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! Preparing Orchard Land.
1 The laud t3houid be cult1'vated for
I ; two or three years and freed of all
" wild sad and weeds before it Is set
' to orchard , says O. 1 % ! . Morris , of the
'L Oldahomn station. The land should
. , b J plowed deep so as to give as deep
soil as posslble. , Most of the prairie
coil In Oklahoma Is very poor in hum
r , mus or decaying vegetable matteI :
: . \ Such lands should be well manured
before the orchard Is set. The manure .
nuro should be scattered evenly over
. ' the field and turned under with the
. turning plow. The practice of applying .
" ing large quantities of manure In
. , , " places where the tree Is to stand can
r..a' r. ; , , not be recommended. This practice
I ) ) . ' , of uneven manuring Is usually car-
> L4 , : . ' , ' rued out In one of two ways. The
l + , . : : . manure Is applied very thickly in
I- ' , . ' ; ' the immediate vicinity of the tree
' . . and worked Into the soil or It Is
\ , , , . , ' thrown in dead furrows that are made
in the row where the trees are fa be
, . ' set , and then covered. The manure
1" \ will decay faster If evenly distributed
over the land. The trees will gather
food from all directions and form a
I I . bett r root system. Where the fer-
. tllzer Is unevenly distributed , the
J roots seek the most fertile soil and
ic : f are developed there In greatest num-
bers. As a result the water Is taken
out of such places very fast and In
! dry weather these spots dry out and
' the greater part of the root system Is
' , I left without water. Trees set on such
. land will always : suffer more for water
. than on soil evenly fertilized. Sub-
. . . , soiling is beneficial on soil that has
, ' ' " . , - ; , ' . ) . ' a hard . clay subsoil. Throwing out a
} ; o'J , " deep dead furrow where the row of
° $
, J ; , trees Is to stand and then filling again
: . ; . - " . ' " ' . . , , after the trees are set Is often of
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: ' value both to loosen the subsoil and
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y to help drain the laud. These fur-
:
II rows should run up and down the
\ ' ' ' ' hill and be as deep as Is possible to
make them with the tools at hand.
. ' The water that stands on the ground
. " seldom does any harm to the trees ,
but the soil becomes packed and In
, f- j a little dry spell bakes and dries out
I" very rapidly. A short time before
Ica' : ; ; : ' : ' the trees are set the land should be
" , " : ( stirred deep and the soil well pulver-
. ' . ; ! ' Ized and left In a smooth , level condition -
, . 't.- ' 1' . : : . _ tlon free from dead furrows and
; ; LL ' rIdges. .
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. . . ; I. When to Water the Horse
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. i i ! _ , ' The effects of watering horses before .
: : Z : * . ; ; fore , during and after feeding have
. ' been studied by a good many horsemen .
, men , but the conclusions arrived at
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" , " . have not been always uniform. In a
, , - -iI. . general way It may be said that the
: : . ; . : ' .S ; : . . " time of watering does not have any
. ' : ' . ' " . . - appreciable effect on the dIgestion
< ' : , , . 3" of n ration of hay and , grain When
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: : ' : ' . { , ' . hay Is fed alone there Is a slight
'i : . , - gain In digestibility In watering after
. . "i. „ ; ' : feedIng , and It Is believed that when
\ j. ' ' ' graIn Is fed the waterIng should be
: done before feeding. The time of
. watering has , however , a marked effect .
feet on the amount of water drank
f ; : " ; and the amount excreted. The amount
' : ; ' f. ' " Is greatest when horses are watered
: ' - after feeding and smallest when they
are watered before feeding , under
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2 normal conditions of exercise and
: , : , : . ' temperatura. When water 19 offered
" before feeding , horses frequently rem
o fuse it The manner of watering does
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. . . , . . - . . . . ; . not appear to change the composition
H , . of the faee s. In the case of heavy
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exercise preceding the feeding , water
/ should be supplied before that feed-
- ' i /,1. tng , apparently for the reason that a
: f , " , ; . ' good deal of moisture has passed out
' ; I of the aminal's body In the exercise
f' and a certain amount Is needed In
" helping the stomach perform Its func-
'ttons. If an animal has become accustomed -
: - ! - eustomed to one way of watering It
should be continued , as the animal
does not readily take to a change In
this regard
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ATTACK ON PORT ARTHUR
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Japanese Engage Ports and War
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Reports indicate that the battle on
he Yalu was a complete defeat for
the Hussians.
There Is an unconfirmed report that
the Japanese have captured New
Ohwang and that the Russians have
been ! routed. ,
In another sea battle of Port Ar-
thur the Japanese lost a number at
vessels. Flreshlps were sent into the
harbor , but failed to a'ccompllsh the
purpose intended
From 3,000 to 4,000 Russians are reported -
ported to have been killed In the battle .
qe on the Yalu.
Another Japanese fleet Is reported
to , Rave been sighted off Port Arthur
PORT ARTHUR-A Japanese squadron .
ran appeared off Port Arthur after
daybreak and engaged the forts and
war ships. The tIght Is still proceed-
Ing.
Thirty Japanese prisoners have been
captured. (
At 1 o'clock in the morning five
Japanese torpedo boats were sighted
The Russian land batteries , the gun :
boat GllIale with the coast defense
vessels Grlmlschl and Otvashnl opened .
cd fire and compelled them to retire.
Immediately ( afterwards other , Japan.
ese ships were sighted on the horIzon.
They were headed by a 11reshlp , which
was sunk near the entrance of the
harbor at 1:20 : a. m. After an Interval
Ji twenty-five minutes two more fire.
ships came on and were sent to the
bottom.
At 2 : 5 four more 11reshlps ap-
proached. Three of these blew up on
our mines. Two of these sank Imme-
diately and the other two fireshlps
were sunk by the batteries and war
ships.
The protected cruiser Askold particf
pated In the 11rlng. Fifteen minutes
later three more 11reshlp2 arrived.
One of them blew up on a mine , the
second was wrecked on the shore and
the third was sunk by the Russian
sheets
The crews of the Japanese 11reshlplJ ;
which were sunk while attempting to
block the channel tried to save themselves .
selves In boats In whIch they put out
to , sea. A majority or them were kill.
ed by the Russian machine guns and
1'I11es. Some of the survivors were
picked up.
At daybreak a number of Japanese
were seen clinging to the masts and
funnels of the sunken vessels and
these were rescued by the Russians.
Thirteen of the wounded Japanese
have since died. The Russians snp
plied the survivors with food and
clothing and the wounded were taken
to the hospital ship Mongolia.
During the mornIng ten at the en-
emy's torpedo boats remained In the
offing and were fired on at long range.
At 5:30 : o'clock It was signnlled that
there was a Japanese fleet in the vicinity .
cinity and that two or the enemy's
launches had been run ashore. The
town is quIet. Largo crowds watched
the morning's operations with great
interest.
ROOSEVELT WILL NOT SPEAK.
Several Members of the Cabinet Will
Go on the Stump.
ASHINGTON.-Questlons relating .
Ing to the Panama canal , general politics .
Itles and departmental matters were
the subjects under consideration at
the meeting of the cabInet Friday.
While the president himself does
not expect to deliver political speeches
during the approaching campaign , It
Is said that several members of the
cabinet will take an active part In the
contest Secretaries Taft , Shaw ,
Moody , Wilson and Attorney General
Knox are all expected to deliver Important .
portant speeches , and some of them
will sneak many times It Is said , also ,
that Speaker Cannon will make an extensive -
tenslve , tour of the country , earn ;
palgnlng wherever , his services seem
to be needed most
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AN ILLINOIS FARMER IN WEST. I
ERN CANADA.
A recent issue of the Shelb\1lle ,
Illlnols , Democrat contains a long and
interesting letter from 1\11' . Elias Best ,
formerly It prosperous ! farmer oC that
state , who recently emigrated to Western .
ern Canada , taking up a claim for '
himself and for each of his three sons ]
From 1\Ir. Kost's letter , which was ,
written Fe1J. 3 , 190.1 , we publish ! the
following , believing it will prove of
great interest to those who have contemplated .
templnte settling in the Canadian
Northwest :
"I had In August , 1902 , secured a
claim for myself , and filed on three
quarter sections for my sons. My
claim Is one-half mile south of the
Edmonton and Lake St. Anne trail
"Coming EO late In the season we
had little opportunity to break and to
prepare ground for a first year's crop ,
still we raised over 100 bushels of
very fine potatoes , and sowed a few
acres of barley , but the season was
too far advanced for the barley. However .
ever , we secured good feed from it ,
and on rented ground 18 miles east of
us , raised a fine crop of oats , so that
we will have plenty at feed for horses.
We cut about 60 tons of hay acid thus
will have an abundance. We have , all
told , about 240 acres of hay meadow ,
which would yield the past year over
three tons to the acre , and In an ordinary -
dinary season the meadow would furnish .
nlsh 600 tons of hay. The grass Is
very nutritious , and cattle on the
ranges become very fat without be
lug fed a pound of grain.
"On the upland the grass grown
from eight to ten Inches tall This Is
called range grass , and 10 suitable for
stock at any time ; even In the winter
when the ground Is not covered too
deep with snow. Horses subsist on It
alone , at an times , provided they are
native st.ock. The grass In the hay
meadows here Is caned red . top , and
grows from 11vQ : to six feet In length ,
and when cut at the proper time
yields an abundant crop of nutritious
hay
"Our cattle have not cost us a cent
since we came on our homestead , only
the small outlay for salt and labor In
putting up hay and shelter. All cattle
have been doing well this winter , and
feeding up' to the first of January was
unnecessary , as there was good range
up to that time.
"All the snows up to that date were
followed by winds from the northwest .
west that melts It very rapidly ; these
winds are called Chinook winds , and
are always warm. In one night a
Chinook wind may take away three
or four Inches of snow.
"We have bunt on our claim a com
Portable house of hewn logs , 20x26
feet , one and one.halt stories In
height , with a good cellar. During the
latter part of June we rafted logs
down the Sturgeon to a sawmill , about
eight miles away , and thus secured
5,000 feet of good lumber which was
needed for the house. Later In the
season a shingle mill located six
miles away. 1'0 this we hauled logs
and had shingles cut for the roof .
"We had nn abundance of wild fruit
the past season , consisting of goose.
berries , strawberries , raspberries , e'o-
berries , blueberries , cherries and .sas-
icatoons. The latter are a fine looking
berry , red , and quite pleasant to the
taste , but not much to be desired In
coolery. The strawberries are the
same as those that grow wild In 1ll1.
nols. Raspberries are red In color ,
large and equal to any of the tame
varieties , and so are the gooseberries.
The cranberries consist of the high
and trailing varieties. The latter are
most sought and contiguous to the
swamps. The ground Is literally covered .
ered with them as with a red carpet ,
but the best and most sought Is the
blueberry , so called by the Indians
This Is the famous 'hucl < leberr ) " '
( whortleberry ) of the Blue Ridge
Mountains In Pennsylvania , and can.
hot be excelled for excellence by any
fruit cultivated. It Is found here both
on the prairie and In the timber In immense .
mense quantities.
"Garno fs very plentiful : : ; 0 far as
prairie chickens , pheasants , ducks of
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an kinds l , and geese are C'o:1C'cl'IJl1l1. :
'Ye have taken nearly GOO chlclconfJ :
and pheasants , also a great many ,
ducks
"An occasional deer is seen , hut are
not plentiful , only one having ! been
taken during the season In this - settlement -
ment
" 'l.'lsh are very plentiful at all ) ) seasons -
sons of the 'ear. Fish wagons and
I sleds are passing almost daily along
the trail with heavy lands of fish , des-
tined for St. Albert and Edmonton.
From the latter point they are shipped
south on the Calgary and Edmonton
railroad to points along the line , and
also to Asslnlhoin , on time Canadian
Pacific railroad "
For further information apply to .
any authorized Canadian Government
Agent whose address appears elsewhere -
where In thIs paver. .
Joke On General Miles
General Miles was standing In the
lobby of the Arlington the other nIght ,
and happened to overhear a remark
made by a small , thin young man who
was standing near. "Durlng the
Spanish war , " the young man nad said , .
"I took five Spanish officers without
any assistance from the army or
navy " \Vhat.'s that ! " asked General
Miles , turning upon him abruptly ,
"you say ; you took five Spanish om-
cers without the assistance of the
army or navy ! " "Tlull's exactly what
I sold , sir , " replied the young man:1 :
"by myself and without any loss of
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blood. It happened at Doston. Ilero
Is my card. I am Smallsmlth , the
photographer. Now , If you will allow : ,
me to pose you , General , ' "
but the general had fiett. .
Causing Iron to Swim. '
Elisha required a stick to male the
ax of Iron swim. 'Ve have never
learned. the properties of that stock
But there Is a pretty trick of causing
a pace of Iron to swim of Its own
accord. Let It be a half Inch thick ,
say , and two inches square , or have
It round , and perfectly smooth on one
side at least. Place the smooth side
against the perfectly smooth , square
end of an open glass tube say an inch
and a half In diameter , anti haler It
there until It and the tube arc low-
ered Into a vessel of water to 0.
depth greater than about eight times
the thickness of the Iron. Remove
the hand and the Iron will remain
In Its place , the upward pressure of
the water preventing Its slnlcing. This
Is the principle of the Iron ship.
A "J. P. " that Fined Himself.
Robert Malzahn , justice of the peace
at Good Thunder , Minn. , dispenses
liquor at retail when not occupied \
with his judicial cares. A food inspector -
specter secured from Mr. Malzahn's
place of business a sample of black-
berry. A complaint was swam out
and Judge Malznhn in his jUdicial capacity -
PMlt , heard the case of Mnlzahn , the
saloonkeeper Finding l\1alzahn , line
defendant , guilty , Judge : Mal : alm im-
posed a fine or $25 : ! , and then as Mal-
zahn , the saloon Ieee per , he paid t.he
fine. The money has been remitted
to the state treasurer. .
1'0 he truthful and polite at the
same time sometimes puts IL rubber
attachment on your conscience.
Any man who Is continually making
a fool of himself must be a natural
'
born tautologist.
PIso's Cure cannot be too hIghly spoken of aei
Ii cough curc.-J. W. O'DmEN , 322 Third AT' ,
N. , Minneapolis , Minn. , Ju.n. C. L900.
The people who have seen better '
days did It with a telescope
ALL UP-TO-DATE JlOUfJICKEEPER8
Use Red Cross Ball Bluo. It makes clothes
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clean and sweet 88 when new. All grOCtifa.
A man can make his wIre believe almost -
most .thlng-durlng their honey-
moon.
Try me just once and I am sure
to come again. Defiance Starch.
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