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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-11-30
Successful Planting.

A good experiment was made in
timber planting by B. Hathaway of
Michigan, which he reported in the
Prairie Farmer. He set $50 trees,
alternating with sugar maple and
white pine, one rod apart, along the
roadside. They were placed on the
west or windWard side OF his culti-
waited farm. They have served as a
windbreak for twenty years He has
also set line entirely of NAPLES,
which he procured from d natural
growth some miles away. The maple
being an easy tree to transplant, very
few were lost. From these NAPLES
he has made syrup and sugar for ten
years withOut harm to the GFees.
This reminds ms of a plan partly car
RED out by another person. The
public road passes through his farm
with a slight and uniform ascent
Planting a line Of sugar maple trees
ten feet apart along the border of the
road he proposes 10 tap them for sap
as soon as thew are old enough and to
connect them all by small wooden
or tin trough extending from tree to
tree, and thus collect the sap from
the whole in these successive trOughs
at the bottom of the descent into d
suitable evapOrating pan, where the
pure sap can be eT3pOrated into white
and crystalline sugar--Country Gem
Ll&maQ
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-11-30
Notes From the Dairy,

A POOR COW is, iii dead weight which
WEI drag a mann to the bottom Of
the slough of desp0nd-
BETTER buy yOur milk and butter
of the neighbOrs THAN TO keep cow
that will not pay her keeping.
EDUCATE the, butter-maker and
slaughter the pOOa cow, if you expect
to make any money out of dairying.
SHORT pastures makes short yield
of milk unless supplemented with a
grain ration and plenty Of fodder
cogn.
Do UNTO your COWS as you would
have them do unto YOU. If you are
stingy with feed they will be stingT
with milk.
THERE is no grain equal to oats for
feeding to calves, and mixed with
ground corn there is NO better food
for mich COWS.
THERE is hope for poor butter
makers, as thsK can be educated; but
for poor COWS there, is none, as they
cannot be made over.
AS WELL expect to reach the top of
a flight of stairs by climbing up two
steps and falling down three as to- ex-
pect to make ANY profit on p0or
cow.
THE axiom "a penny saved is
worth two earned is practically illus
trated by feeding Unthreshed oats to
COWS and calves FRY it once, and
you will never waste any time. money,
and labor in threShing oats.
OF course, after milking your cows
all summer y0ta know what each can
do and whether you are milking her
at y profit or loss, so you will have
no trouble in telling which ones to
sell TO the hatcher.
IT is easier to keep cow up to her
regular flow of milk with a little feed
than it is to bring her back to it
after she has shrunk off it, with a
good deal of feed. This is an in
stance where ''an ounce of prevention
is worth pound OF cure. GORE
spondent Farm, Stock and Home.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-11-30
NV Years Profit.

Ny poultry account for 1891 WAS
not large, but it shows that poultry
will pay for itself if cared for in the
right way. The feed cost S27. o., and
they were credited with eggs sold to
the amount OF 6.79, chickens 1925,
eggs used 26. 53 and bhls manure at
75c, 3.75. making q total income of
SO. %. and leaving profit Of 1928
The account does not include the
chickens eaten, and values the eggs
eaten at 25c per doZ- [ have kept Is
hens most of the Time My hens are
Barred Plymouth Rocks, which /
think cannot be excelled for all pur
poses. 1t took me only about 20 min
utes each day to take care of Them OR
three hours week, which gave nae
zoe an hour. / set 80 eggs and
hatched out 70 chicks My hens laid
1908 eggs, or 1882 dOz.. an average of
80 / e eggs per hem The hens were
kept shut up from April to Septem-
Der and let out q few minutes before
dusk two nights a week. [ change
eockerels every year and think this is
the reason the eggs hatch so WE'LL
w. H. Miller, Jr.r Westchester Co,
New York.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-11-30

soon after blooming, in order that the
young wood on which will come the
following seasons flowers may have
an opportunity to get the required
growth. Serious mistakes are often
made on the season for pruning, as
the thousands Of flowerless shrubs
throughout the country bear mute
witness So-called landscape gard
ners (Self-styled) are at the bottom of
the mischief, going over grounds in
the early spring and ruthlessly cut
ting without regard to the season for
blooming.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-11-30

1t all in trade. AS [ did not know
what to do with so much merchan-
disc l let the trade 90 by. l was
feeding 100 head of hogs on corn and
slOp made Of wheat middlings I fed
turnips instead ofslop and found they
did as well on corn and turnips as
they had done on corn and slop, |
cut with a corn knife bushel bask-
etful Of them twice day and fed to
four mich COWS. There was an in
crease in the milk. The flavor Of the
milk from three of the COWS was I'M
changed, while that from the fourth
one Ga greedy cater was considerably
tainted by the turnips. With a ia
vorable fall good crop can be raised
if sOWed as late as September.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-11-30
Pruning Shrubs.

Late summer and fall blooming
shrubs may be pruned this month and
make much better appearance
through the winter They may be
pruned as sharply as desired, for the
bloom coming on the young shoots
will then have an opportunity togrow
between spring and the blooming
period The novice will note that
this fall pruning applies tolate bloom
ing plants. Spring blooming shrubs
should receive their main cutting
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-11-30
Hints to Hoasekeepers.

PUT salt on the hot clinkers in your
stove or range after raking down the
fire, and it will remove them.
ORANGE peel dried and grated
makes a yellow powder that is de-
licious tor favoring cakes and pud-
dingS.
FLINT glass ground to a powder and
mixed with the white of an egg
makes one of the strongest cements
known,
GALVANIZED articles may be,cleaned
by solution Of one part of boraX to
eight parts of water. Rub on well
with BRUSH
To REMOVE bits of paint from win
dow glass, put some soda in very hot
water and wash the glass with it,
using soft flannel.
ONE of the easiest ways to catch
up superiority of water on your
color picture is to lay on clean sheet
of blotting paper.
DARK brown sugar slowly dissolved
in a little water on the stove fur
niSheS syrup scarcely inferior to the
product of the maple.
PEEL off the yellow skin of lemon,
rejecting the white, cover with
alcohol and in a few days pure
lemon extract will be ready for use.
WET boots and shoes may be kept
from shrinking out of shape when
drying, if, as soon as taken off, they
are tightly stuffed with newspapers.
IF the stovepipes are found to be
rusted when taken down, rub thor
oughly with lard. The good pipes
may also be preserved in the same
way.
OILCLOTHs should never be washed
in hot soapsuds; they should first be
washed clean with lukewarm water,
then rubbed dry with cloth wet IN
milk.
WATER without shade loses half its
value to the hogs; both are necessary
IN the pasture in the summer.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-11-30
Turnips Instead of Slop.

A correspondent says: Last year
] had an acre that was too wet to
plant in corn. About the 10Th of Au-
gust | sowed twO-thirds of it in
turnip seed. | would have sowed all
of it. but did not want to fool away
so much time. Late IN the fall |
pulled $50 bushels of turnips. L tried
to sell them in the home market.
One merchant finally offered to take
one or two bushels week at fifteen
cents a bushel, provided l would take
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-11-30
A Fodder Drag.

Take two poles IA feet long, 2 cross
pieces, 2 standards, 3standard braces,
2 cross braces from standard to the
runners; another cross stick; all Sc
cured with bolts. Take the hind
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-11-30

wheels off wagon, make tongue
for it, mount the drag with pins
through the end Use a 14-ihch
augur for holes. With this eontri-
vance one man can haul as much
fodder as two men with a frame on a
wagon Practical Farmer.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-11-30
DIR. TALMAGE'S SERMON.
A LESSON DRAWN FROM THE
THANKSGIVING ESEASON.

DIR. Talmage Thinks the AncIents Were
Acquainted with Our American Corn
The Harvest of the Year but a Fore
shadOwing of the Harvest of Earth.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-11-30

81 CANNOT imagine why youshould
discourage him. He seems to be
young man Of steady habits Eyes,
that is So mamma dear. And bach
elorhoOd is one Of them
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-11-30
Agricultural Atoms.

PLANT deep in dry weather; shallow
fn wed-
KEEP the weeds suit and the crus4
tEoken
CUT your grass early; 81 is more APP
petzi1as-
GROW such crops, as arc adapted 20
y9sgT soil.
ONE can plant more than he cam
Otll tiyste.
TT is better not to stiT a porous saiil
too. mech.
RIGHT planning saves both time
aald labor.
Do A little thinking and continuing
every day.
BROAD tires ON the farm save the
nl0is& turf.
Poor feed and care are worse than
hard work.
HAVE a field of clover growing
every year
GROW lit5le something else be-
sides wheat.
DON'T plant corn until the soil is
well warmed.
INsOLUBLE fertilizers are of no
practical use.
ALL fertilizers should be wen mixed
with the, soil.
PLow deep. according to the char
acter of the soil
THERE are no weed seeds in com
mercial fertilizers
SMALL farms do best because they
they are best titled.
A CLAY soils needs much care tC
keep it from baking.
IT is a great mistake to stint in
amount of grass seed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-11-30
The Sawbuck.

This cut, Fig. 10, shows a sawbuck
extension useful where the timber is
long. The same principle Of con-
structIon is shown in the ordinary
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-11-30

cross cut saw alone. The saving arm
into which the saw is inserted is
slotted, as the saw will require free
dom to slip up and down in the slot
and is fastened by pin through the
cross slOt-Farm and home.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-11-30

WATER without shade loses half its
value to the hogs; both are necessary
IN the pasture in the summer.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-10-13
DEN0UECED BY woNEN.
Resolutions On the s.nate and Money Cues
tisn by the State w. C, 7. U.

SEDALIA, No, Oct. THE State
Executive Committee of the
Women's Christian Temperance I'm
ion, which closed its annual session
in this city yesterday, has approved
the report of the committee on reso
buttons and Mrs. Kate Newton, State
Secretary, made public the report
to-day. Three of the most impor-
tant resolutions are as follows:
Resolved, We have only words OF
censure for the United States Senate
while it continues under any pre-
text to obstruct the wish and will OF
the people.
Resolved We retieve tae present
financial distress would be removed
if the Gnfted States Government is
sued, asin 1862, q uniform currency
of gold, silver and legal tender notes.
Resolved, We are in hearty sym.
pathy with every reasonable demand
made by labor and, while with labor
organizations, we oppose legislation
for the few as against the many, we
remind workmen everywhere that
the money spentGn American saloons
would if expended in their homes,
lift them above care and want.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-10-13
For a Worthy Cause.

On Sunday, Oct. s, the residence
of Elijah and Willard Duncan,of this
county, was burned with most all
the personal effects of the two fami-
lies, Mr.. and Mrs. Michael Devan-
ny interested themselves in behalf
of the distressed persons, who are
worthy people, and the following
friends made donations:
Mr.. and Mrs. Michael Deyanny,
Mrs, Frank Herman, Mrs. Pat De-
vanny, Mrs. VIM. Hoffses, Mrs. An
drew Earsman, Mrs. Sam 0. Wright,
Mrs. John Ecton, Mr.. jeff Ecton,
Jacob Stumpf, William Lambert.
Charles Farrah, John Hildebrand,
Mr.. and Mrs. Winkler, Herbert
Painter, Mr. Painter, E. Meyers.
Jacob Berry, Messrs. Douglass,
Jones, Mullen and Hogler, of Ben
ton City, VIM. Barber james Wylde.
Mr.. Richardson, Mr.. Northcutt,
Judge Douglass, Robert Brown, Mr..
Culbertson, Walter Hoyt, Gus Ham
mersly, Mrs. William Sims and
others. Mr.. and Mrs. Devanny
wish to return thanks to those who
assisted the Duncans and the latter
also feel grateful for the sympathy
OF friends in their hour of distress.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-10-13
No Compromise To Suggest.

WASHINGTON, D.. c., Oct. 7.
After his conference to-day with Mr..
Carlisle Senator Voorhees, said to an
Associated Press representative that
the administration forces had no
compromise TO suggest or ask, that
they were still determined to fight
on the old lines; that the contest
would continue the first days of
next week as it had up to-day, and
would be devoted to speech-making;
that on Wednesday the night ses-
sions would be begun; that be had
had assurances that there would be
a quorum of repeal Senators on
and they would remain until
the bill had been disposed of, and
that there would be no adjournment
until it has passed.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-10-13
TIMELY TURF TOPICS.
Audrain Made Doubiy Prominent by
Her Saddiers Mt st. Louis
TrottIng and Pacing
Notes.

Joe Potts should be a proud man..
Miss Rex at st. Louis Saturday
took first premium over John /.
Hughes mare, Lou Chief, as the
champion saddle horse of the fair.
Miss Lou was thought to be irwin
chile. Again Missouri knocked out
Kentucky. Miss Rex and Lou
Chief are two of the best saddle
horses on earth.
Foote Bros Prince Medium trot-
ted the fastest heat at St. Louis last
week, and Hood, their PAGER,
also went the fastest heat in the
pacing races during the Breeders
meeting.
Foote Bros. shipped Prince Med
ium and Sam Medium up from st.
Louis last night. Willis Foote will
start Gov. Strong and Hood at Lex
ington, KY, this week.
Capt. CIem's Lille Valid and
Bob Barnes Hattie Pennington at
the Fair Grounds Saturday ran a
a half mile for a purse of 500.
Barnes mare won the race.
Dan Jennings has been shipped
here from the east, where he was en-
tered at Buffalo, New York, and iii
several races in Massachusetts. He
did not start at Buffalo.
J. A.. Potts fine saddlers return
ed from st. Louis last night. While
there Mr.. Potts bought a 3-year old
brown gelding from Ben Glenn, OF
Columbia.
Bob Freeman to day received an
offer of $500 for Rex Mcdonald
from Jno. I. Hughes, of Lexington,
KY. Bob says this will not touch
him.
Mexico made a big reputation al
st. Louis last week. All the really
good saddlers were owned by
Messrs. Potts, Lee and Craig.
Clark's Horse Review, of Chicago,
says Robert Rysdyk, 2:134, is al
Independence, Iowa, for a new
record.
Jno. R. Gentry's Birtie R. has
entered at st. Louis eleven times
and carried off first premium every
time.
Harry Lopez is starting the horses
at Lexington, KY, this week.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-10-13
State horticultural Soe,e,v

WEsTPoRr, Mo-, Oct. 5, 1898
Thirty-sixth annual meeting. Dec.
5, 6 and Z, '93, at Fulton, Mo. In.
vited by Galloway County Horticul
tural Society.
By the decision of the Executive
Committee, the tbirty-sixth annual
meeting will be held at fulton. Mo.
Dec. 5, 6 and I, 1898.
This notice is sent out in order
that you may offer any suggestions
Tor the arrangement of the program
or give the names of persons
whom you would like to have pre-
pare papers, or offer 3 topic YOU
would like discussed, or tell how or
wherein you have failed or succeed.
ed during the past year, show
where and how the most good can
be done for the horticultural inter-
ests, or, best of all, say on what
subject you will prepare a paper for
Railroad rates are expected; en-
iertainment will be provided; prem
iurns will be given, and a good pro-
gramme viii be carried out.
j. c. EVANS, Pres.
l.. A. GoaDu.r cao,u
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-10-13
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

For the presently Western Collector
ship appointments are hung up.
A canvass of the Senate shows 43
In favor of unconditional repeal and
37ssagainst it.
The Tucker bill repeating the
Federal election laws passed the
House with a whirl.
This evening acontinuous session
will be begun in the Senate to dis
pose of the silver bill.
Green McCurtain's shortage as
Treasurer of the Choctaw Nation
foots up nearly 5000, 900.
An old citizen of San Antonio,
Tex, was shot and killed by a bur
glar, whom he found in his house.
Fire did 500 900 damage to Stan
dard Oil Company property near
Hannibal, Mo-, yesterday afternoon.
The Treasurer Of Audubon coun
ty, Iowa, has gone to parts unknown,
as have some of the county's funds.
Marcus Keoningheim, a leading
jeweler and pawnbroker of San
Antonio, Tex, was murdered and
robbed of $4,000.
Senator Squire has formulated a
compromise silver bill which meets
with more general approval than
any measure yet presented.
Twenty-Five silver miners out of
work have captured a Southern Pa
cific train in Texas and are running
it themselves, going to Alabama to
get work.
A negro who answers the descrip-
ton of the assaiiant of Miss Barr at
Fort Scott a zen yesterday near
Sedalia, Mo-, and a posse is in
search of him.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-10-13

THERE is a great deal being writ
ten and said at this time about sec.
tionalism and we think the follow.
ing in reference to Governor Till.
mans ideas, as expressed in the
late bimetallic convention in st.
Louis, from one of our exchanges
is very pertinent:
One OF the objects of the conven-
ton is to draw up a sort of com.
mercial declaration of independence
by the West and South. as against
the rest of the country, and Till
mans yawp is intended as a sort
Of preliminary to this proceeding.
The two sections named are ex-
pected to enter into an offensive
and defensive alliance, and to refuse
to remain any longer the ''slave an
handmaiden of the North end East"
It appears from what TiIlman says
that these two sections have been
paying toll'' to Eastern States all
and the time has now arriv-
ID when this injustice should stop.
There seems to be 9. sort of con-
C-A>-f
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-10-13
The Lesson Of the Recent Panic.

the Lesson OF the Recent Panic.
The lesson taught by the panic
OF 1893, however, is not that the
United States lacks the power to
stand alone among civilized nations
in her financial methods. 1t is
something far deeper, far more
important. The panic has proven
the danger to ourselves of having
two currencies, one which other
nations will accept, and another
which passes only among ourselves.
1t is folly of the blindest sort to
shut our eyes to facts, and the fact
taught by this panic is that just as
long as every America dollar is
not worth one hundred cents every
where in the civilized world just so
long is there a danger that Ameri-
cans will themselves be distrustful
of the credit of their government.
1t would not be easy to count the
cost of this panic, but it may be
saidi it has been one of the
most expensive financial operations
Americans ever engaged in.-From
THE Business Outlook" by Charles
3. Wilson, President of the New
York Consolidated Stock and Pc
roleum Exchange, in North Ameri-
IAN Review for October.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-10-13
A FARMERS OPINION.
He Gives Some Reasons for the
Hard FINES.
From the American Times-Reeorder

From the American Times-Reeorder.
"There is being so much said in
the country about hard times and
the scarcity of money, and as every
body has a cause and knows a reme-
dy, l thought l would write to tell
your readers what 1 think is the
cause. The trouble is we buy more
than we produce. There is too much
flour and bacon shipped here every
year. The things we ought to make
at home we are buying.
eve let our timber rot and buy
our pillow stocks, singletrees, ak han.
dies, hoe handles and fencing.
"We throw away our ashes and
buy soap and axle grease.
"We give away our beef hides
and buy hame strings and shoe
strings.
"We let our manure 60 to waste
and buy guano.
"We buy garden seed in the spring
and cabbage in the winter.
"We let our lands grow up in
weeds and buy our brooms.
"We let the wax out of our pine
and gum trees go to waste and buy
chewing gum for our children.
"We build school houses and hire
teachers and send our children off to
be educated.
"We land a 5 cent fish with a SIS
fishing rod.
awe send a Is cent boy out with
a 500 gun and a 81 dog to kill birds.
"We raise dogs and buy wool.
"And about the only thing in this
country there is an overproduction
of is politics and dogticks."
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-10-13


AN exchange very tersely says:
Governor Lewelling, who is SO en-
thusiastic on the subject of a new
sectional party formed of the
South and West, should make ar
rangements with some friend "to
ring him off, when he gets on his
hobby. The people of this country
are sick and tired of sectional"
parties now. There have been ''sec-
iional' parties for the past twenty
five years, and one of the things
which make the overthrow of the
party in power during that time so
complete when it finally came was
its everlasting fostering of sectional
ISM" The old sectionalism is al
most destroyed, but a sectional par
ty with the West and South allied
against the East would be Just as
foolish, and, if successful, fatal to
the perpetuity of the Government.
Parties should be broader that a
quarter section. They should not
favor me class of people or one sec
ton of the country. Governor Lew
elling is making a laughable mis-.
take in supposing that a sectional"
party would make Roadway in this
country. Even the people of Kan
sas would vote against that kind of
folly.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-10-13
The Christian Church Meeting

AT the Christian Church last night
services were opened by the read
ing of the 10Th chapter of Luke.
The singing was decidedly good. The
whole congregation joined in with
zeal and spirit. Acts IT 80 was the
text-'And. the times of this igDor-
ance God winked at, but o COM
mandeth all men everywhere to re-
pent." Paul had just been viewing
the thirty thousand idol gods Of
Athens, and spoke of the n to the
unknown God, whom they igno-
rantly worshiped' There are many
things in the Bible which in our
ignorance we do not. understand,
but not one upon which salvation
depends. Repentance is sorrow for
sin-a turning away from sin. l
would not try to make you believe
that you are the greatest sinner in
the world. You are not a murderer
or a thief, but you have committed
sin, and Heaven will not admit of
one sln-no sin can enter there.
One sin shuts Heavens gates on
you. You must repent OF that one
sin and it be forgiven before you can
be saved. Those old in the service
of sin cannot come to the Saviour as
readily as those who have not wan
dered so far away. Give the old
white haired sinner more time. He
has a long ways to come. A moth
forgiveness Of her wandering
boy, or erring girl brings the sweetest
earthly JOY. The nan who expects
10 sin till q certain timeAand then re-
pent is the man whose repentance
. not genuine. 1t is worthless.
The sermon was closely listened to.
Six made the good confession. In
crest increasing. Subject for this
,vening: aLoyalty to Christ.