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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-10-03
Improving Prairie Pasture.

While alfalfa and other forage plants
may be best suited for hay and fod-
der, the wild grasses growing on the
prairie furnish pasture which will
last indefinitely and afford feed even
In the dryest seasons, unless it be over
stocked. Prof. Georgeson of Kansas
believes that the prairie grasses exist
because they are suited to the condi-
tions. In proof of this he describes a
successful attempt to renovate the
prairie pasture on the college farm,
which, from being overpastured. was
falling and weedy. A weighted disc
harrow cut up the surface in several
directions, and n mixture of orchard
grass, timothy. redtop. meadow fescue
blue grass. with some red clover and
alfalfa. was broadcasted. These
sprouted well and made good stand.
but were overcome by the wild grasses
In June, which formed a close sod,
smothered all the weeds, and furnish
ed an extra yield of wild prairie hay
In September. Take off the stock,
scratch the surface in early spring, or
before soaking rain. and the new
wild pasture will stand the drouth.-
Orange Judd Farmer
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-10-03
Wide Tire Test,

AT the Ohio State University"
says the Carriage Journal. "a test
was made during the fall of last year
the result of which was as follows:
An ordinary wagon, with new three
inch tire. was loaded with ALSO
pounds, the dynamometer being used
to measure the draft. On hard
dirt road the draft was 254 pounds;
on grass field it was 46S pounds; on
newly-plowed land it was III pounds.
The draft power of horse of 1000
pounds is $50 pounds. and therefore
two horses could draw the load easily
on a good dirt road. or one and a
half tons on a grass sod. With a mar
row tire half as much is full load
for two-horse team. showing a
marked advantage for the wide tires,
in addition to which they become roll
ers and smooth and level the road.
and so make 1t better the more it is
used, instead of cutting it into rllts,
as is well known the narrow tires do
on soft roads"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-10-03
4 M0t0rman's Life.
Foil OF HARDSHlPS. EXPOSURE AND
CONSTANT DANGER

The Great Strain . Mans Nerves
sumcient In Itself to Wreck Him II
Short Time. The Experisnos
of wel-known Motorman.
From the Cincinnati Ohio. Enquirer.
The life of a motorman is not . bsA Of
roses. He is subjected to many hardships
especially in the winter when he Is exposed
to the cold and snow. Even in the summer
he must bear the intense heat which bea Is
down upon him. Considerable nerve and
self-possession is necessary in good motor
man, for the lives and limbs of his passen-
gers are at stake One of the best known
electric motormen in this city is William
Frazer, who is at present running q car on
the Cumminsville electric line. He is not
only well known to his fellow employees but
to the people who travel on his car. Mr..
Frazer Is young man about twenty-six
years Of age and resides with his wife and
child at IA Belts Street. Cincinnati, o.
About q year ago Mr.. Frazer was taken
with serious stomach troubles. He bought
several kinds of medicine which were rec
commended To him, but none of them seemed
to give him even temporary benefit. An
enthusiastic admirer of that famous remedy
known as DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People told him to try them. Frazer was
almost discouraged, but took the advice
To reporter for the Enquirer he said:
81 can most heartily recommend DR.. Will
liams' Pink Pills. They are all that Ii
claimed for them, in fact they advertise
themselves better than any medicine ever
saw. was seized some time ago with a bad
attack of indigestion. My stomach hurt me
nearly all the time and l could not digest
my food. The pain was almost unbearab BILE
and found nothing that would give me
relief. l confess that when ! bought the
first box of Pink Pills hadn't much conf
dence in their efficacy because had tried so
many things without success that was al
most discouraged Before had taken one
box l was decidedly better. Two boxes
cured me entirely. WhileI have been under
the weather from other causes my indiges-
tion has never returned. If it ever should
know Just what TO do. l have so much
confidence in the efficacy of Pink Pills that
If ever get real sick again with any disor-
der shall use some of them. 1t is pleas
ure for me, assure you, to testify to the
excellent qualities of these Pink Pills. They
not only tone the stomach but regulate the
bowels and act asst as a mild cathartic."
MIR. Frazers testimonial means some
thing. He speaks from personal expert
ence and any one who doubts that he re-
ceived the benefits stated can easily verify
the assertion by calling on Mr.. Frazer OF
seeing him some time while he is on his car.
DIR. Williams Pink Pills contain all the
elements necessary to give new life and
richness to the blood and restore shattered
nerves They are sold in boxes at so
cents a box, or six boxes for &. SO. and may
be had of all dru ggists or directly by mail
from DR.. Williams Medicine Company,
Schenectady, n. Y.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-10-03
SOME FARM TOPICS.
VALUABLE POINTERS FOR TILLERs
OF THE SOIL.
rhc Advantage of Knowing What to
DO NeNt-Fall Campaign Against
Weeds-Sheep After Harvest-Agri-
cultural POintern.

1t is n wise man who knows what to
do next. No matter where you are
placed there is always one thing to
do which is more important than all
others. The wise man inStinctively
turns 10 that more important work
first. The unwise man. the man who
never succeeds, the man who is al
ways behind in his payments, with
his work, the man who Is always los
ing money. is he who makes a mistake
in what to do next. His next work
is not the most important work. and
the really important work is neglected.
Every man considers himself COM
petent to superintend n fruit farm and
nursery, or n grain farm. The fact
is that many would fail in that ca
pacity, for the reason that they would
not know what to do next. Take, for
instance. the fruit farm. At every
season of the year there Is some one
important thing to be done that can
not admit of delay. Often there are
many such important things. when
it will perpleN the wisest to know
which TO 10 first. But the capable
man. though he has to study the
question for hours, finally hits upon
Ile lluSl important WoIh anu tii'it 10
the thing which he will do next.
know of men who think they are
doing the most important work, and
yet who allow the worst farm weeds
10 go TO seed upon their place. with
out attention. Surely the dock, one
plant of which would seed down
whole farm, should be considered one
Of the most important things to be
attended to. l know of men who
drive around in rickety wagons, tires
loose, thills rattling, boxes ready to
fall to pieces, who think they know
what to do next: when the fact is the
next thing they should do would be
to get new wagon or to repair the
old one The same farmer runs his
moving machine. his reaper, his
plows and cultivators. with loose bolts
and everything shaky and rickety,
thinking he knows what is best to do
next; whereas. the first thing he
should do would he to put his ma
chinery in good working order.
What should you do next, reader?
Possibly you should inform your wife
that she has been a good, devoted
helpmate. Perhaps you should give
your boys holiday. Possibly you
should all take day off together for
a picnic or other excursion.-Green's
Fruit Grower.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-10-03
British Postal Syst M.

The report of the postmaste: general
gives an interesting record of the devel-
opment of the postal telegraph in Great
Britain. When the telegraph lines were
transferred to the government in 1870
the number Of telegrams forwarded the
first year was 9,S5O,OOO. Last year the
number exceeded II 100000. There has
also been a remarkable development OF
speed in the transmission of kilograms,
600 words a minute having become pos
sible, with the Wheatstone system and
400 words a minute has been fixed as
the standard on the main circuits. The
report, however, shows a deficit of f153,-
017, to which must be added f9S,SSS for
Interest on capital
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-10-03
FLOTSA SAM.

Abraham Rimes, of Fulton county,
Indiana, has just married his eleventh
wife, having been married and divorced
ten times.
There were recently 324 physicians
present in consultation at the bedside
of a member of the imperial family of
China.
1t is said that If the suns influence
was entirely withdrawn from the earth.
universal death would ensue within
three days.
A painter Of Marseilles earned $1,000
recently by standing in one position on
a pedestal twenty-eight hours. This
was done on a wager.
A coon cat in Lewiston, Maine, not
only plays the piano, but when 1t wants
to look out Of the window pushes up the
curtain, II it happens to be down.
The only fish that breathes with its
tail Is the periophthalmus, native Of
the Maylayand swamps. II the tail is
painted over with oil or varnish the fish
dies of suffocation.
1t cost $100, 900 year to keep up the
Bois de Boulogne, but from $4,000 to
&50, 900 is derived from the park itself.
and from the rents Of the race courses,
restaurants and private houses in it.
1t is said that the cocoanut PLAN of
the Philippine islands sometimes pro-
duces pearls, like those of the ocean,
composed Of carbonate of lime. and that
the bamboo yields opals, which are
found in its joints.
A club Of people with six fingers on
each hand exists in Landau Tba .oo
retary of the club reports that there
are 2,173 persons with six. and 431 with
seven fingers on one hand There is
but one person living with eight fingers.
1t is said that there are $50. 900 cats
In England. and sixty-uine varieties
pure tortoise-shell tom cat is very
rare. as is also a female red tabby
Some cats are actually vegetarians. ana
a curious variety from Burmah live ?.
t.-efy upon water.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-10-03
Canker in Chicks.

Canker of the throat in chicks Is
often mistaken for gapes. says Farm
Journal. The characteristic yellow
sores sometimes close up the mouth of
the windpipe and cause the birds to
gasp for breath. If an attempt be
made TO extract cape worms from a
chick so affected it is likely to die in
the operation. \ drop of peroxide of
hydrogen applied with pippet
syringe or dropper to the sores may
give speedy relief. Old fowls aud
pigeons are also frequently affected
by canker. Sick birds should be re-
moved at once from the flock. and all
water vessels cleaned out. scalded and
coated with lime wash. and all food
should be supplied in clean vessels.
Give homeopathic mercurus v;vus or
nitric acid in drinking water
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-10-03
Agriculture Pointers.

Raspberries produce good crops in
the same soil for years. while straw
berries produce their best crops the
first year they come into full bearing.
The removing of the old canes in the
thrifty growing plants is about all of
the pruning needed with currants,
and 1t serves to keep the plants in a
good fruiting condition generally.
There is excellent food for stock In
wheat. cut green, while the grain is
soft and at recent prices pays better
for milch cows and other cattle,
horses and sheep than to thresh the
grain.
Those who have their doubts about
intensive cultivation. extra manuring,
etc. are the men who are never
tempted to practice them. One should
never be ready to condemn a thing
without some trial
1t is not to the farmer that hard
times oftenest come. and bankruptcy
Is n rare visitor. Statistics show that
agriculture is safer than banking, rail-
waying or manufacturing, taking an
things into account.
Sow a small corner of the corn field
to rye. oats or barley for pasture for
pigs. The pigs can be run for few
weeks this fall without the least dam
age to the corn crop. and to the great
advantage of the pigs.
If one desires Il clean. long lived,
prolific meadow. all stock should be
kept off. and then moved twice n year
II necessary. 4 good timothy meadow
may be easily ruined by tramping and
grazing after harvest.
IT Is estimated that the ration which
makes one pound of steer meat beef
will also make one pound of butter or
two of cheese. This is a thought
worthy Of consideration by those
farmers who are anxious to get hst.
ter profit out st tbfir live stock
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-10-03
FARMING IN JAPAN.
Everything Done on . Small ScAic-Home.
Made Tools.

Made Tools.
There can be no market for American
agricultural implements and machinery
in Japan for two very simple reasons.
First, the farms are not big enough, and
second, labor is too plenty. If Japan
ese farmer should introduce modern
reaper and self-binder upon his farm he
would cut down everything in the way
of crops while he was turning it around,
and there wouldn't be anything left for
him and his family to do all the rest of
the season.
Every variety of agriculture is carried
on in mannar similar to that l have
described. and the soil is in constant
use. A couple of acres is considered a
large tract of land for farming pur-
poses Most of the farms are of smaller
area, and the crops are greatly diversi-
fed. Upon such a little spot of land
will be grown almost everything known
to the vegetable kingdom; few square
feet of wheat, barley, corn and millet.
a plat of beans perhaps ten feet wide by
twenty feet long. an equal amount Of
potatoes and peas, then a patch of on
ions as big as a grave. beets, lettuce, sal
sify, turnips. sweet potatoes. vegetable
oysters and other varieties of cereals
and roots occupy the rest of the area.
The farmer looks upon his growing
crop every morning. just as an engineer
will inspect the movements of his ma
chinery, and if anything is wrong re-
pairs it. If a weed appears in the bean
patch he pulls it up: if a hill of potatoes
or anything else fails it is Immediately
replanted. And when he cuts down 4
tree he always plants another to take its
place. The artificial forests of Japan
cover many hundreds of square miles.
nd hH-t n
the prosperity of the country is perma-
nently assured. As one crop is harvest
ed the soil is worked over, fertiliZed and
replanted with something else.
The largest area of agricultural lands
in Japan Is devoted to raising rice. per-
haps as much rs nine-tenths of the
whole, and. as that crop requires great
deal of water. the paddys are banked up
into terraces. one above the other, and
divided off into little plats twenty-five
or thirty feet square. with ridges of
earth between them to keep the water
from flowing away when they are
flooded. All farming land is irrigated
by a system that is thousand years
old, and some of the bitches are walled
up with bamboo wicker work.
The farmers live in villages and their
farms are detached, sometimes 4 mile or
two and three miles away from their
homes. There are no fences or other
visible marks of division. but every man
knows his own land. for it has been in
his family for generations. Irrigating
bitches and little paths are usually the
boundary lines.
Theoretically all the land belongs to
the emeperor, but the greater part Of
that under cultivation has been held in
the same families for generations and
always descends from the father to the
oldest son.
The official statistics of Japan show
that there are 11,4OO,O0S men and 10,-
94S,O53 women engaged in agriculture,
which is more than half the total popu-
lation.-William E. Curtis.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-10-03
An Absent Minded Preacher.

at Winchester. AS DR.. Wilson was one
Sunday morning going through the
streets toward the cathedral he heard
a woman cry, "Mackerel! All alive, all
alive, o." and on his arrival at the
church he began the services as follows:
when the wicked man turneth away
from his wickedness, and doeth that
which is lawful and right. he shall save
his soul alive, alive, o" These last
words the doctor proclaimed aloud, to
the great surprise of the congregation.
But the good doctor was so studious and
absent-minded that he knew not what
he had done.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-10-03
SIFTINGS.

A swallow may not make a summer,
but frog makes a spring.
The military prisoner makes his es-
cape in an unguarded moment
A stag party would be twice as en-
joyable if a few dears were invited.
A printer being asked If he was a
West-Pointer said no, he was a setter.
Fortune is like a market. where
many times If you wait little the
price will fall.
Binx calls his doctor his biographer
for the reason that he is at work upon
his life.
How happy our neighbors might be
If they would only do as we think they
ought to do.
Come to think of it, how can you ex-
pect the poor to be contented when the
rich never are?
Ruffs for the throat are fashionable,
and it is generally for the throat that q
rough goes.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-10-03
Milk And Butter.

In producing a pound of butter, says
Prof. Robertson, there are sixty six
times more room for skill than in the
production of one pound Of potatoes.
Dairying offers a man the best chance
for putting his skill into money. The
object of the butter maker is to get
the fat out of the milk with as little
sf the other constituents in the milk as
possible. In every 100 pounds of but
ter there should be about thirteen
pounds of water. eighty-two pounds of
butter fat. three pounds of salt, and
two pounds of the other constituents
In the milk. A COW is not a machine
but living organism. and therefore
will not give different product be-
cause she takes different food. The
food does not affect the blood of
cow, from which milk is largely form
ed. Food will affect the quality of the
milk sometimes by changing the COM
position of the fat itself. If the guam
tity of fat is not affected the volatile
fats from the food will become part
of the fat in the milk and give its Pc
culiar favor to the milk. These vola-
tile flavors can be expelled by heating
milk or cream to 150 degrees. The
ease with which cream may he separ-
sted from the milk sometimes depends
upon the kind of food cow takes.
Cows for making butter should he
handled under such conditions as will
give them perfect resposc. Cleanli-
ness should he strictly observed. I'm
pure air OF the stable will affect the
milk. and ensilage will not injure the
milk when fed to cows. When cows
have been milking a long period or
have been overheated. or without salt
the milk will become sticky. and pre-
vent complete separation of the
cream By having a few fresh -calved
rows milk to mix with the milk of
cows that have been milking a long
time. better quality of butter can be
made. Keep the cream sweet and
cold and use a suitable fermentation
starter. and You will get a quality of
butter in January as good as the
quality of June butter. IF cream is
properly tempered. temperature Of
from 81 to IS will be suitable for
ehurning and As minutes will be long
enough to get butter.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-10-03

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. o.
We. the undersigned. bave known F.
J. Cheney for the last Is years. and be-
lieve him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions. and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by their firm.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internal
ly. acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. Testi-
monials sent free. Price. 75c per bottle.
Sold by all druggists.
Halls Family Pills, &c.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-10-03

Modern high explosives are again
bringing the principle of the old gun
powder engine into prominence. Col.
Barker. superintendent of the British
small arms factory at Sparkbrook, in
recently speaking of the subject, made
the point that while one pound of gun
powder was capable of developing over
10000 foot pounds Of energy. the nea
smokeless powders were capable Of still
more, and at the same time left NO solid
residue, as ordinary gunpowder did, Oh
combustion. The latter, too. developed
in combustion only about $50 volumes
of permanent gases. while the new pow
ders gave off nearly 1000 volumes.
With this encouragement, 1t is not at
all unlikely that the gunpowder engine
inventor will set to work with renewed
enthusiasm. - Cincinnati Commercial
Gazette.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-10-03
Printing Names on Fruit.

The rosy cheek of an apple is on the
sunny side; the colorless apple grows
in the leafy shade. Advantage may be
taken of this to have a pleasant sur
prise for children. A piece of stiff pa
per placed around an apple in the full
sun will shade it, and if the MARY" of
"Bobbie" is cut in the paper so that the
sun can color the apple through these
stenciled spaces the little one can gather
the apple for itself with the name prints
ed on the fruit by nature itself.-Mee-
hans Monthly.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-10-03
A "Fancy" Dairy.

The following description of the
Hairy in which not only the Princess
IF Wales. but her daughters. have
earned to make the most perfect but
Ter. is clipped from an exchange.
which is all the authority we have
For the statements made:
The walls are covered with tiles
presented by the Prince of Wales.
who placed them here as surprise
to the royal dairymaids. They Were
made in Bombay and are of deep.
peiccck blue. the rose. shamrock and
thistle being intertwined, with the
motto. "Ich diem"
\ white marble counter runniny
around the room holds silver pans of
milk from the Alderneys grazing with
out. Above this on broad bracket
shelves of marble is collection in
every imaginable material of cows,
bullocks and calves: Italian and Pari-
an marble; alabaster, porcelain. terra
Gotta and silver-all Eifts.
A long milk can, painted by the
Princess Louise to match the Indian
tiling, stands in one corner. and op-
posite Is the head of the princess pet
Alderney, with silver plate record
ing her virtues. Here the princess
sometimes churns in a silver churn.
and in the next room the butter for
the family is made and sent up fresh
every morning when they are in Lon
don.
The days supply is made up into
little pats and scrolls all ,-eady for
the table, and the prince requires
special order of pats. Not a grain of
salt Is allowed in them. and they are
made the size of a half dollar md the
thickness Of three. with either the
crown. the coat of arms or the three
feathers stamped on each.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-10-03
Kate Field In Denver.

Denver. Sept 1O.-My Journey from
Chicago was over the Chicago, Bur
lington & Quincy railroad, one of the
best managed systems in the country,
l should say, judging by the civility of
the employees. the comfort experienc
ed, the excellence of its roadbed, and
the punctuality of arrival. l actually
reached Denver ahead of time. The
Burlington route is also the best to st.
Paul, Minneapolis, st. Paul and Kan
sas City.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-10-03
SCIENCE,

Ninety-fve wage-workers in 100 own
less than 10000 each. yet they make
the wealth of the country.
The German government is trying to
induce its emigrants to go to Africa in
stead of the United States.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-10-03
Keep Your weather Ey, Open.

Fraud loves n shining mark. Occasionally
spurious limitations spring up of Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters. the great American family
remedy for chills and fever. dyspepsia, con-
stipation. biliousness. nervousness, neuralgia.
rheumatism and kidney disorder. These i'm.
itations are usually fiery local bitters, full OF
high wines Look out for the firm signature
on the genuine label and vignette Of st.
George and the Dragon.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-10-03
Fall Campaign Against weeds.

Inquiries are constantly coming tc
us concerning the best method of get
ting rid of noHious weeds. especially
peTennials- Begin by sowing the In
Tested fields TO oats in the spring. or
wheat or rye in the fail. Soon after
iszee small grains have been harvest
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-10-03
That Joyful Feeling

With the exhilarating sense of renewed
health and strength and internal clean
illness which follows the use of Syrup
Of Figs is unknown to the few who
have not progressed beyond the old time
medicines and the cheap substitutes
sometimes offered but never accepted by
the well informed.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-10-03

Bright's disease seems TO have a prefer
ence for great statesmen. and others of tn
same kidney.