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Newspaper Page TextARMY IN TRAP liuropatkin Is Cut Off Tour Divisions. With ATTEMPT AT RESCUE FATAL Japanese force Will Be Reinforced With Idea of Dealing a Crush ing Blow to the Enemy. L.iao Yang, Oct. 17. ibis city la in a turmoil of excitement over the reports brought in by wounded soldiers from the right wing 01 trie Japanese army that General Kuroki has caught Gentr a) Kuropatkin in . a trap, having cut him off with four Russian divisoLns which be attempted to save, and now baa the Russian commander isolated and enveloped east of Bensihu.' The general engagement continued all day yehterday. KusBian luBBes eo far ate estimated at 15,000. .The Japanese have also suffered heavily, but uo fig ures are available. 1 The bearers of the news of the latest Japanese vi tory Etate that Field Marshal Marquis Oyama has ordered vast manses of reinforcements to the as sistance of General Kurcki to enable him t ) execute- the coupe aa planned. - General Kuroki ia pushing the Rus sian divisions eastward in order to make their isolation complete and to preclude the possibility of Russian reinforce ments reaching tht-m. The Jap uieBe are fortifying their po sitions to the north. Another of Gen cial Kuroki's columns today captured the Bbadtakan hills to the south of Bentsiaputze alter a series of fierce en gagements, in which 1,200 Japanese and neary 1,500 Russians fell. An en tire battery was captured, and now the hills, vbich may be called the key to the Russian left advance, are in the hands of the Jap&peBe. A crushing defeat has been adminis tered to the Russian right by General Oku at - Yenti. The entire Russian lines, extend inz from the Hun river to the railroad, were driven back 20 miles - with terrible losses on both sides, and but for the awful punishment suffered by the Japanese, General Kuropatkin'a right would have been completely crushed. As it is, the flank ia utterly disorganized and the Russian command ers are endeavoring to rally their forces northeast of Changtan. ' On both sides in the battle raging near Mukden there have been such loPHPs in killed and wounded . as, mark the contest as cine of the bloodies't bat- tlj8 in history. , Already the losses- at Liao Yang have been approximated, and the indications are that they will le exceeded. The RuBsian advance has been converted into a stubbornly fought retreat. The result, according to the Russians, is still to be deter mined. On both aides the soldiers have shown the utmost tenacity and bravery, and whole regiments have gone down before the fire of the enemy. In offic ial circles of St. Petersburg. .there is a disposition' to argue that even should Oenarel Kuropatain be oblidged to re tire upon Mukden, his position will be quite aa favorable as it was when . the order to advance was given October 6, and that, o the other hand, the Jap anese powers of further resistance will have been materially weakened. ROOSEVELT PREPARING TO ACT. He Will Soon Address Notes to Pow ers Regarding Peace Conference. Washington, Oct. 7. The president is preparing to redeem hip promise to the delegates to the Interparliamentary Peace conference to secure another meeting of plenipotentiaries of the powers signatory to the Hague conven tion, with a view to revising and adding to that instrument. The etate department will address separate notes to every government rep resented in the last confeienoe. inviting suggestions to the time and place of meeting, and without doubt, in the - spirit of caution that ia always exhibit ed by diplomats, many of these govern ments will seek to secure an ironclad agreement aa to th scope of the con ference. Many limitations are ex pected to be proposed in this way, and it is realized that much difficulty will be experienced in seeming har mony. Embezzler Must Do Time. Honolulu, Oct. 17. The, supreme court has handed down a decision de nying the appeal of B. H. Wriuht, cor victed of embezzlement of public funds in February, 1903. Wright's trial was the first growing but of a number of public works department embezzle ments. He ' was sentenced to three vars' haid labor by Judge de Bo.t. T .e number of Japanese coming into the islands during the recent weeks ii Ies8 than the average' nas been for Home time.' There is a slight increase in the number of Coreans. .' Road Past Nearing Completion. " silt tttrcity; Oc'tr ir.i stretch" miles ia,aJl that intrvenes -now v PriosAVple A-Palt'lJa1ceiad, which ia to join JS Lak$ City. and Ion Angeles, Cal. TrackTaving from Cailente, .gy '.has, n-fw rM'ede Vegasr braWhr -nh-H3nthero Sevada, Tiruu u is nui 1 1 uuirN iruui mtv A,au- fotnia linATVwdik frbrngge'ti; Cal., is also .iP&&tipf$Jii&&tld Tart of the 80-mile stretch is graded . Company Declares bividend. ; Chicago. Oct. 17--lhe usual quartet '. ly dividend of 2 per share .from net earnings was declared today1 by the1 Pull man company." The annual placemen, - for the 'fiscal vpar ending Jiilv Sit p)nwa the net surplus .for the' year of 1 3,741,625. . REGARD DEf CAT AS COMPLETE. London PaDers Agree That fiuro patkin Has Shot His Bolt. Xondon, Oct. 15. The London, pa pere have to rely mainly on official re ports for news from the Far, East,, but the dispatches thus far received regard a complete Japanese victory assured, and editoralize from this point of view. Says the Daily Telegraph: ''General Kuropatkin has shot his bolt. .It seemed to be speeding well toward the mark, yet missed it badly. He has suffered not merely a repulse but a disastrous defeat, while Japan's incomparable soldiers under incompar able generals have added another glori ous page to the chronicle of war and proved that Oyama is still Kuropat kin'a master in every branch pf the art of war." , The Daily Graphic describes General KnroDatkin'a move aa a "gambler e throw," and considers the frank blunt ness of his report,to the emperor seems to speak the language of a man who has done his best with the bungling advice of some superior agency The Standard finds General Kuropat kin's dispatch full of tragic meaning. while the Daily News argues . the , Rue 8ian dash southward was prompted by a desperate desire to relieve' Port-Arth nr rather than :o Viceroy Alexieff ' malign influence, the end of which, in case of the fall of the fortiees, cannot be far uistant. Spencer Wilkinson, in the Morning Post, discussing strategic possibilities thinks the issue will turn upon which side shall first become exhausted by the protracted operations. VTelegrams," he a s, "do not yet reveal the final decision, but they cer tainly do not point to the scale turn ing in Russia's favor. It remains to be seen whether 1 either army kept large reserves ready to throw in when it be comes apparent that the forces engaged have become exhausted." . '. COST Of FEEDING THE ARMY. Commissary General Reports, the Expenses Reduced to a Minimum, Washington, Oct. 15. The annual report of Brigadier General J. F. West on, commissary'general of the " army saye the total cost of feeding the aimy during the.past fiscal year was f 8,821, 750. During the vear the losses were $418,650 in the Philippines; $7,467 on the transports . and $129,853 in the United States, Alaska, Porto Rico and elsewhere. ."' '',.. General Weston Bays it ia ' difficult and often impossible to prevent fosses of perishable stores. : General Weston urgently recommends the passage of a bill by congress to give authority to aH'officerB entrusted -with-the disburse ment of subsistence funds to hold re itricted amounts of auch funds in their personal possession. He says the' ex igenciea of the public service require an open disretzard of the restriction of the existing laws in cities where the treas urer or an assistant tieasurer is located He urges legislation authorizing the sa e at public auction of accumulated subsistence stores in good condition. General Weston says the problem of feeding the army in the Philippines was a difficult one, bnt "it has been successfully solved, and subsistence affairs in the archipelago are now run with system and economy". The subsistence department, it is stated, was able to make a contract for fresh beef for the fiscal .year, 1905, by which an annual saving of over $140, 000 was effected. The running expenses gradually have been l educed to a min imum, the report says, and a saving of more than $40,000 made in wagea of civilian employes alone. Wreckage Prom Troopship. San Francicso, Oct. 15. The schoon er Gotama, which arrived here early this morning from Kurlie island, re ports that on August 4, when 40 miles south eouthwest of Cape Curat, she sighted a mass of floating wreckage. She made out parts oi a mast. Captain Macomber later succeeded in getting closer to the wreckage, and established that it was from the Japanese troop ship Klnshiu Maru, which was sunk by. the Russians last April, when 200 per ished.: -Entangled in the wreckage were a number of headless trunks. '.., .PassjncLof .Ne,gro Roustabouts. - New Orleans, Oct. 15.t The passing of hq negro as. a rpnatabout, marking an-epoh in-steamboating on the Missis sippi, was witnessed by a' large' crowd of people, who today saw 60 white men, sent here, from Western and Northern cjtirsigp to : work at the steamboat landings In place of the colored men'. Fcfr yeS8it-eteanboat men have suf- lerea uom me ei rises oi negro rousters, who sometimes have demanded as high as $150 a month. ' Great Dockworkers Strike Ends. Marseilles, Oct 15.-The coal heav ers who have been on el r ike for nearly two months have agreed to resume work on the employers' conditions. This brings ..-the great dockworkers strike to an en 1. .. AT THE CANAL Work at Panama Progress ing Satisfactorily. COMMISSION REVIEWS WORK ON Cost of Excavating Material Has . Been Reduced Nearly 30 Cents , Per Cubic Yard. - i, . Washington, Oct. 14: Merribera of tne I'anama canal commission..-- now. : jb Washington called today by appoint ment on President Roosevelt.,- .A short time afterward, John Barrett, Ameri can minister to Panama, had a confer ence with the president. The commie si on- remained with the president abopt half an hour. 4s they left the. execu tive office they said the visit was purely complimentary call" on the president and was without special "sig nificance. It is known, however, that I they discussed with him the conditions on the isthmus of Panama which have arisen since the acquisition by this country of an Ameiican zone, and the differences between the commission and the goveinment of Panama.- What, if any, conclusions were reached was not disclosed. The commissioners left with the president. a memorandum giving in de tail the work accomplished onthe-isth mus. Surveying paities are at work in the vicinty of Colon, making plans and estimates for an inner harbor; also at Gutan, surveiyng and -boring at the various proposed dam sites in 'that neighborhood, and for a cut off between Gutan and Tiger Hill. At Bohio the surveyor are making detailed surveys and studies and investigating the vari ous dimeites that have ' been proposed in tnat locality An engineering corps along the main" line of the canal in the Vicinitv of Cul- ebra is making suivevs to determine the feasibility of straightening the lines of the French company and to determ ine the amount of material removed and to be removed in accordance with the different canal plans under consid eration. Another engineering force is constructing a reservoir in the valley of the upper Rio Grafrde, which will furn ish a minimum supply of 2,000,000 gallons of water a day for the City of Panama; also a .distributing reservoir for the .Qity of Panama at Ancon. It ia also making surveys arid estimates for a sewerage system for- Colon and plans are" being prepared for - the con strnctiomof a, harbor, there. The average-amount' of material tak en out of the Culberacut has been from l.OOQ to 1,500 cubic yards a day. This is with the use -of old. French machin ery available. Three - modern steam shovels, which are to be put at- work on Culebra Hill, will increase the cut five feet. In August, the unit cost of excavat ing material was cut to 50)4 data a cubic yard, while during ih time Major Black was in charge of the canal i . l. ii.. a i r a At a -. TV -1 TWfc,-8-4lS2--.5fc cubicard. s '"' '- 1 . - - H.,..M..r... . - , " I EXCHANGE IDEAS ON WARSHIPS. Important Conference Attended by - British Expert. ; Washington, Oct. 14. An important conference was held at the White House this evening by the president. Admiral Dewey, Secretary of the Navy Morton, Sir. William White, formerly naval "h'ef of the , British navy, Ad miral Cippes, chief naval constructor of the Daitt d States navy, Hear Admir al Converse, ch"f of t ureau of naviga tion, Rear Adn i al Frederick Rodders, Rear Admiral R. D. Evana and Com mander Sima, inspector of target prac tice of the United States navy. The general subject of battleship const i ac tion wi s considered at the conference. views be'njr xi:hanged between Sir William White and the American naval officers. The conference was called by the president,' Sir William .White being asked to attend. Sir William favored the construction of fighting ships and not'those that could run away. This met with the president's approval The idea found favor to have sold .many of the gunboats and cruisers, purchased during tne recent war, which are maintained at great expenee, and whose complement of officeis could be need advantageously on the new battleships Dewey Offers to Assume Command. Washington, Oct.- 14. Admiral Dewey has again offered to assume com mand of the combined fleet in the Car- bbean sea and direct the winter man euvers. If his services can be spared from the- presidency of the general board at that time Secretary Morton will certainly accept the admiral's offer. It is probable the admiral will leave in the Mayflower early in - the new year and. assume command of the fleet' at Guantanamo. Ihe fleet 'will reach Ouantanamo between Jat uary 8 ana w. . .... . - Suffering in Mexico, f Denver; Oct.'- 14r-A New special rfrora - Albuquerque says: Seventy lweilings"in" San Marcial, - SO-, miles' south of . Albuqueique, have been wrecked by . the floods of the past, week, and there is great sunering and desti- tation" there." The pTigbtof the Mexi can' people "in the surrounding valley, is teixible; "and hundreds must' staTrye on ess immediate jelp is- furnished- from the outside. Not only ' the crops ancCj stores, but their lands, are ruined. , Snow PaUs in New York. I jsew. iorK, ui:t..i4, ine nrat snow of the season fell at Albany, "SchenectT any and a numbei of other places j up the state today.. Jt melted as fast as -it LOSS IS iSOO,0OO. fire : Destroys .Three Business Blocks in Winnipeg. . Winnipeg, Man., Oct. 13 Fire to night destroyed three of the finest bus iness blocks in this city, entailing a loss of at ' least. $800,000. For a time the fames, threatened to spread to ad joining buildings, and but for the splendid woik of the fire brigade a much larger money damage would nave been incurred. J The, fire started in the new Pullman block, which was totally destroyed. The Ashdown Hardware company, on Bannatme street, one of the largest es tablishments of its kind in Canada, was next attacked by the flames. , Many explosions were caused by powder and cartridges carried in the stock of the hardware company, hut no one was in jured. The Rialto block and the Great Northern telegraph, office were also 'de stroyed.' There is no estimate of the amount of insurance. The Woodbine hotel block and Dufferine block were also, badly . dam aged. The chief sufferers in those blocke were the Slater.. Shoe company. rne uunay juusio. company, ua icier 's photorgaph supplies: and Raver's sta tionery stock and Connelly, drugs rne electric light and power service was cut off owing to the fire, and all newspaper omtee are in darkness. The Free Press office, in the rear of the Bullman .block, escaped injury. JAPANESE GUNBOAT 'LOST. Hei Yen Strikes a Mine, and Nearly ' 200 Persons are Drowned. loKio. uct. id. rne Japanese gun boat Hei Yen struck a mine off Pigeon bay on the night of September 18 and foundered. It is officially stated that 197 men were lost. Those rescued managed to reach Chiao Pai island, from which they were rescued. Per mission was today granted by the' au thorities to publish the details of the disaster. ine uei Yen, wnicn was engaged in guard duty, off Pigeon bay, was missed by the fleet, and a search for the vessel was immediately begun. The petty officers and sailors fpund on Chiao . Pai rdand reported thai at dusk on Sep tember 18 a storm came up, accompan ied by high seas. The Jlei Yen endeav ored to return to her base, when she suddenly struck a floating mine, which exploded under her - starboard side amidships.-? . The. vessel began to , siik, and an attempt was made to lower the boats. The boats wire swamped and the crew jumped into the' sea,-; vLjBfe., owins to the heav combers, they were quicKly drowned. v The Japanese fleet carefully searched the patrolled locality, but failed to find any other survivors An official announcement of the disaster, issued today, says: It is nigniy regrettable tnat no re port in any form has been recevied of the fate of the other .: survivors. . The sad evert was mane worse on account of the weather, which, must have added greatly to the already : awful result caused by the explosion of thelriine.'!,; ' rAitGHT With his. Mm f -. J ? r I, .... Secret Service HenSwoop- Down on Counterfeiter at Work. . i Seattle, Oct; 13. United States Sec ret Service Agent Bell, of this city, to day descended upon a counterfeiter's cabin in the woods nine miles west of Tacoma and captured H. N. Stone vir tually in . the act of manufacturing spurious United States balf dollars, quarters and dimes. Mr. Bell was as sisted in the raid by a deputy United States marshal, two Taeoma detectives and a special secret service agent who has been working on the case for two weeks. One of the most elaborate outfits ever captured in the Northwest was seized together with the molds, which were discovered in a, stove, where, they had been placed to dry only a few minutes before. Stone confessed his guilt when confronted witH the evidence, but main tained that he was only "experiment ing" and had not actually put any of the counterfeit money into circulation. The cabin in which Stone conducted his operations is located in . a flense swamp, entirely removed trom human habitation. It is conceded that it would hardly have been discovered had not the secret service officers secured a clew in Seattle, where a considerable part of the layout was purchased. Admirals of the Baltic fleet. St. Petersburg. Oct. 13. -The Official Messenger has announced the appoint ment of Vice Admiral Bezobrazoff, com mander of the first squadron ' of the Pa cific fleet, to be senior admiral of ' the Baltic fleet, and, of 'Rear Admiral Haupe, naval commander r at the Port of Vladivostok, to be:junior ac'mirarof the Baltic fleet. , Rear Admiral Greve win succeea near Aamirai tiaupt asj commander at the Port of Vladivostok. Admiral Jeseen will assume command Qf tfie first Pacific Bquadrbn. Predicted China Would Profit. indqn, Oct. lSf The Times. . today pobjisbes, the mmarjr: of a Ijetter; air leged , to have been written by Li "Hung Chang shortly before . his death, .pre dicting that lirtlevharm- would eorne from allowing; the ; Rnesiftrya, to hold,! xuincnuria, Decause it wouiu leau. to war. between Russia rand Japan, 1 ajod then Cbina, by espousing the jwinnijig side, wbuld be able "recover Man-, churia. . ' ; ' i, V y'; : - ;' . Russians Hokt Railways. Mukden, Oct. TS. The battle" com mehced, this morning along the line of the railroad "with a terrific artillery fire onjbotH sides. The railway line al- tmest to Yentai is in possession of the Russians."---- : ' -'v ... , ; Plan of a Stock Barn. , . Here's . a plan of a barn with silo suitable for three horses and fifteen cows. The plan shown is for a barn 36 by BO feet. The framework above the basement consists of an eighteen- foot bent above the horse stable, then a twelve-foot drive way, then a twenty-foot bent. . In order to have room for a team to be taken out beside a loaded wagon there should be an over lay of 'six feet in the mow over 'the cattle; this will give. plenty of room on the thrash floor. The stairway to the basement goes down from the drive:floor into. the feed-mixing room. The hay or feed from above is put down through a swinging door beside tne stairway. The "basement consists of sixteen single cow stalls, box-stalls, and four SXOOB PLAN OF STOCK BARN. A. mixing room: B. horae stable: C. fed alleys; D, cow stalls; E, box stall; F, pas sage behind cattle; G, manger; H, root bouse under driveway; I, stlo. horse stalls, with feed rooms. Provis ion is made for a concrete root-house. arched over with concrete, under, the driveway. The silo ia on the; outside of the bam, beside the driveway, and can be,made any size desired; one fif teen feet in diameter and thirty feet high would be about the size required for the amount of stock the basement would -contain.. H. .' Growing: Special Props. ' r'' ' Each : year: "there1 ' ar numbers of growlers among farmers who wish they could find some branch . of agri cultural work less arduous than mixed farming. It is. admitted that on some farms hard work is about all there is to be found, and yet the" conditions surrounding many such farms are such, that only mixed farming can be carried on with -any degree of success. On the other hand, there are farms de voted to general farming which should be turned Into specialty farms. Then; too, we find farmers who. are peculiar ly successful in growing some one br two crops. In such cases the way is plain. If the soil and conditions seem suited to these, one; or two crops one can grow better than his neighbors, such crops should be made specialties not the entire farm devoted to them, but suf ficient of It to bring proper returns. We believe the Ideal farm to be the one which is made to produce the liv ings that is, the food for the people and the stock on it, and the remaining acres devoted wholly to ' specialties which experience has proved of value. In this way one is sure of a living and of a money crop varying according to climatic and market conditions; but generally, at its worst, sufficient to bring in what cash is needed for the year. Lines for Three Horses. For driving' three .horses the lines can be made the same as -for two horses, only the No. 3 must be1 added, 4S I5IAGB KM FOB THBKZ-HORSE LINES. which must be inches longer than the No: 2;, The way: the lines; ;are crossed is the- way they must, be put on the horses. :C:Teubits Jn.ithe dia gram represent the horses. t ., i . Southern' Apple. , ..Attempts are being made in south ery Florida to grow aBpleftyraftlng or. budding 'on 'the ReanawstocE The crafts s;re. reported 'to be growing rile ly, . and one 'apple has been shown" f -weighing fonrteen ouiices. ftf4 ; excel- I rent in sjypr ; n(i ,wortnerewwr i orehardlsts have not sutfeeedea in pro-. I .educing a. !WJe",e, South. - , i. .-. -f i-.rl - ... . 1- - - - - Harakiic"FarjBot h:e,; Twenty-five year ago 42ie-man am bitious enough to attempt'-to "cultivate a. thousand acres would probably have been thought idiotic, but; auch - has been pur agricultural progress that to day one .can find farms In. the West L - i. ranginr aa hlgh as 10,000 acres. . Is' a single year jthe owner of one contaln- inj tj,uuu acea. m iowa- naa placed In the bank 50.000-fthe profits of that yenod arte, taxing out all expenses. In other words,. erCy acre of the farm cetted him oyer .counting- In 400 acres of woodUandV'ipads, and soil on which nothing productive was culti vated. -.,.- v:v f ?-: -.-.. tteiOnsfJfief Cattle. Prof. W. A. Hen.-whose reputa tion as an authority ;jn cattle feeding cannot be doubttd, suggests that American cattle can be fattened upon must less grain than our feeders gen erally give them. He says, that many .feeders In the Western and Middle 'States give to their fattening stock from twenty to thirty pounds, and sometimes thirty-five pounds a day of corn meal, while in England and Scot land they seldom use more than six or eight pounds a day. They give with this from fifty to one hundred pounds of sliced roots, usually rutabagas four to five pounds of straw and from five to ten pounds of hay. They claim to send as good meat to market as we can furnish them, which we may not doubt,; but we are ifot sure that we can grow the turnips as the corn which 'we feed here, and whether beef animals fed upon turnips would stand transportation as well, either alive or as dressed meat, as those fattened on corn. Professor Henry thinks ensilage should take the place in our, stock 'feeding that roots do in England, and we do not doubt that a judicious use of ensilage or some other succulent food with the corn meal might induce abetter digestion so that animals might ! be as well . . fattened- with ' a less amount of grain. iAte-Hatched Chickens. It is not usually profitable to carry the late-hatched chicks into winter quarters, for they will not lay until midwinter or early spring, hence will consume more food than their eggs will payjfor. We have found it an ex cellent plan to keep the late-hatched chicks on the range as long as "possible, and when they must be brought in and fed place them in quarters by them selves. Then they are given Just enough' room to take moderate exer cise, some green food and for grain mainly corn, only enough other grain being given them to keep them from being corn sick. The idea is to fatten them as quickly and Inexpensively ;ai possible after they are brought In doors. They are then marketed 'and bring a 'price which makes it profitable to raise them to this point . vJ To Stop Rattle of Spokes A good way to overcome the rattl of spokes is to go over the wheel and tighten all bolts, then make a water tight trough large enough so that the wheel may be set upright in it; thU trough should be about six lnchei deep. Then buy a gallon of linseed oil and while boiling hot pour it in th trough, set the wheel in it, rolling it around slowly so that the crevices will WIXX STOP TEE BATTLE. take In the oil and then, with a brush, go over, with the oil, all portion! which are not covered while the wheel is standing in the tub. Not only will the rattle be stopped, but the wheel will last a great deal longer jindei this treatment. The illustration show the form of a trough which Is best fot the purpose. farm Note. Vill not bear neglect Sheep and thrive. Cropping the orchard generally doei not pay. A garden must be rich, mellow and kept clean. There is no animal more unprofita ble than poor sheep. Currant .and gooseberry bushes should be pruned every year. . The tools and teams should always be the best circumstances will allow. No unprofitable animals should be kept a moment longer than necessity requires. It is usually best to defer trans planting trees until the frost has killed the leaves. It is not what is eaten but what is digested that furnishes, the strength . and muscle. - ' - - - Early maturity is one of the accept ed methods of lessening the coat of stock raising. A sharp, plow will sometimes save '": a. great deal of strength rin the team besides do better work. ' ! Unless ; the manure is ' well rotted 1 and fined Jf should not be allowed to come In direct contact with the roots of fruit frees, but be scattered broad cast over the surface. Condition makes or unmakes the - horse) and on Its proper conditioning nepenaa in aeveiopment or its mus- eles; and its powers of endurance, and on these depend its -speed develop menr. ; - - . the soil the plant food , which should go toward the development of the growing crop, and the - larger the. weeds are allowed to grow the more of the plant food will they consume. Weeds, making the best out of them possible, are parasites not only on the soil and farm crops, but also on the revenue of the farrier. . . -w - . . - - ... ;