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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 8, 1907)
SsW saxM .'W . vv a V . SRRJ-i. The average results of the A Low Ponllrr Ran. A safe and secure poultry run that requires less material than a high pea can be made from laths sawed la two, which would mako the sides 2 feet high, making the frame of scantlings aud the top of sawed laths, box boards or similar material. The top of the run should consist almost entirely of trap doors, using bits of old harness for hinges, which will look well If cut neat ly. The Illustration shows one of the doors propped up to show the construc tion more plainly. The doors are 4 feet long, the length of a lath, and may be 8 or 10 feet the otlier way and still not be clumsy, being constructed of such light material. This trap door Is an Important fea ture, as It permits the tender to enter easily for removing top soil and replac ing with fresh earth, or other caring for the birds. The frame material Is of 2x2-Inch scantling at the corners, A USEFUL POULTRY COOP. rd. different methods of orchard culture at the Ohio Station, covering a period now of six years, are quite markedly in favor of planting the tres In sod and mulching the trees. The trees on the plat thus treated have made a heavier and mora vigorous growth than under any other system of culture, and have produced double as much fruit Under the culti vation and cover crop method of cul ture the frees made very nearly ai good a growth, and the fertility of the soil wag kept up. The fact, however, that the general results, as regards both tree growth and yield of fruit, are Inferior to the grass mulch method Is the surprising tlUitfr. me poorest results of all were ob tained when clean cultivation through out the season was practiced, since no humus or fertility was added to the soil by this method, and the ground washed and gullied so badly that heavy fills were necessary, and the practice had to be abandoned at the end of the fourth year. The trees set In sod and having a cir cular area cultivated about them gave very good results for the first two or thrw wn, a?tor vhir-h vmioh. bH-r results were secured" by either the cover-crop method or the grass mulch method. This method of culture was the most expensive and laborious plan adopted. Its chief usefulness Is on small, very rough or stony areas, where mulching material Is not available, or on home grounds where neat and sight ly grounds are desired. while the side strips are made of Inch boards sawed 2 Inches wide. The earth under this run should be slightly mounded for the sake of dryness. Farm and Home. Plowing; ud Dronsrhte. Subaolling aud drainage are systems I that should be practiced in connection with each other. Subsolllng without drainage Is more damaging than bene ficial, as it allows the water to accumu late and there remain. If the system of drainage is made complete there is nothing better than deep cultivation, as sisted by the subsoil plow. The great fear of those who are opposed to sub soiling Is that they are compelled to turn up soil from below, which is not desirable, as it requires time tot the cold undersoil to become proper plant food; but the subsoil plow does not, as many suppose, turn up the soil. It simply pulverizes it The plan usually pursued Is to plow the soil In the ordl nary manner, following In the same fur rows behind the first plow, with a sub soller, to which should be harnessed three horses, la order that the work may be thoroughly done. As the first plow moves on, leaving the upper soil broken, the subsoil plow, coming after It, should go In to a depth of at least 7 Inches below the plowed furrow (a foot, if possible), thus rendering the actual depth quite deep, though not mixing the upper and lower strata The advantage Is that moisture Is re tained when rains are not frequent, ow Ing to the greater capacity and depth of absorption at the time of rain, and also greater moisture from capillary attraction by virtue of the porosity of the subsoil. Enillaga. By the use of ensilage the ration can be greatly chcapeucd, but ensilage is not a balanced food, and must not therefore, be used exclusively. A ra tlon of 45 pounds of ensilage, 8 pounds of clover hay, 1 pound of bran and 1 of Unseed monl will cost about 10 cents a day and be as nearly balanced as can bo desired. This ration will be better digested than one cohiposc-d mostly of dry food, and the ensilage can be grown from a silage corn nt a cost be low that of any other food that can be produced on the farm. Field Mice. Field mice do not attack old trees, If they can get the bark of young trees, but they sometimes do much damage to orchards. Wrap the trees with tar pa per, extending the paper several Inches Into "the ground. This method not only prevents the depredations of mice, but also serves to protect against the bor ers. The paper need not extend over one foot above the ground. Yoar Dog. The more you talk to a dog the bet ter he likes you, and he times his tem per to your every mood. Are you mer rjf He frisks and frolics and Jumps up at you with wild abandon. Are you sorrowful? lie will lay his head soft ly on your knee, looking up Into your face with adoring, kindly eyes that far more prettily than any words, begs to cheer up, and tell you that he, at all events, thinks you worthy of the utmost good fortune. The right kind of a dog never lets you forget how much be loves you. From Paul and Flame tta. 6EBH0ST IN ESPERANTO. faaenal Scene at Consrreae Held In Cambridge, England. The esperanto congress held In Cam bridge, England, recently, which brought together 1,300 representatives of more than twenty nations, was the occasion of a sight which the world had never witnessed before. This was the preaching of a sermon and the con ducting of the entire Church of Eng land service in esperanto, the universal language. These devotional exercises were held at Great St Mary's, the uni versity church. The preacher was Rev. J. Cyprian Rust who had translated into esper anto all the hymns that were used. The scene was truly Impressive. Here was an Englishman talking in a lan- Foola and Treea. Any fool can destroy trees. . The can not run away? and if they could they would still be destroyed chased and hunted down as long as fun or a dollar could be got out of their bark hides, branching horns or magnificent (bowl backbones. Few that fell trees plant them ; nor would planting avail imuoh toward getting back anything like the noble primeval forest Erur- ing a man's life only saplings can be grown in place of the old trees, ten cen turies old, that have been destroyed. It took more than 3,000 years to make some of the trees In these Western woods, trees that are still standing In perfect strength and beauty; waving and sighing in the forests of the Sierra. Through all the wonderful, eventful centuries since Christ's time and long before that God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought dis ease, avalanches and a thousand strain ing, leveling tempests and floods, but he can not save them from fools only Uncle Sam can do that John Mulr In the Atlantic. guage which men of more than a score of different nationalities could under stand with perfect ease, though many of them understood no other language save the tongue to which they were" born. When the congregation Joined the Cambridge choir In singing the hymn : "Now thank we all our God, With hearts and hands and voices" the effect was Inspiring. The esperan to version of the hymn commences thus : "Nun estu Dl' laudata, Per manoj, voeojl, koroj." Pope Plus X sent his special blessing to the Catholics In the congress, and at the Catholic church the Abbe Rich ardson of Brussels, Belgium, addressed his congregation in esperanto after the usual Latin mass. At the same time Rev. W. Selbie preached a sermon in esperanto at vthe Congregational church. "MI estas cannita vlu renkontl" Is one of the phrases most frequently used by esperantlsts. It means "De lighted to meet you." P&SS mm. LOUISE PEAR. A Good Market Pear. The old market favorite pear, Louls Bonne de Jersey, is still one of the best known and most popular of the French type of pear and is highly recommend' ed for the New En gland and Middle States by the offi cial list of the de partment of agrl culture. The name Is being more and more shortened to Louise, which Is enough to distin guish It from other varieties. This pear has been in cultivation for more than hundred years, but the original tree Is still alive at its place of origin In Southern France, says American Culti vator. Although a French pear, It seems to be as hardy as any and suc ceeds as far north as Ontario and In parts of Northern New England where any pear will thrive. It Is a good pear to grow on quince roots, producing large specimens and annual crops. It also does well on pear roots. It Is a rather large pear, choice specimens averaging about three and one-half inches long. The skin Is yel lowish green, with reddish brown checks and dots. The flesh Is white, fine grained and buttery and the flavor pleasant and spicy. It ripens about with the Sheldon in early October. Its Bhlpping qualities are excellent and it ranks among the first of the genera purpose pears. Water tor Cowl. If a cow gives sixteen quarts of milk per day, she must consequently, con sume an equal quantity of water. If the water Is Icy cold she will not drink, because she therehy becomes chilled. She will fall off In her yield of milk, because she can not produce unless she drinks a quantity sufficient lor the milk and the demand of her body. She voids, usually, a largor quantity of water. The water for the cows as the weather becomes colder, therefore, should be warm. If the flow of milk 1 to continue. BEV. J. CYPBIAW BUST. SHI DISEASE HUMORS IN" THE, BLOOD Vhen the blood i3 pure, fresh and healthy, the skin will be soft, smooth and free from blemishes, but when some acid humor takes root in the circu lation its presence 13 manifested by . a skin eruption or disease. These humors get into the blood, generally because of aa inactive or sluggish condition of the members of the body whose duty it i3 to collect and carry off the waste and refuse matter of the system. Thi3 unhealthy matter is left to pour and ferment and soon the circulation becomes charged with the acid poison. The blood begins to throw off the humors and acids through the pores and gland3 of the skin, producing Eczema, Acne, Tetter, Psoriasis, Salt Rheum and skin eruptions of various kinds. Eczema appears, usually with, a slight redness of the skin followed by pustules from which there nows a sticky lima that dries and forms a crust, and the itching is intense. It is generally on the back, breast, face, arms and lees, thoueh other carta of the body may be affected. In Tetter the skin dries, cracks and bleeds ; the acid in thjblood dries up the natural oils of the skin, which are intended to keep it Sort and pliant, causin? a dnr. feverish condition and eivine- it a hard, leathery appearance. Acne makes its appearance on the face in the t , -n . . . lorm of pimples and black heads, while I suffered with Eczema for forty t, . , . , ' ,. ysara and could find nothing- to Psoriasis comes in scaly patches on differ SSR?1.!?-?' ?; v1 ent P3 f the body One of the worst Buffered Intensely with the itch- . . . . . , , . ,. lng-and burning; pustules would forms of skm trouble 13 Salt Rheum; iMowfnnS.'w.lciiherflowe4 " it3 favorite point of attack i3 the scalp, tloky fluid; crusts would come on .. r . , , , . : the akin and when scratched off sometimes causing baldness. Poison Oak of ebeVfn "uttered lathe are alSO disaoreeabe types of skin long- years I was a!aic?ed but disease. The humor producing the trouble when I uaedS. 8. 8. 1 found a per. lies dormant in the blood through the feet outa. ThAm ham nnvni- ViAnn - . . o any return of the trouble. winter to break out and torment the . uiu.VAfla, suUcrerwith the return of Spring. The best Btockman, I.eb. trtmor,t- 11 i,: a;!? i coo It neutralizes the acids and removes the humors so that the skin instead of being irritated and diseased, is nourished by a supply of fresh, healthy blood. External applications of salves, washes, lotions, etc., while they soothe the itching caused by skin affections, can never cure the trouble because Lucy uu liot leach tLo Mood. C. C. S. rocs dovm into the circlati'vi and forces out every particle of foreign matter and restores the blood to ita normal, pure condition, thereby permanently curing every form of skia affection. Book on Skin Diseases and any medical advice desired sent freo to all who write. S. S. S. is for sale at all first classJ druer stores. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, CAmt Hlatorlo Oak In Texaa. When Gen. Zachary Taylor came to Texas on his way to Mexico during the Mexican war he landed at Rockport on a point adjacent to the Bayvlew Hotel, says the San Antonio Express. ' Ha then marched his forces up to where Fulton now stands and halted there lefore going on to Corpus Chrlsti, When Taylor's army halted Gen. Tay lor camped beneath the shady boughs of an oak that Is still standing Bentl nel there. This oak is over eight feet in diameter and Is probably the largest oak In Texas. It is gnarled and bat tered. Vandals have built fires against It that have almost eaten Its heart ,out, but still the leaves are green upon Its branches and Its friendly shade Is sought by the hundreds who frequent the locality. It Is king of a grove of lnrge and stately oaks. One peculiarity about these and other trees In this lo cality Is that the prevailing wind has bent their branches so that they lean toward the northwest While I was there I found children scaling the old oak and perched upon its long and waving limbs. Tbey made a playground of the locality and their merry laughter was mingled with the music wafted through the trees from the old Hall house, where women were playing on a violin and piano the old- time southern melodies so In harmony with the scene. Already Dated. Ia certain London railway stations the proprietors of the lunch counters have a custom of dating eggs. That Is,, they mark on the shell of a boiled egg the date on which It was laid. The evident purpose is to reassure doubting customers; the possible result Is less comforting. A party arrived' at the station shortly before midnight and following the habit of all American travelers, made at once for the lunch counter. They demanded eggs, and asked that they might have some of that very day's laying. "Sorry, sir," said the cleric "To day's heggs Is all gone, but" glancing at the clock, which pointed to quarter before twelve "If you'd not mind the date, Hi could give you some of to morrow's.'' The chances are usually about even that the men who won't let well enough loot will maks matters much worse. PURELY VEGETABE Tee Dell for the CbaaSear. 'New York Is to have a new auto mobile speedway." "Just for automobiles? And nothing to get In the way?" "Nothing." "Say, wouldn't that be the limit of deadly dullness?" Cleveland Plain Dealer. TTataral Enoii(h, "They Bay that Bradley goes on like mad since he inherited his vast wealth." "What does he do?" "Oh, he acts like one possessed." LIpplncott's. Apparent to All. "Tes," said Miss Mugley, "I always try to retire before midnight I don't like to miss my beauty sleep." "Really," said Miss Knox, "yon should try harder. 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