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Vaown ia both hemispheres.
He fenad himself one wild, portea-
"tions night half- way betweea as
.Arkansas cross-roads end nowhere,
with only one visible shanty ia sight.
"Can I stay here tonight?" queried
the coming roaster of American wit.
rXbpe," was the crnsty answer.
"Can't I? Can't I even stay .trader
rhe barn, under, kiver with yer hogs?"
The madam eyed him closely by the
intcssant Cashes of lightning and
finally mumbled:
Ast the hawgs theirselres. They
hain't no sense. I'd say no,, bnt they
may say "yes;" and-while the rain
dashed, 'the.thnnder throbbed and the
lightning split the sky-; Opie crawled
ino the barn.
And no name is more honored than
his today. Newspaper Maker.'
A Ml I'rjralar Army.
TJio mightiest Lost of this aort Is the army
of invalids v,lio:e bowels livers and stom
achs have been 'regulated by llostcttera
'toma h Hitters A rcjru ar habit of body
Is inou-tlit about through usins tbe Ilitters
not by violently agitating and i-riplii tiio
intestines- but by reinforcing their cneiry
and causing a fotr of the bile into its pro
per channel. Malaria, la grippe, dyspepsia,
and a tendency to inactivity of the k:dueys,
re cuaiiucreU 4y the Blt'crs.
Anticipated Deasarc.
The entire Smith family took a fort
night's vacation this summer. It was
an uhnsnal thing for them all to go
away together, and they talked about
it,' individually and collectively, for
weeks beforehand. They were going
to-rfoand they were not going to do -all
sorts of things during the precious, va
cation period. liig Sister- said she
meant .to ride the bicycle. Little Sis
. ter said that she meant to make mud
pies all day long, and. IHg Brother said
that He meant to not so much as look
at a Latin grammar. ' I tell-yon What
I 'mean to do." cried Small Itrother, all
, on fire at the prospect of so much do
"as-you-pleaseness. '"I'm not going to
""J? -y prayers.'" Xew York Evening
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i lie devil never feels ashamed of himself
iu the tomj-roiy of. a stingy man.
A coo! head and a warm heart sbou'd go
together.
Your Happiness
Depends upon a
healthy body and
a contented mind.
Your Health
Is seriously 'in danger
unless your blood is
rich, red and pure.
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DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
Operate Tale
the
Care
Karat 'X Few
of live Stack
NTIL every farmer
has a silo, it is in
order to preach the
.silo, so we beg
.those who have si
los to bear with us
tjfihf'fm&t.i H we 8eem to Te
jjcai ecu w.i.
truths. Remember
what an awful lot
--n 1-aT- lakes to save a few
sinners, and have patience; or do bet
ter, help us spread the troth.
1. The silo stores away corn more
safely and more permanently than any
other plan. Silage is practically fire
proof, and will keep in the silo indefi
nitely. 2. Corn can be made into silage at
lessezpense than It can be preserved
In any other form.
3. The silo preserves absolutely all
but the roots' of the corn.
4. Silage can be made in the sun
shine or In rain. Unlike hay, it is in
dependent of the. weather.
6.- When corn Is ready for the silo,
there Is but little farm work pressing.
6. Corn is worth more to the dairy
as silage than In any other form.
7. At least one-third more corn per
acre Kay be fed on silage than on dried
corn, stalks or fodder.
8. Corn is fed more conveniently as
llage than in any other form.
9. Silage' is of most value when fed
In combination' with other food, richer
in protein. It Is not a complete food.
10. Owing to Its succulence and bulk
Iness, silage Is the best known substi
tute for green grass, 'and is-therefore
especially valuable as a winter food.
Jersey Bulletin.
Keep tbe Beat Breeders.
The best birds should not be sold but
be retained as breedem. This is the
way that improvement in quality of
the stock can be kept up. " It is a great
mistake to sell the flower of the. flock
and then be forced to take what is left
for the breeding pens. It does not mat
ter how tempting the offers may be, or
how much money may be -offered, for
the best of the flock, the fact of such
an offer being made by another breeder
is proof conclusively that the same fowl
would be just as valuable to the owner
for his breeding pens.
Often the breeder is hard pressed for
money. He takes a pair, trio, or-breeding
pen to the show, and there some
visitor or exhibitor with cash to spare
is highly impressed with their excel
lence and beauty, and determined to be
the possessor of such fine specimens,
offers a very high price for them. The
owner feels the need of money, and
thinks to himself that this is an un
usual chance to make money which may
not occur again in a lifetime; that these
much admired birds are the direct pro
geny of inferior ones; that the same
skill ' in mating which has produced
such fine birds can be exercised again in
the same direction. This reasoning is
illogical, and the one who parts with
the best specimens of his production on
such reasoning Is taking a back step, as
he cannot feel assured that a superior
progeny will be the natural result from
inferior parents.
Of course there is a strong temptation
to part with the best of the flock when
a big price is offered, or to gain a good
customer. Many novices may yield to
the tempting effer, and cherish the hope
that the same breeders or their like
may produce as good results again. But
we caution one and all to banish such
delusion and not part with tbe best
breeders for love or money, if you aim
at attaining high rank in fancy fowl
breeding. Although cases hare occurred
when apparently inferior breeders have
produced specimens greatly their su
perior, and cases will occur when a
vast improvement will be manifest in
each succeeding progeny, still the poli
cy of selling the prime birds of the
stock and keeping the inferior ones for
breeders is unwise and cannot be too
strongly aeprecaiea.
It is well to bear in mind the fact
that by continuously mating the flower
of the flock, or with equally as good or
better specimens of other strains, we
are tending to progression step by step.
Finely bred animals of every kind can
only be kept up to the mark of excel
lence by unremitting selection and at
tention. But if we use inferior birds
for breeders, certainly we make no pro
gress, and may lose ground already
won. Ohio Poultry Journal.
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l'reventiac Scours la Calves.
I milk my -cows for the butter that is
In the. milk, and I cannot afford to let
the calves have it I therefore feed
skim-milk. The great trouble in feed
ing this way is scours, but I have
'earned that this difficulty can be en
tirely prevented by the use of rennet
extract, to be given with the skim-milk
as we get it from the deep-setting cans.
We make a business -of dairying, and
the calves must take their chances with
the skim-milk, and everyone knows the.
difficulty in feeding this bare skim
milk. If we increase the nnantitv i in
fp6or have it too cold the calPs diges'-'
tion is upset and scours follow. I ac- '
cldentally stumbled onto the use of '
rennet extract in liquid form, which
can be bought at $1.50' per gallon, and
is of such strength that one teaspoonful
Is enough for ten calves getting four
quarts 'each of milk at a feed, to pre
vent any danger from scours. With this
adjunct skim-milk can be fed with as
great safety as new milk, and now I
can put my calves, on skh-milk in"
about five days. I feed the milk at a
temperature of about 80 degrees at first,
but after two months I reduce it to 65
or 70 degrees. The rennet extract never
fails to .prevent scours. C. L. Gabriel
son. rhe LaacsBaa Fowl.
History tells us that In February,
1872, Major Croad, of England, -received
his first imputation of Lang
shans from China. Te following No
vember -he exhibited them at ' the
Crystal Palace, and six years later the
fowl was introduced into the United
States by the late Mrs. B, W. Sargent,
of Kittery, Maine.
Both in this, country and in England.
tae Introduction of the breed brought !
forth a renlar Btnr , , ' 1
doubt on account of the boom it at once
created. But to-day the Langshan is
all the better for the warfare, "and
fears no rival.
As chicks the Langshaas are ' 6trong
aad vigorous," coming out black, the
head and breast with different shades
of canary, and the legs of a light color.
When they assume their first feathers,
they often retain a few white nest
feathers, which, however, entirely dis
appear with their moult in the fall.
As pallets they are early layers.
hm aavlaf been knownto lay at tke
aft af frt BMmtas, although laying at
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sack aa age Is rather macaaiaaea. For
best remits at winter egg prodactie.
they should be hatched in April or
Hay. They do equally well In all parts
of the United States, and caa now be
found la every state- ia the Union.
Mr. Boyer, in Farm Poultry.
The breed appears to have originated
in the province cf Andalusia, in Spain.
It was once classed as a variety or the
common Spanish fowls, bnt was later
accepted as a separate- breed. The
breed produces larger birds than the
other varieties of Spanish fowls, and
they are also said to be hardier. .
The chicks feather rapidly and easily.
This helps them to resist the storms
and cold, and appears to aid them in
coming to maturity. They produce
eggs abundantly, and are also consid
ered good tablo fowls. The comb and
shape of the body-resemble the other
Spanish varieties. The plumage is a
bluish gray, nearly blacx'on the back,
and glossy. The neck hackle is dark
slate, often nearly black, the tail bluish
gray: the beak and legs are of a dark
blue tinge, nearly a slate color. Some
times the plumage is penciled by dark
er shades.
The fowls mature early, and the
cocks are fighters. The hens do not
seem inclined to sit as a general thing,
being considered non-sitters.
There are reports of the hens having
produced as high as 225 eggs per year.
The flesh is of a fine flavor tender and
juicy. The birds are plump-bodied and
do not consume as much food as some
other breeds.
Night ffcp or Fowls.
Some years ago an old lady living in
Massachusetts cast about her for means
to prevent the combs of her fowls from
freezing. Her pens were dilapidated
and she did not feel able to repair them.
At last the idea struck her .of making
flannel night-caps for her birds, and
this she proceeded to do. Every cold
night after the fowls had gone to roost
this good old lady would go out and
carefully put on the night-caps. This
got to be very tiresome before spring
came. and. the next winter the good
dame concluded to repair the house in
such a wayas to obviate the necessity
for making poultry night-caps.
Germicide Power of Milk. The sug
gestion which was made - by Fokkcr,
that freshly drawn milk was a germi
cide, surprising as it may be at the time
it was made, has been abundantly veri
fied by more recent work. The experi
ments of Freudcnrelch, as already
pointed out. confirm the position ad
vanced by Fokker, and in more recent
years others ' have reached ' the same
conclusion. Indeed, we have learned to
recognize that animal secretions in
general have more or less of a germi
cide power, and it is no longer a sur
prise to us to find this true of milk:
The germicide property of freshly
drawn milk has, however, been more
recently investigated by F. Basenau,
who is inclined to question the matter,
finding that for a certain pathogenic
germ which he studied, "milk has no
germicide power. Any practical value
to this germicide power does-not as yet
appear. It is known that fresh milk is
a very poor medium for the growth of
certain pathogenic bacteria; for in
stance, the cholera germ is quite rapid
ly destroyed in fresh milk. To what
extent this germicide property destroys
the cholera germ., however, we do not
yet know. "According to recent work it
appears to be due rather to the multi
plication of .the lactic organisms.
Feeding Skim-milk. Far too many
farmers give the dairy department on
the farm no credit for the by-products.
They see only the cash received-for Gut
ter, without taking intoconsideration
the gain from pigs, chickens and calves
raised on skim and buttermilk. The
dairy is entitled to credit for these by
products, and the giving of proper
credit will often change an apparent
loss into a fair profit. Enough experi
ments have been made by private par
ties and at experiment stations to es
tablish the fact that they can be fed in
connection with other feed so as to be
worth far more than most farmers give
them credit for. The value of skim
milk has been placed all the way from
15 to 40 cents per hundred pounds.which
snows that there is a difference in how
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it is fed and what it is fed to. There is
r. right and a wrong way of' feeding it,
as in nearly everything else. Ohio
Farmer.
Wasted Food. From a financial
point of view, to the feeder, although I
have not had an opportunity of testing
it practically, I am quite sure there
must be a considerable saving by using
ground feed, inasmuch as being in fine
ly divided particles, there is a greater
amount of nutrition absorbed than
would be from a larger amount which
might be passed through the system in
coarser condition. We frequently "see
in the excrement from horses, cattle
and hogs, whole or half grains of -corn
or other particles of food unmasticated.
These from their rapid passage through
the system have been, if at all, only
feebly acted upon by thegastric and
intestinal juices, and hence'that mucn
nutrition is wasted. Ex.
Dairy Products In New York. Here
arc figures of consumption of dairy pro
ducts In the city of New York: Butter,
$18,155,65S; cheese, -510,068,391 ; milk,
condensed milk and cream. ?16,2-19,234.-
50- Tnc total amount expended by New
Workers on dairy products in a year-is.
therefore, $44,473,203.50. That is enough'
money to oniid l.llland a fraction
miles of railroad at $40,000 a mile.which
is a fair figure. In other words. New
Yorkers eat enough dairy products in
a year to build a railroad from there to
Chicago. But it should, be understood
that it is eastern New York, and not
Manhattan Island that is meant, for the
figures include the consumption of
Brooklyn and. adjacent places. Ex.
Potatoes or Corn for Stock. Tests in
feeding show that it requires about
four and one-half times as much weight
of potatoes as of cornmeal to secure
equal results from hogs, and the pota
toes must be cooked. Considering that
the tops of potatoes cannot 'be used as
food, while corn produces a large pro
portion e'f fodder, corn is a better farm
crop than potatoes, but in proportion to
yield and value of the grains and tubers
potatoes are the most profitable. It is
fodder that gives corn such an advan
tage over other crops. Ex.
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cow of a dairy herd should be exam:
Can't Afford Poor Milkers. Every
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milk should be weighed and tested so
that the unprofitable cow should be
known and weeded out .of the nerd.
Farmers can't afford to keep cows for
dairy purposes which do not -yield
quantities of butter or cheese pretty
well up to standard record. Both la
bor and feed may be wasted if the'
cows which give less than average
quantity of butter fat or casein are not
turned over to the butcher.
Twenty-five years ago men thought!
it impossible to overdo the herse busi
nessthe unexpected happened,
FABM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURISTS.
Smm Up-to-Dat Hteta Aawat CalUva
ttoa of taw afe mm TlaMa Ikmtt-'
Havtlcttltar TtttsmltaM aa4 Itrt
caltarm, N bulletin 28, of
the Iowa experi
ment station. Prof.
Pammel says:'
Poisoning from
eating the root of
Cowbane (Cicuta
maculata, L.) is not
infrequent in the
state of Iowa and
elsewhere. It af
fects man. cattle
and horses. Every now and then,-there
are accounts of poisoning from "wild
parsnips" in our papers. The writer
has at various times received communi
cations with specimens of "wild par-
l snips." The. subject Is of considerable
interest' and especially so because the
plant is widely distributed in Iowa, and
a large number of people are not aware
of the poisonous nature of the root.
Spotted Cowbane Is member of the
carrot family, or as it is known botan
ically, Umbeillferae.
It Is a smooth marsh perennial 2.5
feet high with pinnately compound
leaves 2-5 times pinnate; the leaves
have long petioles, the coarsely ser
rate leaflets are lanceolate to oblong
lanceolate 1-5 inches long. Stalk of the
umbellets numerous and unequal.
Flowers white, fruit broadly ovate to
oval, small, .1 lines long. Grows in
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marshes and in low grounds. The
stems spring from thick, fleshy under
ground roots that taper at the lower
end. These usually number from three
to five, but single specimens are also
met with. On cutting the roots a sharp
pungent odor is given off. intensified by
boiling.
Mistaken for Parsnips.
Public opinion, in the west at least,
has answered this question in the
affirmative. There ia a diversity of
opinion concerning the plant which
causes the poisoning. The majority of
people attribute the cause to the par
snip running wild, and this belief is
indeed very wide spread. So wide
spread is this belief that it seems quite
impossible to dispell it from the minds
of some people. I have been particu
larly .fortunate in the cases which are
here recorded to identify the specimen
in every case which caused the poison
ing, and moreover, I have also to offer
good evidence that the cultivated par
snip running wild does not cause pois-.'
oning.
The wide spread belief of the poison
ous nature of the cultivated parsnip
running wild is entertained by a large
number of people, and also to some ex
tent by the medical fraternity. A few
years ago, Prof. Frederick B." Power; of
Passaic, New Jersey, and .one of his pu
pils, Mr. J. T. Bennett, undertook some
experiments to determine whether the
cultivated parsnip running wild had
any toxic properties.
- Mr. Bennett failed to detect the pres
ence of any poisonous, principle in the
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doced. Younf stems coming cat aear the top. At
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root of the true wild parsnip (Pastinaca
sativa). and when the boiled roots were
fed, in considerable amounts to a cat,
no symptoms of poisoning were mani
fest. We may add as a further testi
mony, that Prof. Power reports that
his associate, Dr. Cramer, insisted up
on eating one-half - of . the raw roots
from Mr. Rynning, of West Salem.
Wis., which were supposed to cause
cases of the poisoning. Dr. Cramer re
ports no ill effect whatever. One of
the largest -of the fresh raw roots
weighing three and one-half ounces
avoirdupois, was chopped fine, mixed
with some raw meat and fed to a small
dog. The animal ate it greedily and
without disturbance. There were no
symptoms whatever of any poisonous
action. I have on different occasions
eaten the wild parsnip, Pastinaca sa
tiva, without any ill effect, so that the
above results are corroborated. I will
admit- that I had some hesitancy . at
first, and that Mr. Sexton, the foreman
of the agricultural department, did not
expect to see me. alive by evening. I
must confess also that tbe roots were
soasewhat woody and not very palat
able. Dr. 3. J. Brown, Sheboygan, Wis., as
tMtei by Dr. Fewer, states that be had
prepared aad dag eaeagh wild parsnip
far a goed almMr. which he at, aad
caa testify that he caa discover bat
little difference, cooked' or raw, from
cultivated parsnip aad those which
had ran wild for about fifty years.
The cases-reported by Prof. Power,
the writer aad ethers are lastractive"
s showing that la nearly all cases
where it was attributed to parsnips
running wild, the roots seat with spec
linens indicated that Cowbane bad
been eaten. Experimentally bo better
evidence is needed than these where
persons have eaten the wild, parsnip,
and no ill effects have followed. Peo
ple should therefore become familiar
with the deadly plant described above
and throw aside superstitious belief.
In this very common belief we have an
other evidence that writers who have
attributed the poisoning to cultivated
parsnips running wild have not -investigated
for themselves, they have as
sumed that the plant is poisonous.
Advantages of DralaasCl
In sections where water ia valuable
much of the waste can be prevented by
systematic underground drainage. The
stagnant pools which cause malaria and
typhus can be easily drawn away into
channels cut for drain- ditches and the
surrounding atmosphere made more
pure. Farmers and fruit growers should
.not hesitate to Investigate the question
of drainage, even in the arid region.
Water may be taken from the sub-surface
strata, carried into ponds and
pumped out for Irrigating the same land
many times.
Plant roots go downward in quest of
moisture. Ia over-irrigated fields the
roots collect together in: a ball as a
protection against excess of water, and
feed upon themselves. The vitality of
the plant is sapped, and crop failure re
sults. What is true of a. cultivated
plant Is equally true of the tree and
vine. When the roots are formed in
clusters near tbe surface, the trees or
plants cannot withstand the storms of
rain or wind, and hence are destroyed.
Drainage will cause the roots to pene
trate the surface and take a firm' bold
upon tbe sub-surface.' hard pan or bed
rock.
As a sanitary measure drainage is the
most important part of a farmer's work.
In the lower valleys of the West many
surface wells supply water for domes
tic purposes. The water is necessarily
polluted by excessive surface irrigation,
which carries away the alkali and other
foreign substances. The water coming
from such sources finds lodgment in the
shallow wells, and is unfit for use.
Drainage will prevent the surplus water
from flowing into wells and therefore
enable the farmer to have better water
for culinary purposes. Joel Shoemaker
in Rural World.
- I'reTeatlnt; Totato Scab.
A bulletin of the Indiana-experiment
station says:
1. Potato scab is caused by the at
tack of a minute vegetable parasite, as
was first demonstrated at this station.
2. It chiefly- attacks the crop
through infected seed material.
3. The seed material may be disin
fected by immersion in a bath of cor
rosive sublimate.
4.- The corrosive sublimate solution
should be of the strength of one pro
mi lie (2 oz. to 15 gal. of. water).
5. The bath should be about an hour
and a half long, although some varia
tion in time is immaterial.
. Cutting and planting is done as
usual.
7. The result of the treatment is a
crop essentially free from surface blem-.
ishes, and of greater market value.
8. Sometimes a considerable in
crease in yield results from the treat
ment. -9. 'The method is easily and cheaply
applied, and worthy of extended trial.
Pigeons Out of all the birds that
may be called domestic the pigeon
holds the first- place. The dove that
went forth from the ark to search the
state of the earth has developed many
-f pedes during the ages. No bird csn
be "crossed" more easily than the pig
eon. These birds are more carefully
classified than any others, and another
thing in their favor is that they have
really more intelligence than any of the
feathered flock. Pigeons are affection
ate creatures and are always ready to
show their appreciation of any kind
ness shown to them. . The "carrier" I
class of pigeons has not many varieties,
but they have quite a literature of thejr
own. A thoroughbred pigeon can wing
it at the rate of about 30 miles an hour.
That is the average rate of speed, but
in the Franco-German war, during the
siege of Paris,- that was frequently ex
ceeded. Ex. '
Turnip's as a Hoed Crop. It is cheap
er and better every way to have turnips
grown in .rows so that they can be cul
tivated', and hoed than to sow them
broadcast. The latter method has gen-,
erally- prevailed owing to the too com
mon, idea that growing a crop with lit
tle labor makes it 'cheaper. But where
the turnips are drilled and cultivated
this extra labor is more than repaid by
increased product, thus making the
drilled turnips cost less per bushel than
those sown broadcast There is a fur
ther advantage In the fact that the cul
tivated turnip may be kept free from
weeds, thus faring labor in- future
- rw
cruya. aa. 1
the CehMbaa (Okie) Herti-
caltmral society Mr. P. Bethel read a
paper en tava.Paawa plant, from which
we take the fallowing extracts:
I have ever (9t plant trees, aad ever
it Dsaaeeas are In bearing and are new
loaded with fruit I planted all these
in good, rich clay aoil, well drained.
Low, wet aoil will grow no good plants
of any kind,' and a sandy soil harbors
too many insects. The chtchUo is fos
tered by all sorts of light texture. Clay
holds more moisture than any other
sell, and the plum needs muck mekv
ture.
Cultivation Is an all-Important factor
la -raising plums. Failure in this -respect
means failure of crop. I cultivate
my plum trees oftener aad better than
corn." I run the cultivator up to the
first of July, and soon after I apply a
mulch of coarse manure, or straw that
is partly rotten, for the purpose of re
taining the moisture in the soil to ma
ture this crop, and also to mature the
fruit spurs and buds for the following
season. In the fall of the year, how
ever. I apply a light coat of barnyard
manure, and in the spring I sow a quart
of salt per tree, as far as the branches
extend. This promotes the health and
growth of the trees, and from the dis
like that insects have to this substance,
it drives away, if not destroys, many
that attack both tree and fruit
But what about the curculio? I an
swer that this insect" is the uncom
promising foe of the plum. I get rid of
these insects by jarring them on sheets,
and while they play possum on the
sheet I kill them. -.In this way not only
destroy those that fall on the sheet but
I also greatly lessen-the propagating
power of those I fail to catch.- I usually
catch about three females to one of the
other gender," for the ladies are busy
digging Into plums, while the gents sit
about whittling sticks and smoking. ' I
spray my trees only for tbe shot-hole
disease (fungus). ' I have sprayed for
eight years, and bringing the results
to practical tests they look very doubt
ful as to killing the curculio. -1 have
caught the insects from sprayed and
unsprayed trees and shut them up in
glass jars, and In each case they live
about the same length of time. And
I have caught them from unsprayed
trees and shut them up in glass jars;
Into one jar I put leaves and fruit not
sprayed.and into the other I put leaves
and fruit sprayed with a very strong
solution of Paris green, and I find the
results the same; In all these cases the
curculio lived from five to six days.
One of these insects does about all the
damage it can do in that length of
time. I will further say that the cur
culio does hardly any work when the
leaves and fruit are wet from dew or
rain. One of these insects will leave its
mark on about 200 plums. They will
mostly vary from 10 to 60 in number to
the tree, but I have caught this season
250 of these insects,- by actual count.
from one Damson tree.
To cultivate the soil and to jar 'the
c;;rculio on sheets are the only things
that lead- without mistake to perfect
certainty of a plum crop. It took a long
time to find out that the eye was in the
wrong end of tbe needle, and so it may
take a long time before the last word
has been said as to the curculio.
In the last place, I would say of the
black-knot that it is a fungus that roots
and grows in the bark of the tree. The
only remedy that I know for this trouble
which seems to be worse on Damson
plum trees than on any other, variety,
is to cut off and burn as soon as the
knots make their appearance. It is a
decided mistake to leave the knots until
fall -or spring. The trees from which
they are cut as soon as they appear are
the freest from knots, and show by far
the best results as to this trouble. When
a knot invests 'a large limb I pare-it
off and apply coal oil to the wound,
and it heals over all right in course of
time. Brains have to be' put even into
black-knots, for we get our best ideas
of the things from the things, and not
from what talkers can tell us.
Itaaaeatle Flax Crop.
The Minneapolis Market Record says:
"The movement of the new crop of. flax
dates from about three weeks ago,
when receipts at Minneapolis jumped
from little or nothing to as high as
31.000 bushels in a day. These heavy
receipts began about a week earlier
than in 1894, 1893 or 1892, and about
two weeks earlier than in 1891. But
taking the first three weeks' move
ments of all years on record, this year
outdoes them all, so far as receipts at
this market are concerned. In 1891,
the year conceded to have brought
forth the heaviest crop yet harvested,
the receipts at Minneapolis during the
first three weeks of the movement of
that crop were 16,820 bushels, but later
the arrivals became heavier, and con
tinued very heavy until the
next August. In 1892 the first
three weeks .of the new crop
saw 30,192 bushels received on this
market, or nearly twice as much as in
1891, but receipts fell off much earlier
that season, and for the crop year they
were much lighter. . In 1893 the re
ceipts during the .first three weeks of
the movement were .24,220 bushels.
This year they dropped off soon after
January l. and continued small to the
close of the crop year. Last year. 1894.
the receipts during the corresponding
period were 85,010 bushels, but this
year during the same time they have
been 166,240 bushels, or nearly twice
those of any" previous year, and about
ten times as much as was received dur
ing the same period in the memorable
year of 1891. The yield this year prom
ises to exceed that of any year since
1891, so that In three states a harvest
fully as great as that or 1891 might
reasonably be expected."
Spinach.
This is one of our very hardiest
crops, and seed can be sowed very early
in spring, and again in September for
late fa'l and winter crops, and in Octo
ber for winter and spring crop. The
differences between the leading varie
ties are slight. Long Standing Summer
Spinach, especially for spring planting
is best. Sow seed with the drill. The
indicator will tell you how to set it for
sowing this seed. Don't raise more
than you are reasonably sure you can
sell. If demand and prices are good
when the plants' have made some, but
not their full growth, it may in some
cases pay to thin them, leaving the
remaining ones three or -four inches
apart to come to full size, and selling
thinnings. We use ordinary ten-quart
peach baskets in which to put up the
crop for market Or the plants 'may
be put .in bushel crates or barrels, and
sold by the peck or other measure, or
by the barrel to retailers. Usually we
cut the whole rows down as fast as the
crop is needed for sale, pushing a
sharp and bright "crescent" hoe tinder
tbe plants just on -top of the ground,
thus cutting the plants off and leav
ing them ready for gathering, washing
and putting up for market Applica
tions of nitrate. of soda often have a
wonderful effect on this crop. If we.
are crowded-for room, we sow a row of
spinach between each two rows of early
cabbages. Tbe spinach has to be taken
off in good season, when all the space
la needed for eabbanes. Ex. '
WmamUntamgmalMtA
itwownr pure
mactrlc YlMLk aa a Ta I.
- Boston Jonraal of Commerce: North
Adaama coatiaaea to be pazzled over a,
queer crankiam of electricity in 'its
vicinity. Although when the great
four and one-half mile Hoosae tnanel
was built no ores, magnetic or other
wise, were encountered, there was a
general expectation-that rich ore pock
ets would be foaad; yet, for an naex
plained reason, not' an electrician has
been discovered who'- can send a tele
graphic message on a' wire running
from portal to portal of that tnanel, be
such wire run inside aa ocean cable
throogh the huge cavern-or out of it.
Therefore, such messages have to be
sent on wires strung on pales ever the
top of the mountain, fuilynine miles,
and that is the way in-going and. oat
going passenger aad freight trains are
heralded .to the. keepers of the two taa
ael approaches.
' Bayead tha I4a.lt.
King Oscar of Sweden once passed
through a little town which was fes
tively decorated for the -occasion.
Among the rest, a huge transparency,
affixed to a gloomy-looking edifice, at
tracted his attention. It bore the in
scription, "Welcome to Your Majesty!"
in gicantio letters.
"What building is that?" the king
inquired.
. "That is the county prison, your
majesty," replied one of the aldermen.
. The king laughed and waa heard to
observe, "Isn t that carrying hospital
ity a little too far?" Tit-Bits.
Haw's Tala! ;
We offer One Hundred Dollars reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Hall's ratarrh Cure. .
F. J. CHENEY CO:. Toledo. O.
We, tbe undersigned. -.have known F.
J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and be
lieve him perfectly honorable In all
business transactions, and financially
able to carry out any obligations' made
by their .firm.
WALDING. KINNAN A MARVIN.
Wholesale Druggists. Tol?3o. Ohio.
Hall's Catarrh' Cure is taken Internal
ly, acting directly upon the 'blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. Testi
monials sent free. Price. 75c per bottle.
Sold by all druggists. -
Hall's Family Pills. ISc.
Brldcias Onr tae Caaasa.
A story is told of a dying miser, by
whose bedside sat the lawyer receiving
instructions for the preparation of his
last will and testament "I give and
bequeath," repeated the -attorney
aloud as he commenced to write tbe
accustomed formula. "No, no," inter
rupted the sick man, "I will neither
give or bequeath anything. I cannot
doit" "Well; then," suggested the
man of law, "suppose we say lend. - -I
lend until the last day.' " "Yes, that
will do better," assented the unwilling
testator. Argonaut
For Whooping Cough. Piso'a Cure is a
sucrewful remedy. M. P.- Dieter. fi7
Ihroop Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 14, 'Ot.
A IKattar of Masir.
Detroit Free Press: A Third street
man's neighbor had bought a new piano,
and tbe daughter had been banging
away on it ever since it had been in the
house.
"Got a new piano, . I hear," said the
man over the back fence to his neigh
bor. "Yes. Got it oh the installment
plan."
"Is that so? Wonder if your daugh
ter can't let us have the music from it
in the same way?"
Caw Cassgat Batattaa
Is tbe oldest aad bnt. It will break ap a fold qulesv
eric-aanjrtMoretee. It Is always reliable. Try I.
Hard of Hearing.
' Washington Post: There's a yottnjr
man who goes into society really good
society here, who is quite decidedly
hard of hearing. lie won't admit it,
though, and never asks to have any
thing said to him repeated. This is the
latest story they tell on him. He went
to call on Miss K. one evening last
winter.
"Is Miss 'B. at home?" he asked of
the maid who answered the tell.
"Yes, sir," she replied, rather softly.
"Oh, I'm so sorry," he said, and giv
ing her his card he walked away.
It the Baby is Cattias; Teetaw
aesnre and n- that old and well-tried remsdr. Has.
(Ti&sutw's S00TO154 Srnur for Children Teething.
If some people would do more thinking,
their ton;nes would get more rest.
Neuralgia Torture
Every nerve la
la the
STEEL WEI PICKET FENCE.
Atow CAKtLKI rOlLTRV, CARMS Aa BtABtBIT TKNCK. -
We tnanafacttire a comp-ete line of Smooth Wir KsnciDf and ana-ants 'try article to be as reprs
rented. If you roruider quality we can you mousy. Cat! f r.
De Kalb Fence Co, ,!,H"S?a
Timely Warning.
Thn groat success of the chocolate preparations of
the house of Watte r Baker A Co. (established
(&J1
in 1780) has led
many misleading
afBk
at 4$.
1 -fH
nf their name, labels, and wrappers. Walter
Baker & Co. are the oldest and largest manu
facturers of pure and high-grade Cocoas and
Chocolates on this continent. ' No chemicals are
used in their manufactures. .
Consumers should ask for, and be sure that
they get, the genuine Walter Baker ft. Co.' goods.
WALTER BAKER & CO., Limited,
DORCHESTER, MASS.
germ-life
' The uOctors tell us, now-a-days, that disease germs
arc everywhere; in the air, in the" water, in "our food,
clothes, money ; that they get into our bodies, live
there, thrive and grow, if they, find anything to thrive on.
Consumption is the destruction of lung-tissue hy
germs where the lung is too weak to conquer them.
The remedy is strength vital force. -
- Scott's Emulsion, with hypophosphites, means the
aa"a"BBa-l"aaB-TBaaawajBawaewaa f
adjustment of lung strength to overcome germ-lite.
It is fighting the germ -with the odds in our favor..
These tiny little drops of fat-food make their way -into
the system and re-fresh and re-invigorate it.
Whether you succeed with it or not depends on how
good a start the germs had, and how carefully you can
five. The shortest way to health is the patient one,
The gain is often slow.
-aa.ai.ae
V.&GOTtlaman
Tkaa aMata Mm
Her Mother "Beaaie, dear, I am
sorry to ace my little girl show mack, a
lack of respect for her seniors. Wheat
a neighbor comes to call en ueyou
should sit quietly and not apeak aale'&s
yon are spoken to. Yon do not mean
to be disrespectfnl, I am aare, Vat you
should think of the impression yon are
making oa oar neighbors, aad yoa will :
try hereafter, I hope, to"
Bessie "Yoa'd better look out.'
mamma, You'll talkyoarself to death."
Chicago Tribune.
A KaUaAKKABLK OTTER.
Taepabltiaers of Taa Totrra'sCoMrAXtox bit
Jatt awda a msarksble oaVr.to tt reader t of th;
paper. Ww abaerlbera who will scad at one their
aaaw) aad address and 11.75. will recelro tny a
aaadsoas fear-pas caleadar. 7xl la.. II bocrapboj
la atae color, retail prica !0 cents. Tax Yotrra'n
Coaraxiox free er.-rr'aeek to Jaaa-iry 1. iKK. the
Taaaaasrf lac Chtlstmas sad New Year's. Coable
Naaibers free, aad The Torra'a CoaiMNio-c S3
weeks, a fall year, to Jan. t. 1S97. -Addtes Tnr.
Torre's COaraxiox. U9 Columbus Are.. Boston
Tatltcv
" Whistler, the arti&t, oace sat -at the
theater next to a lady who was goiair
in aad oat of her sear constantly; not
only as soon as each act was finished,
bat also while the play was goiag on.
The space - between the rows of seats '
waa very narrow, and the artist was
subject to much annoyance as she
passed bira. "Madam,1 he said at
length ia his sweet tones. "I trust I do
not incommode yoa by keeping my
seat?"-Argonaut
- AChUdEaJoya
The pleasant flavor, gentle action and
soothing effects of Syrup of Figs, when in
need of a laxative, and if the father or
mother be costive or, bilious, the most
gratifying results follow its use; so that it
is the best family remedy known, and every
family should have a bottle on hand. . ,
Wisdom .can Jive oa what foola tramp
under foot.
--rfcera Ctas-er Taale la lar
for It socd work- ttuferlns-. tlrvd. sleenie-a. ner
etas wotsea Sod aothlacso sootnioa sad reTUlrnc.
People who blow their owa horns make
poor music to other folks.
Wist m aeaae m reHes M la likstw -that
yoa have an ra re co-aa. Hiae-co as rera-ea
taem. aad very cumfoniBC It la. '16e at drutaista.
Growth in trace fa not promoted by find
ing faults ia others.
WanaatMl to can or ntonsv rafuadsd. Aslt VOJ
ihan'il fin It rrfcattceata. '
A bad man most bates the.-thiriK that
would do him the most good.
' rlTaAnntsstoMdrr-brjrr.KlbieBnrr-a
jMrr-ro Keels rr. No fits after t be Bmi day s u.
rianrrioua cures. TreatfcteanIStnall't,-r-.t
Itcaata. bcodtolr.KUaejetArcUM..l-Ltla.,lra,
A wrong desire overcome is a tempta
tion resisted.
Billiard table, second-hand, for sa"e
cheap Apply to or address, H. t . Akiv,
211 & l'-th St., .Omaha, Ne'j.
The Greatest Hedical Discovery
of the Age.
KENNEDY'S.
MEDICAL DISCOVERY.
MMU KawElY, f miff. MSS..
Has discovered in one of our commo.i
pasture weeds a remedy that cures every
kind of Humor, from the worst Scrofuil
down to a common Pimple.
He has tried it in over eleven hundred
cases, and never failed except in two cases,
(both thunder humor). He has now in his
possession over two .hundred certificates
of its value, all within twenty miles of
-Boston. Send postal card for book.
A benefit is always experienced from
the first bottle, and a perfect cure is war
ranted when the right quantity is taken.
When the lungs are affected it causes
shooting pains, like needles passing-"
through them: the same with the Lier
or Bowels. This is caused by the ducts
beintf stopped, and always disappears in a
' week after taking it. Read the label. -
If the stomach is foul or bilious it. will
cause squeamish feelings at first "
No change of diet ever necessary. Eit -.
the best you-cxi get. and enough of it
' Dose, one tablespoonful in water at bed
time. Sold by all Druggists.
caw at at ay
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to the placing on the market
and unscrupulous imitations
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