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The Columbus journal., 1894-08-22
Possibilities Of Sub Irrigation.


In their report on sub-irrigation ex-
pcriments the professors at the Ohio
station say: The first attempt was
with lettuce on \ very small scale,
and the experiment has been enlarged
until now about one-ffth of an ecre
under glass, is occupied in CONDUCTING
this experiment to a final demonstra-
ton. 1t has been found that the let
tuce rot may be largely controlled in
this manner. but by far the greatest
benefit arises from the greatly accel-
Grated growth of the plants. by this
method of watering, a lettuce crop
comes to maturity from one to
two weeks earlier than by the old
method, and the crop is increased 80
to 100 per cent Radishes respond in
a like degree and cucumbers to nearly
the same extent, but tomatoes are less
benefited. Smilax and carnations
thrive finely under this treatment.
Violets and roses have not been fully
tested, but the former especially seem
TO delight in the abundant and uni
ouSP.y VI w
sub-irrigation. 1t is too early to give
results in detail, but it will repay
interested parties to come a long
distance to see the plan in full
operation. The method is very sim
pie and easily followed by any one, as it
does not necessarily involve much out
lay. The floor of the benches must be
made water tight and an old bench,
in q fair state of preservation, "a be
remodeled for the work by simply
mailing laths over the cracks and fill
ing the small spaces between the
boards and laths with cement made
very thin. If a new bottom is neces-
sary, matched flooring laid in white
lead may be used, but a tile or slate
bottom is cheaper IN the end. The
tile must of course be covered with
cement to secure a water tight bot
tom. This method of watering opens
No great opportunities in the ways of
vegetable forcing in midwinter. 1t
The Columbus journal., 1894-08-22
pOultrY Points.

Waldo T. Brown writes in the Ohio
Farmer as follows: / have learned in
the last two years several things
which have brought success and III
creased profit in the management OF
my poultry, and I think l can 50
present them to your readers as to be
helpful to some of them. One thing !
have learned is, that it does not pay
to monkey" with a homemade in
cubator. l filled twice, one holding
23O eggs, and my first hatch was
twelve chicks and the second two II
is needless to state that the incubator
is now in ~''inocuous desuetude."
REGULAR FEEDING.
Another thing l have learned is that
it pays to feed the hens regularly
every day through the summer ever
though they are not confined, but
have the range of the farm. l have
done this and my hens have paid a
large profit, while some of my neigh
bors who depended upon their hens
foraging for a living have not been
able to get from fifty hens enough
eggs for family use, while from 1OC
hens l have sold in the last ninety
days eggs to the amount of SCI SIS, and
all at q lower price than has prevailed
for many years, the average being less
than IL cents a dozen. During this
ninety days we lost u incubator
eggs, used not less than fifty dozen
eggs in the family and Matched 25C
young chicks.
The cost of keeping these fowls for
the three months has been S., as we
have fed ton Of wheat screenings
for which l paid 81, and two bushels
of cracked corn for little chickens,
and the rest of their living they have
gathered from four acres of orchard
and pasture of which they have the
range. They are not confined, but on
the side next the garden and dooryard
The Columbus journal., 1894-08-22
Educational

Attention of the reader is C"lled to the
announcement of NOtrc Dame University in
another column Of this paper. This noted
Institution Of learning enters upon its fifty
first wear with the next session. Parents
and guardians contemplating to send their
boys and young men away from home TO
school would do well to write for particu-
lars to the University of Notre Dame, In
diana. before making arrangements for their
education elsewhere. Nowhere in this
broad land are there to be found better
facilities for cultivating the mind and heart
Than are offered at NOtre Dame University.
The Columbus journal., 1894-08-22
Home Of Cholera.


INDIA, the ancient home of cholera.
whence the pestilence usually spreads
to Russia and onward to western
Europe, is now the scene of expert
ments of great interest and Importance,
which r being conducted by Dr..
Simpson, the health officer for Cal
cutta, and NJ. Haffkine, one of NJ.
Pasteur's assistants The point which
they are seeking to establish is the
efficacy against attacks of cholera OF
. protective vaccine which NJ. Half
kline has introduced. BY way of a
test, 116 out of the 200 inhabitants OF
agroup of native huts were inoculated.
When cholera broke out shortly after
ward, ten persons attacked, of
whom seven died; all the cases, how
v were among the minority who
had not been fortified by the vaccine.
This result may have been merely a
coincidence, but it is remarkable
enough to justify the continuance of
the experiments for a time
long enough to give the rem
edy q fair trial. The discov-
cry of prophylactic against
cholera would be one of the most re-
markable medical achievements of the
century. In India. where the coward
ice of the Hindoo renders him an easy
prey to the disease. and where the
sanitary conditions of native life are
still far below the European standard,
many valuable lives might be saved
by q cheap and simple precaution. To
Europe the consequences would be
still more desirable. The disease,
checked in its place of origin. would
discontinue its almost annual visits;
for, though the state of some European
ports is calculated to develop cholera
when it is once brought to them, there
are probably few recent cases of its
breaking out spontaneo usly in Eu-
rope.
The Columbus journal., 1894-08-22
Our Australian Competitors

This high sailing and coloring of
butter is fatal to any foreign business.
You do not know how they object to
it, says George w. Cochrane in the
Creamery Journal. We salt and color
higher than any people in the world
Ninety Fer cent of the table butter
used in Europe is not salted over l per
cent; what they call high salted but
ter is 3 per cent, whereas u mildest
is 6 per cent, The coloring they claim
gives the butter an oily flavor, which
there is no doubt of. They can not
sell it on the counter, as consumers
will have it that it can not be natural
butter with SO much coloring in it and
so high sailed. They regard it as
butterine. Australia butter is going
to be a great factor in the future and
on this side they have got to take
notice and be guided SO far as the
matter of any surplus. 1t is evident
to me that if we do not market in
Europe our surplus before the list of
November this year, we will have to
face at least a million packages of
butter of Sc pounds each on
the English markets from the lst
of December, 1894, to November
80. 1895. They did last year bring in
their cows at different periods SC that
they ship butter much later this sea-
son than last. by next year they are
in hopes to make weekly shipments
the year round to Great Britain. Re-
ceipts should have ended this year by
the first of March but it keeps coming
in. The day l left London there was
a steamer landing $4,000 packages,
and the advice of four steamers on the
way with large cargoes. l tell you old
American butter had q black eye! The
make of this Australian butter aver
ages the finest in the world. They
went right in for pleasing the require
ments of the English consumers and
they have hurt Danish butter more
The Columbus journal., 1894-08-22

will not only make the work more
profitable to the gardener, but will
give employment to many throughout
the wear. and in the end will so cheaper
production that many Vegetables will
be almost as common and cheap in
January as they are now in April.
Gardeners will receive the first ben
efits of the discovery, but in the end
great advantages will accrue to the
whole people. Money that is now
sent south for stale. un~wholesome
vegetables will be spent at home for a
much greater quantity of the fresh,
healthful products of northern green
houses
The Columbus journal., 1894-08-22

comes in just behind Ithaca berries.
The unmulched portions have fewer
and larger berries but not 80 many
quarts per acre Is the mulched, and
the latter stand drouth better. Usu.
allv our last picking for market is
July 4. This season first sales were
made June "a and the last July S.
use all the mulching 1 can get on all
kinds of berries to save labor in keep
ing down weeds and conserving moist.
ure, but as their tops r above the
mulch l do not think they arer>tarded
much
The Columbus journal., 1894-08-22
Loves Young Dream.

McCiinnis-Iou We're in love with
that beautiful Miss Jones before she
married old GoldbuG, weren't you!
Gus De Smith-Don't talk about her.
My love for her lies buried in my
bosom.
McGinnis-Well you might as well
resurrect your buried love. for they
are going tn plant old ,ioldbug. He
died of apopleXey last night.
The Columbus journal., 1894-08-22

Artemus Ward was in Louisville Just
at the close of the war, and one day at
the Louisville Hotsl was introduced to
a loud-talsing Confederate Colonel.
Lets see, Colonel" said Ward. as they
shook hands, what Michigan regiment
did you commando Michigan" cried
the Colonel, fairly dancing with rage
Il was Oh the other side!" "Beg par
don," said Ward, looking annoyed him
self; "but l have got this war all mixed
up, somehow"
The Columbus journal., 1894-08-22
4 Good Manure TraD.

Rural New Yorker says hat n good
manure trap cal be made ont of nails
and boards by almost any IN who can
hold Il hammer. The best form is that
of an open shed in 4 pasture. IL may
be temporary or fixed. Shelter and
shade are the bait for these traps. In
hot or rainy weather the stock will go
there for rest and shelter. The result
is that manure accumulates on these
spots. 10 is Il first rate plan to put One
of these traps on the poorer spots in the
field. That is where you want to- catch
tho monurc
The Columbus journal., 1894-08-22

What a red face Colonel Icrgcr has
got"
Yes, his face is red. but that is its
natural color. Even when he is as pale
as a ghost his face is the color of Grim
son. You ought to see him when he is
excited and gets red in the face. Then
he turns purple.
The Columbus journal., 1894-08-22
Make Your Own Filters!

One package of Steketee's Dry Biit"rs
will make one Gallon Of the best b:ttsrS
known: will cure Indigestion, pains in the
stomach, fever and ague Acts upon the
Kidneys and Bladder; the best tonic known.
Sold by druggists or sent by mail, postage
prepaid. Price - cts. for Jingle, or Nv" package Tor
SO cts. u. y. stampS taken in payment. Address
GEO. q. STEKETEE. Grand Rapids. Mich.
The Columbus journal., 1894-08-22
To Cleanse the system

Efectually yet gently. when custive or
bilious, or when the blood is impure or
sluggish, to permanently cure habitual
constipation. to awaken the kidneys
and liver to 4 healthy activity without
irritating or weakening them, To- dispcl
headaches, colds or fevers use Syrup of
Figs.
The Columbus journal., 1894-08-22
CrODS i'm Ontario.

The yearly average of the crops fol
Ontario for twelve years ending 1895
are given in the United States depart.
ment of agriculture report for Deem,
Der. The average per acre was fol
wheat 1s.2, for oats 34.6. for barley
80, for rye 16.1, for peas, 1872, for
beans III, for potatoes lis bushels.
for carrots 351, for turnips AT bushels
respectively. The hay crop averaged
for hay and clover combined I.79 tons
per acre. These crops excel those OF
uaclc samuel and bid him look out for
his l~aurels. 1t is easy to see how it is
that Canadian hay is sold on our mar
Lets Can we not equal their crops?
The Columbus journal., 1894-08-22
As to Music.

The word tenor, from the italian
tenore, signifies holder, a voice which
holds or sustains the song. This e1-
preston is applied chiefly to the artist
whose voice holds the best between the
contralto and the barytone. The tenor
is the rarl auis Of the ancients. He is
seldom found (that is to say a good
One), and, if he is difficult to find, he is
also difficult to preserve. The delicacy
of his voice demands constant care and
constant nursing. Rubin, the former
tenor so dear to the habitues OF the The
ater des Haliens, dared not smoke,
hcsitated almost to eat according to his
appetite, and for nothing in the world
would he go out on the day of his per-
formances, save to go to the theater.
a good tenor easily earns 10000 to
100000 francs per year. Roger, now
dead, used for many years to get $4,000
francs at the Opera Naudin. specially
engaged in "L'Africaine'-by q formal
clause in Meyerbeer's will-had salary
os 10000 francs. And yet good tenors
usually make moro money in other
capitals, and St. Petersburg, JHa'don,
New York, Milan and Berlin render it
impossible for Paris to make o serious
engagement with many of the celebrst-
Ell singers at present.
The Columbus journal., 1894-08-22
Never Arrested Before.

A Texas justice asked n darRsy Off
call:
Were You never arrested before?'
"No, boss. cherry time Use been ar
rested de policeman grabbed me from
hind, and dey had a heap CIR trouble
doing hit, becase l kin run like a tur-
key"
harris Glover Root Tea.
The great Blost purifier, gives FRESHNESS AMI clearness
othe Compile xlon and cures Constipation ia. .sc 81
The Columbus journal., 1894-08-22

Il want the music of O'Rielly and
the iO"." said a little boy, entering q
New Yori, music store.
For singing or the piano.
Il cont want it for either; | want il
Tor NV sister"
The Columbus journal., 1894-08-22
Educate Your Daughters

At this season of the year parents have
to decide upon and select the educational
Institution which their daughters are to at
tend for the coming years. In this Conncc-
ton we desire to call attention L. the edu-
catiOnal announcement in our advertising
columns of the Academy of the Sacred
Heart, st. Joseph, Mo Their buildings
and grounds are attractive. locality health
full. teaching in all ranches thorough, and
terms reasonable. Parents fortunate 10
select this school for the education Of their
daughters will, we are sure, be- fully salts
fed. FOr further information, address
Mother Superior, Academy of the Sacred
Heart, st. Joseph, Mo.
One thousand carloads of pocket TASKS
for liquor were used in Cincinnati last
wear.
The Columbus journal., 1894-08-22

Louisiana has found it necessary to pass
laws for the care OF its lepers.
The Columbus journal., 1894-08-22
HOME DEPARTMENT.
GEMS OF KNOWLEDGE FOR The
HOUSEWIFE

Useful Information About Managing the
Observation-Disclosures and I~nstructio1s
for Use In the Kischen-The Family
Circle
The Columbus journal., 1894-08-22

SYLVESTER GRAHAM, an American re-
former, among other works relating to
diet in connection with physiology and
anatomy, published, in 1882, u treatise
on bread and bread making. in which
he strongly advocated the making OF
bread from unbOlted flour. Hence the
the terms Graham -four" and Graham
bread
The Columbus journal., 1894-08-22
Musical Item.

HnnsO" sinSie orn Salvs."
Warra1tci 20 rIre uT nsoacy refunded. Ask your
lOT H. lgIcc - cents
The Columbus journal., 1894-08-22
FARM DEPARTMENT.
USEFUL INFORMATION FOR
AMERICAN FARMERS.

6essotips Methods OF Managing 4
Modern Farm and Gsrden-Liv0
Stock, Poultry. Dairy, ADlaFy and
Orchard.
The Columbus journal., 1894-08-22
Were You Ever South in m

1t is no hotter in Tennessee, Alabama or
Georgia than here, and it is positively de
lightful on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi
and West Florida. If you are looking for
a location in the south go down now AMI
see for Yourself. The Louisville d Nash
vile railroad and connections will sell
tickets to all points south for trains Of
Aug. Z at one fare round trip. Ask your
ticket agent about il, and if he cannot sell
you excursion tickets write toe. i. Atmore,
general passenger agent, Louisville, kr.
Two or three centuries ago gloves were
The Columbus journal., 1894-08-22

Mixed.

Is taken internally. Price, 75c.
The Columbus journal., 1894-08-22

Billiard Table, second hand. For sac
cheap. Apply to or address, n. G. AKIN,
5ll s.. 18th St, Omaha, Ne1.
The mother in a woman makes her Eeau-
tiful.
The Columbus journal., 1894-08-22

HeGeman'sC Ca mPhor lee with Glycerine.
The original and only genuine. Cures Chappei Hands
and Face, Cold Sores. &c. T.. Clark Co.. .Haycn.Ct-
The Columbus journal., 1894-08-22

Two or three centuries z gloves were
ade of much greater value than now.
The Columbus journal., 1894-08-22

In France the farina is largely used
or culinary purposes. The famous
gravies, sauces and soups of France are
largely indebted for their excellence to
that source, and the bread and pastry
equally so, while q great deal of the So
called cognac, imported into England
from France, is distilled from the pota-
to-. Throughout Germany the same
uses are common. In Poland the man
ufacture of spirits from the potato is .
most extensive trade. "Stettin brandy"
well known in commerce. is largely i'm
ported into England, and is sent from
thence to many of u foreign posses
sions as the produce of the grape, and
is placed ON many q table of England a
the same; while the fair ladies Of our
country perfume themselves with the
spirit of potato under the designation of
eau de Cologne. But there are other
uses which this esculent is turned to
abroad. After extracting the farins,
the pulp is manufactured into
mental articles, such as picture frames,
snuff boxes, and several descriptions of
toys, and the water that runs from it in
the process of manufacture is a most
valuable scOurer.
For perfectly cleansing woolens, and
snch-iike articles, it is the housewives
panacea, and, if the w~asherwoman hap
pens to have c~hilblains, she becomes
cured by the operation.
In the Depth Of Misery.
Though endowed with wealth beyond the
dreams of avarice," the wrctched sufferer
from chronic dyspepsia is plunged in the
depths of misery from which he or she sell
dom energies even for n day at a stretch.
There is a way TO down the imp. Invoke the
aid OF ROstetter's Stomhch Bittcrs and he
departs. Keep using the medicine, and the
relief you promptly experience finally be-
comes permanent and a thorough cure is ef-
fcctcd. Heartburn. fiatulcnce. uneasineSs
and sinking at the pit OF the stomach, nerv-
BUSINESS. insomnia these are symptoms first
relieved and finally cured, will their cause,
by this incffably re lab e spc iiic. Liver
complaint and constipation, brother tor
mentors of dyspepsia, are also sent to limbo
by the BitterS. so are rheumatism. malaria
and kidney complaint. Use this helpful med
iciEc Systematically. not by fits and starts.
The Columbus journal., 1894-08-22

Nnen Answering Advertisements Kindly
Mention this Paper.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31
IMPROVE THE FLOCK,
The Importance os Selecting She Best
Lambs for Breeders.

The Importance os Selecting :.ls Best
Lambs for Breeders.
AS the Improvement of the flock can
be better made from within than by
giving the sole attention to Bringing
new blood from without, it will be
very important to select the best
lambs, both of rams and ewes, for
breeders. The selection should be
made chiefly in reference to the pur-
poses for which the flock is kept and
strength of constitution, rapidity of
growth, size, tendency to fat; fineness,
length or quality of wool, and pro-
likeness and certainty of breeding, in
the parents as well as so far as can be
judged of, in the lambs themselves,
should be made the tests by which the
selection is determined II the pro-
duction of early lambs for market is
the object, the produce of those ewes
which bring single lambs of large size
and quick growth will be chosen to in
crease the flock; if the production of
mutton sheep then those lambs from
ewes which drop twins and are good
nurses ought to be kept; and if wool of
any particular kind is desired, then the
selection should be made chiefly in
reference to that On no account
should weakly lambs, or those ewes
which are poor nurses, or fail to breed,
Or which exhibit tenderness of consti-
tuition, or are wanderers, or of uneasy,
restless dispositions, be retained; but
such Improbable animals should be
closely weeded out and fattened for
sale or slaughter. The choice of ram
lambs is of chief Importance; for the
influence of the ram runs through the
flock, while that of the eve is con-
fined to her produce alone To select
a lamb for stock ram is matter re-
quiring knowledge of the principles
pf breeding and some tact and expert
ence. The latter qualifications can
not be acquired from books but must
be gained by practice. Farmers
Voice
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31
FEEDING OF CAKE,
Benefits from Its Use and the Best Tim
to Give 1t.


Benefits from Its Use and the Best Time
to Give 1t.
The writer has considerable faith in
cake, and he feels convinced that one
hundred pounds sterling spent judi
ciously on it will, in most cases, pay
more than the same sum spent in arti-
fetal fertilizers Cake ought to be paid
for by the animals which consume it,
and unless fed in excessive quantities
we think it will be 80 paid for, says J.
Wrightson in the Agricultural Gazette.
Whether g ven to sheep or cattle, a
moderate amount of cake produces a
most excellent effect, and the manurial
residue ought to be extra return of prof
it. Few farms do not respond to cake
Nay, we go further, for we never vet
knew land which did not distinctly
show the benefits of cake feeding. 1t
puts bloom or "skin" upon a farm
of a lasting character. more satisfac-
tory to both landlord and tenant than
the forced growth due to artificial ma
nures.
OF all times when cake feeding is to
be recommended the early spring and
summer are the best. Cake fed in Oc-
tober is liable to the wasting effects of
winter Cake fed in spring and during
the dry months is sooner and more
completely realized in increased crops
of autumn and spring corn. Large
sheep farmers feed the great bulk of
their cake during the dry months of
the year, and they reap the full advan-
tage upon their wheat in the following
season or upon their barley and oats
sown ia the spring.