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The citizen., 1896-09-18
TROUCLL- WITH INSOMNIA.

Drummc- 2iI- of Bad Case-Why
lie 80 t the Earm.
WAS | ever TO 1bled with inSomnia?"
exclaimed the Chicago drummer, in re-
ply to the question of an acquaintance,
relates the Detroit Free Press. "Only
one season, when / was about Is years
old, but that was enough. Don't care
for any more Of it in mine, thank you"
do you mean to assert that you had
the insomnia at the early age OF 1872"
demanded the other.
Didn't assert anything of the kind.
l said | was troubled with insomnia,
not that 1 had it. The party who had
it was an old farmer for whom l was
working at that time, and he had the
queerest and also the most persistent
and malignant case of it l ever heard
Of. Couldn't sleep mornings after four
o'clock, and he used to get out under
my window and begin splitting wood
and singing like a whole camp meeting.
''No use trying to sleep after that, so
1 used to take the hint and get up and
go to work.
'"Then evenings his insomnia would
come on again so he couldn't get to
sleep, and to kill time he would take 4
lantern and go out to the barn and
thrash grain or husk corn until about
midnight, and of course l was expected
to go along and keep my end up.
''Well, things kept on in this way
until that insomnia of his came plaguey
near wrecking my constitution, and
then / collected my back pay and quit
That was my last experience on farm
Keeping awake 10 hours day, not to
mention the hard work, was a trife
more than could stand, so I decided
to get out and go into some business
where I wouldn't have to hang around
the premises and help sit up nights with
my employers insomnia, in case he
happened to have it. That's why 1 like
traveling-my boss can have insomnia,
or fits, or anything he likes, and I won't
know a thing about 1t until come to
draw NV months salary"
The citizen., 1896-09-18
kIPLING's INK SINGING.
One Popularity OF the Great Story Writer
while at Work.

One Popularity OF the Great Story Writer
While at Work.
There is one popularity of Kipling's
work, says a writer in McClure's Maga-
zine, which l really must mention
namely, the amount of ink he used to
throw about. In the heat of summer.
white cotton trousers and thin vest
constituted his Office attire, and by the
DAYS end he was spotted all over IKE
a Dalmation dog. He had habit OF
dipping his pen frequently and deep
into the inlkpot, and as all his move
ments were abrupt, almost Jerky' une
ink used to fly. When he darted INTO
nv room. as he used to do about one
thing or another in connection WIFI
the contents of the paper dozen times
in the morning, 1 had to shout to him
IN "stand off," otherwise, as l knew
by experience, the abrupt halt ne wouio
make and the flourish with wnlcn nc
nlaced the proof in his hand oefore me-
would send the penful OF 'nk-ne al
wavs had full pen in his hand-nylns
over me. Driving or sometimes walk
;,,o home to breakfast in his llght at-
tire nlentifully besprinkled with INK
his snectacled face peeping out unaer
On ENORMOUS mushroom-shaped plth
hat, Kipling was a quaint-looking OBJ Do
ioct That was in hot weather, Wneu
Lahore lay blistering month at!er e
-non+b under the sun, and every WHITE
-ronan and half of the white men hao
aad +o cooler attitudes in the Himalayas'
- I o,,Iv those men were left who, ike
I1;,,l;np M and myself, had to stay. 90
4 mattered little in what costume we
went to and from the office. In tne win- ~
ter. when "society" had returned 70
Lahore. Kipling was rather scrupulous
IN the matter Of dress, but his iaVisn
ness 80 in the matter of ink changed not
with the seasons.
The citizen., 1896-09-18
AMONG THE POULTRY.

Boiled eggs which adhere to the shell
are fresh.
The dust bath is absolutely necessary
for fowls.
If too much sulphur is given it is apt
to cause leg weakness.
Keep lime and ground bone where the
fowls can help themselves.
Feed the turkeys regularly SO that
they will come home regularly.
Milk can be given in place of water
until the fowls are six weeks old.
If the hens are well cared for while
molting they will lay before winter.
Nothing tends more to engender dis
ease in poultry than filth in the coops.
In feeding fowls closely confined,
never feed more than is eaten up clean.
The drinking vessels should be
cleaned out daily and be filed with pure
water.
With poultry, as with other stock,
more than one-half of early maturity
is in the feeding.
Feeding hard grain to ducks exclu-
sively usually means crippled legs or
feet sooner or later.
In keeping eggs for market at this
time it is important to keep them in as
cool place as possible.
Late-hatched pullets will nearly al
ways make small hens, as they do not
grow after cold weather sets in.
When bantams are Matched too early
in the season they are liable to grow too
large to make them desirable.
Coarse bones in fowls indicate coarse
meat, and a coarse-meated fowl is poor
eating.-St. Louis Republic.
The citizen., 1896-09-18
HOW TO LIFT HEAVY WEIGHCs.

be set upright in the center of the table.
This pin ought to be exceedingly
smooth and even, as well as the top
of the table. Next, a block of tena-
cious wood should be placed Oh the pin
by means of hole bored il the middle
of it, so that it may easily turn. This
block needs to be at least eight inches
square at its base and ten inches high,
the upper part of which is mortised out
to receive the lifting pole. The lifting
pole or lever should be 20 feet long. At
one end it should be six inches in di-
ameter, thence gradually tapering down
until at the other end it is not more
than three. Four or five feet from the
larger end it should be pivoted on a
strong pin (an iron bolt generally serves
the purpose best) passing through the
two ends of the block. At the end of
the shorter arm a good swivel hook
clevis should be fastened, and at the end
of the longer arm rope. For the sake
ofDconvenience in house and moving
about, the pole with the block may be
taken off from the pin on the table,
thus making two pieces of the affair.
This also makes it much easier to handle
in case there is only one person about to
use it.-Frederick o. Sibley, in N. Y.
Tribune
The citizen., 1896-09-18
RIGHT AND WRONG WAYS OF GATE
BRACING.

performs does not materially depend on
the security of the ends of the brace.
No. is pull brace, and the security of
its work depends very largely upon the
nails or other contrivance for fastening
the ends. In order to make it really Sc
cure it should be dovetailed at both
ends; then, theoretically, if the dove
tailed did it's work, one bracywould be
as good as the other, but in practice No.
2, or the push brace, is to be preferred.
The rear post of the gate may be al
lowed to extend two or three feet above
the hinge. In that case the pull brace,
as in No. II, may be used to advantage,
since the upper end of the brace may be
placed very much higher than it can be
in the push brace, thereby securing
greater steepness and greater sustain
ing power.-Director 1. P. Roberts, Cor
nell IN. W Experiment Station, in
Farm and Home.
The citizen., 1896-09-18

nection with adjoining upland; this is
especially the case where mixed farm
ing is followed. Again, the closer and
more compact a farm is, the cheaper it
can be worked. In other words, it
may be more profitable to reclaim and
work swamp than go around and be-
yond this swamp to purchase upland,
because the upland is farther away from
the buildings. The cost of fencing
must also be considered in looking at
this subject, especially if the swamp is
already on the farm. So long as the
swamp is unproductive. the adjoining
cultivated field must bear the whole
cost of the fence between them; when
the swamp is cleared, we increase the
productive area of the farm without
much increase of fence, and thereby re-
duce the cost per acre of fencing the
farm.-Colman's Rural World.
The citizen., 1896-09-18
Do Not Buy show Sheep.

Never buy show sheep at the fairs, or
away, because they are big, fat and
fancy. Remember they have been ruined
to make them so, as far as any useful
ness as breeders is concerned. No
farmer can ever hold them in the con-
dition they are found when able to win
in a good show ring. To look at them
when so handsomely fitted and 0bun-
dainty fed by all the skill known to the
shepherds craft, to the young breeder
is very tempting, but like many other
temptations it will result in disaster if
followed. Buy rams or ewes from the
breeding flock of some reliable breeder,
that are fitted for breeders and you are
reasonably certain of success.-Farm
and Home,
The citizen., 1896-09-18
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BARN ARCHITECTURE.
How to Increase the Capacity of an Old
Structure at Small Expense.

How to Increase the Capacity of an Old
Structure at Small Expense.
The barns on many farms heretofore
devoted to mixed farming" have but
limited accommodations for cows.
When starting to work up a dairy, as
many farmers are now doing, more barn
room becomes a necessity. 1t is the pur-
nose of this article to show how the or
binary barn may have its capacity great
" increased for dairy purposes-and
that, too, at a very small expense.
With the addition of silo, which the
dairvman must of necessity have. it is
not necessary to increase the storage
capacity of the barn, but simply t.la
cow quarters. The silo is put in be n q
die OF the long hay-bay that usually
runs the length of one side of the barn,
while the addition is made at right
angles to the feeding-foor, the original
cattle quarters and the side of the barn,
in the form of an ell" The new ar
rangement is shown very clearly in the
diagram of the interior which is given.
Two calf pens are conveniently To-
Gated in the angles formed by the two
lines of cattle stalls. More room can
be made for calves, if needed, in the
manure room that is located at the outer
end Of the addition. Into this is wheeled
The citizen., 1896-09-18
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FARM hgI;:EGARuEN.
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LIFTING APPARATUS.
Saves Lots of Hard Work and Is Easily
Constructed

Saves Lots of Hard Work and Is Easily
Constructed.
1t is always advisable for the farmer
to possess everything possible which
will tend to ease his work, and by all
means when it is something attainable
at little or no expense. The device
given below is one costing but trif1e,
is easily made, and when rightly con-
structed it is worth it's weight in gold
to any farmer. With it heavy bulks,
such as flour, sugar, salt, hops, baled
hay and the like can be loaded or un-
loaded with ease into almost any kind
of an open vehicle. The fact is, it will
be found available in many an unexpect.
ed place, and hence every farmer, and
many people who are not farmers, ought
to own one.
The apparatus can be made up to a
certain extent of any size desired. But
for most purposes one may be consid-
cred sufficient that is constructed ac.
cording to the following dimensions:
The table should be six inches thick and
IA in diameter; it should consist of
hard wood, and. if possible, be in one
piece. The legs require a length Of
seven feet, inserted into the table at
such an angle that the affair will stand
firmly even where the ground is not
level. A wooden pin made of white oak
or hickory, one inch in diameter, should
The citizen., 1896-09-18
POULTRY-HOUSE FLOOR.
Natural Earth Is the Best, for q NUM-.
Der of Reasons.

Der of Reasons.
There is considerable difference of
opinion concerning the matter of floor
for a poultry house. Some contend that
the floor should be of wood, and others
that the best floor is the natural earth.
| am firm believer in the earthen floor,
when it is properly made. The land on
which the poultry house stands should
be thoroughly drained if it is at all liza
BILE to become water-soaked, no matter
what kind of a floor is used; and where
there is no danger from understanding
the earthen floor has many advantages
over one of wood. The top soil should
be taken out and clay or sand filed in
until the surface is six inches above the
surrounding level, and this should be
firmly packed by beating it down with
q heavy weight.
Such floor is better for the fowls be-
cause more natural for them. When it
becomes foul it can be easily renewed
by taking off the top of it and putting
in more clay or sand. Lice cannot find
refuge in an earthen floor, as the dust
is fatal to them; while, if the floor is of
wood, the cracks make an excellent
hiding place for them.
If the cost were the same I would
choose a well-made earthen floor to
any other that have ever seen. The
houses in one of the most extensive
poultry establishment in the west are
all of them made of solid clay. Disease
is hardly known about that place, and
the foul odors that are so often present
where wooden floors are used are en-.
tirely absent, because the earth acts
as deodorizer and disinfectant-Fa
and FireSide
The citizen., 1896-09-18
MOVABLE SUMMER POULTRY HOUSE.

half-inch matched stuff, has wire run
attached to the end, as shown in the il
lustration. The house has no floor The
eggs are gathered by opening the hinged
board in the end. Low trucks are at
tached to the corners so that the whole
can be moved occasionally to new To-
cation. 1t can thus be moved up and
down beside the rows of trees, stopping
for a day or two under each tree.
scratching, fertilizing the ground and
destroying insects. The fowls all do
we'll under such conditions, and their
presence will be of great value to the
orchard. The lower sill of the sides of
the house should continue out, and
form the base Of the sides of the run.-
Orange Judd Farmer.
The citizen., 1896-09-18
FINDING THE QUEEN.

Description of a Method Which Has
Never Resulted in Failure.
1t used to be a great deal of bother
for me, says E. Davenport, in American
Bee Journal, to find queens in populous
colonies sometimes, but it is not much
now, for l can find laying queen in
an eight or ten frame hive with four or
five minutes work, no matter how pop
ulous the colony, or what kind of a
queen it is; and although the method
practice has been described before, per-
haps it might be of interest to some be-
ginners for me to give it again.
AS remove the frames from the hives
l look them over for the queen, and if
she is not found readily (and with me it
is seldom) the frames with the bees are
all placed in an empty hive close by, or
hung on low rack made for this pur-
pose. If there are many bees left in
the hive, they are shaken out in front;
an entrance guard is now placed at the
entrance and the bees on the frames are
shaken off in front of the hive. AS the
bees on each comb are shaken off the
comb is placed back in the hive, and
when all are in the cover is put on, and
the next hive containing a queen to be
found is treated the same. If one has a
number of queens to find, by the time
the last hive has been gone over the
queens of the first hives treated can be
readily found in front of their hives
among the few bees that have not gone
in.
I have never as vet lost a queen by
this method, but I will say for the bene-
fit of beginners that this method should
not be practiced during the cool weather
in the spring or late in the fall after
Queens have stOnned lavinU
The citizen., 1896-09-18
In the Apple Orchard.

Apples should be gathered as soon as
ripe, and the surplus and inferior spec
linens should not be left upon the
ground to rot, invite vermin or breed
insects, but picked up and fed to stock
or otherwise disposed of. By doing this
the apple worm may be greatly dimin-
ished. Bands of carpet, bagging. or
other fabric fastened around the trunks
of the trees with single long tack will
catch many of the apple worms after
they leave the fruit to undergo the last
transformation into moths. Examine
them weekly and kill all worms and
pupa that are found.-Rural World.
The citizen., 1896-09-18

pound to a pound and half The size
is equally important as the age April,
May. June. August. September and Oc-
tober are the months generally taken
for caponizing, for the reason that
spring chickens arrive at proper age
and weight during these months; also.
because coclterels caponized then ar
rive at proper age and weight for mar
ket during the months of November.
December. January, February. March,
April and May, at which times there is
the greatest demand for them in the
cities and highest prices secured.-Pil-
ling's Guide to Caponizing.
The citizen., 1896-09-18
DRAINING THE SWAMP.
How to Reclaim Land Especially Adapted
to Grazing.

How to Reclaim Land Especially Adapted
to Grazing.
Swamp lands vary greatly in the cost
of drainage, some being very easily
drained, merely requiring a good OUT
le+ and drains to catch the water that
comes down on them from the surround
mo INLAND. while others having haTo
and ;mpervious subsoil near the sur
face, require frequent drains over tne
entire surface. Springy swamps are
usually the most difficult to drain Well'
as it is necessary to so cut the ultcnes
as to tap the streams OF wafer Delole
- reaches the surface, and this requires
much skill and experience. The ma
ture of the vegetation growing In
s,vamn will have considerable influence
IN the cost of reclamation. Many
swamps are ditched and then left with
out any further attempt at rendering
them productive, the owners suppos-
;np that they being rid of their surplus
water will. like new-cleared upland,
soon produce good pasture without seeu'
ing. This is mistake; the ola marsn
vegetation is firmly rooted, and tnough
the drained land is not well suited 70
;ts Growth. it hangs on and is replaced
verv slowly or not at all by better food
Now. if we have to spend any money at
all on these lands, the only way to get
Il back is to keep working on them till
they will grow good crops Of some KIND.
Cut off the brush and break up the wild
grass sod, and get some good tame
grasses growing. The most OF our
swamp lands, when properly ditched
and cleared. are especially adapted to
grazing and the production OF hay ana
for this reason are usually more profita-
-. a4....od and farrned in con-
The citizen., 1896-09-18
KITCHEN WATER WORKS.

shows how nature can be harnessed to
do this work. a pipe is laid from near
the bottom of the we'll up to the FROST
line of the ground, and down the slope
to the cellar of the house where it turns
upward to the kitchen sink. Where the
bend of the pipe is higher than the
kitchen sink all one needs to do is to
put faucet on the end of the pipe and
SO draw water at will. This principle of
syphoning water on the farm ought to
be more often utilized.-Farm and
Home
The citizen., 1896-09-18
An Error to Be Avoided.

Because feed is so abundant is no rea-
son why we should make the mistake
made by so many in the past year-of
making corn cribs of our hogs by feed
ing them till they were too large; pro-
ducing something that the market does
not demand, and that will sell at a dis
count. There will be much greater
profit If the same amount of pork is
produced in a greater number of ami
mails sold at lighter weight. 1t is much
better to cater to the demands of the
market as nearly as possible.-Kural
World.
The citizen., 1896-09-18
HANDY FEED CAR.

along the feeding floor and through the
feeding alley. ~ design is given here
with This is arranged to hold a good
y quantity of ensilage to be carried to
the cribs of the cows, and has shoaler,
Water-tight box fitting inside the top,
winch can be put in place when the less
bulky grain ration is to be fed. A handy
car can also be constructed for wheel
ing out the manure to the manure-room,
making it of form to be easily dumped,
though a wheelbarrow will answer the
purpose very well.-Country Gentleman.
The citizen., 1896-09-18
FIGHTING HOG LICE.
" calls for Eternal Vigilance and Lots O1
Careful Work.

~ calls for Eternal Vigilance and Lots Of
Careful Work.
But few farmers, where hogs are
raised in large numbers, will need to be
V0iu The nature and habits of the hog
'ouse' Illustrated below. At the Iowa
experimental station some infested
SWINE were made the subject of expert
rlent by the entomologist. Mixtures OF
Aerosene and lard, and lard and sui
pnur' as ordinarily recommended for
eaiasites on domestic animals, were
LIST tried, but this application proved
teulous operation where many AMI
1n. 1laiS We're to be treated, especially If
os" oo' more than ordinarily tame. A ker-
O'ene emulsion consisting of six parts
The citizen., 1896-09-18
HENS IN THE ORCHARD.

How to Put Up . Serviceable Movable
Summer Poultry House.
Many farmers and orchardists would
like to have hens in the orchard for the
good their presence would do the trees,
were it not that the fowls must be kept
confined because of the damage they
would do to the adjacent garden and
flower beds. The sketch shows way
to keep one or more fiocks of hens in an
orchard. A light, low house, made of
The citizen., 1896-09-18
VIEW OF THE BARN AS IMPROVED.

each day the manure from the two lines
of cows. when it is covered with litter
and kept solidly talnped by hogs, or
young stock, running upon it. Large
doors 1T one side permit cart to be
backed into this mauure-room to be
loaded.
Yards can be made en- both sides of
this addition, thus keeping the cows in
smaller herds when turned out. The
addition may Ice made high enough, if
desired, to afford a chamber for storage
purposes, or for toolroom and work
shop It's desirable to have cattle quar-
ters warm when one lives in northern
The citizen., 1896-09-18
GROUND PLAN OF BARN.

latitudes l should, therefore, advise
sheathing up on the inside of the stud
ding, using the ordinary boarding and
building paper on the outside Of the
studding. The making of such dead
air space will greatly assist in keeping
the interior warm, while the smooth
sheathing viii do away with many
hooks and corners where dust and filth
may collect.
For economy in feeding with such an
arrangement of the stock, it will be
wise to have feedcar, or truck, to run
The citizen., 1896-09-18
MEASURING LAND.
ANY Intelligent Farmer Can Do 1t With
out q Surveyor.

ANY Intelligent Farmer Can Do 1t With.
out q Surveyor.
Make a light and straight pole 16h
feet in length, and mark feet and half
feet on one side, and on the opposite
side divide the 16h feet into spaces
representing the length Of links in
the chain of a surveyor, says a good
authority. A surveyors chain is sc feet
in length, containing 100 links. Hence
a pole 16h feet long would be equal to
25 links. A link is 1852 inches in length.
With dividers one can indicate 25 equal
spaces or links on one side of the pole
in a few minutes. Let the pole be oiled
or painted, and be kept under shelter
where it will not spring by being eX-
posed to alternate rain and sunshine.
Now, in order to measure an acre of
land, multiply the number of rods (or
the lengths of the pole) on one side of
the plot by the number of rods on the
end of the plot, and divide the product
by 100, the number of square rods in one
acre. For example: A plot OF 80 rods
long and 2 rods wide will make 1 acre.
A plot 40 rods long and A rods wide is
equal to an acre. A plot 20 rods long
by rods wide will embrace 100 square
rods, equal to acre. A plot 1914 rods
on each side, if the line run at right
angles, will embrace approximately
square acre, or 1856 square rods.
When a plot is not lined out at right
angles it (the square plot) will not en-
brace as much ground, although the
length and width are the same as there
is in the square plot. A fourth of an
acre, or even a tenth part of an acre.
may be lined out with the angles so
acute as to measure as many lineal feet
as the length and side of a square acre.
Journal of Agriculture.
The citizen., 1896-09-18

Mav-I believe it Is true that ugly
,solr;no children make beautiful peo'
nIe when they are grown up, and y'ce
versa. 5,x -, -
Aga1ha~-How it must consoas = ,',.'.4ts ~ !, :
know that at least you were once r : ~ :
dearI-Town Topics.
The citizen., 1896-09-18

DR.. Young records that at Gibraltar
the human voice has been heard at a dis
tance of ten miles, and it is true that
over water. as well as surface of ice,
sound IS bropagated with extraordinary
clearness md strength.