Noble County Sentinel. (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 21, 1899 Page: 3 of 8
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IN THE ODD COKNEIi.
QUEER AND CURIOUS
AND EVENTS.
How the Giant Octopu* Kttti—Few Have
i;*cr Seen the Monster Devour Hi*
I'rey—A Carious Attachment—Clover
Tricks of Havens.
Lane
our fee
Leisurely Kane.
Is there no road now to Leisur
We traveled it kniK ; £"•
A plae<- for the lagging of leisin . lv steps,
-wcet and shady and slow.
There were rims of restful hills heyotul
and lie Ids of dreamful wh< it
With shadows of clouds art
blown and poppies asleep al
There lads and maids on a Sunday met
and strolled them two and tw« .
The leaves they laeed in a root .. . rh. ad
and only the sun peered th.ou.^u.
And there was time to gather a i 1 ■ anu
timo for wood bird s * m
And plenty of time to sit hj
and hearken its rippl1
stream
and fall.
Is there no road now to Lelsuivl.\ l.ane.
Hod knows we have hurried alar.
There wa once a lamp throt gh t
brooding dusk and o\ r lite tree .1
star.
There was onrci :i bi< ith of t.v cloxej
bloom—sweet heaven, we have hur
ried so long!—
And there v/as a gate by a while 1
1 i a sped and out of the dusk a sons
That song—the echo Is strange and sweet.
The voice—It is weak and old.
It hath no part with this wilu
rush and this hard, mad light for
gold.
It hath 110 part with the clamor and dm
and the jarring of wheel and stone.
Oh, listen, my heart, and forget -forget
that we reap the bread we have
ai It ft to pick 0 few peas that liad
been tnrown down to make his pastime
more agreeable. After awhile the pis
was not to be found and a servant was
sent to tee if hp had strayed back to
his old home. There h>> was found
happy and free among the other ani-
mals of the eottage. He was again
driven to his new quarters, and eon-
fined to the sty for nearly two days.
When it was thought he had become
reconciled lo his new home or had for-
gotten his old one. he was again liber-
ated and suffered to roam tit will about
the fold, lie was watched for awhile,
but seemed to be so entirely at home
that he was left and forgotten until it
was time to confine him to his own
quarters, when he was again sought for
in vain. He had once more strayed to
his old haunts and had to be brought
baei; again. On the morning following
this escape my friend went to the sty
and found near it a little brown dog,
which he then remembered he had seen
about the premises .several times since
the fair, and it occurred to him that
the pig and he were acquainted, and
would, if the opportunity vyere offered,
trot home together. So the pig was
liberated in order to see if the surmise
was correct, and Mire enough, recogni-
tion. sweet and tender, was soon wit-
nessed. They were followed at a re-
spectable distance for fully half a mile,
as they diligently trotted home to-
gether, the dog leading the -way and
anxioti ly looking back every now and
titer, to see if his friend was following.
The little dog had been missed by his
master for long periods together, and
liis absence could not be accounted
/•tic United States
If all the wheat, corn, oats, barley,
rye, potatoes and hay raised in the
Vnited States in the year 1S0S were
loaded in carload lots of ten tons to a
car, they would make a railroad train
106,100 miles long, being over thirty
and a third times the distance from
Boston to San Francisco, or a band of
cars reaching four and one-fourth
times around the world. The hay
alone would fill a continuous train of
cars reaching about fourteen times the
distance from Boston to San Francisco.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURISTS.
8ome l'p-to-I)ate Hints About Cul-
tivation of tho Soil and \ leltls
Thereof—Horticulture, Viticulture and
Floriculture.
"o no rond now to T.elsurely l.ane,
here, lingering, one by mie,
Ltmrnoning bells of twili lit time
ver the meadows blown
nd us strolling our homeward way,
„!ad of the evening star?
Is there no road now to Leisurely l.ane.
God knows we.have hurried ai.tr!
—Ladies' Homo Journal.
Is th(
May
Sloop.
Some doctors believe that a man has
just bo many hours to be awake, and
that the more of them lie uses up in a
day the shorter his lifo will be. A man
might live to be 200 if he could sleep
most of the time. The proper way to
economize time, therefore, is to sleep
when there is nothing better to do.
i.aige roc*.
Sir Edwin Landseer received alto-
gether between N.000 and 3,000 pounds
for designing the four lions which
decorate, the bate of the Nelson col-
umn. Sir John llawkshaw, prince of
civil engineers, got 5,500 pounds for
designing the Severn tunnel. Turn.T
received 10,000 po'.mds for his "Dido
Building Carthage," which now hang3
in the National gallery; but it took
him over eighteen months to paint it.
Mcissonler has twice asked and re-
ceived 20,000 pound1; for palntin;; a
portrait. The biggest genuine, com-
mission ever disbursed to ft firm of
auctioneers was paid by the Duke of
palace
every part of this country, provided,
of course, that they are sown in time:
Of winter wheat: Turkey, Mennonite,
Pringle's No. 5. Rleti, Odessa, l'ringle's
Defiance. Of spring wheat: Havoc's
Blue Stem and Saskatchewan Fife.
Two early varieties which are quite
susceptible to rust, but which usually
ripen early enough to escape the worst
effects of it, are lCurly May and Zim-
merman. ,
til'T E. MITCHELL.
for till my friend solved the mystery. | Hamilton over the Hamilton
vidently a strong attach- sale of 1882-25,000 pounds The
There was
ment between them, but whether it
was the force of this attachment or
anxiety to look after his master s in-
terests, the conduct c£ the dog was
equally wonderful.
How tiio eitnnt octopus t:at .
From San Francisco Call: "Never
before had it fallen to my lot lo see
the terrible monster we encountered
on the last passage from San Francisco
toward Nanaimo in the bark Willscott
of Honolulu," said a skipper the other
day. "We knew that the octopus grew
to an immense size, as Banks and Sol-
ander, who accompanied Capt. Cook in
his first voyage around the world,
found the dead carcass of oue floating
on the water to the westward of Cape
Horn. It was supposed to be twenty
by thirty feet, the body only; the ten-
tacles were hanging under the water.
It was surrounded by myriads of birds,
which were feeding greedily on its re-
mains. Pliny also mentions a similar
monster, having eight arms thirty feet
long and a corresponding girth, and
many other writers, too numerous to
mention, have certified to its actual ex-
istence. But I did not believe* that any - i
thing similar to the terrible 'devil fish |
described by Victor Hugo was really in
existence until I had ocular demonstra-
tion of the fact on this passage. It3
eyes were large, of a greenish tint and
somewhat protruding; its mouth, how-
ever, was not so very large, and it ap-
peared to be shaped like a parrot's
bill; its tentacles were tapering, and,
like its body, of a grayish color, cov-
ered with spots. It appeared to pos-
sess the chameleonlike power of chang-
ing the color of these spots in a most
extraordinary manner as fast as the
eye could detect the changes; they
varied from a very rich crimson to a
dark, dull brown, these changes, no
doubt, indicating the high state of ex-
citement under which the creature was
at the time. Suddenly the octopus dis-
charged a huge jet of a dark-colored
fluid full Into the eyes of a sunlish, and
then, rushing forward with the rapid-
ity of an arrow, it encircled its prey
with the long tentacles, and in another
moment the victor and vanquished had
disappeared below the surface of the
water. In a few moments more v.e
had sailed right over the scene and
found the water was colored almost
black for a space fully 200 feet in diam-
eter, and we noticed an odor sligiiti)
resembling iodine rising from the wa-
ter; our patent log line of snow-white
cotton, which was towing astern, was
colored almost black, and it has not
vet assumed its white freshness, al-
though it was towed in the water fully
800 miles since the above episode.
About twenty minutes after we had
sed over the spot wo saw the huge
again on the surface enjoying
its meal in a very leisurely manner,'
rolling the body of the uni..rtun.'.:o
■■unii. h over and over and biting off
large mouthfuls with its cruel-looking
beak 1 knew before that these huge
octopods and their relatives, the deca-
pods. were not altogether mythical, as
they have at the United State.-, national
| i'l W.I «'
macho cast of one of the latter whic.i
was tound stranded on the north shore
of Trinity bay, Newfoundland, on the
22d day of September, 1877. The total
b tr-.h of this specimen, Including ten-
tacles, was only sixty feet, •••> it Is
quite safe to infer that it had not bo-
, i me of age when it was wreck...I. '
Clever Tricks of Havens.
Many stories are told of the clever- ttcmarknhi
lioi-s of the raven, a bird that ically
seeni3 to have reasoning powers. One
of these stories tells how a raven by a
skilful stratagem got a young hare for
its dinner, says the Philadelphia
Times. It had pounced upon the little
animal, but the mother hare drove It
away. Then the raven slowly re-
treated, encouraging the mother to fol-
low him, and even pretending that he
was afraid of her. In this fashion he
led her a (considerable distance from
the young one, and then suddenly, be-
fore the hare had time to realize the
meaning of the trick, he rose in the air,
flew swiftly back, caught the voting
hare in his beak and bore it away. A
similar plan was adopted by some
ravens that wished to steal food from
a dog. They teased him till he grew
so angry that he chased them from the
spot, but the artful birds turned sharp-
ly around, easily reached the dish be-
fore him and carried off the choicer
bits in triumph. As to the raven s j
power of speech, the following iitoty
will show how aptly it can talk. A
jentleman while traveling through a
wood in the south of England was
startled by bearing a shout of "Fair
play, gentlemen; fair play!" uttered
in loud tones. The cry being present-
ly repeated the gentleman thought it
must proceed from some one in dis-
tress and at once began to search fot
him. He soon discovered two ravens
fiercely attacking a third. He was so
struck with the appeal of the oppressed
bird that he promptly rescued him. 11
turned out that the victim was a tame
raven belonging to a house in the
neighborhood, and the cry that it had
used so opportunely was one of man]
that it had been taught to utter.
largest fee ever earned by a jockey was
the 23,000 pounds paid by the Count de
Lagrange to Harry Grtmshaw when lie
steered Gladlateur to victory in thhe
Derby of IS$3
JOHN C. HUBIKGER.
( n.of ,1 Well-Known
■ tern Cai>ll:ill t, Manufact-
urer mid 1'Iillanth rol l*t.
Among the leader of the progressive
flement for which the midle west is
Famous, Mr. John C. Hublnger.O* Keo-
kuk, la., reigns without a peer. As
n manufacturer, as an enterprising cap-
talist and as a philanthropist his fame
has spread over many state: . and his
financial enterpris. have developed
many obscure towns into progressive
thriftv and wide-awake citie
Ilubingcr, although but 47 ;
ogc, can look back upon . en.
mcrcial victories, ea. ii c,i e ol v
benefited mankind, for i.i
us bountiful as his basilic
marvelous, lie was
leans. La., l'.is paren
and German origin.
vears old, liis famil
Mr.
7 years of
ires of com-
f which has
liberality is
i sagacity is
born in New Or-
s being of French
When lie was four
removed to Kcn-
ArranRomeut or Tree# on Country Fitters.
On plantations depends largely the
successful composition and coloring of
a country place. The flrst thing to con-
sider before you begin to plant is the
adjustment of your views, vistas, or
outlooks. Ordinarily, except wheru you
require for some reason a special out-
took, the entire outside border of the
place should be planted with a mass
of trees and shrubs, making a hedge
of irregular, waving lines. Ordinarily,
too, there should be something like
seven shrubs to every tree, the shrubs
standing eight or ten. feet apart and
the trees forty to fifty feet. This, rule
applies, of course, to only large grow -
ing shrubs; the smaller ones can be
tucked in round about. It is an excel-
lent plan to establish a lofty tree, like
tho elm, tulip, or poplar, at each
marked angle oi' the place and at eithe.
side o£ the carriage entrance. It tends
to give character to the entire lawn.
If you have room enough, on# of the
ways of emphasizing certain interest-
ing parts of your country place, and
especially the pleasant nome charac-
ter of the house, i: to establish a grove
near that building. Set out the best
shadetrees elms, maples, beeches,
tulip-trees, liquid ambars, and lindens
—and let them stand forty or fifty tect
apart, so that they may grow into
broad and lofty trees, dispensing
abundant shade. Such a grove near the
house will give perpetual d aiglit
throughout the year, liven In winter,
during snow and ice storms, you will
find unfailing pleasure in contempuu-
ing the unexpected and magical ei-
fects of snow and leo in your
and moreover lind comfort in scc..in„
Its protecting shelter If you have
planted a few pines in tho mulst.
Planting groves means to many people
simply the setting out of a cluster of
trees eight or ten feet apart and allow-
ing them to slowly crowd cach o.asr
to death. Properly managed, the grove
may be the most delightful and a 1-
mirable feature of all country places,
except the smallest, and even there
one great elm or beech tree may be a
grove in Itself.
In adjusting tho vistas by means of
your planting, you should see that the
longest lines of view are secured. Let
them extend diagonally front corner to
corner of your place, If you can.
From "Small Country Places, by
Samuel Parsons, Jr., Superintendent
of Parks, New York, in Scribner.
Depll. to tuy Til*.
The depth at which tile should be
laid must depend on a number of cir-
cumstances, but the object should al-
ways be to get tile tile below the leaiii
of tlie frost. It is a well-known fad
that freezing frequently pulverizes tile
drains, which are nearly always made
of unglazed tile. It is probable that
the frost of the last winter, which went
deeper than for many years, did great
damage to the tile drains. However, It
Is hardly feasible to lay the tile so deep
tkat they would be below the depth
at which frost could reach in a winter
such as the last. But it is hoped that
we will not get more than one or two
such winters In the course of a cen-
tury. Therefore in laying the tile for
the drain we need consider only the
ordinary winter when the ground ovet
much of this western country freezes
to a depth of not more than two feet.
It is quite common practice to put the
tile down thirty inches, it being be-
lieved that the frost will hardly be
able to get below that. ^ e have
heard recently of farmers in Illinois
laying drains not deeper than two feet,
but this is a mistake. These shallow
drains might do on land that, has not
been worked and is of a clayey nature,
but they will not do on sandy land, nor
will they do on clayey land after tho
land has been worked for a few years
and lightened up. It Is said that when
tho Scotch first found out that drains
were such a good thing they went to
work and in a few years over 10,000
miles of drains at a depth of two
f, ct bad been lard. But this
depth was found to be by all odds
loo shallow. Whore sufficient fall can
be secured the drains should bo put
down thirty inches or three feet on
clay land, and may go even, four feet
on sandy land.
riff Iiudcti Imported.
The special agent of the Agricultural
Department, Mr. Swingle, who has
been traveling in southern Europe and
Asia during the past season, has just
returned, having accomplished several
things which may be advantageous to
American farmers and fruit growers.
Two of the most interesting items of
Mr. Swingle's work have been date
palms and flg insects. In Morocco and
Algiers he studied the best varieties
I of tho African date palm and sent
t over and made arrangements to send a,
largo number of small trees for plant-
ing in the date section of America—
our arid southwest, where the dry al-
kali conditions are very similar to
those in Africa, where this magnifi-
cent palm nourishes. Tho work in fig*
shows what intelligent perseverance
will do and also shows the advantages
of good quick transportation. The
dried figs of Smyrna are justly re-
nowned. They are large and perfect
and have the distinctive aromatic fig
flavor highly developed. Californians
have tried raising them, but while the
trees grew well, they were shy bear-
ers and the fruit was imperfect. U
was then seen that the blossoms did
not evidently properly fertilize and in-
quiry developed that the fig growers
of tlie Mediterranean annually brought
down limbs of the wild mountain Capri
llg and tled them to the cultivated fig
tiv s. Those wild fig blossoms con-
tained minute insects, which, crawling
from blossom to blossom, fertilized the
Smyrna figs, making large, perfect
fruit, full of seeds and highly flavored.
Various attempts were then made to
import these insects into California or-
chards, but without success; the in-
sects died. Hut this year Mr. Swinglo
kept sending by mail small lots of fer-
tilized lU',s wrapped in tinfoil, until
finally the object was attained and a
colony of the live insects was started
in California fig trees.
tucUy, in which stii'i* young Ilubingcr
received a public school education. Al-
most before reaching" man - estate he
secured patents oil a number of val-
uable mechanical inventions, thereby
laying the foundation of his present
fortune.
By inclination and force of circum-
stances his attention was early direct-
ed to the manufacture of starch by im-
proved processes, and in the course of
time he became the head of a concern
having an annual business of millions
of dollars. But genuine ambition
never quite satisfied with existing con-
dltions,-works ever toward perfection,
and after years of painstakir
and research Mr. llubii 'cr ha
pas
creatur
Curious Attachment.
i , v. re few tftlUKl WW8 ttltfT-
( ling in the natural history < l ani-
mals, or, indeed, nioio wonderful,
than the partiality which individuals
nt totally different race have ex-
hibited for each other, says tho Lon-
don Mail. About ten years ago a
friend who was rector of a rural parish
411 North Walt i bi wit ■ pig at 01 ol
h;S vilUl failt. It belonged to a
cottager who lived nearly tour miles
from the plaeo where tbe fair was
held and who had probably brought it
on foot from his cottage that morning.
The pig was driven up to the rectory
and placed In the sty, and on the next
morning my friend went to see 111*
new purchase and to turn him out into
the fold to tako an airing, where he
Great Age of Birds*
It is only possible at present to col
lect data from the duration of lives ol
birds in captivity; evidence otherwise
muse be very unreliable, and it is pure-
Iv a matter of theory as to whether the
natural possible life is greater than
tin t under the unnatural condition ol
captivity. There are records of a
nightingale having lived 23 years, a
tUrush 17, a blackbird that wgs still
alive at ..0'A, a goldlinch 23. skylarks
of 21 and 2V. Havens, ov.1* an<l cocka-
too? are popularly supposed to live to
B v !Ty great age, and the following rcc-
orq appear to be authentic: Haven,
50; gray parrot, 50 and 10; blue ma-
caw, 04; eagle owls, 53, and one still
alive at 68. Some aquatic birds ap-
pear to live to a ripe old age. for we
hea;1 of a heron of i>0, goose 80, mute
F.wan 70. It is doubtful If any of the
foregoing ages are any true guide to
the Iff ,• vli) of the actual families the
birds represent, or indeed, whether tile
possible age of one family exceeds that
of another, but the records are inter-
esting, and form a step in the ladder
of the Investigation of tills most dim-
cult question. Tho coloring of a bird
in perfect health and the texture of its
feathers lire exactly the same at 50 as
at 5, and those signs that are popularly
put ti nvn to age, sir a as bleai bed and
faded plumage and uii-.-.hapon ilaW3 or
. aro attributable to unnatural
cond'tioui of some kind. The great
tenacity of life 3ome birds possesss
when deprived of food is marvelous,
and tho following instances are given:
Golden eualc, 21 days; an elderduck,
,. . n aibatroa'3, 35, and a penguin
(.Voter o dytosl. it Is stated, can llvo
two months.—The Ibis.
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W'licot and Itust.
From Farmers' Review: As plant
diseases appear to reduce the income
from the farm, the farmers of ths
country and those who are supported
largely by them to devise aids and
means of assistance, are spurred to
greater endeavor to- overcome them.
There are two general methods of pro-
cedure. One, to tind some remedy for
the disease itself, and the other to find
some type of the plant which will nat-
urally resist the disease. The latter
Is really the most satisfactory, as with
the adoption of a resistant species the
disease may entirely die out, while un-
der preventive or remedial treatment,
it is liable at any time to spring up
again. Apropos of this general sub-
ject, the Department of Agriculture is
Opporlunltinft for Spraying*
Just now tho fall army worm is rav-
aging many of the lawns in our largo
cities and the owners are casting about
them anxiously for some means of pre-
venting its destructive work. The only
remedy seems to be to spray the lawns.
Unfortunately the owners have not the
implements at hand with which to do
the work, and some of them would not
know how to do the work if they had
tho implements and tho materials.
Most of them would gladly pay for
having their lawns sprayed, and wo
believe that at such times, if some of
the students in the agricultural col-
leges would take the matter up, they
might make a .good deal of money.
This would be a boon to certain stu-
tfeiita that are trying to work their
way through college. In Chicago espe-
cially opportunities for such work
would certainly be foupd.
A few years ago the writer of thl3
Was in Minneapolis, at a tiaic wh^n
the shade trees were being attacked
and stripped by insects. The whole
city was alarmed, but 110 one seemed to
know what to do. The trouble was
that no one man felt that it would pay
to invest in spraying pumps and ma-
terials, and probably most of them
knew nothing about such things. So
they stood by and saw whole rows of
shade trees defoliated. Wo trust that
this thought will he taken up by some
and
Pennsylvania Seeking a Butter Stan-
dard. -The Pennsylvania department
of agriculture ha.; been advocating tho
ncce.-sity for a butter standard and ha-i
recently made analyse ; of 100 sample^
of butter collected in Philadelphia and
vicinity. Five grades of butter were
tested, including "boiled'' or process
butter. The average per cent of water
was about 11 per cent, of butter fat
about 8a per cent, curd between one
and two per cent and salt about 2 per
cent. Of the 78 samples of unmelteil
butter examined, only one contained
1 than 80 per cent of fat, and only
six did not reach an 83 per cent but-
tcr-fat standard, to which any dairy-
man, it i.i stated, can bring his butter.
The percentage of water, according to
the results obtained, should not exceed
14 per cent at the very most. The
percentage of salt is considered about
right when kept below 3 per cent.
Two thirds of the samples contained
curd less than 1.05 per cent. Curd, In
all butters It Is stated, should be re-
ouced below L\05 per cent.
preparing to publish some matter of our enterprising young men,
P . . ... . . . .,11 tfur jcftfiVthirig material may come ot
A Wonderful
Prinjess C.iartor} 1:1 has had a won-
derful dress made in I'aris, on which
her cbat of arms Is produced in jewels
on a white satin ground. For this
purpose the Ktonts had to be pieiced,
and, though their value was deteri-
orated, the dress as it Btands is valued
at $75,000.
To Waul* Color«<tl Sllli*.
Dipping any colored silk In strong
salt and water before it is washed will
preserve its color and brightness, and
prevent the colors running.
$1.00. Wat
premium nnnouiicciiii i.'-j o wlnen
every lady will fcriai \v want to take
advantage.
While Mr. llubii'gcr will devote his
best cu«rpi"S lo the rim -"!>'r
this new and wonderful Match, In
not retire from the various ilnnncial
enterpri.- s in which he is iultrnsted -
street railways, electric lis'iilinv: plants
ti nd iIfe Ml««ui ppl Valley Telephone
Co., with 10,000 telephone aubscribers
in Minneapolis and St. Paul- nor will
his augmented nclivitt interfere with
bis social obligation- and <-serclse "f
the splendid hospitality which 'lt' dla*
penies at bis palatial Keokuk home.
Mr. Hubinger'i family, consisting of
hitnftelr, wife and four children, is the
pivot around which hi^ activity re-
volves, and while f' 11il of promoting
great enterprise*,, he i* still fonder of
his home circle, where hi spends evcr\
moment of time not tnUen up by btui-
ucBs or public cares.
< of
will
which will interest fanners in all
states. It Is on cereal rusts. It Is a
remarkable fact that notwithstanding
tho immense and world-wide damage
done by rusts, no investigations have
been made on the subject, outside of
the United States aiiil Australia. In
the Important cereal regions of Russia,
India and the Argentine, practically
nothing is known about rusts, llere
is a case where jt appears much more
practicable to light rust through the
production of rust resistant species and
varieties than through attempts at
treatment of the disease. It would not,
for instance, be convenient to spray a
wheat Held. Rust on cereals 13 a plant
life- a fungus which draws its suste-
nance from and at the same time ruins
the host plant. Mr. Mark A. Carleton,
the rust specialist of the Department
of Agriculture, states It as his opinion
that the average annual loss from rust
In the United States far exceeds that
due to any other enemy, Insect or fun-
gous, and often equals those from all
other.c combined.
Tho most common wheat rust Is
what is known as the orange leaf rust.
So far as the ordinary wheats are con-
cerned, Mr. Carleton states, the resis-
tant varieties aro its a rulo somewhat
dwarfed, are close and compact and
stool but little. The leaves, compara-
tively few in number, are stilt, narrow,
and erect, with a mor> or less tough,
dry cuticle, often with a glaucous or
waxy surface; heads compact and nar-
row; and grains hard, red, small, and
heavy. lit other words, the clutrac-
terlstlcs ot these wheats are about the
same as those of tlio wheats of seml-
crld regions. Fortunately such varle
Apples for Kurope.—Apples for ex-
port should be honestly and tightly
packed with sound fruit; sample bar-
rels are entirely emptied in the pres-
ence of .the buyers. They should bo
packed in clean packages, well coop-
ered, and the head of tho barrel
should bo neatly stenciled with the
name of the variety, giade and some
shipping mark; the English law also
requires the letters, "U. S. A." to be
on every barrel shipped to that coun-
try. Export apples should be shipped
as soon as practicable after packing,
and if held in storage for a consider-
able length of time, should be entirely
repacked. The best varieties for ex-
port are the hard anil best colored
fruit.—C. It. Lawrence.
Sulphur and Salt.—It Is still a dis-
puted point as to whether sulphur
added to salt Is of any benefit to cattle
or sheep, says Prof. Thomas Shaw. It
has been claimed that sulphur will help
to remove the ticks from sheep when
thus fed. Whether It has any decided
influence In this direction Is uncertain,
but It will not wholly remove them.
That it helps to preserve the health of
cattle or sheep Is not an established
fact, but there would seem to be no
harm at least from using It In modera-
tion. As much as ft tcaspoonful may be
added to a very few pounds ot salt, but
usually a less quantity Is fed when it
Is used.
Dryness and Root Injury.—The past
winter has been more disastrous than
any within the forty-seven years I
bavo been in tho nursery business.
Vineyards have suffered equally with
orchards. Blackberries and old rasp-
berries have suffered almost a total
loss. The young plantings of Loudon
are alive root and branch. Plum, pear
and cherry have not Injured In tho
root like apple, and aro giving a prom-
ising bloom. About onc-lialf tho straw-
berry beds are weakened or entirely
ruined. The thirty-seven cold days of
last winter aggregate 327 degrees be-
low zero, llut why the frost should
have gone down seven feet is a mys-
tery 1 cannot fathom. True, the ground
was bare, but the excessive deep freez-
ing Is beyond precedent. Tho ground
was In good condition when it frozo
up, but the continuous evaporation
from the dry surface must have been
the cause of the root injury.—George
J. Kellogg, iu Wisconsin Horticultur-
ist.
A Chicken Trust.—The Leaven-
worth Times says: "Tho three larg-
est poultry and produce dealers in
the West havo organized a chicken
trust at Fort Scott and capitalized it
under tho laws of Missouri for $300,-
000. The general offices will be at
Springfield, Mo. Throughout Kansas,
Ml . oiiri, Arkansas, Kentucky and
other states, tho company has well
established buying stations, and tho
aggregate busines s of the threo firms
hut year is said to have amounted to
several million dollars. They buy and
ship chickens and eggs. It is esti-
mated (hat an average of a train-load
a day from Kansas alono Is handled
by them."
Location of Incubator.—An inctiba-
tles produce the finest grain and most j lor should never bo placed In a wet or
nutritious flour known, and aro usual- j poorly ventilated cellar, nor any p ,t
ly hardy, drought-re 1st.eg sorts. How- ] that would be ilungi nun. to tho health
over, HO matter what the other coa- I of human b«IngB.. A dry and ren-
ditions, every variety will rust, even 1 ventilated cellar will answer nhely, as
considerably, If it matures late. Early ,
maturity is therefore another impor- i
tant quality. For rust freedom and
for other purposes an early-maturing,
hard, red, frost-resistant, and drouth-
resistant winter sort is the ideal one
for the great portion ot our wheat
roglon.
Judging from all the experiments
and observations of the Department of
Agriculture, the following varieties, al-
ready well known and good standard
sorts in other directions, may be rec-
ommended as likely to prove consldi
erablr tesiBtant to orange leaf rust In
the cellar Is not eusceptiblo to the sud-
den outside change as a room abovo
ground; but if at all damp, It Is much
better to keep it In a room abovo
ground. Wherever it Is kept tho air
must be kept no puro as posslblo by
ventilation, w ithout strong draughts. -
Exchange.
Dusty Rhode< -Yes; I've been
stupped on all my life.
Mrs. Dogood— Your mother didn't
"step on" you, did she?
Dusty Rhodes—Yep; sho was a step-
mother.—N. Y. World.
Overfeeding.—When any kind of
howel dlsi aso exists the cause may be
traced to tho food—usually too much—
but some times too much green bone,
or letting the birds out on stubble-
fields may be the obsta'cles. As a r.ulo
overfeeding is tho cause. Ths remedy
is to change tho food and reduce tho
quantity. Tho males are also fat, and
If they arc removed from the flock the
log weakness will disappear, as well
as the blindness, the real difficulty be-
ing spinal affection. Tho medicines
u 1 should bo avoided, as less food
and removal ot the males is all that is
necessary.—Ex.
Paring Hoofs of Sheep.—Many far-
is,. : | art keeping slirep this year for
the first time in many years. To all
such It may be wiso to suggest paring
the hoofs early In the spring, or be-
fore they are turned out to pasture.
In the barnyard, always treading on
■•oft, fermenting manure, the sheep's
hoe.IV grow too long and develop foot
rot if it Is pastured on low, wet land.
On rocky, hlsli and dry land, the sheep
wears off Us hoofs on the sharp edges
of tho rocks. It Is probably Instinct
that teaches the sheep at night to seek
a high and dry place to sleep upon.—
Ex.
Never resurrect an evil that has been
fairly burled.
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