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4 OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST AID FROM STATE. It Necessary In Road Construction, Says Convention. Corvsllis Tbe yoice of the Good Roads convention it unanimously for atata aid in the construction of public roads. No resolution to this effect was adopted, but throughout ths two days' session tha idea carol to tba front at unexpected timet and always with tha apparent approval of tba delegates. It was injected into tha proceedings by an Alsea farmer, who declared that there ought to be atat aid, so that Portland would have to help pay the price, because all that Portland it or all that aha hopes to be hat cqrae or is to coma from the products of the farms. mines and mil. a in the territory of wbit'h she is the commercial mint rem. This brought Judge Webster into tha open, and he declared bis approval oi the sentiment expressed by the Alsean, and announced a Uilief that state aid should be vouchsafed in road construe tion, the state to pay about 60 rents every time a certain community strug gling with a road raised 60 cents. HAILEY ON SUPREME BENCH Governor Chamberlain Will Appoint Pendleton Man. Salem Governor Chamberlain has announced that he will appoint T. U. Mailer, of Pendleton, to succeed Jus tice Wolverton on' the supreme bench. This appointment was expected, but came much sooner than anticipated, for there is really no vacancy as yet. Governor Chamberlain bar been con sidering the matter of an appointment to the supreme bench ever since it be came probable that one of the superior judges would lie appoiated to the Fed eral bench, lie had therefore weighed the qualifications of available men and was ready to make a selection. By announcing the appointment at once, the governor has raved the trouble of receiving and considering tha flood of recommendations and ap plications that would toon have been pouring in. Bookt for Christmas. People who buy hooks for children usually take what they ran get most easily, or what the clerk recommends. Everyone likes to make a good invest ment, to get value received. The Ore gon Library commission makes this possible in to far at children's bookt are concerned, for it has publisehd tor free distribution a list of something over a hundred titles ot children's books for Christmas gifts and for the home library. There are notes on the books, and prices are given ranging from 16 cents to $3. Any one may get this list by applying to the secretary of the commission at Salem. Mora Smallpox at Eugene. Eugene Two more cases of small pox have been reported to the health authorities, and tha houses of A. J. Pickard and Warren J.uckey are now in quarantine. Earl Lucker, son of War ren Lnckey, was taken down and began to break out while in the school room, but it is not believed the other stu dents were endangered, because the dis ease had not reached the stage where it would become contagious. Strict meas ures are in force for stamping out the disease at quickly at possible. Big Ranch Sold. Pendleton One of the biggest ranch dealt in the history of Eastern Oregon was just consummated here, in which the ranches and sheep of Charles Cun ningham, the Umatilla county sheep king, were sold to a company composed of J. N. Burgess, J. M. Keeny, R. A. Kelsayand Dan J. Mslarkey. The price paid was in the neighbjrhood of $200,000. The deal has tcen pending tinea October, when an option was giv en the purchasers for $5,000. About 20,000 acres, 20,000 sheep and 1,000 tons of hay are included in the deal. Permanent Exhibit. Salem Tha ttate exhibit at the Lew is and Clark exposition, or a Isrga por tion of it, is to be placed on exhibition at the state house, and the work of set ting tip the exhibit is now In progerss. The old library room on the third floor in the north end of thecapitol has been selected as the exhibit loom. Speci mens of Oregon woods, educational dis plays from the public schools and state .i.....ii,wl in.titnttnim. mounted spec imens of animals and birds, maps and charta of the state ami numeroua other things of intercut are to be shown. Survey by Oregon Short Line. Ontario A second Oregon Short Line surveying party hat left here for the interior. While they were all very reticent as to their destination, it was learned tiat they will camp in the vi cinity of Crane trrek gap. The first party, which left here two weeks ago bat been in camp near Westfsll. on Bully creek. The party here now is regiitered at the hotel as Oregon Short Line men, so there is no longer a ques tion as to their identity. May Replace Woolen Mills. Albany A proposition which would allow Alhany to regain some of the pay roll she lost through the burning ol the Albany woolen rrill last spring, has been received from an Eastern man who will remove a six set woolen mill riant to Albany, if local capitalists will furnish tha buildings. Besides having double the capacity of the old mill, the new concern propose! to operate in con nection with the woolen mill a knitting mill and a clothing manufactory. Use Wagons In Lieu of Cart. Athena On account of tha scarcity of cart, tha Preston-rarton Milling company it obliged to employ teams to haul wheat overland to keep their mills running. The condition! are growing worse dally at the mills, which are congested with tha large amount of accumulated flour, there being severe hundred thousand barrels on hand waiting ihlpment. Jt . condition will be relief rd to elate. ELABORATE PREPARATIONS. Seven States Will Ba Repratentad at Fruitgrowers' Convention. La Grande Elaborate preparations ara being made in this city for tha en tertainment of tha Fruitgrowersg' con vention here January 3 to 6. Secretary C. D. Hoffman, ot tbla place, baa re ceived many communication from del egate!, and Oregon, Washington, Cali fornia, Idaho, Utah, Montana and Wyoming will ba represented. The exercises will probably ba held in tba opera house, and the commercial club ball will be utilised for an exhi bition room. Hood River has signified its intention of having an exhib t here, and many other fruitgrowing communi ties ara arousing interest. La Grande will ba well represented. A large numlierof growers of this valley will save their best fruits for the occasion; and anyone alone is able to make a creditable showing. One flouring mill is considering erecting a huge pyramid of flour reaching to the ceiling to ad vertise the grains. A strenuous campaign will be started soon and delegates from all over the valley will be asked to prepare the ex hibit. Fishing Law It Defied. Tillamook Although tha fishing season for Tillamook closed on the 20th, fishing is in full blast on Tilla mook bay, and Elmore'a cannery it also running to its capacity and is receiving a large quantity of Ash, as there it a tine run of eilversfdes, and the fisher men are doing well. The cannery has agreed to take all the fish, and at it hat a lot of empty cans on hand that it wants to fill this season, no attention is being paid to the closed season by the cannery people. Only one or two fishermen have stopped fishing and complied with tha law. Much Work for Wolverton. Salem There are 34 canes to be de cided by the Supreme court, presuma bly before Judge Wolverton leaves the bench. These cases have all been argued before the court. Twenty-four of these cases were heard at the recent session of the court at Pendleton. Ten cases heard in this city have not been passed upon. Among the latter it the noted Marquam case, which tha court haa had under advisement for several months. If all these cases are decided before Judge Wolverton retires, it will require at least two weeks. Car Shortage Praventt Buying. Aurora W. 8. Hurst A Co., produce and commission merchants of this city, have 20 carloads of choice pota toes tored in their warehouses at Au rora, Hubbard and Can by, waiting for cart to make shipments. The firm haa stopped buying potatoes, being unable to tell when it can move ita present stock, and its houses being full. After a long delay the firm received one car, which it loaded with yellow oniont for Texas markets. Other shippers are in the same position regarding lack of cars. Real Estate Active. La Grande Since the railroad move ment at Elgin, the real estate transac tions at that place have been on the advance, at a careful examination of the county records will indicate. Dur ing one week one-third of the 21 reai estate sales in Union county were made at Elgin. The rales consist largely of town, lots, though an occasional timber tract changes bands. The prices are far in advance of those obtaining a few months ago. New Road in Baker County. Baker City Private advices received from engineers in tha field ttate that turveyt have been approve! for build ing another railroad in Baker county, connecting Union with the Cornucopia timber country. The promotera are after timler traffic and nothing else. For obvious reasons the names of the promoters and financiers aie kept quiet for the present. The money is guaran teed in New York. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club, 71c per bushel; blue- stem, 73 ift 4c; valley, 74(j75c; red, 67c. Oats No. 1 white feed, $2(5; gray, $2rt per ton. Barley Feed. $22 per ton; brewing, $22t22 60; rolled. $22 50(321.50. Kye $1.60(41 fiO per cental. Hay Kastern Oregon timothy, $l5i 18 per ton; valley timothy, $11(812; clover, $(.t!); grain hsy, $S!. Fruits Apples, $l(gl.60 per box; huckleberries, 7c per pound; pears, $1.25(41.60 per box; quinces, $1 per box. Vegetables IWans, wax, 12c per pound ; cabbage, 1(31 '4c per pound; cawlill wer, $l.75(2 2 per rrate; cel ery, 76c per dozen; encumbers. 50(jHOc per dosen; pumpkins, .'4 (Ale per pjund; tomatoes, $lpercrate; sprouts, 7c per pound squash, JQlc per pound; turnips, 90c(4$l per sack; car rots, BS(476c per ssck; beets, 85cl per ssck. Onions Oregon yellow Panvers, $1.2 ) per sack. Potatoes Fancy graded Bnrbanks, !(( 70c per ssck ; "ordinary, 65atnOc; Merced sweets, tacks, $l.W0; crates, $2.15. Butter Fancy creamery, 2i(327c pet pound. Fugs Oregon ranch, 81c per d.'ien. Foiiltry Average old hens, 10c per pound; young roosters, Pc; springs, 11c; dressed chickens, 12(414c; tur keys, live. 16(417,l,c; turkeys, dressed, choice, 17S22c; geese, live, S1,; ducks, 14 415c. Hops Oregon, 1005, choice, 10(1 11c; olds, 6 (4 7c. Wool Eastern Oregon, average best, la21c; valley, 242c per pound; mohair, choice, 30c. Beef Dressed bulls, 1 2c per pound; cowe, 344c; country tteert, 4(34 Sc- Veal Dressed, 8(47 V per pound. Mutton Dressed, fsncy. 77,c per pound; ordinary, 45c; lambs, 7,SJ esc. Fork Dressed, 67S'c Pr pound. Tba old homestead of tha poet Whit tler Las been endeared to the nation by the many bits of descriptive verse which the poet wove Into his poems of New England life.' In "Whittler: l"rophet. Seer and Man." tha author gives these instances of Whittler' a boy hood: Rising abruptly almost from tha Whittler garden was "Job's Hill.'' lofty eminence from which a niagnlfl cent view of the surrounding country could be obtained. It was on the slope of Job's Hill that tha young poet when quite small found himself con fronted with great peril, from which ba was saved ouly by what In a hu man being we should call presence of mind on tha part of a favorite ox named "Old Butler." One tide of Job's Hill It exceeding ly steep, too steep for such an un wieldy animal as an ox to descend rapidly in safety. Grecnleaf went to the pasture one day with a bag of salt for the cattle, and Old llutler from the brow of the hill recognized ulin and knew bis errand. At the boy was bent over, shaking the salt out of the bng, the ox came down the hill toward him with flying leaps, and his speed was so great that he could not check himself. He would have crushed his young master, but by a supreme effort, gathering himself to gether at the right moment, the crea ture leaped straight Into Uie air, over the bead of the boy, and came to tha ground far below with a tremendous concussion and without serious Injury to himself. Samuel T. Plckard, In his "Life and Letters of Whittler," gives another an ecdote about this famous ox, as relat ed by Mr. Whittler: Quaker meetings were sometimes held In the large kitchen at his father's house. One summer day, on such an occasion, this ox hud the curiosity to put bit head In at the open window and take a survey of the assembly. While a sweet-voiced woman was speaking. Old Butler paid strict atten tion; but when she sat down and there rose a loud-voiced brother, the ox with drew his head from the window, lift ed his tall In the air and went off bel lowing. This bovine crltlclslm was greatly enjoyed by the younger mem bers of the meeting. 8 3NGS THE INDIANS SINQ. Unwritten Literature of Aborigines Should 11a Preserved. One great avenue to a better under standing of the Indian Is a compre hension of their songs, for songs are to the Indian all that books are to ut. Songs and ceremonies are the unwrit ten literature of the race. As in mediaeval times the deeds of heroes and the chronicles of peace and war were sung by bards and minstrels,' so to-day In the festivals of the Indiau the great events of the tribe are told In song. Besides Its important part at the expression of the Intellectual, moral and spiritual life of the Indian, song often accompanies even the most menial acts of daily toll. Such songs are special songs to tit the task, as. for instance, the songs of the J'ueblo women while grinding their corn. I paused one day at the door of a Pueblo house where a womun was singing a ttute-like melody to the rhythm of her grinding. "Tell me," I asked her, "what are you singing about?" The woman paused In her work. "Oh." she answered with a smile, "I- am singing of the rnlnbow Oarth, who paints the heavens; of the rain that we long for; of our growing corn." Such songs are gems of poetic nnd meledelc beauty that would be valu able indeed In our American litera ture and culture. European musi cians, on hearing the Indian songs, ex claimed: "And you Americans are allowing all this to perish?" You are stamplug out music unlike any other In the world why?" Why, Indeed; for this music belongs to our own land. Hiipplly the preju dice against the Indian songs, as agalust all things Indian, Is waning. Vet If we are to retain the peculiar talents of this people, the schools must foster In the little ones the gifts In herited. The Indian will not work lew but more for l-ncoiiragemciit of the natural song Impulses In him. And such encouragement will help to make him what we want him to lie fhnt for which our young republic stands the workman with Ideals. Native American. Work. "Why don't you go to work?" "Mister." said Plodding Pete, "I've lulkixl for rive ti 1 1 ti lit - trvln' to '! you a hard luck story that would win 1 a (lime. "You have." "An' if I kin hold jer Interest, I'm liable; to keep on talklu' an' den may. be not git a cent." "That's finite true." Well, mister, ain't dut work?" Washington Star. Hoot It Happened. "I never could understand." said the giraffe, "how the tortoise csme to bent the hare In thnt foot race." "Had him hoodooed," explained the camel. "You see, the tortoise cntre and stroked my bump for luck before be went out on the track." Clevelniid Lender. No Prevaricator. "Jack Ardupp tried to borrow n dol lar from me Just now, but he didn't get It. I told him I hadn't a son." "Wasn't that stretching the truth considerably?" "Npt nt all. I never saw one. In fact. It's a French coin. Isn't It7" Pittsburg Tost Aaeleat Keroeeaa Trees. The longest-lived treee 1o northern Europe ara the pines of Norway and weden, but 670 years Is their grestest period. Germany's oldest oaks lira only a little more than 3 years. Jlaay liaeketa. Tha central markets of Paris use mora than $X),0u0 worth of baskets aver year. TOPICS OF THE TIMES. A CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER EST INQITE MS. Coaaraeataaad Criticises Baaed Upon the Happaaiaga of the bay Hie tori cat cad Nswa Notea. W ueu the Kaiser toasts tha army be talks like a man who has been drtuklng blood. It will seem strange to Chicago not to have a new post office building In process of construction. Tba Russlana are to have freedom of speech. Now watch for Russian wom en to come to tha front v In tome respects your lot In life may ba a bard oue, but bow would you like to trade jobs with tha CtarJ It it predicted that in a few years mora all railway coaches will ba con structed of steel. Wooden cart have had their day. Those petrified apples of Colorado can hardly be much harder proposi tions than the Ben Davis have the reputation of being. Happily for the youngest member of the Romanoff family, he doesn't know what a serious time bis royal father la having. Surely it didn't require a lecture and a woman's club to decide that tainted money is all right If you don't know It's tainted. Joseph II. Cboate says tha opportuni ties for young men are greater than ever. This may be so, but what about the opportunities for men who are over 45? A man Is suing his wife for divorce because she threw a seashell at him when be read aloud. Obviously she was In tha wrong. A teasbell la not very hard. The empress dowager Is reported to have put the emperor of China In Jail for bomb-throwing. Evidently the dowager Is determined-to have no fool ishness around tbe palace. A Massachusetts preacher aayt It Isn't necessary to believe In a personal devil, since we have life Insurance presidents and political grafters. He should have included reckless chauf feurs. King Alfonso complaint because the ladles submitted for Inspection at matrimonial probabilities ara "empty headed and plain." What difference does that make, may one ask? Isn't a princess a princess? Grand Duke Cyril has lost his for tune. That's tough luck. On tbe oth er hand, be has married the girl he loves and has been exiled from Itussla! The advantages of his situation seem to outweigh by far the disadvantages. In Massachusetts a woman has been taking up a collection among her friends for the purpose of raising money enough to secure a divorce. If the man In the case doesn't feel Cheap we may be safe In concluding that tbe lady deserves freedom. Instances where "a month's work on a piece of road was nearly washed away In one severe storm" have prompted the highway commissioner of an Eastern State to suggest that dur ing autumn rainstorms rural roads be patrolled. A trustworthy mnu watch ing a given length of highway could turn water Into the ditches, remove ob structions from ditches and culverts, and frequently relieve such drains when overburdened, thus forestalling danger, Inconvenience and expense. A ditch In time saves nine washouts. In a homely lecture to a new batch of policemen. Commissioner McAdoo of New York City gave some advice which may be applied to neophytes In any trade or profession. He said, "Don't be a politician; be a police man. Don't lose enthusiasm. When a policeman gets stale, and no longer takes Interest In the position and Is no longer proud of It, he becomes Indif ferent and lazy. Don't believe that the public doesn't appreciate good work. Don't be too good a fellow. I have turned down one or two men; they were too good fellows. They had never said 'no In thirty-five years of police life." Life is largely made up of neglect ed opportunities. Not long ago a man died, down lu old New York, wltose boast had always been that during Ills three score years and ten he ha never been off the Island; In fact he had never been north of Central Park. He was one of those proverbial New York ers whose universe Is Manhattan snd who believe that the sun sets on the I'allsailes. That man's life was one of neglected opportunities. He was an atomic part of a community of which be had no appreciation. Ills horizon was so contracted that his powers of observation never developed. Sur rounded by opportunities for Improve ment and enjoyment, he neglected them because he had no conception of his advantages. "Five minutes after I took the money I was sorry," says the unlit who stole a package of StiH.HH In trusted to him by an express company. He also said: "I am glad I've been caught. I want to restore the money, and throw myself on the mercy of the court." Sorry am! glad. Sorry he took the money and glad be was arrested I Isn't thst precisely different from what such a man would expect? One would naturally suppose he would be glad when he got the money snd sorry when be got caught. That Is the point of It all. Sin Is tha most deceptive thing In the world. Five minutes be fore ba took the big bunch of money he wanted It badly. It would buy so much he never expected to get. A hun dred thousand dollars waa enough to make a man tremendously happy. Five minutes after ha took tha package he felt badly, na waa not happy. Ha was dlssppolnted. Before and after. Ah. In that Ilea all the .mystery of tbe problem of tha knowledge of good and vlL Before tba atn there ara vision a of good to come. Tha temptation lurea. Happiness la Just bera. Thrust out your hand and take It. Step over tha line and you are In Beulab land. That Is tha point of view when alluring devils beckon. But when the thing Is done when it Is too late the man looks out from a different angle of vision. The devils Jeer. The man hates bis crime. He bates the loot be has taken. And, worst of all, ha bates himself. And thus It la only step from all allurement to remorse, from vision to disillusion, from heaven to bell. And men aud women ara tak ing thla atep every day. If we could ouly aee the aftermath from before! During the year ending June 30 last 350 passengers were killed In train ac cident on American rallroada and A 408 were Injured. At compared with the preceding year there waa an In crease of 117 passengers killed and of 1,1X13 Injured. Travel was heavier In 1004-3 Jban in 10(0-4, but that doea not account for the Increase. It was due to tbe occurrence of a number of ex tremely bad wrecks last year. Dur ing that year 70S employes were killed aud 7.062 Injured In train accidents. In other than train accidents 2,4i3 em ployee were killed aud 38,374 Injured. Tbe total number of killed and Injured was 48,('7. It was supposed that tbe substitution of automatic for band coupling would bring down the number of accidents to employes to a small figure, but It does not appear to have bad that effect Presumably there Is much carelessness on the part of em ployes. They may be reckless where they ought to be cautious. Legisla tion can do little to protect men who will not protect themselves. The col lisions and derailments of the year In volved a total money loss to the roads of $0,700,0ti0 on account of damage to cars, engines and roadbed. That Is only a part of what the collisions and derallmenta cost. The freight destroyed had to be paid for. There had to be large disbursements on account of killed and Injured passengers. The net earnings of the roads were large, but they would have been larger If It had not been for the damage bills. They were so large that It Is singular the railroad men do not make effective ef forts to reduce them. American rail road management, with all Its good features, is far from having attained perfection. Too many passengers and employes are killed and injured an nually. There Is too much destruction of property. It would be true econ omy to use a part of the money which goes to pay losses for tbe prevention of collisions and derailments. LAST FLAGSHIP OF NELSON. British Naval Kirert Tell of Prosr reee la Naval t'oaetractloa. The Victory, the last of Nelson'e battleships, now boating In Portsmouth' harbor at the venerable age of 140 years, was receutly taken by Sir Philip Watts, director of naval con struction In England, as the starting point of an Interesting address on the last loO years' progress In warahlp design. This lOO-gun vessel, built In 1705, was forty years old at the last kreat sea fight of Great Britain at Trafalgar. The length of her gun decks Is 180 feet, her extreme breadth -61 feet 10 Inches and her "burthen In tons 2.- 102 22 04." The thickness of the oak sides of these wooden battleships altove tbe water line In the days of Trafalgar was alsnit two feet The old cast Iron smoothbores, with tbelr wooden trucks, then in use, had a range of 2..VH) yards at eight degrees' elevation (the 24 and 32 pounders). The 24-pounder was able to penetrate nearly five feet of solid oak and the Impounder about half this amount. There were heavier guns, but owing to the primitive appliances then In use they were difficult to handle. The naval fighting machine which 100 years of evolution has produced Is a very different sort of vessel and Is so much more powerful that a slngie one of the late British battleships could, It Is said, have engaged the whole of the British fleet at Trafalgar and the allied fleet thrown In. The modern 12-inch wire-wound gun will penetrate forty-two Inches of wrought Iron ami even at 3,Oiio yards will force uncapped projectiles throng!' over twelve Inches of Knipp steel ar mor. The 12 Inch guns recently man 11 factored by the Armstrongs and Vlck ers companies In England are said to be capable of penetrating fifty-one inches of wrought Iron and will fire two rounds per minute. According to Sir Philip Watts, the present relation Iwtween guns and armor Is about what It was In the days of the cast Iron smoothbore and the onk sides, so that while there have been great advances the relative posi tions of offense and defense In naval warfare are but little changed. New York Globe. Prehlaforle 4almal Koaad. A track layer named W. II. Harri son, of Montezuma, took to Terre Haute. Ind., the other day part of a petrified prehistoric animal resembling s lizard. The head and tall were found Intact and reckoning from these the animal's length wss not less than sixteen feet. Suake-llke scales cover the body. The fossil Is attracting much attention here ami according to a fac ulty member of the normal the find Is onf of the most Important In recent years. Word from llr'rr Wllllama. Ie only erect ur' In the roun' worl' dat's dissatisfied wid rle works of Provldein-e Is de po' creetur' cslled man. Hope fer de best an' w'en de worst comes thank de I ji w d you had a dood time gittln' ter If. We skacely has time enough In dls worl' ter do de day's work, en ylt we lives Isk we bad time ter our credit In de bank! Atlanta Constitution. Qaeetlea af Preeedeaee. Fred Kalks, the American traveling bootblack. Intends to visit, in addition to King Edward, the Crar of Hussla and the Emperor of Japan, If the dlffl eti't question of precedence can be ar ranged. London Punch. There are ten warnings In every wrongdoing to one temptation. A Large Pealtrr llease. At a rule, a poultry-house Intended to hold fifty or more birds la quite an expensive proposition, for usually It It I designed with all manner of nxlugt I which are costly without being partic ularly useful. The large poultry-bouse Is not generally desirable, and while it costs more to build two smaller ones, It will pay In the long run by reason 'of a lower mortality among the fowls, the ease by which they may be clean ed and the added comfort in the man ner of temperature. In response to a request for a bouse of considerable tlxe I the following plan is suggested: 1 "t 'its dimensions be 10x20 feet, with tlx and eight feet posts, . front and back, ' respectively. Cover the roof and aides I with tarred paper or shingle 'the roof I If preferred. Have four windows on j the aouth side, one east and one west window. Divide this in two parts with wire netting fastened to boards, which come up eighteen inches from tbe floor, Arrange a double row of nests six feet ' from one end of the house and place may be gathered from the alleyway, which la the atx foot space between the side wall and the nest boxes. At oue end of the alleyway place a door so that tbe eggs may be gathered without ' ' 1 ' ' ' ' ' .PLAH FOB POVLTBY HOt-SB. entering tbe house where tbe fowls are congregated. On top of the nest boxea, or rather above tbem, tbe roosts are arranged with a wide board under them to catch the droppings. Earl? Cora Pars Beet. If you have a good market, early aweet corn is a paying crop, wrltet au Iowa farmer. It can be planted thick and an enormous number of ears grown to tbe acre. I have bad at high aa 1,000 dozen ears to the acre, and it generally sells at 8 cents to 12 cents a dozen. While the latter sorts are much bigger and tweeter eart, they do not, aa a rule, pay at well at the ear Het. Plant Cory, White Mexican and Early Minnesota. They will be done and off the ground by the last part of July, and you can get another crop In after It I generally drill sorghum in between the rows when I lay It by, and by the time tbe corn Is picked and the fodder cut off the sorghum Is knee high, and by fall will make several tons of the finest of feed for horses or cattle. We grow all our fodder for the horses that way, In early tweet corn and earlr peat. Paeklasr Aplea for Eiport. Importers In England tay that ap ples for that country should be packed as tight at possible and be undamag ed by frost. Tbe Canadian minister of agriculture has given notice of inten tion to favor a resolution to amend the act respecting the packing of various commodities so aa to provide that CONCRETE flOOR ' l Iw M , . a f 'J9 049 ffl V T'" " f q .. ,LV...'!'-VC.'i The different parts of the floor as shown above may be modified to suit conditions. It Is essential that tbe soil below should be solid so as to give a firm bed. Tbe first layer of concrete consists of about three Inches of mixed gravel ami cement on which Is placed an upper layer of half an Inch made of sand and cement. Bulletin, Illinois Experimental Stations. when apples are packed In Canada for export for selling by tbe box. they shall be pocked In good and strong box es of seasoned wood, tbe Inside dimen sions of which shall not le less than 10 Inches in depth, 11 Inches In width and 20 Inches In length, representing ss far as possible 2,2n0 cubic Inches. Provision is also made for a penalty of 25 cents on each box of apples not packed In accordance with this regula tion. W. U. Hollowsy, Consul, Hall fax. Charcoal Mlstore for Ifnaja. 1 nine bushels of charcoal, eight pounds of salt, two qnsrts of air slack ed lime, a bushel or wooa asnes; rrnsn charcoal and mix all thoroughly. Wet this mixture with warm water lnt which one and a quarter pounds of cop peras has been dissolved, and put this in sepsrste troughs for hogs to feed npon freely. The slove Is a lme tested method of feeding charcj.il, lime, salt, ashes and copperas. Parks aad 1 aelr tOTlasmlae;. With full faith In what they read, many persons hsve begun tbe raising of ducks and failed because they did not supply the necesssry surroundings. A grower who Is a successful duck msn bsfl bundrds of ducks each year that never get a chance to swim. For a number of years be had trouble, for bis original stork was from a strsln which for generations bad had ponds In which to twin), so that when brought down to a drinking trough they did not amount to much. Te telf-teeklaa; Cave. It la not neceasary to abuse a cow for thla bad bablt Simply go about breaking off the bablt In a aenslble manner, which la readily done with a little care and with tbe help of the de vice here described. Take a strong smooth stick about three and one-half feet long and lu oue end of it fasten a ring. Buckle a strap around the neck of the cow and fasten a hort strap through the ring on tbe end of tbe stick or pole with tbe other end through the neck strap. About eight luches from the end of tbe pole, the end opposite tbe one in which the ring bat been iuserted, bore roa tub sr.i.r-st'rKio cow. an auger hole and through this run a strong hard twine or leather aud tie it securely to a strap fastened around the body of the cow. Just beyond Its front legs. It will be noticed that while thla device will prevent the cow from tucking herself It Is a safe at tachment and If arranged as directed It will be almost Impossible for the cow to injure herself with either end of the pole. The illustration tbowa the idea clearly. HaUlas; tka Baroa Hob;. Outside of what is known at the corn belt, farmers will make more money In hog raising by putting anl mala on the market of moderate weight than by tbe heavy weights which have long been to popular. The streak of lean aud fut hog Is the most profitable one to-day, but to raise such an animal requires a radical depart ure from tbe old methods of close ens and an almost exclusive corn diet. Oats, barley, skim milk and plenty of good pasture during the summer en ter very largely luto the make-up of the bacon hog. Some corn Is fed, but mainly at the finishing off period, the main dependence being placed on the other grains with the pasture. In the case of the hitter good pasture must be supplied. It will not do to turn the hogs on any worn-out stripe of grass land. The pasture of mixed grasses must be good and the results will be better If a range of rape la used by way of variety. Then let the hogs follow the harvest In the fall, particularly In the corn field, and they will pick up nearly all the corn they should have during the period of growth. Poor Feed for Horse. Sometimes it teemt aa If poor or damaged food may be given fowla and plga without injury If it la skillfully mixed with the better quality, al though there is a risk in thla sort of feeding. The horse on the other band does not seem to be able to take bit share of damaged feed, and tbe feed ing of it generally results In a bad stomach or bowel trouble. These or gans of the horse are much more sen sitive and delicate than generally sup posed and great care should therefore be used In feeding. Poor hay Is an other bad thing for horses, and It Is also poor policy to attempt to carry a horse very far on hay, whether good or poor, and water, feeding small quantities of grain. Beyond all doubt oats are the best of any grain for horses, but it Is quite as good policy to furnish variety to the horses as to the other stock on the farm, but mak ing sure that the animal has one feed dally of first-class oats, and that oats form one of the grains In one of tbe mixtures of the day. Let all of the food be first-class, Including tbe bay. FOR STABLE. aud the horse will thrive on It snd really eat less than of the poor food. flood Vleld of Wheat. On the farm of George Gordon, near Hanover, Ind., were thrashed GUI bushels of wheat grown from nineteen acres, an average of thirty-five bush els per acre. Mr. Gordon turns under green crop, thus bringing up bis land, snd .he also uses fertilizers. This shows what Indiana soil ran be made to produce when this plan of bringing up the land Is used. Ilea Will lar la Wlater. From experience I have learned that we can have winter eggs If we work a little for them. The hens must have exercise snd that Is best obtained by making them bunt their food or a part of It that tins been scattered In litter In the henhouse or some sheltered place. Feed regular snd not too much. Better keep tbem a little hungry than to over feed. Orange Judd Farmer, Feed Ins; Wefnee Sitr, Tbe progress of scientific dairying It shown by Increased attention devote,! to tbe subject In Russian dairying sec tions, where vsrlous systematic expe riments sre carried on somewbst on these lines. A recent test wst to estab lish the effect of feeding refuse sugsr to milch coa t. It wat found that the substance could be used profitably when fed with regular grain and hay rations, but. everything considered. It wss concluded thst Unseed cake wat a better feed. f i