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OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST NEW'LUMBCR CtNTfcR. Two Mills Building and Three Under Consideration at Dallas. Dallas Though situated in the midst of splendid fraitraiiing and borrow ing territory, Dallas promises to become a great lumber center as well. In ad dition to the Cone mill, cow being built, and the Nap mill, which will be remodeled, Xhitut uioi propositions are now before the business interests of the city for consideration. Plana for the remodeling of the Nap mill are completed. The mill will be rebuilt several hundred feet west of the present location, and enlarged to a 60,' 000-foot plant. A pond w ill I ezca vated between the "Y" tracks of the Falls City railroad and will be ted with water from the same source as the Cone mill. The Cone pond is completed, and the superstructure of the mill under cover The sawing frames and carriage trucks are being put in place and everything indicates the earlr completion of the plant. Kvery house in Dallas is occupied, and new cottages are springing up in every quarter. The common comment of all newcomers is that Dallas is a beautiful town and baa the finext court house lawn in the atste. Although the Lewis and Clark fair is said to have drained the valley of all the stray !hanue. the merchants say trade IS good. Big Land Deal. Weston Two of the largest real eatata transactions consummated in this section for some time were record ed this week. One was the sale of 240 acres of land, with fine Improvements bv Mrs. Annie O'lUra to Charles M Price for 118.600. This is one of the flneBt farms in this section of the coun trv. havinir upon it a handsome brick residence. Mr. Price also owns a third interest in what is known as the Bteen lace. located on Dry creek, consisting -of 6H0 acres. This, it is said, he is about to dispose of to his. brothers. Grub Up Hop Yards. Eugene The present condition of the hop market Is having its effect up n the orroweri of Lsne county, and It is reported several new ysrds will be abandoned and no new ones will be set out neit year, nor will any new hop houses be built. Marion Davis. Knrinufield srower. hss already com meuced grubbing up a fine young yard of 10 acres. Many old growers, among who are Georae A. Dorris, Campbell W.lker and T. D. Linton, will do but little work on their yards next year, making expense of cultivation light, Old Picture of General Lane. Salem State Librarian J. B. Put nam has received from New Orleans an nhntnriranh of General Joseph Lane Waunn'l ft Tut. territorial aovernor and nn of this state's first senators. Th ..Intnre hears no (late, but ws taken in Waehinaton. D. C, presumably while lane was delegate in congress or senat or. No communication or explanation came with the photo further than the words, "Compliments of William Beer, Howard Memorial library, New Or leans, I -a." Extensive Plant at Carlton. Carlton The Carlton Lumber com pany's new mill snd extensive plant, representing an outlay of over a mil lion dollars, will be in full operation by April, 10B. With the natural ad vantages Carlton already enjoys through Its position among the foot hills of the Coast mountains and the other improvements now being made. Carlton expects soon to be numbered among the leading scenic and indus trial towns of the Willamette valley. Southern Pacific After G -aval. Eugene Southern Pacific surveyors liavs laid out a route for a spur in the northeastern part of the ci'.y to the ,,.! tl across the river, just out- i.U the r.itv limits. It is said that the company intends getting its ballast ma terial for its proposed new line from K.t.nn .nrnaa the mountains from the extensive beds here. A trestle will have to be constructed across the river, which is narrow at that point. River at Very Low Stage. Eugene The river at this point Is almost as low as It was during Angust and lower than was ever before known in Noveuilr. loggers find great scar city of water above here lor driving logs, and would welcome a few days of tain. There Is plenty of snow high up on the mountains, which fell a month ago, but the weather lias continued cold and the snow does not melt. Buys Indian Creek Mill. Elgin J. G. Brown, of the firm of Shockley A Brown, sawmill men, has disposed of his interest in that firm to his psrtner, ami na pun Cummins mill, located on Indian, rreek, together with 3l(0 acres of tiniler land. II. G. and II. E. Keed, expert enced sawmill men, are interested in the deal. A new engine, edger and gang lath mill will be added. Want Pay for Dead Cattle. Elgin F. E. Graham, of this town, lias presented a claim against Union county, amounting to $2M for the loss of cattle killed by the collsp-e of the Wallowa bridge. Hector Mcl onald, who was also driving a herd of cattle across the bridge at the time and suf fered a 'similar loss, has also put in claim against Wallowa county for damages. No Rigbt to Sell the Land. Salem Attorney General Crawford has held tbat the State Land Board has no authority to sell land beqneathei to the atate for the Soldiers' home. He holds that the board can sell land only hMl it haa authority of law to do so and ita general authority to the sale of lUU land granted by the -government. ADVANCE IN PRICE. OF.LOGS. Logging Camps Soon to Shut Down, and Shortage it Expected. Astoris While several of the logKers in the Lower Columbia river district are under contract to deliver logs at 17.60 per thousand until the first of the year, the others have advanced the price lor fir logs to $S snd a few sales are said to hive been made at figures a shade higher. In spite of this ad vance in price, the demand Is excellent and the logs are being taken as fast as they are put in tide water. A number of the larger logging companies will close down their ramps for at leas a month or six weeks as sxn as the heavy rains set in and as, with the ngle exception of the r.asiern a Western Lunilier company, none of ttie mills have a large supply of logs on hand, a shortage is looked for before the end of the winter season. Notwithstanding the advance in the . . . .li . 1 1 : price of Or logs, spruce is sun seiuug at about f 7. Buys 2,000 Lambs. Prineville Stockmen here are sti'l commenting on the sale recently oi 2,000 lambs by Williamson S uesner to the Baldwin Sheep A Land com pany, at f 2 60 per head. Such a large le at this time or itie year is conaiu- ered ss remarkable, particularly when tlm nrtce is such a aood one. In the anrinir there would be nothing extra ordinary about the transfer. That such a large band should be transferred just as the feedine season Is coming on, anu at a good figure, is taken to mean that there are indications somewnere pi a anm nrice for both mutton and wool - , next spring. West Coast Lumber In Demand. Portland Within the last few weeks a new market has been openeud up for nimn anil Washington luruter, and already shirkers are preparing to trans port by water more than 9,000,000 feet to New York. Part of this lumber will go from Portland on sailing vessels and wart of it will be taken i.rom me mills of Puget sound. Outside of the extreme heavy timber heretofore there has been practically no demand for Oregon and Washington lumber in the New York markets, and the suddenness ami maoitude of the orders of recent date have come as a surprirse. Can Corn at McMinnville. McMinnville II present interest in the matter does not wane, next year will see McMinnville with a large corn canning factory. Several years ago samples of corn were sent to this coun- tv to test soil, climate and other con ditions. The results sent back to the promoters show the quality first dsns in every particular. The Eastern peo ple contemplating building a factory h.ra atata the plant will be the same sise as the one they now operate, pay ing out about $10,000 each year for the product and about $o,l)uU in wages. Grind Wheat Where Grown. La Grande It is estimated by grain dealers that perhaps V0 per rent of the wheat crop of Union county nas rhanoed hands this seaion. and that fully 75 per cent ol the amount soic will remain in the county and be arnnn .1 bv the flourina mills. There are six mills in the county, and esti mating the wheat crop ol the county at 1,000,000 bushels, oach mill, on an average, has purchased 100,000. The price this sesson reached 70 cents a bushel for the finest . grades, paid by the Imber Flouring Mills. Irrigating Harney Land. Burns Ten thousand acres of the heat sairebrush land in the state will h nut on the market as soon as in soected by the proper state ollicial, as a result of the operations of the Port land Land company. It will tesold in tracts of from 40 to 160 acres at 10 per acre, a lower price than that for any irrigated land yet put on the mar ket in Oregon. This company was first n t a enntract from Oregon to irn- r gate land. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club, 71c per bushel; blue- stem, 73374c; valley, 74tf75c; 67c. red. Oats No. 1 white feed, $2d gray! $' per ton. Barley Feed. $21.60(522 per brewing, $2222.60; rolled, $2: 23.60. Kve $1.60(31.60 per cental. ton 60 Hav Kastern Oregon timothy, $15 016 per ton; valley timothy. $ll12i clover. $3utl: rain bay, IN(s" Fruits Apples, $1(31.60 per box bucklelrries. 7c per pound; pears 11 2.')tl.60 per box' grpe, $1 40(3 1 H.S r..r lm: Concord. 15j i jt buet quinces, $1 per box. Vegetables Beans, wax, 2c per pound; cabbage, lflflUc per pound; cauliflower. $1.75(42.25 per crate; eel ery, 75c per dc.sen; cucniiilwrs, 60 Ji0c per dosen; pumpkins. .Wlc per pound; tomatoes, $1 pr crate; sprouts, 7c per pound; squash, ?4lc per noiind: turnip. WVoMl per sack; car rots. 5(475c per sack; beets. 85c$l per sack. Onions Oregon yellow Danvers, 11 .25 Per sack. Potatoes Fancy graded Burbanks, 65(4 70c per sack; ordinary, 65(tii0c; M erred sweets, sacks, $U0; crates, $2.15. Butter Fsncy cresmery, 25(3 per pound. Ki?ir Oreaon ranch, 35c per doien Poultry Average old bens, 11c; vounii roosters, 8 & 10c; springs, 11c: dressed chickens, 12 (8 14c; turkeys, live. 17fll7liC; geese, live, 8 1. (Site: ducks. 14 415c pe' pound. Hops Oregon, 1905, choice, 9(311c; olds, nominal, 7(410c. Wool Eastern Oreogn average best, 16421c; valley, 24426c per pound; mohair, choice. 30c. Beef Dressed bulls, l(42c pr pound; cows, 334c; country steers, 4(940. Veal Pressed. 3(87 S P P"nJ Mutton Dressed, fancy, 7(47Vte per pound, ordinary, 4i35c; lambs, 7s 8c. Pork Dressed, 6(97 Kc per pound. CASTRO REFUSES TO PAY MORE Kssps Back Second Installment on Plumley Award. Paris, Nov. 17 The foreign office is advised that President Castro yesterday refused to pay the second installment of the Plumley arbitration award. The arbitration covered damages sustained by French citisens in Venesuela during the revolutionary periods prior to 1U03. Judge Frank Plumley, of Northfleld, Vermont, was president of the arbitra tion committee, which met at North fl.l.t laat mar. The iudament was in favor of France, which was awarded about $50,000, and President Castro paid the first installment ot the awara three months ago. The second pay ment was due yesterday, but was not Pid- .. Apparently tne veneaueian rresi- dent's failure to pay the installment was on the ground that diplomatic re lations between France anil Venesuela ure interrupted, nie oniciais uere un dine to admit that this justified Presi dent CaHtro In not paying the install ment. The incident is considered to be further provocation. CZAR HELPS PEASANTS. Remits Millions Due on Lands ana Makes Purchase Easy. London, Nov. 17. A dispatch from St. Petersburg to Reuter's Telegram agency says thst an imperial manifesto granting land concessions to the peas ants was issued this morning. By its terms the land redemption tax pay ments from January 14, 190rt, will be reduced by one-half, and from January 14, 1H07, the payments will be totally abolished. At the same time the capital of the Peasant bank is increased and the bank is granted additional loan privileges with the object of facilitating to the utmost the purchase of lands by peas ants. It is estimated that the amount of taxation thus lifted from the peasants by the manifesto will sggregate $40, 000.000. while the extension of the field of operations of the feasants bank will enable vast tracts ot crown and private lands gradually to become the property of the peasants. PRETENDER LEADS PEASANTS. Army of 60.000 Supports Usurper's Claim to Czardom. fit. Petersburg. Nov. 17. A false emperor has suddenly made bis appear ance near Pensa, and already his fol lower number 60.000. This is the stsrtling report received this afternoon In a diapstch from Simbrisk. Pensa is in the heart of the vast region extend ine westward from the Volga, where agrarian uprisings on a large scnle have occurred, and if the report turns out to be true tbat the pretender to the throne has placed himself at the head of the peasantry, the tovernment will soon face, besides its other troubles, a form idable agrarian rebellion. It required year to suppress the famous rebellion led by Pugaticheff, who impersonated the dethroned and murdered Teter Hi in the time of Catherine II. That up rising was started in the came region on the banks of the Volga. STORM CLOUD IN AFRICA. Germany Protests Aaainst an Anglo f-rench Agreement In Liberia. Washinaton. Nov. 17. The State de partment has learned that Germany has protested to Great Britain and France against the conclusion of certain negotiations now on foot between those two governments and the government of Liberia. Liberia wished to borrow some money and is willing to hypothe cate certain territory as security, uer many sees in this proposition a threat of undue expansion of British and French influence in that quarter of Africa. The State department has not felt called upon so far to take any ac tion in this matter, and in fact regards the communication merely as Informa tion. Want Statehood on Any Terms. Tucson. Aril. Nov. 17. A number of leading business and professional citizens held a meeting tonight to or ganize a ctmpaitrn in the interest of immediate statehood for Arizona, on the best terms congress will give. Ex- Mayor Charles Schumacher was made president. The meetina adopted the following resolution: "Resolved, That we favor the admission of Arizona as a state in the Union upon such terms as congress may grant, even accepting an nexation of New Mexic i rather that re main any longer a territory. Anarchy at Vladivostok. St. Petersburg, Nov. 17. The latest reports from Vladivostok indicate that the rioting has not yet been suppressed Both sailors and fortress artillerymen particapated in the outbreak. The commandant lost his head, the situa tion got beyond control, and energetic measures were not taken nntil a large part of the city had been destroyed The population is still seeking refuge on the vessels in the harbor. Accord ing to one report from Vladivostok, 300 rioters, mostly ssilors and artillerymen, were killed or wounded. Battleship Idaho Not Ready. Washington, Nov. 17. The Navy epartment has not lieen advised by the Cramp Shipbuilding company that any date has been set for launching the bat tleship Idaho, although Senator Hey- burn has been Informed that it will take place December 9. The Idaho is only 40 per cent completed. It is unusual to launch ships in thst early stage, and it seems improbable tbat the launching would be fixed for a date ao near with out notifying ths Navy department, Standard Oil's Big Dividend. New York, Nov. 17. Tha Standard Oil company haa declared a quarterly dividend of $10 a share. Tha previous dividend was $A a share and the divi dend at thia time last year was $7 a share. Today's declaration brings the total dividends focr tha year to $40 a share. Last year it was $30. TOPICS OF THE TIMES. A CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER. ESTING ITEMS. Coaaaasate and Crittclaaaa Based Upon the Happenings Histori cal and News Note. "Lgl expenses." like charity, cover a multitude of sins. Alaska now claims that she has vast coal fields, as well as vaster cold OeldS. Ilsxlng was put down a few years aao. as may be remembered, but It didn't itay put A trolley line from the Atlantic to the Pacific la being talked of. Kindly accent the "talked." Carnegie has shattered another tdol. He does not believe tost woman s crowning glory Is her hair. The Hall of Fame Is for men who are famous In the minds of one hun dred out of eighty million people. A policy holder would be Justified In charging his premiums to any expense account he could put his finger upon while blindfolded. A machine for milking cows by elec tricity has been invented. It Is report ed to work fairly wtll when the cow can he Induced to stand still. The clerk who had charge of Banker Dougherty's accounts was blind In ons eye. Tills goes to snow tbat it la not enough to keep one eye on a banker. Crankless automobiles are to be put on tne market next season, mis would be highly eucouraglng If fewer of them were to have reckless chauf feurs. A French savant denounces kissing as "an unpleasant custom." in tne case of the crabbed, old French sa vant one can readily comprehend what It might be. 'Ton can't," says Thomaa A. Edison, 'work too bard or too much." With such an Idea Mr. Kdlson would find it bard to be contented as a life insur ance director. The president of Georgetown Uni versity says football Is a game that Is fit only for thugs. The great trouble, however. Is that the thugs can't be Induced to play It In the last five years there have been forty-five deaths caused by play ing football. Aa an aid to race sui cide a whole decade of football Is not equal to one fourth of July. Carnegie wants the five leading na tions to get together and make tne world accept peace. The great trou ble Is thst If the five leading nations ever get together they will be likely to fight A Kansas farmer Invested $7,600 In a farm and In two yeara niaue $o,uuu. A few years ago that would have been an encouraging showing, but since the exposures In New York a profit of only 73 per cent seems almost as bad as losing money. Professor I'erclval Lowell claims to have made photographs of Mars which prove that the canals on that planet are for Irrigating purposes. They will now cease to Interest people who think the chief purpose of a canal should al ways be to furnish fat Jobs for gentle men who are too tired to work. Charles II. Trest became treasurer of the United States on July 1. It was not until September 19 thst the experts In the treasury completed their task of ""counting the money In the vaults to see If there was on band the amount which the report of Mr. Rob erts the former treasurer. Indicated there should be. It was all there. According to a circular of Instruc tions Issued by the War Department medical olllcers should reject appli cants for admission to the volunteer military companies If there Is a dif ference of less than two Inches In their chest measure when their lungs sre full of air and wuen they are emptyr The minimum chest measure ment allowed Is thirty-two Inches. Every healthy boy ought to be able to expand his chest more than two Inches, whether be Intends to enlist In the natlonnl guard or not The president of a hank, when asked by a young clerk how be could dli- tlngulxh bud bills from good ones, said, "Get acquainted with the good bills. and you will recognize hud bills nt sight" The principle on which this advice Is (mxed Is so sound that It ought to be more widely applied In practice. When one knows all there Is to know about first-grade corn or wheat or potatoes or sheep or cotton, he can detect at slslit everything that does not come up to the standard. One who Is fully occupied doing the right thing will have no dlfflculty In refraining from the wrong. Studeuts of life Insurance revela tions In New lork are Involved In a discussion ss to whether the briber or the brlled Is the more blameworthy for the part that corruption has plHyed In the production of legislation favor able to great conmrntlons In New York or In the strangulation of pending measures the enactment 'of which would Jeopardize the Interests of those organizations. One point has been made very clrtir, and that Is the con tempt wh'eh the brllie giver holds for bis victim. The men who give bribes and those who accept them may carry on their debate to their hearts' con tent, and the public will not be Influ enced by the award of honors that may result from tha discussion. The average American citizen, with his re spect for the law and his love of hon est dealing, will make no choice be tween the briber and tha bribed. Ha detests them equslly. Flndlna suitable work for all who want It and awakening wholesome as plrsUon In all who are without It con stltuts the greatest human problem of the agea. lien. Booth, as bead of the Salvation Army, has lasued a remark able appeal for help In carrying out a cheiue be haa evolved for dealing with the Idleness aud dlstreas of the congested cities. The two chief reme dies be proposes are: Land colonisa tion and emigration. The millions or the great cities, who from lack of force or lack of ambition are unable to bold their own In the keen strife for existence In crowded communities, be ould transport to the open country or to less densely popuiatea isoaa. Contact with nature's boundless re sources, it la hoped, will quicken the aspirations and stimulate the confi dence upon which success depends. It Is a proposition to do on a world wide scale what the Salvation Army has so successfully been doing In the United States. The idea upon which were founded the farm colonies In Ohio, Colorado and California Is en larged to embrace Canada and Aus tralia for the relief of the poor of Eng land. The waste places of the world call for the transforming toucn or man'a toil. And the helpless, hopeless man crowded down In the congestion if big cities calls for the neglected land. To take the landless man to tne manless laud, though oceans Intervene, Is the task which Gen. Booth Is now undertaking. Three large steamers hsve been chartered to sail from Lon don. Liverpool and Glasgow early next spring, bearing to Canada their freight of hopeful thousands, helped to a chance to lend productive . and happy lives. In the scheme there is no charity, In the common meaning of the word. Men ere loaned money for their passage and to buy stock and Ira plementa. It must be paid back at a fixed time, and the land chosen mnst he paid for lu Installments. Nothing Is actually given them except oppor tunity to help themselves. Already the British government has provided umi assistance. The aovernment of New Zealand hns adopted aome such plan. The late Senator Hoar, a couple of years ago, Introduced a bill m con a-reaa to create a national fund ror such use In relieving the congestion of cities and populating the landa of the West. It Is a movement that had a humble beginning, but Is to-day commanding the attention of the great er niiiinnthrotilsts and statesmen In ' - - s the world. CHAT WITH THE BARBER. Men Don't Cnt Their Own Man, i Mar Trim Thvlr Beard. No." said the barber, "I never knew of a man that cut his own hair, dui know of a man who trims his own beard. He Is a very good customer or mine; I have cut his, hair for yeara, but he trims bis own beard. "Ho wears only a short pointed board on his chin, trimmlug the sides of his face closely. He never could get a barber to trim his beard exactly aa ha wanted It. and so be took to trimming It himself. He bought him self a clipper for the sides of bis face, and then, with a pair of shears, he was all equipped. "He trims his beard every day, and he makes a pretty good Job of It. barber could tell that it was hand cut so to speak, but you couldn't tell that now so easily as you could at first, be cause he's improved In his work, and now he turns out a pretty good Job. So there'a one man, anyway, that trims his own beard, but I never knew anybody that cut his own hair. "You aay you knew a man once that had thirty-one razors, one for every day In the mouth? Well, that's a good many razors, more than I ever heard of. A good many men have a case of razors, seven, one for every day In the week, aud plenty of men own two or three razors. But one razor will do a man very well If It's a good one. "What about the Idea that a man ought to have more than one razor, ao that he can use a razor one day and then let It rest a day. that a razor Im proves by resting? Well, I don't take much stock in that Idea. "If a man'a got a good razor and he'a got It lu proper condition, It will cut and keep ou cutting. I've got a customer who shaves himself with the same razor right along, day after day, for six months. Then he brings It In to me to be sharpened, and I put it Into proper shape for him, and then he starts In again with It using It day after day. "Don't I use the same razor many times a day? Sure. What you want Is a good razor In good order, and you can shave with such a razor any time. "Difference In razors? Why, cer tainly. Some razors wear well and keep their edge, and some don't. Y'ou might buy two razors at the same price at the same time and out of the same stock of razors, very likely, prob- llv In fact, made at the same time from the same bar of steel, and find tiit. verv different. It's In the tem- PT." A Kreiih Alee. When President Roosevelt slighted at lied III.l. Vn.. when he went over to see his wife's new cottage, he no ticed that sn elderly woman was about to board the train, and, with his usual courtesy, he rushed forward to assist her. That done, be grasped her hand and gave It an "executive shake." This was going too far. snd the woman, snatching her hand sway aud eyeing him wrathfully, exclaimed: "Young man, I don't know who you fire, and I don't care a cent; but I must ssy rnii are the fresVst somebody I've n.n In these parts." The President tells this ss a good Joke on himself. W hat II" .Needed. "Want f put adv-tlzshment In your n.ner " said the bibulous msn. "Musht have shomebody take csre me." "Yes." replied the clerk, "you wsnt to advertise for a valet V "No. IVetter shay: 'Wanted Shnske charmer." Philsdelphla Tress. When a man regrets thst he didn't get mucn acnooling in nis youtn, somehow his sons who have to go to school don't sympsthlze with him as much as he expected. What haa become of the old-fashioned woman who grated hard roast ing ears, and made mush out of ths mealt nUKlfef; ..-.a,-, lor... "C " - Ing corn Is the mutter of bulking It lu 11 " ""TT'trfrV the field. Up to date u practical Uia- atfMNSi saw 1 1 - Winter Homaa for Turkey. While the lueu of the turkey Is to roost high, thia privilege cannot always be accorded If a structure Is to o pro vided for the birds lu which to roost. If they sre to roost lu the trees, tuen tbey may choose their own iimo' " s a good plan to make tne turarj house low, but placing tne rwi high as possible without humping the birds up against the roof. The v-n- til..,tl,.n In such a bouse must largely he provided from th- bottom, and till Is done by hnvlng row of windows WINTER TVRKET HOI 8K. not over eighteen Inches nigu at tuc iM.ttom, so arranged that they may be lifted ud to permit u curreut ot air to enter. Th. wlr.i1r.wa will also lCtlt tllO floor of the house, and a larger window mav be Dlaced on the oppoHlte side, Kit tiltrtint 1111 111 order properly to light the house. The turkeys will be anxious to tet out of the house early In the morning to roam, so after they have gone to roost sprinkle a little grain In the chaff on the floor to keep them busy in the morning uuui i are let out Turkeys on the range must be well fed during the period tbey nre under cover, particularly at this time of year when the feeding ou the range Is poor, aud when It is essentia to keep them In good shape and able to fatten readily a little later. lndiauap oils News. For Drtvlnac lloss. This Is another Idea which the one mnn farmer will tin 1 exceedingly use ful If be has to drive hogs for any nnrnoae. It needs but one experience with the beasts to convince any man of the dltllculty In making a hog go w here desired. The hurdle described will help ..nr,.iapi.iitv iii this work. Use slat of cne by three material and make hurdle two and one half feet high a: ahnnt four feet lona. Make It of light weight material, so that It may ve Band hand ed. In eltner enu at top and bottom, bocks may be placed so that the hurdle may he auaciieii m posts If required at any time, lueu make handles .to uiuke It convenient lu manipulating it One should he on the center upright near the top and one on either sine or me uprim in about the middle. These handles are made by fashioning a strip of wood large enough to get bold of, and theu nailing It ou to a block and through the hurdle material. Made light. In the manner descrlhed, one can drive a number of hogs with ease and also ward off tho quarrelsome boar If a member of the herd. In the Illustra tion the small cut at the left shows the completed hnn lle snd the one at the right the manner of fashioning the bolt through the block of wood, and the end of the nail or screw going through the slat World's Milk Prod net Ion. It Is estimated that the total weight of cows' milk produced In the world is 20,4)i,(HM) hundredwclKht, distrib uted ss follows: United States, O.liK). HK) hundredweight, Russia 3,.Vm.(HK); Germany 3,lnUs, France i'i,KH, Knglund 2(K,isp), Austria l.T si n si, Italy 1,4.V),hhi, Canada l,ano,(liN), Hol land l.lMKi.UNi, Sweden and Norway WKI.IKH Switzerland 7 . h m , Denmark (KKMsK), ltelgium (XsMssl, Australia r.".0,(i, Spain rWKVHK) and I'ort.igil frfKi.tNio. The production of milk lu Europe Is 1H.4o ,() hundredweight from 4.",xwo cows. The number of milch cows In the world Is (KI.Hiiii.ish) lfl.940.iM) In the United States and 10,ou),mj In Russia. There are only six bead of honied cattle In Spain to each 2 acres of cultivated land, while In France there sre thirty-four and In England flfty-slx. This shows the poor condition of cattle breeding In Spain, and explains the constant In crease in the price of butcher's moat for public consumption. It Is a common Idea that the varie ties of potatoes tend to run out or be come inferior when cultlvsted long without change of seed. A nnmoer of Independent experiments were made rlong this line In Germany tha past Mnnl.i.lnn rnanH that varieties do not necesssrlly run out If proper care Is taken In ssvlng tha seed, and If the soli and conditions are suits bis for potatoes. It la found ' that In favorable localities varieties have kept their best characteristics for a long senea or yesrs woers me seed was saved for planting. I Hi'Rni.a roit Daivisto hogs. blue adapted to this purke haa ap peared. Many have beeu tried, out they usually fall short In some Import ant particular. None of them baa be come tHpular, and a fortune awalta the mau who perfects a thoroughly practical corn hunker, which will bo as successful relatively as the modern busker Is for com fodder, says Orange Judd Farmer.' When coru Is to bo husked direct from the standing corn. It should be allowed to mature quit thoroughly, particularly If It Is of a variety with large ears and large cob, containing a high perceutuge of mois ture. This must be determined by fr amlnatloii. Some seasons hUKklug be gins the latter part of S'ptemler, while in others It Is not safe to begin binding until the middle or end of Oc tober. The time will also depend largely upon the variety. Early ma turing kluds have small cobs, and they can l husked much earlier than late maturing and large-ear varieties. Coru w hen flrttt placed In the crib contains 13 to 33 or per cent of moisture. A common practice In the great com States Is to start through the field marking a "down" row. Husk two rows to the left of the wagon and the one row that Is under It. l.o around a good-sized "land" In this manner. The next time through the field and every succeeding time thereafter have the team straddle the last husked row next the corn that has not beeu husked. This will prevent the net-es- Ity of picking up a down row each time, and will enable the busker to do his work. The ordinary wagon box will hold from twenty-five to thirty bushels. When the corn Is exception ally good, a skillful busker will lie able to more than till one wagon box In half a day. The rapacity of a 1kx may be Increased by putting on addi tional sideboards. On the right side of the wagon box It Is desirable to place, one or two extra boards to act aa bump boards. The husker will not need to use so much care In throwing In bis work. A good husker so gauges the distance from the row In the wag on box that It la not necessary for hint to look where he throws his ear. Fertilizing- the Garden. There Is no better way to fertilize the garden than to haul fresh manure from the stables and spread over tbe surface during the winter. Contrary to the common belief, there Is never a time when manure Is so rich In plant food as the day it is made, and tho sooner after that It can be got to tho place where It Is to be used, the morw value It will add to the soli. It Is al most Impossible to put too much ma nure ou a garden. We would not hesi tate to put It a foot thick on the sur face, for It will leach only so much' more plant-food Into the soil, and by plowing time next spring will be set tled down until It can easily tm plowed under to furnish humus for the better ment of the physical condition of tho soli. Wood ashes makes an excellent fertilizer for the garden, but It should be saved and applied on top of tho soil after It Is plowed In the spring, aa potash is one of the plant foods that may be washed too deeply into tno soli to be reached by the roots of gar den plants, many of which are shallow-rooted. Fattening; Hirers. The old method of cramming corn Into a steer regardless of whether or not be digests It depending on hogs to pick up the undigested corn, la a poor as wen as an om uieuiou. io put on good flesh and to put It on fast a steer should digest thoroughly all the food tbat he takes Into his stomach. The food should be prepared carefully In order that perfect digestion should take place. I-ess corn and more en silaged foods should be used In fin ishing a steer for the market, for tus old Idea that corn Is the only food thai will finish a steer properly la demon- strsted to be a mistaken one by ex periment stations conducted by respon sible men selected by the government Kshll.ltlna- Krnlta at Faira. One or the handsomest and most at tractive exhibits of fruit we have ever seen was that shown by Lucns County at the Ohio State fair. The fruits. which comprised practically the whole list of those available at that season. were nei.tly arranged on a larae tabl alnxit twenty feet square and In audi manner that the combination of va rieties and colors at once attracted at tention and prompted comment on the beauty of the product. Too frequent ly color on exhibition tables Is over looked. Exchange. Land thatPhoulil Ite prained. It Is estimated that there are about one hundred million acres now unpro ductive which can be reclaimed through dike and drains. This bind would hsve a productive capacity equal to four times that of the State of Illi nois and would considerably e treed the productive area which can be re claimed by Irrigation. Coat of FlllinK Hilna. The cost of filling silos was esti mated by the Illinois Station from rec ords obtained from nineteen farms In various parts of the State snd the fig ures showed a range of forty to eventy-slx cent per ton, the averaga being flfty-slx cents. Why Winter ( hicks Il. The English poultry expert, E. Brown, after several seasons of ex periment hn concluded thst tho broiler chicks die chiefly during tho first twenty dsys from wsnt of exer cise. By using dry feeds Instead of wet feeds and making the ehlrkona scratch for whst they est the deatha were reduced to a small number. Clorsr Nay for ftneep. Clover hsy Is an excellent feed for ewea with lambs. Any farmer ran have this kind of feed. It ranka blft In milk producing food.