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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (April 18, 1902)
MONEY IS WASTED EXTHAVAQANCE IN THE ARMY THANBPORT SERVICE. Strange Proceedings are Juil Now Coming (o Unlit favoritism Hal lltcn Shown To. wird San I'ranclico, and the Government llai Had lo Pay (or ll-lnspectore' Re ports will He Made Public ' rYHlilngUin, April 10. Tlui imm In dinr;o ol tlm trmii-port Hirvlcti (or tlio nrnij linvo always maintained tlint i'artland anil ruget Sound purtM wuro mtro oxpennlvo tliim Hun Krnm Wco. Thoy mn evidently learn foinellilng to the advantage of tlm service liy poriiH Ing tho riirlH which llui liiKpuutorn o( Ilia army (invn innilii. Theso report Imte heretofore iiovnr Ikxti liiflilo pub' l', nnd It Ih cany to understand why ttm army department did not rnro to ulve lliom out. y Tlmy show lack of iiimiagomttut Hint olll nmnzn tho rotuitry nnd will con vlnco everybody Hint tlm trmiHport mrv Iihi has Ix'mi in tlm wrong IiiiikIn. l.vl Jontly tlio rliiiin of tho navy Hint thu rurvlro should Imi timltir Hh control Is xtintninixl. Tlio extravagance of tho quartermaster eltijmr Imciit In fitting tip fhlpn At Hnn rriinclcco (Imm not 10I11 olilo with tint cImIiiin thnt city Iiiih al ways mado thnt I'nrtliinil mid l'uget Hound nrn too oxpcnnlvo (or chipping l-oints. Thiiro Iiiih evidently been great deal o( favoritism In Hnn I'riin c.Ihco, mill it Ih ovIden'C tiinl deep prob I iir; In niicineiiry In unlur to liml out vjnat whnt Iiiih been going on. A VIGOROUS PROTEST. Senator Cullom Makes an Energetic Speech Against the Exclusion (till. Washington, April 10. A vigorous protest was mmlo in tho tunato yenter 'Iny by Cullom against tlio pimwigo of thu ChimiMi cxi'liiHion hill in Its pros tint form. Coming from tho chnlrmiiri of tho committee on foreign rotations, tho protest mndit n deep Impression on tlio senate. Cullom, whllo expressing himself nn in favor of tho oxcIiihIoii of Chinese laborers, wild thnt ninny of tho provlHlntiH of tlm mdlng moiiHiiro worn In contra volition of our treaty oldign tinm with Chinn. Hit urged thnt tint United State cntihl not afford to Ignore ltd solemn treaties, although hit con ended tho nuthority of congress to enact tho proposed law if it naw fit to do no. Patterson nml I'orkitiH supported tlio landing l'lll, maintaining that in no -way did it coiitrnvcnii existing treaties, sis, by tho convention ol lKtll, Cliinn hod agnail thnt Chinese hilton-M should Imi excluded from tli Ih country- Tho liill in drastic in ItH provisions, thev nil nilltod, but no moro so thnn in neces wiry to oliminnto tho poHHihility of fraud. The Mlnourl Supply Camp. Jefferson City, Mo., April 10. Cov entor Dockory's attention wns called today to tho nllegcd llrltMi war mipply tinrnp at I.nthrop, Mo. Tho governor wild hn know nothing about tho opera tion of tho British moro than that market bad Iteon operated at Lnthrnp by private individuals tor tho pant 10 yearn. Ho says It Ih tlio largest horsa and mo In market in tint world, mid that It supplies tho United Stntes gov ornmont an well ns tho British govern raont with horsoH nnd mules. Boer Colony In Colorado. Dover, April 10. A Boer colony may bo established along tho lino of tho proposed Denver-Salt Lnko Hhort T.lno. A comniltteo of locnl Boersym pnthlr.crs callod on tho Htnto.liind board toilay with a letter from Door Consul ionoral I'lcrco in Now York, asking for information nbout stnlo hinds along tho now. routo. "If I can got bo ri;ht kind of inducements," Raid tho consul gAnrrnl, "Bovernl thousand Boer rofu seoi will po to Colorado nnd rottlo on (aims. Tboy will tnuko tho beet of clt iiont, I am auro." The Philippine Rebate. Waslilngton, April 10. Secretary Boot, af tor conaultatlon with tho troaa nry nutbnritioa, haa iaHiiod instruc tion to Acting Civil Govornor f.uko Wright, of tlio I'bllippino lalnntlfl, to giro offcot to that part of tho l'hllip plrio tariff act which provldosTor n ro lxtto of tho oxport duties on gooda fillip pod from tlio I'lillippliiOH into tho TJnltcd Btntoa. Bulgarian Tactics. Gonptnntinoplo, April 10. Tho Vnll of Adlanoplo, Kuropcnn Turkey, tolo (trapl'H that a band of Vulgariant, with tho olijoct of provoking retaliation, ro eontl7 killed nnd mutilated throo Mua anlman peasants "nrid n boy near Kirk KIHhpoIi (n town 32 mlloi north-north-wost of Adlnople), nnd then pought rofiuro in llulgarin, hoping t.o bo ptir aned and anticipating that n conflict would onauo witli tho frontier guard. PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT HILL. Meaiurc Perfected by the llnuie Committee New Currency Rcgulatloni, Wnchlngton, April 10. Tho Iioiibo bill tiNtithlNhliig civil government in tho riilllppietiH wiih finally perfected to day by tho Itepuhlii'iiu uiembera of tho liiHiilar coinmitleo, and In Uh complete form wiih ru-lntrodticotl by Clialniinu CoojHjr. Them Ih little doubt that it will bo reported to thu bouno by tho full comtnlttiMi In a tiny or two. Tho bouno hill la unlike that of tho Htinntii In Hint it provide' a tompleto form of Koverninent for Hit) IhIiuicIh, Ui go into effect when tho war turmiuateK, tho proviHiou Ijclng ns follow: "Whenever tho oxiHtlng iiiHiirroctlo'n In tho riilllpiliien ahnll have ccjikh and a condition of general anil complete peace ahull linvo been catahliidiod therein, and the facta hhall have boon ccrtllled to, tho president uliall Inatruct tho comiiiiIhhIoii to call a gonvral elec tion, for tho choice of tleleiratea to a popular axHuiiihly of the jieople of tho l'hilippiuo UlandH, to )o known iih tlio rhllippiiio iiHcembly." Jt Ih further provided that nil tho ex ecutive Kjwor then ahnll bo vented in two boiicoH tho l'h ilippi no coiiiiniHHlon a nd tho riilllpplnn iifHembly. I'rovia- Ion la madii for taking tho conmiH with in !10 dnyH after tho promulgation of peace. Thereafter tho Mauds are to bo divided into election tliHtrietH and tho regular machinery for electing u legia latnro in provlileil. Hectlou 11! of tho hill prnvldcH that all rehiilenta of tho Philippines ahnll huvu tho mme protec tion (rum tlio United KtateH in their re latioriH to foreign governmeutH na ia accorded to cltirciiH of tho Dulled Htatcn. For the jiurchaHit of tho friar land the hill mnkoH prnvlhlnn for the Ihhuiiiico o( iiiHiilar boiiila nt fi per cent, interest puyablo In gold, the total amount not Ixjing fpueillcd. Tho regulation of frant'hipcH, timber landa, mineral lands, etc., in jnovided (or. Thu ftum of coinage differ from that in the nouitto hill, at it inakcH gold tho i-taudard, with I'liilipjiine token money of ailver iiiaintaluetl at n parity with gold. Thu peao U to he of ellver. It will equal our ailver dollar In fllzo, nnd will bo worth half nn much. FIGHT WITH MOONSHINERS. One Wei Killed and a Revenue Collector Nar rowly Eicapet Death, LouIhvIIIo, Ky., April 10. A fight ban taken place lietvteen moonrblnera nnd revenue ollicera near Dig Meeting Crock pontofllco, in Hardin county, during which one man, mi alleged tnoonahinur, waa kllletl nnd n dcimty revenue collector, who waa leading tho pursuing xjcao, narrowly emiied death, a riflo ball grazing hia bead. The rev enue ollicera bad information that u ctiil waa locatetl in n bottom nem Dig Meeting creek. They aurrounded tho utlll mid calleil on tho three men who wero operating It to Mirrender. The mooiiKliinerH nnawered with a volley of Bhota, nnd tho revenue ollicera promptly returned thu firo. Two of tho moon- abinerH then fkd from tho still, firing iib they ran, nnd made their c'nK). When tho amoko bud cleared one man waa lying dead inaldo tlio i-till. It in thought odo of tho men who eecaed waa wounded. HawilUai Appeal (or Excluilon. Wnabiiigton, April 10. Senator Pnt tertou, of Colorado, totlay prosonted a memorial algnod by over 300 American citizeiiH reaiding in llnwaii, praying tlio enactment of legislation completely ex cluding Chinese and Jnpnneto from any American territory, nnd providing Hint nil labor of uvory ucKcription preformed for tho federal govorumont bliall lio done only by citi.eua of tho United Statca. Tho putitiunerB fay that, 75 per cent of thu labor in Hawaii is per formed by Oriontnla, to tho exclusion of American labor, nnd thoy call atten tion to the fact that 87,000 of tho 150, 000 population of tho ialnnds nro from Uulnn and Japan. Accepts Philippine Judgeship. Santa Fo, N. M., April 10 William II. I'opo, of Atlanta, On., for tho past eight yenra a resident of Santa Fe, United States Attorney of tho Fuoblo Indiana and Assistant United Statoa Attorney of tho court of privnto claims, today accepted a judgeship of n court of tirat instance in tho l'liilipplno Islands, tendered him by Governor Taft. Ho will sail in Juno. Ho is a gold Demo crat, 31 years of ago. Dix Arrives at Nagasaki. Washington, April 10. Qnnrtcr- jnaster General. I.udlngton Is informed of tho arrival of tho transport Plx nt Nagasaki with freight from Seattle for tho army in tho Philippines. Tho ves- bol was toveral days ovorduo. Boers Do Not Hope (or Peace. New York, April 10 Thcro is littlo faith nmcng tho Uoer sympathizers horo that peace is imminent in South Africa, says a Tribune correspondent from Tho Hague. Hearts nro hardened In cnnsO' qiionco of tlio conferences hold hero and nt Utrecht, nnd tho Poor onvoys nnd rofugcos nro asserting in a louder koy than over thnt tho wnr will Inst four years longer, nnd thnt thero can bo no peace without iiulopoiulonco. HOUSE PASSES BILL' ANTI-CHINESE MEASURE MADE MORE STRINGENT. Mixed Blonds Are Now Included la Excluded Lilt No Chlacie Sailors to be Employed on American Ships The Provisions ol the Hill Also Apply to Colonial Possess, ions ol the United States. Washington, April 8. Tlio house. yesterday mased tho Chinese excliiis'in hill, after incorporating in it several amendments which increased tho dras tic character of the measure. Tho principal one not only excliidcH Chinese by birth mid descent, but all Chinese of mixed blood. Tho chief struggle wiih over an amendment to prohibit tho employment of Chinese sailora on American ships, An amendment cov ering this proposal wan ruled out on a point of order, but subsequently wiih modified to evade the ruling and was adopted , 100 to 71. Ah passed tlio bill practically ro enacts nil tho existing exclusion laws, mid incorporates with them tho exit ing treaty regulations. It extends these exclusion laws to the Philippines nnd other pOHseHsionH of tho United HtatoH, and forbids ChincHt labor in cur colonial jKissessioiiH coming into this country. The Philippine commission, by tlio terms of the hill, is directed to adopt proper measures for the enforce ment of tho provisions of tlio bill in tho Philippines Two umendmenta went madit without division, one by Clnrk oi Missouri to amend the definition ol "teacher" un der tho privileged classes, so ns to ro ijuire that for two years before admis sion the teacher should linvo been en gaged in "teaching tho higher branches," and another by Coombs of California to provide that Chinee stu dents shall leave tho country immedi ately upon completion of their course of study. Tho conference rejsirt on tho war revenue tax repeal bill was adopted, and the oil! sent to the White House. I-ato in tlio afternoon Fowler (N. J.) moved to pnss under suspension of tho rules the senate bill to extend tho char ters of national banks 20 years. The Democrats wero taken completely by surprise As it was after tho usual hour for adjournment, thu attendance was slim. Tho Democrats attempted to filibuster, but a roll of the house finally secured a quorum and the bill was passed. WRECKED AT A SWITCH. One Passenger Killed and Several Hurt by the Ditching of a Train. Inslng, Mich., April 0. Whiio Grand Trunk passenger train No. G waa passing through Millets, a tank station sovon miles west of horo, early today, tho rear coach nnd-tbo Pullman sleeper wero thrown off tho track. Olio man was killed and four wero injured. Tho wreck occurred at a switch on which a freight trnin was standing. Tho first eovon enra of No. 0 crossed tho switch safely, but at tho last coach waa pass ing over, the switch points caught in audi a way as to throw it nnd tho Pull man car following off tho track and over on to tho engine of the freight train. The two cars and the engino woro thrown into tho ditch. It Is said that tho switch bad been tampered with. Tho injurod wero taken to De troit. CABLE TO HONOLULU. Will Be la Working Order by the Last ol October. San Francisco, April 0. Goorgo Q. Ward, of Now York, vlco president of tho Commercial Cnblo Company, nr rivod horo during tho'dny to reluct n landing plnco for tho projected cablo between this coast nnd tlio Philippines. Mr. Ward is accompanied by Charles Curtis, tho company's chief eloctrical engineor. While hero Mr. Ward will consult with John W. Mack-ay, presi dent of tlio company. Mr. Wnrd said tonight.; "Wo nro going to build tho cnblo. irrespective of congressional action. Tho first link between San Frnncisico nnd Honolulu will bo completed by tho ond of noxt October. Tho cablo will bo shipped from England noxt July. It has not yet been decided whore wo will land on this coast. It will either bo nt Montoroy or this city, probably tho lat ter. Kruger't Son Takes the Oath. Pretoria, -April 0. Caspor Krngor, tho oltlost son of President Krngor, nnd 24 other rolotivos of Mr. Krngor bear ing the same family linmo, nro among those who havo rocently takon tho oath qj allegiance to Great Ilritnln. Strength of Boer Commandoes. Protorla, April 0. Cnroful computa tion glvos tho strength of tho scnttered Poor commandoes at between 8,000 and 0,000 mon. l8M,CANAL- n,PHT8 i Nicaragua and Costa Klca Negotiating with United Slates. Washington, April 0. Itis under stood that Mr. Oorna, the Nicaragua minister horn, has forwarded to his government a prossltlon an to tho prlco tho United Htatet would bo likely to pay for Nicaragua canal rights, tho projsimtlon having boon submitted to tlio minister by Secretary Hay. Secre tary Hny'a projsjsitlon is said to bo in the nature of counter projKal to thnt sot out in tho canal protocol drafted by United Stato" Minister Merry last year. Mr. Coroa, for Nicaragua, nnd Minister Calvo, for Costa Kica. havo decided to do nwny with tho protocol stage in their negotiations regarding a canal, and are preparing drafts o( treaties which will omlxxly tho torniH under which their roHpectivo governments will icdo the necessary canal rights. Theso treaty tlrnfts aro expected to bo complota by tho end of the current week. I'y thnt time Mr. Coroa oxpocts to receive his flnnl instructions from his government, Including tho decision respecting Secre tary Hny's projiosal. The situation ns to Colombia is pre cisely tho reverse to that as to Nica ragua, as in the former ao the United States government has Isiforo it a defln- ito proposal from Colombia and is con sidering it with Mimo indication of a purpo'o to suggest desirable amend ments. PAS8E8 THE SENATE. Mitchell's Land Bill for Repaying Certain Funds. Washington, April 0. Senator .Mitchell today called up and passed his douhlo minimum land bill. Tho hill ns passed provides that where home stead timber culture, desert land or other entries of public lands aro or have been cancelled or relinquished be cause of conflict, or where tho entry has erroneously boon allowed and cannot bo confirmed, tho secretary of tho interior shall repay to tho ontryman all feoH, commissions, purchase money and ox cesses paid upon the eamo when such entry is duly cancelled by tho depart ment. In cases where parties hvae paid double minimum price for land, which lias afterwards been found not to bo within tho limits of a railroad grant, or within tho limits of any portion of a grant which may bo forfeited for failure to construct that portion of the railroad in aid of which tlio grant was mado, tho excess ol f 1.25 mi aero shall bo ro paid.to entry men. Claim for repay ment to bo valid must bo filed within threo years. DIG IRRIGATION QUESTION. May Colorado Take Water That Would Flow Through Kansas? Washington, April 0. The United States supremo court, in nn opinion de livered by Chiof Justice Fuller today, overruled tho loniurrer of tho state of Colorado in tho case of the state of Kansas vs. tho state of Colorado. Tho caso involvos tho right of Colo rado to appropriate for purposes of ir rigation tho waters of tho Arkansas river, which Kansas sought by an orig innl action to rostrain on tlio ground that tho stream flows through Kansas and tho people of the latter state are injurod by such an appropriation of tho wator. Tho chiof justico said that tho caso is ono in which the court can prop erly assume jurisdiction. Ho said also that tho action of tho court in ovorrnl ing tho domurrer was intended to bo without prejudice, but was taken be cause tho importance of the care waa such that it should not bo decided with out full proof on tlio questions pot up in tho allegations of damage made by tho state of Kaiifns. COLORADO BANK ROBBED. Explosions Attract Citizens, But the Robbers Escape Two Suspects Arrested. Pueblo, Colo., April 9. Tho Bank of Fowler, at Fowler, Colo., 25 miles east of this city, was robbed of (1,100 by eafo blowers at 2 o'clock this morn ing. Several charges of nitro glycerin woro exploded to open the safo and tho cash box. Citizens woro aroused by tho explosions nnd fired several shots nt four mon who woro seen running away, but tho robbers succeeded In es' caplng. Nows of tho robbery was tele phoned to neighboring towns. Two mon who boarded tho Santa Fo train at Nopostn, sovon miles west of Fowlor, this morning wore arrested as suspocts. In thoir possession woro found $288 nnd several coins. Bloodhounds have boon Bent to Fowlor to trail tborobbors. Casualties of the Boers, London, April 0. Lord Kitchonor reports that tho Door casualties during tho ongngomonts of March 31 and April 1 wero, at the lowest ostlmato, 30 mon killed and 80 wounded. Commandant Krasmus was killed noar Bosliof. Decrease ol Trade In Great Brita'n. London, April 0. Tho board of trado roturns for March show tho remnrkablo decroaso of 5,1)28,105 pounds In imports and 2,804,055 pounds In oxports. -5" "Wl , Vuluulile Farm (Iranitn. Two of the most vnlunblc grasses for use on the farm In the making of both Itermancut pastures nnd sowing for liny are meadow fescue nnd Kentucky blue grass, the former shown on the right side of the Illustration. Both of these grasses nre productive and ex ceedingly nutritious, and both quite tenacious of life, this being the case particularly with the Kentucky blue grass which grows uninjured by the tramping of stock, hence Is particularly valuable In the making of permanent pastures. The best grnss mixtures put up by reputable seedsmen contain one or both of these grasses, nnd these mixtures TWO VAI.lAlli.t OISASSE8. should be used In preference to ome mixtures In all cases, except where oue or two grasses nre wanted for some particular purpose and oue understands thoroughly their requirements. Ilujlni; Small Fruit Plant. By the proper selection of the young plants It Is easy and cheap to Increase the acreage of either strawberries or red raspberries: If one Is skilled In the work It Is nlso possible to get n goou supply of black cap plants from tips. It Is not so easy, however, to Increase the blnckberry plantation. There Is more or less argument over the rela tive value of suckers and root cuttings. If the plants are diseased, and this ap plies to nny plant. It Is not wise to take young plants from them In any way for the result will be to spread the disease. If the parent plants can not be rid of disease, then It Is better to buy the young plants needed to ex tend the plantation. Last year It was noticed In some sections that the San Jose scale had attacked the raspberry plants. In such cases the treatment Is in nut tftn nlnnta hnck tn within a few . Inches of the ground and spray the remainder of the canes with a solution of tws pounds of wbale oil soap to each gallon of hot water. Homc-M"Je Corn Cutter. Being desirous of cutting some corn for fodder on which the grasshoppers had destroyed the prospects for grain. I rigged my slide about two nnd oue half feet wide and three feet long; run ners made of 2x0 Inches and two cross pieces 2x4 Inches, the rear one pro jecting over nbout fifteen luches on one side of the runner. At the end of this piece I fastened one end of a common buck saw. nnd the other end of saw to front part of slide, so the saw would project over the outside an angle of forty-live degrees. I fastened a single tree to the front part nnd made a seat on slide. After bitching a good horse to the slide with n boy to drive, I ttt by the boy and caught the stalks of corn as they wero sawed off above the ground, and plied them as we proceed ed up tho rows. Wo cut live acres a day nnd piled It nicely ready to bo shocked. This Is much cheaper than a high-price corn cutter and excels hand-cutting more than the corn machine excels the slide. II. A. Ilalbert, lu Agricultural Epltomlst CuUlntr Seed Potatoes. As long as different men grow dif ferent varieties of potutoes on differ ent soils, Just so long will there be dif ferences of opinion as to tho slzo proper for cutting the seed tuber. Success with tho slu glo eye for seed comes oftcnest when tho soil Is lu the best possible condition for potato growing nnd when tho seed tubers that are cut aro sound, of av cm go slzo nnd of ft strain that Is not ruu down, By cutting tho single eyes from tho center of n potato of average size nnd cutting In block form we pret flrst-clnss seed, but the pieces nt either end of tlio tuuer rrcqueuuy nave two HOME-MADE CORN CUTTER. Atv ..::4ntl1B or three eyes. If the soil Is not rich nnd In good tilth or If the need can not be planted early, then one had Ixnt not depend upon the single eye plan. Look Oyer the Hed Corn. When It Is considered thnt corn Is ono of the easiest crops to grow on soil that Is fairly good mid that It will re spond liberally to good cultivation nnd to enrichment of the noli, one ought to be willing to go to some trouble and expense to have the seed com of tho best possible quality. In certain sec tions of the corn country there wan considerable smut Inst season, nnd there Ih more or less of It on the corn now being fed nnd on enrs thnt are be ing saved for seed. This smut corn ought not to be fed to stock, for tbo spores arc not destroyed, bat nre sown over the fields In the manure. If n portion of the seed corn cars nro affected with smut they should be treated by soaking for a half hour In a solutlou of sulphate of copper In tho proportion of half a pound of the chemical to a gallon of water. Treat the corn In this way Just before It l to be used nnd let It dry thoroughly be fore sowing. Avoid this smut corn for seed, however. If It Is possible to do so. Select for seed the cars which arc best developed or buy enough of some good strain to start anew and next summer select the seed corn while It Is on tho stalk, paying due ottention to all of tho good features of both ears and stnlk. Keep up this careful selection for two or three years, nnd give this selected seed good soil mid good culture and one will then have corn that U well worth planting mid which will bring a good profit. Duintlen for Hoc. A correspondent who has been very successful In raising hogs of the bncon vnrlety for market writes that ho makes It a practice to haul hi dnrlnj the late fall nnd at any time durlns the winter he can cut It, all of tho old sod he can got. Tills sod Is stored lit a shed and twice a week It Is placed In n clean corner of the bog pen In quantltl.es so that each nnlmal wit have n piece a foot square. This man also burns corn cobs when ho has them, making charcoal for the benefit of the hogs. Both of these plans aro good, for something of the kind Is re quired to keep up the tone of the stom ach and keep the hogs In good growing condition and this Is especially .applic able to hogs that are largely corn fed. If this suggestion was generally fol lowed there would be little or no eating of the young by sows which lu some sections occurs yearly. The Olbnon Strawberry. FAltM U'UOflo gmOalTOKU I l lit Krult growers will be Interested In the promising strawberry Gibson. It Is a product of New York State, where it has been fruited for a uumber of years wdtb great satisfact ion. It has also been test- ed. In a small way. In other sec- Hons of the coun try, both North and South, nnd seems to be thor- 'k "aivaon." oughly worthy of general cultivation. It Is a perfect (lowering sort, nml tbo plants nre large, strong-growing and healthy. The fruit Is large, uniform In shape, ns will be seen from the Illustra tion, firm and of that high crimson color so desirable In n strawberry. Tho fruit picks large from first to last, it strong point In Its fnvor. It Is as a ship per, however, that the Gibson excels. Think About This. The heavy producing cow U what concems the dairyman most, says an exchange. Suppose you have a covr that produces 1SS pounds of butter a, year at 17 cents a pound, she would bring $25.50. This is almost the cost of the feed. On the other hand. If yon keep a cow that will produce 30O pounds of butter In a year at 17 cents a pound she will uet you $31. Thlntc about this and read, mark and lem-n. General Farm Note. Look over the farm Implements to see If repairs are needed. Then repo'.r them, and not wait until they coma Into use. Is your cellar properly ventilated? Most cellars are damp and the air Im pure and are not healthy. The famllr lives over the cellar usually and should not be required to breathe Impurities. There Is a difference In men as well ns In animals. Some will get mora protlt from a given nulmal and a given amount of food than will another. I not that your experience? Wheat bran Is valuable not alone for Its nutrition. It Is an excellent slterua tlve for stock fed on meadow hay. Vot milch cows It should be mado Into mash. Persian officials say they need agri cultural Implements of tho American kind. Want breeding, the making of new things from old. Just uow greatly occu pies the attention of skillful horticul turists. Wool Is the farm product that brings the most mouey In proportion to what It tnUea from the farm. The causo of "little peach" Is be lieved to be a fungus which attacks th. very young roots.