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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-04-03
THE POTATO CROP.
With Good Care 1t Pays Much Better
Than Corn Oats.

NO crop possesses so much real value as
the potato crop. Estimating the yield at
only 200 bushels per acre and the price at
40 cents per bushel we have $50 per acre
as the value of the crop, while for corn,
allowing 40 bushels per acre and putting
the price at 80 cents, we have only $12 per
acre, clear margin of 1858 per acre in favor
of the potato crop, says E. S. Teaga rden,
of Iowa. If estimate the value of the
oat crop we will have, say, 60 bushels per
at % cents a bushel, or SIS per acre,
leaving the potato crop worth $65 more than
the oat crop. If estimate other farm
crops we will find about the same difference
in favor of the potato.
But by having the best soil, giving the
best preparation to the ground, using the
best seed and supplying the best conditions
throughout, the yield may be doubled, MAX
ing 400 bushels per acre. This would give
us an advantage over the corn crop of $l4S
per acre.
If the best implements are used the labor
and expense of the crop can be reduced
more than one-haf.
The seed should be all of medium size,
smooth, of the best FORM and perfect
table potato.
Deep blowing and narrow burrows so as
to break up and mellow the soil as deep
down as possible is of the first Importance,
this is absolutely necessary in order to
enable the soil to absorb the moisture. Sub
soil plowing-to merely loosen the sub-soil,
not turning it out to the Surface-iS an eX-
cellent help to any crop, as by this the
most perfect conditions will be supplied for
the ues of all the moisture of rains and
melting snow.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-04-03

j. McLain Smith says in Farmers Home
that one has a right to complain of the
times who keeps scrub stock. The greater
economy of really good stock adapted to
the purpose in view, may make all the diff
ference between a profit and a loss. But
good stock is not necessarily registered
stock, full blood stock, of any breed.
Often the very best stock could have
for practical use is that produced on the
farm itself from very modest beginnings,
simply by the use of first-class sires, and
judicious selection of the progeny. A few
years may make a wonderful change in
the character of a herd of cows sheep
in this way. l have in mind now a neigh
Dor who has built up a herd of cows in
this way in the last 10 years, at almost no
extra expense nO expense beyond that of
breeding scrubs. that would be a credit to
any farm. And they pay.
What he has done any one else may do
in the same way. The essentials are first
class sires the very best you can get and
good judgment in wedding out the progeny.
Of course fairly good herd to start on is
an advantages; and if you have any inferior
animals It will pay you to dispose of them
and replace them with better ones as you
can get them. But any herd, no matter
how inferior, can be brought up in time,
simply by good care, the use of good sires,
and judiciOuS wedding out.
But all full blood registered animals
are not of necessity good sires. There is a
rock on which many founder. A good sire
should be himself a good animal, such as
YOU wish to breed, and should come of
good stock On both sdes-and the more
good ones he can show In his pedigree the
sort you wish to greed the better. The
difference in cost between such sire and
one having a pedigree only is usually not
one-tenth part of the real difference in
value. The best in such cases is nearly
always the cheapest. Not necessarily a
high priced show animal (they are not al
ways the best for use), but an animal
showing with ordinary care and keep-such
care and keep as you can give-the qualities
you wish to propagate. When you find that
sort, with these qualities strongly inbred,
don't stop on few dollars of difference in
price compared with another rot so good
or not so strongly bred.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-04-03

Practical Farme- A machine simply
breaks up a combination of elements, and
possibly separates them, as in the case OF
grinding corn into meal. 1t is: corn only
divided into small atoms. The coE recon-
poses cheap food elements into refined, dek
icate luxuries;- as in the case of the cong
sumption of clover hay and coarse bulky
bran, into fat that becomes by the work
of the churn delicious butter, one of the
most refined of table foods Here the or
ganism of the cow again becomes distinct,
and in contrast to a machine The pro-
duce of the latter can never be superior as
IL whole TO the material used, but these
elements in foods are alike to the COW, If
sound and wholesome. To her the protein
of oats, clover, bran, or peas, is the same,
and the fat formers, corn and fodder and
the like, are to her starch and sugar and
these foods fed as they should be, all result
in milk and butter of one fine quality. The
true study is then for the dairyman to rec
ognize this, and present these needed food
elements to the in their cheapest and
best form, and SO carry out this idea that
the cheapest and most easily raised foods
can be turned into the most finished pro-
duct. COW might be fed on strawberries
for the bulky part of the ration, and thus
combine part of the needed ration with
succulence and make admirable butter, but
the cost of the ration would be out of all
proportion to the worth of butter But if
100 pounds of mature green corn fodder be
fed in place of the strawberries, the cost
Of production would be reduced to the min
imum, and exactly as good butter secured,
as the animal economy would be as well
satisfied with the carbohydrates of the corn
fodder, as the Strawberries, and could quite
as easily appropriate them and recompose
into other forms. One thing must be kept
in mind by the feeder-the food that he
feeds the COW is not used to make butter
or milk direct. The food supports the ami
mai and makes blood. Extra 1904 not need
ed for actual support, goes in three ways:
For energy, increase of flesh, and supplying
demands made upon special organs like
the production of milk. Milk is, to
speak, born of the blood, actually recon-
posed blood and SO the office of food in
the dairy cow is first to support life and
the surplus goes to making much extra
blood as the mamillary glands will require
in milk making; and any good strong
foods balanced as to required elements, will
be as acceptable to the COW the finest
and most costly, as in her economy the ele
ments of plant support are all alike, save
in plants that are of especially hard, woody,
lndigeStibe character or permeated with
highly Favored oils, like onions as eX-
ample; and to this end, the economy OF feed
ing should be most assiduously directed.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-04-03
RAISING CALVES.
The Boys and Girls Can Make an Hon.
est Penny With Calves and Skim

For the benefit of those who are unable
to sell milk allow to give my expert
ance in feeding calves with skim milk.
Heretofore it has been used to feed pigs
and with good results, but | am satisfied
that it pays more than double the amount
fed to calves. For the last year | have
fed the milk of six cows to veal calves
which have at four five weeks old
brought an average of seven dollars each.
| have no trouble in selling them a prices
nearly as high for those fed the
cows. Most persons dread teaching a calf
to drink, but when calf gets hungry after
fasting one day he will generally be will
ing TO drink warm milk. OF it
requires patience and judgment to make
it success; but with these and deter
mination to succeed any boy girl can
get nearly as much from the skim milk as
their mother gets for the butter from the
same milk.
When new calf comes tell your father
than if he will let you have it and the
milk you will in four or five weeks get
money enough to buy nice suit of clothes.
Now let lis see who will do best a rails
ing calves.
Get some lnseed meal and use a spoon
full in each feed of warm milk, three times
each day, and increase with the growth of
the calf When you have made your first
trial just write to the editor of the Farmer
and Homes stating how you have succeed
ed and | am sure he will publish it and
then other boys and girls will want to
follow your example.
1t is a common practice among farmers
who sell milk to sell their calves at birth
for about what the hide is worth and they
are dressed and sold in the city for food
Though our laws prohibit this, yet thous-
ands are annually used in this way which
if kept to the proper age would return
large profit.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-04-03

In the dairy industry there is a rapidly
increasing inquiry as to foods for the COW.
IND their character, and the element of
profit and loss in connection with it; for it
8 now being fast demonstrated that the
COW is more than machine, an organism,
and as such, recomposes the food which she
does not need for bodily support and pro-
lection, into milk, says John Gould, in the
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-04-03
Live Stock Economy.

The right management of live stock on
the farm determines the question of profit.
Horses sheep may be kept alone by
specialists, or on farms not adapted to
grain crops, where graZinZ and hay must be
the stock food grown on the farm.
In most cases the food for the stock
should be produced by the same force of
workmen that care for the stock Much of
the labor pertains only to feeding and this
leaves the workers good share of the day
for crop work.
With steep, rough land, and only horses
and sheep, one man is often able to do a
good share of the regular work in attention
to the stock and the small amount of grain
that is grown, with a few weeks extra help
in harvest time
1t is poor management, however, that
plans for full 10 hours daily work in the
field and expects to give sufficient attention
to the hundreds of sheep and scores OF
horses while resting at noon." This pol
icy takes notice of only the necessities and
emergencies of the live stock. Little vigil
lance can be given to averting the possible
troubles Or even to prudent preventive eff
forts. BY overwork a jaded condition Ct
the man impairs and dulls his mental fac
ulties to the extent that the most intelligent
course is not always plain to him.
On the average farm training the colts
for future usefulness is not the rule. In
summer they often allowed the range
of "back pasteure," where they see only
the earth and sky; whereas, they should
be in sight of the public road, with all it's
scenes of busy life" and if railroad is
also in view the colts are more fortunate.
Thoroughly gentle and reliable horses are
developed by constant contact and famil-
iarity with all sorts of scenes of CONNER
cial activity. The horse breeder should en-
deavor to have all the publicity possible
about his barnyard and pastures, and thus
give the growing colts a daily experience
with the world of mankind that will fit
them for the important work and part
which comes to them later on.
1t is a serious matter as to what sort of
horse is driving on the street. The
owner and driver are not the only ones con-
cerned. A runaway horse may MAIN and
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-04-03
FARM BUTTER.

There is no valid reason why the home
butter maker should take back seat to
the creamery make of dairy goods. If he
makes the most of his privileges he has
some advantages over the creamery; one
is his cream remains at home subject ed
to proper conditions, while that of the
creamery is carted about for hours and
many times exposed to the heat of the SUM-
if the farmer produces as good an article
as he can produce, puts it up in acceptable
forms and packages, there is 70 reason
why his butter should not compare favor
ably, yea, more, command a higher price
and hold best the grade of custom.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-04-03
AGRICULTURAL
DAIRYING AS A SPECIALITY AND !
SCIENCE.
Nothing Must BE Allowed to Interfere
With the Care OF the Animals
Hogs or Chickens With the Dairy.


Hogs or Chickens With the Dairy.
The dairyman who intends to depend upon
his cows for his principal income must
make everything else of secondary import
ance. Nothing must be allowed to interfere
with the care of them. High prices of any
particular gain must not prevent their hav-
ng sufficiency of it. Hurryng work or a
proposed visit must not interfere with their
being MIXED and fed as usual. That there
s a profit in good cows even now, when
1airyng products are at low ebb, is demon
strated every day by progressive practical,
intelligent men in every locality. Where 10
years ago there was one pound of butter
made there is ten. The science of
feeding and breeding is being brought
nearer perfection. Our experimental schools
md agricultural colleges are doing a grand
work, not only by practically demonstrat-
ng these things and by disseminating thelf
conclusions by means of bulletins, but by
awakening dairymen to think and expert
ment for themselves.
The farmer who makes a specially of but
ter needs altogether a different type of COW
from the one who sells his milk, ana az
ferent type from either is most prohtaDle
for the manufacture of cheese. The flrst
needs cows whose milk is especially rlch in
butter fats.
The man who sells milk wants cows
which give a great bulk of milk, but it is
not necessary that the milk should test less
than per cent fat
This object ought always to be borne III
mind: To produce the most milk, or butter,
Or cream, or cheese, as the case may be, at
the least possible expense
Different breeds and different COWS indi-
vidualy vary greatly that no fixed rule
can be laid down. The only way is to ex-
pertinent until you strike the best COM
oination md then stick to it.
The best side issue in dairy farming chat
-icit h.Ntr or Dh X
ems Either of these furnish way of
orofably disposing of by-products, such as
milk and buttermilk.-E. +. lockwood in
New England Farmer.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-04-03
F6m0I6 Weaknesses !

Many beautiful women die in the very
PRIME OF LIFE. Others live to middle age,
bu are seldom SOUND AND HEALTHY. Why
Is this you ask? We answer SELF NEGLECT
but your life can be heightened and home
made happy if you commence At ONCE. Try
one package Of Parks Vaginal Suppositor-
les and you will never regret it.. They will
make new woman of you and will ABsO-
LUTELY cure all the distressing forms of
female weaknesses NO EXPERIMENT. No
Leucorrhea or whites are usually ENTIRELY
cu,ed by one or two applicat ions. Price
u w per package by mail prepaid. Particu-
PARK REMEDY BOSTON. MASS.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-04-03
Feeding Salt to Cows.

1t is very common practice among far
merS to salt their cows once every week
or two. This is not the best way to salt
COWS. Sailed in this way they consume
three or four times the quantity that
should be taken any one days, says ChaS.
II. Loucks in the Dakota Farmer. This
excessive amount has a bad effect upon
the animals nutrition. In a few days the
COWS, not being able to store up a supply
in the system, are insufficiently supplied.
Cows should have free access to salt. The
salt should be placed so as to be out of
the reach Of snow and rain, but not out
Of the reach of the animal by any means
A constant supply should be kept in little
box or manager, where the cows can take
lick whenever they desire. Irregular
sailing has a bad effect upon the cows
system and should not be practised. The
COWS themselves are best able to Judge
of the quantity required each day. 1t is
just as essential that cows should have salt
as for people. l have yet to see the per-
son who is willing to get along without
salt. Should Farmer John come in one
morning from doing his chores, and find
that his wife had forgotten to place salt
on the table he would promptly remind
of
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-04-03
TO MAKE THE DAIRY PAY.

Determine in your own mind the amount
of butter a should produce weekly to
pay for her food and the labor of caring
for her. Subject each animal to an indi-
vidual test and dispose of all those failing
to come up to the mark. Let the trial be
a fair one and see that proper rations are
given. Equal parts of wheat, oats and
corn make a fairly good milk ration. If
small root ration can be added, the yield of
milk will be more satisfactory as a rule
Shelter the animals from the cold and wet
by battening the cracks or lining the stable
with tarred paper.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-04-03
HOW'SrThis!

l.
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for any case of CataTrh that can not
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Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. o.
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Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
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mucuous surfaces the system. Price
75c per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Testimonials free.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-04-03

even kill numbers of innocent people in no
way responsible for its fright or unfortun-
ate ignorance of life.
Nine hours in the field in summer and one
hour with the dozen colts would accomplish
more In average results in the way of
profits on the horse farm, provided the
winter months devoted an average of an
hour every week to each colt years old.
1t is economy to do all things well. Half
the value of a horse is in it's training
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-04-03
Natural Instinct I'm Pigs.

To be successful in pig breeding says Mr.
K. D. CARAT in his practical Pig Keep
ing one must make a study of the ma
tural instincts of the pigs. The pig in a
Wild state is a digger Now, what does
he dig for? Many will say for mischief
especially when a strong store pig begins
to root up a new foored sty just under
your nose, or does a little ploughing insa
meadow. No such thing. 1t is no more
mischief than our taking salt in our food.
or going to a doctor when We are out of
sorts. -
there are all kinds of medicines, vegetable
or mineral, to remedy prevent all the
ills the pig is heir to- The pig knows this
and its natural instinct prompts it to dig
just as our common sense prompts to
seek remedies when feeling out of sorts.
When a pig gets overdone with food, and
is clogged up, he commences to dig for
earth to clear his stomach and digest his
food, and if you do not give him some GIN
ders earth he will soon begin to look
out for himself.
1t is natural for a pig to consume a
quantity of earth, and if he is prevented
from getting at it we must supply him
with it and take it to his sty. Goals, Gin
ders, or spit" or "shovelful' or two of
earth are always welcomed by feeding
or fattening hog, by SOW or by a young
pig. Let lot of small pigs out of a sly
when only few weeks old, and as soon as
they get on grass, or where they dig,
they begin to do so, and if let out they
will often find there what we cannot sup
ply them with.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-04-03
To the Alliance Men and Farmers!

l am now prepared to supply you
with Seeders and Harrows. l can
quote you the best: 10
12-Hoed 6-foot Seeder, MFG,
TO. b. ..l...............S 34. 90
l4-Hoed S-foOt Seeder, M. G.,
fob. III. s 500 90
Arizona republican., 1895-05-22
The Atlantic ( Pacific R.R. The Great Middle Route Across the American Continent in Connec-
 tiOn with the Railways of
 the Santa Fe R0ute."
.TBI.;:.L MANAGEMENT,
 SUPERIOR FACILITIES,
 PICTURESQUE SCENERY, EXCELLENT ACCOMODATIuNs

The Grand Canon ot the Colorado, the mos, sublime of Natures work on the Earth, inde- scribable, can easily be reached via Flsgstsf, Williams or Peach Springs on this road. Tt the Natural Bridge of Arizona and Montezuma't f well you can journey most directly by this line Observe the Ancient Indian Civilization of La guna, or of Acoma, ''The City of the Sky D Visit the Petrifed Forest near Carrizo. See and marvel st the freak of Canon Diablo. Take 6 hunting trip in the magnificent pine forests oi the San Francisco Mountains. Find interest in the ruins of the pre- historic Cave and Cliff in America across the Colorado River.
 JNo. J. BYRNE. General Passenger Agent, Los Angeles, Cal. C. H, STEERS, Asst. General Passen ger Agent, San Francisco, Cal. H. s. VAE SLICK, General Agent. Albuquerque, N. M.
Arizona republican., 1895-05-22

Pullman sleeping esr service nightly between Phoenix and Maricopa. Sleeping Car coupnns sold to all points on the Southern Pacific and connecting lines.
 Tram No. connects with Southern Pacific 19, passing Maricopa st Il 50 P m. Train No, connects with Southern Pacific 20, passing Maricopa at 2:4G a.. m. Connection niade at Tempe with stages fo7 Goldheld and Mesa. Connection made al Phoenix for Congress. Pres colt and all points in nor hem Arizona via the s. F., P. & P, R. R. Trains stop on signal.
 c. g. STEIN,
 General Managelt
Arizona republican., 1895-05-22
and GLOBE STAGE LINZ Carrying United States Mail and
 the Express.

Stage leaves Florence daily for Riverside snt Globe st o'clock D. m; stops all night ai m.; returning, leaves Globe at o'clock a. m. arrives at Florence at 1 8. m. Good aceommo- dations on the road, improved line, good stocl and comfortable stages, four-horse cnsch ever other day. W. E. Guild, agent, Florence. F. Kellnoi o. Cc.. sz.sS, (1iu6e.
 c. C. HACKETT, Prop.
Arizona republican., 1895-05-22
ELECTRIC STREET RAILWAY
Only Four Minutes Ride to Cente r
 Street.

Property within the city limits is too high-priced to be utilized as resi- dence property, when better and more comfortable homes can be secured in these beautifully situated additions at a small cost. The man who cares to investigate the future growth of Phoenix and vicin- ity will readily come to the conclusion that within the next six years it's popu- lation will reach 10000 or 30,000, and in order to accommodate this pushing, bus ting throng business houses, as well as residences, will seek the additions here mentioned, and their cash value thereby be enhanced tenfold. The
Arizona republican., 1895-05-22
OFFERED!
 The Opportunity Of a Lifetime to Secure a Homev
 A NUMBER OF Fine Residence Lois Capitol Addition Collins Addition.

These lots will be offered for sale on terms and at prices within the reach of every homeseeker. These additions are on the finely equipped
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-29
WILL SOON MAKE PEACE
TIE HdrCHET 10 III BUEfED Bf
THE INsTRANCE 1GENIS.
The Non-Board People and the South
Eastern Tariff Association Gradually
Coming To AN Agreement.

There was a meeting of the insurance
agents Of the city yesterday at the oiiic
OF the Virginia State Insurance Company.
ana business OF special Importance was
discussed. Some Of the insurance men
who were seen had little 70 say of the
results OF the meeting. but it Is under
stood that the way was paved for an
agreement Of rates between the nom
board agents and the Southeastern Tariff
Association.
For some time there has been a contro-
versy between the nOn-bOard agents
and the Southeastern Thrift Associa-
tion, as 10 rstes which should be charged
by the agents. The Association attempt
cd 10 fix the rates TO be changed by the
local underwriters. and this gave after
isiaction Then there commenced cut
and a general fight between number
Of the agents. and an effort was after
wards made 10 come to an agreement.
Several meetings were held and a COM
mittcc appointed TO decide upon some fhu-
tually satisfactory arrangement
The matter drifted along untl u was
finally thought proper 10 make ahotler
effort to reach a decision whereby peace
could be made.
In the meeting yesterday II is under
stood that tho preliminary Stops 10.
peace were taken. and that In snort
time the trouble between the insurance
men will be entirely adjusted. II is
thought that the insurance men OF the
city will come together and form local
association.