ARMY 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
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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.
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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.
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