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The time for the musical and literary
entertainment to be given by the
Ladies Aid Society OF the United
brethren Church has been set for Fri
day night, March 0.
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One of the largest retail dry goods
houses in Boston has standing con-
tract with daily newspaper to take all
the small change received each day by
the newspaper.
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Hop ut Hotel Felix.

A mop Will be given by number of
young men tonight at Hotel Felix.
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$1,000 Cash, $1,000 Per Montb.

New pianos can be bought from Hob
bic Music Co. on payments of $40. 90 cash
and $40 90 per month. A large and
beautiful stock on hand. Warerooms
157 Salem ave.
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SPECIAE RATES FOR TABLE
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PENDANTS were granted stay of Judge.
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Hits OF Facts and Gossip Gathered on tho
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Political. Social and General Happen
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ANNOUNCEAI eiNTS
EnR CNNSrApIE

7.
hereby announce myscl candidate for the
Office of Constable, nj the ensuing election and
respectfully ask the support OF my friends plcdg-
ing myself 10 the faithful Discharge or the duties
Oh inc once IL elected. A. l.. POW ELL.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-06-21
Paaltr1 Rous. c,oors

The question as to whether earth or
plank is preferable for poultry house
floor is quite often asked. writes 1. F.
Tillinghast, in American Farmer.
Having given the subject of poultry
study preparatory to the erection of
some extensive breeding houses, will
give the results of my Investigations.
The roof being the most expensive
part of any ordinary poultry building,
it should be planned to cover as much
space as possible. have found u most
economical plan is 90 just set q chest
nut post for each orner of the build
ing. If on side hill, form q basement
by excavating straight into the hill SO
as to form . level earth floor. Front
toward the sun or southern exposure,
and let the two front posts be ten feet
high after being set firmly in the
ground. The two back posts should
be about two feet shorter. Then about
three feet above the ground floor
place a plank floor on sx4 scant-
ling, firmly nailed to the posts
This forms basement which
is to be thickly strewn with
Cuuu, SuUTL bLrdW Or puChWucut hulAss
and to be used for scratching pen and
runway for the fowls in storm weather.
1t should be tightly inclosed on all
sides except front, in which should be
a glass 1o- that can - left open or
closed according to the weather. Here
the fowls will be protected from wind
and storm, yet can get sunlight md
fresh air, as well as plenty of exercise
by being allowed to scratch the litter
over for grain, which is daily scattered
in it. But they should not be al
lowed to roost here. This apartment Is
connected with the eroosting-room above
by an inclined plank, on which Stats
are nailed, thus forming a stairway
leading through hole in the floor. BY
this arrangement you really double the
capacity of your building under q given
roof. for you have the whole size of
your building for scratching pen,
and the same for roosting room. And
you have solved the floor question by
giving them both, the natural earth
being best adapted to their needs
in the scratching department, and q
tight plank floor under their roosts.
You are saved the expense of an un-
derpinning and sllunks and rats
will have no chance to hide under the
floor.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-06-21
The Garm.
CLEANLINESS, 4. Cow Stables.

lam always interested in articles pub
lishedin the Farmers Review and other
papers concerning cleanliness in
stables where cows for milk are kept.
Some articles are very suggestive and
valuable to painstaking dairyman,
while others border on the ridiculous,
rs, one suggests as an objection to
washing the udders that the cream
would separate in the bag, reminding
me of an objection to dehorning pub
lished during the past month in q
widely circulated agricultural paper:
"Just think of it! Nothing applied to
the wound to keep the cold air from the
animals brain. There are two primary
conditions necessary for cleanliness
in the milk pail The first is in ref
erence to the mixer. The difference
in mixers is almost marvellous. Any
foulness of milk drawn by some en-
ployes, while he, under same condi-
tions, will have clean pail Of milk.
II COW has comfortable, 6t quarters
for lying down after q few br lshes
by the hand over the flank, bag and
abdomen before the pail is introduced
there can be no dirt that will conta M
mate the milk. The fine epithelial dust
that falls from the udder may largely
be kept out of the pail by an occasional
brush of the hand. The loathsome
practice of wetting the hands in the
milk will not be tolerated by any
cleanly person. Second, as to structure
Of stable. should have made seri-
GUS mistake in the arrangement of my
floor but for accidentally seeing some
published measurements. Perhaps this
will guide some inexperienced person
in building. No man can have clean
milking without a properly construct
ed stable. With such, milking is en-
joyable as a pastime. Without it, it is
a repulsive, dirty, loathsome service.
1 well remember in my boyhood days
sitting down by q COW with tail, hind
quarters, sides and bag dripping with
semi fluid filth, feeling with disgust
my way to the teats and trying to get
clean milk, dodging In the meantime
n swipe of the tail across my face.
Even recently, speaking to fs-mer OF
the profits of dnirying, the answer was,
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-06-21
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
ative; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
II has given satisfaction to millions and
n.et with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liyer aud Bowels without weak
ening them and II is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs il for sale by all drug.
gists in Soc and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufac.ured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
:ccept any substitute if offered.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-06-21
An finland ivoysg, from Wa ngton Il
New York.

In this connection 1t is quite well to note
the fact that the United States torpedo boat
Gushing, with her full fighting crew OF twenty
men and with ballast weighing as much us
the torpedoes she would have to carry 10 time
of war, made trip on the 9th and 10th Of
May from Washington to New York without
going to sea at any point. She accomplished
the run in twenty-eight and n half hours,
having travelled ninety miles down the Poto-
mao from Washington, and then one hundred
and ten miles up the Chesapeake Bay TO the
entrance of the Chesapeake and Delaware
canal. Fourteen miles In this canal took the
Cushing across the little State of Delaware
into the broad estuary Of the Delaware river.
Fifty-five miles up the Delaware river brought
her to Bordentown, New Jersey, and forty.
four miles In the Delaware and Rarltan canal
brought her into the Raritan river near its en-
trance Into the lower bay Of New York by
way of Raritan Bay. The last link carried
her out of the mouth of the Raritrn and up
the bay into New York harbor. This 10 the
first time that the inland water route has
been employed by war vessel Of the govern
ment. The Gushing draws only five feet and
half Of water. What 10 desired 10 the CON
struction Of ship canals which viii admit
large. ocean-going vessels drawing from
twenty to twenty-five or twcnty-six feet OF
water.-Repicp Of ReUieaos for June.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-06-21
That General Parpos. Cow.

Ia the face of all the scientific DEM
onstrations Of the last twenty years.
we still find some people advocating the
so-called general purpose cow" Even
some newspapers, supposed to be edu-
Gators of the farmer. publish articles
like the following:
"a good many farmers are coming to
believe that there Il . general purpose farm
COW. In spite Of ali that hss been said %
meant, of course, one which Is good for
butter and milk. and which ts sum
ciently well bred to impress all her
good characteristics ON her progeny. she
may be Of any one Of the several
that she may be Of no. breed at Al, 10.
then she would not possess this last and
most desirable quality. This idea! farm
COW should have a large frame, SO that her
should be we'll pedigreed, so that the heifeE
calves would have promise TO become =
good mixers and butter makers IS herself.
She should be handled for dairy purposes
from the time she drops her first calf, SO ~
to promote tendency toward long Pc
ricd Of milking. There are many farms
on which such a COW will prove OF greater
value than one handled especially for milk
or Observation-Disclosures Farmer.
Now the only fault 1 have to find
with the above is contained in one
sentence, "This ideal farm COW should
have a large frame SO that her male
calves will be valuable beeves." 1
challenge any man that knows how to
figure to show where the profit lies in
the calf Of the general purpose cow.
The trouble is, the people that write
such things never stop to figure out
where the profit and loss comes in;
they just give their impressions. Be-
cause one man with general purpose
COW gets SO more for calf than his
neighbor with dairy COW can get for
his calf, he takes it for granted that
he is So ahead. The fact is, it repre-
sents money out of pocket. The
difference in the value of the two
calves represents the difference Of the
cost of keeping those two cows 70,
one year. Let us stop to figure
a little. We will suppose
that the specific dairy COW
weighs 1000 pounds, and the general
purpose COW 1900. The larger COW
weighs 500 pounds more than the
other. The Germans have proved by
experiments that it takes 2 per cent
in weight of food Of animals to keep
them alive, before they canagain any
weight or produce milk. That extra
500 pounds Of animal will require 10
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-06-21
Those Little sleeves,

The kidneys, separate from the blood, as 1t passes
through them, impurities for which the final me
aum Of liberation from the system is the bladder
When their function Is suspended direful results
.nsue. Among these are dropsy, Brishts disease.
diabetes and malad!es which terminate in som,
,f these. Hostetters Stomach Biters stimulates
The kidneys, not IN unmcdicated alcoholic
,timuiant would by exciting them, but by gently
mpelling them to renewed action and perpetuat-
ing their activity and yigor. Thus the blood is
,nce more insured publication and the Organs
themselves saved from destruction Malaria
constipation, liver complaint, nervousness, dys
pepsin mud rheumatism all thoroughly rene
lied by the Bitters which Is. moreover, mosi
thorough appetizer, general tonic and sleep pro
noter. Use 1t regularly, not enthusiastically,
A candidate says he Is In the hands OF his
friends, but he finds before he Is done, tha,
the hands Of his friends are In him, and In
pretty deep, too.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-06-21
SIR GEORGE GREAT srAL11oN-FlRsr R s. f

THE condition Of agriculture in
indicated by the figures which have
been published by the agricultural de-
partment showing the acreage Of the
various crops and the number of head
Of stock in the past and preceding
years. In 1873 the total acreage
under all kinds of crop, bare, fallow
and grass amounted to 81, los, geo.
Last year this had increased to 32,643.-
700, or an increase of more than 1, 5OO,-
600 acres, and yet the acreage devoted
to wheat has decreased during the
same period to an alarming extent. In
the former year it was 100000, last
year it was 1,s97,O0O In the same
period of twenty years the grain and
pulse acreage, generally known as
corn crops, had decreased by 1,soo,00
acres, barley having fallen off nearly
3GO, 900 acres, beans $1,000 acres and
peas 100000 acres. Oats, however,
showed q distinct increase. There is
o slight falling off in the root and
green crops. R Rotation grasses show
an increase, although not of a very
serious nature. Bare fallow is consid
erably less than formerly, while the
permanent pasture has increased from
12, j15, 900 to 16.4o2 900, and there is
little doubt that it will continue to in
crease.
DIvERsIFYING G RoPs.-There used t
be an objection to growing grains
other than wheat that had good
foundation, but no longer exista re-
fer to the former difficulty of market
ing oats, barley or rye. The line "all
wheat" elevators would handle moth
ing but wheat. leaving the farmer no
chance to sell other grains except to
small local buyers who would pay but
little or nothing for it. Now, either
through independent houses" that
will handle anything, or by getting
cars for direct loading, any kind of
grain can be shipped to distant mar
kets with the same facility that wheat
can. If one farmer does not raise a
carload of any one grain named it will
not be difficult to get two or more to
combine to fill one. There are less
/ barriers to diversifcation than form
, merly.-Ex.
BRIMsToNEs FOR RTHIsTLEs-Mr. Camp
bell of Dwake, New Zealand, eradi-
Gates the Canadian thistle thus:
About twelve months ago l had q
patch of these thistles on my farm, to
which 1 applied slight dressing of
powdered birthstone by sowing broad
cast with the hand, somewhat similar
to sowing artificial manure. This
wholly eradicated the weed. Brim-
stone is never-failing cure for the
thistle. 1t destroys all vegetable life,
and ground treated us have explained
will not support life for two years
afterward, but after that time has
elapsed 1T can again be worked with
satisfactory results"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-06-21
when Tramps are Banishsd the Poor
Can JR~ HELPED.

The way to get rid OF tramps, which has
long been known and has many times been
proved, IL to make their food and shelter de-
pend absolutely upon work. Last winter,
he city Of Baltimore rid itself of all these
pests by refusing to give them place 70
sleep except on condition OF their earning 1t.
The result was that when other cities were
oyerrun with trnmps, Baltimore was free OF
them, and thus relieved, the city turned Its
attention to finding work for the deserving
unemployed. This work cam, so near to
paying for itself that only IN insignificant
sum OF money was required to prevent actual
suffering. This interesting sociological re-
suit has, therefore, again demonstrated, that
Il is the tramp-:he idler who does not want
work-that causes the decentralization In
.ime of distress, and prevents the involun-
;ary idle from finding proper aid A very In
teresting and complete explanation OF this
experiment appears In the June number OF
The Forum, by DR.. Z. r. L. Gould, OF tho
Johns Hopkins University. who had the
direction of this important work
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-06-21

"Yes, and live in COW dung" The di-
mensions of my floor are as follows:
from stanchions back to edge of gutter,
4 feet inches. This standing place
rests on 2x4, resting on the bottom
plank of gutter; thus the COW stands
six inches above bottom of gutter,
which is IA inches wide. On the outside
of this bottom plank is spiked another
it four inches above gutter and two
inches lower than the standing place
for COWS. This walk is three feet
wide, and is always comparatively
clean. The gutter has a very slight
descent toward the door. For the or
dinary sized COW this standing platform
is ample. She can rest comfortably and
her quarters will getver little soiled. l
have four COWS too large for this and for
them take Exc and spike it to pieces
of 2x4 just long enough to go into the
gutter erosswise. This adds six inches
to standing room and can be run over
when cleaning the gutter. 1 have
horses standing on same line as cows,
and after cleaning the gutter gather
ings from horse stable are put in
DOLJO" duo EcIAhih UklL ACAb uny.
This takes up the liquid and goes with
rest to the field, and the liquids are
not dripping from tails of cows when
all my manure, even in this North
Dakota, from twenty head of ca tile
and ten horses, has gone directly to
the fields daily without any waste.
With such a constructed stable and
such management one can have q clean
job milkipg.-L. L. Ellis in Farmers
Review.
WASHING BuTTER.-Mr F. N. Men
zies, late secretary of the Highland
Agricultural society, writes as
follows on this subject: hold that,
by the system Of butter-making now
taught, the whole bloom, color and
taste of the butter is washed out;
moreover, it takes as much trouble to
get the water out of the butter as it
does to get the buttermilk out. My
system is, when the butter forms into
small granulations, to run off the but
termilk and allow it to draw off the
butter for few minutes; then lift it
out with wooden scoops or spoons, and
put it on the butter worker, and press
as much of the buttermilk out with
Scotch hands, Qittle wooden fiat
spades) as possible; then place all the
butter on cold slate, and work it in
portions in the butter worker till II
appears quite solid, and all the milk is
out of it. If the butter is to be kept
fresh. it is then weighed into pounds;
if it is to be kept pickled or powdered.
this is done in the butter worker after
it has been weighed, and it is salted
according to taste l use mixture OF
one pound of granulated cane sugar
TO three pounds of Scotch sea salt I
may add that have for many years
got the highest price going for my
butter, and could sell q vast deal more
than have to spare,
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-06-21
Cave and Cairn.

England makes curious provisions
on its dangerous coast for ship
wrecked mariners. This is the drv
official description given Of the sup
plies on ST. Paul island: They are
in a cave at the foot of the west cliff
of a rocky chasm running north and
south, and its position is indicated
by stone cairn liz feet in height
and about IA feet broad at the base,
erected on the summit OF the west
cliff of the chasm. This cairn, visi-
Bile from Gazelle Basin, is painved
black, and shows clearly against the
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-06-21
ENDEAvoR EXCURSION
To Cleveland and Return-one Fs


The Burlington has been selected MS the
official route for the Christian Endeavor ex-
cursion to Cleveland, Ohio. The rate OF one
nrstclass standard fare will be made for the
round trip from nil Colorado points. Tho
official train will leave Denver 0 p. m. July 8,
and all persons dcsirous Of accompanying the
excursion party and wishing to secure through
sleeping car accommodations, should COM
municate at once with Mr.. E. B. Clark, 1909
Curtis st., Denver, who has charge OF the
Colorado ex xcursion.
This low rate, however, 10 open to
every one, and all those wishing to avail
themselves Of It can purchase tickets July
sth aud 9th, good to return from Chicago
July S1sU
Bear in mind that in purchasing your tick
cts via the Burlington route you can secure
better accommodations and much quicker
time than Is afforded by anv other line.
For full Information apply to any local
ticket agent or address e. W. Vallery, Genl
Agent, 1889 18th st.. Denver
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-06-21

An Echo from the WorIos EAH e
The Lake Shore Route has recently
gotten out very handsome ftho-
water color OF the Exposition Flyer. :"
the famous twenty hour train in SER
vice between New York and Chicago
during the fair. Among the many
wonderful achievements Of the Column
bian year this train-which was the
fastest long distance train ever run
holds prominent place. and to any
one interested in the sub ubject the pict-
urc is we'll worth framing. Ten cents
in stamps or. silver sent to c. X. Will
Der, West Pass Agt., Chicago, will
secure one. ~
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-06-21


obtained for much less than SO. There
fore, where is the profit on that bull
calf? It is to be hoped that none Of our
farmers will follow such thoughtlesa
articles as that above quoted. Farm
ers should figure out the cost of what
they produce for market.-Jay, in
Farmers Review.
IN combating all fungus diseases IL is
essential that something of the life
history of the disease be known,
thus enabling us to determine the
proper time to apply remedies for pre-
venting it, says an Arkansas bulletin.
From what is known of apple scab it is
believed that the trees are affected
oarly in the season. The disease is re-
produced by means of spores which
are carried to the healthy plants by
the wind and in other ways. The
spores live through the winter in the
rubbish, old leaves and fruit and under
the rough bark of the trees and are
ready to begin the attack as soon as
the leaves open in the spring. The
condition of the atmosphere here 10
very favorable for the development Of
the disease at an early date. The
spores germinate, grow and produce
new spores, which are blown to healthy
leaves and fruit. Thus the develop
ment is kept up, if the weather is
favorable. throughout the growing
season. The scab thrives best in cool,
damp weather. A continued dry spell
checks the development of the disease.
PorAroEswELL CARED pFoR.-Perhaps
there is no crop that pays SO well for
thoroughness in working it or will
show the effect of neglect sooner than
potatoes. This is one good reason for
making 1T a speciality. The import
ance of having good seed can not be
overestimated. This point would re-
ceive proper attention by the specialist.
BY growing large acreage of pota-
toes the capabilities of the farm and
the farmer can give the attention when
needed, and have all the tools neces-
sary to the best culture and harvest
ing of the crop. and will produce at n
good profit where the ordinary grower
will make little or nothing. -Ex.
Hor IN AusTRALIA.-The weather in
Australia during the antipodean sum-
mer has been unusually hot and op-
pressive. In Adelaide during January
the thermometer several times regis
tered over 100 degrees in the shade,
and one day it climbed to 1O7 in the
shade and 163 in the sun. In Mel.
bourne the 100 notch has been reached
more than once, and the scorching
north winds have made the atmos-
phere exceedingly oppressive. The
foregoing figures are from weather
observatory readings, and probably dc
not represent by several degrees the
temperature of the city streets,-Mel'
bourne Letter