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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-03-05
Clover and Alfalfa for Hogs,

In most of the soils in the central
west red clover must be relied on
chiefly for the green food of growth.
But where the soil is very deep and
porous alfalfa does finely. On such
soil alfalfa will supply forage for Is
or 20 hogs per acre for the season.
This is specially fine for pigs and grow
ing shoats. 1t has been found that pigs
will gain 100 pounds each during the
season from May to September, and
100 pounds of pork cannot be produced
SO cheaply on any other kind of feed.
The pigs will come out of the pasture
in autumn in capital condition to fat
ten with corn or small grain. The al
falfa in hog pasture could be moved
once or twice during the summer, or
whenever it begins to get hardy or
woody. This will provide plenty of
young and tender heritage. which is
more nutritious, weight for weight,
than forage from the older plants. and
If the swine nye provided with this
food in it's moot nutritious condition.
their growth will be most rapid
Rural World. Na@
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-03-05

yield per acre and in the time of ripen-
ing. The red variety has, invariably,
been the best yielder on the state farm,
and it also natures couple of weeks
earlier than the white seeded variety,
While the red Kaffir corn has never
been injured by frosts, the white va
riety has failed to mature seed more
than once. Besides, an unduly large
percentage of the stalks of this kind
fail to push the head completely
through the sheath of the upper leaf,
and from this cause a portion of the
heads thus affected are moldy below.
or at best bear but poorly developed
seeds on the portion covered by the
sheath. This is rarely the case with the
red variety. For these reasons the red
variety is considered much the better
of the two. Both varieties are classed
as non-saccharine sorghum and in
common with all varieties of sorghum
will stand drought much better than
Indian corn.
Kaffir corn seed has been found equal
to corn in feeding value, and the red
variety yields rather better than corn
in all seasons, and in dry seasons will
produce moderate crop of seed when
corn only produces fodder.
The following table shows the result
of six years of experiments on the state
furm, comparison being made be-
tween Kafiir corn and Indian corn:
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-03-05
PEOPLE OVER THE SEAS.

Dean Hole says that the only case of
discourtesy toward him by reporters
with whom he came in contact while
he was in this country occurred in Bos-
ton.
Miss Jennie Young, of Scotland, has
been in Mexico for some time arrang-
ing for the purchase of land for large
Scotch colony which she intends ~
bring over soon.
Rossini was born on February 20 Cor
"leap-day'O, 1892. and whimsically re-
fused to keep any other birthday,
reckoning himself toward the end Of
his life as entering upon his Goth year.
His birthday at his native Pesaro is
also kept only once every four ve"--
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-03-05
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
KAFFIR CORN REPORTS.


II Is Claimed to BE the Best Possible
Crop for Arid Lands.
Several years of cultivation of Kaffir
corn in Kansas have demonstrated
that it is one of the most remunerative
crops that can be grown under con
ditions existing in that state. That
the farmers realize this fact is proven
by the remarkable acreage shown by
the reports of the secretary of the state
board of agriculture for 1895. In 1893
the total KaHir corn acreage was 49,
oil; in 1894, 95,237; and in 1895, 1874, 1es.
The state agricultural college at
Manhattan has been experimenting
with kaffir corn since 1889. Two va
rieties of seed were used which from
Its color are respectively denominated
white and red Kaffir corn. They are
alike in their habits of growth. Both
attain height of five or six feet, or
more on very rich soil. They both
have short, stiff stalks, thickly GOV.
cred with foliage, which somewhat re-
sembies leaves of sorghum, and both
produce long, slender, upright head
densely covered with small rounded
seeds. They differ, however, not only
In the color of the seed, but also in the
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-03-05
HOME HINTS AND HELPS.

The skins of fruit should never be
eaten, not because they are not palata-
bic or digestible, or are unhealthful in
themselves. but on account of the dam
ger arising from microbes. which may
have penetrated into the covering of
the fruit.
-Omelet. - Break six eggs into q
bowl, beat for two or three minutes,
and season with pepper and salt. Melt
half teaspoonful of butter in an
omelet-pan, turn in the omelet, and
shake over the fire until set. Fold
over, take up, and serve immediately
Ladies' Companion.
--Sor dinner sweetmeat large fresh
dates are now used. Cut them open
on one side and remove the pit and put
u blanched almond in it's place. Prunes
Inay be treated in the same way. If
the prunes are not as fresh as one
would like, soak in warm water before
taking out the pit.
"A raisin broth acceptable to an in
valid is made by boiling one pound of
raisins slowly in plenty of water for an
hour. Strain and return to the fire.
Add small piece of butter and thick
en- with corn starch, moistened with
cold water. Crate in quarter of a
nutmeg, and season with tablespoon
full of brandy or two of wine. Sweeten
to taste, and serve hot with toasted
cracker. Raisins are known to be
nourishing and stimulating, and tae
broth is both palatable and useful
Liverpool Mercury.
"A Way to Sweeten Lard.-After
frying doughnuts or fritters or any
thing of that kind shave off few slices
of potatoes when you are done with
Z the grease and drop them in the siz-
cling fat; let them cook an instant and
then set on the back of the stove to
cool very slowly. In the course of half
an hour remove to place to cool more
rapidly, and just before it gets beyond
the pouring stage strain through a
cloth into clean jar. You will find
that the lard is nearly as sweet as ever,
being only little darker, which does
not hurt it for frying cakes in again.
Farmers Voice.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-03-05

SECTION OF A MODEL POULTRY HOUSE.
the walk for several inches. Raising
the hinged door, one can thus scrape off
all the droppings from the walk into a
box or basket. The nests below the
platform are also reached from the
walk, while below the nests is an OPEN
ing in the partition, through which the
fowls drink from dish in the walk, no
water being spilled or made filthy by
this plan. The windows are on the
lower side of the house, great sutfi-
cheney oflight being secured in this way.
This construction permits much low
er, and consequently warmer, house
than is the case where the walk is on
the lower side. Such a house may he
built of rough boards and covered with
heavy roofing papers, then battened,
when it should be warm and last TO:
years. When the covering does begin
to give out, shingle or clapboard right
over the tarred felt or paper.-Orange
Judd Farmer.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-03-05
ALL SORTS.

A grocer in Chaplin, KY, recently
found "A diamond worth $40 in a barrel
of sugar.
The oldest school-teacher in Conneo-
ticut is said to be Horace Staples, OF
Westport, who celebrated his oath birth
day recently.
In Murray, Ky, farmer arranged
with an auctioneer to cell mule al
auction. The mule brought one dol
lar, and the farmer paid so cents auc-
tioneer's fees.
Vermont has made a new move IN
the attempt to enforce prohibition
Persons who rent places where liquor il
sold are to be fined as well as those
who actually sell the contraband.
The largest dog in Connecticut is
said to be st. Bernard, owned in Mys-
tic. 1t is 90 months old, and stands
B3 inches high, is feet 10 inches long,
and weighs ITO pounds.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-03-05
HAS DIETETlo VALUE.
Honey Is the Most Easily Digested Article
of Food Known.

&@SAAoJ - s<Ao must E<hoily OlSo8teQ Arthclo
of Food Known.
Probably most people consider hon.
ey as the equal in value for food of any
sweet sauce-no better, no worse All
should know that 1T possesses one great
superiority-ease of digestion. The
nectar OF flowers Is almost wholly cane
sugar. The secretlons added by the
bees change this to grape sugar, and
SO prepare it that it is almost ready for
assimilation without any effort on the
part of the stomach; in fact, Prof. A..
j. Cook once styled honey "digested
nectar" 1t will be readily seen that
honey is very desirable food for those
with weakened digestive powers. If
a person is very tired, "too exhausted
to eat" it is astonishing how few
tastes of honey will act almost like
magic. Almost no effort is required to
make it ready for assimilation. Per-
sons suffering from some forms of kid
ney trouble will find that honey is a
much more beneficial food for them
than is cane sugar.
In eating comb honey many strive to
A~JSSe WY POI ClSlC VI WdA,
that, as wax is indigestible, nightmare
end other troublesome consequences
will follow an indulgence in warm bis
cult and honey. 1t is true that bread
is more easily digested than warm bis
cult, as the latter is inclined to "pacl1"
in chewing, but it may surprise some
to know that comb honey is really an
aid to the digestion of hot bread or
biscuit. The philosophy of the matter
is that the flakes of wax prevent the
packing" while the honey readily
dissolves out, leaving passages for the
gastric juice to enter the mass Of food.
The flakes of wax are indigestible, that
is true, but when warmed are perfectly
smooth and soft and will not injure the
most delicate membranes; in fact, they
act as gentle stimulant, and are bene-
fetal in some forms of alimentary diff
culties. +.t'A
The unpleasant symptoms which
some suffer. after eating honey may
often be removed by drinking little
milk.--W. z. Hutchinson, in Country
Gentleman. l.,s ......
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-03-05
Red Kamr Corn
Avs .....'57.40
average of five years.


Kaffir corn will do as well in good
corn countries as Indian corn, and it
will thrive in many places where corn
cannot be grown at all. Several
methods have been adopted in Kansas
of cultivating Kaflir corn. Some farm
ers sow it as they do wheat and cut it
for the fodder, only feeding the seed OH
the stalks. On this subject Prof. c. c.
Georgeson, CT the state agricultural
college, says: ''Kaffir corn is best
grown in rows thirty inches to three
feet apart, and can be sown either with
a sorghum drill or with common
wheat drill. We use successfully an
eight-hoe press drill, on which all ex-
cept the first and fifth hoes are closed
up. We then seed two rows at time,
BE- inches apart. A little practice will
soon show how the drill must be set in
order to sow the right quantity of seed.
If it comes up too thick 1t must be
thinned. Good heads will be formed
when the stalks are about four or five
inches apart in the row. In all other
respects it should be cultivated like
corn."-Chicago Tribune.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-03-05
How to Treat overfed Hens.

When flock of nens will not range
over the fields in fair days, but sit un-
der trees or bushes, making 70 effort to
exercise or seelo food, it indicates that
they are overfed and too fat and will
not produce eggs. the best treatment
is to give no food for q week, SO as TO
compel them to exercise and reduce
their flesh. 1t is useless to attempt
to secure many eggs from very fat
hens, as they are then out of condition
for laying.-Rochester Post Express.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-03-05
CHEAP BUT PRACTICAL.
One of the Best Economical POULTRY Houses
That Can BE Built.

One of the Best Economical Poultry Houses
{. That Can BE Built.
The diagram herewith shows one of
the best cheap poultry houses that can
be constructed, the inside arrangement
being especially excellent because of its
labor-ssving character. The sketch
shows cross section, from which it
will be seen that, contrary to the usual
plan, the higher side has the walk, the
pens being under the lower part of the
roof. If one can stand erect at the
center of the pen, this is sufficient height
for all purposes, as most of the work of
caring for the fowls is done from the
walk. The roosts are at the front, with
platform below that projects out in to
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-03-05
~, Gardening Requires Hard Labor.

Those who succeed with gardening
and iruit growing are compelled to ex-
pend a large sum for labor and fertil-
izers, hut it pays. The farmer, on tho
contrary, cultivates more land, OK
ponds less proportionately and secures
smaller crops, which are not so much
in demand as those produced by the
gardener. 1t requires capital 20 sue
coed with farming, and unlesss the
farmer is willing to invest largely in
labor of cultivation and to procure fer
tilizers that can be literally applied
he will lessen his profits according To
what he may fail to give the land in or
der to make 1t produce to its fullest ca
pacity.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-03-05
The country,s Egg Production.

The extent OF the egg buriness of the
United States is not generally realized.
In 1880 the first hen census put the an
nuai egg production at 456,s75,0s0
dozen. Ten years later it had risen To
617,211, LAG, an increase of 800, 1895, 066
dozen, and there is every reason to be-
lieve that the proportionate gain since
then has been even greater.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-03-05
STATE OF Quo, CRY OF TOLEDO, 90
TrHAs EnIrNry co.

FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he is the
senior partner of the firm of +. j. CHENEY
q Co, doing business in the City of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and that said
firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case of Catarrh
CATARRH CURE. FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day of December, A. ID. 1856.
rsr,1 A. w. GLEASON,
Notary P,bltc
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Send for testimonials,
free. #. j. CHENEY 81 Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c. ......
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-03-05
AGreat Dinarence.

Irate Person-See here; did you call
me an 'old celibate" in your paper
yesterday?
Editor--No; I called you ian old
reprobnte."
Irate Person -Oh, that's very differ
snt--Psy City Chat
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-03-05
Best " An

beneficial manner, when the Spring time
comes, use the true and perfect remedy,
Syrup of Figs. One bottle will answer for
all the family and costs only 80 cents; the
large size 81. Buy the genuine. Manufac-
tured by the California Fig Syrup Company
only, and for sale by all druggists.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-03-05

By natures laws, immutable and just
enjoyment stops wheL Incidence begins
Pollok.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-03-05
HIGH PRICE FOR porarors.

The John A. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis.,, pay high prices for new
things. They recently paid $500 for a
yellow rind watermelon, $1,000 for 80
blu. new oats. $500 for 100 lbs. of pota-
toes, etc, etc.! Well, prices for pota-
toes will be high next fall. Plant
plenty Mr.. Wideawake! You'll make
money. Salzer's Earliest are fit to eat
in 20 days after planting. His Cham
pion of the World is The greatest yield
II on earth and we challenge you to
produce its equal.
If you WILL SEND US 10c. in stamps
20 the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis.,, you will get, free. ten
packages grains and grasses, including
Teosinte, Spurry, Giant Incarnate Clio
yer, etc., and our mammoth catalogue.
Catalogue alone sc. for mailing, (K.)
She SAID THE WRoNG WoRD-'Dearest
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-03-05

I CAN recommend Pisos Cure for Con-
sumption to sufferers from Asthma.--E. d.
TOWNSEND, 1T. Howard, Wis, May 1, '94.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-03-05

For CoUGHs, ASTHMA AND THROAT Dis
ORDERS "BrOlGn's Bronchial TrOcies" are an
effectual remedy. Sold only in boxes.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-03-05

"You told me you and Harry loved n
sight" yes, but we quarreled on acquain
lance n-Truth
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-03-05

BEECHAM's PILLS for constipation 1Oc and
25c; Get the book free, at your druggists
and go by it, Annual sales 5000, 600 boxes,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-03-05

FRS stopped free by DIR. Klines Great
Nerve Restorer. Motifs afterfirst days use.
Marvellous cures. Treatise and So trial bot
tie free. DIR. Kline, 93l Arch ST., Phila, Pa.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-03-05

THE innocence of the intention abates
nothing of the mischief of the example,
Robert Hall.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-03-05

EXPLOSIONS Of Coughing are stopped by
Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Curein one minute.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-03-05

No ONE will dare maintain that it is bet
ter to do injustice than to bear it.--Aris-
totle.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-03-05

HEAVEN, the treasury of everlasting Joy.
Shakespeare.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-03-05

A MANS best friend are his ten fingers
Robert Collyer.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-03-05

She SAID THE WRoNG WoRD.-"Dearest
girl, wilt thou be minem
He asked her, and she wilted.
They're married now, but some opine
He wishes he'd been Tilted.
Detroit Free Press.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-03-05

- N.1F9r1 49,
Halls Family Pills are the best.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-11
GREAT IMPROVEMENT AT YALE.
4 EEARRANGEMENT OF THE VARSITY BALI. TEAM
PROVES GOOD-THE CREW NEEDS
BRUSHING Up


Now-Haven. May 10 (SpeciaD.-It is seldom that
there is such great Improvement in such a short
time as there was In the Varsity baseball
team last week. This has been due partly to the
good coaching partly to n realization by the play
ers that the team had reached lower ebb. for the
time OF the year. ;han has any Yale team for years
past George b. Case. ~, captain OF the winning
team OF two years ago. and Frank b. Stephenson.
'e5 s. last years hrst-baseman. have both spent
considerable time the players. There has been
a general shaking-up and the present order Is
working perfection. so far as 1t has been tried
Ieton has been put back at first and is filling his
place credltably IIazen. who has improved won
derfully and Is playing fine. clean game. replaces
McCandless at second base. and De Saulles has
been put in at shortstop. Until Twombly Is well
enough to play Thorne will catch. The pitchers
are the weakest point now. all of them being trou-
blel with lame arms As a whole. the team is
playing together much better than before. and the
work Is sharper and cleaner: but there must be
much more Improvement before the first Princeton
game. which is only two weeks off. can be won
The work OF the crew. OF late. has been hardly
satisfactory and the fault seems to be, not In the
men but IN the change in the style of rowing. II
the race at Henley Wers over Il fOur-mlle course,
tho Yale might rest their oars. and do little
hard work for the rest OF the But the men DO
not seem TO be at home In n short race. The boat
lacks the necessary life and vigor. and the hard.
snappy catch The form OF every man Is excellent.
so that the greatest attention Is being paid 10 get
ting some life into the boat, and a race is rowed
ere WIS are Lake Whitney. The present order OF
the boat Is: Stroke, Langford; Captain Tread
Brown. and bow, Simpson The substitutes are
NILS, Marsh whitney and Wheelwrlght. All of
these men Will go to Henley 49,, ,,o.
ment that Harry Cross threw the hammer i4S feet
last THURSDAY Tbs hrsT beats the E s
OF the worlds record.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-11
stocks. As political revolutonists thew r.ro,,o,
AN IDEALIsT AMONG sToCK.1opprps

no Poh'icdi reVolutionists they repealed
popular support
AN IDEALIsT AMONG STOCK-JORRERs
Jameson was poor man who had never taken
any interest in mining speculation and stock
promoting. with influential friends. who could
nave taught him how to make fortune he was
not tainted with avarice and was content with
'ne ire OF man of action engaged in working
~ iiHpeildI Poncles. Surrounded with merce-
IA! loItuhe-hunters and sordid stock ga mblers
ne was a unique figure in South Africa-almost
tne only prominent Englishnan in public life
Mno Mes not grlspng money-maker with a
otrn mh, anoition to be known as a million
are. ms perhaps. with the secret of his power
over the men under him. He was an idealist
among tock-jobbers. When he gave the sig
nai Tor the invasion Of the Trarsvaal. his sturdy
troopers followed him merrily They rallied
around him because they believed in his SINGER
Ivy, uprghtness and unselhshness. A conspira
Tor with the millionares of johannesburg and
APE Town he was an enthusiast, with magnetic
power over men. If he had succeeded in enter
ing the town in triumph he would have excited
an inVincible enthusiasm among the mining
population and the millionaires' reyolution
"oulu not nave ended in disaster and disgrace.
Inc invasion Of the Transvaal is now seen in
lts true light. 1t was dshonorable disastrous
conspiracy OF the capitalists of the Rand and
5 5neir miliionaire patrons at the Cape The
rectors In South Africa was privv to It and re-
sponslble for ii. Cecil Rhodes. with his 81. 1913
shares. was the working genius Of the company,
ana ne was consulted at every turn and knew
What was going on; and, Premier of Cape
colony. he was acting in collision with con-
splrators who were bent upon violating treaty
engagements The Chartered Company was a
gigantic cOmbina ton Of stock promoters but II
had been charged with great public trust,
and this highest Of all obligations had been re-
nounced In the scramble of money making This
makes the Transvaal raid one of the most dis
creditable chapters Of English history.
l. NJ F
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-11
SUNDAY GAMES IN THE WEST.

Cincinnati, May lO.-Over 5000 persons saw the
Reds" defeat the washingtons this afternoon in
an embarrassing game. Kicking and wranglng
were the features OF the game. In the seventh
inning Umpire Hurst walked over TO the players
bench and warned Maui about his illegal delivery.
As he turned and walked away Maui grabbed bat
and was In the act OF throwing 1t at Hurst when
another player caught his arm. In the eighth
was put out OF the game, and as he kept up his
abuse from the players bench, Sheridan had him
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-11
lr-olds and upward; selling.
: for three-year-olds and up
OPENING THE YACHTING SEASON.
SEVERAL. OF THE CLUBS HAVE ARRANGED 70
EARLY REGATTAs

The yachting season. which promises to be an
exceedingly busy IN many ways and especially
so on the waters Of the Sound, will be opened IN
good form next Saturday by the Huguenot Yacht
Club The race will be sailed Off HuckleDcrry
Island at New-Rochelle, and 1t VIII be open TO
cabin and open catboats twenty-one-footers' nall
under the rules OF the union. The race VIII be
started ! clock.