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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1896-08-22
AGRICULTURAL NEWS
THINGS PERTAINING TO The
FARM AND HOME.
Potash Should BE Heavy ingredient
in Fertilizers for strawberries-
How a Farmer Can Establish Credit
a Cure for Hog Cholera.



A strawberry crop removes certaln
materials from the soil which must DC
replaced II we wish to keep 1t IN goou
condition. According to chemical anaiy-
sis, given in the Massachusetts fiousn-
man, the fruit and strawberry pant
both contain a large percentage OF
potash, and it Is evident, and experience
has proved such to be fact, that pot
ash should be heavy ingredient In all
fertilizing compounds for the straw
berry crop. A good formula that mas
given excellent results is:
300 to 500 pounds muriate Of potash.
600 to 500 pounds dissolved bone.
200 to 500 pounds nitrate of soda.
Half of this is applied broadcast be-
fore the crop is planted, half the re-
mander in the fall and the balance early
In the spring.
The strawberry growers of Oswego
County, New York, where berries are
grown on a large scale for market, use
from 500 to 1000 pounds Of commercial
fertilizer Of good quality, containing
about 10 per cent. nitrogen and s per
cent. phosphoric acid. The best time
to apply such fertilizers is in the fall,
as top dressing. Some care should be
taken that the caustic properties OF
the fertilizer do not injure the plant
1t is good practices, also, to sprinkle
few handfuls Of kainit in rows at plant
ing, as this product destroys grubs and
acts as a preventive of blight.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1896-08-22

Arsenic, one-half pound; cape aloes,
one-half pound; blue vitriol, one-fourth
pound; black anthony, one ounce.
Grind and mix the remedy well before
using, advises the Iowa Homestead.
The following are the directions for
using: Sick hogs in all cases to be
separated from the well ones, and
placed in dry pens, with only five large
hogs or eight small ones in each pen.
reed nothing but dry food, but no
water only the slop containing the rem
edy, until cured. When the hogs refuse
to eat, turn them on their backs. and
then, with a long-handled spoon. put
the dry medicine down their threats.
Dose for large hog: One teaspoonful
three times a day for three days; then
miss one day, and repeat amount until
cured. Shoats or pigs. one-half the
amount. AS a preventive, one tea
spoonful once a week will keep vour
hogs in healthy condition to take on
fat
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1896-08-22
Subsoiiinp for Corr

1t is generally agreed among form
ers that shallow blowing is best FOR
corn. This is all right so far as Keen
ing the vegetable matter near the ,rr.
face, where 1t will make the mos,
warmth for corn. But 1t IA mono The
less advisable in dry time TO have
the soil deeply pulverlzed, not for tha
corn roots to reach down for moisture
but that 1t may arise by capillary ~.
traction to the upper strata. where rho
roots are most abundant. SubsoIllng
will do this better than anything else
The best time to do subsolllng is in the
fall. There is then time for the lower
strata to fill with water during winter
and spring. We can never know In
advance when drouth will lnjure corn
Many fields would have yielded this
year much larger crops of corn II the
land had been subsoiled the year be-
fore.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1896-08-22
Milking Tim.

Cows, to make the most =,
portunities, need to be mllkad T. Sn op-
says the Practical Farmer ana !" qulet'
err part Of the hot months son,a 'ars
Of a soiling crop must be fed - sor'
the best results, which meany nu oy'ain
ing the milk flow, and powbe .o'ons
this be so well done and each ~. can
ceive her due proportion, as IN tbs ~ ~
bic. 1t has been a matter Of observe
ton with us, that COW soon $50. '"-
to have a home place in the stah,~ '
and to be tied there twice s.v
have some provender, grain or fora aa
on her arrival, gives her martor $50 -
look forward to and even lone .oN
and in the afternoon the cows ho va
home longing and start for the ..bars y
and getting up the cows with h.
horse and dog is an obsolete custov,
on such a farm. In this summo, s oa-a
Of the cows their comfort should hs
looked after In the lot. SEEING tho.
there is plenty of good water and sbads
Of some kind.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1896-08-22

Among the new laws enacted by the
recent Ohio Legislature Is an act max
Ing II unlawful for any band OF gyp-
alcs, wanderers, travellers. or other per-
sons, to camp In tent. wagon. or other
wise, on the public highway or lands
adjacent thereto for longer period
than twenty-four hours. without con-
sent OF the owner OF such adjacent land.
or the consent OF the owner OF the land
abuttlng on the highway where such
camping place Is made. Any person
violating the provisions OF this act shall
be deemed guilty OF mlsdemcanor
and upon conviction shall be fined not
exceeding $40. or imprisonment In tho
county jail not exceeding thirty days
or both.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1896-08-22
HOME COMING.

Bet o sun and toll is done,
Grind, oh, wheels, while others treadl
Homeward thro the night / run
To the heaven just ahead.
Light O. love, light o. love,
Other refuge l have none,
Thou the worth Of life must prove
While the fight is yet unwon.
Scant the fare that love may share,
Pale the lips that love may press,
Stern the burdens love must share,
Fierce the wrongs that wait redress.
Heart O. life, heart O. life,
Mama In the wilderness,
We should perish In the strife
But for loves strong tenderness
Speed the day when we may say,
Justice reigns and men are free;
Peace shall kiss us in the way,
Labor crown US plenteously.
Love is ALI Love Is ALL
Sound the word from sea to sea,
Hand to hand we stand or fall,
Ho, for love and liberty
New York Sun.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1896-08-22

One of the advantages of the hasa.
nent barn is that it makes easv rho
construction of a cistern to take ,bs
water from its roof and place it convon-
lent for stock stabbed in it. 1t is never
best to trust to wells for wa-erin,
stock A well near stable or harm
soon becomes foul by filtration of water
through soil saturated with manure
A barn large enough to hold hav ami
other provender for a large stock ,cln
furnish water from the rain that fails
on It's roof for all the stock that can h.,
led from it. There should always -.
hitter in the faucet to the clsiern
Some precautions must also be taken to
prevent the cistern from becom,n,,
dirty. Whenever threshing is done the
barn roof and the cave troughs are am
10 be hiled with dust. The cave trouehs
should be cleaned at such times ana
.he water from the first rain after
tnreshing allowed to run to the ground
before being diverted to the ciste-r
VITA such precautions the barn clstern
WIN keep pure water for a long time
without need of being cleaned. II the
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1896-08-22

The remnrk OF Lieut.. Tappan, OF the
navy. In referring to the speed OF the
Oregon. that "bnttleshlps are built 70
hght pot run away" Is only partially
applicable TO the conditions OF naval
warfare. or two battleshlps OF equal
battery and armor. the one with the
greater speed will have many adyan-
tages In an engagement. And II II
should happen that one battlcship had
TO choose between running away and
fighting two or four equal battieships,
an advantage OF a knot an hour over
the opposing fleet would make the dlf-
ference between having n battleshIp
and not having one. In any naval yes.
sci speed Is an element not to be dis
paraged.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1896-08-22
The Best Use of Bran.

Bran is much more highly thought of
as feed than it used to be. But It has
Its limitations, and should not be relied
upon entirely when fed alone. 1t is an
excellent feed to give to animals that
have a surfeit of corn, and should al
ways form a part of the ration Of fat
tening sheep. 1t is not so good for
hogs, as its course texture makes II
unpalatable. But fine wheat middlings
have all of the excellencies of bran
and will be eaten in greater quantities
by fattening hogs. The bran and wheat
middlings furnish a greater proportion
OF albuminoids than corn has. and
therefore supplement its deficiencies
Wheat bran is an excellent Alternative
Tor horses fed on timothy hay in winter
1t will keep their digestion good aud
Will be all the better If a tablespoonful
Of old process oil meal is added to each
mess. Wheat middlings are not so lax
alive as bran. and are better therefore
for horses that have to work hard
though both the bran and middlinrs
contain much of the nutriment that
builds up bone and muscle and incraas
eS strength.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1896-08-22

A new star has risen In the flrmamen.
OF poesy. Mrs. Mary A. Fry, OF Chat.
tanooga. Tenn, brings out In book form
n Tennessee Centennial Poem" as a
Kind OF Introduction or prologue 20 the
Tennessee Centennial Exposition to be-
held next year. II would be interest
lng to quote whole pages from Il. bet
The extract following. In which she
sings the praises OF Memphis. win az.
ford a good Idea OF the authors style:
Memphis has outgrown her original iuten.
tons:
Is now a city % magnificent dimensions.
Built on the Mississippi. she has the all
vantage
or both railroad transportation and
steamboat carriage.
Her greatness was thrust upon her by her
location.
Is a cotton market OF Importance to the
nation.
Added TO her commercial interests she has
manufactures
And n custom house which Is one OF her
best structures:
Has schools. newspapers. banks. chnrchcs
all OF the frst class.
And talented lawyers have moved there
en- mnssc.
Among the objects OF interest to be
seen at the exposition the public win
Aumbly hope to he favored with sight
Of the wonderful machine ON which
the gifted author ground out these I'm.
perlshahle lines.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1896-08-22

Did you ever stop to think. that the
farmer who grumbles most is usually
the least successful? Why is it that
out of 100 farmers who have the same
start in life, some are successful finan-
cially and every other way, some are
successful in only one or two ways, and
some don't get along at all? They all
have lived under the same circum-
stances, the same laws, politics, tariffs,
onetary standards, etc. The answer
is found in the individual. The level
headed, industrious man is sure to get
his farm paid for, to acquire a bit of
competence, to raise and enducate a
happy famlly-that's the example to
follow, instead Of emulating the glib
tongued Individual who rides around in
top buggy to harangue the people on
their hard lot while his family are for
saken, his crops neglected and the in
terest on his mortgage the only thing
that keeps constantly at work on his
farm.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1896-08-22
Milk and Butter.

The following advice is given by the
Massachusetts Ploughman:
Milk regularly.
Keep the cows quiet and comfort
able.
Bitter butter is result of oyer-ripe
cream.
1t Is the good COWS that make money
FOR their owner. The poor ones are kept
for fun, evidently.
The COW that holds out we'll ten or
eleven months in the year is the kind
TO keep.
Like factory, COW pays best when
run to full capacity. That means high
feeding.
To make the best COW out Of the
growing heifer, it is important during
growth that her feeding and care
should be such as will secure the best
development.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1896-08-22

a weary waste OF worry to the lrcklcss
pedagogue. And they do. Instead Of
pummeling the nnntC y or tie inccr.
i'gible youngster with wooden ruler
or a rawhlde the stern-vIsaged school
ma'am merely turns the hose on him.
That Is, she fiogs him with piece or
rubber tubing. II has been found TINT
the bounding residence OF the rubber
tubing when applied to the well-crsh
Toned posterlor OF youth Is such thai
[ muscular exertlon required to make
a robust rascal pneumatlcally tired Is
80 slight that It has become the official
ly authorized method or punishment
In the Duluth public schools. The
secret was let out In a suit for dam-
ages for assault brought against one
OF the feminine wielders or the rubber
hose. The court decided that scourging
a puEnaclous juvenile belligerent with
rubber tubing Is not an assault. no mat
ter what evidences OF conclusion may
be found on the antony. Now that
a court has rendered a decision the
rubber hose idea OF leading the way
ward youth along the jagged and pre-
cipitous highways Of knowledge 10
bound TO spread to the public schools
OF other cities. The bicycles are al
ready milking heavy demand on the
rubber tube factories. But more fac
tories must be bailt. The course Of
popular education must not languish
/ ,cause OF any rubber tube famine.
Stretch the tube or spoil the child
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1896-08-22
Danger in Bituminous Paint.

Recently In Liverpool an inquest was
held on a laborer named Hayman. who
had been engaged In painting the tanks
OF the steamship Servia with bitumi-
nous paint. The men had been TO work
alternately on the job in consequence
of the foul air or fumes from the paint
IN the tanks. Hayman had a naked
candle. and by some means the fumes
from the paint became ignited and he
was badly burned. The foreman took
steps TO rescue him. but an hour and a
.hals elapsed before this was effected.
aayman was terribly burned and de-
lirious. Several men gave evidence as
to the effect of the fumes given Off by
The solution. which made them drunk
or delirious. and unless a man was ac-
cus,omed toit he could not tolerate the
fumes more than few minutes. The
jury found that Hayman died from
burns accidentally received. and added
that lights used In similar tanks should
be protected.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1896-08-22
Variety of Food Neces.aw

In most Of the discussions about
what kinds Of food are best the fact
IS overlooked that no one food Gives
all the nutritive elements in their prop
err combination for best results. A va
riety Of food is needed, not merely to
tempt appetite, but to keep animals
in the best health. This is especially
important for animals that are being
fattened and thus encouraged to eat
all they can. 1t is scarcely less so for
animals that are growing and which
need in some kind of their feed the ele-
ments that make bone and muscle rath-
er than fat Corn, which is the staple
grain feed with most farmers, is LEAST
adapted of all for a single ration.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1896-08-22

According to the Medical Record OF
New York, great success IL attendant
upon the efforts OF the antl-clgaretts
leagues which have been formed In n
great many cities and especially In the
grammar schools OF the metropolis
ON tie same authority II appears that
the antl-clgarette law In Iowa IL be
Ing clrcumvented by some manufactur-
ems who cover their cigarettes with a
Hight tobacco wrapper Instead OF paper,
which makes Il not a cigarette within
She description OF the law.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1896-08-22

At cost OF something more taan
100000 a Red Cross expedition has
been lifted out In Russia. for the avow-
ed purpose OF mlnlstering to the wound
ed In Abysslnia. The friendly attitude
OF Russia toward the Abysslnlans. and
the decoration sent by the Gar 10 King
Menelek after the battle OF Adowa,
have caused Italy TO look askancc ut
this expedition. and finally TO refuse II
permission to land at Massowah-thc
more 80 because It's numbers and the
presence OF military men suggest other
than phllanthropic motives. Some OF
the nurses were sent back because the
only other route open. that by way OF
Jihutn over considerable stretch OF
desert country. was too difficult for
them; but the rest OF the expedition kept
ON. There are lntimations In the Rus
sian press that It will be followed by
mn expedition for scientific explora-
ton"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1896-08-22

Up at Duluth. the-elty which Proctor
Knott snatched from oblivion and
which Joaquin Miller said would some
day be bigger than Chicago" they
have a new-fangled way OF Negotiating
refractory juveniles in public schools.
In her geographical Isolation the city
on the rocky blum has acquired a happy
disdain for old-fashioned things Her
public schools are built on a scale OF
lofty grandeur and maintained with
breezy indifference to those pruden-
tai and economical considerations that
prevail In such towns as New York AMI
philadelphia. Being strikingly original
IN everything. II was to be expected
that Duluth school-teachers would en-
ploy some novel method OF castlgatins
the rebellious Juveniles that make Life
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1896-08-22

Peary ~ contemplating another Jour
ncy % arctic regions. this time TO bring
back a for;y-ion meteorite he discoy-
cred last year. This will be welcome
change from the usual purpose Of seek
Ing The pole. An expedition armed with
derrlcks VIII Inspire greater public con
iidence ana Insure more speedy success
to Tie relief party In locating II later
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1896-08-22

basement is a deep one. the u.. !
the cistern will never freeze " nrer ~
winter, but will help TO keen fr S,s' ~
Of the basement. It Is great c con Out
fence in very cold weather 70 onse e
cows in the basement without exp "s,e !,
them to the cold air outside posing
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1896-08-22

50 German warship has touched ni
IN English port since the dying SOUND
ron made ms appearance. Even th'
German training ships have dropped
their annual visit TO English waters.
and there Is GOODNESS. II moi strain
ed feeling between the navics Of the
two countries.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1896-08-22
How to Trim HnncvsnclkIc.

If honeysuckle be entirely cut down
1t Will make enormous growth in con-
sequence, says the Philadelphia Led
ger, but the Towering wood VII be
absent and there will nor be near the
quantity of flowers that there would
have been.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1896-08-22

what are you doing for livingTu
Il am contributing to the newspa-
pers."
But you know nothing of Journal
ISM"
MY dear fellow, l am advertising
for a situation. "-Exchange
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1896-08-22

A lawyer is very sharp fellow, and
a pleasant friend, but don't let him
give You advice
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1896-08-22

There is nothing men know so little
about or talk SO much about as tariff
and silver.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-30
WEATHER BUREAU REPORT.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRIcUL
TuRE, WEATHER BUREAU, SAN Francisco, May
%, 1896, P. M.-Weather condi ions and general
forecast:
The following are the seasonal rainfalIs TO date
as compared with those of same date last season:
Eureka 51.60 last season 46 %; Rel Blaff - 33
last season 29.71; San Francisco 21.25, last sea-
son 25.7O; Fresno sic, last season 81; San
Luis obispo 1910, last season 26.07: Los Angeles
o.35, last season 1910: san Diego b-92 last sea-
son 1920; VI una IS, last season 3.Ol.
The following maximum temperatures are re-
Ported from stations in California to-day:
Eureka SO. Red Blum IS, san Francisco So.
Fresno 78, Luis Obispo IA los Angeles IL,
San Diego 6S, Yuma 96-
san Francisco data-Maximum temperature So,
minimum 52 mean 55.
To-nignps map is in some respects Que of the
most remarkable maps OF the year. During the
past twenty-four hours there have been very rapid
changes IN the pressure distribution over The
country west CT the Il0th meridian. The tenn
perature changes during the past twenty-four
hours have been equally rapid. Al area of low
pressure appeared of the coast OF Northern Cali
fornia early this morning, and has moved north
ward and inland with q. speed. ! his low area
is central tonight over Eastern Washington, and
will probably res ult in rain and thunderstorms
over the northern half of the P;cfic Slope Satur-
day. An area of high pressure appears to be
moving in from the ocean along the California
coast aud will probably result in fair weather
day. remarkably large number OF thunder
storms have occurred in Northern California and
Northern Nevada.
The temperature has fallen more than. 10 de-
grees the greater portion of the Pacific slope.
In certain parts of California and in Nevada and
Utah the fall in temperature ranges from 20 to 80
degrees. The weather is about 20 degrees warm er
over Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana to-
night than any the southern States or
Territories excepting Arizona.
Conditions are favorable for showery weather
tonight and early Saturday morning in Northern
California south or Red Bluff. Saturday will
probably be fair The greater portion of the day
Forecast made at san Francisco for thirty hours,
ending midnight, May so, 1896.
Northern Cailforna-Cioudy, with showers to-
night and early Saturday morning in northe IN
her ITnsiG 1frfrl
southern California-Fair Saturday; light west
erly winds.
Nevada-Showers in northern portion Saturday
Utah-Showers; probably thunderstorms Satur-
day.
Arizona-Fair Saturday.
san Francisco and vicinity-Cloudy tonight
and early Saturday morning: probably fair
Saturday; southwesterly winds, becoming north
westerly. ALEXANDER g. McADIE
Local Forecast Official,
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-30
Electric Eyes for the Blind.

In recent meeting of teachers and
other experts on educational matters in
Russia, at Moscow, DR.. Noishewski
demonstrated an instrument invented by
him several years ago, but considerably
improved recently, which he calls the
'electrophthalm," or electric eye." This
very sensitive instrument is intended to
enable the blind by the sense of feeling to
observe objects which We see with our
eyes. Noishewski uses in the con-
struction of his instruments the
two metalloids, selenium and telIurium.
both of which will change their
quality as conductors of electricity with
different conditions of light. The instru-
ment constructed by Nolshewski denotes
these changes, and, while it does not en-
able the blind to see, they will feel the
various effects of changing light by means
of this apparatus. The Wjedomosti re-
ports in a recent numbe that Dr. MOI
shewskI has succeeded in having totally
blind man find the windows in room, and
after a little practice to distinguish ap-
preaching men from approaching animals.
The inventor is still at work upon i'm
provements to the "electrophthaIm," :" and
hopes to perfect it to such an extent that
the blind will be able to tell almost with
certainty when approaching opaque or
transparent objects. which would be great
stride toward bettering the condition OF the
blind.