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The Globe-republican., 1896-09-03

Il would require q whole book to
comply with this request to give Us
IDEAS" for there are hundreds OF de-
tails to be considered-sickness, nee,
etc.,-but let us look into it some. we
do not advise an inexperienced person
to attempt to keep 500 hens, but to De-
gin with few and gradually increase.
Here is q reader who asks if 500 hens
should run together. Certainly not
the smaller the fiocks the better. He
says: I'VE want to keep 1000 hens,
which, if attended to right" etc. Stop
right there. II attended to right
well, that is Just what We have been
trying to find out for over forty years.
Every one means to do it right, thinks
it can be done right, and that it Is an
easy matter. But what is ''right! we
publish our paper every month, nlied
with excellent articles ON how to do 1t
right, and we try to add our views, yet
the ''how to do it right" is not known
yet. Now. the reader at Marion
knows that he has our sympathy, and
that we mean no offense in thus dis
cussing his letter, for we admire his
courage He has the right breed, and
he writes like one determined. We
will say, however, that Leghorns will
not stand confinement well. and his
yards are too small. They are active.
and delight to forage. They can be
kept in flocks of about 40 or so as the
maximum, but must be kept at work.
The plan of the house is correct, but
there should be two yards, one on each
side Of the house. SO as to give each
flock a yard while green food is grow
ing in another. They may also have
roup, brought by pigeons, or lice may
prevail, "varmints' kill them, rats get
under the floors, egg-eating and
feather-pulling be faults. overlooking
prevent laying, and other drawbacks.
Don't put too much money in them the
first year. Try 1t and learn with a
few. Experience is worth more than
capital. 1t looks as easy to keep five
hundred as dozen, but dozen can
have more room and receive care which
could not be bestowed on five hundred.
The Globe-republican., 1896-09-03
Ru,.,.u rh,.,l. for sheen


d. Roberts. at a meeting of Socsa
Dakota sheep breeders said: I'm 1892
I found my place was thoroughly
seeded to thistles and was consider
ably alarmed, and thoroughly dis
gusted with it, SO I decided to clean
them out on one twenty acre lot, an6
adopted the following plan: I pulver'
lied early in the spring and sowed t.
rye for sheep pasture with a view to
turn under the thistles after the sheep
had eaten OF tie rye, with no thought
that the sheep would eat the thistles,
and sow to reap seine time in July
or the LIST of August, and SO keep all
thistles from seeding and have for
fall good sheep feed and clean field
Tor crop next season. BY this method
l thought I should clean out the
tnlstles and enrich and renew the soil.
turned on my sheep. so large Shrop
rams, and soon found that the feed
was gaining on them SO at noon each
Gay turned of the rams and put on
seventy-five ewes for the balance of
the day, and kept this up for about
tnree weeks, and after that time only
kept the rams on. They did finely.
notlced at this time that the rye was
all gone and nothing but thistles re-
NAMED. l watched my sheep closely
ana they were always full. and ap-
peared contented. About the 25th Of
June We got big rain and went to
plowlng for rape. sent for rape seed
and could not get 1t until late, SO when
l got the piece little over half plowed
stopped. About the first of August I
got my rape seed and it was so dry then
that did not SOW it. My sheep were
still doing well, thistles began to grow
where 1 had plowed, and I noticed
that the sheep were after them right
lively, and was getting three or four
times the feed from it that the same
number Of acres of clover would furn-
1sh, so I let it alone and my sheep re-
manned on that lot of Russian thistles
until the state fair at Aberdeen that
fall. I took fifty sheep off those
thlstles and drove them across the
country to Aberdeen to the fair and
showed them against stall fed sheep.
All the grain these sheep had during
the season was one-half bushel of
bran and 0ne-half bushel of oats per
day, and they were in fine condition.
But Of course not like stall fed sheep.
This convinced me that there was
some good in the Russian thistle and
that we should utilize it.
The Globe-republican., 1896-09-03
WIN Keep Fiv. Hundred Hens.

A reader at Marion. Ohio. intends to
keep I'VE hundred hens, and from his
letter below he has much to learn, and
we give the inquiries for the purpose
of discussing them. says Poultry Keep
er. He says:
I'VE are going to put up one Of the
new hen houses $50 feet long by IA feet
wide. capacity of 500 laying hens. 20 to
the pen, 10 by IA feet OeghornsJ
Now do you think they will do - well
by letting these run all together or
shall keep them separate? l VIII
leave runs Is feet by 10 feet on each
side Of the building. with large WIN
dow to every pen to the south. ten feet
apart for plenty Of light. We want to
keep 1000 hens for laying, which & At
tended to right and everything u
looked after and kept clean. there
- money In It. Please give ~ ideas on
this, for We are sort Of laying luck on
your paper to- cur success"
The Globe-republican., 1896-09-03
Butter In Plaster OF Paris.

There seems to be no limit to the
ingenuity bestowed upon the devising
II means for accomplishing the trans
port of the perishable produce Of dis
tant climes to the English market. A
new method, described in the Austral-
asian, is that of packing butter in a
box made of six sheets of ordinary
glass, all edges being covered over with
gummed paper. The glass box is en-
veloped in a layer of plaster of paris,
quarter of an inch thick, and this
Is covered with specially prepared pa
yer. The plaster being bad conductor
" heat, the temperature inside the her
netically sealed receptacle remains
constant, being unaffected by external
;hanges. The cost of packing is about
Id per pound. Butter packed in the
way described at Melbourne has been
tent across the sea to South Africa and
when the case was opened at Kimber-
", 700 miles from Cape Town, the but
ter was found to be as sound as when
It left the factory in Victoria Cases
ire now made to hold as much as 2
cwt. of butter, and forty hands, mostly
boys and girls, are occupied in making
the glass receptacles and covering them
with plaster. The top, or lid, however,
IL put on by a simple mechanical ar
and is removed by the pur-
chaser equally easily. A saving Of Is
per cent on freight and packing is
claimed in comparison with the cost
Of frozen butter carried in the usual
way.-Ex.
The Globe-republican., 1896-09-03
The Curse OF tho Pigeon.

If man wishes to keep pigeons and
confines them in wire-covered yards,
they will pay, but to have a lot Of
pigeons flying over the whole neighbor-
hood is curse to every farmer and
poultryman, as they not only eat food
that other persons than the owner of
the pigeons must pay for but they bring
and carry disease from one flock to an
other, says an exchange. Cholera, roup,
and lice are spread by pigeons. Every
community should rebel against the
man who turns a flock of pigeons loose
to fly where they desire. Owls. hawks,
and minks are blessings compared with
pigeons where poultry is kept.
The Globe-republican., 1896-09-03
Big Deal In Pork.

The Canadian pork syndicate re-
ferred to in our last issue comprises
some of the wealthiest men in To-
ronto, Ottawa and Montreal, who are
interested to the extent of $1,000, 900
and are prepared to take delivery Of
the pork. The bulk of the purchases
were made at and in the vicinity of
$7.021s per barrel in Chicago. A rich
Toronto lumber firm has purchased
10000 barrels, and other large pur-
chases were made for account of To-
ronto and Montreal firms. This is the
largest pork syn licate since the days
when the late Mr.. Ross, of Quebec
Messrs. Thomas Workman. Hugh Nc
Kay, Louis Renaud and others. of
Montreal, ran similar deal in Chi
cago over twenty years ago. The
latter syndicate bought the pork and
took delivery of it, but the quality was
much inferior to that purchased and
after delivery considerable portion
of it was found to be sour and I'M
merchantable, SO that when the deal
was finally closed it was discovered
that the Chicago men had the best of
it, and the Montreal syndicate lost
nearly $1,000, 900. Thousands of deals
in Chicago pork have been put
through since then, but none of them
approached in dimension that of the
present Canadian syndicate, who have
bought the pork at low figure and
are determined to carry out the deal
even to taking delivery of the goods.
AS stated by US last week, the above
syndicate is rich enough to Withstand
the onslaughts of Armour and the
other Chicago packers combined.
Therefore the syndicate cannot be
shaken out even if prices decline from
this out. It appears that the late
heavy purchases by the syndicate have
created quite a fiutter of excitement
among the packing interests of the
windy city, as they were made in diff
ferent lots so as not to excite sus-
picion, but when it was discovered
that in the neighborhood of 100000
barrels had been bought by a rich
Canadian combine for future delivery
at prices that are considered all right,
and that the stock of contract pork in
Chicago at present is about 10000
barrels, which, along with other
kinds, only amount to 225,000 barrels,
it looked as if for once the Canucks
had made a good deal and had got in
we'll at figures that must show profit.
Montreal Bulletin.
The Globe-republican., 1896-09-03

dow of the COW. The trouble is in the
nature of garget. but commences in
an entirely different way. A small sore
like blister, commences at the very end
Of the teat, and refuses to heal, closing
the channel, and to get the milk, it has
to be torn open each time. The dis
ease works its way up inside the teat,
the Inflammation getting more marked,
and at last gaining admission to the
udder; the inflammatory stages are
rapid, and all the troubles of real
case of garget are present; with this
disadvantage, the flow of milk does
not return with the reduction OF the
fever in the milk glands. All treat
ment seems to be of little avail. and
the cow is ruined. While hot water
and like treatment is valuable, it is too
late to prevent the loss and treatment
must commence at the first appear
ance of the little blister. Take an ounce
Of carbolic acid crystals and warm
them to a liquid, and to this add an
ounce Of glycerine. Mix this in ten
ounces of linseed oil; and then with
q small glass syringe inject some of it
Into the end of the teat at least three
times day, first washing and cleaning
the teat as we'll as can be done. The
disease seems to be another of germ
origin, and as the carbolic acid is death
to germs. the trouble is arrested at the
start. In some sections this disorder is
very troublesome, and in our own
stable one of our best cows has lost
two quarters of her udder, despite our
efforts to cure her, not knowing at
the start the character of the trouble,
Or the remedy. When a blister forms
1t the end of cows teat, don't delay,
but use the carbolic acid at once"
E. c. Bennett comments on the above
Is follows: "The dairy editor of Rural
Life has made the acquaintance of this
malady, but was not aware that it is
common in the country. Two or three
cows have each lost the use Of teat,
and the possibility that more may be-
come affected is not pleasant. The
remedy is therefore given for the bene-
at of all who are liable to have occa-
Sion to use it. AS to its efficiency we
know nothing personally, and do not
usually give full credit to the claims
made for cures by doctoring. It will be
noticed that delay is fatal, that the
remedy must be applied when the
blister first forms. We have no doubt
that If this is done nearly all cases
would recover, and the reason for this
belief is that we find that many cases
recover without treatment Of any kind,
and the application would hardly pre-
vent recovery, to say the least. How
ever, it may be useful in these cases
which do not recover without treat
ment, and they are by no means as
uncommon, it seems, as could be wish
ed"
The Globe-republican., 1896-09-03

Contrary TO general belief the Saba
IA is not a barren and worthless waste.
Some time ago there were nine million
sheep in the Algerian Sahara alone,
besides two million goats and 26O, 900
camels. On the GASES there are IA
million date palms.
The Globe-republican., 1896-09-03

On st. 0ilda's Island, west Of -
Hebrides, there are seventy-one inhae.
itants for whom the minister aets q
the same time as doctor and teacher
He goes to the mainland once . year
to shop for the whole community.
The Globe-republican., 1896-09-03
Grit for Growing Fowls.

We have noticed that growing fowls
use more grit than the fully developed
birds. Sometimes the half grown
chicks will leave their dinner to get at
q basket of grit, while the older fowls
will pay no attention to it. 1t has fire.
quently been the case that the little
chicks of a few weeks old would eat
more grit than several times the like
number of old hens. It shows that ma
ture is pushing her work rapidly and
should be accommodated.
The Globe-republican., 1896-09-03
THE LADIES.

The pleasant effect and perfect safety
with which ladies may use Syrup of Figs,
under all conditions. makes it their favor
lite remedy. To get the true and genuine
article, look for the name of the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Company, printed near
the bottom of the package. For sale by
all responsible druggists.
The Globe-republican., 1896-09-03

Because young woman Of Bidde-
ford, Me-, preferred to marry . convict
rather than reputable young man. .
number of the people of the town SHE'D
had eggs at her
The Globe-republican., 1896-09-03
Dishonored Drafts.

When the stomach dishonon the drafts made
upon it by the rest of the systn. it is necessarily
because its fund of strength Ctery low. Toned
with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, il soon begins
to pay out yigor in the shape of pure, rich blood
containing the elements Of muscle. bone ana
the stomach. the bowels perform their functions
regularly, and the liver works like clock work.
Malaria has no effect upon . system thus rein
The Globe-republican., 1896-09-03

''Armies" of tramps have been TAX
ing possession of trains in Nebraska
and riding. The railroad managers
have been obliged to appeal to the
government for troops to drive them
off
The Globe-republican., 1896-09-03
II You want to know man who Il
genial, hunt up one who never speaks
10 his wife without snarling.

pGT8 stopped free and permanently cured. Ne
- after drst days use OF DR.. Klinc's Great Nerve
19eorer. Free $2 trial bottle and treatise.
The Globe-republican., 1896-09-03

Trying to be religious two hours
q week, is one of the hardest ways to
get TO heaven anybody eyer under
took
The Globe-republican., 1896-09-03

The man that makes the most fuss
over his first wife's death generally
marries second time as soon as he
car find some girl fool enough to have
him
The Globe-republican., 1896-09-03

Piso's Cure Tor Consumption is the best
OF all cough cures.-GeOrge w. Lott,
Fabucher, La, August 26. 1885.
The Globe-republican., 1896-09-03

Some men would have better wives
If they didn't growl so much whenever
the give them little money.
The Globe-republican., 1896-09-03

II tae Baby Ii Cutting Teeth
Se0re and use that old and well-trie remedy mrs
WnRoW's SOOTHING SYEuP for Children Teethtng.
The Globe-republican., 1896-09-03

People who are not quite right them
selves, feel better when they can find
something wrong with other people
The Globe-republican., 1896-09-03

Gees COugh Balsa0
Il the Oldest and best It will break cold Quickes
than anything else. It is always reliable. Try it
The Globe-republican., 1896-09-03

II there is any sight on this earth
that the devil likes to look at, it Is .
drunkardis home.
The Globe-republican., 1896-09-03
The Broiler Business.

A great many people are now turn
ing their attention to the raising of
broiiers. The prices for this kind of
poultry product has in the past been
fancy. At certain seasons of the year
the birds of one and one-half pound
weight have sold in Chicago for $500 a
dozen. The report thereof has gone
abroad, and the natural consequence
has been that farmers and others have
gone to figuring, anG have found it an
easy matter to figure themselves rich
on broiler raising. But let US not lose
sight Of the fact, that the chief reason
why broiler raising has been 30 profit
able is the fact that there has been 30
few broilers to supply large demand.
We caution our readers not to build
too high hopes on the future high prices
of broilers. The supply tends to in
crease. The time will come when the
difference between the prices for broil-
ers and other kinds Of poultry will be
small. We say these few words for the
benefit of those who may be entering
on the business or those intending to
enter It. Not that We wish to discour-
age such undertakings, but that We de-
sire the farmer to count the cost Of his
venture and so avoid failure based on
wrong calculations.
II q farmer is let-go Of his stock
he should do when the prices are
high.
Prices for hogs are much lower than
last year.
Stock keeping keeps up the fertility
Of the farm.
The Globe-republican., 1896-09-03

It costs So. 80 per ton to land goods
ut Montevideo now, but when the har-
Dor Improvements are completed the
cost will be reduced to 81 cents.
The Globe-republican., 1896-09-03

Pewholders in New York churches
who do not pay rent may hereafter be
dunned for the amount due, just as
though the Indebtedness was for meat
ties or luXuries of life.
The Globe-republican., 1896-09-03

Infdelity may publish car loads OF
books in trying to tear the Bible to
pieces, but it cannot explain godly
ne
The Globe-republican., 1896-09-03

The most disappointed people in the
Judgment, will be those who could
have had more religion, but thought
theyhad enough to do them.
The Globe-republican., 1896-09-03

Natural Color Of Butter Mystery
Prof. Van Slyke, chemist for the New
York Agricultural Experiment station,
is authority for the statement that we
know nothing whatever of the compo-
sition of the natural coloring matters
in butter. Whatever they may be, they
are mixed or united with the fats SO
as to defy detection. So far as chem
lists have been able to find out, none
Of the several compounds of which
either milk or butter is composed is
of any hue except pure white, so that
the coloring cannot be natural part
of the fat. Some have suggested that
color in butter is due to the shape and
size Of the fat globules; in other words
that light is the main factor in color
development.
The Globe-republican., 1896-09-03
Halls Catarrh Cure

Is taken internally. Price, 75c.
The Globe-republican., 1896-09-03

Tillage for Strawberries.-Deep TIL
LACE is essential for another reason.
The strawberry plant must be supplied
with moisture during the fruiting sea-
son, as nine-tenths of the composition
of the fruit is water. The presence of
no element in the soil is so indispens-
able to success as moisture; no matter
how plentiful the other elements may
be, If moisture is absent the crop will
be a failure. This was the case last
year in many sections on account of
the drouth. In such dry seasons those
who are able to guard against the
drouth usually get more money on &C.
count of higher prices. than in sea-
sons when there is full crop.-Ex.
A Bad Practice.-We have several
times called attention to the loading
of sheep and hogs in the same car
during the warm weather, when the
hogs have to be wet down to keep
them from smothering in the car, and
which Of necessity brings in the sheep
in q wet condition. A number came in
that way yesterday, and the live ones
had to sell at just what butchers would
nay for them and take the chance of
their living.-Buffalo Mercantile Re-
view.
Potash Needed.-Luxuriant crops
are always produced upon new
land where the woods have beer
burned over. The power of pot.
ash in ashes to nberate nitrogen from
the humus in the soil Is Sufficient to
make ashes Of great value. Rank, rich
soil, fun Of vegetable matter. will pro-
duce crops much better after an appl-
cation e wood ashes than II supplied
With . good dressing Of manure
The Globe-republican., 1896-09-03
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
How Successful Farmers Operate THIS
Department Of tho Farm-A Few
Hints n to the Care Of Live Stock
and Poultry.

Ohm GOULD, writ
ing in Practical
F a r m er, says:
From all quarters
comes the COM
plant that a new
disease is making
its appe a r a n c e
among the cows,
affecting their teats
and udders, and
running the milk
Evening star., 1896-12-19

What present will be appreciated more
than a Swiss or Regina music box? At
Bradburys, No. 1925 Pennsylv ania ave
nue., is the place to buy one There a
treat in the way of an electric pianos
sweet music awaits visitors. While the
Bradbury piano Is The firms speciality four
other makes are also handled This firm
is the only authorized agency Cor the Rem
ington bicycles and a stock of bicycles
and tandems is on hand.
Evening star., 1896-12-19
Consumption
Is CURABLE.

G. ii. ENGLISH. NJ. D.. 11o7 G. St NV.
have positively demonstrated that consumption
Is due to form of neurasthenia, otherwise
ferrous proetr ton. depression OF the vital pow
This theory hSs been tried and verified
correct by years of experiment, with successful
results. The bacillus OF Koch discovered In 1854
l. the result aid not the OF the disease.
am prepared 10 fully prove the truth OF my theory
by curing any and every in the earlier stages.
will positively guarantee 10 every case of
consumption in the primary stages. Letters from
the following named persons file my Of
ice: ]. E. BARNES. 1910 y. Cap. St: G. SCoI.r
433 Ith 81. NV; T. J. PICKEIIS with E p.
Mcrtz. 1lth and I NV; ]. WHEATE.. SO 18th st
NV; A l. CARSON, I226 9th st. NV; II. j.
STl LES. guest At Hotel Buckingham: G. MERTZ
906 St nv. Rev. ]. H. HILL, 1922 4th st. Iw.
deS-3m. y
Evening star., 1896-12-19

One of the most interesting places to visit
at this season and, in fact. at any time of
the year, is the store of Jacobs Bros, I229
Pennsylvania avenue. This firm carries
one of the largest stocks of diamonds in
this part of the country, and they always
keep pace wit;l the prevailing styles. This
season has proved that emeralds are 10 be
worn more than ever, and jacobs Bros.
have on hand choice lot of the gems. The
fashion of wearing diamond earrings has
also returned, and the firm has an assort-
nept from which selections can be made to
suit any taste.
Evening star., 1896-12-19

The beautiful display made by j. Karr's
Sons, jewelers., 945 Pennsylvania avenue
attracts much notice from Christmas shop
pers and promenaders. The house makes
a speciality OF watches and offer many IN
ducements to holiday pure hasers Among
the many makes they Sell the world-re-
nowned Ekreyren Geneva watch With
an experience of about forty years this
old firm has imported some ot the rares
art goods and carries large stock tf all
kinds of jewelry.