rE ON FRONT
je
are
Port
Closing
Arthur.
In
FORTIFICATIONS ARE
flood in
nonas.
Cloudbursts Compel Six Hundred Kansas
Families to Floe.
on
Topeka, Kan., June 4. — Kansas
streams are rapidly rising tonight.
Cloudbursts are reported from Emporia,
Newton, Strong City, Florence, Man
hattan, St. John and Kalina. At Lin
coln Center moie than four inches of
water fell in three hours.
Heavy rains are reported from up
stream in the Kaw valley, but most of
the high water trouble is being experi
enced in the botom lands between Em
poria and Newton.
A t Emporia the
Neosho and Cottonwood rivers are re
ported as rising a foot an hour. At
Horence, the Santa Fe tracks are
washed out in several places.
Six hundred people were forced to
leave their homes in Newton, and res
cue parties w ill beat work all night
saving people from the flood.
The town of Elmdale, eight miles
from Cottonwood Falls, is reported as
being under three feet of water.
A seveie wind accompanied the rain,
greatly damaging fruit and growing
crops.
TAKEN
I T rie« Sortie From Port, bat 1«
Forced to lietura by the Sblpe
Admiral T oko '* Fleet.
B, June 6.— Report« from Tokio
b that the Japanese have already
(th e preliminary aneault« upon
Lrthur. The Giomale d ’ ltaila
, diapatcb from ita Tokio corres-
|t myinK the JapaneBe haveoccu-
|e firet line of the outer fortifi-
j at Port Arthur. In this event,
loud line of the outer fortifica-
U st have been taken earlier,
brreapondent adde that the Rus-
Ffeied but the feeblest resistance
suit.
Tokio correspondent of the
, Liberae, after confirming the
i report, says four Japanese di-
occnpled Kwan Tung heights
¡jav and placed heavy batteries of
Ey thereon, thus dominating the
|uf Port Arthur.
J Russian squadron, says the cor-
Idcnt, tried a sortie from the port
|t the Japanese, but the Japanese
ion forced it to return to the
Tornado Injures
Twenty.
Omaha, June 4.— Additional reports
from Tekamah, which was struck last
night by a tornado, indicate that about
20 persons were injured, some of them
seriously hurt. There were no fatal
ities.
The storm wrecked most of the build
ings in its path, which was a block in
width and several blocks long. The
opera house, two general stores, a
blacksmith shop and several lesidences
were destroyed. A high school com
mencement rehearsal was in progress
in the opera house when the storm
struck the building, carrying away the
roof and partially wrecking the walls.
A number of pupils weie injured.
The people of the town had little warn
ing of the coming storm, and many h^d
narrow escapes. The property loss is
heavy.
| DISCONTENT IS GROWING.
an Trade end Finance are Sulfer-
kng Greatly as Kcsult of War.
lis, June 8.— Private intelligence
led in Paria at several different
brs gives gloomy accounts of the
ng feeling of discontent and anx-
jin Russia over the silence that
(ils in officialdom as to the events
i war. Following so closely upon
achetant reports received and die-
lated eagerly during the early part
i campaign, the utter failure of
overnment to give out any state-
either of victory or defeat has
In disquieting in the extreme, and
Iroused popular misgivings to an
it dangerous pitch.
[is, of course, admitted that trade
Bnance invariably suffer in time of
| but in a country like Russia,
it is doubtful if either are
lied npon a substantial basis capa-
of resisting the shocks of a pro-
kit campaign, it is comprehensible
(the most widespread apprehension
lid exist.
JAPANESB MINES EXPLODED.
Russians Centlnue to Clear the
Arthur Roadstead.
Port
St. Petersburg, June 4.— The follow
ing dispatch from Viceroy Alexieff to
the emperor has been received here:
"R ear Admirals Wittsoeft and Grig-
orevitch report that up to May 28 nu
merous Japanese mimes had been dis
covered and exploded in the roadstead
of Port Arthur. The Japanese evident
ly have replaced the fireships which
they formerly need, by mines sown by
merchant steamers in their service.”
The emperor has received the follow
ing dispatch from General Kuropatkin:
“ A ll ie quiet in the direction of
Feng Wang Cheng. Sin Yen has not
been occupied by Japanese detach
ments.
"O n May 30 two camps of Japanese
infantry and 30 dragoons advanced
along the Takushan road towards Ona-
lassi for the purpose of turning the left
flank of our outposts. Our scouts dis
covered the movement and firing en
sued, in the course of which one Cos
sack was wounded and one horse killed.
"T h e Japanese detachment, which
our cavalry successfully engaged May
30, is now stationed four versts from
Vafangow, fortifying its position.
“ There have been further Japanese
advances from Saimatza toward Feng
Chow Ling Pass on the Liao Yang
road.”
TURKEY’ S TURN NEXT.
dent W ill See That Claims are Set-
i When Morocco Affair Is Through.
June 6.— Adminiatra-
officials have permitted it to be-
i known that when a settlement
I been made with the Moroccan
kits, the United States w ill turn
|attention to Turkey. The presi-
1 has announced that when Ameri-
Iwarships were relieved from Bei-
] at the urgent request of the sultan,
the fleet would return in great
i if certain claims of long standing
i not aranged and the president is
i planning to make good hisdeclara-
These claims aggregate more
$ 250 , 000 .
They include more
$200,000 for missionary claims
( $ 40,000 for the murder of Lenz, an
prican bicyclist. The sultan w ill
i be asked to make restitution for
Iransom paid the brigands who cap-
Miss Ellen Stone.
sshington,
MEET AT FULL SPEED.
Electric Cars la Ohio Collide end
Persons ere Killed.
Fires Torpedoes Under W ater.
lewport, R. I., June 6.— The second
ps government trial of the subma-
i boat Fulton today was devoted to
Ifirin g of torpedoes while submerged
| just afloat. Three toipedoes were
in on board at the torpedo station,
J the Fulton, accompanied by the
(boat Hist and the tug Powhatan,
ki the trial board on the Hist, went
phe bay as far as Gould island,
i torpedoes were fire«! while the Fnl-
I was entirely tinder water and going
i speed of about eight knots.
The
}t then rose until the conning tower
l in sight when the third was dis-
Irged. The three topedoes had an
|rage range of 1,700 yards.
Cap-
Train, president of the trial board,
^ed tonight that the tests were satis-
Six
Norwalk, O., June 4.— Six persons
were killed and s dozen or more hurt
this afternoon as a result of the collie-
ion on the Lake Shore Electric railway
between an east bound fast electric pas
senger car and a westbound "package
freight” car at Wells Comers, a few
miles east of this city.
The acident occuired at a point quite
distant from any immediate means of
communication, and assistance was
sent from Norwalk, where every phy
sician and nurses in the city was hur
ried to the place.
A ll those killed
were in the smoking compartment of
the passenger car. The cars were su
burban electric cars of the largest type,
and were smashed to pieces. They met
in collision at full speed.
ory.
One Squadron Annihilated.
Wireless Telegraphy a Success.
lonolnlu, June 6.— The
United
es hospital ship Solace, leaving
■ yesterday afternoon for Guam is-
|d, made wireless telegraph teste,
kept in communication with the
paratus of the cruiser New York foi
Trailes. Later she maintained com-
pnication with the Interisland wiie-
■ telegraph company for 194 miles,
t noon today, at a distance of 250
^les, the test signal letter “ V ” was
peated five times. When leaving San
^ancisco, the Solace lost cnmmunica-
tm with the shore at 78 miles.
8t. Petersburg, June 4. — General
Sakaroff has telegraphed as follows,
nnder today’s date, to the general staff:
“ According to reports, the Japanese
commander in the action of May 30
near Vafangow had three battalions of
infantry in reserve. Our losses were
. 17 men killed and 23 men wounded
and Lientenant Meyer and another offi
cer, whose name has not been ascer-
tained, wounded. The Japanese losses
were very considerable. One squadron
j of the Thirteenth Japanese cavalry was
annihilated.”
J
Russians Find Food Scarce.
Show* Looting Tales Exaggerated.
Seoul, Corea, June 6.— The Russians
the province of Hamgyung are said
be using ruble notes in payment for
ods taken. Beeves and grain com-
and fair prices.
This statement
ardly corresponds with the continual
les of looting, yet the Japanese report
|)at Corean fugitives bring paper
oney to Gensan. Twenty thousand
o.lars werth has been sent to Shang-
ai via Nagasaki for settlement by the
useo-Chinese bank.
Discovers a New Microbe.
Naples, June 8 — Professor Sehron,
he discoverer of life in crystals, gave a
nblic demonstration today that he
sd fonnd a new microbe which causes
hthsis, a microbe quite different from
|that causing tuberculosis.
Seoul, June 4.— The Russian Bands
scattered throughout Ham Henng pro-
I vince are encountering commissariat
difficulties. The countryside is illy
supplied with food and forage, owing
to the bad crops of the past two years.
| Since the first Russian raid there has
! Been no trade at Yensan and Hongjin,
and consequently no importation of
foodstuffs.
The Russian movements
! in Corea caused widespread starvation,
Reports Battleship Aground.
St. Petersburg, June 4.— An nncon-
Armed rumor has reached here from
Mukden that the Japanese battleship
Fnji i* aground on a reef off the Miao
Tao islands, between the Kwan Tnng
and Shan Tung promontories, where
she is being guarded by torpedo boat«.
BACK TO HARBIN
PO R T ARTH U R SITU ATIO N
BAD.
Famine Prices Exist and Many People
Bat Chinese Food.
Niu Chwang, June 2.— Some Chinese
Russians Will There Await Ar
fugitives from Port Artbnr, who have
rival of the Japanese.
just arrived here, describe the situa
CZAR
HAS
ÜIVEN
HIS
tion of the inhabitants there as desper
Famine prices exist. The cost of
provisions increases weekly.
Many
persons are reduced to eating Chinese
food, and even that is dear. Millet
flour costs $»i a bag. Whole streets
and several public buildings have been
wrecked by Japanese shell fire. The
hospitals are packed with sick and
wounded.
The work of repairing the damaged
warships has been stopped. A ll civil
ians have been given m ilitary duty.
The general health of the inhabitants
is good, except Chinese, who are dying
of starvation. Theft lias been made
punishable by death.
The railway is completely destroyed
ss far as Kinchou, and there are fre
quent gape between Kinchou and Wa
Fang Ting. There are 15,000 Japaneee
troops there, but no signs of troops far
ther north. During the fighting at
KiDchou 200 Chinese were killed by
the Japanese fire.
The very highest Russian authority
here, while not believing that Port
Arthur wiU fall, admits its loss would
t>s s terrible loss to the^Russisn arms.
The same authority says Russia may
send a lu g e army to the south of Niu
Chwang in the event of General Stoes-
sel being able to bold his own at Port
Arthur. This, however, is not possible
at present, owing to the positions oc
cupied by the Japanese armies operat
ing from the Yslu river and Taku
Shan. The Russians are not sanguine
ss to the outlook for Port Arthur.
More contraband of war is arriving
hers. Two cargoes of flour and tinned
masts and some speire were rushed to
Mukden as soon as they were unloaded.
Heavy rains are daily making the
roads almost impassable. The Chinese
brigands are becoming active.
CONSENT ate.
Kuropatkln Thus Wins a Victory Over
AlsxleH—Every Precaution Is Being
Made to Withstand n Long Singe.
Moscow, June 3.— The Russian gov
ernment is beginning to realize that
its troops in the field w ill hardly be
able to retain possession of Manchuria,
and that even more reverses are in
store for General Kuropatkin’a army,
t is learned from an absolutely de
pendable source that Harbin is being
fortified and placed in condition to
withstand a siege and that it is gener
ally believed in government circles that
the army will be compelled to abandon
Mukden and all positions to the south
ward and retire to Harbin, there to
await the Japanese armies. The in
formant states that all the heavy siege
guns which have been reported as
shipped for use in the Russian fortifi
cations in Southern Manchuria during
the last few weeks are in reality in
tended for service at Harbin.
Nor is that all.
Kronstadt and
other first class fortresses are being de
nuded pf their heaviest guns, which
are bieng prepared for shipment to the
Manchurian border, there to be mount
ed at Harbin. I t is the hope of the
czar and his advisers that this place
may be made impregnable, and the
Japanese can be compelled to extend
their lines over eo much territory \bat
they w ill exhaust themselves guarding
their lines of communicatioa.
It is certain that General Kuropat-
kin’s insistance that it is impossible to
retain control of Manchuria has had a
painful effect on the czar, who has
trusted im plicitly to Admiral Alexieff.
The latter declared that no Japanese
army could ever secure a footing north
of Yalu, but this dream has been dis
pelled and now the Russian govern
ment is facing the fact that the Japan
ese not only have obtained a foothold,
but also that their foices are equal, if
not superior in numbers, to the Rus-
‘ siana, and at the same time are much
better equipped.
W IL L END KIDNAPPING.
France W ill Exercise More authority In
Morocco In Future.
Paris, June 3.— The request of the
United States for the co-operation of
France in bringing about the release of
Perdicaris and Varley has produced a
very favorable impression at the foreign
office here, where much significance is
attached to the request, us embodying
the first distinct international recog
nition of France’s paramount influence
in Morocco. It is expected that this
w ill lead to a more emphatic exercise
of French authority over Morocco with
the view of suppressing lawlessness and
the protection of foreigners, but the
nature of the future steps is not an
nounced pending the negotiations on
the subject.
Ambassador Porter called at the for
eign office this morning and conferred
with Foreign Minister Delcasse relative
to the course of the Washington cabi
MACHINISTS GO OUT.
net. Yesterday M. Delcasse stated that
negotiations were now progressing at
Tangier and at Fez, the chief reliance Three Thousand Chicago Man Protest
being placed on the sultan’s yielding
Against lO-Mour Day.
before the united representations of
Chicago. June 1.— The 3,000 ma
France, Great Britain and the United chinists employed in the companies
States.
that compose that Metal Trades associ
ation went on strike last night as a pro
Will Qtve Japan Large Sum.
Chicago, June 3.— Ito Himatsu, a test against the 10-boar day, ana prac
Japanese merchant of New York, has tically all of the 115 shops represented
arrived in Chicago with a common in the association era closed today.
split-leather valise containing $1,200,- No effort w ill be made to operate the
000 in United States money, which he shops until tomorrow, and then the
w ill give to the mikado to help defeat force of the employers w ill be central
Russia. The cash is all in United ised at a few plants.
The 10-hour day was inaugurated by
States gold notes and bank bills. The
money was deposited here with a trust the employers for the purpose of bring
company on the advice of the local Jap ing the strike to a crisis. In a state
anese consul. Ito Himatsu expects to ment sent out tonight by the officers of
sail from San Francisco on June 11. the association, it is declared that the
He is a recognizer! authority in America employers had no intention of return
on Japanese art, and his discourses for ing to the 10-hour day, but they were
the last live years have been the sub compelled to take this step to combat
ject of many written disquisitions on the slow individual strike campaign,
the influence of Japanese arts and Jap which was commenced by the Machin
anese ideals upon modern aestheticism. ists’ union some time ago.
Japan Willing to Prohibit Emigration.
Victoria, B. C., June 3.— A passen
ger by the steamship Empiess of Japan
wat T. Aoygi, Bpecial immigration com
missioner from the Japanese govern
ment, to confer with the Canadian and
United States governments regarding
the immigration of Japanese laborers.
He says that he comes empowered to
accept the suggestion of each govern
ment that still further restrictions be
placed on emigration from Japan. The
Japanese government is perfectly w ill
ing, he says, to prohibit the further
emigration.
W ill Build Road In Alaska.
Washington, June 3.— A $10,000,000
railroad company, to be known as the
Yukon-Valdes Railway company, was
incorporated in Richmond, Va., today.
The object of the company is to build a
road 350 miles long in Alaska from
Valdes to Eagle City. The president
of the company is Ambler J. Stewart,
of New York, and John B. Summer-
field, of Brooklyn, is secretary and
treasurer. The principal offices of the
company w ill be in Norfolk, Va.
Hall Breaks Car Windows.
Hutchinson, Kan., June 3.— This
section and all southwestern Kansas
was drenched by s heavy rain, accom
panied by hail. Between Bucklin and
Meade, on the Rock Island road, hail
did much damage tocrops. Hail broke
nearly every window on the north side
of an east bound Rock Island train, and
broken glass cat several passengers.
H ava T ou r F a rm Vaccinated.
Have you had your farm vaccin
ated? I f noL you should proceed to
hare it done at once.
Science has done a great deal for
the farmer.
It hai killed the bugs
and worms that prey on hla crops; it
has treated hla animals when sick and
saved their Uvea; It has experimented
with seeds and raised tbs quality and
quantity o f their yield; It has done a
great many things to help him achieve
success.
The latest service of spe
cial Interest o f which we have heard
la noted In the National Geographic
Magazine, where It la shown that the
process o f Inoculating sterile ground
and making It bring forth the fruit In
abundance la an easy task. Inocula
tion to prevent amallpox, diphtheria,
rabies, etc., we know about but It la
quite as mysterious as the Inoculation
o f old worn-out soils to make them
fertile.
The germs make for fertility of
the soil. They are collected or gener
ated by the department of agriculture,
according to this veracious authority,
aud sent by mall In a small package
about like a yeast caks.
The cake la
said to contain millions o f dried
germa.
It la thrown Into a barrel of
pure water and turna it a milky white.
Seeds o f grain and grasses are washed
with this water and when planted are
said to produce wonderful results
even on what la regarded as exhausted
■oil.
The land la really treated to an
OLBO LA W VALID.
inoculation and cured o f Its disease of
barrenness. 'H ava your farms vacci
Uattad States Supreme Court Halids nated and get rich from the big crops
Daws Decision.
you will raise.— Minneapolis Journal.
Washington, June 2.— The supreme
P otato P lan ter.
court of the United States, in an
C. P. Jones, of Gage County. Nebras
opinion by Justice White today, upheld
the constitutionality of the oleomargar ka. sends Iowa Homestead his plan of
ine law. Leo W. McRay sued the gov a potato planter: "Take an old corn
ernment in the Southern district of plantar with wide shoes at the rear
Ohio, to recover $50 paid by him ss a part and I f there la a division there
penalty for the Bale of a 50 pound pack knock it out with a cold chisel,” he
age of colored oleomargarine, contain says. "Take an old boiler or a piece
ing a stamp tax of three-quarters of a o f heavy tin, cut and bend to fit the
cent a pound instead of 10 cents a back of runneri large enough to give
pound.
plenty o f room for pieces of potatoes
McKay’s counsel argued first, that, to go through. Take a piece o f 2x4
although the "o le o ” was colored to three feet six inches long and bolt the
look like bntter, the cnlm was obtained back of each runner at the ends. Take
by the use of butter, which was itself another piece o f 2x4 twelve Inches
artificially colored, but the use of longer for the fron t leaving six inches
which as an ingredient in the manu project at each end on which the boxes
facture of " o le o " was authorized by are to rest Make the boxes as shown
taw; and, second, that the tax of 10
cents a ponnd was proibitive and con
fiscatory, and an attempted federal
usurpation of the police powers of the
state. The court said the tax contem
plated the finished product and not the
details of manufactnre.
The court
therefore affirmed the judgment of the
lower court, upholding the validity of
the law and the tax.
The chief justice and Justices Brown
and Peckham dissented.
Russian Commands Consolidated.
In the Illustration. Attach the remain
der o f the planter at the back with the
L bolts shown. Fasten a strong board
back of the boxes, but In front of the
wheels for two boys to sit on and do
the dropping. Plant and harrow Just
as they are coming up.”
F a r m L a b o r In D em a n d .
It la estimated that In seven States
out west 45,000 men will be needed
this summer to harvest the wheat
crop. Crops are Increasing faster than
labor to secure them can be had, and
this, too, In the face o f the fact that
nearly 1,000,000 Immigrants a year are
coming to America.
Last year col
lege students were attracted to the
went by the offer o f $2.50 a day and
board and lodging, but so many fell
by the wayside In the hot sun that
scarcely enough remained to marry
all the daughters o f the rjph farmers.
Harvesters can find employment from
May to nearly October, moving up
from Texas to Canada; wages are high
and there Is plenty to e at With a
foreign war now In progresa and the
regular demand for foodstuffs In the
countries In Europe which always buy
from Americans, on the Increase, the
outlook for a great business in export
ing agricultural products Is excellent
— Baltimore Herald.
Disproves Koch’ s Theory.
identical*
Good Flood Gate.
A
subscriber to au agricultural
paper sends a sketch Illustrating a
water gate and writes: "Some flood
gates are built so as to catch and bold
all trash, though swinging freely, and
others will allow obstruction to be
freely disengaged and pasa away. One
o f the beat I have found la composed
o f a 2x6 upon which slat* are nailed
□
OATS
FOB A
W A T K B O AP.
of a proper length to reach the low
water mark. This gate la hung to a
log or beam extending across the
stream, attached by chains or wire. In
this form we find a very good gate for
a water gap."
Q u a lit y o f G o a t M e a t.
W hile It U generally agreed among
those -who speak from experience that
the klda o f all breed« of goata are a
delicacy, yet among the great masa o f
the American people there ia a preju
dice against anything bearing th*
name o f “ g o a t” Within the environ- *
menta o f the larger American cities
are found many klda, but as few o f
them grow to maturity the question
arises as to what becomes o f them.
Butchers and meat dealers reply that
they pass over their blocks aa “ lamb.”
Y et no meat dealer has heard com
plaints of the quality of such “ lamb.”
Numbera o f mature common goata ar*
purchased by the packing firms o f tha
larger cities. Bought as goats, they
are sold— either In the carcass or can
ned—as mutton, and it is probable
that many who decry goat meat have
unknowingly eaten It many times.
This does not imply that the meat la
as palatable as good mutton, but it
may be as good as poor mutton.
C an ad ian F a r m L a n d s-
St. Petersburg. June 2.— By an im
perial ukase just issued, the eontrol of
the porta of Reval, Sveaborg and Tibmu
and all the naval forces of the Baltic
has been transferred to the commandant
of the port of Crnnstadt, with the title
of commander in chief of the fleet and
porta and of the defensea of the Baltic
sea. The object of the conaolidation of
T e a c h in g a C a lf to D r in k .
the commands is to insure uniformity
Pour fresh milk In the pail to the
in the measures adopted in the defense depth o f about one-half inch. Gently
of the roasts of the Baltic during the place the calf’s nose Into the milk
existing state of war.
and against the bottom of the pall.
It will soon get a taste o f the milk
Horsctnlevcs and Officer* Battle.
and will begin to alp and suck on the
Salt Lake, June 2.— According to a bottom o f the pall. When the milk
Herald special from Buffalo, W yc.,tw o J Is gone, replace It with the same
horsethieves, members of the gang of amount as before, and continue till
; which “ Driftwood Jim” McCloud, now the calf hai enough. I f care la taken
[ serving a term in the penitentiary, was not to put enough milk In the pall
| leader, fought a battle with Sheriff so as to cover the nostrils of the
1 Webb, of Natrona county in the Big calf. It will soon learn to drink. When
Horn mountains isaently. One of the It has learned to drink, a small quan
thieves was shot fiom his horse, but tity more can b* added each time
his companion picked him up and they until the lesson is fully learned and
fled to the Bad Lands on one horse. | then the amount required for a feed-
Tbe sheriff and ponae are in pursuit.
! lng may be placed In the pall with
out fear of the calf not drinking 1L
London, June 2.— The royal commis
sion appointed in Angnat, 1901, to in
quire into the relation between human
and animal tuberculosis has arrived at
a conclusion justifying the issuance of
an interim report according to which
tbe commission finds that human and
bovin* tnbercolosia are practically
do In a cornfield in one day dur
ing the early spring season. H a rro w
corn Just as it comes through th*
ground. Harrow crosswise again with
in a week. In some cases It is necea
se ry to weight the harrow. A seventy-
five or ninety-tooth harrow will cover
fifteen acres o f corn with a slow team
and twenty acre* If the team la a quick
stepper. I f doubtful about the uae o f
the harrow on your particular corn
crop, take it out and run It for twenty-
five feet aud test the work done by
pulling at every stalk passed over to
find whether or not the roots still bold.
Harrowing will lay the crop down for
a day or two, but it soon straightens.
Harrowing kills weeds and destroys
young grass, lets the air into the
ground and is the best possible method
of cultivating young corn until th*
crop reaches eight or ten inches La
height Use tbe barrow on corn.
f e e th e H a r r o w on C orn .
Many farmers read with surprise
the statement that a harrow can be
run across young corn without dam
age to the crop. T ry it and aee. It Is
tietter to use the Iron-toothed harrow
with teeth slanting backward at an
angle of 45 degrees. It la remarkable
1 how much work a thraa section harrow
Lord Strathcoua, High Commission
er for Canada, has received from Mr.
W. Elliott, Commissioner of Agricul
ture for the Northwest Territories, a
bulletin relating to the grain crops o f
the Territories for 1903. The estimat
ed crop area for the current year la
1,706,000 aerea, as compared with 1.-
383.434 acres this Urne last year. The
bulletin also contains a table show
ing the extent o f the crops gathered In
Western Canada (Manitoba and the
Northwest Territories) In 1003: Wheat,
56,229.437 bushels; oats, 47.215,479
bushels; barley, 10.448,401 bushels, aud
flax, 857.292 bushels.
T w e n ty T h ou s a n d W h it e I)n ck a.t
Tbe largest duck farm In tbe United
States la at Riverton. Va. There are
20.000 white I’ekln ducks In tbe place.
In the laying department 1.500 mother
ducks are kept In 10 pens set apart for
them— 150 to the pen. The hatching la
done by Incubators, which during the
hatching season bring forth 2,000 duck
lings each week. A t the age of 12
weeks they are slaughtered for the
m arket It require* a carload of food
every week to feed the ducks.
F a r m N o tes.
Good farming la Impossible without
good teams.
The secret of success In stock raising
Is superiority In quality.
Superior roadster* are gifted with
both speed and bottom.
Feed the pig* refuse fruit and veg
etables from the garden.
The best sheep la the moat profit
able one under all circumstances.
Breed the horse first for strength
and endurance and then style.
Medium-sized sheep usually have tha
best and heaviest fleeces.
It pays to have horse* perform work
that are naturally good walkers.
A horse with an unruly disposition
In very many cases la of little or no
account.
Clover la on* o f tha best o f green
manurial crops, a great restorer o f
worn-out lands.
The pigs will do well In th* apple
orchards, especially If there are many
sweet apples.
A fast walk and prompt-telling road
gait are. to a great extenL matters o f
education.
Colts require plenty o f exercise In
order to develop their lungs when they
a n growing rapidly.