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A Synopsis of Proceedings in Both Br.nohes ef
the Twenty-Eighth Generavl
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.In the house ou the -ffth-these bill
were advanced and ordered engrossed for
third reading: II. It. IK. by Loeaals ef
Podge, prohibiting shooting of live birds
from traps. H. R. 331. by Kennedy of
Douglas", to amend the law regulating
grading of streets to beneflt Dundee. H.
R. 373. by Loomis.' providing for the erec
tion of a monument at Fort Calhoun to
the memory of Captain Meriwether Lew
Is. II. R. ZSo, by Grecg. of Wayne, pro
hibiting the sale of tobacco to minors un
der 18. H. K. 437, by revenue committee,
making general state tax rate 7 mills or
less; school rate not more than ltfc nor
less than mill, and for the sinking
fund -34 of a mill. H. R. 478, by Sweezy
of Adams, reducing fees for printing con
stitutional amendments. If. R. JCT, by
Ten Eyck of Douglas, the South Omaha
charter bill, giving that city a governor-
. appointed fire and police board. A fight
ensued over this bill. Gilbert. Shelly, Ten
Eyck and Morsman spoke for the bill
and the motion, and Kennedy of Doug
las against It. H. R. 27. by Meredith of
- Tork. appropriating $3,000 for an experi
mental station west of the 100th meridian.
H. R 1C5. by Fishback of Clay, provid
ing for the draiuase for agricultural and
sanitary purpose?. S. F. 31. by Pember
ton of Gage, authorizing the publication
f an official statute as soon after the
adjournment of the legislature as pos
sible, to be sold to the state At 19 a set.
The house went into committee of the
whole. II. R 78, by McClay of Lancas
ter, was under discussion. It provides
an appropriation of S23.C09 for a monu
ment on the state house grounds to the
late President Lincoln, to be carved out
of a huge marble block presented some
years ago to the state by the state of
Tennessee. McClay and Loomis spoke
for the bill, both delivering eloquent eu
logies on the late president. Fishback of
Clay moved to Indefinitely postpone the
bill and Rouse of Hall supported the mo
tion and referred to the speeches for the
bill as "grand stand efforts." Sears of
Burt also opposed the bill. The commit
tee finally cut the appropriation Hewn to
$:,0C0 and reported the bill back for
passage.
II. R 445. the claims bill, was read the
third time in the house on the 27th and
passed. The bill carries an appropriation
of about $65,000. H. R 471. the deficiency
bill, was placed on its final reading and
passed. The appropriations in this bill
amount to about $120,000. The Joint com
mittee on final adjournment reported that
the date had been set for April "7. Thomp
son of Merrick explained that the house
committee had tried to prevail upon the
senate committee to adjourn Friday of
next week, but the senate would not
agree to this, as It would not give that
body time to consider the appropriation
bills. The report was adopted by a vote
of 59 to 19. The following measures were
read the third time and passed: H. R
305. providing for the annexation of ter
ritory to citlus and villages situated in
two or more countlc. McAllister of
Deurl. n explaining his vote on this
measure, said he understood It had for
its purpose the "grabbing' of some ter
ritory in Sarpy county by the city of
Sonnth Omaha. II. R 3."!. to appropriate
$100,000 for the rebulldlug of the hos
pital for the Insane at Norfolk. H. R
401. providing for making, printing and
publishing an annual report by the sec
rotary of the state banking board, show
ing the condition of the Incorporated, pri
vate and savings banks and building and
loan associations. II. R 417, appropriat
ing $2.00 for the relief of the people suf
fering from famine In northern Sweden.
Norway and Finland. II. R 299. provid
ing county boards shall distribute mon
eys in the sinking fund not levied for
the payment of bonded Indebtedness
among the school districts of the county.
In place of turning it Into the general
fund. H. R 92. to authorize and require
counties, precincts, towns, cities, villages
and school districts to compromise their
indebtedness and Issue bonds in payment
thereof. 8. F. 151, giving electric lines
rght of way over puibllc highways In
certain cases. S. F. IIS. providing- for
the formation of drainage districts for
the reclamation of swamp lands. H. R
373, providing for the erection of a mon
ument to the memory of Captain Lewis
at Calhoun. The following amendments
were adcpled: To H. R 136. providing
that no officer or stockholder of a bank
shall act as surety on a bond given as
security for the deposit of county funds;
to H. It. "7. providing that where alleys
are vacated in cities of the 5.000 class
the property so vocated shall revert to
the adjoining property. 8. F. 304. to pro
vide for the payment of fees for serv
ice of the commissioner of public lands
and buildings, and H. R 271, providing
for the incorporation of school districts
in cities of the first class having less
than 40.000 and more than 25.000 Inhabi
tants, were signed by the governor.
When the house convened on the 30th.
8. F. 5. with its amendments, was taken
up in committee of the whole. The
amendment provided a change In the
course of medical students from three
to four years, and their exemption from
examination before the state board, pro
viding, however., that those students who
matriculate as late as this year shall not
be governed by this. The amendment
was introduced by Douglas of Rock, who
pleaded that the amendment should be
adopted in behalf of the medical students
The amendment was lost. The Rouse
bill, to appropriate $75.tt to the St Louis
World's fair, was taken up. Mangold of
Douglas proposed to amend the bill, cut
ting the amount to $35,009: Sears of Burt
proposed to cut it to $23,060. and Herron
of Antelope to make it $50,000. The Man
gold amendment was carried. Both these
bills were then recommended for passage.
Douglas of Rock Introduced a. resolution
that the house non-concur in the senate
amendments to the revenue bill and the
resolution was adopted. The speaker ap
pointed. Douglas. Morsman and Thomp
son to confer with a senate committee
on these amendments. The evenln- ses
sion began with the hous. in committer
of the whole. II. R 13. by Sadler cf Ad
ams, appropriating $15,030 to buy 329
acres of land for the Hastings asylum,
and H. R174. by Sears of Burt, in
creasing the dower right of widows, -was
then discussed without final action until
10:59, when the house rdioumed.
These bills passed the house on the 31st:
H. R 371 the salaries appropriation bill,
carrying fSJO.ono to pay the salaries of all
officers of the state government. Includ
ing those of the supreme and district
courts and state Institutions. H. R 446.
the current expense bill, carrying $LK50.
90 for expenses of all state government.
1L R J. by Warner of Lancaster, appro
priating $59,000 for the erection of a state
ncrmj school in. the municipality west
of the SSth meridian putting up a bonus
of $U.93. H. JI.JL by Good of Nemaha,
appropriating l&SM for library and chap
el building? at the Peru normal school.
If.. R 221. by Gregg of Wayne, prohibit
ing minors under IS from using tobacco
in any form undr penalty of $10 fine or
two days- imprisonment. H. F. 232. by
Meredith cf Tork. readjusting salaries of
certain county officers. H. R 195. by
Loomis of Dodge, to prohibit trao shoot
ing cf live birds. H. R 277. by Mera
dith of Tork. appropriating $5,993 for an
experimental station west of the MOtb
meridian. H. R 478. by Sweezy of Ad
as, reascing the price of printing con-
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sUtutJeaai amendment. H. R 78. by Mc
CUjr or Lancaster, appropriating $10,999
WK tee eresucn er a rnument on the
state capftei ajrounS t- Abraham. TJ&
coin. H. R 1CT. by Weborg of Thurs
ton, providing for proposed constitution
al amendment to elect United States sen
ators by a popular ballot. H. R 133.
by Ferror of Hall, providing that all
funds for the erection of public libra
ries shall be paid out by the citv treas
urer oa order of the president of the
library board. H. R 259. by Jones of
Otoe. Imposing a penalty on truant offi
cers for non-performance of duty. H. R
362. by Christy of Nemaha, appropriating
$2,509 for a fish and public comfort build
ing at the state fair grounds. H. R 386,
by Shelly of Douglas, vesting the Issuance
of saloon licenses In the fire and police
board In 8outh Omaha. H. R. $05. by
Weborg of Thurston, providing for the
annexation of territory to cities or other
unlcipalltles situated In two or more
counties. H. R 231. by Rouse of Hall,
appropriating $35,080 for tne St. Louis
world's fair. S. F. 31. by Pemberton of
Gage, providing for the publication by
J. E. Cobbey of 2,000 sets of statutes free
to the state, to be sold otherwise at $9
a set. 8. F. 5. by Sheldon of Cass, reg
ulating the admission to practice medi
cine in Nebraska.
The house on the 1st passed H. R 15,
by Sadler, appropriating $15,000 for the
purchase of 330 acres of land for the
use of the asylum for the chronic insane
at Hastings. Passed without the emer
gency clause by a vote of 55 to 26. H. R
70. ithe Ramsey elevator bill, was return
ed to the senate with an amendment rais
ing the minimum cost of an elevator to
which It should apply from 2,000 to $3,000.
Ramsey moved that the senate amend
ment be concurred in, which motion, on
roll call, prevailed by a vote of 73 ayes
to"""il nays. H. R 165, by Fishback. pro
viding for drainage for agricultural and
sanitary purposes, was read for the third
time and passed. In committee of the
whole the house recommended for pass
age, by the close vote of 42 to 49. II. R
174, by Sears, to give a wife absolute
title to one-half her deceased husband's
estate. Instead of dower Interest In one-
third thereof. Spurlock of Cass, chair
man of the sifting committee, asked
unanimous consent for ordering S. F. 199.
by Warner, to a third reading The bill,
which is one of Governor Mickey's pro
vides for the appointment of a state ac
countant at a salary of $2,000. to have
general supervision of the books and ac
counts of state institutions and state offi
cers. Sweezy of Adams ob lee ted. Spur
lock then moved that the bill be advanced
under a suspension of the -ules. The mo
tion was lost by a rising vote of 2$ to
34. Junkin of Gosper moved that here
after members be allowed not to exceed
five minutes' time each in the discus
sion of any one bill. The motion pre
vailed. The house adopted the confer
ence committee report on H. R 311. the
general revenue bill, by a vote of 75
to 13. The house went into committee
of the whole on the sifting file. The
following bills were recommended for
passage: H. R 17. by Douglas, to amend
the game laws; H. R 28, by Deles-Rer-
nler, to validate orders, -udgments and
decrees heretofore entered by district
courts in foreclosure suits on tax liens;
II. R 436. by Douglas, to provide for
the election of county assessors: S. F.
S3, by Brown, to authorize burglary and
theft insurance: H. R 222, by Ten Eyck.
to prohibit cruelty to chickens; S. F. 98.
by 8aunders. to prohibit the docking of
horses' tails; H. R 358. 449 and 43. pro
viding for South Dakota, Iowa and Mis
souri boundary commissions. The next
bill considered was H. R 433. by the
claims committee, appropriating $47,027.53
to reimburse the Norfolk and Grand Is
land beet sugar companies for moneys
paid out by them under the beet sugar
bounty law. At adjournment the matter
was not disposed of.
SENATE.
The senate in committee of the whole
on the 26th recommended for a third
reading and passed H. R 314, the revenue
bill. It also declined to concur in the re
port of the judiciary committee to in
definitely postpone the -Brady elevator
bill, and instead placed it on general
file. The following bills were read a
third time and passed: S. F. 82, one of
the pure food bills, by a vote of 17 to
12. A call of the house was given when
this vote was taken. S. F. 213, providing
for the salary of county commissioners.
8. F. 241. providing for bonds for irriga
tion districts. S. F. 231, to legalize oaths
and acknoweidgements heretofore taken
and administered by commissioners of
deeds. S. F. 236, providing for the quali
fications of applicants to practice medi
cine. S. F. 212, providing for appeals and
reversal in vacation. S. F. 167. relating to
admittance to home of the friendless.
Lieutenant Governor McGilton signed S.
F. 69. to exterminate prairie dogs, and
8. F. 304, to provide for the payment of
fees In certain ccses where the commis
sioner of public lands shall file papers.
The greater portion of tho day was
spent irr"the discussion of the revenue
bill. &nd it was recommended for pass
age with very few amendments, and only
those amendments were adopted that the
chairman of the senate revenue commit
tee announced the committee would ac
cept. All others were killed as rapidly
as a vote was taken. At the conclusion
of the reading of the bill a flood of
amendments were offered, and some of
these were adopted. In the rush Howell
got In his amendment, placing accident
Insurance companies In the same class
with fire insurance companies for taxa
tion puropses. Under the amendment ac
cident companies will be assessed on
their gross receipts, tbess being taken as
an item of property and so assessed.
The original bill taxed accident com
panies with life insurance companies, and
provided that they pay 2 per cent of their
gross receipts for taxes.
The revenue bill passed the senate on
the 27th. It was passed with every re
publican member except Dean voting for
it and the four fusionlsts voting for it.
Dean was absent. Five of the repub
lican members sent up explanations of
the-r votes. These were Hall and Howell
of Douglas, Sheldon of Cass, Marshall
of Otoe and Friss of Valley. They all
expressed the opinion that the bill was
a step in the right direction, but that
it fell far short of its object, and In
some things was pernicious, but as it
must be accepted or rejected as a whole
they voted aye rather than have revenue
legislation fall short entirely. Before the
passing of the revenue bill the Omaha
charter bill. H. R 329. was passed. 8. F.
238. judgment shall be a Hen on real
estate from the time of the filing of
transcript: ordered engrossed. 8. F. 29.
relating to the organization of fraternal
Insurance companies; ordered engrossed
The joint committee on adjournment re
ported that it had agreed to adjourn
Tuesday. April 7. at 12 o'clock noon.
Howell moved as a substitute that the
legislature adjourn Friday. April. 3. Har
rison. Brown. Anderson and Warner
spoke in favor of the commtltee report.
Howell spoke at length on the motion'
The committee report was adopted. These
bills were passed. S. F- 230. for strength
ening bridges and culverts before thresh
ing machines shall cross them. H. R
1S, providing for deposits by county
treasurers. S. F. 135, reorganization of
the National Guard. H. R 27. charters
for cities of the first class. H. R 220.
Omaha charter bilL H. R 311. the rev
enue bill.
The senate oa the $fth paved-the fol
lowing bills: S. F. 246. establishing a
standard system cf tbne. tafpnnltely
postpoaedj.S. T. St, allowing insurance
companies to reinsure their risks. En
grossed. H. R 79, the Ramsey elevator
bUL' Sloaa moved te amend by striklng
out the first section of the bill and In
serting the Brady bill. Harrison raised
a point of order that the amendment
was not germane. O'Neill moved the
amendment be declared out of order.
Sloan attempted to get In several amend
ments and all met the same fate. The
bill was ordered enrolled fcr a third read
ing, after the senate amendment that
elevators should cost $4,000 had been re
duced to- $3,000. H. R 249. providing for
the- appointment of a secretary to .the
state banking board and deflator the du
ties of the board. Enrolled for third
reading. S. F. 198. nrovldinr that 1.099
mue tickets sold to a party by railroads
may be used by any member ef the
family. Engrossed. 8. F. 202. providing
for the levying of school tax. Ordered
engrossed. H. R 63. appointment and
compensation of health inspectors, and
to prevent the spread of contagious dis
ease. The bill provides that the Inspec
tor shall receive as salary and exoenses
$10,099. This was cut down to $4,999 and
the bill ordered engrossed. 8. F. 212. pro
viding for filing statements -with auditor
by insurance companies. Engrossed. H.
R 134, increasing salary of county su
perintendents. Ordered placed on third
reading. H. R 192. appropriating $190,900
for the establishment of an experimental
farm. Amended to take money from
temporary university fund. Ordered en
grossed. 8. F. 243. nroviding for pay
ment of irrigation assessments. Ordered,
engrossed.
8. F. 83. the pure food bill, was passed
in the senate on the 31st. A fight was
made on this bill in committee of the
whole, because it was stated that its op
eration would work a hardship on state
manufacturers of food and would build
up and be In the interest of foreign whole
salers. The bill provides that it shall be
unlawful for any person to manufacture
or sell any article of food that is adul
terated and mlsbranded; it requires deal
ers to label the package with a state
ment of the ingredients; the seller-of any
article of food is required to furnish at
the retail price to the food commission
for analysis a sample cf the food sold.
The punishment for violation of the act
Is a line of not less than $25 nor more
than $100 or thirty days in ail. or both.
The following bills were narsed: 8. F. Z'A.
enabling mutual beneflt associations and
life Insurance companies to reinsure their
risks in other mutual reserve life com
panies. 8. F. 212, providing that insurance
companies before doing business in the
state shall file statements with auditor.
8. F. 198. compelling railroad companies
to sell 1.000-mtle tickets to a party and
allowing any member of the family of
the purchaser to use it. Wall moved to
reconsider H. R 134, providing for the
compensation of county superintendents,
which was killed on third reading on the
30th. O'Neill opposed. The motion car
ried and the bill passed by a vote of 23
to 7. S. F. 43. providing for the gather
ing, compilation and publishing of agri
cultural and Industrial statistics, was
placed on general file. The senate went
into committee of the whole, with Brady
in the chair. The discussion of II. R 239.
to extend corporate limits of cities and
villages, was resumed. Recommended for
passage. 8. F. 25, providing for voting
machines. Indefinitely postponed. Wall
of Sherman moved that all employes be
paid from the first day of the session.
This was referred to the committee on
accounts and expenditures. These sen
ators were appointed a committee to con
fer with the bouse committee on senate
amendments to the revenue bill: Brown,
Pemberton. Anderson.
The appropriation bills were read in
the senate on the 1st for the second time
and referred to committee. II. R 102. ap
propriating $10,000 for buildings and equip
ment at the state school of agriculture;
H. R. No. 70. the Ramsey elevator bill,
and S. F. No. 245. providing for the dis
position of money paid under protest to
the treasurer of irrigation districts, were
read the third time and passed. The fol
lowing bills were placed on the final read
ing and passed: S. F. No. 301. relating to
the assignment of real estate mortgages:
S. F. No. 297. providing for the construc
tion of pipe lines and the appropriation
of land therefor; S. F. No. 282. requiring
the state librarian to send a copy of
the compiled statutes and all state re
ports to all public libraries in the state
and all states in the union; S. F. No. 230,
providing the court may force a debtor,
to appear and answer to a charge that
he has property which has not been ap
plied to the satisfaction of the judgment;
S. F. No. 278, repealing the law fixing
the salary of the deputy to the state
superintendent; S. F. No. 174. providing
for Uie sale, by railroad companies, of
unclaimed goods; S. F. No. 63. granting
additional power to fraternal beneficiary
societies: S. F. No. 178. relating to de
sertion of family and fiximr a penalty;
8. F. No. 227. regulating the nurchase
of supplies and the hiring of employes
by school boards; S. F. No. 239, to ap
point an officer to co-operate with the
bureau of public roads when appointed
by the national government; II. R. No.
1S7. providing for the appointment and
fixing of the salaries of the officers of
the penitentiary. House roll No. 331, pro
viding a majority of uroperty owners in
terested must petition the council before
public Improvements may be made, unless
three-fourths of the council vote for such
Improvements, applying onlv to cities of
the second-class and villages, was sub
stituted for S. F. No. 156. which con
tains the same provisions, and the bill
was recommended for passage. In com
mittee of the whole the following bills
were recommended for passage: II. R
No. 31, providing for the opening; of
drains and ditches along public high
ways by county Iwards; H. R. No. 146.
providing for an annual meet!-- of the
state horticultural society for the pur
pose of deliberating as to the wants and
conditions of the horticultural interests
of the stat: S. 1". No. 178, defining the
crime of deseition of minor child, wife,
husband and home by wife, husband,
father, mother, husband or wife and pro
viding punishment therefor; 8. F. No.
2S2, requiring the state librarian to send
a copy of the compiled statutes and
other publications of the state to each
of the public libraries in the state and
to each of the states in the union.
APPROPRIATION FOR EXPOSITION.
The legislature has not yet acted on the
bill calling for a $75,600 appropriation for
the St. Louis World's fair, nor Is It
likely to recommend that amount. This
is a poor time for any appropriation bill
to come up to this legislature and the
chances are not altogether assuring that
any outlay will be made for this purpose.
Two representatives of the St Louis fair.
W. H. Moore of St Louis and Colonel
Harvey P. Salmno of Clinton. Mo., in
company with W. J. Bryan, who pre
sented them, called on Governor Mickey
and urged him to use his influence with
the legislature to make an appropriation.
The governor told them that there was
a bill providing for $75,009 and that he
was of the opinion that probably the" leg
islature would grant $59,000. but doubted
if the bill would get through In its orig
inal form.
Agodes Arkins is the name of an
organization formed at South Bend,
ind., by Jews, for purpose being to aid
their countrymen in Russia to come
to South Bend. The club will under
take to board them and secure em
ployment for them. Two hundred
families of Jews will probably be
brought there by the club this year.
Extensive preparations are being
made for the dedication of nineteen
monuments by the state of Indiana on
the battlefeld of Shiloh. Tenn., April
6,' and for the forty-first anniversary
of the great battle at that place. The
governors of Indiana and Tennessee,
together with militia from those
states, will take part in the ceremonies.
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Dip the Sees) Oats.
The time Is near when the farmer
must consider the sowing of the oats.
This is a good time to look me the
matter of oat smut and methods of
prevention of the same. Oat smut Is
on the increase in many of oar states.
It is proving a great obstacle in the
way of raccessful oat growing in
some of the largest ot oar western
states. In some cases it is known to
decrease the yield of oats by one
fourth.- When one hundred acres of
oats are grown this is equivalent to
the loss of the crop on twenty-ive
acres. If the loss should take that
form the fanner would quickly appre
ciate how serious a lose it was. But
because the loss Is about evenly scat
tered through the fields he pays little
attention to it The man that is los
ing 25 per cent of his crop seldom
realizes It Many of the heads that
are killed by smut do not make the
growth of the others, and therefore
do not appear with the other heads in
the fields. The fanner thinks he dan
estimate his loss by' counting the
number of smut filled heads .that ap
pear to his vision. In this he is mis
taken. The proper way to make the
estimate is to place a hoop oyer a
lot of heads, taking the stalks way
down to the ground. The stunted
heads should be counted as smutted.
. The remedy has been more than
once given in the Farmers' Review.
It is to dip the seed oats in a formal
dehyde solution, leaving them in for
about 20 minutes. Buy some formal
in and mix it with water at the rate
of fifty gallons of water to a pound
of the chemical. Put this in a kettle
or tub and dip the oats In sacks. The
bags' of oats should not be too full,
so that the liquid may instantly pene
trate to the center of the bag. Where
the oats are tightly packed in the
bag, the liquid reaches the center
rather slowly and thus part of the
oats may not receive effective treat
ment Give the Seed Corn Attention.
Prof. P. O. Holden: I would rec
ommend the purchasing of the seed
corn only in the ear. This enables the
purchaser to see exactly .what he is
getting and if it is not satisfactory he
can return it It also enables him to
throw out any- undesirable ears. The
seedsman cannot improve the corn by
shelling it so there is no good excuse
for him to refuse to ship it to you In
the ear. In order to secure a good
stand it is necessary to exercise great
care in selecting and sorting the seed.
All ears with very large or very small
kernels should be thrown out no mat
ter how perfect they are in other re
spects. The same is true of all ears
with very thick or very thin kernels,
or with very short or long narrow
grains and the irregular butt and tip
kernels should be shelled off. In oth
er words, no planter will give an even
stand unless the kernels are of uni
form size and shape. I know of no
one thing that would do more to In
crease the yield of corn on every
farm in Iowa than the careful select
ing and sorting of the seed corn both
in the ear and after it Is shelled, and
then stay with it until the planter will
drop the desired number of kernels
at least ninety-three to ninety-six
times out of one hundred tests. It
may be necessary to have the plates
of the planter drilled or get new ones,
or take more care in sorting out the
large, small and irregular kernels.
The main thing is to stay with it un
til the work is satisfactory. If this im
portant work Is put off until April or
May it is very likely to be neglected, as
is too often the case. This is simply a
matter of good business management
and no one can afford to neglect it,
for there is so much of our success
depending on every bushel of the seed
corn we plant
The Bacon Idea.
Prof. Thomas Shaw: In our Judg
ment no more important question con
fronts the growers of swine to-day.
The operation of breed's is only a lit
tle pigmy compared with the gigantic
question of lard and bacon swine. It
means more to the country than many
shall ever know. Millions in our judg
ment are bound up in it since it
bears directly on the'stamina of swine,
upon their prolificacy, upon correct
methods of feeding swine and also
the soil, and upon providing for man
the kind of pork which is most to his
liking. But I do not look for the bacon
idea to prevail in this country, as it
does in Canada or Denmark for many
years to come, if indeed ever, especi
ally in the corn belt. I do not there
fore, plead for the bacon Idea to cap
ture the British bacon market as those
countries have, but rather because of
what there Is in the idea- for us. My
contention is that we can grow bacon
pork more cheaply pound for pound
than we can grow lard pork. And
when we do grow it we have a super
ior quality of meat We can grow
bacon more cheaply because swine
thus grown are more prolific, they are
less liable to diseases, and can better
resist disease when it comes. Such
pork is more relished by the consumer
and will eventually command a higher
price and the modifications necessary
In growing it will have a beneficent In
fluence on the industry and on the
maintenance of fertility in land.
Prof. C. F. Curtiss, Iowa: Wehave
no poultry department whatever in
connection with this institution. We
recognize theYmportance, however, of
this industry, and I feel that investi
gations in that line should be con
ducted and Instruction given to our
students concerning the best methods
of poultry raising. There has been
some interest manifested in this mat
ter by the poultry organizations of
the state, and we are pleased to have
them take the initiative. If they see
fit to call upon the institution for a
poultry department and will unite In
asking the legislature to establish
such a department I feel confident
that It will be done at the next ses
sion and the college will very gladly
assume its share of the responsibility.
Dispatches from. Guadalajara, Mex
ico, state that the territory within
fifty miles of Mount Collma Is covered
with a thick pall of smoke, that lava
is pouring down the eastera slope of
the mountain and that many buildings
in Tonlta, Santa Maria, Canada, Ant
Ian, and Narauja have been destroyed
by earthquake shocks. -
Prof. P. H. Mell, Soath Carolina:
We are experimenting: with breeds of
fowls, and at the agricultural college
two classes are receiving instruction
in poultry culture. We have about
$700 invested in poultry houees, stock
and equipment
A faultless person' aerer goes around
pointing out the faults of others.
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Poultry at the Stations.
The Farmers' Review receatly ad
iressed to each Agricultural Expert
meat Station in the United States the
following- Intuiriee:
1. What is your station doing at the
oreeeat time la the way ot poultry
axperiment?
2. To what . extent Is the agricul
tural college of your state giving at
tention to -instruction in poultry cul
ture? 3. What sum of money is invested
t your station In poultry houses,
stock and equipment?
4. Does your station intund any
further development along this line
la the near future?
The following replies have been re
ceived: Prof. S. A. Bryan, Washington: We
are doing- nothing with poultry at the
station, and the college pays no at
tention to that subject
Prof. H. A. Huston, Indiana: (1)
At the present time, this station is
not conducting any work on poultry.
(2) According to our present course
of study. It is possible for students
to work three years out of four upon
the subject of poultry. In the special
short courses, we have employed spe
cial lecturers on the subject. (3) At
the present time, the station has prob
ably not to exceed S100 invested in
poultry and equipment, since the
houses are so old as to be considered
practically valueless. (4) Under the
present condition of affairs here it is
probable that most of the work on
poultry will be done by the college
rather than by the experiment sta
tion. Prof. E. B. Voorhees, New Jersey:
We are not conducting any experi
ments with poultry, and It Is not like
ly that we shall be able to do so in
the near future.
Prof. M. A. Scovell, Kentucky: This
station Is not making any experi
ments in poultry. We have made
some experiments along this line, but
not very extensive.
Prof. R. J. Redding, Georgia: We
have inaugurated no effort in that
line, though we believe it Is desir
able. The agricultural college of the
state Is giving no Instruction at all in
that line. We have no money invest
ed In poultry, except that in private
flocks belonging to members of the
station staff. No move Is at present
contemplated along this line.
Prof. James W. Wilson, south Da
kota,: We are doing nothing in the
line of poultry experimentation, hav
ing no poultry at this institution.
There is some little talk in regard to
taking up the poultry feature here,
but it is probable that nothing will
be done for some time.
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Prof. Chas. D. Woods. Maine: We
regard poultry .Investigation as an
Important line of work here. In our
regular college work poultry Instruc
tion forms a part of the agricultural
work. We also have short winter
courses in poultry management for
young fanners. Our poultry plant
cost us about $2,000. We probably
shall not develop our work a great
-deal beyond its present limits, as at
present it occupies the attention of
two men.
Prof. H. J. Patterson, Maryland:
We have done nothing here in
connection with poultry experiments
and have nothing whatever in
vested in such an equipment While
.we realize the great value of the poul
try industry of the country, and par
ticularly the great 'opportunities
.which this state presents for this de
partment of agriculture, yet we have
never seen our way clear to. equip our
station for this line of work.
; Prof. D. N. Barrow, Louisiana: We
r.rc doing nothing in the way of poul
try except testing about ten breeds,
tho one with the other. Our agricul
tural college is giving very little, if
any attention to instruction in poul
try We have about five hundred dol
lars invested in poultry and poultry
equipment. We are now making prep
arations to give a good deal more at
tention to this subject.
Prof. J. M. HcBryde, Virginia: We
are at present doing nothing in the
way of poultry experiments, and no
teaching in that line is being done at
the agricultural college. I cannot say
definitely when this subject will be
taken up.
Prof. E. H. Jenkins, Connecticut
(New Haven): We have in this state
two stations and the one at Storrs,
Conn., makes a specialty of this
work. We, therefore, do nothing with
it to avoid duplication of work.
Prof. James Withycombe, Oregon:
At this station we have done no work
with poultry other than investigation
of diseases.
The Farm Hen.
- The farm hen Is one of the import
ant factors of the farm, though she Is
generally neglected and sometimes
forgotten. The writer knew of one
poor hen that was so far forgotten
that when an open space under the
house was closed up to keep out the
winter winds biddy was made a pris
oner. She was not missed from the
flock, or, if missed, was not looked
for. After about six weeks a noise
under the house attracted the atten
tion of .the residents and an investiga
tion revealed the poor hen, still alive,
but hardly more than skin and bones.
Scattered about were 19 eggs. On
the day of her imprisonment she had
gone under there to lay, and,
after depositing her egg, had
found the exit closed. She had ap
parently laid most of those eggs after
the time of being imprisoned. It
seemed almost unbelievable that she
should have lived so long without food
and water. Perhaps she was able to
find a bug now and then, for the pris
on was not entirely dark. It is
strange too, that she could and did
recover from her emaciation. This
shows the hen in the role of a stayer.
There are few animals on the farm
that can endure the neglect that the
hea gets and still prove profitable
What will she do if properly taken
care of? The farm hen Is the most
potent factor la the creation of
poultry products. We read about the
enormous quantity of eggs and fowl
flesh consumed in this country year
by year. Let it not be forgotten that
the farm en is the chief producer of
these, the hen of the specialist cut
ting a small figure by tt side of her.
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Fiber in Feed Stuffs.
A communication from the New
Tork Experiment station at Geneva
says: The choice of feeding staffs to
supplement farm crops is a matter ot
exceedingly great importance to the
dairyman and stock keeper. The
time has passed when bran, middlings,
oil meal, corn meal and the ground
grains ot other cereals made up al
most the whole list and when the
name given to a feed was a fair index
to its composition and feeling: value.
Among the hundreds ot feeds ingeni
ously combined from the ground
grains, or containing portions ot
these grains left as by-products la the
manufacture of malt and spirituous
liquors, of starch, sugar and glucose,
of breakfast foods or of vegetable oils,
the feeder find a wide range ot puz
zling compounds. Led only by his
eye, touch or taste (helpful as these
are to the purchaser who is guided by
good understanding of principles) he'
would find it exceedingly dlnlcult to
make a sure selection ot the feeds best
suited to his needs. Oat hulls, corn
cobs, coffee hulls, cottonseed hulls and
other materials are very skillfully
used as adulterants, so that in some
reeds now for sale la this state the
percentage of fiber is so great that
nearly all the energy represented In
the food must be used to masticate the
material and pass it through the ani
mal's body. Of corn and oat feeds oa
the market at Jeast 10 brands exam
ined by the station at Geneva con
tained from 10 to nearly It per cent
of fiber; while a mixture of equal
parts of corn and oats should contain
less than six per cent Good oats
normally contain less than 10 per cent
of fibre, while several oat feeds exam
ined contained from 22 to 2S per cent
and sold for from $20 to $30 or more
a ton. Prices of feeds ot equal value
also vary remarkably in markets ly
ing side by side. One dealer in New
York sells a certain brand for $30 a
ton, another dealer In the same city
asks $40. These are but a few Illus
trations of the impositions put upon
farmers by some manufacturers or
dealers in feeds.
Rape and Corn-Stalk Disease.
From Farmers' Review: Some time
ago I wrote you about sowing rape in
corn as a preventive for "corn stalk
disease." Now as to whether it will
prevent It or not In all cases I can't
say, but it has in my case anyway,
and more than that it has made a
lot of feed, and at a very slight cost
Then it shades the ground and keeps
all weeds from growing, as it will be
a long time before all com will be
cut with the corn binder. I would ad
vise all corn growers to try a few
acres of rape, and it won't be long
till they will sow it in all corn not
intended to to cut My cattle are eat
ing it now, and will leave good corn
fodder to go to the field and graze
on the rape. It will remain green and
growing till winter sets in and then
the cattle still enjoy it I sowed two
to three pounds of seed per acre ahead
of the cultivators the last time
through, and then ran the shovels
from 1 to 2 inches deep. It will not
do to let milk cows run on rape alone,
as it taints the milk, but for young
stock and sheep it is certainly a great
help, as It fills in just right In that
hardest of all times between grass and
hay, when nearly every farmer's cat
tle lose flesh. Hoping that this will
enable some one to keep two head
where he kept one before I will not
use any more of your valuable space
G. M. Chase, Martin County, Minne
sota.
Care of the Sow and Pigs.
The brood sow, which is due to far
row In a short time, should be given
the best of care and treatment that
she may be able to pass through far
rowing and suckling time with the
least possible loss of flesh. Her feed
should consist or a balanced ration,
that she may be able to supply all the
demands of the growing pigs, and it
should be of such form that it will not
be constipating;. but rather acting as
a laxative. A good ration for a preg
nant sow, to be used up till time of
farrowing, consists of a grain ration
of corn and a slop composed of equal
parts of middlings and gluten feed
with a little bone meal and oil meal
added. She should be fed liberally
on the above feeds until a day or two
before farrowing when the corn should
be dropped and oats substituted. This
will serve as a laxative and will help
to alleviate the fever which arises
during farrowing. Her treatment
should be such that she may be petted
at any time during farrowing, when
she should be attended, and as fast as
the little pigs come they should be
dried and placed where they may
suckle Immediately. Publication Iowa
Agricultural College.
The Pigs.
R. C. Hoffman: Be sure and give
the pigs plenty of exercise, and as
soon as possible the little pigs should
be taught to eat By providing a little
pen wherein they can get cracked corn
and sweet milk, they will soon be
able to get away with lots of feed
and will transform it into bone and
flesh, thereby decreasing the drain on
the sow. If the sow does not lose in
flesh they should be allowed to suckle
for eight weeks; but this must be
governed by conditions. One of the
great secrets of successful hog rais
ing Is to watch both ends of the ho;
and feed accordingly.
Bacteria and Flavor.
The great difficulty with most butter
makers is that they do not com
prehend that it is a certain kind of
bacteria that largely controls the fla
vor. Even cleanliness in every sense
of the word does not always result in
milk souring with the best flavor, as
all cows are usually ' milked in the
stable during the winter months and
In a real warm barn we usually find
that the putrefactive bacteria are
found in abundance. These get into
the milk while milking and contam
inate it before it reaches the cream
ery. A maker cannot tell by the taste
or smell just how the milk is going
to sour.
The Introduction ot starters or
pure cultures is benefiting the dairy
business of -the country by introduc
ing higher skilled labor. The igno
rant careless maker who does every
thing by chance rather than by rule
will soon be relegated to the rear. In
his place will come the intelligent,
clean, tidy maker, with his knowl
edge ot chemistry and bacteriology,
making a uniform product of butter
that oleomargarine or process butter
cannot meet In competition. Prof.
G. L. McKay.
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John T. Mason. 74 years old. a vet
eran of the civil war. was heard dur
tagthe night singing "While We Were
Marching Through Georgia." Next
morning he was found lifeless in his
ed, his eyes wide open. A physician
who was called stated that the old
man must have died about the time
the song was heard by the others ia
the house. Chicago Tribune.
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Hctoerd the ftr-off
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fifes pipiag tana:
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The hoe wheeled
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Kc aw the foras of comrades who i
the Sooth were strews;
He aw the brave coapsaioa whs had
battled fey his side
The tears wetted s agaia jw as they
did the day be died.
Then. -Haiti" the buglgLfcaaded. ad
he-beard fcia muttrnmViSM
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vond the nunM n..
The bugles pealing EuHy and the Gas
wjta no more gaps
The bugles staging sweetly fa that heal-
ton ef -Taps-
And f.r-j were mad and merry, and the
drums were laughing, too.
or he marched beside the colon as he
a uisgraaa review I'
Maine Troops at Gettysburg.
On the opening day of the Maine
Grand Army of the Republic Encamp
ment In Bangor, Commander Edward
C. Mllliken made a reminiscent ad
dress in the course of which he said:
"Perhaps the battle of Gettysburg
furnished as great examples of heroic
bravery and daring as any during the
whole war.
"There were fifteen Maine organi
zations that participated in this
great battle. The first day on Semi
nary Ridge Hall's Second Battery
and Col. Tilden's Sixteenth Infantry
did terrible execution, fighting like
demons. The Sixteenth lost nearly
all its men in killed, wounded and
prisoners.
"Down in the Peach Orchard we
find Col. Lakeman with the Third
Maine; at the Devil's Den, Col. Walk
er with the Fourth Maine. At both
these places the fighting was fierce
and heavy.
"On the Wheat Field was Lieut.
Col. Merrill with the Seventeenth.
This regiment, with its wings uncov
ered, and with no support, held a
whole rebel horde at bay for a time
until reinforcements came. Now go
over to the Clump of Trees and along
the stone wall to the Bloody Angle
and yon find Col. Heath with the
Nineteenth. This regiment was on
this line all the second and third
days' fight, did bloody work, and
helped to repulse Pickett's charge.
"Now we drop over to Little Round
Top, on the extreme left of our line
of battle, and here we find Col.
Joshua I. Chamberlain with the
Twentieth. This regiment was charg
ed by four times its number of rebels:
charge upon charge was made, and
the old Twentieth was as firm as the
rocks on which they stood, and fin
ally drove the rebels back. Also on
Little Hound Top was Capt. McCInre
with Company D, sharpshooters, who
did excellent serrice. On a knoll at
the foot of Culp's Hill we find Capt.
Stevens with the Fifth Battery.
"On cur extreme right was Col.
Smith with the First Cavalry, and
near the Peach Orchard Lieut. Dow
with tho Sixth Battery; Col. Edwards
of the Fifth. Col. Burnham with the
Sixth and Col. Selden Connor with
the Seventh, were on our left center.
The most of our Maine organizations
are found right where the hardest
fighting was done, and they did heroic
battle and lost about half their
numbers.
"Comrades, the Union Army, con
sisting first and last cf nearly 3,000,
00 men, was such an army as was
never before raised, and probably
never will be again. The Grand
Army of the Republic is practically
a continuation of that army, it
stands alone among the organizations
of the world. There has never been
one like It, there is only this one now,
and there will never be another."
Boston Herald.
Got Their Christmas Dinner.
"When Christmas day came in 1861."
said Dr. A. W. Gray, "our regiment,
the Fiftr-flrst Illinois, was at Peilu
cab. There was no Christmas dinner
in sipht. There was no prospect of
any. and the boys used to that sort
of thing irerc very blue. At that stage
of the war Uncle Sam was over-particular
as to the property of the pefr
pic In the vicinity of camps. Strict
guard was kept over camp as well as
over the bouses and hen roosts in
the vicinity. If we could get out of
camp into the town or into the coun
try we felt confident that we would
have chickens, if not turkeys, for
Uhristmas dinner, but between us and
the chickens was a line of guards,
and not one of us bad the counter
sign. "With the countersign the way was
open to a Christmas dinner, and as
chairman of the committer of ways
and means I suggested a plan to get
it. I got hold of an old cavalry sword
the night before Christmas, and. ad
justing the belt so that the 'sword
made a good deal of noise when I
stepped. I formed a dozen or more of
the boys S3 we usually formed a pa
trol guard, and when wa heard the
rral patrol coming I stepped ou is
the thick darkless and 'Shout?.
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"Halt!" The ofilcer la charge of the
patrol answered my challenge la the
usual way., saying that he was a friend
with the countersign. He was direct
ed to come forward and give the coun
tersign, which he did. I could not see
his men. and he could not see mine,
bat he supposed naturally that I was
oa patrol duty. The outcome was
that, with the couatersiga. we went
through the guard line, found a good
ly number of chickens, and had a good
Christmas dinner." Chicago Inter
Ocean.
Peneieac fer OM teMiera.
G. S. Laytoa. ia a letter to the Bos
ton Herald, says: "At diCereat times
of late I have aoticed la your valued
paper that two senators hare Intro
duced bills with reference to soldiers
pensions. I think one was in favor
of granting a pensien of $12 a mouth
to all soldiers who had served one
year or more. The other would grant
the same amount to all soldiers now
drawing pensions without regard to
term of enlistment. I am heart and
soul with these two senators. If our
country was poor and just recovering
from a Boer war, if our vaults did not
groan under the weight of hundreds
of millions of dollars which are- lying
idle to-day. then perhaps they might
be satisfied with the paltry pension
now doled out' to them. There seems
to be some favored ones who have no
trouble in passing the board of ex
amlng physicians, while others who
are as fully, and in many cases more
deserving of an increase, are turned
down and are thus kept applying until
the months and years pass by and at
last they die. Give them their just
dues, they are old men to-day, those
boys of '61! Cheer their aged hearts
with a pension of $12 a month, that
they may look back on those soldier
days in camp and field with gratitude
and greater love for Uncle Sam."
His Mother Disowned Him.
Writing to the New York Times
a correspondent signing herself "A
Daughter of the American Revolu
tion." gives the following informa
tion: "My attention was called to an
article in the Times which referred to
the 'Firing on Fort Sumter and the
statement made by Judge Mackey of
South Carolina 'that the order to fire
upon Fort Sumter was issued by an
Ohio man. Roswell Sabine Ripley,
Brigadier General of the Confederate
army.'
"I would like as a D. A. R. to com
plete the story by relating a little
incident that occurred immediately
after the news reached his mother
who was at that time a resident ol
Ogdensburg. N. Y. With a heart
bursting with indignation, because ot
her loyalty to her country, she do
dared in an emphatic manner 'thai
a son of hers who was guilty of per
mitting the old flag to be fired upoi
should never again enter her prcs
ence.' and from that hour he nevct
crossed the threshold of her home
One day she was found committing tr
the flames an elegant oil painting ol
him. thus removing from her sigh;
forever anything which would remini
her of her disloyal son."
Lee's Friendly Advice.
"In 1861, shortly after Fort Sumter
had been fired on. I was attending Dr.
Lippett's school at Four Mile Run 'on
the Virginia side of the Potomac, neat
this city," said Lieut.-Col. Benjamin
l. Roberts of the Aitillery Corps, in
talking over old-time reminiscences
with friends.
"One day we had for a visitor nc
less a personage than Robert E. Lee
afterward commander-in-chief of the
armies of the Confederacy. 'My son,'
said he to uie. 'where is your fatherT
I told him my father was in New Mex
ico. He then asked me where my
mother was. and I told him she was
at the Ebbitt House in Washington.
'Then Iadvise you,' said Gen. Lee,
'to join her without any loss of time,
for ! fear wc shall soon have come
warm work here in old Virginia.'
"I t-aw that he spoke seriously and
appreciated that his advice was given
with a sincere wish to befriend me. sc
I lost no time in getting to Washing
ton. I shall always remember how
Gen. Lcc looked then, and still think
of him as one of the handsomest men
I ever saw." Washington Post.
The Proposed Lee Statue.
Grand Army men throughout the
country seem to be opposed to paying
honors to Lee. The movement against
this started in Washington some
weeks ago, and it is becoming general.
Grand Army posts of New York city
and of Scranton, Pa., have adopted
resolutions condemning the erection
of statues. Massachusetts posts have
taken no formal action yet. but it is
generally understood that they will
discountenance the movement at the
next encampment.
Only a. few years ago it was pro- .
posed to erect a statue on the battle-
field at Gettysburg In honor of Lee.
but as those having the matter in
charge insisted on an inscription
which praised the patriotism of the
Confederate leader, the Gettysburg
association would not allow the statue
to be placed on the grounds.
American's Sacred Shrine.
During the civil war there was a
tacit understanding between both the
Nationals and the Confederates that
the residence and the grounds of
George Washington should be undis
turbed by either. The soldiers of '
each side made pilgrimages to Mount
Vernon when in that vicinity without
molestation from the other. Although
the warfare raged throughout Wash
ington's state, that part of it occupied
by himself during his life was not
desecrated by march or battle. One
spot in the United States was held
sacred from the touch of war's pas
sions and hates. At that shrine the
visitors of 1S61-G5 were not Federals
or Confederates, but were Americans.
Leslie's Weekly.
Aged Veteran Passes Away.
Comrade Robert Thompson, said
to be the oldest Grand Army man in
the state of Illinois, died recently- at
St. Joseph's home, Peoria, HI., at the '
advanced age or 102 years. Comrade
Thompson was born in Ireland and
came to this country when a lad. He
enlisted ia 1862 in Company K. Seventy-seventh
Illinois Volunteers, and .. -served
throughout the war. He had
lived for a number of years near Oak ."
Hill, but spent the last two years "
of his life at St. Joseph's Home, '. I
where the funeral services were held."
The surviving members of the Seventy-seventh
Illinois attended the -
funeral in a body to pay th9 last ""
tribute of respsct to tie oldest Grand -Army
man in the state. '
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