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indeed, than might be suspected de
scend from the dignity that marks their
official and public life, and do not acorn
. to indulge in little pleasantries and
frivolities that ordinary mortals enjoy.
., The other day Mr. Justice Gray was in
a reminiscent mood and began the nar
ration of an incident with the sentence,
"When I was a little boy." .Mr., Jus
tice Sbiras broke in with the incredu
lous remark, "You don't mean to say
' you were ever a little boy?" Washing
ton Star.
Aa Idle Seavoag'er.
Tee bowels act t he part of a scavenger, In
asmuch as tbev remove much of the debris,
the waste effete matter of the system. When
I hey grow idle, neglectful of duty, ittsof
I ho utmost imparlance that they should bo
impelled to activity. Ilostetter's Momach
Bitters effects this desirable object without
crlplng them like a drastic purgative. The
Hitters is also efficacious for malaria, bu
llous, dyspeptic and kidney troubles.
No man ever thought a woman was an
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A photograph of Mont Blanc has been
taken at a distance of fifty-six miles.
I believe Piso's Cure is the only medicine
that wi!l cure consumption. Anna M.
Ross, Williamsport, Pa., Nov. 12, "95.
Everyman has reason to be thankful
that the fool killer is dead.
That
Extreme tired feelingafflicts nearly every
body at this season. The hustlers cease to
push, the tireless grow weary, the ener
getic become enervated. You know just
what we mean. Some men and women
aadeavor temporarily to overcome that
Tired
Feeling by great force of will. But this
is unsafe, as it pulls powerfully upon the
nervous system, which will not long stand
such strain. Too many people " work on
their nerves," and the result is seen in un
fortunate wrecks marked " nervous pros
tration," in every direction. That tired
Feel-
lng is a positive proof of thin, weak, im
pure blood; for, if the blood is rich, red,
vitalized and vigorous, it imparts life and
energy to every nerve, organ and tissue
of the body. The necessity of taking
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is, therefore, apparent to every one, and
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FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OP INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURISTS.
Cp-tc-Dat Hints Aboak Cattlva-
tlea et the Salt aad Yields Thereof
Hertlcaltara, YUlsaltare aad Flort
cmltava, ARSNIPS, to do
their best, need a
clay loam and a
clay subsoil. Be
fore plowing, man
ure the ground
a tT luunjuguij. UC1
Tk tfsiplow deep and
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lraPl"S SOil P10W' Try
TriJi'TBl stir up the subsoil
as much as possible. The seed should
be planted early in the spring. The
rows may be 30 inches apart in the
field and 16 inches apart in the garden.
When dropping the seed have them
about one inch apart in the row, and
after they come up they can be thinned
to four inches apart in the row.
For fertilizer we use composted ma
nure, ashes, and air slacked lime. Use
the lime at the rate of 100 bushels
to the acre, unless the soil is limey,
when the lime should be left off. In
cultivating in the field we use a borse.
in the garden the work is done by
hand. Parsnips suffer from drouth
the same as other root crops, and to
make a success of the crop, if one Is
to make it a business, the field should
be irrigated.
For the late fall and winter market
we harvest In the fall and before It
freezes. When the crop is to be sold
In the spring, we Jet the parsnips grow
in the ground till spring, when we d!g
with a spading fork. The greatest ob
stacle with most people in growing this
crop is that they do not cultivate deep
enough. They also grow them too thick
and do not Irrigate.
The home market takes most of our
crop. When the parsnips are dug and
are to be kept over winter. It should
be In a cool cellar, say 34 to 38 degrees
Fahrenhelt.packed in moist sand or in
trenches the same as celery Is packed,
except that they should have dirt or
fine sand about the roots. F. L. Bar
ney in Farmers Review.
The Itean Crop.
Beans do best on a clay land. Plow
the ground about four inches deep and
thoroughly pulverize the soil. About
the middle to the last of June is the
best time to plant in this locality. If
the beans are to be planted in rows,
they can be drilled In, one or two beans
every eight inches. If they are to be
grown in hills, have the hills eighteen
inches apart and put three beans in a
hill.
We cultivate them as for corn, only
we are careful to get no dirt on the
leaves when wet. We harvest them as
soon as most of the bean pods are ripe,
pulling, and laying them on the ground
in thin piles. They should be dried as
much as possible. Perhaps it would
be better to put them in a shed under
cover, in thin layers. The chief trouble
with growing beans is. the early-planted
are affected with the weevil and
the late ones are often damaged at har
vest time by the fall rains.
We dispose of our crop here to lo
cal buyers, as there are not enough of
them grown to make it advisable to
seek any other mode of disposition.
When beans are being dried they
should not be placed in too large piles.
Place them in layers thin enough for
the air to pass thiough. A shed built
for drying broom corn is just the thing
for drying beans. A. L. Vaughan.
Kagar Beet.
For sugar beets use clay loam. The
land should be fall plowed and thor
oughly cultivated In the spring. We
put in the seed with a hand drill, and
I use for fertilizer only barnyard ma
nure. In cultivating I use a spring
tooth harrow drawn by two horses.
The crop is easily injured by drouth.
We harvest in the latter part of Oc
tober. I suppose the greatest reason
why sugar beets are not more widely
grown here is that there is no market
for them except to feed them to stock.
Some years ago a good many of the
farmers tried raising sugar beets for
an experiment, end they were well
pleased with the results, but the cost
of a factory was so great that they
abandoned the idea. It was discussed
several times in the farmers' club, but
for the reason given above it was de
cided that it would not pay the ordi
nary farmer.
It has been reported that a company
was about to be formed to try tke busi
ness on some of the reclaimed lands
along the Saginaw river that were for
merly prairie and marsh lands. There
has been a number of very valuable
farms made by throwing up. dikes and
keeping the water below the surface
by windmills. Some of the finest cel
ery grown in this state comes from the
reclaimed lands along the Saginaw
river. John Ure in Farmers Review.
Michigan Horticultural Convention.
(Condensed from Farmers' Review
Stenographic Report.)
Professor Bailey, continuing, said: I
notice that when many people put rye
on their land, they leave it too long
before plowing it under. It should be
plowed under much earlier in the
spring than it generally is. Why,
sometimes when it is not plowed under
till late it does not decay at all that
season. I have seen rye that was four
feet high plowed under; it was so tall
it had to be dragged down with a chain.
Now that land had better never have
had rye on it. It was not plowed till far
too late, and after the spring rains had
gone.
We have been greatly stirred up over
the subject of cultivation, and we have
heard much on the subject of weeds.
We should cover up our land in the
fall. Nature does that: you should see
the two acres of pig weed on our farm.
If yon should go over some of the old
high farms in New York, you would
find them abandoned. I have driven
over the hills from Ithaca to Watkins
Glen and have seen the old farms, so
worn out that they will yield nothing
but grass, which is sold on the market
In the form cf hay. Those men will
haul a load of hay to market and will
stand in the market all day haggling
for 10 or 15 cents more on a load. It
Is a good thing when such farms be
come abandoned There is more for
est land in the ttate of Vermont to-day
than there was in the time of the revo
lution. Prof. Tracy I have yet to learn of
a single successful experiment to raise
crimson clover In Michigan.
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W. C. Smith spoke on the cold stor
age of fruit without ice. His plan
would work only in cold weather. He
had his buildings so arranged that he
'could keep It cool by admitting drafts
and currents of cold air. Piling apples
on the ground is objectionable on ac
count of the amount of warmth arising
from the ground, and also on account
f tke moisture collected by the piles.
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fruit is to be built. It should have thick
walls, and there should be means of
changing tha sir. Thea when the out
side is colder than that In the house,
It can' be brought In. The best way
to do this Is to have drafts in the roof
and in the basement, and by mechan
ical means force the air through the
building. He uses steam power.
Prof. Bailey I do not believe that
a man who grows fruit can afford to
have a building of that kind; I do not
believe it will pay. It Is chiefly valua
ble to the commission man. There Is
a feature, however, of co-operative
storage that I think will be of great
importance in the future. There has
been a great deal of talk about co-operative
buildings in New York. Such
buildings will be built near the rail
roads, and when the fruit is thus all
collected, there will be buyers for it.
The same thing happened in the cream
ery business in New York some years
ago. The co-operative creamery stor
age, combined with the co-operative
creamery, proved a good thins.
Science la Setting Small Fralt.
With the approach of spring the work
of setting out many small plantations of
fruit will begin. The question of dis
tance apart is a vital one. We have
known men to develop great planta
tions and after they had begun to bear
lament that they had not used more
science in setting them out It some
times transpires that a blackberry
patch is set so closely that it, becomes
almost impossible to gather the berries
or even to cultivate them, even by hand.
No specified rules can be laid down, as
the richness of the soil and thrift of
variety will have much to do with the
method to be used. It is better to have
the plants too far apart than too near
together. The richer the soil the fur
ther away the plants should be set Or
dinarily strawberry rows should be at
least three feet apart, and the plants be
half that distance apart in the rotv.
Blackberries, rows six or seven feet
apart and the plants half that in the
rows. Raspberries about the same. The
rows of currants and gooseberries may
be six feet apart, and the plants three
feet apart-in the rows. Grapes shouid
be seven to ten feet apart each way.
These figures are close enough and a
little further apart on rich ground
should give better results.
filriicaloms Pretention.
Statistics are going the rounds of the
press showing how many egg's arc laid
in the United States each year, how
many pounds of poultry are produced,
and just how much it costs to keep
each hen, with a good deal more of
the same kind of figures. One is in
clined to ask these fellows to tell us
how many mites were on the roosts of
the poultry houses, and how many ver
min were, on an average, of course, un
der the wings of each fowl. There is
nothing like getting down to figures,
you know.
What is the truth of the matter? The
truth is that all of these wise mer
know nothing whatever about it They
can't guess within a hundred million
how many eggs were laid last year or
any other year. No one knows any
thing about it It is not probable that
our census arrangements will ever be
fined to a point where they will deter
mine, even approximately, how many
hens there are in the country or how
many eggs they lay.
Smutty Wheat Poor Blaeatone.
In wheat deliveries at nearly all
points in the West this year the grain
is found to contain considerable smut
A Manitoba dealer who has taken a
good deal of time to inquire into the
cause of this has traced it in almost
every instance to the use of per blue
stone. A very poor quality of bluestone
was introduced in the Manitoba mar
ket last year, of a grayish color; it was
cheaper and a great deal of it was used
and has proved to be much inferior to
the real dark bluestone. He advised
that none but the best dark bluestone
be used. The matter has been thor
oughly tested on the experiment farm
at Brandon, and about one pound to
several bushels of seed should be used
Shape of Filled Cheese
Mr. J. H. Monrad, well-known to
many of the readers of our dairy de
partment, advocates a plan for con
trolling the manufacture and sale of
filled cheese, which seems to us very
reasonable. He thinks that the shape
of the filled cheese should be peculiar
to itself. It might, for instance, be
oval in shape, and of small enough size
that no ordinary cut from it could be
sold without revealing what the orig
inal shape of the whole cheese had
been. This would prevent both the
retail merchant and the consumer
from being cheated. Even the guest
at tb - hotel or the traveler at the lunch
courier could tell at once whether or
not the cheese placed before him was
cut from a cheese oval in shape or from
some other.
Sales of Sheep. With the diminished
supply of sheep one might look for a
lessened otal amount marketed. The
market has not yet responded to this
phase of the situation. The total num
ber of sheep in the country has been
decreasing for a number of years, and
the 6ales increasing. Ibis bespeaks for
the business a poor condition. It sho vs
that farmers are disposing of their
sheep. Taking the reports as given U
the first of the year in the Farmers' Re
view we find that for the four markets
of Chicago, Kansas City, Omaha and St.
Louis the number marketed in 1SS9 was
2,641.271; in 1800 it was 3.156.297; in
1S91, 3,057.735; In 1892. 3.070,407; in 1893,
4,203,005; in 1894. 4,225.348; in 1895, 4,
933,532. This continued drain cannot
last much longer without producing a
marked effect on the prices paid for
first-class m.ilton. but we suspect thit
the poorer grades will never again sell
at a high price. The proper policy for
sheep-men therefore is to hold to the
best quality that can be secured.
Lilies in Ice. The Queen of England
recently leceived a strange gift from
New South Wales. Some one there sent
her a bouauet of water lilies the
nymphia gigantea of northern Queens- I
land but not an ordinary bouquet by J
any means. The flowers, azure in color
and tending at the extremity of the
petals to pale lavender, were frozen in
June last in a block of ice three feet
six inches by twelve inches and weigh-
ing six hundred pounds. The flowers
have not suffered in transit, and
her majesty greatly admired their ap
pearance, and desired Sir Saul Samuel,
the agent general for the colony, to ex
press her thanks to the donor. i
More Peas Should Be Grown. We are
surprised to find how few fanners grow
peas. There are few things that con
tain greater feeding value than peas,
for stock, and even for poultry. The
qualities that build up the system are
there. Some of our more advanced
farmers are growing them heavily, and
think they make valuable adjuncts to
the feed supply. The Canadian farm
ers, especially, grow them in immense
quantities, planting them early in the
spring, often to a depth f four te Sis i
laches. i
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N England, as In
the United States,
there is a continual
warfare carried on
between the mak
ers and sellers of
pure butter and the
sellers of marga
rine. Most of the
latter material Is
Imported from Hol
land. In a re
cent investigation by a commit
tee of the house of commons,
one of the big importers of margarine
was examined. He told the committee
that himself and his associates were
opposed to the selling of margarine for
butter. They had, however, found that
the local officers would not enforce the
law against such sales. He and his as
sociates had therefore begun prosecu
tions against offenders, and had already
convicted some dozen men in the local
courts.
He described the efforts of an honest
tradesman to prevent his competitois
from selling margarine and margarine
mixtures for butter. Said tradesman
had purchased a grocer's stock and
with it had found a large quantity of
margarine. The clerk told him that
the former proprietor had been selling
it for shilling butter and that he might
as well do the same thing. He refused
to touch it. His competitors continu
ing to sell, as described, he secured
samples of their goods and called in the
inspector. The latter informed him
that if he would attend to his own busi
ness and let the doings of oiher people
alone, he would be all right
The only way the law could be en
forced, declared the margarine import
er, was to have national inspectors
who should pass from place to place,
and who would not be affected by pri
vate and local interests.
Some Good Hens Reported.
For thirty-five years I have been
breeding poultry. During that time I
A HORSE OF 500
salfcs
Here is the picture of the great white
horse of Norttwm Europe as he existed
nearly 500 vcarj ago. This is repro
duced from an engraving of a picture
by Albert Durer, and bears date of 150o.
This was painted 13 years after Chris
topher Columbus discovered America,
have bred Langshans, Light Brahmas.
White Cochins, Partridge Cochins. Buff
Cochins, Silver Spangled llamburgs.
Rose and Single Comb Brown Leg
horns. White and Barred Plymouth
Kocks. and am now breeding Buff Co
chins. White and Barred Plymouth
Recks. For town I think the Buff Co
chins are the best breed; for the farm
the Barred Plymouth Rocks are tho
best.
I have four poultry houses, eac.i
10x30 feet. 8 feet high in front and 5
in the back, with a shed roof. They
ire good warm houses, v.ith sp.h win
dows in front In my winter feeding.
I usually take equal ports of bran anrt
shorts, and sometimes mix corn meal
r, ; t .rid !innne;I
wiin II. jsomeyiuea i "
oats. I stir It f.l up dry and pour hot
water on it I stir it well after that.
and let it stand about an hour oeiore
feeding. This is for breakfast. I also
sometimes feed wheat. At night I feed
whole corn.
Our market here Is usually good.
There Is a cold storage firm here that
ships to Boston, and another firm that
ships both live and drcpsed poultry.
1 get a fair supply of eggs in winter.
I had last year 55 hens, and from these
I got, from Janmry 1st. 1335. to Janu
ary 1st. 1S95. 4.878 eggs, and raised
300 chickens ly hens. I have lost
more fowls from roup and cholera (or
indigestion) than from any other cause.
I think mere fowls die from indiges
tion than from cholera. In raising
broods my chief troubles have been In
the chicks having bowel trouble and
being infested with lice.
I sometimes doctor the hens, but It
is easier to keep them well than to
cure them after they are sick. Give
them plenty of exercise and good, dry
roosting places, i have a new breed
developed myself. They are a rose
com Barred Plymouth Rocks. 1 have
a pullet of this breed that began lay
ing in Cctoher. 1894. and kept up lay
ing an egg every day till along into
February. Then I commenced to keep
a record of how many eggs she would
lav. From the flrsi of February, 1895.
till the first of September, seven
mouths, she laid 144 eggs, by actual
count. I also had a pen of three pul
lets and a hea of the same breed. I
kept a record of this pen for eleven
months. In that time the four birds
laid 5C1 eggs and each one of the fowls
raised a brood of chickens within that
time. J. R. Sheoffer.
Davis County. Iowa.
(The above is an excellent letter.
The five fowls spoken of made good
records, for high records are much
more uncommon than most people sup
pose. Ed. F. R.)
Plowing Under Cow Peas. Experi
ments made at the Alabama station
show that the fall is the proper time
to plow under cow peas. An analysis
of the vines was made in the fall and
again in the spring and the evidence
was conclusive that the vines in ihe
fall contained six and one-half times
as much nitrogen as they did in the
spring. The escape of nitrogen is,
therefore, seen to be very great It
is a question if this be not so with
other crops that are grown for their
manurlal qualities and that are turned
tinder meet eesaaenlr la the sprls.
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The English government some time
ago took up the matter of the proper
supply of air to cows. It Is regarded
as part of the work of the public health
officers to Inspect all barns and see
either that the buildings are well Ten-,
tilated or that they are large enough
to permit of being shut for some hours
without detriment to the health of the
cows. It Is said that the execution of
the law has occasioned a great deal of
friction in the country districts of
England. The medical officers make
specifications as to how a barn shall
be ventilated, or In the absence of ven
tilation how many cubic feet of air
may be given to each animal. Most of
the barns are found to fall far below
the requirements. It Is very likely
that investigation would show the same
condition of things to exist in this
country, though in a less degree.
In fact, some of our barns are so
poorly built that they need neither ven
tilators nor air space, since the air has
free ingress and egress through the
cracks between the boards. To such
as have tight barns the question is
pertinent Of the two ways mentioned,
giving the cows more breathing space
would appear better than to ventilate,
since by the former method all drafts
may be shut off. When an animal is
not in the best of condition, a draft of
cold air too frequently proves the be
ginning of serious and sometimes fatal
disorders.
Mat naliy Interested.
The creamery man Is Interested in
the welfare of his patrons, whether he
realizes it or not That is, their inter
ests are so woven together that what
hurts one hurts the other. Too often
the idea gets into the head of the man
ager of the stock creamery that his
chief concern is to get his patrons to
sell him milk as cheaply as possible,
and he does not care whether the pa
trons make money or not In the end
this course must be disastrous to the
creamery itself. As the patrons find
out they are making little money they
decrease the number of their cows, or
go out of the business altogether.
It is to the interest of the creamery
that a large quantity of milk be sup
plied, and the richer it is, the less will
be the loss in separating. It therefore
becomes advisable for the creamery
manager to have a friendly interest in
the cows of his patrons. If he be am
bitious enough he will stir up his pa
trons to test their cows and do away
YEARS AGO.
M'li i 1 1 i '.'. i :r"r. - ii 1. ".I ...
60 years before the settlement of St.
Augustine in Florida, and 115 years
before the Pilgrim Fathers set foot on
the shores of New England. This great
white horse was the one ridden by
the knights of that day in those coun
tries. with the poor stock. Probably there
are a great many cows in the list of
nearly every creamery that would
yield a profit by being disposed ot
Dairy Note.
Is it a fact that it costs $35 per year
to keep a cow in feed alone?
It is better to test the cows before
you buy them than afterward.
Look to the condition of the cows
about to calve. It is better not to have
them too fat
Do you know just what each cow of
your herd is doing, or just how much
inilk and butter she can produce in a
year?
The man that begins to keep a strict
book account of all things is the man
that has improved his chances of suc
cess in the dairy.
The old idea that ignorance and dai
rying can go together is exploded. If
any part of the farm work needs sci
ence, it is the dairy.
Some of our best dairymen advocate
having their heifers drop their first
calves at two years of age. What is
the opinion of our readers on that
point?
Although it is hard to fatten a cow
during the milking period, it should
be attempted whenever the cow is to
be sold for beef after she runs dry.
Some cows will lay on fat even when
they are giving milk, provided they
are fed all the fattening food they can
digest
Shropshire Premium.
The American Shropshire Registry
Association has offered a large number
of premiums for 1896. The appropria
tions for each of the principal fairs
of the United States and Canada vary
from $50 to $75. The following gentle
men are recommended to the fair di
rectors for judges of Shropshire sheep:
Richard Gibson, Delaware, Ontario;
John L. Thompson. Gas City, Ind.; S.
H. Todd, Wakeman. Ohio; W. H. Beat
tie, W;itoa Grove, Ontario; Frank D.
Ward, Batavia, N. Y.; W. J. Garlock,
Owen, Wyo.; George M. McKerrow,
Sussex. Wis.; Prof. J. A. Craig, Madi
son, Wis.; Blortimer Levering, Lafay
ette, Ind.
Sheep to be eligible to compete for
these prizes must be recorded and have
a number in the Record, a certificate
of which must be filed with each entry
certificate made. Each registered sheep
must bear an ear tag with number and
initials corresponding to that given en
the certificate, and all must be owned
by the exhibitor at least ten days be
fore going into the ring. The above
will not apply to the entries made for
grade sheep.
For further information address
Mortimer Levering, Lafayette, Ind.
Pork from Corn and Clover. A com
parison of corn and clover for produc
ing pork, made by an experienced Wis
consin farmer, is more favorable to
clover than to corn. Allowing fifty
bushels of corn per acre, estimating
twelve pounds of pork from every
bushel of corn, it gives 600 pounds of
pork per acre. On the clover side, he
estimates that one acre will pasture
eight hogr. of 100 pounds each, from
spring to fall, and that they would gain
100 pounds each, without any other food,
maklsg 800 pounds per acre.JE.
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The American Southdown Breeders.
Association's offering of a gold medal
as a premium to the owner of the lock
of Southdown sheep making the best
show record during the year 1895, was
based upon the number of premiums
won at state, district and county fairs,
a given number of points being
allowed for sweepstakes, 1st. 2d and Sd
premiums. For this medal there have
been a number of competitors, the lead
ing ones being George Mcfterrow. Sus
sex. Wis., John Jackson k Sons, Abing
don, Ont, Can., F. W. Barrett, Wads
worth, N. Y., and W. E. Spicer, Hat
vard. Neb. It may take an Official
count to determine who Is the success
ful winner.
o
Southdown sheep breeders are now
applying for the registry of animals
that are apprrching the two-year-old
limit, thus avoiding the payment of
double registry fees that are required
after animate are over that age. The
demand for this breed of sheep has been
remarkably good during the past year
and the indicjlions are that for 1896
it will be much better. The claims that
these sheep are the best of any for mut
tonizlng other breeds is acknowledged
wherever they have been tried.
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Arrangements are being made for the
publication of the proceedings of the
late meeting of the Illinois Sheep Breed
ers Association, a copy of which will
be 6ent to every member of the asso
ciation, so that those not in attend
ance at the meeting may have the
benefit of the Interesting and valuable
papers that were there presented.
Sheep breeders who are not members
of the association should have their
names enrolled as such so that they
may receive a copy of these proceed
ings. o o o
The state fair grounds. Springfield.
111., elnce the erection of new build
ings in which the offerings of live
stock may oe conveniently and com
fortably made, is increasing in its rep
utation as being one of the best public
sale marts of the country. The sale
here of Poland China hogs on Feb. 25th
brought bidders from Illinois. Indiana.
Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi,
Texas, Missouri. Iowa. Michigan and
Wisconsin, and the entire lot of 55
head of brood sows sold for an average
of $100 each, the highest price being
$651 for a yo.iag sow bred within a fev
miles of the grounds. John G. Springer
in Farmers' Review.
Oar Cattle.
What we call our native cattle are
really cattle that have been imported
at some time from the various coun
tries of Europe. The native cows in
our Eastern States were imported from
England. Ireland. Germany, Holland
and Belgium, but long before there had
been distinct breeds developed in those
countries. In the early annals of the
American colonies we meet references
to these importations. In the histo
ries of the revolutionary movement in
New Hampshire and Vermont one
character, an Irishman, refers to him
self as having sold himself for a se
ries of years to a man for a white bull,
the said bull being used to pay his fare,
to the New World. Some of these white
cattle were much like the Durhams, and
in fact may be considered nearly iden
tical in everything but in name. Of
course the native cattle, having been
imported from regions raising cattlo
of almost every color and style, took
on a great variety of characteristics.
From France were imported many
cattle into the parts of America com
ing within their spheres of influence.
As the territory was settled up to west
ward, in the great tract called Lou
isiana, these cattle extended the limits
of their range. In them black pre
dominated, at least in a number of the
more prominent strains. The so-called
native cattle of the Indian Territory
had their origin in these French cat
tle. The Indians, breeding them for
a number of generations, have made
almost a distinct breed. From Spain
came an animal small in the quarters
and in color light red, yellow and fawn.
This was the origin of the Texas cat
tle.
A Well-Kept Flock.
We have been raising chickens for
forty-two yean, but never have raised
them very extensively. We have tried
the Brahmas, White Leghorns, Ply
mouth Rocks, Buff Cochins and also the
barred Plymouth Rocks. We now have
the barred Plymouth Rocks and White
Leghorns. These two breeds cross
well. For an all-around chicken the
Plymouth Rock suits us best They
mature early, are of good size and are
fairly good layers, but for laying are
not as good as the Leghorns. For a
winter home our fowls have a house
that is lathed and plastered and well
lighted. They have a roosting room
apart from the dry quarters and the
nests. In the winter we feed warm
mash in the morning. In cold weather
this mash consists of corn and oats
ground, also wheat in the evening and
a feed of whole corn occasionally. We
cook potatoes with meal for a few meals
at a time. We think that bone dust,
ground shells and so forth are neces
sary. We sell our early stock just as
soon as they arc large enough to take
off, when they will weigh from 1& to
2 pounds. Late chickens we sell
dressed in the fall.
As to eggs in the winter very much
depends on how the fowls are han
dled and cared for. When we give
them a variety of food and keep them
warm we get a good many eggs. We
do not Icose many fowls from any
cause. We do away with the lice by
using kerosene on the roosts and walls.
We have good success In raising chick
ens. We set a number of hens at one
time or as near as possible, and when
the broods hatch we take a part of
them from the hens and double them
up. The hens we have robbed will
then go to work again.
William Strathen.
Dakota county, Minnesota.
Half a Century of Progress.
The world is richer than it used
to be, and also better. There has been
much political thievery, but consider
the world at large and there is less
pocket picking, burglary and cheating,
as there is less drunkenness and sav
agery. Within fifty years we have seen
a continent peopled, a "great Ameri
can desert" wiped from the map, the
last of the crowns struck from the head
of an American and the last of the
shackles loosed from the ankles of a
slave. Greenland has been crossed and
bounded, Africa and Australia have no
longer a geographic mystery, the train,
the ship, the trolley car move human
ity whither It will, cheaply, quickly,
comfortably; we get the London news
of noon on the same morning and the
man in Boston converses with the man
in Omaha through a piece of wire. Arts
have advanced, creature comforts are
so increased that the shopkeeper of
to-day lives better and more health
fully than a king In the last century,
and has more appliances for pleasure
and information. Ideas as well as ad
vantages are multiplying. Men are
more tolerant than they were and are I
working more for each ether; Chas. j
M. Iklaier. - '
Kate ef OMe, City f ToIeAe,
County as.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
Is the senior partner of taa Arm of F.
J. Cheney Co.. dotal buatneaa la the
City ef Toledo. County and 8tate afora
saM. aad that said Arm will pay the
tun of One Hundred Dollars for each
aad every case of Catarrh that cannot
be cured by the nee of Hall's Catarrh
Core. FRANK J. CHfiNET.
Sworn to before me and rabecrlbed la
my presence this Cth day of December,
A. D. 18S. A. W. GLEASON.
(Seal) Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Core la taken tnteraal
lr and acts directly oh the blood aad
aracous surfaces of th system. Bend
for testimonials, free
F. J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, a
Bold by druggists; 75c.
Hall's Family Pills. 2S&
The cause of the public schools is be
ing vigorously championed by tile At
lantic Monthly. Under the general
heading. The Caseof the Public Schools,
a series of articles is being printed
which must tend to awaken public sent
iment in behalf of our school system.
The second paper, upon the Training of
the Teacher, is by Fred W. Atkinson,
Principal of the High School, Spring
field, Mass. Mr. Atkinson prepared
himself for teaching in the public
schools at Harvard University, at vari
ous German Universities, and the Sor
bonne, and has given a life of study to
the consideration of pedagogical ques
tions. IOWA PATENT OFFICE REPORT.
DesMoixes, March 25. Patents have
been allowed, but not yet issued, as
follows: To M. Macy, of Adel, Iowa,
for a gauge for flouring mill rollers.
The device is very simple, strong and
durable and well adapted to show
whether or not the rollers are trammed
or parallel while in motion. Rollers
are often parallel when stationary and
yet out of tram when rotating, and the
device for detecting such defect is very
important in milling. To C. F. Murray,
of Des Moines, a practical railroad
man, for a block signal system that
will operate automatically to protect a
train in front and rear when going in
cither direction. It is designed to bo
used at stations and on dangerous
curves, etc., and is positively actuated
by the passing trains. Six United
States patents were issued to
Iowa inventors on the 17th.
Printed copies of the drawings and
specifications of any one patent sent
to anv address for 25 cents. Valuable
information for inventors about secur
ing, valuing and selling patents sent
free.
Thomas G. axt J. Ralph Orwio,
Solicitors of Patents.
The April number of St. Nicholas has
wide diversity in the table of contents.
It opens with an article "About Flying
Machines," by Tudor Jenks, who shows
what has already been accomplished in
the way of navigating the air with me
chanical aids. A feature of the article
is a number of diagrams of simple fly
ing devices that can be made by any
clever boy or girl. Thomas Edwin
Turner contributes an episode of the
War of tho Rebellion, "Lieutenant
Harry."
Half Faro Kxenraloaa via the Wabaah,
Tho short line to St. Louis, and quick route
East or South,
Arril Tth, 21st nnd May 5th. Excursions to
all j oints outh at ono fare for the round
trip with $2.00 added.
JUNE Ifith,
National Republican Convention at St.
Louis.
JULY ?d,
National Educational Association at
Buffalo.
JULY tth,
Christian Endeavor Convention at
Washington.
JULY 22nd,
National People nnd Silver Convention at
St. Louis.
For rates, time tah'es and further infor
mation, call at the Wat ash ticket office,
1415 Farnaui St., I'axtou Hotel Mock, or
write Geo. N. Ci.attox.
N. W. Toss. Agt., Omaha, NcU
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Whether on pleasure bent, or 1
take on every trip a bottle of 8yrap of
Fig, as It acts most pleasantly aad
effectually on the kidneys, Hver. aad
bowels, preventing- fevers, headachoa,
and other forma off skaaeaa. For sale
in 50 cent and $1 bottles by all leadta
druggists. Manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Company only.
Sohto People 14to Jaot for
UI have half a aotioatoead my ex
istence, said the dejected yoatk. "1
have nothing oh earth to live for.''
" Better wait a while," said the Cafch
tninsville Sage. "After you getafe
years older yoa won't want anything
to live for. Just living will oe Consid
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quirer. CaalB
Is the oMeat and beat. ItwUl break apaCela tiilaS
crtiuMaajtMacebe. It la always raHaMe. Tryka
Harvard areads 15,000 a year oa books
and Columbia 4:?,C00.
Thtrt I pit aaore aaa i
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aad lainiui lib by using niters uiootr Tonic.
If you love anyone well eaouga to die for
him, first get your life insured in his favor.
It laeoeaajr toreaaaveCoraawlth lUadeieorna
that e wonder so many m endure then, lie
Uintterrurns and see bow nicely It take them off:
Castiron pennies
Birmingham.
are in circulation ia
Iowa farms for sale on crop pay taeats; 10
per cent cash, t alance 4 crop yearly, uatil
paid for. J. MULHALL, Waukegaa, 111.
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Large quantities of fish are being shipped
from Maine to Cuba.
Poets
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in the Springtime. And a
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season in the same way.
The difference is that the
poet breaks out in about
the same spot annually,
while more prosaic people
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Spring is the breaking
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when impurities of the
blood work to the surface.
It is the time, therefore, to
take the purest and most
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