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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 29, 1904)
ARKANSAS TRAVELER RESPONDED. Got Back In Rhyme at Missouri Pa cific'fi General Passenger Agent. H. C. Townsond. general passenger nnd ticket agent of the Missouri Pa cific with hoatlquartcrs nt St. Louis, sent out n novol holiday greeting to patrons of tho road and was surprised to receive a response In rhymo from n man In Arkansas. Horo is tho greet ing followed by the answer: Thl ix the train tlint rutin o fit Actus the filHlnn to mountain lt; This )( tho train thiil'a neicr late, And kreps It ervlco tip to dute. Till H tho train that runs out West. Anil liken ou there for work or rrdts This In the train thut run to tho land Of woiinUltiB hlph and canons urund; This Ih n true hotel mi wheel. Jt (reive to you tho herd of tneali; Tliln In the trnln llti low Oft rate Ht I.ouln to tho riolden Onto If you ahottld wlnh to ko that waj, Bob H. r. Townsend, O. I A. This Id what tho Arkansas traveler wroto In response: II C Townwml, O. P. A: 1 received votir enrd to-dny, And I'm wrltliiK now to nay Tli.it your train' Al-O. K. I'm a roe'lar passenger And I'm horo to tell yntt sir It' n corher sure enough'. tl'Ie.'ce don't tnko this n n puff All your tntlnt. are up to Bund Strictly In It-Juqt the muff!' Mnkrn mo reMIesx when I rend of the comfort nnd tho npeed Willi I to puck mv clothes nnd skip On that trnln-Ueet W'hut a trlji! Feed you llhe n mllllonnlrc Oonh!' JtiHt rend thnt hlll-of-fare Tender utealm. well don or rnre; Game nnd thliiKu from cierynlieral Hnlnd. desert, coffee, rnke Wowt It inukes my toinuu)i nchet And tho rntes I'll nwenr to you, Hnnio an ciiKIiik nniiKhl In iwnf (Hhnine to take mich nervier cheap-. Ought to make tin pay u heap)' fiiie I've unld nhout enough, (livery word In strulKht no Kff.) So I'll ulRn m!elf. with euro: Truly yours, A. PAHHKNJA1HI5. Of course, ti wise man never maker) the same mistake twice. If ho mur lies a second time that's another mis take. To Cure a Cold tn Ono day. TnWo Luxntlro lironio Qiilnlno Tablets. All druggisU rof u nd mouuy 1 f 1 1 fulls to on ro. 2fic When nn Individual minds his own business he Is ouu kind of monopllst, little white lies live long nnc'. pros per. Doflanco Starch Is put up 1C ounces In n package, 10 cents. One-third moro starch for tho same monoy. Tho world will forglvo a malt al most anything except failure. Tenilnto nnd lllllion Dollar Grns. The two grentest fodder pjants on earth, one good for 14 tons hay and tho other 80 tons green fodder per acre, flrowi everywhere, so does Victoria Ilape, yielding C0.000 lha. sheep and swine food per acre. jfbr sr.;?D 10c in sTAXirs to Tim John A. fialzer Heed Co., La C'rorse, WK, and receive In icturn their big entiling and lots of farm seed samples. ,V, .V, V.) A woman's Idea of a compliment is to naitio her baby alter a rich l ela tion. If you don't get tho blggost and best It's your own fault. Dofltuico Starch Is for salo everywhere and there Is positively nothing to equal It in quality or quantity. When looking for faults that need correction use a mirror, and not a telescope. I.'quul to u Ktitto I 'air. The annual Importation of the Lin coln, Neb., Importing Horse Co., ar llvcd about sixty days ago, consisting of two car loads. They made tho run ftom New York to Lincoln In forty four hours landing their horses In most excellent condition. This im portation consists of German Coach, Porcheron, English Shire, French Draft and Belgians. They now have In tholr barns fifty head or Imported stallions, all in excellent condition. They have been In the business for seventeen years at this location. Considering the largo number of horses nnd beautiful barns It Is almost equal to n State Fair entertainment to visit their barus. Head their ad in this paper. Pride shows many men how to keep In the otralght path. WERE WELCOMED TO Western Canada DURING LAST YEAR. They are tcttled and selllins on the Grain and CiiaiuiK Lauds, and era protprrou and fcatisded. hlr Wilfred Laurier recently said "A new alar has ri'en on tho horizon, and it It toward it that every immigrant who leaves the land ot tiU unces tora to rome nnd seek a home for himself rrow turns hit caze" Canada. There la Room for Millions. PHKK lloiuttatftid rIwii uwuy. Schools, Churchex, Itallmija, .Market, Climate, ovurjlhluc to ln doalnnl. For h descriptive Atlas and other Information, apply to Superintendent Immigration. Ottawa. Cun ada, or authorized Canadian Government Aaent W. V Hennett, 601 Now or Lite Uuildiiis. Omaha, Neb. Salzep's , National Oafs Oreatest oat of tlio renturr. Yielded In 1SUJ in Ohio ls7. In Mich. Ul.tll ltd. 235. and In N. Dakota 310 bus, per urn- Yon can beut tbat record lu ICCt I For 10c and this notice we mall you free lota of farm aee) aammea una oar nig catalog, tiu ingauauouiiuiaottiwonacrauu . tnouaonas or other aeeua. J0HNA.SALZERSEE0C0. LA cratit, Wit. 50,000 mm LASTING RELIEF. J, W. Wnlls, Super. Intohdent of StreetH of Lebanon, Ky., says: "My nightly rottt was broken, owing to Irregularities of tho kidneys. I suffered intensely from sovero pains In tho small of my back and through tho kidneys nnd was annoyed by pain ful passages of abnormal secretions. Doctors failed to relievo me. I began taking Doan's Kidney Pills and 1 ex perienced quick nnd lasting relief. Doan's Kidney Pills will provo n bless ing to all sufforers from kidney disor ders who will give them a fair trial." Foster-Mllburn Co., UulTalo, N. Y., proprietors. For salo by all druggists, price CO cents per bos. Would Confiscate the Hats. Enthusiastic members of London's Audubon boclety proposo a law to au thorize the confiscation of all hats dec orated with the skins of song birds. 10,000 Flauts for IGo. This Is a remarkable offer the John A. Sulzer Heed Co., La Crosse, Wis., makes. They will send you their big plant and seed catalog, together with enough seed to grow 1,000 fine, solid Cabbages. 2,000 delicious Carrots. L'.OOO blanching, nutty Celery. 2,000 rich, buttery Lettuce. 1.000 splendid Onions. 1,000 rnre, luscious rtadlshes. 1,000 gloriously brilliant Flowers. This great offer la made In order to Induce you to try their wnrrnnted seeds for when yon once plant them you Will grow no others, and am, roa hut lOo roTAon, providing you will return this notice, and If you will Send them 20c In post age, they will ndd to the above u pack ago or the famous Berliner Caullllower. (W. N. U.) We sometimes open our mouths be fore wo -get our minds open. Hurnod out, but was Insured In tha STATE FARMER'S MUTUAL INSUR ANCE CO. of South Omaha, Nobr., which means that ho got his money. Uns Bomo agent tried to enncel your Mutual Policy'.' Tolling you all sorts of things, nlmost crying for you. Why? Because ho needs tho money ho would mnko out of you, wanted pay for tho talk ho gave. Don't bo fooled. Keep your Mutual Insurance, and get more If you need It. Wrlto to B. It. Stouffor, Secretary, South Omaha, Nobr. Life Is a good deal like a moal In a cheap restaurant. Tho things you want fall to show up on tho bills of fare. Mother Graj'a Erveot romle.ru for Children, Successfully used by Mother Gnty.iiiirso In the Children's Homo In New York, euro Constipation, FoverUhness, Bad Stomach, Teething Disorders, move and rcKulato tho Bowelsnutl DestroyWorms. Over 30,000 tes timonials At all Druggists. Mc. Sample FREE. Addre3oA.S. Olmsted, LoRoy.N.Y. Novor strike a boy smallor than yourself; ho may grow. If you wish Itontitlfnl. clear, whlto clothoa oso Hod Cross Bull Blue. Largo 'J 03. packugo, 5 cents. You cannot whitewash yourself by blackening othors. Lcft-Handcd People. Prof. Lombroso, as tho result of his observations on left-handed and left sided people Hnd3 that among 1,000 soldiers and operatives the proportion of loft-handed pooplo Ih 4 per cent among men nnd 5 to 8 per cent among women. Among criminals, the quota of left-handed was found to bo moro thau tripled in men and moro than quintupled among women. Cametback Riding. Lord Kitchener of Khartoum la credited with the best description of camelback riding that Is known. Tho soldier gavo this description at a din ner party In lotnlon which some Americans attended. "When wo ask ed Lord Kttchenor," ono of tho Amer icans said, "to toll us what It felt like to rldo a camel, he twisted his mus tache and said: 'You know tho game of cup nnd ball? You have a ball and a cup, and you throw tho ball In tho air and trv to catch It in tho cup, then bounce it up and try to catch It again? Well, when you rido a cam el, thp brute plays cup and ball with you, missing vou nearly every time.' " A Dentist's Advice. Toledo, Ohio. Jan. 25th. Mr. Harry I Lewis, Dentist, COT Sumlt street, thN city, says: "I certainly ndvlso anyone, no matter how severe they may have Kidney Trouble to take Dodd's Kidney Pills. "1 was troubled with Kidney Dis ease for several years and Dodd's Kid ney Pills cured me. I had used many so-called romedlcs without nny benefit. Four mouths ago, I was flat on my back with this painful trouble and must say that I almost gave tip hones of ever gottlng nny better. Through a friend's- advice l purchased six boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills. "At first I could seo but little bene fit, but after two woeks, I could see nn Improvement. I had boon getting ! up several times at night and pUns , in my back were very sovero. When , l had taken bIx boxes I felt bottor ' than I had for years. Tho pain had ! all gone and I didn't have to get up duriug the night at all. I continued i the treatment until I bad uctd several moro boxes, and now I am glad to say that I am completely ourtid." A cold Is ono of the vary fow ail ments tho modern physician will un dertake to euro without a surgical op t eration. i . NEBRASKA STATE NEWS THE STATE AT LARGE. Hall & Socbor's grocery store of Erlcson has boon closed by creditors. Bnpllsts of Beatrice are holding n series of successful revival meetings. Otto Bauman, ono of West Point's ' most prominent citlzcnH, died suddenly last week. I Whllo Albert Goetschalg was chop ping in tho timber near Elm creek his nx slipped ami cloaved his foot, cutting an artory. i Tho infant son of Mr. nnd Mrs. Marsh Horstman, living near Wcbstor, was badly burned. Tho child's clothes caught fire. A rural froo delivery route will bo established at Panama, Lancaster county, on Match 1. It Is twenty and one-half miles long and serves a popu lation ot 110. Tho citizens of Holdrogo have voted $9,000 bond3 for tho purpose of Im proving their water system, and put ting down now wells. Thero woro llfty-two accessions to tho Christian church during the reviv al meetings under tho direction of Do Forrest Austin at Humboldt. D. E. Thompson, United States min ister to Brazil, is expected to arrive in Lincoln "February 8. He sailed from Rio Janolro on tho steamer Tennyson, January 8th. Several carloado of Iron and steol have been received at Ord for tho new bridge across tho North Loup. An oastern contractor has tho contract and work will begin about February 1. Tho annual meetings of tho state conference of charities will bo hold in Lincoln February 2 and 3. Tho pupils of tho school for the blind will give an entertainment on the evening of February 15. Harms Huls, a prominent young Gorman farmer residing In Hanover township, Gage county, was seriously Injured In a runaway accident eight miles northoast of Beatrice Saturday night. Tho team ran away. County assessors of tho state met In Lincoln and discussed tho new rev cnuo law. J. R. C. Miller of Lancas ter was elected temporary chairman nnd J. M. Teegarden of Cass county was solected for secretary. Organiza tion was effected and speeches were made by Governor Mickey and Auditor Nelson. At a meeting of the state board of agriculture Mr. Furnas reported that tho total resources on hand wcro ?V ff7.52; that tho receipts for tho year Including appropriations, were ?4;!, 859.23. Of this sum $14,GG4.CO was ex pended for premiums and other ex penses and $21,198.71 for printing, judges salaries, etc. Alln Low, a prominent stockman, was seriously Injured In a runaway' nt Norfolk and may die. He was driving homo when Ills team became frighten ed nnd overturned the carrlugo down an embankment. Low was dragged for somo distance and had thrco ribs broken and torn from tho collarbone and his lungs were seriously Injured. Rev. J. Forrest Mnrston of Lincoln will continue to languish in the Cass county jail for n time. Ho has boon there for tho last llvo weeks awaiting trial for obtaining money under falso pretenses. Ho has pleaded guilty to soliciting Insurances without a license and was sentenced to pay a fine of $50 and costs. Tho money not being forth coming, ho was remnnded to jail. Out In Hookor county tho people are just now making Into nchool districts that unorganized territory which cov ers ono end of the county. This was tlono upon the suggestion of Superin tendent Fowler, who Is trying to get that 0,000 square miles of territory which Is not organized Into school dis tricts In such a shape that a school tax may bo levied and the youth of tho territory mny bo given tho advan tages of schools that is now denied them. Word reached Beatrice that during a storm Emmett Nuctcr, a farmer re siding near Steele City, southwest of Beatrice, lost three head of mules, tltreo head of horses and thirty head of hogs, all killed by ono stroke of lightning. It was sleeting and snow ing when tho bolt came. Tho barn was also destroyed. Tho Stato Firemen's Association In session at Fremont, olectetj officers. M. Bauer of Nebraska City was chosor. president, John McKay of Blair first vlco president, Charles Koltz of Wahoo second vlco president. It was decided tt send an all-Nebraska team to St. Louis this year, and monoy to defray this expense was voted. Tho team will bo picked from all over tho state. At the stato Irrigation conference at the Btato farm llonry Lewis of Lin coln declared that many difficulties at tended tho Irrigation of land whore rainfall was partial. No difficulties wero encountered where farmers do ponded entirely upon ditches. Prof. Stout of tho state university describ ed Nebraska's water supply, W. P. Wright of Scotts Bluffs told of practi cal Irrigation in the North Plat to val ley. F. G. Hamor of Kearney nlso ad dressed tho meotlng. Dr. Hugo E. Nelson and Colin M. Schollold wero married at tho homo of tho bride In Tildon. Tho groom sorvetl as captain In tho Third Ne braska during the Spanish-American war and nftorwnrd completed a course at tho Croighton mudlcal collcxo In Omaha. Grace Bamos, the fifteen-yoar-ohl daughtor of Henry Darnei of Starling;. has been sent to tho roform school for girls at Gonova. Shu was brought Into court on tho charge of Incorrigibility. Tha now torm of tho Fremont nor mal school commenced with a larger cttendnnce than for the previou term. NEBRASKA SWINE BREEDERS. FoUr Hundred, of Them Gather for Discussion. LINCOLN. four hundred members of the Nebraska Swine Breeders ngrcoit to forswear patent foods with tempting labels and put their trust in the calm, prosaic statements of science. This took place after Pro fessor Avery road a paper pronounc ing most stock foods a delusion and a snare. Tho chief Ingredient in all those preparations was either corn meal or bran, declared the man of science. Ho doclarod that he had analyzed n largo number of tho foods nnd found them all the same except tho following exception, where he found a preparation fearfully nnd wonder fully made: "I Imagine It would bo highly in teresting to have been able to watch the workings of tho mind that solved the problem for this medicinal food. After concocting It ho was evidently evidently proud of his work, and will ing that tho people should be ad mitted to tho mystery of his medi cine, so ho printed on the cover of the package tho various things he had used. The list looked like he had gone to work much as some of us would do If we went into a drug store and asked tho pharmacist to mix up a llttlo of every drug in the store in one huge vessel, hoping thereby to get tho drug which would cure our ailment, although we should not know which ono It might be. Tho list of things which that amateur stock physician "Used occupied a whole side of a large package, and I guess he had almost everything ho could think of written down there. Of course, after composing such a mixture ho considered that he had a medicine that would cure a vast number of diseases and Irregularities." Tho farmers decided after a short discussion, to rely on science and "cut out" Taney goods. SMUGGLING OPIUM TO PRISON Former Convict Said to Have Affidavit Imollcatinrj a Guard. LINCOLN. Tho story or opium be ing smuggled Into the penitentiary, as told by an ex-convict nnd publish ed somo months ago, was again started, when It was reported to Gov ernor Mickey that a former convict has made affidavit to the effect that prlsonors were getting the drug through their friends on tho outside, who worked the smuggling through somo of tho guards. At the thno of publication the mat ter was thoroughly Investigated, and while it was found that tho convicts wero getting the opium no evidence was found that would warrant tho charge that Warden BCcmer or his employes were Implicated. Tho war den discovetcu scleral oleier themes that wero used by tho prisoners and their friends on the outside nnd re ported lo Governor Mickey, who or dered a strict watch kept and a thor ough Investigation made. The gov ernor stated that he believed the smuggling had all been Btopped and that the prisoners were not now re ceiving any drugs. Bank at McLean is Robbed. NORFOLK. A special to the Daily News says that tho bank at McLean, Nob., was blown up and $500 taken. The robbers came from tho south east. No trace of them has been found. Dangerously Hurt In a Runaway. NORFOLK. Alvln Low, ono of the most prominent stockmen In northern Nebraska nnd a pioneer settler of Norfolk, Is in n very critical condi tion nt hia homo near tho city as the result of a disastrous runaway. Building Activity at Ord. ORD, Something like fifty new residences were completed In Ord In 1901! ami yet there Is a dearth of i uses. It is impossible to find vacant houses in town and present Indications are that thero will be much building horo tho coming season. Tlioro are a. dozen dwellings in courso of con struction at the present time. Among the buildings projected for the com ing season aro a number of brick blocks on tho square. Thero is de mand for all tho building done , and Ord Is experiencing a healthy growth. State Fair Has Balance. LINCOLN. A meotlng of tho state board of agriculture was held here, nnd tho financial condition of the or ganization discussed. Mr. Furnus re ported that tho total resources, in cluding balance on hand, from last year's report, were $4,557.42; that tho receipts for the year, including state appropriations, amounted to $43, 859.23. From this sum ?14.GC4.C0 had been expended for premiums and other expenses, such as Improve ments on the grounds,, printing. Judges' salaries, etc., wero $24,198.71. Tho balance on hand at the present time bolug $1,995.92, Farmer In Hard Luck. NORFOLK. Josoph V-laznoy of this city has more than his share of hard luck. Last spring when tho Elkhorn river ran out of Its banks, It licked off six aeros of his choicest loam upon his farm. Tho cttrront also stole his barn and well. Lator on a son broke his arm In n 3cufilo In sohool. Just as this boy got out of bod another got It with pnoumonla. A third sun was stricken a little lator with tho samo disease and then Mr. Vlainey's father died. Now his wife has a fractured arm. POULTRYl mil w.i i i ii I '. .. U. I" PPC ylV'fivJ;& Corn as a Poultry Feed. While we have for years dono all In our power to check tho too free use of corn in tho poultry ration, we yet regard it as ono of the most im portant feeds for poultry. Fed for six months at a tlmo and as a single ra tion It Is almost always used at a dis advantage. Corn Is badly over-balanced on the carbohydrate side, and Its constant feeding not only Injures tho internal organs ot the bird re ceiving it, but it is to a considerable extent washed, as the fowls can digest only nbout so much of this kind of matter anyway. Tho balance must go through In a partly digested Htate. This mny bo tho cause of the Intes tinal disturbances that are sometimes tho result of its continuous feeding. The man that feeds corn alono Is put ting Into each fowl each year a good deal more monoy than Is necessary. In some cases this may amount to as much as 25 cents per bird per year wasted, and worse. On a flock of 100 fowls this is quite an item. But feed corn in conjunction with other things and all will bo well. Fowls vary greatly in tho effects upon them of tho corn fed. Tho young and growing birds, especially those that exercise a great deal, show less effects of its use titan the older birds. This is largely because tho fowls in exercising burn up more of tho carbon contained in tho food by means of the chemical action going on in their lungs. The old hens are less active and cannot use the carbon in such great quantities. Tho result Is that they lay up unnecessary fat and In time get too fat to lay well. This is e. condition hard to euro. Tho -writer onco bought a dozen Plymouth Rocks to add to his flock. To his surprise they did not lay an egg till the winter was about half over. He surmised that tho birds had been fed on noth ing but corn for a long tlmo before tho purchase was made. Ho asked the former owner about it and found that this was true. These hens wcto all old birds; that is, more than IS months old each. When a fowl Is to be fattened for market for tho American market, at least corn Is the proper food for her. If kept somewhat closely confined she will put on weight very rapidly. Such a bird might not do for tho foreign market, where they want flesh rather than fat. But tho American buyer Is not particular. He says that a very fat bird is a tender bird, so ho buys the bird that Is fat and throws the surplus fat away. The fat bird sells tho best, and the city retailer never complains if the birds are fat. The country producer therefore has no al ternative but to make all the birds ho polls as fat as the market demands, and corn Is his great ally in doing this. When corn is to be extensively fed wo beliovo It Is better to feed much of it In the form of corn meal and made Into a pudding at that. The moisture content of such a mess Is worth considering. It takes a great ileal of water to carry the food through tho intestines, and when dry corn Is fed, it must frequently lie tho case that not enough water Is taken to properly do this work. If the fowl fills up on corn before going to roost there is no opportunity to drink be foro morning. This must frequently result in a disarrangement of the digestive organs. This view of it would rather favor the position of those poultrymen that say that tho soft mash should be fed at night nnd tho whole corn In the morning. The matter is certainly worth thought and investigation. Cost of Feeding Hens. From the Farmers' Review; During tho last week In January of tho year now drawing to a closo I weighed nil the grain and other kinds of feed my llock of 205 chickens consumed and estimated Its value at what might have been obtained for It In tho local market. Although tho aggregate sum amounted to moro than ono who had never Investigated tho subject might have expected, yet for each individual It was surprisingly small. I selected this particular tlmo becauso I was then feeding only mature stock and bocnuse there was then nothing to be obtained from outside sources. For these reasons I expected to be able to make a fair estimate of what It cost mo to keep my poultry during the winter. The results quite agreed with those obtained from former estimates based upon similar Investigations, and I folt justified In computing the en tire year's cost therefrom. Of ryo I fed 30 pounds, which was then worth 45 cents per bushel; ot oats 70 pounds at 25 cents per bushel; wheat, 20 pounds at CO cents per bushel; soft corn, ono bushel worth 35 cents, and ground feed, 20 pounds, nt $1.00 per 100 pounds. I also fed a generous quantity of ground bono and chopped vegetables, besides what skimmed milk they would drink every day, which I estimated at 10 cents per 100 pounds. Altogether tho total cost for tho week was about $1.C5 for tho 205 chickens, or nbout 4-5 of ono cont for each Individual or a little less than 4 cents a month, which, at tho samo rato would amount to somothlng near 45 cents for an ontlro yoar. This cstl mate seems lncrodlbly small, but In reality It Is still too largo; for during tho summer months tho flock obtained onough from tho rango to materially losson tho coat of tholr maintenance; yet, as little as It cost for ono, It must have cost mo for tho 205 at least $80 for the salablo grain they con sumed. Besides this, they probably obtained nbout tho stock yards and horse stables a considerable amount of scattered grain, but since this was not salnblo and much of it would oth erwise have "gono to waste," It need not bo reckoned here. During the week specified I gath ered nine nnd ono-half dozens ot eggs, which I sold for $1.71, or C cents moro than tho value of what the llock consumed. Although this was quite a falling off from tho number of eggs usually produced (owing, no doubt, to a protracted cold spell for a tlmo previous) It was still In excess of what It cost to maintain tho flock for tho same time. From the above In vestigations and consequent estimates I have drawn this conclusion: That from twelve to fifteen eggs dally tho year round will maintain a farm llock of from 150 to 200 hens; all above this should represent tho profit obtained. Actually, I believed that the averago farmer's family consumes eggs and poultry enough to compensato for tho cost of keeping their flock, and that all that Is sold usually represents no moro than the real profit nccrulng from tho investment. Certainly ono is not justified In bas ing the estimate of an cntiro year's rations upon tho amount consumed In any one week, yet the results obtain ed in this instance were not far wrong, which fact I have ascertained In other ways for this and other years. Therefore tho conclusions drawn therefrom are undoubtedly cor rect. Nelllo Honakcr, Vernon Coun ty, Wisconsin. , -( Destruction of Weeds. Much Interest has, been shown at a number of tho agricultural experiment stations In tho possibility of weed de struction by means of chemicals. As long ago as 1895 It was found at the Vermont Station that the orange hnwkwecd, a serious pest In pasture and meadows, could bo destroyed without Injury to tho grass by sowing salt over tho land at tho rate of 3,000 pounds per aero. Many experiment? have since boon conducted nt the same station with other chemicals for the eradication of weeds In walks, drives, com Is, etc. Among the chemi cals tested were salt, copper sulphate, kerosene, llvcr-of-sulphur, carbolic acid, arsenic and salsoda, arsenate of soda, and two commercial wood kill ers, the active principle of which ap parently was arsenic. Tho weeds which it was sought to destroy wero plantains, dandelion, chicory, rag weed, knotwecd and various grasses. All tho chemicals, wero applied in so lution excopt the salt. As In the enso of tho hnwkwecd experiments, salt was found efficient in destroying all the weeds v.-lien applied dry and In large quantity. When salt Is used for this purpose adjacent lawns should lie protccetd against washing, or they mny be injured. Crude carbolic acid, 1 pint in 4 pints or water, applied at tho rate of 8 gallons per square rod, was very efficient. The various ar senical preparations proved valuablo as weed destroyers, and cholco be tween them was largely a matter of expense. All things considered, the arsenate of soda and the carbolic acid solutions proved the most valuable chemicals for weed destruction under tho conditions of these experiments. Swine at Ontario Station. A report of tho Ontario station says: Our swlno comprise ropresenta-, tlves ot the Yorkshire, Tamworth and Berkshiro breeds. This is quite as many breeds as we can handle to ad vantage. Representatives of tho Chester While, Duroc Jersey and Po land China breeds have been fed in the experimental piggery. Feeding Swine. Brooding sows aro fed sparingly on n mixed meal ration consisting generally of ground oats, barley and peas, tho oats constituting about half tho mixture. In addition, they receive a fairly liberal ailowanco of pulped roots, which is decreased as farrowing time approaches. Beforo feeding, they arc given a drink of wa ter, and then tho meal 'is fed on top of tho pulped roots. Sometimes tho meal and pulped roots aro mixed a day in ndvanco of feeding, but cither plan seems to work well. Growing pigs, four months old and over, receive the same meal mlxturo ns tho sows, bui In tho place of roots, they are fed tho refuse from tho collcgo kitchen. Tho meal is fed dry to these also. Small pfgs are fed about equal parts of fine ly ground oats and middlings, together with skim milk when such Is avail able. In this case tho moal Is niois toned with tho milk. They aro also accustomed to eating roots, mangels preferred. Our sows aro turned Into n Inrge shod adjoining tho piggery for a few hours every nfternoon. A very little whole grain of some sort Is scat tered broadcast over tho floor of tho shed to Induco tho sows to take exercise. Lime as Acid Neutralizes Tho use of Hmo on land has not been largely encouraged by scientists In the past, though it has been used to n considerable extent In isolated Iocall ties. It was at first considered from tho standpoint of plant food, and as such ot course could not receive a very enthusiastic support from men that had found out by various tests that there was already in tho soil moro lime than the plants could use. But when tho soils of tho various states camo to bo examined for acid It was found that many of them wero so strongly ndd that somo of our most Important plants would not g:oy on them satisfactorily. In tho soil sur voys carried on during tho past threo yoars In Illinois it has boon found that one-third of tho soils of tho stato are so strongly acid that they will not grow red clovor and othor logumes successfully until treatod with lime Ot tho othor two-thirds of tho state' somo of tho soils are slightly acid and' would bo Improved by an agjllcation of Hmo. r ?
