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The Worthington advance., 1895-10-03
TESTING THE COWS.
Simple Method OF Determining the Per-
fOrmance OF Each.

Simple Method OF Determining the Per-
formance Of Each.
TEST your cows is the advice con-
tinually given by dairymen and agri-
cultural papers, and, like most advice,
is needed least by those who need it
most. Many farmers, while admitting
it's wisdom, excuse themselves from
following it on the plea that they have
no testing apparatus, and therefore no
means of knowing the respective per-
formances of the cows.
To such would say that no scien-
tific apparatus is necessary. The churn
is after all the most satisfactory kind
of tester ALI that is necessary is to
keep one cows milk separate for a
couple of days, all the cream being
carefully removed. When the cream
has ripened it should be churned, and
the scales will give the product, both
of milk and butter. After each COW in
the herd has thus been tested, COM
parison of results will tell which are
the most profitable cows and which do
not pay for their keep, A little of this
kind of testing would cause many a
farmer to change his opinion of the
merits of the respective members of
his herd, and enable him to weed out
worthless stock. Try it. The test is
simple one; it is easily applied, and the
results cannot be disputed. Try it,
and you will never regret the bother
you have had in finding out the leak in
your protits.-C. D. Bell, in N. Y. World.
The Worthington advance., 1895-10-03
FOR WATERING COWS.
Trough Which 10 Almost Certain b
Give SatiRfac ction, '. ufs

Trough Which 10 Almost Certain 10
Give Satisfaction.
Referring to recent inquiry, l would
say that a familiarity with all or near
ly all the devices in use for watering
animals in their stables leads me to a
belief in the efficiency of only one
that is, when we take into considers
ton the time of an attendant, and tho
fact that in this case the COW can help
herself when she feels so inclined, So
that at no time in the "a hours is she
so gorged full of cold water that the
hair refuses to settle down for hours.
l will take for granted that there is a
low partition. of boards in front of the
COWS to keep the fodder from being
pushed and nosed out of reach. Even
with the top of such partition. long
trough the whole length of cow-stalls,
either followed out of wood or an iron
trough encased in lumber, as shown,
should be fastened on the board in
front, at a proper height and within
easy reach Of the animal. This trough
should be inclosed with a cover on top
from end to end, with the exception
of where it comes opposite each cows
head, and at that part a small hinged
lid, with little more projection or
nosing than the rest of cover, enables
the animals to lift the lid up with the
nose, which they do very readily.
If the cattle are intended to be
watered at regular intervals. tap
The Worthington advance., 1895-10-03

duces more than three or four stalks,
even when we plant very large whole
potatoes. The Freeman, on the other
hand, inclines to the extreme in this d.
rection unless seed is carefully treated
on the suggested lines. Usually we pre-
fer to cut seed quite close, as we also do
in case of high priced now varieties.
Early potatoes are treat on the farm,
and the market grower, of course, is no
less anxious to get them early than he is
to secure good yield, for the price is
greatly Influenced by their earliness.
Nobody would like to miss chance, il
any such exists, to force the crop lit.
tie in advance Of its natural season.
Judicious treatment Of seed gives US the
key to the situation and indeed the key
to success in potato growing s.,
The Worthington advance., 1895-10-03
MmA7 THE fRDN7 M
EUW TDKEFP EEED

placed at one end, with an overflow
and wash at the other, is all that is
necessary. After the cow has drunk
its fill, the lid drops forward, and no
feed or other materials can getinto the
water.
If were arranging the trough for
my own stable, would have ball
cock and cistern arrangement which
would enable the trough to be full at
all times, so that the animals could
then drink when they felt like it. 1
am of the opinion that handy man
could improve on the above arrange
ment somewhat, if it were only in bev-
cling the box at A B, and it could be
made to adapt itself to any priced
stable, and not appear bungling in any
way.--W. Ormiston TAFT, in Country
Gentleman.
The Worthington advance., 1895-10-03
SOME SEED TUBERS.


suit is large number Of sprouts, a
weak, spindling growth of all and a
large number of small potatoes in the
hill. .. @
The plant shown at No. in the sec-
ond cut gives an illustration Of this
fact. A writer for American Gardening
says in this connections: &
The kind Of seed wish to plant is
shown at No. 2 in the first cut and the
resulting crop at No. s in the second
out. To secure such seed we spread the
potatoes, long before they have had a
chance to start into growth, under the
benches in the greenhouse or in light
frostproof garret in single layer or at
most two high. A portion Of our Ohios
and Freemans are placed in shallow
flats, seed end up, as shown at Fig. 8.
Gradually under the influence of light
and warmth a shoot as stout as ones
little finger appears on the seed end Of
the tuber. This little later is sur
mounted by a crown of leaflets, while
rootlets begin to start from its base. In
early spring wheE the ground is ready
for planting the sets are carefully re-
moved and placed in the ground, scrupu
lously avoiding injury to the shoots
Growth follows with marvellous rapidi-
ty, none of tho pristine vigor Of the tu-
Der having been wasted.
The size of seed pieces is decided by
variety, condition and price of seed.
Whole tubers, if treated as previously
set forth, will seldom produce more
stalks than cut seed. invariably plant
whole tubers of Early Ohio if Of me-
dium size or less, and cut them in
halves if large: The variety rarely pro-
The Worthington advance., 1895-10-03

POINTS IN POTATO CULTURE.
The Treatment Of tho Seed . Big EAetoa
In Earliness, Size and Quantity.

The Treatment Of tho Seed Big Factor
= In Earliness, Size and Quantity.
The weak point in the management
Of the average potato grower Is the seed
Fully nine-tenths Of all the potatoes
which people plant are unfit for seed
purposes. A tuber which is in its prime
for the table is also in its prime for
seed. 1t should be fresh and plump and
all eyes dormant. Such potatoes are
not found in the inside Of a big heap
or bin in ordinary house cellar at this
season of the year. Those that we now
dig out of the middle Of the bin look
somewhat like the specimen shown at
No. /. Often we find much longer
sprouts. The energy put into this new
growth has surely weakened the potato
for seed. A large number of eyes have
become active and will remain active,
no matter whether the sprouts already
started are left to grow or are rubbed
off by accident or design. The sure re-
The Worthington advance., 1895-10-03
sHE FAvoRs LING DIN.
\ Harrison's Choice for President II Ris
f2 SS ny Former Minister to England,

\ TIarrison,s Choice for President Il Hia
t2 IN N Former Minister to England .S #
An New York, Oct. /. The Herald
N prints the following: In his recent In
\ dianapolis interviw John G. New, OK
President Harrison's closest friend and
political representative, made the state
ment that if Mr.. Harrison were to give
his support to any presidential candidate
it would be neither to William McKin-
ley nor Thomas Bracket Reed, but to
:. st''some one else'-who,n Mr.. New did
not say. The Herald has it from indis-
3putable authority that the ''some one
else' is Robert T. Lincoln of Chicago
Mr.. Harrison and the man whom he
appointed minister to England have
long been near friends, and John G..
New has also been a partner in this
intimacy. In 1899, when Major Nc
Kinley refused to Withdraw from the
Minneapolis convention and kept the
Ohio delegation in line for himself, Mr..
Harrison conceived a dislike for the
Ohio candidate, which
Resulted in a Disruption
of their former friendship. Since then
a true has been patched up, the reasons
bein!, i.eir mutual opposition to Mr..
Reed In the Minneapolis convention
Mr. La coin was, as he is now, the for
mer Presidents first choice, and he it is
whom the Harrison men will support in
case they see no chance to stampede the
nomination into their own corral. The
New York custodian of the Lincoln
boom is ex-Postmaster General Thomas
L. James, who is now in Europe. MIR.
James states that before he sailed in
July, that Mr.. Lincolp would lave the
united support Of the Tennessee, Ala
bama and Illinois delegations to the Re-
publican national convention, and that
he would be the second choice of sew
eral Southern and number of Western
states.
The Worthington advance., 1895-10-03
PASTUER IS DEAD.

The Eminent Bacteriologist q Victim OF
Paralysis.
PARIS, Oct 1.-Professor Louis Pas
teur, the eminent bacteriologist, is
dead, a victim of paralysis. For
several months he had been practi-
cally without the use of his legs and the
spread of the disease was SO steady that
hope of saving his life was given up
last Monday.
The Worthington advance., 1895-10-03
LATEST MARKET REPORT.
Milwaukee Grain.

Milwaukee Grain.
MILWAUKEE, Sept. 80, 1896.
FLOUR-Firm.
WHEAT-No. spring. 61Zc; No. l
Northern, 63c: December, &c.
CORN-No 3. 32c.
OATS-No white, 2l1zc; No. white,
20h@2lHc.
2,4lHc; sample on track.
27@41c.
. RYE-No. l, 42c.
The Worthington advance., 1895-10-03
The Onion Crop.

Last year there was shortage in the
onion crop Of this country, though the
market may not Indicate this, as the i'm.
portations are enormous even in good
years. This country imports large guam
titles from abroad-from Cuba and the
Bermudas, from Spain and other Euro.
pean countries, and even from the an.
cient land of Egypt. In this country the
onion is successfully grown from the
Florida keys to the Canada border.
With the new onion culture" and the
improved old onion culture and lati-
tude wide enough to give fresh onions
every month in the year there is no
good reason why this country should
send abroad annually millions of dollars
for product that can be profitably
grown at home. Farm and Fireside
says, after q careful study Of the Inn
proved methods of culture and a good
selection of soil and varieties, growers
in every part Of the Union could safely
and proftably enlarge the home produc-
ton of onions, not so much by enlarg-
ing the acreage as by increasing the
yield from the acreage already devoted
to this crop.
The Worthington advance., 1895-10-03
St. Paul Union Stock Yards.

SOUTH ST. PAUL, Sept. 80, 1895.
HOGS-Market strong; quality fair;
choice light hogs bring 81. Ra, ge of
prices, $s.S0@4U0.
CATTLE-Not enough received to make
a market.
: SHEEP-Market steady on good sheep
and lambs; common dull
Receipts: Cattle, 900.
81: calves, 0.
The Worthington advance., 1895-10-03

=. MINNEAPoL1s. Sept 80, 1896.
WHEAT-September, 37c; December,
5sNc; May, e27Sc. On Track-No l hard,
soc; No. Northern, &c; No. 2 North
ern SIC.
The Worthington advance., 1895-10-03
Duluth Grain.

DULUTH, Sept. 80. 1895
WHEAT-Cash No. hard, 6lhc; No.
Northern, 59Hc; September Mol North
ern, 591zc: December No. 1 Northern,
591<c; May No. Northern. 641c.
The Worthington advance., 1895-10-03

Combating Wireworms With Poisons. s
The method Of combating wireworms
by covering the seeds previous to plant
ing with some poisonous matter has 10.
ceived much attention among farmers.
and for three years experiments were
conducted at the Cornell station in this
same direction. Professor Slingerland,
reporting on these experiments, says
that none q the poisons used prevented
the wireworms from eating the seeds
and no injury resulted to the wire
worms. Paris green, tar, salt, copper
as solution, kerosene oil, turpentins
and strychnine solution were all ens-
ployed without the desired effect Of de-
stroying the pests
The Worthington advance., 1895-10-03
Chicago Union Stock Yards.

CnlC0RO
CHICAGO, Sept 81, 1895.
HOGS-Market active, averaging Sc
higher: heavy closed easy.
Sales ranged at x3 80 GAO for light:
s3.90@44O for mixed: <375@A4O for heavy
packing and shipping lots; g. 1908. o5 for
rough. ,,.-,-
- CATTLE-Markets slow, prices weak at
. 10c lower. = y %tz#s-
Beeves, &s.25@5.2); cows and heifers.
31.sO@3.35: Texas steers, $370@s.25 West
erns, &2.S0@4.10; stockers and feeders.
4225@3.75. -.
SHEEP-Market weak and generally l0c
lower. ~, : ~
& Receipts: Hogs, 25.ooo; cattle, 10000;
sheep, 5000. =. a:.. T.
}% Chicago Grain and Provision.
CHICAGO, Sept. 80. 1895
CLOSING PRICES. -
W4EAT-September, 621zc; December,
6311sc; May, 671tc. .s, .55
4 CORN = September, Sic; October,
3l@31hc; November, 3OLc; December,
:3,s9l6c; May, 2911@soXc. 3d.. 5.s
OATS September. 1Skc: October, 1870;
May, 2oM@2lc. ~ .
al PORK - September, 1924; October.
e642k; December, $s.55H; January.
se6a11l; May, 20 IS.
# ARD-september, 35.s71z: October,
s5.s7K@s5.s sG January. s5.e2k; May
Se.0711l{.
The Worthington advance., 1895-10-03
Minneapolis Grain.

MINNEAPOLIS. Sept
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-03-28

-Eheuuat cured in day-"Mystic
:ure' tor rheumatism aud neuralgia, radlc
ally cures III / 10 ; days. lts acLlon upon
lne system is remarkable and mysterious.
70 removes at once the cause and the DIS
sase immediately disappears. The first
dose greatly benefits. 80 cJa. sold BY }.
Redick, druggist. Butler.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-03-28

"A mau "h0 came 10 Southern Cali
furHia lour ears ago @Ith one lung now
claims 10 nave iour. The more lungs he
gets the worse viii be his reputation tor
vefacity.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-03-28
Ashes on the Sidewalk.


4 gentleman living in the West End
mas been in the habit OF going to the lodge
almost every night in the week. He man
ages to get home sober enough to deny
any insinuation of his wife that he Is IN
toxicated.
A few nights ago the cement walk which
runs from his front door to the gate be-
came very slippery. With wondeIfIl fore
thought he sprinked it with ashes He
then informed his wife that it was neeeS-
sary for him TO attend an important meet
ing Of the Masons and departed.
His wife had noticed him sprinkling
ashes on the walk and she smiled grimly
as bright idea suggested itself
Fifteen minutes after her dutiful lord had
departed she sailed forth from the house,
bundled up and armed with broom and
about 80 feet of hose. She carefully swept
the ashes from the walk, and then, after
attaching the hose to the hydrant, liter
ally flooded the place.
She retired and left the rest to nature
aud her husband. Nature did her part by
turning the water into ice so smooth aud
slick that old BOreas himself could not
stand uponit. Early next morning the hus-
band proceeded TO do mis- part. He was IN
his usual condition and there was but one
thought that remained clear and distinct
in MS mind, and that was that be had
placed ashes on the walk.
He opened the gate and confidently and
briskiy started tur the door. In a len
moments his feet tried To exchange placer
with his mead, he revolved several lime'
in the air and then returned very forciolJ
to the earth.
When it came to astunishmen; and sur
prise, that man could have stood hl
gfouud against any man IN the world.
4 gain and again be essay ed to walk
bat every effort was but a repetition o
the first. Finally be gave it up aud rrlet
TO think out way 10 reach tae door.
After an hour's thought he succeeded in
devising "a way to slowly but surely ge
there. He played quadruped, and adv"nc
ed on hands and knees
When he was within a yard of the d"o
it was quietly opened and his wife appear
! ed.
Henry. she said what on earth is tht
matteTl 1t cannot be that you are drunk
That as the straw that broke tue cam
els back, and the now humble and peniten
Harry replied; Yes'm. Pm drunk. Bu
! IN be hanged if l don't believe the mar
who said ashes wasn't sIip'ry is ii ilar.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-03-28

Itch on human, mango on horses,
dog- and sll stock, cared in 80 minutes
by WOpiipTa'a sanitary Lotion. To 3
never fails Sold by J G. Redick, drug
gist, Butler Pa.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-03-28

and johnny, what particular pleas
ure do you deny yourself during Lent
Johnny stopped putting pennies
IN The box Tor the heathen."
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-03-28

1t is estimated that ,ue scaling waters
of Lue Arctlc now contain 400, 900 seals,
which are all that are left from u herd
numbering millions 20 years ago, and they
represent "a total value OF about $4,000,
900.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-03-28

There are ten recorded cases in which
persons have been born without tongues
CT rudimentary organs of speech. And
they have all been of the male sex, Wo-
men, thank gondnes, are never 50 ullilct-
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-03-28

DR.. Aguew's Cure Tor the HCart gives
yerlecr relief IN all cases of Organic Or
sympathetic deal Disease IN 80 minutes,
.Au speedily effects cure. IL Is a peer
,rss remedy fJr PalpIlatIOn, ohOftness Uf
-lcatn, SmUtnering spells, Pam III Lett
3iue and an $ mptums Of . Diseased Heart.
Oue dose cOnvIIces. sold by Clty Phar-
macy.
Owing to the fact that farms may be
uaI upon the sole condition tnat they i'm
prove the land, many Norwegian immi-
grants have settled IL Brusn Columbia
rather than in the United otafes.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-03-28
Rehet IN Str Hours.

distressing Kidney and Bladder dis
cases relieved IN siX hours by tue "Nu~
urrau south American Kidney Cure"
Tins new fzucdy Is IA great surprise on
.ccUunt Ot lta exceeding prumplAess III
chewing paIa III the Dlauder, sidney, udck
.,au eseI5 p4IL 81 Tue urinary passages IL
maze oT .,A.aie. IL relieves retention Of
" a,rf ana p.lu III passing 10 almost lm
.neulateiy. II you want quick rellrt and
sure tuis 10 your remedy oUld by j. U.
RedIck druggist Butler Pa.
"A mau mo came 10 Southern Cali
f'ruia lour years ago @Ith one lung now
claims 10 nave iour. The more lungs he
gets the worse Will be his reputation tor
veracity.
And johnny, what particular pleas
ure do you deny yourself during Lent"
Johnny stopped putting pennies
IN the box Tor the heaJhen.'
The old established gh remedy,
J.wu's ElMlr,suil more tina nolds It's own
iA The puUuc estimation, despite sharp aud
.ctVe competition. IL is "A nome rem
od5 - and LnIs locality needs no words OF
praIse IRON u, 80 well ana favoraDiy
Dnown Is it. IL is tho stanuard Iemeuy
iur coughs, colds and all thruut troubles,
Win great numbers oi our people, and
.uvIr continued use ana unsolicited rec.
otnmeudatlon u II speaks volumes III lts
.ayor.-BuIliugtou, W., Tree Press, Jau-
uarg 20 1882.
1t is estimated that ,ue scaling waters
of tue Arctlc now contain 4jO. 900 seals,
which are all that are left from herd
numbering millions 20 years ago, and they
represent "a total value OF about $l4, 600,
900.
There are ten recorded cases in which
persons have been born without tongues
CT rudimentary organs of speech. And
they have all been of the male sex, Wo.
men, thank gondnes, are never 50 ullilct-
90.
-Eheumati cured in day-"Mystic
sure' tor rheumatism aud neuralgia, radlc
ally cures III / 10 ; days. lts acLlon upon
lne system is remarkable and mysterious.
- removes at once tne cause and the DIS
east Immediately disappears. The first
Redick, druggist. Butler.
The Kansas election authorities haYe
decided chat female voters need not give
their age in registering. The woman folks
hail the ruling with joy, for without il
they would have TO tell one OF the few
aecrets they can keep.
Wien woman knows she is hurt
she knows II Tor all she Is worth. at leas
this is the case with u Nashua, n. Y. lady
vino while drunk got hurt. She is now
suing eleven saloon keepers who sold her
liquor for 81, 600 damages.
The negroes down in South Georgia,
writes farmer, won't pick cotton for 80
cents a day, and will scratch themselves
Up with oriars from sunrise to sunset for
ii quart oi blackberries that is not worth
more than a nickle.
Itch on human, mango on horses.
dogs and sli stock, cured in 80 minutes
by Wooiipra'a sanitary Lotion. To
never fails Sold by J. G. RedIck, drug
gist, Butler Pa.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-03-28
Those Horfld Verbs.

The verb to get is one OF our much mis-
used words; il means to acquire, win, ob
tain ;and, primarily it signifies the putting
furth of effort to attain sumething. Con
re equently it is not superhuous, but iacor-
rect, to speak OF a man as getting drown
edo or getting ick;" and You may un
fortunately have a cold but it is impos-
sible that you have got cold. At this
moment no exceptions occur to the wrtef
to the rule that got should never be used
in connection with have which, alone,
sufficiently expresses possession. Say Il
have the picture" not have got the pc
tn, G; The dog has broken leg, not the dog
has gotta broken leg The Irregular verbs
lay and lie are frequently cnniounded
Law is an active, ur transiJive verb, and ne
Is passive, or intransitiye. We lay things
down. or have laid them down, but We
and things lie AZ rest. You lie down, have
lain down. or are lying down; she lay
down yesterday and is going 10 lie down
this afternoon. A frequent error is to
confound the past lenses of these verbs
One should say. Mary laid the book on
the table, and lay down herself; but the
book lies on the table.
1t appears that not one American
merchant vessel passed through the Suez
Canal during the year 1894, according to
Consul General Penield's report to the
State Department. There We're American
cargoes enough, but they went in British
ships.
Tie recent advance in the price of girl
babies in China has rather bothered those
peddlers who have made living by buy
ing and selling them ike spring chickens,
aud mothers who wanted 10 bay iu.ure
wives for their sons have mad to pay high
prices for good, fat, healthy girls.
The wealth OF the Vanderbilts Is not
hid away from the public eye. Mex.
Twombly, the son-ia-law of the only VII
liam II mas spent 81, 500, 600 in creating
"A modern stock farm at Madison, }.
SIR. Tgombly has hopes OF raising butter
and MIX enough for his own family.
English Spawn Imminent removes all
hard, soft or calloused Jumps aud bleul-
ishes from horses, blood spavins, curbs,
splntS, sweeney, rIugb0ne, STILES, sprailr
all gwOlien turudts, coughs, etc. odv,
$50 by use Of one buLtle. Warranted III,
most wonderful Blenlsh Cure ever known.
Sold 0g j. q. RedIcS. druggist Butter Pa.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-03-28
SPECIAL NOTICE.

That | will sell, until further notice, he
following goods at the old prices regard
less of the advance OF 20c per gallon tax
hy the government: AA pure rye, , years.
- 90 per gallon; Tipprcan"e. years
~ %; Old Cabinet 4 years. 81 80 per gal
Ion; Bridgeport and Thomp~ou's pure rye.
5 years. SO 80 per gallon; Finch Golden
Wedding, Gibsou's. Robinson Co. Bour-
bon, S4 80 per gallon; HaDni,ville. Dough
erty, Monticello, u years, So. 80 per gallon.
California wines. dry and sweet, from Zoe
per gallon To 81 so: y distinct hrants; my
own importation. Sherry aud Port wine,
from So 80 to So 80 per gallon; also the
finest Irish and Scotch whiskies al lowest
wholesale rates. Call or send for special
price lists at -
a ANDRIESSEN.
IsS Federal street. Allegheny. Pa.
All orders by mail promptly attended.
No extra charge for packing. Telephone
$40