COLOMBIA TO FIGHT
DESIDES TO SEND AN EXPEDITION
. AGAINST PANAMA.
General Reyes Largely Responsible Told
His aovernment That Americans Will
Only Keep Troops Out of Canal Zone
Crowd of Indians Attempt to Sur
prise American Qunboat. -
Panama, Feb. 1. News has reached
here from Bogota that, inasmuch as
-Generals Reyes and Cavallero have as
sured Colombia that the United States
will only object to her landing forces in
the canal zone, the Colombian govern
ment intends to organize and send an
-expedition against Panama.
The only explanation of this news
from Bogota is that the government of
Colombia is compelled to take some
steps to prevent its downfall. This is
said to be imminent, as President Mat
roquin has lost all the prestige he ever
had. There is much speculation in Bo
gota as to the outcome of this move,
should it be put through.
People arriving here from Colombia
declare the situation in that country is
growing worse every day.
Try to Surprise Americans.
Colon, Feb. 1. The United States
gunboat Bancroft arrived here today
from the Ban Bias coast. She reports
the attitude of the Sac Bias Indians at
3aledonia bay to be not only unfriend
ly, but decidedly aggressive. Last
Tuesday men from one of the Bancroft's
boats insisted upon purchasing a few
-cocoanuts from the Indians and paid
more than full value for them. To
ward 11 o'clock that night, when it
was dark, 20 canoes were seen ap
proaching the Bancroft. The gunboat
turned her searchlights on the canoes,
and it was revealed that each boat car
ried as many Indians as could crowd
in, probably 200 in all. There is no
doubt that their intentions were hos
tile. They hoped to reach and sur
prise the ship.
The commander of the Bancroft ord--ered
the gunboat cleared for action and
her guns were loaded and trimmed
ready for use. A quick firing Colt gun
was placed near the gangway and ord
ers were given to the gunners of this
piece to keep up ceseless fire all round
the canoes.
As soon as the Indians heard this
rain of bullets they immediately be
gan to retreat toward the shore. . The
gunners were given express orders not
to fire at the Indians, so the bullets cut
the air and churned the water all
around them. . No shots were fired at
the Bancroft, which at once sailed fur
Colon to bring the report of the occur
rence. CORBAN REVOLT IS SPREADING.
increased Taxation Is the Signal for
Lawlessness.
New York, Feb. 1. Internal disturb
ance in Corea is spreading, cables - the
Herald's Seoul correspondent. It is
the result of increased taxation. The
governors of three provinces report that
their officers have been captured by or
ganized bands and government funds
taken.
Details have just been received here
of the disturbances at Vladivostok dur
ing the celebration of Russian Christ
mas. It was created by intoxicated
Russian marines and Japanese women.
Numerous houses were destroyed, most
ly Japanese, but including the Russian
theater. The usual fighting occurred.
As happens on such occasions, there
was considerable brutality, but no fa
talities. The marines weie not brought
under control until much property
had been destroyed.
The notification of Corean neutrali
ty, cabled from Che Foo to the powers,
was unknown in the Corean foreign
office until replies were received from
the representatives abroad. The inti
mation was that it was arranged by
Yi Yong Ik and Hyen Sang Kun, the
latter having just returned from Rus
sia.. The Corean minister at Tokio has
been instructed especially to urge Ja
pan's immediate recognition of Corea's
neutrality.
Turkey Has Mot Sold Cruiser.
Philadelphia, Feb. 1. Reiteration
of the story of the sale of the Turkish
cruiser Medjidia brought forth an em
phatic denial today on behalf of the
Cramps company. It was stated that
at no time has there been any negotia
tions for the sale of the cruiser to eith
er Russia or Japan. An official of the
company eays: "The sultan takes
great interest in the building of a mod
ern navy for Turkey, with vessels of
the most advanced type, and therefore
we feel sure that he would not consider
any offer to sell the ship."
Price on Heads of Officers.
Constantinople, Feb. 1. The porte
has notified the Austrian and Russian
embassies that the Macedonian com
mittees have arranged with the Albani
ans for liberal rewards to have them
kill every foreign officer sent in to the
provinces in connection with the reor
ganization of the gendarmie under the
reform scheme of the powers. The
porte, therefore, objects to the officers
wearing foreign uniforms, as their lives
are thereby endangered.
Little Hope for New Bandings.
Washington, Feb. 1. The policy of
this congress in relation to appropria
tions for federal buildings was consid
ered today by the senate committee on
public buildings and grounds, but no
decision was reached . Readers of the
house are said not to favor any extens
ive appiopriatiens for mw buildings.
GOVERNMENT FOR ALASKA.
Senator Mitchell Fathers Bill Which He
Will Strongly Urge.
"Washington, Jan. 30. Senator
Mitchell has introduced a bill making
further provisions for a civil govern
ment for Alaska, and will strongly urge
its early passage. The bill is as fol
lows: Be it enacted by the senate and house
of representatives of the United States
of America in congress assembled, That
action 2 of title 1, chapter 1, of an act
entitld: "An act making further pro
vision for a civil government for Alaska,
and for other purposes," approved June
6, 1900, be, and the same is hereby,
amended so as to read as follows:
"Section 2. There shall be appoint
ed for the district a governor, who
shall reside therein during his term of
office and be charged with the interests
of the United States government within
the district. To the end aforesaid he
shall have authority to see that the
laws are enforced and to require the
faithful discharge of their duties by the
officials appointed to administer the
same. He may also grant reprieves
for offenses committed against the laws
of the district or of the United States
until the decision of the president
thereon shall be made known. He
shall be ex-officio commander in chief
of the militia of the district, and shall
have power to call out the same when
necessary to the due execution of the
laws and to preserve the peace, and to
cause alh able bodied citizens of the
United States in the district to enroll
and serve as such when the public ex
igency demands ; and he shall perform
generally in and over said district such
acts as pertain to the office of governor
of a territory, so far as the same may
be made or become applicable thereto."
' MUST MAKE WAR.
Russian Reply to Last Note Will Not
Be Satisfactory.
London, Jan. 80. It was made
known officially today that Russia had
completed her reply to Japan.
The Daily Mail professes to be able
to affirm that Russia's draft of her
reply has not yet been officially pre
sented to Japan, but that it has been
communicated to M. Knrina, the Jap
anese minister at St. Petersburg, who
has transmitted the contents to Tokio,
whence it will be conveyed to the
friendly powers.
The Russian reply'is courteous, the
Daily Graphic continues, but it refuses,
in uncompromising terms, to permit
the reinsertion in the draft of the
treaty of the two words, guaranteeing
the integrity and independence of
China upon which Japan insisted in
her last note.
The clause proposed by Japan was
that Russia and Japan should mutually
agree to respect the integrity and inde
pendence of China and Corea. Russia
has now stricken out twice the word
"China" and it is understood this will
close the negotiations.
It is probable, the Daily Graphic goes
on, that when this not has been pre
sented Japan will notify Baron De
Rosen, the Russian minister at Tokio,
that she has no alternative but to take
up arms in defense of her interests,
and that M. Knrina will be instructed
to demand his passports. In the mean
time instructions have been sent to the
two Japanese cruisers now at Colombo
to proceed to Singapore.
LARQB FIRE IN, YUCATAN.
Blaze at Principal' Port of Progresso
Causes $2,000,000 Loss.
Mexico City, Jan. 80. Fire at Pro
gresso, the chief port of Yucatan, des
troyed an entire square of business
houses and public buildings, including
the market. The loss is $2,000,000.
The railway offices were also consumed.
The public buildings were not insured.
and the loss on them is $300,000.
Fifteen thousand bales of henequin
were burned.
The business quarter, in which the
fire first broke out, is half a mile from
the wharves, and fronts on the Ala
meda, the most beautiful plaza in Pro
greso. The origin of the fire is un
known. The square, which was con
sumed, consisted for the most part of
one story buildings occupied by busi
ness houses. The market house, a
large single story building, which fur
nished the only means of obtaining
food supplies, was destroyed.
Large Coal Mine to Work.
Pueblo, Colo., Jan. 30. Circulars
received in this city today from the
general sales department of the Colo
rado fuel and iron company are taken
by business men to mean the early re
sumption of all departments of the big
plant, which closed down two months
ago because of the coal strike. The
circulars say in part: "We are now
pleased to announce that affairs have
so shaped themselves as to enable us to
resume operations." This announce
ment is sent out under the direction of
the vice president and general manager.
Improves the Mall Service.
London, Jan. 30. It is announced
here that the Canadian government has
made a contract with the Allan line of
steamers for an improved mail service
between Canada and Great Britain, to
commence next August with the tur
bine steamer Victorian and to be sup
plemented later with a sister ship, the
Virginian. The British terminus of
the service will be Moville, Ireland,
the year round, while the Canadian
terminus will be Quebec.
Money to Remain Untouched.
Panama, Jan. 30. The constitution
al convention today appioved a meas
ure providing that of the $10,000,000
to be paid to the republic of Panama
by the United States for the right to
use the canal zone $8,000,000 is to re
main untouched for the future benefit
of the new republic.
RECOVERING DEAD
REMAINS OF 71 PENNSYLVANIA MIN
ERS BROUGHT OUT.
Work Has Just Begun for One Hundred
More Men are Sure to Have Perished
Remains of Many are Burned to a
Crisp and AO are Horribly Mangled -Bereaved
are Stupefied With Oriel.
Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 29. Three days
have elapsed since the terrible catas
trophe at the Harwick mine of the Al
legheny Coal company and tonight at
midnight 71 bodies have been recovered
and brought to the surface. Only one
of these has been identified. The day
has been one of horror in the little vil
lage on the hill above the pit mouth,
but even while the blackened bodies
were brought from the top of the shaft
and then on sleds to the schoolhouse
on the hill above, where the undertat
era were ready to receive them, there
seemed to prevail in the community as
a clutch that repressed their natural
feelings of passionate anxiety and sor
row, the grim realization that there is
still much work to be done before the
lull extent of the catastrophe has been
realized.
The Allegheny Coal company tonight
in an official statement positively ad
mitted that all of the men who were in
the mine when the explosion occurred
are dead. There are 171 names on the
list, which does not include Selwyn M
Taylor, or the two men who were on
the tipple above the mine shaft when
the explosion came. Nor does the list
include the name of Daniel Lysle, of
Castle Shannon, whose body was found
in the mine this morning. He was
one of the men who went down in the
mine to work last night but became
separated from the rest and wandered
off. His body was found sitting with
his back to the wall of one of the
rooms. ,
INCREASES PENSIONS OF MANY.
House Bill Makes $8 Instead of $e Per
Month the Minimum.
Washington, Jan. 29. Representa
tive Sulloway, of New Hampshire,
chairman of the committee on invalid
pensions, today introduced a distinctly
service and age pension bill, which
will give to each soldier who served 90
days and who reaches the age of 62
years, $8 per month; 66 years, $10 per
month, and 70 years, $12 per month.
In addition to the foregoing rates, his
bill gives to the men who served two
years or more an additional increase of
$2 a month in each of the above
lasses.
The bill increases the minimum of
pensions allowed to $8 per month, in
stead of $6, which will increase the
pensions of 12,394 soldiers who are
now on the rolls at $6 per month'.
The bill further provides that the pen
sions of widows who married soldiers
prior to January 1, 1870, and who are
now on the rolls drawing $8, shall be
increased to $12. Heretofore the law
has been that they could not get $12
unless their husbands die of disease
contracted in the service.
GREATER NAVY IS FAVORED.
Heuse Committee Discusses Recommen
dations of Moody.
Washington, Jan. 29. Secretary
Moody concluded his recommendations
today before the house committee on
naval affairs. He presented two plans
prepared by the general board of the
navy as the building plan for next
year. The first . was based on an ex
penditure of $34,000,000, and included
provision for one battleship, one arm
ored cruiser, three protected cruisers,
four scout cruisers, two squadron col
liers and two submarine boats. The
second plan provides for an expendi
ture of $30,000,000, and is a duplicate
of the first programme with elimina
tion of two of the Bcout cruisers.
The secretary recommended building
naval stations at Guantanamo, Cuba,
and Subig Bay, P. I. The station in
Cuba, ultimately, is to cost $12,000,
000, and the one in the Philippines
$9,000,000. One million dollars is
asked this year for' the Guantanamo
station, and a little less than that
amount for the one in the Philippines.
Japan Takes 20 Steamers.
Victoria, B. C, Jan. 29. The
steamer Kaga Maru, which arrived this
morning, brought news that 20 steam
ers had been commandered by the Jap
anese government before she sailed, all
for the naval department. The five
liners of the Australian line of the
Nippon Yusen Kaisha, including the
just completed Nikko Maru, had their
fittings torn out and were hurried to
Yokohama to be fitted as torpedo-carriers.
Three steamers of the American
route to San Francisco had been taken
and will be made auxiliary cruisers.
Kaiser May Slip In.
Paris, Jan. 29. The St. Petersburg
correspondent of the Paris edition of
the New York Herald has telegraphed
an extraordinary story'to the effect that
Germany and Denmark have reached
an understanding under the terms of
which, in the event of Great Britain
fighting with Japan against Russia,
Germany would amicably occupy
Copenhagen with a powerful force, clos
ing the Baltic and preventing the Rus
sian fleet from leaving.
wm Be Russia's Last Word.
Berlin, Jan. 29. The Paris corres
pondent of the Berliner Tageblatt
claims authority for the statement that
the forthcoming Russian note to Japan
will be Russia 8 last word in the mat
ter . The correspondent says also that
Russia is particularly opposed to the
fortification of Mesampho.
HEYBURN URGES LAND REFORM.
Idaho Senator' Makes His Maiden Speech
Stone Talks of Panama.
Washington, Jan. 28. The time of
the senate today was again divided be
tween consideration of the Panama
question and other subjects. There
was only one speech on the canal, and
it was made by Stone, of Missouri, who
spoke to a resolution directing the sen
ate committee on foreign relations to
make an investigation into the Panama
revolt. He contended the circum
stances indicated complicity on the part
of the United States in the secession of
Panama, and urged that in the interest
of the country's good name, all the
facta should be known.
Heyburn, of Idaho, made his first
speech in the senate in support of a
resolution introduced by himself pro
hibiting railroad companies : from tak
ing up land in a solid body in lieu of
land in forest reservations.
A number of bills were passed in
cluding one for a memorial bridge
across the Potomac river at Washing
ton. : .
- When the senate convened, Heyburn
made an address on his resolution di
recting a stay of proceedings on applica
tions to patent even numbered sections
of public lands in lieu of odd numbered
sections, held by railroad companies in
forest reserves. He complained that
the present law permits railroads to
surrender worthless lands, and take up
other territory of mush greater value.
The resolution was referred to the com
mittee on public lands.
TIRED OF GETTING LBTTERS.
The Sultan of Morocco Finally Ofves
$50,000 te the St. Louis Fair.
St. Louis, Jan. 28. In the list of
nations which are to be represented at
the world's fair by national pavilions,
Morocco probably will be missing.
Secretary Stevens states that it is not
now expected that Morocco will official
ly participate by erecting a pavilion,
but that some use, doubtless, will be
made of the $50,000 appropriated.
According to information received by
the exposition officials from Commis
sioner J. W. S. Langerman, who re
cently returned from a mission to Mo
rocco, being empowered as the sultan's
commissioner on his return, the
amount appropriated y that potentate
was $50,000. Anent this appropria
tion an interesting story is told by Mr.
Danforth, assistant to Commissioner
Langerman. The amount was not
given with very good grace, according
to Mr. Danforth, who quotes the sul
tan as saying:
"Here is $50,000. TakS it. I don't
care whether you use it for the world's
fair or put it in your own pocket. I
don't know where St. Louis is, except
that it is somewhere in the United
States, and I don't care. And please
tell President Francis, whoever he is,
to stop writing me letters about his
fair, as I am tired of getting them."
JAPAN WANTS EARLY REPLY.
Russian Minister Given to Understand
Delay Is Too Great.
Tokio, Jan. 28. The Japanese gov
ernment has diplomatically intimated
to Baron De Rosen, the Russian minis
ter, that an early response is desired to
Japan's recent note to Russia. It is
calculated here that the Japanese note
reached the Russian cabinet on the af
ternoon of January 16, and it is felt
that sufficient time has elapsed for its
consideration and the preparation of a
response. The Japanese government is
conscious of the possible necessities of
the military and naval situation, and
is unwilling to permit evasions and de
lays which are designed to gain time.
The future course of the Japanese
government is a carefully guarded se
cret. The length of time that Japan
is prepared to await the pleasure of
Russia is unknown. It seems probable
that it has been determined to act de
cisively within a few days. The popu
lar temper has long opposed further
delay.
While many objected to Japan taking
the initiative, a majority would now
welcome the i8f-"M".of a brief ulti
matum and a.1 vt,.. tion of war if
that should prove ineffective. Some
outside opinion here inclines to the be
lief that the activities of Japan will be
limited to the seizure of Corea, .which
enterprise, it is thought, Russia would
not oppose.
Adopts Oold Standard.
Washington, Jan. 28. A belated re
port has been received at the state de
partment from United States Minister
Beaupre, at Bogota, upon the monetary
law of Colombia, which was passed by
the Colombian congress at its last ses
sion. The bill provides that the mone
tary unit shall be the gold dollar of the
United States; that future emission of
paper money be piohibited; that in
the departments and provinces where
silver has hitherto been current coin
age it shall keep to the gold unit and
all paper money burned.
Czar Moves Troops.
Port Arthur, Jan. 28. It is reported
that about 150 wagons loaded with
army stores have left Lino Yang daily
for the past four days for the Yalu riv
er, where it is intended to concentrate
8,000 Port Arthur and Mukden troops.
The authorities assert that the hostility
of Japan compels mobilization on the
Yalu, and on this river ' Russia has
heretofore carefully avoided alarming
Corea by an appearance of threatening
Japan.
Consuls to Reach Posts Soon.
Washington, Jan. 28. -Under the
provisions of the treaty with China,
the state department intends to dis
patch at once by the shortest route,
Messrs. Cheshire and Davidson, the
two consuls to Mukden and Antung.
They will be able to reach their posts
in five or six weeks.
Sanitary Milklna; Apparatus.
With the recent report of a . State
health board official that an epidemic
of fever In one of our largest cities
could be traced directly to a "Case in
the family of a milk dealer In that lo
cality, the urgent necessity for sani
tary Inspection of the milk supply is
again made apparent to even those in
dividuals who are rather inclined to
scoff at such advanced and scientific
theories. No doubt the time will come
when all milk -will have to be steril
ized before being offered for sale, but
MILKING APPAHATUS.
even should that desirable condition
of affairs be reached it will still be
obligatory upon the milkman to see
that no opportunity is afforded for the
contact of the lacteal fluid with con
taminated atmosphere in the stable.
Probably the best way in which this
can be accomplished is by the aid of
the pneumatic milking machine here
illustrated. It is so arranged as to not
only milk 'the cows automatically, but
also incloses the milk in an airtight
receptacle as long as it is in the prox
imity of the animal. This is accom
plished by a reservoir suspended over
head and connected with the teat cups
by a short section of hose. By means
of a vacuum created in the pipe to
which the reservoir is attached the
milk is drawn from the teats and de
posited in the ' receptacle, whence it
can be removed to the creamery for
further treatment before being placed
on sale.
Farm Conveniences.
The first two figures show conveni
ences originally sketched in the Farm
Journal,-which says of them:
This crate should be about three
feet high and fitted with sldepieces ex
tending below it that will just fit into
the side irons of the wagon body. It
can thus be set upon the wagon bed
in an instant and will be found most
useful in moving calves, sheep, pigs or
other stock. It will fit on to a sled
in the same way for winter use. It is
also convenient when hauling loose
material. If this is long the rear gate
can be hinged to let down, as shown.
It can also be hinged to open at the
side. The slats should be of hard
wood three-quarters of an Inch thick.
When there is plowing to be done
close to fences or trees have your
smith put extension rods on the plow
and a clevis to hitch the team to, like
the cut. The sketch was sent us by
one of our readers in Kansas, and he
says It works well for him. If the
beam of the plow is adjustable to
draft it should, of course, be adjusted
before the rods are bolted to the han
dles. The lower figure shows two views
of portable sheep fencing used at the
Colorado experiment station. It is
easy to move about and set up and
very readily made.
How to Dip Sheep.
For dipping a number of sheep, from
1,000 head up, the vat should be at
least forty feet in length and five feet
deep. The bottom of the vat should be
six inches wide, the sides sloping out
ward and upward, till at the top the
measurement across is at least two
feet, but on no account should It be
any wider, as then the sheep swim
ming through could turn around,
which is one of the things to be
guarded against. The vat is made
five feet deep to obviate the danger of
the sheep striking the bottom of the
vat when thrown in, and is made slop
ing at the sides to save expense in dip.
The Inside of the vat should be flush,
so that no obstruction will Interfere
with the passing through of the sheep.
Sink the vat In the ground to the
depth of four feet. The vat should be
filled with water to see if It leaks.
Keep water in It till the leakage stops,
then bail It out and fill with the dip.
Bonchage for Stock.
While both horses and cattle are
sometimes troubled with a throat dif
ficulty that needs the attention of a
veterinarian. In the majority of cases
it will be found that that trouble Is
dot almost wholly to the feeding of
J) su p-
HI
CBATE, PLOW AND MOVABLE HURDLE.
dusty hay. : Bones are mucn given to
this acute throat trouble In connection
with sneezing, which will stop almost
immediately if the hay is well moisten
ed before being fed.
It Is a good plan. If hay Is fed in a
manger instead of a rack, to sprinkle
a little water in the bottom of the
manger each time before feeding and
then moisten the hay. Do the same
when the hay is fed to cattle. It is a
good plan to wet the corn stover also,
for while there is less dust In it than
in hay there is enough to trouble the
cattle; besides, the wet fodder Is al
ways more palatable.
Hew Stored Grain Shrink.
The advantage to the farmer of
storing his grain and holding It till
spring Is not always represented by
the increased price he may get for it.
The shrinkage during the winter stor
age must be taken into consideration,
and this shrinkage not infrequently
more than offsets the increased price.
In such cases it pays the farmer to
sell his grain as soon as It is in shape
to go to the market. A good many in
vestigations have been made to dis
cover the percentage of shrinkage' in
various grains. The results have varied
Immensely. In some of the humid
States and with early gathered crops
the shrinkage has been as high as 30
to 40 per cent, while grain raised in
arid States and hauled to humid States
and stored has gained in weight dur
ing storage. The shrinkage of wheat
has not generally been as great as tnat
of some other grains.
Wheat stored In Michigan elevators
lost from 5 to 16 per cent during whi
ter. A lot of corn very heavy and lit
tle dry at the time of storing lost 30
per cent in weight by February. Tests
made in other States have shown
shrinkages of 10 to 16 per cent. One
lot of corn that was gathered at the
time of year when it was well glazed,
but containing as large an amount' of
water as possible and passed in a
State fair competition, shrank about
40 per cent, Oats shrink little, but are
recorded to have lost about 4 per cent
in weight during a winter. St. Louis
Republic.
Dressing Ducks for Market
Ducks need much the same treat
ment in dressing for market as do
fowls. They should be kept without
food and water
for twenty-four
hours previous
to killing, so that
the crop and in
testines will be
well emptied.
Confine them' in
a small pen
with clean
straw, so that
they will not be
dirty. Bleed
through the
BEADY FOB MARKET
mouth, and when dead, scald in water
at a temperature of 185 degrees. After
scalding, wrap them up in a flannel
blanket for ten minutes, which will
help wonderfully in picking.
If scalding is properly done and
birds are wrapped tap in this way,
they can be picked easily and quicsly.
It is customary with many to leave
feathers, around the neck for about
two inches, also the feathers on the
first joints of the wings. Including the
main flights. After picking clean, put .
them into hot water for a few seconds
and then throw into ice water, leaving
them for several hours, or until tnor
oughly cold, when they may be taken
out, dried, and are then ready to pack
for market E. J. Lawrence, in Farm
and Home.
The Walking: Gait.
Walking is one of the gaits that Is
nearly always neglected, and yet an
active, quick, clear-footed walk Is a
valuable gait to the horse intended
for the farm, for use as a roadster oi
for a saddler. A horse broke to har
ness is generally trained for a while at
the side of some steady old animal,
and the youngster, if Inclined to walk
fast, soon begins to learn that it is not
the thing to do. For that reason it Is
best to break a young horse In single
harness or under the saddle, and train
him to be a good walker as well as
good at other gaits. A 3-year-old la
generally a better walker than he will
be at any other age if he is kept as a
harness horse, unless specially trained
with a view to brisk, active movement
in that gait St Louis Globe-Democrat
A Dairy Pointer.
The Toronto Globe says a Canadian
farmer who kept twenty-four cows and
two hired men tested his cows with
the Babcock test and found that
eight were unprofitable. He disposed
of them and let one hired man go, and
at the end of the year found that he
had made as much money from the
sixteen as from the twenty-four. Now
he has got down to twelve good cows,
and expects as much from them as he
made from twice that number. Now he
can increase up to his original number
as fast as he can find or grow good
cows and increase his profits.
Shreddinsc Fodder.
The fodder shredder is doing good
work In one respect, and that is in re-'
ducing the number of shocks of corn
that stand in the field all winter.
As the shredder husks the corn and
shreds it at the same time, farmers
find that it is more comfortable to
haul the fodder to the barn than to
stand out in the fields to husk the
corn and then waste the fodder.
Look to tbe Tsols.
How many of the tools are dull or
implements rusty cannot be known
without an examination. Repairs
should be attended to now, before
spring opens, and, as tools and imple
ments that are in good order will fa
cilitate work, it is important that this
nutter receive attention.