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Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-07-26
Feeding Light Brahmas for Eggs.

HeeuihS hISnt BfanmaS for Eggs.
Overlooking is injurious to all breeds,
but especially SO to Light Brahmas.
Corn should be excluded from their diet,
except In extreme cold weather, when it
may be given in q mixture of corn, wheat
and oats, as hot mash in the morning.
Oatmeal scalded and made the cons St
ency OF mush, into which handful of
dessicated fish may be mixed, is one of
the best egg producing foods that can be
given On alternate mornings fiaxseed
meal may be used in place of the fish.
A pint OF whole wheat TO every twelve
fowls is su fcient for an evening meal,
and tins should be thrown among leaves
or chaff to make them scratch for it.
Raw meat should be given three times a
week. cabbage fastened by string
and suspended from the center of The
hen house, just high enough TO make
them Jump for all they get, is an excel
lent thing. In short, any means that
can be devised to make them work for
their feed, with the exception of their
morning meal; and even that should be
light, SIMPLY giving enough for an appe-
tizer will be found of great benefit to
them.
From actual experience we have found
that pure-bred Brahmas, by careful feed :
ing, can be made far better layers than
half breeds. and if intelligently bred can
combine fancy points and eggs.
The object to be gained in raising
chickens for early market is to have them
TO weigh from one and halt to two
pounds in the shortest time possible.
They shouldie fed upon such food as
will cause the least amount of shrink
age. Exclusive use of soft feed will put
flesh upon the carcass rapidly, but of
such nature that the shrinkage will be
at least SIX ounces to chicken cdressed).
To avoid this, whole wheat shou d enter
largely into their diet They can be
taught to cat it when few days old by
crushing portion of it and mixing with
the who'e grains. The flesh of chicken
raised on soft fesd presents shriveled
appearance, especially on the breast after
dressing, which never occurs when the
birds are fed upon grains as we'll Moth
ing can lie more delicious than the flesh
of'chtckens grown TO weigh two pounds
IN eight weeks Farm, fseld anl Stock
man.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-07-26
VIII This be a Hot Summer?

The impression seems to prevail pretty
genarally that we are to have hot sum
mer throughout the country.
The Indiana Pharmacist predicates it
upon the following theory, which has
been advanced by others: The weather
seems to run in cycles of about seven
years, that is, when we have hot sum-
mer, it is always followed by cold one,
and it takes about seven years to reach
another equally hot. 1t will be remem-
bered by many that the summer of 1867
was very hot, and so dry that during
August the grass crumbled under the
feet when trod upon. The summer of
1868 was noted for its GOODNESS, the
thermometer very seldom getting above
IS degrees. and we did not reach the top
wave of thermality again until 1874,
when it was extremely hot. The follow
ind summer was GOLD to remarkable
degree. From then on the summers
grew gradually warmer until 1881, which
was excessively hot and very dry, no
rain falling for over nine weeks, and
there were more sunstrokes that sum-
mer than there has been in all the sum-
mers since.
The summer of 1882 was quite cold; a
few fakes of snow fell on the morning
of July 4, followed by hail in the after
noon, and during the rest of the month
and through the month at August the
temperature was SO low that overcoats
We're Necessary for comfort, particularly
at night. Tie summers since 1882 have
grown warmer and warmer, and last
summer was moderately hot one, but
unless all signs fail, the coming sum-
mer will be the climax of the cycle, and
a hot dry season may be expected. So
far this spring the signs have been
against the theory here advanced, but
possibly tho GOODNESS of the spring may
be succeeded by regular old scorching
summer whose temperature will rival
sheol for holiness.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-07-26
Pithy Paragraphs.
w atch and hoe.

Watch and hoe.
Breed up and not down.
Clean baskets and crates are good
statesmen.
Cut clover at, or just before, the hight
of bloom.
1t is highly extravagant to use low
priced mower oil.
Fine surface soil is a mulch that will
antagonize drought.
Fly nets to horses will save oats to
more than their cost.
Cut orchard grass in early bloom-later
it makes poor hay.
The hog doesn't object to seasoning
of curculio in his fruit.
Keep harvesting in mind for two weeks
before the work begins.
Paint applied to undried, unseasoned
wood only hastens decay.
II the weather is dry, mulch around
trees transplanted this spring.
Double the use of water externally and
discard hot liquids internally.
The less you disturb the sitting hen,
the better she will attend to her bust
ness.
THERE'S no profit in ministering to
hog diseased when the disease is swine
plague.
Better feed the inferior fruits and vege-
tables to the hogs than to send them to
market.
The secrets of large yields always and
everywhere are rich soil, good seed, and
thorough tillage
Beauty always attracts, and 1t is not
dishonest to send clean, bright berries
and fruits to market
Buying hay caps may be species of
gambling with the weather, but they are
good lottery tickets to hod
There is no place like home" and
when we observe some homes we are very
thankful that there isn't
1t is as unjust as it is unwise to shoot
the birds because they take a few berries
they have earned feast.
When the wife and children attend to
the poultry. it isn't fair to exchange eggs
for tobacco and machine oil.
To be thrifty an animal must be COM
Portable. This is true in the spring or
summer, as we'll as in the winter.
The work horse will be benefited by
spending the agreeable nights on the
pasture after it has made good growth.
Flowing under grass and clover makes
the largest addition to the soil of the
best kind of plant food at the same cost.
There is this difference between the
poor and the good farmer one com
plains of the bad seasons, the other re-
joiccs in the good seasons
good crop OF both corn and weeds
cam OF lie grown on the same ground at
the same lime, any more than Two rail
way trains can pass each other on the
same track. -.Aneric N Agricuiturist. q.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-07-26

am we'll satisfied that it is the best and
cheapest food in Kansas.
| Corn is the easiest grown, and the
best thing know of to fill silo. So far
| have used the common field corn,
Next year shall try the mammoth sweet
corn. One part of my field was listed
last year about the 1st of April, and
again the same way, splitting the ridges,
about the LIST of May We dropped the
corn very thickly-I should say the kerr
nels were about two or three inches
apart-intending to cut the crop for the
silo. The drought came, and this par
ticuIor field of corn was quickly withered.
on account of the stalks being close to-
gether. | concluded to cut up this
piece for fodder, and for the silo we
used corn which had been planted about
the usual distance of planting corn. !
had listed this ground twice, and some
OF 1t three times. This corn was heavy,
averaging about fifty bushels to the
acre, and weighing green about twenty
tons to the acre. | Judge by
weigh ng average loads. We commenced
cutting about the 1st of September The
ears were in the milk or dough, and the
stalks green clear down to the ground
and al oft twelve feet high. The corn
was cut and thrown in piles Four teams
were used to haul corn to the cutting
machine. Some of it we cut half an inch
and some an inch long. This made no
difference in its keeping. / used a four
horse power, and some of the time used
six upon it. The elevator is about thirty
feet long, one end attached to the cut
ter, and the other resting upon the top
of the wall of the SLID. [ think with a
good force of nine men that about forty
tons of feed can be cut and put IN silo in
one day. Corn can be grown, cut, and
weighted down in silo for less than one
dollar per toa, not counting the rent of
the ground.
MIR. Pierce finds ensilage to be the best
food for skim milk" calves. They
thrive on it better than on any kind of
hay, even when they have meal in ,addi-
ton. His cows give the most milk when
they are supplied with ensilage. For
making feed, corn or other grains should
be fed in connection with it 1t is much
easier to feed cattle from silo than from
hay stack. At the last man is exposed
to the cold and to storms of snow and
rain, in the first he is sheltered by warm
building. Much of the hay in stack is
blown away while feeding it out, and
more is injured by snow and rains En-
Stage does not blow away and snow and
rain cannot reach it. A silo, if filled of
suitable material, cannot be blown down,
and,it is not liable to be burned The
most successful cattle raisers in the state
are those who have silos.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-07-26
FARM AND GARDEN.
See to the Dairy Stock.

ffo' cssor l.. B. Arnold, one of the best
american authorities on matters nertoir
ing to dairy husbandry, declares that,
after studying the effects of the customary
treatment of dairy stock for over thirty
years ne is confident that 'scanty feed
~ summer thoughts, and pinching with
ntedless exposure to cold in winter, keen
'he annual product of the cows of the
country forty per cent. below what il
would be WI fair and constant rations
the year round and comfortable hous-
ing This is far from complimentary to
our butter and cheese makers, but only
confirms the recent statement of another
writer namely, THAT we need new
race OF dairymen, who will know enough
TO keep COW in milk giving condition
the year round. "--Ne,o York Witness.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-07-26
Ensilage Exnerience.

At a meeting of the Kansas Board OF
Agriculture Mr.. A. G. Pierce made a
report on building silo. filing it, and
fce.ling out the contents to cattle at diff
ferent ages. In this report he says:
The silo which have in use is built
Of stone, and is entirely above ground.
AZ IS 24x4S feet outside and 20 feet high
NY silo is divided into two rooms. Two
doors, one above the other, open from
zach room Of the slip into the barn on
the north of it. The walls of the silo,
Hrst 10 feet, are 2 feet thick; upper 10
feet is inches thick. | would recon-
mend wal % feet thick at least for q
silo 20feet high. My walls were laid up
in lime mortar, and the inside of the
walls and floor were plastercd with
cement. Such slo as have described
will hold nearly 800 tons of enslage
When filled covered with hay and then
laid rough planks over the hay, aud
weighed with stone at the rate OF about
1900 pounds to the square yard. 1t is
not necessary that the planks should be
groovcd or laid smooth. The weight is
of considerable importance in pressing
out the air. A silo holding 500 tons can
Z uc Uulit VI StOnt, cutilcty doONt SrOuuu,
for less than $500. One of the same
capacity can be built in a bank, or side
81 bluif, where the ground is firm, so
THAT the sides can be ccmented, for less
than $3.50. If were building silo to-
5 day, aud i high bank were convenient,
would excavate and build my siIo some
thing like a bank barn. would cement
the sides like cistern, and would put a
heavy wall on the open side. l would
& make portable or movable roof, which
could be removed while filling the silo,
and covered easily when full and
weighted.
: sajy stable is built on the north side
az thu tlio, and holds 100 head of cattle,
8 fastened in stancheons. In feeding, the
ehsilnge il loaded into small cars hold
4 inR about one thousand pounds. The
track Of the car is suspended from ths
floor above the car so as to be out OF
the way Of any litter that might fall upos
tAe floor. am feeding now abou
twenty-five pounds Of cnsiage twice {
day 10 each grown animal, ard abou
fifteen pounds 70 each young animal.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-07-26
Getting Justice.


Lee Meriwether relates very anus
I ing and yet annoying experience which
! ne had IN Switzerland in attempting {.
obtain justice. HI says that, while h
was taking stroll early one morning, h,
stopped at one of the numerous small
inns and ordered a glass of milk. "Cold
sweet milk, !" he said twice to the waiter
as otherwise they bring, as a matter o
course, either hot or sour milk-twe
favorlte ways Of taking milk among
the Germans. To his surprise the
waiter brought pitcher of boiling ho
milk. He continues the story as follows
repeated my order for glass of colo
milk. The waiter said he had none.
arose to 60.
"What !" he exclaimed. "You will
not payf' ard without waiting for re-
ply. he snatched my hat from my head,
and gave il to Che proprietor, who al
that moment entered.
looked at thdm with sort of adj
miration. Never had l seen such pure
assurance; never men with so free and
easy method OF collecting payment for
goods neither ordered nor used.
Gazing some moments at the good
natured lost and his waiter. took down
his name and number, and repaired.
bareheaded, to the police station. There
lrelated my story. The officers consult
ed, and finally decided the matter was
not within their jurisdiction.
Go, they said, "to the Friedens-
richter (peace JUSTICE.
The Friedensrichter was grave. bald.
headed / oh b. l..
case, the learned man raised his hand
and babe me stop.
"Do you not know" he asked "that
fee must first be paid p
"But, slr, 1 have charge of assault
to make. Must 1 pay for notifying an
officer of breach of the peace?"
"You must. The fee is two and half
francs
This was paid. wanted light on the
subject, and requested the address of q
lawyer. The Friedensrichter gave me
one. Half an hour later l knocked at
the door of the man of law, only to learn
that he was way serving his annual three
weeks In the army. The maid, however,
told me of another lawyer, and he, upon
payment of a fee for legal services, told
me the law was upon the milkman's side,
but that could go to the "Gerichtpra-
sident" if l desired further imforma
ton.
l went to the Gerichtprasident. He,
too, said the law was with the hot-milk
man. Then went to the rascally land
lord.
81 pay you" / said, handing him the
money and taking my hat, 81 pay you,
not for the milk did not order and did
not drink, but for information you have
been the means of my acquiring"
"What information2"
"That stranger may be assaulted
here without redress
The churl laughed scornfully; but 1
got even with him. My first act on reach
ing Germany territory was to send
the polite Swiss landlord large package
by express; the charges, about one dol
lar and fifty cents, ] did not prepay.
There was nothing in the package ex-
cepting lot of sawdust, and sheet of
paper with this single line:
Gum Andenken an den Mann dessen
Hut Sic gestohlen haben' Souvenir of
the man whose hat you stole.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-07-26

In the matter of curatives what you want Is
something that will do its work while YOU
continue TO do yours-a remedy that will give
You no Inconvenience nor interfere with VI ur
bu-iness. Such remedy is ALLCocK's PoR-
Gus PLAsTERs. These plaster, are purely
vegetable and abso utely harmless. They re-
quire no change of diet, and are not affected
by wet or cold Their action does not interfere
with labor or busin rs; you can Toll and yet be
cured while hard at work. They are so pure
thatthe youngest, the oldest, the m ast delicate
person of either sex can use them with great
benefit.
Beware of limitations. and do not be deceived
by misreprese ntation.
Ask ALLcocK's, and let no explanation
ersol'citation induce you TO acc pt a sub
stitute.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-07-26
A GhOuiish Industry.

A French paper describes factory
which is said to be flourishing at St.
Denis. France. Within its walls human
skeletons are made" in the following
manner; The largest room of the build
ing is filled with enormous kettles in
which the bones ofth corpses are boiled
until all the flesh is separated from them.
The skulls are prepared separately, and
in the most careful manner One way
of preparing the skulls of children and
Young people is to fill the hole where
the brains are situated with peas, and
then let the latter swell in water, which
causes even the most delicately Joined
bones to separate with out being in used.
After all the bones have been carefully
washed, they are bleached, either by
choral or by exposure to the sun, and
are then joined in another department of
the factory, and are made flexible by
means of brass wires. Most of the
corpses whose bones are utilized are said
to be brought flom hospitals, prisons and
dissecting rooms, and the latest husso-
Turkish war is said to have brought
much material to the. factory.
To'al abolition of slavery in all British
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-07-26

lnrestralned by collie, dire.
Headaches curse, or fever's fire.
Thoughts morose, or icy chillsY
Then use DIR. Pivrre's pills
DIR. Perce's Pur alive Pellets the oriein,l
and only genuine Little Liver Pills; rs cents a
vial. '
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-07-26

TOTAL abolition of slavery in all British
colonies occurred August |, 1888,
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-07-26
Conventional . oIonon ;, Ko..,.,,

There are eight post-ofiices in the U. S
whose names begin with X
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-07-26
A Bus.ness-iike Offer.

= FOR many years the manufacturers of DR.
Sagee's "a Sa,arrh Remedy have offered. in good
tha.. SoOV Tor case O. Nasal Catarrh which
they cannot cure. The Remedy Is sold b ;
I ruggIsts at only 80 cents I his wonderful
remedy mas fairly attained a world wide repu-
t a II you have dulI, heavy headache, OBJ
| sTuctlon OF the ma al passages, discharges
1 falling from the head into The throat some
! unes protuse, watery, and acrid, at Others
T n,rd le ~ mucous, puruent bloody and
putrui IL the eye, are weak, we terry and in
named; II there is ringing in the ears deaf
! ness, hacking or coughing to C ear the ihro,t,
/ eXpectoration o. offensive matter together
/ with scabs from ulcers: The voice being
! changed and has nasal twang; the breath
] oaaenslye smell and taste impaired; sensa ion
! Of dlAzlness, with mental depression, hack
! ing cough and gene al debility, you are suffer-
/ ing rom nasal catarrh. The more complicated
your disease, the greater the number and di-
Nerslty OF symptoms. Thousands of cases an
nually. without NANTES ing alf of the above
I symptoms, result in consumpiio ion, and end in
The grave. No disease is so common more de-
ceptive and dangerous or less understood. or
more unsuccessful treated by physicians.
There are eight post-ofiices in the u. s.
whose names begin with x.
Conventional ;" Monon " Resolutions.
II phereds, Tie M1non Route a.. ". A. & G.
NY Co.) desires to make it known to the world
~ large that it forms the double CONNECTING
INK OF Puliman tourist travel between fhe
miiter cl ~ Or FLORIDA ard the summer re-
BOY - ol the NORTHWEST; and
Whefeds, Its rapid transit system is un
surpas sed, its elegant Pullman Buffet SIeeper
ana CHAIR car service between Chicago ami
Louisville, Indianapolis and Cincinnati un-
equalled; and W.
-. Whereas Its rates are as low as the lowest:
Resotued, That in the event of starting on a
trip 1t is good policy to con, ult with y. 3. Nc
6ormlck, Gent Pass. Agent Monon Route, ia
Dearborn St, Chicago, for full particulars IN
any event send for a Tourist Guide, enclose 10.
postage.) 10
Whales come under the head Of animals in
stead of fish.
When a threatening lung disorder,
Shows its first procliyity,
Do not let it cross the border
Quell it with activity.
Many patient, young or olden,
owes quick recovery
All to Dr. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery.
The Island of Corsica offers a fine market
for cotton goods
If afflicted with sore eyes, use DR.. Isaac
Ihompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell at
25c per bottle.
Southern crops are in magnificent condi-
ton
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-07-26

M. r. faxon says in the Agriculturist
Roses, carnations, and few other flow.
ers appear to be popular at all times.
wh le others have their seasons and pc
RODS OF popularity, after which they re-
inln TO seeming obscurity. AS it is i'm
possible Tor one person to grow to perfcc.
tlon many kinds of flowers requiring
dl1ferent treatment, this fckleness in
flower fashions is not an unmixed evil.
In raising flowers. as in any other work.
1t IS the specialists who achieve the
greatest success. The beautiful chrys.
anthemums, for instance which of late
have attracted so much attention, are
most exclusively grown by persons who
have devoted all their energies to the
perfection of these plants. Annuals
have lately been much neglected, and
yet they are of the easiest cultivation.
and In beauty second to none. They are
the flowers for everybody. They may be
sown directly in the open ground, or, if
the season is late, in window boxes or
hot beds, transplanting the seedlings in
proper time Asters, balsams, pansies.
and many Others, afford inviting special
ties. Give the ANNALS chance this
simmer. and do not forget to plant
few seeds of the single dahlia.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-07-26

The upright body of dead tramp
was the other day mistaken by the Har-
risburgh, PENN, small boys for dunn
my, and was stoned accordingly.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-07-26

Mr. Scott, of Vauceburg, KY, having
at last made up his mind aud body to
quit moving, has buried the embalmed
bodies of his three children, which he
has carried from place to place for sew
enteen years.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-09-10

; fve heal of choice Durhams, and Pete
Peterson, of the same county, twenty-fy,
beauties OF b. e same breed.
The AyrshfrA herd of George Bsment
! of San Pablo. Wa made up OF eleven heac
| Of splendid cattle. led by the handsome
two-year-od bull, To- foxon: This hero
carried off The first preAnlum at Oakland.
The HoisfeiDs were Il ext N line. lie
land Stanford sent tweEig.. ave ct his bes
from the Wins ranch, LED W the masnlh
cent bull Mahor1et. These 81 'utiiul olack
and white cattle were greatly adj ulred'
+. A. Burke, of Menlo PARK. ASP had
twenty-one head of Holsteins n a'lne, lee
by his three-year-old bull, Ledro. h'el is
true type OF the Holstein- Friesisag \ rye
active, we'll yropor;ioned and aAeiy
marked.
The Jerseys brought mp the rear. VIII
lam Johnston, CT RicEiand, had twenty
one headsW. C. Smith, Of Florin, five head,
and w. s. Sargent. of San Joaquin county,
eleven head. The last-named herd was
led by a very handsome thyee-year-old bull,
Waterman. Daisy w. and Lily Dale,
three-year-c3d cows, we're also noticeable in
this herd.
There was one herd of Herefords, but
the Devons ard Polled Angus were not
represented.
Taken altogether the display was a mag
nltlcent one, ard those who failed to be
present missed G fine sight.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-09-10
Police Court.

Judge Buckley had a long calendar 10
dispose of on Saturday morning. Michael
sissy, for peddling without a license, was
fined 50 so. Willie Ames was fined $40
for battery. Lizzie Marks, Lou Pierson,
Mary Brown, Lizzie Thompson, Maggie
Brown and Dolly Cooper were charged
with vagrancy. and their cases were con,
tinued until the 22d inst.
The cases of John Van Tine and William
Lomier, charged with battery, were centin.
ued until the 18th.
The cases of George Granthan, @. II
Durfee and w. A. Mcintyre, for battery
and George Granthan and. G. H. Durfee, fol
disturbing the peace, were continued anti
September 18th.
George Parker, arrested fer petit larceny
was discharged.