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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-06-15
The w. &. II. u. of Cecil County

| The Executive Committee of the W. G.
L. L. of Cecil County. which committee
consists of the County President, Vice
President, Secretaries, Treasurer and
Superintendent OF Departments. to.
gether with the Presidents of the local
unions; held meeting with Woodlawn
Union in Hopewell NJ. E. Church on Fri
day June 7th. Quite large number were
present, principally from the western part
of the county; some of the Honorary
Members also attended and were very
welcome.
Both the morning and afternoon meet
ings were opened with devotional exer-
cises and the noon tide hour of prayer
observed. Special prayers were offered
for Pennsylvania, prayers for her sorely
affected citizens and prayers for those
who are working So hard for the success
of the Prohibition Amendment.
Rev. Mr.. Jones, the pastor of Hopewell
Church, gave short address of welcome
also presided at the organ and assisted in
many ways.
A paper on Fair Work was read by the
superintendent of that department and
| discussed by the members The super
intendent having resigned, Miss Matte
Nicols was appointed to have charge of
this work.
Attention was called to the offer by the
| State President, Mrs. Baldwin of a hand
some banner to be presented at the State
Convention as a reward to the county
| showing the greatest increase in member
ship during the year. The members were
urged to secure the banner for Cecil
County.
Mrs. J. r. Milligan and Miss NJ. f.
Warning were appointed delegates to the
Interstate Convention at Mt. Lake Park
Mrs. Tudor of Baltimore, conducted a
| school of methods. This exercise was
quite interesting. Her questions were
most of them answered quite readily,
showing that the members were not en-
tirely unacquainted with parliamentary
law. Mrs. Tudor recommended Rev. T.
B. Neely's 'Chatauqua," little text
book on parliamentary Practice" to be
obtained for ten cents per copy, of Phil
| lips & Hunt, New York.
Quite pleasing and instructive enter
talnment, consisting of lecture and illu-
minated views, by Mr. Mosher, of Balti-
more. occupied the evening. Sewall's
stomach plates when thrown upon the
canvass are of themselves a strong plea
for temperance, nc one seeing them could
have any desire to exchange a good
healthy stomach for that of the drunkard
The day throughout was one of much
pleasure and no doubt of profit. The
members of Woodlawn Union provided
an elegant dinner and supper; tables be
ing set in the church yard under the
branches of grand old trees. All enjoyed
this delightful hospitality.
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HyIneneal.
KEIR-wOoDS.

Miss Ella B. Woods, daughter of Cow
ington Wood of New Leeds, and Mr..
Laurence Kier of Jersey City, were mar
ried on Wednesday afternoon at the
M. P. Church. New Leeds. Rev. Mr..
Jones, the pastor, performed the cere-
mony, The bridesmaids were Miss Mary
Settle, Miss Lizzie Woods and Miss Keir
a sister of the groom. The groomsmen
ers of the bride and groom respectively,
and Thomas Settle. The bride received
many handsome presents. Many guests
were present. The bride and groom took
an evening train for their future home
in Jersey City.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-06-15

The next meeting of the Club was fixed
at John S. Ewing's on Wednesday, Au-
r. Magraw, the Agricultural Depart
ment at Washington will be requested to
send an expert on the diseases of Domes-
tic animals.
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FEEDING OF ENSILAGE.

In the fall of 1881 we filled our silo for the
first time, and from that date to this, with
the exception of a single year, we have fed
ensilage more or less every winter. Every
years experience only confirms and strength,
ems our faith in its value as most excel
lent and cheap part ration for stock, so that
our verdict, after seven years of fair and
practical trials, is decidedly in its favor.
Good ensilage, if fed judiciously, will pro-
duce good milk, that will, 1 believe, prove
satisfactory for any use.
Prof. Alvord found in test made al
Houghton farm, that a greater per cent. Of
the fats of the milk were converted into but
ter when the cows were fed grain and corn
ensilage than when fed hay and grain.
Prof. F. w. A. Woll, of the Wisconsin
Experiment Station, found that go per
cent. more of the fat was churned out from
the mixed milk of two cows when the cows
were fed on ensilage than when they re
ceiye corn fodder.
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CROPS FOR ENSILAGE.

l. is claimed that any crop suitable for
feeding in the green state will m AXE good
ensiage.
That great variety of plants have been
used with success for this purpose is well
known.
Peas, oats, millet, rye, clover, sorghum
and many other forage plants have strong
advocates of their merits for eusilage.
Indian corn is, however, the great ensilage
crop of Amer IA. Clover is, by many good
authorities, ranked second.
Corn is, perhaps, the surest of our forage
crops, and considering all the country gives
a greater yield than any other. The ques-
ton is often asked, "What variety of corn
is best for ensilage?" Some advocate the
use of sweet corn; some a variety of ordinary
field corn. and others the southern corn.
Sweet corn does not seem TO be as valuable
for ensiage AS the dent varieties.
1t yields less and there will be more acid
in the ensilage, so that it is not usually as
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}. w. & B. BRANCH OF Pennsylvania r. r..
TIME TABLE.

,R W. JOHNSON. WHOSE PosTofsior IS SAY VIEW.
COUNTY, MARYLAND. AUTHORIZED AGENT OF THg
.Ha TO ascews AND RECEIPT SUBSCRIPTIONS
OFFICE.
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LADIES
Needing tonic, or children that want building
up, should take
BROWNS IRON BITTERS.
Vt is pleasant to take, cures Malaria, Indiges-
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SIZE OF THE SILO.

To determine the size of the sio, estimate
as daily ration for each animal to be fed
about six per cent of it's live weight. This
amount of good corn ensilage, with a few
pounds of wheat, bran, oats, oil meal or
clover hay will keep animals in fine condi-
ton, and also will he found n good milk ra-
ton. Taking this estimate. to illustra tie:
Ten cows. weighing 1 900 pounds each, will
consume 600 pounds of ensilage daily, or
$4,000 pounds per month, or los, 600 pounds
in six months.
We have found by actual weighing that a
cnhic foot of eusilage, two feet from the sur
face of the silo, under moderate pressure,
weighs SO pounds; eight feet below, 4S
pounds; ten feet below, 50 pounds. 1t is
safe to estimate about 40 pounds as the
average weight of u cubic foot.
We must also make calculations for the
settling, in our estimates. II Ill packed,
this will he found one-siXth to one-eighth of
the depth of the ensiag-; los, 900 pounds
would require =, 100 cubic IeeJ OF space; add
one sixth for settlir Z, and we have $3.50
cubic feet. \ silo - feet deep, 10 feet wild e
and II IL ct long viii give this capacity.
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NetLrdLlfc Persons

And those troubled with nervousness resulting
from care overwork will be relieved by taking
BrOaUn'S Iron Bitters. Genuine
has trade mark and crossed red lines on wrapper.
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sILos IN THE UNITED STATES.

The number of farmers in all sections of
our country who are adopting this system is
rapidly increasing. Statistics are not very
accurate as to the number of silos, but it is
estimated that in Wisconsin there are not
less than 1900, Massachusetts, almost as
many, Vermont between 200 and 300, and
New York quite a large number. 1 think
in Michigan there can not be less than be
tween 100 and 200, and many of these were
erected last season. Prof. Robertson, of On
tario, reports that large number will be
built in that province the coming season.
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ENSILAGEIN ENGLAND.


The English Parliament appointed a COM
mittee to investigate and report upon this
method of preserving fodder as likely to be
of great Importance to agricultural inter-
ests. The committee, compose of some of
the best known men in the kingdom, after
taking a large amount of evidence from
those who had built silos and fed eusilage,
and after the most thorough examination of
the subject, made favorable report.
In 1886, sos silos were reported in Eng
land, in 1887, 1854, nearly doubling in a
single year. Exact figures are not at hand
for 1888, but more silos have been built than
in any previous year. Even in "Merry Old
England" the birthplace and home OF root
culture for centuries, ensilage seems to be
taking the place of roots d stock food.
From these extracts you will learn the ad-
vantages of ensilage ration for cattle,
the construction of silos and the yield of
ensilage corn per acre, etc. If it pays the
western farmer, who can raise all crops at less
cost than we of Cecil to store and feed ensil-
age, would it not pay to follow their wise
"c Sau SOOu crop VI any
thing without liberal application of barn
yard manure or some fertilizer, an expense
that the farmers of the west do not have to
incur. Would it not be money in our pock-
cts by the saving of hay that would accrue
and consequently selling of more of it? The
yield of milk would not only be greatly i'll
creased, but the quality of the butter would
equal that of the best grass butter. Contrib
utors to creameries would be able to sell
more milk in winter when the price is the
highest and the vender of the butter would
also be able to command better prices.
Who will be the first member of the Club
to build a silo and give our farmers an op.
portunity to see the advantage of the new
system of saving food for cattle, not cattle
only but all stock.
If our secretary will, in the columns of
his valuable paper, urge the matter for
chilly and lnteligt ntly as we know he can
do, may be some philosophical enterpris-
ing and intelligent farmer, not mmber of
the Club and consequently not as shy of
taking the lead on new ground, will be in.
u"SOu w 6iapPiO "iOu IhO OhotlhSC
and do his county an everlasting service
Comment on the essay being in order,
| Mr.. Noyes stated that he had been dairy
ing for market for 90 years. He believed
that good clover hay with a moderate use
of grain, was the best feed for the pro
duction of milk. He recalled one year
particularly when he was fortunate
enough to secure fine NOW of clover
hay. He commenced that season, and
fed one ton of bran to Is cows, for six
months with clover hay, and had the
best yield of milk that season he has ever
had.
Mr.. Mccullough said he had never fed
ensilage and his experience in feeding
with a view to ascertain the relative value
of foods for cattle was limited. He ex-
pressed, however, high opinion of early
cut long corn fodder even for horses. He
related his experience at II ,hoboth, Del,
where he had taken his carriage horses
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THE WEIGHING OF THE ENSILAGE.
In the early history of the silo heavy
weighing of the ensilags was used as an es-
sential detail to secure good product. More
extended experience has modified our views
on this point. Now many of our experienced
silo men think that no weight is needed and
that covering with a foot of cut straw or
hay il all that is necessary,
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little but sorrel while the adjoining land
is nearly free from it.
The lime applied to this land was from
cambridge, and whatever it's compost
ton, is peculiar in tho structure of the
stone, shaking in conchoidal fragments.
Other lines that he had used have differed
| from this. Lime from Pequea, contain
| ing magnesia, some from Wrightsville
and some from @ larryville containing
| sand. All, however. have been effective
| in producing state of the soil, inimical to
sorrel. But while in one or more cases
the effect has been immediate there was
one in which he had to wait 10 years for
the expected result.
Mr.. Balderston thought that in a gen
eral way we might expect the effect from
a thorough lining to last 20 years. But
on some of his land lined but once and
spread imperfectly, now at the end of 10
years shows the want of more lime.
putting on some lime every year, he had
applied it at intervals, as he thought it
was needed. In a walk over his lands,
he could show a number of places where
the good effects of lime in suppressng
sorrel were apparent. The soil is filled
with its minute seed, and it's stoloniferous
roots seem to laugh at the use of pillow or
hoe, and were it not for the antagonism
of lime to it's growth, we should be with
out hope of freedom from it's intrusion.
Mr.. Noyes held the opinion verified by
his experience in sections of the country
where the use of lime was unknown, that
effective manuring and thorough cultiva.
tion for good growths of grass, were the
best methods for choking out sorrel
That the vigor of the grass kept down
the sorrel, which in turn grew more rank
as the cultivated growth of grass, through
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-28
Unpleasant Truths.

One of the beauties and charms OF
an editors life is his dead heading it
on all occasions. No one who has
ever tasted the sweets of that bliss
can begin to take in his glory and
happiness. He does 800 worth of
advertising for q railroad company,
gets $50 worth of mileage, rides *25
worth, and is looked upon as q dead
head or a half-blown dead-beat. He
'.puffs' q concert troupe so worth
and gets 81 in ''complilnentaries' and
il thus passed ''free.' II the hall is
crowded he is begrudged the room he
occupies, for if his complimentaries
were paying tickets the troupe would
be 50 much in pocket. He blows and
puffs q church festival free to any de.
sired extent, and does the poster
printing ut half rates, and merely
gets ''thank YOU for it. 1t goes q.
part Of his duty Is an editor. He
does more work gratuitously for the
town and community than all the
rest put together, and gets curses fol
it all, while i'm many instances where
= man devotes few dollars for the
Fourth Of July, a base ball club or q
church, he is gratefully remembered.
He passes free you kn0w.-Utica
Observer.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-28
The Race Question.

Senator John L. Morgan of Ala
balna talks thus in the Forum:
We have not accomplished an.
good to either race by comforting up
on | ,5oo, 900 negroes the privilege Of
voting. It's effect /. only 70 nentraliEe
the same number of white voters that
would otherwise be cast with refer
ence to the general welfare and pros
perity OF the country. 1t - needless
to recall the history Of the race con
tests that have pervaded the ballot
box under this mistaken policy. The
facts are present. in every election,
to establish the existence or this IA.
tional misfortune. Unless the voter
can sink his race proclivities and
aversion in his sense Of duty to his
country, II is IN vain that WE endeay-
or to compel by law the harinoniou.
action Of the white and negro races,
either in voting or in conducting the
government. This impossible con.
dition is hidden in the core OF the ne.
gro question. and neither lawmakers,
judges nor executive officers can re.
move it,
There is much suggested in these
words which all will do well to con.
Silar.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-28
Call for Sabbath School Convention

SoA1 0SA&OVA WV
A County Sabbath School Conven-
ton is.hereby called, to be held in
the NJ. +. Church, at Cresco, Iowa,
on Thursday evening. continuing
through Friday, April 4th and 5th,
for the purpose of organizing a Co.
Sabbath School Association in How
ard Co., to cooperate with the State
Association In a more thorough es-
Establishment of Sabbath Schools
throughout the County. and to en-
thuse more earnestness in the hearts
of Sabbath school workers.
All ministers, s. s. Superintendent
and teachers. and all interested in
the cause are requested to attend.
A full program will be issued and
circulated in due time.
All persons intending to be present
will please notify the Sec'y., C. j.
Harlan, Cresco, one week before
hand, or as soon as possible that am
pie entertainment may be provided.
Upon arriving at Cresco. please go
direct to the Baptist Church, where
the committee on entertainment will
assign each to their respective places.
Let there be a full turnout and a
ROUsING CONVENTION. BY order Of
Executive Committee,
N. II. LING. Chairman.
G. 8. HARLAN, sec'y.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-28

+. A. Watson has sold his farm and
rented the Judd place in jamestown.
Two cases of mumps, but no more
diphtheria, Flora Watson coming
down with it Sunday last.
Geo. Merrill started to visit a
brother in Baltimore, and attend the
Inauguration dance. He has not
seen his brother for thirty-six years.
The exhibition in District No. 6 was
a success socially and In every way
but financially. Juvenile singing
grand; quartette of ten year Odds and
trio of seven year Odds not to be
equalled in the State.
Cooperative Creamery meeting at
the Hall in Saratoga tonight.
Emma A. Williams, daughter Of r..
w. Williams, who was student at
Prof. Breckenridge's school. died Of
diphtheria at DEBORAH on Tuesday of
last week. From reports, her treat
lment was cruel and inhuman. BUB.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-28
Ruby's Letter.

A letter from Mr.. ). w. Ruby, I'm
lion City, Ind: says: Il have used
"your Clarke's Extract Of Finr (Pa-
"pillion) Cough Cure and find it u
complete cure for deep seated cold
ut has done more than two OF our
"most skillful physicians. My chill
"dren had the Whooping cough and
with the aid Of your Cough Cure,
"they had it very light compared
with neighbors' children who
"did not take it. I believe it to be
"the best cough cure in the market"
So Il Is. "A large bottle only Sl.O0
Clarke's Flar Soap for the Skin.
It leads them all. Price 25 cents.
G ough Cure and Soap for sale by
Lowry g. Connolly. 2
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-28
10 Teacher.

No doubt many young men and
women in Mitchell and adjoining
counties intend to teach their first
term Of school next spring. Perhaps
some of their number would like to
review before entering upon their
work. The Cedar Valley Seminary is
giving much attention to this class
We not only mean to use the best
methods in all Rotations, but, Incl
dentally to give special instruction to
teachers, leading them to know how
they can best instruct children. We
have SO many young teachers with
us this year that there is special de-
mand for their training. We now
have two large classes in reading,
two classes in photography in which
word analysis and diacritical mark
ings receive much attention, three
classes in arithmetic and three in
grammar, classes in geography, his
tory and physiology. We mean to fit
young teachers to do thorough, en-
thusiastic work. Our aim is to have
teachers who go out from the Semin-
ary able to do something more than
simply keep school Teachers worthy
Of the name must be able to lead,
quicken and develop children.
Now it occurs to us that some
young teachers, or aspirants to the
profession, may be glad to review q
few weeks Immediately after insti-
tute, or before. We shall make all
such hearty welcome. Where neces-
sary, new classes will be formed to
meet their special needs. Spring
term opens March IS, but students
will be received at any time and
placed in classes where they can
work to advantage. The vacation
between winter and spring terms is
but from Thursday, March 2lst, to
Monday, the 18th; SO come right
along at any time and bring others
with you. In fact we can give any
young people few weeks this spring
to advantage. For information ap.
ply to ALONzo ABERNETHY, Principal.
Usage, Iowa.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-28
What our changed condition requires.


The constant decline in the price
Of wheat demands an advance step in
the products Of the West. The farm
ers i'm what is known as the wheat
belt Of the L. s., ut present prices,
are putting in hard summers work
for the poor privilege Of job, Of
hauling grain to market all winter, to
ascertain when the task il completed
that bare living with lots OF hard
work is all there was in the years
drudgery.
Two causes have been foremost in
producing this condition Of things:
First the control OF the money OF
the country by the corporations, and
the contraction Of the currency;
Second: the cost Of transportation
to the seaboard SO closely bordering
upon extort!on, if not robbery.
These two evils have been the
means Of teaching the people OF the
West that they must rely upon some
product which would not be SO bulky,
something more condensed. This
conviction has accelerated the indus
tries Of butter and cheese making all
over The West, and in grow ing hogs
and stock and fartening them for
market.
To get % cents worth OF butter to
the seaboard markets costs not to
exceed two cents: to get IS cents
worth of wheat to the same market
costs ten cents. The difference to
the farmers Of Howard County il a
saving Of more than $40 200 q year,
as money consideration. But it is
more than this, because a continual
cropping OF wheat year after year
tends to exhaust the soil, while the
stock & dairy farm is being constantly
enriched and made more productive.
Since the farmers of this county
have discarded wheat growing and
taken to stock, horses, hogs and but
ter. they have been on the road to
prosperity, .and with the money Of
the country increased in quantity Us
is required by business needs, they
would be on the highway to fortune
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-28

FoR THE relief and cure of the in
Illumination and congestion called "a
cold in the head there is more not.
ency in Ely's Cream Balm than in
anything else it is possible to pre-
scribe. This preparation has for
years past been making a brilliant
success as Il remedy for cold in the
head, catarrh and hay fever. Used
in the initial stages OF these com
plants, Cream Balm prevents an.
serious development Of the symptoms
while almost numberless cases are on
record of radical cures of chronic ca
tarrh and hay fever after all other
modes Of treatment have proved OF
no ayall, 2lt2
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-28

HE soldiers and wild
ows of all soldiers
who served in any
war prior to the late
civil war are all pen
stoned. All Mexican
war veterans, officers
and enlisted men, in
Guiding marines, mi
litia and volunteers,
Of the military and
naval services Of the
United States, are,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-28
PAY TO PATRIOTS.
For u. S. Ex-Soldiers and Sail
ors and Their Heirs.

tensions, Bounty, In Money and Land.
Back Pay, Prixe-sToney, Allowances
Tho " Homes" for Soldiers and Sailors
and Schools for Thor Orphans-Informa-
tion and Instruction TO All Entitled 10
Payments, H0mcsteads, National or State
Benefits - What They Are and How T.
secure Them without Feeling m Artor-
mcY. Etc., Etc.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-28

MASON CITY, Feb. 23.-The Iowa
Christian Endeavor Union is in ses.
sion at New Hampton. On account
of sectarian tendencies it is probable
that all Methodist societies will with
draw from the union and establish
societies more in accord with their
denominations. Exchange.
Orient they endeavor to try to live
on speaking terms with the Endeav-
Ors?
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-28

Iowa's most valuable product last
year was horses, and they were
worth 81, O32, Oe2. Corn, measured in
dollars, was worth $73.9s3, SOL; and
cattle 81, 500, 874.