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The advocate., 1896-06-10

trees permanently improves the land,
while seeding to grain iS but an annual
repetition of process which gradually
impoVerlshes the soil.
Lands given over TO grain farming
have increased In value during the last
decade not to exceed II per cent, while
those devoted to fruit culture have In
creased In the same period from 300 TO
500 per cent. Thousands of acres of
the best grain lands may be bought In
this State at from $40 to 500 an acre,
while lands set to fruit trees can not
be had for less than $500 an acre, and
In case Of bearing trees bring from
that sum to 81 900 an acre. The grow
ing Of deciduous fruits in Colorado,
including the stone varieties, has long
since passed the experimental stage.
Il IS profitable reality.
Ten years ago there were only few
thousand acres Of fruit trees In the en-
tire State. Now there are over $50, 900
acres of orchard fruits and each spring
adds to the area planted. The apple,
pear, ounce, plum, prune, cherry,
peach, apricot, nectarine and grape
yield msgnidCently in Colorado, and
nowhere are there handsomer apples,
peaches or pears grown, nor Of finer
quality or flavor. The orchard fruits
pay 9 net profit of $500 to 8500an acre,
while small fruits, especially the straw
berry, blackberry, raspberry and goose
berry, pay from $500 to $500 an acre If
properly managed. Estimating the
value Of products from the acreage
already In bearing, five years hence
the horticultural crops of Colorado
will be worth not less than $4,000, 600,
IL no other trees are set out between
now and then.-Denoer Field and
Farm.
The advocate., 1896-06-10
The Farmers, Hay Press,

The accompanying cut represents
the Farmers or Star Hay Press, manu-
factured by the Devol.LivengOOd Man.
ufscturing Company, Kansas City, Mo,
These machines are handled exClu.
siVely In Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska,
Kansas, Missouri, Indian Territory
and Oklahoma by the Kingmsn houses.
They are Kingman & Company, Pc
oris, st. Louis and Omaha; Klngmsn.
Gslbraith Implement Co., Des
Molnes, Iowa, and Kingman.MoOre
Implement Company, Kansas City,
Mo. The Peoria house has been estab.
llshed twenty-five years. These houses
are all large iobbers Of agricultural
implements. These machines have
been on the market for several years
and their success has been fully dem.
Onstrated. A few important points
will be referred TO. The simple and
perfect tension, which is adjusted by
a hand wheel, Is plainly shown In the
cut. Anyone accustomed to the work
of pressing hay knows that the adjust
ment Of the tension causes more an.
noysnce and loss Of time than any
other feature. This machine has o
yielding hesdblOCk the sides of which
are automatically adjusted to the sides
of the bsIing case and gathers In all
the hay without friction.
Another decided advantage Is that
each trip of the plunger carries 1t mine
inches into the bsllng chamber instead
of six inches ss In all other presses.
The pitmsn is so pivoted into the head
block that it adjusts itself with any
strain. The press shows an improve
ment in power, In the rebound Of the
The advocate., 1896-06-10

more about them than you do, and
that you will make nothing by the
transaction, and will In all probability
lose. He is In the business for what
he can get out of 1t.
We prefer TO have the colt in the
field with the mare. II the colt lgshut
In the stable both 1t and the mare will
fret. Besides, the colt should suck
every two or three hours.
Give the work horses a night pas
ture near the stables. After the days
work they should receive the same
care In the stable as If they were to re-
main there--snd after being cooled,
fed and cleaned, turn them in the pas.
ture or large paddock where they can
get a generous bite of grass and roll
and rest. They should receive the
same amount Of feed in the stable. 1t
Is cruel to expect them to work all day
and pick around all night TO satisfy
their hunger.-F'GTm Journal.
The advocate., 1896-06-10
Horse Talk.

The tessed colt is sire to the ill-tem-
pered horse.
The man who would have sound,
nicely formed hoofs on his horses when
he comes to sell them, must give at
tention to the hoofS Of his colts.
The best fed horse has the heavy
grain ration In the morning Snd at
noon, and the bulk Of It's hay at night.
If the horses shoulders are washed
clean and bathed each evening with
strong salt water Ut is all the better If
little alum Is sdded), only q very ILL.,
fitting collar can make gals.
Stuff the nsds with timothy hsy-it
remains springy. Cotton or wool be-
comes hard, and often forms into
Jumps.
Look out for the buffalo gnats and
grease the ears and other parts Of the
horses most infested.
When you have q good horse stick
to him. He may not be fast, he may
not be completely sound, but he does
all you need Of a horse, Is safe and
healthy. Why change, even II some
jockey with more snowy horse does
offer to trader You know nothing Of
the other horse and do know your own
ss fully honest. The chances are that
the man who deals In horses knows
The advocate., 1896-06-10
Working the Bull.

An exchange recommends that the
bull be made to earn his living by work
ing, and suggests that he cut the feed,
grind the corn, ETC., and finally suggests
that if horse collar be put on back
wards he can be put to q cart. This
advice is just about as wise as the sug-
gestion to put q collar on backwards.
It is true that bull may be made to do
quite an amount of work, says the writer,
but when horses are as cheap as they
are I prefer to have horse, and not
risk my life by trying to save few
dollars in using bull power. To break a
bull to work would cost probably quite
as much ASIDE would be worth for such
work, aud if he were so broken, and the
wickedness worked out Of him, just then
he would be most dangerous. For his
keeper would be careless in handling
him, and some day when he (the bully
felt wicked he would rebel from working
in manner that would not be pleasant
for the person handling him. 1t Is the
gentle bull or the one with 4 the wicked
ness worked out of him that does the
mischief. was driving from the post
Office one morning when l saw a man
lying just outside the road fence, plen-
tifully besprinkled with blood. A doc
tor was called, and as the man regained
consciousness the first words he said
were, "He was gentle bull" The bull
had been gentle up to this time, for /
The advocate., 1896-06-10
Very Profitable Combination.

There is great profit in wise COM
bination OF the swine and COWS. There
is much waste OF milk which cannot be
used on the farm in any other way. The
milk adds variety to the food Of the hogs
and tends to afford balanced ration.
No food is more pslstable to the pigs
than milk. A vigorous digestion is pro-
NOTED and a disposition to take on flesh
is extended. For shoats the sour milk
is especially appropriate. In the estima-
ton of some practical feeders, whose
conclusions are to be respected, the acid
in sour milk is good for the older pigs-
those more than four months old-is
particularly valuable and equivalent to
using cooked food in many instances
Western Rural.
The advocate., 1896-06-10

plunger without shock or noise and
without jolt on the team and In many
other respects which are more fully
shown and explained In the catalogue
Issued by this house.
Each press is equipped with q lifting
jack which lS q decidedly convenient
thing for other purposes also.
The advocate., 1896-06-10
Progress Of Fruit Growing.

One Of the most profitable branches
of rural economy is the planting Of
orchards and the cultivation Of small
fruits, and we are glad to see more Of
this work going on this year In Col
orsdO and elsewhere In the Rocky
mountains than has ever been done In
one season. Not only is the net In.
come many times greater than grain
growing or the cultivation Of fodder
crops, figured on the acre basis, but an
enhanced value to the land obtains
with the planting Of fruit trees, and
therefore each year the orchard be-
comes more valuable. The exhaustive
drain upon the soil is less with fruit
trees than with farm crops. Planting
The advocate., 1896-06-10

had often seen his owner leading him
with a rope, but just this one time be
was not gentle, and if he had not thrown
his owner over the fence at first he would
probably have killed him.
Make a pen for the bull, strong enough
so that you can hear him driving at its
weakest spot without fearing that he
will be able to make any impression
upon it, and large enough for him to
exercise that wickedness he has out Of
him without any danger to your life;
and when you want TO haul wood or
water take the horse and do it with no
fear that there may be an accident that
could have been avoided.-FGrmerS'
Voice (ChicGgO).
The advocate., 1896-06-10

built 80 as to let the air pass through
the mass.
In thrashing, the grain, especially Of
the red variety, will break badly unless
the concave is removed from the machine
and boards put in it's place.
The advocate., 1896-06-10

Do you want to talk Populism to
your redeemer neighbour The ADvO-
CATE will round him up once week
until election for 25 cents.
The advocate., 1896-06-10
The Cultivation Of KaRIr Corn.

college the cultivation and harvest
ing of Kafir corn is discussed as fol-
lOWs
The crop should be cultivated like
sorghum or corn. The weeds should be
kept down from the start, using pref
ersbly sspring-toothed cultivator, which
will not throw the earth much, with
tenders attached while the plants are
small to prevent covering them up.
The roots are near the surface. In
vestigations at the Kansas station last
summer showed that the roots reach out
to feet laterally in all directions and
that most of them are from 2 to inches
from the surface. Deep culture is,
therefore, mistake, since it destroys q
large portion of the feeders and to that
extent weakens the plants. The surface
soil should be kept mellow until the
crop begings to head, when cultivation
should cease. IL seeded about the mid
die of May, the plants will head early
in August and the grain will be ripe
about the middle of September.
The crop should be cut and shocked
as soon as the grain is ripe. English
sparrows will damage it badly il they
have the chance. Overripeness also
causes the white Ksffir corn to shell
when handled, Unlike corn, all varieties
have the very desirable quality of re-
naming green, after the grain natures,
until killed by frost. The fodder is,
therefore, still in excellent condition
when the grain ripens, and when cured
will make better feed than if the plant
had dried up as the corn plant does.
The crop can be harvested in several
ways. At the Kansas station 1t is usually
cut with a sled cutter, which takes two
rows at time. The cutter is pulled by
one horse and requires two attendants,
one to care for each row. The crop is
collected in armfuls as cut and shocked.
Any good corncutter will do the work.
It can, Of course, also be cut by hand il
a machine is not available. A light,
short crop may even be cut with self
binder. Some growers use q header,
collecting the heads only and leaving the
fodder to be eaten off by stock. The
header will cut off large per cent. Of
green leaves with the heads, which rem
ders the curing OF the latter, preparatory
to the thrashing, more difficult. In that
case, it is best to pile them with layers
Of dry straw to prevent heating,
When the heads are cured and ready
to thrash, there are again several modes
Of procedure. The most common way
is to cut the heads off with corn knife.
A large armful is laid with heads across
a block Of wood, when a few strokes
sever them. 1t may be thrashed with
out severing the heads, by either running
the whole plant through the thrasher-
which, however, is not desirable, as it
breaks the leaves up very badly-or by
sticking the heads of an srmful Of plants
into the cylinder for an instant until the
grain is beaten out.
Still other growers cut the heads off
one by one in the field and throw them
in wagon, as they would gather corn
that has not been cut. This, however,
would seem to be too slow process to
suit many people.
Lastly, many farmers do not thrash
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-12-26
Dropping Ball Through the Earth

The following question has puzzled a
great many people: II it were possible to
bore hole foot or more in diameter
entirely through the earth, and to then
start hundred-pound ball to falling
through this 5000 miles of hole, at what
point would it stop? In answerlto this
we will say that weight2is the measure
OF attraction, or gravitation; or, in other
words, it is the measure OF force with
which body is attracted to the earth.
This attractive force decreases both
ways from the earth's Surface; there
fore, If ball should be started on the
tour outlined. its weight would decrease
to certain extent with every yard of it's
fight Tor fall), until. finally. upon reach
ing the center of the EARTH it would have
no weight whatever. This curious state
OF affairs would be brought abb by
the gradual lessening of the force OF at
traction, or gravitation. until the center
of the globe would have been reached,
at which point the ball would be held
in suspension, as though fixed by num-
erous magnetic ,ints. La other words
at the center of the earth the phenome-
non of weight is entirely wanting.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-12-26
Engagement-Rings

The most correct engagement-ring to
give the dearest girl in the world is no
longer diamond solitaire, but ruby.
This will be unwelcome news for impe-
cunious bridegrooms, but the jewellers
declare it is fact. The ruby is sup
posed to be of all stones the most lucky.
A pretty legend connected with the gem
is that Noah was supposed to have had
a ruby of marvellous brilliancy in the
ark, and that the roseate light which it
emitted was sufficient to illuminate the
wonderful boat until all danger was past.
Many of the Oldest betrothal rings we're
set with rubies; these stones being the
acknowledged love token of long ago.
And speaking Of ancient ve-tokens. the
British Museum contains a love-letter
which was written $500 years ago.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-12-26
A Curious Collection.

One of New York's latest crazes is the
collection of teapots. Mayor Strong's
devotion to the maidenly beverage may
be the cause OF such an odd fad; but a
leader Of society, so the story goes. start.
ed the idea by showing her friends a
collection of over thousand examples
made of copper, silver, glaze, and every
sort of pottery of every color. and Of ca
pacity varying from three gallons to a
thimbleful. The pots are, many Of them
modelled to represent birds, fishes,
beasts. and reptiles, and fine one re-
sembles Buddha. Some of the prettiest
are beautiful swans. The fair enthusiast
spent many months in the Orient gath
ering the larger part of her treasures.
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MAKING THE BEST OF 1T.

When grandma came into the nursery
she saw Ted staring out of the window
with scowl on his forehead. Mary
Esther was lying stretched out on the
floor, drumming her heels up and down;
and Dick was pulling the cats tail.
What the trouble. Teddy?" she
asked, sitting down in her chair and be.
ginning her knitting.
ooh, this rain is such a botherw said
Ted. II was going over to Johns to
make bird-house, and took my tools
over last night to have 'em there, and
now l can't go because I've got cold,
and it rains"
II saw carpenter making mud
house the other morning without tools. y
began grandma; and the three children
came over and clustered around her
chair.
"And that wasn't all" she went on;
"he had no arms, and he made it with
his head.
"He acted very oddly. too" said
grandma, lifting Dick up on her lap.
First, he rubbed his floor in, and he
sang funny little song as he did it.
Then he went off for more mud. When
he got back, he walked in every direc-
ton but the right one. and l thought
he had lost his way; but really think
he wanted to make me stop watching
him, for he finally got there, and he
went on building, always singing his
queer little song. After his pile of mud
was large enough, he pressed his head
against one end until he had bored a
little round room in it. l thought it
must be hard work; but he always sang,
aud seemed determined to make the
best of it,"
Where is his house?" asked Dick.
"Out in the roof of the back porch"
said grandma, SO they all scampered off
to find it.
"Oh, yes!" said Ted. pointing up in
one corner. "There it is. It's mud
dauber's nest"
"lt's wops's, think" said Dick.
well, mud-dauber is wasp" said
Ted. laughing. That's built better
than l could do with TOOLS" went on
Ted. II believe I'll make the best of it
too"
So when grandma saw them again,
Ted was mending Mary Esther's dolls
head, which had waited long time for
her glue medicine; Mary Esther was
sewing on her dolls quilt, and Dick was
rubbing up the nickel parts of their BIZ
cycle; and they sang so hard and worked
30 steadily that when the dinner bell
rang they we're surprised to find the
rain all stopped and the sun shining
The Outlook.
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Funny Foreign Blunders.

"a French cousin stayed with us last
summer" said a lady. recently. "She
came to perfect her English. and while,
on the whole, she spoke the language
fairly we'll, some of her mistakes were
funny.
al have such a deaf pain in my head.
she said one day, referring to heavy
headache. Remembering that sourd in
French means deaf and dull both, l
did not laugh, as l knew she intended
the word in the latter sense; but when
on another occasion, during thunder.
storm, she said. What loud. deaf
weathercock we have today; he rain so
we can't arrive outside l could not
help smiling.
again, when she showed me bunch
of wild flowers. she said, What nice
little savage violetsp | was rude enough
TO show amusement; but later on we
got used to her savage rabbits "sav-
age flowers and so forth. They have
no distinction between wild and saw
age in the word sduUdge of their Ian
gdage. and she could not. for lopg
while make one 10 ours.
asked to smell new and delicate
perfume, she said. delightedly, oh. he
is good! l feel his nice flavor WE'LL
She always felt scent, and could not
comprehend that sentir, which, in
French. means, to smell and 'to feel
both, was not, in its latter translation.
equally accommodating in English. A
contrast in color with her was con
tract always. A small quarrel quickly
over she described as "storm in glass
of water! During its course she sew
eral times had occasion to refer to the
silly sense i. e., nonsense of the two
at variance.
"'My teacup is mad! What a pity!
she said. one day. examining crack in
a dainty Sevres cup. She had been told
that cracked meant mad"
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-12-26
Death Among Aeronauts.

Since balloon ascensions began, there
have never been so many aeronauts in
jured as during the year 1896. Fourteen
of them have been either killed or badly
injured by accidents. Two of these ur-
fortunates were women, and both were
killed. Professional balloon men ascribe
the accidents to ignorance and careless
ness. Only three of the fourteen aeron-
auts referred to were of long experience.
1t has happened that this season there
has been a great demand for aeronauts
from circuses and fair associations.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-12-26
HANGING A CHRISTMAS STOCK
ING.

Toby Timson is hanging stocking
over the old fashioned fireplace, for it is
Christmas Eve. No danger of confag-
ration, for Grandpa Timson, who loves
that old fire place, has carefully CO vered
the red embers with gray blanket of
ashes. Having hung his stocking Toby
scampers away.
The old fireplace is left to itself. With
the help of the wind, it huns down in
it's deep throat little Christmas tune,
while now and then, under the gray
blanket is an excited little stir, as if
some energetic spark would like to get
out. spread its golden wings. fly up the
chimney, and soar where the stars are
and have plenty of room to breathe and
circulate.
Hank! What is that? 1t is the sound
of soft step. and Toby Timson comes
tripping in. He goes up to his stocking
and feels it. Anything put in YETI No.
but let him be patient. There will be a
remembrance before breakfast time. If
he had stayed in bed, think Grandpa
Timson would have got to the old fire.
place and squeezed pound of candy, a
big orange. a small Robinson Crusoe,"
or something else into the waiting hose
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A Lonely Post.

Rockall. a desolate granite rock rising
only seventy feet above the sea. between
Iceland and the Hebrides. is to be made
an English meteorological station. 1t lies
$50 miles from land, the nearest point to
it being the little island of ST. Kilda, $50
miles away, and itself nearly 100 miles
from the main group of the Hebrides
Rockall is in the path of the cyclonic
disturbances on the Atlantic, and the
station there would give timely warning
of storms approaching the British coast.
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HANG up BABY'S STOCKING
Hang up the Baby's stocking.

Hang up the Baby's stocking.
Be sure you don't forget;
The dear little dimpled darling!
She never saw Christmas yet,
But I've told her all about it,
And she opened her big blue eyes,
And I'm sure she understands it,
She looks so funny and wise.
Dear! what tiny stocking!
1t doesn't take rauch to hold
Such pink little toes as baby's
Away from the frost and cold
But, then, for the baby's Christmas
1t will never do at all,
Why, Santa wouldn't be looking
For anything half so small
1 know what we'll do for the baby,
I've thought of the very best plan,
III borrow stocking of grandma
The longest that ever / cam
And you'll hang it by mine, dear mother
Right here in the corner, so,
And with letter to Santa,
And fasten it on TIE toe.
Write: "This is the baby's stocking,
That hangs in the conner here,
You never have seen her, Santa,
For she only came this year;
And she's just the blessedest baby
And now before you go,
Just cram her stocking with goodies,
From the top clean down to the toe. y
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The Best Advertising.

The most efficient advertising in behalf
of Hoods Sarsaparilla is that which
comes from the medicine itself. That is,
those who are cured by it, speak to friends
suffering similarly, who in turn derive
benefit and urge others to try this sue
cessful medicine. Thus the circle of it's
popularity is rapidly widening from this
cause alone, and more and more are be-
coming enthusiastic in behalf of Hood IS
Sarsaparilla as it actually demonstrates
it's absolute merit, All that is asked for
Hoods Sarsaparilla is that it be given a
fair trial If you need good blood puri-
fer, or building up medicine, take Hoods
Sarsaparilla.