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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1892-06-29
Silos and Silage.

Each seasons experience, while add
ing to our practical knowledge OF how
to make the best silage, also adds to
the general appreciation OF it's inestim-
able value to the dairyman As a.
consequence, each year a large addi-
tional number OF silos are built. More
we're built last year than during amy
preceding year, and more will be built
this year than last year. The most
important lesson gathered from expert
ence concerning silos is that when built
OF wood the wood needs to be we'll
protected from the moisture OF the
sllage by one or more thick coats of
paint. just what kind of paint is
best has not been agreed upon. But
it is manifest that as the silo has
come to be one OF the essentials OF
every well-equipped stock farm, it is
true economy to make it out OF the
best material and in the best manner
known. Unreasonable expense should
be spared in making it.-Jersey Bull
letin.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1892-06-29

which the increase OF crop, apparent
II due to the fertilizer; has been suffi-
Gent to pay the cost OF the fertilizer,
it has been impossible to repeat this
result on duplicate plots through
successive seasons, thus indicating
that in such cases the increase was
largely due to- accidental variations
IN the soil.
IN the experiments ON oats the fer
filters have apparently produced an
increase of crop in practically every
case, the increase being more uniform
when the fertilizer contained nitrogen;
but at present prices Of grain and fer
tilizers respectively the average in
crease in no case has been sufficient to
pay the cost of the fertilizer.
The experiments on crops grown in
rotation have not yet been carried.
over q sufficient length of time to JUS
tify general conclusions; but thus far
they offer no more encouragement to
the use OF chemical measures than
those on crops grown continuously.
A very wide difference is indicatedin
the value of stableman according as
it is used fresh from the stable or at
ter half a year: 8 teaching in the barn
yard. Apparently the margin of prof
1T IN the use OF open-yard manure is
extremely meagre.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1892-06-29
One Way to Keep an Umbrella.


A prominent young club man ofthis
city, who is noted for his faultless at
tire, was exhibiting costly, gold
mounted handled silk umbrella, which
was ingeniously fastened with tiny
silver, paddock, to a number OF friends
with the remarks
''lfit had not been for this locking
device / would have lost this valuable
umbrella long ago. Picking up the
wrong umbrella on a rainy day is as
time-honored a habit as the borrow
ing Of your neighbours lead pencil and
returning it back to your own pocket.
10 test this question to my full sat
isfaction, | strolled into the lobby OF
a well-known hotel one wet, stormy
day, and, swapping the little lock
through the wire spring under the
folds OF the umbrella, / placed it in a
PROMINENT rack. among a number OF
Others. On looking over a morning
newspaper, | pretended to be deeply
interested inits columns. I had hardly
turned my eyes, when a respectfully
dressed gentleman picked up my UNI
brella and off he went. TWAS raining
IN torrents. He couldn't open it,
and in a moment or two he returned.
ramming it back and mu ttering some
thing, about a mistake, took another
one from the rack and was gone for
good. You may, not believe me, but
for one hour that umbrella came and
| Went every five minutes men, women
and children, old and young, grave and
gray. The performance was kept up
until it tired me out. 1 took charge
OF it finally and sauntered off home. z
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1892-06-29
the park, and almost every summer
day Blanche visited his grave and left

the park, and almost every summer
day Blanche visited his grave and left
flowers there
Robert Ovens inherited Ronaine's
fortune, as he was next Of kin. The
death OF his noble cousin made a deep
impression on him. He threw off his
lassitude and became q busy efficient
master OF Romano Park, endearing
himself to his tenants, and winning
the respect of his neighbours.
Blanche presides over the house
with the same grace as Of old, ever
calm, cheerful and 5considerate Of
others; but there was a touch Of sad
ness on her face alook Of gentle sor-
row that never entirely left it.
Why do you always wear white
roses? her friends often asked her.
They are my favorite flowers"
she would answer, not revealing to
strange ears.the sacredness OF their
association
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1892-06-29
How to Avert Hog Cholera.

.
Farmers whose hogs are ATTACKED.
by the cholera have only themselves,
III nine cases out OF ten, to blame for
the visitation. 1t is simply the effect
OF cause.-the result OF filthy quarters
and improper food. At least that is
the emphatic testimony OF those who,
following different methods, are not
troubled with the disorder, even when
it is prevailing all around them.
A farmer who has kept hogs for
nearly forty years writes that he has
never had the cholera in his herd but
once, and then lost only a quarter OF
his herd, though all We're desperately
sick for more than ten days. And his
is only one Of many similar experien-
ces.
We believe that it has been clearly
proved that if hogs are provided with
clean quarters and are fed on other
food than corn, such as bran and Oil
meal, peas, beets, turnips, ETC., they
will have better constitutions and
thus be able to resist the attack Of
cholera and other diseases. Corn is
an excellent fattening food and may
be used advantageously to finish off a
hog for the butcher; but as s:steady
diet, E without bone and muscle max
ing food, it cannot be regarded as q
satisfactory, well-balanced ration.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1892-06-29
Blue Hydrangea.

A correspondent inquiries how to
get Hydrangeas that usually produce
rose-collored flowers to have blue
ones. Meehan says there is no way
to accomplish this. Change OF color
IN these flowers is wholly vital
process; frequently branches on the
same bush will have flowers OF both
colors, and this of itself shows that
no application to the root would be
effective.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1892-06-29
KILLED BY ELECTRICITY.
Danger Of Loss Attendant Up IN the
Business of Handlina Crawfish.

Danger Of Loss Attendant Up IN the
Business of Handling Crawfish.
'sThere is nothing sofatal to craw-
fish as a thunder storm" said
Washington fshdealer to Star man.
when make a shipment OF them to
any place at distance I always.
make max sure the weather promises well.
On more than one occasion Ihaye had
entire consignments killed on a Jour
ney by a small electrical disturb ance,
Another thing have to look out for
IS that the crawfsh shall be so tightly
packed as MOTTO be able to turn upon
their backs. I..5hey do SO they wolk
their feet until exhausted and die.
S"The worst enemies crawfish have
are cells, whose favorite food is a l.
year-old crawfsh. Bigger ones seem
very rarely to beeaten by the cells. II
you want plenty Of crawfish in a pond
or stream you must catch all the cells.
The craWfish themselves are very
voracious feeders. AS soon as dusk
sets in each evening they become live
ly and move about with great agility.
They swim we'll and have very keen
sight. When the crawfsh has spied
its prey it steals up and with one bold
dash impales the little fish or frog on
It's 'tusk, as lifelong horn between its
eyes is. called. Then it drops to the
bottom and devours the victim.
There are plenty OF crawfish about
Washington, in the Potomac and its
tributary streams. In the spring
they come to market in great numbers
The female stays in her hole while
the young are Matching from the eggs
On an average each one has from $50
to 200 eggs. The young look like
small worms and remain for some
time attached by strong threads to
the mothers tail, being thus protected
from fishes and other enemies. At the
end OF a year they are as bigas wasps.
but they grow slowly, and three os
four years elapse before they get TO be
as large as four inches. By the time
they are eight years old they have
reached full SIZE
lin Europe, | am told, fishermen
Sf1oueI CiaWllSu Dy Cll0 alQ Oh JOrcn6S.
In summer the animals seek the shall
lows where the bottom is clear, and
those who hunt for them do so at
night with flaming pine knots. The
method is called lightning The craw-
fish are dazzled by the light and do
not attempt to escape, SO they can
be easily captured with the hands.
One person will take a thousand in a
night. Crawfish are much cultivated
abroad in ponds and enclosures Of
water. No artificial means are re
sorted to for their propagation, but
cells and predatory fishes are caught
and removed. Thus the crawfsh fare
given chance to multiply, and
they are fed upon fresh meat to fat
ten them for market. The industry
is very profitable"
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1892-06-29
Trapping G ut-Worms. +
A Michigan correspondent 81 Wick

8 Michigan correspondent Of Vick's
Monthly writes: 81 wish you would
try my method Of catching the cut.
Worm. have tried it the past two
years and found it a perfect success.
AS soon as the ground is ploughed in
the early spring before planting, ]
lay down the common mullen plant
about twenty feet apart on the fur.
rows, and it is SO attractive that the
worms will gather under the plant il
good numbers. The best time tc
gather them is early in the morning
1t takes but a few pickings to rid i,
field Of the pests. Itrapped as many
as 80, 900 in the summer Of 1891 5
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1892-06-29
ARM, FIELD AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO RI
RAJ READERS.
Harvesting the Hay Crop Sheep
Power for churns--How to
Avert Hog ChoIera--E xperi-
ments With Fertile ers--
Blue Hydrangea.
Harvesting the Hay Crop.

The value OF the hay crop depends
SO largely upon its being harvested at
the right time, and especially upon its
being properly cured without damage
from rains, that the time of the
hay harvest is always q season OF
anxiety. Clover and orchard grass
are the first crops to be made into
hay. From the brittleness Of the cured
leaves Of clover and the coarseness OF
the stems it is much more difficult to
cure successfully than the smaller
stalked grasses which constitute the
bulk Of the hay crop. Clover should
be cut for hay as, soon as the blossoms
begin to turn slightly brown, for the
development and ripening ofthe seed
will make the stems more moody and
less nutritious. When mown, the
swath should lie in the sun until the
upper portion is partly cured, then
turn it over and generally finish by
placing into small cocks until dry
enough for the barn. The less hand
ling and stirring it receives while being
cured the better. In a season Of con-
tinued dry weather it may behauled
IN from the swath or Windrow, if cured
enough, but clover will not shed rain
in an uncovered cock and is damaged
by a heavy dew.
Timothy is the standard hay Of the
country, and of the two is more resist-
ant to injury from wet than clover.
Neither one, however, should be al
lowed to become wet from rain after
tahas partly dried when it is possible
to prevent it. When catching, show
cry weather prevents, partly cured
hay should be placed into cocks and
covered with hay-caps, of which every
farmer should have a supply. These
may be made from coarse, heavy mus
lin, two yards wide, and if stretched
evenly over the hay-cocks and edges
fastened down will. in most cases, be
sufficiently protective without being
painted.
+ Care must be taken that partly
cured hay does not remain unopened
IN the cock long enough to heat and
mould. Farmers differ somewhat in
their ideas about the proper stage OF
growth in which tim othy should be
mown. The most common practice is
to cut after the seeds are fully devel-
oped, but before they are so ripe as to
shell out while curing and handling the
hay.
AS a rule coarse grasses should be
cut at an earl y stage and before ripen-
ing OF the seeds has made the stems
dry and WOOdy.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1892-06-29
Sheep Power for Churns.

A writer in the Country Gentleman
speaks OF his tread power in churning
as follows: "For twenty-three years I
have used what is called tread-pow-
er, or one like most horse powers,
and for the last twelve years have
used a wheel six feet across, which gets
its power by friction on a smaller
iron wheel. have used a dog and al
SO a goat, but for the last three years
have used, and am now using sheep,
which is by far preferable and decid-
edly the most profitable, as he can do
the churning and give me a fleece of
wool that will weigh from eight to
nine pounds, and this is sufficient to
pay for his keeping.
"My experience in using dog is
that if they >churn they are
not as a rule good for anything
else-will not do much in handling
cows or sheep on the farm, and to
keep a dog simply for churning is a
geat expense with small returns. The
goat did very well on the churn, but
when you have the experience Of hav-
ing. hinrget loose and eat up weeks
washing on the clothes line, or
your hat or coat, the expense IS
rather heavy, to say nothing OF your
feelings, when you know no words are
sufficiently strong to express what
you feel is wrapped upin that ami
NAL.
The care OF the sheep in summer is
very little trouble. He can be hitch
ed out to stake or pole, and with
very little trouble changed each day
you take him from the churning. A
sheep will, if fed too much, often get
too Heshy, and will suffer from the
heat badly, but in my own experience
I have never had any trouble, as they
are seldom on the power to exceed
twenty minutes, and our churning is
always done the first thing in the
morning, and it is seldom warm
enough at that time in the day to do
any harm. A sheep will work Just as
we'll on any kind OF power as will a
dog, and have more weight, which is
a fayorite point. The power / am
using cost $l2, but could now, think,
be bought quite a bit cheaper. can
not give the name Of the manufacture
er." @
Experiments With Fertilizers.
AS the result Of various tests made
at the Ohio station and at other
places in the State at its instance, it.
was found that in experiments with
fertilizers on corn, superph osphates
and potash used separately orin COM
bination, have as often caused loss as
gain in the crop unless nitrogen was
also added.
Nitrate OF soda has generally in
creased the crop, when used alone,
ii combination with superph osphate
and potash, one or both, it has
caused an increase inpractically every
case.
While there have besn cases in
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1892-06-29
EULALrE-

lightly swings the southern rose,
Laced around with lsping leaves;
sweet its fragrance comes and goes
Hanging from MY cottage caves;
Pranked with pearls of summer dew,
Fair and free,
Tender thoughts it brings to you,
Eulalie.
Softly falls the southern shine
Stealing Ger my russell floor,
Sitting through the wooing pine
Waving at my cottage door:
Sitting shyly all the while,
Full of glee.
'Tfs an emblem ofyour smile,
Eulalie.
Gently laughs the southern breeze
Through the window at my side;
Spraying from blue Mexique seas.
Where it kissed the dimpled tide
When its fluting tones rejoice,
Then for me
Lives again your winsome voice,
Eulalie.
Samuel Minturn Peck.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1892-06-29

arms, and for one wild, brief moment
was happy. There, amid the raging
storm, with death behind him, and
death perhaps before, he was in bliss.
There was nothing between them
noW-not even her own consciousness
not thing but that white face on The
water. A great temptation assailed
him. Owens could not swim: he MIGHT
be dead even then, or beyond all hui
man help. 1t was folly to risk his life.
on such q chance. Like a flash these.
thoughts came to Romano; those
few seconds seemed as many hours;
cold drops Of perspiration mingled
with the raindrops on his face Then
with q sudden, almost rough, move
ment. he laid down his helpless bur
den and threw himself once more into
the dark waters.
When Blanche recovered conscious
ness the moon was shining out be-
tween the breaking clouds, and her
husband was bending over her. #
sRo bert! Thank Heaven!'' she nlar-s
INJURED. Il.
She staggered to her feet and look
ed searchingly around.
"Romalne where is hep she asked
Robert took her tenderly in his
arms.
Blanche, try to bear what I must
tell You, he solemnlY said. Sour
cousin has given his life for mine; the
Wave that brought me to your feet
has sent him into eternity
y
They laid Romano in the family
burial ground, sacred to the R omaines
Tor generations past. 1t was close to
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1892-06-29
Turnips, clover and Timothy.

: < Z
Having failed several times to get
good stand Of grass by sowing thu
seed with wheat, as is usually done
here, says Joseph Smith, OF Michigan,
in the American Agriculturist, /
plowed the land as soon as the wheat
was off. AS fast as it was plowed the
land was rolled and brought into as
good condition as practicable I
then mixed pound OF fiat turnip seed
with the clover and timothy neces-
sary to SOW an acre, and sowed the
land just as I would if I had only
soWn grass seed alone. I then rolled
the seed without any narrowing and,
although the weather continued re-
markably dry, the seed came up well,
even on the lightest OF the soil. Just
before freezlng up, so large had many
OF these turnips grown, could not re-
slst the temptation to bless myself at
the expense of the land, so I took off
about 20 bushels of turnips to the
acre, and stored them away for early
winter feeding. Even then the remain
1AAo ouA1Iil' 10 AOOhSu llhc a. uldSS VI green
and when the frosts struck the
leaves, they wilted down, not as a
blanket, to smother out the young
plants, but as an air. admitting mulch
protecting the young and timothy.
When the first light SHOWS OF winter
struck that field, the turnip tops
gathered the feathery covering for adj
ditional protection, and, when the
sun melted the snow on other fields,
here it seemed 10th to depart. In
spring, when I visited the field and
saw with satisfaction that the turnips
were decayed and the cloYer was
feeding upon their remains, I felt I
had made discovery that would en-
able me to become master or instead
OF being mastered by, similar condi-
tions. I do not remember that I have
ever cut a heavier growth OF grass on
any land than did that year on this
field. OF course | had some wheat,
and occasionally stalk with turnip
seed in my hay, but with the excep-
ton OF tempting mice to the bay Of
hay, this was OF little detriment.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-20
PERSONAL.

Miss G.. Hood of Sault Ste. Marie,
Mich, is stopping at the Hollenbeck.
Jacob Zimmerman and Miron Brun-
nell of Duluth, Mimi, are at the Hoff-
man.
Mrs. Gilmore and daughter OF Fari-
bsut, Wis, are registered at the Hol-
lenbeck.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. G. Bricker and Miss
May Baldwin of Butte, Mont, are at
the Hollenbeck.
Mr.. S. M. Cliff, well known business
man and Democrat OF San Francisco,
is in the city and thinks OF remaining
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Terrence are reg
istered at the Hoffman. Mr.. Terrence
is local freight and passenger agent Of
the Wabash line.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Frank Fairchild o.
Winnipeg are making trip through
Southern California and are registered
at the Hollenbeck.
ID. McCool, ex-general manager OF th'
santa Fe. who has spent some TIM
travelling through Europe, has returned
and is stopping at the Hollenbeck.
F.W. Arnold, Hartford; Mr.. and Mrs
e. NJ Allen, Mr.. and Mrs. FL. Schultz
Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-20
READY FOR WAR.
LIEUTENANT M'CREA TALKS OF
THE CHILEAN MATTER.
An Officer of the Baltimore Compares the
Navies of the Two Nations-Work of
the Naval Bureau OF Investigation.

Lieut.. Henry McCrea of the United
States steamship Baltimore is visiting
his brother, John McCrea of 1856 South
Broadway. 1t is six years since he was
in Los Angeles, and he was also here
twenty years ago. He is astonished at
the vast improvement of this city. A
HERALD reporter called upon him last
evening. He is fine-looking gentleman
and typical naval officer. In the course
of the conversation the lieutenant said
much of general interest. Comparing
the naval strength of Chile and America,
the former is decidedly the weaker" he
said. "We could put as strong a, feet
as they have in Chilean waters inside of
three weeks. Their ships, as a rule, are
old, and they are armed with the old
type guns. The ships of their new navy
are inferior to ours, both in ordnance
and speed. At present their dependence
is On the battery of the Esmeralda
and the two new cruisers just out,
the President Pinto and President
Errazuriz. Both are OF modern build
and are armed with canet guns. One
was built in England and the other in
France since the late disturbances.
They were ordered by the Balmaceda
government and as yet neither has done
any government service. Neither one is
as large as the Charleston.
"The forts In the neighborbood of
Valparaiso are mounted with some guns
OF modern manufacture, bat are such
short lesgth that they command but
fal NJ
the coast of Chile has any
in naval circles that if an attack were
Valparaiso. The ofbcers OF the naval
intelligence bureau have coaplete plans
for the transportation Of men, arms and
ammunition and are prepared with per-
feet plans of attack on all ports Of Chile.
"My opinion of the theory that vessels
have left Valparaiso under sealed orders
to defendsthe straits of Magellan, is, that
it has a meager foundation, on the
ground that there is no telegraphic COM
munication between the straits and the
government at Valparaiso.
"To give you an idea of the enthusi-
asm on the war question, ID will be only
necessary to state one little incident.
Many of the sailors of che Baltimore,
whose time of enlistment has ex-
pired, have all requested permission
to go back on the vessel in the event of
any trouble. 30 that the government will
not lose tho benefit of their two years
experience at the guns"
Lieutenant McCrea has been on the
Baltimore for the past two years. He
was formeBiy on board the Pensacola.
and was On the Shenandoah until she
was taken cut of commission. The Balti-
more was at Gibraltar when instruc-
tions, were received to proceed to Chile,
and the trip was made in faster time
than ever before by 8 steamer. Lieuten-
ant McCsea will return to duty On Fri
day.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-20

st. Paul; William f. B. Bowler and
daughter, Miss Kate Raymond, New Or
leans, are guests of the Bellevue Ter
race hotel.
F. H. Lowe has just returned from a
business trip to Europe. Mr.. Lowe was
gone two months, and during that time
inspected the beauties of several OF Eng
lands prettiest cities. Mr.. Lowe also
struck the great Jog SO much was writ
ten about. He says that a Californian
does not know what real fog is until
he has been in London. Mr.. Lowe also
put in few days at Paris.
Lieut.. Henry McCrae of the Baltimore
is paying his brother, the major, visit.
He is endowed with the good looks OF
the family to marked degree. He will
remain here for a few days. Those who
miss the major from his accustomed
place in the Farmers and Merchants
bank will understand that he is showing
his younger brother around the City OF
the Angels. Lieutenant Henry McCrae
has no hesitation in saying that Uncle
Sans naval armament on the Pacific is
amply able to cope with our bumptious
little neighbor, Chile.