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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-02
Barley with Corn.

At the Wisconsin station barley meal
was compared with cornmeal fed with,
and also without, milk. In one trial
there were five hogs in each lot, the one
receiving barley meal and the other corn
meal. The experiment extended over
eight weeks, and during that time the
first lot ate 2,S32 pounds of barley meal
and gained 601 pounds, while the other
lot tie 3, 100 pounds of cornmeal and
gained 713 pounds, showing that the
cornmeal was the most profitable food
to feed, as it required only 435 pounds of
cornmeal to produce 100 pounds of gain
against All pounds of barley meal for
100 pounds of gain. These results indi-
cate that it took per cent more barley
meal than cornmeal to produce 100
pounds Of gain. 1t might be said that
both feeds were soaked with water, the
barley requiring three pounds Of water
to each pound Of barley meal to soak it
properly, while the cornmeal required
two pounds.
In another trial in which barley meal
and skimmilk was compared with corn
meal and skimmilk the results are favor
able to the corn to the same extent as in
the previous experiment-that is, there
was difference Of 8 per cent in favor
of the corn. Comparing the foods as to
the amount required to produce 100
pounds of gain it took $50 pounds Of
barley meal and 39S pounds Of sweet
skimmilk, while the same gain was pro-
duced by 306 pounds of cornmeal and
371 pounds of sweet skimmilk. These
results show that barley is better food
for feeding hogs than it is usually cred
tied with being. 1t can be fed best by
being thoroughly soaked and in mix
ture with such food as corn.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-02

because he was poor and fri6n .fess ann
unable to speak the English language
A man named Bill Anderson swore, In
Ottumwa Ia, in 1888, that he and Pleas
ant Anderson had murdered Christian Mo
Cnllister near Blakesburg Ia, in 1881
Pleas ont Anderson denied the statements
vigorously, but he was arrested and lodged
In Jail to await trial In the meantime
the farmers thereabout thought MoCallis-
ter's murder should be more promptly
avenged, so they held a midnight trial OF
Pleasant Anderson in neighboring
schoulhouse. They all wore masks. An
derson, of course, was found guilty and
was hung from a tree. About that time
Daniel Miller, the superintendent Of the
Sunday school and prominent worker In
the church, was convicted Of forgery Be-
fore he went TO prison he informed the
sheriff that he would like TO confess some
thing. For some reason or another the
sheriff would not permit any one to soc
him. The grand jury met and adjourned
without indiCting any Of the persons who
helped 20 hang Pleasant Anderson. A
number Of years aftGrward the fOrger ana
Sunday school superintendent was stricken
down in his cell On his dcathbcd he con-
fcssed that he had murdered Christian
McCallister and that Pleasant Anderson
had not oven known anything about it.
What good did the confession do Pleasant
AndcrsonY He was dead.
Marion f. Smith was not only victim
Of circumstantial evidence, but of the tos-
timony Of porjurer He was sent from
San Bornardino Cal, TO San Quentin to
serve l2 years sentence for attempted
arson. That was on May 90, 1879. He
languishcd in prison until April 22 1886,
and then it was asccrtained he was innO-
cent and that the principal witness against
him pcriurcd himself in order TO secure n
reward for his arrest and conviction.
W. +. Harmon Of san Francisco spent
four years in prison Us a penalty for the
forgery Of Louis L. Trowbridge, an all
around crook. Whom Trowbridgo was in
St. Louis, in 1898, he was informed that
Harmon was serving time for his crime.
Ho worried over the matter, so one day he
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-02
Feeding Soft Corn.

1t is common practice among farm
ers to feed soft corn by throwing it on
the ground for hogs to gnaw off the
grain. This is very wasteful, for the cob
of soft corn has considerable nutrition
which in this way of feeding is lost.
But the soft corn, being damp, is hard to
digest, and is very liable to ferment,
making the stomach sour and the teeth
sore. Soft corn is worth much more to
feed to cattle, which will eat cob and
grain together. Having a double diges-
tive apparatus, horned cattle will get
more good from soft corn than any other
domestic animal. But by spreading thin
ly soft corn can be made dry enough by
midwinter to grind, especially when a
few oats are mixed with it before the
ears are put in the hopper Corn and
cob meal ground with oats make an ex-
cellent feed for any kind Of stock. 1t is
less liable to cloy than meal made
wholly of any kind Of grain. American
CultiVator.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-02
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IN THE APlARY.
Shallow Frames Versus Deep Frames FeI
wintering Honey Bees.

Shallow Frames Versus Deep Frames For
wintering Honey Bees.
First. Irrespective Of the depth or
shallowness of tho frames, does the
amount of comb which the cluster of a
colony covers at the beginning of win
ter, If about four-ffths filled with hon
ey, suffice for its needs, without the
cluster moving lenRthwise until the sea-
son enables it to do 80 readily?
Second lis there any essential con-
tradiction between the maxim deep
frames are better for wintering" and
the fact that colonies have wintered
we'll in very shallow hives, such as the
BinghamP
The beekeeeper who asked the fore
going questions of The American Bee
Journal, also gave his own idea in the
matter. He said Ny idea is that very
shallow frames succeed when they are
filled with honey, or nearly so, and deep
frames succeed because they have enough
honey in their tops, and that in neither
case the cluster moves lengthwise in Sc
we're weather. +"
The reply from Charles Dadant and
son was: "If the place occupied by the
cluster, in a shallow hive, was filed
four-fifths with honey. there would be
no room for the bees either to breed or
to cluster, as they do not like to cluster
on the honey, probably owing to the fact
that it is much colder than the empty
comb. The back part of the hive would
then be filed all the way down, and we
would consider that the colony was run
ming some risk, more so than colony
that had less honey under the cluster.
In addition to this we will say that
we do not believe that colony can have
q hive as full as mentioned above and be
strong, as the bees must Of necessity have
filled this space during the honey flow,
and there is usually about two months
between that date and the opening Of
the cold weather in which they breed
more or less to keep up numbers. Bees
in very shallow frames with us do not
winter so well as in large ones, as a rule,
and the fact that "they have wintered
well'' is not an evidence that they win
ter as we'll as in the deeper ones.
Q. II. Dibbens replied: 81. think
so. 2. No; the severity Of the weather,
strength Of colony and the quality Of
food have more to do with successful
wintering than the shape of the hive"
M. Mahin said: 81. Yes and no; it
depends on the latitude and the charac-
ter of the weather. in some cases the
honey in reach, if there were none above
the cluster, would be all consumed, and
the bees would starve. 2. dc not see
any"
DR.. j. p. II. Brown and G. NJ. Doo-
little thought the questions had been
well answered by the propounder of
them. Professor A. J. Cooks experience
Tailed with the questioning beekeeper' S
conclusions.
W. X. Graham said 81. It is all
sufficient in this locality. 2. I would
prefer deep frames for wintering."
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-02
News and Notes.

A summary of the department Of agri-
culture estimates gives the acreage and
production of the United States for S95
as of wheat 33, 944, $50 acres and 424, =
281 900 bushels, and of corn 81 900, 500
acres and 2,lGl 1867, 900 bushels. In
1894 there were l,212,770, 052 bushels
of corn.
The evaporated apple market is show
ing greater activity, The extra demand
doesn't seem to be for sun dried stock.
j. H, Brigham of Ohio has been re-
elected master Of the National grange.
This is his fourth term of two years each.
The New York Herald expresses the
opinion that the opening of the New
York Wool Exchange "will effect a revo-
luton in the wool trade in this coun-
try"
Shredded corn 70 ider with an equal
ration OF alfalfa is q good feed for stock,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-02
Cottonseed Meal Fer Swine.

Results obtained at other stations
have been confirmed in some recent ex-
periments in pig feeding at the Kansas
station. The meal proved poisonous to
hogs even when fed in small quantities,
and a mixture of one-fourth cottonseed
meal and three-fourths cornmeal was as
disastrous as equal parts of these feeds.
The pigs died in from three to eight
weeks after being put on the feed, the
larger ones holding ont the longest Post
mortem examinations in all cases re-
vealed severe inflammation and conges-
tion of the intestines, lungs and heart
Cottonseed meal, however, produces very
rapid gains, both in pigs and hogs, and
if the feed be changed before symptoms
of disease appear hogs can be fed on
cottonseed meal short time with good
results, according to the experiment at
the Kansas station, without subsequent
deleterious effect
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-02

bar. These men were John Il. Brady of
New York, John Graham Of the same city
and Edwin NJ. Stanton of Pennsylvania,
Linooln's great secretary Of war.
Faultlessly dressed and seemingly as
calm as when about to make a speech In
the hall of congress Daniel II. Sickles ap-
peared before the court and pleaded "Not
guilty." -Four days were spent in getting
jury. Strangely enough, a majority of
those rejected by the defense had already
made up their minds that the killing of
Philip Barton Key was deliberate muir
der and that Daniel K. Sickles ought to
be hanged for the same.
The trial, which up to this time had
been the most sensational II not the most
important In the history of criminal pro
cedure in the country, lasted 21 days,
when, to the great relief of all concerned,
and more particularly of the accused, the
jury brought In a verdict of "Not guilty"
Daniel K. Sickles was released and as If
nothing had happened resumed his con-
gressional duties. 1t can be said with
truth that during the trial he had the sym
pathy of the fathers, brothers and good
husbands of the country. This sympathy
would undoubtedly have remained with
him had he not within 18 months after the
murder gone back to Mrs. Sickles, or
rather brought her to him, and resumed
with her their former relations of husband
and wife.
1t was then and has been since urged,
with what soeIns like plausibility, that In
oondoning the wife's offense he also con-
doned the ofense Of her paramour. If this
position be sight, then the killing of Philip
Barton Key was at once cruel and wanton.
Two years after the trial of Daniel K.
Siokles for the murder Of Philip Barton
Key the OWL war broke out, and in the
presence OF more important events this
awful tragedy was forgotten. Daniel E.
Sickles became a colonel, brigadier and
then major general In the United States
army. He was physically brave but his
conduct at the battle of Gettysburg, where
he lost leg, proved that he had not the
highest requisites of commander.
General Sickles, through political influ-
enoe. succeeded in securing the position Of
major general in the United States army
on the retired list
During the war his first wife died, and
after this he became prominent Repub-
lican politician and represented the United
States in Spain, whore he married his SEQ
ond wife.
General SielSles is now living in New
York city, where he is active In local poll
tics and Is again a member of the Demo-
cratic party, Through the death Of his fa-
ther who died few years ago, he has in
herited great wealth, and being a man OF
powerful physique there are evidently
many years OF usefulness before him.
ALFRED X. CALHOUN.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-02
Barn Ventilation.

The accumulation of frost and the re-
sulting moisture ON the roofs of barns is
due chiefly, explains the Maine Farmer,
to moisture arising from the stock
housed in the barn. There have been
noted many cases of barns without eel
lars when finished up tight, where the
roofs loaded up with frost during pro-
tracted cold weather to such an extent
as to work serious damage later to the
hay stored beneath. The stock are con-
tinually throwing off moisture, which
at once rises to the highest point, and
finding no means Of escape freezes to
the cold roof, and there accumulates till
a thaw, when it melts and falls ON the
hay below. The barn cellar may increase
the amount in small measure, but is not
the prime cause. The remedy is obvious
give the moist air chance to escape,
or dry it out by draft of air through
the barn loft, both Of which processes
are covered in the one word-ventila-
tion. A ventilator on the roof corrects
the difficulty at once.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-02
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FlELRaNp GRRDEN
81 -. -
IRRIGATION BECOMING GENERAL.
Irrigation Farming Is Attracting Atten
tion North, South, East and West.


tion North, South, East and West.
"What the south needs is irrigation, :"
rays a North Carolina correspondent Of
The Practical Farmer. He complains Of
the long drought they had in his state
the past season. The editor Of The Prac.
tical Farmer, in comments on the letter,
repeatedly says that irrigation is not
necessary, " but the real situation comes
out in the concluding paragraph:
"What we do need worse than any
artificial irrigation on our hills is the
deep plowing Of the red clay and the
deeper subsoiling in connection with
terrace banks on the contour lines of the
hills, with deep bitches along their up
per sides filed with the surface rocks
that now cumber the upper soil, so that
the rainfall may not at once run away,
but be allowed to soak into the soil
And when we have these we want more
peas and more clover to FIJI the soil with
moisture retaining humus, and to in.
crease its fertility. On bottom lands,
cultivated in market garden crops, irri-
CATION would locally be very desirable
thing"
The Irrigation Age, commenting in
turn on this concluding paragraph, says,
'By the beard Of the prophet, the writ
er is pretty sound irrigationist with
out knowing it himself" Following are
additional statements made by the last
authority quoted:
1t is conceded that dry spells in the
/ ,,,pntlu oyo mot ,,,arnJ
| to the east, north and west. 1t takes
time for any great innovation to be-
come universal, but that irrigation is
making headway is evident from the
announcements Of experiments the past
season in various southern states, in the
east and through the central states. The
agricultural papers Of the whole country
are discussing it, and the great dailies
Of New York city are publishing &C.
counts Of the wonderful crops raised on
small irrigated farms almost in their
midst, on Long Island. The droughts of
the past season will go far toward max.
ing many more converts to irrigation.
In sections of Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylva.
mia, Kentucky and West Virginia the
| ClOpS uOJ OuIy ldllSNj DuJ lneTe was dC'
tual suffering among the people. II
some cases stock died for the want OF
water. Their bitter experience will
point the way to these farmers in the
future. 1t was dry season in the fan
western states and territories, but the
farmers there had made provision by ir.
rigation, and their numerous crops came
through in safety.
The fact is that the people of all sec
tions in the United States are finally
coming to realize that there is no SURE
thing on crops without igatlon-that
with this improved mode of farming
they take no chances. This being true
it will be adopted here and there
throughout the country until gradually
this safe means will become general
The great success Of farming on forme,
arid lands i'll the western states by irri
CATION is educating the farmers and tn,
people Of the nation.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-02

of numbering Joe Pietrie and on circum-
stantial evidence. 1t was subsequently de-
veloped that Funella's brother Michael
committed the crime. Michael confessed
to tho murder and escaped to South Amer
lea.
Samuel e. Wayman was convicted in
1890 Of the murder Of Emory Thayer at
Avon, n. Y, in 1885. Nelson Schwartz,
who swore against Wayman, confessed ON
his deathbed in Auburn prison in 1899 to
the chaplain that he alone committed the
crime, and that Wayman had not the
slightest knowledge Of it. Wayman had
In the meantime been sentenced to death,
but Governor Hin oommuted his sentence.
Citizens OF Tehama, CAL, some years
ago hung Billy Parker without the for
mality of trial for stealinga mule. When
his body was cut down, bill Of sale of the
animal was found in his pocket.
Charles Dental, an old Frenchman, was
convicted Of murder In the second degree
In Placer county, Cal, and started TO
serve "A life sentence on May 90, 1869. He
was convicted on ciroumstantial evidence,
and on July 10, 1885, he WAS released from
San Quentin, 1t having been discovered
that he WAS innocent and was nnnviotad
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-02

ionaire Harvard overseer, has run away
to Europe with James Wheatland Smith,
young lawyer and society fayorite, more
than n dozen years her junior. She is q
stately brunette, vivacious and attractive,
and the mother Of four children.
Many strange rumors have been circr
lated since the disappearance of the coup
one of the widest Of which is report T.
Mr.. Higginson had cabled 500, 900 to
couple.
The prominence of the persons intere
ed, their wealth and high social and bI
ness connections, make the blow
throughout Back Baydom. Mrs. Hig
son was Miss .Borland, daughter OF
late DIR. j, Nelson Borland of Bea
street, a distinguished physician and
one time president of the Somerset clI
The social position of the Borlands, botI.
in America and in Europe, is supreme.
They are known and have been known on
both continents as the leaders of q refined
and diRniiied society.
Mrs. Higgnson has long been belle I'M
the Beacon street section of Boston, wheras
her charms Of person and conversation
have been duly appreciated,
James Wheatland Smith is one of the
handsomest men who ever graduated from
Harvard. His father was n prominent.
mn O"nSr VI Nehltfn MhSSuCnuhetUS, Dub
was killed in an accident dozen years
ago. His mother is living quietly in New
York, While in Harvard he played on hia
class football and baseball teams, but dis
tinguishod himself most as sparrer. W
The husband, f. l.. Higginson of the
firm of Leo, Higginson & Co., is man OF
medium height and is about 55 years old.
His hair and mustache are blond and
touched with gray, Hr. Higginson is
graduate of the Harvard class of / sos. He
became member Of tho Somerset club in
1871, and of the Eastern Yacht club ia
1880, He also belongs to the st. Botolph
and Essex county clubs as well as tho
KniCkerbockeT of New York.
Mrs, Higginson, it is said, took $50, 900
worth Of jewels with her and about $40, 600
in cash, Since her departure the wiz Of
Miss Simpson OF Beacon Hill has been pro-
bated, which gives $50, 900 and many other
valuable considerations 10 Mrs. Higginson.
Quite lively whipping bout Is reported
to have taken place at Beaver Pa, in
which u colored couple and young whit0
man We're implicated. The whipping start
cd over a dog that killed chickens Tho
woman is said 30 have whipped the dog lor
killing the chickens The young man tul0
her husband, and he whipped his wife for
whipping the dog, The woman found Qua
who told her husband and whipped hiiAt
because she had been whipped by her hus
band for whipping dog.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-02
Protecting Bean Seed.

The following helpful hint is from
The Farm Journal: To make sure of the
bean and pea seed after it is dried and
ready to put away, throw it into a tight
bin or barrel and lay piece Of cotton
batting upon the top. Before placing the
cotton saturate it with half an ounce or
an ounce of bisulphide of carbon. Then
cover the bin tightly, The bisulphide
evaporates rapidly into deadly gas,
heavier than air, 1t falls down through
the beans and destroys every form of
animal life. After this treatment keep
the beans sacked OF barreled tightly
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-02
How to XIII AIoles.

The food preferred by moles is ami
NAL There is but one way of killing
moles in an economical way, and that
is by trapping them, using the modern
trap. Rural New Yorker gave the castor
oil beans thorough trial and found
them no more effective in driving moles
away than other beans would be. Poi
soning moles was found to be impracti-
cable. Another interesting discovery was
that some dogs and cats became expert
mole catchers.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-02
The FARM WORKSHOP.
Build a Shop, Buy Tools and Make an,
Mend Things You Need.


A farmer who thinks that the point
has been reached in labor prices where
the producer of crops must either 90
without skilled labor or do it himself
writes ON the subject as follows in a
communication to Rural New Yorker:
The prices of all kinds of raw ma
terials are low, almost in proportion
with farm produce. The partially fin
ished merchandise Of the stores and fac
tories is low and reasonable. The only
thing that bars the farmer from having
all the comforts and Sany of the lux.
uries of life is the high priiSl demand
ed by skilled labor, so called. Winter
work on the farm is getting very scarce.
Now, why not hire cheap hand for the
winter to do tho necessary chores? Build
or utilize good sized building for
shop, make it warm and comfortable,
buy the tools and go at it, to make or
mend those things you need. Go ahead
with n strong will to succeed when in
doubt on any subject, buy technical
work on the subject in hand. The knowl-
edge you need is to be had in book form,
and the beauty Of knowledge in book
is that you can have it on the bench
when you need 1t.
The kits of tools that we have bought
and found the most constant use for
are Of value to us in the order named:
Carpenters, blacksmiths', masons and
plasterers', painters, GLACIERS, plum
bers', harness makers and shoemakers'
My rule has been for the last ten years,
when we were not pressed for time,
when job came up that required skilled
labor, to put day laborer in my place,
buy the tools and go at it. generally
did a job that was strong and often
times just as good as anybody could do
And / always had the experience and
the tools left, and the job seldom cost
half what the skilled artisan would have
charged.
There are comfort and independence
derived from a job done by oneself
that have to be experienced to be real
lied, and the increase of ones power of
observation is wonderful. We are con-
stantly obtaining knowledge from unex-
pected sources. Very often chore hand
will have a knack at some kinds of
work totally unexpected. The advice OF
neighbors often saves dollars The con.
stant thought Of how to make better and
beautify gives new zest to life. Make
friends of the master mechanic of any
large factory and go to him for advice
the bosses always know the trade better,
and knowing more are not afraid tc
tell what they know.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-02

walked into the office Of the st. Louis
chief of police and gave himself up. This
did Harmon little good, for his term had
expired u month previous.
All of these cases have never figured in
the legal books. Most Of them are recent,
and there are hundreds of others of which
no mention has ever been made. Some
of the famous cases in the books on this
subject are Hamilton and Saunders, in
Missouri; Bourns, in Vermont; James
Baxwell, in Gibraltar; Martin Guerre, in
France; Morris and Hilderbrand, in Pom
tiac, Ills; Sorin Oyist, in Denmark, and
Wickliffe and Blake in Albany. They
are thrilling and blood curdling, and q
study Of them goes far to make men doubt
the wisdom of accepting any kind Of evi.
dence,