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DEATH LIST (MOWS.
Total Lass .1 Lite
STEAMERBURNS
n . „ . r D u ..Ur
Mow Pat at 700.
Officiousness Destroys Means
of Identification.
b o d i e s d i s c o v e r e d in w r e c k
Number ol Corpses Found Packed
Ily Into One ol the W heel Houses
- injured ere Doing W ell
York, June 20.— Every hoar
to the horror ol the excursion
or ilisaatei, when the General
wee burned to the water’s edge
North Brother inland. Diveie
xpiored the wreck of the steamer,
■ported that no more bodies were
found there, but today a diver
as at work on the sunken hull
a laige number of corpses packed
y inside of one of the paddle
Is. Just how many there were
ot known, but it was planned to
■e them as Boon as Coroner O’Gor-
reached the srene.
j coroner hail arranged to visit the
today for the purpose of ascer-
ng, if poss’ ble. what evidence of
bility on the pait of the Knicker-
r Steamship company or of the
Is of the boat, if any, could bese-
to present to the coroner’ s in*
. Therefore, it was determined
e out the bodies at that time,
various hospitals where the in
are visited today it is said that
condition is fair. There are row
63 victims of the disaster in the
itals.
Jay it is said another horror has
added to the terrible conditions
ting from the disaster through the
otticiusness of some person at the
As a result some of the
;s probably never w ill be identified
ill go to a last resting place in the
ble plet furnished by the c ity ’s
jty. When the bodies were taken
undreds from the water and laid
iws on the grass at North Brother
d, each was tagged with a num-
That number was carefully ra­
id. and the papers, valuables and
ets which would have served to
bly identify the bodies were re-
d and placed in separate packages,
package bearing a number corres-
ing to the number on the body
which the articles were taken,
hen the bodies were taken to the
ue they were placed in numbered
s, but in many rases these num-
did not correspond w ith the fig»
the boilies previous had borne,
result, the plans were comp.etely
t and the numbered packages of
hies became practically worthless
means of identification.
OULD SEAL FATE OF RUSSIANS.
ot Japanese Advance From Sat*
>>n Is Causing Qreat Alarm.
Petersburg, June 20.— The popu-
disappointment felt in St. Peters-
over the result of I.ientenant Gen-
Baron btakelberg's fight, which it
be 'n hope for the paat 36 hours
t turn oat to be a victory, ia temp-
somewhat by the knowledge that
'ussian force waa overwhelmed by
bers. (ieneral Stakelberg does not
pt to conceal the seriousness of
osaes, but his report and the re-
from all other Russian sources
that the retreat was in no sense a
The fierce character of the fight
de evident by the fact that the
ians were again forced to abandon
guns, thus indicating, as in pre-
s encounters, the superiority of the
inese artillery.
e Russian official reports of the
s are awaited with the keenest in-
t. The war office declines to ac-
the Japanese figures unreservedly,
ough the officials frankly admit
they believe the Russian casual*
[were severe.
le keenest interest is now manifest-
in the reported advance of two Jap-
i divisions from Siuyen with the
ntion of taking General Btakelberg
rear. It is realized that if this
rt should prove true the Russian
mander may be unable to extricate
'self, and if he should be cut off
General Kuropatkin’ s main army
fate of the detachment wonld be
i.
urther demands W ill Be U rented.
'asbington, June 20.— The state de­
ment has received the following
Mr. Gnmmere, American consnl
ral at Tangier: “ As reported yee-
ay. Raisuli has increased his de-
ds. I am informed today by the
istei of foreign affairs that one of
shieks and two of hie brothers,
apprehension were demanded by
[soli, have been arrested; also that
urier has been dispatched this
ning to P a is u lifto say that his
her demands wnl probably be
ited by the Moroccan government.”
ncac Bandits Fight W ith
Russians.
okio, June 20.— A detachment of
army ander General Knroki cap-
the town of 8iu Yen, after rout-
and defeating a force of 300 R ub ­
is and 300 mounted Chinese bandits,
enemy retired toward the Tao riv-
The total of their loeses is not
wn.
The Japanese sustained no
alties. This is the first actnal re-
of Chinese bandits fighting with
sian troops snd it may mean that
numbers have enlisted.
Bagage la a
New York. June 1 8 ._W ith unceas- !
St. Petersburg, June 16.— General
Many Excursionists Lose Their
tag effort search is going on for the I
Stackelberg, through the army head­
Lives
Off
New
York.
bodies of those who perished yesterday
quarter! at Harbin, reports a number
on the steamer General Slocum. What
of desperate skirmiBhea with the Jap­
M
ANY
W
OMEN
AND
CHILD
REN
PERISH
the list of victims will total scarcely I
anese, in which both sides lost heavily
and in one of which the Russian Gen­
anyone dares venture to guess, but
eral Gernrose waa severely wounded.
whatever the number may be, there is j la Panic Ensuing Many W ars Trampled
At midday yesterday an entire di­
hardly a parallel in the history of dis-1 Undar F oot-O lh ars Pushed Overboard
vision of Japanese made a desperate at­
—Still
Mora
Leap
to
Escape
Heat.
asters where death came to so many in
tack on the left flank of the Russian
position at Vafangow. They attacked
so brief a period of time.
Police and
New York, June 17.— One ol the in three columns, and after shelling
health department officials have placed
the Russians with heavy artillery made
the number at a figure as high as 1,000 most appalling disasters in the history a furious bayonet charge in the face of
and more, but tonight it would seem of New York, tragic in its immensity, a heavy charge of rapid-fire guns and
that the maximum figure will n o t! diamatic in its episodes, and deeply musketry. The desperation of the Jap­
largely exceed 700.
pathetic in the tender age of mrat of anese charge ia shown by the fact that
A ll day long, until darkness shut off
its victims, took place today in the some of them succeeded in getting with­
even the melancholy satisfaction of
in a few yards of the Russian trenches
watching for the dead, anxious search­ East liver, at the entrance to Long Is­ before they were shot down. They
ers kept up their vigilance and at dusk land Bound, within a abort distance of were finally compelledlto retire, leav­
there had been recovered 636 bodies the New York shore, and within sight ing fully 300 dead behind.
for the greater part women and chil­ of thousands of persons, the majority
The First Siberian rifles bore the
dren— mothers who, weeks ago, had
brunt of the attack, and their loetee
of whom were powerless to minimize
planued that fatal outingfor their chil­
were very heavy.
Their commander,
dren, and little ones who had longed the extent of the catastrophe.
Colonel Kavastounoff, fell almost in
for (he coming of the happy day.
By the burning to the water’s edge the first fire, with a bullet through his
Up to dusk 499 bodies had passed! of the Slocum, a three-decked excursion brain. Adjutant Sub Lieutenant Nod-
through the morgue and of thera more 1 steamer, one of the largest in these ochinsky was killed almost at the same
time. Two majors and a number of
than 300 were unidentified. The East
8ide liad its sympathy aroused to the waters, more than 600 persona, the officers of lesser rank were picked off
fullest extent, and down by the river, majority of whom were women and by the Japanese sharpshooters, whose
where the boats unloaded their dead! children, were burned to death or fire was unusually deadly and acurate.
General Gernross was shot just as
thousands gathered throughout the day! drowned by jumping overboard or by
the Japanese atacking column broke
Streets leading to the morgue were |
being threwn into the whirlpools by
and fled. A shrapnel bullet shattered
blocked, and only with difficulty could
the police clear the passages letding to the lurching of the vessel and the fran­ one side of his jaw, but he refused to
the long rows of coffins for those who tic rusn of the panic-stricken passen­ retire.
A report was also received from Gen­
came in search for the missing.
gers.
Four hundred and eighty-five
Up the sound, where the hulk of the bodies have been recovered, and are eral Kharkevitch telling of the battle
between the outposts at Utiaton Satur­
General Slocum lies submerged, show­
ing only a paddle-box, scores of small now being tagged at the morgues of day. Ha state* that the Japanese at­
tacked from front and flank early in
craft aided the tugs in grapling for the Bellevue hospital and Harlem.
victims. Divers went down time and
Diters were still busy at a late hour the afternoon and the fighting raged
time again, and when the work ended taking bodies from the hold of the ves­ until late. Finally the Japanese were
driven back, and the Russians followed
for the day they declared there were no
sel, which, they say, is choked with ap their advantage under cover of dark­
more bodies in the wreck. A score of
the
remains
of
human
bodies,
while
ness. Just before dawn the Russians
times a diver reappeared alter his
plunge with the body of a woman or a the bodies of scores who leaped, ot charger! the heights of Liao Tung, car­
child. Two of them coming to the were thrown, into the river have not rying the Japanese position with a loss
of but four killed and 18 wounded.
surface together on one occasion had in been recovered.
Gereral Kharkevitch alao reports
their arms two little girls, sisters,
I t is variously estimated that there that his scouts have reported to him
clasped in each other’s embrace, and
their mother, it was thought, whose were between 1,500 and 2,600 persons that a Japanese column numbering 3,-
dead hand tightly clenched the skirt of on board the General 8locum when she 000 men is marching toward Huayen-
siang.
one of them.
left the pier at Third street, East
As far as they could, the divers River,
though the Knickerbocker
searched the wreck from stem to stern.
MAY ESTABLISH NEW BASE.
The wreck lies about 200 feet off Bar­ Steamship company, which owns the
retea Point. A t this point the water Slocum, officially states that the num­ Russians Now Believe Japanese W ill
is deep and the current is swift, and ber of passengers was 837, that being
Taka Nla Chwang.
beyond a doubt many bodies have been only one-third of the veasel’s capacity.
St. Petersburg, June 16.— The bom­
borne along with the tide to be given
It is thought, however, that there were bardment by the Japanese of the coast
up on a later day at some distant point.
several hundred children in arms, for near Kaichou snd the blockade of Niu
whom fares are not usually charged on Chwang is taken to indicate that the
HARBOR FRBB TOO LATE.
ultimate object of the combined move­
these trips.
ments is to clear the Liao Tang penin­
The
General
Slocum
left
Third
street,
sula of Russians and occupy Niu
Japanese Have Already Landed Men to
The garrison
Attack Port Arthur.
East River, at 9:30 o’clock this morn­ Chwang as a new base.
Tokio, June 18.— A flotilla of tor- ing, having on board the Sunday school at Niu Chwang, it is said here, remains
undiminished, but it is not believed
pedoboats and torpedoboat destroyers, excurison of St. Mark’ s German Luth­ the Russian plans contemplate a seri­
under command of Captain Tsuchiya eran church, located in Sixth street. ous attempt to hold Niu Chwang.
The Japanese are strongly fortifying
and co-operating with the army, made Her destination waa Locust Grove, one
a reconnaissance in force near 8inu of the many resorts on Long Island Feng Wang Cheng as a precaution
against disaster.
Ping ialnnd yesterday and bombarded Sound.
The war office has advices since June
The Slocum had reached a point near 12 from Pn Lan Tien, in the southern
the Russian outposts on tha coast to
the west of the island. 8iau Ping ist the Sunkden Meadows, off 135th street, part of the Liao Tung peninsula, and
land is 12 miles to the west of Por- Manhattan, which is at the extreme they do not mention the reported Jap­
Arthur.
eastern end of Randall’ s Island, when anese ambush of that date, resulting in
At noon the Russian cruiser Novik,
the loes in that vicinity to the Russians
convoying ten torpedoboat destroyers, the fire broke out. The headway of of 800 men. Neither has the war office
steamed out from Port Arthur. The the vessel and the high wind almost in­ any confirmatory report of the ambush­
Russian shore batteries protected these stantly fanned the insignificant flame ing and almost total destruction by the
vessels with a heavy cannonade. The into fury. Efforta were at once di­ Rassiane of two Japanese battalions on
Japanese flotilla retreated slowly, fir­ rected to subduing the fire, bnt they the Hai Cheng road. The officials of
ing as it went, for'the purpose of decoy­ were futile. The blaze apread aft with the war office discredit both reports.
ing the enemy to sea.
At 3 o’clock in almost lightning rapidity.
Captain
the atternoon the Russian ships re­ Vanachaick then headed for shore.
BELIEVES W AR ABOUT OVER.
turned to the entrance of Port Arthur. The great open decks, built for ex­
The fact that the Novik came out of cursionists, with little obstruction from
Peabody Discusses Strike Conditions and
Port Arthur makee it certain that the bow to stern, offered a clear sweep for
Replica to Critics.
Russians have succeeded in blasting a the fire. As the Slocum dashed for­
Denver, June 15.— “ I think the war
channel through the cement laden ward, the flames caught stanchion and
merchantmen sunk by the Japanese in cabin woodwork, eating and tearing is nearly over,” said Governor Peabody
today. “ I have news from General
the entrance to the harbor. This free­ their way across the vessel.
dom of egress comes too late to permit
As the fire increased, the struggle to Bell that the Cripple Creek mines are
of any effect upon the operations of the gain a point of vantage at the stern be­ open and running today, also that
Japanese army, for men, guns and came frightful. Women and children there is comparatively little disaffec­
stores have practically all been landed, crowded against the aft rail until it tion among the men. There is no
and Admiral Togo is capable of keeping gave way and hundreds were puBhedoff news of any further trouble or any like­
the remnants of the Russian fleet im ­ into the river. After this there was a lihood of any.
“ I learn from Captain Bulkeley
prisoned in Port Arthur.
steady stream of persons who jmnped
Last Monday night Japanese vedette or were thrown into the water. In the Wells, of Telluride, that the union men
boats, protected by torpedo boats and wake of the Slocum as she hurried up­ there concede that their cause is loet,
torpedo boat destroyers, succeeded in stream was a line of little black specks I and those of them who are acceptable
reaching the entrance to Port Arthur marking the heads and bodies of those to the mineowners are already at work
and planting a series of mines there. who had sought to escape the roaring again. Ons hundred and fifty capable
The darkness of midnight favored the furnace on the ship by throwing them­ men, whether onion or nonunion, have
been invited to go to work, and the in­
oepration. The Japanese vessels were selves overboard.
vitation w ill be speedily accepted.
not observed and they returned to the
rest of the squadron without having
Reinforcements for Karopatkln.
May Irrigate Mora.
sustained any damage.
St. Petersburg, June 17.— The ap­
Washington,
June 16.— An addition
pointment of Lieutenant General Leon­
Urges Fair Exhibit.
idas Demboweki as commander of the to the Malheur iirigation withdrawal
8t. Louis, June 18.— Before depart­ Fifth East Siberian army corps is evi­ in Eastern Oregon was made today, 15
ing for New York, Prince Pun Lun an­ dence that larger reinforcements are to sections being added, as follows: Sec­
nounced himself as a seif appointed be placed at General Kuropatkin’a dis­ tions 4 to 9, 16, 17 and 18, in township
committee of one to secure China’s par­ posal.
The four corps originally 14 south, range 40 east; section 31,
ticipation in the Lewis and Clark expo­ formed of Siberian troops are mobilized township 13, range 41; sections 4, 5,
sition to be held in Portland, Or., in in Manchuria and other drafts have 6, 8, and the south half of 16 and 16,
These lands
1905. The prince remarked to Theo­ been sent ont to the Far East. The township 14, range 41.
dore Hardee, assistant to Secretary organization of the new corps, inde­ have been examined by engineers of
Walter B. 8tevens, that he was very pendent of the Russian corps ordered the reclamation service and are beileved
much impressed with the American out from European Russia shows that to be susceptible of irrigation under the
Malheur project, in caae it is eventual­
idea of celebrating the anniversaries of Kuropatkin now has 200,000 troops.
ly carried out.
great events with big expositions, and
i
declared he would use every effort
secuie Chinese participation.
to
Japanese Transports Have Close Call.
Toio, June 18.— I t is reported here
that the Japanese protected cruiser
Niitaka engaged the Russian Vladivo­
stok squadron off Tsu island, in the
straits between Corea and Japan. This
report", however, lacks confirmation.
The Japanese tranaporta Ugo and Fnyo,
homeward bound, met the Rnsaian ves­
sels thia morning near Oki island. The
Rnasians pursued them and fired 18
Russia Has Not Protested
The
Petersburg. June 20.— An official shots at the Japanese ships.
ial is published of the rumor that tranaporta escaped._________
Russian ambassador at Washing-
R a sslan i M arching os P o rt Arthur.
Count Cassini has protested against
Tien Tain, June 18.— It has been
reported intention of the govern-
t of the United States to dispatch learned here from a Rnssian eoorce
nadron of warships to Turkish that 40,000 Rnasians passed Tashichac,
ra with the view of bringing pres­ 20 mile# sooth * f Niu Chwsng, going
to bear on tha porte to secure the south. I t is supposed that this force
ia going to the relief of Port Arthur.
snt of A--erican claims.
Russians In a Tight Place.
Berlin, June 17.— The newspapers
today discuss the situation of General
Stake) berg’s corps, which is regarded
as being extremely grave. The Kreux
Zeitting points out that the attempt of
the Japanese in yesterday’s fight to
trun the Russian left creates a situa­
tion similar to that at the battle of the
Yalu river, and aaya that sven it Stak
elburg ia not surrounded, he w ill find
it exttemely difficult to execute hi*
100-mile retreat.
Release May Be Delayed.
Tengier, June 16.— A conrier from
Raisuli, who kidnaped Messrs. Perdi-
caris and Varl«y, arrived here during
the night. United States Consul Gen­
eral Gummere and the British embassy
visited Mohammed F.1 Torres, the rep­
resentative of the sultan of Morocco, to
discuss the contents of Raisuli’* mes­
sage. The distance of Raanll’s head-
pnarters makes the negotiation* drag.
It is now thought possible that the
captives w ill not be released this week.
Another of Bandit's Demands Met.
Tangier, Juno 17,—Two Sheiks of
Ben M. Saar have been imprisoned by
the governor of Tangier. This fulfills
J another of Rsisuli’ s conditions for the
release of his captives, Messrs. Perdi-
caris and Varley. The sheiks impris­
oned are two of those who nelped
treacherously to capture Raisuli some
time ago.
and I n eow* thè baiane* e f tbo year,
ono a holfar Corning fraoh last of Jan*.
Dellrered et creamery 28,108 pounds
of milk whlch mede 1.220 pounds of
batter. Total salsa to t tb* year ss
followa:
1.228 pounds batter.....................$300 78
MANY MBN LOST.
Mlae Kids Nineteen Men.
Tokio, Jane 1«— W hile the Taiboku
waa engaged in laying mines at the en­
trance to Port Arthur, last night, a
mine exploded, k illing one officer and
18 men, and wounding two officer* and
seven men.
The Taihoku, which is a
naval transport, waa not aerioualy dam-
16 head e f hoge............................ 129 84
988 dozen egge............................. 170 46
2 yearllng b a t t e r * .. . . ..................
21 00
Poultry and c ole te ...................... 22 86
Tote! .....................................1844 70
Bought oatmeal, bran, aborta, etc 187 00
N e w C on d ition s f o r F a r m e r s .
One day, late in the autumn, a half
dozen farmers, coming fifteen mlloo, ■
drove Into a prairie village with heavy
loads o f corn. They went to the prin­
cipal elevators and asked the price.
"Thirty cents a bushel to-day."
" f f s will go to the buyer at the oth­
er end o f the town," said the apokee-
man.
“ I t will do you no good." was the
reply, "as all the buyers pay the earns
price here.”
“ Very well; we will go home and
send our com to market on foot.“
They drove back fifteen miles and
nnloaded the corn into their own gran­
aries, to be shipped later in the form
of fat cattle.
Such an Incident would have been
impossible ten years ago, when the av­
erage farmer was compelled to take
what waa offered for bis crop. But
two things have worked a transfor­
mation In the grain-growing portion * f
tha Weat; the farmers have become
conservative with prosperity, and tha
railroads have widened the markets.
Five years of good crops In the West
have not only paid the debts, but have
also made the farmer capable of em­
ploying business methods.
A few
year* ago a settler visited town only
once a fortnight or once a month. He
took home with him the county papers,
the few magaalnes that he received
and a large bundle of groceries end
dry goods. With rural delivery and
rural telephone all that la passed.
Under these conditions the Western
fanner has developed an Independence
In the movement of crop* disconcert­
ing to the market manipulators.— O.
If. Harger, in the World’» Work.
B e g H older.
A convenient bag bolder la made as
follows: Procure a piece o f two-inch
plank thirty Inches long and as wide
as you can g e t Bore two one and a
quarter inch holes in the plank twenty-
four Inches apart Then get two stick*
three feet nine Inches long of some
tough wood. Bhava these stick* to fit
tightly Into a three-quarter Inch hole.
Now take two block* of hard wood
four and one-half Inches long like A
In Illustration. Theae circular pieces
ahould be one Inch thick each way
Datene*, net...........................$487 70
I don’t think this la a bad showing
for a place that aom* of th* neighbors
aald. four years ago, when w * cam*
here, "You cau’t'rala* anything on that
old placo.” —C. K. Ringer.
F o d d e r Rye.
The first crop to be o f service In tbo
spring la rye. which te sometimes ready
for feeding the last week in April,
and may be continued through the
Unit half of May. It matures very
rapidly after the beads appear, and
can be successfully used for a period
of from ten to fourteen days i f seeded
at different times, and cutting 1s begun
before It comes in bead. Where it is
not practicable to practice soiling tha
crops may be pastured. This method,
while more wasteful, 1s less expensive
than soiling. It is very Important to
have a pasture crop at that season,
because coming before meadow pas­
tures are ready. The crop yields well
on medium soils, though It responds
profitably to good treatment It U rec­
ommended that It be seeded thicker
than when the crop 1a used for grain.
From two to two and one-half bushels
of seed may be used with advantage
on good soils. Th* fertilizers should
be rich In available phosphoric acid.
A fertiliser containing nitrogen 3 per
cent, phosphoric acid 8 per cent pot­
ash S per cent may be applied at time
o f seeding at the rate o f 200 to .300
pounds per acre. A top dressing of
nitrate o f soda in the spring at th*
rata o f 100 to 150 pounds per acre 1s
excellent
Borne B ig Texas Ranchee.
The cattle industry of the South­
western range country te to-day repre­
sentative o f an investment of almost
1200,000,000, exclusive of the land and
improvements. Some of the ranchea
cover 1.500,000 acres, and are worth
about $5 an acre. The vast majority
o f ranches In the Southwest today
cover less than 600,000 acres. There
are only three ranches in the South­
west that extend over 1,000,000 acres.
The X I T ranch In tbs Texas Pan­
handle covers 1,500,000 acres, the J. A.
ranch In the same community a like
number, and the ranch owned by Mr*.
King In Southern Texas, near Corpus
Christl, 1s another Immense ranch of
over 1,000,000 acres. Colonel C. C.
Slaughter, o f Dallas, owns three
ranches, In all over 1.500,000 acres,
and Major O. W. Littlefield, of Koae-
well, N. M „ holds several ranches in
the Southwest country.
V e g e ta b le Oddities-
C O J T V X N Ig S T B A O
H O LD ES
and they should have about three small
lath nails sticking out one-quarter of
an Inch to keep the bag from slipping
off. It la the spring of the two long
sticks that holds the bag tig h t The
blocks can be slipped up or down on
the side strips to suit the length of the
bags.— P. A. Franklin in Iowa Horn*
stead.
A s to F a rm P o u ltry .
It le very hard to make farmers un
derstand bow great their advantages
are In poultry raising. They will say
tha work does not pay, for it takes
their time from crop* that bring more
money. There la something in this If
one has a crop which Is profitable and
which la brought to the marketing
point at small expense. It would be
folly to advocate that anyone drop a
paying crop to take up something they
are doubtful about but where there
a n diversified interest« on the farm
poultry can be made to pay mors than
It does.
The writer knows a man who has
on* acre In a small town devoted to
poultry. He goes to s nearby city and
buys live poultry o f wholesale commis­
sion men at the market price, ships
them home, fattens them and markets
them dressed In the towns near him.
Nine-tenths o f the food consumed by
the fowls must be bought, and yet this
man makes a comfortable living out of
the work. This is one case o f many,
and if this can be done It le certainly
reasonable to claim that the farmer,
who can raise the chickens from eggs
and alao the food consumed by them,
can turn the result on to the market
at a profit
The one cause o f failure la not an
derstending the needs of the fowls and
how to feed them to advantage. Learn
this by experience, and poultry raising
will be found ono of the most profit
able ventures In which the farmer can
engage.— Indianapolis News.
P ro fits o f a Bareli D airy.
H aring seen eererai records of
dairy farming by some of your read
era. I will let you know what wo bare
done the past year, from January 1
1903, to January 1, 1904. Wo started
with four cowe the first six months.
The Department of Agriculture Is
endeavoring to secure the introduction
of wasabl, the Japanese horae-radlah.
into the United States. The Japanese
wasabl 1s not white, ilk* ordinary
horse-radish, but is a delicate shad*
of green. In Japan It 1s grated and
served with the raw fish and forms g
most Important part o f the meal. It
has a fresh sharpness unknown to
that grown In this country. Another
novelty te the black winter radish,
which te quite prominent in Western
markets. The vegetable 1a shaped Ilk*
a carrot Germans are very fond o f
the black radish. They peel It and
eat with salt as one would a cucum­
ber. They are o f peppery taste, but
make a fine relish.
Farm Chat-
Overloading the teams 1s a bad Idea.
It will start horses to balking quick­
er than anything else.
An egg broken in the feed o f horses
1s very beneficial to them In clearing
up tho akin and hair.
A small flock of sheep well cared
for 1s more profitable than a large on*
allowed to pick Its own living.
A good Judge In farm crop statistics
■aye It will take three bumper corn
crop* to create a surplus of that prod­
uct That means three years o f bust­
ling.
In testing seed corn we often reel
that a seed w ill be good that te much
■lower "com ing" than the rest o f them.
I t w ill produce a weak atalk and either
no ear or a nubbin. It will not pay
to select such seed. It should be dis­
carded as doubtful.
With all crop* It te the early cultiva­
tion that 1s the most Important Keep
the soli clean and In a little while tho
plants are young and tender, giving
them every opportunity to make a good
■tart to grow and It will bo a much
easier matter to maintain a good
growth until maturity.
Canadian bee keepers report an nn-
usually severe winter with serious
losses. Moat bees wintered out o f
doors unprotected show a very high
per cent o f loss, ranging from prac­
tically a total loss to forty per cent
Bees which were protected range, ac­
cording to the doaen or more reports
received, from tw elve to fifty per cent.
Don’t forget that little memoran­
dum book. A t no tlm * will it be found
ko handy as now.
Keep It In tlio
pocket and pnt down everything that
needs attention, and then on* can look
It over occasionally and do that which
needs being done the w o n t without
delay, lfucb loss Is prevented In this
manner. I have sorted potatoes wh“ u
I should have been sowing grass seed,
end a sudden shower came and somo
other work had to be banted up. Tho
tittle "w ant book" revealed what
ahould be don*.