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JAPS CLOSING IN
FORWARD MOVEMENT AGAINST PORT
ARTHUR BEGUN IN EARNEST.
Height Reported Taken Artillery Domi
nates Works of Russian Stronghold
Outer Fortifications Lost Squadron
Tries Sortie From Port, but Admiral
Togo Soon Drhres Tbcm Back.
Rome, Jane 6. Reports from Tokio
indicate that the Japanese have already
began the preliminary assaults upon
Port Arthur. The Giornale d'ltaila
prints a dispatch from its Tokio corres
pondent eaying the Japanese have occu
pied the first line of the outer fortifi
cations at Port Arthur. In this event,
the second line of the outer fortifica
tions must have been taken earlier.
The correspondent adds that the Rus
sian a offered but the feeblest resistance
to the assault.
The Tokio correspondent of the
Agenzia Liberas, after confirming the
Italia's report, says four Japanese di
visions occupied Kwan Tung heights
yesterday and placed heavy batteries of
artillery thereon, thus dominating the
works of Port Arthur.
The Russian squadron, says the cor
respondent, tried a sortie from the port
against the Japanese, but the Japanese
fleet soon forced it to return to the
harbor.
DISCONTENT IS QROWINO.
Russian Trade and Finance are Suffer
ing dreatly as Kesult of War.
Paris, June 6. Private intelligence
received in Paris at several different
quarters gives gloomy accounts of the
growing feeling of discontent and anx
iety in Russia over the silence that
prevails in officialdom as to the events
of the war. Following so closely upon
the exuberant reports received and dis
seminated eagerly during the early part
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the government to give out any state
ments eitner 01 victory or ueieat una
provtn disquieting m the extreme, and
has aroused popular misgivings to an
almost dangerous pitch.
It is, of course, admitted that trade
and finance invariably suffer in time of
war, but in a country like Russia,
-where it is doubtful if either are
founded upon a substantial basis capa
ble of resisting the shocks of a pro
longed campaign, it is comprehensible
that the most widespread apprehension
should exist.
TURKEY'S TURN NEXT.
President Will See That Claims are Set
tled When Morocco Affair Is Through.
Washington, June 6. Administra
tion officials have permitted it to be
come known that when a settlement
has been made- with the Moroccan
bandits, the United States will turn
her attention to Turkey. The presi
dent has announced that when Ameri
can warships were relieved from Bei
rut, at the urgent request of the sultan,
that the fleet would return in great
iorce if certain claims of long standing
were not aranged and the president is
now planning to make good his declara
tion. These claims aggregate more
than $250,000. They include more
than $200,000 for missionary claims
and $40,000 for the murder of Lenz, an
American bicyclist. The sultan will
also be asked to make restitution for
the ransom paid the brigands who cap
tured Miss Ellen Stone.
Fires Torpedoes Under Water.
Newport, R. I., June 6. The second
day's government trial of the subma
rine boat Fulton today was devoted to
the firing of torpedoes while submerged
and just afloat. Three toipedoes were
taken on board at the torpedo station,
and the Fulton, accompanied by the
gunboat Hist and the tug Powhatan,
with the trial board on the Hist, went
up the bay as far as Gould island.
Two torpedoes were fired while the Ful
ton was entirely under water and going
at a speed of about eight knots. The
boat then rose until the conning tower
was in sight when the third was dis
charged. The three topedoes had an
average range of 1,700 yards. Cap
tain Train, president of the trial board,
stated tonight that the tests were satis
factory. Wireless Telegraphy a Success.
Honolulu, June 6. The United
States hospital ship Solace, leaving
here yesterday afternoon for Guam is
land, made wireless telegraph tests,
and kept in communication with the
apparatus of the cruiser New York foi
70 miles. Later she maintained com
munication with the Interisland wile
less telegraph company for 194 miles.
At noon today, at a distance of 250
miles, the test signal letter "V" was
repeated five times. When leaving San
Francisco, the Solace lost communica
tion with the shore at 78 miles.
Shows Looting Tales Exaggerated.
Seoul, Corea, June 6. The Russians
in the province of Hamgyung are said
to be using ruble notes in payment for
goods taken. Beeves and grain com
mand fair prices. This statement
hardly corresponds with the continual
tales of looting, yet the Japanese report
that Corean fugitives bring paper
money to Gensan. Twenty thousand
dollars wcrth has been sent to Shang
hai via Nagasaki for settlement by the
Russo-Chinese bank.
Discovers a New Microbe.
Naples, June 6. Professor Schron,
the discoverer of life in crystals, gave a
public demonstration today that he
had found a new microbe which causes
phthsis, a microbe quite different from
that causing tuberculosis.
FLOOD IN HOflBS.
Cloudbursts Compel Six Hundred Kansas
Families to Flee.
Topeka, Kan.,' June 4. Kansas
streams are rapidly rising tonight.
Cloudbursts are reported from Emporia,
Newton, Strong City, Florence, Man
hattan, St. John and Salina. At Lin
coln Center more than four inches of
water fell in three hours.
Heavy rains are reported from up
stream in the Kaw valley, but most of
the high water trouble is being experi
enced in the botom lands between Em
poria and Newton. At Emporia the
Neosho and Cottonwood rivers are re
ported as rising a foot an hour. Afr
Florence, the Santa Fe tracks are
washed out in several places.
Six hundred people were forced to
leave their homes in Newton, and res
cue parties will be at work all night
saving people from the flood.
The town of Elmdale, eight miles
from Cottonwood Fahs, is reported as
being under three feet of water.
A seveie wind accompanied the rain,
greatly damaging fruit and growing
crops.
Tornado Injures Twenty.
Omaha, June 4. Additional reports
from Tekamah, which was struck last
night by a tornado, indicate that about
20 persons were injured, some of them
seriously hurt. There were no fatal
ities. The storm wrecked most of the build
ings in its path, which was a block in
width and several blocks long. The
opera bouse, two general stores, a
blacksmith shop and several residences
were destroyed. A high school com
mencement rehearsal was in progress
in the opera house when the storm
struck the building, cairying away the
toof and partially wrecking the walls.
A number of pupils were injured.
The people of the town had little warn
ing of the coming storm, and many had
narrow escapes. The property loss is
heavy.
JAPANESE MINES EXPLODED.
Russians Continue to Clear the Port
Arthur Roadstead.
St. Petersburg, June 4. The follow
ing dispatch from Viceroy Alexieff to
the emperor has been received here:
"Rear Admirals Wittsoeft and Grig
orovitch report that up to May 28 nu
merous Japanese mines had been dis
covered and exploded in the roadstead
of Port Arthur. The Japanese evident
ly have replaced the fireships which
they formerly used, by mines sown by
merchant steamers in their service."
The emperor has received the follow
ing dispatch fro'm General Kuropatkin :
"All is quiet in the direction of
Feng Wang Cheng. Siu Yen has not
been occupied by Japanese detach
ments. "On May 30 two camps of Japanese
infantry and 30 dragoons advanced
along the Takushan road towards Ona-
lassi for the purpose of turning the left
flank of our outposts. Our scouts dis
covered the movement and firing en
sued, in the course of which one Cos
sack was wounded and one horse killed.
"The Japanese detachment, which
our cavalry successfully engaged May
30, is now stationed four versts from
Vafangow, fortifying its position.
"There have been further Japanese
advances from Saimatza toward Feng
Chow Ling Pass on the Liao Yang
road."
MEET AT FULL SPEED.
Electric Cars In Ohio Collide and Six
Persons are Killed.
Norwalk, O., June 4. Six persons
were killed and a dozen or more hurt
this afternoon as a result of the collis
ion on the Lake Shore Electric railway
between an east bound fast electric pas
senger car and a westbound "package
freight" car at Wells Corners, a few
miles east of this city.
The acident occurred at a point quite
distant from any immediate means of
communication, and assistance was
sent from Norwalk, where every phy
sician and nurses in the city was hur
ried to the place. All those killed
were in the smoking compartment of
the passenger car. The cars were su
burban electric cars of the largest type,
and were smashed to pieces. They met
in collision at full speed..
One Squadron Annihilated.
St. Petersburg, June 4. General
Sakaroff has telegraphed as follows,
under today's date, to the general staff :
"According 'to reports, the Japanese
commander in the action of May 30
near Vafangow had three battalions of
infantry in reserve. Our losses were
17 men killed and 23 men wounded
and Lieutenant Meyer and another offi
cer, whose name has not been ascer
tained, wounded. The Japanese losses
were very considerable. One squadron
of the Thirteenth Japanese cavalry was
annihilated."
Russians Find Food Scarce.
Seoul, June 4. The Russian bands
scattered throughout Ham Heung pro
vince are encountering commissariat
difficulties. The countryside is illy
supplied with food and forage, owing
to the bad crops of the past two years.
Since the first Russian raid there has
Deen no trade at Yensan and Songjin,
and consequently no importation of
foodstuffs. The Russian movements
in Corea caused widespread starvation,
Reports Battleship Aground.
St. Petersburg, June 4. An uncon
firmed rumor has reached here from
Mukden that the Japanese battleship
Fuji is aground on a reef off the Miao
Tao islands, between the Kwan Tung
and Shan Tung promontories, where
she is being guarded by torpedo boats.
THEY ARETO RETIRE
RUSSIA WILL ABANDON ALL PO
SITIONS SOUTH OF HARBIN.
Realize That Manchuria Cannot Be Held
Czar Qlves His Consent Every Pre
caution Being Made to Withstand
Siege Hope Entertained Enemy May
Find Too Many Lines to Quard.
Moscow, Jane 3. The Russian gov
ernment is beginning to realize that
its troops in the field will hardly be
able to retain possession of Manchuria,
and that even more reverses are in
store for General Kuropatkin's army,
t is learned from an absolutely de
pendable source that Harbin is being
fortified and placed in condition to
withstand a siege and that it is gener
ally believed in government circles that
the army will be compelled to abandon
Mukden and all positions to the south
ward and retire to Harbin, there to
await the Japanese armies. The in
formant states that all the heavy siege
guns which have been reported as
shipped for use jn the Russian fortifi
cations in Southern Manchuria during
the last few weeks are in reality in
tended for service at Harbin.
Nor is that all. Kronstadt and
other first class fortresses are being de
nuded of their heaviest guns, which
are bieng prepared for shipment to the
Manchurian border, there to be mount
ed at Harbin. It is the hope of the
czar and his advisers that this place
may be made impregnable, and the
Japanese can be compelled to extend
their lines over so much territory that
they will exhaust themselves guarding
their lines of communication.
It is certain that General Kuropat
kin's insistance that it is impossible to
retain control of Manchuria has had a
painful effect on the czar, who has
trusted implicitly to Admiral Alexieff.
The latter declared that no Japanese
army could ever secure a footing north
of Yalu, but this dream has been dis
pelled and now the Russian govern
ment is facing the fact that the Japan
ese not only have obtained a foothold,
but also that their forces are equal, if
not superior in numbers, to the Rus
sians, and at the same time are much
better equipped.
WILL END KIDNAPPINQ.
France Will Exercise More Authority in
Morocco in Future.
Paris, June 3. The request of the
United States for the co-operation of
France in bringing about the release of
Perdicaris and Varley has produced a
very favorable impression at the foreign
office here, where much significance is
attached to the request, as embodying
the first distinct international recog
nition of France's paramount influence
in Morocco. It is expected that this
will lead to a more emphatic exercise
of French authority over Morocco with
the view of suppressing lawlessness and
the protection of foreigners, but the
nature of the future steps is not an
nounced pending the negotiations on
the subject.
Ambassador Porter called at the for
eign office this morning and conferred
with Foreign Minister Delcasse relative
to the course of the Washington cabi
net. Yesterday M. Delcasse stated that
negotiations were now progressing at
Tangier and at Fez, the chief reliance
being placed on the sultan's yielding
before the united representations of
France, Great Britain and the United
States. -
Will Give Japan Large Sum.
Chicago, June 3. Ito Himatsu, a
Japanese merchant of New York, has
arrived in Chicago with a common
split-leather valise containing $1,200,
000 in United States money, which he
will give to the mikado to help defeat
Russia. The cash is all in United
States gold notes and bank bills. The
money was deposited here with a trust
company on the advice of the local Jap
anese consul. Ito Himatsu expects to
sail from San Francisco on June 11.
He is a recognized authority in America
on Japanese art, and his discourses lor
the last five years have been the sub
ject of many written disquisitions on
the influence of Japanese arts and Jap
anese ideals upon modern aestheticism.
Japan Willing to Prohibit Emigration.
Victoria, B. C, June 3. A passen
ger by the steamship Empress of Japan
was T. Aoygi, special immigration com
missioner from the Japanese govern
ment, to confer with the Canadian and
United States governments regarding
the immigration of Japanese laborers.
He says that he comes empowered to
accept the suggestion of each govern
ment that still further restrictions be
placed on emigration from Japan. The
Japanese government is perfectly will
ing, he says, to prohibit the further
emigration.
WiU Build Road In Alaska.
Washington, June 3. A $10,000,000
railroad company, to be known as the
Yukon-Valdes Railway company, was
incorporated in Richmond, Va., today.
The object of the company is to build a
road 350 miles long in Alaska from
Valdes to Eagle City. The president
of the company is Ambler J. Stewart,
of New York, and John B. Summer
field, of Brooklyn, is secretary and
treasurer. The principal offices of the
company will be in Norfolk, Va.
Hail Breaks Car Windows.
Hutchinson, Kan., June 3. This
section and all southwestern Kansas
was drenched by a heavy rain, accom
panied by hail. Between Bucklin and
Meade, on the Rock. Island road, hail
did much damage to crops. Hail broke
nearly every window on the north , side
of an eastbound Rock Island train, and
broken glass cut several passengers.
PORT ARTHUR SITUATION BAD.
famine Prices Exist and Many People
Eat Chinese Food.
Niu Chwang, June 2. Some Chinese
fugitives from Port Arthur, who have
just arrived here, describe the situa
tion of the inhabitants there as desper
ate. Famine prices exist. The cost of
provisions increases weekly. Many
persons are reduced to eating Chinese
food, and even that is dear. .Millet
flour costs $6 a bag. Whole streets
and several public buildings have been
wrecked by Japanese shell fire. The
hospitals are packed with sick and
wounded. .
The work of repairing the damaged
warships has been stopped. All civil
ians have been given military duty.
The general health of the. inhabitants
is good, except Chinese, who are dying
of starvation. Theft has been made
punishable by death.
The railway is completely destroyed
as far as Kinchou, and there are fre
quent gaps between Kinchou and Wa
Fang Ting. There are 15,000 Japanese
troops there, but no signs of troops fur
ther north. During the fighting at
Kinchou 209 Chinese were killed by
the Japanese fire.
The very highest Russian authority
here, while not believing that Port
Arthur wi'l fall, admits its loss would
be a terrible loss to the'Rnssian arms.
The same authority says Russia may
send a large army to the south of Niu
Ch wang in the event of General Stoes
sel being able to hold his own at Port
Arthur. . This, however, is not possible
at present, owing to the. positions oc
cupied by the Japanese armies operat
ing from the Yalu river and Taku
Shan. The Russians are not sanguine
as to the outlook for Port Arthur.
More contraband of war is arriving
here. Two cargoes of flour and tinned
meats and some speire were rushed to
Mukden as soon as they were unloaded.
Heavy rains are daily making the
roads almost impassable. The Chinese
brigands are becoming active.
OLEO LAW VALID.
United States Supreme Court
Hands
Down Decision.
Washington, June 2. The supreme
court of the United States, in an
opinion by Justice White today, upheld
the constitutionality of the oleomargar
ine law. Leo W. McRay sued the gov
ernment in the Southern district of
Ohio, to recover $50 paid by him as a
penalty for the sale of a 50 pound pack
age of colored oleomargarine, contain
ing a stamp tax of three-quarters of a
cent a pound instead of 10 cents a
pound. "K
McRayfs counsel argued first, that,
although the "oleo" was colored to
look like butter, the color was obtained
by the use of butter, which was itself
artificially colored, but the use of
which as an ingredient in the manu
facture of "oleo" was authorized by
law ; and, second, that the tax of 10
cents a pound was proibitive and con
fiscatory, and an attempted federal
usurpation of the police powers of the
state. The court said the tax contem
plated the finished product and not the
details of manufacture. The court
therefore affirmed the judgment of the
lower court, upholding the validity of
the law and the tax.
The chief justice and Justices Brown
and Peckham dissented.
MACHINISTS QO OUT.
Three Thousand Chicago Men Protest
Against 10-Hour Day.
Chicago. June 1. The 3,000 ma
chinists employed in the companies
that compose that Metal Trades associ
ation went on strike last night as a pro
test against the 10-hour day, and prac
tically all of the 115 shops represented
in the association are closed today.
No effort will be made to operate the
shops until tomorrow, and then the
force of the employers will be central
ized at a few plants.
The 10-hour day was inaugurated by
the employers for the purpose of bring
ing the strike to a crisis. In a state
ment sent out tonight by the officers of
the association, it is declared that the
employers had no intention of return
ing to the 10-hour day, but they were
compelled to take this step to combat
the slow individual strike campaign,
which was commenced by the Machin
ists' union some time ago.
Russian Commands Consolidated.
St. Petersburg, June 2. By an im
perial ukase just issued, the control of
the ports of Reval, Sveaborg and Tibau
and all the naval forces of the Baltic
has been transferred to the commandant
of the port of Cronstadt, with the title
of commander in chief of the fleet and
ports and of the defenses of the Baltic
sea. The object of the consolidation of
the commands is to insure uniformity
in the measures adopted in the defense
of the coasts of the Baltic during the
existing state of war.
Horsethieves and Officers Battle.
Salt Lake, June 2. According to a
Herald special from Buffalo, Wye, two
horsethieves, members of the gang of
which "Driftwood Jim" McCloud, now
serving a term in the penitentiary, was
leader, fought a battle with Sheriff
Webb, of Natrona county in the Big
Horn mountains recently. One of the
thieves was shot fiom his horse, but
his companion picked him up and they
fled to the Bad Lands on one horse.
The sheriff and posse are in pursuit.
Disproves Koch's Theory.
London, June 2. The royal commis
sion appointed in August, 1901, to in
quire into the relation between human
and animal tuberculosis has arrived at
a conclusion justifying the issuance of
an interim report according to which
the commission finds that human and
bovine tubercolosis are practically
identical.
Have Tour Farm Vaccinated. -Have
you had your farm vaccin
ated? If not, you should proceed to
have It done at once.
Science has done a great deal for
the farmer. It has killed the bugs
and worms that prey on his crops; it
has treated his animals when sick and
saved their lives; it has experimented
with seeds and raised the quality and
quantity of their yield; it has done a
great many things to help him achieve
success. The latest servica of spe
cial Interest of which we have heard
Is noted In the National Geographic
Magazine, where it is shown that the
process of inoculating sterile ground
and making It bring forth the fruit In
abundance is an easy task. Inocula
tion to prevent smallpox, diphtheria,
rabies, etc., we know about, but it is
quite as mysterious as the inoculation
of old worn-out soils to make them
fertile.
The germs make for fertility of
the soil. They are collected or gener
ated by the department of agriculture,
according to this veracious authority,
and sent by mail in a small package
about like a yeast cake. The cake is
said to contain millions of dried
germs. It is thrown into a barrel of
pure water and turns It a milky white.
Seeds of grain and grasses are washed
with this water and when planted are
said to produce wonderful results
even on what is regarded as exhausted
soli. The land is really treated to an
inoculation and cured of its disease of
barrenness. Have your farms vacci
nated and get rich from the big crops
you will raise. Minneapolis Journal.
Potato Planter.
C. P. Jones, of Gage County, Nebras
ka, sends Iowa Homestead his plan of
a potato planter: "Take an old corn
planter with wide shoes at the rear
part and if there Is a division there
knock it out with a cold chisel," he
says. "Take an old boiler or a piece
of heavy tin, cut and bend to fit the
back of runners large enough to give
plenty of room for pieces of potatoes
to go through. Take a piece of 2x4
three feet six inches long and bolt the
back of each runner at the ends. Take
another piece of 2x4 twelve Inches
longer for the front, leaving six inches
project at each end on which the boxes
are to rest Make the boxes as shown
in the illustration. Attach the remain
der of the planter at the back with the
L bolts shown. Fasten a strong board
back of the boxes, but in front of the
wheels for two boys to sit on and do
the dropping. Plant and harrow just
as they are coming up."
. Farm Labor In Demand.
It is estimated that in seven States
out west 45,000 men will be needed
this summer to harvest the wheat
crop. Crops are Increasing faster than
labor to secure them can be had, and
this, too, in the face of the fact that
nearly 1,000,000 immigrants a year are
coming to America. Last year col
lege students were . attracted to the
west by the offer of $2.50 a day and
board and lodging, but so many fell
by the wayside In the hot sun that
scarcely enough remained to marry
all the daughters of the rich farmers.
Harvesters can find employment from
May to nearly October, moving up
from Texas to Canada; wages are high
and there is plenty to eat. With a
foreign war now in progress and the
regular demand for foodstuffs In the
countries In Europe which always buy
from Americans, on the increase, the
outlook for a great business in export
ing agricultural products is excellent
Baltimore Herald.
Teaching a Calf to Drink.
Pour fresh milk in the pail to the
depth of about one-half inch. Gently
place the calf s nose into the milk
and against the bottom of the pail.
It will soon get a taste of the milk
and will begin to sip and suck on the
bottom of the pail. When the milk
Is gone, replace it with the same
amount as before, and continue till
the calf has enough. If care Is taken
not to put enough milk in the pail
so as to cover the nostrils of the
calf. It will soon learn to drink. When
it has learned to drink, a small quan
tity more can be added each time
until the lesson is fully learned and
then the amount required for a feed
ing may be placed in' the pail with
out fear of the calf not drinking it
Use the Harrow on Corn.
Many farmers read with surprise
the statement that' a harrow can be
run across young corn without dam
age to the crop. Try it and see. It is
better to use the iron-toothed harrow
with teeth slanting backward at an
angle of 45 degrees. It is remarkable
how much work a thrse-section harrow
POTATO PLANTER.
will do in a cornfield in one day dnr.
ing the early spring season. Harrow!
corn just as it comes through the
ground. Harrow crosswise again with
in, a week. In some cases it Is neces
sary to weight the harrow. A seventy
five or ninety-tooth harrow will cover
fifteen acres of corn with a slow team
and twenty acres if the team is a quick
stepper. If doubtful' about the use of
the harrow on your particular corn
crop, take it out and run it for twenty
five feet and test the work done by
pulling at every stalk passed over to
find whether or not the roots still hold.
Harrowing will lay the crop down for
a day or two, but it soon straightens.
Harrowing kills weeds and destroys
young grass, lets the air into the
ground and is the best possible method
of cultivating young corn until the
crop reaches eight or ten inches la
height Use the harrow on corn.
Good Flood Gate.
A subscriber to an agricultural
paper sends a sketch illustrating a
water gate and writes: "Some flood
gates are built so as to catch and hold
all trash, though swinging freely, and
others will auow obstruction to be
freely disengaged and pass away. One
of the best I have found is composed
of a 2x6 upon which slats are nailed
OATS FOB A WATEB OAP.
of a proper length to reach the low
water mark. This gate is hung to a
log or beam extending across the
stream, attached by chains or wire. In
this form we find a very good gate for
a water gap."
Quality of Goat Meat.
While it is generally agreed among
those who speak from experience that
the kids of all breeds of goats are a
delicacy, yet among the great mass of
the American people there is a preju
dice against anything bearing the
name of "goat" Within the environ
ments of the larger American cities
are found many kids, but as few of
them grow to maturity the question
arises as to what becomes of them.
Butchers and meat dealers reply that
they pass over their blocks as "lamb.'
Yet no meat dealer has heard com
plaints of the quality of such "lamb."
Numbers of mature common goats are
purchased by the packing firms of the
larger cities. Bought as goats, they
are sold either in the carcass or can
ned as mutton, and it is probable
that many who decry goat meat have
unknowingly eaten It many times.
This does not imply that the meat Is
as palatable as good mutton, but it
may be as good as poor mutton.
Canadian Farm Lands.
Lord Strath co na, High Commission
er for Canada, has received from Mr.
W. Elliott Commissioner of Agricul
ture for the Northwest Territories, a
bulletin relating to the grain crops of
the Territories for 1903. The estimat
ed crop area for the current year is
1,706,000 acres, as compared with 1,
383,434 acres this time last year. The
bulletin also contains a table show
ing the extent of the crops gathered in
Western Canada (Manitoba and' the
Northwest Territories) in 1903: Wheat
56,229,437 bushels; oats, 47,215,479
bushels; barley, 10,448,461 bushels, and
flax, 857,292 bushels.
Twenty Thousand White Dncko.
The largest duck farm in the United
States is at Riverton, Va. There are
20,000 white Pekin ducks in the place.
In the laying department 1,500 mother
ducks are kept in 10 pens set apart for
them 150 to the pen. The hatching is
done by incubators', which during the
hatching season bring forth 2,000 duck
lings each week. At the age of 12
weeks they are slaughtered for the
market It requires a carload of food
every week to feed the ducks.
Farm Notes.
Good farming is impossible without
good teams.
The secret of success in stock raising
is superiority in quality.
Superior roadsters are gifted with
both speed and bottom.
Feed the pigs refuse fruit and veg
etables from the garden.
The best sheep is the most profit
able one under all circumstances.
Breed the horse first for strength
and endurance and then style.
Medium-sized sheep usually have the
best and heaviest fleeces.
It pays to have horses perform work
that are naturally good walkers.
A horse with an unruly disposition
in very many cases is of little or no
account
Clover is one of the best of green
manurial crops, a great restorer of
worn-out lands. - - ,
The pigs will do well in the apple
orchards, especially if there are many
sweet apples.
A fast walk and prompt-telling road
gait are, to a great extent matters of
education.
Colts require plenty of exercise In
order to develop their lungs when they
are growing rapidly.