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Continued from paite 1.
at the Lead of the brigade until
the string was crossed at the end
ot the mile.
But DeVolt's remarkable gate,
which elicited from the crowded
arrri?i-be?re thu-.r'erotis cheei-
jn
W
ta
ca ;
q. r
ci
tlv:.
'rie colieie enthns'asm
rdtd on- of the love
'in a hoiW factory,
e last lap. When a
the wv around the
nrli"Ttl .-lunged foi-r'-
a fnfed t3St-r than
-it
start. T-e space be
tween f im and Leonard, who
finished second, iccreased ss per
ceptibly as between the earth and
a ris'r-g balloon, and he crossed
the f?oe fully 150 leet ahead ot
the Y. M. C. A. man.
The mile run ws the only
event during the afternoon in
which the Indian training school
was repnsenten. All of the
members entered from that insti
tution Halgehi, Wilson and
Seymour tcok part in the race.
The former held a place close to
the lead until the last quarter,
when he gradually diopped be
hind to be outdistanced by five
others of the runners at the
finish.
Corvallis sent some brawny
tissue to the meet, and Swann,
Greenhaw, Chapman and Schroe
der, not to mention DeVolt, are
Still to be heard fr jm in future
track events. Swann gave a
clever (exhibition in the pole
vault when he beat Moullen, U.
of O. The little athlete with
the bird name cleared the rod
With space to spare.
Points scored: U. of O. 545
OAC 30; Y. M. C. A. 4; M.
A. A. C. 1.
Having Strenuous Time.
On account of the strenuous
opposition which the Linn coun
ty grange has met by supporters
ot the University of Oregon ap
propriation, it has been decided
not to publish the names of anv
of those who sign the petition.
When the movement was first
inaugurated by the Linn county
grange, the names of those who
signed the petition were publish
ed in the Herald. As soon as
the names were thus given out,
the U. of O. people at once wrote
letters to the signers asking them
that they withdraw their names.
To head off any similar tactics
on the part ot that state
institution the names secured to
the petition from now on will be
kept secret until sufficient are
secured and the eniire petition is
filed with the secretary of state at
Salem.
A lew of the petitions were
circulated in Albany yesterday
by one ot the members ot the
grange and he stated that no one
of those whom he interviewed,
who had signed the first p8tition,
refused to reaffix their signatures
to the new petition.
The members of the Linn
county grange yesterday express
ed great satisfaction that their
action in opposing the university
appropriation, had been upheld
bv the members of Pomoma dis
trict grange, in the meeting held
in Haroing, Clackamas county,
last Wednesday. Every day
many letters are received from all
parts of the state supporting the
grange in its move to refer the
University of Oregon $125,000
appropriation to a vote t the
people. Herald.
BEGINS FRIDAY.
Convention of W. C. T. U. The
Program in Full.
The annual convention of the
Benton county W. C. T. U. oc
curs in this city on Friday of this
week, at the Christian church.
Many good speakers are on the
program and much interest is
tasen, both locally and in the
neighboring towns and districis,
and a good attendance is expect
ed. The complete program is as
follows:
PROGRAM 9:30 A. M.
Devotional Mrs. C. McCausland
Words of Welcome Vlrs. Higdon
liesporee Mrs. Henkle, Philomath
Appointment of CVmniitteos
Report of Oil'uers and Cj. Superintendent
Report of I.icul Unions
But ine?3 Prill '.
Mrs. L. A. A.kliton, State President j
Election of OtHvers !
State 1'ans of Work, etc j
Koon Tide Prjyer M;s. Ilandsaker
Adjournment for Basket Lnoch
t 1:30 P. M.
' How oar Finances can best be In
creased, (a) Systematic Giving"
Mrs. Lamm
(b) "Increase of Membership. Ac
tive and Honorary, and how best
secured" ;Mjs. Sarah Canthorn
(c) "Self Denial Week'-
Mrs. Additon, State President
(d) Collections, Donations, etc
Miss Nancy Campbell
3 :00 P. M.
Question Box
3:15 p. m.
Paper '-How best to Fieht the
Cigarette and Tobacco Evil"
3 :30 p. m.
Paper "Our Work With and Fo
the Children" Mrs. Lum.n
3:45 p m.
Report of Committees
Adjournment
Evening Session, 7 :45 P- M.
Song and PniseServiee...Rev Handsaker
Scripture and Prayer Rev. Gibbs
8 15 P. M.
Lecture "Word Pictnres From the
Triennial of the World's W. C.
T. U. With a General Overlook
and Outlook"- State President
Free Will Offering
Music
Benediction
A Square Deal
ts assured you when you buy Dr. Pleree's
family medicines for all the ingredi
ents entering into them are printed on
the bottle - wrappers and their formulas
are attested under oath as being complete
and correct. You know j ust what you are
paying for and that the ingredients are
gathered from Nature's laboratory, being
selected from tae most valuable native
medicinal roots found growing in our
American foresGTfFxiwhUe potent to cure
are perreTOs harmjassevan. to trie most
lelicato woineVafraThucffen? Not a drop
IV WOK"' pnt.prs intothelr cpmtios
?r acnt is us
su win 1
ft 1 .1 nrfsprvin2 t
principles ned lil l-hi'iu VI7 nnm tr;lo-
refined civ, rine. This agent possesses
Intrinsic it "TcTTJal properties of its own.
being a mot valuable antiseptic ana anti-
ferment, nutritive and soothing demul
cent.
Glvcerino plays an Important part in
Dr. Pierce's Golilen Medical Discovery in
the cure of indigestion, dyspepsia and
weak stomach, attended by sour rising,
heart-burn, foul breath, coated tongue,
poor appetite, gnawing feeling in stom
ach, biliousness and kindred derange
ments of the stomach, liver and bowels.
Besides curing all the above distressing
ailments, the"tiolden Medical Discovery"
is a specific for all diseases of the mucous
membranes, as catarrh, whether of the
nasal passages or of the stomach, bov.'- ls
or pelvic wirans. Even in its ulceratr '0
stages it will yield to this sovereign rem
edy if its uso be persevered in. In Chronic
Catarrh of the Nasal pa; sages, it is wclj,
while taking the "Golden Medical I.-.s-covery
" for the necessary constitutional
treatment, to cleanse the passages freely
two or three times a day with Dr. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy. This thorough course
of treatment generally cures the worst
cases.
In coughs and hoarseness caused by bron
chial, throat, and lung affections, except con
sumption in its advanced staffes. the "Golden
Medical Discovery " is a most efficient rem
edy, especially in those obstinate, hang-on
coughs caust?.i by irritation and congestion of
the bronchial mucous membranes. The "Dis
covery " is nt so good for acute coughs aris
ing from sudden colds, nox must it be ex
pected to cure consumption in its advanced
stages no medicine will do that but for all
the obstinatB. chronic coughs, which, if ne
lected. or bacly treated, lead up to consuror
tioji.Jtisthe hst medicine that run het-.nW ;
Notice.
That we may come up to the
full standard of our reputation,
so fast being acquired, as a grow
ing, prosperous and up-to-date
college town, and that we may
be able to look with pride out
over our entire little city and say
that in addition to having the
best water system in the entire
state outside our metropolis we
too have the cleanest looking
city to present to the new-comer
and home-seeker as well as to
the many coastwise passengers
passing through our city during
the summer season for their out
ings at the attractive resort,
Newport; I do hereby name Fri
day the 19th day of April as
"clean-up day" and on behalf of
our city council and entire city
officials as well as in the behalf
of the Corvallis Commercial Club,
whose officers are always on the
alert, in matters looking to the
upbuilding and future welfare of
our beautiful city, I urge upon
our entire citizenship, male and
female, old and young, to set
aside this day for the purpose in
tended and request that the af
ternoon of said day all business
and work for a profit shall be
suspended, that the schools shall
be dismissed, the business
houses be closed, and that al!
j shall turn out and don his or her
working clothes and disposition
to help in this great and most
needed work and I am sure whea
we have gone at this with our
true Corvallis spirit and deter
mination to do this job and to do !
it to perfection that we will look
back upon 'our labors with satis- j
faction and pride and will never
regret the day so well spent,
even though we should thus sac
rifice a few dimes in our half
day closing.
Yours for success,
A. J. Johnson, Mayor.
SECRET CF GOOD STOCK.
No Fcncy Methods ef Feeding and
Handling Neeccsary.
Interviews with several of the men
who finished prize winning steers In
the car lot classes at the late interna
tional do not reveal any fancy methods
of feeding or handling their cattle. All
of them started with good beef blood,
which is of course the first requisite of
a good beef animal. This good blood
was not in the form of a $3,000 bull
either, for these men are not breeders
of pure bred cattle. It was in the
form of successive crosses of good
bulls such as any man can buy at a ,
reasonable price today, and these suc
cessive crosses were of the same breed.
No mixing of breeds to get a little
more of this or a little less of that, but
breeding straight forward toward bet-
ter cattle.
After good blood came blue grass,
hay, corn, oats and at the finish some J
oilmeal. All of these except the oil
meal the feeders raised on their farms,
but they fed enough. There may be
some feeders of cattle who are giving
their stock wasteful quantities of feed,
but we are not acquainted with them.
There are many who really waste feed
because at some time or other in the
animal's life they do not feed enough.
Economy of production as well as
quality of product demands that all
classes of meat animals have enough.
And, further, these cattle were un
der the eyes of their masters. They
were not neglected, chased or excited ;
In any way. They had no fancy barns, j
but ran to sheds, as a rule, just as all
steers should. No doubt it would be a
losing proposition for the average feed
er to attempt to make his beeves as
ripe as those- which win prizes at ,
great shows. He fiuds it more eco- j
nomical to sell when they are fat !
enough for the market's requirements.
But the show feeder's methods are ,
only those of the up to date commer
cial cattle producer good blood, care
ful handling and feed enough to keep
them going forward all the time, says
the National Stockman and Farmer.
DOCTORING THE COW.
Ills That May Be Cured Without
Calling: the Veterinary.
The farmer is often a better veteri
nary than the advertised expert simply
because he studies cows. We are to
day striving to get great miik records
and then are continually asking, "What
Is the matter with my cow?" - Unfortu
nately whenever we develop one part
of the body abnormally we do it at the
expense of some other. We must be
content with a little less milk in order
to have a healthy cow.
Inflammation of Udder.
A gargety condition prevails in many
herds. Some cows are subject to this
disease, caused by a swinging udder.
Blood in the milk is not always a sign
of disease. A little injury causes in
flammation and makes the trouble, but
it is soon over. Hot water may be used.
An udder syringe to wash out the
inside of the udder should be kept by
every farmer. Then when a cow be
gins to give stringy milk the udder can
be cleaned and garget prevented. It
would save many a veterinary bill. In
flammation of the udder means garget.
Milk fever comes from this cause. You
should have the syringes and devices
to treat the cow yourselves.
About two weeks before the birth of
a calf reduce her rations and give her
some epsom salts. It will prevent
many a diseased cow, especially if she
is a great milker. An air syringe is a
necessity. The veterinary cannot al
ways protect you. You should be pre-
1 parea to treat suaaen cases or miik te
j ver yourself.
I Treating Cowpox.
Cowpox is but an eruptive fever
. which a solution of carbolic acid will
reduce. Take ten parts of raw lin
j seed oil and with it mix one part car
j bolic acid and you will have a germi
: cide that is invaluable. The germ is in
I the end of the teat, where there are
! warmth and moisture. This will work
1 up and finally destroy the udder. This
j can be warded off if taken in time.
I When your cow kicks at milking, don't
. kick her, but put on your spectacles
j and look for a little blister in the end
' of the teat. That is the germ. Now
I put a little of the oil above the blister,
j and the germ cannot travel over it into
! the udder. It is the unseen things that
i are the dangerous things in this world.
J Always wash your hands before milk-
ing, as the germ may be on them,
j When the garget germ once gets deeply
seated and the teat hardened it is too
late to cure.
Ise of Milk Tones.
Milk tubes are useful, but they should
not be too long. If you insert a long
tube into the sensitive udder glands it
causes injury. The tube should be dis
infected in boiling water before insert
ed into the teat.
Carbolic acid is also good to destroy
the abortion germs or at least prevent
their multiplication twenty-five drops
in the feed continued for two or three
weeks, and then drop a week or two
and continue again. A little Warning
along these lines will save many a val
uable cow. Dr. C. D. Smead, Logan,
X. Y.
THE DAIRY BARN.
Six Ways In Which It May Bo Vastly
Improved.
There are six ways in which the av
erage dairy barn can be vastly im
proved. In the first place, most of the stables
need better ventilation and light. They
need more and better kept window stir--faces
and facilities for changing the air
without exposing the cows, to drafts.
In the second place, there should be
a ceiling between the floor of the mow
and the cows. In barns where b iw is
stored over the cows it is daugerons ta
leave the defective floor without some
sort of ceiling. The chance of fire is
much greater, and a sanitary condition
of the stable Is almost impossible if the
dust and hay are allowed to fall
through upon the cows.
Third. The stables should have good
floors. Cracks in the floor are breeding
places for bacteria, and they catch and
hold an accumulation of filth that fills
the stables with bad odors.
Tying the. Cows.
Fourth. Tying the cows can be
greatly improved upon. The old fash
ioned rigid stanchion is neither com
fortable nor convenient. The cows
should have a small degree of freedom
at least. This can be provided by the i
newer makes of stanchions or by a
chain or halter. The great objection to
the last two is the difficulty of keeping
the cow clean, and right here is the
nfth way in which the stable can be
improved. Fix the gutters so that they
will keep the cow clean and at the
same time save all the manure. I have
been in barns where the platform was
so short that When the cow would lie
down she could not keep out of the
gutter. I have been in other stables
where the gutter was simply a couple
of 2 by 4's placed upon the stable floor.
Either practice is bad. The best plan
is to fix the floor in such a way that it
will accommodate the cows and give
them ample room for lying down com
fortably. Have the gutter about four
inches deep and built water tight. This
saves all the liquid manure, keeps the
cows clean and makes it much easier
to care for the stables and the stock.
Handling the Manure.
The sixth point which comes to my
mind at this time is an improved meth
od in handling the manure. Throwing
it out of the window is insanitary and
often inconvenient. The manure piles
up against the barn, injuring the paint
and at the same time losing much of
its value as n fertilizer. The other
plan of sb.0velij.1g it Into wheelbarrows
and wheeling it out and dumping it in
the yard is little better. Use some kind
of a carrier, au overnead one preferred,
and unload the manure right into the
spreader. The earrier is always out of
the way, there are no unsightly planks
and trestles which are necessary if you
use a wheelbarrow, the manure pile is
avoided, and all the manure is saved.
Professor E. L; Shaw.
Butter and Milk.
The following figures show how im
portant it is to exercise care in wash
ing milk pails, for in an actual experi
ment there were found in the first
washing 7,389,000 bacteria, in the sec
ond washing 157,000 and in the third
washing 58,000.
Best When First Made.
Butter is at Its best when first made
and hence should be delivered to the
consumer as soon as possible. More
poor butter and cream come from mid
dlemen than from dairymen, and the
nearer the producer and consumer can
be brought to each other the better.
E. G. Lovejoy, Piscataquis County, Me.
Salable Milk.
The essential points in the handling
and care of milk and cream are, first,
cleanliness in every particular in pro
ducing milk; second, strict observance
in keeping the apartments where the
cows are housed properly ventilated;
third, for cream, use separator when
five or more cows are kept, and wash
the separator every time it is used and
keep the cream sweet until wanted for
use. For milk, cool it as soon after
milking as can be done conveniently
and avoid mixing warm milk with cold.
This rule applies to miik for cheese as
well as market milk. Aerating milk is
probably the most effective, but cool
ing in cold water if properly done, with
a supply of ice, will fill the bill. W. H.
Keith, Kennebec County, Me.
Cleanliness the Watchword.
Every man, woman and child who
has anything to do with the work of
buttermaking from cow to package
should be cleanly and neat. Uneleanli
ness is the rock upon which thousands
go down. It is possible to do some
things in a slovenly manner and yet
succeed fairly well. This is not true
in buttermaking. Every pail, can,
churn, ladle, package, cloth and worker
must be scrupulously free from any
thing which will impart a taint to the
finished product. The hands especially
must be clean.
Won Sweepstakes on Butter.
The winner at one of the most close
ly contested dairy exhibitions in recent
years under the New Hampshire State
Dairymen's association was J. W. Pul
sifor of Fly mouth, who was awarded
the sweepstakes prize with a score of
9S points. Mr. Pr.Isif?r writes: "The
craam was twenty-four hours in ripen
ing at a temperature' of 04 dogbees. No
starter was ue:!. The churning tem
perature was C2 degrees. The barrel
churn was use-.l. and the butter was
colored with a very little Alderaoy bttt
tcr color. The cows wore grade Jerseys
nn;l Gaertiseys r.nd were fad .on cum
fodder and oat hay. and a tiistttre of
ccrurueal and mixed feed."
CUT GREEN BONE.
A Great Ecr Maker Which Should
Ite Fed Rearularly to the Fowls.
One of the best and, in fact, one of
the most necessary poultry foods is
green bone, says R. H. Jones in Amer
ican Poultry Advocate. No other food
can entirely take its place. There are
different food elements required for
fowls, and one of the most essential is
protein. The other elements are also
necessary, but this is the one which
is given the most attention by poultry
men, in green cut bone we find a large
percentage of this most essential ele
ment; hence its value as a food. There
may' be some objections to feeding
green bone for several reasons, but it
is certain that the advantages fully
compensate for them.
Green cut bone can be fed advan
tageously to fowls intended for many
different purposes and under different
conditions. It is a great help in has
tening the growth of young birds. Al
so when fed to laying hens the egg
yield will be increased wonderfully
and the poultry raiser well paid for
the labor expended. It is a food which
all fowls readily eat, and it must be
fed judiciously that is to say, not too
much must be given at a time. It is
a recognised fact that animal food
must be given in some form, and,
while it may be supplied in other
ways, this is undoubtedly the most
economical attd satisfactory.
It should recommend itself to poul
trymen, as U is of a very reasonable
cost The bones can be obtained in
abundance fi'tftn any butcher, by whom
they are generally regarded as waste.
Often they can be had gratis, but even
if it is necussary to pay a cent a
pound for them the investment will be
a good one.
The poultryroan should by all means
have a good green bone cutter. The
ccst price is vury reasonable, and they
will more thr.n pay for themselves.
The bones are put in the machine as
t!jey are received from the butcher.
There are usually small pieces of meat
adhering to them, and these the ma
chine will also reduce to whatever
fineness may be desired.
Poultry on a Liarsre Scale.
far every nttempt made in this
country to establish a large poultry
farm has been met by failure, says
Farm Journal (Philadelphia). The ex
tens!ve and successful plants of today
are the outcome Of. a small beginning
and a gradual growth. True, the main
cause for failure l.;as been the lack of
experience. Men have undertaken
work for which t;ay were not qual'
fied. Another effort is to be made, this
time by Charles A. Cyphers, a well
known expert; B. Holmes, formerly
editor of the Poultry Monthly, anl
others, fprming a stock company. The
farm is located about twelve mik-s
from Buffalo, N. Y., and comprises 2C0
acres of land. It is planned to quarter
20,000 layers for market eggs and
hatch more than 100,000 head of broil
era and roasters a year from 2,000
breeders to be kept for that purpose.
Why English Fowls Grow Blgr.
One firm announcing the arrival of a 1
consignment of Orpington cockerels
from England says, "They are, of
course, larger than any grown in this
country." We once asked a prominent .
judge why it is that the English fan
ciers take our American Wyandottes
and Rocks and increase their size ma
terially, says American Poultry Jour
nal. He replied: "No warm nights
over there. Chicks not kept in small
brood coops, as they are here. Given
an abundance of fresh air all the time.
Made to rustle in the meadows and
orchards. Fed but little corn, their
diet consisting almost wholly of roods i
which produce bone anil muscle, suv;h
as oats, etc."
To Prevent Bowel Trouble.
It has been said that if dry whent
bran is used as a covering for the
Eoor of a feed box and if nothing but
a dry grain ration is fed to the young
chicks and pure water and grit are set
near by for them it will prevent bow
el trouble. In addition to these, some
use stale bread ground small in a cof
fee mill and some fine ground . chop.
This is a meal made of equal parts of
oats and corn ground fine with the
oat husks sifted out and fed in the
bran. These are said to be the safest
remedies against this trouble in poul
try in hot climates.
Wheat For the Ht-itB.
We are glad to notice that the agri
cultural press throughout the country
has taken up the cry of more wheat
and less corn for laying hens, says the
Feather. So soon as the people through
out the country learn that corn will not
produce many eggs during the winter
months and that wheat will produce a
profitable egg yield the more pleased
will they be with the results of egR
production from their bens. Too much
corn assures an empty egg basket
Plenty of wheat bids fair for a profita
ble egg production.
Porlc Scraps For Poultry.
Pork scraps are relished by poultry.
but are not generally considered as
satisfactory as beef scrap. However,
they . analyze about the same, except
that the pork scrap contains rather
more fat. Pork cracklings and be3f
cracklings should have about t'.ie saae
feeding value. They are not as rich
in protein as prepared scrap, but can
be used as a substitute for a scrap
with quite satisfactory results.
EsrlT Maturity uf Khotle Tc?r.
March 21, 10f.i. I Latched ten chic!:
ens. Ilhode Island K?ds, says a eerie
spondent. One dk-d March 23. Five of
the balance are cockerels and b-.'insi
orowiu-r Jcne 11. Oi:e pullet develoyid
leg weakness, and I had her p-it out of
Iter ec.Toring. Anollijr tlovoloprd vi
nijoiit four and a half pounds and laid
her first egg July IS.
"TrrTgating sediments; "
They Necessitate -Scii Cultivation
That I; .
The streams of t".:t s;v.:'V"--st carry
unusually large R.-i-;ir.s.; o j.. ".intents,
particularly iu t."- : " id. A re
cent bulletin of ..'. .....y expert
ment station rep -' a ; "y of the
fertilizing and ph;,. ... , ..jjts of such,
sediments upon the soil. The most pro
nounced effect of the free use of irri
gation water containing large amounts
of sediment was found to be the for
mation of a siit blanket which inter
feres with the penstration of irriga
tion waters and iu other ways impairs
the physical condition of the soil. Ex
periments on the effects of these silt
deposits ou the growth of alfalfa were
made during the summer of 1905 on
three fields situated respectively under
the Colorado, the Salt and the Gila riv
ers. In the case of the field on ths
Gila river the .irrigation water used
contained a large amount of mine tail
ings from the concentration of copper
ores.
The "Blanketing" Effect.
The results show in general a mark
ed injurious effect from the accumula
tion of sediments in alfalfa fields, but
like results from the use of water rich
in sediments were not in general ob
served In the case of corn, barley and
wheat. In the case of such crops the
ground Is cultivated in a manner im
possible with alfalfa, and the sediment
blanket is broken up, turned under
and incorporated with the soil. In this
way the blanketing effect is lessened,
or entirely done away with, and tho
sediments are left free to exert such
fertilizing influence as they may pos-
Mine Tailings Settling Basins.
As compared with the natural sedi
ments the mine tailings were of little
or no fertilizing value and were fully
as injurious from the standpoint of
the physical properties of the soli.
Certain Injurious effects which have
been popularly ascribed to mine tail
ings are shown to be due to other
causes, such as plant diseases of vari
ous kinds. It is believed, however,
that sunburning of the crops, which la
common throughout the southwest, Is
due largely to the use of turbid irri
gating waters. It Is stated that "it la
probable that to an increasing extent
settling basins will be found a neces
sary adjunct to irrigating systems in
the southwest."
A LIFTING DEVICE.
An Arrangement For Removing
Wagon Box to a Platform.
There are various ways of removing
a wagon box from the trucks, and in
the following plan, described in Iowa
Homestead one of these is brought out:
BEMOVXNO TEE WAOON BOX.
The upright pole is 4 by 4 by 14 feet
and is set several feet in the ground, so
that it will be firm enough in its posi
tion to stand the strain which is re
quired of it. The platform on which
the rear end of the wagon box rests
when it is to be raised from the wagon
may be made any height so as to suit
the height of the trucks. Two guy
wires should be attached to the pole a
foot or so from Its top and be secured
eight or ten feet In the rear of the plat
form. The rope which is used to do
the lifting is attached at oue end of the
upright pole near its upper end. From
there it continues on to a pulley hooked
in a rope which passes around the
front end of the wagon box, then back
over a pulley in the top of the pole and
down to a windlass at the rear end of
the platform. When the wagon box Is
in its final position on the platform, it
should stand upright and should be
left attached to the rope, so that it can
not be blown down in case of winds.
Experience With Manure Spreader.
My experience with the manure
spreader teaches me that the modern
method of applying manure to land is
far In advance of the old practice, says
a writer in Farm and Fireside. In ap
plying manure with the spreader It is
put on uniformly, and all parts of the
field are equally benefited. When the
manure was dumped in piles, it fre
quently happened that the work of
spreading was postponed for some
time, and the result was that much of
the fertilizing value of the manure
leached out or was lost through fer
mentation. The manure spreader not
only saves the plant food elements of
the manure, but also saves time and
labor, as the work is all done at ono
time. It does two very important
things and does them well it thor
oughly fines the mypure and distrib
utes it evenly.
Hornless Cattle.
The time will come when horned cat
tle will be bred only as curiosities or
for show purposes, as fancy breeds of
poultry are now. The advantages of
the mulleys are s many that the horns
must go. It is. just as easy to breed
cattle without horns as with horn:!,
and it is a great deal easier to take
care of them afterward. Farm Press.
Apple Growing.
An authority states that the cause
of many failures in apple growing may
be found in the bare steni-s six or eight
feet high to the lowest branches. Low
beaded trees are iis'i-illy preferable.
In a general way, pruning should bo
done frequtEtiT with knie and thumb.
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