Keep Out Cold Air.
A hole In the granary, through
which the ijraln would be lost, would
;not be allowed to exist very long af
ter Its discovery. A hole In the stable
through which the cold air enters and
'chills the animals, causes a loss of
igrain Just aa surely as the hole in the
granary, as more food will be required
to assist the animals in maintaining
warmth. It is the things that are un
observed which sometimes cause loss.
hen the flow of milk is reduced or the
nlmols do not make gain proportiou
telv to the food allowed; there Is al
ways a cause, and it should be Bought.
U Cows Will Founder,
i Cows will founder the same as will
(horses from being overfed by some
foods that cannot readily be digested,
nd will show the chatacteristlc lame
ness which results In horses when, they
(are overfed with anything. Of course,
as digestion Is interrupted the animal
becomes feverish and her milk flow
ceases. It will take several days of
careful feeding to put a foundered cow
in good condition again. She should
'be kept In a dry place, and given all
the water she will drink, with light,
easily digested foods In small quan
tles until digestion is restored to its
normal condition. Hoven also results
from overfeeding on certain foods.
f"- Cost of Producing Pork.
F It is claimed thai 20 pounds of
jjork (live hog) can be made from ono
bushel of corn, but no portion of the
jcora must be wasted by lack of warm
shelter or a variety of other food. The
possibilities with corn depend on the
condition of management. Corn and
milk will give .greater gala than can
fce obtained from corn without milk or
from milk without corn for the reason
that one kind of good supplies some
'element that may be' lacking in the
other. Corn is deficient In lime, yet llnio
Is essential In producing bone. Milk,
cut clover (scalded) and bran contain
lime, but are not as fattening aa corn.
'A combination of foods cheapens the
cost of corn and other substances, be
cause there is a greater gain in the
weight of .the animal.
' How to Save $30,000,000.
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The United States imports annually
about $60,000,000 worth of drugs and
dyes made from products that could be
grown in the United States Just as well.
Camphor now sells for 25 cents a
pound, and while not an ounce of It is
Crown in this country, the government
has demonstrated that camphor tree3
are successful here. Licorice root Is
another thing that possesses great pos
sibilities. The department of agricul
ture has demonstrated that the licor
ice plant Is hardy as far nonth as Penn
sylvania. Belladonna has also been
shown to do well In good garden soil.
The only way to determine absolutely
whethor these various special crop3
can be grown successfully Is to try
them, and it is well to do this la a
small way at first. Farming.
(Trees by the Roadside.
The German province of Hanover
Owns 1967 miles of highways on which
there are 175,794 fruit trees pear,
cherry, plum and apple sufficient, if
set out eight to an' acre, to form an
orchard of more than 300 square miles.
The fruit raised on these tree3 is a
source of income for the province,
which sometimes mades $40,000 a year
py selling the products of this elon
gated orchard.
. The province maintains a nursery
of 403 acres to supply young trees for
, roadside use a.nd for promoting the
Interests of fruit culture. The profit
of a tree is very small, but the Han
over people do not worry about that,
shade js afforded in summer, the road.
ped Is free from dust, the presence
of trees retards the washing out of the
soil from the banks into the roadside
ditches and the attractive appearance
of the roadsides stimulates an interest
III tree culture and benefits the prov
ince in many other ways. The And
It worth while. St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
u Bone and Wheat for Pullet.
If the pullets which have attained a
laying size and age have not yet be
gun to produce eggs, begin feeding
ground bone, wheat and barley. The
claim is made .that a cake composed of
bran, corn meal and whole wheat an
equal amount of wheat and corn meal
jbeing osed with twice as much bran Is
excellent for the purpose of forcing
-pullets to- begin laying. This cake
should be crumbled and fed once a day.
f Whether la the case of pullets or
oMer hens, a varied ration la neces
sary to get the best results. The list
may well Include oats, wheat, barley,
buckwheat, cracked corn, vegetables,
cut clover, alfalfa meal and ground
jbone or meat scraps. A consider
able amount of green food in one form
or another is necessary. Clover and al
falfa meal answer very well, but cab
. bage, carrots, beets, etc., can be used
more profitably In some cases. Small
'- potatoes are good If not fed too liber
ally. .
: The cralns', at least wheat, oats, bar
ley and cracked corn can be fed at
different times during the winter; at
least two kinds of grain should be fed
each day. Oats nre excellent for year
lings and older bens, but should be fed
rather sparingly to pullets, owing to
the danger of the sharp points injuring
the delicate crops. A liberal amount
of corn is to be recommended, but it
must be, supplemented by other grains,
as well as cut bone or beef scraps and
green food. Corn is fattening but it
is heating as well, and gives color to
the yolks of the eggs.
It Is Impossible to obtain satisfactory
results unless the hens are kept busy,
and the only satisfactory way to keep
them active is to have the. floor of the
poultry bouse covered to a depth of
several Inches with litter, such as
straw, hay, leaves or cut cornstalks.
Indianapolis Nows.
Manures and Fertilizers.
Without manure or fertilizer there is
no farm capable of producing crops
year after year, for all soils .must be
supplied with that which should take
the place of the substances removed
during the growth of crops. Plants,
like animals, have .life, are possessed
of organs and vessels in which circu
lates a fluid, and which aided by an
appropriate nourishment, develop an
oiganic mass in a given time. The
most fruitful soil will be that which in
the same time will have produced the
most considerable weight of organic
matter reduced to a dry state. All
manure put into the earth should be
In a state of humus and as .soluble in
water as possible, so that the plants
can seize upon It and appropriate It
to themselves. Manure consists of, all
the elements of vegetable matter. As
soon as It Is soluble the roots absorb
it and communicate it to the Interior
orgacis of the plant, which secrete It in
the parts in which it has need to de
velop Itself; hence the more a piece of
land is mixed with soluble manure,
the more It produces plants and vege
table qualifications, only the consump
tion of the manure is not the same In
all. In order to derive crops from the
soil, therefore, the weight of the plant
foods added to the soil, either in the
forms of manure or fertilizer, should
be equal to the plant foods of the crop
to be obtained; In other terms, when
one wishes to obtain from a field which
has ao trace of manure a production of
given weight It is necessary to carry
and place ,ln this field other organic
matters produced elsewhere and of an
equal weight, or the soli will lose ill
fertility.
Plant foods exist in the soil In solu
ble condition as well as In the form of
inert mineral matter. Plants, to ac
complish their life, to arrive to the
state of .being organic, have absolute
ly need of that which is the result of
the decomposition of other vegetable
or animal organic matter spread upon
the surface of the earth. Some plants
are largely beneficial, as there, are
plants which, although Imparting to
the soil a part of their nourishment, by
the moans of their roots left in the
ground, .appropriate to themselves also
a great quantity of atmospheric matter
by means of their leaves, such as car
bon, and have, besides this great ad
vantage, that even when they are car
ried out of the field they leave more
organic matter than they have con
sumed for their growth. It is largely
owing to this admirable property of
certain plants to - produce more or
ganic matter than they absorb from
the earth that it is possible to maintain
the .fertility of a piece of ground la
rendering to It only a part of that
which It has produced. If plants were
nourished only by the humus spread
upon the earth farmers would .be com
pelled to replace the production which
cannot be converted into manure by a
proportionate quantity of vegetables
cultivated In another piece of land, and
if the strength of the vegetation should
diminish even little by little, the money
used for the cultivation of the .soli
would eventually be lost Fortunately
for the farmer, he can increase the
quantity of plant food in his soil by
growing crops to be plowed under,' or
by adding barnyard manure and fer
tilizer, the advantages thus afforded
being within the reach of all. Phila
delphia Record.
Bear Hunter's Record.
The first bear of the season was ex
hibited at Kroner's meat market on
Saturday, having been trapped by the
pitch pine camp hunters,' led by the
celebrated bear hunter Gleen Scofleld.
It was the second one trapped In the
lastjtwo weeks on the Penjle.ld road
between the camp and Penfleld.
It might be well to remark here that
Mr., Scofleld la perhaps the biggest
bear hunter In this part of the State,
and ' his record In seven years last
pasj is twenty-nine bears more bears
than some hunters, have killed pheas
ants. Raftsman's Journal.
DUN'S WEEKLY SUMMARY
Declines In Stock Market Have Nol
Affected Prices of Commpdltles
Traffic Conditions Improved.
A farmer at Winburg, Orange River
Colony, alleges that In his district
alone 24,000 sheep are stolen annually.
by the natives. On this basis he cal
culates that 300,000 sheep are stolen
throughout the coleny every year.
Depression in the stock mnrket did
not extend beyond Wall street, com
modity prices ruling high and general
business continuing vigorous. The
traffic conditions have improved some
what, increasing the distribution o(
merchandise, and spring sales of dry
goods have equaled anticipations.
Retail trade Is good for the seas
on, and late buying of winter goods
necessitated by the severe weather In
many sections, has depleted stocks in
a most satisfactory mannor. A few
trade reports tell of conservatism re
garding operations for the future, due
to high prices and tight money, but
there Is practical unanimity aa to the
activity of current trade, comparisons
with last year's figures being almost
always decidedly favorable.
Several wage scales are under dis
cussion that may not be settled with
out further enhancing the cost of pro
duction or operation, but no serious
strike Is anticipated, and higher
freight rates have become necessary
on some roads because of Increased
expenses.
Renewod demand for Bessemer Iron
from the leading interest Indicates
that It is unable to provide for the
needs of the steel mills, and the dis
tribution of the contract among many
furnaces testifies to the good condi
tion of order books, as no single con
cern could make the desired delivery.
Other Inquiries are noted and there is
no evidence of weakness in any de
partment, while strength and activity
are conspicuous In the lighter shapes
of steel, notably sheets and hoops.
The high money market is still
postponing the business in steel rails,
and cancellation of orders for rolling
stock are attributed to the same
difficulty of raising funds.
Business on the books of pipe and
tube mills Is beyond all precedent,
and, as the season advances, there
will be extensive requirements for
wire products. Export inquiries are
numerous, one large sale of sheet
bars being reported for shipment dur
ing the closing months of the year.
Large Jobbers state that much
spring trade will be lost because goods
cannot be secured In time, which
should tend to leave dealers' stocks
In a most satisfactory state of de
pletion at the end of the season.
MARKETS.
PITTSBURG.
Wheat No. 9 red f Ts
Rye-No. 2 7i
Corn No 2 yellow, ear 81
No. yellow, shelled 47
I Mlied ear 44
Oats No. S white 47
No. II white 4a
Flour Winter atnt 8 5
Fancy straight winters 4 09
Day No. I Timothy l'J 00
CloTer No. 1 INI
Feed No. 1 white mid. ton tl-1 SO
Brown middlings 20 00
Bran, bulk Hi 80
Straw Wheat 1U 60
Oat 10 U)
Dairy Products.
Batter Elgin creamery 9 38
Ohio creamery
Fancy country roll IB
Cheese Ohio, new 14
New York, new 14
Poultry, Etc.
Hens per In
Thickens dressed
Ems fa. and Ohio, fresh
Fruits and Vegetables
Potatoes Fancy white per bu....
Cabbage per ton
Onlonu per barrel..
1
73
Si
8
47
41
4?
4 01
4 U
19 SO
IB SO
3 00
)!1 00
2 IW
11 00
11 01)
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la
8J
56
151
1 W
BALTIMORE.
Flour Winter Patent ; I 8
Wheat No. SI red 1
Corn Mixed 48
Kggs
Butter Ohio creamery )
PHILADELPHIA.
Flour Winter Patent f 8 J
Wheat No. red 7'
Corn No. i mixed 47
Oats No. 8 white
Butter Creamery
Eggs Pennsylvania Urate
NEW YORK.
Flour Patents I ' J
Wheat No. ft red
Corn-No.
Oats No. a white
B u tter -Creamery J
Bigs State and Pennsylvania.... w
60
10 00
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8 8)
74
47
84
0
8 TS
7S
4(1
4A
81
81
8 70
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80
81
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LIVE STOCK.
Union 8tock Yards, Pittsburg,
Cattle.
Kitr i IV) to 1.800 1h 8 8 8) ( 09
Prime, l,M to 1.4H0 lbs 8 On 8 75
Good. 1.200 to 1.800 lha 8 40 8 8)
Tidy, 4,000 to 1,160 lbs 4 H .8 at
nmiL 700 to 11,10 Iba 8 00 IN
Pxen 7 4 00
Bulls 0 . 1
Cows 1 M 8 78
Hetfnra. 700 to 1 100 I 80 4 40
Fresh Cows and Hprlugers 18 00 60 08
Hogs.
Prime heavy f T SB T 48
Prime medium weight T 8) f 11
Beat how Yorkers 71 7 48
Hood fight Yorkers T 4 T 48
Plgs. T 8 7 40
Rouilis 6 40 8 W
8UKS 4 0 8 28
8heep.
Prim wether I 8 00
Good mixed 8 AO
Fair mixed ewes and wethers 8 0)
Culls and common 00
Lambs 8 0
Calves.
Veal calves ...
Beav and thin ealves
8 10
8 78
8 40
8 08
T 80
8 00
8 W
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80
Oil Markets.
The following are the quotations for credit
balances In the dlfTerent fields:
Pennsylvania, 81 68; Tlona, 81 88: Second
Band, 81 68; North Lima, Wo: South Lima. j(?oj
Indiana. S7o; Somerset, Wo; Bag land, 80o; Cao-
sua, si.sa.
"The burglaries for the year only
footed up a few thousand dollars,
wihiln thn embezzlement cot Into the
millions' remarks the Washington
Herald. Burglars are doubtless) Quit
iin fha ihiutinem from sheer morti
fication over the disrepute Into which
the embezzlers are bringing it. wui'
lary In a respectable trade compered
with etmbKtlement.
China's maritime customs collec
tion in 1906 were 130,000,000, tba
highest amount ever received.
Don't Let Talk Take
the Place of Test
Don't let anyone's prejudice or selfish opposition convince
you that any of the "Triangle A" brands are not better
than any other cigars sold at the same price.
That's no way to judge.'
You can test it for yourself, and you are the only one
who knows when the cigar suits you.
Smoke any "Triangle A" brand and compare it fairly
(with any other cigar sold at the same price.
We are willing to stake the success of our whole business
on public opinion founded on this test.
The experience which has been combined in producing
1 the American Cigar Company's cigars was acquired from the
operation of nearly 100 of the most famous and successful
factories in Cuba and the United States. And processes of
proper refining and scientific blending mean much to every
smoker.
You can bank on the "Triangle A" sign every time. No
more raw, green, bitter tobacco in your cigars !
Is that worth the trouble ?
tThe "Triangle A" is the mark that protects you?
. The New f.RF.Mn
5 cents
' Every box is now extra-wrapped in glassine paper, sealed at each
end with the "Triangle A" in red. The cigars are kept clean, fresh and
in perfect smoking condition until the box is opened.
Merit
Hark
AMERICAN CIGAR COMPANY, Manufacturer
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SPORTING BREVITIES.
TJnlted States Lawn Tennis Asso
ciation cabled challenge to England
for the Dwight F. Davis trophy.
Joe Gans stated the other day that,
Instead of being broke, he has $30,
000 in bank in his mother's name.
Football will be played at Harvard
University next fall, according tc
statements made by President Chas
W. Eliot.
William F. Knox, of Pittsburg
halfback on Yale's team for the pasl
three years, has accepted the offer tc
bo head coach of the team next fall.
If the latest yarn from Tonopah
Nev., is true, Joe Gans and Tommy
Ryan will fight to a finish for a $30,
000 purse at that place on Labor Day
A horseman from New Orleans
says that it will not be at all surpris
ing if the Fair Grounds and City Park
are closed by legislation before nexl
winter.
Dartmouth settled the question ol
Its baseball coach for the coming sea
son by closing negotiations with Tore
McCarthy, formerly of the Boston Na
tionals. Although the Cincinnati Infield will
be somewhat experimental this year
It is more than likely that It will be
one of the fastest working Infields It
either league.
Pittsburg millionaire horsemen
have prepared a bill, which will bt
presented to the Legislature, to legal
ize race track betting and pool selling
In the State of Pennsylvania.
It begins to look as It the day ol
the freak racing automobile had
passed and that tests of extreme
speed would be confined to regulai
stock cars built on racing lines.
Fifty-eight horses, Including mosl
of the crack sprinters of 1906, havf
been named for the )10,000 Cartel
Handicap, the first big handicap ol
the racing season to be run at Aque
duct on April 15.
It Is a particularly Interesting fact,
to the New York Tribune, that tfbe
inventor of the telephone bas found
the problem of aerial navigatloa
worthy of his devoted study. Profes
sor Bell believes, as did UHenthal and
Langley, that better results are to be
attained with the aeroplane than with
a gas beg, tout he has apparently gone
further than any one else In the de
velopment of the principle of th
former device. He demonstrated sev
eral years ago tha,t a structure com
posed, of a large number of small
cells was superior to one In which
there wa only a single out-stretched
area.
The fact Is that the Oriental races
are fundamentally religious, and that
the mainspring or tiielr Uvea Is their
rsllclon, observes the London Post,
whereas In modern Europe people
have succeeded in dividing their
Uvea into religious and secular depart
meats.
Practical. Camel Weaving
AND SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
IN EVERY WAY.
I have been in town eight years. I will quote you .
prices which are the lowest you have heard of if every.
thing else is up. I am still weaving for the same old
price 10 cents a square yard when you furnish the chaii
and when I furnish the chain, which is of thebest qualit,
5 ply, I charge 20c, 22c, 24c, 25V2C, 28c and 34c per
square yard, weaving included. If the piece is 20 yards
or more, will make it to order to fit your room at the
above prices per yard, and for out of town people pay
freight one way; over 40 yards, both ways. Call in and
see my work or send for samples of chain.
I have a lot of carpet for sale very cheap.
TEOFEEL DEMAY
P. O. Box 358. One door east of borough hall, West Reynoldsville, Pa.
1 N. HANAU
Annual Clearance
Sale.
I will close out all winter goods. You can save from
25 to 35 per cent by coming here to buy.
FASCINATORS 50c ones, Clearance Price 35 cents.
75c, clearance 59c. $1.25, clearance price 87c.
NOTIONS 50c Golf Gloves for 37c. 25c Golf Gloves
for 19c. 50c Handbags 26c. 25c Handbag? for 15c.
LADIES' COATS I sold coats in the beginning of the
season for less than any other store in town.
$10.00 Coats, Clearance Sale Price, $5.00.
112.00 Coats, Clearance Sale Price, 86.00.
115.00 Coats, Clearance Sale Price, $7.50.
CHILDREN'S COATS $2.00 Coats, now $1.39. $1.50
Coats now 90c. $3.00 Coats now $2.25. $3.50
White Bearskin Coats. $2.25.
Come and see for yourself.
N. HANAU. REYNOLDSVILLE, PA.