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The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1886-04-20

MIR Frank " hIlt. uI NN--t. -Ittuf
SUNDAY I'M the civ.
Mis-, Katie. durhtcr oi t.ru. "
I. Cnbrl. of Dnuut.. b. ia fine rit,.u.
uur.t of cant. ana MIR. T. A. Blair
North Fifteenth street.
General W. H.. C,,hcl Tinted states
marshal for the northern district of
Texas. arrived from balm. Nc-tcr,iu,
nnd " I'M be- in attendance al the ted
.rrnI district court.
Mis-, tm,, MIntrr. % rhntmiup and
It,,,omp,i-hrd ,omp H,u,. and "a belle
of Abilene Tc\. is visiting lrrud-
alId relative. ia the rtN. Ni- Min.
/ ter be a former rc-id,w of Nllru. nud
Inns man, friends here who viii hc
rrolld to learn of nrr arrival.
Miss Fnyia. SECOND daughter ut
Judge i. ". Hall. accompanied mr
+ father sunday uu bis rrtuu Go Im-
/ cily tn resume count. Miss HAIL will
/ remain a few .wcrh, with tuc mI.,,
/ sister Mir. NJ. A. popup. boo order tu
/ recruit her dclirnir health.
I Iudgr {. II. MiurruI \ irsu.uNhD.
/ .prut len duN~ ia Muu three lwr-
| since. which led to nm Investment BOO
| stock aud ranch two ycur- suc, boo
| Hunt county, whore bee has spout the
I Inst Two months, leaves tor Virginia
/ to morrow aud will return with mm-
/ lis To 1rNu, ucNtmll The judge -ay
the Improvement in Waco hu, been
almost magical Judge Niucr no
1 company with Dr Bcliic, called Mt
/ TINS ENAMI>rR office yesterday, uu
hour of genuine pleasure.
At the Lehman House Levi Pat
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county. of Che Text election
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ty. subject Go tuuncuuu OF iut democrats u
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IS Harris d. nrpuIliAtr flr rD election tu
boo onI0, ui sh,unW MUl,uuIl county.

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The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1886-04-20
CONNIE
GENERAL COTTON RECEIPTS

aAiyr-ros NuUI rn. following l.
ID comparative -u,u.u,.l OF cotton f.u.iI. go
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STRUGGLING ron cu,,p.
Father aud nothct 10th want Thctt
Dear. bright Lutte thiid.

~ a.hAAN' hNNN
II VIII bc remembered that some
time last week Mr. a. @. Pierce. a
resident OF hin county. went to T,-
Ter aud attempted to nkc forcib.r
possession of his little -iN.,car old
girl, who was with her mother. but
hc was frustrated iu hi- attempt Mr..
aud Mrs. Pierce were separated -rN -
cral ears ago, and the latter resumed
her former name. Trent Failing to-
obtain possession ut tlr child. MIR.
Pierce appeared before Judged. VI.
/ Hal and obtained an order placing
/ the little one i'm charge of m. sister.
Mr. VI VI. Boggcs-, of this city. until
the suit tor divorce. which Is pending
1 in the llill county district court shall
| be terminated. The divorce case
is SET for september next
The order was placed 900 thv hand.
Of the sheriff of smith county. and Dee
/ executed the process Whom the rN
| istcnce of the order became known
/ In Tyler the sheriff was waited upuu
aud protlcrcd bond iu amy sum from
/ $1,000 to $4,000 tor the production
/ OF the child in court ou the hearing
of the cause, II the mother WA. per
united to retain possession ot the
child pending the suit The sheriff,
alter informing the committee that
no WAS without Discretionary powers
in the premises, took possession ui
the child and boarded the train iot
Waco.
The mother also boarded the train
aud accompanied the child. "a, did the
father. The four arrived boo the city
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exports fus W'rk Great h'iin.u. . 10
France Continent .N. stool OF IuI''i
states uutiA this iH,. 800 fhIs .iaN Issi y,Hi
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N, beading pul ..,laus and chemists iYf ono 0
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NEW ORLEANS COTTON MARKET


NV Or.tA.s AIII l1.. I.ttIrr opened
hat.. a. .IrH1.. Is.rl steady. riH.INE ftHiFt p
lu . pulU'- Iphtl lNNu auUIriH.
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Ponds Extract Men mud women
Will suffer from a severe headache
When ten mnuirs -rrut bathing thr
head with the Extract Wubij afford
relief
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X Moblry isRcuuliintr for the ulnrr Ut
-ubISDttu uir uruuu ui iuy democratic pHt5.
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WyHre authorized tD announce Mr. fur .
'usHu H- u candidate i.r sheriff ui NUl.uuhu
county. 800 iUc uuNt election
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st 70 mac.mobi r. % candidate nt uuu,in'
llr OF thr tltst precinct
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-10-14
Utilize.
Oar Country Home.

Utilize your present resources.
Utilize all the home resources for en-
riching the soil; allow no waste of nitro
gen, potash or other plant food from
sink or closet, or stove, or wash room, or
stable, or swine house, or poultry yard,
or roadside washing, or brush heap; the
sand pit, forest or muck bed and little
care are the only means necessary.
Utilize the fertility of the soil by thor
ough tillage, drainage and subsoiling
where needed, addition of organic mat
ter by green manuring where desirable,
and by growing on any soil the crops best
adapted to IT'S condition.
Utilize your animals by making them
produce to their utmost capacity consis-
tent with health.
Utilize your fodder product of pasture
and meadow by feeding only profitable
animals.
Utilize the home markets by supplying
them with the products most in demand
at paying prices.
Utilize the Investigations and expert
ences Of advanced agriculturists.
Utilize your brains in every depart
ment of work and of life.
Utilize all that you possess before you
reach out for more, and success is yours
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-10-14
Swamps Made Profitable.
Read before a farmers institute.

Harvey Kent, of Wilbraham, Mass,
a large farmer with a good deal of ex-
perience IN reclaiming muck and peat
meadows, began the work about 20 years
ago. The meadow was so soft that it
would not hold up a team, and would
crack down 10 to Is inches when dry in
the summer. He put bitches SO as to
draw the water down about two feet be-
low the surface, plowed where he could,
cut the boys on the remainder, har-
rowed and ssowed on timothy. In the
winter when the ground was frozen he
drew on sand Che thought earth or loan
would) to the depth of about two inches.
The grass had no trouble to come up
through the sand and the sand combined
with the muck and grass roots and made
turf which would sustain team or
wagons. With one application of manure
he thought he had cut three tons to the
acre for five or six years, and with an oc-
casional dressing since had cut heavy
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-10-14
FARM, HOME AND GARDEN
THE P0PLARS.
From Macmillan $ Magazine. 7

Shivering and wretchedly three pogIars tall
Sway in the twilight of city high
Mtre at their feet, above them cloudy sky.
Girt by the limits Of a meagar wall
Ger which che thin gloom of their shadows
fall
And yet beyond them, hid from mortal
eye
The Easts mysterious magic gardens lie
Where The rapt nightingales forever call
From towering rose and myrtle.
At gate, unseen by men, an Ethiop doth
stand.
Finge~ on lip to lead them through the
land
To the dim vastness OF cool courts, where
late
Watches unearthly Beauty All! there be
Spells subtle woven by those wizards threeI
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-10-14
Good and Bad Butter.
Prairie Farmer


The establishment of creameries has
accomplished one good, apart from finan-
c1al benefits accruing to owners and pa
irons. They have made the public bet
ter acquainted with what good butter
really is, ard consumers are becoming
more exacting as to quality. This will
compel the manufacture of better ar
ticle by farmers and dairymen. Former
ly in local markets ''butter," whatever
the flavor, color or other characteristics.
all sold at the same price. Now except
in some of the smaller towns there is a
wide range in the price. At some coun-
try stores all butter is still bought at a
uniform price, sufficiently low to allow
the dealer to make the necessary CLASH
fcation of ''choioe ROLL" good country
''Old grease" etc. Many butter-makers
would be surprised and mortified if they
knew how much of their product went to
the latter class. These country dealers
dislike to offend their customers by tell
ing them that their butter is inferior to
that made by others, as farmers wives
especially are sensitive on this subject.
The result is that those who make a real
II good article object to helping to pay
for inferior products, and send their but
ter to market where classification is
made. Thus the zone price" butter deal
is losing his trade, and the time will soon
be when butter will sell everywhere &C
cording to quality. This will prove a
great stimulus to the manufacturer of
good butter, and an undoubted benefit to
the dairy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-10-14

crops of grass. The past two years had
been severe for the hay crop and the
meadow had not produced as well, which
he thought was In part due to the water
having been drawn some ten inches low
er by drains below him on the stream,
and he had constructed dams to keep the
water at the depth of about two feet be-
low the surface. He would as soon have
sand hill as to have muck meadow
with the water drawn down three or four
feet from the top.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-10-14
Application of ManuPes.

The adoption of the feed and the crop
and the soil is a first necessity in the
economy of manuring; but more than
this is required to feed crop intelligent
ly. The form in which to use tee differ
ent manures, the quantities to use, time
and mode of application, are all of ex-
IRENE Importance. But even when aIl
is done that can be done in
this matter, when the combined wisdom
of practice and science has told US all
that it can tell US N regard to the judi
c1Ous choice and distribution of manures
it affords, at the best, but fckIe ana I'M
perfect data to work upon. 1t is not
merely a chemical composition of soil
and crop, for in every crop, nay in every
field, there are certain physiological and
other peculiarities that are important
factors in the problem, and some of these
are not yet clearly determined.
Whether the most soluble forms of
manure are the most economical to use
will depend on the nature of the soil, and
the season, and the crop, and also on the
practice of manuring. If the soil is re-
tentive, the season or climate is dry, the
crop short lived, shallow feeding one,
and the practice is to manure often and
give little at time, and then all infer
ences are in favor of soluble manures.
Even where the three first conditions are
reversed it may still be best to use soluble
or readily soluble manures. provided they
| are given on the principle of '1ittle and
often" Ammonia in the form of mira
ties or nitric acid is, in the absence Of
vegetation, or unless taken up by vegeta-
ton, especially washed out of the soil.
A soluble potash, or a soluble phosphate,
is not liable to the same risks of remOv-
al as the heterogeneous element of manures.
Still plant can only take up a small
quantity of food at time, and it is OBJ
viOusly waste to more than the plant
can make use of within a given time.
at may be alleged that the portion uot
absorbed bides its time and eventually
becomes useful: but this is very doubtful
1T is IN the last degree improbable that it
| all remains in the soil, for the very cir
cumstances which make an Artificial man
ure useful are those which lay open to
loss when it remains there for a length of
time" Both the soluble salt of potash
and the soluble phosphate are no doubt
taken up in large quantities by the plants
but any excess is soon fixed in the soil
and is not then accessible to the growing
crop.
Inc question OF hight or heavy manUr-
ing will, in a measure, be regulated by
the practice which is adopted in regard
to the above. The more soluble the ma,
nure, the less of it can be given proftably
at one time, and the more frequent should
be the applications. What the pay ing
point exactly is must be determened by
every farmer on his own soil, in reference
to the crop he is raising, and the climate
he has to deal with. It is point well
worth resolving, Need we add, that in
order to obtain full and healthy plant,
a change of artificial manure may at times
be necessary; that to feed plants proper
ly they may need to be dieted, just as dys-
peptic men and animals have to be diet
ed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-10-14

row. A delay of forty-eight hours will
often double the work, and a week NAV
entirely ruin the crop The best time to
destroy weed is before it comes up, and
the mere stirring of the surfrce for an
inch as soon as the land is dry enough to
work after rain will kill nine-tenths of
the weeds that have started.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-10-14
AN AUTUMN IDYL.
WILLIAM B. GRIFFING IN THE CRITIC

Through the golden grain she goes
Ra0ianLy fair;
Upon he forehead, flowers pressed,
Celestial youth and beauty rest,
And night turks in her hair.
The waving fields that needed not
Camila'S footsteps feet
Were not more lovingly caresSed,
More deffIy touched, more lightly pressed
han these beneath her feet.
She sings, and twilight's fading face
Assumes brighter glow:
- For me the summer comes and goes
As lightly as the wind that blows,
And no less free from woe''
Q lovely girl. ere time has filled
Thy halcyon days with pain,
Treasure the flowers the seasons give,
Gather them soon they cBnnot live
Thl onh winters frost and rain.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-10-14

parts of the country where it would doubt
less succeed. 1t is generally known as
red-top, though it receives in various
| parts of the country the names English
bent-grass, fne-top, Burdens grass, and
Hurd's grass. 1t is the practice of many
farmers to SOW the seed of this grass with
that of timothy and red clover. The first
year after sowing there is heavy growth
of clover which soon disappears. The
| timothy produces a good crop a year or
two after the clover has died out, and
from that time forward the red-t0p takes
possession of the ground. If the soil is
tOlerably rich and moist, the growth will
| be very 1uxuriant and the quality of the
grass excellent. If the soil Is poor and
dry, the growth will be small and the
quality very inferior. The grass is not
adapted to hillsides Or to sandy and gray
ely land. whatever may be its elevation
it will be eaten by all kinds of stock in
the spring, but animals will reject it later
in the season, as the stalks become hard
and why. Grown on moderately moist
land which is ordinarily quite rich, it is
very productive, and it is questionable if
any other kind of grass will furnish an
equal weight of green or dryed fodder.
Like bluegrass 1T produces permanent
sod, which under favorable conditions
will continue to be more productive year
by year 1t makes very good winter pas
turage, though 1t is not equal to blue
grass for this purpose.
Red-top makes excellent hay for cattle,
sheep, and all kinds. of young stock,
though it is regarded as inferior to timo-
thy of for work horses. It contains
larger proportion of leaves than timothy
and retains the color of the grass better.
The grass is tolerable easy to cut but
somewhat difficult to cure, as it packs
close in the swath and wiDdrows. If
spread with a fork or tedder, it will cure
very nicely. The hay is easy to pitch.
and as it packs closely in the stack or
rick it sheds rain we'll and is preserved
without difficulty. Is red-top hay is fed
in manager having tight bottom, con-
siderable seed can be saved in the course
of the winter, which can be sown in the
spring in such portions of the pasture as
produce inferior grass. In most parts of
the west and south, stable keepers prefer
clean timothy hay. During the past few
years horse owners IN the east have
shown e:ided preference for a mixture
of timothy and red-top. They state it is
more economical to feed , as horses eat it
cleaner than they do clear timothy. Red
top hay can be pressed into very cam
pact pile, which is a great advantage
when it is to be transported long dis
tances. In the vicinity of this city red
top is so common that the seed is self
sown in most fields, and naturally sue
ceeds red clover and timothy. The grass
is certainly worth introducing into por-
tlons of the country where no attention
has bee paid to it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-10-14
Value of Red-TO

Timothy is the fashionable grass in
this country for making hay, especially
designed for horses. With few except-
ions, owners of horses kept in town will
pay more for clear timothy hay than for
that made from any one kind of grass or
for mixture of several kinds. AS
timothy grass is easily cured, the hav is
not likely to become musty in the stable
or the stack. Farmers who make a prac-
tice of selling hay prefer to raise timothy
because it commands the highest price
in the market. They also like it be-
cause it is easy to cut. Timothy is easy
to introduce on almost any kind of soil
provided it has been under good cultiva-
tiOns for several years. In most parts
of the country timothy seed will germin-
ate and produce good plants if sown in
the spring or fall. One is more likely
to secure good stand by sowing timothy
than almost any of the grasses. Some
have called 1T the grass of civilization.
1t certainly should be classed first among
the cultivated grasses, as it is only very
productive when grown on land that has
recently been under good cultivation. It's
tendency is to run OUT as soon as the
soil has become firm or has lost much of
its fertility.
As timothy is the fashionable grass for
moving fields, so bluegrass is for pas
lures, On soils Astounding in lime and
which are well drained there is no better
pasture plant than than blue grass. All
kinds of stock prefer it to almost any
kind of grass Or cloves. It produces
small stocks but very large amount of
foliage. 1t springs up early in the sea-
| son, and furnishes a succession of sweet
green leaves till the snow flies. It furnish
es the winter pastures so highly priced in
Kentucky, Missouri and Illinois. By
keeping stock from a blue grass pasture
in ordinary growing season the stocks
and leaves form dense mass, of which
! only the surface is killed by the most
severe frosts. Near the ground the grass
remains green all winter. Bluegrass is
| very valuable for making meat, milk, wool
or fat. 1t makes excellent hay although
/ it is very difficult to cure. Once estab-
! lished in a suitable soil and 70 subseo uent
! seeding is required. The sod will i'm
prove year by year. It is, however, a
! somewhat difficult grass to introduce
| The seed is expensive, and is sown with
grain, as red clover and timothy seed is
and if covered with harrow it will be
! buried too deep. If sown and covered in
the most approved manner, several years
will be required to produce good past
| ure crop.
| A grass which is very valuable for both
pasturage and hay is neglected in many
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-10-14
A Difficult Question.
T;I d.

College Student. You saw the Apen-
mines, l hear, when you were abroad, Miss
Modern.
Miss Modern. Oh, yes it was a treat,
too.
College Student. Did they play better
thru the Detroits, Miss Modern?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-10-14
He Knew Her.
TpYac Giftipoc

Mrs. Often De Vorced. Is this bridal
veil material good. VIII it wear?
Mose Schaumburg, Jr. You pet 1t vas
first class. It will never wear out, no
madden how many times you wear 1t.
Don't you want some of our indestructab-
lie orange blossoms?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-10-14

City cousin lat ball, to country cousin):
considerable difference betwixt this and
hop in the country, is there not?"
Country cousin: swell er-yes. Ye
see, they wear close all over 'em out in
our parts"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-10-14
Poor Pastures.
Chica go Times.

In Great Britain, Holland, and IN some
of the best districts in this country land
is selected for a pasture, as it is for any
particular crop. Regard is paid to its
durability to produce large amount
of fine rich grass. The soil or sod is pre-
pared to receive the seed, which is select
ed with special reference to the prOduc-
ton of grass to be eaten while it is in its
green state. Great pains are taken to
render the soil as productive as possible.
Water is supplied or drained off as the
wants of the land may require. Weeds
or bushes are exterminated or kept in
bjectiOn. Fertilizers are applied as
they are to land devoted to cultivated
crops. Loose soils are rendered more
compact by the use Of the roller, and very
heavy soils are loosened by tho employ
ment of the harrow or Scarifer. Most
farmers in this country, however, neglect
all these things. Land is not selected for
pasture. IT it is too rocky, broken or
difficult to cultivate, is it is too wet or
dry to produce good crops of corn, grain,
potatoes or roots, it is devoted to pastur-
age. Land is selected for other purposes,
but the land for pasturage is what was re-
jected or unsuited for any other use.
Sometimes piece of land originally pro-
ductive is devoted to pasture purposes.
If this is the case it is generally after it
''has been cropped to DEATH 1t is first
planted to corn for several years, then
soWn to grain for period equally long,
and then laid down to grass suitable for
moving purposes. After the crop of
grass becomes so light that it scarcely
pays for the work of cutting, the farmer
concludes that the only thing he can do
with the land is to devote it to supporting
stock during the summer, when he ex-
poets to make the most of them. There
are no evidences of beneficent design in
most of the pastures in this country
They are the work Of chance or neglect