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leading TO misery, decay and death. Premature Old
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On receipt OF price
WE GUARANTEES SIX BOXES
To cure any case. With each order received by IN
for sir bottles, accompanied with S. We viii send
the purchaser our written guarantee to refund the
money II the treatment does not effect . cure
Guarantees issued only by kERKow BRos.. Drug
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on Yesier avenue and James street, Seattle, Wash.
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sIsERIA's RAILROAD.


ginning WORK.
The Magdeburg ziefung gives some inter.
esting particulars concerning tine plans
which have been suggested for the
projected railroad across Siberia
TO the Pacific. There are two
an uninterrupted line, starting nom thu
mel, in the urals, and having its EASTERN
terminus at VladivOstock. This would b.
at least 5000 versts long, and the lowest @.
innate places the cost at 3aO,O00000 rublso.
The other scheme recommends . system u
comparatively short railways, combineJ
with the great waterways, which have
hitherto been chief factor in commercial
communications through Russisn Asia,
This, il is estimated, could b completed
for 10. 600, 200 rublcs, or for little more than
third Of the cost Of the more ambitious
project.
The western terminus Of the systesn
would be Tomsk, which is already ccn-
in European Russia. The railways to
1rkntsk. close TO Lake Balkai, Will b
1,56S verts long. Another limo, from
the southeastern end Of the lake to
Szetensk and the Amoor, will Be 10O
versts long, and its continuation from
Grafsikaja to yladiyostock will Be sx3
II is true, be available only during the
summer half of the year. But the expert
ence Of what actually goes on n
the Volga region, where, n0twit1l.
standing the railway facilities, all
trading operations are confined 10 the
period within which navigation is feasible,
shows that summer system Of commu-
nication will be quite sufficient for
Siberia, where trading operations and
development of every kind are 70
much less. A lodg series Of observa-
tons shows that both the Obi and
the Irtysh are open for navigation Shouts
40 days in the year, which will give murh
more than sufficient time for the cheaper
conveyance Of everything by water from
one railway terminus to another.
At all events, this combined system a.
railways and navigablc rivers will suhico
for all Siberian demands for q long time 70
come Ii is rumorcd, the Magdeburg zcif,tssg
states, that the railway from ToiHsk 10
Irkutsk will be taken in hand this year and
that loan will not be needed--at least IN
the first insfance-for its construction: the
funds will probably be obtained from the
accumulation of savings during the last
few years. The German paper pfu-
ceeds to give estimates in detail
Of the probable income Of this
new system, in which the revenue 70
be derived from the carriage Of tea IL put
down as a considerable item. At presents
all tea which comes from China 10 Russio
il carried by water, with q comparatively
small distance Of land transport, all tke
way to shni-Novgorod'
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Big Gray wolves RsvaginC Montana
Great Falls Leader.

Albert Henry. the Smith river valley
rancher who brought Louis yetty to the
city yesterday. says that the gray wolves
are both numerous and dangerous in that
vicinity. During the past winter they
have descended to the ranches and killed
numbers OF calves, several Of his stock
being killed and devourcd by them. The
more aggressive and bold, and il Is neccs-
sary to keep close watch over tho IanDo
stock. These are not the coyotes Of the
valleys, but the big timber wolves. ard e
pressed by hunger they will not hesitato.
TO attack human beings. They are ex-
tremeiy hard TO kill ordinarily, keepinG
close in the timber during the Day and
saIlying forth 1t night in bands Of stx =
that considerable trouble viii Be had T.
getting rid Of them, and consideru -
ranges very unsafe 1t the present TINA
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RAILWAYS.

RAILWAYS.
THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD
= The lire to take to all points East and
ns through vesinnieS Trans every
DAY 10 the yeer to
ST. PAUL AND CHICAGO,
mo change Of cars)
Compoeed Of Dining Cars unsurpassed, Pullman
Drawing Room sieepers VI latest
equipment
TOURIST SLEEPING CARS
pest that can be constructed and in which &C
bsIden q first or second-class tickets, and
ELEGANT DAY COACHES
continuous line connecting with all lines. II.
hrding direct and uninterrupted service.
Pullman sleeper reservations can he secured In
advance through any agent Of the road.
THROUGH TICKETS
70 and nom all points In America. England and
Esoes can Be purchased 1t any ticket ONCE Of this
TRAINS LEAVE SEATTLE A. FOLLOWS:
Overland through train, Sis =. m.
Iustand and south, 8 Is 4. m. and s:85 p. m.
chehalis and Olympia, 6:15 .. m.
ems and spI ocsl s els "a and s:iS M: is:ls
s&9. 6:26 and 1885 p. m.
TRAINS WILL ARRIVE FROM
lsrtand and SOUTH e $40 = M and 1855 p. m.
Ssssosie ss ana Ss orss. iaos 81 and s'io
ana local. ASsSOs o.SV anu AA.AV -
S:l5. ASS and :53 p m.
Time shortened Is hours between Seattle and ST.
Paul
Through Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars, elegant
gay coaches, finest palace dining cars between Sc
AUX, Tacoma and Portland direct. Daily service
fuu information concerning rates. time OF trains
lion to
"A. 2. CHARLTON. Asst. Gen. Psss Agt.,
III First St. cor. Washington Portland, Or.
A NADEAu General Agent, Seattle.
\. cHII.BERG, City Passenger and Ticket Agent
southeast corner Ycsicr avenue and CONNER
cial street Olympic block. Seattle Wash.
4: rToNkIN, Ticket Agent, Seattls depot, foot Of
Third street.
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A.p propreE rrcr,r.
EASTERN MARKETS..
CHICAGO Lfyg srorx.

CHICAGO, Feb. D. Cattle Receipts, 90; duh
and steady, TO weak; steers, *Ka5 y; COWS, sis0
Obs. heifcrs. $..sagI60: bulls. s2.3oe. 70;
sfockers, $,..Ia.;
Hogs-keeeipts. t5.cs1: lower rongh aud conf
mon, S;zbg5 -. pscxsFs- s3eyt1;.5J: prime
heavy aud bufeEcfs weight, ss.5ggssGa; light,
ss.:fscclGo
sheep = Receipts, 700; higher: Westerns,
$5.lHg5 10; natives, $tte,5d5
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The OK team is older than the railroad;
the pony express Il older than the tele-
graph; the crooked stick Is older than the
steel plow. People who reverence the
dead past do not belong to this progressive
age. For them is bloodletting and leeches,
croton OIL and spanish fly.
The Histogenetic System is supcrceding
the old schools a. does the sunrise the
darkness. Would It mot b well to inves-
tigate itf
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sEAsEcK, Wash. NAV "a. lsoo.

SEABEcK, WASH, May 10, 1890.
] was laid up with rheumatism and was
In as bad fix apparently as possible. Ny
leg swelled up enormously and bHrsted.
The agony was just about uncomfortable.
When things looked darkest sent to DR..
J. Eugene Jordan for his Histogenetic
medicine and after taking it six days re-
covered completely and am now perfectly
well and have had no recurrence Of it for
year. THOMAS PIERCE.
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CEx7aALrA, Wash, Feb. 10, 1891.

CExTRALrA, WASH, Feb. 10, 1891.
Dr. ]. Eugene Jordan, Seattle. Wash:
sir-Having used your Histogenetic
Medicines for sciatic rheumatism and
found immediate and perfect relief after
fifteen years OF doctoring, have great
confidence in it and find several here who
would like TO use it: therefore, write to
know II you would like an agency here,
what terms you allow agents, etc. Should
like to handle it if satisfactory arrange
ments could be made. Respectfully,
MRS. w. w. WALTERS.
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FOREIGN MARKETS.
rSANerst..


LoSpoS. Fec. .s,.-closing -consuis: Money,
eGls; money account. ~ Ibid Bar silver, 40.
Money, ~ per cen..
Fs-tnsrrrFs.
LIVERPOOL, Feb. -l.-wheas- Steady, demand
fair
CONFIRM, demand fair
LONDON, Feb. 23.-Enclish wheat active, prices
having advanced Sd. Foreign, with increased
demand, I'd higher. At tnday's market English
and foreign wheats were "a higher. Oats were
held tor I'd more. Round corn, Sd dearer Flour,
barley and beans firm
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She was nice E.oush = Kss.

"Are you out with Mr.. Dreamy, ~
poet, Ethel?'
"Yes. am, the nasty thing. Hewsoee
some lines about girl at the seashoss ~
dedicated them to me. He had the an4n4
ity 70 call me sand witch. lade ~ -
ridicuIous.'
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Dispatch steamers from Seattle m follows:
For San FTancisco via Fort Townsend and VIC
eofia: At = p m. tpaasengcrS received on toard ~
p nh February 2. Z. ~. IL. ~. 81 and every
For Alaska: February ana II, March : and ~
lrcm Fan Francisco for Victoria and Puget
sound poris: Al T. N. February 8. 8. IA. - -
Tickeis may be obtained Ct the office Of the com
pauy. u Ocean dock. seattle.
GoODAL. PERKINS d Co,
Geperal Agents. San Francisco.
Il. MCCLELLAN. superintendent. seattle
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one 6uildtu9s Ola Front 9e.
e tie facinc coast sss ssiil sre.tlnr Win ~
HsaIeat success Ill Chronic, Nervous, Hood and
IN ssss e e. Es .u Ia: n
stes nom The University 81 the City 81 New ore
sS.1 o cssss Ms
XII ead universal success IN the treatment md
s srn Chronic dssasss eniitI. these sm!nsns phy
a.; =, SSEsrAIE AND POSITIVE cunn ~ o.
shat MIA n =. vaos end the numerous EMS
PaIy IVA < = BLOOD Loon Asp sx.s DISEASE,
elGss's;sH ffa And sS sqFsd p1,
fiIHs ysss TFfsHy e sssiE ssi!l
HYDRocKLE AND vXRiCocELE perns,
As sYfa iaa sScSsSlly narsa IN sysSz ssae
sefrhma seminal Weakness. Lost Manhood
Nwlshs Emissiona Dscayed racplres, Female
dsords skss result nom yousSsai snes q Is
MAnnTED MEN, q thoss entering q thss
ss2gy ~ awsss q physicsi disability. quickly
sTRicTuREs radically ana safely cured win,
hheum:tism, Neuralgia catarrh. Brcnchiia
s Tsc. wer p sn'p nsaT saISs
Jon and Ill diseases Of the various Organs q Is
= an ~: S:ss saa 1 sars S.pss
.iIIb mate. ssa. ysu. segPa,ss consul. .ss.s
An surE.c.i diseasss sumors and dsiormstEes r.
eit6ss ss9 I'll impedimsnss 70 suaIr.sss qiicSy -
sss & ssa sR 'o'
omce Houre-e = n. until 8 p. m. Sunday. IL -
sncs. Al ccnndentisI send cent? Is Ssam@ g
insure prompt reply.
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YOU CLAIM That YoU ARB RATIONAL
Does Your Conduct Show
It?

Why Cling With Blind Faith 60 the
1eseefsng Old seheels - Medicine
Just Decanse They Are Ola?
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TRADE AND SHIPPING.

TRADE AND SHIPPING.
Shipments Of Merchandise Good
Yesterday.
SIGNS OF OATS WEAKENING
Trade Was Reported Fair Yess@rday-
Market Quotations Remain TN
changed-The BANKS Closed.
TIDES AT SEATTLE HsRnoE rosAy.
HIGH warya Low wsrEa
an n pm. #. am. II p.m. II
aA "a ~ 80 li.zs So n2f as
At rusr TowssExD.
80 % sss - IL 81 iS.:o Is
Notwithstanding the fat tnat Yesterday was
ranieuiarly observed lesa, holiday, the
banks being closed. yet i,sisiaess was reported
very fair and shipments OF merchandise were
quite large No change WIS reported In quota
tons, but oats show signs Of weakening again
Receipts contlnuc to b. large, aud the demand,
though fair. is scarcely equal 10 tho supply.
GENERAL SHIPMENTS.
During the pas: twsn.y-fos;r hours goods and
merchandise have been shipped from Seattle in
the following amounts: Rs rail--Sor,hern Pa
chic, IS tons; Columbia & Puget sound q tons:
Seattle, Lake Shore 4 Eastern. 81 tons BY water
Henry Bailey. ~ tons: Garland. - tons: w X
Merw1u, ~ tons, Nssco - tors. " r. Munroc
le tons; Buckeye. ~ toiss J. :. Perry. 10 scas
Eliza Anderson. > tons: Eynn-ci. II tons: State
OF Washington, 6 tons; I'oliskoisky. 5 tons;
Edith, tens; Glide. tons: Grace, 3 tons: Fair
haven, Q tons; FEyorite. J tons Total shipments,
SIS tons
MERCHANDISE A.p PnoDrcE HrcFfrrs
Produce and merchandise have been received
ct the port OF seattle during the pakt twenty
four hours rs follows: BY rail-So.thcrn Psciiic,
es7 tons; CoiumEia d Puget Sound. lis tons: Sc
attic. Lake shore & Eastern. 10. tons. By water
-. :. Perry. 20 tons: J. u. Mcdonald, y tons;
state OF Washington, 10 tons. ". X. Mcrwin
tons: Clara Brown, 10 tons: wasco, toes;
Edith. tons; Eyangci, tons. Total receipts,
1915 tens. =
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Trade Was Reported Fair Yesterday
Market Quotations Remain TIM
changed-The Ranks Closed.

TIDES AT sEArrGs HARMON roaAY.
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NEW TIME CARD COLUMBIA q PUGET
AZ SOUND RAILROAD
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Sight exchange ana telesTaphic transfers on New
York, Chicago. g. Paul, San Francisco. Port
land, and various points In wash
inGton, Oregon and British
Columbia

Sight bills Of exchange on London available else.
where In Europe.
Collections made at al points favorable terms
Bonds, stocks and other vaiuables received on de-
p0st for dale keeping.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-05-22
German
Syrup"

Here is an incident from the South
Mississippi, written in April, 1890,
just after the Grippe had visited that
country. Il am farmer, one OF
those who have to rise early and
work late. At the beginning of last
Winter was on trip to the City
of Vicksburg, Miss. where got well
drenched in shower Of rain. !
went home and was soon after seized
with a dry, hacking cough. This
grew worse every day, until l had
TO seek relief consulted DR.. Dixon
who has since died, and he told me
to geta bottle of Boschee's German
Syrup. Meantime my cough grew
worse and worse and then the Grippe
came along aud l caught that also
very severely. My condition then
compelled me to do something. |
got two bottlesof German Syrup. l
began using them, and before taking
much of the second bottle, | was
entirely clear Of the Cough that had
hung to ne 50 long, the Grippe, and
all its bad effects. felt tip-top and
have felt that way ever since. "
PETER J. BRIALs, Jr., Cayuga, Hines
Co., Miss. .
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-05-22
Io Went Down to His ONES.

my dear" said Mr.. Blough, Il an not
going out this morning l have got
cold and it rains, so | think | will stay
in the house and finish examining these
papers that"
ooh, I'm so glad" said Mrs. Blough.
81 have wanted to get a chance to
run out for mornings shopping for
some time, so | will go to day, and you
will see to things, won't you?
Il expect the grocers boy pretty
room. Tel him to bring some cheese
and bread, and one-half pound of but
ter, the usual quantity of tea, three
pounds of loaf sugar, and don't forget
to say that the last coffee he brought
was not the right kind. Then, when
the dustman comes round be sure YOU
watch for him, and tell him he mustn't
spill any moro ashes on our walks.
And the dies: maker will be in be-
fore noon. Tell her / can't be fitted
till | get some new trimming for the
bottom of my yellow skirt, and ask her
to call on Thursday afternoon. Oh,
and don't forget to tell the milkman TO
leave two pints instead of one. Tell
him I'm going to make pudding to-
morrow. And the butcher will have
to be paid. Give him IS Cd, aud tell
him the sirloin he left on Friday wasn't
tender, so 1 won't pay him full price
for it,
and the upholsterer is coming to
see about doing over that chair in the
back parlor, aud say to him that I will
come round and pick out the color 1
want in plush And now I'll run out.
you can have a nice, quiet day, with
rothing to disturb you, and you won't
mind going out for lunch will you,
ii 1 don't get back? Goodbye good
bye, dear"
And Mrs. Blough went o1t.
Mr.. Blough whistled softly. Then
he said to himself
Somehow. don't think it will rain
much"
And he went down TO his Office.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-05-22
An Incident in a New York Hospital.

Here is an exact transcript from life in
a well-kuown hospital not hundred
miles from the City Hall. On one side
of the operating room is a room where
patients about to be operated on are
etherized. and on the other side is what
is known as the recovery-room. Not
infrequently all three are occupied at
once. One day not long ago a young
physician dropped into the hospital and
found this state of things-one patient
on the operating-table, a second being
bandaged in the recoveTy-room and
third inhaling ether on the other side.
Thinking to be facetious, he turned to
the operating surgeon and inquired with
gravity: "Where do you station the
undertaken" ooh" said the surgeon,
"he's down at the foot Of the stairs
"You don't mean it," exclaimed the
Young man, with some CONSERVATION.
Certainly Go" was the answer, and
the surgeon stepped out in the hall and
called down stairs: care you there, Mr..
So .and-so!" mentioning the name Of a
well-known undertaken. Eyes" came
back the answer, while the young doe
tors eyes opened wide in wonder.
"Arent YOU Mr.. So-and SO, the under
takerl" continued the surgeon. "Of
course l am" was the response; where
upon the surgeon turned with an air Of
triumph to his young friend, who was al
most aghast with amazement. He could
not doubt the evidence of lis own senses,
but 1t was hard indeed for him to believe
that what he had suggested in the merest
lest was literally true. The explanation
is really a simple one. 1t happened that
at that moment the undertaken in ques-
ton was waiting at the hospital to learn
the result of an operation which was
about to be performed upon his wiies
father.-New York Tribune.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-05-22
FASHION NOTES.

The prevalence of very light colored
cloth dresses and wraps is very marked.
Cat's-eyes and tige 's-eyes are added to
the imitation jewels with which dress
trimmings are studded.
Each and every new sunshadc and
parasol is fashionable, even if it does vary
a little in the style of make up.
Country house furniture is very beau
tiful this season, with styles running to
copies of the Chippendale and colonial.
Checked tweed gowns for mourning
or travelling are made with a deep coat
and plain skirt simply finished with stitch
ing.
College fans, which came late last sea-
son, are merely so called because repre-
sentative colors are introduced on the
sticks.
Girls who have abnormally small
waists, huge stuffed sleeves, and who
wear big hats, have been dubbed
"wasps."
Mousseline de sole and chiffon ruffles
for the neck are printed with gay heur-
cites, or else are dotted and scalIoped
with black.
Light tweeds and chcviots in brown
and gray, with iudistinct cross bars and
checks, are used for tailor &C WINS for the
demi-season.
The new corduroy silks come in Per-
sian and Algerian stripes and in pretty
tri-color-greeu, gold and English rose
and various other bright combinations
that render them most attractive for home
wear.
White and lilac ginghams trimmed
with white feather stitched braid make
pretty morning dresses for summer, as
do also those Of rose pink and cream
gray aud silver blue mignonettc and ger
anium red.
Some of the new tailor-made travelling
suits for women of Scotch goods arc ex-
ceedingly pretty and stylish. They are,
of course, supposed to fit "likc paper on
the wall, no matter how much personal
discomfort the wearcr may have to Gu
dtre
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FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
sAyr rnr CONS ANp srARE ruE GROWS

sAvE THE CORN AND SPARE THE CROWS.
BY and by the crows will be pulling
the corn and doing serious damage. This
seems to be unavoidable. The crows
cannot well be spared for the good they
do at other times, and to shoot them
would be to destroy useful bird which
lives chiefly upoa noxious insects and
small animals. There is a way TO save
the corn and spare the birds at the same
time. This is to tar the seed in this
way: Put the seed corn in warm water
md stir it with a tarry stick. The seed
will be coated with film of the tar
which retains the odor aud makes the
grain distasteful to the birds. A few
scarecrows made of a small block of
wood with small holes bored in it, into
which feathers are inserted, so as to make
a rough semblance Of bird, and then
hung in places in the field 200 feet apart,
which will give one to the acre, will
alarm the birds and keep them at dis
lance. As they float and dance about in
the wind they seem to be alive and in
trouble, and thus brighten the Birds
Men York Times.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-05-22
WATERMELON CULTURE.

L. NJ. H., Russellville, Ark, writes
have been growing watermelons for
twelve years, and find that to be success
full, one must have good, fresh land, and
fatbreak it we'll; then check it off both
ways Sixteen feet apart and put heap
ing shovelful of well rotted manure in
the check furrow each way from the
cross, leaving space of three inches be-
tween the cross points open. Fill this
unmanured space with dirt, plant five or
six seeds to a hill, cover one and one-half
inches deep, then dig little dirt up
over the manure to prevent the sun from
killing it. When the seeds come up and
get three leaves to each plant, pull out
all the best looking one; good stand of
vines is thus secured, and all will come
on alike. Be sure to plow and hoe the
vines as long as possible the last time,
when the vines are two to three feet
long, run your harrow both ways, and
make the land as level a, possible. After
this keep the soil well cleaned with the
hoe, and let the vines run at will. 1t is
best to have as much trash on the ground
rs possible to prevent the wind from roll
ing the vines about. If thc season suits,
YOU will have watermelons weighing
from forty to seventy pounds each. In
case Of drouth, punch three holes in
the bottom Of old tomato cans, sink
them in the ground within six inches Of
tap root and fill with water One filling
will last three days, and thea if it does
not rain ill again. By my method, as
here given, you cannot help having fine
melons. - Orange Jldd Farmer.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-05-22
PEKIN DUCKS.

Pekin ducks are probably the most
valuable breed of ducks known to-day.
They are very large, mature early, and
have snow-white plumage. Their eggs
hatch two or three days sooner than any
other variety. The ducklings hatch out
stronger and seem to grow faster than
the young of any other breed, and they
can be raised anywhere that you can raise
chickens.
The young duckEngs feather up rap.
idly and grow to good size in from six to
eight weeks. This makes them well
adapted to raising for the early markets.
They are excellent foragers and excel
lent layers. With good range they re-
quire but little feed, and the young are
not subject to roup, cholera, gaps, and
the like as arc young turkeys and chick
ems.
They command good prices in the
markets, and will weigh from frourteen
to eighteen pounds per pair the first year
without much fattening.
As egg producers their record is re-
markable, and they come as near being
perpetual layers as any of the breeds of
fowls.-Farm, Field and Stoclmaa.