunk, llarrlnon, Ark. , ; v a " Cut Down PLUG A woman knows what a bargain really is. She knows better than a man "BATTLE AX" is selected every time by wives who buy tobacco for their hus bands. They select it because it is an honest bargain. It is the biggest in size, the smallest in price, and the best in quality. The 5 cent piece is almost as large as the piece KKWXIHXKlZKKKWIIEnZWnCWWlZKmZKKKWnZKWWkJ "Out and away the most popular." The New York Telegram recently organized a monster bicycle parade in New York", offering a bicycle each to the best lady rider and the best gentleman rider in the procession. The prizes . were selected by popular vote of The Telegram's readers, and, as was to be expected, the result was another triumph for STANDARD OF THE WORLD. In the language of The Telegram, the Columbia was declared to be "out and away the most popular wheel in America." Of course. No other bicycle has such quality or gives such satisfaction. You can have a Columbia at once If you place your order promptly. $ POPE MFG. CO., Hartford, Conn. Branch Stores and Agencies In almost every city and town. If Columbia arc not properly represented In your vicinity, let us know. Naked Pills are fit only, for naked sav ages. Clothe nre the marks of civilization iu pills as well ns people. A good coat does not make a good pill, any more than good clothes make a good man. lint ns sure as you'd look on a clothcslcss mail as a rand one, you may look on n costless pill as a bid otic. After fifty years of lest no pills stand higher than AYER'S Cathartic Pills SU(MR COATED. From Uncle Sam, Expenses." 'A A ii Iii 'A A 4 A high grade brands. licycles O T2 i TO ALL 'alike.