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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-01-03
Profitable Winter Work.

There are many places near towns
and cities where farmers have little
chance to do profitable winter work.
The farm may be small and devoted
chiefly to vegetables and fruits, with
fertilizers for the chief plant food.
Stock farming is therefore out of the
question. Poultry might answer. but
unless a person is natural "hen man"
he will find that his eggs cost more
than they will sell for. What can such
men do in winter?
Gardening under glass offers fair in
ducements to the right man. In every
town there is more or less winter de-
mand for fresh lettuce and early oucum-
bers. The larger cities are pretty we'll
supplied by the large establishments
and from the south, and the small grow
er will not be able to compete well in
these places. The smaller towns off the
main lines Of shipment are the markets
for the small glass gardener. Is any
one preparing to supply fresh lettuce to
your town? # not, there is chance
for you to get in ahead, says Rural
New Yorker.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-01-03
Restoring Run Out Pastures.

The nature and food of our common
grasses are not SO we'll understood as
they should be. On nearly all soils all
of the common grasses that make up
the turf of our permanent pastures will
in time grow less luxuriantly on &C.
count of the decrease in the soil of one
element of plant food, nitrogen. These
grasses make use of the nitrogen already
in the soil, and in time this stock grad
ually becomes depleted. These plants
cannot gather nitrogen. They can only
use what some other plants have stored
up for them. It is extremely fortunate
for the American farmer that he can
grow abundantly another class of for
age plants which restore to the land
more nitrogen than they take from it.
Because the clovers make use Of the nj
trogen Of the atmosphere they are par
ticularly suited to restore to the soil
this element that has been exhausted by
the grasses through long continued
growth. AS rule, whenever permanent
pastures show signs of failure, through
lack of fertility, new vigor may be in
troduced, if slight stand of clover can
be secured. This, of course, will be Of
short duration, only year or two at
most, unless it be white clover, but this
short growth will be sufficient to leave
enough nitrogen in the soil to sustain
permanent pasture grasses for several
years. If clover can be introduced, the
benefit will likely be lasting, as this
plant is perennial.-Rural New York.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-01-03
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CHEAPEST POULTRY RATION.
Cut Green Bone an Important Factor.
Value of Animal Food.

Progressive poultry men recognize
the advantage of feeding animal food
of some kind to poultry. They also I'M
5erstand the value of cut bone in the
feeding ration. Up to within few
years only dry bones were used in this
way because of the difficulty in smash
ing green bones into suitable size for
feeding. Since then machines have been
put upon the market for cutting or slic-
ing the green bones, and this has in
many places almost revolutionized poul-
try feeding. A raw or green bone con-
tains considerable meat and gristle,
which, when cut up with the hard
bone, make a very heterogeneous food
which could hardly be utilized in any
other way. By running it through one
of these machines the bone is changed
into soft, pasty mass that may be fed
slone or when mixed with grain or veg
stables.
The cheapest poultry ration was the
subject for correspondence in the col
umns of The Rural New Yorker recent
iy, and in nearly every instance cut
bone was one of the ingredients speci-
fed.
A New York correspondent said that
he fed his poultry fresh cut raw bone,
oats, cornmeal, wheat bran and mid
dlings, whole wheat, corn in ear and
buckwheat varied for change. The
cheapest ration is oats in the bundle
cut fine with straw cutter for winter
feed. In summer let them 60 to grass.
James Rankin wrote: The main feed
to my hens when confined in winter is
wheat bran, mixed with cut clover,
green rye and boiled turnips, one-third
green stuff and two-thirds bran, with a
little animal meal or beef scrap mixed
in. I give all they will eat of this in
the morning and at night corn, wheat
and oats, keeping them trifle hungry.
A Pennsylvania who devotes his
time and attention to duck raising said:
Green bone is an economical feed. Hav-
ing fed about 20 tons this season places
us in position to know its merits. We
mix it with other feed. Fifteen per cent
ground bone is about right for ducks,
young and old; also for hens and broil-
ers. Green bone costs so cents per 100
pounds at the slaughter house. Raising
ducks is our main business. The feed
should consist of 5 per cent green bone,
20 per cent bran, 20 per cent No flour,
Is per cent crackers, 80 per cent corn
meal. To this should be added green
food of some kind, such as corn, rye,
etc., or clover hay cut fine and steamed
for some time in quantities equal to
the ration first given.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-01-03
A False Diagnosis.

la Grippe is COMPOUNDED by many persons
with severe attack of catarrh, which In
some respects resembles the formel. These
individuals suffer severely with pain about
the forheead eyes and ears, with soreness
in throat and stoppage OF the nasal passa
ges. and in fact, are incapacitated for
work of any kind for days at time. These
are catarrhal suffers. Ely's Cream Balm
has been used with the best results in such
cases. The remedy will give instant relief.
Mother-''WLy were you fighting with that
boy:''
Little Johnny-"He insulted me. He said,
Johnny, get your hair cut
Il don't see anything very insulting in
that
"You don't? Why. its just the same as say
ing 1 amt any good at football. ~ Street
& Smiths Good News.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-01-03
TAKING AN ABANDONED FARM.

Under Some Conditions This Will Pay, but
Good Farms Are Better Investments.
This query was recently propounded
by young farmer and answered by
Country Gentleman correspondent:
"Can young man hire one of the
abandoned Vermont farms reasonably
enough to make a living out of it?'
The answer to this question is both
yes and no, depending on what the liv-
ing is. An abandoned farm is generally
one with little tillable land, great ex-
tent of hilly and woody pastures and
side hill meadows we'll run down. In
thinking of hiring such did You con-
slider how much fence it takes to inclose
an acre on a steep side hill, and that
YOU could not afford to build any per-
manent fence or to spend time in har-
vest to hunt for your own cattle or
chase those Of your neighbor off your
land? And yet if you can live on what
your farm produces and get work with
your team off the place you can get a
living. Don't try it. If you have money
to buy one of those farms, the case is
different, for you can then afford to
trim up the orchards and hedgerows,
build fences, pillow up and reseed the
old meadows, buy fertilizers, repair the
broken down sheds and barns and ex-
pect that in the near future your invest
ment will afford you living.
A farm of this kind offered for sale
at So, 600 will keep team and IL or 10
COWS. 1t has 10 or 10 acres OF natural
cranberry bog, with trout stream run
ming through it. What are its possibill-
ties? If you have means to fit the
ground as a cranberry bog, it would
yield large income. If you prefer to
cultivate the speokled trout, here is
your opportunity. If you choose to be a
duck farmer, here is chance to equal
those famous ones of England.
And yet unless for some special fit
ness for a special purpose like the above
dom t hire or buy an abandoned farm.
Good farms in high state Of cultiva-
ton are selling cheaply enough now.
Buy one of them and be sure Of liv-
ing and a good investment too.
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-01-03
Exhibit of Irrigation Machinery.

The exhibit of machinery for raising
water made at the irrigation conven-
ton in Hutchinson, Kan, demonstrated
that at least in the Arkansas bottoms a
big ditch full Of water can be provided
without very expensive appliances.
Pumps were there each throwing 4, 900
gallons Of water per minute. These were
each driven by common thrasher's en-
CINE. There were also smaller machines
doing proportionately heavy work.
There were gasoline engines of several
makes, all doing excellent work in the
operation of pumps. Without doubt the
use of these engines is to be greatly in
creased, where supply of water is de-
sired, without fail, at the time most
needed, and where the quantity must be
above the capacity of the windmill and
below 10 or 1 5 horsepower. Windmills
were there in great numbers and vari-
ETY., and they received merited attention.
The beginner at irrigation first thinks
of the wind as the most desirable mo-
tive power, and there is no doubt about
the practicability Of irrigating consider
able areas, and especially gardens, by
the use of wind power.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-01-03
News and Notes.

The II 1914 corn crop is as poor in quail
Ey as in quantity.
The crop of onion seed is short both
N this country and in Europe.
If you want list or particulars Of
government land now open to the pub
lie for settlement, address "Commis-
sioners Land Office, Department of the
Interior, Washington.
The average yield of tobacco is near
ly double that of last year and the av-
erage quality good.
The twenty fourth biennial session Of
the American Pathological society will
be held at Sacramento (not San Fran
cisco, as first announced on Jan. 1918.
Professor Roberts estimates that the
value of the manure produced on a
small farm carrying horses, 20 COWS,
so sheep and 10 pigs during the seven
WRITER :.onfhs amounts to about $3.50.
III
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-01-03
WIT AND WISDOM.

Country Minister-"There was stranger
in church this morning."
Wife-"What did he look like?"
Minister-"I did not see him."
Wife -''Then how did you know there was
a stranger in the congregation"
Minister-"I found dollar bill in the col
lection. -From TrutL.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-01-03
MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK.

The annual meeting of the stockholders OF
1he MERCHANTS National Bank of Portland,
Maine, for the election of seven directors
for the ensuing year and the Transaction OF
nresented, will be held at their banking
house on Tuesday the sth day Of January
1895, at 10 o'clock a. m. G. o. BASCKoFI,
Cashier ueo'utu
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-01-03
Potatoes In Succession.

There are other reasons besides the
danger of propagating the potato disease
why it is not best to plant potatoes two
succeeding years on the same land. Ex-
plains American Cultivator: The great
necessity for a large potato crop is an
abundant supply of moisture in the soil.
Nothing SO well secures this as clover
ley plowed early enough in spring to
get the advantage of late spring rains.
It is true that when clover is allowed
to grow in the spring there is gseat
mass of green heritage to be plowed I'M
der in late May or early June But the
moisture that is in the clover leaves has
all been taken from the soil and much
more, for the clover plant, with its
broad leaves, exhales moisture rapidly,
as any one who has plowed under
growth of clover in June we'll knows
Even as quickly as 48 hours after very
heavy rain heavy soil will often become
h&,dtto pillow.
When clover is plowed SO late, the
soil often remains dry all the season if
summer rains are light. The same clio
VERIFIED plowed in early spring will
keep moist all summer What clover
there is rots quickly, and this keeps the
soil loose, SO that every rainfall sinks
into it instead of running off. The soil
where potatoes grew the year before Ell
ther has better vegetable matter or the
blowing is delayed so late for it to grow
that much of its benefit for that year
must be lost This may prove to be one
of the draw backs to the advantages ex-
pected from sowing crimson clover to
cover the soil in winter and be plowed
under in spring for potatoes. There will
be some profit, but it will not be as
great as is commonly supposed.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-01-03
PortIand National Bank.

The annual meeting of the stoGkhoIders
of the Portland National Bank OF Portland,
wear and the transaction of any other bust
ness that may legally be presented, will be
beld at their banking house on Tuesday, the
Sth day of January. 1895, at III O'CLOCK A.
CHARLES G. ALLEN. Cashier;
Portland, Dec. 7, 1894. decsdtd
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-01-03
FIRST NATIONAL BANK.

of the First National bank of Portland. for
the election of directors for the ensuing
year, and the transaction of any other bust
b held at their banking rooms on Tuesday the
sth day Of January, 1895, at 10 O'clock a. IN.
j. e. WENGREN, Cashier.
decsdtd Portland, Me-, Dec. 7th. 1894.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-01-03
| Diseases Of Men.

Sufferers from Night Emissions, Sexual Decay, Var
Ececee, Nervous Debility and diseases arising from
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death. You may be cured quickly by Old DR..
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Special Offer. To convince the skeptcal we will
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to cover postage. DR.. Halock will give written 4
guarantee to effect permanent cure. Who3
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Write freely and frankly, as everything is confden
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-01-03
CanaI National Bank.

of The Canal National Bank of Portland for
The election of seven Directors. and for
the transaction of any other business thar
may legally come before them. Will be held
at their banking house on Tuesday, the
ghth day of January, 1885,. at IL clock a. III.
GEORGE c. PETERS. Cashier.
December s. 1894. decSeOdtd
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-01-03
ANNUAL meetings..
Cumberland National Bank.

The annual meeting of the stool hoIders
of the Cumberland National Bank of Port
land will be held at tn air banking rooms on
Tuesday the eighth day of january. 1895 at
ten O'Clock a. M, for the choice of directors
for the ensuing year and the transaction OF
any other business that may legally come
before them. W. ii. SOULE, Casner.
Portland, Dec. s, 1894. declOdtd
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-01-03

Cases of 40 years. standing where operations
have failed have been cured by Japanese Pile
Cure. w. w. Whipple & Co., and John Will
hanson, Portland
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-01-03
Portland & Ogdensburg Railroad.

The annual meeting of the stockhoiders
be held at the Maine Central Railroad Office.
1888 ST. John St., Portland, on Tuesday the
Is, day OF January 1895. at ten O'Clock In
the forenoon, to choose directors for the
ensuing year, and to transact any other
business that may legally come before the
JOHN ". DANA, Clerk.
jan1 d2w
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Take the MAINE STATE PRESS for a
weekly paper.
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The National Traders Bank Of Port

The stoc kholders of the National Traders
Bank OF Portland, are hereby notified that
their annual meeting will be held at their
banking room on Tuesday, the Sth day OF
choose i've directors for the ensuing year
and to act on any other business that may
legally come before the meeting.
JOHN M. GOULD, Cashier;
Oecen,ber s. 1894 decSdtd
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-01-03
Maine Eve and Ear Infirmary.

A MEETING of the Corporate members of the
IA Maine Eye and Ear Infrmary will be held
on MONDAY, January 9TH. 1895. at s O'Clock
D. M at the Infirmary No. 293 Vaughan
Street, for the election of President and Vice
President and for the transaction of such other
business as may legally come before the meet
A. A. MONTGOMERY, Secretary.
Portland December 20, 1894.
daocI did
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-01-03
CLOCK REPAIRING.

T HAVE made a speciality of clock. pairing for
Il years and am familiar with all its branches. My
prices are reasonable, my work strictly first class
Drop me postal and will send for your clock.
MCKINNEY, the Clock Maker, 459 Congress ST.,
Monument Square. jan3du
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-01-03
WATCH REPAIRING.

NEW Resilient Waltham Mainsprings. only 75c,
IN warranted; cleaning and handspring. only 81 50.
cleaning, 300 ALI work strictly first class and war
ranted. Twenty five years matchmaker MckEN-
NEY, the Matchmaker, 459 Congress ST., Monument
Square. JanSdtI
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WORK WANTED-Washing and ironing to
w take home. or to go out by the hour or day.
Apply at 81 Hammond street, City. Best of
reference 81
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10 ycu wa It to know what is going on IN the
world-Take the PREes.
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STANDARD CLOTHING CO.,
255 Middle Street. Portland, Me.
FOR SALE.

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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-01-03

o. L. Rice, Mendoza, I'LL. writes: Have
used your Japanese Pile Cure and found it a
sure and permanent cure" W. W. Whlpple y
Co. and John Williamson, Portland
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"ANTED-Special agents for lowest cost
w life insurance. PROVIDENT AID
SOCIETY. 9S Exchange street. Portland,
Me. decl2-4
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VErANTED-A young man. who has had eX-
w perience as book-keeper and cashier in
a wholesale house, desires situation with
some firm or corporation. Can furnish salts
factory reference as to character and ability.
Address A. E. care Press Office. 29-l
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-28
NO WORD RECEIVED.
Judge FerriII Expecting n Reply
From the Attorney General To-day.

Judge FerriII Expecting "A Reply
From the Attorney General To-day.
Judge H. L. Ferrill received no reply
yesterday in answer to his communica-
ton addressed the day before to Attor-
ney General ]. NJ. Terrell with regard to
his authority to call an election to fill
a vacancy in the legislature from this
county.
In his letter he asked the Attorney Cen
eral to wire him at once or as soon as he
had reached decision, but as no reply
was received, it is supposed that the At
torney General is out of the city or that
he has answered by letter, in which case
the reply will be received this morning.
Judge Ferrill, in case it should be de-
cided that it is his duty to call the cleo
ton, will consult both sides and name the
date at once, so that all preparations
for the election can be made
In the meantime the registration goes
slowly on. Since the fence election 565
names were registered up to 2 o'clock
yesterday. Before the fence election $500
names went on the list, which will make
a total of 3,465. Some of the names were
taken out of the $500 by the registrars,
but wherever disqualifications existed they
have been removed, and most of those
names taken off will be back on the list.
The registration lists have to close twenty
days before the election, so the date of
their closing will not be definitely known
until the day for the election has been
fixed The Citizens Club claims fully 2,200
out of the S,465 voters already registered.