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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-10-17
QUICK sales and small COMMISSION
NOTICE..

NUIIUE,
To the owners and occupants of lots and par
cells of land fronting on 4th street between State
and Park streets inclusive In Blocks ITO and
Ill. You and each of you are hereby notified
that the tax roll for the improvement of 4th
street between state and Park streets inclusive
in Blocks 10 and Ill has been delivered to me
within thirty days after the date of this first
publication hereof the taxes charged in said tax
roll to the lots and parcels of land owned by you
respectively together with a commission of two
per cent. of such taxes if paid within fifteen
days after the first publication hereof and FIVE
per cent of such amount if paid after fifteen
day and within thirty days from the first publ
cation thereof.
Dated October Eth, 1895.
now c. A. GIELcw, City Treasurer.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-02-15

1t is generally believed that the
houses, barns and other buildings on
farms are seldom destroyed by fire, but
the statistics show that they are very
frequently destroyed, generally because
there are no adequate means at hard IN
put ont a farm fire when it is once
started One fourth Of the farm fires are
of unknown origin, one-fifth are caused
by lightning, about one-tenth are of
known incendiary origin, one-slXth are
caused by defective t1ues in farm dwell
ings, nearly per cent are caused by
bad stoves or stovepipes, onc-eleventh
are caused by sparks on roofs; children,
kerosene, carelcssness with matches,
lights i'll barns and spontaneous com
bustion cause about | per cent each;
while the other fires may originate from
gasoline stoves, locomotive and steam
thraSher sparks, furnaces, fireplace and
open CRATES, smokchouses, ashes i'll wood
en rccoptaclcs and other causes.
Farmers usually insure their build
ings for full value, Int carry little III
surance on their removable contents.
There are many total losses. Insurance
men generally charge higher rate on
barns than on dwellings and disc. imi.
nate between old and new structures
between well and poorly constructed
buildings, between good and bad Chin
neys, between unincumbered property
and that with an ironclad mortgage, be-
tween property occupied by the owner
and that by IL tenant, and between large
Il
ployecs and those which are tended by
the owner and his family. The farmer
should provide the best possible means
for extinguishing fires which may arise
on his property. TOO much care cannot
be taken with all infiammable oils and
other materials, with matches, tobac-
co, ashes and lights. Orange Judd
| Farmer
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-02-15
wlNTERlNe SEED POTATOES.
Prevent Untimely Growth and Uso the
Very First Sprouts For Best Results.

Prevent UntimeIy Growth and Uso the
Very First Sprouts For Best Results.
The yield of potatoes depends in far
greater measure than is generally sup
posed on the condition of the seed at
planting time. Experience has proved
that the first crop of sprouts gives the
best yield and can be depended upon
even when detached from the mother
tuber and planted out without the sup
port of potato pieces, doing far better
than secondary or belated crop Of
sprouts even with the help of portions
of the already weakened tuber.
The proper preservation of seed pota-
toes, in short, is of the utmost jmpor
lance. We must take pains to prevent
their untimely growth. What we want
and must have for best results is the
proper use of the very first sprouts, which
invariably are the strongest and most
reliable Ordinary cellars keep potatoes
of all kinds quite well during winter,
but become too warm when spring APP
proaches The consequence is that the
potatoes begin to sprout long before it
is time to plant them, and that the yield
from such seed will be greatly reduced.
The danger is especially great where po-
tatoes are stored in deep bins or barrels.
American Gardening says:
We aim to keep the temperature IL
the cellar just AS little as possible above
the freezing point. But when spring APP
proaches and the cellar temperature rises
high enough to make us fear that the
potatoes will sprout we spread all that
arc intended for seed out in shallow
bins, admitting some light, but keeping
temperature still as low as is practical
BILE Our Carman No. | seed potatoes
will be spread out thinly or shelves not
later than i'll February In March we
usually take our Early Ohio seed pota-
toes out and stand them in single layer
seed end up, together in shallow boxes.
When planted ont III April, ono medium
sized whole tuber, or one half of n largl /
one to the hill they start promptly into
vigorous growth and give us an carly
and usually satisfactory crop. Part of
our OhiUs last year were simply spread
out under the greenhouse benches. y
| lew OI tIIcn, lying ulIeCtly upon u"illl
SOIL produced strong sprouts, to -
inches long, these sprouts taking firm
root in the ground. Pulled up and plant
ed out in the trenches with the ordinary
seed, they gave us the earliest, strongest
/ and best yielding plants.
For keeping large quantities of seed
potatoes where there are 10 special cold
! storapo facilities n modification of the
old pitting method is safe.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-02-15
Bush Lima Beans.

A correspondent of American Agricul-
turist says; Henderson s, which is the
Dwarf Sieva, is always prolific, but the
beans are small and deficient in that deli
cacy of flavor that is conspicuous i'll the
regular limas But for wet season 1t
is better, as it does not mildew as the
larger kinds are apt to do. Burpee
dwarf lima, which is true largo lima
in every respect, excepting its dwarf
habit, behaved wonderfully, the drought
and heat having been to its liking. The
plants branched out widely and kept up
a continuous crop. With mo in rainy
seasons the beans have mildewed badly
as the running sorts always do. near the
ground. To be successful with thu SOFT
it must have plenty Of root The rows
should be three feet apart, and the plants
at least foot apart in the rows. This
will afford plenty of air. and in meas
ure prevent mildew The Kumerle OF
Dreer S lima. which is a dwarf potato
lima, has done remarkably we'll. al
though l prefer the flavor of the large
sort. For general purposes this Is the
most profitable because It is the most
prolific.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-02-15
Worthy of Mention.

The Farm Journal claims that wire
stretched behind the horse stalls on
which several hooks slide for hanging
the lantern is one of the best forms of
cheap fire insurance.
Cider into which nothing has been
put TO preserve it sweet should make
vinegar naturally if kept in a warm, dry
place. To let il run slowly over a board
from one barrel to another will hasten
acidity.
Among Massachusetts onion growers
there is a determination to secure the
repeal in the legislature of the law
passed year ago obliging them to fur
nish 81 pounds TO the bushel against the
old legal rate of so pounds.
If you intend to grow mushrooms UNI
der the greenhouse benches, don't for.
get to try sprinkling of nitrate of soda
on the ground under the manure, as adj
vised by Mr., Thompson of the Geneva
IN. Y. experiment station.
Don't neglect to apply for and read
the catalogues from leading seed ant
nursery films Much valuable informa-
ton will be gained.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-02-15

Pullets are not good breeders
Plumagc symmetry and so ON de-
pend on the sire.
Observe which hens are the best lay
ers and breed from them.
Give fowls all the range and exercise
that the weather will permit this cold
weather
An eastern exchange says: Eggs are
shipped to New York from Belgium
They are packed in flat boxes, filled in
with cut straw. The boxes hold from
60 to 80 dozen each. The loss by break
age is about the same as those shipped
from the west in barrels. Freight aver
ages from IN cents to 2 cents per doz-
en-, while their prices range with those
for western stock. "
No condition powders, no medi-
cine no patent "egg food, " no moth
ing" but the same common sense APP
piled to the hen as to the COW.
1t is the mother that influences the
internal qualities. A good layer, if mat
ed in the right way, will impress this
desirable quality upon her progeny.
The ROSTERS are like the drone in a
hive-useless, except for the purpose of
procreation. Hens will lay better and
the eggs will keep better without them.
1t is an important item when the
hens are closely confined, as Is often
necessary during the winter, to see that
the food and water are kept clear OF
filth.
In selecting male bird for breeding
take one that is bold and lively in dis
position, glossy in plumage, form well
developed, broad, full breast, muscular
thighs and legs set we'll apart
Hens eat considerable grass during
the summer, and something of like ma
ture should be provided for them in
winter.
Put straw in the roosting places of
the ducks and geese. 1t will help keep
them warm. Change it often enough to
keep clean.
One of the best ways Of keeping the
kens at work this cold weather is to
feed the grain among litter and let them
scratch it out.
If the hens are laying well in winter,
they must have lime in some form.
Give them crushed oyster shells, old
plaster or bonemeal.
Yellow corn gives yellow tinge tc
the flesh of dressed poultry. Wheat and
buckwheat whiten it. Feed according
to the demands of your market
A Peking duck lays from 100 to loo
eggs in year, and it is not hard tC
make pair of young Pekings weigh IL
pounds when 10 weeks old. They are 4
profitable fowl.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-02-15
The Buff PI,mouth Rock.

The popularity of buff plumage is
doubtless responsible for the Buff Plym-
outh Rock This popularity is in itself
something remarkable For years and
years the Buff Cochin had the houor of
being the sole representative of this col
or. Then the Pekin Bantam appeared,
which was but diamond edition of the
Buff Cochin. This was followed by the
Buff Leghorn and the Argonaut. and
then appeared simultaneously the Buff
Wyandotte and Buff Plymouth Rock In
some cases these two varieties We're bred
from the same yard of fowls those with
rose combs being called Wyandottes and
those with single combs Plymouth
Rocks.
Ia the Buff Plymouth Rock, when
fully perfected, we have a medium sized
fowl of great practical value and of TO
markablo beauty The color is a soft,
rich, even buff, color that cannot he
surpassed among solid colors for beauty,
and color that is rs useful rs it IL
beautiful, for it harmoni2os with the dc
sired rich yellow of the skin and legs
produces pinfeathers that are inconspic
uous on the dressed poultry, and does
not readily show stains and marks of
soiling. 1t is a color therefore that
adapts the fowl to all sections of the
country and makes it of value to the
practical poultry raiser. according to IL.
S. Babcock, who writes the foregoing
to American Agriculturist.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-02-15
ERRM .. A4ss sas.,.
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GARDENING BY HORSEPOWER.
IL Pays When Prices Are High For Labor
and Low For Produce.

1t Pays when Prices Are High For Labor
and Low For Produce.
To grow garden stuff in sufficient
quantity is difficult task if wrong
methods are practccd. If correct meth
dds are adopted, it is comparatively
easy matter. In this day of progress
garden SO small it cannot he worked by
horsepower is incXcusable on farm
where land is plenty. 1t requires about
one whole day for a man to work over
one of the little square gardens and put
every thing i'll good shape. With horse
and cultivator he can work over half
acre plot i'll less than two hours and do
the work better. Besides following the
cultivator is easy compared with the
back breaking process of hand hoeing
In these times Of high prices for farm
labor and low prices for farm produce
certainly no one can afford to spend
much time hoeing i'll the garden when
the work can be done better and ten
times rs fast with the help of q horse
which would otherwise he idle Most
garden crops can be successfully cult
waited by horsepower and by Plant, Jr.,
horse hoe better than with the hand hoe,
writes a correspondent of Practical
Farmer, who says: OF course there are
some crops that in order to save ground
should be planted too close to be tended
with a horse, but even then can be cul
tivated almost entirely without the old
fashioned hucing. If you are ablo 10 AT
ford it, there are a number of most OK
cellont wheel hoes now on the market.
and nearly all of them will do splcndid
work, and do il very rapidly. If You
are not greatly ovcrburdened with
wealth, You can get along without Eoin%
to this expense. If you will watch the
columns of the farm papers. you Will
probably soon see a drawing Of home
made device that will do grand work,
and the cost will be trifling.
But the main point is that nearly all
the cultivation in the garden ought to
be done by horsepower and as little as
possible by hand Lay off small plat
to be used for close planted crops and
tend them with some kind Of wheel hoe
But plant the main crops wide enough
to be cultivated with the horse hoe. And
let the plat of ground devoted to garden
vegetables be liberal. Thus home gar
dening will become a pleasure rather
than an irksome task The health of the
family will be the better for the supply
of wholesome, nutritious food.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-02-15

According to information sent cut
from the United States department of
pomology, bees, instead Of destroying
fruit, as they are sometimes accused,
are the only agents through which GER
tain orchards ever bear fruit. Pears are
given special attention in recent bull
letin, and among others the Bartlett is
pointed out AZ nonfecundating and must
be ferulized by pollen carried from 9TH
er trees by insects The remedy suggest
ed for nonbearing orchards is grating
other varieties into occasional trees.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-02-15
Estate of Julius Il. Baker,

CTATE OF VERMONT, Be II remem-
ODIsTRICT OF ADDISON, SIS. hered, that ut
a session OF the Probat" Court holden at Mid
dlebury, within and tor said district, on the
18th day of February, a. ID. 1895.
Present, Hon. James NJ. Slade, Judge.
Wherea Lewis A. Baker, executor OF the es-
tate OF Julius b Baker late OF Salisbury, in said
district, deceased, has this day presented -
said court his petition in writing setting forth
that it will he necessary to sella part OF the
real estate OF said deceased tor the payment
of the debts and charges OF administration;
and also that il will be beneficial tor all par
ties interested therein TO sell the whole OF the
real estate OF said deceased, and setting forth
the value OF the personal property and
amount of the debts against said estate and
therein making application to said court FOR
license to make such sale.
1t is ordered, that all persons interested
In the estate OF said deceased be notified 70
appear before said court, at the probate
office in Mido lebury, in said district, on tho
lth day OF March, A. d., 1885, Mt 10
o'clock a m, bN publication OF this order
three weeks successively previous thereto,
in the Middlebury REGISTER, newspaper
printed at Middlebury aforesaid. to show
cause, fanny they may have, why said license
should not be granted.
BY order of court,
Attest, JAMES NJ. SLADE, Judge.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-02-15
HENS AND COWS.
Careful Estimates of the Profits OF Each
Result In Favor of the Hen.

Result In Favor of the Hen.
A good COW will cost $50. She will
average during the year about two gal
Ions of milk per day and about five
pounds of butter per week. Two gallons
per day for 3G5 days would be 730 gal
Ions per year, which, at 25 cents per
gallon, would be STAG per year for milk.
Five pounds of butter per week for 81
weeks would be 260 pounds per year,
which, at 20 cents per pound, would be
$50 per year for butter The COW would
raise calf, which at weaving time
would be worth about SO. So that the
receipts from tho COW would amount to
sos, from which must be subtracted
the expense of keeping, which would be
about s a week, or $52 per year. We
then have SLOT profit from our $50 in
vestment i'll the COW.
We will now invest $50 in chickens,
and for this amount can be bought 100
good hens. The average egg production
of a hen is about l 20 per year. We then
have from 100 hens IL, 500 eggs, or
l,041 = dozen eggs per year, which, at
an average of II p cents per dozen, would
be $lS2. 20. Each hen will raise on an
average ten chickens per year, which
will make l, 900 chicks raised from 100
hens, and at 10 weeks old will be worth
% cents each, or $3.50 for the 1000
chicks; this added to the 1882 20 for
eggs, and we have 1892. %, from which
subtract the expense of keeping, which
will amount to $75 per year for the 100
hens, and ~ = cents each for the 1000
chicks ten weeks would be Sl25, or a
total expense of 5000 per year, which,
taken from the gross income, will leave
/ 1882 profit, which leaves a balance of
500 in favor of our $50 investment in
! hens
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-02-15

The members of the Massachusetts
state board Of agriculture have reported
BAL farms which were not included III
the last edition Of their catalogue while
"a farms were reported from other
sources. total Of 500 farms. OF these
the secretary of the board has received
descriptions Of l43. which will be
added to the fifth edition of their
catalogue, which will soon be ready.
The number previously described was
400, of which $50 have been sold,
10 withdrawn from market for various
reasons, and 1873 wish the description
continued in the fifth edition, while AS
have not been heard from. The $50
farms sold contain 15,l1019 acres, and
sold for $229, 1875, an average Of 81, 527. =
80 each, and the 10 farms withdrawn
were valued at $l25, 925, an average Of
81, 500. 98 each.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-02-15

An Austrian scientist has been attack
ing the European nose ll1 says that it Is
a miserable degraded organ and disgrace
TO civilization. llr admires the large full
nostrils OF The negro ana says that 1t is tho
sort Of nose u nave That Is the nose
that can smell The nose Of Europe can
not smell 1t. olractory sense is gone Tho
London nose could never snuff the London
atmosphere nor, he might have added,
the much more complicated udors of co.
logno He attributes this degeneration To
cigarette smoking and to life in crowds -
St Louis Post Dispatch
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-02-15
N ERvOUS MEN +!

ADDISON CoUNrY, as I Miid ebury in said
county having filed her petition to the All.
Olson county court next to be held mt Mid
dIebury within and tor said county ct Addi.
son, on the first Tuesday OF June, ID. lS9j,
setting forth in sunst,tnc that she was mar
May, A. ID. 1871 that Tor the past nine years
she has lived in said Mddlebury and during
hat time said Chauncey lived AM cohabited
with your petitioner as husband and wife un
til December %, 1893, when he LETT and desert.
ed her. That said Chauncey treated your pc
titioner with intOlerable severity while he
lived with her in said Middlebury That said
petitioner has now living with her two minor
sons, wyman and Eli That said Chauncey
owns place in said MIddlebury where said
petitioner resides, comprising about three
acres, bounded north and east bv land OF
Isaac and Jennie Seeey, south by land OF
John Boseley and west by the highway.
Your petitioner pravs that II divorce may
be granted her; that said real estate and
household furniture may be decreed to her ~
alimony; that she may have The custody OF
said sons; that a temporary order be made
restraining the said Chluncey from alien It.
ing or encumberiug SAID premises, from i'm
posing any personal Iestrt int upon tine pet.
TONER, from interfering with her in any way
IN the quiet enjoyment of said premises.
The foregoing petition consldered duly
verified by the oath OF the petitioner, l. Is or
dered that the said Chtuncey F. Oiell be en-
ioine and he is hereby eninlned from alien.
ating or encumbering the premises described
in +atd petition. and further restrained from
interfering with the tiiioner in the quiet
terterlng with the person liberty OF tire
petitioner; the custod, OF said minor child
rem, Wyman and Eli, now within the jurisdic-
ton OF the State Is granted to the petitioner;
all pending this libel or until further ordei
Done at IrasOurgh, this first day OF Februa.
ny, 1895.
LAFORRESr II THOMPSON,
Judge of the supreme Court
And ii appearing that the said Oh Luncey +.
Odeli is without this state, 80 tn IT sad petit
ton cannot he served upon him, ii is or Tered
that he be su nmo ned To appear ana answer
the foregoing petition on tn, first day Dt the
next term OF said court "a De held ut Middle
bury. within and for lid county, on the first
Tuesday OF June, \. D. lStl by the quo lea
ton OF the su Dstance OF said petition together
with the order OF Injunction ind this order in
the Middlebury Register. Il pIhlic newspaper
publ she'd in said Millleb Try. three weeks
SUCCESSFULLY, the last of which publications.
to be at least six weeks prior to said term of
said court.
Dated at Miidleburv aforesaid, this ith day
of February, A. ID 1895.
RUFUS WAINWRIGHT, Clerk.
STEWART WILDs, Atty5 tor petitioner.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-02-15
SMALL TURKEYS.
why They Are Best For Early Markets
and Cold Climates.

An experience of over 20 years rails
ing turkeys, says Vermont farmer, en-
ablcs me to state positively that the
medium sized bird is the one that can
be raised here with the greatest profit
And what is true of Vermont is true of
all sections of the country that have
long cold winters and late springs. AS
q rule, turkeys commence to lay in Yer
mont during the latter part of March.
Even if they commence earlier it is not
safe to hatch the youngsters before the
goth of May, and there are more hatch
ed in Juno every year than in May.
This gives the young turks 90 to 6
months in which to get their growth
and become fat enough for the Thanks
giving market A flock of Narragansetts
at this time, if they have been properly
cared for will dress from 10 to IL
pounds, according to the proportion OF
hens and toms, and will look plump and
clean, not pinfeathery.
The Thanksgiving market is to the
turkey raiser what the early markets
are to the broi1er raisers. | have re-
peatedly known turkeys to sell i'll Bos-
ton the week before Thanksgiving at 20
to 23 cents, while the week after they
would drop to s cents per pound and
stay there. 1t doesn't need magnify
ing glass to see the point. The Nara
ganSetts or even the common turkey
will bring in more dollars at Thanks
giving at the prices which rule then
than their Mammoth brethren will one
or two months later at the price which
rules at that time.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-02-15
sydney smiths wit.

by Jov.l" said II country squire who
bad got The worst Of an argument with
Sydney Saith, "if had a son who was II
donkey, III mako parson of him straight
away"
Possibly" returned the wit, but your
father was evidently of different mind"