Polk County observer., November 03, 1908, Image 4

THE PEONY.
3t It Reputed to Be the Coming
Fashionable Flower.
An enthusiastic admirer of the peony
writes as follows:
Don't let autumn go by without
plunting--the soouer the better a good
lot of these best of all bardy her
baceous perennials. Anybody can
grow peonies, and you can get tbe
most glorious results with one-half
the trouble that you would have to
expend in getting roses that were
merely good. I believe the peony will .
become the typical flower of our j
American gardens and occupy the ,
place with us that the rose does in j
England or the fleur-de-lis in France, j
It certainly has no competitor when
the standard Is the best results for
tbe labor expended. I
Do you ask, "Can I grow ieouIes?" !
I ask you, "Do apples grow in your
neighborhood?-' Wherever the apple ;
will grow there, too, you can plant the ;
peony. Having once set it out, you
can shake hands with yourself, con
fident In the knowledge that it is
there to stay, without any necessity I
of dlsturbani e, for twenty years at j
least. Sometimes a clump will remain
undisturbed for fifty years. Xo won
der it gives that comfortable, old fash
ioned garden atmosphere that every
body wants around the home. The up
to date peony fancier who wants to
keep his plants at the highest standard
all the time and does not mind the
trouble will dig up the clumps, sep
arate the rout tiiid replant them (do
ing all this In September) every seven
or eight years. I'erhnps you have an
old peony clump In your garden that
has died out In the center so that It
forms an irregular ring. Dig it up
now, divide it and replant Two years
from now you will have such peonies
as you never dreamed of.
Let me tell you how I plant my peo
nies, because I am sure that you will
want to buy some and do likewise.
To begin with, let me say that, al
though the plant will grow in any
reasonably fertile soil, yet, like ev
erything else, It will pay you well for
extra attention to Its wants. Ideal
peony Boll Is a heavy moist loam
Some people have mauV the mistake of
thinking that because the peony will
take up a great tpiantlty of water and
because It prefers a moist loam It Is
also more happy In a continuously wet
soli. This is true with certain llmlta-
to five" years to become attractive an 1
useful, whiie a rough stone er concrete
wall may be well covered with Ivy In
two summers. Ainpelopsls. or Huston
Ivy, Is undoubtedly the best suited for
this purpose, being a very rapid grow
er and absolutely hardy, flourishing
under the most unfavorable conditions.
Its shiny leaves are not Injured by the
dust and In the autumn turn to n bril
liant orange and scarlet hue. There is
no better time in the year than ear
ly October to set out new plan's, which
gives them a ch iuce to g"t well rooted
lefore the cold weather overtakes
! them. The younu plants ni::y lie pur
j chased of any nursery at 1." cents each.
1 or $10 per hundred. When planting
I they should lie set fifteen feet apart
I Spring is such a busy season and
i there are so many things which
i must lie done at once on (lie Country
place that it wise to do ns much
work in the fall of the year ns possible
In the way of building, fencing, grad
ing and getting ready geneilly.
TOMATOES IN
WINTER.
Them Safely
The Best Way to Keep
In Winter.
The roust important conditions for
forcing tomatoes nre: A warm, light
house one having a two-thirds span
facing the south being preferable
strong bottom heat, rich sol, careful
training, uniform temperature, care in
watering and pollinating and, as be
fore suggested, good Judgment and
ronstant watchfulness on the part of
the grower. Bottom heat Is not abso
lutely essential to success, but the crop
matures more quickly If given this
condition.
To make the best use of the house
two crops should be grown during the
7
are HOT hea"3etT back other fruit clus"
ters will form, but these scattering
later clusters will unduly prolong the
fruiting season without giving suffi
cient financial return to warrant de
laying the removal of the old plants.
As the fruit sets tbe clusters should
be supported by means of a small cord
or piece of raffia passing around the
main stem above a leaf, thus forming
a sling. At this time, too, it is well
to stir the surface of the soil and
work in a quantity of well rotted ma
nure or to give frequent applications
of liquid manure.
The temperature of the house should
be as nearly uniform as possibli
about CO degrees at night and 70 de
gress In dark weather, but 80 degrees
sr even higher on bright, sunny days.
All cold drafts and sudden changes
of temperature should be rigidly
avoided.
BEEF CATTLE
ON THE FARM.
There are hundreds of farmers who
for various reasons are not making a
business of dairying, but are keeping
only two or three family cows, and yet
these same farmers are perhaps raising
hoes or growing grain as a specialty
and therefore have considerable rough
age that should be converted into beef
profitably. Corn fodder, oat straw and
clover hay are usually abundant on
everv farm of much size and unless fed
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THE CHINESE PEONI.
tlous. It likes constantly moist soil,
but it must be well drained, never
stagnant. The Ideal situation Is the
Me of a slope leading down to wet
laud.
Dig a hole In the ground with a
fork or ppade, set the plant Into it,
then cover with soil and press tbe
whole firmly with your hands and
your feet to make everything linn and
to be sure that every part of the root
Is In close contact with the soil. Wa
ter It, then go nwny and wait till
spring, bearing In mind Just one thing.
If In your latitude zero weather Is
the rule in winter cover (lie bed with
some leaf mold, muck, stable litter or
anything to prevent the frost from
getting out after It onco gels In.
Autumn Notee.
Most trees tire boiler planted lit
spring, but It Is often a good Idea to
buy In fall and heel In well so as to
liavo them ready for early planting In
uprlng.
The nsparagus tops should be cut off
und burned lie fori) Iho ripened wed
sent ten. Some persons destroy the
need bearing plants entirely. It Is n
good Idea to cover the plants with
coarse manure before winter to lie dug
Into the soil In spring. This prevents
deep freezing.
A furnace healed cellar Is n poor
place to keep most vegetable nml
fruits. Itv parking In saiul, which may
I o sprinkled with water occasionally,
tli" drying effect of the air may !
p.-u Malty n'crcoiiio, and the produce
I .e;,s I,
I' I ' . ' ..II.- nw.il. f ,.,r
tomato hummed to single stalk.
season. This will bring each crop on
at a season when the expense of heat
ing during a part of the time will be
slight, riant for the lirst crop should
be started as early ns August. If two
or more houses are available a second
sowing should be made in about three
weeks to give a succession. For the
second crop seed should be sown dur
ing the latter part of October.
The plants are treated In every way
as for outdoor culture till handled the
last time. I-'or fruiting some prefer
benches, with about six inches of soil,
but In the experience of others the best
results have been obtained frutn the
use of boxes eighteen Inches square
und twelve Inches deep. In the bot
tom of the boxes Is placed a layer of
charcoal, brokeu pots or clinkers from
the furnace, lifter which soil, consist
ing of three parts good garden loam
and one part well rotted stable ma
tiure, Is tilled In to within two or
three laches of the top. laich box will
hold four plauts, and the check caused
by the partial continemeiit of the roots
seems lo be of value lu hastening ma
turity. If the solid bed Is used In
stead of the boxes the plants are set
about sixteen Inches apart each way,
thus occupying a little mere than one
and one-half square feet of floor space
for each plant.
Ilest returns usually follow where
the l.i his are trained to a single steui,
us shown In the illustration, l'lax
cords about the size of wool twine
are fastened to the comers cf the
Ihixcs or to wires placed parallel to
each row for thai purpose and attach
ed above to wires running lengthwise
f the building on the rafter. or sash
bus. The plants are secuiv.l loosely
to this KUiiport by means of short
pieces cf lailia. All hide Khoots should
be pint hed out as soon as they ap
pear, iiiul when the plants are about
live fi-cl high or when four clusters of
fruit have set tbe terminal buds
should be pinched nff. The Utallty
f the plant will then I ep cdiil In
H. i .. ... r fn,, if f. . .'.t
Coba For Kindling.
First, provide a large substantia! dry
goods box. Place in a wood shed and
fill It with old cobs. Second, take any
old pail holding about two and a half
or three quarts. Fill that about a quar
ter full with kerosene oil and bang on
a stout nail conveniently near the large
box. Then fill the pall with cobs, stand
ing each on end so that the ends will
be submerged In the oil. In the morn
ing take six cobs from the pall, place
In your stove, lay your large wood on
the cobs and touch cobs off with a
match. You will soon have a roaring
hot fire. Nor need you entertain any
fears about It not going, for the cobs
have absorbed some of the oil and will
burn for a half hour or more with in
tense heat. Even green wood may be
used If baked In oven for an hour or so
before the fire Is allowed to go out the
night before. But everybody knows
that green wood is not ns easy to kin
die as seasoned wood. The good wife
always appreciates n supply of dry
fuel.
Of course when you take any cobs
out of the pall others must be put In to
take their places. In this way a very
valuable supply of excellent kindling
Is always on hand, and you always
know exactly where to find It If you
have no cobs, any miller Is usually
glad to let you have them for carrying
them away, or at the most a miller will
charge you ouly 25 cents for a two
horse double wagon box load, and
since It Is only necessary to use six
cobs to start one fire they will last a
long time. Besides, they are very
handy no muss or dirt, already split
and ready for use.
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PfoWER'S FISH BRAND
WAItKPKUUr
OILED
GARMENTS
, are cut on large .
patterns, designed
to give the wearer
,rhe utmost comfort
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SLICKERS 322
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Waste of Silage.
The following is a Canadian farm
er's method of preventing waste of
silage:
"Each year as frequently as silos
are tilled there is considerable waste
owing to the surface layer coming In
contact with the nlr. The loss varies
with the condition of the corn and
with the attention It has received after
It Is placed lu the silo. In seasons of
plenty It is n common practice to sim
ply till the silo and take chances on
what would spoil. This Is a very
wasteful practice. It Is possible to
bring this waste down to n minimum
by a little attention after the silo has
been filled and thoroughly tramped.
"East year, ow ing to the scarcity of
corn, we made nn extra effort to pre
serve all that we had. As a result of
these efforts there were scarcely two
Inches of spoiled silage. After the
silo was tilled and thoroughly tramp
ed we put a two inch layer of clover
chaff on It. Wo then dampened this
chaff w ith a barrel of water In which
had been dissolved a ten quart pall of
salt. This brine proved to be the
most efTi-ctual preserver we had ever
tried. On the surface, when wo came
to feed the silage, the two Inch layer
on top peeled off slick and clean and
left good silage Immediately under
neath. Try this scheme on your silo
this fall, and you will save much fod
der that would otherwise bo spoiled.
It Is much better than chaff and grow
ing grain such as Is com lionly used."
Garden Hinta.
Squashes and pumpkins should be
stored In a cool, dry place before be
ing touched by frost and be handled
very carefully to avoid bruising them.
Salsify (or vegetable oyster) and pars
nips are left in the ground over win
ter for spring use. But both are good
In the nutuinn. They may be Btored
In damp sand for use In winter when
the ground Is frozen. Turnips nre not
Injured by the first frosts until there
Is danger of the ground freezing
Cabbages are not Injured by frost
and may be left out until quite cold
weather Is Imminent Carrots and
beets may lie left In tae ground till
freezing weather.
Keep It In the Bottle.
Bottled milk, being sealed with 1
rap, cannot absorb odors and should
oe icit in the bottle uutll used, not
emptied Into an open dish.
8HOI1THOBJI, BEEF TYPE.
o cattle or sheep must be otherwise
lisposed of and perhaps at a loss finon-
;Ially, and of course the soli suffers
Alien such products are sent off the
farm.
Selecting the cattle Is half tbe battle,
writes an Ohio breeder in Rural New
Y'orker. It is useless to raise dairy
steers and expect top prices for them
at selling time. The straight backs,
full loins and blocky quarters of the
beef breeds or beef grades are what
you want in the feeders you select.
Usually a farmer has two or three
calves of his own raising, and if he
can use more he may buy some calves
from his neighbors at weaning time
and thus have his bunch of cattle even
In age and size. Where one needs a
carload or more one can get range
calves, or a stock buyer can get a
bunch of native stock together In a
short time, or one may go to some
large stockyard and pick the calves or
older stock personally.
My own practice Is to buy some
calves at weaning time three to six
months old and keep them till they
will do to export. I frequently keep
them till they are four years old.
though the best ones are ready at
three years for the market To bring
good prices cattle must be well fin
ished, and we cunnot get the necessary
finish while the cattle are growing
without heavy feeding. There are a
number of problems about cattle feed
ing that each farmer must work out
according to his own conditions, and
one of these Is whether he shall buy
the best feeders and finish for the best
prices or buy common stuff nnd sell
for whatever is offered. In my own
practice I get as good calves as I pos
sibly can and finish them for the high
er prices, and I usually get the highest
prices paid for grass cattle, the prices
varying from $4.50 to- $5.75 per hun
dred pounds during the past four
years, the cattle ranging in weight
from 1,200 to 1,500 pounds as three
and four year olds.
Those who buy two-year-old cattle
for a short feed have the advantage of
getting quicker returns from their In
vestment, but the cash invested Is
greater, and such cattle are sometimes
so stunted that they never do as well
ns they should.
As to marketing the cattle, the small J
feeder must depend on the local ship
per to buy his cattle, and right here 1
KILLthe COUGH
AND CURE the LUNGS
WITH
Dr. King's
Nev Discovery
PBfCE
OLDS Trial Bottle Free
AND ALL THROAT AND LUNG TROUBLES,
h k yyj13 mo a $1.00.
GUARANTEED SATISFACTORY
OB MONEY REFUNDED.
The Secret of a
Beautiful Face C
lies in keeping the skin pro
tectedasweilascleansed. Just
washing is not enough that
only leaves the delicate surface
more exposed to the irritation
of dust and germs; to merci
less attacks of sun and
weather. After washing, ap
ply Robertine and experience
its delightful refreshment.
You wilfadmire the line-less
softness it imparts to face,
neck and arms. It not only
stimulates a radiant glow, but
protects the skin from becom
ing coarse. Prevents burn
ing, tan and freckles.
Atkstur Urutria tor a
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How's This!
Weofler Oia Hundred Dollars Reward fof
ny ciise of Catarrh thut cannot be cured by
iall's Catarrh Cure.
F J. CIIFNEY& CO., Props , Toledo, O.
We the uiidci signed, have knownF. J. Che
ey for the last 15 yeara, and believe him per
ectly honorable In all business transactions
md financially able to carry out any obliv
ions riaile by their firm.
.Vests Tau ax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
.V auji so , Kinkan & Mabvin , Wholesale Drug
pists, Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken internally. actta
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of
thesrstera. Price. 75c. per bottle. Sold by all
Dra arista. Testimonial fr.
Hall's FauiilT Pills are tbe best.
FOR
COUGHS
KING OF CURES
THE WONDER WORKER
FOR
COLDS
THROAT DR. KING'S I LUIMCS
EnJ II II?
PREVENTS PNEUMONIA
I Lai the most deputing cough a mortal vas em afflicted with, and my friend, expected that
whea I left mj bed It would surely be fr my gTare. Our doctor pronounced my case incurable,
but thanks be to Cod, four bottle of Dr. Klag't Hew DiscoTery cured m M completely that I tm
all aound and well MRS. EVA UNCAPHER, CroTertowa, lad.
Prici50ci:l Jl.00 ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEED! Trial Batili Frei
SOLO AND GUARANTEED BY
BELT & CHERRINGT0N, Dallas, Oregon
A PRIZE WINNING ANGfS.
will say Unit a little business sense
comes in good piny. Tbe local sblpper,
if be lias to, will pay within 75 cents
per hundred of tbe market price of
your grade of cattle, but will pay less if
you let bim. Tbe lnrger feeder with a
carload or more should bave no trou
ble to sell bis cattle, and be may deal
direct with tbe live stock commission
houses to advantage. I am not an ex
tensive feeder of cattle, but from ex
perience 1 know that a farmer with
some good cattle ready for market need
not buut a buyer.
INDEPENDENCE & MONMOUTH
Railway.
FROM INDEPENDENCE.
IVB DALLAS.
Train No, M. U-(ve InoeiK-nitenre daily, 00
a. m.; Iv. Moiunoutli,6:lia. ui.; ar. Dallas, 6 40
a. m.
Train No. Si. Iv Independence, dally.
lO ioa. m.; Iv. Monmouth, H:o6 a. m.: ar. Dal
laa. ll::a. m.
Train No. TO. Iave Independence, dally,
fiil.s p. m.; It. Moumoulh, 6: A) p. u.; ar. Dallas.
:" p. m, '
roa AISLIC.
Train No. 67. Imt Independence, daily
;;; lT- Monmouth, ;:la. m.; aj. Alrll'e,
Train No. TS. Iare Independence, dally. J a
p. m.; Iv. Monmouth. i.M p. m.; ar. Auliv,
fob aonaorni oklt.
tmye Independence. dally, 2; p. m.
No. 101 arrives Monmouth ;:s a a.
FROM PALLAS.
1MB lHDKriBbEJfrS.
Train No. Leave Dallaa. daily n. Sunday,
a i a m.: It Monmouth, ,Via.m.: ar lnde-p'U-l
n-e. 1 a. .
Train No lul. I t. Dallas. Sunday only, t sa
a. m : ar. Independence. ;..a. aa.
Tram No LeaT. Dana, dally. I . m )T
Monnjonih. 1 . p m. . ar. Independence, 1 p.
his train ouun u at Moosa.aiii lor Air
Train No. TJ. Lct. KaUaa. dally. T p. m
It. Moumvutk.aav.aa.: ar. IdJ. . ,;
p. m. ' - '
FROM AIRL1K.
Trala So as Leave Atrlle. dl!y. a m It
l av 1 1 Ilia trmia kmmtu u : . .
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Trala N, Tl !mt imu .-.. . ,.
It. Monmouth. Va i!Tr "
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Traia No. Ifl Icarea Urlle ts
BACKACHE IS KIDNEY ACHE
To
Eliminate the Effect, You Must
Remove The Cause.
FROM MOSMorTH OSLT.
tTa Moamoeak In l.a .....
1 Wp. m. u
Pain is nature's signal of distress.
warning that must not be ignored. Those
phurp twinges in the hack, those stub
like .aiii8 that follow any emlilen twiet
or turn, are simple tigns of bidden dan
gers in the kidneys. Ao trouble starts
more easily, gains ground more rapidly
iir iirovca more ouen iaiai man any
uiouruer oi me KMint-ys. All llie outward
appearances ot health may remain until
terrible discate has taken root. Don't
wait. The moment you feel any uneasi
ness, lameness or pain in tbe back, the
moment me urine shows irregularity,
either in its appearance, or in the quan
tity or nuinoer oi me passages, begin
with Doan's Kidnev Tills. This remedy
has been curing kidney troubles for eev-
eniy-nve years, ami never yet has failed
to give reuef if taken in time. It cures
the kidneys, and thus cuies backache,
lame back, headache, dizzy nervousness,
languor, sciatica and allotlierarinninma
of kidney troubles.
Home proof is convincing evidence of
the etHeiency of Doan's Kidney Tills.
Call at Belt it Cherrington'i drug nore
and ask to see statements of Dallas peo
ple wno have used this remedy.
I-or sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Koster-Milbnrn C.. Rnirain
v . - 1 . . , .
.-.irw ivii, ewe aurcnia lor in i nito.1
States.
Kemember the name Doan's and
no other.
mm x.
Even our
Grandfathers knewwhol!
BALLARD'S SNOW
LINIMENT
will do.
A CONVINCING PROOF
of the worth of a medicine Is the cures it can effect Fvor
one who has used Ballard's Snow Liniment knows that it ZiU
CI ID C RHEUMATISM, CUTS, SPRAINS, STIFF JOINTS
LUKE anllnpa1ns,:g,a' o ffi
USED SNOW LINIMENT 10 YEARS.
V. L. Settle, Richmond, Mo., writes:- "This is to
certify that I have usod your Snow Liniment for ten
years for rheumatism, neuralgia, lame back etc
and in every caBo it has rendered Immediate relief
and satisfaction."
Avoid all Substitutes. Three Sizes 25c, 50c, $1 00
BALLARD SNOW LINIMENT CO.'
500-502 North Second Street, ST. LOUIS, MO.
Sold and Recommended by
STAFRIN DRUG COMPANY
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Better Than Pills
For Liver Ills.
NATURt'S REMEDY Is better than pills, beoaaas It acts in the right v
It stroiiEthens the Stomach, aids Digestion, cures Dyspepsia, cleansei tho
Liver and Bowels, curing Constipation.
Usually one MR Tablet la all that Is necessary to correct the average trou.
ble. It starts In the Stomach and aearchos through the Liver. Kidney and
Intcstine, dissolving and soothing as it goes.
NR Tablets aro always Just ritrht and neither sicken, grips nor have an
harmful after effect. GET A 2 Bo BOX.
BELT & CHERRINGTON, Dallas, Oregon.
FRIEND TO FRIEND.
The personal recommendations nf nc-nnle who
have been cured of coutrhs arA rolrls bv Cham
berlain's Cough Remedv have don more than all
else to make ir a staple article of trade and com
merce over a large part of the civilized world.
AN INSTANCE.
Ucy Suddreth, of Lenoir, N. C, had been troubled with
wy bad cough for over year. Shears: "Afrien.l
jwcgU bottle of Chamberlain's Cotoh Remedy,
brauf ht it to me and insisted that I ihould take it. I did
o and to my surprise it helped me. Four bottle of it
Cored me of tay cough.
THE IEW IDEA n
ptlEDYSI AXATIVE
ULj Hoiei tti BoieU Bsst for Ciliirti 1
THE 0RI6IIAL UWTIYE ITi r-3 C006I STBOP
liJEl nfl
if!
Fill II ..anis
For Sale by Druggists.
Cures Biliousness, Sick
Headache, Sour Stom
ach. Torpid Liver and
Chronic Constipation
Pleasant to taKe
QRIHD
Laxative Fruit Syrup
For Sale by STAFRIN DRUG CO. Dallas, and M. THOMPSON, Falls City.
Cleanses the systa
thoroughly and clears
sallow complexes ct
pimples and blotches
It Is guarantee