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PACKAGES IN RURAL MAIL
: Postmaster General to Maks Recom
mendations In Report.
OKEGON.
OREGON BANKS QUIT
NOVEMBEK
1,
1907
NO.
IsîxUES PROCLAMATION.
President Het* Apart November 28 as
Dwy ot Thanksgiving.
PhilmlrIphla, I*«., Oct. 2».—Poet- I
Washington, Oct. 2H.—The presi
rnastet Geneial von L. Meyer, at a din
dent’s annual Thanksgiving procliutoa-
ner at the Cuion IxMurue club last
lion, issued Saturday, selecting ThuiS-
night, made an addre*a in which he
day, November 28, for the people to sa-
■einbi*. to pray li st they m -y
given
railed attention to reco»menda ! iena
which lie purp>w<*e making in his an
strength so to order then Ilves ax to de-
nual report b-r the consideration of Ibe
«■rvea continuation of the manifold
next congress
On the question ot par ;
blrasing* of ti c p»»l year, triumphant-
üOVtRNOR
ISSlitS
PKOCU.MITION
cels pO't he aaid:
ly declare« that nowhere in the world
”1 sltall reck'tnmend the same rate.
is there »m-h an oppuitunity for a fi<*c
12 cent« a pound, and the same limit
people Io develop lo the fullcat extent
A Reaum« of th« Lesa Important but of weight tor parcels, whetbet Intend«! Action of Portland Ctearing House all powers of body, mind and chana-ter.
"During the ¡«at year we haw twwn
for pointe in this «ountry or abroad,
Not Less Intareatlng Events
Neceas fated by Hefuaal of Eastern
which means a r«lu. tion of tour cents
free from famine, from jwelHence, from
of the Past Work.
a pound and merrase in the maxiiuutn
B.nk« to Honor Balancea.
war," it declare«.
"Our hwtural rv-
«oiirce» are at least as great as those of
weight
eleven pounds.”
Taking up the rural pwrcela poet ques
any nation. Much haa bean given us
Kansas banka remain o|»rn but pay tion he said;
Salem, Or., Oct. 39.—By ordet of a fr in on high and much will rightly be
all demands by che< k.
“I shall recommend a parcels post pr x'lanuiti-m issued late last night by ex|>«-tcd ol us in return. Intoour care
system
«Hl the rural delivery routre, a (lovetnor Chamtsrilain, Oregon lianks the 10 talents have been entrust»»!, and
The Weatern Union has open«! a
special
rale to l<e cltargni on pa< kagt-s l j will enjoy five busineaa holidays. In xe are to be paid.>ned neither it ws
number of ita branch officers in Chi
for delivery from the distributing "Ibcee i which interim it is expected I hat the aquan-ler and waste them, nor yet if we
cago.
of the rural rrxrte, or It malted by a situation tn th* F»u»t will Iww-ime mor»' hide them in a napkin.
Oklah in* has proclaim«! a public patron ot any rural route lor delivery
"We should rainestly pray that th«»
clatifi«l and the coast banks will be
holiday that runs on t«nks may I* pre to a-patron on the same r-mte < r at the
enabled to secure the eath balance« due spirit of rightnmsiivww may grow gt»«t-
vent»’I
_
cr in the Hearts of alien«! that our souls
distributing office ot said loots»
The thrm Irom New York.
A tight money market has sue)x-n.l«l rate would t»e Ave cents for the Hist
Thia action w«s taken al the instance may I m itirlin«! even m<*re towanl the
work on th« new Dupont Powder work« pound and two <ent« for each additional of (be Portland ■ ¡»'«ring house commit virtue« that tell id gcnlleueM. for lov
pound, up t<> eleven pounds.
Thia tee, which met lest evening to talk ovet ing kindnee« and torebsarance one with
at Tacoma.
would I* a gnwt boon for the farmers." the situation with Govwtnot Chamber- another, fur without these qualltlee
fLvretnry Taft has had another close
Kegaiding postal savings t«nks, the lain. 1 l»e hankers arrived in the eity neither nation not individual ran ri»«
call In the Philippines.
Ihis time an poetma'ter general raid:
to the level of great i>«>aa.”
by special car.
automobile ran away with him.
"As an «'vblence that it is not the de
Briefly stat«!, the situation m de-
FIXES SAIL’NG DAIL.
Many Seattle people condemn the sire <>f the government to compete with acrlbmi to the governor is that Oregon
the
private
mi
Ings
hanks
in
obtaining
mayor for asking F«iera! aid in pre
■
- h«\ •
.1 ■ ■ ) - I ■■ f . H-h
depwtis of the |«op!e, 1 shall advmat« the East end the Eaatotn Iwnk« refuse All Pia’-s Complete for Flsut to Sail
venting a apresd of bubonic plague.
a rate of Interest »1 3 pet cent per an
tor P«c t,c Decsrr.ber It)
The steamer Finland from New York num. or 1 |«'r cent semi annually and a upon any condition« to semi money
There
Washington, tint. M — Sc-retarv
for
I.tr.i.k nmr
• limit • t I >IM», lint more tnan ♦;■'»» to is- Wrwt in payment of demands.
has bean no run or induction <•! a run Metcalf t<»iay annoum «I that it was
port and is eupp»«ed to be badly dam- depO'ited in any one year
My own by depoaiterg np<>n Portland Isxnks.
definitely settled that the Atlantic Aeet
ag«l.
Ivlief is that far from it« l«’lng a detri
Believing that in one w«wk they ran will leave Hampton Riad« on thwemlier
The national prvaidenl of the W. ('. ment to the »'»tablisi»«l banka, it would eff«Mt a raH-fact< ry arrangement with iti for its cruise to the I’m'itic coast,
Now. in county banks ami also nrrw ge for the
T. TJ. pr«iicta that prohibition will be In the end an advantage.
Thia aunouix emecit followed a confer-
rule throughout the South within Ave orrier to get this money lau'k into the shipment of money due them from the ence held at the White Honre, to
channels of trade. I purpose to aak con Ea«t, the bank« ask«l thnt the remain
year».
which the president summoned Heere-
gress for authority to place the savings der of this week be made a legal boli-
taty Metcalf, R»ar Admiral Evans, who
t'..I .liti.in« inn- gn-'itl» itnprovnd ia
in the National l«nks. ”
day. November 2, the last »lay men will »• mmand the tied on its cruise to
New York, but throughout the Middle
tion«! in the proclamation, ia Hatur- the Pacific, ami K«-«r Admiral Brown-
Weat there 1« a stringency amounting
d»y. Monday will therefore be <ho son. chief ot the bureau of navigation
DEVELOPS A NEW GRAPE.
almost to a panic.
next tanking ilay.
• •f the Na»y department
The confer
Taft is visiting the princi|>al towns
it is uiidvr«to<<i that the Portland ence was call«! to continue more in de
California Sciential Believes Ha Ha«
of the Philippiinee.
bankers sent telegram« to all Iwiiks in tail the cabinet meeting discussion of
Variety Surpostlng the Tokay.
the state notifying them of the Issu naval affaire. The dissuasion related
Rumor again baa lt that Harriman
Stockton, Cal , (kt 29 —An entirely ance of the pr««lamati<>n. The purpoa« I'nrticularly to di-taila of the Atlantic
ia to be depoaed as king ot the rail
new kind ol grape ia Iwing developed at is to prevent calls for money from fleet*a cruise to the Pacific.
roads.
the government experiment«) station country banka, Induce them to c I< xm » far
It I» underst'Hxl that matters wcie in
A man hax just been arrested in Eng near Lodi, and Pmh'«sor II C. Hua-
the week ami bring them togelh»-r man such t»ha|»e that the president was thor-
land who threatened to kill King Ed mann ia of the opinion that it will re
arrangement that will vatlxly demand« opghly inform«! on all important itein«
ward.
sult In a gra|X' that will excel the before next Monday.
I hat portlami in th<- itinerary. Admiral Evans, who
Governor Vardaman, of Mississippi, famous Flame T< kay. which has given baiiks are solvent and in t«cl wi re nev has tx-en < hii . A ne-1 to his apaitmsnta on
The new variety er In better condition than they are a-vount of an indie|««»ition, l««>k«l and
Bays Bryan will !«• elected our next lj>dl so much fame
ia somewhat similar to the Tokay in linlay, was ««wetted by the Iwiikir» who* dwlared himself to I m mu.'h improv«!
president.
texture and tolor, but ia impervious to wait«<l u¡on the governor.
in health.
The bureau ot inaular
There has been a marked slump in
the rain, ia much firmer and can be
Governor Chamberlain at first doubl affairs t<»lay rwrelv*! a cablegam from
liquors
in
Kansas
the consumption of
shipped longer distance« without dam ed the wisdom of the action teqtieeted Governor General Hmith, of the Philip
the past year.
age. it a[x-ar« to tx' a crows lietween a by the Portland laxnkeni, but when the pin*«. asking that the Atlantic fleet I m
Seattle has appeal«! to Governor Tokay and Farvrra and is of an im situation regaining the locking up of permitted to visit Manila during the
Mead for funds with which to tight the proved tlavor. If properly develop«! it funds in the East waa explained am! week beginning February 10, in order
bubonic phigtie.
la expected to Ixeome a most pr<>iitable th» neceaeity ol checking any stringen t*> attend to pie-I^enten festivities.
cy which might arise as a result of this
Ths fai t that the Heel will not have
Militia has been called out tn quell variety.
Prcfesaor llusmann ia due to arrive in the Wist, Mt. Chamt»erlaiii readily arrived in Pacific waters by that time
dietur lances growinsg out of the car
in Lodi this week and he intends to set complied.
precludes this.
strike at Yonkers, N. Y.
out a I «mt 3!) varu-ties of grapea, Ave
Mr Metcalf stat«l that the question
SAYS IT IS ON THE BOOKS.
Letters of the late Queen Victor!» different kinds of each variety, for ex
of allowing nvwspafH’r correspondents
cowritg 24 year« of her life have just perimental purpose«. Alttwdy 130 vs-
to accompany the fleet wax dis» 'ia««l
ia'en published in book form.
rletiee of graj» « are tieing grown at the Witness in Ford Trial Testifies That and the concluaion reach«! not to allow
Bribe Money Is Entered.
new»|«per men al»<«rd, but that officers
The Pettiteme trial for complicity in station, and it ia believed that the
Han Francisco, (kt. 29.—Such rapid of the tlvet would I m de»ignat«l to send
the murder of ex-Gov«rnor Steunenbeig vineyard will receive great benetlta
haa l>een poatpon«! until November 1H. from the ex|*erim«-nte being made at progree» ass made yesterday by the such news aa might tw thought deair-
the station. Additional apparatua la to proaeciillon in the Ford bribery trial able to make public.
The North Bank railr<«d from Paaco Im install«! at the plant In the way ol
that If the defense, nd iptlng its proced
to Vancouver, Waah., will 1« In opera thermometers and records of tempers- ure in the former trial, declines to put
TWO-CENT FARE PROFITABLE
tion by January 1, an»i the bridgee turn» will be made »■ as to make com-
in any evidence, the care should lie In
serosa the Columbia ami Willamette by panaona with grape growing |minte in
the hands of the jury within the week. Two Roads In Missouri Make Money
the middle of the slimmer.
France, Spain. Italy and South Africa.
Twelve wiltirarea were examined, all
Under New Law
A f«»w iin>re small tianka In New York
but the last one ot whom were conclud
Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 29 — Having
have chieed, but the big unee stand
ed with.
George Wilcutt, secretary
IMPROVE MARE ISLAND
found the two-cenl fare profitable, two
and controller of the Unit«! lisi I roads,
film.
of the ralInada operating in Missouri
testified—to the unconcealed surprise
There hare been 4« cases of bubonic Works ot Extension Planned to Cost
have decld«l to give the new law an
and manifest distrust of the proaecu-
p'ague at Han Franciaco which proved
other month’s trial.
Several Million Dollars.
ti. n—that the books ot th« street car
Herbert H. Hadley, attorney general
fatal.
Han Francisco, (kt. 29—Represent- corporation do carry as entries the of Missouri, «aid thia morning that he
An armed man held up a freight stive Joseph K. Kmiwlami visited Mare |3<M),tKiO with which Ford and ituef are
had Information from a reliable *>urcv
train near !>• Angela» and robbmi the Island navy yard today and had an ex alleged to have bribed the supervisorrs
that two <>f th« railroads ojmiating in
train crew.
tended conference with Commandant to [»»» the trolley franchi«e. The wit Missotiti had found the 2-c«nt far«, to
The Commercial Telegraphers' union I*help« and Civil Engineer Rockwell. ness was direct«! to produce the corpor tie protittable.
haa decided to aak terms of the tele Plans and estimates were given Know- ation's journal and letigrr.
•The auditors of two of the railroads
land lor the improvements drslr«i at
graph companies.
ray the 2 cent rate baa proved profit
Mare Island, which call fcr the exjend-
Georgia Negro Lynched.
able, while other» take a different vh-w
The Vancouver, B. C-, city council iture ol several million dollars to make
Macon, Ga , (kt. 31».— Passengers cn of it,” said Mr. Hadley.
haa appral«l to Ibe govetniurnt to ex- this station the tines I naval establish
the Central Georgia train coming ftotn
‘The fact that the railroad« can’t
elude all Asiatics.
ment in the world.
The «pur dikes, Byton, Ga., brought an account of the agree on the proposition cans«! them
The Japanese at Vancouver, B. C., which were design«! by H. H. Roeseau, lynching of a negro named John Wilkes to decide to give It another month's
are making exorbitant claima for dam now of the Panama Canal commission, at that place last night. The negro trial before going into court again. I
and have proved such a succeea in derp- robbed two small boys of 7ft cent» shall not take any further steps In the
ages auatained duilng the riots.
enrng the channel to the yard, will I* When Marshal Johnson made an effort matter unless the railroads makes
There are rumors tl>at the Ute In greatly extend«! at a cost of several
to arrest him the negro attempted to move. I shall !»• satlsti«! if they de
diana on the Cheyenne river reserva hundr«l thousand dollars. The atone
•boot 1 he officer, quick work prevent cide to continue the 2-ceut rate IndeA-
tion are about ready for an outbreak.
quay wall, to which vessels under re ed thia. At a late hour unknown per
nltely. ’
Representative Burton is likely to re pair are tied, will also l>e extend«! sons dragged the prisoner from the jail
main chairman of the river» and har about a mile southward toward 'he ■ml after carrying him a short distance
Senator Owen for Suffrage.
bors committee during the next »«waion magaxine. At present the quay wall 1« the b"dy was fi<lll«l with bullets, It
Muskogee, I. T., Oct. 29.—The ad-
so crowded that many of the ships waa then burned upon a log Are.
ot congress.
socatee of women suffrage will find a
have to he in midstream ot at a point
powerful ally in Rolmrt I» Owen, sen
Thirty-three suite «gainst the South
below the lighthouse.
Ends Land Grant Inquiry.
ator elect from Oklahoma.
Senator
ern PsclAc have liern tiled at the re
Portlnd, Oct. 29.—B. D. Townsend, Owen has long held etrong Ideas rela
quest of the attorney general for viola
Prison Official Killed.
Special United State» Attorney lor Ore tive to thF rights of women U ths tail-
tion ot the 2« hour law.
--
Petersburg, (kt. 29.—General gon, will complete lit» investigation < f lot. last fall when th* constitutional
Kansas City ia working foi the Re
Maiimoffsky, director of the de[»wrt- th»' Oregon A California (Southern Pa convent on wsa In se-sion in Guthrie,
publican national convention.
ment of prisons of the ministry of the cific) railroad grant In thia state In a he openly e»[>on»ed the rause and as
More than
persons were In jo red interior, was «hot and kill«) today. few days, when he will submit hia re sisted in every way he could to get a
n a stteet car collision at Chicago.
The general was the first responsible port to United States Attorney General favorable clause in the constitution.
official connect«! with the Russian Bonaparte. Mr. Townsen»! will not Colonel!» »wen la gleo a "white ribbon-
It is aaid Roosevelt will try for
prison. A yonng woman who has not dlarua» the result of hie investigation, er," and never touches liquor in any
riatt's *«t in the senate if a president
iieen identiA«l, present«! hers« If at which has cover*! several months and farm.
to bis liking is elected.
the weekly reception of General Max- has included a rareful resratrh of al)
There have l»een four deaths In He itnoffsky and remain«! quietly in the the records ami documents pertaining
Considers Suer Rout«.
attie In which Hie symptoms were very crowded anterrx»ni until it was her turn to the grant and ita terms.
Rome, Oct. 29.— The Uniteil State«
to enter the general's private office.
■imllar to boubonlc plague.
coniuIs at Naples, Palermo and Messi-
When she was in his presence the
Buya Bar Gold In Loe dor.
na have received Instructions from
Harriman may distribute the stocks woman bred seven shots.
Ixindon, Oct. 29. —The Unit«! States Washington to ascertain what amount
of other roads held by the Union Paci-
«ectimi all the Imr gold offered today of coal and provisions the three eitira
tic among the stockholders of the latter
Increase Railway Ratea
in the market, totaling nearly |ft,(XM»,- can supply on short notice. Th« In
road.
Mexico City, Oct. 29.—It waa an- 000. The price (»aid wat 119.50. Thia quiry is believ«l hers to Imply that the
The trans-Atlantfc liner Lusitania tboritatively etat«l today that a gene- ia 3»% cents higher than previous quo Unit«! Mates Navy department contem-
has eroaaed from New York to Queens ral Increase in the railway rates ol the tations, indicating the krenne«« of the plale« sending part of the Atlantic bat-
town in 4 days, 22 hours and 4fl niin- ¡country would go into effect in the com|ietition. Rolli Faris end Izmdon tleehlp *|na«lron to the Pacific by way
bld against the United States.
of the Hues csnal.
¡
tnear future.
in a Condensed Form for Dur
Busy Beaders.
fl APPEKINÛS OF T>0 CÜNTINE5TS
i
1
II unip - Hktlr
Ilaamtly
All growers of blackberries and rasp
berries know that one of th* m<«t dle-
ngrrvatde Jolts of the season la the cut
ting out <>f the ohi cans« on the planta
of ttx -e fleh!» The easiest way of do
ing thia work la to uao a sharp tool of
»«lint kind so arranged that the operai
or may «lami upright and work. The
tool Uluatrat«*d may tie readily mad«' by
any* handy man. an*l will do the work
requlr*i quit«' aa effectually as a more
expensive tool
Take th«' hand!« from a worn out
abovel or fork am! have the black
smith attach to It th» end of in old
«•ytbe blad«- or, If one hits no blade of
thia kind, tlx* blacksmith can fashion
one from old «Ta¡>» that lie may have
at «mall ex¡»en*'. Have thia blade fas
r '■
in
Tlsit
rog iiraaT uaowux,
teu«l to Hie handle In th«' manner
shown In th«' »nit, and when working
among the can«-« of the tx-rry bushes
use It In the way Illustrai«!.
Tbl« t.'il will be found extremely
ti.mdy for this sort of pruning any
where on th* fami. It will work quit»»
well for cutting out suckers In Hie or
chard n« Ih the berry row If Hie canea
are quite tall a straight bundle may tx>
attaehis! to the blade «<> that one may
bave lt of nny doeln-d lengtti. Hm'h a
tool coat» bui little, and If <>ne tias a
ainalderabto area Iti berry pianta It
w IH pay to bare soventi tool« mede.
Ilr«n9.
••Bean»'' Is the title of a recant farm
er«' bulletin, by Profe-w >r t’orbdt, the
well known horticulturist of the l’ult»«!
States I »apartment uf
Agrhmlture.
Iteana belong to one of the most luipor-
taut families ,>f ecunomlc piatits with
which man has to deal that of le-
grimes. The l»‘«!i furnishes f<«x| for
l«>th man and and tx*nst, mid at the
same time In-Tea*-« the tertlllty of
the soil.
It la, therefor«, an ltn|«»r
taut crop, both In farm rotation and
In market garden work Tbs near bul
Istln treats fairly of It« cultivation,
care and uw
I’rnfiswir tVlaneko, of Purdue Expe
riment Station, has Just Issue«! an In
teresting bulletin on soy b««na, cow
p«-as and other forage criqw. The cul
ture of «ow | h » iis and *>y beana la Iw
corning Important with many farmers,
as they make g,«»! forage crops and at
the same time n«l«l fertility to the soil.
They belong to the legume«, and the
«.st of priMtwIng Is about tile same aa
for corn, while their food value coni
pares very favorably with «>rn. Her-
eral other <•! tsww of f'«rage plants are
di's-'rlteM In the bulletin.
FrnK
fr«>m
Irrd.
I >r winter f'<d »• uf ato- k aalmals
Ibi« unir« . ■ « of tlx* Aiicat f«ela on
the fanti
I he tu »lern husking and
-
,
■ « silent
w rk. and Ita
in eating proclivities
líate brea largely nlltulnat«!
Au or-
d .«ry tbi.-«‘i ,g t.
hti... mi (<e made
to >to g -»1 shredding, but the «rain la
not left In the liest .■ondinosi. Tbs
greatest drawback In the um of !«>tb
busker and th ree ber la that they re-
qulrw a large force of men and tesina
h-me th.' w .rk Is quite exi>enalv*
Perhapa the cb<-a|w«t corn husking Is
<!"■•• with the little old husking t«g
Hut It Is n. ■■«! tuip>*slbte to fated long
•t •
»
it
- de; ibi- waste, and
i’i.' rvfu». »tnlk» ar» a nulaam-e when
■ s t<> ‘ ar. ! ’ » the manure I lutes
.1 ’
a ' .sr t-e .oerceine t.y running
the hnndhusk«! stover through a «><n
tn e, .-utter and atir«-hler This work
i- it- i e v t- <1 ■ .- w ‘ nit employing
■i n -h. If any outside help In esse er-
. ■ ■ th < -. ’,tr«-.l th.-
•• of the werk,
sdd«l t thnt of hand husking and put-
tlr.g of the «>ru and aturar lu crib and
n. « >r stark may ««putì or erstt ex.*red
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h «V ng and
g
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t plftr ea.-b to
di • 'de from hl« own standpoint. Agri
cultural Epltomlat.
Psalter.
A rareful abt-irver of poultry needs
■ i better «Ign of Its condition than to
«xt.-h the «uuh. A bright re«! comb
shows that th.- hen or mats la healthy
and vigorous, an.1 If a hen, aba will
probably I».» a <•>•«1 ayvr
After ths
"•gg aui>ply lias failed the «unb will
generally lr-e Ita olor In cold weath
er fowls with large
mt« must have
extra wnrm quarters, as they are very
easily frozen lt Is froxm «»mba mors
.firn than anything elw that make«
I eglxirns and Mlnorcaa poor winter
layers (« their num.-a Imply, they are
nutlvi-s of warm climates, ax Iml««!,
moot fowla nre
limy very rarely get
Into i ns warm quarters In winter aa
they < could And any where In tile rout»-
tries w hero they had their original
hum«.
• Is»w
to Iflir Mtrpe.
In «¡'Ito ,,f the ext-'ii»iv<> development
slid u* of .--rii liiirveatti.g machinery
the fa.-t remains thnt uiucb corn la
still cut by hand
Therefore the sc-
'iiipnnylng <«kct< h r«‘«‘titly sent to thw
New Knglniid ilotneated by a reader
will prove of Intersat.
11« Ims tlgur«-«! out that If the plan
outlined Is follow«! a sixty four hill
flg mt at
a minimum number of stei*«. The Hr-
clew in t.Kt «'enter «•present til« four
bills tied togeth«-r or tx-twern which
the shock Is built.
After the founds-
Hon for Ilin sh'vk Is ready the man
g. es to No. 1 and .-uta In th«' direction
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ct rrtixu a «li«« a or cous.
of the numbers until be mache« No. A
After piacili« bl« armful In the shock
he begins nt No 0 and cuta to No. 14
ngnln depoRTtln« bln load aud continu
iti« the iqa ratbui In the wiry the bills
are numbered until the shock la com
plet«!. It will ba noted that In addi
tion to saving steps this plan brings
the cutter near the shock with Ids heav
iest load, or when bls artu Is full of
<»ra.
It Is doubtful If there Is any kind nf
fruit that will come strictly true to vs
rlrty when grown from se«l. ns there
B«'h1vea on e»ery front porch, gtw
la a tendency to devlnte from the orlg
Inal. One may a«nire «omHhlng si|» Ing each family a sil|q>ly of drllclou«
riot or th* fruit may revert back to honey do*» at band, while at thw same
some undesirable kind, It la a slow time the b«-a will Inculcate thwlr I««-
and uncertain procesa. Chestnuts may •on of Industry, are a puselblllty, for
be graft«! when 1 year old. The nota the I »«partment of Agriculture has sue-
are usually pl»c«1 In the ground In reeded tn Importing from abroad what
rows, fl Inch»* deep, early In the spring may t<e trrm»4 a jeaceful t»e«, which
or lais In the fall, hilling over them If Anda our Ai-kls climate to Ita liking.
The newcomer la known aa thw (lao-
In the fall, and uncovering In the
firing. They are very unreliable In caalan tew. Thw name 1« dertvwr! fnwa
germinating and prefer a sandy loom. Its nstlrs locality, and Is emphaatsM
The European varieties are larger than by habits of life wblcb rank It distinct
the native. The native chestnuts vary ly aa tbw whits man’s bee It la drll-
greatly, no two trees prodix-lug nula lx«1. dlgnlAvd and blgb toned, ft
exactly alike In sits, flavor, stc. The rualiea with re e -tat •• Into anythin
foreign varieties are grafted ou the that smacks of warfare, haring,
American atockfc Trees grown from place of the belligerent luatlucta
American nuts cao not t>e depend«! others of Its class, a predisposition
upon for quality of product
arbitration.
Hones ■■«
l.l«» for
Powltrr-
Nearly all kinds of f<«id contain lime
Oyster sheila, clam shells, marble, lime
stone and chalk are of the name com
position (carfronate of lime», bones
being pboaphate of lime. Fowls utilise
oyster shells and other forms of lime
largely as grit, while freah bone from
the butcher la an excellent f<»id. pro
viding both lime and nitrogen. As
green bone cannot be ground, owing to
Ita tough rondltiosi. It must be cut with
a bone cutler. When bonce are dry
they may then be ground and can be
uj«d at all seasons.
«rabbie riel«».
Fields that are left to stubbla,
that are cover«1 with weeds, cannot
now be benefited by rultlvaflo«. where
tbs amta of the weeds have already
!>een Scattered, but as aooo as th« frasi
does Ita work and the weeds are dry,
raks over the fields with a hores raks
ami bum all tlie refuse. Iiwad weeds
form harboring fUa«w for field mira
and Iniracta, and during windy dayx
after the wee«la are thoroughly dry,
they are blown to other fields. By
burning all refuse, tfiere will he feweg
weed a*da turm-vi under neat aprine
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