I FARM MARKETING WAGON.
|ndi»yenNn%le "Where Gnrden and
Llalry Fradnetn Are Sold Directly
to the Couaumer.
Hundreds and hundreds of our most
Successful farmers find the most
profitable method of disposing of the
farm's products to be selling them at
first hand to consumers, direct from
the farm wagon. Where there is a
eity or numerous villages within
easy driving distance there can be
Bo doubt that this plan is eminently
wise. It enables one to market his
«iops when they are at their best,
thus affording a chance to get best
prices, while it saves to the farm the
middleman's profit. In following this
plan of selling crops it is cf great
Importance that the market wagon
li« well suited to the business. If the
! IDEAL MARKETING WAGON.
•rdinary open farm wagon be used,
there is little protection from the
tun and flying dust, while all the ar
ticles composing the load are more
or less jumbled together, detracting
from their flavor. Again, a rust3~-
looking old wagon is not suggestive
©f delicious fruits, vegetables or dairy
products. Bright paint and varnish
pay big interest when it comes to the
6election of a market vehicle.
It will often pay to build a wagon
just suited to the needs of the farm
whose crops are to be disposed of at
first hand, or at least to build a
wagon body that may be set upon a
"low-down" running gear that may
olready be at hand. The accompany
ing design of a farm marketing wag
on is presented for the consideration
of those who m»y find it expedient
to build. This wagon was designed
for the convenience of the farmer
and for the safe bestowal of his load
in a manner to make the contents of
the load show to the best advantage.
It has a "deck" on which the bulky
articles, such as cabbage, squashes,
melons, etc., can be heaped up, while
"below deck" is a covered space, ac
cessible from four points, where such
articles as butter, cream, strawber
ries, etc., can be kept secure from
heat and dust. This interior sp;tce
can be reached from behind the cart,
the end letting down; from either
side through little doors, and by lift
ing up the driver's seat in front, ice
could be used in one of these apart
ments to keep cream, milk, butter
Bnd tender fruits in the best condi
tion. A canvas cover over the whole
will not only add to the attractive ap
pearance of the outfit, but will pro
tect the load from sun or showers.
With so handsome a wagon, with a
driver clean and neatly dre: sed a*nd
with farm products of No. 1 quality,
there will be no lack of patronage,
and the money the consumer pays
will all go into the farmer's pock't.
—Webb Donnell, in Farm and Hoiue.
Keepinti It otitis In Condition.
Fred Grundy, in Farm and Fireside,
tells us he has been watching "rotsd
keeper" care for ten miles of black
earth road, and he has kept it in
good condition, not by macadamizing
it or by covering it with crushed
stone, but by providing good drain
age, by tile in most places, to take
the water off, and by digging out
some of the worst places about 18
inches deep and filling with broken
brick, tile, coal, cinders or whatever
will make a firm foundation, and al
low water to drain through. Then if
the roads are rounded up to allow
the water to run off and they get
a little attention after every ram,
they are easily kept in good condi
tion. The results are much better
and the cost much less than they
were for the annual turnout of the
district to mend, or often to make
worse the roads, the job being ex
pected then to be done until the same
season comes around another year.
Fertilizer* for Melon*.
Growers of melons claim that if the
manure is putin rows or broadcast
ed it will be better than using it in
hills, as the cause of the vines dying
eround the main stem, although the
branches Uiay appear healthy for a
short time later, is the use of fresh
manure in the hill. In the rows or
hilis the coarse litter is said to be
better than fresh manure. Lime is
not beneficial to watermelons, but
does no harm to muskmelons. Fer
tilizers give excellent results with
melons, and they should be broadcast
ed and well worked into the soil.
Seme Keglected V«*Ketalil<»H,
There are some crops seldom grown
in gardens, but which would be ap
preciated if given a trial. Okra, one
of tU» essentials for certain soups,
is grown very easily and with little
or no labor. Salsify, or vegetable oys
ter, which is seeded in the fall, and
the various peppepn and garnishing
plan*,*, will occupy but little space.
Even the peanut will prove ornamen
ta.l and worthy of a place. It shoiffd
have a little lime scattered over the
rows, which will assist it to fill out.
Even the sjjg-plant is absent in some
gardens.
WORK FOR GOOD ROADS. ~
Contitderable Ha* lleen Accompliahed
In (he Co'iime of One Decade
of Aitltatlou.
Ten years of agitation has resulted
in a national movement for good
roads, but it is only within three
years that a 'tangible progress has
been made.
Up to that time there had been a
number of state associations. Later
these were made to include a number
of states, until in 1897 a national con
vention was called at St. Louis.
Twenty-two states responded to the
call, with over 2,200 delegates. Oth
er and larger conventions were held
in 1898, 1899 and 1900. Several years
ago President Moore originated the
idea of trips of road instruction.
Last year lie took a train through
Minnesota, Wisconsin, lowa, Illinois
and other western states. The train
traveled over 38,000 miles on the trip,
built 32 miles of model road, held 38
conventions and addressed 105,000
people. The trip was paid for with
$14,000 appropriated by congress for
the purpose. Following this trip, the
last national convention was held in
Chicago. Thirty-eight states were
represented.
It was then determined to secure
an appropriation of $150,000 and ar
range a trip which would result in a
mile of model road being built in
each state in the union. At the same
time the convention secured the
drafting of a good roads plank in
the national platforms.
The association failed to get the
appropriation asked for, but with the
assistance of Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson secured $20,000, which was
available for the work since July 1.
After the failure to get the money
President Moore went to New York
and discussed the plan of a southern
trip with President Stuyvesant Fish,
of the Illinois Central. He was en
thusiastic over the plan, and at once
offered to provide the train and pay
a large proportion of the incidental
expenses.
The association intends t > push
the good roads work. Congress and
each state will be asked to pass leg
islation favorable to road improve
ment. Good roads are conceded to be
the opening wedge for every other
improvement to follow. One idea ad
vanced is to work the convicts of a
state on its road construction. Over
£OO miles of model road could thus
be built each year. Tramps and va
grants are forced to build roads in
Germany and England.
October 20 is to be Good Koads day
in every state in the uniofi. On that
day instruction in good road building
will be given everywhere, ?n schools,
through the press, and, if the day is
on Sunday, the pulpit will be asked to
assist the cause of good roads.
SAFE FARM BRIDGES.
TrrniH Arrangement Shown In the
picture AamireH n Structnre That
Cannot lie Improved,
Where streams or ravines on the
farm must be crossed by teams, it
pays to build substantial bridges; for
the other kind are of short life and
are a constant menace to the safety
of both team and driver. Some
bridges are so short that three stout
"sleepers" can be thrown across, hav
ing supports only at the ends, but
where the bridges must be longer, a
support in the middle is imperative,
SUBSTANTIAL FARM BRIDGE.
and for this purpose the truss ar
rangement shown in the accompany
ing diagram cannot be improved. Such
a bridge cannot well break down so
long as the end foundations remain in
place. The iron rods and bolts show
plainly the method *>f construction,
and the manner in which support for
the center is gained. A center sup
port that is placed beneath the bridge
is constantly working loose by the
action of frost and of heavy
loads, a criticism that cannot be ap
plied to the form of bridge shown
here. —N. Y. Tribune.
The Old Strawberry Bed.
A Maryland strawberry grower
says: My way of handling old straw
berry rows, wh"ich I wish to keep for
another year is as follows: As soon
as they are done bearing I mow off
the tops as close as possible, and
then apply well-rotted manure, bone
meal, if I have it, and wood ashes.
This is applied when the weather is
damp. After mowing I burn the
stalks and leaves. It is now easy to
remove all weeds and cultivate close
to the plants. This is the time to pile
on the fertilizer. Plants then start
out a new growth and make a line
bed by fall, when I cover them with
straw after the ground freezes.
Tree* Itentore Fertility.
Many of the worn-out farms of the
east may be restored to fertility by
growing forest trees upon them for
a series of years, and many of them
are better suited for the production
of timber than for any other pur
pose. It is fortunately true that
worn-out farm land>i throughout the
region once wooded will usually re
vert to their previous condition if
protected from lire and stock. The
process is naturally slow, and She re
sult may be materially v jstened and
more valuable for»«" may be grown
by the judicial planting >f useful
species.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1901.
SET PRECEDENTS AT NAUGHT.
Bnalnru Women Refuse to be (Gov
erned by Axioms and Custom* of
Trade.
A critic of the new woman—t!he
■woman in business—declares that
one-half of the members of the class
indorse their checks on the wrong
end. Some of them, he says, are
just as fatally ignorant of laws that
the most ignorant man knows as
are their sisters who are tenderly
kept from contact with this wicked
world, says the Chicago Chronicle.
The business woman denies this
and pronounces such stories as that
one going the rounds of the press
about the girl who drew a check on
a certain bank to cover the amount
that her a (ten tin. t was overdrawn in
that bank the most preposterous of
fakes. It is nevertheless true that a
stamp very rarely accompanies the
cneek with which a woman pays a
bill; that she is invariably surprised
that she has to put one on an ex
press package and not a little indig
nant at the government for putting
her to this trouble and expense.
It is related of one young woman
who considers herself quite a person
of affairs that when called upon to
register at a hotel on a certain occa
sion she wrote herself down in big
black letters as Miss "Pussy" Brown,
that being her pet home name. And
she moreover invariably hid the key
of her room under the carpet in the
corridor when she went out, instead
of taking it to the office, as the aver
age indivdiual does.
Another woman, this one with a
bank account, is strangely averse to
paying by check, but will travel all
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the •way into .town, a distance of 25
amies, to draw the money for her
debts, and will then mail the bank
notes to the firms which she wishes
to pay. Asked her reason for this
vagary, she replies that it would he
such a disappointment to people who
expect money to open an envelope
and fin<] only a slip of paper. Yet she
is a clever woman and conducts a
poultry farm with marked success.
There arc women who never keep
a receipt for money they've paiif and
who have to settle many a hill twice
in consequence, and there are those
who deem receipts themselves wholly
unnecessary and 'troublesome arid are
willing' to trust to the honesty of
human nature. Yet all of these call
themselves business women and
would be highly indignant if anyone
cast an aspersion upon their ability
to take care of themselves.
Our Character Slioivn in Traveling.
Quite without our suspecting it, we
show the stuff that is in us when we
turn our backs upon home and take
the road. Our revelations are en
tirely unconscious. We display our
familiarity with social usages or the
reverse, but that is the lesser matter.
A novice or a globe-trotter alike lets
down the #iask which hides the inner
self, when fretting over delays, care
less of others' comfort, .and selfishly
monopolizing conveniences intended
for the many rather than the one.—-
Ladies' Home Journal.
Mamma—"How did you know that the
lady was not tho lit tip boy's mamma,
Johnny?" Johnny—"She pave him a sec
ond piece of pie, and he did not ask for it,
either. —Boston Transcript.
! Th« Teaeficr Knobbed JTIIn* Corel 11.
A frood story is being told about
Miss Marie Conolli and the proprie
tress of a seminary for young ladies
at Stratford-on-Avon. It is said that
when staying on one occasion at
Shakespeare's native town Miss
Corelli happened to 'be residing just
opposite to the school and found the
continual piano practice of the pupils
jar on her nerves and interfere with
■her work. Accordingly she decided
to write to the principal and penned
a polite •note asking that lady if she
would kindly order the windows clos
ed w hen the young ladies were play
ing, as the music was rather distract
ing and disturbed her in her composi
tion. It. so happened, however, that
the go'od lady was no admirer of Miss
Gorelli's work and immediately sent
a curt reply, saying that if she
thought; the practicing would stop
the composition of another work like
"The Sorrows of Satan" she would a t
once order 20 more pianos.—Interna-
tional Courier.
III*. Economic Difficulty.
"Did you ever notice how Wabsley
hesitated and seemed to grope for the
right expression when he is talking?"
"Yes; his supply of words is never
equal to his demand.—Chicago Trib
une.
An lymphatic Touch.
• The man who lives in a flat and is often
annoyed by the violent piano playing of his
otherwise agreeable neighbor of* the floor
below remarked to his wife the other day:
"That Smith downstairs would make La
elegant carpet beater."
"Why?" asked hie wife.
"Oh, he has the regular carpet beater's
touch," replied her husband.—N. Y. Times.
Supreme Court Su*(»lnj (he
Kase Tradc-Mtt.;k.
Justice LauphlTn, in the supreme court,
Buffalo, has ordered a permanent injunct ion,
with costs arid a full accounting of salevy 4x>
issue against Paul B. Hudson, the juasKtt
facturer of the foot powder called "X»r.
Clark's Foot Powder," and also against m
retail dealer of Brooklyn, restraining them
from making or selling the Dr. Clark*
Foot Powder, which is declared, in the KH
junction of the court, an imitation ituu in
fringement of "Foot-Ease," the ponder ia>
shake into your shoes, now so largely ad
vertised and sold over the country. AlUrjs
S. Olmsted, of Leroy, N. Y., is the owner of
the trade-mark "Foot-Ease," and lie is tilt?
first individual who ever advertised a foot
powder extensively over the country. The
decision in this ease upholds his trade-mark
and renders all parties liable who fraudu
lently attempt to profit by the extensiew:
"Foot-Kase" advertising, in placing- spem
the market a spurious and similar appear
ing preparation, labeled and put up iri en
velopes and boxes like Foot-Ease. Similar
suits will be brought against others who
are now infringing on the Foot-Ease trade
mark and common law rights.
It is an easy step irnm gossip to lying.—
Atchison Globe.
I am sure Piso's Cure for Con<nrnr<tros
saved my life three years ago.—Mu. The*.
Robbins, Maple Street, Norwich, N. V_.
Feb 17, 1900.
"When was it you first noticed your fa
ther's deafness had di*ippeared?"
night. I was singing away when suddenly
he clapped his hands on his ears and rushedl
from the room." Philadelphia Times.
Hosnip'a Cronp Core
The life saver of children. No opium. 50ct»,
It is worthier to be honored by the wiv»
few than to be fluttered by tile fotjliaU
many.—VVellsprine.
The merit thai leads great souls to errrufa
tion lends little ones to envy.—Ram's Horn.
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