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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1893-10-11
LAS CARNES DEL MERCADO

Hace mas de I'm mes que LA DE-
MoCRACIA establecio I'm servicio de
information en- ell matadero pnblco,
fin de conocer ell nGmero y la cali
dad de las reses que diariamente Sc
benefcian en- el rastro.
Nuestro reporter va todas las tar
des cumplir sus deberes y el perio-
dico da cuenta, dia por dia, de los
informes que el nos trasmite. rs un
hombre de bien, que no entra en-
conciliabulos nj admite propinas nj
tolera imposiciones.
Pues bien: de sus notas sc des-
prende que cada vez Sc consume mas
carne inferior: 81 aver Sc mataban
dos bueyes, hoy Sc matan seis y ma
mana sc sacrifcaran ocho.
a nosotros nos causa gran extra
neza que el senior CONCEAL de turno y
ell senior alcalde no quieran fjarse EN-
tai circunstancia, que debiera obligar-
les a meditar un POGO en- la salud del
pueblo, que confa en- su custodla y
descansa en- su reCtltud.
A nosotros nos sorprende que no
exista uu medic de impedir ese nego
clio de los bueyes y que Sc mire el
asunto con indiferencia absolute, CO.
mo 81 los abastadores fuesen dueflos
de realizar su capricho soberano.
Desde que vinimos la prensa, y
a1n antes, oimos hablar de un regla>
mento, de IN acuerdo, de una practi-
ca municipal que solo acepta dos bue-
yes por dia. Y ese reglamento, ese
acuerdo, esa practica, nos parecen
muy justos.
Pero ahora tales antfgualhas Sc han
perdido y no es facil dar con elias en-
la balumba de papeles del consisto-
rio.
Ahora medra, por 10 que Sc We, ID
teoria de que el comercio de carne es
libre y de que no resulta l1cito. nj
. liberal, ejercer coaccion sobre los ne
gociantes para que estos otrezcan q
la ciudad reses jovenes y gordas,
Creemos que al senor Nouvllas in
teresa, por su prestigio, yer fondo
esas cosas y tratar de que no Sc nos
den mensualmente doscientos bueyes
Glen noviIlos.
Veanse nuestras observaciones du-
rante los sicte 1ltimos dias:
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1893-10-11

Al establecer nosotros el servlcio
de information que funciona por
nuestra cuenta. no estabamos dispues-
tos callar; los intereses del pu-
blico estan por encima de todos los
intereses y cuando importa decir la
verdad sc dice sin ambajes-
iQue la competencia obliga pre-
sentar bueyes viejos2 Que veinte
ochavos kilo no debe pedirse carne
buena
False que Sc suba el precio, 81 es
que asi 10 exige el valor del ganado
en- pie; pero que no Sc condene a
Ponce a conner carnes duras y traba :
jadas
No queda en- el concejo un con-
cejal de iniciativa mo podemos es-
perar que Sc remedien los males que
denunciamos mo Sc rebela contra
ellos Ell temperamento bizarro y ge-
neroso del senor Nouvilas?
Aguardamos que el tempo respon-
da.
Y 81 no, va responsiveness nosotros.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1893-10-11

No Sc necesita ser muy lince para
penetrarse de que los mercaderes del
rastro encuentran una benevolencia
marcadfsima en- el municipio. La
progression ascendente que hacemos
notar con cifras exactas dice mas que
nuestros concentrates.
Y 81 no existiera la disposition a
que nos referimos antes sobre admi-
sion de dos bueyes diarios y no mas,
deberia ell ayuntamiento adoptarla
sin perdida de tempo, fin de res
ponder a la confianza en- el deposita-
da por sus electores.
Hay mas a1n: parece que las tabIi-
las en- que Sc anuncia la clase de res
que en- las mesas del mercado expen-
den los tablajeros, no correspondent 4
la verdad; porque aver, por elem
plO, con solo tres noVillos muertos,
Sc encontraban diez mesas de novillo,
10 cual pone de relieve un engano a
todas luces funesto, vergonzoso E in
moral.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1893-10-11
iASI Sc ESCRIBE LA HISTORIAN!

En- las paginas I66 y 167 de los
Eigmsntos de Historia de Espaj.a por
don Andres Ferran y Raso, professor
del Institute de Zaragoza, obra sefa-
lada como texto en- nuestro Institu-
to para el presente a5o academico,
por el Catedratico de Geografa {
Historic, don Manuel Tcran, Sc lee:
Fue la Inquisicion durante toda
su existencia hasta el presente siglo.
ell tribunal mas querido del cat6lico
pueblo espanol-Es este el hecho
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1893-10-11
" ASILA GEOGRAFIA.

cobra elmismo autor, tambien
texto en- nuestro Institute
Pagina I8I: Las principales po-
6loctones de Puerto Rico, adeinas
de la Capital, son: Arecibo, Camuy,
Isabella, San Carlos de Aguadilla,
Mayagiiez y Guanica en- la costa;
Ponce, Guayama y Bayamon cerca de
ella; j; Humacao, Caguas, Aibonito.
Barrranquitas, Coamo, Juana-Diaz,
Venado, Sabana Grande y San Ger
man en- el interior"
Pagina 1873:
Gel llamado actualmentc Tcia0 dc
Italia Sc ha tornado de las usurps-
clones llevadas cabo por el Pia-
monte, que despoj6 al romano Ponti-
flee de sus estados y otros princi-
pes italianos, y comprende ahora.....
Pagina I8o:
Los Estados pontJfcios que por
ri Gobierno piamontes han sido usur-
pados al Papa, Ell cual como rey tie
ne 4 clio derecho fegftimo, Sc hailan
en- la Italia central y confna al n. etc
Nota: -Cada una de cstas cbras
esta formada por I'm volumen Ia
r1stica, en- %, de unas $50 paginas.
Precio en- la Peninsula (seg1n nos
parece descubrir detras de una borra-
dura muy bien hecha). 5 pesetas
aqui, la Geografa S3.25; la Histo-
ria, S 3. A una y otra acompanan
programs para la ensefanza de Ia
asignatura, cuyo precio no excedera
seguramente en- la Peninsula de una
peseta. Sc venden en- el Institute /;
no sabemos 81 la venta la hace el
professor que la.ha sefialado de tex
to algun comisionado.-X.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1893-10-11
CRONICA
CAIDAs MONARQUICAs

Muchas ha snfrido 81 actual go
bierno, pero todas simb6licas.
Desde las reformas de Maura, pre-
sentadas con un valor y energla inu-
sitadas, para despu6s met6rselas en-
el bolsillo al OR que los reacclona-
rios ultramarinos le gritaban 60 eh
nino, que va usted hacer" hasta las
reformas militares de Lopez Dom1n-
guez que promovieron los motines de
Vitoria y Coruna;
Desde los planes rent1sticos de Ca
mazo que causaron las algaradas de
San Sebastian y Bilbao, hasta los
dltimos decretos del ministro de Gra-
cia Y Justicia que hicierOn declarar-
Sc en- huelga casi todos los aboga-
dos procuradores de la peninsula ;
la vida del gobierno ha sido una Sc
RE de caidas burdas, sin gracia NJ
arte.
Pero como en- esta gjn2n0si0 Ell
principle de autoridad era ell 6nico
que andaba por los suelos y el s1Deb0
10 de la monarqula el que sufria los
achuchones. de ahi que Sagasta y
Martinez Campos, los dos grandes
puntales que sostienen ell viejo edit
clio de la plaza de Oriente, permane-
ciesen tranquilos en- sus casas Sill
gastar nj cinco c6ntimos en- arnica.
Pero como 10 simb6lico tiene STEM
pre- un gran foii mas I que presagios de
otras mas sensibles que 81 TELEGRAPH
nos ha comunicado.
Sagasta cay6 de un caballo, en- Ell
que paseaba por las afueras de Ma
drid. Los medicos opinan que que
dara COLO.
MARTINEZ Campos, q consecuencia
de una bomba explosiva que mat6 al
corcel que montaba, cayo de este he
rido en- una pierna. Los medicos
opinan que habra que cortarsela
Nosotros, obedeciendo q un senti-
miento de humanidad, lamentamos
esas desgracias. No creemos que para
que la monarqu1a SO bambolease fue-
Sc necesario saber del pie que cogean
Sagasta y Martinez Campos.
Pero politicamente ell augurio es
fatal.
Las caidas simb6licas van convir.
ti6ndose en- caidas de verdad.
Colo Martinez Campos, COLO Sa-
gasta, bien puede decirse que Ia mo-
narqu1a andara con muletas.
Hoy, que los vientos zegantisc0s
oruzan toda la Pen1nsulas, no ss 10
mas conveniente para las institution
nes andar de ese modo.
Los hombres del gobierno necesi-
tan tener listas las piernas por 81 hay
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1893-10-11
mas notorio de nuestra historic :. !.


!" No es cierto que el tribunal de Ia
Inquisicion condenara nadie 1 muer
te, nj aplicara ella ssta pena.-Lz
Inquisici6n rclcgaba los herejes al
brazo secular y este les imponfa las
justas penas que para el crimen de
herejia seflalaba Ia legislation espa-
nola; y estas rigurosas penas no Sc
aplicaban jamss sino q los contumaces
{ impenitentes, y podfan evitarse con
su sincere arrepentimiento."
"Tampoco cs cierto que Ia In
quisicion ahogara las manifestations
del pensamiento y fucra remora pa
ra los adelantos de la ciencia. ...-
Los inquisidores eraE de
ordinario las pcrsonas mas sabias y
mas .antas del rcino etc.
Y en- las paginas 233 y 254, dice
c lautor, refriendose & la expulsion dc
los jesuitas en- tiempos de Carlos III,
Convene aqui advertir que q es-
te eri8,ef (que sobre haber sido I'm
horrible sacrilegio fue un atentado
brutal y oscurantista contra Ia cul-
tura espahola, el saber y las letras
humanas,) Sc debe el que Espafa
haya sido desde entonces hasta nues-
tros dfas la uacion mas rezagsda de
Europa, en- toda ciencia discipline
seria. De aqui mace Ia ignoraneia
crasisima en- que vive y sc agita nues-
tro vulgo literario y politico; y no
Sc remediara el NAL mientras la enor-
me brecha que esta medida abrio en-
nuestra ensehanza no Sc cierre con
un amplio regimen de estudios soli-
dos y cristianos.
La expulsion contribuyo ademas
a que Sc acelerase la perdida de las
colonias americans etc"
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1893-10-11
que salir, como sali6 Sagasta de San
Sebastian, a galope tendido.
Motinss en- Bilbao,
motinss en- San Juan,
motines en- Vitoria,
motin en- Arabian

Vamos que salen a motines por dia.
Y 10 que es Il desgraeias senir q
encoiarse los representatives del poder
civil y militar en- los preeisos mo-
mentos en- que Espana Sc ha con-
vertido en- un Hipodromo, a Juzgar
por las caoye,itas que esta dando ell
gobiernol
Nos parece OR al pueblo republi-
cano decirle7 4 Sagasta, cuando Sc
preseAte apoyado en- sus muletas
i Perdone, hermano va le he
mos dado bastante. A otra puerta.
Y 81 viviese Quevedo, VA el gran
sat1rico hubiese lido Palacio, como
cuentan que fue en- su tempo lie
vando tres flores para que la Reina
eligiese una, y arrodillandose ante
dona Cristina ls dirla, presentando-
le las tres rosas sonriendo malicio-
samente
-Vuestra Magestad es. : cola.
La Monarqu1a con muletas! Dos
pues de todo, es como mejor pusde
representarse q una institution vieja,
caduca y carcomida, que 81 adn sxis-
to, es debido q la caridad del pueblo.
MARIANA ABRIL.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1893-10-11

Una 1OVen SO presenUa III trloouai
de examenes; razona y analiza todas
las asignaturas; demuestra aptitu-
des sobradfsim as; responde con acier-
to & las preguntas resuelve con ra-
pidez los problemas Sc hace admlrar
del inteligsnte auditorio; dsscuella
en- geometria, en- ortologfa, en- gra-
matica, en- labores, en- todo; y des
pues de una lucha titanica con las
severidades de sus jueces, va a tocar
la meta de sus deseos en- la aproba-
ci6n de sus largos y constantss estu-
dios.
Entonces sc La manda cortar la
prenda mas facil, la mas sencilla !;
pero tambien la menos adaptable al
pudor y al recato de una joven y,
porque confesa que no es costumbre
que las seforitas confeceionen esa
brenda, SO la suspende sin piedad y
SO la obliga a verter lagrimas de
acerba desesperaci6n.
tQu6 es ESQ?
Vivimos entire gentes sin alma,
inaccesibles los sentimisntos de
equidad
ST el programa nueuo-el que dos
conocfa la joven SancheE-prescribe
que las profesoras deben cortar cal
zoncillos, y ensenar sse corte q su.
discfpulas por que no SO concedlo q
la sxaminanda una hora, una hora no
mas, que es bastante para aprender
10 at'aico que ignoraba ?
iD6nde Sc ha visto que la~muler
ee coupe de esa prenda MASCULINE :
Aqu1, en- Ponce, y en- las demas
ciudades y Ell los demas pueblos de
la isla, los que hacen este son
hombres, siempre, en- todos los ssta-
blecimientos.
Solo en- la Escuela normal de
maestras predomina un regimen que
nosotros rechazamos por immoral,
por contrario q las buenas costum-
bres, por indecoroso y por inutil.
Aun siendo kcito que en- ciertas
labores entiendan las senoritas, no es
licito suspender una examinanda
de no comunes dotes por la sola cir
cunstancia de ignorar algo que Sc
AprSuCW OH COX UOS LuAi1UOoSs
Sc echa dc yer en- este saso un
rsncor profando, una prsdisposlcion
fanatica contra la pobre nina obJeto
de esa burla de la suerte.
| Sc echa de YER que la Directora dc
la Escuela normal no qaeerta que OBJ
tuviese un triunfo complete la jovsr
sometida 4 su f6rula deprimsnte.
| Pero 81 en- este rinc6n de Espa1f
palpita ain la caballerezca hidalgufs
he ia raza espahola, no habra IN ciu-
dadano quo deje de anatsmatizar in
| iusticia tan enorme.
Creemos que es hora de cortar alas
a la soberbia que pretende impone,
sus capr1chos.
Dignese leernos el general Dabau
Y remedie su iniciativa generosa
y honrada ell NAL que nosotros de.
nunciamos.
Los grandes corazones apoyan a.
oprimido al dsbil.
Nuestra obligation moral, como
periodistas, es decir 10 gus dscimos
Ahora que cada cual obre segt1n le
dicte su conciencia
7 caiga el que caiga.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1893-10-11
EN- DEFENSA DE UN AUSENTE

Sr. Director de LA DEMoCRtGIA.
Mi muy distinguido amigo: En-
vista de una gacetilla que aPareoe Ell
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-08-31
Immigration.

Whatever may be true of London, it
is probable that a large share of the pow
erty of our American cities is due to the
influx of helpless and degraded people
from other countries. London draws
into its insatiate nav the vigor Of the
country and impoverishes it. New York
and Boston are themselves largely i'm
poverished by the immigration of multi
tudes whose standard of comfort is far
below that of our own people, and who
help to drag the natives down to their
own level. The American policy seems
to be to prevent the 'spauper labor of
foreign countries from competing on its
own ground with American labor, but
to open the door es widely as possible
for this ''pauper labor" to come to Amer
lea and depress our own labor market by
its desperate competition. Rev. Wash-
ington GLADDEN. in Century.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-08-31
Dir. Yerkes and His Mausolcum.


1t will be hard work to convince the
patient people who ride or try to ride on
the North Side Chicago cable cars that
Mr.. Charles I. Yerkes is a philanthro-
pist, yet he sometimes finds very laud-
able uses for his money. Mr.. Yerkes
has set apart $780, 900 for an observatory
and telescope for the use of the Uni
versity of Chicago. His order was par
ticularly Chicagoesque: "Go ahead and
construct the biggest and most powerful
telescope in the world. | will be re-
sponsible for the cash" But Mr.. Yerkes
does not put all his money in telescopes.
He lives well, furnishes his house Law
ishly and has an eye to paintings far be-
yond the ordinary purse.
Moreover, Mr. Yerkes has considera-
ton for his future residence and is not
to be outdone by Cheops or Mausolus
or any other extravagant ancient. So
he has put $50, 900 into tomb that will
some day welcome him to its hospitable
embrace. This provision sheds quite a
luster on Mr.. Yerkes' forethought, and
shows how easy it is to spend money
when one has the money and the ac-
companying brilliant ideas.-New York
World.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-08-31
william Hahn Has Good Luck at Last

William Hahn Has Good Luck at Last.
William Hahn, month ago tramp,
has just received information that he
is heir to 100000. Hahn has had good
many ups and downs, chiefly downs,
and now that he has struck it rich he
can scarcely believe in his good luck.
He was born i'll New York city, of Ger
man parentage, thirty-four years ago.
He learned the cabinet makers trade
with Herman, the big furniture manu-
facturer. He went west in 1876, visit
ing several states. He put $500 in the
Fidelity bank in Cincinnati, and went
to Alabama, and very soon learned that
the bank had failed and that his earn
ings had gone with it.
Later he had his chest and face cut by
bursting wheel in shop. Then his
wife and child died. He went to Chi
cago, and in September began tra,nping
eastward. He reached Utica ON cleo
ton day and begged a job in a furniture
factory. When he sent to Chicago for
his tools he learned that they had been
stolen. In Il few days he was taken i'll,
and now, when again on the verge of
financial dissolution, he has received a
letter from the burgomaster of Wrrz-
burg, Bavaria, saying that his deceased
uncle has left him 500, ,000.-Utica On.
" Dispatch.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-08-31
Cleansing the Churn.

When the butter comes out too freely
with the milk we add twelve to fifteen
gallons of cold, sweet skimmilk, then re-
volve the churn right quickly eight or
ten times, and we can draw off the re-
naming buttermilk thus diluted with
skimmilk very closely. We do this as
this milk will make the very best kind
of buttermilk for next morning if prop
erly stirred. Ii you have no sale for the
butterlniik, of course fresh water will do
as well as the skimmilk.
When all the milk is drained off as
nearly as possible, put cold water in the
churn for washing. never use ice
water here, only 60 degs. water, and in
cold weather even about IS degs., and
always have the butter perfectly firm.
Z For 100 pounds butter put in about rs
gallons water; before revolving stir the
butter (with wooden fork), then re-
volve fast, as before. lnwarm weather,
and when churnings are large, ! run off
this water and repeat the washing.
When only about eighty or ninety pounds
Of butter are churned one washing Is
sufficient. Then the butter is taken out
by hair sieve and the sides Of the
churn rinsed off with cold water.
When every particle of butter is taken
ont (and it is easily done) the water is
drawn off. After that being done, please
look into the churn, and it looks almost
clean Now / put in boiling hot water,
to which i add some sal soda, and wash,
first by hand, and be sllre not only to
leave the venthole open, but also open q
few times the faucet through which the
buttermilk runs of, turning it upward,
and the steam will thoroughly clean the
faucet. Then run the churn for two or
three minutes and at once draw OF the
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-08-31
FARM HORSE AND DRAFT HORSE.
A Distinction That Farmers and Breed or.
Should Kemember.

Should Remembers.
The farm horse needs pastcrn of diff
ferent shape from that of the draft horse
proper. The pastern has an important
Office to perform. The bones serve to
throw the tendon of the foot which runs
over them farther from the center of
motion, and more than this. act as springs
to prevent conclusion and absorb motion
which with unusually short and straight
pasterns is passed on to the upper por-
tions of the limbs and shoulders. Hence
the easy, springy, elastic motion depends
mostly upon the length and obliqueness
of the pastern. The dray horse needs
little of this sort of motion. He is not
required to go faster than walk, and
short, strong pasterns are preferred to
long springy ones. But we must think
something of the horses kept on the
farms. Farmers are beginning to study
this matter, which in the past has been
greatly neglected We have reached a
point where we are forced to study it,
for upon the pastern depends to Il grea,
extent the wearing qualities of the farm
er's horse.
For instance, the other day hap
pened to be driving Il team of grade
draft mares to the buggy. One mare
had two crosses of imported draft blood
in her veins, the other but one As they
trotted along it was very easy to see
which had the greater amount of draft
blood simply by observing the top of the
collar The feet of the three fourths'
mare struck the ground with ii thud
much after the style of Il pile driver
and her pasterns being short and up
right the shock was communicated to
the entire front quarters cansing the
collar to jolt up and down on her neck
with every step. The other mare. an
aunt of the first one, trotted along with
scarcely a jar, and the motion of the
collar consisted entirely in accommo.
dating itself to the shifting positions OF
the shoulders: there was no up and down
motion of the collar whatever.
This mares pasterns were longer and
more sloping, and performed their duty
OF relieving the upper limbs and shoul
ders from the conclusion naturally
caused by the feet striking the ground
The one mare went with .schug-ety-
chug" up and down motion, the other
smoothly, easily and horizontally. The
first mare will pull more, and probably
wear about as well as the other under
the conditions which surround the dray
horse, but she would not last at all un-
der the conditions which obtain on the
western farm. Such mare should
Oavar ha driven focfor tbo,, n ,,,o II, o,,a
the time is not yet when the western
farmer can afford to keep work mares
which cannot trot without injuring
themselves. Henry G. Wallace in Breed
er's Gazette.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-08-31
A Few Left.

When Colonel Tom Kavanagh, who
was sergeant-at-arms of the Republican
campaign committee, returned to the
city, he was kept busy receiving the
condolences Of his army Of friends and
submitting good humoredly to their
bandinage. Hewas standing on F street,
when an old friend came hurriedly by.
Hands were shaken In the passage; and
as the gentleman went on heremarked:
''Well, Tom, we showed you under in
great shape"
'Wer' calculated Tom in astonish-
ment. Have you changed again7 Great
Cesar, how much trper it Is getting
every day that there Are only q few5of
aus leftl aahing ton Post. s
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-08-31
POULTRY AND GARDENING.
Tho Two Fit Together Like Roast Laas
and Mint Sauce.


Along with the poultry raising every
one should run garden, for two rea-
sons: First, nearly half Of tho feed for
the chickens in summer comes from the
garden; and second, the poultry manure
ought to be sufficient fertilizer for such
garden on ordinary soil. These are
two items generally overlooked in poul-
try raising. It is cheaper to raise the
food in your own garden than to buy it,
and over and above all of this you win
have nearly enough to supply your own
table with fresh vegetables all through
the whole summer. The poultry needs
green leaves, green food, roots, berries
and seeds, and a great amount of all Of
these can be gathered for them in the
garden. Where poultry is not kept
there is great deal of waste in the gar
don, for the green tops of vegetables.
half grown roots and pods are always
useless for the table. The time spent in
cultivating the garden might legiti-
mately be put down as conscientious
work for the poultry. AT the end of the
year there would be SO much saving iii
the cost of food.
Then the outlay for the garden would
simply be for seeds, tools, labor and in
terest on the land The poultry manure
we are going to make supply all the fer
tilizing material for the soil The poultry
droppings should be gathered at least
weekly from the hen roost or the yard
and sprinkled over with fine dust. The
best plan is to take every barrel of this
mixture and dump it into quantity of
muck gathered from some pond near by.
Mix the two up thoroughly, and a good
fertilizer is prepared both for spreading
over the ground and for dropping in the
hills and rows. The poultry manure fur
nishes plenty of mineral and heating
elements, while the muck is rich in nj
trogenous. material, decayed roots and
plants. The danger in using poultry ma
nure in the drills and hills is that too
much will be put in, SO that the seeds
will be burned up. but when it is thor
oughly mixed with muck this danger is
partly removed.
After the garden crops have all been
gathered in the autumn the chickens
should be turned into it for range They
will dig down into the soft, mellow
ground and root out all the worms and
grubs thstmay be preparing for win
ter's hibernation. They will also snatch
up the seeds of weeds and foreign bodies
and prepare the ground for use the next
spring. Fnese items are seldom taken
into consi ideration by those writingA bout
poultry, but in the long run they furnish
no very small profits.-Annie G. Web
ster in American Cultivator