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the Threshing Machines then
in use were almost wholly of
the class known as the " Endless
Apron style. Then it was that
Nichols * Shepard, of Battle
Greek, Mich. ,inventedandbegan
to develop an entirely new and
novel style Of Grain Thrcsher and
Separator which theyveryappro-
priateiy named the vibrator. "
1t was a revolution in Thrcsh-
ing Machines, and from a small
beginning Of five machines in
1883 they soon reached a pro-
duct Of 1000 yearly.
Their Vibrator drove the " End
less Apron" machine out of mar
ket, and all other makers copied
it as closely as they dared. To-
day all Threshing Machines of
any reputation or merit use the
Principles Of the old Vibrator.
Nichols & Shepard have con-
nued in the business without
change Of name, location, or
management; and during the
past three years have brought
out and developed another new
Threshing Machine for grain and
seeds. as superior to all existing
machines as their former was. to
the Endless Apron They name
this new and improved Thresher
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-07-12
Salt as a Fertilizer,

The value of salt to make crops
grow does not mainly depend on
the manurial elements that it con.
tains. ItImakes those 10 the soil
available 1t is OF little value on
land poor in vegetable matter
Wherever manure has been used
without due result, apply salt and
note it's effect. The best salt il
now very cheap, and considering
the greater ease In distribution,
costs less on the land than the
coarse Jumps of impure salt mixed
with earth that used to be sold fol
putting on land.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-07-12
Over-DrlVing Draft Rsrses.

The true draft horse Is too heav-
ily built for fast driving. He has
strength of limb to get over the
ground rapidly if necessary, but
his weight makes his feet strike
too heavily on hard roads, and
this evil is intensified when driven
fast. 1t Is this that gives currency
to the idea that heavy horses
naturally have poor feet. They are
not adapted to the work, and thus
wear out before their time. If al
ways driven slowly, draft horses
remain in good condition until they
are old. They are not a nervous
horse, and with horses, as with
men, it is worry, not work, that
kills.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-07-12

Mice make serious work among
corn in the ear IN cribs. They
abound freely among the ears
where cats cannot follow them
Rats kill of the mice, but are
themselves worse than the vermin
they destroy. The best security
against vermin in a corn house is to
set the building on posts capped
with tin pans so that mice cannot
get around it. Then il not brought
in they cannot effect an entrance.
The corn house should be cleared
of all RI bblsh, cobs. and the like
at least once a year.
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Z. cambridge Munday, Esq,
County Atty. Clay Co. Tex, says
"Have used Electric Bitters with
most happy results. Ny brother
also was very low with MalariaI
Fever and JauDdice, bot was cured
by timely use of this medicine. Am
satisfied Electric Bitters saved his
life"
Mr.. d. /. WileoxsoD, of Horse
Cave, KY, adds a like testimony,
saying: lie positively believes he
would have died, had it not been
or Electric Bitters.
This great remedy will ward off,
as we'll as cure all Malariai DIS.
eases, and for all Kidney, Liver and
Stomach Disorders stands unequal.
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thus making it do double duty, and
che ating the government ont OF
three cents. He wrote that al.
tho lgh it seemed like a trhing
mai ier it had ALWAYS troubled him
OH the principle, suppose, that
'it is a Elm TO steal a pm, even
though 1t may be greater to steal
later 1t has been nearly twenty
years since the Oflense was com.
mitted, and the writer SAID he pre-
sumed the interest would increase
the debt to seven or eight cents.
II e inclOsed ten cents so as TO be sure
there would be enough Wash.
in0ton Cor. CIereldnd Leader.
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Poultry Notes.
Don't forget the dust bath.

Water your fowls before feeding
them. -
Hens cannot lay if lousy. Use
kerosene on the roosts.
During mOultiDg the males
should be separated trou the fe'
males.
Do not let your fowls suffer for
fresh water during these hot days.
Set the fountain in the shade.
Nests should be thrown ont and
burned at least twice a month
The inside of the nest.boxes should
be charred.
Sulphur and piece of rosin the
size of an egg burned in your
fowl.house when closed will rid it
OF vefniu.
Hens should have the material
for making rich blood and feathers
before they begin to mOult. To Sc
cure this they should be fed on
meat or insects, milk, clover and
wheat.
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BEER, OR WHISKEY7"
Off YOU DON'T MIND, I WILL TAKE
LITTLE OF BOTH" SAID THE
YOUNG MAN.

l
YOUNG MAN.
At the Princeton reunion las
week one of the eighty-six men told
a story of his success in getting
commission of attorney at law IL
Virginia, where three judges of the
Supreme Cour; must sign the paper
before the applicant can become a
member OF the bar. The three
/ Judge examIDe the candidate sep.
arately, and at1iX their names 10
/ nis paper. He said that he got
Two of the necessary signatures
after undergoing a pretty stlff ex-
animation by each of the magis-
/ trates. Then he sought the third
/ Judge. He went to his county town
Ia search of him, and there learned
that he was on a fishing trip at a
lake five miles away, IN the noun
tains. II was impossible 10 get a
conveyance in the town, and the
young man concluded to walk out
to the lake. On the way he was
overtaken by party of men who
had a keg of beer in their wagon,
and were going to join the Judge
and his friends. They made room
for him, and when they arrived at
the cottage they found that the
Judge had just returned from a
trip on the lake.
The young man tod the Judge
why he had sought HIN. "Well,'
said the Judge, "you must want to
be lawyer if that Is all that
brought you ont here. Come up
stairs. aud will examine YOU"
The young man went to the
Judges room and was asked one or
two questions which were so sim
pie that he could hardly refrain
from laughing as he answered
them. Then the Judge gravely re-
marked: "YOung man, | am about
to ask you a question upon which
Your future rests one which Will
test your capabilities as a lawyer
in Virginia, one which | hesitate to
ask YOU because feel an interest
in yon." "Please PROFOUND it," laid
the confident youth. IL will. On
this shelf over my head is a bottle
of whlskey. Down stairs they are
tapping a keg of beer The ques.
ton is, Which Will you take ~
The young man said promptly {:
eff YOU don't mind, will take a
little of BOTH
"NIr. Gaines said the Judge i'm
pressively. 81 Will sign your paper,
and let me assure you that l am
confident that you will succeed in
the practice of law in this State
"Please, ma'am, will you give
me an old suit of your husbands
clothes am one Of the JohnstOwn
food sufferers"
"PoOr mani OF course | will.
Come right in. SO you were in that
dreadful food, were you -
"NO, ma'am, bat my wife sent
all my clothes to the people who
were.'
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i FARM And HOUSEHOLD.
THE LAW OF cow IMPROVE
! MENTS.

! Mr.. James Miller, of New York,
has been trying to solve the prob
lem of improvement IN his herd OF
COWS, and writes his conclusions to
the Elmire Club. He says:
see that some of-yOar members
still advocate the Improvement OF
the common COW. 1t is just about
as sensible as to attempt to breed
, for speed from our common horses,
and the idea of a beef-and mich
COW is just as sensible. A heller
that comes in at 2 years old aud is
a good mixer until she is fourteen,
will not make the best beef. Beef
can be made just as cheap from
steers of milking breeds as any
other. 1t will take longer to get
the same weight, but no more feed.
Mr.. Shappee said that a common
COW that would give from 20 to 80
quarts per day Of good milk. be
called a good COW. l think he
must have meant pounds instead
of quarts, as that is much more
than most of the common COWS
give, and l have never known one
to give % quarts Of measured milk
per day, to say nothing about 30.
Tried for fifteen years to improve
the common cows. ] bought the
best l could get, fed we'll but it
was seldOm, if ever l could get a
heiter that would pay to keep for
milk, and as that was what |
wanted, l tried a milking breed,
and have succeeded IN breeding
better cows than their dams were,
and think they have produced
from one-fourth to one-third more
milk from gwen amount of feed
tan the best common COWS.
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1888.
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CARE OF YOUNG TURKEYS.

The best feed for young turkeys
and ducks is yelks of hard boiled
eggs, and after they are several
days old the white may be added.
Continue this for two or three
weeks, occasionally chOpping
onions fine and sometimes sprnk-
ling the boiled eggs with black
pepper; then give rice, a teacupful
with enough milk TO Just cover il,
and boil slowly until the milk is
evaporated. Put in enough more
20 cover the rice again so that
when boiled down the second time
it will be soft If pressed between
the fingers. Milk must not be
used too freely, as it will get too
soft and the grains viii adhere to-
gether. Stir frequently when
boiling. Do not use water with
the rice, as it forms paste and the
chicks cannot swallow 1t. 40 cold,
damp weather, a half teaspoonful
of cayenne pepper in a pint Of
flour, with lard enough to make it
stick together, will protect them
from diarrhea. This amount of
food is sufficient for two meals for
seFeDty-dve chicks. Give all food
"a shallow tin pans. Water and
boiled milk, with little lime water
in each occasionally, is the best
drink until the chicks are two or
three months old, when lOppered
and buttermilk may take the place
of the boiled milk. Turkeys like
best TO roost on trees, and in their
place artificial rOOsts may be made
by planting long fOrked locust
poles and laying others across the
forks.-AmericaR AgricultWist.
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A GOOD, CHEAP LANDS ROLLER.
j. Il, in the Country Gentleman,
gives the following good sugges'
tons to farmers have had one

J. u, in the Country Gentleman,
gives the following good suggeS'
tons to farmers l have had one
of my own but two years, and l
can see many good results from It's
use. If a piece of sowing put in
with a drill is at once firmed with
a good, heavy roller it will start
much quicker. and the land will be
left smooth to run the harvester
over. II the lot is near the barn
Won need not shut up the hens, as
the seed Is quite secure from them.
I dislike to shut the hens In, es.
pecially so early III the season. 1
consider the roller also the best
implement to use on a piece OF sod
after plougblng; it puts all the
burrows right down where they
belong. | used the roller to-day
on a piece of sod plOughed for
potatoes, and then put on the same
disc harrow, and a more perfect
JOB could not be done. The roller
is also a capital thing 70 run over
the meadows in the spring, push
ing back the grass roots that have
been heaved by the frost, and also
the small stones which have been
raked up by the horse-rake. |
have a sowing attachment on my
roller which is quite an advantage,
as l can while rolling SOW plaster,
&c, on my young clover or mead
ows, or even grass-seed on the
meadows that are frozen out& Ny
roller is made in two sections, each
8 feet loug aud IS inches IN diam
eter, Of solid log, and bored from
end TO end. II has a stationary
shaft II inches in diameter on
which the sectious revolve. The
bearings are of gasplpe 5 inches
long, driven snugly in each end of
the sections. 1t is more substan.
tial than a stave-roller, and l con.
slider it by all odds much better
and cheaper to make. Every farm
er should have one. -.-
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From Dr.. W. p. Harrison.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. May 2, 1888.
Il have used Swifts Specific in
my family for some time, aud be-
lieve it to be an excellent remedy
for all impurities of the blood. In
my own case, ! believe that | have
warded off a severe attack of rheu.
matIsm in the shoulder by timely
resort to this efficient remedy. IN
all cases where a permanent relief
il sought this medicine cOmmends
itself for a constitutional treatment
that thoroughly eradicates the
seeds of disease from the system.
w. =. HARRISON.
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If attention is not paid to keep
ing horses we'll grOOmed in warm
weather particularly, the sweat
collects and holds the dust and if
not removed will add very much
TO the animals discomfort.
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-07-12

After the Oat crop lone of tn g
best and most important in the
sonth) is harvested, one Of the
best things done with the land is
10 SOW 1t down Immediately with
peas. Tie peas restore the fertility
distracted by the oats. LeguDes
are not so exhaustive to the soil as
are cereals.
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One of the most common causes
OF heaves in horses is the
feeding of musty oats and fer
mented hay, b'cause they are
Vcheap."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-07-12

Out in Oklahoma suspicious
characters sometimes walk out OF
town and sometimes they go by
"rail."-ROchester Post Express.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-07-12

Some folks pay their bills with
resignation, others with money,
while a great manv never pay
them at all.-TerdS Siftiags.