VOL.* xxxvi
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< \ That the dread house cleaning is over the next ( >
< > and more important work is picking a new carpet, i >
j > To pick a carpet in our well stocked carpet room, / >
> L is a pleasure, so say the many who have done so. / >
We have the famous Hartford Axminister, Wilton J >
I Velvets, Hody and Tapestry I'russcls and Ingrains
|' in all the up-to-date patterns, only, and prices V
that will astonish you. Then our China Mattings, l
* I Floor and Table Oil Cloths, Linoleums, Rugs and S
* > Art Squares, deserve a passing notice. Ask to \
O SI.OO Axminister Rugs, V
{ / Neatest thing for the money ever shown in Butler at \
fPUFPy'S STORE j;
Osenenexse
'ALL PAPER. |
lead in Low Prices, call and see. g
-PICTURE FRAMING--® S
lity. Just received a large shipment of all the 0
Uk latest styles in PICTURE MOULDINGS. It will pay Uh
you to see our line before you buy.
S ALL WORK GUARANTEED. £
g Elko Ready Mixed Paints. f: .
The best that can be made, call and get a |r
color card Contract painting and paper hanging.
| Patterson Bros., I
5 236 North Main Street. Butler, Pa. £
'A Wick Building. Peoples' Phone 400
[T7Xjfei /V\E IN -
Won't buy clothing fcr the purposeofspend
f \ /(?s'' ingmcnty. They desire to git the best
I t H It/ \ possible results for the money expended.
» V Xj/OI \ \ \ Not heap goods but goods as cheap as can
\\ /| i Vbe sold and made uj> properly. Call and
« Xxyf | ( r examine my large stock of
R\ nfiSf SPRING SUITINGS.
Y 1 ' V "~i| u P to date, the latest styles, shades
S f\J \V—>J nd colors t hat could be bought. Call and
I j A ' xaraine them.
//I'! \ $\ i P' ts a nd Workmanship
'' 11 111 Guaranteed.
G. F. KGCK,
142 North Main Street, Butler, Pa.
PAPE'S. JEWELERS.
Diamonds, watches. Clocks. Jewelery,
Silverware, Spectacles etc.
We have a large and well selected stock.
We Repair all Kinds of Watches.
If you have broken jewelery that you think beyond repairs
bring it to us anil we will make it as good as new.
We take old gold and silver the same as cash allowing the
highest market price.
122 S. Main St., Butler, Pa
Aslo
Paints
Wagons,
nm TO PAINT Decorative
BUILDINJS WITH • Work.
cet.
REDICK & GROHMAN.
109 N. Main St.. ______ Butler, Pa.
Rockenstein's
Summer Millinery.
We .-all your attention to our large and well selected stock of Choice Millinery.
We have endeavored to make our stock surpass all previous years 111 style, (lesir
ahilitv duality and prices. We feel sure we have more than maintained oui
reputation in the selection of CHOICE MILLINERY GOODS. We can show you
an immense varietv of Hats, Flowers, Ribbons, Hrauls and Chiffons and all tl at
goes to make up an UP-TO-DATE MILLINERV STOCK and at prices that w 1
wrnrise you. We would call especial attention to our Ladies'. Misses and Chil
dun's TRIMMED IIATS, in which we have always excelled. \ou can always
get the right goods at the right prices at
ROCKRN ST I N'S,
48 South Main St., - - - ~ ~ ~ ~ Butler, I a
SEND OWE DOLLAR 5£S S
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u. frrirti «'.< OUR SPECIAL PRICES3B.9Q, i^-':
*nd freight ch»rß«9, lets tho ll.uo bent with order. /V I'A
MIC klll/C TUIC THD RllftftY OCR OWS HfTORf IN CHICAGO* r~/ \
WE MAKE THIS TOP bUUUT fr , >m tw>tf „ P than most / !>/
maker* put in tTh.no burnt'**- Latest Stylo For 1899. I / 1
IliM from the Beat Seasoned Wood. He»t That Money tan , ' *? tTpf : rT 'Mf "
Build. M Hprl.r*. •» Illustrated, or Hrewster Side liar. /A >VWVVj
fllirb Oraile Kerewed Kim Sarven'n I'aU nt. Top, t« ounce. Daily V<
Kul.lMT Hearlly Lined, full side and back curtains. P»loll«*,Ouar»n. 1 .\/Vl\yyiJ(
lei I eiiual to any tiM.OO buKiry work. Ilody black, (ieardark preen V..
Or Ked. I BkoUUriai. b»»»J »'«■ » reneli h«ilj elotkar I»«» - .U«lk.r. '
•tn BO IS OUI SPECIAL PRICE fur top l>o«»r «■»!»<•. »IJ» or n.rrrw LT.rk. rail Irntm nide anil hark fort.ln., .tor
"p": - "rk. a«l folllir. «aJ .k.n.. GUARANTEED TWO TEARS wilt last a lifetime tor B.nlr. .I*l S.9i •.
n WRIT* rOK IKKK Bl 1.1.Y i'ATAHMiI'B. YOL' CAN MAKE SSCO 00 This Year Sellinn OUR 538.9
BUOOIKS ORDER ONF, TO-DAY. YOU CAN SELL IT FOR SBO.OO. DON'T DELAY.
Address, SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO. (Inc.), CHICACO, ILL
L l»r»r>" .i u, T— j
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
Tonight
li your liver is out of order, causing \
Biliousness, Sick Headache, Heart
burn, or Constipation, take a dose of j
Hood's Pills
On retiring, and tomorrow your di- j
gestive organs will be regulated and 1
you will be bright, active and ready j
"for anv kind of work. This has
been the experience of others; it '
w ill be yours. HOOD'S PILLS are _
gold by all medicine dealers. 25 eta.
FT IS HERE!
0 >©
We mean the season for Buggies
and Surries.
We never had such a trade before.
We hav>- been nearly 20 years in
business.
We know the kind of liuggies and
Surries that wear.
We pay spot cash for everything
we buy.
We pay no rent and our expenses
are low.
We are the largest dealers in out
line in the State.
We offer you the best stock to
select from.
We never misrepresent.
We never try to get rich ofT one
customer.
We do exactly as we agree.
We sell Surries as low as $49.
We make and repair all kinds of
Harness.
We sell Wheels, Tops, Cushions
and everything belonging to
Buggies and Harness and
would like to have you call
and see us.
Yours, &c.,
S. B. Martincourt & Co.,
128 E. Jefferson St..
Butler, Pa.
S. B. Martincourt.
J. fVI .Leighner
I'. S. We forgot to mention
Kramer Wagons, Trunks, Valises,
&c., a hundred other things.
Butler Savings Bank
Hcitler, Pa.
Capital - f 60,000.00
Surplus and Profits - - $ 170,000. 00
JOS. L PURVIS President
J. HENRY TROI'TM AN Vice-Presidiut
WM. CAMPBELL, Jr Ca> liier
LOUIS B. STEIN Teller
DIKF.CTOKS-Joseph L. Purvis, J. Henry
Tro'ttman, W. I>. Brandou, W. A. Stein, J. 0.
Camubelt.
; The Butler Savings Bank Is the Oldest
Bunking Institution!n Butler County.
General banking business transacted.
We solicit accounts of ..11 producers, mer
chants, farmers and others.
All baslness entrusu-d to us will roceive
prompt attention.
Interest paid on time deoosits.
I'M K
Butler Count; National Bank,
Butler Penn,
Capital paid in $ 1 x>,000.00
Surplus and Profits - $130,703.95
Jos. Hartman, .President; J. V. Ritts.
Vice President; C. A. Bailey. Cashier;
John G. McMarlin, Ass't Cashier.
/ general banking business transacted.
Interest paid on time deposits.
Money loaned on approved security.
We invite you to open an account with this
bank.
DIRECTORS—Hon. Joseph llartman, Hon.
W. S. Waldron, I)r. IS. M. Hoover. H. Mc-
Sweeney. E. E. Abrams, C. I'. Collins. I. O
Smith, Leslie P. nar.lett, M. Finegan,
W. 11. Larkin, Harry IL»asiey, Dr. W. C.
McCandless, Ben At asset h. J V. Itittjv
Braun's Pharmacy.
Cor. 6th St. and Duquesne Way,
Pittsburg, I'a,, L. D. Telephone 2542.
Wholesale and Retail.
Importer andjobberol Drugs,
1 Chemicals, Perfumes, Soaps,
. Btushes, Etc.
The only house west of New
York carrying a full line ot
Meyers' Grease, Paints and
theatrical goods.
Physicians' Prescriptions
Compounded Day or Night by
"Registered Pharmacists" only.
Wholesale and retail
dealer in Lubricating and
Illumniating Oils, Capital
Cylinder, Dynamo, Water
White and Standard Gas
.. Engine Oils, Gasolein, Ben
zine, Paraffine Wax and
Petrolatum.
Address all mail orders to
W. F. Braun.
■
Rare Bargains!
We want to dispose of our present
stock of '99 models, and in order to do it
quickly have cut the prices from fy),
$35 and S4O to $22.50 and $25. These
_ are s'.rictly high grade and up-to-date
bicycles, and can't be matched for price
and quality. Don't miss this opportuni-
Ity 10 procure a good wheel for little
j money. We sell sundries cbeaoer than
| and odicr house in town.
WHITE, WALTER & CO.,
303 S. Main Street.
)
J VJUanthi -kvkkai. ikistwobihy pkhsons
L "in this state to manage our business
J j their own and nearby counties. It u mainly
otlice work coudncied at home. Salary
™ straight iUOO a y.-ar and expenses definite,
bouatlde. no mor.', 110 less salary. Monthly
5". Kvfore 11'e-.. self-addressed
I I stamped envelope Herbert E. Hess, l'rest.
Dept. M. Chicago
jfMiM
GREEN CORN UNDER GLASS.
A \i-n Idea In UardFiilnß I'cir Profit. I
Crrrn Corn (Kit of Scn«nll.
The forcing of sweet corn is practi
cally unknown. That this crop can be
grown under glass, and. if properly
bandit 1. be profitable. Professor F. W.
Kane of New Hampshire undertakes to j
demonstrate in a recent interesting j
bulletin. He says: The idea that it was j
possibly adapted for forcing occurred to
the writer when studying the root de
velopment of corn under glass. During
the season of 1*9(5-7 the only house
available for the experiment was a
'.arge vegetable house. 25 by 100 feet,
Hud as lettuce, cauliflower, etc., which
demand a low temperature, are grown
in this house during the fore part of
the season the sweet corn was not plant
ed until April, when these crops were
marketed. The nature of the green
house is very important, as it is neces
sary that the plants have sufficient roc in
for development. The honso ordinarily
used for lettuce and cucumbers in New
England answers very well, while those
filled with benches would not do. The
plants vary, according to the variety,
from four to eight feet in height.
The corn was planted April 10 and
matured July 0. While we have not |
grown an extensive crop in midwinter, !
our results from the corn fruited in ex
perimental boxes lead us to believe that
with proj>er culture an entire house de
voted to this crop would be highly suc
cessful.
Sweet corn does not appear in the
Boston market until about the middle
of July. At that time it brings gcod
VARIETIES OF SWEET CORN FORCKD.
prices and the entire product is from
the south. Without any sweet corn on
the market, therefore, before July, w«
have a rather long period even in spring
when this vegetable lias no competition.
While it has no established market
price at present in our cities like other
forced greenhouse crops the returns
should be at least in proportion to its
cost and doubtless until commonly
grown would be much more profitable.
Sweet corn when first in season is
doubtless as highly prized as any of the
green vegetables, and wo believe that
when offered out of season it will be in
great demand.
The varieties tested and shown in cut
have been Early Minnesota (10), Cros
by's Early (13), White Cob (14), First
of All (15), Early Fordhook (26), Ad
ams' Extra Early (31). All of these are
grown to some extent in New England
and are popular generally. The stalks
grew taller, if anything, than they do
in the garden in every case.
The Adams' Extra Early is not a true
sweet corn, but its merits are earliness
and productiveness. Crosby's Early, a
standard early white variety, yielded
at the rate of one ear to the stalk, with
a small cob. White Cob was the same
when grown In and out of doors —one
of tlie earliest, good quality, many ears
under size. First of All is a new early
to second early variety ; ears good size
and long, quality fair While one of the
heaviest yielders out of doors it fell be
hind in the greenhouse. Early Fordhook
was not given a fair trial. Early Min
nesota was not as early as most of the
others.
If proper heat, moisture and a rich
soil be given, a crop will mature in the
greenhouse in a shorter time than in the
garden.
Treatmcitt For Seed Wlient.
Smut annually causes much loss in
wheat. This loss is now recognized as
preventable by seed treatment, for
which the Ohio station presents the
following simple directions:
Fer Looso Smut of Wheat.—Modified
hot water treatment is to soak the seed
grain for four hours in cold water, let
stand four hours more in the wet sacks,
then immerse for five minutes in water
at a temperature of 133 degrees F.
Spread at once on a smut free surface
to dry and sow. Use one-half more seed
to replace that injured by the treat
ment.
For Stinking Smut of Wheat.—ln all
the methods employed for stinking
smut it is probably advisabble to im
merse grain first in cold water with
stirring anil to skim off the smut balls
which will in this manner rise to the
top of the water. After this is com
pleted the following treatment may be
employed:
Immerse this skimmed seed contained
in gunny bag or suitable wire mesh
vessel for ten minutes in hot water at a
temperature of 133 degres F. ; then dry
on smut free surface, cooling quickly
by thoroughly stirring, or cold water
may be employed to cool the grain. Re
member these temperatures are to be
determined by a thermometer. Longer
immersion tliun ten minutes at that
temperature may injure the gr tin
CASES FOR HONEY.
A. Neat Pneknr/e Help* to Sell Honey.
Convenient Shipping CiiieN.
"In selling honey much depends on
appearance. Extracted honey put up in
a neat package is mere likely to meet
with ready sale than if put up in any
sort of style and without any label. Es
pecially does the matter of looks make a
difference in the sale of cemb honey.
Remember that a good part of the dif
ference in price between comb honey
islPrp
TWO K IN I>S OF SHIPPING CASES:
and extracted is paid for the nicer looks
of the former, and if you pack your
lonib honey in any sort of box that
happens to be at hand it may make a
difference of 2, 3 and A cents a pound."
With this advice Dr. Miller presents
the following information in The Na
tional Stockman about cases:
BUTLER PA., THURSDAY, JUNPJ 1. lSiii)
snipping cases tor noney are maue
that are especially adapted to the pur- i
ji, ,-e Not only are they convenient in
shape and size for packing and ship- !
ping, but they show off the honey to
good advantage when placed on the
counter of the grocer by means of the j
glass on one side tl.at allows the snow
white comb to be seen without allowing
the flies to light upon it or the fingers .
of meddlesome urchins to be punched
into it.
Two kinds of shipping cases are shown
in the illustration. The upper one holds
12 of the so called one pound sections,
two sections being seen through the
glass. The lower case contains 24 sec
tions, four of them being in sight. Cases
for 48 sections have also been made, but
these are little used. The tendency
seems to be rather toward the 12 section
case. Al2 section case that is a com
promise in appearance between the two
cases in the picture is very popular. In
it three sections are in sight, there be
ing four rows of three sections each.
This last style of case will cost you
somewhere from 8 to 10 cents each, de
pending on the number bought. At this
price you get material ready to nail to
gether. everything complete, including
nails and glass.
Injnrcil Fruit Trees.
A way in which fruit trees have been
injured by the severe winter has been
called to the attention of The American
Cultivator. In some cases the bark, and
perhaps the wood also, has been cracked
by the frost: "In snch cases we should
cut away all the bark that appears to
be loosened from the wood around the j
crack and cover the wound with graft
ing wax. or, if that was not at hand,
with a plaster of clay, around which
we would put a cloth to try to hold it
in place until it had opportunity to
heal ever. We have with such a plaster
covered a space where some one had
wantonly or maliciously girdled the
limb of a tree, and it not only lived, but i
eventually new bark grew to fill the
6pace."
Ilotv to Make a Whltlletree.
Durable whiffletrees never coine
amiss, and the kind pictured herewith
can be made at small expense, accord
ing to an Ohio Farmer correspondent.
All that is needed is a piece of hard
wood of proper shape, grooved at the
ends so that the piece of round iron
A -STi:' >Nli wait i LETUKK.
which is bent to a ring in the middle
cf its length may be brought over them
and there fastened with large staples,
work which any blacksmith can do, and
the ends of the rod then bent to hooks.
In this way the strongest kind of a
whiffletree is obtainable, the wood hold
ing the iron in proper form. Best of all,
doubletrees cr eveners can thus be
made. Tlie figure shows the construc
tion.
rnlque Celery Culture.
In a talk at the Cornell "Lazy club,"
reported by American Gardening, R.
A. Emmerson told of novel celery cul
ture in Nebraska: The celery industry
along the Platte is unique. In some
places the river channel is seven-eighths
of a mile wide and is full of little sandy
islands where the water table rises to
within a foot of the surface. Celery
just jumps on those islands. This illus
trates two essentials to successful cel
ery culture; the roots must be kept cool,
and the water supply should be un
stinted.
Xewi nnd Note*.
According to Dr. S. A. Knapp, a for
eign explorer for the department of
agriculture, all fear of competition
from Japan along agricultural lines
may be dismissed. On the contrary, it
must be a large consumer of farm
products drawn from the United States.
It is told that an agent of the depart
ment of agriculture is experimenting
with the date palm in Algiers on the
shores of the Mediterranean, and when
the young trees are ready to be re
moved he will take them up and carry
them to Arizona, and we will produce
our own dates.
An increasing interest in the sheep
industry is manifested in many sections
of the country.
Avoid light, shrunken grain seed. It
is claimed that tests have shown an in
crease of about 20 per cent by measure
of grain from selected plump wheat
over that front shrunken seed.
One great source of damage from
weeds is the amount of moisture and
plant food which they consume to the
loss of the growing crop
IrrlKntioir In the Eaat.
Some years ago I noticed how an in
genious eastern farmer had taken a
unique way to reclaim a pasture through
which a creek flowed. When this fann
er was a boy, the water flowed steadily
in this stream all through the summer
season, and its bed, being shallow, the
top strata of earth on either side ab
sorbed .moisture therefrom and kept the
field green. Later, when the woodland
above was removed, and the savage
floods came down in the springtime,
they gouged out a deep bed for the
creek and overspread the rich bottom
land with gravel and silt. Then, when
the creek fell away in volume in mid
summer, it flowed feebly over the bot
tom of a clay bed ten feet deep, with the
water so far removed from the upper
strata that there was no seepage of mois
ture under the grass roots. So there
was no adequate pasturage except in
spring and fall, and thus it remained
several years.
One day the farmer, reading how ir
rigation was conducted in the west,
went up this stream half a mile and,
cutting out a ditch, brought the water
down to overflow his drought stricken
pasture whenever it needed it. The re
sult is that now the grass there in mid
summer is as green as a ricefield, while
the hill pastures are sear and brown.
From this and other instances I con
sider that irrigation in the east, as a
reserve expedient, has great possibili
ties in it. —American Cultivator.
A (load Tent For Bordeaux.
Bordeaux mixture is now so generally
used in gardening and fruit growing
that its proper preparation becomes all
important. The surer and simpler ferro
cyanide of potassium test is largely su
perseding that of the knife blade. Fer
rocyanide of potassium comes as a solid.
According to a report of the Cornell
station, one ounce of ferrocyanide of
potassium dissolved in one ounce of wa
ter will be sufficient for testing many
barrels of bordeaux mixture. In mak
ing bordeaux it is usual to pour the di
luted milk of lime into the diluted cop
per sulphate solution In order to ascer
tain win n enough lime has been used,
after p tiring a small amount of it into
the sulphate solution add a drop of the
ferrocyanide solution. If a brick red
color appears where the drop strikes,
more lime is needed. Continue adding
the n.ilk of lin.e until no reddish color
will be produced win n the ferrocyanide
is added A little sin plus lime will de
no harm !'• rr< cyanide of potassium is
a poison and sleuild be kej t out of the
reach of children and carel = is persons.
MATING.
fhe .Mule l» Not toy \»y M.UIIK the
\\ hole Herd.
Many are satisfied with having* pnr«i
bred male of reputable pedigree at the
head of the herd, regardless of whether
his type and ] ints of excellence are in
harmony with the requirements of the
herd or not. forgetting that defects that
are common to both parents intensify
themselves in the offspring, says The
Homestead. Just what it is that at all
(Miints goes to make up the obscure
thing known as "a good nick" would
be difficult to define, but one of its ele
ments undoubtedly is that weakness at
certain points on one side of the house
should be compensated for by strength
in those particulars on the other. The
fact involves a careful selection of the
females in the breeding herd with a
view of securing uniformity in them.
For if they be widely at variance with
respect to their physical conformation
no sire can le chosen that will nick
with them at all. If, however, the
females of the herd be uniform, showing
in a general way a similarity in their
strong points and their weak ones, the
sire to be used on the herd can then lie
selected with a view of correcting de
ficiencies, and to the extent that the
uniformity prevails on the one side and
the selection has been good on the oth
er uniform results may be expected in
all the offspring. In too many cases the
purchaser of a sire relies upon some
body else's judgment to pick him a good
one, the person intrusted with this
duty perhaps never having seen the
herd on which such selection is to be
used. If. however, the sire is cbosen
with s; : r.l i i'crence to the n-, that is
to be made of him, outstanding defects
can, to a large extent, be corrected, and
by pursuing this policy for a series of
generations great improvement can be
effected. If the female herd is of one
line of breeding through a series of
years, the defects will be likely to be of
one general type. Suppose, for example,
they have too much length of leg, then
a sire that is particularly low down
will contribute to breed out the defect
Suppose there is a deficiency in the
heart girth and consequently in vigor
and constitution, then a sire having a
large heart girth will measurably cure
the difficulty in the offspring. If there
is weakness in the flank, a male should
be strong there. If the females are
coarse and inclined to be rough, fining
down can be accomplished by the use
of a closely built, compact sire, and on
the other hand, if the females are
smooth, small boned, pretty and in
clined to undersize, the selection of the
male should be made with a view of
correcting these faults.
T) i»ionl Kerry Hnll.
The Kerry brill. Prince of Leinster
3. r >3, the property of C. Brinsley Marlay,
Belvedere house, Mullingar, has had a
most distinguished career in the show-
KKKHY Bt:LI. I'KIXCE OF LEINSTER 358.
yard, having been first at the Royal Dub
lin society's shows for several years and
also first at last year's Royal at Bir
mingham. He was bred by Viscount de
Vesci, got by Gort Admiral 140, dam
Princess Mary 778. The accompanying
illustration is from the London Live
Stock Journal.
Cultivate niuentive Power.
The ability to digest its food proper
ly is, after all, the most important and
necessary characteristic of any really
valuable animal. It is possible to in
crease digestive power, and it can be
done even before birth, by seeing to it
that the dam bearing young is always
supplied with good, nutritions food in
proper quantities. A sow with pigs which
is kept in cold quarters and poorly fed
will almost certainly drop two or more
runts in her litter. It is hard work
making a runt pay its keep. The extra
food it gets would have paid much bet
ter if fed to an animal properly born.
All young animals have weak digestion.
If they are never allowed to surfeit
themselves, this will grow stronger. By
the time a pig is 4 or 0 months old it
will make faster growth, though not in
iiroportion to its size, than it did first,
it is a larger animal and can digest
food that it could not while it was
younger.—Boston Cultivator.
lllae Itltlue For Sheep.
Maryland and Virginia are both ex
cellent sheep states, especially so along
the southern and easterly slopes of the
Blue Ridge mountain? and in all the
hill and gently undulating districts
from the foot of the Ridge to the sea. It
is naturally a blue grass country for
the most part, generally well watered
and all near to the great lamb markets
of Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia
and New York.
BREEDING ON SHARES.
A. Noted Breeder llelleven the rlan
Mutually Prott I n ble.
T. F. B. Sotliam, the noted Missouri
Hereford breeder, in a letter to The
Breeder's Gazette declares the share
system to be profitable to the man lend
ing the cattle. It is like taking sheep
to double. The profits are largely in fa
vor of the man owning the sjjeep. The
experience of James A. Gibson, a Mis
souri Hereford 1 reeder. should lie of in
terest to every one desiring to start a
herd by the investment of a moderate
mm of money. In a recent letter Mr.
Gibson says:
"I started with a ball and heifer in
1H0:S and have 16 females and four liulls
at present, all from those two. 1 have
bi-ight four females since, but have
paid for them with money I sold my
bulls for. It seems a slow way to get a
start, but I had not the money that I
cared to spare for more. I now have a
fair start to grow into a herd."
There are plenty of Herefords for sale
in this country as low as SIOO, and
among these low priced Herefords are
souie splendidly bred animals. The low
price named need not scare any one,
foi many of the very best Hen fords fell
into the hands of parties who got them
at a price that enables th<mi to sell
I them at these low price* and realize
band-.nit r profits than can l«* returned
from any < ther investment on the f«nu
The strength of tin- Hereford tweed to
day is in its nnuiW rs. We have cattle
within th<* reach of every farmer and
ranchman, and th< re are herds from
which these low prii-ed Herefords must
diaw blood for their maintenance and
improvement The high class herd must
be maintained and improved, and a*
animals develop which cay lie used for
the improvement of the breed in the
hands of the most skilled breeders they .
will lie sought for at higher prices than
have ever yet t*-eii reached. My friends
who desire to start a herd on chares are
commended to the methods adopted by
Mr. Gibson The man who is able to
furnish feed for a gt odly sized herd on i
shares can certainly find the means to
establish a foundation hi rd as large as
the foundation of Mr. Gibson's and
reap a splendid leward from the invest
ment. while the larger start will briug
proportionately larger results.
Treatment of luuni l.nmha.
The first thing in the way of atten
tion a young lamb wants is to see that
the iw.'s t its arc fret; front all ob
struction, says The American Sheep
Breeder The wool about the udder
should l>e cjipjied off and the flow if
milk started by the fingers, so that the
lamb can get its food without difficulty.
Some ewes, especially the young ones
with their first lamlw, will be disin
clined to permit the lambs to suck and
by restlessness prevent tliem. This, of
course, is equivalent to the loss of the
lamb. Such ewes must lie restrained in
some way, the easiest being to inclose
the refractory animal in a narrow pen
of laths or in a small stanchion, while
the lamp gets its meal. A few times
will be sufficient to subdne the ewe and
make the lamb safe. Another matter
that needs immediate attention is the
clearing of the anus, which is apt to be
clogged up by adhesive excrement, by
which the discharges are prevented,
and. of course, this is fatal to the lamb
in a short time. It is an easy thing to
loosen the hard crust and separate the
adhesion of it to the wool. In some
cases when this has l>een neglected for
two or three days the opening of the
bowel will lie attended by a copious dis
charge which by its volume will show
bow great a detriment and inconven
ience it has been to the young lamb.
To be successful, a shepherd must be
well supplied with untiring vigilance,
ample knowledge of bis business in
even such small details as this and t*ifH
cient painstaking industry and prompti
tude to set everything right that is go
ing wrong, as soon as it happens.
llreed Stralifht.
Whether breeding draft or road
horses, breed the best yon can of the
class you decide npon. Avoid violent
crosses. Don't imagine that you can, as
a general rule, succeed in breeding a
cress bred animal with the size and
weight of a draft horse and the speed
and activity of a race horse, nor that by
cross breeding yon can, ordinarily, get
a happy combination of many of the
good qualities of both. It may be
acknowledged that, occasionally, an
individual horse will be found that is
an excellent animal, a good general pur
pose horse, and such a horse may have
been the result of cross breeding. But
ench instances are rare. They are ex
ceptions to the rule. Such crosses usual
ly result in a "weedy," ill proportioned
animal, that is fit for neither the one
purpose nor the other. Snch individuals
are. when used for breeding purposes,
detrimental to breeders. They are not
of a fixed type. They are composed of
say 50 per cent of each of two incon
gruous elements, and their
the next generation will generally tie
disappointing. —E. F. Richman. before
lowa Institute.
Amiable lto(i.
Different breeds of hogs vary in the
degree of their amiability when it comes
to handling them, so do different ani
mals of the same breed, says A. N.
Springer in Land and a Living. Mucb
of their seeming fierceness is due to a
fear that you will harm them or their
brood. Once they have perfect confi
dence in yon, all restiveness will van
ish, as a rule, and you can do for them
whatever necessity demands. So far as
is possible, one should always select
pigs to raise for brood sows from a gen
tle sow. Then their treatment should bo
of the kindest, no dogs should be allow
ed to worry them, and they should nev
er be chased about wiih sticks or clods.
They should really be made pets of, and
with a little time and trouble it can be
done. Begin by rubbing them when eat
ing or drinking, keep this up at inter
vals until they seem to expect and enjoy
it, and the task is about completed.
Ulo«vlng a Cork Into m. Dottle.
Ask some of the company if they can
blow a small bit of cork which you have
placed in the month of a bottle so that
it will go into the body of the bottle.
Lay the bottle on the table npon its
side and place the bit of cork about an
inch or less inside the open end. The
uninitiated will blow until they get red
in the face, und the cork will invariably
come out of the bottle instead of going
into it. There is a simple reason for it
too. The direction of the air forced by
the one blowing brings it against the
bottom of the bottle. The air compresses
within the bottle's walls and must find
an onjlet; therefore it is turned and forc
ed out at the only vent the bottle hoi
necessarily Mowing the tfoA wtth fl
But take a common lemonade straw,
place the end of it near the cork in the
bottle neck, blow very gently—and the
cork rolls in.
Ortlerinn llreakfaat In India.
Shortly after her arrival in India a
young woman missionary was allowed
to order breakfast for the household in
order to test ber progress in the lan
guage. She intended to ask for fresh
eggs, but used the wrong words, saying
to the astonished cook, "Yon may bring
Ms, this morning, an old blind man,
nicely boiled I"
Knee to Face.
"I've got the money to back my of
fer," said the ponderous citizen, "and
I'd give a fortune to anybody who could
show me how the reduce my weight. "
"And I'd do the same for anytody
who would stop my hair from falling
out By the way, how did you make
your money V-—Washington Star.
Bombay is one of the chief gates to
India, and a lovely view of it is obtain
ed from the sea as the vessel gradually
draws near to the harbor, which puts
inland, and is surrounded by the town.
Brazil has 3,200,000 squar-,miles, or
is about the area of the United States,
excepting Alaska.
Vlritlnh Appetite.
Some idea of how much the British
people eat may tie gathered (from the
amount of butterand oleomargarine im
ported last year. Of butter tholimports
were 320.9011.300 pounds andiof oleo
margarine 89.897,500 pounds The but
ter imported cost the people of Great
Britain $U9»800,855 and the oleomar
garine (1 1.918,870 Denmark tarnished
nearly 60 per cent of the batter and
Canada only about 3 per cent
#|PN
MAMMOTH SQUASHES.
Ttir Hmj at i nn»il« lariarr (imm
I Ita-ac and I tiratr MrUaa llm.
Tilt- squashes here pictured. with the
Itrower. Williuui Warm < k of • tntario.
Csnsda.standing 1 • bind tbetu <«n th.- rail
of tli. wayn, the rail ls*iug eigi.t ir.. he*
high. weighed B**', S.ytt, and 344
pound* each. according to Mr. War
nock's description sent, together witb
the photograph of tbr>« colossal speci
twiM. to The Country Gentleman. In
that i«i|M-r Mr Warwick further tells
the system by w huh he growa not only
squashes, hut t'»e largest witiruidrM
and i itrolls in h s j>art of the country:
"My land is made in nood condition,
being heavily manured every year. It
MiVUdTH KiriiHU.
is a gravelly formation. with about IS
inclu-.. of clay loam on top. A 300
poutiil squash ran lie grown on any part
of it by the following method of culti
vation : For each hill I intend to plant,
about the Ist of April I take two g<*jd
wheelbarrow loads of hen manure and
mix with fonr barrows of gi«*l soil tak
en from mine other part of the lot. This
in mixed a second time the middle of
April. The Ist of May I add fonr bar
rows of well rotted mannre and mi*
thoroughly; then, about the 18lh of
May, make the hills and plant, dig oat
a space 7 feet in diameter and 14 inches
deep, till in my compost mixing and
with it gome of the best earth which
was thrown ont. When finished, ths
hill will lie abont ten feet in diameter
and six inches higher in the center than
the snrronmling level. Then plant the
seed, llills want to be about 30 feet
apart Work the ground well until the
plants commence to run. When about
three feet long, I mulch the ground all
over for 20 feet in diameter around each
hill with horse manure three inches
deep and stake the vines down with
sticks to keep the wind from rolling
tbeui about, so that they way root at
every joiut. It is of gTest advantage to
keep the vine from fruiting as long as
possible, by pruning all fmit bloom off
until alnint the last week in July. This
will give time enough to mature a 800
pouud squash by the Ist of October, for
there must be a big vine to produce a
big squash."
Mr. Warnock practice# fertilizing a
few of the tir.-t blooms that come, and
when the first perfect specimens have
set well he cuts off all other fruit and
blossoms and nips the end off vines that
show bloom. He uses liquid manure
twice a week while great growth of
squash is going on. and is particularly
careful to give plenty of water.
Notes un the Sewer F»l«lor«.
The Ohio station reports:
Bovee.—One of the best early whits
sorts that has b°cn grown here for thrse
years or more. The yield in 1897 was
850 bushels per acre, and ths average for
the two seasons was >36 bushels Ita
record has t>een good in previous seasons.
It is about as early as Early Ohio and
far more prolific, excelling Early Har
vest even in this particular.
Carmen No. B.—A valuable midssn
son variety. The tubers are white,
smooth and nearly all marketable sixe
The yield in 1897 was 395 bushels per
acre, and the average for two seasons
was 272 bushels. It has uniformly done
well here, and reports concerning it are
generally favorable.
Early Trumbull. —An excellent ear
ly white variety, which has besn on
trial two seasons. It has the distinction
of standing first in point of yield of any
early variety and falls but little below
the best of the late sorts on an average
for two seasons. In 1897 the yield was
462 bushels per acre, and the average
for two years was 998 bushels It is
fairly a rival of Bovee.
Hir Walter Raleigh.— A medium to
late white variety, resembling ths
Rural New Yorker No. 3, but rather
more prolific. In 1897 the yield was at
the rate of 317 bushels per acre, and the
average for two seasons was 291 bnabela.
Livingston. —A very beautiful late
white sort. Its yield in 1997 was 40#
bushels per acre, and the average for
two seasons was 271 bushels, giving it
a high rank as to prolificacy.
All KirrUililS *»*>•»■
For sn everlasting anchor to the end
post in a wire fence the following was
originally presented by a oofTssp<indent
in the Ohio Farmer: The post should
be 8 1 ,' feet in the ground. The brace A
Jt
axraoß ron ax ixd post.
(4 by 4 will do) is 8 feet long. A rod of
iron three-quarters thick IB) is put
through the bottom of post (C). pssetng
through brace (A) 8 fest from post.
Put a stone (D) for brscs (A) to rest
on. Have a thread cut on end of rod
(B) and a nut at E to tighten the
brace. There is no cheaper brace, and
it csn't give. It looks nice and is ths
cheapest brace I know of.
BEAN CULTURE.
tt'hat a jaeeeaafal lew t«rk Cr*w»»
Says Ahnat It.
The following facts gleaned by Pro
fess. >r C. P. Rolwrts from a *uc.-e**fnl
farmer of western New York, who raises
from SO to Mil acres of l»ans each year,
are presented in The Conntry Gentle
man: _»_»
The land devoted to t eans is seeded
to wheat as soon as the lieans are bar
vested. Mairowfat leans require at
least one bnsbel of «eed per acre, pea
l>eans one-half to three fourths busb»l
In western New York any land that
will raise g.«*l corn wheat «>r potat.iee
will produce g.««l ■ r-i-of bean, when
intelligently cultivated. A good loam
with a stibs< il of clay is regarded as the
best. It seems tbst marrowfats are
most largely grown on the heavy lands
ami the ]iea l»ans on the lighter lands
Light lands should lie supplied with ar>
abundance of vegetable matter ' "hi
lands n«nally are less deficient in hnnin.
and therefore so much attention need
not be |>aid to the humus on the heavy
soils.
On light lands S weeder isnsed to ad
vantage at first, and afterward a two
horse sulky cultivator is sometimes
used. On the small farms ■ 'Si' bmsi
cultivator i« a** l instesd. ijoine hand
No. 22
dn in* will lie we. ~ary If tW bedß
sre kept , U~aa they *hneld ha. M
they are n.nally rai«*d in drill* and IM
inltiva'.r i f net eeeity •aanot
the Weed* which ar* muanataly MB*
riated with the heana '!
Tii' pri - rang- a widely. Dm if tfcg
la-t thr- e year* they have rarsiy broagM
#! prr bnsbel Perbafw *4 rents ralgM
be tak< u as the average pries tor that
tun. The cultivation at the bisa hag
extended qaite largely into Kichtgga
an 1 »veu • altfornia. an.l thia laslta la
a full t.r over supply and hence low
(Wit.* Twenty bushels t* aatdered |
goal sverage. A few g«< more. bat
many lew Abont three f., art ha. 4 a ton
of bran »traw is secured per acre. al
though this varies a- • ->rding to virMtf
and sesx n The bean straw >a highly
vaiueil for la>th sheep and cattla by
thiw wh are well qualtftad t>. jadge at
its mtrits. It is rated among Ik* bans
raisers as equal to clover bay
« Haa4r r»l Utter.
This illustration of a fence punt liftag,
repri .luced from The Farm and flm
aide, tella its own etury at the maaa m
of iu use The lifter ia n stoat. >«nsiMi
i f
F)
urriva a fost.
ad post about fonr Inchsa la dtoa^tor
and six or seven feet lon* It
with a heavy pises of iron wilk an o«»-
turned point. With this lnfhawi as
a corresp<>n<l«nt reports, it Is an easy
matter, with lbs nee of ssuOiSP pvt*
a fulcrum, to pry ont the aid peats sftst
working th«ui louse, no aisttor kaW
teu.n l jusly they stick
Pllisi Maaaee Belere Drawlag
Where scattered ««rsa nasals In In
be drawn out ami spread for pfewiag
under in the spring. It is beat to gntkst
it in piles and let it ferment, if only lot
a few days, rather than to keep ths
tesiua idle while men sre slowly scrap
ing the nianare together By it
up there is a don'ole ad ran tags, an saga
of the manure will be secured and the
■light fermentation it will gat in ths
beap will make it much mors nsailnbls
than manure that has laid scattsred and
exposed through the winter. These in t
further adrantsge in piling it ny 11
some of the rich black mold under th*
manure is mixed with it Thia ia tfc*
remains of manure left scattered ia pre
vious years, together witb soaseal ths
soluble fertility in the stable ainaara
that has Ism shoes it the past wiatsg
Moet bsrnyards sre larger thaa they
need to be. It ia wasteful of mannra to
loave it scattered, and also requirsa toe
much labor in getting manure together,
says American Cultivator
Agylr«l(«ml
The perfection attaiaed by Japaaaaa
fruits and seeds is Jus to vary theroafi
cultivation and fertilising. Their sa
tir^ system of sgricnltars Is stow, la
borious and psinstsking, bat Iks *e
suits sre msrveloaa la quality aad
quantity of prod ace.
It is clsimed that if the (.ramits
against the gypsy moth were stonpsd
the insect would multiply beyoad nil
possibility of control, snd Maaaacka
setts could easily pasa the peat ak.ag a«t
share her trouble with her neigh born
Now is a good time to mafce plant
ings of horse radish
Boxes or barrels ovsr the rkabavh
plants will hasten growth aad btaaeb
the stalks
A very Uaady tkiag to have aroaad
the apiary whsa handling baas la a
place of burlap large eaoagh to awes*
over the hive This shoaid be aad*
wet, snd sftsr wringing the wntcr oat
it msy b* used to cover the hive whsa
the cover is off snd will hsef the haae
down un the side whsse y«B ant ant
working, says American Oartat*#
I Thar Wee* »«s aetoetos*
Ths author at "Tweafy-#»a Tsna*
British Oaiana" snys that k* waota
camping oat witb « myantoan thsr%
and thnt aotn* of thesa had as* Ms ea
(jualntaace with the swdi'
At last we turned into can hawadb
and I was dropping off to alwy. whs* I
was *«jused by the m«at tataal Mh
inf sad roaring. Attractod hy oan In
gnd singing, a troop at ho*ettoa ba
bnrtna had cogie oeer the tsesa saaws**
making night hideoaa by thatr ysfc
Shields, who wan aot senaniatod with
the brutea. shuck ay haiaawrh rlnlaait
ly ami whispered:
-What oa earth la tor
Not very well knewtaanhnft * wan
saying. I repliA
••Ars they my mmr
'•Vsry." said 1. aadL toMaf
tage of a lull la the (bona I
naleep _
p.. r Mbielda Iny awake half ths
expecting to be dsvotmsd by wild hsnstn
Be wee sleepy snd enoas la Min
ing. snd Bridges aabad Mb If ha bad
beard th* babooaa
••Ob. thaw wer* babooaa waas tfcey t
What an awful n>das they aaknt
whst were saying?**
••I don't know." said Mpa aa
symp*thetically "I doa'9 bskaff 9n A*
same species. *
take* La** Was 9ssfe«*(4
"Ah. * she -aid. sarohtog Mi m*
mrls snd W>kiag ragre«fhßy >#o Me
upturned face he wns ka i iHag Mb
her "you win not thlab neensi wtß
yoa? Yoa will b* brave aad try to bar
get me. woa't y*iat Ye do not harw
how snrry I aaa to be c i.,y»u*l baf
•ao' to yoa. I'nds* other etoegartM**"
we might haee been happy togatfcrv
hat as It I* I most b* wttb yaw
There Is no hope "
Hl* whole frame wns shataa hy n
greet sab
Tbea he V- bsd appeehagly toto toa
fnwnlike eysa aad asked:
•Why is It. Virglata. that yea aa*so
sore ws ennaot be happy *
Why may I not bop*T"
"There is sn impnssabls liaailis be
tween ns,"sb* repUsd. "Tsa aas the
champion golf player of thto s<ato. aad
g>y mother ia pseeidaat at the ientoty
For the Huppresstoa at Dtalsct, m there
yon are "
Realising that bis drenaa at hMss wss
st an end. he weat nwny basaauna
softly
Alaa. that lee* toaato than
Mm pat M fas •> a*.
Aad wa mar aeeae ea*«
KaeS otAer to a *eet
-Chicago News