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Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-05-01

tho barb wire fence, says tina Des
Moines Register, 1t would keep tho
colts away from danger. Boards on
top OF tho fence arc not practical. boz
cause they would require extra posts.
Willow hedges north Of tho Usage
orange line OF growth, which Is about
tho tock Island Railway. would answer
we'll around u horse pasture. Most
farmers can afford 10 prepare for horse
pasturiug, summer and winter. The
damage to ono colt, II prevented, would
pay for considerable extra preparation.
Thousands OF promising young horses
are ruined for tho eastern market by
being famed, or by msightly scars
from barb wire. IL is well settled that
colts can winter in 4 blue grass pasture
with very little grain or hay. or none
at all II tho grass IL abundant and the
snow not too deep. We think IA willow
or osago orange hedge around such
pastures beneficial Ia many ways.
Where the pasture Is on TN opon
prairie IL should have windbreaks OF
some kind We notice that grain
growers grub out such hedges, but
graZors can afford To lot them grow.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-05-01
Measuring Corn In tho Crib.

d. C. Thompson, Pendleton Co, Ky,
asks for reliable rule for measuring
corn in the crib. The best rule for
measuring corn in the crib Is the Sfol-
lowing: Multiply the length. breadth
and height together In feet to obtain
the number OF cubic feet Multiply
this product by four, strike of the
right-hand figure, aud the result will
be the number OF shelled bushels in
all, very nearly.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-05-01
Apnlc. Medicinal.

Tho medicinal virtues OF tho apple
arc being sounded on all sides In
Europe. IL Is said TO neutrali2e the
evil effects OF eating too much meat.
and the German chemists state that IL
Is richer than any other fruit or veget-
able In phosphorus, an olemcnt that Is
useful In renewing the essential nerv-
Gus matter OF the brain and spinal
snrJ
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-05-01
uand-iSed calves.

II tho calves nro to DO fed by hand.
the better plan Is not TO allow them to
suck ut all. Tako them from tho COW
aud keep In II dry, warm place. and
feed regularly. This will be better
than allowing them TO suck few days
aud thon take AWAY.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-05-01
Tho striped Cucumber Eeotir.

In my gardening experience Of ove'
thirty years, says W, +, Massey, have
never found any need for protectors
to keep tho striped bugs of OF cucnm.
bers. squashos or melons. These
beetles usually attack tho plants when
In tho seed-loaf state. and seldom do
much harm afterward Az soon rs the
seed leaves appear tho bugs appear
ALSO. but handful OF bone flour dust
ed over each Hill will keep Thorn away.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-05-01

When Emerson said, glitch your wagon to
a STAR" did he mean marry an actresst
A man can always find fault II he will /; a wo-
man will always find fault II she can.
The bibulous coinetlst takes naturally to a
toot.
Collars in Queen Elizabeth's time were ruff
on the neck.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-05-01

1t has been observed in tha chur hes that
short sermons always seem 10 give the best
satisfaction.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-05-01
the MARX STS

Pride is wise when II goeth before fan. ]
Il waited until aftcrward IL could not go al all
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-05-01

There is very little warmth in the mltten
which the rejected lover receives.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-05-01
CONGRESSIONAL.
sENATr.

WASHINGTON, April 2a-Thc conference re.
ment for Oklahoma was agreed to. The hill
now goes To the president. The house bill
amending the act OF August 1881, authorlI-
ing the construction of high wagon bridge
across the Missouri river at or near Sioux City
was passed.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-09-25

I'VE ruined away" Tod sail. tear.
fully. rcpentantly. We're sorry. Any
how. I'm sorry. I'm very sorry, and
I'll he ever SO ,od.'
We'll, that's something else" NAM
ma said. Come in. I've always kiss
for little boy who tells me he is
sorry"
She picked up Tod and kissed him.
wet and draggled and berry-stained
though no was Tears came into her
eyes, and her heart beat faster, for she
had become alarmed about them.
I'm sorry, too" confessed Bud, and
SO mamma stopped and kissed him.
They washed themselves, dried their
clothes, ate hearty supper, and ttcn
went to bed.
Its nicer here than in the old bark
hut" commented Tod
There's no place SO nice as home"
sagely added Bud. Frank H. Staufcr,
in Interior
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-09-25
THE VALUE or MILK.

Tho lows station Test Applied with Con.
siderable Success.
In the ordinary method Of paying for
milk, that Is delivered to the cheese or
butter factory, BY the 100 pounds. there
is manifest injustice done the man
who has cows that give rich milk
whether produced by the ''blood'' Of the
animal or by heavy grain feeding. The
introduction OF the various .'tests'' for
finding the real value Of milk are doing
a great deal to overcome this injustice.
illustrating our point we give the ex-
perience Of Gurler Bros, DE kalb. ILL.,,
who use the Patrick or Iowa Station
test They say:
We commenced on this plan April I.
1890. Taking tho tests about once per
week, We took five tests in April, and
made an average of the five for basis
OF each patron. At the end Of the month
we found the churn had made .O8S per
cent. Is $40 per cwt. more butter than
the test work indicated; therefore wo
added that percentage to each test, CIV
ing each patron his pro rata share Of
what the churn made more than the test
work indicated.
The tests are all made by number, tho
person making the tests never knowing
whose milk is being tested. After the
tests are made and reported, the fore
man Of the creamery attaches the pat
ron's name to the number; then the
work is ready for the bookkeeper. This
is done to remove any cause for suspi-
cion of favoritism on the part OF the
patrons. We keep a daily record OF the
butter yiold Of the creamery. and il We
have any suspicion that any one is dis
honest, we take test Immediately, and
they are credited by this test until
another Is male.
For April tho lowest yield for any
patron was 3.63 pounds Of butter for
each 100 pounds Of milk delivered, and
the highest was 415 pounds Of butter
for each 100 pounds Of milk received 80
the last receiving 81 per cent. moro per
100 pounds Of milk than the first.
This creamery Is operated on the
dividend plan, the patrons paying US 4
cents per pound for making the butter.
On the old-pay-by-the-1OO-pounds
milk, each patron would have received
81 cents per 100 pounds for his milk; Is
we paid by the test, the loves received
So rs cents per 100 pounds, and the high
est % cents per 100 pounds.
Field and Stockman.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-09-25

properly graded. Much drain-pipe is.
made Of this form. Then again when
they want water to flow any
where they give their pipe down
grade in that direction. The culvert
bottom is usually not only fiat but
level. Water does not run fast when on
level ground. Where there is brook
to take care of. make its bed smooth in
the culvert, and on the upstream side
which high water might lodge under
the road bed.
II it is too costly to buy an oval pipe
for the culvert, make q plank bottom.
But do not lay tho planks fat. 1t will
take broad and heavy stream to carry
q single bunch Of leaves through under
such conditions. Make the bottom
q blunt V-shape as in Fig. 8. Then
small stream will have small chan
mel. A slight obstruction will back up
the water so fast as to remove 1t at once.
In word. what the engineers call tho
''scour" will be great Tho culyert
bottom will be largely self-cleaning,
and when freshet comes, instead OF .
dam being already begun and in q po-
sition to catch any floating substance.
there will be clear waterway, in
which it will be difficult for any thing
TO lodge.
Finally, remember that when an en-
gineer wishes to make the water flow
slowly, to bring the current to a stand
still, he makes his sewer with Hat
bottom. In this case, reform is cheap,
and it also pays. Therefore, it is to be
hoped that the farmers will reform,
build moro sensible culverts, and, as !.
consequence, have fewer washouts in
the future than in the past-Ameriean
Agriculturlst.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-09-25
MR.. WHYT'S
WIFE'S SISTER.
BY MARION HARLAND.
CHAPTER yIH.-CoNTINuEp.
COPYRIGHT. 1890. I

CHAPTER vIII.-CoNTINUED
1T is sitting after the sca-shore.'
breathed May. but it is home. am
glad to be back
And always
March said il. in STOPPING. hat in
hand, TO kiss his mother. There was
the ring of sincerity in his voice: his
eyes were placid. He had come home
to her cured Of an ill-starred fancy for
an ineligible girl. There was no sign
Of any thing more than neighborly in
terest in his face when May asked at
dinner-time how the Wayts were.
well, believe" replied Mrs. Gil
christ. Il have seen comparatively
little Of them while you were away, ex-
cept at church. 1t has been 100 hot for
visiting. Yesterday I took Hester out
10 drive. She misses you sadly. May.
She is thinner and has less color than
when you went away
Dear little Queen Nab said Hes
ter's friend. i must have her over to-
morrow to spend the day. l have some
books and sketches for her. And Iietty?''
lis as busy as usual, Hester tells me.
She goes out very little, believe. The
young people hereabouts call her a
recluse."
The unconscious Judge came to the
relief of all parties.
"Mr. Wayt's congregation continues
large" he remarked. .'He preached
truly remarkable sermon last Sunday.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-09-25
NOW I LAY ME- DOWN TO
SLEEP"

In the quiet nursery chambers.
Snowy pillows vet impressed.
See the forms II little children
Kneeling. white-robed. for their rest.
All In quiet nursery chambers.
While the dusky shadows creep,
Hear the voices OF the children
Wow lay me down TO sleep"
In the meadow and the mountain
Calmly shine the winter stars,
But across the glistening lowlands
Slant the moonlight's silver bars.
In the silence and the darkness
Darkness growing still more deep.
Listen TO the little children
Praying God their souls to keep.
"If we die.'--so pray the children
And the mothers head DROPS low
zone from out her fold IL sleeping
Deep beneath the winters snow.
I" Take our souls" and past the easement
Fits CLEAN OF crystal light
Like the trailing OF His garments
Walking cvermore in white.
Little souls. that stand expectant,
Listening nj the gates u life,
Hearing IA. away the murmur
OF the turlulf and the strife:
We. who fight beneath those banners.
Meeting ranks OF foemen there,
Find deeper, broader meaning
In your simple vesper prayer.
vnen your hand shall grasp this standard
Which, to-day. ycu watch from far;
When your deeds shall shape the conflict
In this universal war
Pray to Him, the God Of battles.
Whose strong eye can never sleep.
In the wardng OF temptation,
Firm and true your souls to keep.
When the combat ends and slowly
Clears the smoke from out the skies:
When. far down the purple distance,
All the noise OF battle dies;
When the last nights solemn shadows
Settle down on you and me,
May the love that never faileth
Take our souls eternally.
Hartford Times.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-09-25

hasty excavation, and short string
pieces are placed across them. to sup
port the planks. Fig. > is of similar
construction, save that planks are set
up edgewise in place of the logs. Fig.
3 is bad and expensive. Fig. is still
more costly. and equally bad in con-
struction at the fundamental point.
Now, lesson from the engineers who
build sewers will cost nothing. and it
may save some culverts next year. 1t
is a lesson that pertains to the bottom,
and not to the top Of the culvert the
waterway and not the roadway. The
engineers have found that when they
want stream Of variable size to keep
its course clean. the best form Of pipe
or conduit for it is an egg-shaped Sec
ton, with the small end down, as shown
in Fig. 3. The tiles rest upon planks
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-09-25
LOG CULvERT.

barely trickles through. A heavier
rain brings in some stones. The rough.
fiat waterway gets more and more OBJ
strUcted each time the water finds its
way under the road. .Of course" says
the farmer, ''culverts get stopped up
Yes, and then they are washed out bod
lily, and the farmer has to pay for build
ing them over again. And perhaps he
has to wait couple of weeks until the
road surveyor GEES ready to see to mat
tiers. When there Is stream flowing
all the time. who ever saw any one take
pains to have clear bed for it under
the road? There is always space am
pie for the flow, but SO INSTRUCTED with
rocks or stones that, when the flood
comes, tho stream begins at once to at
tack the sides. Perhaps it rises and
flows over the roadway. Figures to
represent primitive forms of culverts Of
different degrees of effectiveness. but
all of them may be found in country
roads Fig. belongs to the ''cordu-
roy" period of road-making. A rough
log is thrown down on either side of the
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-09-25
FOR GIRLS AND BOYS.
RoDERick, JAMES, AND Me.

Papa and mamma went ont to- row,
And left us all alone ut home. you know
ROderick. James. and me-.
Now, DEAR they said. Just play with
your toys.
Like dear little. good little. sweet little boys,
And VIC will cone home to tea"
We played with our toys the longeR whilei
We built up our blocks for nearly mile,
Roderick, James. and !.
But when they came tumbiing down, alas
They fell right against the look ing glass:
Oh! ho,c the pieces did fly!
Then we found pillow that had rip.
And all the feathers we out did slip,
Roderick, James. and !.
And we made II snow storm, n glorious one,
All over the room. OH! wasn't it fun,
As the fcathery flakes did NY!
But just as the storm was raging around,
Papn and mamma came in. and found
Roderick. James. and me.
Oh terrible. terrible things they said.
And they put rs NIL three right straight to
bed.
With the empty pillow case under my head.
And none Of rs had any tea.
Laura T.. Richards, In St Nicholas
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nonsensieal talk. If you will let Homer
take you to the mouse, and compose your
self sufficiently to prepare your mother
for the shock of seeing her husband
brought in insensihle. we may save him
yet. Go! and send Homer back at once -
The wild eyes surveyed him piercing
ly; with a low, meaning laugh, She
sank back among her cushions.
Il think" she said distinctly and
deliberately-"that you are the best
man God ever made. TO on. Tony
Left alone with the unconscious man,
March stopped and rolled him entirely
over. lie had been lying face down
ward, his cheek to the sward: one arm
Vas by his side, the other was thrown
in a. natural position above his head.
His pulse was almost normal, although
somewhat sluggish: his respiration
heavy, but not stertorous: his com
plexion was not sanguine. Ills breath.
and, March feared, his whole body.
reeked Of opium. March shook him
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-09-25

MARCH RECEIVES THE UNOPENED LETTER.
At this rate we will have to pull down
our church and build larger by next
year"
The wife looked gratified. 1t was
much to have her husband speak OF "our
church"
May was content to wait for the NOR.
rows meeting with her pet. Hester
was wild with Impotence to be again
with her worshiped friend. IIetty might
demonstrate, and her mother entreat
her not to intrude upon the family on
the evening of the travellers arrival.
The spoiled child was manageable
She could not sleep wink. she pro-
tested, until she had kissed Miss MAY.
and exchanged reports of the week S sep
arating them from the dear everyday
intercourse. She would take with her
the portfolio she had almost worked
herself i'll to fill with what May must
think showed diligent endeavor to nm
prove.
"Then, there is the great news to
tell."
.'Wouldn't it be well TO wait awhile
before speaking of that? 'dissuaded the.
mother.
1T is week old. already Hester
pouted. "And I said never a word to
Mrs. Gilchrist yesterday. THE Sea-
sons"-the mot dc .famik at the Gill
christs' for brother and sister-.are our
only own friends. mamma. You can
trust them to hold their tongues
what seems great event to US will
he small to Them" cautioned Mrs.
Wayt-then gave Hester her way.
Nine o'clock saw her in Homer s
charge on the orchard-road, the shortest,
as it was the most secluded to the Gil
christ place.
Where are you taking me. Tony?''
she aroused from u happy, cxpectant
revcrie to ask, midway.
The aftermath of the June moving
was tall by now, and the chair was al
most hidden in it.
"Now-I don l1eer fur ter take We
near that big tree. Tain't wholesome
nor proper grunted the charioteer.
He was slightly afraid of the tcsty little
damsel, AMI took on doughty airs al
times 10 ulSpFONe Iacl. we III soon
git inter the path agi'n.'
but won't stand this cried Hester
irate. go back to the path. No,
wholesome! not proper! What do you
uean?"
Now seen the light there often
erin anywheres else"-liomcr was be-
ginning, when they were hailed by a
well-knowD voice.
What are you doing over there?''
called March.
Swimming for our lives" returned
Hester. Wont you dive. and drag me
out by the hair of my head?"
Her tone was tremulous with delight.
As he took her hand. it quivered like a
poplar-leaf in his large, cordial grasp.
He was fond of Hester on her own &C.
count, fonder OF her because he linked
her with Hetty. lie had strolled down
the street with his cigar after giving
his mother a detailed account of the
pieasurc-making Of the last throe weeks.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-09-25
THE DAIRY.

1t costs no more for transportation
to market Of fine gilt-edged butter than
the poor stuff that brings next to moth
ing.
Rank, waterv grasses will water the
milk to . degree that the milkman, IL
he gets that kind of milk, need not
bother the pump handle.
The "hooping' Of the curd should
egin when the harsh surface produced
IN each piece Of curd by the salt COM
nences to give place to slippy, mellow
quality.
No matter how clean the utensils
may be. filthy stall will cause the
milk to be more or less filthy. The dry
dirt floats in tho air. and though unseen,
is present in proportion to the manner
in which tho quarters are kept
Some farmers consider certain
marks in COW as indicating her quality
rs mixer, but far better guide 10 to
weigh her milk regularly. That tells
the story without any guesswork, and
tells exactly what every owner ought
to know.
1t is the man who sets out to accom-
plish some object and keeps in the path
that leads to- it, who an = rule. succeeds
best. The man who tries to produce
both beef and dairy products, must walk
in two paths and will not get along very
fast Western Rural.
After . generous supply OF suitable
food provided at stated times-during
all seasons Of the ycar-thcre is no work
on which depends the highest success,
and maximum yield Of the dairy COW. -
q punctual and careful system Of milk.
ing, with the exercise Of gentleness and
kind treatment in the every day man
agement Of the cows.-Farm, Field and
Stockman.
Governor Hoard, in q recent address,
said the farmer should sell skill, and
not the products Of crude thoughts and
crude effort. II no does not sell skill he
sells to kill: In Wisconsin we produce
about 100000 pounds Of butter; TO-.
00O, 900 pounds sold last year as near -
can be estimated, for an average Of
about % cents . pound; 40, 0O0. 600 sold
for an average Of about Is cents pound.
Do you know Of any earthly power but
the farmer himself that can change this
poor 13-cent butter to ascent butter?
Did it ever occur to those troubled
with cows leaking milk that milking
without wetting tho teats would produce
this result? Also that 1t is neater way
to brush the udder with the hands and
moisten the teats when beginning than
to milk without moistening, and have ;
constant dropping into the pail Of scnrf
and scales that 60 eddying around in
the milk while the mess is being drawn?
1t is not only heater to moisten the teats
little. but it is natures way. - we
learn from the sucking CALM. Y.
Tribune.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-09-25
siLo CONSTRUCTION.

Advice Given by the Kansas. Ohio and
New York Experiment Stations.
In building silos. the Kansas, Ohio
and other stations advise that they bo
located as near the feeding place -
practicable and on the same level.
Wood has been found the best material.
The method OF construction commonly
recommended is in general terms 40 fol-
lows: On light foundation of stone
set up strong framework of studding
e by to II inch stuff. On the outside
OF this frame put on . layer of stock
boards and on the inside two thicknesses
of matched boards with tarred paper be-
tween. The roof should be tight and
the floor NAV be of hard, dry dirt.
From IL to Is by - to IS feet, and % to
for ordinary size. The great lateral
pressure resulting in . deep box ro-
quires q strong construction. The door
Of the silo should open convenient to
the feeding place.
1t is generally conceded that corn 10
sthe best crop for silage in this country.
Greater maturity before harvesting ID
now favored than was formerly thought
desirable. At the New York station IL
is thought corn should not be cut be-
fore it has reached the milk stage OF tho
kernel" The Ohio station recommends
that fodder corn be cut when the Germ
begins to glaze and when the stalks be-
gin to dry near tho ground" But in
Kansas, where intense heat and other
climatic pecuiiarities hasten the ripen-
ing of the crop, it is advised that har-
yesting should not be delayed after
the corn is In the early dough state"
1t is now thought better to put both
stalks and ears in the silo than to uso
the stalks alone. The whole is cut into
small pieces and man Is kept in the
silo while it is being filled to attend to
its close packing. There is no general
agreement among experimenters in re-
gard to the necessity of heavily weigh
ing the contents of the silo. In Kansas
layer Of tarred paper covered eight teen
inches deep with green grass has boen
found as effectual as weighing heavily
with rocks. Exclusion of tho air seems
moro important than piling on weights.
There are SO many places either In or
adjacent to farm buildings already ex-
listing where silos may be located with
the manner of construction, filling and
taking out adapted to varying cases,
that beginners will always be benefited
by visiting neig hboring silos and profit
ing by what they can learn from expe-
ing but little water and close packing
in an alright siio appear to nroducs
the best silage. N. Y. World.