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The advocate., 1895-03-06
Agriculture

Agriculture
Now concerning blowing. Any pro-
cess or method that may be adopted
without reference being had to every de-
tail connected with the object OF plow-
ing will at times prove disappointing;
the more details omitted the oftener
the disappointment.
Hence it ia that q method which gives
good results at one time, fails at another,
and that which succeeds with one indi'
vidusl will often at the same time fail
with another who has other conditions
Of soil or climate or Of both 10 contend
with.
When we have learned just what are
ell the benefits to be promoted by plow-
ing we may then learn how to adapt
our ploWlng to their promotion. The
wlsest, however, in agricultural lore, are
yet working somewhat in the dark re-
RsrdlnR such benefits. l am satisfied
the subject has not yet received the at
tention Ito Importance demands. Some
day our experiment stations will deem
the subject Of sufficient Importance to
conduct q series Of tests with exclusive
reference to blowing.
Compilation Of numerous experiences
would help materially in solving the in'
triCats problem, but we shall never
entirely master 1t because Of the ever
cspricious meteorological conditions
which We may not hope to control nor
even fully anticipate, but which will
often persist in being the opposite OF
what We have anticipated and prepared
for.
II is probable, however, that most COM
munities could with comparatively little
concerted effort, work out for themselves
series Of rules or methods adapting
their plowing to the varying condition
Of their soils, resulting from whatever
cause, that would insure an RpproximR-
ton to maximum results TOR labor ex-
pended both in return Of crops and in
improvement Of soil so Ear as auch can
be effected by ploWing. But in this, as
In everything else pertaining to opera.
tionS OF the farm, we isolate ourselves
and fail to realize that community Of in
tsrests that should lead as to seek out
and utilizs the very best in the experience
Of each. Too many plow with never
thought as to why. Itis common, there
fore, they think they must, but have
thought ont no other reason for doing
90. These some are more numerous
than We like to admit.
Others who are given to thinking on
the subject become convinced OF
certain benefits TO be derived from some
special feature, as deep blowing, FOR In.
DkAnce. One tries ik Il Il taila 70 meet
The advocate., 1895-03-06
Alliance Notes.

The department work ia proving TO be
quite an entertaining feature in many
sub.allisucss. Every sub. alliance should
appoint manager for each subject who
should not only present the ideas given
by the state managers in the ADVo-
CATE, but should enlarge upon ideas
there presented, originate ideas upon
their subjects, spd draw out the mem
bers to relate their experience. The
three subjects given each week with
music and other features which will sug-
gest themselves to the willing workers
will bs amply sufficient to make the
meetings both interesting and entertain
ing.
~
Bro. A. J. Sweet, president Of Clay
County AlliRece, writes that at the last
meeting Of his sub.Rlliance ten were
initiated, four reinststsd, and four Rp-
plicstionB for membership were received.
4*A
Do not neglect the social features OF
the alliance. One Of the purposes Of the
order Is to make farm life less lonely
and more social. Each one should do
his part to make the meetings interesting
TO others. We know a sub. alliance
where an agreement was made that
each one would do willingly whatever
was assigned to him or her. Not only
do they do what is assigned to them, but
the members are always studying up
something to promote sOciability. In
this way they have made the sub-sllianCs
meeting the most attractive gathering
Of the neighborhood. Everybody in
that school district belongs to the Rlli-
Rnce.
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Sister Anna Riley, secretary Of Chap
man Alliance writes; 81 Bm q new mem
Der; took two others in with me, Four
teen have joined since. A great many Of
them are young people. You ought to
be here and hear our 16year olds debate.
We are working with will, doing with
all our might whatevre we find to do.
We give entertainments every four
weeks, and our house can scarcely hold
all that attend. Fourteen school dis
tricts were represented at our last meet
ing. We have forty female members
and twenty. three males. Chapman slli-
snce is q success, and it is largely due to
the sisters that it is so. The ladies can
contribute q great deal toward making
alliance meetings attractive, and il they
make no effort to do 30, should bear half
Of the responsibility FOR the failure Of
their sub. alliances.
~
We advertise q list Of books relating
to subjscts discussed in department.
work. The regular price Of some Of
these books is twice what We sell them
for. See list elsewhere.
"a
Brother Henry Brit president OF the
Mitchell County Alliance, writes that he
is making q campaign Of revival in bis
county and Is having splendid success.
he is dsvoting his time to.the work and
has resolved that Mitchell county shall
take front rank in Alliance work. With
The advocate., 1895-03-06

forts in that line. II it ia q success, he
will perseVers for q time until he dis.
covers that the shallow ploWinR Of his
neighbOrs gives better crops than re-
suits from his deep ploWing. BE may
then change back to shallow plOWing
and that too just at q time when 1t is
to prove failure.
have known parties to take their
conviction and practice Of deep ploWing
into sections where primitive methods
prevailed and find themselves outdone
by the use Of the single shovel or the
forked stick ss q ploW, and they were
greatly perplexed as to why God should
favor such lazy methods and change
their hard sought honOrs into an unfs-
vorRble distinction.
Flowing, like all other operations con-
nected with the soil, must, in order to
secure the maximum Of beneficial re-
suits, be in the line Of assisting nature.
Among the objects Of ploWing may be
enumerated the following: Turning
under vegetable accumulation; turning
fresh soil up to the action Ofsir and SUN
light; breaking up the soil so that air
and water and sunlight may the more
readily enter and accomplish their work
as chemical agencies; breaking up the
soil 60 that it may retain or pass to the
subsoil the water of subsequent rains
that may come. Now, il in securing
these no adverse conditions were to be
guarded against, ploWing would be q
comparatively simple matter. Such is
not the case, however. Trash turned
under may prove more an obstruction
than when on the surface. The soil at
time Of plowing may possess too little or
too much moisture to admit Of pulver'
izing, when the liability for subsequent
very unfavorsble conditions Of the soil
will be incurred.
Frequently in turning up fresh soil
that which is best adapted to the pro-
duotion OF crops is replaced by a poorer
soil from below. So on through the list.
We shall find il We study the matter
that the points to be considered to in
sure the best results OF blowing in any
given instance, are neither few or unim-
portsnt,
Lst me speak more in detail Of deep
plowinR. Deep blowing to obtain reser-
voirs for subsequent rains often proves
disappointing for this reason: The sub
sequent rains are not sufficient to re-
store the capillary power Of the soil that
is broken up by the blowing. During
the dry weather OF the summer the
moisture Of the Rurrow is absorbed or
evsporsted, and as there is little or no
moisture passing by capillary attraction
from the subsoil to the severed turrow
above, where the plant roots mainly
abound, the prospective crop is left in
even q more prscarious condition on &C.
count Of such deep plowing. With shall
lover plowing, more roots viii penetrate
the field Of uninterrupted capillary
power OF the soil, and Rs consequence
will be the better fortified against the
exactions Of a dry period. But, fortu-
natsly, in preparing the soil to retain
the rains, it is unnecessary TO part with
the good offices Of capillary attraction to
make available the moisture Of the sub
soil, should we be required to depend
The advocate., 1895-03-06

Brother Henry Brit, president Of the
Mitchell County Alliance, writes that he
is making q campaign Of revival in his
county and Is having splendid success.
He is dsvoting his time to. the work and
has resolved that Mitchell county shall
take front rank in Alliance work. With
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-05-23
Let Your Hens Sit.

The best results are obtained from
hens that are allowed to sit than when
they are prevented from incubating.
When the hen goes to her nest to sit,
sho does so Tor the purpose of using tho
fat of her body to impart heat to tho
eggs, and as she seldom leaves the nest
to feed she becomes reduced in flesh by
tho time tho eggs are Matched. She also
secures rest and recuperates. As rule,
sitting hen is nearly always fat, and
to prevent her from sitting simply keeps
her in "a condition unfavorable to lay
ing There are times, however, wnen
no chicks are desired. III such cases let
the hen go to the nest, giving her a few
porcelain eggs. Do not break her from
sitting, AS she will soon become broody
again aud will lay but few eggs before
going on the nest the second time, but
if kept on the nest for two or three
weeks and then broken up" sho will
come off in excellent condition for lay
ing and will lay more eggs than she
would have done if prevented from sit
ting including the time lost i'll incuba-
ton, and She will not become hroody
until she is III u fat condition again. -
Poultry Keeper.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-05-23
Maintaining Pastures ON Poor Land.


To maintain a pasture in full yigor
on poor land two things arc necessary.
We might say three, First, they must
not be overstoeked. Second, some clover
ought always to be present i'll ofd5r to
gather nitrogen for the grasses. The
common red clover il best where it will
succeed, because it dies in two years
and gives up its life to feed the grasses
This being so, it is of the utmost i'm
portance that clover seed should be sown
on the pastures every two years. Alsike
is in Some respects better than the red
clover, because it is longer lived and
can maintain itself in moist places. 1t
should be remembered that scarlet
clover is an annual and should be soWn
in early fall or tho latter part of sum
mer II is doubtful if it will stand the
winter farther north than central New
York. Third, plant food must be set
fr4e continually if the pasture is to be
kept ut its best, or plant food must Ire
added. Some can be set free by harrow
ing. and some by the clover roots. II
this does not suffice, then fertilizers of
some kind should bo sown frequently
and IN small quantities After the SOW
ing of tho seed and the narrowing the
roller should follow. We have named
these opsfations in the order in which
they should take place, writes n CORE
spondent of Country Gentleman.
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FlEL1aNp GRRDEN
=. -
ll4eKET RDENlNG.

How Abandoned Farms Are Being Con-
scrted Into Profitable Market Gardens.
The time does not appear to be far off
when a very large part of the territory
in NV England supposed to be oecn-
pied by 50 called abandoned farms
will be converted into market gardens
The neighborhood of the town of Reho-
both, r. l.. say ten miles from the city
of Providence Pawtuckot or Fall River,
is a case in point. According to Ameri
can Gardening only few years ago
this town was apparently on the verge
Of dissolution. Old fashioned farming,
the raising of wheat, rye and corn had
ceased to afford even a seanty living;
the young men had gone to the neigh
boring factory towns, while the old folks
We're eking out a meager existence on
the old homestead the buildings We're
tumbling into decay, forces in many
cases had ben used to keep warmth III
the bodies Of the old people, and there
was hut little left, but more or less pic
turesque ruin of people, buildings and
the former industries Of the town
Now all this is changed the old places
have been patched up, new houses have
been built, and rows Of greenhouses and
celery pits have taken the place of the
Old fashioned barnyards The problem
of utilizing the abandoned farms has
been solved by converting them into
market gardens. In many cases the
lands have changed hands and have
come into possession of foreigners who
have shown the native owners of the
land what can be- done by gardening,
the raising of small fruits, vegetables,
etc. In the locality mentioned strawber
ries, asparagus, cabbage and celery are
the chief crops and they are evidently
suited to the light but fertile lands. Tie
evidences Of prosperity ON every side
show that there is ample profit III the
new gardening.
What has been done in Rhode Island
can be done almost anywhere. As lands
near the cities become valuable for
building lots, or the assessments and
taxes become too high for profitable cul-
tivation, the so called abandoned farms
will be converted into market gardens
and their productive value very largely
increased Intensive farming as it is
practiced in Europe will eventually re.
deem much of the unused land IN the
eastern states and ut the same time fur
nish our cities with cheap, palatable and
healthfnl food.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-05-23
You get Sfronp.

il you're a tired out or rundown" woman,
with Dir. Pierce's Favoritt Prescription. And,
if you suffer from any "female complaint or
disorder, you get well. For these two things
that's guaranteed. Ii 1t doesn't cure, in every
case, your money is returned. On these
terms, what else can be lust as good for you
to buyY The prescription" regulates and
promotes all the natural functions, never con
ticts with them, and is perfectly harmless in
proves digestion, enriches the blood brings
refreshing sleep, and restores health and
yigor. For alterations. dsplacements, bear
ing -down sensations, periodical pains, and
every chronic weakness or rregularity. it's a
remedy that safely. and permanently cures.
Slobs-1hey tell me Strongun is clever with
his fists. sillicus-Wel he used TO work in a
box factory
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-05-23
Treatmen, of Large Bowldsrs.

Many large powders may be sunk by
digging beside and under them and len.
ting them down In good digging it il
cheaper than blasting and hauling aW y
Granite and flint may be split 10y burn
ing the brush on it and throwing a pail
of water on the rock while very hot
Dynamite is a last resort, but safer than
powder, says The Farm Journal. A spe-
cia'ist should be ohtainable for handling
the stuff and rending stones.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-05-23

That appropriation of $40, 600 to en-
able the United States department of
agriculture to help the Massachusetts,
gypsy moth commission exterminate
this pest. which passed the senate, was
killed in the house
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.'Trust those who have Tried j"

Catarrh caused hoarseness and difficulty in
speaking. | also to a great extent lost hear
ing. BY the use OF Ely's Cream Balm drop
ping of mucous has ceased, voice and hearing
have greatly improved-J. w. Davidson, Att y
at Law, Monmouth, Ill.
| nsed Ely's Cream Balm for catarrh and
have received great benefit. | believe it n safe
and certain cure. Very pleasant to take.--Wm
Frazer, Rochester, N, Y.
Price of Cream Balm is fifty cents.
Harry-We met. Twas in II crowd Lucy
Much of a crowd? well; her mother was
there
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-05-23

When Baby was sick, We gave her Castoria.
When she was n Child she cried for Castoria-
When she became Miss, she chung to Castorla.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria
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Somerset Railway
CHANGE OF TBME.
commencing Mon. Oct. l, 1894

and with Maine Central Railroad Trains to and
from Boston. Portland, Lewiston, Waterville
Augusta, Gardiner Bath Skowhegan and Ban
gor.
FOR Boston, Portland. Lewiston, Watervlle,
Augusta, Skowhegan and Bangor.
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For Over Fifty Years

Mrs. WtNsLow's SOOTHING SYRuP has been
used for over fifty years by millions of moth :
ers for their children while teething, with
perfect success 1t soothes the child, softens
the gums, alays all paiu, cures wind collie
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relieve the poor little sufferer Immediately
Sold By Druggists in every part of the world
Twenty five cents bottle. Be sure and ask
for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing syrup" and
take 10 other kind. 1y3S
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-05-23

| happened II be ere ii . G5y i -
dining the otEef nilht - an al 90
restaurant. Most of IL, We're strange To
each other, having met ely i'll The at
ernoon in the course Of has ness There
wpfe Il banker, II politician. Il lawyer, It
theatrical manager and Il something lse,
| donot yet Know what, III the company.
Tie something else made himself ex-
eeediHGly agreeable He was, in fact,
the Life Of the purity. He WAS polteness
itself, and his Wit and epigrams were
fetching. After dinner he rather sud
denly and mysteriously dropped out of
sight and was missed.
"Who was the gentlemanH7 | asked
of the theatrical manager
I'm sure | don't know, - be replied
II Thought he was friend Of yours. =
mo, never saw him before | sup
posed he Wits a friend of Yours, . | said
Then put the same question to each of
the others and found that the man was
unknown to any of the parry He mad
simply invited himself to dine with us,
behaved like a Jolly good fellow ana
disappeared at the right moment. The
only thing we have against him is that
he forgot to pay his bill.-New York
Press.
The question of the hour-What time is it?
Word comes from all quarters that the
neatest and most satisfactory dye for coloring
the beard a brown or black is Ruckingham's
Dye for the Whiskers.
bad sign-to sign another mans name to
note.
1t is a fortunate day for a man when he first
discovers the value of Ayers Sarsaparilla as IA
blood purifier. With this medicine, he knows
he has found Il remedy upon which he may
rely, and that his lifelong malady is at LAST
conquered. Has cured Others will cure YOU.
"Och!n says Biddy. Il hope I will niyer be
buried alive when am dead"
Pulmonary consumption, in its early stages,
may be checked by the use of Ayers Cherry
Pectoral. II stops the distressing cough
soothes irritation of the throat and lungs
and induces much needed repose. Hundreds
have testified to the remar kable virtues of
this preparation.
Hoax.-What kind of chickens lay the long
JDHX-IDPn6 pf
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For S ale or Rent !!

Stand in solon Village. opposite Heman
Whipple's. Lot 6x12 rods. House has seven
finished rooms; warmed by furnace. Wa,er
in the house, hne cellar, large stable. Term 3
reasonable 40tf
GEO. w. COVER, skowhegan.
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w III n III DI III
STAGE CONNECTIONS

STAGE CONNECTIONS.
At Norridgewock, for Skowhegan and Mer-
Ger; at Arson. for Sawyers Mills, (Starks);
No. Arson, Tor North and West New Portland
Dead River Flagstaff and Eustis. At Bingham
for Forks and Moose River.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-05-23
INSPECTION OF FERTILIZERS. 1885,


This change law sought in order accomplish objects
providing
whereby the
given purchaser
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-05-23
rom Boston, Portland. Lewiston, Augusta
NatervilIe Skowhegan and Bangor

aS tFlag station; at which trains will stop
on signal or notice to Conductor.
mixed between Bingham and No. Arson.
Trains connect at Oakland with trains to
and from Boston, Portland, Lewiston, Water
vile, Augusta, Gardiner, Skowhegan and Ban
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-05-23
DOOR DIGESTION leads to
nervousness, chronic dyspepsia and
great misery. The best remedy is
HOODS SARSAPARIlLA.

of his country. Considering how his chidrel
act, there is small encouragement for truth
telling.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-05-23
HUMPHREYS


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carefully prepared Remedies, used for years In
private practice and for thirty years by the
people with entire success. Every single Specific
o special cure for the disease named.
no. SPECIFIC ron PRoEs
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3-Teething, Collie Crying. Wakefulness rs
A-Diarrben, of Children or Adults. rs
9-COughs, Colds, Bronchitis ....-t....... .25
8-Neuralgia, Toothache, Faceache..... rs
O-Headnches, Sick Headache, Vertigo. rs
1O-Dyspepsia, Biliousness, Constipation. rs
1l-Suppressed or Painful Periods. .25
11-Whites, Too Profuse Periods ........,. rs
13-Cr0up, Laryngitis, Hoarseness. .25
14-Sait Kheum, Erysipelas, Eruptions.. .25
11-Rheumatism,R Rheumatic Pains rs
16-Malarin, Chills, Fever and Ague.. .25
lO-Catarrh, Influenza, Cold In the Head. rs
9O-WhOOpinR Cough ....,.....,.."..... .23
91-Kidney Diseases NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., rs
36-Nerv0us Debility LOO
3O-Urinary Weakness............... ... rs
3d-SOre Thront, Quincy liberated Throat rs
Ut" DR. eos sPtciFic FOR GRIP, 25c.
Put up in small bottles OF pleasant pellets, Just ht
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Sold by Druggists, prepaid receipt Of price.
On IuMpnHrYH iEularge ed Revised
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PILES! PILES. PILES !!

Nature makes few mistakes, but, somehow
ii seems AS if the shad might have been built
wi
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The question of the hour-What time is

Hoax.--What kind of chickens lay the long
nsLg Jon -lnad nnes of cAIlrsn
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-06-03
Police pOlnfA.

James jenkins, the hobo caught in
the act of making way with a couple
of boxes of cigars from Exner's fac
tory, was bound over under $500
bonds by Magistrate Schroeder Sat
urday afternoon.
Clyde Cassbauer, the circus man
who discharged revolver in the
dead of night, awakening the neigh
borhood and SCATTERING a plate glass
window in Schafer's saloon. was
fined $40 and costs Saturday after
noon by Magistrate Schroeder.
George Anderson had proceeded
fairly in the organization of one of
his periodicals Saturday night and
was in the act of painting the neigh
bOrhood of Fourth avenue and Twen-
ty-second street all kinds of colors
when arrested by Officer Mccarthy:
Justice Halves taxed George IS and
costs for disturbing the peace this
morning.
Herman Shultz was assessed SO
and costs by Magistrate Schroeder
Saturday afternoon for assault and
battery charged by Henry Ehmpke,
whose little son he struck in the eye
with a missile. The little fellow:
injuries are such as may deprive him
of the use of an optic. Shultz was
provoked by crowd of school boy:
who were pelting stones at him, and
seeking to brighten them away, acci
dentally hit the Ehmpke lad.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-06-03
liam N. Asmus, charged with drunk

enness.
Crop Correspondent Campbell's
report to the department of agricul-
ture for May shows the acreage OF
oats compared with last year to have
been 100. the average condition June
being 80. The acreage of clover as
compared with last year is 100; the
average condition IS. The average
condition of spring pasture is placed
at 60; the apple crop 80. 1t is diff
cult, Mr.. Campbell says, to say what
apples will amount to. Some states
promise good crop. but this may
be diminished later by frosts.
Charles A. Owen, a Christian sci
enlist pastor at Davenport. has been
arrested for gross neglect in the
matter of a child named Alma Balm
hof, of that city, who died last Fri
day night while under his ''treat-
ment." The child, it has been
learned through the coroner's in
quest. died of malignant diphtheria,
and that the entire neighborhood
was exposed to the disease. The
charge against Owen is violation Of
the ordinance. requiring that such
cases be reported to the city physi-
cian