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The Portland daily press., 1894-10-10
Marketing Poultry.

The question of markets is what
seems 70 be bothering great many of
the beginners in market poultry culture.
Admitting that the markets are the key
notes of success, it must not be inferred
that there are but a few good markets
in this country. New York furnishes a
good market for several states, Boston
for New England and Richmond, Nor
folk and Atlanta for the south, and Chi
cage, Denver, ETC., for the west. But
the best market of all is the retail one.
Create retail trade, and you get the
cream Of prices and save the profits of
nicdie-s.en. Ii is mistake to ship a
great distance. Let the eastern men keep
their product east, and the southern
men south, and the western men west
1t is the only way to prevent glut and
the surest way of making the most out
OF the business, according to Farm
Poultry.
The Portland daily press., 1894-10-10
The IRRIGATION Congress.

Some 200 delegates, representing II
states and territories, Canada and Mexi-
CO. were present at the third national ir-
rigation congress at Denver. Secretary
W. E. Smythe, in his annual address,
claimed that under proper system Of
irrigation the west could furnish homes
for 70, 900, 900 people. The first object
Of the convention was to formulate a
bill on reclamation of arid lands, to be
presented to the next national congress.
Second, should the recent action Of con-
gresg be inGorsed, ceding 1000, 900 acres
of arid land to each arid land state and
territory in lieu of the western PROPOSE
ton to have the government reclaim
these lands. Colorado opposes this plan
on ground that said states and territories
have not the money to develop their
lands.
The Kansas commission presented a
report on its arid lands and the necessity
Of federal control of interstate water
supply, reservoir sites and forest reser-
vations Colorado and California have
more than half the area under success
full irrigation; California, 1,004, 1888
acres; Colorado, 800, 1888; Montana,
$50, $50; Utah, 1853, 743; in all $780,
600 acres under irrigation, which cost
over $50, 900. 900. Value of products on
these lands range from $8.25 per acre
in Wyoming to s19 in California. First
cost is about SIS. / 5 per acre; average an
nual expenditure, ST. OF; value Of water
rights thereafter, $26 per acre; increase
in value of irrigated lands from $50, :
900. 900 to $500, 900, 600.
The Portland daily press., 1894-10-10
MARKETING THE HONEY CROP.
How This Is Done by Leading Apiarists In
Various Sections of Country.

How This Is Done by Leading Apiarists In
Various Sections of Country.
Having secured a gosd crop of honey,
in what ways can the bsekeeper realize
the most money from it's sale, or what
has proved best for you? This query was
sent out for answer by The American
Bee Journal and received replies from
bee men in various localities The ma
jority give preference to home market
when there is one.
H. D. Cutting said that the home
market has always proved the best for
him for a quantity of a ton or under. For
larger amounts he has had to ship to
larger city markets. G. G.. Miller said
"Much depends upon circumstances.
Look out for your home market first.
g. M. Doolittle replied, "Sell at home
as much as possible, and that remaining
ship on commission. y S. l. Freedom
answered, eff one likes the business of
peddling, he can frequently realize
enough above wholesale rates to more
than pay him for his time while retail
ing his crop. w. M. Barnum also
thought this good plan, for he advised
as follows: "Sell it at retail among your
village customers. Work up regular
route Of your own. Sell also, if you
have them, eggs, butter, vegetables and
the like. Much better prices can thus
be obtained. If your crop is larger than
you can thus handle, ship to some re-
liable commission firm in the nearest
city"
R. L. Taylor said, '.sell directly to
customers in and about your own To-
cality if you are adapted to the business,
and, if not, then employ some one who
is.
Several approved of selling to the
large retail dealers direct. All agreed
that honey should be guarded carefully
and put up in attractive style. M. Ma
hin said: "Much depends upon circum-
stances and the size of the crop. What
would pay best in one case would not in
another He has always disposed of
his honey at home. ~
P. Fl. Elwood replied: "It has proved
best for us to wholesale it and let those
in the retail business sell to consumers
Our home trade to customers who come
to the door for it usually takes from
2,000 to 8, 900 pounds This particular
branch Of the retail trade we will hold
onto. The beekeeper must be governed
by circumstances. In many localities
the retail trade is best, decidedly"
The Portland daily press., 1894-10-10
Corn Harvesters.

The enormous annual waste Of corn
fodder can be partly accounted for by
the hard labor generally required to cut
and shock the corn. Cutting corn is one
of the hardest jobs on the farm, and in
many Of the principal corn regions there
is usually a scarcity Of labor available
for this purpose. Therefore, says The
Farm Machinery, machine labor must
be substituted for hard hand labor. For
a number of years inventors have been
at work on machinery for cutting corn,
and manufacturers are now turning out
corn harvesters that do very satisfactory
work. With one Of these latest improved
corn harvesters, drawn by a steady
horse, two men can cut from 200 to 800
shocks Of corn day, and the cost Of
cutting an acre Of corn is less than one
fourth that by the old. A greater adj
vantage than the saving Of labor and re-
ducing the cost is that the work can be
done in shorter time To secure the full
food value of corn fodder the corn should
be cut, like wheat, just when it is ready.
If allowed to stand until it is too ripe
or frost bitten, there is great loss of
digestible matter.
Corn harvesting should proceed as
rapidly as wheat harvesting. That the
advantages of corn harvesters are appre-
ciated is attested by their large and
yearly increasing use. The use Of the
present style will increase until invent
ors produce machine of modern cost
that will cut and shock corn without
the assistance of hand labor at all
Corn fodder is the most available sub
stitute for hay on the farm. Every acre
of corn fodder saved for feeding on the
farm will release an acre Of hay for
market. With wheat SO close to the cost
of production, farmers are forced to look
for better ready money crop. This
year it is good hay.
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GoulTRY YARD.
Selecting Winter Layers-Dispose OF Oh
jectionable Fowls Early as Possible.

Selecting Winter Layers-Dispose OF Oh
jectionable Fowls EARLY as Possible.
Defects increase with age, and it is
best to dispose of all Objectionable mem
hers of tho flock early in the season. Do
not keep ssily chickens that appear stunt
ed. They always degrade the appearance
of a flock, and when once fowl has
been stunted it is not fit for breeding
purposes, and, in fact, is not worth the
keeping Disease or tendency to dis
ecso is hereditary, says Farm Stock and
Home, which furnishes these directions:
Discard all hens that show a tendency
to lay on fat and retain those that under
proper feeding will convert the food in
to eggs instead of fat. If part of the
flock convert the food into fat instead Of
eggs, the profit the layers might give is
eaten up by the drones. No fowl should
be retained that does not in some man
ner add to the profit of the flock. Much
care should be observed in selecting lay
ers for breeding purposes every year, and
in a short time the entire flock will con-
sist of nothing but layers
A good layer has small head, a long
neck and back and wedge shaped body
The eyes are bright, and the comb and
wattles are of bright red She is ener-
getic and active, starting at every sound
or motion with an elastic spring. A good
layer usually lays eggs that will hatch
well. The very fact that she is good
layershows that she is in healthy con-
dition, the consequence being that the
greater number of the eggs will be fer
tile and the chicks strong and vigorous
A hen is a profit until she is 8 years
old After that the number of eggs am
nually decreases, and she should not be
kept longer unless she is world beaten
and perfectly healthy.
The hens that molt early should be
retained in preference to those that
molt late. They will come into profit
early in winter, when eggs are at a good
price. Hens that hatch and raise a brood
make good winter layers. The rest they
get by incubation fits them for better
work when they start again.
The Portland daily press., 1894-10-10
COURAGE.
BY CELIA THAXTER.

Because hold it sinful to despond,
And will not let the bitterness of life
Blind with burning tears, but look beyond
Its tumults and its strife;
Because I lift my head above the mist,
Where the sun shines and the broad
breezes blow.
By every ray and every raindrop kissed
That Gods love doth bestow-
Think you find no bitterness at all?
No burden to be borne. like Christian g
pack? ~
Think you there are no ready tears to fall
Because / keep them back?
Why should 1 hug 7life's ills with cold reserve
70 curse myself and all who love me? Nay
A thousand times more good than deserve
God gives me every day.
And in each one of these rebellious tears,
Kept bravely back, he makes a rainbow
shine
Grateful, take his slightest gift. No fears
Nor any doubts are NINE
Dark skies must clear; and, when the
CLOUDS are past,
One golden day redeems weary year.
Patient listen sure that sweet at last
Will sound his voice OF cheer
The Portland daily press., 1894-10-10

Storing green forage in the silo for
stock food is now very general prac-
tice. Even lambs may be successfully
fattened on silage by the additional use
of light grain ration.
One authority on feeding wheats
claims that cash wheat at 81 cents per
bushel is equal to $18 per ton; cash
corn at So a cents per bushel is equal to
$40. 25 per ton; cash oats at 80 cents per
bushel is equal to $18.75 per ton, while
cash barley at So cents per bushel is
equal to $22. SO per ton.
The Portland daily press., 1894-10-10
WILD FLOWERS OF AMERICA.

This series consists of colored plates and de-
scriptions with proper botanical nomenclature
OF the wild Flowers of America each part
containing at least sixteen plates, and to
embrace two to three hundred beautiful
flowers. Owners of all the parts are entitled
to free presentation at the end of the work of
of the elaborate index and chapters
entitled, Curious Facts about Wild Flowers. !"
to bind with the volume, These "Wild Flowers
of America" are not for sale and can be got
only through the PRESS. -
There will be Is parts, one part appearing
each week. One of the coupons printed below
and Is cents will secure part one and two
coupons aud 15 cents any OF the other parts as
issued Parts 1 to 8 now ready.
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Farmer Oatcake-If you will saw this
wood, will give you good breakfast.
Indolent lvers-Can't saw straight.
Farmer Oatcake-There was tramp hare
this morning who got a nice. warm meal
for saving that pile out there.
Indolent lvers--sir. you've been imposed
upon: he was no tramp!
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POTTER-BRADLEY LIBRARY ATLAS
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$40 REWARD EACH!

Escaped from the State Reform School
october Sth, 1894, John Averill and Louis
Stebbins of Portland. and Arthur f. Stack
pole of Bangor.
DESCRIPTION.
JOHN AVERILL, age e17 years, medium
bu'ld, light complexion, light brown hair,
LOUIS STEBBINS. age is years, dark
complexion. dark hair. height about 5 feet
inches. Is near sighted and generally
wears spectacles.
ARTHUR f. STACKPOLE, age II years.
light complexion, blue eyes, brown hair
spare build, height about feet ii inches,
weight about 1870 pounds.
When last seen they wore striped cotton
shirts, gray pants and coat, and buckle
brogans. Stackpole wore wide trimmed straw
hat, Steobins straw hat and Averill cap
Ten dollars reward is offered for EACH
oct9 If
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WIT AND WISDOM.

Mrs. Flaherty (proudly): do yez hear
me Mary Ann singing?' ''a
Mrs. Dooley: 6 It's her voice OF wish Oh
had, Mrs. Flaherty.''
Mrs. Flaherty (unsuspiciously); can
phwat would tn loikes av you do wild SIGH
voice, Mrs. Dooley?''
Mrs. Dooley: lord tote shtone to 1t
and t'rowit to the bottom av well. PUCK.
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O, THUNDER-WHAT,S THATg

one t, OF Mckenney's up to date Alarm Clocks. csc
ana Si25. More clocks than all the other dealers
complneo Lowest Prices; Best Clocks. Clock Re
pairing: MCKINNEY, the Clock Dealer, 459 Con
gress ST.. Monument Square aug25dtf
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CLOCK REPAIRIMc

4 HAVE made a speciality of clock repairing ror
y years and am familiar with ali its branches
My prices reasonable, my work strictly rstclass
Drop me postal and win send for your c Ji,Js
MCKINNEY, the Clock Maker, 459 Congress st
HAonuineAI oquare- sapt4dsf
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When Baby was sick, we gave her castoria,
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria,
When she had Children. she gave them Castoria,
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Madame NiIda Farnesi de Lowry

Will give lessons to a limited number of pupils in
French. Italian and Spanish.
Instruction i'll a conversational knowledge
of the above named languages a speciality
Lessons given OH piano and guitar; likewise in
paper. etc. Special attention paid to young
pupils. sc BROWN ST., Portland.
Oct5 div
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THO LET-Unfurnished room with alcoye.
Il centrally and pleasantly located in the
western portion of the city. For particulars
address 'H.'' Press Office. lO-l
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EDUCATIONAL.
FRANK BURNHAM.
Teacher Of Violin and Cornet.
EDUCATIONAL.

Half hour and hour lessons. Careful and
thorough instruction given to each pupil. For
terms, apply at 537 CONGRESS street. room
81.
Septl5 ~ diff
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FOR SALE-In a village % miles from
= Portland.a store with stock of goods,
tenement of rooms over store, stable and
one half acre Of land. Price S13C0 includ-
ing stock. BENJAMIN SHAW, 81 IL Ex-
change street. 81
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MONEY TO LOAN on first and second mort
Az gage real estate, life policies in old life in
surance companies, notes bought at fair Ids
count. also any collateral security w G.
CARR, Room 6. 185 Middle street. up stairs.
oct9-4
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nor SALE-l Burdette organ, IA stops,
Il 81 notes, black walnut case, all in fine
condition. Reason for selling, not large
enough: Will be sold cheap for cash. In
quire of r. 5. DAVIS, 10S Exchange street.
10-1
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EOR SALE-One of the best residences in
II Deering: consisting of 1-2 story house.
containing II rooms, situated corner Moves
and Longfellow streets, near the electric
cars. Lot contains $4,000 feet. A. @. LIBBY,
42V1-2 Exchange street. 81
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EOR:SALE-At great bargain, horse
Il five years old, roadcart, light double
harness and pole. Apply at 42S st. John
street. l0-l
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FOR SALE-A home on Munjoy Hill for 5000,
u consisting OF lot of land and "a story house
containing seven rooms, in fair repair. situated
at 43 Merrill street. Inquire of A. G. LIBBY
& CO., 421a Exchange street. 81
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FOR SALE-Farm in Cumberland, 10 miles
Il from Portland, so acres of land, good build
ings water. ETC., 150 apple trees, also pear and
peach, will be sold very cheap if sold at once
Address 5. L. CLOUGH, Cumberland Centre,
Me. 81
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ITO LET-The very pleasant lower tenement
Il No. IA Spruce street, consisting of Z rooms
fitted with gas, Sebago etc. Good ccmented
cellar and very large yard. Price $21 month.
Inquire OF A. G. LIBBY & CO., 421s Exchange
street. Al
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II. SAMG Ell LEVY is now prepared to buy
" cast off clothing of all descriptions for
highest cash prices. Address letters or postal
W Ioo MIDDLE 81. aug15dtf
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MRS. ELIZABETH E. DODGE.

Graduate of the Boston College of Oratory,
will receive pupils in
ELOCUTION AND PHYSICAL CULTURE
at her residence, 90 Free St.
Classes begin Oct. 1st. sept 2eod1m
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TO LET.

Forty words inserted under this head
one week for rs cents cash in advance.
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TO LET-ROOMS.

Forty words inserted under this head
one week for rs cents, cash in advance
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WANTED-By young Danish man, 81
w years of age, situation as coachman.
Address NJ, Box los Westbrook. Maine 20
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MISCELLANEOUS.

Forty words inserted under this head
one week for rs cents. cash in advance.
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NOR SALE-lnvestment. Block of houses
IL in perfect repair, desirable location.
between Green and Preble streets, rents for
1854 per annum, and always occupied with
tenants satisfied. Rare chance for a
home and large income besides. First time
offered. Price $4,000. W. H. WALDRON. 1870
Middle street. 10-l
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FOR SALE-Oakdale. One of the best houses
on William street; eight rooms, bath.
ton. Sebago water. apple, pear, plum and
cherry trees, grape vines, currants rospberries,
strawberries. gooseberrieS. Cost ovor $1,000:
viii be sold at q bargain. Apply at WILLIAM
STREET, 0akdale loft
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ITO LET-The furnished reading room at
IL tached to A. Drinnan's cigar store PIT
Forest avenue, Woodfords, sDIaine, as a
barber shop; to first class barber only,
Apply at the store. al
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ITO LET-Two tenements at the corner of
L Cumberland and Lafayette streets. Munioy
Hill. at $13 and $14 per month respectively.
Inquire OF MRS. HANNAH FLOYD, 81 Con-
gress ST., or M. A. FLOYD, 1o51a Exchange
street. 81
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wANTED-FEMALE HELP,

Forty words inserted under this head
one week for 25 cents. cash in advance.
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GEORG ". WHEREIN,
Graduate Of the University Of Goettingen,

Will receive pupils in the German language and
literature from October 1st Present address
Falmouth Foreside, Me. sep27d1ms
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ITO LET--Large nice house, centally located
on nice street; very pleasant with all
modern improvements. Will lease for one
year or more if desired. l., o. BEAN & CO.,
Monument Square, Al
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ITO LET-Desirable sunny rooms over H. p.
L. S. Goods and Geo. C. Shaw & Co.'s
stores, Congress st. Fine location for dentists
or doctor Inquire GEO. C. SHAW g. co.
may22-tf
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FOR RENT-Upper half Of 1o1 Danforth
- street; sun all day; 9 rooms and bath room.
$23 per month. Inquire SO HIGH ST, Al
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DOR SALE-BIiik Route of about 25 cans;
mostly retort. Must be sold this week.
Inquire at BOX 81, South Portland P. o. Al
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pICKED UP ADRIFT-September 10th,
a a awhile punt. Owner can have the same
by calling at William Studleys, fish market,
commercial wharf by proving property and
paying charges. EMERY DOUGHTY. 81
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WANTED-A capable girl for general
w housework at n Carleton street, city.
Must be well recommended. Call in the
evening. 81
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w position in misunderstanding or mer-
camille business in Portland Will begin on
small salary, if in line OF promotion. Good
penman, understands single and double
entry bookkeeping. Five years in present
position. Temperate, energetic and am.lI-
ious. II, )" care letter carrier No. l, Salem,
Mass. 81
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TO LET-RENTs

Forty words inserted under this head
one week for rs cents. cash in advance.
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WATCH REPAIRING.

NJ EW Resilient Waltham Bainsprings only 75c
~ warranted; cleaning and handspring only
Sl6c cleaning S1.00 All work strickly frstclass
and warranted. Twenty-Five years "a watch maker
d onumenJ square sept4dtf
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r D. cHENERY. Piano and Organ Tuner
- and Repairer, has removed his order
slate from 4s4 Congress street to DR.. G. NJ.
Talbot's, dentist, 5S7 l-2 Congress street,
next door to Geo. G. Shaw & Co., Portland,
Me. p y. address, 6 Maple street, Deering,
Me. augo5-S
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WANTED-By young man, married, aged ~.
w situation as under warehouse man or SINH
six years on English steamers. Address F.
SERGEANT, "a Smith street, city. 81
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FOR SALE-Steam Launch, EVELYN. 25 fit
= long #. beam, III. P, Shipman engine.
will ssell .cheap. RYAN & KELSEY, I3O
Com'l ST. 1-2
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T ,OST-Monday morning, Oct, eth, a glossy
II black kitten, half grown, one prominent
Wnlte spot under chin; wandered away from
AZ PINE ST. will be suitably rewarded.
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EUR SALE-1n Falmouth, 3 LIZ miles from
IL Portland, on road leading from Port
land to Yarmouth, farm of 90 acres; the best
farm for a dairying OF milk farm in the
State of Maine. J. VIM. MERRILL, Box AGO
Falmouth 29l2
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FOR SALE-A large quantity of white pine
= and hard pine sheathing hard pine floor
ing. pine shingles, also door frames, finish
boards and clapboards, all of the best work
manship; prices low. Call or address SILAS
HUBBARD, North Limington, Maine. IA