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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-07
Early Setting Hens.

March and April are the months for
setting hens. Chicks matched later
than April will be too late to furnish
laying pullets in autumn. Hens which
set early are little more difficult to
manage because the broody fever is not
so strong ~ it is in warm weather. but
If carefully handled they can usually
be made TO stick to nest when
changed. The safest and easiest way
is to give each hen room by herself.
At first the nest should be filed with
china nest eggs. about dozen of them.
These she cannot break while setting
accustomed to the change. and she is
much more likely to set than upon an
empty nest.
The nest should be carefully made
with q good foundation of earth and
chan. covered with tine hay. A hen
often konws poor nest better than
her owner does and will refuse to
adopt it. Place her on the nest and
fix covering of cloth over il to keen
it dark. With these conditions The
hen will usually accept the situation.
After day or two the genuine eggs
may be given her and the nest uncoy-
cred. II she has a separate room and
Is given o good supply of grain, water,
grit and dust bath, the hen will re.
Iuire but little more attention. Burr
Knapp. in Orange Judd Farmer.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-07

Dairy COWS cannot do their best dur
ing the winter season unless they have
a fair supply of moist succulent food
OF some sort with the dry folders and
grains, which are usually supplied at
this season Of the year. These are
found in roots. ensilage, etc. II clover
hay is chopped, and ground stuff is
mixed with it and wet down. it forms
good substitute.
Cows milk comes in large proper.
tion FROM the hind part of the udder,
AZ a rple. In few instances the pro-
duction from the fore part and the
hind part is the same. When the fore
udder is defeotively developed the
relative yield from the hind part is
increased.
The COW iss.valuable in proportion to
the smallness Of the feed required to
make pound of butter.
Never scald dairy vessel Of any
kind until the milk has been rinsed
of with hct, but not scalding water.
In making butter we want Just as
little water in the milk and just as
much butter fat as possible.
Superior dairy products can always
be sold at profit; this Is especially
true of good butter.
Habit controls largely in the dairy
and especially the habit of going dry
early.
Cream should not be allowed to be.
come too old or too sour before churn-
ing.
The only way to find out il extra
feeding pays is from an increase in
butter fats.
Cows, that in driving to or from the
pastures get hot. give milk that will
be tainted.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-07

A sandy loan, rich in plant food,
Is the best kind of soil. However,
good crops have been raised on the
black loan of the central west. On
clay land. stable manure. or any
coarse fertilizing material, will be of
benefit. The best results cannot be
secured on compact soil. Among
the beat yielding varieties are Red
Spanish, Red Hermuds and Red Jer-
sey. In quality, however, these varie-
ties are not So good as the smaller yell
low kinds. Sweet potatoes yield all
the way from 10 to 800 bushels per
acre. The larger yields are produced
IN the south, in Virginia and Georgia.
In the more northern states 100 bushels
per acre is a good yield.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-07
prRILs OF SEA eUNREHx
ne Mates Agility and Quick wittee
uess Save the shin.

Z
uess Save the ship.
An officer OF the United States Navy
relates the following as Illustrating
some Of the perils Of gunnery at sea:
II am glad to see you again. and all
the more so. because. without knowing
1t. came very near going up into the
air IN small bits on this last squadron
cruise. We were at heavy gun prae-
tice at sea. and but for the quickness OF
a gunner's mate would never have re-
turned. As you probably know. the
heavy guns In the turrets are fired BY
electricity. the gun being discharged
simply by pressing a button. The on
Ger I'm command OF the forward turret
on our ship during rapld-firing practice
was Just about 10 press the button to
fire one Of our big guns. when a gun
ner's mate was seen TO grab at some
thing on the wall of the turret and then
fall in heap on the floor. The officer
pressed the button, but the gun was not
discharged. When the mate came to
he was asked what had happened, and
he Informed the officer that the breeeh
Of the gun had not been locked and that
what he grabbed at on the wall was the
wires forming the electric firing cir
cult When he saw that the officer was
prepared 10 fire the gun and az the
same time observed that the hreeeh OF
the gun was not locked. the only thing
that occurred to him 10 prevent the gun
hafnQr HiGaharu.aH 20, a
cult, which he did promptly and efrec~
lively, When all this occurred there
was charge of $50 pounds Of powder
In the gun, another charge of the same
size in the turret ready TO be served
and the passageway leading to the pow.
Ter magazine was wide open. But for
the auickness Of the gunners mate the
gun would have been discharged, the
breech block would have blown out In,
side the turret. the gases from the
burning powder would probably have
ignited the charge lying in the turret.
this explosion would have ignited the
powder In the magazine, and the
chances are that the whole ship, crew
and all would have gone up in the air,
a thought that has occurred to Ms Is.
this! Suppose the accident haA occur.
red, what do you imagine the verdict
Of board of Inquiry as to the cause OF
the loss of the ship would have been 2
since this experience the department
mas adopted electrical means to prevent
The discharge of any of the large guns
until the breech Is locked"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-07
FOR THE FARMERS.
Some interesting News for the
RuraIlst
SPOKEN OF IN THIS COLUMN.
Fs~ Sensible hints 20 Suit ths Bu.y
st.-Items That May
Bsnsfit our Readers.
RaIsIng Eggs and BroIlers,

To keep up the vitality of a fiocI
necessary for steady supply O
eggs-al old roos tiers must be disposed
of every second year at least. Procur,
new lot from unrelated stock. Thil
is ons Of the essentials. When sprins
comes, and hens grow broody, remove
each one TO small house prepared fol
Matching. Never leave sitting henl
among the layers. Around the fooi
of the hatohing.shed arrange boxel
balf filled with earth and straw, il
which are two OF more china eggs,
Cover the hens for a night, or until
we'll settled again; then exchange the
false for fresh eggs. Keep a supply Of
sbelled corn continually in this sitting.
house, that hens may feed at their
pleasure and get back to the eggs be.
fore they are chilled. The result il
much more satisfactory. Also have
plenty OF fresh water and oyster
shells.
Strong chickens will usually begin
to hatch on the twentieth day, though
some will be a day or two later. Re.
move when dry and keep covered in a
basket in the house. If left in the
nest the hen then becomes restless and
is likely TO crush them, When all are
Matched, put the hen with her brood
Of fluffy beauties out in a coop, on
grass If possible, but at least separated
by six-foot poultry netting from the
nj In IL
at large in their own division. Never
feed raw eornmeal slops; it is deadly.
If cornmeal mqst be used, bake it first
into orumbly johnnycake. The best
feed is cracked grain, fed dry; cracked
oats, cracked corn, cracked wheat
After the first week whole wheat may
be fed, to which, when four weeks old,
add whole corn. shelled. See that
they have fresh water, oyster shell and
coarse gravel or grit of some kind,
When you notice any chicks going
around with droopy wings, peeping
plaintively, you may be sure the
deadly lice are at them. Lose no time.
and go to work that yeyy night. Have
q cup Of lard, in which ia mixed one.
half teaspoonful of kerosene, and
grease evory chick and hen under the
wings and tail, down head and neck.
A drop Of clear kerosene ON the head
may be necessary 10 destroy the big
and terrible head lice. This oper-
alton will need to be repeated in a
week, but that generally finishes the
business. The gIeasing is zoo severe
on CHICKS less than a week old. For
their tiny bodies bit of lard rubbed
under the mothers wings will answer.
Ten weeks old is broiler age. After
That the quantity Of food eaten will
more than make mp for the difference
in weight, Reserve the finest pullets
for increase of stock.-M, A. Deacon,
in American Agricultu1ist,,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-07
straMberriaa.

The New Hampshire experiment.
stations bulletin No. AZ, gives salu-
able facts concerning strawberry Gull
ture, a summary of which is given as
follows:
Southern grown berri 80 do not come
into competition with home grown
fruit.
The culture is the same for berries
both for home use and the market.
The strawberry does we'll wherever
given good cultivation, proper drain
age and plenty of fertilizer in avail
able FORM
Well-rotted manure, bone meal, and
wood ashes (or some Of the potash
salts) are considered the best fertil-
izers.
Fall blowing, mulching with ma
nure, and thorough preparation of
soil before setting plants, are the first
steps in strawberry growing.
A crop of clover OF other green ma
nure known to be free from insects
will, when plowed under, prove Of
great value to the prop.
Coarse manure may be plowed under
with good results. provided it is ap.
piled early enough to be we'll deoom-
posed by planting time.
Spring set plants give the best re.
suits; where fall set they should be
grown especially for that purpose,
small pots being most commonly used.
Where plants are grown by hill cul-
ture they are usually set in rows three
or three and one-half fees apart, and
one foot apart in the row; all runners
ana blossoms being kept off the first
season.
In matted rows. the rows are from
three and one.half to four feet apart.
and plants are set from fifteen to eight
cen inches in the row, according TO
variety and width of row,
Frniting one season only is usually
advocated by best growers. 1t is less
work and more profitable to set a
new bed, than renovste an old one.
IL is necessary to protect the plants
III winter by mulohing with some ma.
terlal suoh as straw, marsh hay, wine
needles, pine houghs. coarse manure,
etc., to protect from heaving.
Failure to get maximum crop
frequently comes from improper fer
tilization. Have at least one row in
every four of perfect Towering
variety.
The practical growers quoted agree
upon the merit of the following
varieties: First, Bubach, Crescent,
Lovess, Wsrfeidi second, Greenville.
dsverland and Beverly; third, Nav
King, sharpless. Marshall, Michel's
Early. Brandywine and Clyde seem
to be gaining general recognition.
Irrigation has proven Of great value
wherever tried.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-07

The 1897 experiments in preventing
smut conducted by she New York ex-
pertinent station at Geneva, showed
that sprinklins the seed with per
cent solution of either lysol or forma-
lin entirely prevented the smut. When
the seed was sprinkled with solution
OF potassium sulphide q very small
percentage OF smut appeared. In some
tests IN soaking the seed ID was found
that $40 of per cent solution Of
iysoi prevented smut when the seed
was soaked one hour, and s-IO of per
cent solution Of formalin on hour pre-,
vented any smut. None of the treat
ments injured the seed in the least.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-07

Senator Cullom has introduced bill
which had been sent to him by the
National Business Mems League. The
purpose of the measure is to provide a
gold income for the United States,
and it provides that 80 per cent of the
duties levied on foreign importations
of merchandise or manufactured arti.
Giles or OF other articles imported from
foreign countries shall be paid in gold
coin of the United States. and the re-
naming 80 per cent in such currency
Of the United States as the Secretary
Of the Treasury may designate.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-07
Wonderful Snake Cha,mtne, -

~
A well-known magician tells this
story lone morning 1 was, sitting in
my room writing letters. There Vas
40 furniture in the room except few
chairs, a table and the cot bed on which
had slept and which had a single
sheet thrown over 1t. There were no
curtains or drapery anywhere about.
suddenly a snake charmer appeared IN
the doorway and remarked, cheerfuliy.
Heap plenty big snake in room, sahib,
Heap plenty big snake n
Il told him to 60 away; that 1 had no
time to waste on him, and besides, that
| did not believe there was q snake In
the whole house. But he declared ear.
nestly that there was heap plenty big
snake and finally told him to come
n ami drive them out. He advanced
TWO or three places into the room. put
pipe to his lips and began TO play.
The sheet OF the bed rose IN the air.
The native twitched It off and behold
there was a great cobra coiled up with
his head In the air. The charmer's
eyes were fixed upon the cobra, and the
music became soft and slow. From
the bed the serpent descended and
slowly followed the man, who, was,
backing toward the door Just OUT
side the charmer stopped. and the snake.
coiled himself on the threshold. his
head high in the air. kissing angriIy,
While his tongue darted In and out, FUN
OF menace. He was just ready to strike
when another native who had remain
cd outside stepped forward and, Ia a
dash, cut OFF the monsters head with
a sharp sword. went out and saw
the writhing, bleeding, headless SER
pent on the ground"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-07

deuth OF water on the bar has reached
a total Of 10 feet, and at times 20 feet
is attained. Any ordinary vessel will
have no trouble whatever in crossing
in and out over the bar in the future.
The Indians are again making
their visits to Morrow county, Or,
some from Umatilla and others from
the Columbia. During the past week
they have brought in 70 Heppner nearly
1000 pounds Of wool, which they have
disposed Of at fair prices Last season
il is estimated that over $4,000 was
paid to the Indians for wool and pelts,
most Of which they gather ON the
range. generally without the consent
Of the owner.
The Pacific Mill. the largest shingle
mill in the world. operated by Metcali
a. Wade, near Tacoma, has been de-
stroJed by fire. The property is owned
by the Sather Banking Company OF
San Francisco and its loss will be
about 900. 900. There were 5000,
900 shingles in the kilns. Within
thirty minutes after the alarm the
immense plant was In ruins. There
was no insurance on stock.
Considerable excitement was occa'
stoned the other day by the finding Of
SI6, 900 in gold and silver coin by
some men who were repairing an old
house in the west end Of the town OF
Santa Fe, N. M, belonging 10 fam
lily named Rodriguez. 1t is supposed
TO have been buried years ago by Rod
rjRuez' mother, and as there are several
heirs claiming it and the finders are
endeavoring to keep the amount secret,
there promises TO be developed consid-
cradle bad blood before the matter
reaches q conclusion,
The Attorney General OF the United
States has commissioned Il. 4, Ellin.
wood as Special Assistant United
States District Attorney to assist In
ths trial Of the case of the United
States VS.. tbs Copper Queen CONSOLE
dated Mining Company at Flagstaff,
Ariz. This is suit by the Govern
ment to recover fl8s,000 from the
Copper Queen pass. and 10 probably
the most important case of this nature
in the West. 1t has twice been tried,
with the result Of disagreement Of
the jury ut each trial.
The British Columbia, Seattle and
Pacific Coast Railway Company has
made application to the City Council
Of Seattle for a franchise thirty feet
wide over Railroad avenue Ii was
stated to the City Council that it was
the purpose of the company to con-
atrnot railroad from Portland, Or,
to Seattle, and thence to the British
Columbia boundary. The company
was willing that a condition be i'm.
posed In the franchise that the work of
construction should begin in thirty
days and the line be finished within
eighteen months.
The final payment in the Judgment
Of Mrs. Annie Sears against the
Seattle Consolidated Railway Com
pany was made in Seattle the other
day. This damage suit, for personal
injuries received in car collision in
1891. has run through the Superior
Court, State Supreme Court, United
States Court. presided over by Judge
and twice through thu Court
Of Appeals. Every decision rendered
was favorable to Mrs. Sears, and she
mas come through six years OF litiga-
ton with $ll 900 in cash for the in
Jury which will probably deprive her
of the use of her lower
limbs.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-07
Conyeniant

In the commune OF Monceau-sur ofse
not far from Paris, little Village of
only two hundred and fifty iaha hitants
the streets are lighted Nv electrlcitv
electric lights are found IN the church
In all the houses, and even In the sta'
bies; and the farm buildings In The
neighborhood of the village are lin.
minated in the same manner. NO.
than this, the commune possesses
large threshing machine driven hy .iaes
uric power and capable of thresh,r,<
nine hundred sheaves Of grstn Der h.,ar.
besides turnip-c9tters. crushers Cor
ters' pumps. and other agriculture, ,ns
ehinery, all set In motion by elecsr,cItv
me power Is derived from a watsr
ran, and by combining their intarss,,,
the Inhabitants Of the commune hawa
made science illuminate their strss,s
and houses at night and drive their ma.
chimes by day more cheaply than tbasa
things could be done by the old meth.
dds.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-07
Dehorning Cows.

have practiced dehorning for a
number of years, and have probably
removed the horns Of 500 creatures.
would not have herd with horns.
Ny COWS flock together like so many
sheep. and have no differences arising
from inequality Of strength or dislikes
to settle. Scarification, broken horns,
goring, cruel thrusts and general fights
are things of the past. As think of
it. money could not hire me to keep
herd Of horned cows. An ordinary
herd will suffer more pain from broken
or shelled horns than from dehornine.
to say nothing of gouging and gorina'
1t 10 an act Of mercy instead Of
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-07
scab in wheat.

This is a fungous disease which
affects the heads of wheat and is quite
prevalent certain seasons. Ii takes
the form of mold and causes the wheat
60 ripen prematurely, the kernels be.
ing shriveled and worthless. Late.
sown fields and those which lack vigor
sufier most, Vigorous growth and
early hlossoming are the chief safe
guards against the disease.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-07
Farm Telephone. Practicable.

The farmer must be business man
and should be connected with the
world. But few farmers can live
near telegraph Office and the telephone
offers direct communication. II the
farmer need the doctor or groceries, or
repair for machinery, he is in instant
communication with these people, and
in rainy day or during the winter
when the roads are well-nigh impassa-
BILE, the farmer can do business with
the cattle dealer, or any business man
in the city,
Telephones are cheap now and can
be bought for $40 to SIS, and the lines
can be put in by subscription. Poles
can be bought very chaaply and ought
to be from 30 to 90 feet long, 8 inches
in diameter at the base, and placed
400 feet apart. This would mean %
poles to the mile. Good wire costs
1926 per 100 lbs, and nobs 700. The
total cost will be about &I7.75 per
mile. Any farmer who once uses the
telephone will never be without it
again. Ii adds life to the community
and is an education and step toward
a better civilization,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-07

No Longer Fear the Scale at San Jose.
A correspondent Of the San Fran CISCO
Chroicle, residing at San Jose, has this
to say; "Our eastern friends are every.
where in state of great alarm at the
ravages of the San Jose scale, so called
because it was near San Jose that it
began serious work upon its arrival
from South America. We do not be.
lieve the trouble will be permanent
any more than it was in this state.
One may mingle among fruit farmers
near San Jose for year and never hear
the pest mentioned, The lime, SULPHUR
and salt mixture hes been considered a
sovereign remedy. Latterly it has
been claimed in other places that the
decrease was due to parasite. There
is, however, at present in San Jose
so little interest in the San Jose scale
that we do not know that anyone there
has even looked for a parasite, although
probably the official bug hunters have
done SO. We state that as word OF
encouragement to eastern fruit growers
who are now alarmed. as we were here
about ten years since"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-07

The Supreme Court at Madison,
Wis, has decided that there can be nc
extension of street railway lines be-
yond city limits. even though fran.
ohise has been granted. without the
award OF damages where property
owners object
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-07

The Treasury Department has ar-
proved the bond of the Chilooot Rail.
road and Transportation Company as a
common carrier for the transportation
OF appraised goods in bond. Tho route
is from Dyea to the foot of the noun
tain by railroad, thence to the summit
by aerial cable, wagons or sleds.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-07

California Opposes Nursery Quarantine.
Fr1ls growers are discussing very
generally she bill now before congress
regulating the importation of nursery
stock. This measure provides thst no
stock shall be received unless accom-
panied by the official certificate from
the country where it originated, de-
claring it to be free from injurious in
scots or fungous pests. II the secre-
tary Of agriculture believes that the
inspection in foreign countries has not
been sufficient, the nursery stock is
to be held in quarantine until it can be
inspected by experts detailed for this
purpose. While the spirit Of the law
is all right, the practical application
will be doubtful. Too much reliance
is placed upon the discretion of the
secretary Of agriculture, He has
power to quarantine the stock and also
to withdraw it from quarantine, ana
without his authority there can be no
quarantine,
While growers of California strong
ly favor anything that will protect
their. fruit interests they Will oppose
the present bill because of its indeti-
niteness and think that the power to
receive or admit fruits should be placed
in the hands of state experts appointed
for this purpose. At present, there is
no evidence that foreign countries will
thoroughly inspect their fruit and un-
less this is provided for IN practical
manner BY the y. S. diseased stock is
likely to get in. The growers want
a law which will prevent any possible
infection from outside sources. They
think that the present bill can be SO
modified as to cover the portions of
the inspection which have been
neglected.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-07

almost every one holds an old piece,
OF paper or silver money which hs
Aepes some day to get something sor.'l
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-07

cruelty 20 remove the horns from cat
tie once deborned sixty-four COWS
IN four hours of given day, and the
evening milking only fell on twenty
pounds Of milk, and in many q case
after cutting OF one horn and while
preparing TO cut the other, the creature
would eat anything offered it. IL
hurts, and the wound bleeds. but the
operation il short, and the animals pay
little or no attention 70 it, and how
much more delightful when the horns
are all gone. No more cruel, domi-
neering bosses in my herds. l keep
about 100 COWS. | am very glad TO
tell you how | view dehorning, and
am free to say regard it mistaken
humanity to object to the most hu-
name practice.-Governor Grost of
Vermont.