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About Lexington wheatfield. (Lexington, Or.) 1905-19?? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 12, 1907)
Hand? Combination Hayrack. The combination linynndt Hliown In tin firm llluBtnitlon Is a convenient one. rr lire bud ipluoes of jxlne or other iitrnlght frrnlncxl llht wood fourteen or nlxteen feet In lonirth, eLj?lit Indies wide and three Indies thick; If of wik or other lmrd wood, two und one-hnlf Im-hcH thick will give mifflrlent C0M1II NATION HAYBACK. strength. Four cronHileceH, B, of lmrd wood one and one-quarter Indie thick und bIx liM-lien wide, are mortised and firmly secured to the ibed pkx-es. TMs constitutes tho fnume or foundation and Ih shown In the second cut It Is frequently used sermrately to haul rails, boards, stones, manure, etc., and Is a convenient, strong and handy ar rangement for the purjHwe. In the first cut Is shown tlie rigging complete, of which Its four crosspleces or anns, P, ere seven and one-half feet In length, five Inches wide and two and one-half JiHflios thick. If designed for a "sectional rigging" and to prevent side movement a half Inch groove Is cut Into the lower sides of the crow arms, P, so that they fit closely mwn the bed pieces. To pre vent a forward or- backward move ment eight strong Iron hooks are at tached by staples to the sides of the cross arms and when placed upon the ted pieces are readily hooked Into the staples, A. Thus arranged one man can easily place the rigging upon or take It from the wagon ; or, If desired, twits may be used to fasten all to gether, by passing them through the cross arms -and bed pieces. There Is not 23 cents difference In the expense. Standards, D, can be either station ary or hinged so as to Ibe quickly low ered, raised or removed by a small tiolt, as shown at Y. The standards should be six and one-half feet high and quite strong t5 withstand the pres sure of the load as well as to serve as a ladder. The boards, X, should be of the same length as the bed pieces and one Inch thick and six Inches wide of straight grained light, wood. Wood en pins or stakes, N, are Inserted as shown and should be only slightly sharpened. Should the hind Wheels project above the boards, X, bridge FRAME Or BED PIECES. over them, as shown at 8. Wash with petroleum and kecip under shelter when not In use. Country Gentleman. Dreed and Feed. Those who take the position that the "breed Is In the feed" may learn something from the experiment made ot . the Illinois experiment station, , where two cows were given the same treatment, both receiving the same guantlty of food and both given an opportunity of, showing what they could do, yet there was a great variation In the results, one cow large ly excelling the other. Without proper food and a plentiful supply, no animal " can produce to iher fullest capacity, but It Is a fact that the breed is an Im portant matter, and some cows will yield twice as much as others, no mat ter how well fed both imay be. Weevil Opllmlim, ''' There are people who believe that the advent of the boll beevil will untl mately prove 'a good thing; for the country and who regard the little In sect as a blessing,. In disguise. We hope they are right It Is argued that the boll weevil will bring about a re adjustment of labor conditions; will break up the cotton system and sub stitute diversified farming, truck and fruit growing. Homer (La.) Guardian-Journal. . Green Food (or Stock, When the pastures begin to give out there will be a falling off of milk from the cows. This Is due to the fact that the farmer does not supply the loss of green food from the pasture. A plot of corn fodder, used as green food, be ' lng given the cows at night' will ma terially assist in preventing the loss of milk. A change of food from green to dry substancea will nearly always oauBe the falling off In milk, for which reason the change from green to dry food should be gradual and never sud denly. UroTTlnar Cucumber for FIckllBg. Factories for pickling cucumbers are being established wherever the farm ers can be Induced to become Interest ed. Small pickles, not over 24 Inches long, usually bring about 50 cents per bushel, a bushel containing about 800 pickles. Tho average ylold'ls estimated at 100 bushels per acre, though sev eral hundred bushels may be grown upon an acre. The mildew destroys the vines In some sections, but this Is kept down by spraying. The striped cucum- her Iteetle, which can not be destroyed by purls green or ordinary Insecticides, Is a formidable enemy where It makes Its appearance. The long green varie ties of cucumbers are used. Plenty of manure should be applied. A fertilizer consisting of one part nitrogen, one part phosphoric acid and two parts of potash Is about the proper formula for cucumbers. Cucumbers are salted with two quarts of salt per bushel of cucum bers, packed closely In tierces or bar rels, and enough brine added to cover them. The brine should be added dally, as evaporation lowers the water In the vessel and exposes the cucumbers, which may damage them. Growers can co-operate, form a Joint stock company, and sell the pickles on the market, thus securing the largest profit possi ble from growing them. Safe Stepladder. Build your stepladder like this, and It will never slip. v The Peanut Trade. Peanuts have become, an Important article of American foreign commerce In the last six years, especially on the Import side, In spite of the fact that we produce about 12,000,000 buahela a year, Peanut Imports have grown In value from $6,000 In 1000 to $500,000 this year, while our exports thereof will ap proximate $300,000. When this fiscal year closes we shall have to list pea nuts for nearly $1,000,000 of our total foreign commerce for the year, accord ing to the Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Commerce and Labor. The peanut acreage In this country Increased 150 per cent and production 233 per cent between 1890 and 1900. There are under' cultivation now 517, 000 acres, producing 11,005,000 bushels. The crop Is concentrated In a few Southern States, Virginia supplying one-third of It North Carolina another third. New York Sun. Poultry a a Bualneaa. Is there progress In poultry keeping? Read the market reports. Look at the amount of poultry advertising done to day as compared with five years ago, How did the winter prices of eggs in the last five years of the nineteenth century compare with those of the first five years of this? Thousands of peo ple are to-day making a comfortable living and many have become Inde pendent by raising poultry and eggs for the market It has been proven by ex periments that It costs no more to pro duce a pound of poultry than It does to produce a pound of pork or beef, yet poultry . Is always worth more per pound than any other meat and sells Just as readily. Teaching Botany in Pnbllo School. In country schools botany should be taught by devoting an hour or two each week, In the growing seasons, to excursions to the fields and woods, plants 'being selected, described and classified. By this mode of teaching, ad Interest in botany will be created on the part of the children. A flower gar den In connection with the school should also be an advantage. New Idea In Fertilisers. The Southern Illinois Penitentiary Is now preparing lime stone dust for dis tribution among farmers for fertilizing purposes. The dust Is put up In sacks at the prison and Is sold to farmers at 50 cents a sack. It Is said to be one of the finest fertilizers known. Chester Herald. Good draft horses now bring from $200 to $300. It Is little wonder, there fore, that well-advised farmers, pay f ancv orlces for Imported brood mares, when 8-year-olds bring such prices, Bethany Republican, For Coughs and Colds There is a remedy over sixty years old Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. Of course you have heard of improbably have used it. Once in the family, it stays; the one household remedy for coughs and hard colds on the chest. Ask your doctoraboutit. " I hT had pneumonia three time, and Ayer'i Cherry Pectoral h brought mn.afelr through each time. I have tint recovered from my lat attack, aged Iztr ieven. No wonder f pralte It." . V. Hiouinb, Steveni Point, Wis. by J. O. 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INFANT MORTALITY is something frightfdl. We can hardly realize that of all the children born in civilized countries, twentytwo per cent., or nearly one-quarter, die before they reach one year; thirty-seven, per cent., or mora than one-third, before they are five, and one-half before they are fifteen I . We do not hesitate to say that a timely use of Castoria would save a ma jority of these precious lives. Neither do we hesitate to say that many of thess infantile deaths are occasioned by the use of narcotic preparations. Drops, tinctures and soothing syrups sold for children's complaints contain more or less opium, or morphine. They are, in considerable quantities, deadly poisons. In any quantity they stupefy, retard circulation and lead to congestions, sickness, death. Oastoria operates exactly the reverse, but you must see that it bears the signature of Chas. H. Fletcher. Oastoria causes the blood to circulate properly, opens tha pores of the skin arid allays fever. 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When the King of Slam's minister, protesting against his majesty's favor toward motoring, sug gested recently that "the royal sedan chair" was always at his disposal, It Is Improbable that he used a word remi niscent of the French town. For it Is from the scene of Napoleon I II.'s col lapse that the sedan-chair takes its name, and perhaps remo'te posterity will suppose that It had some connec tion with that event. But Sedan first produced these conveyances centuries ago, and they were seen In England In 1581. One used by James I.'s Bucking ham provoked great popular outcry against the employment of men as beasts of burden. Sir S. Duneorabe Is credited with having Introduced them to London In 1034. And Bath knows the Pickwickian sedan-chair to this day. London Chronicle. Leaaon from the Paat, Thomas Jefferson was writing the Im mortal Declaration of Independence, and had just evolved the revolutionary doc trine that all men are endowed with cer tain inalienable rights, among which are "life, liberty and the pursuit of happi ness." "Of course," he reflected, "there will be about one week in the year when the boy with the cannon cracker or the toy pistol will be at liberty, in his pursuit ot happiness, to take anybody's life." Smiling as he thought of the havoc the automobilists would play with these principles some day, he proceeded to sub mit a few facts for the consideration of a candid world. Chicago Tribune. HILI A boarding and day school lor young men and hoys. Accredited to Stanford, Berkeley, Cornell, Amherst and all mate universities and BBrn-uiiurai colleges, ronianu. mane reservations now. J o other literature address J. W. HILL, M. D itrfinnvuiga Letters from Prominent Physicians addressed to Chas. II. Fletcher. Dr. A. F. 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