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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1908)
Shipping Celery. During tho early port of the season (he packing of celery Is done entirely from the rows where the crop Is grown, later from the trenches and after ward from the store house, writes W. R. Beattle. In preparing celery for market from the rows where grown It Is not necessary to remove the entire root cei.eby bunch. from the earth, hut It may be cut oft Just below the surface of the soil by means of a stiff knife. Remove the outside leaves and trim the root even ly, pack In boxes and loud on the wag on for removal to the washing house. The blanching boards should not be re moved till necessary, aiid the trimmed celery must not be allowed to lie ex posed to the sun or wind for any length of time. It Is well nlso to have a piece of canvas to protect the celery while it Is on the wagon on the way to the washing house. In marketing from the trenches the process Is prac tically the same as from the rows, ex cept thnt ,the celery Is already loosen ed from the soil and the roots can be removed more easily. Upon reaching the washing room the celery Is plneed uioii a rack consisting of wooden slats over a large trough and subjected to a spray of cold water to cool It and to re move the adhering soil. After washing It Is allowed to drain; then It Is tied (bated cklebv. In bunches of twelve or more plants each, according to the size, as shown In the cut The bunch es are packed lu a box for first grade celery and eight or nine for second and third grades. These boxes should he practically ulr tight, and a lining of puper should be placed In them be fore packing the celery, or each bunch should be wrapped separately. A com mon form of crate Is here figured for shipping celery In the rough. The Bull. No man can afford to head his herd with a scrub bull. The blood Is an Im iwrtunt Item, though not the whole thing. Grauted that you see the id Usability of a pure bred sire, the next question is how to care for him. If you paid $100 to $300 for a bull you naturally want to give him such care us to keep him lu his prime as long as iwssible. It Is best to have a stall or shed for the bullwhere he will be sep arated from the herd. Olve him a yard large enough so that the confinement will not be too severe, aud le sure to have his yard surrounded by a bull fence. It Is as Important to keep people out of the bull pen as It Is to keep the bull lu. If possible, It 4s an excellent tlilng to give him a pasture If you can turn him out without having him run with the milkers. Often there Is a pas ture for tho calves or youug stock fjat enn be used. Keep him la good condi tion, but do not keep htm fat enough lor the show ring nil the year round. It doesn't pay. Always give him kind treatment, but do uot let him become fuuilllur with you. Texas Farm Joar ial. Steer feeding. The reuiisylvunlu Station has mnde omo Interesting expcriuionts on the vnlue of shelter for steers being fed. lc was found that if the lots were kept dry, shelter was nut always necessary. Shelter bus very little effect upon the appetite of the uiilmals, except iu ex treme weather. In this climate It Is seldom that the weather Is too cold for steers ou full feed outdoors, provided they are kept In. dry (jur-rtcrs and out of strong winds. It Is very essential for fattening "iteers that they he well bedded. It Is decidedly advantageous that he yard be macadamized ov given an im pervious coating of some kind to pre vent mud during soft weather. Vet bedding and muddy yards are more lu xurious thou extreme cold. The amount of feed required per pound of gain Is practically tho sa ne whether the steers are kept lu a warm basement stable or outside. To Cheek Swarming. If the bees did uot persist in dividing their forces so frequently, much more surplus honey could be obtained, and tlie teekeeper himself would feel nwro easy ubout bis bees. In producing co-.nb honey In 1-pound boxes, It is necessury to actually crowd the bees Into the sec tlou boxes, for they seem loath to be gin "work In such small divisions, and this crowding Is one of the Incentives which creates the a warming fever. When -producing extracted honey, abun dant room can be given, and the swarm ing Impulse Is greatly checked. There fore, If bees are to be kept far from the house, aud cannot be given much at tention. It Is advisable to produce only extracted honey, which Is done by giv ing the bees large combs and plenty of room, for it matters uot whether tie combs are entirely completed or not, as the honey is taken from them and !he combs retained to be used. Burning Out Stamps. ' The following method of disposing of large stumps is very efficacious nnd labor-saving. Whether it would be ap plicable to small hardwood stumps I do not know, but it Is worth a trial. The principle is the same as in burning charcoal, and I presume would apply to any wood that would make charcoal. To clear land of large. stumps, dig a fair-sized hole down by side of stump and build a Ore of pieces of good U re wood, laid snugly against tho stump. Gradually cover the fire with soli, nnd keep covered ; if well started and kept covered by occasionally throwing morej soil on where It is likely to break out, the fire will continue burning until the whole of the stump Is burned into charcoal. On some of our large fir stumps, 10 or 12 feet across, the lire will burn two months or more, and fol low roots down 10 or 15 feet under ground. F. A. Hayes. Farmers at a Dlscoant. No one who has traveled in Eur opt and has observed even casually enn have failed to note the superiority of agricultural processes there. It Is a sliock to come home and scan our coun tryside with Its abaudoned fields, bram ble-covered fences, weedy pasture lands and untended buildings. In the general hurry of America we have gone from one soli to another with our few crops, 1 taking out and never giving back. We have no class of people who think It an honor to be farmers, or, If we have, I the seuse of pride Is lost after one g-n-' eratlon. Sons and daughters are rest less to set off to the cities, where they can find enjoyments and privileges that country life does not afford. Even the gentleman farmer who goes out from town to settle beside the real sons of the soil does not succeed lu making It fashionable for them. Philadelphia Public Ledger. Car of Cows. n. Prices for milk, cream and butter art hlg very high for the time of the year, aiid may go higher and continue high through the winter. This prospect should encourage farmers to do the best possible for their cows to keep up a good flow of milk. Keeping the cows In the stable on cool nights and feeding to the most profitable point or limit should be practiced. Do not undertake to winter more stock than can be well kept as thre Is no profit In this. Use plenty' of bed ding, so that the cows may be kept clean. Feed the best combination of grains, market cost considered, for the production of milk along with the well cured corn fodder, silage and good hay, advises American Cultivator. Regu- nrity in all of the work Is also a nec essary condition for the best success. Holding Cotton at Home. I will tell you how I have done foi thirty years here lu Texas, says a writ er in Farm and Ranch. When in the full I begin to pick I sell when the price suits nie. Then when It gets low er by the rush of cotton on the market I place large rails or poles skinned dot on the ground three feet apart and place my cotton on them edgewise, not . touching each other. After the Irst rain I change the bale on the other edge and continue this plan as late as May, waiting upon the market and sell ing when I get reudy or am compelled to sell and not calling upon banker or merchant or any other person. This cotton, every bale, has kept perfectly sound, and not a pound is the least dnmageiV Farm Notes. Sunlight doesn't cost anything, s have plenty of It iu the cow stables. Cull close wheu selecting the stock for the breeding pen for use next, sea son. Don't mix wood ashes with the ma nure as it will cause loss of the am monia or nitrogen. Avnd feeding the sheep too long, as after a certain degree of fat Is put on at greatly increased cost. Add two quarts of molnssesto your barrel of elder and. expose to warmth and air if you want It to turn to vine gar. The best diilry'ns Is high class work und cau only be carried on by study and thorough methods. No sllpsnod methods can succeed. Ventilation is a good thing, but don't trust to. the broken window and the cracks In the wall aud around the doors aud wludows to supply the fresh air. Keep rend up on poultry matters. Get new ideas and use them Judiciously. It Is the man who has the genius of adapting an Idea In a practical way to his own needa who succeeds. COHSCEIPTION IN ARMY 0E MORE PAY TO MEN. Enforced Service Faces American People, Declares Adjutant General Ainsworth. Unless radical measures are enacted to Induce men to enlist In the United States army, conscription must be re sorted to, declares Major General F. C. Ainsworth, adjutant general, in his an nual report "Notwithstanding the most Btrenuoui efforts on the part of the War Depart ment and the recruiting officers," says General Ainsworth, "It has been found impossible wholly to make good the losses, to say nothing of Increasing the enlisted strength to the authorized lim it If present conditions continue there will be nothing for the government to do but meet this competition by mate rially increasing the soldiers' pay or to evade competition altogether by a resort to conscription." Never before has such a suggestion come from an officer clothed with the authority to make recommendations. The idea of compulsory enrollment of individuals for the military service has been held abhorrent to republican prin ciples and the absence of such a law is one of the most forceful arguments used in attracting desirable immlgra tlon from Europe. Officials of the War Department an ticipate that the possible necessity for such action outlined by General Ains worth will prove efficacious in securing consideration by Congress of the In crease of pay bill. It Is with the great' est reluctance that army officers enter tain the thought of conscription, but generally they agree with General Ainsworth that it either must come to that extremity or more money must be provided for the soldier if the stand ing of the army Is to be maintained. TASTE OP HER OWN MEDICINE. Europe In Sad Straits with Horde of Returning Immigrants. It is a curious commentary on the economic conditions of the eld world that the turn in the tide of American immigration is causing serious trouble In Italy, Austria, Germany, Sweden and Norway. If the industrial condi tions of the United States of America threaten to be bad, they are Infinitely worse in the countries named. Italy complains the loudest because the sit uation there Is the most serious. Her returning hordes da not bring suffi cient money to support them more than a few weeks at most, while many land practically penniless. The authorities there confess themselves unable to deal with the problem. The Germans, however, are much better provided with money on an av erage than the Italians. Business con ditions in Sweden and Norway are so bad this unexpected Influx is truly ap palling and much distress is Inevitable In the severe northern winter. Brickmakers In New South Wales earn about $10 a week. Furniture making In Canada gives em ployment to over 8,000 people. Ten women in the United States earn their living in the capacity of baggage men. ' , Among the organized women workers in- Germany, 14,072 belong to the metal trades. , Tinsmiths in Calgary, B. C have had their wages increased from 40 cents to 42 'j cents an hour. The strike of Vienna (Austria) omni bus employes is at an end, several con cessions having been made by the manage ment. The iron furring and metallic lathers of Boston have recently had their wages increased from 41 Mi to 47 cents as hour. The Fall River Textile Council and the manufacturers have agreed to continue the wage-establishment agreement for an other six months.' During the period extending from Janu ary, 1806, to Nov. 1 of this year, the lion Moldera' Union paid in benefits to lis sick members $1,307,703. Tbe union has passed the 100,500 mark and Is still growing rapidly. At the conciliation meeting, held re cently, tbe request of the Welsh colliers foi an advance of 1xkr per cent was granted. This now makes the rate at 60 per cent above the maximum, according to the standard of 1879. More than 00 per cent of the atereo- typers and electrotypers of the United States and Canada are within the ranks of the union, while in some of the larger cities every man at the trade is a mem ber of tho union. The loss of time to employes through trades disputes In the Dominion of Can- srls rtiirlna, BAntmtir ttt this tMf 'amounted to 61,000 working days. Ia 11006 tbe loss from the same cause was I W.800, and tbe year before, 97,140c REV.TRQUBMIM SENDS BEST WISHES FPU PE-RU-NA fiev. George A. E, Troutman, ML Wacrilnorrin Mn Wrltoe "My Wife and I Are Strong Believers in Pe-ru-na." laiarrn ana La Grippe. Washington, Mo., writes: "Mr wife nd I are strong believers In Terana.' I was cured of a bad case of catarrh when nothing else that I tried had any effect. My wife was cured from a se vere case of la grippe, and we feel that the least we can do is to gratefully ac knowledge the merit of Peruna. "My wife joins me in sending best wishes for your success." Throat Trouble. Re. H. W. Tate, 920 Lincoln Aven ne, Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, Ohio, writes: "For several years I have been AcL VfMlr Tmocrct fu Froo . ji.? ivi Hot Yet. Mrs. De Style I suppose your daugb ter is to have ber coming-out ball verj soon, Isn't she? Mrs. Rose Quyck O, dear, no! M daughter has another year at school be fore becoming a dllltante, and will not make her debris until next season. Judge. A Premier. See the man and woman entering tht great dry goods emporium. The man looks very sad. The woman looks supremely happy. Why does tbe man look sad? He li going In to buy something. Whydoes the woman look happy? Foi the same reason. Judge. RMBU Mmi. ill CAN NOT BE BUBBED AWAY It la perfectly natural to rnt the spot that hurts, and when tte mttsclea, nerves, joints and bones are throbbing and twitching with the pains of Rheumatism the sufferer is apt ta turn to the liniment bottle, or some other external application, ia an effort to get relief from the disease, by producing wmnter-irritatioa on the flesh. Such treatment wilt quiet the pain tempo rarily, but can have no direct curative effect on the real disease because it does not reach the blood, where the cause is located. Rheumatism is more than skin deep it is rooted and grounded in the blood and caa only be reached by constitutional treatment IT CANNOT BU RUBBED AWAY. Rheumatism is due to aa excess of nrie acid ia the blood, brought about by the accumulation ia the system of refuse matter which the natural avenues of bodily waste, the Bowels and Kidneys, have failed to cany off. This refuse matter, coming ia contact with the different acids of the body, forma ttric acid which is absorbed into the blood and distributed to all parts of the body, and Rheumatism gets possessioa of the system. The aches and pa'in9 are only symptoms, and though they may be scattered or relieved for a time by surface treatment, they will reappear tt the first exposure to cold or dampness, or after aa attack of indigestion or other irregularity. Rheuma tism can never be permanently cured while the circulation remains saturated with irritating, pain-producing uric acid poison. The disease will shift from muscle to muscle or joint to ioint. settliner on the nerves, ranslno Inflammation and swelling and such terrible pains that the nervous 6ystem is often shattered, the health undermined, and perhaps the patient becomes deformed and crippled for life. S. S. S. thoroughly cleanses the blood and renovates the circulation by neutralizing the acids and expellin" all foreign matter from the system. It warms and invigorates the blood So that instead of a weak, sour stream, constanllv denosit. PURELY VEGETABLE of 150111 purifying and tonic properties just what i9 needed in every case of Rheu matism. It contains no potash, alkali or other mineral ingredient, but ia made entirely of purifying, healing extracts and juices of roots, herbs and barks. If you are suffering from Rheumatism do not waste valuable time trying to rub a blood disease away, but begin the use of S. S. S. and writ us about your case and our physicians will give you any information or advice desired free of charge and will send our special treatise on Rheumatism, TOT SWIFT SPCCinO CO.. ATIANTA, GAu JS? troubled with a peculiar spasmodic affection of the throat It would seise me suddenly and for a few minutes I would be unable to speak audibly, and my breath would be greatly interfered with. I would be obliged to gasp for breath. "I finally concluded that it was some catarrhal affection which probably ex cited the spasm. It interfered with my vocation as a preacher, attacking me occasionally in the pulpit. "I had heard so much about Peruna as a catarrh remedy that I determined to try it. After taking two bottle, my trouble has disappeared. I feel lure that Peruna has greatly benefited me." xvev. r. c owansirom, Hwedisa iwpuoi pnsiur, ros zzs, urantsDnrg, Wis., writes that from the use of Peru na he is perfectly well, entirely cared of chronic- dlairhea and catarrh. Peruna in Tablef Form. For twe years Dr. Uartman and hit assistant have incessantly labored to create Peruna in tablet form, and their strenuous labors have just been crown ed with success. People who object to liquid medicines can now secure Peru na Tablets, which represent the medi cinal ingredients of Petnna. Each tab let is equivalent to one average dose of Peruna. P-a in - Alm f.. 4 AAO u una nmiaiiai. tn isvo Bard Job. Profiting by a temporary dearth of vis itors In front of his cage, the wild maa of Borneo in the dime museum pulled off his grizzly, tousled wig and wiped his close ly cropped head. "Be Jarge !" he muttered, "this tuycher fakin' is ha-ard wurruk 1" -Chicsge Trio, uns. Pome. I love the gentle sunshine, And I love the new-mown hay, And beefsteak (Tare) and maidens fair, June and the joyful jay. Put I hate a cassowary, And I loathe arithmetic; And diamond studs and evening dads And parsnips make ms sick I Cleveland Leader. I - Ing acrid and corrosive matter in the mus cles, nerves, joints and bones, the body is fed and nourished by rich, health-sustaining' blood which completely and permanently cures Rheumatism. S. S. S. is com nosed
