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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-19

the same view should be taken into cOrsid-
Grafton, such as buildings, fences, larger
trees outside. distant hills, rocks, bodies OF
water Gle. Each group of trees on tho
lawn should be made TO figure with pleasing
effect in some landscape scene, no matte
what point you might contemplate tho
groups from And, N selecting trees the
after growth should be held III mind Is 70
effect Not few trees would, within
few years grow to such proportions is 70
wholly destroy the good effects prominent
at the ire OF transpluntiug. You must Sc
lcct and locate with an eye single 10 con-
tirucd good effect.
The wc.l-alrraugeI house lawn is = thing
of beauty and I Joy forever. 1t will please
everybody. without regard 10 whether or
not the parties looking upon il have
the correct taste that viii enable
them to at all point out the
characteristics making up is attrac-
tons. There Will be something about it
giving them pleasure even though for the
life of them they cannot tell why. But
jar in such correct arrangement cuts this
all of. even though Is iueXpHcablc TO the
uniformed as the harmony figuring in the
other case. Under these circums tauces YOU
must readily recognize the Importance Of
working every detail in strict obedience 10
correct principles.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-19
ABOUT BORROWING MONEY.

Undoubtedly the farmer has just as much
right to borrow money for use in his bust
ness as has any other man; yet it is pos
sible, thinks Home and Farm, that since
there is nothing spasmodic in farming, sud
denly opening ways for fortunes in 4 day,
the farmer ought to go reasonably slow. gov
erning his action by due amount of
caution. One Of the things governing ought
to be certainty that he has an actual use
for the money to be borrowed. 1t some
times pays to borrow money, even at a high
rate of interest but in borrowing money,
as in other transactions, one must be sure
to get from its use more than il cost him.
When a farmer receives 500 and pays
annually $50, he ought to have it as set
tied fact that from its use he gets in every
year at least 500 more than he would get
had he not borrowed the money. There
must be no supposing in the case-he must
absolutely know TINT he is getting the 500.
Unless he can make clear go year on the
S10Ohe had best leave the money to somebody
else-it is not worth fooling with and
worrying over.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-19

green through winter; but we will leave
the selection of 4 grass to your own taste,
merely reminding you that grass and plenty
of it is now prominent feature on all
modern lawns. III past times when grass
had to be mown on the lawn with Z scythe,
people managed 10 get along with much
less grass than now, but the introduction of
cheap lawn mowers has worked great
change in that direction to the extent Of
''thc more grass the better"
So the lawn about the residence must be
nicely set to grass, but since grass alone
would present somewhat blank appear
ance, there must be something else 10
break the monotony. With this end in view
we arrange walks. We don't want q very
large number of walks-too many would
spoil the effect. There should be Just
walks enough to meet every apparent ne
cessity-no more; or, in other words, not =
walk should run through the grounds hay
ing no plausible reason for its existence.
There must be bold walk from the front
gate to the house, anG around the house TO
the rear; and if there be back gate there
should be d somewhat bold walk to that.
Then there must be Il walk to,the hydrant or
well, and walk to such outhouses as may
be on the place. If the grounds have on
them any special points Of interest, as ar
bors or fine views, there should be walks
to these. In, short, there should be walks
only to such places as a person might de-
sire TO visit, were there no walks on the
grounds. When person passes along the
walk he must feel that there is something
TO reward him for his trouble. Walks
running here and there with no manifest
object are an abomination on any lawn.
Traversing them with no apparent good
reason, for it is never long agreeable-it is
too much like passing through life on a
stimulous CHASING with that which moves
the ordinary tramps.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-19

For good effect great deal depends on
how these walks are laid off-they should
not be exactly straight, as that imparts a
kind of stiff impression, and they should
not be overly crooked-not crooked enough
to lead a tired person passing through the
grounds to feel like cutting across curves
over the grass. Every curve should be
regular and easy, and there should be some
apparent reason for why it was 4 curve at
ALT should be bend made to all appear
ances for the sole purpose of missing some
thing that comes within its way and pre-
vents direct route.
Figure l of our Illustrations arranged for
this article will give you a clear idea of
what we are talking about. Here the
curves appear to have been a necessity TO
accommodate the group of trees, although
land that can DE Jour own secret the trees
may have been planted after the walks
We're laid out.
Various methods are resorted to for regu-
larry laying off curved walks, (Which, by
the way, is a job more difficult than an in
experienced person might SUPPOSE but the
easiest way, in our judgment, is the rope
plan recommended by Us through these
columns some weeks ago for laying of
curved walks in the flower gardens. Fig
ure 2 clearly explains it. Two ropes, say
the size Of plow line, are employed. One
is laid on the ground and moved here and
there until the desired curve is secured,
and then the other is laid to this by meas
ure, each rope marking the edge of the pro-
posed walk. Having this arranged to your
satisfaction you drive rows of small stobs
along each rope-on figure 3-after which
you are ready to take up your ropes and
move them alone in continuation of the
walk
Having made your walks it is best to
border them evenly and sharply with some
kind of grass sod OF a species contrasting in
appearance with the grass clothing the
lawn in the main. This is not absolutely
necessary, though it is usually supposed TO
pay on account of the bold outline impaired.
To prevent this border grass from spread
ing into the lawn and becoming ragged in
appearance, thin board should be settled
into the ground just outside Of it. The
board need not rise more than an inch or SO
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-19
THE YOUNG CHICKS.

Mrs. Kate Griffin, a good authority on
poultry, writes to the Journal of Agricult-
ure that one OF the greatest mistakes made
by many persons not professionals in the
poultry business lies in an effort TO stuff
very young chickens with food. The young
chicks, she says, need no food for the first
twenty-four hours of their lives. When
the chicks are first Matched remove them
with their mother to dry coop, feed the
hen with liberal hand whole grains of
corn, but leave the chicks undisturbed I'M
der her until the next day: make no at
tempt to cram them. an absurd practice
which interferes with the digestion of the
yelk which has been absorbed, and which
is all the food required the first twenty
four hours.
Another great mistake is often made, she
adds, in feeding young chickens with raw
corn mixed up into 4 thin dough Young
chickens should never, under any condi-
ton, be fed with raw dough AL food for
young chicks should be cooked, especi-
ally if corn meal food. There are more
diseases among young chicks, traceable to
this style of raw food, than 10 any other
cause. She invariably cooks corn meal
food, converting it into a kind of very
thick mush-thick enough TO crumble
Enough IS cooked at one time 10 last them
throughout the day. 1t involves very little
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-19

above the common level. So planted tho
grass WI cover aud ,ouceal 1t from >.sntr
though mo- roots of either species vii eros
the barrier.
You viii want some trees IA YOUR lawn.
There should rot bc q large number Of
these. Is too nauv iuture the grass, while.
At the same time, tHev damage the general
effect. y lawn conforming TO the modern
standard, is not IN" place for shade trees,
hence VIC are in more danger of getting too
many trees than too few. The trees should
be carefully arranged in groups al the
curves Of the walks as already suggested.
In putting them out you should study the
effect from every locality on the promises
where persons would be likely to pause for
4 view. Everything asSocjat:ng Itself in
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-19

trouble as 20 the preparation. while it saves
d great deal Of trouble by not having dis
ea>ed fowls. \ little care in these matters
viii greatly repay all our efforts. What
can we raise that we do not have trouble
WITH This trouble is only for j short
time, and then we are more than repaid
with the fine fowls we have around Us.
And, continues Miss Griffin, there is yet
another matter of much Importance con-
nectcd with feeding young chickens. II is
the hour at which they get their morning
re2ast. If the chicks have their meal de-
ferred until the sun is well up, their hunger
will invariably cause them to take too
much food. They should be fed by sun
,-ca
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-19

the easily reachable way. Our people are
going to realize the Importance of irriga
ton, and when they have done this, and
large sections of the state are under COM
plete systems of artificial water supply,
then you viii see a country whose horticult
ure stands boldly out as the wonder of the
world. New railroads will spring into ex,
istence by magic, is it were, to haul our
products to less favored regions, and the
black smoke ascending from hundreds OF
canning, and evaporating, and sugar-mak,
ing plants will break the monotony of our
prairie landscapes at all points of the com,
macs
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-19
SHALLOW CULTURE FOR CORN.

Mr. John Clore of Johnson county, In
diana, is one of the most extensive and
most successful corn growers in that state.
Knowing this fact the editor of the In
diana Farmer wrote asking for the methods
employed by him in corn culture. Respond
ing, he says:
AS 10 this we are all agreed on one point,
that is, keeping it clean. In order TO DO
this we must keep ahead OF the weeds, by
giving the ground i thorough narrowing
Just before the corn comes UP. Then be-
fore the weeds come again the corn viii be
of sufficient height to enable you to cult
vate sufficiently close to cover up any
grass or weeds that may be in the hill.
And the cultivation should be often enough
to keep the surface loose and clean. II IS
high time to stop talking about deep or
shallow cultivation. This has been tested
often and the result is in favor of shallow
cultivation, so there can be no question for
dispute any longer. We have a two-fold
object in view in the cultivation, first, to
keep the ground clean. second. TO retain
the moisture. 1t should be of sufficient
depth TO kill the weeds. There should be
small teeth or plows and plenty of them to
stir all the ground and Leave it Level, and in
case OF drouth this loose surface will pre-
vent drying out and give a better chance
for the moisture to rise through the more
compact soil below.
There are at least three good reasons for
why corn culture should be shallow First,
if the seed bed has been properly prepared
it should be let alone. 1t is a useless draft
on the teams. Second, by deep culture you
loosen up the seed bed and in case of
drouth it prevents the moisture from ris-
ing. Common sense teaches that the moist
ure could not so readily rise where the soil
is loose, and it has to climb from one grain
to another, each grain of earth drawing
from the one below it. Third, and worst Of
all is the breaking of the roots of corn. 1t
is through these roots that the stalk re-
ceives its food. The stalk and root are de-
pendent one upon the other for living; de-
stroy either and the other will die. Every
man knows this, and he ought to know still
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-19
THEY WANT IRRIGATION.

The New England states make up 4 re-
gion known as "a region of ample rainfall, "
and yet the people up there are talking seri-
ously of the great advantages they might
derive from 4 regular system of irrigation.
a late issue of the Massachusetts Plough
man contains an article from the we'll
known writer. William H Yeomans. in
which that gentleman intimates that irri-
CATION would pay handsomely in New Eng
land. Take for instance, he says, the Con-
necticut valley below Springfield: back from
the river is a soil that is early, fairly fertile,
but of character poorly calculated to with
stand dry weather; now, suppose plan for
the irrigation Of all this land possible was
inaugurated by taking water from such 4
point up the river as would give desired ele-
walton to the water so that it could be carried
with such gradual descent as TO admit of
its distribution over maximum extent of
surface, and this should by means of lat
erals be made to do service when the
natural soil moisture is Enthusiastically,
there would be no check in the growth of
crops the season through, and the yields
would be simply marvellous. OF course, in
an enterprise OF this kind, there is called
into exercise knowledge of n.y.
draulics in the laying out OF the
canal or main ditch, and considerable e1-
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-19
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.

This department is devoted to answering
such questions as may % asked ~ our sub
scribers which may be Of general information.
Inquiries of personal character that re3uirc an
Swcr by mail should always have stamp iu-
closed Please give full name and postofficc
address in addition 10 any such signature as
Subscriber" or a. G. D. not for publication.
direct communication should such a thing be
deemed necessary. Address as directed al mead
OF this page
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-19

further that if the stalk receives its nutri-
ment through The roofs iust 30 the extent
ne destroys the roots, Just 10 that rxteu, he
INJURIES his corn by cutting off the supply
necessary for is growth.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-19
Average
producing
capacity.


then have il IN their power to report the
exact nun Der of acres that had been pre-
pared for each particular crop in the United
States. and if the consumptive demand was
not sufficient to call for as much as the ca
pacity of the land was capable of producing
the farmers could be informed of the per-
centage that each one should reduce his
planting in order TO regulate the supply TO
demand. Suppose the aggregate number
Of acres in wheat indicated 20 per cent too
much. and the number in rye 10 per cent
TOO little, the department would simply ad-
wise farmers TO reduce the one and increase
the other.
But to avoid confusion each farmer
should confine himself TO the class of pro-
ducts that he first reported, and if he
should be called on to reduce any or all, he
should plant clover, timothy or some for
age crop, and thus secure harmony among
al, and insure to themselves certainty Of
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-19
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.
j. p. STEELE. EDITOR.


+ -TR1IE II
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-19

penditure in the construction Of the ditch
| ami the latera!s. but what matters that If
| the returns are such as to warrant the
same, Such an enterprise would, only on a
| larger scale, he the same as expanding
| money for a moving machine when grass
could be cut by a scythe.
In New England, continues Mr.. Yeo-
| mans, there would undoubtedly be seasons
when comparatively little water would be
| needed, and in that respect unlike Colo
RADIO, but the ditch would be supplied with
headgates, so that any such event could be
provided for by cutting off the supply, and
regulating the flow so that it would not do
harm where not required. There are IN
questionably many portions of New Eng
land where, if judicious plan of irrigation
were adopted and carried into practice,
there would be far less demand for fertil-
izers than there is at present.
The ancient Egyptians, says Mr. Yeo-
mans, knew full well the advantages to be
derived from irrigation, and went even
further than the people of our own day, in
raising water from lower levels By artificial
lIIdL lIlcN receive DGLt-4lS
resulting from its use. Every thinking
man of to-day ought to be able to see the
benefits that might be derived from an arti
fetal application of water TO the extent of
keeping crops in regular supply. Who has
not noticed the great increase of crops OF
grass where some little stream has been
diverted from its natural course to spread
over dry portion of 4 field;
the yield being increased two,
three and even four fold 1t is down
right surprise to him that, with such evil
dent advantages lurking in irrigation, the
farmers of New England do not take hold
OF this matter, rather than sit down and
complain at the competition OF their broth
ers Of the West.
What would it be in the way of 4 sur
prise to him did ne live in the great, fertile
and easily irrigated state of Texas, where
the regular rainfall is much lighter than in
New England. The manifested Indifference
to artificial water supply in agriculture, on
the part of large per cent Of cur people,
would certainly under the circumstances,
soon have him doubling the fidelity OF his
own eyes and his own ears.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-08-14
Chicago Market .

CHICAGO, Aug. 14.-The wheat market
was still In very nervous and excited state
to day, f1otua.lng wildly and some times
wlthous apparent reaeop. There was &C.
oaslon for at lesst part of the early ad-
vanca in the higher cables but no discover
ab!e adequate reason for the sudden drop
following 1t, though the realizing OF profits on
the rise may have had something to do with
II. The board OF trade and Liverpool
cables reported California spot wheat up
one penny higher. London oarsoes for
prompt shipment, however. we're ak pence
off. December wheat opened with bids at
a5 and over against 95s al the close yester-
day and the price jumped by halves and
quarters to 981. Then 1t dropped rapidly to
974 grew quiet and recovered to 98s Corn
8, m2ath'z,d to minor degree With wheat,
though the trading was lighter. septem-
Der opened at 5S9 against 58s at the close
yesterday and sold up to 59!. broke to SO
aod rallied to SO! Provisions also followed
wheat at distsncs. September pork open
ed % up at 80, broke with wheat to 80 and
rallied to the opening price.
The Gold and Stock Report says that the
excitement st the opening sales of Deem
Der wheat were made as low as 96l and
nigh as 80. all within ons minute. This Is
given az an Illustration OF the wildness o,
the market at the start. Aitor 10 O'Clock
the market wss rather quiet though good
trade continued 30 ba done. Dscomber sold
off to ga aod at IL O'Clock was quoted at
97s. sspembsr corn sold down 10 SO. rail-
lied come, weakened under light trading
and at IL O'Clock was quoted at 5Si Rye
opened at SO and sod Up TO 95l Provisions
remaioed dull aud steady.
Wbsat remained comparatively steady
till afternoon when The crowd got scared
aad b=gsa to bug. At Los December wheat
cold as Que dollar per bushel.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-08-14
is no telling what may be done under r, the

Ia no telling what may be done under ehe
influence OF temporarily popular craz9.
ONLY three changes have so far bsen maue
In the Health Office Of this city, CUT Ghels
ere at least twenty applicants lot eson " y.
.be fnrtv nr fty offices at the disposal OF
tho beajth Ger, Among them are eeSei1
IL from Virginia, to determine the htteae e.. o.
vohon il giving the health officer no i's'''
tronble. -, oonon,anoed
bcse m seonre The holding o! the next hA'
tionaf dsmoorstlc convention In THIS CITY
So noemhers of the national democratic
mIttee have. It is said. already expressed
tSernselves iu favor of Washington. among
tbenn Senators Pascos. Barbour, Rtesoin
Gorman and Kenna. The only real grcupo
n, objection is the lack OF nall saincleheiy
larca Int that lack, 1t Is said, can be sup
nlied In ample time by the enlargement, O.
the hall In the Northern Liberties market
house.
Denials OF Treasury officials to the con
trary, 1t Is generally believed that the state
mens TO the effect that com paratively lev
holders of the a. per cent. bonds nav.
agreed to extend them when Que mex
month at 2 per cent. As the treasury
has been banking upon the extension
of these bonds ss Its most available msans - q
shaving eff default In its payments, lts ON,
oala are both h.bbergasted and rattlea az
What thew now fear will be demand ioi
the redemption OF at least twenty-five NIL
lion of the bonds referred to next month, IL
addition to demand for at least thss mucn
more on the pension account.
the White House was flooded YESTERDAY
evening and considerably damaged from
sonroe which nobody there could discover,
though the building Ia under the Supervision
Of tbe commissioner of public buildings snd
grounds. a scientific army engineer. 1t "as
at arst supposed that pipe or pipes tos'
supply the house with water had burss
but as there are nc such pipes In ina upper
mart of the house, FROM which part the rep
idly increasing food seemed to come, TIE
EMPLOYEES we're so,ely distressed, ar q n tneii
extremity applied for help 10 the practical
but characterization plum Der IL charge ottheWaser
works Of the Treasury Department near by.
He csme at once and Immediately asking II the
elevator was running and being informed that IL
was not, ran to the top Of the house, on Whicn
ats the water tank that supplies the hgdrsuiie
mower By which the elevator is run, ana hnolhs
the escape pipe clogged, removed the OBSTRUCTION
and thereby stopped the deluge, though. as ststoo
above not until contiderable damsgo hsd been
done. Moral: always have practical men In Inc
White House. .
n ia currently reported snd believed here thst
old Dr. Scott tho Presidents father-ir- Law SHOOK
the dust of the White Honss from his feet because
he ard the children of his other children were
treated there az country cousins, and IN ado 10 ell
at tho sec 1nd table Gs it were, when distinguishes
gu Sta wero present.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-08-14
FOREIGN NEWS.

The European powers have taken steps to
compel China to protect foreigners residing
in that country.
The Pope will summon American prelatee
to Rome to discuss questions concerning the
Catholic Church In The United States.
Tbs Russian delegate to the Vatican has
esked the Pope to permit the use OF the
Russian language In parts OF the religious
service.
The Lyndon Times s.. Petersburg CORES.
pondeus Gays 1t Is declared In Well-iniormed
circles that the prohibition Of rye exports
was not warranted by The condition OF the
crops and that the ukase was political
move directed againss Germany and Aus
trle. q
Two members OF the regning native fam
liz In Msnipur, Bast Iudie, one Of them the
commander-in-chlef of the army OF that
province, were hanged yesterday by order
of the British authorities for completely in
The murder of British officials ct Manlpur.
This Ia another illustration Of she swlfs pun.
ishment which Eeglsnd infiicts upon those
who v,olets her rights or Infringe upon her
dignity In India.