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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 16, 1906)
mmmmmu Turbine 'Windmill. In parts of the country subject to lilgh winds there Is risk of mills on high towers being overthrown, espe cially if the diameter of the wheel Is increased above ten or twelve feet. To overcome this difficulty It is expedient t) build a mill Inside of Its tower rather than upon It The turbine liowu In the illustration has a diam eter of twenty feet and is used to drive a feed grinder and other ma chinery. Its chief .office, however. Is to operate two pumps which Irrigate H TURBINE WINDMILL. sixteen aces of land. The expense of ereetlivy this mill was about one hun dred dollars. There is no particular difficulty about its construction and a considerable part of the work could be done with ordinary tools and a little mechanical knowledge. I.ae& of Mechanical Knowledge. The full benefits of farm muchlnery are not realized because the average farmer has not the mechanical training or the requisite skill to get the best re milts out of these complex Implements. We are the greatest makers and users of farm machinery in the wojld, and It Is owing to this fact more than any other single cause that we have been able to maintain our agricultural su premacy in the markets of the world. The cost of this machinery to the farm ers is greater to-day than ever before. The character of this machinery every year becomes more complicated, requir ing Increased knowledge of engineer ing principles on the part of users. The traction engine, the steam plow, the combined harvester and thresher operated by steam power, the automo bile, the growing use of electricity as a motive power on the farm, the machin ery nbw required In dairies, in the growing of sugar beets and manufac ture of beet sugar, are all Illustrations of the momentous changes in the char acter of farm machines which have taken place In the last fifty years. The Increase In skill and mechaulcal knowl edge required by farmers to operate these complex and costly machines com pared to what was needed to operate the primitive tools of half a ceutury ago cannot be given In percentages. EI wood Mead, In Field and Farm. Pulling Stamp. A writer In Home and Farm gives this description of nn implement for pulling stumps: Cut a good, strong pole about twenty feet long, of white ash; trim and peel it nicely, hitch a FOB Pl'LLINO THE STUMPS. strong rope to the top a chain will do but It is heavier to handle. Set the pole against the stump to be pulled letting the lower end rest between twe roots. Then put a strong chain around the top of the stump, passing it around the pole. A team hitched to the rope will pull out most any stump, riace the pole close to the stum) and cut the roots opiMislte the pole. Two men can best do the work one to tend the horse, the other to cut roots as the , stump is being turned out The Great American Hen. Some one has figured that the Ameri can hen each year earns -enough to buy all tiie silver and gold dug out of the mines, all the sheep In the coun try and their wool, and leave a balance equal to the entire year's crop of rye, barley, buckwheat and potatoes. Or, as a hen enthusiast writes In Farmlne "she pays the Interest on all the farm mortgages, pays the entire State and county taxes of the whole Uulon, and then leaves a balance large enough to tfve every man, woman and child In the United States a dollar." Harvesting Potatoes. More or less Judgment is reaulred in doing any kind of work, and the dig ging of potatoes is no exception to the rule. In the first place, so many should not be dug out at one time that they cannot be handled readily. A good way to dig during the fore Dart of each half day and then gather the tubers before quitting. As soon as dry thev should always be picked up, and if the weather Is reasonably dry the leneth of time necessary for drying depends al most entirely upon the nature of the soil. If sandy, an hour may be Ions enough, but if a moist clay it may take several hour. Potatoes, once due. should certainly not be left out on the ground over night If they are, the frost has every chance to cet at them. and only a little freezing Is required to spoil a good many bushels for mar ket It Is a poor practice, too, to pick up potatoes without any regard to grad ing. Two classes, anyway, should be made of them ; all those of good mar- aetoble size should be gathered first and the'underslzed ones left till later. It also pays to have crates or bushel measures In which to nick them un. Easy to distribute about the field, these, after being filled, can readily be placed on a wnjnn nrvt drnwn off. Further more, they prevent the tubers from be ing jammed and marred. Thirty or forty of them, or even a less number, may profitably be owned by every farm er who makes a business of raislnir do- tatoes and similar crops. Fred O. Sib ley, in Agricultural Epltomlst Good Hon Trough Feeder. The be' hog trough I ever saw 1& made as shown In cut A Is a fence be tween man and pigs, 3 feet hleh: B. back board, 18 inches ; C, bottom width to suit size of pigs; D, sticks to keep them from crowding; E, front to suit size of pigs also. You see, the pigs can't crowd each other or you as you feed them. They can't get their feet In the mush and must stand up and eat like horses in the stalls. A nice sight HOO FEEDER. to see thirty or forty side by side, eat ing quietly and cleanly. Farm Prog ress. Cutting Silo Corn. I It Is of primary Importance to know at what stage corn should be cut to se cure the best results. It is also neces sary, it Is pointed out In Farming, that a careful study be made as to how rap idly nutriment is stored up in the corn plant and when the maximum amount Is reached. When corn Is fully tasseled it contains but eight-tenths of a ton of dry matter an acre, or one-fifth of what it contains when fully rine. When In milk It contains nearly three times as mucn dry matter as when fully tas seled. Only seventeen cupied in passing from the milk to the glazing stage, yet In this time there was an Increase in the dry matter of 1.3 tons an acre. This shows the great advantage of letting the corn stand until the kernels are glnzed. After this period the increase In dry matter is but slight Shelter for Stock. The piles of stalks and straw which go to waste can be made to do good service in providing shelter if it Is not considered fit for feeding. With a few posts nnd poles the stalks and straw will furnish a warm place of refuge for animals that cannot be accommo dated In the bnrn or stable. With plen ty of straw on the ground under the covering so formed, no better place could be arranged for sheep, and with care in making the roof only a heavy storm will cause It to leak. The Apple Harrest. System In harvesting Is essential Care must be taken In picking thor oughly and without brulslug the fruit Apples should be partially sorted In the orchard. Apples should be left on the trees as long as possible, that the fruit may get color and weight Storing; Vegetable. To enjoy palatable and wholesome vegetables during the winter months proper care and attention are Just as essential in harvesting and storing as In cultivation. Roots and vegetables, as they are often promiscuously thrown in heaps about the cellar, soon lose their freshness and flavor. Most of our house cellars are too warm for the proper preservation of vegetables, and It Is therefore advisable to stor only a limited quantity for Immediate use In tbe house, while the mnln stock should be kept In a cool barn, crVlaj or outdoor nit AMERICANS AND CHEESE. Wa Not Only Eat More of It Wo Also Slake, All Foreign Brand. Americans used to be half apologetic, half defiant when they took cheese, says What to Eat They had so often been told thut it was indigestible that they would as soon have questioned the rule of three. The status of cheese is different now. Physicians are declaring aud the peo ple are believing that cheese, if eat en properly, is not only digestible, but also more nutritious, weight for weight, than almost any other food. A great amount of cheese manufac tured In this country Is exported to those places in Europe which have been and still-are famous for their cneeses. Our product is fully equal to the na-J the brands. It is said that Stilton cheese Is made in this country, sent to England, where a cloth Is put around it, aud reshipped to thi aud other countries as the gen uine English Stilton. The cloth used puts a peculiar print upon the cheese rind which U supposed to Identify It However this may be, this country Is su"cessful!y making cheeses which were once made only In certain European districts. Chief among these Is the Swiss cheese called Schweitzerkase by the Germans and gruyere by the French, an excellent brand of which Is made In O'jlo. Much of the native cheese Is made In the state of New York. It is called simply New York state cream cheese and runs from the new, nearly white laid , nearly tasteless cheeses to tut dark yellew or dark reds, which in fla vor and appearance resemble Stilton, Parmesan, Edam and similar European makes. To get any particular kind the pur chaser must except it be American Swiss Eoqucforl, Llmburger . or the like go to the sho and buy a sam pie. Most of the American cheeses, in deed, are nameless. In Europe the call for a cheese a certain name always .rings the same product The w'.lte cream cheeses, sucn n the Neuchatel from Normandy, arc made In this country to perfection. For the eight months ended Febru ary. 1905. the cheese exported from this country amounted to 7,202,383 pounds. For the corresponding period of Wt It was 5,089,090 pounds, This I falling off Is entirely a coincidence and does not Indicate a lessening of the '. product, . becnuse the Industry In tuis country is increasing. During the last four years it has nearly doubled and a eature of the s tuatlon Is that Amer- , leans are becoming great cheese eat ers, a fact which may, Indeed, account for part of the falling off of the ex port. MURDERS BY ROAD AGENTS. An Early Day Period In Montana'11 18 Por' 11 a 111119 "OUT Is thrown When Reign of Terror Prevailed, against a dry, smooth surface and It The discovery up to the fall of 18G3 falls like powder, you may know that of no less than 110 bodies of victims it Is not of the best quality. If flour of the road agents had finally aroused squeezed In the hand retains the shape the feelings of the law-abiding citizens given It, when the hand Is relaxed, it w a pi ten or rrenzy. rney reu ynai me mysterious disappearance of many oth er men whom they had known was to be traced to the bandits. Scores of miners who had set out with large sums of money for various places had never been heard of and had never reached their destination. Murders occurred daily, almost hourly. Had there been the most perfect system of legal procedure, time would not have permitted of the orderly trials of of- fenders, so freouent were the crimes. Alder Gulch continued to disgorge Its treasure In a steady stream, and 'the very excess of Its bounty excited the most selfish passions of men. The heart of a man possessed with the thirst for gold Is like the country where gold Is produced it Is wild and barren, and the flowers wither. It must not be supposed that during these long months of sickening dread and doubt attempts had not been made to organize Justice. Rude courts were established and the guilt or Innocence of offenders submitted to regularly chosen juries, but the swaggering out- laws would boldy force their way through the lines of spectators and Into the presence of the qualified twelve men, announcing their determination to avenge upon everyone connected with the case any verdict other than acquit- tal. Witnesses and Jurors, under these circumstances, were afraid of their lives, and justice had miscarried until the outlaws, seeing the blanch of fear everywhere, were supreme. In the early stages of this reign of terror some of the road agents had been tried, found guilty and condemned to death by unan- Imous vote,, but as In the case of the murderers of Dillingham, between con- vlctlon and punishment motions to re- consider hod been Intervened, and the vacillating mob, through fear of relent- Ing doubt, had revoked the action of the previous hour. McClure's Magazine. Needed StlrrlnK Up. "I see San Salvador and Guatemala are at war." "What are thev flehtinsr over?" "Nothing In particular. The weather began to get cooler and the troops needed exercising." Milwaukee Sentl- nel, An Ingenious Housewife. A young wife who finds catering for two without a waste of provisions per plexing makes a part of her own cook ing butter. A bottle of cream, unless It happens to be needed for a dessert, is never used up, so she turns what Is left Into a bowl, day by day, until she accumu lates enough to pay for churning. Then she beats It Into butter, drains oft the buttermilk, salts It and works out the moisture. Left-over peas go Into puree of pea soup the next day. Cold corn is used op In fritters or succotash. Cold mashed potatoes reappear In potato takes or potato pancakes, says the New York Evening Sun. The ways of meat fragments are many, the housewife's repertoire of "cut lets," souffles, croquettes, ragouts and the like being a long one. "The ragout," she whispered in a friend's ear, "Is nothing but mother's 'stew,' with less gravy, only, some way, not helf so good." ' Artificial milk Is one of the latest attempts of science to duplicate ' by synthetic processes the products of na ture. In Germany, where chemistry has reached its highest state of develop ment, they are offering a so-called ar tificial milk, which Is recommended for use In bakeries as a substitute for the natural product According to one of the reputable German chemical Journals, this latest product of the la boratory consists of a mixture of sy. rup and 'reame oil, emulsified with some prih-eld substance. This is of sulnV-snt strength to be diluted by the coufcamer with nine parts of water. U Is stated hat In some of the south ern states, remote from milk supplies, an artWclal substitute Is made from cottonsee(i oil In much the same man ner. Teatlng Flour. There are several methods of testis flour, one Of n-hlnh nr Ian of ohnnlil ho known to purchaser of noU8e. provl8lon8. floar wWte a yellowish straw-color' tfjsi It is good, while If it has a blulsb east, or black specks In It, it Is the opposite. Flour can also be tested by lta adhesiveness wet and knead a little of It between the fingers; if It works toft and sticky is a good sign, Spiced G rapes. Pulp the grapes, cut the pulp In a saucepan, and stew gently until soft eTgh to rubbed turough a 8tralQ- V reTve e Med8- WeI6nt "P1 and to flve Pund3 of 11 plnt of lne8ar. four pounds of brown s"gar' three tablespoonfuls of ground fovea and two of 8round cinnamon, futew 811 together until very thick, , thea Pour lnto Slasse9 d seaL Strawberry Float. Squeeze every bit of juice from a quart of strawberries. Beat three egg-whites stiff with sugar to taste, and whip Into this meringue the squeezed berries. Sweeten a pint of rich cream, and pour into It the Juice of the berries. Line a glass bowl with macaroons, pour the strawberry cream upon these, then heap the meringue on top of all. Serve soon. Gooseberry Fool. Put Into a Jar one quart of green Sseberrles, with two tablespoonfuls water md two cupfuls of sugar ; set the,JKr t, ,saucepun of bollluS w'er and bol the fruit will mash ; beat ? a pu'p and put throuS" a coarse fIe,v.e' , ne Pint of P"'P add one- ba f PIn ' eani and one cupful of J"1"5 addthe mllk- flrst gradually, beatlng welL Serve cold- Devil's Food Cake, Cream one-balf cup of butter with one and one-half cups of sugar, add tllree beaten eggs, one-half cup of grat- ed chocolate dissolved In one-half cup ' not water, a teaspoonful of vanilla, and one and a half cups of flour that bas been twice sifted with a heaping teaspoonful of baking powder. Bake In layer tins and put together with ooued icing, Rich Vanilla Ice Cream. Make a custard of a quart of milk, seven eggs and two cups of sugar, or more if you wish the Ice cream to be quite sweet Boll In the custard sev eral vanilla beans. When the custard Ju8t coats the "P000 remove from the flre and 8et aside to cool. When cold BtraIn out the vanilla beans, .4d a .uart f r,cn cream and freeze. We Trust Doctors If you are suffering from impure blood, thin blood, de bility, nervousness, exhaus tion, you should begin at once with Ayer's Sarsaparilla, the Sarsaparilla you have known all your life. Your doctor knows it,too. Askhimaboutit. Ton must look well after the condition of your liver and bowels. Unless there is dally action of tlie bowels, poisonous products are absorbed, causing hendaclie, biliousness, nau sea, dyspepsia, and thus preventing tbe Bar. snparilla from riotng- its best work. Ayer's I'ills are liver pills. Act gently, all vegetable. Tbe dose Is only one pill at bedtime. A Mads by J. O. ijir Co., Lowell, Haas. atao manuxaoiurera or 9 HAIR VIGOR. 1 IPTQ 0UE CURE- W 4 I O CHERRY PECTORAL. Rough on Reggw. Tommy What Is the "height of fol ly," pa? Pa Your sister's beau, my son. Ha It six feet two. Probably Went All Right. "J. Smith, Famished Geological Struc ture, 111." 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Bold by druggists, 75c. U all's Family Pills are the best. Next Sortiiner. A million or two of people who have spent this summer at the seashore are strongly disposed to spend next sum mer in the back country or the moun tains. If they persevere In this deter ni'natlon their, places will be filled by persons who have spent this summer in the mountains and the back coun try and don't want to go back. It has been a . very trying summer, muggy, foggy, 'skeetry, damp, moist hot and miscellaneously plaintive, but it has been about as bad in one place as in another. Harper's Weekly. St. Vitas' Dance ana all Nervous Diseases permanently cured by Dr. Kline1 a (irvas ierve Restorer. Send for FREE astrini hnl nri erv treatise. Dr. R. ILKIIm-. IxL til Arch St., Phlla.,Pa. ' Would Suit Him Better. The Judge Mr. Twigglea, do yon wish to poll the jury? The lawyer (who had lost his case) No, your honor; but it would afford me infinite satisfaction if I could club the Jury. Mothers will find Mr-. Wlnilow's Soothing Syrup the best remedy to use for their ob.il.dren during the teething period. i One of Ilia Gloomy Bloods. "Honesty is the best policy, to be sure," moralized the professor, "but in the case of too many men it is a policy that ha a surrender value." To Break In New Shoes. Always shake In Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder. It cures hot, sweating, aching, swollen feet. Cures corns, ingrowing nails and bunions. At all druggists and shoe stores, 25c. Don't accept any substitute. Sample mailed FREE. Address Allen 8. Olmsted, U Roy, N. Y. Uncle Allen. "Many a man," said Uncle Allen Sparks, "dates all his other reverses from the evening whea his best girl turned him " down." A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE. How a Veteran Was Saved the Am putation of a Limb. B. Frank Doremus, veteran, of Rooee ve't Ave., Indianapolis, Ind., says: "I had been showing symptoms of kid ney trouble from the time I was mustered out of the army, but in all my life I never suffered as in 1807. Headaches, dizziness and sleeplessness first, and then dropsy. I was weak and help less, having run down from 180 to 125 pounds. I was hav ing terrible pain in the kidneyB and the secretions passed almoBt involuntarily. My left leg swelled until it was 34 inches around, and the doctor tapped it niifht and morning until I could no longer stand it, and then he advised amputation. I refused, and began using Doan'a Kidney Pills. The swell ing subsided gradually, the nrine be came natural and all my pains v and aches disappeared. I have been well now for nine years since using Doan'a Kidney Pills." For sale by all dealers. 60 cents a box. Foster-Milbnrn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.