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STATE INSTITUTION
Under Fusion Adminlstratiots -All
State Institutions Have Been
Better and Cheaper
Lincoln Neb Special Early In the
iampalgn of 1898 Candidate Hayward
being desirous of making an aggressive
Bght for the republican state ticket
which he headed secured the services
Df one P A Harrison now commonly
known as Thundermaker Harrison
to prepare some figures and tables from
the official records so that Mr Hay
ward might go out on the stump and
everlastingly lanibest the fusion forces
Now Harrison knew that the records
show adversely for the republican par
ty and favorably for the fusion forces
so he manufactured statements and ta
bles galore each one containing a tis
sue of truth and a vast amount of
falsehood and garbled truth Mr
Hayward studied these tables care
fully for some time and then opened
his campaign right here in Lincoln
In that speech he made so many bad
breaks that he was obliged to revise
his speech very much before delivering
it elsewhere That year the fusionists
had prepared a folder which gave cor
rect figures on many items of interest
to the taxpayers and Mr Hayward
after the election admitted in private
conversation that the Reform Pecbrd
as the folder was called had done a
great deal toward defeating him for
the office of governor
This year the is at
his old tricks One of his recent pro
ductions is worthy of reproduction It
was sent out in boiler plate to every
republican country newspaper that
would use it on the home print side
The article is as follows
Omaha It is a low estimate to say
that at the close of the fiscal year the
state of Nebraska will be facing a de
ficit in the funds for the maintenance
tof i the various state institutions of
not less than 100000 If anything the
amount will be larger
Neither is this mere conjecture Al
ready the records in the auditors office
at Lincoln reveal a large shortage and
-assuming that there will be no increase
in the rate of expenditures the deduc
tion t leads up to these figures At best
Jthe shortage cannot fall below the J
100000 markv
This is certainly a bad showing for
ihe Poynter administration consider
ing the fact that the last legislature
appropriated for general purposes more
than 2000000
More- than SSOOfOOO was appropriated
for salaries and wagers alone and yet
generally speaking there will be a
large shortage in these funds
The1 records in the auditors office at
this very time with six months ex
penses unprovided V for show a shortage-
in the funds appropriated for the
Normal School at Peru the Institute
for the Blind at Nebraska City the
Fish Hatchery at South Bend the
Soldiers and Sailors Home at Mil
ford the Soldiers and Sailors Home
it rGand Island the Institute for Fee
ble Minded Touth at Beatrice the
Asylum for the Insane at Norfolk the
Industrial School at Kearney the Asy
lum for the Insane at Lincoln In
short they show a shortage in the
funds of every state institution
These facts are taken from the offi
cial records and they cannot be suc
cessfully refuted The records also
show an -utter disregard for law in
the matter of diverting funds While
the law contemplates that specific ap
propriations shall be used only to meet
obligations against such funds the
practice in general is to use many spe
cific funds as general founds The
torn Is wnere a iuuu is uauo uu
publican legislatures to put aenciency
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which appear on the face of the rec
ords are as follows
Allowed by legislature of 1S9LS P00000
Allowed by legislature of 1893 490109
Allowed by legislature of 1895 1117737
Allowed by legislature of 1897 1579817
Allowed by legislature of 1899 1372303
The principal item of deficiency of
1897 was 1254817 incurred by Com
mandant Culver at the Soldiers Home
at- Milford
SOME OF THE LEGtSLATIVE
TRICKS
Now It should be understood that
legislatures have a trick of dividing
up the appropriation for a given in
stitution Into as many as twenty or
twenty five little funds each one for a
specific purpose If the fund for fuel
and lights becomes exhausted coal
etc cannot be paid for out of the fund
for hoard and clothing even though
that fund may have 10000 more In it
than will be needed and the result is
a deficiency against the fuel and lights
fund to be met by the next legislature
while a portion of the board and cloth
ing fund lapses into the state treas
ury Under fusion government the un
used balances have always more than
covered the amount of deficiency claim
THE OFFICIAL RECORDS
Referring to the auditors books the
following is a true statement regard
insr the Institutions mentioned in the
boiler plate article
PERU NORMAL SCHOOL
Here the fuel and lights appropria
tion is exhausted It was only 3000
although the legislature of 1897 gave
4000 for that purpose A snall defi
cienfcy will be the result of republican
parsimony toward this educational in
stitution The lectures fund 4200
and that for advertising and supplies
250 are also exhausted but there will
probatily be no further indebtedness in
curred in those lines
- INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND
Institute for Blind at Nebraska City
Not one of the funds for current ex
penses or salaries is exhausted The
Thundermaker simply lied thats all
THE FISH HATCHERY
Fish Hatchery at South Bend The
necessary labor fund here is exhausted
It was only 1000 in 1899 as against
2000 in 1897 Another case of nig
gardliness of the republican legislature
SOLDIERS HOME MILFORD
Soldiers and Sailors Home at Mil
ford The employes wages fund of
1500 is exhausted but none of the
other current expense funds are There
will be a smalldeficiency in the main
tenance and clotning fund it was only
8000 as against 7500 in 1897 yet the
population there is 25 per cent greater
SOLDIERS HOME GRAND ISLAND
Soldiers and Sailors Home at Grand
Island Here again republican parsi
mony struck a blow at a state insti
tution With all their great professions
of love for f the old soldier when it
comes to acting the republicans give
him the worst end of it every time On
May 31 1900 there were 298 inmates in
this home yet during the biennium of
1897 8 the average population was only
202 Notwithstanding it was well known
that the population at this home would
increase considerably the legislature
of 1899 appropriated only 8000 for
fuel and lights 1500 for drugs and
instruments 500 for stock and Imple
mentsexactly the same as the legisla
ture nf 1897 had armropriated These
funds are exhausted and deficiencies
will be incurred for the fusion admin
istration has no notion of allowing the
old soldiers to freeze this winter sim
ply because a republican legislature
was too stingy to give them sufficient
money to buy fuel
INSTITUTE FOR FEEBLE MINDED
Institute for Feeble Minded Youth at
Beatrice Three little funds aggre
gating 900 are exhausted All the
other funds have ampllbalances part
of which will probably lapse the first of
next April
NORFOLK HOSPITAL
Hospital for Insane at Norfolk Here
again the republicans got in their work
on the fuel andl ights fund In 1897
12000 was appropriated for that pur
iDOse and it proved to be hardly enough
An additional wing was completed in
1898 and the population has increased
nearly sixty yet thexrepublican legis
lature of 1899 gave only 12000 for
Tw o so other funa specmca fuel ana lghts The una J t yet
it will be inadequate
appropriated for other purposes an act
clearly in violation or tne jaw
That the present administration has
to the people
been an expensive luxury
of Nebraska can no longer be doubted
It is a fact which the official figures
-will substantiate that at the end of
Governor Poynters present term the
state of Nebraska will have paid out
more money and incurred more indebt
deficits and unpaid
edness in the way of
paid bills for the maintenance of the
jiublic institutions than for any other
two years since the state was admitted
to the -union Neither is there any ex
cuse for this large deficiency The last
legislature was liberal in its appropria
tions and while it did not appropriate
ther large amount demanded by the
heads of the various state institutions
for the simple reason that it would have
imposed a hards hip ori taxpayers it ap j
iropriated an amount which had the
Institutions been honestly and econom
ically managed would have been abun
dantly sufficient
THE FACTS IN THE CASE
It may be stated right here that the
-deficiency claims incurred in the main
tenance of the various state institu
tions will not reach one fourth of 100
000 So the first statement can safely
be branded as a Jle It may not be
amiss to say that different legislatures
adopt different methods of making
propriations to cover deficiencies and
i was always a favorite trick of re
exhausted but
tos provide fuel and lights untir March
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LINCOLN HOSPITAL
Hospital for Insane at Lincoln Only
the paints and oil fund 500 exhausted
Probably not a cent of- deficiency wih
be incurred yet the Thundermaker
includes it in his list
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL
Industrial School for Boys at Kear
ney Not a fund exhausted Score
another lie fbr the boiler plate
THE- REAL REASONS
Now what do you think of that Do
you care to know the real reason why
there will be any deficiencies whatever
It need not take long to convince you
During the campaign of 1898 the fu
sionists showed by incontrovertible
proof that they had succeeded in
maintaining the unfortunate wards of
the state at a greatly reduced cost
to the unfortunate words of the state
at a greatly reduced cost to the tax
payers yet they had rendered better
service than ever before And this so
incensed the republican legislators that
they made a determined effort to give
the fusion administration a black
eye if possible by making inadequate
appropriations for the state Institu
tions At nearly every place a new
building or two had been erected there
by necessitating more light and fuel
By copying the appropriations of 1897
the legislature of 1899 could cripple
every state institution by making a
claims in with the miscellaneous claims shortage in the fuel Aarid lights fund
tbiirto hide them Deficiency claii because the necessity for more fuel
and lights was present In nearly every
institution It will be noted that prob
able deficiencies nearly all come un
der this head
COMPARE THESE FIGURES
The following table shows the aggre
gate amount appropriated for all the
state institutions penal and charitable
excluding the amount for new buildings
and permanent improvements made
by different legislatures together with
the average number of inmates during
each biennial period and the amount
per capita allowed for the maintenance
of each inmate
No Appro
Inmates priation
1891 2 1980 1059461
1893 4 2246 869160
1895 6 2544 868220
1S97 8 2501 852840
1899 1900 2824 867985
Per
capita
53503
386 98
34128
34099
30736
REPUBLICAN LEGISLATURE
STINGY
Does that look as though the last
legislature was liberal in Its appropri
ations Only 15000 greater than in
1897 to maintain 320 additional in
mates The fusionists have accom
plished wonders in reducing the cost
of managing state Institutions but thera
is a limit to all thlngsv Bed rock was
reached in 1898 when the average per
capita cost of maintaining an inmate
of a state institution was only 155 It
cost 15562 in 1897 and 14818 for 11
months in 1896 in which year the fiscal
period was made to end November 30
instead of December 31 as had been the
practice theretofore But why not giva
it tabluar form
1892 24980
1893 21150
1894 18487
1895 20002
1896 til months 14818
1897 15562
y 1898 15500
1899 16027
FUSIONISTS STRUCK BED ROCK
Now the appropriations of 1S99 would
allow only 15368 for the maintenance
of each inmate if all the funds were
so nicely graduated that every cent
could be used Under no administra
tion has so small a per capita been
reached and it is extremely doubtful
whether it ever can be reached The
1899 appropriations were niggardly
and thats about all can be said for
them so far as concerns the mainten
ance of state institutions but the re
publican legislature had no qualms
about appropriating money to pay some
hoary headed claims of doubtful merit
That there should be some deficiency
claims to pay by the legislature of 1901
is not to be wondered at- in view of
the figures above in fact the repub
lican legislature intended that there
should be such But it is a monstrous
falsehood to say they will reach 100000
CONTRIBUTE TEH GENT PIECES
A Great Effort for Liberty and -for
Real Prosperity
Omaha Neb Oct 9 A new appeal
from the allied forces of reform is in
the shape of a chain letter urging the
people old and young to send in ten
cents or more contributions to the
campaign fund and to organize quickly
for the one great effort for liberty and
real prosperity The appeal is as fol
lows and should meet with a hearty
and prompt response You are reques
ed to consider this printed copy of the
chain letter as if it was personally ad
dressed to you
To Liberty Loving Men and Women
Boys and Girls This Letter is Ad
dressed
- Every human being who can read
or listen to a discussion knows that the
question whether we shall or shall
not have an imperialistic government
will be determined at the November
election Consequently all people ir
respective of past party affiliations will
as the campaign progresses take sides
iu one of the most momentous discus
sions of the age
It is our purpose here to destroy the
nperialistic idea by bringing about the
election of William Jennings iBryan for
president To do this a campaign fund
sufficient to carry on the fight vigor
ously up to election day is absolutely
necessary
It is a well known fact that trusts
railroad -corporations and large finan
cial institutions will not contribute
LADIES COLUMN
ONGE IN A WHILE
It is easy enough to be pleasant
When life flows by like a song
But the man worth while Is one who
will smile
When everything goes wrong
For the test of the heart is trouble
And ft always Comes with the years
And the smile that is worth the praises
of earth x
Is the smile that shines through tears
It Is easy enough to be prudent
When nothing tempts you to stray
When without or within no voice of sin
Is luring your- soul away
But Its only a negative Virtue
Until It is tried by fire
And the life that is worth the honor of
earth
Is the one that resists desire
By the cynic the sad the fallen r
Who had no strength for the strife
The worlds highway is cumbered to
day
They make up the item of life
But the virtue that conquers passion
And the sorrow that hides in a smile
It is these that are worth the homage
of earth
For we find them but once In a while
COOKINGFECIPES
Eggs a la Polette Mauke a cream
sauce as for baked eggs adding- the
juice of a quarter of an onion Boil
the eggs -hard cut them Into quarters
pour the cream sauce over them sea
son with pepper and salt and serve
This is a palatable first course for a
luncheon
Bread Cake One pint of risen dough
a half cuyful of butter a coffee cupful
of sugar three eggs well beaten a
pound of stoned raisins carefully flour
ed a little nutmeg and sifted flour
enough to make a proper cake consist
ency Place In pans Jet rise fifteen
minutes and make in a slow oven
Sweet Nut Sandwiches Chop together
one cupful seedless raisins one cupful
English walnuts one half cupful grat
ed cocoanut two tablespoonfuls grated
chocolate and mix well together mois
ten with a little cream spread between
egg shaped pieces of whole wheat bread
previously buttered
Macaroni au Gratln One pound spa
ghetti boil twenty five minutes in
salted boiling water Pour off all the
water put back on stove to simmer
then put in cream a little Parmesan
cheese and pepper and stir carefully
Then put on small tin dishes well but
tered Add a few pieces of butter on
top sift on Parmesan cheese place in
a quick oven to brown
Mint Sauce Pick leaves of fresh
young spearmint from the stems wash
and drain them on a cloth chop them
fine put them in a gravy boat to three
tablespoonfuls of mint add two table
spoonfuls of fine granulated sugar mix
thoroughly let stand a few minutes
pour over this six tablespoonfuls of
white wine vinegar Prepare this some
time before serving that the flavor of
the mint may be thoroughly extracted
White Cake Beat to a rceam one cup
ful of sugar half a cupful of butter
and one half of a cupful of cornstarch
When this mixture is perfectly smooth
without a lump add the whites of
three eggs beaten to a stiff troth Fla
vor with essence of bitter almonds
Then stir in half a cupful of milk add
a cupful of flour sifted with two tea
spoonfuls of baking powder Bake in
a moderate oven and frost the cake
thick just before it gets cold
Broiled Bird Remove pin feathers
head feet and wings singe and wipe
split -down the back remove entrails
and the breast bone lay it on one half
a sheet of letter paper buttered thick
ly fold edges together and turn them
over twice Place in a wire broiler
and broil ten minutes over coals lifting
it frequently to avoid blazing the paper
Open paper lay bird on hot toast
pour on the juice from the paper add
sal pepper and butter and garnish
with water cress
Dream sandwiches Stew a cupful of
prunes very tender remove the stones
and pass the prunes through a colander
sweeten to taste and mix with one half
cupful of walnut meats and blanched
almonds which have been chopped fine
l nr Hp htlv with vanilla and add a
I 1 J9 fl Cha3 4 V r vmi 11V i 1i oTi
specx ox 8an dp au u - -
mnoey to Mr Bryans cause so every
iy on the end of a loaf of bread and
one opposed to trusts and imperialism li
CUL the sices 0ff as thin as possible
must work and should contribute some-
remove all crust and roll the sand-
thing to the campaign fund To help
-5 atflm noo wich up firmly If the bread will not
raise luuua n uiu ikikbi ojw mm
been adopted The plan will serve
two purposes it will help to establish
ne idea of going direct to the people
v
tor campaign funds it will give every
ian woman boy or girl who is will
ing to do so an- opportunity to assist
the sure election of William J
iJryan Therefore we ask if you will
not give to the fund ten cents or any
ium you can spare -Please pass the
other two letters to two friends re
questing them to do the same and in
your letter to us kindly give the names
and aadresses of two or more friends
to whom we can send similar letters
The name of each contributor will
be placed upon the roll of honor the
amounts contributed will not be pub
lished then when victory comes ev
eryone who have given aid to the cause
will feel a personal pride in the fact of
having helped to win the battle
Please have the boys and girls read
this letter discuss the issues of the
day with them help the children to
organize Bryan and Stevenson Juvenile
Clubs Let them take up the work out
lined above and in this way learn early
In life to take an active interest in
public affairs
We trust you will give this letter
your prompt consideration If for any
reason you cannot do so wjll you kind
ly mail same back to usY
Address all communications to Eu
gene Smith room 31 306 Wabash ave
nue Chicago 111
Hon Eugene Smith is one of the mosi
effective and trustworthy men who evei
consecrated his efforts to his countrys
good Mr Smith is the secretary oi
the advisory committee to the demo
cratic national committee- and is ir
roll cut in fancy shapes
Olive Sandwiches Stone a dozen ol
ives chop them fine with a stick of
celery and one small cucumber pickle
add a teaspoonful of catsup one half
teaspoonful of made mustard a salt
spoonful ef salt a speck of pepper
and a dash of cayenne mix well and
spread on thin slices of brown bread
press together firmly and remove all
crusts Other bread may be placed
over the dressing
WILD MORNING GLORIES
G R asks how to rid land
tvild morning glories
It may be done without the loss
of
of
a crop or any additional expense by
plowing the ground deep after remov
ing a crop of small grain or hay
August Is the time and the dryer
and hotter the better If the weather
Is dry which it is during August the
sun will burn through as deep as the
ground is plowed and effectually de
stroy all rootsof the glories as well
as other rioxious weeds as deep as the
ground is stirred
My word for it two such treatments
In succession will rid the foulest of
land of glories The first treatment if
thoroughly done at the right time will
natch nine tenths of them Try It
The limits of the paragrapher have
about been reached in a Denver paper
which cites the case of a Colorado man
charge of this special work Help hin whose wife became petrified and whom
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make it a success
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I despite aeatn ne sun retja rua aa iii
vgoUd girl
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MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
A hair mattress is better than
feather bed
Gold ornaments may be safely washed
in soapy warm water
Grass stains may easily be removed
from any white material by washing
the stained garment in spirits of cam
phor
To brighten tortoise shell combu and
pins nib them with alcohol and after
drying with a soft rag use bismuth
powder to render them bright
If a moth miller Is seen In a closet it
is a good plan to burn a little camphor
gum very promptly Frequently this
simple precaution if taken early in
the spring will rid that closet of moths
for the season
Perfume to Keep Away Moths Take
one ounce each of the following Clovea
nutmeg mace carraway seeds cinna
mon and Tonquin beans and six
ounces of orris root Grind almost to
a powder and put In muslin bags Put
these among your clothes
To Get Rid of Cockroaches Have
you ever tried spraying their holes
with a strong solution of carbolic acidr
Two tablespoonfuls Nf the acid to a
pint of water is the right proportion If
the holes are sprayed with this every
two or three days for a fortnight the
cockroaches will disappear
To Clean Iron Bedsteads The fol
lowing paste is excellent for this pur
pose Mix together one gill of paraffin
half a gll lof naphtha and enough
Tripoli powder to make a rather soft
paste Apply with a bit of felt rub
till dirt is removed dust with dry
Tripoli powder and polish with a soft
cloth
Cleaning Gilt Picture Frames An
onion cut in half js the best thing to
use for cleaning gilt frames The dirt
must be removed with this and the
frame then sponged with water and
patted dry with a soft cloth The less
the frames are rubbed the better If
the frame has gone beyond cleaning
get a bottle of gold paint and apply
according to the directions supplied
with the bottle Oil paintings should
be sent to a regular cleaner
Faded Carpets Re Dyed It may be
news to some of the good housekeep
ers that where dyeing establishments
are easily accessible carpets may be
dyed when faded and worn just the
same as many other things This is
often done especially with hotel and
apartment house floor coverings Car
pets are usually redyed in a solid color
what color will take best depending
on the original hue Through this fresh
coloring the original design usually
shows but outlined as a darker shade
of the new color
To Keep Fresh Meat Sweet Charcoal
is of great value in keeping ice chests
store rooms and food sweet Place a
shallow dish of fine charcoal in the ice
chest If poultry or birds are to be
hung in a cool place for a few days
remove the internal organs and partial
ly fill the body with charcoal Now
wrap the birds in paper and hang up
If the outside of poultry is rubbed with
black pepp reit will be still further
protected from flies Small birds liver
kidneys sweetbreads etc may be
wrapped in Paraffine paper and then
buried in a bed of charcoal For keep
ing large pieces of meat- and poultry
here is a simple device Have a large
barrel or hogshead half filled with
charcoal Put meat hooks pn a strip
of joist and place it across the top of
the barrel Have a netting spread over
this The barrel may be kept in a
cool place and pieces of meat hung on
the hooks The charcoal will keep the
atmosphere dry and sweet and the
netting will be a protection against in
sects Should there be danger from
rats and mice use wire netting
THE HOME DOCTOR
-To extract live insects from the ear
pour in sweet oil grycerine or salt and
water Sometimes the insect will crawl
out if the ear is turned to a bright
light
Bathe the face and hands of a fever
ish person with warm water that has a
bit of common soda dissolved in it A
few drops of alcohol or cologne is often
pleasant to use to bathe the sick
A nurse should use care that no per
son having wet or even damp clothing
should enter the sick room Never get
out of patience with -the whims of an
invalid but try to -coax and soothe
without irritating him
A form of treatment for poisoning
from Ivy which has received approba
tionfrom scientific authority is to wet
a slice of bread with water dust It
with common washing soda and apply
to the eruption keeping tehread wet
from the outside Half an hour of this
treatment issaid to effect a cufe
In the treatment of burns there is
nothing better than the old time appli
cation of pure lard and flour It is -well
worth while for every housekeeper to
buy some pure leaf lard render it with
the utmost care and put It while pip
ing hot into pots or bottles which
may be hermetically sealed A cupful
of lard mixed with flour to form a soft
paste may be applied to a burn with
out loss of time
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Virtues of Watercress The water
cress is a plant containing medicinal
virtues A curious characteristic of it
is thatif grown in a ferruginous stream
it absorbs into itself five times the
amount of iron that any other plant
does Porall anaemic constitutions it
is therefore specially of value But it
also contains proportions of garlic arid
sulphur of Iodine and phosphates- and
is a blood purifier
Bishop Berkeley once wrote West
ward the course of empire takes it
way but even Senator Beveridge mis
quotes the famous line misquoting
Vstar for course
FARM NEWS NOTES
HOW TO DRENCH A COVf
Cows lend themselves much xaor
aatisfactorily to drenching with medi
cine than either horses sheep or pigs
Drenching a horse Is a somewhat risky
operation because of the liability to
choking and the administratfon at
medicine to horses is In the form of a
ball rather than as a draught of
drench There are however somo dis
eases in which it Is found more ef
fective to give the medicine In a liquid
than in a solid form In drenching
a cow there Is no better appliance than
an old horn this is much better than a
bottle as the latter is liable to get
broken should the animal prove excit
able and consequently lead to inquiries
to the mouth or tongue In dosing a
cow the best plan Is to pass the loft
hand over the animals face and insert
the two first fingers gently under ttm
jaw behind the point where the lower
incisors can be closed upon it The
head of the animal should then be
gently elevated and the horn or other
drenching appliance Introduced into th
mouth Care should be taken not to
raise the head much above the level
of the neck and special care should be
taken to see that the liquid which la
being administered is given in a steady
constant flow as when a sudden rush
of liquid Is poured into the mouth a
portion of it is liable to pass into the
windpipe and thus give rise to a dis
tressing cough On the first sign of art
attempt to cough the head of the ani
mal should be released and It should
be allowed to stand quietly for a few
minutes before the remainder of ihe
dose is administered Dairy - and
Creamery
IMPROVED FLOCKS
It is generally admitted that im
proved poultry pays as well In pro
portion as the improved breeds oC
hogs or sheep that is on general prin
ciples Of course the great mass or
poultry Is raised and sold by the farm
ers The carloads of poultry and
eggs shipped from all over the west
come from the farmers and since the
introduction of the improved breeds
the supply is rapidly increasing No
farmer can longer afford to raise the
common chickens If they cannot hav
full bloods they should procure thor
oughbred roosters and they will b
so well pleased with the cross that
they will soon work into pure breds
Pure breeds mature quicker growt
larger sell for more money lay more
eggs and require a little more care
but with warm clean comfortable
quarters a variety of food and by not
feeding too much corn - eggs may b
had all through the winter
HARVESTING CORN
There 13 now no question about tne
benefit derived from securing the corn
crop in such a manner that the feed
value of the stalks may be saved as
they are a valuable part of the crop
the most common estimate being that
the stalks are worth half as much aa
the ears as feed
Cutting corn in the old fashioned
way by hand is the hardesrwork the
farmer is called upon to do and each
year sees less hand work in harvestlngr
corn and more horse power used for
this purpose
The question of most importance
now is how best to apply the hors
power or iri other words what kind of
a harvester it is best to use
The writer has had experience In
cutting corn by hand cutting it with
a sled cutter and harvesting it with
self binding machine of the latest pat-
tern and I unhesitatingly say that at
present the sled cutter is best all
things considered
The corn harvester of -the self -binding
type is a very good machine for
cutting sweet corn or for cutting corn
that has been sown for fodder but
when it comes to trying to cut a field
of corn where the stalks are ten feet
high and the ears heaVy enough to
make anything above fifty bushels to
the acre the corn harvester falls to b
economical
With tall corn the ears come above
the gathering chains and arms and as
soon as the stalks are cut off by the
knaves below the stalks fall in every
directlon This causes frequent chok
ing badly tied gavels and makes hard
work gathering and setting up the
corn The corn binder that will not
knock off a large -percentage of the
ears and leave them scattered about
he field hasxnot yet been made
With the sled harvester two men and
one horse will do as much in a day in -heavy
corn as the best corn binder
made will do with two men and two
horses Corn that is cut and bound by
machine is bound so tightly that it
will mold under the band unless the
weather is very favorable When it
comes to husking corn the bundles
must be opened and rebound or one
must feel in among the stalks and
hunt out the ears I suppose the per
fect corn binder will be made some
time but up to- last fall when I used
one of the best had not put in an ap
pearance
iCls noticed that pigs fatten very
quickly on sweet potatoes due to the
large amount of sugar in ttie food and
sweet potato growers utilize the small
potatoes for that purpose The beet
also contains a large proportion of -sugar
and should be grown for swine as
they are relished at all seasons botn
cooked and raw
Teacher says that rubber trees grbir
wild in Florida said a
school girl Well spose they do re
joined her 6-year-old brother Nobody
ever has zav use for rubbers tin it
rains and then its too wet to go tra
la the woods and gather thezst91
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