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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1893-04-27
GOVERNMENT AID FOR ROADS.
Establishment of Department of Road
Mt WASHINGTON Advncated

Establishment of Department Of Roads
at Washington Advocated.
It is safe to affirm that no subject
needs greater agitation than that of
roads, and what is true of one state is no
less true of every other state in the
Union. The roads of Massachusetts.
like nearly all the highways in New Eng
land, exist where first We're only foot
paths, leading from cabin to cabin of the
early settlers, and as the latter generally
built their homes on elevations for safe
ty, these trails in time became roads de-
Waiting but little from the beaten track.
Thus we have system of highways run
ming over the most billy parts of our
country.
To remedy this evil and construct a
system of roads on the most improved
plans would cost millions of dollars, and
the various towns would find it lmpossi-
BILE to carry out such an undertaking.
for many of them are heavily in debt,
the tax rates are high, large number of
the farms are partially or wholly aban-
doned, and in some portions of the state
there seems to be an atmosphere of dis
content settling down upon the farmers.
A country can i'll afford to neglect the
farmer or discourage any reasonable
measure for promoting and encouraging
agriculture, because the life and success
of nation depends upon her agricultural
resources, and the prosperity of the farm
ing community rests largely upon the
facilities for communicating with the
thickly settled sections. Where there
are no railroads the farmer must from
necessity take his produce to market over
the public highways, and where the lat
ter are bad the cost of transportation
often exceeds that of the raw material.
In many of the towns throughout the
state frequent discussions on the subject
of "better roads have taken place, and
there seems to be a general awakening to
the fact that the farmer is badly handi-
capped in his race with other branches
of industry. However sober and in
dustrious he may be, however much the
demand for his produce may increase, and
the market may grow, the present facil-
tiles for transportation place in his path
an obstacle which he is unable to sur
mount. This has most depressing
effect upon the farmer.
We believe that the time has come
when the government should lend its aid,
and it seems proper, therefore. to advo-
cate the establishment of a department
of roads at Washington. The duties of
this commission should be to control and
instruct similar commissions maintained
by the several states, and these state and
national commissions should be given en-
tire charge of building and maintaining
a system of macadam roads which would
be for the best interests of the county.
With system of good roads, property
would greatly increase in value, many of
the abandoned acres would again be
brought under cultivation, and much
would be added to the comfort and pros
perity of the people. Clarence D. War
ner. C. E.. in Good Roads.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1893-04-27
what Fools These Mortals Be!''

The farmers of Polk county, Ia, are
against good roads. They so declared at
ameeting recently held at the courthouse
in Des Moines. The Good Roads asso-
citation, which recently met and discussed
measures for the improvement of the
roads in the state. was bitterly de-
nounced.
Resolutions were adopted declaring
against any attempt on the part of the
state to assess the farmers for improving
the highways. The roads as at present
constructed. so the resolutions further de-
clare, are good enough. Chicago Herald.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1893-04-27
MAKING MACADAM ROADS.
The Construction Is Simple and IL Readily
Learned by Practical Men.

The Construction Is Simple and IL Readil,
Learned by Practical Men.
The construction of macadam road
Is as simple as saving wood. There Ii
nothing complicated, difficult or mys
FERROUS about it. To be sure, it involves
some practical knowledge Of materials
and methods; but, as compared with
many of the operations of the farmer and
the mechanic, the making of good road
upon either the macadam or the telford
plan is simplicity itself.
l make this statement with the full
knowledge that it will invite criticism
and that many excellent and intelligent
roadmakers will contend to the con-
trary, but it must be remembered that
while the extended skill and knowledge
OF the engineer are always useful, yet in
the making of thousands of miles of
macadam roads such as will eventually
be laid upon the line of our important
country highways, the work of the road
maker will be largely confined to simple
routine work, in which the common
sense application of materials and meth
DDS will prevail over abstract theories,
and the higher technical training of the
engineer will be demanded only in those
cases where problems of drainage and
construction are too complex for the
mind of the layman.
In short, so far as the making of a
macadam roadway is concerned, there
are thousands of practical and clear head
ed men in every state who can so quickly
acquire knowledge of materials and
methods as to fit them for the manage
ment of ordinary construction work
1t might be said that knowledge of
chemistry and geology are often called
into play to determine the qualities of
materials which roadmaker may pro-
pose to use, and that the best roadway
cannot be insured without knowledge
of these sciences, but the fact remains
that the best roadway is rarely built in
any locality, for in most cases it is diff
cult to find more than a single CONVEX
lent quarry and while better stone
might be found than that which this
quarry supplies the cost of transporta-
ton makes its use impracticable.
1t may therefore be safely said that
w AAiiS UAIO cCl NICCS VI dill CISluctI tIt d.
ways to be desired there is nothing
about the making of common macadam
roadway which may not in most cases be
learned by any intelligent citizen, and if
he will acquaint himself with the know
edge of soils which will enable him to
know the difference between a wet soil
and dry one, porous soil and reten-
tive one, and if he will come to distin-
guish the difference in stones, between
hard and soft, between tough and friable,
and add to this a knowledge of the prin-
ciples and practice of consolidating the
subsoil and the macadam crust and the
drainage of both, he will have mastered
the chief points upon which rest knowl-
edge of scientific roadmaking. And this
knowledge is easily acquired, and, to the
patient man, easily taught. B. Potter
in Good Roads
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1893-04-27
On the Country Road.

To develop plant food by thorough
tillage is often cheaper and better than
to buy it. Every time the soil is stirred
fresh elements of fertility are brought
forth and made available.
At the Iowa station the results of
growing and feeding rape were very sat
isfactory, and were it not for the insect
enemies there is no doubt but that the
crop would soon take an important place
IN farm management for soiling and late
fall feeding
The Farm Journal says: Probably the
Plymouth Rocks are the best all the
year round fowl, although breeders of
light Brahmas claim great merit for
their favorites. They are both good,
but all things considered probably the
Rocks are the better for beginner.
AT the Vermont experiment station all
sugar thermometers sent it, express or
mail prepaid, will be tested free of
charge.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1893-04-27
Poultry Manure.

Poultry droppings, like that from other
farm stock, varies in value according to
the kind or amount of food consumed,
and especially in the treatment given to
the droppings If largely mixed with
litter, ashes, etc, or is very wet, poultry
manure has lost much of its ammonia
and is of less value than where the accu-
mutation has been kept dry and mixed
with just enough dry soil to act as an
absorbent. Greiner says the buyer can
afford to pay 20 to % cents per hundred
pounds for well kept poultry manure
Poultry manure is rich in available nj
trogen and is usually kept separate from
stable manure to apply as a special fer
tilizer to such garden crops as onions,
celery plants, spinach, etc. Mixed with
twice its bulk Of dry loan and applied
evenly it will do no harm to seeds or
plants. Greiner prefers to use it as top
dressing in the garden, and this is a ia
vorite plan with many other gardeners.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1893-04-27
The Farmer VIII Benefit Most.

No other class of the commonwealth
is SO deeply and vitality concerned in the
improvement of roads as the farmers. IT
is mistake to assume that good coun-
try roads are primarily luxury for
people of means who drive fast horses
and light carriages. They are most
needed by the farmers themselves who
drive heavy loads and whose team bust
ness is most urgent in the spring of the
year when the ordinary earth road be-
comes morass.-New York Telegram.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1893-04-27
Care of Chickens.

Here are few of the many statements
OF general interest made by Mr.. Abel L.
Stevens of Wellesley, Mass, in an ad-
dress on poultry delivered before farm
ers' meeting and reported for the Massa-
chusetts Ploughman:
First secure good, vigorous stock.
Mate carefully, with a view of the OBJ
ject you are aiming for. Place in good,
dry quarters; keep scrupulously clean
and feed generously of the best quality
of food. Hatch the chicks early.
Food enough is stored up in the egg
from which the chick was Matched to
sustain it for the first "a hours. After
ward, and for the first two weeks, feed
little and often-every three hours-of
stale bread and cracker crumbs soaked
in milk; add to this hard boiled eggs and
fine oatmeal mixed in; also keep before
them dry millet seed.
From this a good change will be a
mixture consisting of 90 pounds corn
meal, 10 pounds wheat middlings and 5
pounds fine animal meal.
This should be scalded with boiling
water and fed at 6, 8, 10 a. m. and at 3 and
6p. m. Feed literally with cracked corn
and cracked wheat; give milk for drink
if possible; if not, clean, fresh water in
shallow iron dishes; also keep dish near
them of finely ground bone and beef
scraps, and an abundance of green food
always. These methods will develop
young chicks faster and make them
stronger than any other system of feed
ing.
Always keep young chicks shaded
from glazing sun and sheltered from
transforms: have a boarded floor in
brooding coops, and as soon as young
chicks begin to roost provide pinch
width smooth joist not over two feet
from the floor. protected from all enc
mics of the young chick, and with good
strong stock to start with and the above
good care you should raise nearly 100
per cent of your matches. Now, at the
age of 10 weeks separate the young males
from the pullets. Feed these fast ma
turing pullets on good wheat and barley
oats to induce early laying, the cockereis
wholly on corn for size and flesh.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1893-04-27
Chemical Fertilizers For Corn.

A report has been made of general
fertilizer experiment on corn, conduct
I'd last season under the auspices of the
Georgia agricultural experiment sta
ton. Here are the conclusions briefly
stated and drawn from results obtained:
The use of muriate of potash was of
doubtful benefit on this land, which was
of fairly good clay soil. Even if benefi-
sial in small doses, limit is soon reached
beyond which an increase in the amount
is certainly injurious. The effect of su-
perphosphate was decidedly beneficial.
The effect of nitrate of soda was also of
aecided benefit. Cottonseed meal did
cot seem SO decided in its effects. In
general the results of this experiment
do not favor the use of concentrated
chemical fertilizers on corn. In no case
did the increased yield of the fortified
plots over the unfertilized pay for the
cost of the fertilizer.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1893-04-27
Root Crops.

1t has been decided at the Ontario
agricultural college experiment station
that white feshed turnips give better
yields than the yellow feshed varieties;
the long shaped mangels better than the
globe varieties; the white carrots better
than the yellow varieties. Of the roots
grown on the station plots for two years
the white Swede turnip, the Jersey fall
turnip, the Carriers champion and yellow
intermediate mangel give the highest
yields in their respective classes. Of
those grown for one year only the i'm
perial short white carrot and the white
Silesian sugar beet give the highest yield
In their respective classes.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1893-04-27

There are Sarsaparillas and Sarsaparillas; but
If you are not careful in your purchase, the dis
ease you wish to cure will only be Intensified.
Be sure you get Ayers sarsaparilla and no other
1t is compounded from the Honduras root and
other highly concentrated alternatives.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1893-04-27
LIFE HAD NO CHARMS.

For three years was troubled with mala-
rial poison, which caused my appetite to fail,
and 1 was greatly reduced in flesh, and life
lost all its charms. / tried mercurial and
potash remedies, but to no effect. could
getno relief. then decided to try CO
A few bottles of this wonderful EssA
medicine made complete and permanent
cure, and now enjoy better health than ever.
]. A RICE, Ottawa, Kan.
Our book on Blood and Skin Diseases
enabled free.
y SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Atlanta, Ga
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1893-04-27
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SMUT OF GRAIN.
The Hot Water Soaking See,
In u Solution of Sulphate of Connar

The Hot Water Treatment-Soakinp Sced
In solution of Sulphate of Copper
The presence of smut in any degree is
lowering to the value of all grain. Ex-
cellent wheat tagged with smut can
scarcely be sold at any price Abroad,
where American wheat once had such a
fine reputation, it is now looked on with
suspicion. The men who buy wheat in
carloads and shiploads are not to be
fooled any more, and farmers must see
to 1t that their grains are pure and clean.
Al some OF the experiment stations the
Jansen or hot water treatment has been
practlced with favorable results and is
recommended to farmers. The two
methods generally recommended are
~ soaking the seed Is minutes in water
held at temperature of 132-135 degrees
then cooling with cold water; (2) soak
ing 1--WE minutes in water of 136-13S de-
grees and spreading out at once to dry.
AT the Vermont station the first method
IS approved for smut in oats. At this
station 1t is reported that soaking the
seed oats in hot water appeared to i'm
prove the quality, aside from the de-
struction of the smut. The hot water
treatment, however, for smutty seed
corn injured the vitality of the seed.
In an address before Manitoba farm
ers' meeting Richard Waugh made the
statement that there is nothing more GER
tam IN farming than that smut is pre-
ventable. He called attention to the
seven years investigations of DR.. Bre-
weld OF Berlin. The doctor, after irving
% different ways to kill smut finally de-
clded that there is nothing better than
bluestone. One or two cents worth of
bluestone (not agricultural bluestone,
but real sulphate of copper will kill all
the smut on bushel of an ordinary
sample of smutty wheat. He advised as
follows:
"Do not mix it by sprinkling in wag-
on box, but put the dissolved bluestone
in big tub, soak the seed in it minute
or two, dripping it back into the tub so
as to save the solution from needless
waste. Eight bushels may be treated
with one pound if not very bad, but
more bluestone is wanted if the smut is
bad. The experimental farms and others
have had clean wheat from badly smut
ted seed when properly treated Just
how bad the seed may be before treat
ment we do not yet know.
Some farmers find smut after blue
stoning, but that comes very often from
the tainted crop that grew on the land
the year before. What was shaken out
OF the crop produced volunteer plants |
enough to faint the next crop That can
only be prevented by summer following
after smutty crop or growing green
crop of some sort. 1t is safe to say that
a few years attention to bluestone will
kill out smut just as surely as strychnine
will kill rats if they eat it. One thing
bear in mind Do not wait till the dis
ease is very bad before you apply the
remedy"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1893-04-27

Lanes Family Medicine
Moves the bowels each day. In aver to b
healtny This Is necessary. 26.1y
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1893-04-27

Send 10 cents for a subscription to q livel
dress, Orange Blossoms, Yarmouthport, Mass.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1893-04-27

Coughing Leads to Consumption.
Kemp's Balsam stops the cough at once. Ask
your friends about It, 25-ly
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-14
SUITS
For Men. Youth, Boys.

In these departments
we have never been able
to offer so much for SO
little, considering quality
of goods. workmanship,
style of cut, and general
all-round excellence. The
effort of the makers has
been to in all respects
fully equal the best pro-
duct of the best tailors,
and we are willing to
leave it to any unpreju-
diced correct dresser if
they have not succeeded
completely. The price
alone differs from the
work of the best custom
tailors. 1t is about 40
per cent. lower.
Mems Suits, FIRST Floor.
Youths and Boys Second Flo,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-14
THE KALAMAZOO CELERY NERy
me AND TONIC.

Our Nervine and Tonic is prepared di-
rectly from our famous Celery, aud in
connection with osner herbs of well
known valued medicinal qualities. forms
without a doubt the best family medicine
for the rves, The Stomach aud Blood.
1t is Natures own remedy for building
up and restoring, n run down or exhaust
Ell nervous system; rs a Spring Tonic it
has no equal. ASK yIur druggist for
these preparations that come dir, CT from
Natures Celery Gardens. Take no
others. Ii you cannot get our prepara
tons at your druggis, send 25 cents In
Of t @ Nervine Pellets ard one of oIir
be II iful Embcs sSed Celery Recipe Books
Fres aud also "a package Of our delicious
Nervine Connection, the kalamazoo Gel
cry Tablets.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-14

DUNDEE, Mich, April 14.-A most ter
rife windstorm passed.over here. At Rea,
three miles west Of here, only one building
stands on its foundation Mrs. Jacob
Hiser was killed, while her husband can
not recover. Mrs. Henry Crane had leg
broken, while her two farmhouses were
blown over and burned. A large grain
elevator was blown to atoms. The Meth.
odist church was completely ruined. The
storm seemed to pass from southwest to
northeast, and every building in its path
was laid low. Hundreds of acres OF
orchards are DESTROYED.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-14


ST. LOUIS, April 14-Tidings from back
counties In Missouri emphasize the
mighty ruin wrought by the storm king
Tuesday night. Instead of one general
cyclone sweeping broad area there seems
to have been dozen of greater or less
violence. and they spread desolation
wherever they descended. Lafayette, Dent,
Gentry, Boone, Crawford, Franklin and
Linn counties, lying In the very richest
portion of the state, suffered most, al
though the territory where the damage
was done and lives lost is not confined by
state, much less by county lines The list
of dead thus far obtained Is as follows:
In Hawkins Bank there were seven per-
sons killed. William Asher, with a child
In his arms, Mrs. William Asher, Andrew
Day, John Day, John Dill, unknown child,
B months old.
In Lexington the dead are as follows:
Mrs. John luke, John Luke, Anna Wal
ker, Farris Walker, unknown negro boy.
In Stanbury; Mrs. Ward, two unknown
women.
In Steelville; Charles Adair, ID. M.
Green, five unknown persons.
In Page City: Daisy Stanley, colored.
In Higginsville: Mrs. John Breuggen,
Joseph Breuggen, Mrs A. H. Lake. Mary
Lake and two brothers, Hugh McAvoy,
Mr.. Walker and two children Of William
Walker.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-14
THE KALAMAZOO CELERY NERy.
me PELLETS.

These pellets are prepared directly from
we'll known curative properties They are
Invaluable as househo Il re nedy. They
are guaranteed to be purely vegetable.
aud to be n sure specific for all cases of
Nervous Prcstration, Headaches. Im-
potency, Insom ala, all Stomach Trou-
bles; Curonlc CONSTIPATION, (the bane OF
the Amer eau p .op e) aud are positively
Il G only Pellet that will not leave the
System colstipated. 25c. pr Package.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-14

For Ladies. Misses and
Girls for Spring wear,.
are now the most Season
able Goods we have to
offer. We show a very
large line in all the new
styles and material. We
have marked the prices
down to the lowest figure
at which we can guaran-
tee the quality of the
goods, and we are conf
dent that no better op-
portunity is offered to the
Ladies of Providence to
provide themselves with
over-garments suitable to
wear during the remain
der of the Spring season
and for use throughout
the Summer when there
comes a cold rain or a
"raw day.
Second Floor. Front
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-14

DETROIT, April IA. A destructive
cyclone swept over the township of Royal
Oak, 10 miles north Of Detroit, demolish-
ing houses, barns and outbuildings. Two
persons were killed and number injured.
The tornado Just grazed the village proper
Nearly everything in its path was leveled
on the town line, was torn into pieces and
the wreck took fire. Mr. and Mrs. Brick
were caught In the flames and burned
alive before, their children's eyes, AS the
storm moved eastward across the open
fields h seemed to gather force, wrecking
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-14
OVERCOATS.

Gentlemen need to pro-
vide themselves with new
Spring Overcoats. The
cut this Spring is distinc-
tive, and the correct
dresser knows the value
of being in the style. 1t
is worth money to every
business man to dress ac-
cording to the decree of
fashion. 1t can be done
without great cost at our
store, where all the goods
are selected expressly
with the idea of giving
the most value for the
price of any store in New
England.
Our stock of Spring
Overcoats we show with
great satisfaction. we'll
knowing that the most
fastidious dresser, as we'll
as the most economical,
will approve the goods,
the style, the workman
ship and the price. In
this matter of Overcoats
prudent buyers need not
be reminded that now is
the time to buy, just when
the merchant begins to
consider ways and means
of reducing his stock and
preparing for his strictly
Summer trade.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-14

YrsILANTI, Mich, April 1.-the total
loss resulting from the storm In this
city is now thought to be in the neghbor-
hood of 100000, which is less than the
previous estimates Minor casualties as
the killing Of horses and cattle are fire.
quent, but, as far as can he ascertained, no
loss Of human life has occurred, and there
were but few injuries reported.
There is no truth in the report that the
village of Saline has been wiped out by a
cyclone
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-14
Louisiana's Dose.

NEW ORLEANS, April IA cyclone
passed through Tensas parish, leaving de-
struction in its wake, destroying several
houses and barns. One negro was killed,
and several women and children were in
1ured-