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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-10-04
IN THE POULTRY YARD.
Selecting Winter Layers-Dispose of OBJ
jeetionMble Fowls Early as Possible.

Selecting Winter Layers-Dispose of OBJ
jeetionMble Fowls Early as Possible.
Defects increase with age, and it is
best to dispose of all Objectionable men,
berg OF the iiool, early in the season. Do
not keep any chickens that appear stunt.
I'd. They always degrade the appearance
Of n flock, and when once a fowl has
s.een stunted it is not fit for breeding
purposes, and, in fact, is not worth the
keeping. Disease or tendency to dis
ease is hereditary, says Farm Stock and
Home, which furnishes these directions:
Discard all hens that show o 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 ley
ers for breeding purposes every year, and
in a short time tho entire flock will con-
sist of nothing but layers.
A good layer has small head, 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 a good
layer shows 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 profit until she is 3 years
old. After that the number of eggs an
nually decreases, and she should not be
kept longer unless she is world beater
and perfectly healthy.
The hens that mott early should be
retained i'll 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 brood
make good winter layers. The rest they
get by incubation fits them for better
work when they start again.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-10-04
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SHEEP BARN.
Tho Illustration Shows Its Front Elevation
and Ground Plan.

Tho Illustration Shows Its Front Elevation
and Ground Plan.
The accompanying plan of a sheep
barn is one which has been found very
useful in the northwest for q flock of
about 500 ewes, when crowded to its
fullest capacity, though more conven-
iently accommodating $50 to $50 dur
ing the lambing season, for which it
was especially designed, and with slight
modification made to answer for shear
ing barn and storing loft later in the
season.
A building 30 by 26 feet on the
ground Gig. u and posts 16 feet high
formed the center, from which in three
directions went out one story wings,
two of them so by 26 feet and one So
by 90 feet, making an aggregate floor
space of about 4, 400 feet The center
was substantially built, as the second
story was used for storing feed in win
ter and spring and for the wool clip be-
tween shearing and shipping. Oak posts
inches square were set upon fiat stones,
imbedded so as to bring the upper sur
face 2 inches above ground. Lower
story, 8 feet, the second story being
laid with dressed and matched flooring,
so as to allow no hayseed or other trash
to sift through and to be the more easily
cleaned for the reception of wool. Sin
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-10-04
A Vegetable Manure.

Here is a formula for manure that
mas been successfully used by New
Jersey gardener for vegetables: One
thousand pounds cottonseed meal OF
bonemeal, both costing about $50 ton;
500 pounds boneblack, costing $25 a
ton, and 500 pounds of muriate of pot
ash, costing $42 to $40 ton. This
wakes one ton of first class manure
costing about $50. This gardener says
in American Gardeninss4.. have had
better results from thisRformula than
from SAG special manures from the
manufacturer. l used the above formula
on two acres of sweet potatoes last sea-
son, making a fine crop of about 60 bar
rels to the acre. | put 1900 pounds of
the $50 fertilizer on each acre, costing
about SIS an acre. y
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-10-04
a ParSniD Stew.

Parsnip stew is not a new dish, but
it is so old that it may be new to many.
Boil lean slices of salt pork y hours;
scrape ) large parsnips; cut in slices;
add to the pork; boil one-half hour; add
half as much potato. sliced thin as par
snip; boil all together until potatoes
are soft. There should be about cupful
of liquid in the, stew when ready to
serve No exact measure of water can
be given, because it boils away so much
faster some days than Others Begin
with 2 quarts of cold water and add
more warm if it becomes necessary.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-10-04
FIG. I-sHEEP BARN, FRONT VIEW

gle roof, sides boarded upright and
stripped, windows below and above for
ventilation. Posts for the wings feet
high and set in the ground foot to
give strength. Roof to wings made OF
stock boards Is feet long, laid 2 inches
apart and battened with fencing the
proper length. Sides boarded upright
and stock boards driven close together,
but not stripped. A row of posts down
the center of each wing supported the
roof and served to strengthen partitions
below A fair idea of the divisions and
arrangements for handling sheep may
be had from Fig. 2.
Entire building floored with clay, we'll
packed down. The center was used for
various purposes, though its principal
value was as a catching pen. Sheep
were driven in from the yard in front,
and after sorting turned into two or
more of the apartments or through them
into the other yards. Several advan-
tages are noted in handling sheep in a
pen thus under cover. 1t can be done in
wet or cold weather as well as at other
times Sheep are much quieter, seeming
to realize that there is no chance for
escape. Very little jumping or strug-
Cling is INDUCED in. When the build
ing was crowded, this center room was
Uttered and used during the night to
relieve the other apartments. Every
morning and at intervals during the
Cay eT~Fes that had dropped lambs were
carefully removed from the larger apart
ments OBJ and placed in the small pens
(C), not more than five or six being al
lowed together until the lambs were a
day or more old. When these small pens
were full, the sheep from two of them
were driven together into one of the
larger pens CD. By the time these lat
ter were full the main flock had been
reduced, SO as to allow the occupancy
of one of the larger apartments by the an
imals from three or four of the pens (D).
The lambs in this apartment We're then
old enough to be allowed to run outside
when the weather was pleasant, only
being housed at night.
The gates to the smaller pens were
made SO as to completely close the alley
into which they swung, SO that the
sheep could go nowhere else than into
the pen where it was wanted. In all the
pens occupied with ewes with lambs toe
young to be turned outside tubs Of
water were kept standing and the racks
always full of hay.
In the second story of the center
building a room 10 feet square was par
titioned off and supplied with a stove
and lounge for the use of the shepherd
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-10-04
Farming without Wheat.

Many farmers are looking about for d
substitute for wheat. Just what that
substitute may be must be determined
by locality and markets. Following are
some suggestions made by the Philadel-
phia Farm Journal:
Those who set high value on the
straw for feeding and bedding stock, as
is the case with the truck farmers in the
middle states, can grow rye instead of
wheat. By sowing early it can be pas
tured lightly in the fall, and even then
will grow a good crop of straw to cut
the latter part Of May, in time to plant
an early variety of field corn, sugar corn
Or late potatoes ON the stubble. The crop
being cut just as the grain is forming
makes first rate litter and a hay that
cattle eat with avidity, and besides
makes a comparatively light draft on
the fertility of the soil.
In the vicinity of the cities there is
generally brisk demand for clean,
straight rye straw at prices equal to the
hest timothy hay. Where this is the
case it will pay well to grow rye and
thrash it in the machine now made for
the purpose of thrashing without break
ing the straw. Farmers who grow wheat
chiefly for the grain, and who have a
good market for hay. will find it better
policy to seed the land to grass alone
and sell hay. 1t may be well to give
oats consideration as substitute for
wheat For years this grain has been rel
atively higher than wheat. Larger and
still larger supplies seem to be demand
ed every year.
On many farms the area devoted to
orchard fruits especially apples. might
be largely increased to the advantage of
their owners. The same intelligent care
and an equal expenditure of labor and
money for fertility applied to an orchard
ill certainly make greater returns than
Then applied to wheat growing With
richard fruits the farmer can combine
re keeping of sheep and hogs for meat
| production
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-10-04
The Irrigation Congress.

Some 900 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-
gross be Endorsed, ceding 900, 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, 263, 743; in all $780,
900 acres under irrigation, which cost
over $50, 900, 900. Value of products on
these lands range from $500 per acre
in Wyoming to $40 in California First
cost is about SIS. per acre; average an
nual expenditure, 81. or; value of water
rights thereafter, $26 per acre; increase
in value of irrigated lands from $50, :
600, 1000 to $500, 900, 900.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-10-04
IrriGating by Windmill.

The plan of irrigating by means of q
windmill and wooden tank reads well
on paper, but will not work out right,
says Rural New Yorker Such a tank
will not hold enough. The time is sure
to come when the water pumped in a
week is demanded for days wetting
There must be storage room enough to
keep at least II days work ahead of the
windmill This may be done by scoop
ing out large reservoir at the top Of a
hill, as described in former issues, but
we believe that powerful steam or
horse power pump to force the water di-
rectly from pond or stream or deep
well will prove the most practical plan
The increased use of water in agricul-
ture is something that must come with
lime
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-10-04
Live Stock Points.

There is feeling against white hogs
in the south because there they are
found in some localities to be more liz
BILE to skin disease than black hogs are
The southern horse trade has been
fairly good this summer, which is more
than can be said of the northern one.
An English breeder has ordered from
America five stations and so brood
mares, trotting stock. The st; .lliHls
must have a record above 1896 TIL. G
trotters are to be crossed ON hackney
stock, the mares with hackney stalliC,Is,
the sircs with hackney mares. To-
breeder wishes to see which will provo
the best cross. He expects in any c.;re
to produce an improved breed of horses.
But American breeders ought to m; o
that kind of cross themselves in It.
native home Of the trotter.
Tho Poland China is the most wi, =
lproaa breed of hogs in the south. F.
lowing closely after it is the lively Be-
t21re nld next the Essex, and the Durn,.-
Jersey. The Duroc-Jerseys are grown =
"2ni'sly in popularity because of the.
'Ciot disposition and their excellel' E
aG3pta5ilty to grazing for their living.
At the Worlds fair the saddle mare
Lou Chief was first prize winner in her
Cess. Since the fair she has been sold
to Mr.. j. M. Garrett of Woodford coun-
t., Ky, for 81, 800. This is the highest
price ever paid for a saddle mare even
in Kentucky.
The duty plain before horse breeders
is to improve their stock. The same
plain duty is before beef raisers and
dairymen for the matter of that. Only
by such Improvement, and decided i'm
provement, will they be able to hold
their own. The day of inferior stock in
any line is over in America.
Western beef herds have been in phe-
nomenally good condition this summer.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-10-04
Getting Ready for Them.

Subscriber-''I have just heard Int
so neol lie are coming t. settle here
Editor-"Thank the Lord. joan,
make out the bills
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-10-04

The battle is ON hot between advo-
Gates of the Clydesdale and Percheron
horses. Why does not some breeder
make a special cross between the two
and keep it up for about four equine
generations and see what the result Will
be? 1t is said we are to have special
American carriage horse. Why not an
American draft horse too?
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-10-04
FIG. I1-sHEEP BARN, GROUND PLAN.

FIG. u-sHEEP BARN, GROUND PLAN.
who only left the building for his meals.
Here was kept constantly warm kettle
of milk for feeding such lambs as were
not sufficiently supplied by their moth
ers and good fire to warm up those
that became chilled.
At shearing time the entire building
was cleaned out. A shearing floor made
of matched flooring i'll sections feet
wide, held together by battens on the
under side, much after the fashion OF an
ordinary barn door, was laid in the
center room and the fleeces as fast as
tied thrown through an opening into
the second story, where they We're prop
erly ricked up to await the advent of
the buyer or the time for sacking. The
two small pens next to this room We're
used for holding sheep to be sheared,
which as fast as finished were turned
through one of the wings into the yards
outside Montreal Herald.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-08-17
SWINDLING HOUSEWIVES.
A Chicago Sharp Plying a Very
Ancient Device.

CHICAGO, Aug. 16.-North-sde house
wives are proving an easy mark for one of
the most clever swindlers at liberty. He
carries a natty sample case in which are
several hundred dollars worth of the
finest silk goods. such as hosiery, dining.
table articles and the like.
lie possesses a smooth tongue and pic
lures the happiness consequent upon the
possession of such dainties. He claims
that he. with brother, purchased several
thousand dollars worth of stuff at the
Worlds Fair at a figure below the cost of
manufacturing, and is preparing to retail
it at an alarmingly cheap price. The
drummer Dsively states that one-third of
the value of the goods ordered must be
paid for in advance. This done be takes
his leave, promising to deliver the stuff
two weeks later. he is working every
house in each street he selects and as the
victims do not appreciate before two
weeks have passed that they have been
guiled he manages always to keep safely
10 advance of the storm of Indignation
that follows in his wake. He has thus
far eluded the police.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-08-17
HOME COMFORTS.
Electrical Kitchens and
Woman's Work.
Driving Out the Old Apparatus.
Marvellous Adaptation of Elec-
tricity to Common Uses.

In all frst-class cooking schools in the
country instruction is given in practical
denomination of the art by persons who
are best qualified to impart complete and
scientific knowledge of all branches of
cooking. In the best schools electricity is
rapidly making its way for furnishing the
heat desired, and in some Instances IL is
exclusively employed.
To the uninitiated locker on the specta-
Gle of food broiling on the table before
him, with water sizzling in the pans and
gridde-cakes and Omelettes cooking in
their appropriate vessels apparently with
out particle of IRE in sight is apt to as
tonish. all the more wonderful as all the
vessels can be examined and the source of
the evident heat not even then be discov-
cred To be sure, one might see redhot
coil of wire held close TO the bottom OF
each dish by semi-transparent porcelain
cement, but this only adds to the mystery.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-08-17

No modern kitchen is complete without
Its furniture for electrical cooking. APP
paratus is furnished for every opera ton
IN cooking that the most fastidious tas tie
requires. Brothers and coasters, hot water
heaters. ovens, griddle- cake bakers, appa-
ratus for making coffee upon the table or
Tor keeping food hot until eaten, all oper-
ated with the greatest simplicity and ease
Is the boon offered to housewives. and
without that exhaustiDg and facilitating
neat which has heretofore been the invari-
able accompaniment of the Kitchens work
For cooking in hot weather or IN narrow
quarters the electric method seems to
fulfill the ideal, since there is very little
diffusion of heat. no dust or Ill odor, and
Is cheaper for this purpose than any other
system. An electrical oven is manufac-
iured especially for its purpose, and almost
every other cooking utsnsil is formed by
attaching a coil or ribbon OF suitable
metal TO the vessels in use for cooking on
com mon stoves
= Call at the Electric Light and Power
Company on Stevenson street and inspect
the multiple arrangements for the kitchen
and convincs Yourself of the practicability
OF electricity as an adjunct OF the home
and as a benefcent aid to overworksd
WomanhoOd. See how easy 1t is operated
ana how greatly the comforts OF LIE are
increased
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-08-17
HUNDREDS OF INDICTMENTS
Against Men Who Sell Liquor With
out a License.

Against Men Who Sell Liquor With
out a License.
MEMPHIS. Tenn, Aug. 16.-The Grand
Jury of Shelby County has found 304 in
dictments. making 53S found in two days,
against persons in this county charged
with selling liquor without licenses, and
the investiga of The body have de-
veloped the fact that the county, State
and city have lost about 81, 100000 in the
past eight years from failure to collect this
revenue. Before the end of this week,
over 1000 indictments will have been
turned in to court. 1t has been found that
not only have the liquor-dealers enjoyed
immunity from taxation. but a great many
people in other lines of trade also. When
all persons who have not complied with
the license law for the past year shall have
paid up, the income will be $3.50 600.
No movement toward fixing the respon-
sibility for the non-collectlon or this money
has yet been made. The community has
long been aware that laxity prevailed
with regard 10 liquor-license fees, but
until this Grand Jury began its investiga-
tons there were no suspicious of the enor-
nous extent TO which the system pre-
vailed. The investigation grows out of
demand from the State Treasury De-
partment
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-08-17
AGGRESSIVE ACTION.
Silverites Say the Time to Organize
Has Now Come.

Ho ANOH SVAbSs
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.-The necessity
of immediate and thorough organization TO
push bimetallism to the front was discussed
at special conference of the American
Bimetallic League, which convened here
to-day. Thirty or forty members of the
league from various States were present.
General A. j. Warner. president of the
hague. acted as chairman and among
those present were Senator Stewart of
Nevada. Congressman Pence of Colorado.
Judge Shelton of Connecticut and c. s.
Thomas OF Colorado.
The conference opened with long talk
Oh the difficulties In the way of restoring
blmetsllism by Senator Stewart. General
Warner stated the objects OF the meeting.
Congress, he assumed, had now completed
its work. many of the State conventions
had been held and platforms have been
adopted by both parties in many of the
Western States, which have included
both the single gold standard and
the bimetallic standard. The tariff bill
also had been disposed Of. 1t was time.
ne said. to push the silver question to the
front and subordinate all other issues to
that issue from now on. He urged organ
ization for action in the various States in
stead of more talk.
The afternoon session was devoted to a
discussion of the coinage laws. A number
of speeches were made bearing on the
claim that legal authority TO coin silver
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-08-17
PARTIAL ENDORSEMENT.
Idaho Democrats Did Not Enthuse
Over Cleveland.

AoAAo OCIHOCTdtS Diu INOt LhhhuoS
Over Cleveland.
BOISE. Idaho. Aug. 16.-The Democratic
State convention got down TO work to-day
and nominated ticket. The Ballsntlne-
stevenson fight resulted in the nomination
OF Stevenson for Governor aud Ballantine
was nominated for Congress. Three
places were not filled, Secretary of State.
Acknowledgement ana Superintendent OF
Public instruction. The nominees are as
follows: Governor E. A. Stevenson; Con-
gress, James III. 3 llantine; Lieutenant
Governor. John 3. Thatcher; Treasurer,
james Ii. Bush; Auditor. James Stod-
dard; Supreme Judge. j. C. Elder.
The platform gives a qualified indorse-
ment to Cleveland. denounces the conserv-
alive Senators, praises Chairman Wilson.
demands free coinage of silver at 10 to l.
condemns Republican legislation OF the
past thirty years and pledges the party TO
various Safe legislation and reforms.
The ticket was completed tonight by the
selection of J. r. Hall for Secretary OF
State, William T. Reeves for Attorney
General and j. w. Faris for Superln-
IendeSt OF Public Instruction.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-08-17
ARSON AND ROBBERY.
Rapid Trial and Sentence of Mis-
creant Mitchell.


SANTA Rosa, Aug. 16.-Frank Mitchell
was found guilty to-day on charges of
arson ana robbery. and sentenced to eight
and four years. imprisonment res ectively,
10 Folsom. This WAS case of peculiar
depravity, and the prisoner, while not dis
playing any indications of insanity. evinced
most stony indifference for his crimes.
Several weeks ago Mitchell went to the
house of John W. johnson. farmer living
alone on a ranch in Lincoln Valley. Nit
chell was tramp and destitute. and John
son gave him home. Soon after he robbed
his benefactor of sum of money. The
thief was detected. but johnson good
naturally refraned from prosecuting
him. Last Tuesday in the: absence of
johnson be set fire to the farmers barn
and outhouses. destroying hay,, grain,
wagons, farming implements, several hogs
and flock of chickens. He put on a suit
OF clothes belonging to Johnson aud
started for Santa Rosa. When arrested a
few hours after, he acknowledged the
crime, and said he did it for fun" he
was examined in the Justice Court We'd
nesday and tried in the Superior Court to-
day.