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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-01-04
Hint. to Farmers

A rough hide is sign that something
is wrong.
There is less talk Of overproduction
in the dairy line than in any business
of which we know.
Punctuality should be the motto OF
the dairyman. Regularity in feeding
and milking is a prime factor in getting
the highest results.
Plan 10 farm SO as to turn of crops
that take little from the fertility Of the
farm and give good money returns Tor
the bulk taken away.
The money expended for pure-bred
male animals is one of the best invest
ments that can be made and gains COM
pound interest in short time.
II you have the right kind Of cows,
and the cows have the right kind of
owner, not less than 500 pounds of but
ter a year should be the average yield.
Next years crop on many farm
will be improved il the owner of the
farm will do some reading and studying
while sitting about the stove these long
evenings
Whether planting seeds or resetting
plants or trees, take pains always TO
firm the soil about them. Many seeds
fall to germinate and many roots 10
take a fresh start because this simple
precaution Is not observed.
There is no one operation in the cul-
tivation of a crop that is of so much
Importance as that of getting the soil
in thoroughly good tilth before sowing
Of the seed. Neglect in this cannot be
compensated for by any other work
II you are obliged to feed straw this
winter feed a little oil meal as well.
If you have never used any you will be
surprised to see how well stock will
come through on straw and oil meal IS
their principal feed.
Do you know any way by which the
corn land can be more thoroughly,
easily and cheaply fertilized than by
plowing under a good growth of rye7
Ii so, we would like to have your e1-
perience, as we have never found q bss-
ter method.
We have observed for many years
that the blackberry is rarely ever
abundant in any Of our large markets.
This Is a crop that rarely falls where +:
has proper attention. and will return Il
good profit upon the land and labe
which 1t requires.
When planting trees for the adorn-
ment of the home grounds let us coun-
sci you to give preference to the native
forest growths. Do not waste money
for fancy foreign growths that are not
half so handsome nor well suited to
the purpose. Nearly all Of our native
trees can be used TO advantage for this
purpose.
More boiled cotton seed for the cows
should be used in the South That is,
not more by Tie individual farmer.
who. IL he ,ises il at ali. puts it in
with other rstions. as it Is too rich TO
feed alone; but more farmers should
utilize this food in a section where
dairying is at last becoming recognized
as a most profitable business
There is as much need for the study
Of economy in the household as upon
the farm 1t has always been a matter
for wonder with us that farmers VIII
buy their table supplies IN such small
quantities when a good percentage
could be saved by buying in larger
lots In purchasing almost all staples
two or three families could join To-
gether and get goods at almost shois-
ssis pyiee<
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-01-04
Deafness Cannot Be- Cured

By local applications es they cannot reach the
diseased portion Of the ear. There is only
one way to cure Deafness and that Is by con-
etitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by
an infamed condition of the mucous lining
of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube Il
infamed you have rumbling sound or i'm
perfect hearing, and when 1t is entirely closed,
Deafness is the result, and unless the indam-
nation can be taken out and this tube 70.
stored to its normal condition, hearing viii
be destroyed forever; nine cases out Of ten
are caused by catarrb, which is nothing but
an inf1amed condition Of the mucous sur
faces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case Of Deafness (causcd by catarrh) that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send
for circulars; free.
B-Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-01-04
HOW LEARN FRENCH.
One Must Live in France and Keep
Away From Engllsh-speal<ing
ErfeuHa.

1solating ones self completely from
English-speakins people while in
France. taking grammar lesson every
day. speaking the language correctly or
Incorrectly all the time and on every
occasion with different people, is the
only way to master the language. But
there are hundreds and hundreds OF
Americans, who, desirous of travelling
abroad. are not able to sacrifice that
part of a lifetime to the study of a lam
guage, which. because 1t includes both
methods, ! consider the best. Oral
training Is absolutely necessary for the
pronunciation and the education Of the
ear; therefore il is absolutely necessary
to have n teacher who has a good ac-
cent. and ii is probably true that one
must have a Frenchman to teach
French / say probably. for I have
met foreigners who. with a prolonged
stay in France, had gained n perfect
accent and made more perfect teachers
than natives, because they had mas
tered the pecIliarities with regard to
other languages more thoroughly and
knew better how TO teach.
Take short story written in famil-
lar language on a practical familiar
subject which abounds in dialogues
containing words which you will be apt
to use in daily talk. Take the first
sentence, and with your teacher learn
to pronounce it perfectly. The teacher
must be tireless in repetition, and must
be acquainted with rules easily re-
tanned. which he must teach orally, for
1t is only with advanced pupils that he
must permit himself TO consult 4 gram
mar. After having mastered the pro-
nunciation. the pupil must translate
the sentence. become familiar both
Il. l. -. -.
the latter will give him the difference
between the genius of his native
tongue and the one he Is learning. He
then commits the sentence to memory,
and the teacher afterward. with book
in hand teaches the rules in grammar
which may in different constructions
affect the words in the sentence. With
the change of the person and the tense
of the verb. the pupil must be able to
construct n great number OF short
sentences. with nouns and other words
contained in the sentence. Thus. with
one short sentence, the pupil may OBJ
tain an insight into the French gram
mar, learn a long vocabulary Of words
and be able to construct n score Of sen
tences, both in the affirmative and in
terrogatiye forms which his teacher
will repeat SO he will be able TO un-
derstand them rs well as say them.
The pupil may then write the sentence
and sentences under the masters die.
tation, and this also affords an oppor-
tunity for oral grammar lessons. Afte'
the pupil begins 20 understand n few
hundred words which are constantly re
peatcd in a language. the teacher will
be able to tell the Pupil familiar anec.
dotes. which the pupil, after one or two
repetitions. tries TO repeat. This sys-
TEN is certain of good results under
two conditions-the application Of the
pupil and the patience of the teacher.
correspondence of the Brooklyn Ea-
gle
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-01-04
New jersey Meadow Lands.

Upon his return from Holland recently, the
state geologist of New Jersey presented the
report of his Investigations in that coantry to
the officials of the New Jersey State Geolog-
ical Survey. His visit abroad was made solely
for the purpose Of determining the possibility
of retaining much of the 100000 acres OF
New Jersey meadow land. This entire area
of land is practically lying idle. The little OF
It that Is in use lies In the upper end Of tho
state, far from the coast OF the total acre
age nine-tenths of 1t lies along the coast OF
Delaware Bay, and 100 900 acres occupies the
territory from Barnegat to Cape May. Efforts
have been made with Indifferent results to
reclaim part of the Hackensack meadows,
but the practical failure Of the result has led
State Geologist smock to compare the neg
lected meadow lands with the farms he found
in the Netherlands. He is confident that
New jersey may attain much fine farming
land by adopting tho Holland system Of cm-
bankments and dykes. The state geologist
has presented detailed descriptions Of the i'm
portant dykes of the Netherlands and the
most modern means employed for the drain
age of the lands enclosed by them.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-01-04
Some Don't. for the Fathers.

Don't lean down too hard when the
boy is turning the grindstone; this is one
of the causes of boys leaving the farm.
Don't expect the boy to keep up with
you and the hired men. and run er-
rands or carry water at the same time.
Don't expect the boy to maintain an
angelic disposition II, after working
hard all day, he is obliged to eat at the
second table.
Don't give the boy lamb or calf to
raise-which would have died If he had
not attended to it-and let 1t grow up
to be dads sheep or COW. ..
Don't continue to treat the boy as II
he had no sense, but consult with him
occasionally; he. may possibly know
more than you do.
Don't rave and storm because the
boy wants some time to tinker; he may
astonisli you with some Of his work.
Don't tell the boy he can go hunting
or fishing Saturday and then hitch on a
days work before he goes. It Is not
fair. ~. +. Elsom.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-01-04
august
Flower

al am Post Master here and keep
q Store. Ihave kept August Flower
for sale for some time. I think it is
a splendid medicine" E A. Bond,
P NJ, Pavilion Centre, NY
The stomach Is the reservoir.
If It fails, everything fails. The
liver, the kidneys, the lungs, the
heart, the head, the blood, the nerves
all go wrong. If you feel wrong,
look to the stomach first Put that
right at once by using August
Flower. 1t assures a good appetite
and a good digestion Q
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-01-04

Perhaps no local disease has puzzled and
baffled the medical profession more than
nasal catarrh. While not Immediately fatal,
it Is among the most nauseous and disgusting
Ills the flesh is heir to, and the records show
very few or no cases OF radical cure OF
chronic catarrh by any of the many modes
OF treatment until the introduction OF Ely's
Cream Balm a few years ago. The success OF
this preparation has been most gratifying and
surprising,
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-01-04
Oyster shells as Food for Layinn
Hens.

During the past few years consider
able discussion has occurred among
poultrymen in regard TO the question
whether oyster shells were Of any use
to the hen as q source Of material for
the esg-shell.
1t Is generally known that the or
dinary grains fed to poultry are very
deficient in lime, and some have sought
to supply this deficiency, under the
supposition that oyster shells were in
soluble. by relying solely upon some
plant foods tich id lime. ouch as the
clovers. Crushed oyster shells have
been extensively fed and with good re-
suits. but it has been thought by many
that they were of value solely as grit
No satisfactory answer seems to have
been made to the question and, in or
der to obtain some definite information,
several experiments have been made
during the past two years at the New
York agricultural experiment station.
Six one-year-old hens were used in
these experiments, the results Of which
are summed up as follows:
The feeding of oyster shells during
the laying season, where they can be
cheaply obtained. is recommended. One
pound will contain lime enough for the
shell of about seven dozen eggs.
Fine gravel containing limestone will
probably rs well supply the deficiency
Of lime existing In most foods, but the
use of some sharper grit with it may
be of advantage.
Long or sharp splinters of glass or
dry bone should be avoided. The size
Of particles Of grit had, for hens. better
be larger than that of a kernel of
wheat. and should be smaller than that
Of kernel of corn.
An unlimited supply Of pounded glass
has been attended with no bad results
| when the food and other grit available
to the fowls contained an abundance
Of lime, but when the food was def
cient in lime and no other grit was OBJ
tainable, hens ate an injuriously large
amount of glass.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-01-04
Care of Tools.

in n recent issue of Farm News Its
editor calls special attention to the prac-
tice Of saving money by proper care Of
tools He says that as the work of
cultivatins the present crop is finished a
proper disposition of our farming imple-
ments should at once be made in order
to avoid much worry and more expense
ut the opening Of another season. He
would not be wise man who on lay
ing aside his summer clothing would
throw them into the garret or gutter,
neither does the prudent farmer leave
his farming implements in which so
many hard-earned dollars are invested
exposed to the heat Of the sun to shrink
and fall apart, nor In rain to be utter
ly ruined by the rust.
When costly plows. hoes, mowers,
and cultivators cease to be used, an
application of some good oil, after the
dirt has been carefully cleaned away
and they have been placed In some
cry shelter or lumber house, will wear
twice as long as neglected tools Of a
superior quality. 1t is but little trouble
to put away a tool when you are done
with Ii, and some nook, friendly and
inviting, can always be found to afford
shelter to disused implements. Scat
tered around on turn rows in the fields
10 De DTOheu Uy WdsuuS auu edteu uy
rust and worms. and about the barn
yard TO frighten and cripple stock and
be fouled by poultry, your implements,
which at all times should be bright,
clean and inviting, become an eyesore
to the careful farmer. and the deterior-
alton in value and availability become
grievous draft upon the most pleth-
oric purse.
Wood and iron wrought into their
multitudes Of useful articles demand
food in the shape of oil and shelter
10 protect from MOISTURE as much so
as the bone and Drawn that constitute
the human body. Whatever protects
your stock in trade becomes n per-
maIent improvement. and cannot be
neglected without loss and aggravation-
Then try sheltering your implements.
and notice how much longer they last,
and how much time is gained when
the time comes to bring them from
their hiding place and go forth TO the
fields again. Nothing occupies so little
time and gives such big returns for
the investm mt
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-01-04

ROe8ip4o ~ N1AAy OAT -
the different climates and circumstanees
under which vegetables are grown
This was particularly found to be q
trouble in the early literary work CT
the senior editor of this magazine, who
endeavored to get up hints Tor tne
month In the periodicals with when
he was connected. In a small country
like England. densely populated, and
where the whole country Is scarcely
larger than the single State OF Penn-
sylvania, instructions Of this kind can
be made generally useful; but In our
country, which extends almost from
the tropics to the Arctics, 1t Is imPos,
sible to give any details which shall
be valuable over any extent OF terri
tory. The turnip Is especially an IL
lustration of this. In order to get them
into thorough perfection they can only
be made to reach this point when the
temperature is comparatively low-no
one can raise good turnips when the
Is over So deg. or GO deg,
and as soon as 1t gets beyond this they
are hot and stringy. Thus in Penn
sylvania the tIIrnip would have TO DO
sown to get the best results about the
middle of September; hundred miles
north 1t would have to be two weeks
earlier, and so on; until in Canada one
might sow turnips about midsummer
and yet have fairly good results. In
some parts of our southern country
we can get very good turnips by rails
ing them in midwinter; at any rate,
If one can remember this one point
about the temperature it requires, 1t
Is n hint for successful culture any
where It may be further remarked
that to have good turnips the soil can
not possibly be made too rich.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-01-04
David.s Fatrity.

Sabbath School experimentation
when David took the sling. do you sup
pose he realized what was coming TO
him?
Model Boy tgliblyl-No: he probably
thought it was just one drink ara he
could stop any time he wanted &.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-01-04

Instantly relieves the most violent attack,
facilitates free expcctoration and insures rest
to those otherwise unable to sleep except In n
chair, as single trial will provo. send for q
free trial package to DR.. x. Schinmann, st.
Paul, Mimi, but ask your druggist first
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-01-04
Turnip Culture

Probably few vegetables are more
satisfactorily grown by amateurs than
the turnip. and yet it is one which they
very seldom think TO try The resson
probably is that SO many persons try
10 grow vegetables by published hints
N sa.aloSuS and serials, which are .D-
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-01-04
Renewing old Trees.

Favorite old apple trees have some
times become like brush heaps by al
lowing the heads tc. grow profusely.
and the stem and branches infested
by the growth of u.css. Still more ilii-
portant than pruning is it to give them
good cultivation. Manure spread broad
cast should not be omitted. Here are
four requisites, which when neglected
make the difference between fine de-
licious crops and sn all and scaehy up
rles The success of this treatrs ent
has been shown by few examples.
where trees had become SO old as to
nearly cease bearing, while a portion
Of the smaller branches We're actually
dead They grew il. grass. They were
pruned by cutting out all !he dead
shoots. and a good form thus given
to them; the ground Was manured
broadcast With some Of them the
g1ass was suffered to remain. but was
closely grazsd and well manured; with
Others the whole surface was cultivated
and made mellow. The crops which
these trees afterward afforded repaid
many times the labor. A striking
change was effected.-CountryG Gephe-
man
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-01-04
THE AGRICULTURAL WORLD
VALUABLE POINTERS ron THE
1 FARMER
The Availability of DeepeainE ths
Plowing-oyster Shells as Feed foI
Laying Heas-Sone Don'ts for ths
Fathers-Hints for Farmers.

During the fall plowins is the best
time to deepen the plowing, as the
new soil will be greatly benefited by
the action Of freezing and thawing, rain
and snow, during the winter The
character of the subsoil should, how
ever. in a greater measure, determine
the depth of plowing. A hard pan
subsos had best be left If it be deep.
With clay, subsoil plow can be used
10 a good advantage as this would
deepen the soil without bringing the
uaproductive soil underneath. yet rea-
sonsbly near the surface, can be bene-
fitted more by deep stirring than deep
plowing while a loamy soil Of sufhcient
depth TO admit of deep plowing With
out bringing 10 the surface unproduc-
tive soil. will be greatly benented py
deep plowing. The character of the
soil must always be considered in deter
mining the manner of plowins- Often
there will be plenty Of latent Fertility
in the suhSoil that needs only the ac-
tion Of the air and other elements 10
make it available. The deeper the
soil AID the larger the available supply
OF plant food. the better will the soil
retain moisture and the more surely
Ni.l IL grow kbp1 CEopS-.
BIZ plowinz this kind of soil deep in
the fail considerable benefit may be de
rived But even then IL may not be
best TO plow too deep al one time. and
especially the csse when shallow plow-
ing has been followed for some years
and the fertility Of the surface soil
has in measure been exhausted.
With this class of soils the better plan
in nearly all cases is to deepen gradu-
ally. little at each plowing.
Better results will be secured in plow-
ing land deeper for the first time II
ii is left reasonably rough. as this e1-
poses 1t more fully to the action OF
the different elements through the win
ter. A soil that is stirred deep Is in
a much better condition to grow good
crop than If only the surface Is worked,
but the character Of the soil must de-
terInine whether it shall be plowed
deep or the surface plowed and the un-
der soil simply stirred or loosened up.
But in either case. the fall is good
time for doing the work--N. j. s. In
Prairie Farmer.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-01-04


2 Eneough the rich mans window
y Joy escaped one day; ss-sJ
:: &c passed the scholsr's alcove. F
Though hidden there to stay. sS.S
He brushed the cheek of Beauty,
Then rested-foolish Joy, @
Beneath the ragged jacket
Of little beggar boy
Mary Frances Butts /.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-01-04

A CouGH, COLD OR sonB THROAT should
not be neglected. BRowN's BRONCHIAL
TRocHEs are simple remedy, and give
prompt relief. 25 cts o box.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-01-04

SICK HEADACHE, lassitudc, weakness and
loss OF appetite caused by malaria can be i'm
mediately cured by Beecham's Pills.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-01-04

CusroMER-What an incessant talker that
sandy-haired clerk of yours is! Merchant
Yes, but he is always ready to shut up at
night
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-01-04

EhiIoh.s Cos,saanpti0n Cure
Is rosd on guarantee. II cures Jbeipient Consump.
ton. Il Is the Lest Coci, Cure Bets. a0cts ein
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-01-04

When q reformed saloonist turned his sam
pie room into Sunday school room, he said
it would be a good eI-sample for the youth.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-01-04

Merchants are like yachtTen In one re-
epcct-they like big sales.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-01-04

Everything Is adulterated nowadays. A
Ban Francisco man bought q cork leg and
afterwards ascertaincd that 1t was made Of
paper.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-01-04

Good manners require that all letters that
are not positively discourteous should be an
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-01-04
Tho Puxxio solved.

It takes s'bull" to elevate the stock mar
ket, but mouse can make dress goods &C
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-01-04

The Chicago couple that were married In
hansom cab probably took each other for
wheel or whoa
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-01-04

A small soul has plenty of elbow room in
narrow-minied man.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-01-04

II tho Baby Is Cuttinc Teeth
Be sure and use that old and weItricd remedy. kea
WtxsIov's sooruisc srKur for Children Testhing.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-01-04
schirm.nn,s As.hm. Cur,

A baby always helps to make home happy
partlc ularly when the baby is asleep.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-01-04

When real estate merchant begins to &C
down hill he loses ground very fast.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-01-04
THI HIA3T

You can't raise window by simply plant.
ing pane Of glass.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-01-04

Give some men rope enough and they will
start junk shop.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-01-04

Western train robbers who rife the mail
bags use their rifles on the trainm too.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-01-04

See Colchester spaaIng Boots adv. in other column
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-01-04

In r..eine famly q zine ehndr~n. ny enly rezs.
edy fer Cougha Colds and Group onicn nyrup II
tsfast .s eHsc.iye day as 4 vas forty year,
Now my grandchildren take DR.. 0unn's Onicr eyrup
which {. aire,dy prepared and merr rissssnt ms
Take d 10 scbsti:utc for it 1he-es nofkfn- ROOT