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DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.

How Successful Farmers Operate This
Department of the Farm-A Few
Hints as to the Care of Live Stock
and Poultry.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-01-09

tracts are made at a certain figure for
the entire year, of course, 1t becomes an
other matter.
To our liking, we should say, sell
eggs as long as prices are good and
turn them into broilers when prices
decline. We should sell them SO long
as the retail figure did not get below
twenty cents dozen and begin incu-
baton when that price was reached.
We believe that 1t will pay better to
turn eggs into carcasses than to sell
at less than twenty cents dozen.
Some writer's claim that to produce
an egg costs one cent. This would make
their cost twelve cents dozen and
anything over that would be clear
profit. They will sell eggs as long as
they can get eighteen cents or over
that. At eighteen cents they have fifty
per cent profit and they are content
with that.
Supposing that dozen eggs cost
twelve cents and out Of that dozen
only four chicks were raised up to a
marketable weight, and the total
cost. including price Of eggs. would
be 81 for those four broliers. and they
brought 81 pair. the usual price in
New York market, there would be
even 81 profit. OF course. In some Sec
tions Of the country broilers would not
bring 81 a pair, but then generally In
such localities feed Is cheaper, which
would equalize 1t, and besides. we have
given very low percentage Of hatch
ing and rearing.
There is money in the broiler busi-
ness. but 1t is branch that must be
entered carefully, managed diliger.,
ly and perfectly understood. II sue
cess is the result. No amateur should
start this branch on a large scale.
He should begin at the very bottom
of the ladder and climb up. There
is SO much to know. First. how to
run the incubator so that 1t will re-
quire less responsibility and do best
work; second. how to brood the chicks
so that they will not become chilled
and die from bowel trouble; third. how
to feed SO that they will attain the de-
sired weight without being subject to
| leg weakness and other troubles. All
these matters must be carefully stud
led and watched. There Is big respon-
sibility and the work requires eternal
vigilance"
Egg farming is the easiest branch to
follow. Start with that and leave the
broiler department to be an adjunct
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e HEAR THE RE-

e HEAR THE RE-
marks so often that
they have become
common. There Is
no money in farm
ing. There Is no
money in dairying."
The men who give
vent to these decla-
ra t ion 8 usually
speak from person.
al experience; they
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-01-09

receipts anu expenditures VI tue Sh'
versity dairy for the year ending Dec.
81, 1894:
Pounds of milk produced. 160, ,534
Receipts for milk. $3,S42.75
Cost of food. 9S3.fo
Cost Of labor. 1,oS5.44
Total expenditures. ........... 2,579.2O
Net gain. l,o3S.oo
There was an average of about twen-
ty-six COWS actually in milk in the
dairy during the year. AS cows are
bought and sold, not the same twenty
six COWS were in the herd throughout
the year. There are generally, also.
three or four dry cows in the herd.
From the summary it will be seen
that for the number of cows actually
in milk, 6.175 pounds of milk were
given per COW. The cost Of food per
cow was $37.s3, and the cost for labor
was $61. SO, making a total expense per
cow in milk nearly 500. The labor.
however, included a considerable
amount Of experimental work and also
the labor of taking care Of dry cows.
heifers, calves and bulls. 1t also in
cludes the cost Of retailing the milk.
The cost for feed only relates to the
cows in milk.
Assuming SO pounds per gallon Of
milk, the cost of food per gallon OF
milk is So cents, the cost Of labor per
gallon Of milk. S.5 cents. while the
average price received for milk on this
basis was 20.6 cents. 1t will be seen
that the average cost of gallon Of
milk retailed to customers was 1877
cents. The real cost, however, is
somewhat greater than this, because
more than SO pounds are required for
gallon Of milk when peddled to the
consumers.
1t Is worthy Of notice that the work
was all done by students, for which, 1t
will be seen. they received $1,595.44.
The gross income from each COW ac-
tually in milk was $147.sO. the expense
$99. 10, leaving a net income per COW OF
$4s.61, or for herd Of twenty-six cows
a net gain Of $1.3S3.55.
Thomas F. Hunt
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-01-09

In every kind of buying and selling
the rules of business prudence must be
observed or losses are almost inevit-
able, and we are of the opinion that If
persons who have money to use exer.
else discretion in dealing in mining
stocks, and more especially In the gold
mining stocks of Colorado at the pres
ent time. that they will stand n far bet
ter chance of reaping profit than In
any other line of business now open to
them. All the available evidence goes
to show that the mines of Cripple
Creek are bound to produce vast
amount of gold annually for long time
to come and at very good profit. That
being the case, shares in those mines
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-01-09
fhe Rocky Ford Enterprise
ROCKY FORD. COLORADO.
We are waiting to read the postscript
q the "woman's bible" first.
Tho Illinois crop this year at the
present prices is worth $5S,000,000.

"a Paderewski expects to coax $250.0OO
BOT Of Americans this trip by capillary
3 attraction.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-01-09

Sheep Manure-Sheep manure II
properly managed stands next to poul-
try manure in value as fertilizer.
hence It is quite an item to supply plen-
ty of bedding in order to secure as
much as possible. IL supplying bed
ding not only is more and better ma
nure secured, but the sheep are made
more comfortable.-Ex.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-01-09
Cost Of Keeping a Dairy.

The following is an extract OF an
article from the Agricultural Student
Of the Ohio State University:
The following Is summary OF the
receipts and expenditures Of the Uni
versity dairy for the year ending Dec.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-01-09

st. Paul trade unionists are working
Ishy 6coa text books.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-01-09
branding Cattle.

A Texas paper has taken up for dis
cussion the question as to whether 1t
pays stockmen to sidebrand their cat
tie. The cause for the discussion Is
the fact that sidebranding has a ten
dency to depreciate the value Of hides.
The sidebrand. 1t is claimed. costs the
animal at the stock pen. The more re-
moved the brands are from the center
OF the hides the higher the price paid
and consequently the better figure the
animal brings. For instance, steer
branded on the neck is worth 81 more
than a steer branded on the side.
Leather manufacturers recommend that
cattle, II branded at all, be branded on
the Jaw, neck or low on the shoulder
or thigh. This is matter which has
had the attention of but few cattle
men, and yet is worthy Of careful con-
sideration. To show that no attention
has been given to the location Of the
brand when taken into connection with
the probable difference in value of the
hide, one has only to glance over any
brand register to see that some brands
cover almost the whole animal, render
ing the hide practically valueless.
Save the Screenings.-Why should
the farmers be content from year to
year to sell grain without cleaning It?
When they do SO put 1t on the market
they give the screenings away. In 9TH
er words, they give away millions Of
bushels of good feed. This feed could
be used in making beef. butter. pork.
mutton or wool. If the grain were
cleaned at home. the screenings would
not need to be drawn to the market.
The farmer would still have lot Of
grain to feed his stock, even though he
continued the very bad practice OF
growing grain and selling the same
from year to year. More tanning mills
are wanted In all the Northwest
Northwest Farmer.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-03-20
aNohodv Seems 70 Want Ne.

A dosan years ago a number Of orphan
BOYS were sent from New York TO Staun
ton for the purTose OF getting homes with
farmers. On day appointed they were
inspected By farmers aid one by one they
were selected by various parties except
one small, delicate looking lad named
John NeNilly. Another turned to him
and said "Well Tohu. you have not got
ten a home yet" The poor boy anSSesed
.atlg Nobody seems to want re down
here" SIR. Henry Peck tod John Ct
could 20 With him for the present and he
did so aud drove the Peck family carriage
team for some time. Later be drove a
wagon AMI delivered wafer AMI then
learned bookbinding with Charles
Prufer. A few years ago lie went South
aud af,srward to New York. From there
be went to Vanderbilt University, at
Nashville, Tennessee, where be has spent
two years stud! ing law. a few days ago
a tine looking, well dressed young ma
stepped into the Augusta National Bank
where he was recognized by Cashier w.
P. Tams, who, with lis wife, had met the
orphan boy in New York some four years
ago. He came on an important mission.
Some years ago al uncle Of his at biz
death left him 5000. He had more than
that 10 bank and 1t was drawn out by
another John dcNally. Now our young
man must PROVE himself tho rghtfnl
owner Of the amoney AMI be was here
to enguge Chas. Prufer to 70 on to New
York when wanted to assist IN bis identl-
fcation. The poor rejected boy who
sat alone in the city hall in Stanton has
no doubt worked his way up better than
the others who were chosen 10 preference
to him. He expects to practice law in
New York city.-AugEta TO 4rqs'.
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BACK ROAD POINTS

Since the lamentAble death Of our
ssniOr contemporary a. Asheyille, N. c ,
We presume we can come out from under
the shades of juniorIty.
The snow OF last week fell to the depth
OF ten or eleven inches in this neighbor-
hood, and was accompanied by severe
and penetrating wind. We had almost
forgotten about the ground hog; thought
IL was possible be vas alternating IN a
more southern abode.
Hiss Ella Sine is spending some time
visiting old friends in the vicinity Of
Capon Road this Week.
The Mt. Airy Band has made quite an
improvement by adding to their outfit OF
musical instruments a new helicon horn
This was a much needed addition, aud
the boys deserve credit for their enter
prising spirit and wise discretion in fully
eluipping themselves for the coming pic
mic season.
recent fad OF v hat was supposed to
be a "mad stone" created quite an ex.
,ilemtnt for a time among the people.
The finder bad already written out an
advertisement soliciting the patronage of
those who formerly had been compelled
to go the Pastuer Institute at New York.
The oyster supper at Mt. Atty recently
did not prove as lucrative as they haYe
heretofore owing to Indictment weather
We are sorry to know the boys struck
snsh bad time.
Old Man Rumor says, There are
bymenial whispers IN the air among
some Of our Bachelor improvement so.
clety's members We have not heard
any Of shose placid vibrations OF ths ex-
panse Of the universe yet ourselves, bu t il
any Of the societys forts come to that
point we will keep you pose ell
We all take the HERALD, aud a-e wei
pleased with It's visits at our no mes.
Best success t. il, iong may it prosper.
BILL NyE, JR.
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ct DAVID'S LETTER

On account Of bad weather inc laying
of the corner stone Of the new church
was postponed to the 3rd Sunday OF
April.
Rev. VI. L. Carpenter prelchsl at Pine
Hill School House, near the above named
pace, last Sunday.
Mss Henrietta SLipe, one of our most
pleasant young ladies', who Is now living
in Ediubu-s, paid VISIT to her home
here fsS days ago
Mr.. j. L. KILLER, of Zion, paid ~
brief yisiF recnntly. His many friends
are ways glad to see him coma aud
sorry when be leaves.
Miss Nettie NcIntullf, of Cnlpeper
county Va, and Miss Laura McIoturf'
Of Strs,burg, spert few days recently
With relatives AMI friends in this neigh
borhoO',
Mr.. Daniel Logan, OF Woodstock, bat
now on the the list of Fort boys, spent
San lay at his home 10 town.
Mr. B. +. Riaker, OF near Toms Brock.
was ia our neighhorhooi Int week.
Mr., Geo. W. Klbler, wife aad two CHI
dren attended the wedding of Ar X bler's
sister, Miss Maggie KILLER, Of near JAd
wyn. to Mr. John ". Lohr, a fe" day.
since.
Work on the nav chnrch was disoon-
tlnued last week on account of bad
weather. Jane jug
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Highest of all in Leavenng POwcrLates U s. Govt Report
R>!a!!! RR sxassi
ABSOLUTELY PURE
FROM ZEPP.

Zepp is not dead II it is covered with
snow.
The people seem to think that March
Is 6oIna Ter bot.
Mr.. WIN. Shell. the wagon maker at
Zspp, ID preparing to sell out and move
to Woodstock. We wish Bill every sue.
cess.
Mr. Jos. R. Conner is building dwell
lug house.
Mr. YIN. Williams has also erected a
dwelling and is now pre- pairing to bnild
a Kitchen to it.
Recently large eagle passed over Mr.
L. R. Foltz's place and his son Johnnie
grabbed the old Mississippi rifle and
went in pursuit. He got a shot at 1t and
succeeding IN making the feathers dy but
as it hsppObed they went with the bird.
Mr.. Geo. Whittington's COW had the
misfortune to loose her bell collar last
Saturday morning. He very kindly
asks the holder to return 1t to where be
found, 1t which was on the cows neck,
Bill Hsrbangh, the old trapper, caught
another wild cat last week, and had a
stubborn fight before be killed IT. Large
spots of blood marked the battle ground,
bat such things. you knlw, must be
after famous victory.
The constable got IN a row with
Higblanders last Monday and got entire
IL Knocked out. Lee nov wears the belt
as a SNOW baller.
Mr. Rslrh Urndolff has his boring
machine completed aud is now ready to
20 to work on his coal mine which be
will open up in full next week.
Mr.. Lemuel r. Foltz and Mr. Wash
Brill, our home missionaries ale doing
some excellent work In the lover end Of
cur valley.
Success to the HERALD. b.
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Applying the Torch.

Havana, March lB.-.In The pro.
vince of Santa Clara the Insurgents
have burned fields aud plantations
from Real Bampina to the colony
of La ROsita, . district six miles in
extent and close to tho railroad.
A dispatch from CArdeDas says
that at the Central plantation OF
JucsrO alone 1t is calculated tina t
50, 900 tons of cane were destroyed.
The splendid plantation of Teresa,
with all it's buildings, in the district
OF Nelena this province, has also
been burned.
The insurgent leaders have ccle.
bratcd their reunion at Msnjaari,
and 1t Is understood to have been
agreed that MaccO aud Blndera
will pass through tae province of
Havana and PInar del Rio.
A deplorable mistake has re-
suited in the killing of a numbe r
OF Spanish soldiers by their fellow
Spanlards. Tle battalion OF San
QuiE;iu was approaching the town
of Cano, seven miles from Havana
to save the buildings ola burning
plantation. The town shortly be-
fore had been attacked by tue
insurgents, and the garrison, with.
out hating the STU Q iu'ia bat.
talon and taking thom for the
insurgents returned to second
attack, opened upon them with a
volley.
The San q linttu battalion, on
Il other hand, mistook the garri-
son for the insurgents and charged
three times with great deter nina.
ton. taking the town.
Before the mistake wgs discover.
ed the San Qlinlin battalion had
lost twelve soldiers killed and a
captain, four lieutenants aud
twenty.seven soldiers wounded.
Antonio Naceo, q llv:caD, Ban
dera and I.acret attacked the town
of B ltabano on Friday night aud
captured it. They had possession
OF it for a time, aud upon retreat
ing 10 the direction Of Pinar del
Rio they burnsd he greater part
of the town.
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No Need For Lynch Law

DanviIle, Va, March 1.-The
trial OF Ia Skeens, indicted as &C
c ,ssory before the fac: to the muir
der of D.plty Sergeant William
A. Cook, WAS concluded in the
Hastings Court att O'Clock this at
ternoon. Tue jury gave her eigh'
teen years in the penitentiAry.
List Saturday night William A
Cook was murdered by G 'orge
Evans, a cOIOred convict. Before
a week. has elapsed the N lrderer
has been run down and is dead,
having tsken his own life when he
found escape impossible; and the
accessory b" had a fair and im'
partial trial AMI consigned to the
penitentiary.
No necessity for lyuci law here
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-03-20

The Editor of the Free Lance made a
very narrow escape. While walking he
streets OF strasburg. be says, "some on
With a mouthfll OF t0j acc j1ic9 o. snuff
either spit or emptied a spittoon, ont OF
an upper story window, jast missing us
about three inJhes' What a reflection
upon the fair ladies Of Strasbarg Z
intimates that they use snuff and then to
make the matter worse would have u,
believe that their mouths are so large
that he couldn't tell whether they were
splitting or emptylng spittoor. Be
careful or a spriGhtly yonng Editor will
v i'll be mobbel aud that by the StTa'-
burg girls.
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aud Representative DingIey, Chair
man of the House committee on
ways and means, had an extended
conference with Secretary Carlisle,
and at once the air was full OF
rumors about an attempt to pass
a sort Of financial bill, something
in the nature of compromise be-
tween the administration and
Congress. Those who ought tc
know, however, say that the cju-
ference was merely upon routine
matters.
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M A r < E rs
Live Stock Markets.
BALTIMORE, March Ia

BALTIMORE, MaIcu 10
Reef Cattlc.-The Cfferings this week
o,mpare favorsbly wi b those Of last
week, the tops being fully As gJ1i aui
ante N numerous rs they were then.
Trade for them was fair, but med .u.n aad
common cattle wire slow. aud the mar
ret for them before the cloSs became
quite sluggish, bat there was no change
in values quoted.
Prices Of beef cattle this week ranged "a
fellows: Best, 4fa4 IS cts. those Esa-
orally rated Arst quality lal! cts.
nsdium or good fair quality 3lai ct.
aud ordinary thin steers, oxen and ssus
East OTIS.
Cows.-The market is not active al
he prices prevailing last week, We: t2Oa
5. and extra at so per head.
BALTIMORE. March l6.
srips.-Arrivals this week Is, cas- head
There is fair supply Of Hogs on th'
market and modesate demand Is re-
norted for them. Quotations unchanged
,ine4 last week, aud for near bF Hogs
price, ruling As then, a. 4OAN 90 par
100 ID, gross, with n Western reported.
Rnths 1897 pr 100 lbs gross.
Sheep aud Lamb, - There i'oily . iai
trade fsr Sheep AID Lambs, SiSep sol
at 2tasi cents and extra shade higher.
Calves .-veals ssll stbta6 cent, per ID .
and there 10 q fair trade reported
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VIRGINIA NEWS.

John w. KeDney, an esteemed
citizen of Warren county, is dead.
Fruit growers of Berkeley coun.
ty have taken steps to prevent the
spread of the san Jose scale.
Napoleon MOsby, cOlored, was
run over and killed in the S)uth-
ern Railway yard at L-nchburg
Saturday night.
In Prince George county George
Butler, colored, aged twenty years
shot and killed a younger hrouther'
He has been arrested.
The friends of Ex-Governor Nc
Klnley are confident of electIng a
delegation from vlgginis in favor
of his nomination for President.
There Is co'ored man in
Orange county, living near N1sonS
who IS gradually turning white
through some mysterious course
of nature.
Mss Gettie MIG lire, OF Win
chester, sister of DR.. Hunter
MCGUIRE, died suddenly, at her
brothers residence in Rlchn md,
where she was Cd a visit.
Several BIltimoreaus are con
nected with conte nplated improve
ments at Berkeley Springs, W. Va.
which, it carried out on the plans
projected, will cost 100000.
Mrs. Lydia Price Peyton (nee
Snyder of Orange, celebrated her
Tooth birthday, having been boru
March Is, 1898, In Madison cOun'
~, near the old Lutheran Church,
which Is located three miles north
east If Madison Courthouse.
Alta meeting in Richmond,
Thursday night, OF the advisory
committee OF the United Confede-
rate Veterans, 1t was recommend
ed that July 2 next be fixed upon
as the date for laying the corner
stone OF the Jefferson Davis monu
ment.
The farm of the late Washington
HARE situated near Hamilton,
Loudoun county, was sold few
days ago, together with all the
personally on the farm, except the
wheat in the granary, for slo 900.
The farm contains 30S acres Of sx.
cellent land. Miss Ann E. Scltter'
day was the purchaser.
Mr. Jefferson N. Levy, the own.
er of "Montlcello," which was the
home of Thomas Jefferson, IL en-
gagged 10 making arrangements
with prominent democrats all over
the country for the JeffersoDlan
old fashioned democratic reunion
which is to be held at Monticello
on April Is, which is the anniver-
sary of Jetferson's birthday.
The homo of George Walker,
near Manchester, was detroyed by
fire and his two little daughters
persisted in the flames. The child
rem, whose names we're Roberta
aud Lily, were about six months
and four years old, respectively.
Tue mother left the children IN the
house to 90 to neighbours on an
errand, when she returned the
house was 10 flames. TIE bodies
OF the little ones were burned to a
crisp.
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A Carefully Planned Swim die

Chicago, March Let will be
MANY day before pool room men
of the United states will recover
from the stupcnduous overlapping
fraud perpetrated Saturday night.
Rough estimates indicate that the
pool rooms lost between $25O.OOO
and 100000 on the racing mare
Royal Nettie, whose name was sent
out from the New Orleans race
track as winner of the sixth race
in spite of the fact that she ran next
to last and that the race was won by
q horse named Plug. The impress
ion is that the fraud was planned in
New York and carried through
with New York money. The fact
that the men who bet the money
were around the local pool rooms
DAYS in advance OF the time Of bring
| ing off the coup, combined with the
fact that there were others Of the
gang at every pool room in the
country, shows that 1t was not only
carefully planned, but that it was
backed by an immense sum OF
moeny, Dispatches indicate that
not half a dozen pool rooms Of con-
sequence in the Uniled States e.
Gaping without loss. Leaving out Of
consideration the results Of the "a i'd
the thing the deeced pool room men
want to know most is how the name
of the mara Royal Nettie was sent
out as the winner OF the race at the
close of the description, and the
confirmed in the official result.
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For Congress.

The only candidates, now in the
fell looking forward to the con-
ventions are Messrs. Turner, OF
Warren, Mccormick of Clarke, and
Hay, of Madison, of tie democratic
party, and MessrS. Walker, Of
shenandoah and Willis, of Kappa
hammock, of the republican party.
There may be some dark horses
in both parties who ale ex.
pecting the lightning to strike them
but as yet. we do not know who
they are. There is, however, plenty
Of time for thoes who are In private
training to get out on the track