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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-15
Poulnv Nofes

AS HENS require a deal OF water,
drinking only a small quantity at a
time it should be supplied abundantly
and kept clean and fresh.
No PERMANENT successful attempts
at poultry raising are recorded where
the crOwding of the fowls was prac-
ticed. One hundred fowls to the acre
seems to be the limit Of safety with ex-
perienced poultry men. A wide range
is absolutely essential to the health and
VigOr of fowls.
THE chicken park should be under
the direction of the wife, or the daugh-
ters, if there be any, and what is made
out of it should go them. If we'll taken
care of, chickens will pay better than
any other stock on the farm. Each
bushel Of hen manure saved and put on
corn land will give one bushel of corn.
PEKN duckIings at three or four
months old make a very desirable dish
If they be we'll fed from the shell, and
fattened on cooked ground oats and
corn, with potatoes added. They are
also very hardy if not inbred, and stand
our cold winters remarkably we'll
They are early layers and continue with
only short intermissiOns until late in
the summer. They thrive rapidly and
when matured will ordinarily weigh
from twelve to fourteen pounds per
pair
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-15
Livestock Notes.

SWISS cattle, imported into this cOun-
try and scattered in small herds here
and there, are said to be giving satisfac-
ton as hardy, sseFviceable animals
The Texas LiUe Stock Journal is au-
thority for the statement that the cattle
trade is improving and is surely return
ing to a dividend paying basis IN Texas" "
BEAR in mind that a leaky canOpy-tOp
stable. with self-ventilating side walls is
a good incubator Of colds, coughs,
pneumonia and all sorts Of diseases, and
that filth furnishes a suitable medium
for the culture of disease.
A WIRE fence is the cOstliest wind
break one can provide for stock, and the
profit expected from the feed from the
hay loft and the bin may be blown away
through loose unbattened walls and
cherries, wind swept yards.
An exchange says Mr.. Havermeyer, of
New jersey, one OF the first farmers In
this country to use ensilage, has swenty-
four siIOs. and has just opened one that
was filed seven years ago and found the
ensilage in a good state of preservation.
IT is rarely the case that beef cattle
are sold in Texas by weight. Cattle,
none but the largest and select are sold
In the New Orleans market by weight.
In that market, we believe, Stalled
animals are always sold by weight but
it is not often that grass-fattened cattle
- en un16
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-15
Making ana Using Manure.


In a practical paper on this subject
before the Wisconsin Agricultural So
ciety, Prof. Henry concluded with these
i. TO have rich manure, we must
supply our cattle with rich food.
2. The value of the manure de-
ponds more upon the feed than the ami
NAL.
8. Mich COWS take out more fertility
from the food than other kinds of stock,
growing stock next, and working and
fattening animals the least.
4. Very rarely does the fertility taken
out of the feed by our live stock amount
to One-fOurth of that in it, and it may be
one twentieth.
5. Nearly all the phosphorus is in the
solid portion of the excrement, while
the nitrogen and potash are in the
urine; hence, if we allow the urine to go
to waste we have only one Of the three
valuable elements left in any quantity
in what remains.
s. In buying feeds we should always
have in mind the manuriaI value that
they contain as we'll as the feeding
value
The ensuing discussion was full of
meaty points. Prof. Henry believed
that the quicker we get the manure to
the field the better. Of course it can't
be hauled out with three feet of snow
on the ground, in which case it should
be piled in as few heaps as possible in
a sheltered place. In fact, the manure
should be housed until it is put upon
the field, and should be put upon the
field as soon as possible.
The experience of a successful Elgin
(Ill.) farmer was quoted, who found the
application of the manure fresh as
made produced better grass than the
Well-rOtted stable manure as usually
handled. Mr.. Allen noted that the ma
nure from his covered sheep-pen was
worth three or four times as much as
that from his barnyard, where it had
been exposed to the wet. He makes a
practice of spreading manure from the
barnyard upon the clover field after the
first moving. The new clover springs
up quickly, and the whole makes mass
that retains moisture, and the crop
shows the advantage of it most de-
Cidedly.
The familiar plan of using the drop
pings of the horse stable back of the
COWS to absorb the liquid manure was
recommended. Constant and persistent
use of land plaster as an absorbent IN
stable and on manure piles was repeat
eddy urged, especially in COW stables, as
it keeps down the Odors in the barn.
One farmer preferred a stable floor made
of clay put down in the summer and
well stamped, as it will hold the liquid
better than the plank floor. Use plenty
of straw for bedding, and as an absorb
ent, throwing on plaster literally.
Clean this out as often as necessary, and
you Will have rich, complete manure.
Cut corn stalks or any refuse fodder
can be thus used. Horse manure as
well as that of other animals is the
strongest Immediately after it is
dropped.
Prof. Henry pointed out that in buy
ing feeds Western farmers should use
articles like bran that are rich in phos-
pilates and potash, which will be re-
tanned in the manure, and which he
thinks are more essential in the manure
for Western farms than nitrogen. -
Farm and Home.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-15
THE HOUSEHOLD.
Tea Stains.

Practical hOusekeepers agree that tea
stains are difficult things to manage.
One says: "Glycerine rubbed on them
will often remove tea stains, but if they
are of long standing they are very hard
to remove. Another afirms that moth
ing Will take tea stains out of a cloth
that has once been washed, but if milk
is poured at once on the spot where the
tea is spilled washing will remove it.
A third is more hopeful and claims
that these stains will yield to an appE-
cation of chloride of lime. Stir a tea
spoonful of this into teacupful of hot
water; when cold, and the sediment has
settled at the bottom, poer of the clear
liquid and dip the stain into it three or
four times, not letting it lie; rinse in
clear water, when all traces Of tea should
have disaDDeared
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-15
THE STOCK RANCH
Feedfne Colts.


Prof. 6RnbOrn, of the Missouri Agri-
cultural College, gives in the following
paragraphs some good suggestions on
feeding of colts.
It may be assumed in the absence of
analysis of the entire horse, that it con-
tains less fat than any other farm ami
NAL, and its gsOwth is therefore rela-
lively larger than that Of any other do
nestle animal. Experience teaches US
that fattening foods are misplaced when
fed to a growing colt. All young ami
mails that I have fed have shown expert
mentally the marked necessity of easily
digestiDle foods. Let the colt, when
first fed hay, have choice clover and the
best fine hay, ground oats or ground
peas, or barley meal, to which add a
mere mite of oil meal and carrots. Skim
milk may well be added, it Will give q
very heterogeneous diet.
The analysis of mares milk shows a
greater ratio of albuminoids (hesh form
ers) to carbohydrates (fat fOrmers) than
cows milk, which is conclusive as to
colts diet when young. Don't pinch"
your colts. Feed literally. The colt
may be pushed forward as rapidly as the
steer. This growth, if not that of fat
as it need not be, need not give a spirit
less. or effeminate colt, yet I would not
press the point Of early maturity as 1
would that of the steer, for the body
may OUtstrip the acquisition of maEUred
powers. If for sale, and moral issues
left out, the most money will come from
quick growth and early sale. It may
properly be noted that tests by Bous-
singauIt and Stewart show that a pound
Of colt is made with as little fodder as a
pound of steer.
The second winter, straw may be fed
with clover and hay. The skim milk
may be omitted, while a little meal may
be added. I object to corn as diet for
growing colts. a French investigator,
by an elaborate test, found that oats
were especially good horse food. By
an electrical apparatus he found an ex-
citable principle in oats that he called
a nervine, and that crushed oats were
more active and not so enduring as
whole oats. Oats are, by practical men,
understood to favor more speed and en-
durance in the horse than any other
food.
About L per cent. of the colts live
weight should be given in grain daily,
and limit his feed or hay to three meals
a day, otherwise a horse Will eat more
than he can digest.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-15
Crossing with wild turkeys

Inc turkey is naturally the most shv
has been most recently reclaimed
from the wild state. The hen
loves to make her nest and
rear her tender brood with as
little disturbance from man as possible.
The dOmestication process has affected
the hardness of the turkey, and its size
has been Diminished by continuous
bree ding with small or immature stock.
In the Wild state the dominant male will
always be the largest and best bird in
the flock, and viii insure the perpetual
ton Of his exceIlences. It is therefore
a good plan for turkey breeders to Occa-
sIOna4ly mix their breed with q strain OF
the wild variety. This improves both
hardin ess and size.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-15
THE DAIRY
English Jerseys


The Jersey Bulletin says the attention
given to the improvement of butter yield
within q few years by breeders of Jerseys
in England, is bearing fruit Ia the dIEec-
tion Of producing class Of butter cat
tie that viii take high rank in any com
pany or in any country. The MGTk
Lane Express notices ahOuFishing herd
of 125 animals that is evidently kept
for business, and the details Of man
agement demonstrate business methods
in a high degree. The animals in the
herd are, with few EXCEPTIONS solid
colors, chiefly mulberry faWns and silver
grays. The COWS are heavy mixers,
the yield of those matured varying from
$50 to $50 gallons per year; the two year
old heifers, with first calves, yield from
400 to 500 gallons per annum. During
the past summer the yield Of butter was
/ pound from about Z quarts "a pounds
of milk. Since the De Laval separator
has been In use, about Is months, it is
found that it requires I quart less milk
for pound of butter than was required
before It's use was adopted. The sep
arator used separates IS gallons per
hour.
Great care is bestowed upon the
keeping Of the milk records. The yield
Of milk given by each COW is weighed
every morning and evening, and entered
ia 3 note book and the following yields
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-15

In France, when a patient is under
ehIoroform, on the slightest. symptoms
appearing of failure of the heart, they
turn him nearly upside down-that is,
with his head downward and his heels
IN the air. This, they say, always re-
stores him; and such is their faith in
the efficacy Of this method that the OPP
Grating tables in the Paris hospitals
are made so that in an instant they
can be elevated with one end in the
air, so as to bring the patient into a
position resembling that of standing
on his head.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-15
Hints to Housekeepers.

HIVE syrup is good for Group or in
fammation of the lungs. It must be
kept in a cool place, for if it sOurs it is
very poisonous.
IF you want poacbed eggs to look
particularly nice cook each egg in a
muffin ring placed in the bottom OF q
saucepan Of boiling water.
THE French method administering
castor oil to children is to pour the oil
into pan over a moderate fire, break
an egg into it and stir up; when il is
done favor with little salt or sugar or
currant Jelly.
IT is a common occurrence for children
to get beans, grains of corn and other
foreign substances up their noses. This
simple remedy is worth remembering:
Get the child to open its mouth, apply
your mouth over it and blow hard The
offending substance viii be expelled
from its mouth.
DRINK for an invalid. Beat well the
yolk of one egg, place in a glass, add
white sugar and lemon or vanilla to
taste; I'll up the glass with milk. Take
the white of the egg and beat to stiff
froth and add sugar and havOring.
Place on the top of the glass. Fhis is
excellent for invalids.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-15

IT is a common remark Of foreigners
that girls are allowed too much free
dom in this country. In Oriental coun7
tries, girls of respectable parents are
not allowed to show their faces to
strangers, and in Continental Europe
unmarried women never go abroad
without a chaperone. In New Britain
a group of islands in the South Pacific,
the inhabitants go still further, and
confne their girls in cages until they
are old enough to be married. The
cages are made of palm-tree, and the
girls are put into them when two or
three years old. Rev. George Brown,
a Wesleyan missionary, says that these
cages are built inside of the houses,
and that the girls are never allowed to
leave the house under any cireum-.
stances. The houses are closely fenced
in with a sort of wicker-work made of
reeds. Ventilation under the circum-
stances is rendered difficult. The
girls are said to grow up strong and
healthfuI in spite of these disadvant-
ages, but it is not likely the custom
will ever spread beyond New Britain.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-15
ADar of Rest

Sunday-schoOI Experimentation
any Of you tell me why Sunday is
called the day of rest?
Little Dick ChOIding up his hand)-
1 kin. It's cause we get up early and
hurry through bpeakfas' SOS to dress in
time for Sunday-schooI, and then hur-
~ to Sunday-schoOl, so we won be
late, and then skip inter church fore
the bell stops ringin' and then 90 home
to dinner and get fixed up for after
noon service, and then get supper an
go to bed so pa and ma can get ready
for evening service. That's all we do.
-Ne1U York Weekly.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-15

NATHANIEL 3. HOWARD, g retired
capitalist of San Francisco, was an
original "Forty-niner." He says: "I
was in Frisco when there were 5000
men and not single family. Judge
Terry, who was shot down while at
lacking Justice Field, made a lot of
trouble in those days, and was a
member of the vigilance committee
that kept him seven weeks in its rooms
while awaiting the result of the shot
wounds Terry gave Hopkins. Had
Hopkins died-and he was mighty
close to death-Terry would have been
1ynched. He richly deserved it"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-15

SAMUEL CoLT, the inventor Of the
revolver that bears his name. was orig
inally a blacksmith, rough, unedueat-
ed, coarse, but a genius in his way. A
company was formed for the manufact-
ure Of pistols, but Colt had such
terrible temper and was so unreasona-
BILE that no person could get along
with him, so he bought out the com
pany for a song and set up for himself.
A lucrative contract from the Govern
ment during the Mexican war was the
foundation Of a magnificent fortune.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-15
yKooing lie Goddsss Tortuns.

Boston (ALass.) Herald, Oct. 2.
South Boston hits it quite often, oftener
than is generally supposed. Several times
have the great capital prizes Of the Louis
lana State Lottery been sent over TO the
peninsula to be distributed among the citi-
zens of that locality. The latest favored
gentleman at the court of good fortune was
Mr.. j Ohm il. Havey, who resides on West
Fourth street, and who does business at 30z
West Broadway. Mr.. HaYey Is a popular
citizen of the South Boston district, where,
he has lived as man and boy for 80 years Of
his life. He was a holder Of a Goth of the
second capital prize drawn at the last draw
ing of the Louisiana State Lottery, and he
received s. 600 in crisp bills last week. The
full amount that was drawn by the numbeE
he held was $1OO, 900, and as there were two
other holders Of twentieths IN Boston, q to-
tai of $4,000 came to this city as prize
money TO gladden. the hearts of holders OF
lucky numbers. Mr. Havey Is not q con-
slant buyer Of tickets in lotteries, but has
occasionally purchased such tickets without
expecting to draw anything.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-15

X-GOvERNOR HOWARD of Rhode
Island believes that the abolition Of
capital punishment has been proved
desirable by the experience of his
State. Convicted murderers are i'm
prisoned for life, and releases, even
after many years. confinement, have
been very rare. The Governor con
tends that crimes of violence are less
frequent in Rhode Island than in some
other States, even in proportion to
population. The characteristics of
Rhode Island as a little State of com
paratively small communities may be
taken as telling against, the force Of the
ex-GoYernor's plea.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-15
Posftfon al fT7a Fare-

Mothers pay too little attention to the
headge6r of their infants and children.
Who has not seen an impatient and
testy nurse hastily tying on a bonnet or
a cap for a child, while she perhaps
crumpIed the ear on itself or pushed it
out so that it stood at right angles from
the head? Whenever this is done the
ultimate position of the ear in adult life
is affected. 1t is not to be wondered at
that so many ears stand at right angels
from the head or hang in so Iackadaisi-
cal a manner by their attachments. The
prevention of these errors will lie in a
careful personal supervision Of. the
headgear.
If a tendency on the part of the ears
to stand off at too bold an angle be
noted in infancy, it may be corrected by
so arran ging the bOnnets and caps that
the ear lies fat against the head. Tt
would not be amiss even for a cloth
to be bound around the forehead at
night, when the child sleeps, so that
the upper portion of the pima be taken
in by the bandage; if these procedures
be preserved in for some time the NAL
position of the ears may be greatly
Chicago Herald.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-15
THE FARM


Farmers who build with brick learn
after time That to keep the house we'll
but adds to its durability. It is fully
as necessary as the painting Of wood.
Brick is very porous, and in our alter
mating winter weather, rainy one day
and freezing the next, the brick Ills
with water, and scales off as fast as frost
expands it. The painted house is also
much warmer, the paint excluding air
from the surface. Paint on a wooden
house saves much of its cost in the les
eened expense for fuel to keep il warm.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-15
Pasturing Rye

The amount Of pasture on a field Of
rye is greatly overestimated. Cut just
before it shoots up into stalk there may
be two tons of heritage; but if pastured
q large share of this will be trOdden
down and destroyed. Sometimes farm
ers have been urged to SOW rye for win
ter pasturage for sheep. The present
winter has been perhaps as good a one
for this as can be expected, but if any
have tried feeding off rye they have got
little enough for their pains. Sheep
are delicate feeders, and what they can
get by roaming the fields in winter does
them more harm than good.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-15

A FIRM of enterprising bootmakers
have hit on a novelty in the advertis-
ing line which must possess irresistible
attraction for every genuine snob. They
announce chest boots and shoes at
ready-money prices, made on selected
lasts of the following gentlemen, per-
feet feet only having been chosen for
stock models" Then follows a list of
the owners of these perfect feet in as
sorted sizes, including a distinguished
collection of eminent names. This ar
rangement has the double advantage
that any one going to this establish
ment has a chance Of being chosen as a
stock model, and finding his name en-
shrined on this roll of fame as owner OF
a perfect pair of feet.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-15
THE POULTRY YARD
FowIg go go.

Many farmers allow their poultry to
rOost on trees near the house during
the simmer, thinking it less injurious
than the confined air in the poultry
house. In warm weather 1t IS hard
work to keen vermin out of the hen
house and negligent farmers may be e1-
eusabls for allowing the chickens TO
choose their own quarters. But on the
approach Of cold weather the change
should be made AID it VIII nssd az ef-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-15

One cup of sugar, One-half cup Of
butter and cream, one egg, one cup
of sweet milk, two cups of prepared
-four; mix we'll, put into a well butsered
cake pan and bake IN brisk oven about
twenty minutes; then with a sharp knife
remove from the pan and cut in two
cross wise slices; place the berries be-
tween and on top, and serve at once
with whipped cream or plain sauce.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-15
Glover for Destroying Ragweed.

As the season for clover seeding ap-
prOaches it needs to be remembered that
a good uniform catch is the best cure for
ragweed, as we'll as various other small
ANIMALS that often trouble farmers. The
clover seed, if sown early, will develop
into broad leaf so as to smother the
smaller weeds that start in the spring.
To do this, however, clover seed must
be itself free from weed seeds, and be
sOWn with liberal hand. 1t is in the va
cant places where clover does not catch
that the weeds get their strongest hold.
Yet q strong growth of clover does not
apparently lessen the crop of grain with
which it is soWn.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-15
A Good Investment.

@Can you lend me $5?"
"Can't do it. !"
why not 2"
never lent you any money, SO
don't know whether you would pay me
or not.
well, great ScottI isn't It worth s.
20 find out what kind of man / am 2
/ might strike you for q hundred soms
day. -.3qgpsT's BGzGT.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-15

fort. Biddy is very obstinate in having
her own way, though, after all. the
owners plan may be best for hex. it is
partly habit that brings them to that cid
outdoor rOosting- place In zero wealth
er, rather than to the protected poultry
house. 1t sometimes needs weeks
watching and changing Of the fowls
from outdoors to inside before they
viii learn the lessen.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-15

THERE have been settlements on the
Kennebec River in Maine since 1924,
and it was only the other day that the
discovery was made that there is coal
In the banks Of the stream. A local
geoIogist says that considerable guam
titles of it are washed ashore on the
beach at the mouth of the river.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-15

WIrR smokeless and noiseIess pow
der, such as, it is claimed, has been in
vented in England, in the wars that
are to be death viii take on still more
terriers. The first notice of the pres
ence Of an enemy viii be in the sudden
sinking down of men as though smitten
by a pes6Eenee. The sentry viii die
st his post and give no sign. The sun
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-15

Grease a pudding dish, put into this a
layer OF nice cooking apples, sliced;
then a layer OF bread crumbs, with sugar
sprinkleG, and small bits Of butter.
For three apples use one cup of bread
crumbs, one-half cup sugar and a piece
Of butter the size of an egg. Put lay
er Of bread crumbs on top; bake. i g
very Nee With cream.