lBSTORATION of
PEA SILAGE FEEDING OF
LAMBS IN WISCONSIN
Green Feed Will Eventually Cut a Wide Swath In Beef and
Mutton Malting Aa Kosuit oi jcxpcwun."
at Waukesha.
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GUARDS PRESIDENTS LIFE
From tho very day that Tnft was elected pres
ident, four months In advance of the dntc on which ho was Inaugurated, tho
chief of the secret sorvlco, considering that Judge Tnft was n pornpnnge
whoso well being was of vast Import to tho nation detailed, two of his best
operatives to guard tho prcsldont-ulect. Mr. Wheeler was o7ie of theso men
nnd he accompanied tho Tafts ovorywhoro they went to Cincinnati; to Hot
Springs, Vn.; to Augusta, Gn., and to tlio Pnnnina cnnnl, with "sldo trips" to
Washington, Philadelphia, Now Haven, Now York and other points, Tho
qualities which Mr. Wheeler displayed during this strenuous season tnndo
a most favorable Impression upon tho now president nnd ho asked that Mr.
Wheeler bo made his principal bodyguard when ho was Installed In tho White
Ilouso.
Now when Prosldont Tnft walks, rides, drives or motors abroad in tho
streets of Washington or in tho suburbs Secrot Scrvlco Agont Wheeler Is
his Inseparable shadow, Tho conscientious secret sorvlco man scurccly lets
tho distinguished object of his nttention out of IiIb fHght during his waking
hours. If tho president plays golf, tho faithful Wheeler l close by to ward
art Inqulsltlvo or suspicious persons. If Mr. Tnft occuplos u box at tho
theater his Involuntary escort Is not far away, perhaps sheltered by tho
curtains of tho box. If tho chief magistrate strolls to church on Sunday
morning tho secrot service man walks a short distance behind. President
Lincoln always insisted that his bodyguard should wnlk by his sldo and
chat with him as though ho woro nn intimnto friend. Nono of our Inter
presidents have pursued that course, although under tho Tnft regime thoro
has been introduced nn Inuovntlon In that tho secrot sorvlco men who accom
pany the president to church wear frock coats and silk hats nnd could not
be distinguished by the unknowing ones from fashlonablo club men saun
tering leisurely nnd apparently uncoucornod behind the president,
Wheeler, like to tho other secret sorvlco men on duty nt tho Whlto
House, Is about 30 years of age. Ho is of nthletlo build and keeps himself
In tho best of condition by dully exorclso. All these secrot sorvlco guards
go well nrmcd, but tho weapons aro carefully stowed away out of sight nnd
there Is nothing In cither tho dregs or manner of theso men to indlcato their
office, '
NEW INDIAN
those Now
fancy and
poor, weak human nnturo. Tho clgnr
tho roostetr feathers nnd the bear tooth necklace will not bo In favor with
tho new Vnlontlno regime any moro thnn he wns with tho preceding Loupp
administration. Vnlontlno admits
uesi coriiucnio or goouuoss 1.0 can unvo is 10 chuck ms leniuors, put on over
alls and a hickory shirt, grab a shovel and get to work with tho othor Amorl
cans. Tho Indian of romance nnd
Valentino ns tho Indlnn with his
up to date.
Aftor graduating from Harvard
and then a uowspuper writer. Tlio
COMPELLED
Henry
who is
Florldn
the road
Flagler fortune, which had built thrco palatial hotels nt an oxpeuuo of moro
than $5,000,000, wns oqunl to meeting all bills for tho construction of n rail
road oven such n railroad as this,
Tho nnnonncomonti made tho other dny, that a bond issuo Is to bo put
out shows thnt the Flaglor foituno wns not at all points equal to tho emer
gency. Still, nobody will bellovo thnt tho poor commissioners nro llkoly to
bo cullod upon in Mr. Flngler'o behalf for somo tlmo yot. Next to John D
llockefelloi', ho is tho largest Individual stockholder In tho Standard OH Co.
Ho wrtB a poor hoy, clerking In a country btore, boforo ho heard, tho rapping
of opportunity on the door, nut ho let go his bundles, sullied out and got
a half-Nelson lock on tho rappur boforo tho echoes had dlod nway.
GERMAN RAILWAY MINISTER
ness profitable to tho uovernmont
both wises can 1)o brought ubout.
Tlio changes in officialdom nt the nntlonnl cap
Itnl thnt followed tlio Inauguration of William II.
Tnft ns president extended oven to the personnel
of that secret service corps charged with pro
tecting the person of tlio chtof magistrate of the
nation
It Is not slrungo that each president should
prefer to exorcise strictly his personnl prefer
ences regarding tho secret Bcrvlco men detailed
ns his poraonal escort, for very few officials of
high or low degreo uro inoro closoly'or moro con
tinuously nBsoclnted with tho chlof executlvo
thnn these protectors In plain clothes, I'rcHldunt
Tuft's selection for tho post of principal body
guard was Secret Service Operative L. C. Wheeler
and it nil ramo about in this wise.
COMMISSIONER
llobort 0 onion Valentino, the newly appointed
Indian commissioner, is only 3G, a fact which
lends some Irreverent members of tho oldor con
tingent to remark that tho chorus at Washing
ton Is full of squabs nnd nil tho-lending men aro
Juveniles. Nevertheless, Mr. Valentino Is so woll
In touch with tho affairs of tho Indian burcnu
that he was tho personal choice of retiring Com
missioner Loupp for tho succession,
Valentino's knowledge of tho Indian wna
mostly gained back In Massachusetts, whoro tho
only Indians nro those who conio nloug with tho
medicine shows. But ho Iciiowb Lo, becuuso ho
knows tho poor white men pretty woll. At least,
England persons who prldo themselves
on following cold lco-cold facts rather than
sontlmontal theory bellovo they know
store Indian with tho red blanket nnd
that, next to a coroner's certillcnto, tho
Lcuthcrstocklng doesn't look as good to
crops all cultivated and his fnrm work
Valentino wns n tenchor, a bunk clerk
latter Job led to IiIb political proferment.
TO BORROW
M, Flagler, tho Standard Oil magnnto,
popularly supposed to carry tho Btnto of
around In his pockets, has boon compelled
to abandon ono of hta dearest ambitions nnd an
nouuee a bond Issuo for tho railroad ho 1b build
lug from tho mainland across, the coral beds to
Key West. Up to date tho engineering world has
seen nothing more unique in lU' way than this
railroad of 000 miles. Flngler has boon construct
ing it much an a man would build n Btnblo, his
manager in chargo of tho work bolng unlimited
as to expense nnd only bound to make tho road u
good ono, It hns boon Flnglor'a pet Idea that when
Is completed it should bo without a penny
of Indebtedness of borrowed monoy, No notes
nor bonds nor othor ovldeucos of obligation were
to bo in its records. It was to show that tho bin
Hcrr Von Ilrolteiibueh, ns mlnlBtor of public
.works and railways in tho Prussian government,
Is at tho head of tho public-owned railroad sys
torn, (lornmny hns owned her rnllrondu for a
numbor of years und they aro managed by ni
especially cnpablo and conservative body of o(n
clnlif.
Reports Just rocolved from tho exports who
have boon studying tho situation thoro declare
howovor, that tho plan Is not n success, in
respect both to tho service rocolved and the
financial results public ownership In Germany g
declured to bo a long way from satisfactory. At
tho present moment Horr Von Ilreltenbach has in
contemplation sovorul changes of importance In
tlio mothods of IiIb departments which look
townrd finally making tho Prussian railroad busi
or satisfactory to tho public, if olthor or
There is probnbly no fonturo of tho
coining observunco of tho tercentenary
of tho discovery of Lako Champjaln
which appeals moro strongly to his
toric intorcst than docs the restoration
of old Fort Tlcondoroga. Into the warp
nnd woof of Amorican history tho
numo Tlcondoroga has been Indelibly
worked through ycarB of bitter war
fare, nnd tho feet that this historic old
fortification, fast falling to decuy, 1b to
bo saved to succeeding generations
through tho Intervention of a woman,
coupled with tho fnct that tho work
of restoration has" now progressed so
fur thnt wus posslblo to entertain on
Tuosdny, July C, tho president of tho
United States in tho very building in
which on May 10, 1775, Ethan Allon
mado his famous demand for tho sur
render of tho fortification, "In tho
nnmo 'of tho great Jehovah und tho
continental congress," gives to tho
colobratlon a plnco in the hearts of
tho people of the United States which
may not bo disputed.
It is at the direction of Mrs. S. II. P.
Poll of New York that Fort Tlcon
doroga Is bolng restored. Mrs. Pell,
who is tho daughter of Col. Robert
Thompson of New York, Ib tho wife of
Stophen II. P. Pell, a prominent Now
York banker. Doth her husband and
fathor uro interested in seeing her
project carried through tea success
ful conclusion and nro aiding it in
ovory way possible Membora of
tho Now York Lako Chnmplnln tercen
tenary commission nro also deeply In
terested in Mrs. Pell's plan to restoro
tho old fort, and havo accorded her
roprosoutatlves ovory posslblo constd
pratton wUh regurd to tho arrange
ment of tho celebration exercises as
regards Tlcondoroga. Alfred C. Bos
Bom of Now York city, who Ib tho
architect in chargo of tho work for
Mrs. Pell, estimates thnt tho work of
completely restoring tho fort will oc
cupy n period of ton years und tho
estimated cost has boon placed at
$500,000. After a conforenco with tho
members of tho Now York Lako Cham
plain torcentonnry commission it wns
docldcd that It. would bo best to con
centrate tho work of restoration upon
that building known as tho "wost bar
raoks," nnd this hat been done.
To Insuro absolute accuracy In tho
restoration of tho fort, Mr. Hossom
spent n considerable period of time in
personal examination of old records
nnd prints in tho possession of the
French and English governments, and
now has representatives in those coun
trios cnrofully going over each minor
dotall of construction. Thus far, how
over, tho architect and his workers
bavo found the fort Itself us thorough
ly a rellablo guldo to its roconstruc
tlon ns could bo wished, for when (he
debrle Is clearod away from tho lino
of a wnll tho old-fashioned doo,
hangers, locks und knobs uro found
whoro thoy dropped to tho ground us
tho plnco gradually fell to decay. Many
of thoso old articles aro used ns mod
els for tho construction of new nnd
Btrong ropllcns at tho bunds of skilled
artisans. Probnbly ono of the most
Interesting flnds. was n roll of home
spun cloth In n fairly good stato of
preservation despite Us long Intor
mont Uoneath tho old Poll mansion, which
Is situated on tho lake shore Just
bolow tho slto of tho fort, nnd which
Is also being restored to Its former
grandeur, an Interesting old bull's-eye
watch was found soon after the work
wnB started last Novonibor. On tho
slto of tho fort enough pieces of pot
tery havo been found to nuiko a com
plete service, nnd duplicates of theso
aro being mado nt great cost, for tho
interesting old pnttorn la very hard to
reproduco. Tho most of theso pieces
woro found directly bolow tho old
mossroom. Ono pottory punch howl
which has been found in n fine stato
of prosorvatlon bears upon tho bot
tom the inscription: "Success to Hen,
Amherst," and has been ldontlflcd ns
n punch bowl given him by friends In
Now York before his campaign in the
Lnko Chnmplutn country. Any qunn
tE6TORP
I tlty of old-fafililoiied knives and forks
havo been found, a perfect old-fashioned
bottle and many bar-shot, can
nlstcr shot, mortar shells, cannon
balls and pieces of guns.
Oilleluls of tho war departments ot
both England and Franco, ns well as
of the British musoum, havo given
much valuable assistance In tho mat
tor of restoring tho old fort on his
torically correct lines. Tho records
show thnt Fort Tlconderoga wns a
"star" fort, and tho excavations now
going forward bear out tho rccordB In
this respect. Tho entire fort was sur-
rounded by u moat about 10 or 15 feet
deep, and in somo places 30 foot wide
Two drains which were liscd by the
former occupants of tho fort years ago
havo been cleared out and aro now
being used again. Two underground
stores, one loented In tho northwost
and tho other In tho southwest angle
of the fort, havo also been opened.
On tho tip of tho tonguo of land
which Fort Tlcondoroga was built to
command stnnda all that remains of
tho grenadier battery, as It Is known
locally about Fort Tlconderoga, though
thcro seems to bo no real reason for
Its being given this nnmo. In 175G
tlio Frencn began tuo erection or a
fort on tho presont sito ot Fort Tlcon
doroga, which thoy named Fort Carillon,
it nnmo meaning "a chime of bollB"
and referring to tho music of a nearby
waterfall. In strength this fortress
was second only to Quebec, but In
1759 tho English had gained so In
numbers and the French had been
weakened bo by their campaign in
Canada that tho English, under com
mand ot Gen. Amherst, werd able to
drive them from tho stronghold and
forco them from tho Champlaln val
loy. Tho year before Abercromble,
commanding 15,000 troops, had mado,
an assault upon the stronghold which
was BiiccoBsfully repulsed by Mont-
calm, commanding 4,000 troops. Gen
Amherst, following tho evacuation of
tho fort by the French, ropalrcd and
rebuilt It, for beforo leaving they had
destroyed as much as possible of the
fortification. Tho robullt ,fort was
christened Tlconderoga nnd was held
by the English until Us capture on
May 10, 1775, by Ethan Allen and his
little compnny of Green mountain
boys.
History throughout all-these years
hoB credited Allen with demanding
the surrondor of tho fort "In tho name
of tho Groat Jehovah and tho contl
nental congress," and in UiIb connec
tlon tho Investigations of Mrs. Poll's
representatives must prove a sovoro
shock, for according to thorn Allon
did not uso tho choice langungo with
which history huB credited him. Ac
cording to Alfred C. Dossom, tho
urchltect, who hns personally exam
ined many records of tho surrender
nnd has talked with descendants of
mon who woro with Allon on tho night
of that memorablo May 10, tho
"Ilobln Hood of Now England," as
Allon bus sometimes been styled,
Balled across the lnko from Lnrraboe's
point In tho dond of tho night, land
ing with his Binall command of 83
mon at Willow point, on tho west
shoro of tho lnko about a half mllo
north of where tho old Pell mansion
now Btnnds. Crossing what Is now
tho garden of tho old mansion ho wont
down n flight of stono Btcpa and nlong
an underground passago admitting to
a rear ontranco on tho east side of tho
fort. Through a sally-port ho mado
his way into tho fort proper. In tho
pnrado ground Allon divided his amall
command Into two partB, lining ono
up nt the oast and tho other at tho
west end. He then climbed the slnlra
to tho second story of tho west bar
racks and walked along tho balcony
to tho last door at tho southern end.
Heroro this door ho mado his domand
for tho surrender of tho fort. Louis
E. Shnttuck.
Menacing the Race.
Now it 1b the dofectlvo teeth of civ
Hired rncea which, according to dental
authority, lmporll their future. Shall
tho savago races of Africa and the An
tlpodoa, with their glonmlng "ivories,"
yet survey tho ruliiB of Anglo-Saxon
civilization? Tho wonder grows ns to
how tho fathers of the republic who
lived In tho primitive days of dentistry
wero enabled to trnnsmlt their horl
tago to posterity. Now York World.
Courtroom Repartee.
The lawyer for the defondo wns bo
Bovore upon tho prosecutor that the
latter rose and asked: "Does the
learned couiiboI think mo a fool?" The
retort was prompt; "My friend wlBhes
to know If I consldenfhlm a fool; and
In reply to his question l can only say
that I ani not prepared to deny It."
Into the cnvcrnouB mnw of . a silo 70
feet In diameter and 43 feet In height
n vast quantity of green feed can bo
tucked nway. From such a silo a
Waukesha county (Wis.) firm market
ed during the past winter 9,000 fat
western-bred lambs. As results in this
case showed a profit ot around $11,000
hotter testimony ns to tho 'value' of
silage for lamb finishing purposes
could not bo desired. For tho purpose
of making comparisons tho ilrm fed
during the winter a smaller band of
the samo kind of lambs on hay and
corn, nnd thnt operation barely paid
expenaes. The Waukoslm feeding wub
largely of an experimental nnturo and
was revolutionary In that the grain ra
tion was reduced to a minimum nnd
silage forced on tho stock. Rcsulta
were so convincing that the ration of
last winter, practically one pound of
grain per lamb por diem with ntf un-
Wisconsin Pea Silage-Fed
limited quantity of silage, will bo
adopted by tho firm as Its standard.
Tho feature of this feeding waa tho
'limited quantity of corn used.
In the provlous year a work self
feeders wero used and tho lambs given
all the screenings thoy could consume.
This resulted in only limited con
sumption of silage, tho lambs filling up
on grain. Gains by this method were
satisfactory, but cost waa excessive
and tho feeders determined on a radi
cal change. Hand-feeders woro substi
tuted and tho stock practically forced
to cat silage. A small quantity of corn
Sheared and Ready to Kill.
waa fed twice dally, tho grain ration
from beginning to tho end of a feeding
period of GO to 70 dnyB never exceed
ing 1 poundB per day and not nver
nglng a pound. It was a mixture of
corn nnd oilineal, the proportion of the
lnttcr being limited to one-quarter
pound per day. At the outset ono
quarter of a pound ot corn per head
was used, this being gradually in
creased to tho maximum. Tho previ
ous season, when allowed nil the
screenings they cfiuld eat, the average
consumption of grain waa thrco
pounds per head. While heavier
gains havo been made in tho feed-
VALUE OF SHEEP
AND GOATS
Their Ubo in
' Lund for
Clearlnjr Brush
Cultivution.
Much has been said, written und
dono of lato yenra regarding the
great value of goats clearing brush
lund for cultivation or for the growth
of permanent grass. It is truo that
goats aro groat browsers on brii8hy
land nnd thnt thoy will booh clear
such land of undeslrablo growth. How
ever, they aro to be recoiiimen'ded for
this uso only when nil tho brush nnd
trees on the laud nro to bo removed.
If Borne of tho trees aro to remain
for shndo or timber purposes, tho
goats will bark ninny of them, causing
tho melthor to dlo or to become de
formed nnd almost unfit for use.
The writer has Just visited a largo
estato lu tho hill land of Missouri,
where the estato Is being partially
cleared for permanent blue grass pas
turo. Undeslrablo trees aro cut out
and the best trees of best timber
valuo aro loft standing. Among tho
good trees on this, land which aro
preserved for growth and futuro
utility nro tho black locusts, which
aro widely known as an oxcollent
timber for fence posts, telophono
poles and railroad ties. Tho goats
aro not content to browso on tho ton
dor sprouts alone, but they persist In
chewing tho bark from the black lo
cust trees and a number of other val
uable trees so aa to pormnuontly In
jure them.
Sheep will keop down sprouts and
weeds ou cleared land almost as ef
fectively as will goats, and they do
not hnvo tho pernlcloiiB habit of try
ing to cat tho largo trees which may
bo left In tho Hold. If tho treea and
other undeslrablo growth ure cut out,
lot, from the standpoint ot economical
production this experiment wns satis
factory In every respect. The Bcason's
work mny bo summnrlzed by tho state
ment that lumbs fed on hay and a
heavy corn ration lost money; fed on
sllngo and n limited grain ration prof
its wore hnndsomc. Corn used in this
feeding cost 50 to C3 cents; screenings
wore worth $1G17 per ton. Hud lust
winter's ration or screenings, threo
pounds per day, been used tho cost
por head for g'rnln would havo been
2 VI cents. Corn cost but little over
ono cent pir dny. The feeders demon
strated, to their own satisfaction at
least, that pea silage and corn consti
tutes n well-balanced ration.
Montnna mountain-bred lnmbs wore
used, nB tho feeders consider them far
Buperlor to plains-bred Btock. Every
lamb was bought on tho Chicago mar
ket and in dividing tho two bands
Lambs Ready for Market.
care was exercised to gtvcfcach feed
lot an oqunl chance. The first feed
begun October 19 nnd ended December
14. Tho avernge weight going Into tho
feed-lot was 71 pounds; nt tho stock
yards on selling day 85 pounds. Tho
3,000 lambs, coating $55.25 when put
in, sold in ono lot at $7 aftor a 40-day
feed on the sllago and corn ration.
Tho second feeding period was strung
out during th6 winter, drafts bolng
purchased at the Chicago market as
opportunity offered. Investment prices
ranged from $5.25 to $7.20 and sale
prices of the finished stock from $7 to
$8. They -went In weighing 75 to 80
pounds. None weighed less than 90
pounds coming out nnd somo reached
104 pounds. All of the 8econd feeding
were shorn nnd while the fat lambs
wero mainly disposed of before the
spring rise In prices (otherwise finan
cial reaulta would have been greater)
a booming wool market added materi
ally to the profits. Theso lambs en
joyed popularity In killing circles. -They
dressed well nnd wero regarded
by buyers as fully up to tho standard
of lambs fed on hay nnd grain. Tho
grain delegatlou brought no bettor
prices than the silage-fed contingent
The grain-fed band consumed moro
than twice as much grain as the
others.
All this rolates to pea, not corn
fillnge, and tho feod used In this In
stance was cannery wnsto. The exper
iment lias determined the feeding
value of pea Bllago in combination
with a small corn ration. It indicates
possibilities for a vast extension of
cattlo and sheep feeding In an area
not regarded as within tho corn belt
proper, embracing Wisconsin, Michi
gan nnd Minnesota, whero tho poa
crop thrives.
tho Bheop will eat off tho young
spYouts and the foliage, causing the
sprouts and tho roots of tho original
stumps to dlo, allowing Intervening
spaces among trees to catch in blue
grass or other pasture grass. The
will not eat tho bark from standing
trees of any considerable size,''
NUBBINC OF FARM NEWS..
J. C. EvaiiB of Harlem, Kan., haa a
fine orchurd of 200 persimmon troos
Tlio fruit la about aa largo as a Call
fornln plum nnd he finds a ready-mar-kot
for his product at Kansas City.
Tho 200 trees yield nn average income
Tho largest pumpkin grown in the
stato of California was raised in Santa
Clara county -a number of yenra ago
It weighed 261 pounds.
It Is better to rnlso onions which
yield on an average 100 to 125 bushels
per aero, oven If the price la 50 centa
a bushel, than to raise ton-cent cot
ton.
Nearly one-third of tho coal mined
in the United States, speaking In round
numbors, Is burned, not In homes or
fnctorles, but by tho locomotives.
It Is estimated that through lax and
improper methods In tho handling ot
milk and cream a loss of over $5,000,
000 results nnnunlly,
This country consumed 115,000,000
pounds of ten lust year nnd Jupan im
ported 14 por cont. less than ton years
ago.
Mending Roofs.
A roof covered with paper or felt
ing can bo quickly mended with coal
tur. Paint over thickly with warm
tar, then lay on n piece of fresh
roofing paper, which should bo fas
tened nt tho edges with roofing
brads; then paint Rome moro tar ovor
tho patch jnd ovor the edges, making
a neat wutorproof patch which wlli
last us long ns tho rest of tho roof.
