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Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-04-08
SPRING MEETING
Of the Oregon Breeding and Speed
Association.

Following is the officially correct
program of races to come off at
Salem this spring at the state fair
grounds track:
THURSDAY, JUNE 2.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-04-08

Strongs bakery takes the lead on
superior bread cakes, pies and all
kinds of fancy baking.
WESTACOTT & IRWIN.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-04-08
Few are Free

FROM Scrofula, which, being heredi-
i tary, Is the latent cause Of Consump-
ton, Catarrh, Loss of Sight, Eruptions,
and numerous other maladies. To eff
feet a cure, purify the blood with
Ayers Sarsaparilla. Begin early, and
persist tin every trace of the poison is
eradicated.
81 can heartily recommend Ayers
Sarsaparilla for all those who are afflict-
ed with scrofulous humors. had
suffered for years, and tried various
remedies without effect. Finally, Ayers
Sarsaparilla gave relief and put me i'm
my present good healthy condition. -
e. NJ. Howard, Newport, N. H.
"My daughter was greatly troubled
with scrofula, and, at one time, it was
feared she would lose her sight. Ayers
Sarsaparilla has completely restored
her health, and her eyes are as we'll
and strong as ever, with not q trace of
scrofula in her system" Geo. King.
Killingly, Conn.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-04-08
NOTICE
For Application for Liquor
license.

10 All whom Il may concorn;
Take notice that the unaoralRno0 will
apply 10 the county court % Marion couu-
~, state OF Oregon, ~ the May term, thll.
Of said court, lof q license 10 sell 1pITIluoua
malt ana yinous liquors, Ia less Quantities
than one gallon, la Aurora preclnci, in said
county OF Marion, for the peIiop uI one
year nom the dalool issuing 0f said license
FIRED 0kNaNhDhH
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-04-08
Democratic Primaries and
Convention.

TUHE DEMOCRATIC Primaries for Afe.
i rion county will be held on the 9Th Of
April AZ the various precincts.
Those In Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and Prospect will
DO held by ballot froIn 10 p. m.
In the balance OF the precincts the pFl-
maries will be held at p. m.
The Marion county Democratic conyen-
tion will be held on Thursday, the l4fh
day OF April, at o'clock p, m.
The various precincts VIII be entitled 10
delegates as follows;
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-04-08
Ayers SarsapariIIa,

pr. J. @. Aver & Co., Lowell, Mass
Price 81; six bottles, IS. Worth s5 bottle
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-03
Asparagus Growing.

Having a special fondness for aspara-
gus, and having given the subject of its
growth in small way considerable at
tention, a correspondent of the New York
World has reached the following among
other conclusions: One is that many as
paragus beds, especially in cold and
heavy soils, die out from rotting of the
feshy roots. While to a certain extent
asparagus likes moisture, this is easily
overdone when the growth is at a stand
still. Asparagus in q state OF nature
grows in a sandy, well drained alluvial
deposit. Now the point | wish to get at
is that heavy mulching on a cold, heavy
soil, in my opinion, only renders the soil
more cold and sodden and the roots more
liable to decay. Allowing the tops tore
main on throughout the winter is SLOW
emily method, and besides it prevents
the frost and air from having free access
to sweeten the surface soil. I make a
practice of cutting the tops off close with
the scythe and clearing them away as
soon as thoroughly ripened. / have had
good success in top dressing with decom-
posed manure and decayed garden ref
use in equal parts.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-03
The Imnroxement of Soils.

The amount of water in a soil and its
rate of circulation being among the most
important factors in determining the
growth of cultivated plants, it follows
that thear of cultivating and manuring
must be based on the possible control of
the water supply in the soil. In report
of soil Investigations by Mr.. Whitney, of
the Maryland station, it is stated that
the continued use of lime, kainit and
phosphoric acid makes the soil more
loamy, looser in texture and less reten-
tive of moisture. Many of our agricul-
tural lands need improvement in the
other direction. They need to be made
closer in texture and more retentive of
moisture. In the Investigations under
consideration it was found that ammo
MIA, the caustic alkalies, carbonate of
soda and probably many other substances
tend to bring about the desired improve
ment..
The judicious use of lime, kainit or
acid phosphate, along with organic mat
ter added to the soil, is said to give =
value to the application which it would
not otherwise have had, and in this con
nection value to stable manure is
given out of all proportion to the amount
of plant food it contains. Lime also,
either alone or when acting with organic
matter, is mentioned as having distinct
value for all classes of lands.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-03
IN CHILL DECEMBER.
Styles Appropriate to the Last
Month Of the Year. .S

Olive Harper Tells What the Grand
mothers of Today Wear and How the
Old Ladies Are Respected and Cher
ished-Little Girls Costumes.
Especial Correspondence
NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-The New York
family that can boast grandmother is
happier than those whose only antiqui
ties consist in furniture and bric-a-brac,
and the grandmother is cherished as a
choice possession and decorated and
made to appear as aristocratic as posi-
BILE. It is not my province to inquire
why this is so, but as it is for the gen.
eral benefit of all grandmothers sim
ply state the fact and now shall try to
tell about some of the things these dear
old ladies wear. They ought to have
the incest and prettiesta as recompense
for the destiny that has robbed them
of their youthful bloom and the tears
and cares that have brought wrinkles
and whitened the hairs. They should
be decked with diamonds and wrapped
in velvets, and have no more OF this
worlds work to do than to be the sweet
and tender CONSIDERS of their grandchil-
dren's woes.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-03
Raising SQUADS.

A correspondent of the Philadelphla
Farm Journal relates the following ex-
perience in raising squads:
I first rented for small sum an old
house fifteen by twenty feet, with cell
ings eight feet high. and fitted it up
with plenty of boxes, hanging them to
the ceiling so that rats could not get at
the young ones. The windows were
taken out and wire netting substituted
in summer. Platforms were placed out
of the windows SO, the birds could get
out into the sun and rain. Then I
bought common pigeons, the largest l
could find, and penned each pair sep
arately to mate. When mated l put
them in, and they went Immediately to
work. There were twenty pairs.
For feed use small grained corn and
screenings. give them also green
grass, grass seed and plenty of salt, lime
and sand. The birds have bathbox
2 by 8 feet by inches deep and
patent fountain from which to drink.
The nesting boxes are cleaned out once
a month and lime put in to keep out lice.
/ get AN average of eight pairs of
squads year, and these have realized
for me forty-fve cents pair. The cost
of keeping pair Of breeding birds de-
ponds on the kind. Small birds do not
eat as much as large ones. My birds
cost me two dollars per pair for the
year in confinement. There are too
many losses when at large. Hawks kill
them, and people trap or shoot them.
When confined these losses are avoided.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-03
EARLY eRoILERs.

successful Incubator Work by Practical
Poultry Men.
Although the market for early broilers
will not begin before the opening of the
new year, P. H. Jacobs, of Hammonton,
N. j., very truly says in Farm and Fire
side that the chicks must be Matched out
In time to grow. Itrequires three weeks
to hatch the chicks and about ten weeks
more for them to reach marketable
size, the whole period, from the begin
ming of the hatch to the period of selling,
being about three months.
To reach the market in january the
bhicks should come out of the shells not
later than the first week in November.
AS the prices gradually increase after
January, reaching the highest limit in
May, there is wide field open for early
broilers. The first lot that reaches the
market sells best when they weigh but
little over a pound each, but as the prices
go up the weights also increase until
sizes of ~ pounds weight are desired.
The difficulty in securing early chicks
is the fact that hen will not sit until
she is so inclined, and if she matches
a brood in the winter season it is diff
cult for her to raise them. Hence Mr..
Jacobs encourages artificial incubation.
He says: SIN April and May prices some
times reach as high as sixty cents a
pound for broilers in large cities. The
cost of the food to produce one pound of
IL: ILL ,o+o cf1 oor1fc II mn Of
not be overlooked, however, that the
cost of eggs for incubation, the labor,
the buildings and other expenses are
sometimes great, and losses by death
may be very heavy. All are not sue
cessful, but many difficulties can be
overcome after a years experience. 1t
is best to begin with a small incubator
and learn, and not venture too far the
first season. If anything is to be done.
however, this is the time to begin, not
only for profit, but also to experiment. ;"
It is told of one of Ohio's most success
full broiler men in The Poultry World
that he never started the machines until
December for two reasons-first, it was
difficult to procure eggs in any quantity
much before that time, and, second, that
the market was filled with frozen stock
and game until March, so that there is
no great demand for broilers until about
April 1, when the frozen stock and game
are cleared up and good demand for
broilers comes on. He owes his success
in great measure to the fact that he
only Utilities the best portion of the year
winter and spring. He works at the
poultry business during the winter and
spring months, when his other business
is slow, and by June, when the prices
commence to fall, he is all sold out and
works at his trade until another year.
1t is not economy to put money into
cheap machines. Whichever you try,
make up your mind at once that there is
work to be done, and probably when
you count your chickens from the first
hatch you will think, as others have
thought, that 1.-The best regulated ma
chine needs regulating" A person can
not be told how to run successfully an
incu bator; he must learn it by expert
ence.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-03
LEAN MEAT VERSUS FAT.
The Excess of Fat in the Pork, Beef and
Mutton of This Country.

The Excess of Fat in the Pork, Beef and
Mutton of This Country.
Attention is directed by Professor At
water in The Experimental Station Rec
ord to deficiency of protein in our ag-
ricultural products, which tends to IN
crease the already too great proportion
of fat and carbohydrates in the food we
eat. Corn, our great staple, is poor In
protein at the best. The larger part OF
our pork is made from corn. Pork made
from corn exclusively has relatively lit
tie lean. The corn fed pork in the mar
ket is mostly fat. On this subject II is
said that the pork producer in this coun-
try has come to be essentially manu-
facturer of fat. Like other manufactur
ers he must compete in the markets of
the world, home and foreign. He meets
serious competition in the fat of other
meats, in cottonseed oil and in petro-
leum. The home market is relatively
overstocked with fat pork.
There are, then, two things for the
pork producers to do-make leaner pork
and get better access to foreign markets.
Leaner pork can be obtained by the use
of heterogeneous Understandable bran,
shorts, cottonseed meal, if it can be ad-
vantageously utilized; beans, peas, clover,
alfalfa and other leguminous plants. 1t
is, however, impracticable for many pork
producers to change their system of feed
ing at once. The bulk of the pork Of the
country is and for some time must be
manufactured from corn, but where nj
trogenous foods are available they should
be used, and where they are not an at
tempt should be made to introduce them.
Skimmilk is rich in protein, and on
this account it is excellent, Professor
Atwater states, not simply for making
the lean pork that rational diet calls
for, in place of the excessively fat prod
uct with which the market is flooded.
There is the same trouble with our other
meats. Our beef and mutton are fatter
than need be, and the excess of fat is
greater than we realize. 1t is true there
is large demand for fat beef. This is
because such beef is tender, juicy and
attractive in flavor, and it is not the fat
but the lean part of the meat that is
mostly wanted. The European feeder
makes tender, juicy beef of excellent
flavor, without excess of fat. When the
cattle he is fattening have become fat to
the point where the quantity of fat in
the meat is reasonable and the flavor ac-
ceptable they are slaughtered. His feed
ing stuffs are also richer in protein than
the grasses and grain Of the central and
eastern states.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-03

The wheat crop in Europe is reported
as better than in 1891 and worse than in
1890.
The cotton crop is light, with short
staple and generally fair quality.
The agricultural department makes
the average corn yield 22.4 bushels per
acre, or an aggregate production of
little more than 1000, 900, 900 bushels.
The national statistician indicates the
total wheat production to be about $780,
100000 bushels.
The average yield of tobacco is less
than last year.
The average yield of hay is reported
to be LIT tons per acre.
This year Idaho and Montana lead in
wheat with crops of 1915 and % bushels
per acre, respectively, Colorado follow
ing with 1871 and Washington with 1874
bushels. The great wheat fields of the
northwest-the two Dakotas-drop to
1875 bushels. Kansas is reckoned at II
bushels, Illinois and Michigan at 14.7,
Pennsylvania at 14.4, New York at 14.3,
Indiana at IA, Ohio at 1872, California at
1913, Missouri at ILL and Iowa at lis.
Bee esGapes are IN high favor in Eng
land.
There should be hospital on each
farm for sick poultry, and they should
oe separated from the others as soon as
sny signs of disease are noticed.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-03

Lace belongs to them, whether it is
piled up over the dear old head or gath
cred at neck and sleeves Crepe lisse is
theirs by right of its delicate softening
effect. Rich dark silks, brocades and
velvets were never so well employed as
in gowns for those dear old ladies. Soft
woods in drab, prune gray and black
seem made on purpose for them, and in
them they make charming pictures.
The driving dresses are usually warm
and thick rather than ornate, and the
wrap should be of a rich and elegant
kind and one of those that does not go
out of fashion soon, as grandmothers do
not like to change the fashion of their
clothes with every new moon. The bon
nets are made to suit. There are those
that come down over the ears, and there
are felt hats for those who like them,
trimmed heavily with feathers and
MORE ribbon, and wide bows under the
chin, for few ladies who have passed
their fifties can go without the bow
under the chin, which hides that fatal
double fold of flesh and preserves the
old outline of younger days. There are
close capotes and bonnets of various
kinds but little different in style from
those for the granddaughter, only that
the colors are trife quieter, and the
outlines not quite SO accentuated. Grand
mothers are as dainty with their gloves,
their shoes and other trifes as their
granddaughters, and this is as it should
be. They should be even more particu-
lar with their toilet to make up for the
ravages of time.
might add a word here about shoes
for the very old OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES the
active, middle aged ones. For them,
when their feet are tired with many
weary midnight walks with fretful
babies, are lovely soft shoes with soles
flexible enough for the tenderest feet.
And it is now the fashion to crochet and
knit warm wooden shoes and sew them
to thick felt soles. A pretty ribbon
around the top finishes them and draws
the top snugly around the ankles and
Keeps the feet warm as toast. No better
present could be devised for dear old
grandmother.
Her little pets are dressed SO quantity
Uy oil AUIoIlCdu SlOoho OIO
Of elder down flannel or of some of the
thick, soft woolens, garnished with mar
row bands of fur or ribbon. One cum
ming little coat of drab flannel has
sleeves and yoke braided with green
braid, and sash bow with three round
tassels of green silk. The hat was green
felt and drab plush.
Another had shorter coat of light
blue cashmere with black astrakhan
trimming, and hat of white felt with
blue ribbons and plumes. . A funny lit
tie Quakerish gown for party for a
girl of ten was of baby blue cashmere
with ribbon bands around the skirt.
The waist was quilted onto the yoke and
held in just under the arms with ribbon,
and the sleeves were made the same way.
It is like the "hourglass" pattern in
vogue perhaps 200 years ago. It is pic
turesque, but I do not call it pretty, yet
one has to give the fashions as they are.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-03

loss could be largely reduced, if not en-
tirely prevented, if the farmers would
adopt the Jansen or hot water method.
The work is simple and inexpensive.
The wheat seed before planting should
be kept in hot water heated to 134 dogs.
Fahrenheit for ten minutes. The water
must be kept to this temperature during
the soaking. Oats require a higher
temperature to kill the smut spores.
The seed should be dipped in water heat
ed to 139 or 140 dogs. Fahrenheit and
should be soaked for ten minutes.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-03
The Clover Leaf WeeviI.

This insect has been spreading south
ward since 1882, but has not extended
its work to the west as rapidly as might
have been expected. Nothing in way OF
remedies appears to have been discov-
cred of late years. Where the stubble
can be burned during the winter the
numbers of the insect can be greatly re-
duced, but blowing under during May,
although this necessitates some loss,
is recommended by the entomologists
who have Investigated the matter as
the most efficacious remedy.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-03
STR. FRANK JONES

for Bar Harbor, Machiasport and intermediate
landings.
*Runs daily. Sundays Included. might express
with sleeping cars attacheat runs every night
Sundays included. but beSkowhexan Monday
morning or to Belfast, Dexter or beyond Ban
gor on Sunday mornings.
White Mountains and Quebec Line.
For Cumberland Mills, Sebago Lake, Brids-
ton, Fryeburg, North Conway, Glen Bart
lett, Fabyans, St. Johnsbury, Montreal,
Jefferson, Lancaster, Colebrook and
Beecher Falls, 8.45 a. m. and 8. 30 p. m For
Sawyerville, Dudswell and Quebec. at
$50 Up. M.
meets for all points in Northern New Hamp
shire, Vermont. Chicago and the West; and
with the Canadian Pacific Tfanscontnental
train for Vancouver and Pacific Coast points:
The $50 D. NJ train connects at Montreal
with trains via $500" Line for Minneapolis
and st. Paul.
ARRIVALS IN PORTLAND.
From Wateryille and Lewiston, $50 q. 10; AN
gusta, Bath, &C., $50; Montreal. Sc Johns
bury Quebec, Colebrook, North SHatford,
Fabyans and Bridgton, $50 q. M; ST.
John, Bangor, &c., 1880 p. NJ; Harrington,
Skowhegan and Lewiston 12.1 8 p. MI ROCK
land, Brunswick, and Freeport, 1920 p. m.
Mixed Train, North Conway and Sebago Lake
$50 ?. M watsrville; Bath; augusta g !. and ID
M !; Rangely, Pennington, sSkowhcgan Water
Vile and Lewiston, 5.45 p. m; Montreal.
Fabyans, Bridgton, g. o p. m. Night Pullman,
PAYSON TUCKER.
Vice Pres. and Gen. Manager.
F. Z. BOOTHBY, Gen. Pass. and Ticket Agent
Portland October 2, 1892. dd
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-03
Portland & Worcester Line
PORTLAND c ROCHESTER, R. B.
STATION FOOT OF PREBLE STREET.

On and after Monday, November 20, 1892,
Passenger trains will Leave Portland:
For Worcester, Clinton, Aver junction,
Nashua, Windham and Epping at 7.3O a.
m. and 1890 p. m.
For Manchester, Concord, and points North
at 7.3O a. IN. and 1890 p. m.
For Rochester, springvaie, Alfred, Water ;
4.15 D. m.
3.15 4.16, 5.20, $50 and 11.15 p. m
For Westbrook, Cumberland Mills, West
brook Junction and Woodford's at 7.3O,
900 and 1880 a. M. 1890. 200, S.15, A.l5,
500 $50 800 and lilo p. m.
For Forest Avenue Oeerfngl. 6.30p m.
The 70 80 D. M train from Portland connects
at Aver junction with "Hoosao Tunnel
Route for the West and at Union Station,
Worcester, for Providence and Now York,
via providence Line" for Norwich and
New York via IN orwich Line" with Boston
s. Albany r.. r. for the West, and with the
New York All Rail via springfield"
Trains arrive at Portland from Worcester
at ]. so p. m. from Rochester at $50 a. "a,
80 and 900 p. M; from Gorham at $40,
80 and 1915 a. M, 1.3o, Abs, 600, $40 and
TAO p. m
South, apply to 8. E. CORDWELL, Ticket
Agent Portland, Me.
j. W. PETERS, Supt.
oct2A d6
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-03
RAILROADS.
MAINE CENTRAL R. r.
For Bangor, Bar Harbor, st. John, the
White Mountains, Quebec, Montreal.
the Worlds Fair and
the West.

On and after October I'd, 1892, passenger trains
leave Portland as follows:
For Danville junction, Auburn and Lewis
ton, $50 a. M, 1.25 and $40 p. m.
Lewiston via Brunswick, GAO, 1920 a. NJ.
1.2O, 5.05 and t11.2o p. m. and Sundays at
1.30 p. m
Freeport and Way Stations, $40, 1920 a. M,
1.20. 5 90, t11.20 p. m.
RockIand and Knox and Lincoln Stations.
$40 am, 100 and +11.20 p. m. Express
freight leaves Mondays and Fri
days at 600 p. m. with passenger car at
Brunswick, Bath, $40 and 1920 a. M, 1.2o
Gardiner, Ha11owel and Augusta, o-4u
and 1920 a. M, 80, 5.05 and t11.2o p; N,
Pennington and Phillips, via Lewiston, $50
a. M, f.25 p. M; via Brunsv4Sk, 6.4o a. III.
and 100 D. m. Rangeley, $50 q. N.
Monmouth, Winthrop, Readfeld and oak
land, $50 a.. M. LBS and 5. 10 p, m.
Waterville via Lewiston, 8 30 q. m. 1.2o,5.l0
and IL 1.2o p. m
Skowhegan via Lewiston, 1s26 p m; via
Augusta, $40 a. m, 80 and t11.20 p. m.
Belfast, 100 and IL 30 p. m.
Dover and Foxcroft, via Dexter, 1.3o ana
11.2op.nl.
Bangor via Lewiston, ]. 25 p. m. via Augusta,
T $40 q. m, *1.30 and +11.20 p. M, and Sun
days only at7.20 a. m.
Bangor & Piscataquis Il. r.. via Dexter. az
4 1920 p. M; via oldtown, at GAO a. M, lilo
Ellsworth and Bar Harbor. s1.3O. 1I.20 pm.
OIdtown, Lincoln and Yanceboro. 6.40a. m,
Al 80 and I'LL 20 p. m.
st. john and Halifax, II, 30 and tlL2op. m.
Houlton, Woodstock, ST. stephen and North
p. IN. train Mondays and Fridays, connects at
Rnpxlau0 with
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-03
Grain Smut and the Jansen Remedy.

AS estimated in bulletin of the Mich
igan station, the annual loss to the grain
crop of that state by smut is upward of
81, 100000. This includes the loss from
the shrinking smut of wheat and the
loose smut of oats, and in fact all the
smut fungi that attacks the cereals.
According. to the bulletin. this heavy
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-03
UATTEnpNTA ONE WAY

CALIFORNIA E SSH MaT
Personally conducted, Pullman Tourist Cars
through to destination. If you are going to Col
orado, California, Oregon or any other point
west OF The Missouri River, take the Phillips
Rock Island Excursion, leaving Boston every
Tuesday. Our rates are the lowest to the Paci-
fic Coast and all western points. For rates,
maps and full particulars of our excursions,
cali on your nearest ticket agent, or Write to
A. PHILLIPS s. CO., 29G Washington st.
Boston, Mass, sept24eod3mo