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No less than twenty-four of our States and two of our Territories are Dow iron-ore producers, ' London is to be electrified under ground with true Yankee electricity as a motive power. Gog and Magog will be all agog. It will surprise people to learn that Scotland has the largest number of criminals in tho United Kingdom. Last year 13SC persons were convicted in the court for every 100,000 of the population. In England the ratio was only 581 and in Ireland 839. "Wo are now," said Secretary of Agriculture Wilson the other day, "succeeding admirably in the produc tion of tea in the United States. It is only a question of a short time when we will be able to raise all the tea de manded for use in this country." Young Cornelius Vanderbilt has pat ented a number of inventions that may revolutionise railway rolling stock construction and, incidentally, bring him in a larger fortune than his father left him. It would seem that this youth who had heart enough to risk being disinherited in order to marry the girl of his choice has a well developed brain in the bargain. The farmers of Kansas figure that What they lose through the drouth will be offset by tho higher price they will get for their grain, so that the real 6tifferers from the drouth will be the consumers, many of whom live in Eu rope. This Is the reason, according ; > one farmer, why so many farmers took no interest in the prayers for rain. They felt that they had nothing to pray for. Great were the hopes of the benefits to be obtained from liquid air. Not a groat while ago tho newspapers pub lished long articles showing the in estimable advantages which would certainly be scattered abroad in a short time, when large quantities of the atmosphere were compressed and congealed. Unexpected obstacles and delays appear to have been encount ered since the first glowing announce ments were made public. The Canadians never took kindly to Kipling's designation of their country as "Our Lady of the Snows." There .was a chilliness about It that they re sented. And now the Montreal Star states that the people of that pleasant city are going to quit spending money tor grand winter carnivals, ice pal aces, snowshoe processions and such, and set up business Instead as a sum mer city of unsurpassable attraction, surrounded by water and sylvan love liness and full of grateful coolness and restfulncss. The London Spectator, in discussing the standard of wealth in recent years, remarks that fifty years ago an in iome of $50,000 was accounted suffi cient to maintain a good place in so ciety, but now one must begin with a:; income of SIOO,OOO yearly if the same relative position is to be maintained. The Spectator does not think that the truth of this is based upon luxurlous ness or wastefulness peculiar to the present, hut the increase In the num ber of rich men has caused an increase In the price of everything rich men seek. Hence the necessity of an In come double that of fitfy years ago to maintain equal social vantage ground. The pnzhuta saka, or Indian con- Juror's rattle, formerly used among the Sioux Indians, was always prepar ed with great care by the conjurer himself. It was made of rawhide aud covered with feathers. The wages of Haiinn cotton spinners •were only 11 pence for a 10 hour day In 1802. They have since doubled. In England cotton spinners average 20 shillings a week. THE PEER.TRAPPER. | At fright of him the birds berate; I The blackbird points him to her mate, The blue-jay screams a scathing word* Even the thrush is anger-stirred— Stealthy hi 3 step by wood-path dim* Yet they know und jeer at him. His coming makes the fields less gay; The men who work there look away, No welcome, only a half-hid sneer, For Paul who loafs—and traps the deer! When night-mist softens clearings rough, And men who work have worked enough, Around the shanty doors you hear Laughing girls make music clear; Jest answers jest, heart's near to heart— ! But Paul Finelfe still keeps apart! Sleeping he dreams and seems to hide Close by a spruce-tree's shadowy side; A slender doe through the mosses stepped, Under her foot a deer-trap leapt And fastened on her, biting deep. Biting deeper at each wild leap! She is no stolid, brutish bear To crouch and wait the trapper there; Frantic she plunges, crazed with fright, Bruised and broken, a piteous sight! Paul sees and shudders and would away, But something holds him—he too must stay! Such day-time joy, such night-time cheer, For Paul Fincfie who traps the deer! • —Francis Sterne Palmer, in Harper's Weekly. OOOOO3COOOOOGGCQCCCBOOOOQO 0 ° 3 A Perfect Jjittle farageq § D O Uy Elton Harris. 'A u a OOwOOOOGGOGOvOOOOOOOCODGCO 4£ I LIKE you well enough, Jim, I and always have," said Mrs. , I Hale, as she pluued out her curtains In the little garden behind the creeper-covered lodge at the park gates, "and I mean no disre spect when I say that you are but sec ond keeper, lor Elite's father was ouly second coachman when ho coine by his accident and died, and my lord puts me iu here. But she is terribly clever. Is my girl; 'tis just wonderful what she lcuow of hook learning, and that; and she ought to wed some one simi lar, to understand her, like. Why, even my lady notices her learning. 'A perfect little paragon she Is, Mrs. Hale,' says she; which you know what that ipeans, 1 suppose!" Now this was a clever move on the good woman's part, for personally she had not the least Idea, beyond that It was something flattering to her one ewe lamb, nor. It is to be feared, bad Jim Quest, the handsome young game keeper, much greater knowledge. But he did not display his ignorance; he only leaned his liroad shoulder against an apple tree and stood thoughtfully rubbing the muzzle of his guu with one brown hand, a picturesque ligure enough, iu his rough shootlug coat aud leather gaiters. "What is that Morris, the school master, doing, always coming for a walk In the park?" was tho result of his reflections. "Mr. Morris Is a most superior per son, Jim, any one can see that by the way he looks at you through Ills glasses;" aud Mrs. Hale's rosy, tell tale face showed some elation. "Aud my lord has no objection to respect able people, known as such, walking here." "He had better ro lr id that I don't break hks superior neck for him, that's all," was Jim's unchristian rejoinder, as, after a last fruitless glance at all the neat little curtained windows, he shouldered his gun to depart. All through the past summer the riv alry betweeu the sober schoolmaster and the young keeper had been grow ing. Both wanted Elizabeth, Mrs. Hale's lovely daughter, and only one. In the ordinary course of things, could win her. As Jim whistled to his dogs and set off across the park he turned over the word "Paragon" in his mind. It was an outlandish word, ho con cluded, and evidently meant that he was not good enough for Ellie, while old "Reading, Writing and Arithme tic," as he called his rival, was a per son of consequence in the village, and It would he regarded as a great rise in life for Elizabeth to become his wife, eveu though she was so vastly clever aud a paragon, whatever that meant, to hoot. He littleSrnow that Ellle, sitting sew ing behind those curtains, had been listening with u mischievous smile, or that when he had gone her pretty head was cautiously advanced to wateh him; while, when William Mor ris came for his evening stroll later on, and stopped to discuss the weather with her mother, she did not take the trouble to look out, and gave a little sigh. There were great shooting parties np at "the house" that year, aud Jim was so busy that he had neither time to brood over his troubles nor look In at the lodge except once, and then he found Mr. Morris there, drinking ten. "One of the—er—under keepers to spenk to you, I think, Mrs. Hale," quoth he, blinking viciously at Jim through his glasses; aud from that day war was declared. It was really hard upon Jim, hut If he were sometimes a trifle morose, the poor dear fellow behaved very well on the whole; and when he was out with the guns one day, and William Morris. In one of his strolls, go? right Into the firing line, aud received a dose of small shot In Ills scholarly shoulder. It was Jim who dashed to his rescue. "Great Scott! If It ain't poor 'Bead ing, Writing and Arithmetic!'" ht cried, raising the hurt and frightened schoolmaster. "Well, learning don't keep you out of mischief, that's clear!" And It was Jim who helped to carry him to a cottage near, found a doctor and heard that the Injuries were not serious, aud then he bethought him of the Inmates of the lodge at the great gates—lf indeed one was ever absent from his thoughts—and set off across the park toward It. If Ellle cared for Morris—and he drew a deep breath at the thought—he would save her a fright; she should know the truth at once. But he had still some way fur ther to go when Ellle herself, her curly head hatless, her face white, came fly -1 lng toward him, then stopped with wide, Incredulous eyes. "Oh, Jim!" she gasped, "Is It really . on? They said you were shot. Oh, dear!" and she broke Into tears. Nor did' she pay any attention to his tale about William Morris, for when it was flushed she merely repeated, "And you are sure you are not hurt')" "What could It matter to a paragon if I was?" said he gruflly, but with beating heart. "I don't want to be a paragon, and It is not my fault," she sobbed, feeling for her handkerchief. "All I want is to—he—happy, and I am not" "No more am I, sweetheart, but I am only second keeper," he said hon estly. "Morris is a rare learned chap, though—but no matter. And If 'tis best for you, I menu to bear It," and he set his teeth hard. Ellie had found her hnndkerclilef by this time, and was fiercely dabbing her eyes, but she paused to cast a fright ened glance up Into his bronzed face, while, as those blue eyes met his, the scales seemed to fall from them, and both forgot all about William Morris, schoolmaster. • • • • • • "So you are going to be married," said my lady, meeting the handsome pair in the park one day. "And you, Jim, are to have a perfect paragon of a wife, I hear." And as Jim touched his cap and said, "Yes, my lady," and Ellle blushed and smiled, it is to be presumed that they bad both overcome their objec tion to the word.—American Queen. BIG LIZARD WAKES UP. Cumos Out of a Two Months' Sloop and Mako Things Lively. The reptile house at the Zoo, usu ally the quietest and sleepiest place iu tlie gardens, where the huge uua condas and lazy-limbed batraehians slumber awny their days in an atmos phere of uurullied lethargy, was re cently thrown into a state of violent excitement. The cause of the trouble was on at tack upon his keeper by the Egyptian monitor, the largest lizard iu the world. The reptile is five l'eet long and colored a dingy brown. Ills coat is rough and scaly and his claws und teeth give him a fierce appearance. He arrived at the Zoo one very cold duy last March in a half-frozen condition and until a few days ago remained in a semi-comatose state. The keepers had begun to despair of arousing him from ills prolonged lethargy until tin expedient occurred to them of procuring a mate for the sleeping monster. A female was ac cordingly brought from Africa Inst week and placed in the cage with him. Next morning the keeper was aston ished to find the rocky floor of the den all torn up and the dirt beneath heaped iu groat piles against the sides of the cage. The two lizards wore sleeping innocently side by side in the corner and tlie keeper did not disturb them. The same activity went on every night for a week, and it soon became plain that the monitor was building a house for hluiseif and his new wife. Til house Las just been completed, and when the keeper visited the cage the other morning the female monitor was tucked awuy snugly out of sight inside 1L Her husband was curled up over the cntrauce to the cave, guard ing 1L Keeper Iless thought nothing of the matter until 110 entered tlie cage to feed the monitor, and then began a fight, which ended in the keeper being driven through the doorway and nar rowly escaping with a whole skin. The food which Hess took Into the cage was thrown iu nil directions and tlie reptile remained in a violent state all day.—Philadelphia Press. Qunlnt Wedding Cremonlo, The marriage In Constantinople of an Englishman and a Greek woman entails three wedding ceremonies. To be legal It must he performed at the consulate. The couple are legally married there the first day, and on the next a church ceremony Is performed in the English church, while the Greek religious ceremony which follows Is commonly held at the bride's home. Tlie last is the only legal form of mar riage 11s far as the bride is concerned. Iu the Greek ceremony no ring Is used, but the best man places a wreath bound with white satin ribbons on the heads of bride and bridegroom. Then, while the priest is pronouncing the words of the service the couple walk around him in a circle three times, holding candles, the best man at in tervals changing the wreaths from one to tlie other. When all is over, tlie friends throw small coins or little tokens of gold and silver over the wedded pair, and a general scramble ensues among those present to secure the tokens. An Fpleode of the Blograph. A pathetic incident in connection with a biograph sketch occurred in Detroit, Mich., recently. A view made at the occupation of Pckin was being flashed across the screen. It presented a detachment of the Fourteenth Uni ted States Infantry entering the gales of the Chinese capital. As the last file of soldiers seemed literally stepping out of tlie frame on to tlie stage there arose a screum from a woman who sat in front "My God!" she cried hysterically, "there is my dead brother Allen march ing with the soldiers." The figure had been recognized by others in the audience as that of Al len McCaskill, vho had mysteriously disappeared some years before. Sub sequently Mrs. Booth, the sister, wrote to the War Department and learned that it really was her brofher whose presentment she so strangely had been confronted with.— Mi ga zlne. gig |g|g^^ To Intensify Color. Shrubs growing in a poor soil seldom produce bright, high-colored flowers. Iron filings and scales collected about a blacksmith's anvil have a tendency to intensify the color o'. many plants, if dug into the soil about their roots. Enrly Spraying. Every one who has fruit trees to spray should remember that the easi est and most effective application of fungicides which can bo made during the year is that made before the leaves appear. A 311110 solution of copper sulphate (blue vitriol) is usually rec ommended for this spraying, though we are Inclined to think that the liber al addition of this solution is very much worth while. To make the cop per-sulphate solution, dissolve six to eight pounds of the vitriol in fifty gal lons of water, thus making it consid erably stronger than ordinary Bor deaux mixture. The trees will stand the strong mixture when they have no foliage. This early spraying given to apple and pear trees does good work In preventing scab and some lesser maladies. On peach trees and Japan ese plums It prevents leaf curl, and on all kinds of plums and peaches it helps to prevent the ripe-fruit rot. It ougnt not to bu omitted.—The Country Gen tleman. Crowing Forest Trees. Those who desire to grow forest trees of any kind for shade or orna mental trees should remember that there Is no better time to gather the seed than when It ripens upon the tree, and no better time for sowing it than tiiat when it would be self sown by falling from the tree. That is, if the tree is a native of the place where it Is to he grown. If from a warmer climate it may be necessary to start the seed under glass, and protect it in some way during a few of the first winters while it is small. At the Arn old Arboretum by tills method they have acclimated and grown in this way some trees and shrubs that are not native here, and seldom found north of Mason and Dixon's line. The seeds from these plants are more hardy than those from Southern plants and thus they can be made to eudure our colder northern climate, and the northern limit of their growth is grad ually being extended.—American Cul tivator. Plants Need a Honking. If it becomes necessary 10 water the plants in the vegetable or flower garden, or seems desirable to do so, remember that what they will receive the best results from Is not just a sprinkle, that will lay the dust and moisten the surface of the soil so that It may bake up hard anil dry, and be worse than before, because It cannot absorb moisture from the atmosphere during the night, hut they need a soak ing of the ground that will wet down to the lower roots, and even tempt them to strike down deep after more moisture and more fertility. We never found better results from water than when we put a tile drain down about two feet in a raised mound in the flower bed and turned our water into that While before it had been the first place to dry up in summer, after that was doue the plants always grow luxuriantly. It was an example of sub-irrigation. While we were doing tills we could see other gardens where the sprinkler ran for hours every day, seldom wetting an inch below the sur face, and the plants dying or failing to produce, because the soil never got well saturated with moisture. When a rainy day came the surface was usu ally so baked up that it soaked up no more water than would penetrate the shell of a turtle. When the garden is to be irrigated give water enough to cover the surface nbout an inch deep, allow it to soak in, and when the sur face is dry stir It enough to give a dust mulcli all over It. Drainage Made Kany. One of the greatest drawbacks to successful farming operations on thousands of farms in Western New York is the absence of a thorough sys tem of tile drainage, consequently the early preparation of ground, and the planting of crops, is not only greatly retarded, hut the season for growth being also comparatively less, makes A FLrV fi' .. A PLUMB-LINE DRAINAGE LEVEL. them more susceptible to early autumn frosts before maturity. Drain lowest depressions first, and continue the work as circumstances permit and never attempt to do a perfect Job with out the constant use of the level when ever nuy doubt exists us to the re quired grade of the ditch. The accom panying Illustration shows a very sim ple, accurate and practical level, work ing on the principle of a plumb-line. It is sixteen and a quarter feet long, 60 that by raising either end one inch and marking the variation in the plumb one cun easily teil when <he grade is one inch to the rod. Th's level can be slid along in the bottom of the ditch, thus keeping a uniform grade of any desired fall.—lrving D. Cook. Genesee County, New Y'ork, in the American Agriculturist The cocoon production in Greece has increased so much within a few jjears that silk is now exported to Fiance. "WHITTLING SI," 6i Bartholomew—he can v Whittle anything, you bet! He's about the snfartes' man That I guess I ever met. Onct he whittled me a boat, An' sailed it in the drain, 'An' there wasn't room to float, So I'm waitin' for a rain. Si's knife's never dull a bit; My, you ought to see him hone! , For he*mixes in some spit- Yes, sir! —on the whettin' stone! An' the other day he said, Whep I asked his knife to use: "Sakes alive! You'll cut your head Clean off, right above your shoes V* An's he's made a bully bow, An' some arrers, an a gun, An' a windmill that'll go if you hold it out an' run; An' a dagger an' a sword. An' a teeny drinkin'-cup— Ho jes takes a common board An' he whittles it smack up! He sits 'roun' all day, Si does, Whittlin' shavin's in his lap. f Pa. ho says there never was Such a lazy, shif'less chap, An' he doesn't earn his keep—* But I Jhink he does, you see, 'Cause ho has to work a heap Makin' handy things for me. •-Edwin L. Sabin, in New Lippincott. t" j* " —£ fTOSm-ts- , "I saw a girl with four sots of teeth In her head yesterday." "No!" "Yes. She wore side combs." Philadelphia Bulletin. Mathilde—"Mr. Ilungerford is a mar who thoroughly believes in himself/ Elaine—"How very gullible he 111 us: be."—Town and Country. A very even temper My wife possesses. I'm Quite certain naught can change her- Shc's cranky all the tinio. —Philadelphia Record. He—"One cannot always tell wliethe! a girl 11kans what she says." She— "And one cannot always tell whethei a man cares whether she means wha 4 , she says."—Puck. "What a debt we owe to medica science," he said as lie put down tin paper. "Good heavens!" she ex claimed, "haven't you paid that doc tor's bill yetV"—Chicago Post. If every man fulfilled his plan "i'would work extreme distress, For he would doom posterity To utter idleness. —Washington Star. Housekeeper—"You needn't ask ml for any cold victuals, for I liaven'i any." Weary Willie—"All right, ma'am—n couple o' soft boiled eggs, a broiled steak and a cup o' coffee'll do."—Philadelphia Itecord. Poetic Bridegroom—"l could sit hero forever, gazing into your eyes and listening to the wash of the ocean." Practical Bride—"Oil, that reminds me, darling; we have not paid our laundry bill yet."—Brooklyn Life. Wife—"l somehow just feel in my bones that we will go to Europe this summer." Husband—"ln wbieb bono do you feel It most'.'" Wife—"Well, I don't exactly know, but I guess it's my wish boue."—Boston Traveller. He—"Do you believe in love in a cottage?" She—"No, indeed, I don't." lie—"How about love in a palace?' She—"Ob, George, this is too sudden!" He—"Well, it won't be if we've got to wait till I earn the palace."—The Smart Set. Mrs. Newhrlde—"How much art your spring chickens?" Poulterer— "Dollar a pair, ma'am." Mrs. New bride—"Well—er—l've got to be very economical, so just give me the very smallest pair you have."—Philadel phia Press. "What is that breed of rabbit thai multiplies so rapidly?" inquired ths forgetful man. "The Welsh-rabbit, 1 guess," remarked the dyspeptic. "Oni of thein taken just before bedtime will generate a whole menagerie."—Pliila delpliia Press. Mrs. Nebb—"l am going to an ob servation party this afternoon, dear." Husband—"An observation partyl What sort of a party Is that?" Mrs. Nebb—"Mrs. Quizzer's next dool neighbor is moving, and Mrs. Quizzer has invited a few friends to watch through the windows anil see what they have."—Boston Traveller. Freßt, Hope For I'oleseekers. It lias been suggested that wireless telegraphy may play au importaut pari In future arctic explorations. The conditions surrounding arctic travel are such that the principal difficulty Is found in maintaining communica tion with a base of supplies. It IS be lieved that wireless telegraphy has now reached a point where, at least, it promises such development that fu ture exploring parties will he able to carry along apparatus and keep con stsntly in touch with their base camps. If this proves to be the ease much of the terror of the arctic will be re mot ed and exploration .ill be made both easier and safer, with the possi bility that tills added instrumentality will enable the discovery of the pole at no far distant date.—Electrical lie view. Viper* in Engliiml. The ease of death from the bite of a viper reported from Cumberland is the first for several years. The bite of a viper is always intensely painful, but Is much more rarely fatal than most people Imagine. This, we be lieve, Is only the seventh ease on rec ord in England for the past forty years, and here, as In most other eases, toe victim was a child. It should be carefully noted that vipers rarely bite except h.v way of retaliation. They can he safely observed at close quar ters It they arc not touched; though in the cases of most bites the creature Is Irritated by accident. Wesirainstei Gazette. ooooooooooooowooooocoooooo IFARM TOPICSf USOOOOOOGOOOGOOOCOOOCGOGOe Producing Lean Meat on Ilogs. The production of lean meat on hogs Is not necessarily a loss of weight To secure lean meat the animals are fed on a variety, which consists largely of nitrogenous food, which promotes increase In growth and weight, the tarlety enabling tbe hogs to consume more food, which increases the pro duction of meat. SlircdilcU Corn Fodder. The Western farmers who have be gun to use shredded corn fodder are now declaring that a ton of it is worth more than a ton of hay for milch cows. We came to the same conclusion years t ago in regard to corn fodder well * grown, cut when fit, and fed dry or moistened with warm water, was bet ter for the milk and butter products, producing a better article at less cost. We never tried the shredded fodder, but can imagine there would be loss waste to it. "W The Clover Hay Worm. It Is reported that the clover hay worm, which has never been very troublesome in the Eastern States so far as we have learned, Is proving a decided pest in some of the Western States, where alfalfa is a principal crop. Those who buy Western clover or alfalfa should take care that they do not take this work home with them, or If a few are found should shake theo out of the hay, sweep them tip and burn them. It is not the amount of the hay that they cat which causes the loss, but the fact that they foul the hay with their excrements until cattle reject it unless starving, and even when eaten It Is unwholesome for them or for their milk. Looking mouldy and as if full of spider webs t or long threads, every lock in which it Is seen should also be burned. Running; Farm Mnchlnery. No man can be considered an ex pert in running farm machinery un less he attends to eertain points In managing tbe machines. First, keep every joint and bearing well oiled. Next see that all parts which are liable to collect dust are brushed clean at least every time the team is unhitched, and see then that every nut and bolt Is in place and holding the parts snugly. Not only that, but if n rattle Is beard when at work, inves tigate at once and stop It, even if it is necessary to unhitch the team to make it safe to work on it. Keep all cutting parts clean and sharp, and see that the draft is just right to he as easy as is possible for both team and machine. Tbe man who does all this will accomplish good work and not Injure team or machine. Pulling Up Olil Fonts. 01(1 fence posts have to be taken up w occasionally, and the easiest way to do It is shown In the cut. Use a lever sufficiently long so that lots of power can be exerted. If tbe post is smooth v. v'.t- "" " or slippery, so that the chain slips, drive a staple over the side of one of the links on the under side, driving It in Just far enough to hold the chain to the wood. The same device Is often of service In taking up small trees in the fall or K spring. Dig around the tree, getting loose all the long roots possible. Then work a chain under and around the ball of earth that holds the fibrous roots balow the trunk, and, setting a long, stout lever, gently lift the tree and earth out of the ground.—New York Tribune. A New Idea In the Pip Bnnlnew. You have all heard of people hatch ing chicks by means of incubators and selling them to people who wanted to raise poultry and of those who have calves and sell them to feeders who in turn prepare them for the block. YVell here is a new idea along this line which I have never before heard of. It is the business of raising pigs to sell to farmers who want to grow pork. About a year ago the editor of the Seneca, Missouri Dispatch having a A couple of blocks of ground eutircijW remote from the residence portion of ' the town, began as a side line tlie in dustry of raising pigs anil selling them to feeders. The record of one animal out of several will suffice to show pos sible results. It must be taken into consideration that this experiment has been carried out on a limited area of ground, and that all feed required for the brood stock was purchased at mar ket rates and pasturage of only a lim ited amount was available. Within one year one brood sow has brought nnd raised to a marketable age two litters, respectively nine and eight head of young porkers, which when sold at an average of about three months brought $47. The total cost of keeping the dam. also the young porkers, until disposed of, on a very liberal estimate, has not exceeded $22, showing (not Including labor of caring for them) a net profit of $25 upon the operation. A herd of twenty or twenty-five good brood sows, properly cared for. should 1 yield a very respectable income for V' the time of one man devoted to the business. Yet many farmers give lit tle or no attention to this industry.
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