DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD; DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.
AVERAGE COST OF RAISING DAIRY HEIFERS
LSI 25 YEARS
Mexican Struggle May Continue
Quarter ol Canlury.
Rebels Will Flock to Huerta's Aid, Is
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Opinion of Man From Mexico
Difficulties to Be Encountered
In Present Invasion.
Now York. "Now that the United
Btatca forcca havo been landed In
Mexico it will, fu my opinion, bo 25
3 cars beforo they will bo ablo to
leave." Bald James Harold Warner,
president of the Mexican Abstract and
Charter company, tho othor day in dls-1
cussing the American invasion of the
southern republic, according to tho
New York Herald.
Mr. Warner Is a lawyer, who for
more than ten years was In Mexico, i
Ho left there about a year ago to givo
personal attention to tho affairs of his
company In this city.
"Tho task confronting the United
States In Mexico is very much greater
than it is generally believed to be,"
Mr. Warner continued. "For examplo,
I do not believe it will bo possible, to
fight Huorta and nt tho samo time
keep on friendly terms with the Car-ranza-Vllla
forces. From tho moment
tho first engagement is fought tho reb
els will melt away from their leaders
If the latter endeavor to remain
friendly to Americans and will Join
tho Huerta army to fight what they re
gard as tho common foe.
"You might Just as well attempt to
separate water in a pall by placing
your hand in it as to try to keep the
rebels and tho,Huertistas apart now
that tho Americans havo landed.
"In addition to that, Huerta's forces
will bo augmented and strengthened
by a class of men who never beforo
havo fought in his army. I refer to tho
better and to tho middle classes of
Mexicans, such as tho mechanics, rail
road employes and others of that
type.
"Villa himself Is likely to turn
against the Americans, for no one In
Mexico harbors a greater animosity to
Americans than does that treacherous,
vicious, Ignorant and bloodthirsty ban
dit No one who knows him ever has
believed In his protestations of friend
ship for tho United States, apd It is
only reasonable to suppose he will
embrace tho first chance to throw off
the cloak of pretense. In fact ho will
bo compelled to do so if ho wants to
keep bis men around him.
"Theso statements will convey some
Idea of tho magnitude of the task tho
United States has undertaken. And
yet it had to undertako It and must
now complete it. That tho United
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Tho battleship Virginia, Qagship of Hear Admiral Ueatty, commander of
tho Third division of tho Atlantic fleet, ls now in Mexican waters. TMb
rhotograph was taken as tho Virginia Was leaving Boston harbor, cheerod
by a multltudo of spectators.
States would havo to go Into Mexico
sooner or later was Inevitable. Tho
Mexican peoplo, as a whole, are unfit
for self-government Of tho 16,000,000
Inhabitants only about five hundred
thousand aro of Latin extraction.
About five hundred thousand aro of
mlPri blood and tho remainder are
practically puro blooded Indians. Prob
ably not more than ono million can
read or writo.
Of tho entiro 10,000,000 Inhabitants
probably 12,000,000 sleep and eat on
tho ground tho baro ground In mud
or thatched huts. They aro a peoplo ab
solutely Incompetent of understanding
a civil government and havo no con
ception of any rights to govern mem
selves. "In my opinion the best solution to
the nroblem ls the establishment over
tho country of a military protectorate
which shall support a civil govern
ment composed of the best element of
tho educated Mexicans. At tho same
time immigration should bo encour
aged from tho white races of Europe
to tho end that a new race oi iui
cans, through assimilation, may bo
built up capable of real self-government
Then and "hot until then it
seems to mo can wo retire or with
draw our protectorate.
"The idea of remaining on tho coast
and merely holding the ports ls im
practical. Tho United States iorceB
must push on at least to Mexico City.
That city now ls Isolated with its
thousands of foreigners. Tho civilized
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world will not pormlt that condition
of affairs to exist
"Beforo tho American forces can en
ter tho city, howover, there Is a long
and arduous march ahead of them.
In tho course of this perhaps two or
three Bovero battles will havo to bo
fought in which tho Mexicans will bo
ablo ' to chooso their positions. To
undertako tho march to Mexico City
except with a strong force and on
scientific military lines would bo a
groat mistake.
"Ono of tho things that may not
havo been foreseen is tho terrlblo' con
dition of affairs likely to ensuo In
Moxlcb City If Huerta moves out to
meet tho approaching Americans or to
retire beforo them. In the city there
aro approximately four hundred thou
nnnd Icnorant neons who have no
higher ambition thad to loot and de
stroy. Tho moment restraint is re
moved they will probably set about
the work of murder and rapino. Tho
ono hundred thousand Mexicans of
tho better class and the ten tnousana
or so foreigners in the city will bo
absolutely at their mercy except for
whatever defense they may be ablo to
organize among themselves."
TUTORED ON AMERICAN LINES
Hereditary Grand Duke Frledrlch-
Franz of Mecklenburg-Schwerln
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time to tho laundry in' a progressive
effort to Improve tho olrl'B personal
appearance so that ehe might look for
work without being arrested as ft
vagrant
Miss Smith was tuken in custody
at Union station at 1:15 a. m., after
she had alighted from a Frisco pas
songcr train. One of tho station UBh
ers, who noticed that she had no bag
gage and that her clothing was soiled
nnd wrinkled, usked her whero sho
was going. "Up on Olive streot," she replied. Tho ushor called a policeman,
who took her to central district station. There tho young woman told tho
polico that Bhe was ono of olght children and that her mother, a widow,
found it hard to support tho family. ,
"Two years ago I decided to start out and look for work, sho said. i
walked twentynlno miles to Peoria and worked in a laundry thoro about four
months. Then ono night 1 crawled Into a box car and beat my way to Chi
cago. After staying there olght monthB I came to St Louis. I worked for
awhile as a nursogirl for a Mrs. Dean of 2001 Minnesota avenue. I also
worked in a laundry.
"I Just couldn't keep from traveling. I mot a young man hero and no
proposed marrlago, but I didn't love him and I decided to go away.
"I went to Tower Grove station about ton days ago nnd a Frisco freight
.(,... nrrrnmi n lot rnn riiin in n cnbooao to Carthage. Mo. From thore I
rodo on a freight train to Joplln.
"They arrested mo for vagrancy in Joplln and I was fined J25, but tne
matron had tha flno stayed. Then I beat my way on a freight train to
Monott. There I pawned n ring and bought a passenger ticket to St Louis.
it , dm fli-at limn 1 nvor rnrln nil n nnsnencor train."
Miss Smith is of the rugged country girl typo and has black hair and
bluo eyes.
Strange Garb Startles San Francisco Dancers
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Tho last Monday night affair of tho Impromptu
club, an excluslvo dancing organization, whoso members compriso men
prominent in tho business and financial world, and their wives, was marked
by an incident which will live long in
Reliable Sourcet of National Prosperity.
ROAD IS HISTORIC
Highway to Mexico City Made
Famous by Scott.
Route From Vera Cruz to Capital Over
Which Invading Armies Have to
March Maxmlllan'e Gaudy
Pageant of 1864.
Ohlcago. The road from Vera Cruz
west to the City of Mexico, some two
hundred and forty miles In length,
which the American army havo to
travel In ono of tho world's historic
highways. It has been tho scene of
three famous marches the march of
tho Spanish conquerors In 1519, tho
Invasion of Gen. Wlnfield Scotfs
American army in 1847, and tho taw
dry pageant of tho so-called Hmperor
Maximilian and his wife, Carloua. on
their entrance In 18C4. It was also
tho route, threo years ago, on tho
flight of Gen. Porflrlo Diaz, after his
downfall as president
Vera Cruz (Truo Cross) received Its
name from Hernando Cortes, who
landed thero with 700 men in March,
1619. Cortes burned, In the harbor of
Vera Cruz, tho ships In which ho has
brought his men from Cuba, to show
them that they must conquer or per-
Tho Spaniards, in their marcn
tho popo, and Maximilian in his coffin,
shot to death by a republican firing
squad at Queretaro.
Soon after tho downfall of Maxi
milian, railroad building between Vera
Cruz and tho capital began In earnest,
and two lines now span tho distance,
tho Mexican railway, an Independent
standard-gauge line, and tho Inter
oceanic, a narrow-gauge lino which is
part of tho National railways sys
tem. The ascent from Vera Cruz to Mex
ico City ls more than soven thousand
four hundred feet, of which tho great
er part ls east of tho City of Puobla.
Tho coast and tho district to the west
beyond Orizaba, aro included In tho
dreaded tlerra callento (hot country,
whllo tho district from Puobla to Mex
ico City ls In tho tlerra fria, or cold
country, which is cold only by com
parison. Threo volcanic and snow-clad moun
tain peaks rise along the way. Orizaba
u tho farthest east, and west of
Puebla aro tho other two, Popocatepel
and Ixteaccihuati (Is-ta-sewattie),
which aro visible from the palaco of
Chaupultepec in Mexico City. From
the towers of the cathedral In Puebla,
all three peaks can bo seen.
Jalao, Tlaxcala, tho sea,t of tho an
cient government of that namo, San
Lorenzo and Texcoco aro towns of
Importance along the route. Puebla
Berlin. A good deal of Irritation
has been expressed by writers in the
German press at tho remarkable par
tiality shown by tho reigning grand
duke and grand duchess of Mecklen-burg-Schwerin
for everything that is
American. Thoy are said to buy their
boots. and much of their clothing In
Now York, whllo (owing to tho num
ber of their transatlantic friends) both
XWrk-fr the
ish
west, conouered tho Independent na- is tho third city of Mexico in popula
tion of Tlaxcala, which was at enmity tlon, and is a stronghold of church
with the Empire of Montezuma in innuence. us caiuoarai nvais tne
ramous ono in ino uity or Mexico,
being nearly as largo and having a
much more Imposing interior design.
Puebla has also a largo army station,
near tho hill whero In 1862 Porflrlo
Diaz beat tho French in tho battle of
tho CInco do Mayo (fifth of May)
which mado that date a national holi
day. Jalapa, which is tho capital of the
Btato of Vera Cruz, la noted for its
flno cigars. In this town the soldiers
of the Fourth Illinois regiment, in
1847, played baseball, using as a bat
tho wooden leg of tho Mexican dicta
tor, Santa Anna, which they bad cap
tured. Tho pyramid of Cholula, near Pueb
la, ls a mammoth memorial of tho an
cient Aztec civilization. It ls over
grown with shrubbery, so as to look a
natural hill. At San Juan Teotihua
can, near Mexico City, aro two pyra
mids, thoso of tho sun and tho moon.
Tho former ls 210 feet high, and Is
said by antiquarians to bo larger than
nny of tho Egyptian pyramids except
Cheops.
central Mexico, and tho Tlaxcaias
were mado the allies of the Invaders.
At tho ancient city of Cholula, near
tho presont city of Puebla, tho Span
iards won a terrific encounter with
tho natives. Their march into tho Val
ley. of Mexico, and their conquest of
the capital city, which was then sur
rounded by a lako, form one of the
most thirling chapters in the world's
history.
Substantially tho samo route was
taken by Scott and his men when,
after the invasion of northern Mexico
had not brought the expected surren
der,' they were sent via tho gulf to
.the capital city. Tho principal Inci
dent of this campaign was a long de
lay at Puebla, bo that although Vera
Cruz was taken in April, Scott did not
reach tho City of Mexico until September.
Tho advance of Maximilian and Car
lotfn, from Vera Cruz to Mexico City,
which was mado in a gaudy stago
coach, took from May 28 to Juno 12,
1864. Thoro was no opposition, for a
French army had gono ahead of them.
Tinsel decorations and festivities, In
i which on ominously small part of tho
peoplo joined, heralded tho passage of
the Austrian pair to tho seat of their
"empire" Thoy returned over tho
samo road separately Carlotta on a
fruitless mission to Napoleon III and
HIS FUNERAL MADE A REVEL
California Bartender Leaves $1,000 for
Last Rites, Including
Theater Party.
Ban Francisco. William S. Casey, a
tartonder, famous in tho California
cattle country, had a funeral for which
ho paid himself. Casey dlod by his
own hand. His health had been shat
tered and ho told bis friends that ho.
did not want to live if be could not do
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Grand Duko Frledrlch-Franz.
tho momory, of thoso who attended
When tho wooing of Terpsichore
through tho medium of tho tango, was
at Its height tho gay revelers wero
startled by the appearance of a figure,
which, after some moments of Inves
tigation, developed Into that or near
den T. Lyons, clubman and star bll
liardlst, and known In the realms of
business as tho manager of tho Frank
Wood trust Lyons was attired in an
array of garments far removed from
tho conventional dress. Over his glistening white shirt he woro a ragged,
Jumper, many sizes too big for him. and tho hat, which ho doffed, was a
strange relic of a past dynasty.
Everybody sat tho danco out while Rearden, with much wrath, explained.
It appeared that oarller in tho ovenlng ho told his wife over tho phone
that ho would go to tho club direct, making up for tho period which ho would
occupy In the overrush of work, with his six-cylinder En route, in tho
vicinity of California and Montgomery streets, a tiro went flat, and tho club
man, removing his overcoat, in which he had Just invested $65, nnd ono of
thoso thoroughly up-to-tho-minuto green keltles and making tho customary
remarks was soon busily engaged In remedying tho puncture
While this was going on a waif of tho night Blunk upon tho scono nnd
Tnoo himsnir ho nnRBeBBor of tho o'ercoatlngs and tho hat Rearden had to
get to tho club, at least In time to escort his wife home, nnd bo in one of
those lofty buildings down in "the street," ho peUtioned a friendly Janitor to
bolp him out
Buys House at Auction. Sale for $3.50
ir ANSAS CITY, MO. A picturesque group of men and women gathered on
IX a hillside near Thirty-first street and Colorado avenuo tne omor moraiuB.
They wero there for houso bargains tho city auctioned off to make way for
tho extension of Llnwood boulevard.
M. Stern, as the auctioneer, repre
sented tho majesty of tho law. A wavo
of his arm and a deal was mado.
Perhaps ono of the most Interest
ing sales was that mado to Mrs. Mattio
Price, a "sauatter." who Uvea in a
shack near Thirty-first street and
Brighton avenuo. Sho bought a houso
for $3.50. She is a widow and lives
alone in her little hlllsido home.
When M. Stern put tho houso up
for a bid sho offered $3.50. Sho looked
apprehensively to seo If her bid was going to bo raised. It was all slip
could af.'ord to pay for a homo. Ono man was ready to bid $25, when he
noticed his competitor for the house. Tho auctioneer looked at him In-
quiringly.
"No, I don't want It," ho said.
' That was tho sentiment of tho little crowd of bidders. Three times the
auctioneer called for higher bids, but got no response.
"Sold," the auctioneer finally said, and the old woman s fnco boamed as
sho handed him tho money. ,.,,.
"What are you goig to do with tho house?" Mrs. Prlco was asked.
'A man is going to jpove it for mo over thero on the hill," sho answered,
pointing eastward. "Ho Isn't going to charge mo anything for tho work.
You boo, I haven't a lot, so I'll put, It whero anyone will let mo. I live ulono,
as my husband died of heart diaeaso several years ago."
Mrs. Price did not know how old she was. "Pretty near fifty," sho
believed. Sho' looked to bo well past soventy years.
(Prepared by the United Blnlea Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
According to Investigators in tho
department of agriculture tho average
net cost of raising a dairy hoifer ono
year old on a Wisconsin farm Is $39.52
and of a two year heifer $61.41. Theso
ligurcs are nppllcablo to other dairy
districts In tho North and East whore
land nnd feed values aro similar to
thoso In Wisconsin. They nro based
on data obtained from raising 117
calves from birth to tho tlmo they
enter tho dairy herd. Tho detnllB,
with a completo summary of tho In
vestigation, havo recently been pub
lished by tho department of ngrlcul-
turo In Uulletln No. 49. undor tho
tltlo of "Tho Cost of Raising a Dairy
Cow."
There aro in tho United States over
21,000,000 dairy cows. Thoso figures
givo Bomo idea of tho lmportanco of
UiIb economic problem to tho coun
try' as a whole, for those cows must
bo replaced every few years. Tho
cost of tho production of theso heifers
ls a largo Item in keeping down tho
profits of tho dairymen.
Tho new bulletin contains numerous
tables and several Illustrations of tho
Jersey calves from which tho Items
of cost wero obtuined.
Tho most. Important Item was the
cost of the food, which was estimated
at market value and amounted to
nearly two-thirds of tho total net cost
of tho helferwhllo labor formed 12V
per cent of tho coat
Figures for tho average net cost
of the ono-year-old heifer aro as follows:
Feed 2-67
Labor 4-4B
Other costs 6-3C
Total
$3,5.48
To this should bo added tho Initial
value of tho calf, which waB estimated
to bo $7.04, making a total cost at
the end of ono year of $4152. This
charge is Justified In view of the fact
that dairy cows are credited with thlB
item In determining tho cost of milk
production. 13y allowing $3 credit for
mauuro, it leaves a not cost of $39.52
at tho end of tho first year.
Figures for tho average net cost of
tho two-year-old heifer aro as follows:
Initial value 704
Keed 40-83
Labor . 7-?1
By far tho most expensive period
In tho llfo of the calf ls tho first four
weeks, the cost being nearly double
that for any othor four-week period.
This high cost Is occasioned by its be
ing dependeut almost entirely upon
wholo milk.
Tho man labor required In raising a
helfor ls about 40 hours during the
llrst year and 23 hours tho second
year. Tho total cost of man nnd horse
labor for tho two years 1b close to $8.
Tho manure produced during the two
years hns been valued at $l: conse
quently, tho cost of labor is practical
ly offset by tho value of tho manure.
Tho item "Other costs" consists oi
expenses usually overlooked in esti
mating costs. Theso aro interest;
chargo for tho uso of buildings and
equipment, expense for bedding, mis
cellaneous expenses, a share of tha
general expenses for the entiro farm
business, and a chargo to cover losses
by death and discarding. Tho total
for theso forms nearly one-fifth of
the total coat of tho two-year-old
hoifer.
Tho forecolnc figures Bhow that It
costs more to ralao calves to maturity
t.ian Is commonly supposed, and they
support tho advice which the depart
ment is continually trying to impress
upon dairy farmers, that it does not
pay to raise any but tho best heifers.
Raising scrub heifers and selling them
at $25 to $40 apiece, as many do, ia
unprofitable except on cheap land or
under other very favorable conditions.
Dut it does pay to raise tno nest
heifers, for In good dairy sections well
bred helfors aro worth considerably
m -o tlmn $60 when two years of age.
Furthermore, dairy farmers as a rulo
r-o obliged to ralao their own stocK
as it ia difficult to buy productive
cows at a reasonable price. In somo
sections of tho West where alfalfa Is
worth only $4 or $5 a ton, or in tne
Southwest where pastures furnish feed
the greater part of tho year, this cost
may bo greatly reduced. Even whero
It coBts $60 to raise a heifer, two
thirds of this amount is charged for
feeds at market prices, a largo part of
which can bo grown on tho fnrm at a
profit. Thus by raising the helfera
tho dairy farmer finds a home market
for foods grown on tho farm at re
munerative prices, and at the samo
tlmo aids in maintaining the fertility
of tho farm.
Othor costs
13.73
Credit for manure
$69.41
. 8.00
$61.41
One-hnlf of tho feed cost tho" first
year and one-third for the full two
yc.rs is for wholo and skim milk.
GOOD PROFITS FROM STEERS
Most Remarkable Results Secured at
Iowa Station With Five Different
Lots of Animal.
Two Sheep Pastures.
Sheep otyners should realize that
having two or more feed lots is eccn
omy. Ab soon ns ono pasture f
picked baro a change should be made
ln this way tho pasture become
freshened and tho weeds will bo kept
down better. Sheep do much better
on less ground when this system Is
used and many more sheep can ba
kopt.
JAPANESE PLUM IS POPULAFl
Hereditary
Students Must Be Proficient.
Mlddlotown, Conn. Students of
Wosleynn university must not only bo
proficient in their studies, but must
attain a certain degreo in baseball,
track athletics or other form of sport
Savings hank and ho arranged that
tho sum bo used for his last rites.
"My passing out Is not a signal for
sorrow," ho Bald. "I want tho friends
that attend my funeral to enjoy them
selves Just as if I were among them In
reality, as I will bo In spirit"
A special car was chartered to bring
Casey's body from Salinas to San
Francisco, where It was cremated.
With the ashes in an urn, a score of
Casey's friends, following directions
left by him, proceeded to a Kotol, the
speak English with a pronounced ac
cent Their only son. tho hereditary
Grand Duko Frledrich-Franz, who cele
brated his third birthday on April 22,
has two nurses both American and
tho grand duke has expressed his in
tention of later on engaging an Ameri
can tutor for his son and hoir. Tho
picture, which ls excluslvo and was
taken recently, shows tho horedltary
grand duke with an enormous ball,
also stated to bo American.
Was Awake a Long Time.
Rlvcrhead, N. Y, John F. Fournler,
whoso will Is being contested, told
witnesses ho Lid uot slept for 20
years.
of Casey. Deforo the party Bat down
to dinner tho urn was taken into tho
barroom and placed behind tho bar.
Then every ono ordorod his favorite
drink and this toast was reverently
drunk: 'To Casey, who is still behind
tho bar."
Tho party, carrying out Casey'e In
etructions, then Bat down to dinner
and Later went to tho theater.
Naming of Babies Reduced to an Exact Science
MEW YORK Names aro no longer to bo applied by chance. Mother and
N father should not argue whether tho llttlo "what Is it" is to bo plain
"John" or "Clarenco De Puystcr." Mrs. Aso-Neith-Neypa-Cochrnn has it all
.aH..nu tn an tnnct BClonCO. Sho lsl
"Tho Author, Founder and Teach- HRQKSA9 &V ., (
er of the Aso-Noith Cryptogram; & jMAAO fepk liflfcw
Sclenco of Numbers ana ignore.
So her business cards. To a call
er in her University Heights flat Mrs.
Cochran explained it all. Tho sexes
aro Buspcndod between tho nebulous
peaks of the two externities by a cer
tain geometrical sign or symbol. This
sign is expressed by a digit number.
Tho digit numbers exclude nine,
said Mrs Cochran, for nlno is simply
a nombor ono with a zero riding on its back. Nino begins and ends a cycle.
Yon see? My, how stupid!
Every digit has Its own individuality, characteristic and temperamental
trm.rtf.nl tnnfi. Find tho tone and learn your being.
Llfo harmony consists in adjusting one's being, one's cosmic urges to
vibrations which givo forth a concord instead of a discord. If tho vibration
number of your namo and your birth date form a harmony if thoy coalesce
you'll bo happy. If thoy form a discord you will ba wretched whllo others
Mrs. Cochran looked fairly happy and prosperous. Sho evidently was
In harmony. She said sho could find a name for anybody and was naming
thousands of children every year.
tCtWmM rH&r.OF r AV?
At tho Iowa station, djurhg tho last
season, moat romarkablo re mlts wero
secured with ftvo different lots of ex
perimental steers. Tho best paying
lot made a profit of $23.40 per head.
This laj. received 14.6 pounds per
head dally of shelled com, threo
pouuds cottdnsoeu meai aim .
pounds sllngo. Other lots woro fed
in comparison, receiving varying
amounts of the samo feedB, and some
were fed clover hay In addition, but
tho lot which received a ration in
which tho bulky part was slluge am
the concentrates consisted of. shelled
corn nnd cottonseed meal, was tho lot
that turned off tho moat clean money.
wn BtnMnn has done as much ex
perimental foedlng with silago ration
as tho Indiana station at Purdue.
Many years of continuous records are
oiniinhin nfthls station, and In no
Instance, from tho stnndpolntB of
gains and profitB, does any ration com
nnr with thoso in which sllngo con
stitutes an Important feature. Last
year 70 head were fed In lots of ten
each. Tho lot receiving silago, oats
straw and cottonseed meal during tho
first 6') dayB, and corn, cottonseed
moni dincn nnd clover hay during tho
remainder of tho period, mado the
cheapest gains, hut not the greatest
Many of These Varieties Are Earliest
on Market and Sell Readily at
Good Prices.
(Dye, M. SIIULTZ.)
Plums of tho Japaneso variety aro
popular with most growers, particu
larly in tho East, because they aro
hardy and come on early, Many
of theso yurietles are tho earliest In
tho market, and as they are always o
good color, either cherry-reds or light
yollows, thoy sell readily and bring
good prices.
Thoy will grow wll on almost any
kind of decent soil, and do not need
to bo particularly coddled, although
they should havo all the care that any
good fruit treo deserves.
Tho Japanese plum differs from tha
domestic varieties in that its lqaverf
aro longer, thinner and smoother, and
it has a greater tendency to produce
lateral fruit buds on tho annual
growth. Its fruit 1b mostly short,
round and plump.
Tho Japaneso pfura is liable to in
Jury from curcullo and black-knot
than the domestic varieties.
Early Spring Pigs.
After being weaned, early spring
pigs may bo run on nlfalfa, rape,
clover or grain pastures with a sup
plemental feed of grain until some-
crop Is ready to hog off. Durlug the-
or Danoyr
summer, mature crops.
wheat and peas, with alfalfa or rape
Disregarding. tho pork produced inci- pa8turo, will carry them until the
On Patriotism.
He who lovea not hla country ctfi
Jinppy. Ho had $1,000 in the SalnaB proprietor ot wWcligaa fm old friend lore nothing. Byron.
dentally, tho lot fed on corn, cotton- ma cr0pa nro harvested
seed meal and .silago maao a prum
of $20,90 per head.
Tho Illinois station has several
years of experimental data which
correspond closely to that already giv
en, and it is generally entirely favor
ablo to the uso of silago in tho betf
ration. Illinois also found that for a
maintenance ration for breeding beef
cows, silago ls a most desirable and
economical feed. It cobi .v cu.im v
day per head to maintain iw nays u
lot of cows fed on silago, clover hay
and oats straw; 4.6 conts per day
to maintain a lot fed on shock corn,
clover hny and oats straw and 3.1
cents a day to maintain a lot fed on
corn stover, clover hay and oats
straw.
Uncle Eben.
"If nobody never talked about sum
pin' ho dldn know all about," said
Undo Eben, "dar wouldn' bo no conversation."
Will Coma Naturally.
It's a easy matter to acquire a flow
of language, Alonxo. All you havo to
do is stop on a tack with your bar
foot
Thoy then glean tho stubblo field
and feed on standing corn In tho field,
roots, pumpkins, etc., until Into In the
fall. Thoy may bo sold directly from
the cornfield, or may bo fed for a few
weeks beforo being marketed.
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Well-Dressed Fowls.
Well-dressed fowls are more attract
ive to the hungry than well-dressed
peoplo. If you don't believe It leave
It to tho hired man or the growing
boy.
Weed Control.
Frequent Ullage is tho secret of
weed control. It tho weeds aro pr
mlttod to get a start it costs mdrV
to destroy them, to say nothing c-f
tho sacrlflco to the crop.
Isolate Setting Hens.
It ls novor advisable to set hens In
tho hen houso whero othor hens are
around to disturb them.
Make Plgc Hump.
Clover bay cut up and fed wt will
make plzs hump