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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-05-17
A SMALL BEGINNING.
.sEyAr oAks YRoM LITTLE ACoR>>
GROW" HONESTY rliE CORNER
STONE.

Fiuy year. ago last saturday Mr..
John l.. Squire, then ?. year. old. launch
s.l into bu.in... Tor himself With hall a
hog as his stock la trade. last satur.
day b. reviewed the congratulations oi
over 800 of his fellow trsde.men snd
customers la his mammoth packing
house at East Cambridge with its io,oS
packers.
The business, at flrst small aud con-
fine,l To the sale of hog products, has
grown Ia - the third largest pork pack
Ing business In the country. the amount
of bushes. done annually being from
els, 90, 600 to els. 10000.
Formerly the off,l from the hogs Was
u.ed to dre.. the farm of John l.. Squire
In Revere; today II I. Manufactured In
Ia a fertilizer aud l. sold to msnufsctur-
er-. so that every part of the hog !. util-
ired. Every form of manufactured hog
product L. produced at their packing
house. aud their name branded ON the
packages containing the same IL a guar
antee of the quality of the goods offered
for sale the world over.
from the very start of the business
Mr.. squire Ia. Insisted that nothing
should be u.ed TO sdulterste or dehsse
sny of the products of his packing
house, and most % all has insisted upon
pure lard.
The .emi-centennltl celebration sstur-
dsy was sn event of NO commmon occur.
renee. sud Mr.. Squlrc may we'll if-el proud
Of the position the house occupies In the
commercial world Of to-day.-New Eng
land Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-05-17
rrsrlNo COWS.

Don't make the mistake of concluding Z
YOU have q wonderfully valuable COW be
cause her milk tests high percenisge of
Cat. There are two factor. involved In
determining the milking value of COW
the quality IL the milk and quantity.
\. a rule. the COW that give. rich milk
does not give a great How. u is not The
TAT found In quart of milk that proves
the value of IN. cow that gave u, but
tb. quantity found In day. and year .
production. 4 COW giving tOO pounds
of milk a year, testing i've per cent. TAT,
will give from that milk 30 pounds OF
butter. Another COW giving GOO pounds
Il milk In the year, testing three aud q
half per c,ut. of fst--a fairly good milk
will xiv. 80 l.? pounds of butter. and
of course Il the better butter COW of the
two Ia 90 far as quantity goes.
4. hardly safe to draw hnai con-
clu.ions on a test of single milking,
for the reason of varisiion. In the quail
liy liable Ia occur from day Ia dsy. a
test for several days la succcsslon IL
much NOR. reliable. still, the test ~ the
milk Of a single day y. valuable ss FAR a.
Il goes. 4 COW giving ~ pounds ~
milk In q day te.ting seven per cent. lat
will make pound of butter day, while
q COW giving y pounds of milk day,
te.ting thr-c per cent. fat, Will make
only the same amount of butter a. the
COW fir.t nsmei. 20, Ia draw Intelligent
conclusions, IL IL always necc.ssry Ia
employ the two factors of quality aud
quantity With all cows.-Nsine Farm
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-05-17
canps BON rAll fllplNo.

Whatever the season may be tbere u
alway. a time Ia late summer aud early
autumn when COW. Ia milk mu.t be sup
piled with food of .om. Kind more than
the summer pastures Afford, ar they VIII
fall to keep up their milk no~ Ia the
proper standard. In our own ease we ~
.ori io the hay nov as cheap aud sat
I.f.ctoty source ~ supply, but all are
not .o situated q. Ia make thl. course
advisable. With such, nov !. the tim.
to plan for some crop that VII meet the
want. Corn Z. the crop In h- season,
bat some year. snd generally something
% the Kind I. wanted before the corn '.
mature enough Ia cut. Pea. and oats
make a good crop to cut green Tor this
purT-,se, and u u not vet ioo laieto pro
,idc for II. Try them, II only ou a
small scale. and report results. w"
have long contendcd th,t peas, either
green or ripened. can b- introduced Into
our fodder supply to grca, advantage.
Hungarian I. good crop for this pur-
po.e. Coming on a. II dee. q little later
Than the peas, Il msy supplement thst
crop Ia good advantage. This .hould
no, he .osntill we'll Into June. Where
h,v 4. no, bountifully plenty, = succe.-
.lon of fodder crops Will bc of great ad-
vantage. Maine Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-05-17
FLOWING M MANURE.
BICkrtIIp, April II, ls9s.

tgriculf.ri Eiior Dsaecruf.
a. the season for applying barnyarl
manure IL al hand, comes the important
question of the beat manner Of applying
h. have the best success In plo~ing
Il under. had about three acre. oi
sweet corn, onsshalf plo~ci under, the
other half narrowed In with q spring
tooth harrow, and there MAS DECIDED
difference In favor % the plowing.
New for the reason of u. The ma
nurr l. turned under about six Inches,
the plcce marked aud planted With corn
planter, which brings the corn, when
planted, within about three Inches II the
manure. which the roots 10 the corn will
.oon reach. found by digging down,
that the manure would always be la q
moist state, which l. necessary To pro-
ducc growth. when only narrowed In,
= good part 10 the time IL would be In =
dry coodition-and of course doing bat
very little good, and when We come To
rv-plow the piece the old manure will b.
thrown back aud completely pul,erit.d
and mixed With the .oil, Ia bc used to
better advantage by the grain and grass
=. "f the following years.
To SUN IL up; There are three good
reason. for plo~lng under manure.
fir-t, IL IL easier to haul aud spread.
>ccond. Il .. better Tor the hced crops.
Third. instead 10 belng turned under
st the SECOND blowing, out of the way of
the grss. roots, az u would " narrowed
In. II !. thoroughly mixed With the soil
and gives q better grass crop.
N. u. IgIsu.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-05-17
safSr at Ilons

some men are naturally of an adven.
turUus turn. They love the sight % new
thing. and enjoy . spice of danger.
Others seem to b. born stay -at-hOme-.
II they venture now and then into the
world they are glad 10 get back again
into their safe little corner Here u an
amusing story Of an aged couple of this
class who had gone 10 Chicago 10 -
the sights.
They -tepp~d upon the southern end
% the drawbridgs az Dearborn street
and were admiring steam tug which
was Just then snorting up the dirty Chi.
cago river. They did not notice =
schooner coming mp behind them, and
when the warning bell of the bridge ten.
der rang IL might have been an old fash.
iOned summons 10 dinner. 80 far A. they
were concerned.
A moment later the bridge was under
full swing A startled look flashed from
the old man. eyes. while his wife scarce
ly reprr.-ed . scream. They clung 10
the railing. the bridge swung slowly In
bshind the vessel. ami came 30 place.
leaving the old couple on the north side
10 thu riyer.
well, I vumr exclaimed the man.
Don't that beat everything aid the
woman.
"'Mandy"-and the old mans voice
was full Of SUPPRESSED etcitement-
MANDY, we've Just fell down sven
stories In that eleyatin thing down at the
tavern. and now we've been slung night
acruss this here riyer. Pears you can't
trust your foot anywhere The fus,
thing you know we shall git QUITO some
thin tha,'ll telegraph n. night out %
Chicago. We'd better go home
And they did by the nett train. Chi
cago Mail
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-05-17
Norway.
x.r,,N ov YosrcLo.rRE.

.,-utRNNs. Tsrl y. ssart<,ant ani uenry
w A -tart~ysst t-.th ~ -amnsf IN ths seeh,.
- nxfsrf aai STATE - Mains. ~ .'sf m",t
-. ,i...i Asts.i ths seceat tay ~ Msti -.
l-'i anI r~ssris-i Ia ths oxferi heslsuf s'
I..s-i.. A-.s ffa rs9s -. csasss.'i " u.. ~
an.isr.i.nst . CsFtaia p,sce ~ sni -aao ~
80 suannsF snd hstaE par ~ q >s. hitssh y. .
~. -.Sani ranrs - "a. In all >am"st'
ar.t sitxt.isa. snd boanstst as fei"s. ~
n.staninx a ths -eath stie ~ ~ eefs, "ss
-. - autlst - Liuhs Lshrsier Peal -
T.ii.-i. thsuss ~est, tsvnty r-i- " .eke -.
.t...s. thsnrs narth. fofty thrte iefrr-- ses ~
~. - A.. th~sss fslls~inx all Hiss W "
C.autv r,.st. thsnss es-teFN ~ @h Hsi 49, " ~
A.. .s.t a H. - M al-aye usias-i eeift 49,
a. s.it oatst o. ths t-saais af-s - =
.ith a. haiiiing. tkcrvon. inriuhnE asms,
-..-t.s,- .h.It, satsf ~heei ant all msshlnsff
c.,taIs.-i in ali csrftAss shop.
a.. ,,.., ,sh.Ff plsssi. - lsnd .tastsi N .sfi
-, ia AZ balkllns. thercsn. l-sanisf q.
-. ia t-erianlng sn ths eofth hns ~ ssA y
-, ,,...f a IN hrtlxv crs-stnx -sid gm OF
Int,. 4 LsiIs..isF Posd thsnsr se'tssfN sose
.it ,,t "a ss-stIt ~ rt-is o. ths "a No. u.Snrs
.,..tIy "a IN a nrs. - sr~si lAbra boz 70" =.
,,.s.. ...uthsfly sn ths shors 81 .ssi p.ni "
a.. ,...t tbsses ea-tsrly On TIE raj " bftis.
s,.s ,..etisas-l. ouu,sininE six srf.- "."fr -.
=. - an. .anss pf.uni-es c"nfefci " AZ
80 A. sn.t usnry 4. -tartsssns ~ h.,sst,
"a Narrfn - -sraw ths Isymsh' e' NV
s,.t,.-l All -sssuty .ix dollars. AM sseN
- ~. s,.oiitiaa. % .slt m"rt<a<e hss.
- bros@s ns~. thsrvfsr,t ~ r.-ss "'
49,. 1880 ~ ths esslditisa- thsreof es'"
s.....Is-ars ~ -sid u.srtxs<e.
samnsr. April ., I'D x.x .pxr
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-05-17
DAIRY olivps1s.

The sctiye effort oi the Condensed
Milk Company Ia construct. cpuip and
operate their two factories, this prrseni
season, here In Maine, has given renew
.i interest 20 all branches cf the dairy
question.
one prominent feature % the case IL
found In the fac, that II IN. hopes of the
company are rvalir-i, the milk of 100
or 1870 cows will b. iihdra~n from the
usual channel. 81 the trade, aud, so far
a. our own state L. concerned. there VII
tv .o much le.. of dairy products Ia D.
marketed within our own borders.
n would not b. wise to ASSERT that q
ne,c.ssry consequence of the .ucces. oi
the Condensed Mia TO. would be an In
crc.. .s,i price of butter aud che~se, but
Ne might hope for hrmer marke, and,
thereby. q rvadicr sslc.
Thi. ne~ departure In our dsirying
method will D. watched With good deal
ot inier-s, by all of Va al tai. coming
season. >ome interesting questions oi
relative profit will come up. III. great
est question ~ all I. whether our fsrm-
sr.. In the selected localities, vii c",n-
hln. their Operations suliiclsntly To make
out the adequate supply of milk.
The Que .ignal .uccc.s In our state o'
comhln.d effort on large scale In dairy
lug /. the Turner Centre Creamery. That
institution has come Ia be q matter oi
just pride Ia ever, weli-~i.h.r for TIE
fsrm Interests In the state. III the Ton
denssd Milk Compsny shall display Equal
.agsciiv aud adaptation ~ the mean. to
the .nd which has characterized the
working of the creamery they aud their
patrons, both, will he most fortunate.
IN. present aspect of the cheese mak-
Ing Industry AmOug Va doe. no, .ecm 'o
&. one IA suggest any particular .xpan-
.ion of that branch. viii the establish
m.nt Of the condensed milk plant at
Winthrop, close up the old cheese aud
butter factoryt II would .e-m That "
must. aud ", no intimation has been
m.de to that .fisSt Ia thl- date.
Chrcse making Ia Maine Ia. always
had 10 contend With the unsillingne.s
of m. average farmer Ia haul away or
.~nd nj. milk away from home.
There !. an imaginary ani sentiment
al notion about gr-at value ln th. -kim
milk, which may b. ther. Theoretically,
bat which l. not usually realized by on.
person In a hundr-i. The ordinary whey
of the cheese factory Al ts'n'y-iou'
hour. old, 4. practically about equal to
IN. skim milk. Those sho have never
tried u do not believe the iae'' pa' F"
stand. for all that.
Ther, arr some curiou. feature. In the
current ches-e trsdr when ~. WY w."
ticesble. We Dc nol m'A. ule a'oun'
of cheese which !. eaten WITHIN our .Nu
t-pf,i@r. ltt CHEESE L. brousut hff"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-05-17
CONCENTRATED FOOD swIsoLt.

Iti.,ery evident, from Bnll"tin No.
Is 10 the New Hampshire experiment
station. that farmer. are terribly swim
died when they hay any of the advertised
concentrated ca,tl. fooi. or condition
powders. The sample. analyr-d wcrr
prstt's Food, Weston. Condition I'oN-
der., aud Climax Food, the frst selling
At .S per lOO pounds, the second AZ ~
cent. for : pounds, aud the last for =,
Ter leo pounds, or st these rates. They
are not a. valuable ss cotton seed meal
or WHEAT mlidllngs, aud AZ Ia their med
Ical aualitic.. u they have any, they arr
30 \ very dubious character, frof' o.
". Morse. Who made the analysis, SAYS,
"It /. evident that the claims of the man
ufacturer., With rrgaid Ia concentrated
foods, Arr without foundation, =. neliitr
of the three will spproach cotiop--rs,i
meal IN the p.rrentsge of protein ahd
fat. III. medical substances found are
of IN. cheapest Kind. u. hoped that
IA. people of this state Will br Caution.
about paying exorbltant prices, Ike -
per luJ pounds, for so-called conccntrai-
ed cattle food. when cotton .eci aud
gluten meal. can be- purchased for one
sixth of that price, aud sulphur, salts.
etc., for few cents Per pound. Ihe
food value ~ these compound. sent out
by con.ciencele.. quacss doe. not eN-
eyed so Ia SIS per ton. Yet PIof.
whitcher In hi. remarks says, that
large quantitie. are sold, there can b. no
doubt !" and again, "the fact that such
an imposition can bc practiccd naturally
lead. to the question. cannot some Law
be pl,ced among our statutes which shall
.t,,,ctually prevent such .windllngr'
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-05-17
NUMBER 20.
MANAGING A BAey.
rhessht Ne Kssv All Abess is-ns
Msde Q Mistake.


Az the Michigan Central train was
coming 90 Detroit one day last week
ther. was baby on board that cried for
two straight hours. N was not cry OF
teething or collie. but Just the whining
squall of an infant vixen that wasn't go
Ing to b. suited anyhow.
The passengers on that car could
neither sleep nor read, and at last red
faced old gentleman turned 20 the
mother and saidi
Madam. N you would stop trottins
the life out Of that yOungun IL would
let mp screaming"
II guess I know more about babies
than you do, snapped the mother.
"well. all I've 20, 10 say u I've raised
eight and the whole csboodls of them
never made A. much noise a. that one
be rctOrted
perhaps you would like 10 try your
hand on this one. II - can stop him
it'- NOR. than ] can do
"Giye him to me. madam. and in ten
minutes he'll b. A. quiet a. lamb. I've
seen worse children many time"
lie winked at the other passsnge- ~
he rrachei out his hand. for the baby.
''rootsey.wootsey tum," be urged, and
the infant opened one eye 90 look at him,
while II s,iffened like poker and roared
louder than ever.
IF You will step into the nett car -
that IL won't s-e you.- said the obliging
traveller. Il can hush him sooner. He'll
be all right. ma'am. don't you worry"
Il won't aid thu woman thank.
fully. ss she resigned the squaller and
disappeared into the next car.
"H.u-.h.h. stop now. little fellow;
rids cock horse 20 Banbury eros, there
was an old woman. sh-shsh-lst 20 %
my hair. You little wretchl-
The baby had tangled u. fingers In
the chin whiskers u it, new friend. and
was pulling them out by the roots
stop that noise, howlci tho passen.
gers In chorus, cor give thai kid back 20
its mother"
He would hay. b.en very glad 10 hays
acce,l~l to either u thoss requests. but
the mother was gone. and the baby Wa
increasing it, music every minute.
"Walky.walky. pstr he asked In .
voice like calliope: hush. my dear.
lie .till and-murderl Won't somebody
20 after il motherr
But nobody would stir. They all
wanted to see him manage that baby.
When the conductor called Detroit
and the train slowed into the depot. .
Wild eyed man, ooatless and disheyeled.
was tearing from one end - the train to
the other. while the baby screamed over
his shoulder.
"Tll take him now" aid mild voice.
and A. its mother APPEARED the child
s,opp.,i bowling: a cherubic smile dim.
Piled it, face. and u looked a. n 70 had
never shed . tear In its life. But its
volunteer nurse was complete wreck.
Detroit Free Pres.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-05-17
Taken lnSsrily.

II has Just been demonstrated that
complexion powder. are not AL com.
pounded of dangerous poisons. A little
girl wa. told 10 20 to III. groc.rs and
get . boz of baking powder and give I,
10 the cook GU her return.
The child had Just two ideas Ia hsr
head when she reached the grocery. one
wa. powder" the other "the cook"
"wha, kind Of powder DO you wanty'
asked the grocer. who hal different
brands OF baking powder.
The kind mamma puts on her face,
aid the innocent child.
I'VE don't keepit Go scros. 10 the
drug store II that's the s,ua your. after"
Thecook was . green hand who opened
the box. with hesi In middle. and emp
tied bali its contents into the batch OF
biscuit she was making.
II was when they hal eaten the bis
cults, which were heavy ~ lead, that the
mi.tres. inquired into the merits OF the
new supply Of baking powder. and ~n
shown the boz which held what wa
left.
II didn't kill anybody. and was An.
other argument In favor Of the com.
pleIion powder Free Press.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-05-17

With station experiments, six pounds
corn meal aud two pounds of bran were
taken az the standard winter ration.
Substituting gluten meal for corn meal
increased the milk but reduced the but.
ter. I.inseed meal Ia place of corn meal
decreased the milk hut increased the but
ter. Cottonseei meal acted precisely as
lin.sej, but hurt the COW. Corn meal
butter was hsrier; llnseei meal made
loft butter Nth increased olein, gluten
meal made poor butter. Oats made the
y.'iowest butter. aud dryest. Buck
wheat MAS poorest; bran butter was
white. soft aud poorly favored. A com.
combination Of corn meal, cottonseed
meal aud lipseed meal was recommended.
our own experience, says the Je'sey
bulletin, tallie. pretty closely with these
results. Hut We would never give q lbs.
Of cotton.eed meal In = dAy-snd We
should never leave out oats. We should
prefer 10 use With average, good jersey
cows, about I lbs. corn meal, : lbs.
ground oats, 2 lbs. cotttonseed meal aud
4 III. linseed meal. For hay We
should prefer bright clover; next. good
rel top or orchari grass. Timothy, we
do not like for cows. Well cured corn
fodder hs. done good work for us. hut
next 10 clover hay we should prefer
shesf oats run through the cutter. Sll-
age L. superior to roots, but both are
good.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-05-17

friendly. Rush learned afterwards that
his chiefs good humor and Accessibility
on this occasion were lucky accident
Al another time he might have bsen un-
approachablc. but ON this particular
afternoon something had happened TO
put him In n good humor and Rush got
the benefit of Il.
John Gaspar Piummett was q peculiar
man. lie was the son OF very able
father. and had inherited q fortune and
newspaper. Asa young man be had been
very Wild. and ai forty he was not tanned
TO any great extent Ills efulsrance OF
spirits showed itself In the conduct Of his
paper. lie got up the widest schemes
and generally carried them out with sue
cess. thus making The Dawn the best
known newspaper in America and the
best known American newspaper in Eu.
rope. Plummett. without icing hand.
some. was very distinguished looking.
lie had tall aristocraiic figure and bore
himself with n great deal of dignity. II
would 10 impossible for n stranger to
pas him In the stret without turning
around and saying to his companion. u
no happened to have one. "who 10 that
distinguished looking many' lie was
very particular about his dress. and had
q stylo Of his own that his friends tried
To initiate; but, ne few had such figure.
tho imitation was not successful Peo-
ple who knew Piumn'ett slightly fancied
that his wild schemes were without
method, and that lie was harum-scar.
um sort Of fellow. who did everything
hit or miss. and whose business was at
loose endA On the contrary. he always
knew what he was about. and he had
long head for business
Although he was seldom In New York.
he watched his paper carefully and knew
who wrote every article In u. lie had
been looking closely after Rush ever
since he came upon the paper. and was
very much pleased with his work. When
hs found that his London Office was not
managed - he thought u should be. he
at once made up his mind that Rush
was the man to reorganise Il And he
proved to bs right In general way he
told Rush what hs would like 70 -
done. bat he did not give very minute
Instructions. ~ hs wanted TO ses what
the youns man would do u Ieft to him
sslf Having had charys Of ths foreign
department In New York. Rush knew iis
shorscomIngr and had . plan mapped cut
fos its Improvement This hs laid bsfors
Mr.. Piummstt u won HE Instant sp'
prUval
Rush thoroughly disliksd The sysesn
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-05-17
TRAINING FARM ANIMALS.

The Lewiston Journal truly ssys; bad
training or the want Of any training of
the animals under our charge, has much
to do with the ~ell.belng Of the stock,
and oft-times with the serenity of the
stock owner. When one is chasing
round q field after = horse that u
unwiiling to he caught. or vainly
endesvoring tn corner COW In the ysrd
so she NAV be MIXED, he paying the
penalty of his delinquency OF duty tn the
animals under his charge.
The u.efulne.. aud profit Of the fu-
ture COW !. largely Influenced by the
Kind of training given the calf. yesrling
or two-year-old. Gentleness and kindly
ways, With frequent indulgenccs 10 the
way of feeding little extras, Will soon
gain the confidence of stubbnrn or
~ild animal, aud bsget la them like ways
of Kindly good will.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-05-17
PssstIeaI.

The present IL not the age Of romAncs,
and II IL well for people of an unduly TO
mantle and adventurous spirit 10 re-
member this. II related that certain
practical young man who had resolved
To PROPOSE marriage 10 a young woman
put the matter In this ways
"Leonora, would you leave country
and kindred and 70 10 the ends OF the
earth 10 be my wifey
"Yes, William. Iwould. aid LeonorA
Would you desert father and mother.
and lie willing 10 be disowned and dis.
carded by them for my sakei-
"For your sake would, williaml"
Then" said the young man, II fsAS
you are not the practical and sensibls
girl whom ! took you for. and whom
only could take for wife. Farewell.
Leonorar'-Youths Companion.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-05-17
Tn. cA.p.r... Approved.

An amusing experience IL told by one
q party of young people whose ehApe-
tone was hastily replaced byA delight
ful woman. whose ideas Of the onerous
duties were. 10 say the least. unique. IL
was ut the seashore In Maine. The
PARTY were greeted each morning. and
anriously asked at intervals II they
were enjoying themselves. but other
wise were allowed entire freedom. One
lovely evening = pretty girl and her e--
cort went TO the chaperone.
"CAn we 60 out rowing. Mrs ~
they asked timidly.
II see no objection" was the answer.
We've beenr' wAs the unexpected re-
sponss from the culprits, adding. I'VE
forgot 10 ask."-Boston Herald.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-05-17
ca. ..I..loIEns NoriCE.

We having b~sa spyein,ei ey us Ssar S
...,.. ~. .l.i,.. % ths crv.iit"r. ~ beary y
~w.ll So ~ gaafsri In ssid tesny acsssss,.
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Don't spare your hoe aud spoil your
crop. "rhree hoeiDgs are cheaper than
one" One of the great scrsts OF sue
cess Il % begin hc~ing before the weeds
set a hold. Al the same time never do
sny hoeiug by hand that can BE- done
vith a harrow. A ride through the
country will demonstrate the truth OF
the statemeut that many farmers walt to
stir the ground until IL II green With
weeds. This II your economy. u 10
much easier to prevent their growing
than 20 kill them amer they are started.
Mirror.