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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-01-09

Fruit orchards should receive generous
top dressing at east one in every two years.
Mo !eratr applications of lime and generous
ones OF wool ashes ara always profitable,
and Iho,phites are useful ii buried beneath
the surface; also Peruvian guano if slightly
covered, late in the fall, 50 as to become
thoroughly divided by winter rains Coarse
organic manure should not be- used i'll con
tact with ths roots Of young trees,
but chip-dust, fish, flesh and the
bones of dead animals, horn pithS
and honfs hair and old plaster and
all like articles, are good Tor growing
trees Pear troes that have not borne fruit
for twenty years have been brought into
full bearing by yarding two shoats beneath
the trees in August and September, in an in.
closure rod square, having their beds close
to the body of the tres. In this yard holes
were made with crowbar. into which ker-
nels of corn were dropped. and the whole
yard was rooted over and over 10 the depth
of eight to twelve inches, and many OF the
roots were torn up The next season every
branch was illsd wi plump, luscious
fruit. and for many years tho trcos con.
tinuel to yield bountifui crops
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-01-09
llturnl New Yorker

VS. have "A method Of harvesting viii n we
have have never sts,u mentioned, but which
we like over ~ much, it beats Il corn husISer
all out Of sight We pu. the corn in bundles
as cut, and set it in pretty large shocks, and
whom well cured on a bright day VIZ draw 1T
10 the barn, and run stalks corn and all
through an ordinary wheat threshns mn.
chine with the cOncaye droppei down, and
prepared on purpose. The machine Is run
by steam, the corn t. fed butt eni first, and
is huskei, shetlei and cleanoi all at one
operation and in tirst-cia,s style. No corn
il left among the stalks and tho big parts Of
thess are 50 broken that they can bs run
with the straw carrier into the mows, and
mixed with "A little straw. keep in tho best
condition. IL IL no large days work to
thresh from 500 to sD bushels Of >hellei
corn. In fact, when IN good order almost
the only limit Is ths amount that can h, got
to the machine. We, last fall, thre,hsi go
bushels in day easily, Try it and report
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-01-09

A is a rail or timber a. long as Gun bs con
veniently handled. The longer il ia tho
easier the work will be. b is heavy chain
or rope tied to a strong tree or stump which
you don't want to pull out. This tree stays
the rest Of the machine & is the long cham
clamped at one end to the side Of the timber
opposite b, at the other tied around the tree
that is to be pulled out ID is a shorter chain,
with one end also clamped TO the timber,
and the other loose, with hook attached. The
clamps holding and d should be fastened
by swivel bolts and should be four TO six
inches apart. f. is a third clamp to be used
for smaller tree,
1t is worked in manner readily seen from
the picture One workman bends the lever
toward the tree +, which is To be pulled out.
When he shoves it u far as he can the Sc
ond man hooks the end of the chain ID aS far
up as possible on the chain &. Then the pro
cess is reversed. The first man pushes the
lever a. far a h. can la kwnTi toward the
fulCrum &. In this way trrrnrniou, re-
is brought Ia bear on tn ruo', 81 small
trees. The -'oa~ing pro~,>, soon bring
Them ont
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-01-09

" b K.nnick huskei l3l.. blshel, II
corn IN day.
Don't bet the COWS drink from l-r,'s Of sta
ntnt water. IL contains poison S-r,IlN
The Iowa state Asrirultu al college. at
ims, has hal brilliant and -ucc,> stu
rear.
Cut 5 raw or cut corn stalks - very we'll
onre a iay Alternating with hay. sui are a
saving
Don't tie the hpr,ss ~ short IN the stall
that they cnnnp- lie down at night IL Is
cruelty "a animals.
The Orange County Farmsr lay, II you
ill rubber boots half full of oats when they
are taken OFT ut night they viii To- nic, and
dry inside ia ths morning
The grape yield in Ulster county, " Y,
this year was enormous Not few growers
cut a. high as 80 TINS from their vines
Many tons we're placed in cold storage TO -
kept till Christms~
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-01-09
Iinl,tein Cnttle.

\ farmer Shouli know all sides and all
opinions 4 writer in Our Country Home
says:
The writer has known something about
HolsteinS for ut least dozen years IN
we'll nigh diStinctively dairy locality, in
which farmers are supposed TO know some
thing about practical cows. The HolsteinS
were introduced under favorable auspices and
were tried aS dairy breed under average
management and found wanting, Any
farmer who wished grades could get them
without cost, and even thornughbreiS da-
preciatei in estimation until thy ran out,
and almost every ve'tige of the original in-
portationS has vanished The cattle were
found to he great eaters, raw boHod AMI
difficult to fatten The cows were larg'
mixers, but the milk was so thin and poor in
quality that native stock beat them out
of sight as butter makers, both in quantity
and quality; even farmers who shipped milk
TO the city got ashamed of it and iii carded
the breed, That Is the plain unyarnlshed
truth as it relates to the ilolsteinS in our
vicinity. | have no grudge against these
cattle and will 10 glad If the new aSSocid'
ton Will give Us a better practical dairy
animal in this class than We have known
heretofore or than wc know now. The
average yield of butter per We is fou'
pounds, and 1T requires about forty pounds
of milk TO make pound of butter Other
breeds and their grades do nearly twice a>
we'll aS this, both in creamery and private
dairy experience, Ia our certain knowledge.
We wish tn Hol>ten Friesans no harm; On
the contrary, we hops they viii come up 10
the adopted standard, but it will taie
several years breeding for them to catch Ap
10 our common stock
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-01-09
IIOWn Register.l

If a good dry clay bed cannot be secured
at all times better retain the plank floor
But the clay bed is bes., and if it can be Of
about the quality OF dirt which will make
good trick it is better than black sol and if
it is inclined to robustness so much the bet
ter, as then there is au assurance that it con
tains the murate of iron. which Is healthy
for hogs, applied outwardly or inwarily.
Bennett saws: II is one thing 10 read how
thing works and another thing To see it.
We have noticed articles from such men AZ
ClarkSon and Brown saying that "A dirt bot
tom is the best floor to the sleeping place for
hogs if it is furnished with roof and hogs
allowed plenty of liberty We SUPPOSE
these men must know what they are talking
about but our faith was about 80 per
cent doubt as to its working satisfactorily
except in favored soils R'x this fall We
tried it. We left some thirty hogs in the
pasture and fixed things SO they could run
under a COW shed to sleep. The result was
that the ground was always dry and dusty
under the shed, rainy weather and all, and
not particle Of filth 20 be seen. We never
had hogs do so well before nor enjoy their
surroundings better, and we have noticed
the difference in other cases where farmers
have bedded their hogs on floor, the floor and
be.lding being damp and foul in rainy
weather and the hogs chilled AMI rough
coated. Provided that space of eight or
ten rods is put between the feeding place and
sleeping place of hogs they will prove them
selves the cleanest domestic animals we
have, and the dirt floor surprises Us entirely
in its suitablenesS as a / ed
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-01-09

What's the matterE asked mamma
"WatI, watts said he again
why. Won foolish child" exclaimed his
mother; there are no rats up ,tairS."
StH n seemed uncomfortable and dis
turbe1 Mamma called his sister Kitty,
next older than him elf to see what the mat
ter was Kitty could make out what he
said better than mamma could. But while
Kitty was trying to understand him strange
tn NJ happened a man came running in
the front gate and into the house he
snatched dsh-pan OF water from the table
and dartsl upstairs without a word Another
| man ran in at the back gate and snatched
the water pail Off tho sink, and he too sap
peaNI upstairs like flash of lightning.
The next instant the kitchen was full Of
men, who had rushed in from all directions
"1ladam, your house is on fire. cried one.
'The flames are bursting out the windows"
1t WAS quite trua One side Of the room
up stairs where Fred had been was sheet
of flame The fire alarm was sounded, the
engines thunder,.i up and there was great
noise and comnOt ion in five minutes
But the gentlemen who had got there first
worked bravely, and had the flames well
subdued before the engines reached the
spot The lace curta ms ami carpet were
destroyed, the lights in the large window
broken, the woodwork about it destroyed,
and the ceiling and wills ruined. Tint was
a large piece Of work for q boy To do in ten
minutes When papa came hpm from the
city in the evening h, was greatly su prised
to find mamma and the chill dren had had
real fire. 1t cost him'a pretty bill, too, to
repair the room and get new curtainS But
he did not mind that 80 mu h, when he came
to think how mamma and the babies might
have been burnt up, too, while il was
they were all safa
Fred told Kitty how it happened after he
got over his fright, and Kitty translated for
me rest OF the family. He said h. saw n
match upon the floor, on the carpet. sup
pose out Of IA million children there would
not h. more than one who would not pick
up d match AMI Srrape it ii he saw it upon
the floor. SO 10 grown people would do it,
too who on ,ht 10 knoN better He held IL
and wat med i'll il beg N to burn his fingers
He did not know what to do with it, He
had teen taught he must never throw "A
match upon the carpet 1esaw newspaper
lying near the window. so he threw the
burning match upon that II was the worst
thing h. couli have done, but the child
c,,i 4 not know that He stool and watched
the "a licking the cur ain up and curling
over h ceiling. Then he first began TO
think something was wrong He became
frightened and ran down stairs. He tried to
say ''mltrh' To his mamma, instead of
''ratS, but he could not talk plainly.
Altogether papa and mamma were glad it
vas no worse IT. was new lesson to them
and the chi drcn never to !e matches drop
upon the floor AT any time. If they ever do
pick them up at once. There is a kinder
garten rhyme about match -, which Is very
good. II says:
DO not srrape them on the wall,
Or on the carpet let them ia J.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-01-09
Mari.

Professor Keizis, chemist Of the Michigan
Agricultural college, has published an inter
eSting bulletin on this topic. tie says when
at the bottom OF muck bed, and shallow
ponds white or yeliowish white substance
is found. that Is mari 1t consists, mora or
less of lime AMI maguesia and i'll proper
ton a. these are large IN qu,n'ity N it will
be its vniuN a. a fertilizer Ii it, dissolve,
readily in common murmtir acid, with "A
tiIzng edervn,crn -, then u II composed
largely of tht-S. cIn-;ib! 'ntS, If not. not.
IL Is an excellent ferJ,'iz,r for light sandy
soil containing fair supply of vegetable
matter IT. helps open wet soils that run ~
moss and bunch grass. A dressing of fifty
or seventy five bushels 10 tn, acre is tho
proper amount 1t wants 10 b. finely pull
YER z'd AMI mixed with tho surface soil
Frscz N pulverizrS it better tlIan anything
else he ei! at of mari upon Il sol is some
thing simdar Ia that of spent LINE, except
that it II milder not 50 canItr.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-01-09
Gone.

| think upon the children whom love no NOR
could keep,
Gone all their precious laughter, heir sweet
form, laid asleep:
| think upon ia children. and vet | even
~tv
[ know they a.. Int pilloNrd on The Thresh
o.d ui the baN.
For them m their sweet beauty, the world
hal not stain.
For them. beneath the morning, the futur
held no pain.
Oh beautiful. dear children, your sweetness
gathered ia,
Knew not one day of sorrow, knew not nne
thought OF sin.
GFORSE H. COoHEE
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-01-09

The flower is a native of China, like 50
many other rare and beautiful plants 1t
was introduced to the western world By
Able Daird of France. 1t has Mt length
reached England and in due time will get to
America. We illustrate it beforehand, on
account of its rare beauty. 1t is an annual,
and the top dies down in winter But it is
quite hardy, and with the return of the sun
SPROUTS up AM grows, like Jonah'S sourd.
The flowers bloom in prodigal PROPULSION.
They are OF a rich blue color. with great
fragrance. The plant will be n most attrac-
tive addition to our supply of hardy climb
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-01-09

Tho>e readers who have kindly followed
this column will observe that Ne have given
no oracles ON the subject Of Silp aud ensi
Iage, potato rot or hog cholera The reason
Is that We don't know about them, Tor csr-
tain Neither does anyboiy else. The sub
jet of whether cn7ilage feed max good or
bad milk, butte ani beet has not yet been
settled Mr. C-..,.'r the hest authority We
know, does no = veil of 1t IN the book,
"How the Farm Pays Extensive expert
ments are now making in England u
test it
As to potato rot, from which the crop has
suffered so severely this fall, the cause OF
that, too is something no fellow can find
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-01-09
Ayers
CherryPectoral

Should be kept constantly at hand, for
use in emergencies OF the household.
Many mother, startled in the night by
the omnous sounds Of Group, finds the
little sufferer, with red and swollen face,
gasping for air. In such cases Ayers
Cherry rcct0ral is invaluable. Mrs. Emma
Gcdney, i59 West i2S ST., New York,
writes: "Whilc in the country, last
winter, my little boy, three years old, WAS
taken i'll with Group; II seemed as il he
would die from strangulaiion. Ayers
Cherry Pectoral was tried In small and
frequent doses, and, In less than half an
hour, the little patient was breathing
easily. The doctor said that the Pectoral
saved my darins's life" Mrs. Chas. Il.
Landon, Guiford. Conn, writes "Ayer's
Cherry PeCtOraI
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-01-09

out as yet. Some say It ia owing to the
cold wet sea'on, others that potatoes in
which the soil has been too powerfully en-
rched with fresh stable manure take 10 rot
ting. There are those who claim that IL Is a
sort OF epidemic or contagious disease caused
by the growth upon the tuber of fungus
This much is certain: 1t will pass away in
course OF time or cease 10 destroy the crop
like the po'ato beetle, the Kansas grasshop'
per and Us the pear Hight is commencing
to do
Last Of all, hog cholera concerning which
there is absolutely nothing new, and for
which there is no known remedy. When
one stops to tn NIX of it he is astoniShed at
how much there is that people don't know
When anything certain is aScertainel on
the subjects mentioned We shall certainly
tell YOU
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-01-09
BOYS GIRLS


Little Fred's mother was left without q
girl 10 do her work, so she had to go into the
kitche AMI cook dinner herself. She hid
four children, the eldest o years OLD. All
wanted to help mamma They were more
hindrance thnn help and would have beer
great nuisance to anybody lut mother.
But she played that they were helping Der
nightly, and ~ they were right happy.
Fred was the jolliest Little pest of all Just
too big 10 nv when he was put and not Zig
enough to be the least bit of assistance.
"Iou NAV 20 up stairs, Frcdli and
bring ME down til, baby's milk cup said
the mamma.
She VAS at her wits end to find something
for him to do, to make believe he was help
ing her
Freddy tolllcd Off, and mamma, up TO her
eyes in work, forgot all about him.
In about ten minutes the little follow came
down stairs His mamma saw that he was
pale and rather scared-looking.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-01-09

Tn, butter consuming public will be star
tlsi by the recept testimony OF New York
chemist that among tho sky different in
gradients used In the manufacture of cleo
margarine are sugar of lead, aulphuric acid
and boracic acids And yet these swindler,
inform their patrons that Theses bogus com
pounds are made up ouiy Of harmless mate
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-01-09
Saved My Life,

aud also the life OF my little son. As he
Is troubled with Group, ! dare not be
without this remedy in the house," Mrs.
j. Gregg, Lowell, Mass. writes: my
children have repeatedly taken Ayers
Cherry Pectoral for Coughs and Group.
1t gives immediate relief, followed by
cure" Mrs. Mary +. Evans, Scranton,
Pa, writes~ 81 have two little boys, both
of whom have been, from infancy, subject
to violent attacks OF Group. About six
months ago we began using Ayers Cherry
Pectorai, and 1t acts like a charm. In a
few minutes after the child takes II, be
breathes easily and rests we'll. Every
mother ought to know wha, blessing
have found in Ayers Cherry PICTORIAL"
Mrs. VIM. {. Reid, Freehold, Y. j., writes:
In our family. Ayers medicine. have
been blessings for many years. In eases
OF COhi5 ant Coughs, we take
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-01-09
FARM zGARDEN


There is so much to BE- sa d in tn column
concerning the strictly utilitarn that tn re
is not much room ior things whose iuStilica'
ton for being is their beauty. IL is ample
justification too, YOU may be sure of that
Beauty is not so plentiful in tliS imperfect
world TINT it should not be made the most Of
when we do find it,
For this reason we present you this week
the picture of new clematis blossom.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-01-09
Children OF the Day.

Fear not the westering shadows
Oh, children of the day
For rightr- stul and brighter
shall be Your b avenward way.
Rsplen tent a the morning,
With fuller glow and power
And clearer .han the MONDAY
Shall be your sunset hour.
FRANCES RIpLyy HAvKRoAL.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-01-09

Pulling Out u Tree by the Roots.
The illustration shows a home made STUN.
and tree puller which our farmers will fin.
of use Ii is from The Rural New Yorker
Morris tribune., 1886-02-10
Conduct of Crawford's Scouts.

NEW YORK, Feb s-A Tombstone IA. t.,
special to The Post says: "The reported
causes leading to the shooting of Capt
Crawford are confirmed by the arrival here
from Sonora of A. J. Huncke, a. citizen Of
undoubted credibility. He reports that last
month fourteen of Crawford's scouts, while
intoxicated, attacked a Mexican citizen liv-
ing near FronteraS They subsequently
rode into Fronteras, firing up and down the
streets, driving the terrorized citizens into
their houses, which they barricaded, pre-
pairing to defend themselves. The drunken
scouts had the town to themselves for a.
time The Mexicans banded, and were
ready to attack the men, when Crawford
rode into town, and by his presence sue
ceeded in drawing off the scouts"
Morris tribune., 1886-02-10
LoNDoN's UNEMPLOYED WORKMEN.
Some of Them Living on Il Relief Fund of
10 Pence n Week,

10 Pence a Week.
LONDON, Feb S-The distress among the
unemployed workmen of London has reached
alarming proportions and commands the at
tention of politicians of all parties. In their
desperation the workingmen are listening
greedily to the revolutionary plans which
are always seething among the refugee
agitators who swarm in London. Important
conferences are pending between the Demo
cratic Socialists and the Amalgamated So
ciety of Engineers, which includes in its
membership many thousand skilled and in
tslligent mechanics. The latest report of
the society intensifies the bitter feeling
among the members Over 5000 skilled
engineers and firemen are without
employment, and are being relieved
by the society at the rate of 21 pence
per week. But this has been going on
so long that 938, 600 has bean disbursed, and
the reserve fund is entirely depleted. The
skilled cabinet-makers are in even worse
plight They arc giving relief at the rate
of 10 pence per week to thousands of unen-
ployed members, but they have 10 reserve
fund, and the payments for relief come di-
rectly out Of the pockets of those who are
fortunate enough to have work.
The marquis of Salisbury Friday received
a deputation of unemployed workmen who
called to urge upon him the necessity exist
ing for government help. Lord Salisbury
told the men he considered the
question they presented more serious
than the Irish question. He how
ever denounced the policy in vogue
among foreign governments of fostering in
dustries by the granting of bounties from
the public treasury, calling it false polit-
ical economy. He expressed the hope that
the electors of Great Britain would give
parliament the power to influence foreign
governments to abandon such policy.
Morris tribune., 1886-02-10
Rules of the Senate.

WASHINGTON CITY, Feb. S-There was a
protrated meeting Of the senate committee
on rules Saturday, during which the resolu-
tion of Mr.. Platt to consider nominations in
open sessions; of Mr.. Hoar, to require an
aye and nay vote on motions to adjourn
over one day, and of Mr.. Morgan to take
recess of the senate each afternoon from 2
to 2:30 O'Clock, were considered. Discussion
of the Platt resolution took wide range,
and its author spoke at length in support
of it. Finally it was agreed that all Of the
resolutions should be reported adversely.
This, it is believed, will terminate the agita-
tion of open debate upon nominations at least
for while. 1t is understood, however, that
there will be considerable discussion over
the matter in open session of the senate next
week, there being number of senators who
are unwilling to acquiesce without. stern
protest in the defeat of the proposition.