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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-30
FARM AND GARDEN.
HOG TALK.

An Ohio Farmer Gives Ills vIcws About
Feeding and t'attening swine.
The old way Of keeping hogs until
eighteen months or two years before
marketing them, has passed. The
sooner pig can be made to woigh two
hundred and fifty pounds after he is
farrowcd the more money there is in
him. In order to do this, his pigship
should be fed from birth. When only
two or threc weeks old he will begin to
look around for something to eat
besides what he gets from the dam.
Have pen SO situated that the pigs
can go in and get some milk and
soaked corn, out of tho way of the SOW,
and give them only what they will eat
up clean. increasing the quantity as the
pigs grow up. l have been feeding
soaked corn to my pigs until this sum
mer. 1t takes some time to shell the
the corn and our season was very busy
one, on account of the backward spring;
so we had to dispense with all the un-
necessary work that was possible and not
neglect tho pigs. So we feed ear corn,
soaked oats, and middlings, and never
had pigs to make more healthy,
NiBOiOuo EioWOih hO Ooih NOuiN Peo
on the flesh; the oats and middlings
give them growth and make bone.
Milk. when it can be had, Is the best
of feed and should be fed as soon after
being SKINNED or churned as possible,
before it gets too sour. 1t can be given
in moderate quantities after the pigs
are four weeks old. and If some mid
dlings are mixed it will only add to its
value. would not advise the feeding
of much milk to the sow until the pigs
are at least three weeks old, as it will
have tendency to scour them, and
when they get bad dose of that it is
some time before it is overcome, and
sometimes never Not overfeeding the
sows or pigs is the best preventive and
the only one that will keep the pigs
from getting the scours.
With the above feed, properly given,
and the run of grass lot, pigs of most
any of the pure breeds will pay the
breeder we'll for all the feed and care
that can be given them. might say
right here that young pigs should not
be allowed to run in the wet grass in
the morning when the dew is on.
have known this to make them un-
healthy and the hair stand the wrong
way.-J. l.. Van Doren, in Ohio Farmer.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-30
THE ROOT CROP.

Its Importance In Farm Economy Should
Not Be Forgotten.
II you have not silo, actual or pros
pective, dc not forget the root crop in
the pressure of spring planting. Root
growing is bugbear with many whose
backs ache at the very mention of the
subject but the difficulties and labor
are overestimated. This crop requires
more patient, tedious labor than does
corn or potatoes, it is true, yet there is a
''knack" in managing it as in doing
every thing else, and this is not very
difficult to learn. To succeed with the
least labor, much time should be spent
in careful preparation of the soil. Any
land that Is in hrst-class condition for
potatoes is suitable for roots; clover
sod, plowed last fall, will give the ideal
conditions. Remember that the cheap
est cultivation possible is before the
seed is planted. Use the disc harrow
and roller freely, repeatedly cutting up
and pulverizing the soil until it is as
mellow as garden. AS to varieties,
there Is no need of quarrelinP. The
sugar beets furnish the most concen-
trated nutriment and the mangels the
largest amount of water; the later va
riety is satisfactory to many who are
after sucoulence rather than real nutri-
ment. For horses carrots are preferred.
AS to date for planting the rule of
closely following corn is a good one,
though II the land is in the best of con-
dition and the season favorable the
planting may follow corn two or three
weeks. Have the drills wide enough
apart for horse cultivation, planting the
seeds about four inches apart in the
drill, thinning out gradually during
cultivation until tho plants stand foot
apart in the row. Destroy weeds by
shallow cultivation, often repeated, as
soon as the seed leaves have formed.
He who waits until the weeds show
green over the field will early be dis
gusted with root-growing. We need not
stop at this time to discuss the position
roots occupy In the list of food articles
or how they should be fed. The time is
at hand for planting and he who has a
root cellar we'll stored the coming win
ter will have an opportunity to learn
how to dispose of the contents to his
flock and herd Roots in the cellar,
like money in the bank, represent
most satisfactory condition of affairs
both are wonderfully available.
er's Gazette.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-30
DANIEL eooNe's GRANDSON.
Hc Once Lived within What Are Now
the Limits of Kansas City.

Hc Once Lived within What Are Now
the Limits OF Kansas City.
Colonel Albert Gallatn Boone was an
other. one of tnat coterie of frontiermen
who made the Far West ring with ex-
ploits of daring. He was grand old
man. over six feet tall straight as an
arrow, we'll educated and delightful
raconteur. He was not at all dialectic
in the expression of his thoughts but
used the best English. He was in every
respect worthy grandson of the immor-
tai pioneer of "Kan-tuc-kee-the bloody
ground, so called.
Colonel Boone died at ripe age, in
possession of all his faculties, in Dem
yer, only few years age, which place
had been his residence for long while.
He was more familiar with tho charac-
ter of the plains and mountain tribes of
Indians, perhaps. than any other man of
his time. He was strongly urged by
Western members of Congress for Com
missioner OF Indian Affairs during Pres
ident Grants second Administration,
but he lacked the one essential qualifi-
cation in our American prefermcnt-he
was not politician-and consequently
failed of appointment to the position for
which he was so eminently qualified.
He was warm personal friend of 'Old
Jim Bridger. / suspect they were
much together in their early years, for
they must have lived near each other, at
some time, ut least, near Westport, for
there resided, il am not mistaken in
the notes of my memory, the father of
Colonel Boone, whose grave, as well as
that of his son, brother of Colonel
Boone may be seen in a cemetery out
side of Westport.
They lived in this country as early as
1911, and the elder Boone, son of Daniel
and father of the Colonel was the first
white resident of what is now Kansas.
There was for many years tradition
among the Pawnees that somewhere on
the Smoky Hill, in Central Kansas, zinc
or lead existed, and the Indians could
often be seen with bits of the latter
metal in their possession, but the mine
was never found. Some twenty-four
years ago was foolish enough to put
some faith in the possibility of the
truth of the tradition, and spent some
'A'', ~ ohO pupSOoh
became convinced that it was geolog-
ical impossibility for metal of any char
acter to exist in the formation of that
region. l once picked up in the river,
few miles from Ellsworth, decided
piece Of lead, but it must have been
thrown in there. Colonel Boone, as he
often told me years ago, became very
much interested in locating that tradi-
tional mine, and many red blanket,
sack of flour, and other things valuable
in those days on the plains had he vast
ed on the Pawnees who had promised to
take him to that Smoky Hill mine; but
they invariably failed, and he was out
much time and money in the search, for
the Indians would keep him travelling
weeks, ever flattering his hopes that he
would soon reach the coveted spot. As
he once wrote me, "The Pawnees are
the grandest liars on earth. Nashville
American
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-30
FIG. 4.

about flowers in company with bees
and wasps, which they often mimic
in wonderful manner. This MINI
icry, no doubt, often preserves them.
1t deceives the bird that would swal.
low the fly, except that the fear Of
a sting restrains it. These flies lay
their scores of eggs in the midst Of
plant lice. From these eggs hatch &
conical maggot Gig. ~, which varies
in color from drab to brown. 1t is often
seen extending its pointed mouth end
about for lice, and when one of them is
secured, it is raised up and sucked
bloodless to be cast away, when another
is quickly grasped and destroyed The
capacity of these maggots for lice is
marvellous. To see them devour the
liquid contents of louise after louse. one
would suppose that they would burst
Yet they grow and thrive, and soon
mature, when more eggs are laid, and
the round Of useful service is repeated.
These Surplus fly maggots are one OF
the many important agents in keeping
in check the devastating lice, which
multiply with such frightful rapidity.
Except for such restraints the plant
lice would soon destroy all vegetation
and agriculture would be impossible.
The Tachina Flies - These flies
Gig. 81 are closely related to
and much resemble in form, size and
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-30

Ichneumon flies or Chalcids described
in q previous article. To preserve 1t
means to breed perhaps hundreds Of
tiny friends, that will destroy host of
these same enemies in the future. Thus
we often see the green cabbage butter
fly discolored. Instead of the usual
green color, it is dark. 1t Is parasitised,
and should not be killed. BY preserv-
ing it, we often rear hundreds of para
sites. These will become valuable
friends.
OF the Diptera, or two-winged flies,
we have both predaceous and parasitic
families. Thus this order furnishes us
with some of our best friends, as we'll
as with some Of our worst enemies. The
same order that gives us the Hessian
fly, wheat midge. wheat bulb-worm.
onion maggot and apple maggot, also
gives us the robber flies. Syrphus flies
and Tachina flies.
Asild@ or Robber Flies. These flies,
as their name indicates, are fierce
and strong, and possess very powerful
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-30

I'm the Egyptian room at the Metro
politan Museum of Art there is a Job lot
OF miscellaneous heads and feet OF num-
mics, discovered by Maspero and never
yet identified. An old lady from the
country stopped in front of the case and
gazed at these fragments of dead and
gone Pharaohs with intense interest,
and then turning to her attendant she
paralyzed him with the inquiry: Say.
mister, will you tell me what fire they
came out of-them victims there"' Poor
soul, she was indignant Mt the ripple of
laughter that rose around her, but the
attendant did his best at pretending
that he had not heard the question.-N.
Snn
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-30

Thus we frequently find the army-worm,
cut-worms and silk moths bearing about
many of their eggs. The maggots which
hatch from these eggs eat into their host
and destroy 1t. The present season the
cut-worms have been very serious pests
in various parts of the country. Indig
ging them out OF the ground, to convey
them to my breeding cases. find that
they are being destroyed in considera-
BILE numbers by these Tachina flies.
The latter pupate in seed-like cocoon,
and in digging for cut-wbrms have
found many of these pupariums, as they
are called. These indicate that many
Of the destructive cut-worms have gone
to feed these very serviceable parasitic
flies. While these Tachina flies are no.
so common and important as the Hy.
menopterous or four-winged parasites,
yet they do immense service.-A. j.
Cook, in Rural New Yorker.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-30
eses and bees wax.

Careful estimates put the number Of
bee-keepers in the United States at $780,
600; over 10000 of this number keep
more than 500 hives each. The value of
the honey produced by them in 1889 was
over 500, 900. 900, and the value of the
beeswax produced for the same year ex-
ceeded SIT, 100000. Many tons OF wax
were manufactured into comb foundation
to be used by the bee-keepers in their
own apiaries, as it is fully demonstrated
that the use OF foundation in the apia-
ries very largely increases the yield Of
honey. There is little doubt that In the
very near future the bee-keeper will
use all the wax he produces for comb
foundation. Ono firm made $4,000
pounds OF II last year. and found sale
for 1t at homo.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-30
BENEFICIAL INSECTS.


These Arc Your Friends, FARMERS, and
You Should Know Them.
Moths, Butterflies and Caterpillars.-
The beautiful insects with scale.bear-
ing wings, which we call moths and
butterflies are, with but very few ex-
ceptions, plant feeders, and SO while
they may not be injurious unless the
plants which they despoil are valuable,
they are not beneficial. No one need
fear, then, that in killing q moth or
butterfly or caterpillar-th larva
that will produce either moth or q
butterHy-he is destroying friend.
There is just one exception to this. In
case a caterpillar or chrysalis-the pupa
of moth or butterfy-appears dark
and discolored, it should be protected,
not destroyed. In this case the insect
is being DESTROYED by parasites, the
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-30

offered by the CHICAGO, Rock ISLAND Pa
CIFIo RAILWAY, to points in Kansas, Ne
braska, Missouri, Arkansas, Indian Terri
tory, Texas, New Mex co, Wyoming, Utah,
Idaho, Minnesota Northwestern Iowa,
South and North Dakota, Montana and Col.
orado, at the low rate OF ONE FARE FOR THE
ROUND TRIP. Tickets for these excursions
will be sold on Tuesdays, Sept 9 and 23,
and Oct IL, 1890. They are first-class and
good 80 days for return passage
If you want to see the country, or secure
a home in the Great West, don't neglect this
opportunity. Be sure that your tickets read
via the c., R. /. & p RY., which has its own
lines to principal points in many of the
above-named States.
For rates and full particulars address
JNo. SEBASTIAN, G. I. a. p. Agt., Chicago, Ill.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-30

AT HALF RATES via WABASH LINE, will be
run September 9th and 23d, and October
18th, TO points in Southwest Missouri, Kan
sas, Nebraska, Arkansas, Indian Territory,
Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico,
Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, Montana, South and
North Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota.
RATE--One Fare for Round Trip. For
time tables, tickets and other particulars,
apply to the nearest ticket agent Of the Wa
bash or connecting lines.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-30

wooden pin half an EAsILY-MADE POKE
inch in diameter, left projecting about
six inches. The fexibility OF this poke
allows the animal to feed with greater
comfort and freedom and less strain
upon the neck than when the common
contrivance is used. The inner angles
of the bow should be carefully rounded
and smoothed. to keep them from
chatting the neck. Agricult-
uPi8t
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-30

On September 9th and ODD, and October
will viii sell ell excursion n tickets lex from Chicago E to
principal land points in the Northwest at
the low rate of one fare for the round trip,
and tickets will be good for return Mt any
time within thirty days from date of sale
cellent opportunity for personal inspection
of the productive country reached by the
Chicago & North Western Railway and con-
Meeting lines For full information apply
to Ticket Agents, or address w. A. Thrall,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent c. q
NV. R'y, Chicago, Ill.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-30

The franchise of easy digestion-one of
the most valuable in the gift of medical
science-can be secured by any person wise
enough to use Hostetter's Stomach Bitters,
either to suppress growing dyspepsia, or to
uproot it at maturity. Bilious, rheumatic
and fever and ague sufferers, persons
troubled with nervousness, and the consti-
pated, should also secure the health fran
chise by the same means.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-30

sucking beak. There are two types.
One of these (dgure y is usually gray or
ENTHUSIASTICALLY yellow-with a long,
tapering abdomen. The other Figure
81 is robust and usually covered with
yellow hairs, SO that it much resembles
the humble bees. The robber flies pos
sess courage worthy of their name. 1
have seen one of the first type attack
and overcome the fierce strong tiger
beetle. Indeed, they do not fear to
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-30
Tho "Mother,s Friend"

Not only shortens labor and lessons pain
attending it, but greatly diminishes the
danger to life of both mother and child if
used a few months before confinement.
Write to The Bradfield Regulator Co., At
lanta, Ga, for further particulars. Sold by
all druggists.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-30

farmer handy with
tools. Itconsists of
a wooden bow, be-
tween the low Q r
ends of which is
loosely bol tie d a
square stick OF hard
wood o 1 q b t o Q N
inches in le n g h
and two by three
inches square. Near
the lower end of
this is inserted q
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-30

color the COM
mon house fly.
Th Ell + h a bi is,
however, are very
different. They
are true para
81 + es. Il h g y
fasten their eggs
on caterpillars
often in consid-
cradle numbers.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-30
Home-Seekers' Excursions via the CHI
cngo. st. Paul g. Kansas City R'y.

On Tuesdays, September o and % and DC
tober IA, 1890, agents of the Chicago, st;
Paul and Kansas City Railway will sell
Home-S Seekers Excursion Tickets to prin-
cipal points in the West. Northwest, South
and Southwest at rate OF one fare for the
round trip, tickets good returning thirty
days from date of sale. For full particu-
lars call on or address agents of the Chicago,
st. Paul and Kansas City Railway.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-30

ALWAYS avoid harsh purgativep pills. They
first make you sick and then leave you con-
stipated. Carter's Little Liver Pills regulate
the bowels and make you well. Dose, one pill.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-30

l. L. CRAGIN & Co, of Phila., the mfrs. of
Dobbtns' Electric Soap, say they would rather
close up their immense works than to put
one grain of dduIteration in their Dobbins'
Electric Soap. Would that all were as hon
est
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-30

A GOOD barn shows that the farm is
in the hands Of an enterprising farmer.
Have your barns comfortable, oommo-
dious and convenient.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-30

FAIR lady becomes still fairer by usinI
Glenn's Sulphur Soap.
Hills Hair and Whisker Dye, SO cents.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-30

81 have changed my mind" said Mr..
Poots, loftily. when his wife reminded
him that he had promised her new hat.
81 pity the one you changed with" said
Mrs Poots. scornfully.-TeXas Siftings.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-30

A MAN on Pullman may sell his berth
right for more than a mess of pottage-i
case of u crowd.-Washington Star.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-30

ALBERT BURcH, West Toledo, Ohio, says:
"Halrs Catarrh Cure saved my life p" Write
him for particulars. Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-30

GOLD is protection in many cases, particu-
larly in the case of a watch.-TeXas Siftings.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-30

Women are not slow to
comprehend. They're quick.
They're alive, and yet it was
a man who discovered the one
remedy for their becuAsar all
ments.
The man was DR.. Pierce.
The discovery was his Fa-
vorite Prescription the boon
to delicate women.
Why go round "with one
foot in the grave" suffering in
misunderstood when
there's a remedy at hand that
isn't an experiment, but which
is sold under the guarantee
that if you are disappointed
in any way in it, you can get
your money back by applying
to it's makers.
We can hardly imagine a
woman's not trying it. Pos
sibly it may be true of one
or two-but we doubt it.
Women are ripe for it.
They must have it. Think
Of a prescription and nine out
of ten waiting for it. Garry
the news to them |!
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-30

HAIL-sToNEs intended for publication are
usually as big as hens eggs.-South Side
Observer.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-30

IT seems quite natural that the threads o
conversation should sometimes produce
long yarn.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-30

A PHoToGRAPHER's negative and pretty
girls affirmative are both developed in q
dark room.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-30

Pick cuoumbers for pickles often;
pick clean and OF uniform size.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-30

grasp and suck the juices from the
honey bee. In the South, both types
are often discovered capturing and din.
ing on the honey bee that has just re-
turned from tho field laden with honey
Thus they often do no small harm; yet /
believe that even in the South their
benefits exceed their injuries.
Syrphide, or Syrphus Flies. The
Syrphus flies Gig. 81 are beautiful,
often yellow banded flies, that fly
with exceeding rapidity, and often re-
main poised in the air as if held by
some invisible hand; but upon the least
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-30

The first week that man has a telephone
in his office he Is apt to have the ycller
fever badly.-Boston Bulletin.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-30

A POPULAR fallacy-that the easiest things
10 do are to tell the truth and to edit u pa
per-Light.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-30
Home Seekers Excursions

THE receiver is as bad as the thief, but
neither of them feel as bad as the loser
naniYni. Road
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-30

IT Is no longer necessary to take blue pills
u, rouse the liver to action. Carter's Little
LiverPills are much better. Don't forget this.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-30

WHETHER sugar is made from them OF
not there will be large crop OF sugar
beets grown in Colorado this season,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-30

THE man who lives o dual life will kill
himself sooner or latcr.-Elmirs Gazette.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-30
A Flexible Animal Poke.

The poke shown in the accompanying
is readily made by any
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-30

disturbance { h e v
dart off like q flash
of light to so m e
other posIt t i o n.
They are fou n d
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-30

SAID the penknifc to the pencil: "Since
you're so sharp. think Id better shut up"
-Binghanton Republican.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-30

The introduction of an order in the
New Bedford, Mass, common council to
do away with the ringing of the 80
o'clock bell" at night has given birth to
an important issue in that city. The
older inhabitants are overcome with hor
ror that the thought of doing away with
this time-honored and sacred custom
should be for q moment entertained.
Others, whose rest is often disturbed by
the bell, and those who believe that pro-
gress is retarded by the survival of
such relic of antiquity, are equally
warm in their support of the movement.
Then there is the more sentimental
class, who associate the ringing of the bell
with all that is romantic, and thinks it
would be simply dreadful if ''curfew"
should not ring every night in New Bed
ford.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-30

THERE is nobody or nothing in this world
that Is so often crossed in love as the front
door mat t-Binghamton Leader.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-30

The seat of sick headache
is not in the brain. Regu-
late the stomach and you
cure it. DIR. Pierce's Pellets
are the Little Regulators.