(P E T O H O L D O U T
Arthur Depends on
From Kuropatkin.
DEFEAT
to
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|M
Often
IS
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given ultimatum
Relief
b elie v e d
Been i r o w i » ! L e u and
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Di5char$ed.
loo, aug. 1.— Refuttees who have
r ^ d from Port Arthur confirm
Lon reporta that a itencral assault
f , D begun by the Japanese on that
and they declare that the Rua-
,’re Banguine that the Japanese
lnot succeed in capturing the
even though they had tw i:c as
d . Russians, according to the refu-
ing A d v a n c e .
Idao Yang, July 30— A Russian cor
respondent of the Associated Press, who
has just arrived here after two months’
stay at Port A ith u i, gives an import
ant and interesting narrative of the situ
ation at the beleugured f. rtrees when he
left there, July 14 which shows that
the Japanese operations until then had
not advanced so far as supposed.
Sev
eral Russian successes are chronicled,
but the report of a Japanese reverse,
with a loss of 30,000 men, is definitely
disposed of, not being even mentioned
by the correspondent, who says:
‘ ‘ When I put to sea in a junk the
land position on the Russian right flank,
surrounding Green and Semaphore
hills, which the Russians had lost, had
been recaptured by assault.
The
heights of Huinsin, which the Japanese
defended desperately, alone remained
in their hands. But I am convinced
that this position also has since been
retaken. The very morn’ ng of my de
parture, July 14. the position was be
ing bombarded by six-inch Howitzers
and shells were falling repeatedly into
the Japanese works, causing great dis
order.
Lstories, are still hoping for succor
(,n:eral Kuropatkin. They are
Lilling to believe the reports of hiB
^ tat Ta Tche Kiao. The refugees
er confirm the reports that the
„¡an fleet is in a state of repair, but
«V that the Heet is unwilling to
itb .to f Admiral Togo, on ac-
mt of the mines which the Japanese
nightly at the entrance to the
Irbor
gt v i a believed at Port Arthur th at'
sillier the Vladivostok squadron or
IrprrcuiutH ft.... (ieneral Kuropat-
“ To sum up, by the fighting of July
pshould arrive, the Russian fleet 3, 4 and 6, when evidently the Russian
Lid take the risk of going out.
forces were acting on the offensive, the
Luuiunition is BHid to he growing Russians legained on the land side the
and large fort guns are not often positions they had held in front of the
irgeil. Attempts to manufacture fortress previous to the battle of Kai
Inanition in Port Arthur are re Chou.
nd to have been failures,
“ The main forces of the beseigers
ill of the public buildings are being are on the average at a distance of 20
pi for hospitals.
The Blck and miles from the perimeter of the fortress
mmled are being well cared for by on the Russian right, hut the Japanese
Lunteer nurses. The wounds made have a reproached to within 12 miles on
[the Japanese rifles are dangerous the Rut tia.ii left. As lar as lnchente
l
vital spots are reached. station, 14 miles from I’ort Arthur,
IniidreilB of badly wounded have the lailroad is working. Between 40,-
ickly recovered from their wounds.
000 and 60,000 men are operating be
I An American nam ed Holt reports fore I’ort Arthur. The troops maintain
In Lieutenant Newton A. McCully, a constant exchange of skirmishing tire,
L imerican naval attache, now at but the field or other guns are usually
|ort Arthur, ie well.
silent. Tlie Japanese arc apparently
conducting a slow, engineering advance.
"O ften in the morning the Russians
LAWS NEEDED POP ZO NE.
discover fresh trenches. The Japanese
oma Domain Not F u lly a P a r t o f aie compelled to abandon this work in
the daytime, as the Russians regularly
the United States.
open fire on them as soon as daylight
| Wuhingtori, Aug. 1.— Controller of discloses the works.”
{Treasury Tracewell, in an opinion
^iir defining the authority of the
lima t'anal commission regarding
A ID T O S TR IK E R S.
kiliumementB and the relation of the
(nil tone to the United .States, holds F r e ig h th a n d le r s M a y T a k e a Hand
U, while the “ general spirit and
in C h ic ag o T ro u b le .
jorpoee" of the constitution is ajipli-
Chicaeo, July 30.— Alter issuing a
Lble to the zone, that domain is not a
¡art of the United States within the general order that would have involved
I meaning of the constitution and all the Chicago railroads in the stock-
|be laws of the country.”
yards strike, Lawrence J. Curran, pres
{lie Mid that until congress by ex-
s legislation shall have prescribed ident of tire Freighthandlers' union,
i i n of government o f the zone, tonight reconsidered his action and is
|hewill and sound discretion of the now holding his order in abeyance
esident and his lommission will con- (■ending a conference tomorrow morn
ol, abject only to the general spirit
ing with leaders of the Allied Trades
I purpose of the constitution, and
|l» local revenues of the zone shall he unionB, whose members are on B trike.
It is said, however, that if President
landled in accordance with such rules
i they may authorize.
Donnelly, of the Butchers’ union, and
the other strike leaders express a desire
ADVISED TO S T A Y A W A Y .
to have the order enforced it w ill be
put into effect at once. The executive
Protection fo r M en N o t W a n te d
committee of the freightlrandies was in
at Cripple C re e k .
session until late tonight and it is said
Cripple Creek, Colo., Aug. 1.— fiher-
that preparations have been made to
Edward Bell will not^guarantee pre
dion to any person who hae been put the strike order in force if it be
Iriven from this district because of his deemed necessary.
.Iliance nr sympathy with the Western
President Curran’ s orders, if lived
(deration of Miners. He made this up to by the freight handlers, would
lain today when be received a message
from Patrick Carvel, one of the hun- work a severe hardship on the packers
heds deported after the Independence as it explicitly directs that union men
shall handle no freight for the big
depot dynamite outrage.
Caivel ie now at Colorado City and packing companies, either outgoing or
wtifisd Sheriff Bell that lie wished to incoming. President Curran’ s order to
rrtnrn to the district and resume his the men follows:
“ A t a meeting with the business
“ deuce here, and would do so if the
luthorities would guarantee to protect agents of the local Freighthandlers’
union today it was decided that ail
dm from violence.
Sheriff Bell not only informed Car men under the jurisdiction of onr or
rel that he would not guarantee to pro ganization in the various rairoads in
tect him from harm, but etrongly ad- Chicago be ordered not to receive or de
rieed him nevei to return to the die- liver any freight of the packers, wheth
er this freight is delivered at the
trict.
freighthouses by teams or in cars."
Wneworkers T h re a te n
D u p lic ity o f
th e R u s sian s.
London, July 30.— Thomas Gibson
Bowles, Conservative, will ask Premier
Kailcur in the houee of commons if the
government is aware that the Russian
armored cruiser Demitri Donskoi, after
having been al'owed to take 500 tons
of coal at Port Said, and after hei cap
tain had given his word of honor that
he would proceed at once and by d.rect
route to Cadiz, remained off Port Said
and stopped and examined six vessels,
which were about to enter the canal,
and a few days later repeated the stop
page off Aleaxndria.
M u c h Food A d u lte r a te d .
Cheyenne, Wyo., July 30.— The first
report of Henry Knight and Roes Moo
dy, state food inspectors under the new
pure food law, shows that during the
year 425 samples were submitted for
ans lysis, and of this numher 208 were
found to be adulterated. In all classes
of food it was discovered preservatives
were used. A majority of the samples
were sent by dealers who desire to use
pure foods, and it is expected concerted
action w ill be taken.
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The
Pitched
toTndUi ? * " ’ ° f Fei’ which ia «»ken
•II f s L T i ‘ h,at * he m l ,a n w i " Person.
thepretend-
a and Cjd!C,1T* m th® d‘ BtrictB of T *-
F r ic tio n a t P an a m a .
Panama, July 30.— The establish
ment ot a port at Ancon under the con
trol of the authorities of the canal
zone has created considerable friction
between the steamship companies and
the government at Panama, the latter
asserting that the companies should
get their clearance papers from the
Pana man authorities.
P a c k e rs S tr iv in g fo n il th e
o f th e S tr ik e r s .
P laces
Chicago, July 28.— Little if any ad
vantage was gained by either side in
the stockyards strike today and there
ARBITRATION BOARD MEETS PACKERS ia no hope tonight of any immediate
settlement of the difficultly. Realizing
Operators Declare Agreement Signed by Them
that they have one of the hardest prob
Is ia Force and They arc Unw illing to O f lems to contend with in the history of
fer A l l
Fu rth e r Concessions.
the packing industry, the packers are
leaving nothing undone to gain the
Coop fo r G r o w in g C hick s.
Chicago, July 2 ».— " W e had an upperhand in the struggle with their
Where chicks ure raised in consider
agreement with Mr. Donnelly’s organi 30,000 union employes who are on
able numbers, it is necessary to pro
zation and the allied trades which they strike.
vide protection for them while they
failed to live up to, and under the cir
A ll day long, workmen from outaide are on the range, and a house such as
cumstances we do not care to make
points were rushed to Chicago and Is illustrated and described here may
any further agreements with them.”
This iB the statement which was taken to the stockyards to till the be produced at small cost. Make a
signed by the lepresentativea of the places of the strikers. Tonight it was number of them and scatter them over
packers ami bunded to the members of announced by the packers ttrat 7,000 the range. Obtain a number of small
the state board of arbitration tonight new men were now installed in tire dry goods boxes, making the roof of
at the end of a conference between the different plants at the stockyards. any material one has on the farm or
two bodies, held at the request of the With these men and with the arrivals buying the cheap hemlock lumber and
state board in an endeavor to bring that are expected each day, the packers covering the cracks with laths or tar
about another meeting for the settle expect to get their affairs in such shape red paper. In the gable end cut a
ment of the butchers' strike between that the strikers w ill be compelled to large hole for ventilation and arrange
the packers and the strikers. The [ seek a truce in the hostilities and seek the opening in the front so that some
pur kers received the Btate hoard courte a peaceable settlement at the dictation means will be had for closing it so
that the storm nmy be shut off.
ously and listened to their arguments of the emloyers.
Although the receipts of livestock
I f one has but a few coops a slid
for a peaceable adjustment of the diffi
| today were small, compared with re- ing window may be used to close the
culty.
The announcement that the packers | ceipts on corresponding days under front; if many coops are made the
were opposed to any fur ther peace ne I normal conditions, still many cattle opeuing may be closed by a sliding
gntfatinne with the strikers was handed I bt>®8 aüd sheep were left in the pens door made o f thin material. During
to the board by Arthur Meeker and tonigtu unsold.
the summer, if this solid wood door
Thomas Connor, both of Armour A Co.,
was used it would be advisable to
R E TR E A T T O H A I CHENG.
who represented tiie packers. While
make the ventilation opening larger
from their statement it would appear
and cover It with some coarse mesh
that the packers are opposed to meet- T h e Japan ese M ade T a T c h e K iao wire netting. Unless one has had ex-
ing the strikers again on any terms,
U n te n a b le .
such is not the case
Mukden,
July
28.— The Russians
At tire last conference between the
strikers and the packers tiie latter in .have retreated trim Ta Tche K iao to
formed tlie union leaders that any Hai Cheng.
time they expressed a desire to live up
They decided to withdraw from Ta
to the original arbitration agreement,
Tche Kiao Sunday evening. General
signed a week ago, w hich provided for
the reinstatement of the striking butch Zarabourieff, commanding the Fourth
ers inside of 45 days and for tlie arbi army corps, who is General Stakel-
tration of all grievances, the packers berg’s senior, resolved to take this
j
ment1 ^
WiUin® *
tlle “ gree' I 8ieP in congruence of the reports of
The contention of the packers is that ! 8,'0,,ts that the Jal,aneBe «e r e turning
tliis agreement is still in force, and as the left flank.
they are unwilling to offer any further i
The Japanese forces are believed to
concessions to tlie strikers, they say a include tlie whole of the armies of
renewal of peace negotiation!: with tiie | Generals Oku and Nodzu.
More than
hope of securing better terms would be j eight divisions of Japanese are engaged,
useless.
j The rear guard action between Datch
Tiie labor leaders say that when the apu and Ta Tche Kiao continued until
butchers went on the second strike he-1 11 at night, when the Japanese weie
cause of alleged discrimination by the | within sight of the Russian entrench'
packers in rehiring striking employes, 1 nrents. The Russians withdrew in per-
the arbitration agreement was nullified feet order, favored by the beautiful
and that 't is necessary to sign a now moonlight.
agreement before a settlement can he
General Kuropatkin reports that the
reached.
Japanese column in the vicinity of
Saitmatsza, which is believed to be
S L A IN B Y B OM B.
two divisions strong, is marching along
the valley of the Taitse, with the obvi
v o n P le h v e , R u s sian M in is te r of ous aim of cutting the railroad above
Liao Yang.
In t e r io r Is A s s a s s in a te d .
The evacuation of Ta Tche Kiao was
fit. Petersburg, July 29.— Minister of
prepared for long ago by the Russians,
the interior von Plehve wss sssassinat-
as m ilitary experts have repeatedly in
ed this morning while driving to the
dicated. The retirement is not regard
Baltic Station to visit the Peterhof.
ed as materially altering the situation
A bomb was thrown under the min
Tiie Russians had strongly fortified
ister’s carriage, completely shattering
Hai Cheng, in view of this contin
it. M. Plehve was terribly mangled.
gency.
The crime was committed at 10 o’clock.
The coachman was killed and tlie
A P O LO G Y A N D D A M A G E S.
wounded and maddened horses dashed
wildly away with the front wheels of
the carriage the only portion of the B asis o f B ritis h
S e ttle m e n t o f
vehicle remaining intact.
Immediate
K n ig h t C o m m a n d e r’s Loss.
ly there ensued a scene of the wildest
London, July 28.— The British gov
confusion. Police and gendarmes hur
ried up from every direction and vast ernment is taking energetic action rela
crowds gathered about the spot where tive to the sinking of tlie British steam
the mangled body of the minister lay er Knight Commander by the Vladivo
stok squadron.
A ll information re
weltering in his blood. .
The Associated Press correspondent ceived by the government tends to es
was at tlie scene of tlie tragedy within tablish in the official mind the belief
five minutes after it occurred. M. von that an outiage has been committed
Plehve's shockingly mangled body was for which no excuse exists iu interna
lying in the middle of the road. I t had tional law.
The demands which w ill be made on
been partially covered with a police
officer’s overt oat with the left arm, the the Russian government w ill include
hone of which was broken off, protrud compensation to the owners of tne ship
and to the owners of the goods on
ing.
A few yards from M. von Plehve’s board the Knight Commander, an
apology for the action of the Russian
body lay a shapeless heap of the coach
cruisers and an agreement that in
man’s remains.
structions shall be given which w ill
M. von Plehve was on his way to
prevent a repetition of such action.
visit the emperor when the tragedy oc-
Biitish shipowners are up in arms
currd.
Besides being Russian minister of over the danger which shipping is now-
running and are bombarding the gov
the interior Councillor von Plehve was
ernment with representations looking
minister and state secretary f;
Fin
to the thorough protection of their in
land.
terests.
M o ro cca n s.
W a r V e s s e ls M u s t N o t P ass.
Toulon, July 29. — Under orders
London, July 2 8 — W hile the nego
from V ile Admiral Gignn, the armored
cruiser Kleiier and the third class tiations between Great Britain and
cruiser Galilee sailed for Tangier to Russia respecting Red sea seizures
night. The orders given t ! the com have been carried on in the most con
manders of the cruisers were to “ hold ciliatory manner, the Associated Press
themselves at the disposition of the learns that in the representations to
minister of France.”
Officers of the tlie St. Petersburg government, For
ministry of marine say that this action eign .'-ecretary Lansdowne declared that
is not to be regarded in any aspect oth Great Britain could not, in view of her
er than pacific, but that it is desirable treaty alliance with Japan, allow any
in the present unpleasant condition of interpretation to be placed on treaties
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Morocco for the French government to j relating to the Dardanelles which
would permit of the free passage of ves
be represented by the two warships.
sels ot the Rua-ian volunteer fleet.
f/indon, July 29.— The London Daily
Express states that it has excellent
reasons for stating that the latest note
sent uy Gerat Britain to Russia is not
couched in the usual diplomatic lan
guage, but ie, instead, a peremptory
demand for immediate reparation for
all slights placed upon the British flag
by Russia. I t is also stated that Rus
sia is warned that a repitition of the
Knight Commander affaii w ill be fol
lowed by immediate reprisals.
T o F it U p V o lu n te e r T le e f.
Sultan T a k e s th e F ie ld .
iMfier, Aug. 1— The British cruia-
Hernuone arrived tonight.
Aecord-
<"ttlde heDt
Soon or
B r itis h N o te S e n t.
Great Run o f S o c k e y e s .
Vsncouver, B. C., Aug. I . — One
the S'eatcsi runs of sockeye salmon
08 history of the canning industry
eportsd from Rivers Inlet, B.
.V*vw?TS, cannpry in one day took ...
’
’ ttle Brunswick cannery took
th.I j * 000 l>almon ani1 the Pa, k ,01
Day ran ib out 2,«oo cases at each
these canneries. A t Alert Bay, the
* ran was one day later and the fish
at the Fr*«*r at the be-
finmng 0| this week.
I w i n V . ' T ' fr0 In F c x t h e B n l t a n
Must Return
Not at All.
S e n t to Im p re s s
S tr ik e .
Philadelphia, Aug. 1.— There is grave
“ r that the executive board of Dia-
rict No. 1, United Mineworkers, w ill
'dn a strike involving approximately
MOO men, when it meets in special
non here Monday, to consider the
SHMion of the refusal of the coal com
ities to deduct rheck weighmen’ s
^tes. If the strike is ordered, it w ill
probably affect the whole anthracite
r'?i°n, as the companies seemed to be
rimbined in resisting the demand,
aiming it is tantamount, to a recogni-
hot of the union.
Strikers
RUSHING IN MEN.
London, July 29 — The Times this
morning says that six German steamers
have been rhartered to take $1,500,000
worth of war material from Hamburg
to Constantinople.
The inference is
drawn, according to the Times, that
this material is intended for the eqnip-
ment of the Russian volunteer steamers
or other Ruseian warships in the Black
A c tio n D ela yed In N ew Y o r k .
New York, July 28.— A telegram
from President Donnelly, who is in
charge of the meat strikers’ main head
quarters at Chicago, directing the local
union officials to call out all men em
ployed by the companies affiliated with
the so called beef trust here, was re
ceived today. No immediate action
was taken, however. The local repre
sentative, Mr. Eichelberger, said that
in view of the present conditions here,
it would not do to act hastily.
r ig h tin g A b o u t P o r t A r t h u r .
Chefoo, July 28.— A junk bringing
Chinese refugees from Port Arthur, has
just arrived here. The Chinese report
that, when they left Port Arthur, July
nly 22, heavy fighting was going on
both on land and sea. They were un-
able to give any details.
They report
that the Japanese have heavily fortified
I Ban Chnpo H ill.
perlence, It is hard to realize the great
value of these coops nnd especially
during the early fall before the chicks
go to winter quarters, a period when
hard storms are likely to occur.— In
dianapolis News.
C u lt iv a t in g D r ille d C orn.
It Is generally conceded that more
corn can be grown on an acre In
drills than in bills, but lu weedy land
the great trouble Is to keep drilled
corn clean and free from weeds. The
great mistake In cultivating drilled
corn usually Is made at the first
working, when shovels of medium size
are used and small furrows left close
to the rows. W e find it no harder to
keep drilled corn free from weeds
than it is to keep hill corn clean, by
using the smoothing harrow across
the rows JUst as soon as the corn is up.
Iu four or five days a second harrow
ing may be given and then the culti
vators be set to work.
Avoid leaving any furrow c ose to
the rows, and also be sure not to
throw a ridge o f earth up to the
plants. Keep the land just as level
as possible the first two or three
workings and then as the plants be
gin to shade the ground they will do
much to smother out weeds. The later
cultivation of any corn is best given
by a oue-borse five shovel cultivator
Instead of the two-horse riding Imple
ment, as with the former one can go
very shallow and keep at any desired
distance from the growing corn. We
believe there are too many high-priced
riding cultivators and not enough
small one-horse Implements used. The
latter, diligently used. Insure clean
crops.
uiriftier, and their foliage much
healthier, and did not fall from tha
trees as early in the season as on un-
tblnned trees; that peaches from the
thinned trees sold for nearly double
as much as those from un thinned
trees. The varieties choseu for the test
happened to ripen at a time when
there was a good demand, otherwise
peaches from unthinned trees would
i have been unsalable. From a com
mercial .standpoint the benefit from
heavy thinning was very apparent**
P o in te o f a G ood D a ir y C ow ,
I will eudeuvor to give a few o f
what many years of experience has
taught me to believe are essential
j points In selecting a profitable dairy
J cow. and will commence at tbe nose.
Take a cow that can put her nose in a
tincup— you can take a tlncup to milk
her In; but a cow that It takes a buck
et to get her nose In, you will have to
take a bucket to milk her In. In
other words, I want a cow or a calf
of either sex, in order to make a prof
itable dairy animal, to have a great
broad mouth (so it can mow a wide
swath), with turn lips Indicating a
thin hide and fiueness throyghout, en
abling it to sift out most of the nutri
tion in food consumed and return It
to you in its milk; with broad, open
nostrils, giving It good breathing ca
pacity; and short from nose to eyes—■
long In this space indicates long in
the legs; too much wind blows under
It and soon dries up the milk, even If
they give a good flow in the start;
broad between the eyes, indicating a
broad deep cow throughout, with good
heart, lungs, liver and digestive or-
guus; large, fuil eyes, indicating plen
ty o f nerve force to carry out the re
quirements of the body; long from
eyes to horns, indicating good sense;
narrow between horns, indicating but
little combativeness and a mild dis
position; a well developed body, not
“ pot-gutted,” v'ith large teats and
plenty of loose skin for udder devel
opment— but not a large, meaty, fleshy
udder that will be nearly as largo
after being milked as it was before; a
long, tail with a good switch to enable
the cow to keep the files from sucking
her blood that goes to produce uillk.
There are other Indications, but these
are enough to give a beginner a start.
— Harding Bailey, In Jersey Bulletin.
K i l l W e e d s B e fo r e P la n t in g C orn.
Tbe best time to kill weeds is be
fore the corn comes up, but 1 can kill
more weeds lu going over my ground
once with a drag or barrow before
the corn Is planted than you can in
two or three times after the corn is
planted. My practice lias been to fol
low tbe breaking plow with tbe drag,
i f not too wet, and in a few days
cross harrow, and in a few more days
harrow again and follow with the
planter or drill. I drill exclusively. I
open a furrow two or three Inches
deep and plant lu the furrow; there
fore I cannot use the harrow or weed-
er after my corn is planted, for it
would fill the furrow and cover the
corn too deep. I use the* cultivator
with narrow shovels and fenders, and
fill in tbe furrow gradually until it is
level, then keep the surface level. Now
I see some one bolding up his hands
in horror at the idea of drilled com
planted down in a furrow. I should
like to divide a field with you; yon
plant on the surface In hills, and I
drill in the furrow; neither to uss
hand hoe, and the one that has the
cleanest and most corn to take tbs
crop.— I. N. C., lu Indiana Farmer.
T h e Cost c f M a k in g P o r k .
D oss fr o m B i t t e r R o t.
The sole purpose o f finishing a
bunoh of pigs at an early age is to
make them more profitable by saving
feed. It takes a certain amount mere
ly to keep them, and the shorter the
time they are kept the less this will
cost So far It is a simple problem,
but there are other factors which en
ter in. The pushing process may be
the most costly in the end because
it requires the feeding of a large
quantity o f high-priced grain or mill-
stuffs, whereas by utilizing the pas
tures and the woods they may make
a cheaper growth and ultimately go to
market at less cost. It may be said
that the pasture has value Iu propor
tion to the grain
Sometimes It has
and sometimes It has not— all de
pends on what something else could
get out o f It in the way o f gain and
consequent cash. The point is that
early maturity in the sense o f market
ing hogs at an early age is the heat
thing only when It Is the cheapest. A
man can afford to wait a couple of
months to put his pigs on the market
i f by utilising pastures or forage and
saving high-priced grain be ran do it
cheaper. The cost of marketing a
pound of pork and not the time It
takes to do it la the vital problem.
The losses from bitter rot of apples
are seldom appreciated, but the men
that have investigated them declare
them to be simply enormous for the
entire country. Professor Blair of the
University o f Illinois, said last fall
that the losses from bitter rot lu four
counties of Illinois bad totaled for ths
past season $1,500,000. Tills was In
the four counties of Marlon, Clay,
Richard and Wayne. Bitter rot Is a
fungous disease and can he controlled
to some extent by spraying. It Is time
that apple growers awoke fully to tbe
enormous tax they are every year pay
ing to tbe fungous diseases that rav
age orchards. Could farmers elimi
nate even this one scourge of bitter
rot we would add millions of dollar*
to tbe value of tbe apple crop.
W a t e r f o r t h e S w in e.
Pure water does more than quench
the thirat of the hog. It entera large
ly Into the compoaltlon of flesh; It as
sists In digestion by acting aa a sol
vent for food elements; It la a vehicle
for carrying off tbe poisonous wastes
o f the ay stem, which. If not thus re
moved, are often reabsorbed by the
system, either creating diseases or
conditions favorable to disease rav
ages. When the drinking water hap
pens to be unwholesome In Itself, the
T h in n in g P e ach es P a y ».
Not every grower appreciates the possible double mischief Is easily un
Importance of thinning peaches, but derstood.
there can be do question o f tbe neces
sity of the practice. If best results are
L i t t l e P r o f it In C o o k in g F ee d .
Tbe utility in cooking feed for ani
to be secured. Tbs Michigan Experi
ment Station reports tbe following mals, and especially for pigs, was
given most attention In tbe days previ
concerning this matter:
‘A thinning test was started In ous to Investigations by experiment
1903, to last over a period of three stations. Cooking feed Is no longer
years. O f one lot, one tree was thin regarded as an economical practice for
ned to 8 lrches; one was thinned to 4 fattening animals. However, for breed
or 5 Inchee. and one tree wss left un- ing stock and sick animals, and for
thlnned. O f the other virietlee, one animals which It Is desired to put Into
tree was thinned to 8 Inches and one the very highest condition, cooking
tree left nnthlnned. It wae noted at may be practiced with good results, If
the end o f the first season's test that expense Is disregarded. Pigs so fed
ail trees severely thinned were much show marked thrlftinu*» and health.