.
4
COST OF ENSILAGE,
In a recent reference to the matter
of the cost of putting up ensilage, and
Quoting a bulletin, giving the exper
fences of the Department of Agricul
ture, Hoard's Dairyman says:
The average yield is a fraction over
9 tons per acre; the average cost per
ton Is 64c.: the average cost per acre
of putting the corn into the silo is
$5.98. The bulletin urges every farmer
to supply himself with his own ma-
chinery, and there is no doubt of the
soundness of the advice,
In this matter of cost of silage ma-
<hinery, which includes the corn har
vester, the cutter and the gasoline en-
gine, we believe too many dairymen
are holding off from investing, to their
own great loss of profit. That item
of first cost scares them of
notion of a silo, and in a few years
they have lost two or three times that
amount, in good profit.
itly told us that he
had held back from building a silo for
years, because he did not like the idea
of buying so much machinery. But
he finally came to it and was aston-
ished at the increased production of
his cows as well as how much more of
¥ourg stock he could on the
fame. So he had to build more stable
room for he did not like to sell off
the extra hay.
In five years the reve
farm had increased 40 por
it all started, he sald,
ing a silo It is
farmers what a
silage and a daily
or alfalfa hay
pearance of
To be a skillful
young stock is : y im
of a good farmer's business. and we
know of no better aid to this end than
a combination of ensilage and nice al.
falfa or clover hay
out
18
carry
cent
with his bulld-
many
little
surprisng to
change a en
feed of good clover
will mal in the ap-
voung h 3s by spring
feeder and developer of
ortant part
FORMULA FOR WHITEWASH. |
For forty years the United States
Government has been using on all its
fiorts and lighthouses whitewa
pars] accor the fo
mula. It is
way, the wash will
reXain its brilliancy
other, and that it |
by rain or weather Of
necessary to strain the
fully before applying through a pump,
alge more or less trouble result
trom the clogging of the but |
with ordinary care at the sta no in
copyvenience will be experi Half |
a bushel of unslaked slake with |
Warr: water, cover it the pro-
cess to keep the steam train the |
diguid threugh a fine or strainer:
add a peck of salt previously well dis. |
solved in warm pounds |
of ground rice boiled to a thin paste |
and stirred in boiling hot: half pound |
pf powdered Spanish whiting and a!
pound of glue which has been pre
wiously dissolved over a slow fire, and |
pdd five gallons hot water to the mix- |
4ure, stir well and let it stand for a}
few days covered from the dirt. Strain |
garefully and apply with a spray |
pump. It should be pul on hot There |
3 nothing that can compare with it
for outside or inside work. and it re
fain: its brilliancy for many years.
Coloring matter may be put in and
enade of any shade. Spanish brown,
Fellow ochre or common clay.
pre
lowing for
in this
better and
than any
v alfected
ciaimeda tant, made
course it is!
srial care
1
Wii
Sula
BOZZIE,
need
water,
three
PROFITABLE EARLY POTATOES.
Barly potatoes geem to be doing
<ery well on the experimental farms
carried on by the Long Island Rail
road Company. The land was cleared
from forest, as lately described in
these columns, and this year some
of it is planted to potatoes of the
early varieties,
"The first digging was on July 8,
which is certainly very early for such
a backward season, The yield at one
of these stations for this early digging
was over two hundrad bushels to the
acre, which sold readily at $1 to $2.50
a bushel, the lower price being for
potatoes on the field without hauling
or packing. The No. 2 plot did not
»ield so well, the crop ranging about
one hundred bushels to the acre.
The methods wire the standard
anes for carly potato culture. The
soil was plowed early and very thor
oughly harrowed both ways with dise
Barrows. Barnyard masure and wood
ashes were used for fertilizers, and
ona plot a prepared commercial
fertilizer at the rate.of four hundred
Pounds to the acre. Frequegt light
enitivation was employed and the
vines sprayed with bordeaux mixture
to prevent blight.
These hoavy yields are Interesting
fn view of the short crop obtained in
mmany parts of Long Island, indicating
the importance of early preparation
and planting In a dry season, The
erop by its earliness seems to have
ancaped most of the drought which
proved so destructive on many of the
Tong Island farms. The frequent cul
tivation also did much to hold the
R— a
Garaep
HENS IN A BARN.
Visiting the northern part of New
York our attention was called to the
reconstruction or renovating of a very
large barn that had been used for
mileh cows and storage of hay. The
second floor loft was changed into
four very large rooms for the keep-
ing of hens; below into three very
large rooms and incubator cellar and
brooder house. All the larger rooms
constructed for the hens had board
floors and windows about as in a
dwelling house, two in each room to
ward the south. The floors of boards
were covered deep with straw and
chaff. Hooded roosts were built at
one side for the hens, a hundred of
which were placed in each room.
About hens were kept in this
building, and not one was permitted
| to go out on the ground from the time
| they were placed there until the mild
weather of spring. These hens were
carefully fed egg production, and
{from the time they began to lay in
| December, up to and including March,
| they averaged an almost 55 per cent,
(egg yield. This is a new method of
gaining winter egg production.
| Contrary to the general opinion that
‘hens will not produce well that are
i in the story of a
on a board floor so far away
the ground, the owner of
ns informs that they
remarkably 1 to health
working during tne
vinter hens were
Wyandottes, Leghe and Plymouth
Rocks The expects to
increase the number of hens that will
be kept manner another
This is the third experiment
of this kind that he has made, and he
is now thoroughly ed that it is
a good way to keep hens for a large
egg production inter in the cold
Northern New York.—
wil .g
Mtiemar
700
for
i
cont gecond
from
us
well as
and
entire
ability
The
rns
owner
in
the same
convi
in w
of
Country G
GOODFOOD FOR RAPID GROWTH
The of the Con
necticut man-
finds a
up
per cent
hulls, 25 per
the balance
with skimmilk
fed as much as
When skim
beef scraps and
are with satis
results, To get a good grade
Prof. Graham finds (it
to buy whole oats and take
them the mill to be ground, thus
avoiding the excess of hulls which are
1 most of the boughten feeds
finds, more
commonly believed.
finds learn
at hours,
if fed at the regular
is of spe value in
finishing market, caus
ing them to put on a very fine quality
of of flesh desirable for the
choice Where the re
to produce most weight
poultry
Agricultur
Prof. C. K
oft
iepartment
‘ollege.
Graham,
food
3]
aged by
very is made
25 per ¢ n ryv oven 1 6
ground oats,
grade
It
soft dough
flour, and
of bran is mixed
to a and
will be eaten up quickly
milk had,
water
cannot be
used, less
Fa ’
of oat, feed,
desirable
to
found
Regularity in he
than
people he
feeding,
important
Birds, like
to look for
and thrive hotter
This food
'
chickens
BOON
meals certain
inl
for
texture
sult is merely
without
ers it doubtful whether any grain will
results equal to whole cori
regard to texture, he consid:
RE-SEEDING GRASS LANDS
The maintenance of pasture and
meadow lands Is of the greatest im-
portance, for it is no easy job to get
a fleld so well set that it will yield
the maximum amount of grass for
several years in succession Some
wonder why we have so much trouble
now in keeping up a good stand, than
we did several years ago. The whole
trouble comes in not reseeding. We
cut most of our grasses now before
the seeds become ripe enough to shat.
ter, and for this reason no fresh seeds
fall upon the ground, unless sown by
hand. The earlier practice of cutting
timothy was to wait until the seeds
were practically mature. | have seen
farmers go so far as to make tight
bottoms to their wagon racks, and
gather up the seed every noon and
night. Of course when grass was cut
at this stage, sufficient seed shattered
to cover the field. No doubt the stage
we now, mow timothy, right after the
blossoms fall, is best both as to the
quality of the hay, and also the con
dition in which it leaves the roots of
the plants to withstand the usually
dry summer weather, but when the
crop is cut before any seeds shatter,
reseeding and harrowing should be
faithfully done every fall-—L. C, B,
Indiana Farmer,
ADVANTAGES OF THE DRILL
Farmers who uge the drill for seed.
ing find In it many advantages over
the old method of sowing broadeast
With the drill less seed is required, be
cause all the seed is covered. Even
germination ls secured, because all
the seed is in at a given depth, Win.
ter wheat will stand thawing and
freezing better i drilled in-Indiana
Farmer.
da————
moisture In the soll.—American Cultf-
ator.
.
Germany holds a record for cocoa
| drinking.
—
mop LL RE ——
NO
”
CAUSE FOR
Uncle Sam—"Cheer up, Wall Street! Can't you sce I'M prosperous?”
wre ly pt EE th Me is a Mn — . :
~(artoon from the Atlanta Journal,
-~ #
ssa namsstnssans aI lve.
————— ———————— ————
COAST DEFENSES LACK TEN THOUSAND MEN
Bettsr Opportunities in Civil Life Have Drawn Thousands From Army
~-Commissions Not Taken--Graduates of Technical Schools
Ignore Proffer of Second Lieutenancies--Many Vacancies.
.
Vashington, D. C.— The coast defenses of the United States are facing
the most serious condition of recent years. Reports received by the War
Department show that with an authorized force of 19,321 men the Coast
Artillery on October 15 was able to muster only 8628. Ten thousand re-
cruits are needed to fill the ranks, and the question is where to get them.
An official report prepared last year in connection with the Aritllery
Increase bill showed that the actual strength of the Coast Artillery was
11,450 on October 15, 1808. Congress passed a bill authorizing the addi-
tion of 5000 men, but not only have the officials of the army falled to get
thesa extra men, but they have lost 2000 of those they had
Every month reports are received of men quitting the Coast Artillery
to accept more lucrative piaces in civil life. Men of five, ten, fifteen years’
sorvice-—privates, sergeants, first sergeants, non-commissioned staff officers
—are leaving by the hi Thelr electrical and mechanical training
in the Coast Artillery eapecially fit them for good jobs in civil life
Common civillan laborers at military posts are making more money
than the highest grade technica n-commissioned officers under whom
they are employed. Teamsters, plumbers, firemen, engineers and alec-
tricians get rations, quarters, fuel, medical attention, ete., practically all of
the allowances of soidiers except uniforms, and in addition they get from
$45 to $125 a month for elght hours” work a day.
Soldiers performing the same duties at the same posts get from one-
third to one-half of the corresponding pay, are subject to all the rigors of
military discipline, and are frequently on duty all day and all night
More remarkable is the difficulty of getting officers. For the first time
fn the history of the army vacancies in the grade of second lleutenant are
going begging. The artillery bill of last year anthorized the appointment
in the Coast Artillery each year for five years of sixty second lHeutenants
The appointments were be made: First, from graduates of West
Point; second. from qualified enlisted mon, and third, from civil life grad-
uate of technical colleges and schools Invitations were sent to the presi-
dents of 125 of the principal technical schools and colleges requesting them
to send in the names raduates who desired to be appointed in six
months no names have bmitted Eighty-five vacancies in the grade
of second lieutenant «
indreds.
to
SMALL GUNS WON JAPAN'S NAVAL VICTORY
French Admiral Says Huge Artillery Was Not Effective--Dresadnoughts
a Mistake--Light Calibre Guns With Deadly Explosives Won
Togo's Success on Fleet Ships eof the Line.
Paris, France Admiral Germinet, the newly appointed
of the Mediterrancan squadron,
commander
tolally disagrees with the naval experts of
England, Ameriea and countries who advocate the heaviest battleships
and the heaviest guns aa most serviceable in future naval warfare He ar-
gues for not larger ships and bigger guns, but smaller, fleeter vessels capa-
ble of great mobility aud armed with guns of smaller calibre capable of
more rapid fire. This, he contends, is tho real lesson of the Russo-Japanese
war. The English admiralty, gays, bullt the Dreadnought on a misap-
prehension of the reasons of the Japanese successes
“Before obtaining complete information,” says the Admiral, “the Eng-
lish attributed the Russian disaster to Togo's tactics and the big guns with
which his ships were armed It was not true, | have recently obtained the
proof from eflicial documents. 1 do not question Togo's ability. 1 say only
that the big artillery did not produce the effect expected. At the beginning
the Japancse used | londed with a comparatively small quantity
of explosive. The their mistake and commenced the manu-
facture of shells capable of boldifig an enormous amount of explosive, All
their ships carried that ammunition at the battle of Tsushima. To that
they owe their victory The projectiles exploding on contact gave off a pro-
digious amount of heat, which melted the hardest steel and produced a vol
ume of gases which asphyxiated all who breathed it. The gases penetrated
the interior of the Russian ships and suffocated men even in the hold,
“In the reports from which I obtained this information a case is cited
where the ammunition holst suddenly ceased working. Upon examination
it was found intact, but every man at the bottom of the hoist was dead,
Upon the same ship
other
he
rojectiles
soon realized
dynamo crew was dead, suffocated to a man, Projectiles exploding against
the ship's armor outside had introduced gases which put two big guns out
of action and plunged the ship in darkness. It was not that the Japanese
shooting was marvelous. It was good. But the efficacy of the projectiles,
many of which, by the way, etploded in their flight, was the real secret of
the Japanese victory.”
Profiting by this experience, Admiral Germinet contends that the
French nayy should arm the ships with a good gun capable of firing shells
carrying the maximum quantity of explosive. The 305-millimetre gun of
the Dreadnought class, he says, cannot do this, as the pressure of the dis
charging load would create too much danger of firing the explosive,
Must Stop Wasting ir Prosperity is to Continue.
Washington, D. C.— After an extensive Investigation of the county's
natural resources, conducted in the West at the instance of the Government,
Professor J. A. Holmes, Chief of the Technologic Bureau of the Geological
Survey, who has just returned, has made an official statement warning the
American people that the present prodigious waste of thee resources must
stop at once if the country is to continue to prosper.
Professor Holmes made the investigation to determine how serious the
situation is. He declares that in the mining operations of the present time
! nearly one-half cf the total coal supply is being left under ground; that
water as a source of power is being wasted day after day and year after
year to the extent of millions of horse power, and that forest fires have
burned more lumber than has been used in the building of homes or in the
industries. Professor Holmes says that the waste of coal Is appalling.
Every possible mcans should be adopted, he declares, for reducing this
waste to an absolute minimum, in order that the country's fuel resources
may suffices for the future, as for the present needs of the nation.
“At the present rate of increase in consumption,” says Mr. Holmes,
“the better part of the fuel supply of the country will be gone by the end
‘ of the present century, unless the proper steps are taken."
Would Hang Promoters of White-Slave Traffic.
Washington, D. C.—That the laws should be altered so as to make the
importation of women for immoral purposes a capital offense was emphati-
| cally declared by Secretary Straus. A national crusade against the white
' ylave traffic has been inaugurated by the Federal Government,
| “Many innocent women and girls are brought to the United States un-
dor promise of bettering their conditions,” sald Mr. Straus, “but they are
doceived and are made to lead lives of shame. This is one ot the worst
crimes known to man, and any one guilty of it should be hanged.
! “In the past it has been impossible to break up the practice of bring-
ing women here for immoral purposes, owing to the claim that they had
| been here so long that they could not be deported and they were allowed to
romain. Under the new rule of assuming they have not been here three
years and requiring them to produce proof, the department will be able to
send many of them back to thelr homes,”
THE SHIP'S Music. |
Custom of Band Playing Aboard Orig.
inated by Germans.
The custom of band playing on mer-
*hant ships originated on the German
tiners. Afternoon concerts were given
by improvised bands, generally re
in the steward's department, |
same Hans who had split
the lapel of one's coat at
could be geen earnestly
the
on
and
sauce
dir in
from
was murdering “Hell
kranz,” or a selection
hutz,” These primitive musical
progressed like
thing else, and today professional or-
by
steamers,
Slegos- |
“Freis- |
at- |
i
have every.
chestras are no means uncommon |
mn enger
most conservative of dritish
has been obliged to follow suit,
and goon it will be impossible to |
escape from this
the broad Atlantic
hard to find
for a week
of the reach
Whether this
a floating
the {
constitutes a)
yet to |
may be
whether |
Very
ood of harmony on
as it
now actual
and
main out
at least
of Wall street |
evolution of the |
hotel, with |
latter
news,
steamship into
discomforts
well its advantages,
real Improvenggnt remains
led proved, He question
asked In all seriousness
steamship companies are not now giv. |
ing their patrons more than they real
ly expect for their money, and certain |
it ig that there are many AmMONg
of music
their dinner in
all the of as
as
as
and
lovers who
cat
genuine
prefer
peace and silence
It is said that
of the dining
vogue owing
of the
is a lost
music could be
atmosphere
awkward
these
would to
as a feature
has . become in
prevailing dull
music
room
to the
present age Conversa.
art and nothing better
found to enliven
are
ness
tion
than
the
taining an
few, however, who
talk to
at table is
The man making
pleasant memories from his
not take kindly heartrending
notes of “1 Pagliace!” or to Schubert's
“Serenade.” The flighty music of
become perfectly abhor
who has just been ap
wireless of enormous
nexperienced
ing his first trip, who thin
of “the gi ft behind him.”
become unnerved when the orchestra }
main
To the
splice of
while all
silence
need the
estion
isance
a trip to banish un-
i will
agreeable facilitate
music a positive m
to the
Puccini n
rent to him
praised by
while
losses, the
v ha
may be
¥
iH
rl he le
unfeeclingly reminds him that la
should
e mobile In short, music be
restored sea to what it originally |
was, Nothing is better than an open- |
air on the boat deck on al
calm afternoon, but let the atmos
phere of the dining room at least re
main free save that
produced by the clinking of glasses,
the popping of corks and the soft]
murmur that over an assem- |
blage of wellbred folks gently con-
versing Shipping Nlustrated,
“¥
concert
from all melody
rises
in Maine,
cation
Game
every Indi
who
From noticed
the wardens
ih time in
by
and canoeing In
woods, game is just as
it was years ago. Notwith
ing the deep snow and extreme
of the winter the deer wintored well,
and there hundreds of young |
bucks and which came through
the winter and are in the Lest of con. |
dition, saye a Maine report The sun.
mer was and the deer had ali |
the water they wanted in the swamps |
without going out the and |
streams Hecause of this not as many
deer as usual
but
the animals
al
corto
nearly
and
have
the
spend
woods,
who
aer the
been
Maine
. '
plentiful
$
LS
borated people
camping
five
are hun
does
wet
to lakes
geen by canoeing |
number indi |
are plentiful
of |
were
parties, the seen
cates that
plentiful, more
than deer having
in some localities. Young bulls seem |
more numerous than usual but few |
large bulls have been NOW |
York Tribune
Moose also
are
them of been seen |
geen
Geese on a Spree.
Martin Beck, a farmer on the
Conewaga Hills, related a story while
attending market this morning to the
effect that three of his geese went
on a disgraceful after having |
eaten some pulp from 4 cider mill
Some after the eating of the
pulp the peculiar actions of the fowls
attracted the attention of the farm-
er. They swaved from side to side
and cackled hoarsely. Finally one
by one they fell limp and apparently
dead.
Mrs. Beek carried the fowls into
the house with the intention of pluck.
ing them, believing that they were
dead. She had about half finished the
first when she detected a quiver in
the body and dropped the goose in
astonishment. Soon after the geese
revived. The farmer then realized
what had happened.
The pulp, lying in the sun, had fer
mented and his poultry had been In.
dulging in sprees upon the sand
York (Pa) Dispatch to the Baltimore
American.
EDroe
time
“Jack Tar” Newspapers.
Several of the big ships in the
United States Navy have their own
newspapers. On board the Kentucky
fs printed The Kentucky Budget, a
semi-monthly paper. The Louisiana
is responsible for The Pelican, which
48 issued monthly. The battieship
Ohlo has The Buckeye. The West
Virginia boasts of The Ditty Box. The
Badger is printed monthly on the
Wisconsin, All of the above papers
are issued by the enlisted men of the
ships, The alm of each is identical
«to make life aboard the ship more
agreeable, and to give the friends in
civil life an outline of naval doings
An Unfulfitled Warning.
Sir William Ramsay's career affords
an interesting study to those who be-
lHeve in the forces of heredity. Both
on his father's and mother's side his
relations are scientists Curiously
enough chemistry was the very last
subject which his educational advis
ers recommended should occupy his
attention, Mr. Ramsay, Bir William's
father took his son one day to Pro-
fessor Anderson, then of
chemistry at Glasgow University, In
order_to talk the boy's
“Whatever vou do don't make the jad
“the
{too
To
scientific
professor
over future,
aid the professor,
a chemist,” s re
many few
the
y blanks
the profession
too
in
however
the
prize
with the trie
spirit world's ylanks are often
and &i
was
laboratory pra
shing his
as a f{
studies
ull
in
blown
the Soil of One County.
Sioux Coun-
Its land
and at least
unrecognized, Now the
the county has just com-
abstract of returns
vari
From
Thirty-s
ty, lowa
Was
its
auditor
even Years ago
& faa
gellied,
wins first
then wild valueless-
value was
of
an
the assess
the
of
inty,
pleted
from
ous township
results
ors’ books the
and the
axample
thrift and
8 of the o«
marvellous
production from
show a
wealth
industry J
The farm land of the county, valued
about one-half its worth, is placed
£20 000 000,
at
at
There pianos the
worth $25,000
80.000 hog:
are on
the county
There are
ty, about four for each
There
16,560 sheep and 14,000 horses
are E0000 hes oO
th o
$75 000.000. ar
New
The we f the co
% “ ths
¥y more than
World
¢
abl that
Great Cave Discovered.
gold recent]
in the
about
geles, Cal,
Two
covered
prospectors
tains,
markable
While Lang
they found
entered.
cavern,
BATT
into
w anc
great
tent, studde
stalactites
is difficul
af
that it
wall of one
rude some als
obliterated, but others still clear.
incidents of
chase, foot
pursuing bear, deer and other animals.
--Pittsburg Dispatch »
ered with
The
the
drawings represent
rr
Indians on
showing
Cure, Not Prevention.
laborer in eastern Indiana died
and the members of the
in which be held
ip called upon his widow to find
most assist.
hey made all
for the order attending
but before upon
details for the obsequies they
ired to know if the had
church affiliation
belong to
A
recently
fra
order mem-
ey might
th be of
ance in her
distress
rrangements
he funeral,
he settling
in
a
t
the final
deceased
special
“1 vour husband
aked
said
any
WAS
woman, in
nothin’
the as
“he never ne
church fur”
The Monkey's Escape.
With a swift gulp the crocodile
geizes the monkey in 18 jaws
“What are you trying to do?” chat.
the monkey
“1 am going to dine—on you,” saye
the crocodile.
“Ha, ha!” “Go
ahead. There is a nature faker in the
jungle, and he vou. Inside
of two months the world will be eriti-
cising lim and you, and the prepond-
erance of anthority will be that yon
are a vegetarian. Then, when you
are captured fof a zoo, no more fresh
laughs the monkey.
will see
Realizing the weight of the argo
ment. the crocodile releases its hold,
and the monkey hastens away. —Chil-
cago Post.
England and India.
Nothing is more depressing 10
those who really care for India than
the ignorance and indifference of Eng-
lish people concerning the major part
of their fellowsubjects. When it is
remembered that more than half the
King's subjects are Hindus, and that
in India and Burma, out of every 2%
people, 21 are Hindus, § Mohamme-
dans, and 2 miscellaneous (th> third
of one person being a Christian. na-
tive or European), it seems hardly
necessary to insist upon th? import
ance of knowing something at least
about Hindu life and ideas; yet few
there be that realize it—London Athe.
naeum. a
Volume of the Shrinkage.
The tremendous decline in the wal
ues of stocks and bonds during the
past seven months Is estimated by
Chandler Bros, & Co. at over $5000,
000,000. In most years this shrinkage
in the borrowing capacity of the hold.
ers of these securities—though, of
course, not all are held speculatively
~~would have relieved the banking
gltuation so that money would be
cheap. This year the expansion in
other directions has been so great
that the banking situation is now
worse than it was seven months ago.
Moody's Magazine.
Wollskin makes the best drumhead.
and of the brighter side of naval life.