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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-08-22
Small Farms and Egg Raising

In such departments as egg-raising,
all the advantage rests with the small
farmer. A correspondent Of provin-
cial paper, who has knocked about the
continent with his eyes and ears open,
noted while there that the poultry kept
by the peasantry rarely get any other
food than house scraps and what they
cSn pick up for themselves by the road
side. Every egg represents, therefore,
so much clear profit whereas the big
farmer would have to pay for both food
and attendance. But the cottager
would make very little out of his poul-
try keeping If he had to take his pro-
duce to market, perhaps some miles dis
tant. On the continent that terrible
loss of time is saved by the travelling
factor. who goes round big district
with his van, calling at every cottage,
and taking away what eggs have accu-
mulated since his previous visit. 1t
is true his prices are very low, but
the money is paid down on the nail, and
goes straight into the family treasury
BY this simple method, even a dozen
eggs at a time are of help to the house
wife in making both ends meet, and she
and the children are thus encouraged
to look after the hens in general way
London Poultry.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-08-22
Thirty Cents Apiece.

It is though that the yield Of gold
this year in the world will be about
s17O 100000. For the last 400 years, OF
all the precious metals taken out of the
ground, 81 per cent has been lost or
used in the arts. Figuring the product
this year on the same basis, there
would be about SCI, 100000 to be coined.
This would give 80 cents apiece to the
people of the United States, England,
Germany and France, and nothing to
the world outside.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-08-22

Value of Skim Milk for Hogs.-The
Farm and Dairy says that with hogs at
4 cents pound, as part of properly
balanced ration, skim milk should be
worth at least 20 cents per 100, or
cents a quart if fed sweet. Better not
feed it to tattening hogs at all, as it is
too bulky. We would not feed it with
oil meal, for the same reason. We
would feed it with wheat mlddlings and
corn meal, and to growing hogs exclus-
lively. Fed in this way every gallon Of
it should be worth cents when hogs
are worth cents pound.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-08-22

Bismarck is an old man. and 1t Is
"a cynical commentary upon his life that
he gives in saying that through all the
years that he has lived he has not
experienced more than twenty-four
hours happiness.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-08-22

Butter Demand.-The people Of the
United States eat on the average about
four pounds of butter for each bushel
of wheat consumed as food. From this
it is easy to see that so far as the home
market is concerned butter brings the
farmer more money than wheat, and
vet there are some folks who think
the dairy industry, which includes the
sale of milk for food, and the manu-
facture of cheese as we'll as Of butter,
is not of very much importanre az com.
pared with wheat raising.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-08-22

~ The king of Corea has called upon
an American to run his kingdom for
him. Can 1t be possible also that Queen
Victoria has cast the eye of hope upon
Richard Croker?
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-08-22

In the present Salisbury ministry
blood tells, or title does, for nearly all
of them belong to the titled classes;
but SO does education count, for nine
Of the members are graduates of Ok
ford and three from Cambridge.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-08-22

In celebrating the German victory
over France Buddy Hohenzollern pro-
poses to ignore entirely the services OF
Bismarck. In other words, the tin
soldier proposes to boycott the old war
horse.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-08-22

0ND ON LIV q
Stock Journal says:
Fashion doubtless
has much to do
with the color of
horses, but 1t is
nevertheless GER
tain that the acct
dent Of a fashion
able-and prepo-
tent-slre being Of
q particular shade
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-08-22

A Kansas man and his wife spent
fortune in suing each other for divorce.
After they had gotten rid of all their
money they concluded to live happily
together in poverty. This is a new
demonstration of the theory that the
way to get any satisfaction out of
wealth is to spend 1t.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-08-22

II this scheme to tow canal boats by
electricity does away with canal boat
drivers, whence will come our future
Presidents?
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-08-22
MODERN GAMES, OLD.
INVENTED LONG AGO BY THE
ANCIENTS.
Baseball Played by the IndIans-Novel-
ties in Games Rarely Catch on Be
cause the Old-Tlmers Are Hard TO
Improve Upon.

BW OF THE HUN
dreds of new games
that are invented
every year become
popular. They may
be seen in any toy
store by the score
lawn games and
pOrlor games, games
Of cards and games
of ball, games for
Young and for old.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-08-22
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS or INTEREST TO
A0RICULTURISTS.

Some Up-to-Date Hints About Cultiva-
tlon of the Soil and Yields Thereof
Horticulture, ViticuIturo and Florl-
culture.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-08-22
Phillipsburg Herald.

PHILLIpseURo. KANSAS.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-10-26
Beefsteak and Kidney Pudding.

Two pounds of lean. juicy beef, free
from gristle (the under side of the round
or chuck is best). Cut it and two lamb
kidneys into pieces no larger than the
end of your thumb; roll each piece of
meat in flour and season with pepper
and salt. For the crust use one pint of
sifted -four, three ounces of suet, and
water enough to make the dough soft
enough to roll out. 1t should be at
least half an inch thick. Grease a quart
bowl we'll, preferably with dripping or
suet, and lay the crust in it, bringing it
we'll up on the sides and being careful
not to cut it off so close that it may
slip. Put in the meat. pour in a gill of
cold water and cover the pudding ex-
actly as you would pie. Some line the
bowl and allow the crust to turn over
to form the top, but it is better to cut il
off and put the top on separately, pinch
ing it down we'll. Tie the bowl contain
ing the pudding in Toured cloth and
boil four hours, observing the same pre-
caution as with other puddings-that is,
not removing the lid except to put more
water into the pot, and this added water
must always be briskly boiling.-Sep-
TENDER Ladies Home Journal.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-10-26

Cut the green oats when in the dough
state, and cure it for hay. This makes
an almost perfect food for milch cows.
and by not threshing or grinding a saw
ing of 10 per cent is made Bear this in
mind next spring. if you have not already
tried it, and put in an extra piece of oats
for the purpose.
Because milk does not get thick and
curdle during cool weather, it is popu
larly believed that it can be held for
days with impuuity. but natural fermen-
tation is arrested and unnatural bacteri-
illogical changes occur. which ruin but
ter quality as thoroughly as sprouting
ruins wheat in the bin.
The time is certainly not far distant
when the great mass Of farmers will use
ensilage. Its value is appreciated, and
as feed 1T has come to stay, despite the
difficulties and expense in it's making
and in its use. 1t is truly one of the
ways to stop waste" upon the farm.
To use the term properly, hardy cow
is not one which stands exposure best,
but one with such a constitution that
she can endure large daily dairy work,
can take her full rations of food, and do
her best continually in the business of
yielding milk.
1t is not necessary to live with but one
idea. First, of course, get COWS which
yield milk in quantity and quality; but
there is such thing as having an eye
for live weight at the same time. Other
things being equal, COW with beef val
ue is to be preferred. Some COWS will
give square return in both cream and
beef for every pound of feed given them.
When the dairy business is dull, and
not paying, Shorthorns and like breeds
can be fattened for market in a short
time, and by this means the farmer has
two strings to his bow. Such plans are
certainly not bad practice; but such
procedure would be almost profitless
with the little breeds.
1t is valuable characteristic in COWS
that their milk yields butter quickly and
easily, and herd can be built up with
this characteristic in view. Some COWS
show lamentable tendency the other
way. Almost any trait can be bred in
or out of cattle.
careful person will hardly consider
it sufficient that his milk has been
strained through wire sieve. A few
layers of cheese cloth fastened over the
mouth of the strainer with a ring is GER
tainly to be preferred. Much of the
usual assortment of filth can be kept out
Of the bucket by previously wiping from
the udders all straw, hair and dirt.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-10-26
"THE NEW WOMAN" is SHE NEW?

Alice Hilton, in the Chautauquan for
August, says:
Taking off certain ornamental features
from ''the new woman" of current dis
cussions, make out that this delightful
creature is essentially woman who is
the equal of man. Her negative aspect
is that she is not dependent being, no
clinging vine, but another sturdy oak. |
like this woman, not because she is called
new woman, but for the better reason
that she seems to be essentially an old
fashioned woman in all that is attrac-
tive about her character and doings.
The advent of fashion requiring wo-
man to be able to do something more
more than cling and consume must tend
to good, if it do nothing more than re-
duce the number of helpless creatures.
She is not new in the world; not new
anywhere in tie world. For, the wom-
an of all countries and timee, the woman
who has breathed her soul into all hui
man progress, the most numerous wom-
an of civilized lands and especially of the
United States, has been and is woman
strong, capable, economically producer
of wealth, and socially equal to "her
man. or any other man of her environ
ment. l cannot think of more appro-
pirate way of bringing forward this old
fashioned builder of civilization than
to recall here the introduction to an
old mans will which fell under my eyes
few years ago. 1t filled my eyes with
happy tears then and the tears come
back whenever | remember it. After
the formal introduction, the old man
went on to say that his wife had worked
with him for more than half century,
that their fortune was as much the crea-
ton OF her hands as Of his; and that,
therefore, he set aside one-half of the
estate as rightfully hers to dispose of as
might seem right to her. The words
were plain and sober homespun from the
speech of daily life. There was no sign
in them of feeling that he was doing
anything but simply just act toward
partner in business. But what a con
trast to old usage and tradition!
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-10-26
a|IjH}E, EKMlEYTf1QlNLEI
THE LESSON OF NATURE.

There's a wealth of lovely pictures in this
blessed world of ours:
There's the rainbow in the heavens; after
spring and summer showers,
With its wondrous hues prismatic, with its per-
feet arching grace
From the zenith of its beauty to its distant misty
base.
There's the sunrise Ger the mountains in the
simmering August days;
There's the sunset in the valley i'll vel OF
blush haze;
There's the river flowing gently from the upland
to the sea,
Now all golden in the sunlight. in the shadow
silvery.
There's the meadow full of clover and the cattle
grazing there
All is silent. all is peaceful. all is free from
every care.
There's tle vista through the woodland, with its
gorgeous autumn hue;
There's the twnkling star a-peeping through
the deepening evening blue.
There's the vast unrestful ocean, meath fair
unclouded sky;
There's the dancingl wave a-winking as the
ships go sailing by;
There's the garden with its flowers, with its
roses all ablow;
There's the very soul of purity, the first fresh
fall of snow.
And they come and go forever in neyer-ceas'
ing train,
And we mortals. gazing on them, know they're
sure to come again.
IT'S the message of Jehovah, to his people-you
and me
Take the promise that give you of your I'M
mortality"
JOHN KENDRICK BANGS, in Harper's Bazaar,
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-10-26
SHEEP.

1t is to wrong treatment that is due
the frequent disappointment OF farmers
who expect sheep to live on briars and
weeds; for thus neglected, they misera-
bly, perish. There must be profit in the
right kind rightly kept While the
lambs are doubling the flock, the wool
will pay for good keeping.
What does the future promise? Let
it be borne in mind that for the last two
years the number of sheep in the caun-
try has been reduced by many millions.
while the population has increased. Elk
portation of mutton carcasses has but
just begun, and is certain to grow to
great proportions.
Wool manufacturing establishments
are nearly bare of wool. they having
lived on the hand to mouth plan. Since
wool has been SO low people have worn
more wooden clothing, and they will be
slow to ever go back to cotton or
shoddy.
OF all meats mutton is least affected
with infectious diseases. is the most
easily digested of all, and all over the
world people are eating more of it. Not
taking account of the wool. mutton can
be grown cheaper than beef. They
must pay. or flock masters would not
keep them.
In some regions the docking of sheep
is being abandoned. 1t is cruel, harm
full and useless. Sheep need their tails,
or they would not have been given them.
1t is claimed that grub in the head is
caused by insects, from which whole
fiocks die. Now, the sheep must keep
these insects away from his nose with
his fore feet but we are learning.
Littering the pens in which sheep are
housed with burnt clay is practiced in
England as preventive of foot trouble.
The clay, which acts as an absorbent for
the excrement. makes a valuable ferti-
lizer, and one which is easily handled.
If you expect to grow early lambs for
the market next season, make up your
minds now at what time you want the
ewes to lamb. and turn the buck into the
flock accordingly. The period of gesta-
ton runs from las to 160 days, and the
Landing season will, therefore, begin in
% or % weeks.
With all the ups and downs in wool,
there is yet profit in sheep raising, and
this profit is from more than two or three
sources. The wool makes good return,
and SO does the mutton; so do the young
lambs. There is no small income from
the sales for breeding purposes. if one
has good stock. We must not ignore
the value of the droppings, nor the fact
that sheep live much upon refuse and
weeds.
By stocking the orchard heavily with
sheep and feeding large quantities of
bran one obtains two values-th feed
ing value and the manurial value, beside
preventing the spread of insects which
live in the fallen fruit; but they must
be kept out of the young orchards, for
they are destructive foragers upon the
branches which they can reach.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-10-26
AGRICULTURE.

During the hot period of the year cat
tie show their preference for elevated
points in the pasture, where they can
have the breeze, to the brush thickets in
the low grounds. They like the breeze
more, and not the shade less. Cater to
their needs, and plant trees upon these
high points.
An early corn planted somewhat late
makes the best fodder, as it attains the
right stage for cutting when the weather
begins to cool, and it is better to com
mence a little early than rather late. A
good time to cut is when the husks turn
a little white, or the grains are well
dented, or the lower blades are turning
color.
A shredder or fodder cutter will give
more satisfaction than any other ma
chine on the farm. 1t will pay its first
cost, often in one winter. The advanta-
ges are that one can store five times as
much cut fodder as uncut, and it can
be fed more easily and quickly to all
kinds of stock, and it avoids the old
abominable waste.
About one-fourth sheaf oats run
through the cutter with the fodder
makes an excellent balanced ration and
will make the latter keep better in bulk
when cut little green, and solve the
problem of early gathering. In the
~, 60 l. 4oI I 4
with bran, and make feed equal to en-
silage.
Do not SOW sorghum before May 20.
Do not cut too soon; wait until the seed
is out of the milk. If cut too soon the
cane is green and bitter, but if the seed
is almost ripe there is sugar in the stalk,
and it is the best feed.
Sorghum will yield from six to ten
tons of fodder an acre. Cut and dry
and put in shocks of from half ton to
ton. and let it stand until winter. 1t
will not take water. If too hard to han
die at feeding time, take large knife
and cut into three or four lengths, and
it can be pitched on the wagon easily.
On the next rainy day muster your
forces and clean up, and prepare your
stables and sheds for winter occupancy.
Sweep down the cobwebs. Wash the
windows, reglaze them where needed,
and then give them coat of paint. You
will be surprised at the change, and the
additional amount of light received
A destructive acid fermentation takes
place even in seemingly dry fodder. The
Colorado station has proved that fodder
in large shocks, thoroughly cured. lost
81 per cent. of it's feeding value, in small
shocks 43 per cent, and that thrown up
on the ground 80 per cent. This the
same corn, properly ensilaged, will not
do.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-10-26

"When / came back the change
had come, and she said, "It's not
Gods will; bring Berthe
$50 she kissed him, and said some.
thing to him, but we did not listen.
After the nurse had carried him out
for he was weeping bitterly, poor
little chap-she whispered to me to
get sheet of paper and sit down by
her bedside. / think it
would be better very well,
will tell you all.
81 wrote what she dictated with
her last breath, and | promised you
would receive it from her own hand,
and so you will. She turned her face
to the door and lay quite still till
about six, when | heard her say your
name very softly, and minute after
wards she was gone, without pain or
struggle"
She lay as she had died, waiting
for his coming, and the smile with
which she had said his name was
still on her face. 1t was the first
time she did not color with JOY at his
coming, that her hand was cold to
his touch. He kissed her, but his
heart was numbed, and he could not
weep.
Then he took her letter and read it
beside that silence.
DEAREST: They tell me now that
shall not live to see you come in and
to cast my arms once more round
your neck before we part. Be kind
to Berthe, and remember that he is
delicate and shy. He will miss me,
and you will be patient with him for
my sake Give him my watch, and
do not let him forget me. My locket
with your likeness | would like left
on my heart. You will never know
how much | have loved you, for
could never speak. You have been
very good to me, and | want you to
know that l am grateful, but it is bet
ter, perhaps, that I should die, for 1
might hinder you in your future life.
Forgive me because [ came short of
what your wife should have been.
None can ever love you better. You
will take these poor words from dead
hand, but | shall see you, and shall
never cease to love you, to follow
your life, to pray for you-my first,
my only love-"
The fountains within him were
broken, and he flung himself down by
the bedside in an agony of repent
ance.
ooh, if l had known before; but
now it is too late, too late!"
For we sin against our dearest not
because we do not love, but because
we do not imagine.-McClure's Mag
anne
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-10-26
POULTRY.

In every dairy the number and weight
of the calves produced is an important
item. Only the choicest of these are
kept for milking purposes, and the 9th.
ers are sold as soon as large enough.
Those who advocate the larger breeds
in preference to the Jersey have certain
ly the advantage at this point.
Experience is better teacher than
precept in poultry raising, but it is not
every one who turns his misfortune to
experience. 1t is the wise poultry man
who avoids making the same mistake
twice; but there are those who will learn
no lessons from any source whatever.
If chicks roost upon narrow perches
before their breasts become firm and
hardened it is likely that they will have
crooked breast bones. Therefore, while
they are young, let them stick to their
boxes, or have coop without any poles.
Milk in any form is good for laying
hens; it contains all the element of egg
food in almost the proper proportions;
aud no food will make hens lay like
wheat in some shape, with regular ra-
ton of green cut bones. Then keep
them comfortable and busy.
The days are at hand when the early
pullets and the hens which moulted first
will begin their sung of production,
song which is ever music to the poultry
man. See that they have the combus-
tible material to raise sufficient steam
to keep the machinery at work and
bring forth the product.
In the variety Of farm products poul-
try may become source of income at
all seasons of the year; but aside from
this, the farmer should have more chick
ems to save the butchers bills, and to
afford him change frum pork and salt
meats. We do not produce enough; the
city markets are rapidly growing.
Ask the average farmer if he gives any
time or attention to his poultry, and he
will tell you, no; the women folks gather
the eggs and raise a few young once,
but they do not pay. OF course they do
not, nor would the cattle, horses or pigs
il looked after in the same slipshod
manner; but they will never listen to
your preaching
Fowls need lime, but it is the better
way to give them foods rich in this ma
tearial. Chopped clover contains both
lime and heterogeneous matter. Peas are
also rich with it, and wheat is lime
food. The wheat should be given after
clover. lest it be too concentrated, and
fatten the fowle, instead of making them
lay.
Old time ideas are hard to down, but
it is waste Of food keeping cock with
hens from which it is not desired to
breed They will lay and thrive better
without his attentions, and sterile eggs
will keep better than fertile ones. which
fact is especially important if picking
is resorted to.