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The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-07
slasr indispensable. I have seen many

slu4r indispensable. I have seen many
horses acquire fast records by the aid
OF skillful appliances to balance-per
haps shoe of different weight upon
each foot-that in state of nature
could not trot fast enough to sweat.
A horse may be able to trot a mile in
2:20, and yet, when not at speed, be
an entire failure as driving or road
horse. Aud so on throughout the en-
tire list of desirable qualities-if a
horse possesses only one, and is sadly
wanting in others, we can scarcely eX-
pect the offspring to excel in the
qualities in which the parent is def
cient.
At the present day good horses are
so plenty that speed alone need not be-
accepted when the other qualities de-
sirable are lacking. and the wise
breeder will select sire that comes rs
near as possible in every essential
point to the type which he seeks 70
produce.
A good brood mare should have size,
for the offspring is Influenced largely
by the dam in this respect, and she
should have cheerful and pleasant
disposition, with plenty of snap. If she
has speed, so much the better. but it
will be like inviting failure to expect
to breed a prompt, pleasant-driving
horse from a stupid, awkward, Stun
bling dam.
Experience has shown that the trot-
ting action or gait is influenced more
strongly by the sire, and breeder
should be careful, therefore, to breed
to horse of pure trotting action-one
that trots without the appliances of
weights and other artificial means of
balancing. No man desires to drive a
toe-weight trotter on the road, or one
that requires booting beyond possibly
quarter boot.
BY all means seek to breed high
finish. A handsome horse will always
command much better price and .
much reader sale than one of plain
conformation. Beauty detracts moth
ing from speed, and the breeder who
seeks to breed handsome road or driv-
ing horses will find as large percent
age of fast trotters among the produce
as he who breeds for speed alone. In
one case those that lack speed will
sell for enough to represent profit,
| while in the other class those that lack
speed are among the most useless of
animals.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-07
Clover Sila0e.

The following article, from the pen
of Prot. H. L. French, of the Oregon
state agricultural college at Corvallis,
first appeared in the Rural NorthWest:
The question of making clover sill
age without running the material
through feedcutter is an important
one: for if it can be successfully kept
without cutting, the expense will be
considerable lessened.
With this question in mind, the
clover from one acre, eight and three
fourths tons by actual weight, was
placed in the silo on the college farm
Cat Corvallis, Orr the 7th of June. 1t
was cut when partly in blossom, conse-
quently very green.
The weather was cloudy and there
were several showers on the clover
after it was cut 1t was such weather
as to make it impossible to cure the
clover for hay.
The clover was hauled as soon as
cut, with no reference to the amount
of water on it. In some cases the wa
ter ran out of the wagons when it came
into the barn to be unloaded. The
men had to wear rubber boots to keep
their feet dry while handling the ma
terial.
The clover was tramped as firmly as
possible about the sides and corners of
the silo, but further than this no extra
precautions were taken in placing the
material in the silo.
After putting in the desired amount,
covering of tarred building paper
over the top, and over this two-inch
planks were placed, laying them close
together and leaving an inch or two
space at the sides, SO that the planks
would not bind when settling.
Having some broken rock near by,
we thought we would take the pre-
caution to weight the silage. With
this end in view, ton of rock was
placed around the outer edge of
the covering. The material began
to settle very rapidly, and before the
silo was opened, a month later, it had
settled one-half.
When placed in the silo, the eight
and three-fourth tons occupied 1880
cubic feet, and when the silo was
opened month later it only occupied
500 cubic feet.
1t will be seen by this that it would
economize space very greatly to cut
the material with an ensilage cutter
When it had thoroughly settled, it did
not occupy much more space than
green fodder cut in short pieces with a
feedcutter and stored in this way.
This is brief account of the filing
process now for the results
The silo was opened July 9, and
feeding began at once. On the top of
the siio, after removing the paper and
planks, we found layer Of three or
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-07
About Hogs.

A race of hogs on the farm will i'm
prove or degenerate according to the
owner.
after the feed first
Never try to increase coarseness by
using coarse boar.
There is more danger in castrating a
fat pig than poor one.
When fed in any one place feeding
floor becomes necessity.
The hog pasture is one of the essen
tials in the production of pork at a
profit, and especially when corn and
other grains are high in price. The
following mixture will make a good
pasture for hogs if you succeed in get
ting good catch: Red clover, eight
pounds per acre; white clover, one
pound; blue grass, four pounds; one
peck of timothy. If part of the red
all the better. The white clover and
the blue grass will in time take the
field unless there be more of the red
clover sown every two OF three years,
as the hog enjoys eating the blossoms,
and thus the red is run out by the
white clover and the blue grass. How
ever, blue grass pasture is very de-
sirable thing in economic swine feed
ing in season. -Rurat Lye.
The man that fails to select his brood
sows from the early litters, from the
best mothers and mixers, one that has
gained notch on some bv the inn
proved boar, and fails to give them ex-
ira care and feed, is laying his plans
for bad luck next spring; and the good
old SOW that is to be retained reduced
to shadow-what of her? The BOAR.
too, that is retained for some other
years service, has he got a clean,
healthy yard, and straw to lie IMP
Does he get all the purslain, lettuce
and weeds out of the garden he wants,
or an armful of green clover? Or is it
only some dish water, an ear of hard
corn, and flies to torment him. and
mire so offensive that tells what q
dirty, long-haired brute he is? / paid
$12 for him when a pig. that's what
they call full blood. Truly he will not
be half of the herd. Fifteen minutes
spent in your wife's garden every
morning, shovel and fork at the rate
of fifteen minutes twice week. will
make him the pride of the neghbor-
hood and owner. and his offspring viii
tell the story. = Theodore Louis.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-07
Live Stock Notes.

The space required for stock in sta-
bles, to secure perfect health, is at
least one cubic foot per pound weight
of animal. Roberts.
In weaving a young colt, writer in
the Country Gentleman suggests the
following: "Take skim-milk with a lit
tie tiaxseed jelly, made by boiling flax
seed in six times it's bulk of water for
twenty minutes, and then stirring in
about three times as much fine bran
as there is of ilaxseed. The Oil of the
tlaxseed will prevent the skim-milk
from being constipating, and the bran
is also slightly laxative and will assist
in growing the frame of the colt. TO
two quarts of skim-milk he may add
one gill of this tiaxseed jelly and bran,
mixing it well with the milk. The
colt will soon learn to take this"
1t is no doubt somewhat more diff
cult to make breeding and feeding live
stock pay just at this time than it was
at some time in the past that we may
be able to recall. But can any of you
recall the time when somebody was
not losing money at it? can remem-
ber when cattle sold at 8 and 9 cents
per pound and hogs at 10 cents, and
yet there were plenty of men losing
money on them, There is no recipe
for the achievement of success in any
of the occupations of life Business is
sea upon which every sailor must
take his own soundings and be his own
pilot, and sometimes he had better be
his own captain. too, though usually
his wife attends to the captains part
If she is a smart woman and he man
of sense and discretion.-E w. Smith.
One of the best ways of weaning the
colt is to train it to stand tied with a
halter by the side of the dam. When
it takes kindly to the grain and is well
broke to the halter the weaving can
be accomplished gradually with very
little difficulty. Then the dam can be
removed to another part of the stable
or turned into the pasture, and as the
colt becomes used to the new order OF
things it can be turned into well
fenced lot or pasture, away from the
dam, for a part of each day, being
taken into the barn again every even
ing and fed. In most of the territory
covered by the Gazette corn and oats
are plentiful, and mixture Of two.
thirds oats and one-third corn fed at
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-07
Notes About Poultry.

Choose clean meat for the hens or
chicks when buying.
One trouble with both turkeys and
pea-fowls is their propensity for wan
derlrg away from home and often fail
ing to come back.
Fowls that have the run of The farm
do not need much grain. The bugs
and insects that they pick up readily
take the place of it.
The Canadian Experiment Farm has
found that the Plymouth Rock leads
all other breeds in making weight
from given amount of food.
A flock of 100 hens, properly handled,
should give pretit Of 81 each per
year. Do not expect more than this
or you will probably be very much dis
appointed.
If you can get the hens to lay well
from November to March, you will
find plenty of satisfaction in the egg
business. A warm house, good venti-
lation, plenty of sunshine and good
food are fine persuaders for this.
If late chicks do not grow, procure
cheap lean meat or liver, boil it, and
after chopping it fine, thicken the
broth and chopped meat with mid
dlings, cooking the whole as bread. 1t
will be eaten eagerly and will show a
marked effect on the chicks.
But few will boldly Gull out the in
ferior members of the flock. The tend
ency is to keep all the pullets, whether
hol I'D ;x hot
occur. The best pullets will grow
faster, lay sooner and give a larger
profit if they are allowed the room and
food that is given those that are infe-
rior and worthless.
1t is, perhaps, something curious
that all the non-sitting breeds lay eggs
that are pure white in color. The
brown eggs come from the large
Asiatic breeds, though the eggs from
Wyandottes, Langshans and Plymouth
Rocks are somewhat dark.
Don't worry, if breeding pure bloods
if the newly hatched chicks are not
prize winners when taken from the
nest. The color of beak and leg will
change very materially; while not un.
til the first mcat, about the fourth OF
fifth month, can the quality be deter
mined.
In Holland farms devoted mainly tt
the raising OF geese are not rarity
1t IS recognized and profitable
branch of small farming. The fac,
that they subsist so largely on grass,
and can be handled in large tiocks,
should lead to the extension of the in.
dustry here in our own country
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-07

four inches which was quite muddy.
There were about three wheelbarrcw
loads injured too badly to feed. Be-
low this the silage was perfectly good,
except now and then a muddy place
near the sides or corners of the silo.
The silage has been fed night and
morning to nlilch cows and young cat
tie, with the best results. While our
neighbors complain of their cows fall
ing off in their flow of milk, we have
no complaint to make. Our cows have
not lost pound of flesh, and as for
young animals, we can show some chat
have gained from Is to 100 pounds
during the month of July.
On the whole, we were very much
pleased with the results from feeding
clover silage, and think it is a very
cheap and convenient means of fur
nishing succulent and nutritious food
whom other sources fail.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-07
An lnpossibility.

Principal Smith is one of the wisest
and kindest of teachers, but now and
then his watchfulness makes him over
suspicious. In the geography class
the other day his eye fell upon a boy
who seemed to be eating something.
"Jack," said the master, sternly.
stake that piece of candy out Of your
mouth at once"
TO his astonishment giggle went
around the room and the neyt instant
poor Jack answered:
Il can't sir; it's a gumboil. DE
tr0M Free Press.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-07

the rate Of four to eight quarts per
day. according to the size and condi-
ton of the colt, will give good results.
A little oil-meal now and then, Or a
handful of most any suitable grain, is
appreciated by way of variety. Some
have reported excellent results from
giving the colts skim-milk for month
or two in the fall, after the calves are
weaned.-L, II. Granger IN Breeders
Gazette
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-07
The Effect of Using His Brains.

The Hon. u. w. Smith, of SPRING
field, ILL.,, in an address before the
Sangamon County Farmers Institute
on "Protitable Breeding and Feeding"
related the following very suggestive
incident. 1t will pay to remember
that story;
"A certain farmer in my neighbor-
hood only few years ago used to
keep hogs of his own raising until
they were eighteen months to two
years old, and sell them weighing from
200 to 800 pounds. and usually at about
one-half cent below the market. 1t
is true the hogs did not have much of
a show to do better, for they were
kept principally upon the public high
way, except at such times as their
curious and adventurous dispositions
led them to explore the nei ghboring
wheat and corn fields. He used fire.
quently to come over and "dicker"
with me for boar, but would 90 away
swearing that he wouldn't pay 1925 for
pig which he said did not cost any
more to raise than did his own. l
finally said to him: "Joe, YOU NAV
take one of those boars and use hin.
on your ten sows. If he does not, by
your own confession, make you on the
first crop of pigs clear 800 you shall
not pay anything for him; if he does
make you 800 you shall pay me $25."
"Well, he took the boar on those
terms, and when his pigs came he was
delighted with them and took pride in
showing them to his neighbors. When
they became old enough to wean, his
pride in them continued, and he gave
them better care than he had ever be-
fore given to his hogs. Instead of
turning them out on the road to root
or to die, he fenced off a piece OF
clover pasture for them and COM
menced to feed them on his own corn.
He carried them through the summer
in good shape and in the fall popped
the corn into them, until at 10 months
osi he turned them off weighing 800
pounds, and at the top price of the
market. He was good, honest fell
low and paid my $25 without MUIR
mur, and every two years thereafter
sold him a new boar. That was all
very well as far as it went, but it went
good deal further than that.
About that time he began to be a
little more particular in his selection
of seed corn, wheat. and oats; and
then the old worn-out plows and cult
vators were not good enough for him.
Instead of dragging through his corn
the old regulation three times of the
slovenly farmer he would cultivate il
four and five times, and would &C
through it afterward and pull out the
weeds. Instead of scratching in his
wheat on rough plowed stubble he
took to dragging, rolling, and harrow
ing four or five or six times before he
put drill in the ground Then al
harvest time he got into the habit Of
cutting wheat that made thirty bush
els, oats that made sixty and seventy
bushels, and he took to gathering corr
that made from sixty to eighty bush
els to the acre. He was a renter then
Last spring | sold him 100 acres of as
good land as lies around Bates, and
that is as good as there is anywhere il
the world. | do not pretend to say
that the boar deserves the credit fol
all that, but upon my word | believe
that he had something to do with it.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-07

Mammal: "I haven't seen the kitten
today. Where is she?" Little Dot: "I
don't know: but put blue ribbon
round her neck this mornin'. and |
guess she's out showin herself. Good
News
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-04-06

DRoPOSALS FOR FRESH DEEF AND NUT
j ton :-Ofice Of Chief C0mmissary Of Sub
s%lsteDce, Department Of the C0lumn,a. Van
cOuver Barracks, Wash, March S5h, 1893.
Sealed proposals IL triplicate. suhjrct to the
usual c1lditlons, will be receive d at this Office
al0 at the offices of the Acting GOmmissaries
OF Subsistence at the following named posts flor
the fresh be I ana mutton TO be delivered a.
that post Oh ly) until u O'Clock, noon, OH Sat
ufday, April 8, 1898, and then opened in the
presence OF bidders, lOr furnishing and delivery
to the Subsistence Department, u. 3. Army,
the fresh beef and mutton that may be called
for by the Acting Comm IS 4ry OF Subsistence
during The year commencing july LIST, 1893:
Boise Barracks, Idaho; Fort Candy, Wash;
Fort Sherman. Idaho; Fort -poSane, Wash.
Fort TOwnse d, Is ash. Vancouver Barracks,
Wash Fort walIa Walla, Wash. 9he Gov
eminent r. serves tie right TO reject any or al
bias. Bidders Will understand That contracts
made under this advert -ement and proposals
made In reSpOnse thereto, shall not be con
strued to involve the United States In any OBJ
legation for paymentin excrss Of the apprnpria.
ton granted by congress for the purpose. Blank
proposals and printed circulars, stating the kind
OF beef and mutton required. and giving full In
structions, will be furnished by this Office, or by
The A.. Q. S. at The several posts. Envelopes
containing proposals should be marked PRO
posals for FreSh Beef Tor MuttOn) at -" and
addressed to the undersigned, or IT, the "Act-
Ing COmnissaTy OF Subsistence" at the post to
be SUPPLIED. w. H NASH, Major and @. =, u
s. A, Chief G. s D.. G.
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Great Dagger
AN ENGLISH COMMENTARY.

Seid an emiiient English scientist recently
1.-The danger that confronts the great Ameri-
can people to-day is not the possible adop.
tloR Of q wrong financial policy for the
notion, or the spread of socialism, or the
increase of corruption among public men.
All these are bad enough, to be sure, but
they are as nothing compared to the terrible
national diseased had almost said national
crime-of overwork. The mad rush for
wealth is set at a killing pace, and thousands
fall by the way every year.
You are likely 10 be one Of the victims !
aHowdo we know? Because it is the excep-
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perfect health. Nervous Disorders are
spreading with fearful rapidly. Among the
symptoms, are-Backache, B~lliousness, Cold
Hands and Feet, Dizziness, Hot Flashes,
Fluttering Sensation, Painting, Headache,
Hysteria, Irritability of the Heart, Mclan
choly, Failing Memory, Palpitation, Rheu.
matism, Short Breath, Sleeplessness, Ner-
vous Dyspepsia, Sexual Debility, Fits, etc.
REV. c. A. CARROLL, pastor First Baptist
Church, Yellow Springs, o., writes as follows:
81 have used DIR. Miles Restorative Nervine
iOA thO Pdot OLA uiOutLo' anu IL uCt5 IKE
a charm on the whole nervous system. !
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"For five years I have suffered from Ner-
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sleep. The first dose of Or. Miles Restora-
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sand dollars would not cover the good it has
done me,"-JoHN MINCHER, Youngs-
town, Ohio.
DR.. Niles Restorative Nervine is un
in CURING Nervous Diseases. 1t
cpntains no opiates or dangerous drugs. Sold
on a positive guarantee by all druggists, or
Or. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-04-06
-~UNcrArMED

List Of Letters Unclaimed at the As.
toria Postoffice.
In applying for the letters referred
tpyherein state when advertised.
April 4, 1893.
Adams, Miss Ada 2 Adams, j. +.
Albee, G.. Brown, Camille
Colweli, @. l.. Farrelson, Mrs.
F%alconer. Robert 2 Grizel, Thomas w.
Hutchins. Mrs. ] u Johnson, Andy
Martin, c. McFarlan, John
Nolan, Lewis Papa, PasquaIe
O'Kelley. j. A. Robertson, J.. H.
Smith, George Thompson, Mrs. M.
Waltz, John j.. West Alice
FOREIGN LIST.
.Braggemann, Fer'd Bull, John Erick
Gustavson, John Kristiansen, Karl
Nikee Takkunen, Gust'a
JAMES w. HARE, P. M.
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In the County Court Of the State Of
Oregon, for Clatsop County.
In h matter of the estate Of John L.
Folden, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the un-
d~ersigned, administrative of the estate
of John l.. Folden, has filed in~the
above entitled court her final account
as Administrative of the above entitled
estate, and the court has set Monday.
May LIST, 1898. / o'clock p. M, at the
court house in said county and state.
as the time and place for hearing said
nnsl account. All persons interested
in said estate are notified to then and
there appear and show cause, If any,
why the said account should not be al
lowed and the administrators dis
charged. (Signed)
KAREN c. FOLDEN,
Administrative of the estate of John
l.. Folden, deceased.
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A remedy that does cure Is one that can be
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