V, v- I Food For Young Hogs. Guy E. Mitchell tells American Cul tivator readers that It would be diffi cult to find a better food for young kogs and shoats than two parts (by weight) of wheat, two parts of corn and one of shorts; or a ration perhaps of equal weights of wheat, corn and shorts. Corn For Silage. Experiments at the Massachusetts xperiment station as to the suitable ness of various 1 01 ns for the silo con yince Frof. Lindsay that Northern farmers wiil do well to stick to those varieties that will mature not later than September 10 to 15. He also re minds larmers that sih.-ge made from miniature corn has less nutritive value than that obtained from mature plants. Lazy Fovvis Do Not Pay. A lazy fowl is not profitable, and one way to make the birds lazy is to overfeed them. Overfeeding leads to many vices, and some diseases occur mostly where the birds have been pam pered. The blcod cf birds is warmer than that of animuia, and as soon as they are overfed they take on fat very readily, the result being that they die from vertigo, or become subject to liver di3ea.se, especially fatty degen eration. The f.ssrilns should be so as to keep the hens at work by scratch ing, and if a few grains of wheat cr corn are buried in tae ground in litter the hens will Industriously work for them, an excellent plan being to scat ter millet seed in litter, or even on the surface of the ground. The object hould be to feed ies concentrated food and make potatoes, grass and oth er bulky material serve the purpose, as the hens prefer food which contains all the elements ne.ieiscry for promot ing laying. Lean meat, blood and ani mal meal are valuahla auditions to the grain and bulky t'oxis. Planting Strawberries, R. M. Kellogg cuts back the roots of strawberry plants f ally one-halt even more when the plants are dormant, his experiments favoring the plan as against leaving; tltem as received from the nursery, his theory, result ing from practice, being that wounds of the cut back roots callous at onco and numerous little feeders start at once, which develop a much larger root systwrl, 'which in turn build3 a larger crown, the net resu'.t being a heavier foliage and more abundant yield of fruit. The cultivator 13 pressed into service at once the plants are set to overcome the waste of moisture result ing from the tread of tae planter. He finds the 12-tool implement better adapted to his use. If you would se cure the highest possible results, says Mr. Kellogg, "cultivation should be repeated weekly throughout the sea son. And don't forget the hoe. All the crusts should be broken close up to the roots of the plants. This prevents weed teed from germinating, conserves moisture and' admits air to the bac terial germs. The best time to kill a weed Is before It gets started, and the hoe is the most effective tool with which to accomplish it." After the plants receive one cr two cultivations and hoeings, they will start blooming. The blooms should be picked off at once. Apple Trees in Dynamite Holes. We have been setting out an apple orchard of about eight acres, using baldwins and greenings forty feet apart, and W'ngener, wealthy and Duchess as fillers, twenty feet apart. The ground was formerly mowing land, but the old man from whom we bought the farm had so much land that It rather ran away from him, and there were quite a good many alders, birches and hard-hacks on the piece. These we had cut and burned. We expect to cultivate close around the trees with plenty of fertilizer for two or three years; then follow the Hitch lngs plan. We wanted good holes and three of us dug eighty ho!e3 the first day, but the roots and stubble made slow work and the holes were not sat isfactory, so we tried digging by pow der, and found it satisfactory, as il dug a much better hole and did It cheaper. Dynamite was the power and it makes digging sport, rather than hard, tiresome labor, as it was before. We experimented with vary ing quantity and degrees and found that one-fourth of a stick of fifty and sixty percent, that Is B and C grade, gave best results. The cartridges weigh one-half to three-fourths pound, and it costs twenty to twenty-five cents per pound, so that covering cost of cap and fuse the holes did not cost over five cents apiece. We inserted the crowbar about fourteen Inches and Into this hole we put the one-fourth cartridge with cap and about eighteen Inches of fuse. Then, with the heel, kick the dirt tight at top of crowbar hole, and it Is ready to light. One man can easily prepare, load and fire twen ty holes in an hour. If the ground is very wet ths dirt wiil be scattered far and wide, but with the ground in fair condition you will loosen the earth for from thrsa to five feet in diameter and one or two feet in depth, making a perfect bed for the roots to grow la, and making the setting a much easier job than the hole dug In the ordinary way. Some people are afraid of the stuff, but we have used it for several years for blowing rocks. We are care ful in handling it, and believe anyone who is not naturally careless can soon learn to handle it with comparatively perfect safety. If you are afraid of it there is usually some one in the neigh borhood who understands it and will use It, but such men are rather prodi gal in using it, and we find we can de as good work ourselves and save lots of dynamite. Rural New Yorker. Raising Alfalfa, I wish to make an alfalfa sugges tion anil give a few hints. There Is an impression that alfalfa Is slow to start, and that It is difficult to grow it. I have raised alfalfa for ten years, and I find It the fastest grower of any of fhe clovers, and the most hardy. Of course, if it Is sown on "foul" ground, the weeds may shade it, and rob it of needed moisture, and it may be a failure. The suggestion that I wish to make is that your readers try alfalfa on bluegrass sod ground. Don't be afraid to plow up the best Kentucky bluegrass you have to sow alfalfa. It will pay you. It will only temporarily check your blueyrass from growing; and, you will soon have a full crop of both bluegrass and alfalfa, on the same ground, at the same time. Plow the sod without a jointer, so the blue grass will come up between the fur row slices. Harrow the ground thor oughly, after rolling. Sow twenty pounds best alfalfa seed per acre. Don't buy cheap seed, buckhorn or dodder in it, or you will have trouble. Harrow to cover the seed. If crust forms after the seed has ger minated, (or before, for' that matter), roll to break the crust and to conserve moisture. By the time alfalfa has started well, you will notice the blue grass, and you will soon have the best pasture in the world. Alfalfa is a deep feeder as well as a feeder on nit rogen of the air. Bluegrass is a sur face feeder, and they seem to help each other. This mixture makes good hay too, if cut early before bluegrass rip ens. About nine times in ten alfalfa growers are apt to think their alfalfa is too thin, and they plow it up be fore it has a chance to show what it can do. Some also think it is "froz en out" and that it will not pay to let it stand. I would say don't be in a hurry to plow up thin alfalfa. The alfalfa plants require plenty of room to Jo their best. If you have one plant on every square foot your alfalfa Is too thick. If the plants are two foot apart don't be discouraged, but after one year old disk thoroughly using three or four horse3 and have a steel frame spike tooth harrow attached to disk to smooth and pulverize the soil. The teeth of harrow should be slanted backward. This cultivation will kill weeds and will make the alfalfa grow, until you can notice the ground be fore harvest time. Alfalfa that Is raised out of the ground three or four Inches by frost will grow if the spring is at all favorable, so do not be in a hurry about plowing up alfalfa. J. N. S., in the Indiana Farmer. Farm Notes. A good, properly kept cow stable has no offensive odor. Land plaster should be used freely in the stables to absorb odors. Use small tin palls or buckets for the calves and wash and scald the pails daily. Are you feeding a cheese cow trying to get butter? Use your scales and Babcock test and find out for sure. Tree roots extend as far as the linrbs extend and sometimes further, on this account manure should be scattered broadcast. Any attempt to grow something that is not well adapted to the soil In creases the cost of production and les sens the profit. Nothing can be more essential to successful farm life than having a variety and abundance of good food at all times. Poultry will help out great- .ly in this respect by furnishing eggs and meat. A noted English poultry raiser is the authority for the statement that fifty chickens can be kept on one acre of land without detriment to ordinary crops that would not be Injured by scratching. The greater the variety of good grasses in the pasture, the better for the thrift of the stock (that feeds there. An especial advantage with mixed grasses is that you give a longer sea son of pasture. Eggs are like milk in that they can be used in a large number of ways. They are good alone or used in making other dishes and are highly nutritious. The amount of nutriment they supply is cot appreciated sufficiently. In order to grow small fruits suc cessfully, it is essential to have a fer tile soil. There is little danger of its being too rich. Secure healthy and vigorous plants. Be careful not to allow the roots to become dry in trans planting. Give' clean, thorough cultivation. SCRAPNO is. tlio chosen chew of every man who likes to get a soft, juicy quid in his mouth a chew that is clean above all things. SCRAPNO, the Clean Chewing Tobacco, is as clean as any food you eat. Choice, full length, long- leaf, packed loose in the biggest kind of a package always fresh, juicy and sweet. Three times as many "chews" ay in the average live cents' worth. Kept clean in a waxed paper wrapper, inside a strong paper ba that hts flat in your pocket. m 1, t J ML II' K V U I" .jin tT -Ti7 Iff "' Vs. . 4T "V I. 1 1 'Wkir- You Get a Big Package For Only 5 cents SOLD EVERYWHERE I'K.MIXIXK NEWS NOTES. THE NATIONAL GAME. Hetty Oreen must Rive way to Mrs. Sage as the richest woman in Amer ica. It is pstlmated that 5,000,000 women are earning wages in the British Isles. Before a Norwegian girl can marry she must present a certificate that she can cook. Mme. AlbanI has performed before royalty more frequently than any other nctress or singer alive. Professor Bell's report on the blind and deaf of the country says there are more deaf males than females. Mrs. Craisie, the novelist and dra mntlst, whose pen name was "John Oliver Hobbes," died suddenly in England. Dead nt 112 years, Mrs. Ferdinand Reese, of Lanorte. Ind., leaves testi mony as to the efficacy of two dally meals of corn bread. Chorus girls in New York have suddenly grown shy. Most of them are busy dodging subpoenas from the District Attorney's office.' Lady Betty Balfour has edited two volumes of "Letters Personal and Literary of Robert, Earl of Lytton (Owen Meredith)," which will be published by the Longmans. Queen Wilheimlna of Holland ia an excellent linguist, for she speaks French, German and English as flu ently as her native Dutch, and she knows something besides of Italian and Russian. The will of tlndy Curzon, who died July 18, was filed for probate in Lon don. It is dated December 19, 1893, and was made on board the steam ship Arabia. The value of the estate Is placed at f 5 0 , S 7 5 . Mercedes Lopez, a Mexican wom an, is said to possess the longest hair of any person in the world. Her height is five feet, and when she stands erect her hair trails on the ground four feet eight inches. The great world famine, whicS gleomy scientists used to predict, ap pears farther off than ever, despite the steady increase In the human species. With nitrogen made In un limited quantities, both naturally with the aid of clover, and artificially by electric process and water power, the supply of that Important crop cle ment seems' assured, In view of the asserted fact that there is more nltro gen above every quarter section of land than Is required for the entire annua! corn crop of the world. Potash, too, exists In enormous quantities in com mon rocks, and recent experiments suggest that it may be gotten out by grinding and profitably used for crops. As for the third element needed, phos phoric acid, the great deposits of rock phosphates seem likely to provide for all requirements for a long time to come. The world will not stave yet awhile, nor will farmers go oui of business Ralph Glaze looks better each time he pitches. St. Louis' new pitcher, Charles Rhodes, is the smallest pitcher in the league. The Chicago Cubs think well of catcher Walsh, their recruit from Kansas. The Birmingham Club has signed first baseman Wilbur, of the Seneca Falls team. Rube Waddell seems to be as sus ceptible to injury as a kid raised in an incubator. The Providence Club has signed third baseman Storke, of the Am herst College team. In Chicago the Brooklyn team is referred to as the "over-confidence curing combination." The St. Louis National Club has purchased outfielder Ollie Pickering from the Columbus Club. The Holyoke Club has entered a claim upon first baseman Deal, ot Cincinnati, he being a reserve jumper. The Chicago American Club has purchased catcher Warren Seabaugh from the Springfield Club, of the Western Association. In the National League the Bos tons have been shut out fifteen times, the Brooklyns and Phillies each eleven and the St. Louis ten. The New York American Club has purchased thevoteran infielder "Pop" Foster, leading batter of the Eastern League, from the Newark Club. President Pulliam, of the National League, has promulgated the con tracts of Thomas J. Walsh with Chi cago for 1906-'07; of Homer Smoot with Cincinnati, and of Charles Rhodes with St. Louis. NEWSY GLEANINGS. Says the Louisville Courier Journal: Farmers throughout the West, Nortt and South are pleading for -more la borers. They cannot get them. And while the farmers' crops demand armies of additional workmen for theii handling, New York and the othei cltlea of the land are housing men women and children in repugnant squalor. Instead of enduring the tor ture3, the disease and oppression ol tenement-house life, these peopK could be drawing good wages and living wholesome lives in the coun try. They would help the farmers, they would help themselves, they would Improve the whole social and economic situation of the world. . A POSSIBLE ACCIDENT. Mrs. Green The Iceman is fear fully late. I wonder what has hap pened. Greeu Maybe he has "fallen off tho wagon." Detroit Free Press The Copenhagen harbor authorities are considering a proposal for the construction of a drydock capable of receiving the largest vessels trading In the Baltic. The cabbage crop promises well. "John the Orangeman," of Har vard, Is dead. Council Bluffs, Iowa, will build Its own ice plant. Pullman sleepers are to be Intro duced in Japan. Disorder seems to be Increasing In all parts of the Russfan.emplre. Grand Duke Nicholas refused the supreme command of the Russian Army. Shower baths and plunges are to figure In a new New York enst side church. Arriving from their honeymoon trip abroad, tho Longworths went di rect to Oyster Bay. The passenger traffic of New York City is Increasing at the rate of about 120,000,000 rides a year. Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte ndvocated solitary confinement and flogging as a cure for anarchism. For some time there have been murmurs of an organized Moslem re volt In Egypt and all North Africa. Democrats from all the West, South and East are flocking to New York to welcome William J. Bryan home. The Fifteenth United States Cav alry suffered severely from the heat In their march from Vermont to Potihkeepsle. Joaquin Miller, po?t of the Sierras, Is at Saratoga, wearing his trousers tucked into his boots and elbow length gauntlets. At Milwaukee, Wis., City Attorney John T. Kelly has decided that a de cent bathing suit Is one which covers the body from shoulder to knees. Three British Columbian Indian chiefs visited King Edward In Lon don and begged him to save the wild animals of their forests from exter mination by white sportsmen. LAUNDKY LINES. Soaking handkerchiefs all night in strong salt water will greatly facilitate their washing. When washing flannels get rid cf a3 much dust and dirt as you possibly can by shaking and brushing before plunging into water. After blankets have been washed and hung on the lino and are thor oughly dry boat with a carpet beater. The wool will become light and soft, like new. In laundering white spreads or any large piece where difficulty Is experi enced In finding the large soiled spots a gcod plan is to fasten a piece ol black silk thread to most soiled places. The spots can then be easily de tected. Ironing silk when wet gives it a smooth, glossy appearance, but should the waist get dry before it ia ironed dip it in clean cold water and roll In a cloth. Do not sprinkle over it as that would make it look rough and blotchy when Ironed. MARKETS. PITT9BURQ. Grain, Flour and Peed. Wheat No. red I 73 71 Rye No. 2 79 78 Corn No. 2 yellow, oar ot 69 No. 8 yellow, shelled 60 61 Mixed car 60 61 Oata No. white 44 43 No. 8 white 48 . 44 Flour Winter patent 4 10 4 15 Fancy straight winters 4 00 4 10 Bar No. 1 Timothy 15 00 15 SO Clover No. 1 10 7S 11 95 Feed No. 1 white mid. ton W 50 US 01 Brown middlings 19 BO M 00 Bran, bulk zS 00 21 50 Straw Wheat 7 50 7 50 Oat 7 50 800 Dairy Product!. Butter Ellin creamery I 99 25 Ohio creamery JO 29 Fancy country roll 19 20 Cheese Ohio, new 19 IS New York, new 11 U Poultry, Etc. Hens per lh I 1 18 Chickens dressed 16 H Eggs Pa. and Ohio, fresh 1 40 Frutlt ind Vegetables. Potatoes Fancy white per bu.... 60 70 Cabbage per ton is 00 15 1 Onions per barrel too 2 2a BALTIMORE. ' Flonr Winter Patent f a 05 s 95 Wheat No. 9 red 7 7 CornMixed 45 47 Bugs 1 29 Butter Ohio creamery 14 g PHILADELPHIA. Flour Winter Patent f 5 05 6 ts Wheat No. red 74 38 Corn No. 2 mixed 86 64 Oats No. white 85 84 Butter Creamery 99 89 Bggs Pennsylvania firsts 16 21) NEW YORK. Flour-Patents I 8 08 I Wheat No. 8 red Corn No. JJ g Oats-No. 9 white 86 M Butter Creamery J Igga State and Pennsylvania.... 16 LIVE 8TOCK. Union 8tock Yards, Pittsburg. ' Cattle. Cxtra, 1,460 to 1,600 lbs 85 85 86 15 Prime. l,O0 to 1,400 lbs,.... 8 60 6 70 Uood, 1,300 to 1,800 lbs 8 15 6 60 Ttily. 1,060 10 1.160 lbs 4 75 6 10 Fair, 900 to 1,100 lbs 8 80 4 80 Common, 700 to UX lbs 8 00 8 75 Common to food fat oxen It 75 4 00 Common to good fat bulls 9 50 4 00 Common to food fat cows 1 50 8 75 Heifers, 7C0 lol, looiha 50 4 85 Fresh cows and springers 16 00 4500 Hogs. Prlmeheavy hogs I8 60 6 75 Prime medium weights 6 90 6 95 Best heavy Yorkers...., 6 90 TOO Uood light Torkers ., 6 40 Plg, a to quality 7 00 7 10 Common to good roughs 5 40 6 80 Bia 4 00 4 75 Sheep. I'rtme wethers..... '. 8 6 65 8 75 iiood mixed w 5 90 5 40 Pair mixed ewes and wethers.... 4 50 6 0J Culls and common 2 60 4 uo Culls to choice lambs 6 00 7 76 Calves. Veal Calves M 00 7 95 Heavy and thin calves t 00 4 50 Oil Markets. The following are the quotations for credit balances In the different Melds: Pennsylvania, $t 61; Tiona, II 71: Second Sand, II 61; North Lima, Mi-: South Lima. 91a; Indiana. 90c; Somerset, 89c; Ragland, 69u; Can- -ada, 11.8a. - ' 1 : . :
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