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Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1895-11-08
Wintering Bees.

indispensable requisites for success
full wintering are good laying queen,
some 30 pounds of good sealed honey
and enough bees to cover the combs.
The foregoing is quoted from The Farm
Journal, which says;
The fall is the proper time to pack
bees and to keep them in good condition
all winter This can be easily done, as
we have frequently said, by putting the
hive proper in a box Of such dimensions
as to leave some two or three inches Of
space between the walls, which may be
packed with wheat chaff or dry sawdust.
A cover over this, with a tunnel for the
bees to get out, is all that is necessary
to give ample protection to the bees. in
the absence of such protection, a few
sheavos Of corn fodder or bundles Of
straw will be Of great benefit, providing
the hives are well protected against ro-
dents at their entrances.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1895-11-08
The AcIdity of Soils,

The acidity of soils or their sour con-
dition has to be taken into account in
Judging Of the effects of lime, potash
and Soda The New England Homestead
has published some interesting results
at the Rhode Island station on the value
Of lime in correcting this acidity. An
other years results with vegetables in
dictate that soda is inferior TO potash,
but to what extent, if any, it is impor-
tant as a plant nutrient in connection
with potash in addition TO the soda al
ready existing i'll our soil can only be
ascertained by repetition of the expert
mcnt, perhaps for a number Of years.
Though the direct object of the expert
mcnt was not to compare the action Of
the chlorides and carbonates of POTASH
um and sodium, it was evident that the
latter produced much greater yields with
certain crops than did the chlorides, and
this was due to the action Of the car
donates IN reducing the acidity or sour
ness of the soil.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1895-11-08
POLITICAL PLEASANTRlES.

John Sherman says Morton is too old to
be president As for John, he is kid Of
only 72.-Atlanta Constitution.
Presidential candidates are rapidly being
driven to sullcn determination to say
nothing and make speeches. Trib-
une.
Presidential candidates are now on the
lookout for open switches and side tracks.
They want to stay on the main line.-In-
dianapolis News
The small boy is not the only person
who is persuaded to be ON his best behavior
by the assurance that he may some day be
president Of the United States. Some Of
the country's most prominent statesmen
are now in the same position. Washing
ton star.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1895-11-08
CutwOrms, Borers, Etc.

Bulletin 1O9, from the New Jersey
station, consists of illustrated descrip-
tive notes ON the life history, habits,
ravages and treatment of cutworms, the
sinuate pear borer and the potato stalk
borer, and the result of experiments
with bisulpLide Of carbon as an insecti-
eide. Applying kainit to the ground and
the use Of poisoned trap food are advised
for the cutworms, and for the other in
sects destroying infested trees and plants
is advised, Bisulphide of carbon is REQ
commended as efficient for destroying
melon and cabbage maggots, in the lat
ter case being injected into the soil be-
meath the plants.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1895-11-08
Rival Giles.

We trust Chicago people will go to At
lanta and see how great exposition feels
from the other side e-Detroit Tribune.
A Chicago man has been fined $40 for
smoking in church. 1t isn't much use for
q man to try TO be pious in Chioago.-Los
Angeles Times.
II the railroads continue to shorten the
time between Chicago and New York, the
last named town will soon be in danger Of
annexation. Washington Post
Chicago is a queer city. It's newspapers
affirm that 1t has an epidemic Of crime.
Really 1t has at last developed enough or
der to make the crime noticeable. That
is all that ails Chicago Cedar Rapids
Gazette.
New York is fond of taking sly pokes at
Boston's liking for baked beans and Phil
adelphia's love for scrapple, but with un-
eXampled and rare modesty, withholds
praise of its own favorite dish-wind pud-
ding. Philadelphia Ledger.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1895-11-08
sECTIONAL VIEW oF HOUSE.

vanized iron is laid. This slopes to one
corner, where drain pipe-air trapped
carries off the waste to the drain. A
few boards, or floor of strips, are laid
on the iron floor to walk upon and hold
the blocks of ice. The low space for the
ice is inclosed with protecting double
walls, and floor over it, on which dry
sawdust is laid. This ice closet is closed
i'll by the partition carried up from be-
low, as shown in the illustration. Fig.
2 shows a section through the middle of
the house lengthwise, with the ventila-
tors in the roof; l, ice, S, storage, L,
ladder.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1895-11-08

ter substitute for hay than sweet, bright
corn fodder, Ordinarily, however, it is
very inconvenient to handle and there
is considerable loss of food material in
the courser parts left uneaten by stock.
The shredder seems TO have obviated
these difficulties by putting all the fod-
der in an eatable condition and in a
form easy to handle. Shredded corn fod-
der is now baled, shipped to city mar
kets and sold at remunerative prices
Thanks are due to Farm and Fireside
for the illustration here given of bale
of shredded corn fodder
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1895-11-08

It. II. King Of the Wisconsin station,
recognized authority on silos and ST.
lage, writing to American Agricultur-
ist, says Good corn silage should be
bright green, only little darker than
when put into the silo and free from
mold. The kernels of corn should be
nearly natural in color, and the silage
should have mild acid taste and well
marked and pleasant smell. Any mold
ing of the silage, any strong offensive
udor and any dark or black color are in
dications Of losses of dry matter greater
than 8 to 12 per cent. A silo which
gives this kind of silage is defective in
some important particular. There will
be scattered through the silage small
spots the size of the hand OF perhaps
the size of the head, where there is a
little mold, but these should be very
few. A general molding or blackening
of the silage in contact with the walls
is proof positive of faulty walls or bad
filling. The silage against the walls
should be bright and free from mold,
and where it is not an unnecessary loss
is being sustained This is an important
matter for the feeder to understand, be-
cause cattle will eat silage readily where
there has been as high as 90 per cent
loss, so that the fact that cattle eat the
silago all up is no criterion that large
losses are not being sustained. A feeder
can no better afford a loss Of 20 per cent
of his silage than he can afford loss of
1 per cent of fat in his milk
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1895-11-08

Quoting walls and vestibule at the en-
trance to prevent loss Of the cold air
when one is passing in or ont
Fig. / shows the floor plan of the
building; /, ice, S, storage room, d,
double door. 1t is not even necessary to
have any packing in the house, or if
any, two or three inches inside will be
sufficient if the walls are made double,
with airproof paper between the double
boarding just us is done with the mod
e1n silO The ice is then packed, with
a little sawdust at the sides. Eighteen
inches of covering is ample over the ice
if the gable end and the roof are venti-
lated as shown; the ventilation, caus-
ing evaporation from the covering, cools
it, OF course the ice is cut i'll rectangu-
lar blocks; "a by 16 or IS by IL is
good size, as two and three in alternate
layers will break joints and make solid
block, if the dust is kept swept into the
joints of each layer.
The cold storage is built in this way
The lower part is exactly the same as
the icehouse, and there is no connection
between the two except above. The par
tition, double as the walls are is car
riod half way to the roof The floor over
the storage room is well supported by
stout joists, over which floor of gal
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1895-11-08
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FIG. I-DBAIN AGE ANp sUEIBRIGATIOE
agencies Of drainage and subiIigation.
Farm and Fireside, with the aid Of illus
trations, shows how some swamps have
been converted into garden pots.
The conditions favorable 20 improve
ment are loan or muck soil underlaid
with gravel resting ON a bed of impcrvi
GUS clay, and an outlet for drainage, as
shown by Fig. /. 1t is the basin Of clay
that holds the water and makes the
swamp. The first work is o tap the bed
Of gravel by ditch through the clay
rim Of just sufficient depth to lower the
water level TO five on SIX feet below the
surface, as shown by Zig. ..
In draining a swamp Of this kind, the
object is not TO 1cmCve all the water,
but only TO lower the water level to a
point that will permit cultivation Of the
surface soil. The drains, Of course,
should be sufficient to remove quickly
surplus water from rainfall. IN rainy
seasons the drains keep the water level
below danger to the growing crops. In
dry seasons the reservoir of water under
the reclaimed swamps supplies by capil-
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1895-11-08
LIGHT AND AIRY.


ro Bicycle mhfds
Sing high, sing high for the peerless maid
Who rides forth on bicycle
In all the pride Of youth arrayed
And as cool as an arctic icicleI
Who spins along with an eager zest
And trills her pet song merrilyi
Who ne'er has fall to the earth confessed,
Because sbe wheels so warilyl
Sing high, sing high for the glow of health
That blooms the cheek so cheerily
OF the maids alike who roll in wealth
Or who toll all day unwearilyi
For the sinews firm, the strength like steel,
For the muscles large, dimensional,
That come to the maid who rides the wheel
Despite all rules conventional
Sing high, sing high for the lady fair,
Not quite untouched by vanity,
And who knows her chic and her dashing air
Bewitch all male humanity;
Whose eyes shine bright with luster glad,
And whose voice rings out so girlishly-
The lovely maid with the cycling fad,
Whom prudes decry 30 churlishlyi
Sing high, sing high for the wheeling craze
That holds as captives presently
The girls Of the hn de steele days
And makes their time pass pleasantly
With the buggy old and the coach awayl
Away with the ancient tricycle.
While the world bows down meath the po-
tent sway
OF the nineteenth century bicyclej
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1895-11-08

ding the cornstalks. The stalks are fed
to the machine, which chops off the ears
and husks them and at the same time
crushes and shreds the stalks.
This shredded fodder or corn hay, as
it is also called, has many advantages.
First, it has no sharp edges second, it
can be handled with pitchforki third,
it can be baled like hay; fourth, it oc-
cupies less space than the whole fodder;
fifth, it saves waste.
Progressive farmers all agree now
with the assertion long ago made by
oientists-namely that there is no bet
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1895-11-08

eyes" said the man with the imposing
conversational manner, "this country has
much to learn"
"Think sof' replied the hotel clerk.
"EmphAtically. am daily panied by
its deficiencies In art, music, science and
literature. What it wants is some person
some cultivated person like myself, for
instance-to show 1t how Its books should
be written, how Its music should be COM
posed, how its army should be disciplined,
how It's government should be conduct
ed'-
Here he was interrupted by the shrill
stage whisper Of one of the bellboysi
"Hi, Chimmy, tell de boss ter fire dat
bride an groom out n de parler suite on de
secon floor. We's got de emperor Of Ger
many wit us in disguise. Washington
Star
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1895-11-08
THE LISTENER.

Mr.. Gladstone still uses on an average
1000 post cards year.
Lord Wolseley, like Napoleon, has the
power of falling asleep at will.
Harry Russell, who wrote Cheer, Boys
Cheer, " will be SO years old Christmas eve
Justice White of the United Statos su-
preme court rides a bicycle to and from
the capitol.
George Westinghouse, patentee of tho
brake which bears his name, has made
over $50, 900, 900 from his invention.
John M. Farnham, who died recently at
Hartford, was the inventor Of the wire
mattress. One of his nephews was Govern
ur Farnham of Vermont.
The Duo de Morny, the foremost anna
leur photographer Of the day in France, Is
reported to have paid something like $60,-
900 for his Photographic equipment
First Lieutenant Kraft of the German
army has been deprived of his rank be-
cause of his book, brilliant Misery"
which caused considerable talk in tho fa-
therland.
II. J. Noyes of Richland City, Wis, has
been appointed chief instructor I'm butter
and cheese making in the Ohio State uni
versity, with the title of assistant professor
of dairying.
Charles A. Tyler Of New York recently
celebrated the flftieth anniversary Of his
appointment as a letter carrier. He is 75
years old, and is the oldest letter carrier in
tie United States.
Mr.. Cecil Rhodes, the South African
magnate, is an omnivorous reader. A ma
tive chief describes him rs "a man who
eats country for his breakfast and sits
amid clouds of paper"
Governor Daniel II. Hastings of Penn
sylvauia is n tall, muscular, ruddy looking
man, whose hair and beard have turned
gray. He is one of the kind of men who
impress you with their physical strength.
Sir william Vernon Hhrcourt is making
his annual visit to Herr Pagenstecher, the
celebrated ocullst of Wiesbadcn. For some
years past the ocuist has reported a steady
improvement in the English statesman's
eyes.
There Is at least one skilled musician In
the house Of commons. This is Mr..
Charles Morley, Liberal member for Brecll-
nocEshire. He is secretary to the Royal
/ College of Music and violinist of rare
skill
| Francis S. Brown, who has been made
commander Of the Pennsylvania naval re-
serve used to own the yacht Schomer,
which 20 years since carried Boss Tweed
to Cuba after he escaped from Ludlow
/ Street Jail.
Joseph jefferson never talks politics.
| What his party bias may be Is not general
| ly known. He is very diplomatic in dodg-
| ing all questions that tend to entrap him
into an expression Of opinion regarding
national issues.
/ Lord DunTayen has not always been an
enthusiastic yaChtsman. Thirty years ago,
when he was a dashing life guards man,
stocplechasing was his fayorite sport, and
he had the reputation of being one of the
most fearless riders in the army,
Mr.. John Roberts, the English billiard
champion, is quite an explorer, He has
visited India II times, the Cape twice
Australia three times, New Zealand twice
and America once, and has been down
nearly all the famous mines in the world.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1895-11-08

banking the walls The latter are of
rough stones laid up in lime, sand and
cement, with roofs and gables of wood.
A tile drain should be laid outside the
base of the wall, extending around to
the front, to discharge down the slope,
This cellar has no window, but may
have double doors, one containing sash
in its upper panel Such building can
be very cheaply constructed, and in
many locations and under many condi-
tions may be found the most practical
method Of securing a frostproof storage
for fruit and vegetables.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1895-11-08
EDITORIAL PHILOSOPHY.

Some people boast in order to convince
themselves that they are all right.-Gal-
weston News.
A great curiosity would be a man who
kept his mouth shut and lived oregret it.
-Atchison Globe
Don't De too stingy to pay your follow
men few compliments occasionally, il
you can't pis anything else. .-Philadel-
phia Record.
One of the strangost things Of life is
that so many things seem funny that
aren't funny and so many more are funny
that don't seem funny.-Albany Argus.
The country boy who would rather stay
at home and turn the grindstone than 90
out hunting woodchucks may get to be a
'ioh man, but he will bo "a man the world
will have to look out for when he grows
lp,-Someryiile Journal,
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1895-11-08

A fellow in society will hear unto safety the
obvious propriety Of wedding money IL
he can,
But in London town or Paris is the hope Of all
the heiresses and pretty millionairesses
to catch a nobleman.
A dudelet who's inherited, however little mer-
tied, a title high is ferreted and captured
in his lair.
Yes, this title hunting vanity Is a species of
insanity, and it's woeful in humanity
makes the chappie tear his hair.
New York Recorder.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1895-11-08
SHREDDED CORN FODDER.

II Is a Good Substitute For Hay and Moro
Valuable Than Whole Fodder.
Unusual interest has been evinced this
season to the harvesting of the hay crop.
Farmers have at last awakened to a
realizing sense Of the value not only of
the grain, but the fodder. The self bind
ing corn harvester, the corn husker and
the fodder shredder have all played an
important part in bringing corn fodder
to the fore. There are machines which
make but one job Of husking and shred
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1895-11-08

There was large attendance at the
irrigation congress at Albuquerque, n.
NJ. An address and resolutions were
adopted which, among other things,
called for further federal legislation to
enable the people to obtain arid public
lands, extension Of the Carey act to New
Mexico and Arizona, the creation of
national irrigation commission, an in
ternational commission TO adjust con-
ficting rights with Mexico and Canada
and an appropriation Of $3.50, 900 for con-
tinuance of the irrigation survey. Per-
manent officers Of the congress were:
President, Colonel John E. Frost, Kan
sas secretary, f. L. Allies, Los Angeles; +;
general vice president, George Q. Can
non, Salt Lake, and one district vice
president from each state and territory
represented. The congress meets next
year IN Phenix, A. L.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1895-11-08
EASY SAYINGS.

Let self be but plant brush; life will
paint the picture.
He is only my friend who can share the
same horizon with me.
The great Weigher may we'll have other
measures than my pint.
When almost everybody is clever, the
dull will come to his own.
It's great pity to see so many people
without any children to educate them.
Society permits us to play with fire--if
only we do not let her see our burned fin
gers.-Chap Book.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1895-11-08
FATTY BERNHARDT.

The story that Sarah Bernhardt is en-
gagged in an attempt to reduce her weight
will hardly be taken seriously. 1t Is too
thin. So is Sarah.-Kansas City Journal,
Having grown so stout that she could
no longer sleep in comfort in stem OF
macaroni, Sarah Bernhardt is dieting to
reduce her eight.-Roohester Post-Ex-
press.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1895-11-08
Sorry For the Minister.

Many things look queer the first time
we see them.
Fiye-year-old Freddy was showing the
young minister about the place. His eyes
frequently glanced up at the kind face,
and then rested with look Of troubled
inquiry on the pointed toes Of the Picca-
dilly boots.
Finally he blurted out his anxiety in
the question, "Ain't you got but one
toeS''-BabyhoOd.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1895-11-08
IcEHoUsE AND COLD STORAGE.
A Building Designed For Ordinary Dairy
or Farm Use.

or Farm Use.
The very large consumption Of ice
which occurs in the high combined ice
chamber and storage room may be obvi-
ated by the creation Of building hav-
ing icehouse and cold storage room in
one. Such building will also be much
cheaper in its Grst cost. A correspond
ent of Country Gentleman who has
made several plans for such cold stor-
age rooms for dairies and fruit, thus de-
scribes and sketches one of these build
ings:
First, a common icehouse, which may
be built of the cheapest materials and
light in structure. All that is required
is a oemented floor with the center a
little raised, so as TO carry the drainage
TO the outside, where it is carried off by
few air trapped pipes TO trench out
side filed in with stone, on into a basin,
and thus can be used in some way, The
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1895-11-08
A Bank Cellar,

The New York Tribune gives an 81
lustration showing how bank cellar
can easily be constructed for the storing
of fruits and vegetables. An excavation
is made into the bank the size desired,
the earth being thrown out at the sides,
where it can be used for still further
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1895-11-08

FIG. IT--DEAINAGE AND sUBIRRIGArIoN
larry attraction all the moisture needed
by the growing crops. The cultivntor
stirs the surface soil during the drought,
and the underground reservoir does the
rest. Itis a system Of drainage and sub
irrigation combined and very simple
and inexpensive one.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1895-11-08
The CLERK Could Go to Bed.

A oountryman and his son put up at
a city hotel. (Son out seeing the town.
Old gent comes down from his room at
midnight and says to the night clerk);
"Has my son come in YETI"
Night Clerk-Guess not. Haven't seen
him.
Old Gent-Well, you needn't set up for
him any longer. Siftings.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1895-11-08
The Proper Age For Love.


When the downy hair
BoyhoOd's lips ornate
Never sight more rare
Did he oontemplate),
When he asks tall Kate,
Twenty and above,
If she'll only wait
That's the time for Lowell
When in Daphne fair
Damon meets his fate,
She his lot will share,
Be he small or great.
Each the others mate
Fits as hand to glove.
All, at any rate
That's the time for Lowell
In his old armchair
Grandpa sits in state.
Little Myrtles there,
Sober and sedate,
Hears the old man prate,
Call her pet and dove,
Thoughts sixty-eight.
That's the time for Lowell
Quote nor age nor date,
If the passion move,
Be 1t soon or late,
That's the time for Lowell
Westminster Gazette.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1895-11-08
spoIiing a Cook.

Mr.. Livewell-Where does the cook go
every EVENING"
Mrs. Liyewell-She Is attending an
evening school, so as to learn to read.
Mr.. Livewell-Horrors She II soon be
making up things from the oookbooksl-s
New York Weekly.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1895-11-08

RscLAlmlNn SWAMP lands.

The simple aud Inexpensive System Of
Drainage and subirrigation Combined.
There are hundreds of thousands Of
tracts of swamp lands, varying in size
from few square rods to many acres,
where the natural conditions are favor
able for improvement through the
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1895-11-08

He asks me win share his lot.
A fool I'd be to scorn it.
Who wouldn't share a lot like his,
With brownstOne mansion on It,
New Orleans Times Democrat.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1895-11-08

Dora-What beautiful diamond star I
Did you get 1t for u birthday giftY
Cora-Yes There are 26 stones In It.
Dora--How nice One for every other
BIRTHDAY. Truth.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1895-11-08

meant to keep quite calm and cool,
And not behave just like fool
When Jack proposed;
Intended TO be dignihed
And say, "Perhaps III be your bride
film disposed"
In spite Of all thought to do
My plans 80 cherished ne'er came true
When Jack proposed.
laid my head against his breast,
And-Jack can tell you all the rest
n he's disposed,
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1895-11-08
HILL FARMS OF NEW ENGLAND.

Sheep the Most Profitable Crop-Reelsim-
ing Poor Land In Three Years.
The hill farms of New England can
be reclaimed easier with sheep, and with
more profit than in any other way.
Land can be bought at a low figure and
from 100 to 500 sheep put on the place,
according to tho size of it. The place
should be inclosed with q baTbed wire
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1895-11-08

Lawyer drawing will)-Your estate Is
much smaller, sir, than is generally sup
posed.
Sick Man-Yes but keep that quiet till
after the funeral. l want a good show of
grief stricken mourners.-Tit- Bits.