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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1890-06-26
HERE AND THERE.

Some writer says chip manure is
not worth much. Rake off tho top, bed
up and plant to Irish potatoes, and see
if any thing as cheap is half 50 good.
Sweet potatoes also produce we'll in old
chip-piles. The older the chip-piles the
better.
Young turkeys should be placed in
board pen; they can not get over
board twelve or fourteen inches wide.
If Matched by common hen she must
be confined, because she is a rambler
and the ordinary chick is quite spry
when but a week old.
Farmers in large numbers can be
found who are afraid to salt their hogs
literally, if they salt them at all If
such men knew what an aid it is to d.
gestion, and could see hogs that have
free access to it in their daily trips to
the lump or box of salt, they would az
once be convinced of their error.
Moderately fat animals are the most
profitable. Every excessively fat ami
NAL has been fed at loss during the
latter part of it's feeding. When an ami
NAL is ready for market, sell it; if there
is feed left, buy some more lean animals
and feed them. 1.-THE nimble sixpence'
brings the profit.
Trees that have been gnawed BY
rabbits or mice, if not cut all around,
can be remedied by covering the wound
with soil, tied on with a cloth. II the
tree has been cut nearly or quite all the
way round, the best plan is to take
sticks of sufficient length to reach across
and graft in carefully. Three or four
will be enough.
There are two sources of income thai
with proper management can be made
from sheep, viz, the increase in the
shape of lambs and the wool Both
can be made ready for the market u
the spring, and the prices they Will
bring will depend largely on the con-
dition in which they are placed upon
the market.
When hens are shedding feathers
they often stop laying and grow iaL
Most people consider fat sign q
health. The fattening or moultlns
hens, however, as with some people
produces debility rather than health.
Many of the worst cases of roup are con-
tracted while the hens are moultng-
Don't crowd your fowls in the hem
houses. Give them breathing ROOM
space to move about in, and ampls
roosting accommodations. Your mems
will not lay well if you stiye them Up u
close quarters. They must have 81,
and be so situated that their bodies W.
not come In contact by night Or by a1,'
| % Tar as this is possible to be Hanass4
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1890-06-26
AS TO HOGS.
See that There is Something Adapted To
Summer Feeding.

See that There is Something Adapted to
Summer Feeding.
The mention of pork reminds us to
suggest the wisdom of planting some
crops especially adapted for summer
feeding of the hogs. OF course, a good
grass pasture, Bermuda for instance, is
a desideratum; but sorghum, collards,
roasting ears, early paintings of Spanish
peanuts afford a valuable succession Of
very healthful and fattening food for
swine. Sorghum and green corn stalk
and ALL have always stood high in the
estimation of many successful farmers
as food crops for hogs. But, says one,
possibly a thousand: 81 have no hogs
Then so much the worse for you.
In view of the universal use Of
bacon in all the farm-houses and cabins
of the cities, and the ease with which
pork can be produced, it is one of the
problems yet to be solved, not how to
make pork, but why don't every farmer
'raise' his own? We produced all We
consumed during the war; we can do it
and ought to do it now. But we arc
told that transportation from the West
is so cheap that we can buy bacon
cheaper than we can produce it our
selves. The same remark applies with
more or less force to several other arti-
cles; beef, wool, butter, flour, Irish POI
tatoes, hay, strip. But may be we are
offering gratuitous, or at least unneed-
ed advice. May be the great revival
of hope, effort, energy and economy,
largely due to the wonderful growth and
salutary influence of our Farmers Alli-
ance, is now developing a good-natured
boycott of Western farm products-such
as corn, oats, bacon, etc. Is it not re-
markable fact that the one single prod
uct that Is grown more universally and
extensively in the South than any other,
is the one single thing that we have no
use for on the farm, viz: cotton? We
can't eat it, we do not manufaeture it
ION the farm. The farmer must sell it
and take what he can get for it, regard
less of what it cost him to produce it,
Dixie Farmer
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AMERICAN DEGREES.
They Are Not Recognized by the Medical
Faculties of Europe.

They Are Not Recognized by the Medical
Faculties of Europe.
The University of Berlin has decided
not to recognize the degrees conferred
by American medical colleges, on the
ground that such institutions differ
greatly in character and that time can
not be spared to separate the good from
the bad. That there is excellent rea-
son for the complaint is generally
known. If our best colleges were fairly
typical there would be no question of
the reception of American degrees
abroad. But they are not On the con-
trary they form but small fraction of
the whole. Berlin is not unique in the
respect of refusing to recognize Ameri-
can degrees. Knowing the utterly
worthless character of many of our coll
leges, it has long been rule in the army
and navy to accept no certificates as
conclusive. A rigid examination of the
applicant for surgeons position is
conducted in both branches of the Gov
eminent, and this is done without the
slightest reference to the medical in
stitution which has already granted its
diploma. Is it reasonable, then, to
blame the University of Berlin for fol-
lowing precedent which has the sane
ton of our Government? No doubt
there are colleges In America which will
compare favorably with those abroad
but it would be foolish to argue that the
average standard ofability isso high here
as it is on the continent. Germany and
a. 4. =
public institutions, and their reputation
is so excellent that diplomas issued by
them command worldwide respect, and
are Just as valuable in America as any
where else. Ignorance in medicine and
ignorance in law are matters of vital
concern to the public. 1t is shocking
condition of affairs when the State
guarantees no protection to the indi-
vidual against the incompetency of those
whose right to act in professional ca
pacity is guaranteed by institutions
operating under it's charter. New York
was among the first of the States to
show its appreciation of the danger, and
six years ago a bill was passed provid-
ing that law students should pass an
examination which would guarantee
fitness to enter upon their legal studies.
Last year the same provision was made
to apply to medicine, and the Regents
Academic examination is now one of the
best possible safeguards. So that in
this commonwealth, at least, very ma
terial progress has been made along
lines Of Improvement The American
students at Berlin must keenly feel
their position. But what are they to
do? Privy Counselor Klueffel is per-
fectly correct when he says that we
have institutions of real worth es-
tablished side by side with those that
are practically humbugs," and that
the laxity of American laws and regu-
lations concerning the comforting of de-
grees Is remarkable, - Brooklyn Eagle
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Don't Worry and Fret.

Men worry and women fret. A fret,
ting man is unusual, and a woman who
wears herself out vita worry unaccom.
panied with frettins is not common.
Both are manifestations of common
falling. however, and fretting is only
worse so far as it compels others to
share the victims unhappiness 1t is a
trite saying that fret and worry kill
more people than hard work, and very
many men and women realizing the
truth of this have gone successfully to
work to conquer the miserable habit. It
is harder to do Wis where the tendency
is inherited, but it can be done, ard
where it is an acquired habit the task
is easy for determined spirit. The
way to stop is to stop. -Good House
keeping.
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DIVERSIFIED FARMING.
Continuous Production of One Crop Not
the Best Practice.

Continuous Production of One Crop Not
the Best Practice.
There is probably no system of farm
ing that can be followed that will tend
to ultimate disastrous results or failure
like that of cropping continually with
the same crop. There is hardly any
thing that grows but that requires more
of some Of the chief elements of fertility
than of either of the other two. This
being the case, if the same crop is con-
tinued year after year, even If it is sup
posed that sufficient amount of fer
tility is applied upon the same soil,
there is usually marked deteriora-
ton. About the only exception to
this rule that we know of is the onion;
that really appears to do fully as well
and, as some believe, better upon the
same soil; and we have seen where the
crop has been successfully grown for
thirty or more years with as good or bet
ter results than when first used for that
purpose.
But that is an exception to the gener-
al rule. A real injury may be done to
farms by turning the entire energies to
the production of single crop. This
principle has been illustrated in the
Connecticut valley where so much has
been done on the production of tobacco
The main aim was the production of
this CROP and the result was that while
average crops were being produced, it
was in reality at the expense of ex-
hausted fertility of soil, and farm
ers were actually growing poorer
under the system that required extra
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-09-18
LIVE STOCK NOTES.

THERE is pork in grass as we'll as beef
and mutton.
THERE are but few horses that are
not tractable and docile if they are
treated properly.
Do NOT expect any farm animal to
"pick up" its living and put much meat
upon its bones.
HOIsTE1N-FRIEs1AN transfers for the
week ending July 20 included eleven
bulls and fifty-four cows.
If you have any old sheep-scrub
hogs or improbable cows-get them
ready for the butcher as soon as pos
sible. SSH -..
As SOON as an animal is matured it
ceases to be profitable to keep. unless
it Is work animal and possibly sheep
If the pastures in which the colts are
kept get short this dry weather use
bran and oats TO make up the shortage.
A FREQUENT change of pasture for
sheep, say every week or ten days, is
conducive to thrift, and should be regu-
larly attended to. r.. FL.
IT costs less to produce pound of
lamb than a pound of mutton. A pound
of lamb sells fc more than q pound of
mutton See the point?
WHEN cattle have to 20 too far for
water they will often 60 without to
their discomfort, and when thcy get to
the water they will drink to their in.
jury. .-.. s.---..- 2 + .
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THE OLD FARM HOME

II you've been happy rover
Through the fields Of fragrant clover,
Where life II all simple round Of bliss, 4
When st eve the sun is sinking
And the stars are family winking
You can call to mind picture such - this.
Hark! Tho COWS are homeward roaming
Through the woodland pastures cleaning,
] can hear them gently lowing through tho
dolls, 80
And from out the bosky dinsle
Comes tho softly tangled Jingle
And tho oft-repeated echo Of the bells
Strange how memory win ding her
Arms about some scenes va bring her.
And the heeting years but mako them stronger
grow; e~if~@ az s''~.--. -
Though wander for and sadly
From that dear old homo, how gladly
recall the cherished scenes OF long ago.
Hank! The COWS are homeward roaming
Through the woodland pastures cleaning.
I can hear them gently lowing through the
dells,
And from out the bosky dinglo
Comes the softiy-tangled jingle
And the oft.repeated echo Of the bells.
Chicago Post.
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on the bottom Of the trough to put .
board in for the back of the trough, as
shown in Fig. 2. Make tight partition
between each section. For the rack
use two scantlings, 2xS, for top and bot
tom pieces. The rungs can be either
iron or tough wood. Bore hole through
the partition for the top piece to run
through, so you can pull the lower end
out for cleaning the rack and fasten the
lower end with two pins.
These racks can be used to q good adj
vantage in barn fifty feet long, with a
barn floor eighteen feet wide. Divide
the stable in four parts, and feed down
at each side of the barn foor.-.A. G. c.
Shoemaker, in Farm and Fireside.
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FIG. g.

standard is brought above the wheel
by stick passed through the rings.
Over the top of the stick, and secured
to 1t by nail, is bent hoop, the ends
passing through cleats driven into the
box. This holds the fodder of the
wheels. ; Loading fodder on a wagon,
whether on the box or hay-rack, is very
difficult, especially after the load is
partly on, unless ladder of some sort
is provided. A very good one is shown
in Fig. 2. 1t is simply wide board, to
which are nailed cleats at proper inter-
walls, fastened to the rear Of the wagon
by two short pieces of ropes or chains.
As the wagon is driven along it drags
after and is at once ready for use. Amer
lean Agricu lturist.
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PUNGEN1 PARAGRAPHS.

-Tom-''Did Thompson really say
was half crazy, Jack?" Jack-"No, he
didn't He isn't so generous as that
Epoch.
F.! There are thirty-two compositions
on the market to prevent submarine
growth on iron ships, and mono of them
does the work.
Elevated acknowledgement
street" The Duke-"Bless me soul.
What picturesque names these Ameri-
cans do have for their streets"-N. Y.
Sun.
! -"Wby, Brown doesn't know enough
to come in when it rains" He doesn't
need to, he has my best umbrella" ~
Harper's Bazaar.
| Young Farmer-'I know I'm per-
feet bear in manners. but" Mary
mo, you're not; you haven't Rugged me
yet"-Punch.
Harry DO you love me, dearest?
! Doarest-Love you? OF course l do.
What other excuse could possibly have
for keeping your company?-Boston
Transcript.
Employer (warningly)-"1 am in
formed, sir, that you attend horse races
and bet on them" Clerk (coolly)-''I
won thousand dollars last week." EN-
ployer Observation-Disclosures dye get y'r
tips?"-N. Y. Weekly.
Pat (who is being lowered into a
welD-"Stop, will ye. Murphy! OF want
to COON up again." Murphy (still let
; ting him down)-'Phat for?" Pat
''Oi'll show ye. AT ye don't sthop let
| tim m 60ovn 0is11
Mamma, know the gentleman's
name that called to see Aunt Ellie last
night, and nobody told me, either
well. then, what is it, Bobby"
''Why, George Don't I heard her say
George, DON'T in the parlor four or five
times hand-running. That's what his
name is."-Philadelphia Times.
Observation-Disclosures the guv'nor 80 cut
upabout?'' Coaohman-''That telephone
message about Fairy Bell falling and
breaking her neck" Hostler-'Good-
ness me! It wasn't the horses neck. It
was the mans" Coachman-''t}o and
to him" ALLY sloper.
| Before and after taking.-When the
picnic party is starting for the woods
the man who is compelled to stay at
home wishes he could join it, and when
the man who was with the party returns
st night he wishes he had been COM
PEELED to stay at home. Chicago Post.
Tho young man of to-day who claims
TO know more than Solomon, does not
70 to the ant with willing spirit to
obtain wisdom, - that wise man on.
Joined, but goes to the ''uncle" with his
overcoat to see how much he can raise
on it-Ram's Horn.
-Chestly (of the Yale crew, in rush
On the pier at Coney Island)-"How the
deuce do the women get through 50
| we'll? They jammed me against the
rails like crowd Of freshmen in = cane
sushl" Yardly (his commercial friend)
l-"1hey have been in training at the
bargain counters."-The Epoch.
-Sharpwit-'I have q neighbor whom
] want to drive out so I can get his
property cheap. I have tried keeping
chickens, dogs and parrots, but without
success. A neighbor Of yours, however.
tolls me you have . pet which he will
warrant to clear neighborhood Of in
habttants In less than no time, but I
forgot to ask what 1t was. Have you
any particularly noisy parrots or any
thing OF shAa ktnd?" Suburban Woman
Indeed, naven't any thing ct al
except little kitten. There mas, In
some mistake. Jane! Jane! The baby
has walked up Go to him quick" -
Good News
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ADVICE FOR GIRLS.

sasgestions Which All Of Them May
Read and Profit By.
There Is very little left to call the
people you love If you lavish words Of
affection on every stranger whom you
meet If you call young woman whom
you have known just half an hour
''Dear," and one whom you have known
three days ''Darling," there will be no
tender, endearing term for you to adj
dress to those who have your whole
heart Girls who are not OF necessity
gushing. are often apt to speak in the
most familiar manner. Good speech Is
certainly pure silver, but there are so
many times when silence would OUT
weigh it and be perfect gold. To tell
OF ones family affairs, to tell Of ones
joys and worries to some one who has q
sympathetic manner, and seems to invite
1t, is at once q weakness and . mis-
fortune. To write letter in which you
use endearing terms, in which yoY dis.
cuss personal matters, is more than
merely indiscreet-it is dangerous.
Don't you think If you are bit familiar
in speech or with the pen to man that
he is going to more than meet this half
way? Don't you think if you call him
by his first name, he is very apt to call
you by yours, and perhaps before people
whom you do not care to have think
lightly Of you? If you permit him to
speak of things not usually discussed,
do not imagine for one moment he is
going to regard the conversation as con.
ddential. lie will always tell it to
somebody, and you can then imagine
how much further down in the esteem
of two people you have gone. Don't let
any man be familiar with you to the
extent of calling you ''Old GIRL or cit
ing you as Zone of the boys" You
don't belong among the boys, and you
shouldn't be counted there. Don't let
any man, unless you are betrothed to
him, kiss you. Lips are of little worth
to John which have been pressed by
Tom, Dick and Harry. -Ladies' Homo
journal
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To Minnesota, dakota and Montana
Rninfs ,zaA NG.tlae,, Raci6a Rail.nad

To Minnesota, dakota and Montana
Points via Northern Pacific Railroad.
There will be sold by the Northern Pa .iflc
r. r., on September 33rd and October 4th,
1890 at st. Paul and Minneapolis, round
trip tickets to points in Minnesota, Dakota
and in Montana, up to and including Mis-
souIa and Butte City, at one fare for the
round trip These tickets are God tor thir'
(the first point in Minnesota to which tick.
cts are sold) or any points beyond, thus af
fording home seekers or others every IA
cility for examining all sections Of the West
Do not forget the dates and remember that
the Northern Pacific Railroad is the only
line running Pull an alace Sleepers
Pullman Tourist Sleepers and Dining Cars
into the above mentioned States Tickets
on sale 1872 E. Third st., st. Paul, 10 Nicol-
let House Block, Minneapolis, and at Union
Oepots in both cities.
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THE FARMING WORLD.


q Hanay and Emcient Pl.n Tor r..dl.~
500 Horses. s$sss5a1
! send yon : plan Of rack for feeding
horses which we have had In use for
over year, and which has given good
sattsfactlon both for feeding hay and
grain. This rack Is two and one half
feet wide BY ten feet long, and feeds
four head Of horses. s.
Fig l shows front view for ono
horse. It Is in sections; each section
com binosA hay-rack on one side and .
trough on the other side. Fig. gives
an end view of one section. showing the
way the grain-spout comes into. the
trough and the way the hay is put into
tho rack. This rack can be built by
any person that can work with tools,
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We OFFER Ono Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case Of Catarrh that can not be
cured by taking Halls Catarrh Cure
F. J.. CHENEY Il Co Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J..
him perfectly honorable in Ill business
transactions, and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
West h Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo
Walding, Kinnan Il Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
acting directly on the blood and mucous sur.
faces Of the system. Testimoni Is freq
Price, 75o per bottle. Sold by al Druggists,
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FIG. l.:

when the farmer has only one wagon
and daily hauls some green fodder to
help out the pastures. In such case it
is better to use the wagon with the bed
on, laying the fodder length wise in the
bed until it is full, and then crosswise,
as the hind wheels project above the
bed on the ordinary wagon the arrange
ment shown in Fig. is necessary. The
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-09-18

The "EvANsv11LE ROUTE win sell tickets
from Chicago and Ill stations on its lines,
on Sept Q and g and Oct II, At rate of
ono fare for tho round trip, to points in Ala
ana, mississippi, Tennessee and Texas.
Tickets will bo good for return passage SO
days from date Of sale Solid trains are run
from Chicago through to Nashville, where
connections arc made in tho Union Depot
for through trains running to every city OF
any importance in the south.
For pamphlet descriptive Of tho South or
Information ~ to rates or tickets, address
WILLIAM HILL Genl Pass'r ard Ticket
Agent G. & +. ]. r. R.. Chicago.
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We've heard Of a woman
who said she'd walk FIVE miles
to get a bottle Of DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription if she
couldn't get it without. That
woman had tried it. And it's
a medicine which makes itself
felt in toning up the system
and correcting irregularities as
soon as its use is begun.
Go to your drug store, pay
a dollar, get a bottle and try
it-try a second, a third if
necessary. Before the third
ones been taken you'll know
that there's a remedy to help
you. Then you'll keep on
and a cure II come.
But # you shouldn't feel the
help, should be disappointed
in the results you'll find a
guarantee printed on the bot
tle-wrapper thatll get your
money back for you.
How many women are there
who'd rather have the money
than health? And "Favorite
Prescription" produces health.
Wonder is that there's a
woman willing to suffer when
there's a guaranteed remedy
in the nearest drug store