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again cut, and yielded Mt the rate of over six
tons per acre. On September another crop
oi over three tons PER acre was harvest H. and
on October one plot was cut, when yielded
at the rate of over three tons per acre These
plots have made good growth for three sue
cesSive years The foliage IS very su"culont,
and the stock of the farm relish il very
much. The average height of the plants
Just before making the first cutting was
two feet four inches, ms near as could be
ascortained, though some plants attained "A
height of two feet nine inches The plots
were not MANFRED.
On July 10 | made a root washing led
from II bed of alfalfa The roots descended
quite vertically into the soil, and many Of
them were large and stocky. A foot below
the surface one root measured three eghths
of an inch in diameter, and at two feet depth
nearly one-fourth of an inch. Fibrols roots
were not at all abundant, though Iene-
trating to depth of four feet below the
crown, where IA bed Of hard, tenacious clay
was encountered One large tap root was
traced three feet ten and one lalf inches
below the surface. Yet in sandy soil or
sandy loan the roots of alfalfa penetrate TO
greater depth than almost any 9TH r
forage plant. AMI Mr.. Gould mentions an
instance in which the roots were traced to
depth of thir cen feet 1t is this ability to
penetrate to a great depth in search for
food and moisture which makes this pl mt
OF so much value in those regions where
shallow rooted plants can not b. grown ex-
cept by irrigation.
In conversing with farmers who have en-
deavored to grow alfalfa in northern New
York have been told that they find it diff
cult to make a catch | have had no d fiji
Guilty in this respect Sowing about twenty
pounds per acre in May, the seeds germinate
and produce plants that do not attain cut
ting size the first year, but after the first
year the crop is generous one, as four har-
vests the past season testify. | believe it
will pay northern farmers to give this plant
trial, for | think it will succeed in many
places. Simply prepare the ground as for
clover. In curing for hay 1t will be we'll not
to allow the plants to dry too much, else the
leaves will rattle off. The crop should be
cut before the plant is at all advanced in
blooming, else the stems will become woody.
If cut as soon as a good succulent growth is
made new crop will soon he under way.
For soiling or for ensilage | consider lucerne
an admirable plant 1t does not spread at
all, and if desired can be easily eradicated
by cutting below the crown of the plant In
trying it the farmer need not fear that it
will remain on his land as troubleso me
nest
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-06-25

Make a mixture of one pound of Paris
green or London purple to forty or fifty gal
Ions of water. At the bottom have hole
with a stopcock. Attach to this a piece Of
rubber pipe about five feet long, with fine
nozzle for spraying at the end. At a conven-
lent distance below and behind the barrel a
smaller p atform is fixed, for the operator to
stand on.
The London purple is cheaper than Paris
green, and just ms effective, The powder,
being a mineral, is heavy, and will sink to
the bottom, unless frequently stirred. In
order to get it thoroughly dissolved make a
paste of the powder with a little water be-
fore putting it into the whole volume Of
water. These powders are both arsenical
poisons, rememberl
The water is put in at the top. Have the
hole here large enough to admit a stirrer.
With this agitate the mixture occasionally,
to keep the mixture from settling to the
bottom
The object Of this arrangement is to save
both labor and time. The operator can
with 1t spray three rows of potatoes during
one drive across n field, in the manner shown
In the picture.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-06-25

Walter Lowrie Campbell WIS born at
Salem, O., in 1872 of Scotch Irish parent
age. When he was years old the children
at school where he was one day began
throwing lime at each other during recess.
A piece struck little Walter in the eye and
cut deep cash. He lost his sight from the
accident.
But he studied music so industrously that
at n very early age he became au expert
pianist and organist. He was music teacher
IA while. be received his early education at
the institutions for the blind at Columbus,
Ohio, and at Philadelphia Later he attend
ed the Western Reserve college, in Ohio and
graduated there. He afterward studied for
the legal profession at the Harvard Law
school.
Neither Latin, mathematics nor law of
fered any impediment to this victorious
blind student. He has been lawyer, editor
and business man. He writes with his own
hands by means Of grooved paper He was
mayor of Youngstown, o, while, and
made a remarkable record as a municipal
reformer, He is married, and has two beau
tiful children. BY his own efforts he has
amassed comfortable property He finds
his way alone through the streets of tho
large cities solely by his cane He has a
gentle, slightly melancholy manner. No
wonder the melancholy is therel
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-06-25

Charles S L umb describes his experiments
with what will prove very important addi-
ton to our pasture foods 1t isrich in nutri-
ment, and a heavy grower He has proved
that it will grow in a cold climate He says:
Lucerne or alfalfa (melicago sativa) is a
very well-known forage crop IN the far west
and southwest in certain dry arid regions
The plants belong to the leguminose or pea
family, in which are included the clovers,
peas, beans, etc. Its stem is erect, succuent
in its young growth, branching, smooth,
and produces leaflets in sets of threes The
flowers are small, and pale blue or purplish.
The roots are tough and stout, especially the
main or tap root The plant PRODUCES an
abundance of foliage
As result of several seasons trials | have
found alfalfa 10 make an abundant, vigor-
Gus, healthy growth in nor, hern New Yo k,
where the soil is cold and the tlermometor
will drop to fifteen or more degrees below
zero in winter On April 20 our alfalfa
plots begin a vigorous growth, and on July
the first cutting is usually made. Ono plot
yielded at the rate of over ten tons per acre
OF green fodder; another seven and one-haii
tons per acre On July II the plots were
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-06-25
THE WEBSTER STATUE.

photographed by w. G. c. KimballO
1t was but fitting that a monument to
Daniel Webster should be unveiled on the
anniversary of the battle of Bunker Hill,
for few Americans appreciated the result Of
that battle to the full ess that did the great
mind of Webster H. has left his thoughts
on the matter in the two orations he deiv-
cred over the commencement and completion
of the Bunker Hill monument, and these
two efforts of his shall always remain classics
in our literature On June L. in Concord,
the capital of Webster's native state of New
Hampshire will be unveiled statue to the
sturdy statesman.
The Grafton will be delivered by President
Bartlett, of Dartmouth college. There will
be pres mt all the military of the state, and
representatives from all the Dartmouth
alumni associations in the country, and it is
expected that there will be greater gather
ing in the city on that day than has ever
come t gether there on any previous coca
sion. George w Nesmith will preside, and
among thcs, who viii make addresses are
William NJ Evarts, of New York; Con-
gresham Bingham, of Pennsylvania; Gen
b. f Batter, Robert c. Winthrop and
Richard Oney, of Boston. At the concu-
sion of the ceremonies the Dartmouth alumni
will meet, and Mr.. Mellon Chamberlain, of
the Boston public library, will deliver an
Grafton.
The bronze figure is eight feet in height
and weighs 00J pounds. Its pedestal raises
ten feet above the ground. 1t cost
$1,000, and is the gift OF Benjamin
Pierce Cheney of Boston, to the state of
New Hampshire. No imperiShable bronze
was needed to tx him in the memory of his
people. But is we'll that he should be brought
often before the youth of America as an
example to emulate.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-06-25

Keep the weeds down
June is the weed month.
Ny son, if sinners entce thee to sign a
paper kick them heavenward before thou
consent Bennett
Pork packers are beginning to use honey
instead of molasses to cure ham, with, Mr..
Charles Muth says. 1t gO3s farther and is
more reliable
The family want choice sweet corn all
summer OF course YOU planted some of
Stowells evergreen the first of May, Now
plant some more every month, June, July
and first of August
Never salt butter more than at the rate of
three ounces to ten poupds-not quite third
of an ounce to the pound. Much so-called
butter comes to the city market that tastes
more like picked pork.
Many farmers continue TO keep shoes on
their horses during the blowing and corn
cultivating season. 1t will be a relief to the
horse and benefit his feet to be relieved OF
shoes for the blowing season.
Successful winter darying is carried on
by the use 81 roots for COW feed. Plant them
in time. There are carrots, mangolds, sugar
beets, ETC. anything but turnips. These
make the milk taste. Juicy foods keep up
the dow OF milk
would e-!armer set out year ago three
acres Of stra wberries, and never got a berry.
The reason was he set out only pistillate OF
male plans He did not know that some
varieties of straw berries are imperfect. and
must have rows of another variety plan ted
along with them
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-06-25


This press was finally supplanted by the
Washington press, invented by Samuel
Rust in 1920 From the manufacture of the
Smith presses Hoe made a fortune, as the
inventor died a year after securing his
patent, and the firm name was changed to
K. Hoe 81 Co. The demand for hand presses
increased so that ten years later it was sug-
gested that steam power might be utilized
in some way to do the pulling and Juggling
necessary in getting an impression. AT this
time the late Col. Hoe one of the sons of the
founder of the house, was an attentive lis
tener to the discussions in regard to the pos
sibiity of bringing steam power to aid the
press. Young Richard NJ Hoo was born in
1872. He had the advantage of an excellent
education, but his fathers business possessed
such fascination for him that it was with
difficulty he was kept at school He was a
youn. man of 20 before his father allowed him
to work regularly in the shop He had already
become expert in handling tools, SO that he
soon became one of the best workmen He
joined with his father in the belief that
steam would yet be applied to the printing
press, and the numerous models and expert
ments they ma lie to that end would, in the
light of the present day, appear extremely
ridiculous. In ls2?-30 Napier had construct
ed a steam printing press and in 1880 Isaac
Adams of Boston, secured a patent for a
power press These inventions were kept
very secret the factories in which they We're
made Icing guarded jealousy. In 1880 a
Napier press was imported INTO this country
for Use on The National lntelligencer. Old
Mai Noah. editor of Noahs Sunday Times
and Messenger, was collector of the port of
New YORK in those days, and being DESTROYS
Of seeing how the Napier press would
work sent for Mr. Hoe to put it up He
and Richard succeeded in setting up the
pres g, and worked it successfully
The success of the Napier press set the
Hoes 60 thinking They had made models of
its peculiar parts and studied them care
fully. Them IN pursuance Of a plan sug-
gested by K chard, his father sent his part
ner Mr., Newton, to Eng and for the purpoe
Of examining new machinery there and to
secure models for future use On his return
with ideas Mir, Newton and the Hoes pro
jected srnl turned out for sale a novel two
cylinder press, which became universally
popular and soon superseded all Others the
Napier included
Thus was steam at last harncssed to the
press, but the demand of the daily papers fol
their increasing editions spurred the press
makers to devise machines that could be
worked at higher speed than was founl pos
sible with the presses in which the type was
secured to a fiat bed which was moved back
ward and forward under a revolving cylin
der. IL was seen then that if typ could b,
secured to the surface of a cylinder, great
speed could be attained.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-06-25

Reuben Townsend, a New Jerseyman,
sends to The Rural New Yorker an ilustra-
ton and description of the accompanying
implement
II is intended to mark the rows and the
places for planting potatoes, cabbage, beans,
sweet corn, etc, The ground is prepared in
the usual way, and smoothed with the har-
row and drag. The marker is then wheeled
over the rows. The indentations made for
the seed are all the same depth and the same
distance apart. The frame of the implement
is made very similar to a wheelbarrow. The
wheel is of any convenient size, say two feet
in diameter Tie fellow of the wheel is
punctured with holes MS near together as the
closest plants will be planted. The markers
can be inserted III any OF these holes, so as
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-06-25

They nave two attacks of the fighting
fever, once IN the spring, just after shearing,
and again in the fail
The writer says that if they continue to
show quarrclsome disposition take piece
of leather about seven inches square any
kind Of Gather will do), and cut it with a
sharp knife in the shape shown in the pic
ture. Fit the leather over the face The
rounding places that are cut out fit about
the horns. Tie them firmly around the
horns. The leather will thus serve as
binder in front of the sheep. At the same
time he is able to see out the sides quite well
enough to pick grass, If he does undertake
to bunt his enemy he will miss fire and shoot
off sideways when he takes Il dying leap,
much to his own discontinue Holes for
the noNtrils may be cut in the leather and
it can be tied by strings still more closely
beneath the under jaw.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-06-25
Blindfoldinp Rams.

Here is a very simple yet ingenious ar
rangement to prevent rams from fighting.
A writer in The American Agriculturst de-
scribes it Rams are usually kept separate
from the flock during late summer and
autumn. They will stay quite contentedly
with calves or hogs, but company of some
kind they must have When two or more
are kept together they take spells Of fight
ing, when they must be looked after, or they
will butt each other almost to death.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-06-25
The Cabbage Worm.

The cabbage worm can be driven off by a
decoction of smart weed, or tobacco stems,
or by kerosene emulsion, made by mixing
sour milk with two parts coal oil 10y thor
ough churnng or shaking, and then diluung
with twelve times lis bulk of water, or by
mixing one ounce of yellow hard soap with
one pint If coal oil. and tn n with six quarts
of water, and 'prinkln- through "A watering
pot, or by busting with slug shG In
diana Farmer.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-06-25

the type. The above diagram furnished by
MIR. 5. d. Tucker, the surviving head of the
firm of Hoe & Co, is a fac-simile of the
original drawing in their office 1t was this
simple device, by the Introduction of Eight
ming presses" that revolutionized the news
paper business of the world, and made the
press the power it is. 1t brought Hoe fame
and put him at the head of press makers
His business grew to such dimensions that
he has i'll his employ in his New York factory
from 500 to l 800 hands, varying with the
state of trade. His London factory employs
from $50 to 2JO hands
And yet the great daily presses craved
still faster presses. The result was the de-
velopment of the web press, In which the
paper Is drawn into the press from con-
tinuous roll at a speed Of twelve miles an
hour. The very latest is machine called
the supplement press, capable of printing
complete a paper of from eight TO twelve
pages, depending on the demand of the day,
SO that the papers slide out of the machine
with the supplements gummed in and the
paper folded ready for delivery.
OF late years many other remarkably in
geniouS presses of other makers have come
into the market, but still the genius of r. NJ
Hos has left an indelble mark in the devel-
opment of the printing press.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-06-25

SIR ROWLAND HILLS DEVICE, 1888.
The above diagrams illustrate Sir Row.
land Hills method of accomplishing this.
The type was cast wedge-shaped; that is.
narrower at the bottom A broad "nicli"
was cut into its side, into which "lead"
fitted. The ends of the "ead," in turn
fitted into a slot in the column rules and
these latter We're bolted TO the cylinder.
Anyone who knows anything about type
will see the difficulty of using such a system
The inventor, Sir Rowland Hill, the father
of penny postage in England, sunk, it is
said, $4,000 in the endeavor to introduce
his method
In the meantime Col. Hoe had succeeded
TO his fathers business and was giving his
attention largely to solving this problem OF
holding type on q revolving CYL der. 1t
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-06-25
4 Blind Man of Ohio.

From Youngstown, o., comes the story Of
blind man, who Is as remarkable in his
way as the late Peter Fawcett the British
postmaster general, was The careers of
both show what a man can do who has a
determined will, though he is deprived Of
the first and crea est of the five senses.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-06-25
FARM AND GARDEN.


1t is painful work TO dus a large field Of
potatoes with Paris green, or TO spray it
from sprinkler by hand. This fact has
given rise to he following machine for per-
forming this work. 1t can be readily made
at home:
Take two old hind wheels of wagon and
fasten platform above them, as shown in
the picture. Upon this fix an ordinary
wat, r tight barrel with cover ut the top.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-06-25

All farmers know the fatal effects of
clover lJlont on cattle. | cure mine 10y tying
in the animals mouth smooth round stick
from three TO four inches in diameter
put a little salt in the mouth to make them
chew and swallow. In twenty to thirty
minutes the gas will pass of through the
animals mouth when the stick may be re-
nn,nA.nl
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-06-25

was not until 1916 that he hit on the method
Of doing it,
After dozen years of thought the idea
came upon him un Xpecte1lv, and was start
ling in its simplicity 1t was simply to make
the column rules wedgel-sh1ped instead Of
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-06-25

The recent death of Col Richard NJ Hoe
In Florence, Italy, closes the career of one
whose name is known wherever the news
paper is used to spread intelligence. He
was the senior member of the firm OF print
ing press makers, and one of the leading in
ventors and developers OF that great lever
of public opinion.
Col. Hoes father was the founder of the
firm. He came to this country from Eng
land in 1903, and worked at his trade of car
pentry Through his skill a workman he
was sought out by maker of printers
material named Smith. He married Smiths
sister, and went into partnership with
Smith and brother The printing presses OF
those days were made chiefly OF wood. and
Hoes skill as a wood worker was valuable
to the firm In 1922 Peter Smith invented
the hand press, Of which we give an illustra-
ton, and which will be recognized by many
an old printer, though many are in use to
this day.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-06-25
THE LATE MR.. HOE.

ONE OF THE CELEBRATED IN
VENTORS OF THIS CENTURY.
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Leave your order with l.uck and
your clothr, will br mudo to m Won.
George ". Mclaughlin ,clls md
delivers a big load Of dry stove wood
for fl6o
Fnrlry'- ice meets the hot wave sue.
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farlcy'z zee meets the hot wave Sue
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Give himA cnu
Lost. 4 horse shoe charm ui gold
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The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1886-09-14

The Waco whist club was gNuou-.
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Robertson at the rcridrucc of t,cm
Felix II. Robertson a most culuN-
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The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1886-09-14

MTs NlusluN's 7outhing -yfr Should A.
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The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1886-09-14

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Texas Soap viii mnlr the tamil,
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run line Of Stolsou hats at sanger
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