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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-01
Care of Farm Roadside.,

Much of the attractiveness of coun-
try scenery, and with it the farms and
country places it includes, depends on
having well-eared-for road-sides. This
subject is getting more thought from
farmers than 1t used to do. Because
the. roadsides do not have to be titled
1t is often thought they are the fair re-
ceptaele of whatever stumps, stones or
other material is. unwelcome i. else
where. Whenever. farm has to be
sold whose owner takes this view, of
things he is apt to discover his mis-
take. A row. of maple trees far enough
from the roadside fence to allow
path for walking or bicycling is a
paying investment for any farmer to
make. If he lives ten or fifteen years
these trees may be tapped, and having
plenty of sunlight they will yield more
and better sap than he cans get from
trees of equal size In the woods.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-01
oi1-eoaked cobs for Kind1ing.

OIL eoaked cobs for Kind1ing.
Much of the danger of using kerosene
oil for kindling fires would be avoided
If corn cobs were handy to be dipped
into the oil and used for kindling.
The cobs will hold more oil than will
wood. and if dry sticks are piled over
the soaked cobs they will quickly
make a blaze, which Is always needed
on cold mornings to lift the volume
5of cold air that is always found in
pipes and chimneys after the fire goes
down. 1t is not best to dip more than
one or two cobs into the oil. If all
the kindling, especially that on top, is
wet with oil, the fire will sometimes
quickly burn off the oil, and then,
without lifting the cold air, a dense
volume of carbonic-acid gas will settle
down into the stove, making the start
ing of fire worse than it was in the
beginning.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-01

+; A newly patented lawn mower has
knives. worked on the same principle
as moving machine knives, hung be.
tween. the wheels of the mower. /,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-01
What Grain chaff Is For.

In its wild state the chaff of grain
served a very important purpose in
shielding it from too early sprauting,
which with all kinds of grain would
insure its destruction by the ensuing
winter. If head Of wheat rye or
barley or Of Indian corn is exposed to
the weather all winter some of its
grains will, survive till spring or of
the winter grains will fall out in time
for the best. seeding in fall. 1t is thus
that these grains were perpetuated in
the ages before man learned to culti-
vate and care. for them Even now
heavily bearded grains are less like
ly to be injured by rotting in NOW or
stack if the straw and grain are wet.
Often In threshing the straw will be
rotted around the band, while the grain
protected by it's chaf is uninjured.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-01
AGRICULTURAL NEWS
THINGS PERTAINING To THE
FARM AND HOME.
How p1ow Points Should Be Ground
Only Large silos Are Profitable
Oi1.soaked Cobs Make Good Kind
line-General Farm Matters.
About Plow Points.


Nearly all plows, whether riding or
walking, are now made with large, al
most square cut, points on the shear,
and in consequence when the plow is
new, roots adhere and double over the
point, which gives rocking motion to
the plow and makes good work impossi-
BILE. 1t is claimed that the point wears
very fast, and that 1t soon becomes suf-
ficiently. rounded to allow everything
of the kind to pass off, and while this
is true | much prefer having,a q plow
that will do good work from the begin
ming, than to wait for several weeks,
and in blowing have to stop every now
and again and clear the point of the
plow, says writer in Rural Life; There
is no satisfaction in the use of such
plow, and If the manufacturer has
failed to do his work in a proper man
ner the point should be rounded by file
or grindstone before the plow is used.
Sometimes it may be, necessary to take
the plow to the blacksmith shop and
have the, point made hot and cut, but
the file or grind-stone is to be preferred
If too much work is not required.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-01
Only Large silos Are Profitable

Only Large S1los Are ProntaDiess
The silo depends on entire exclusion
of air for the preservation of its con-
tents. 1t is filed with vegetable matter
and carbonic acid gas, which, being
heavier than air, excludes its entrance
from above. But if there issany leak
below through which the smallest par
ticle of air can reach the ensilage, it
will rot so far as the air extends. There
Is always more or less rot around the
edges of silos and at the top. But this
top loss is prevented by covering with
some worthless material, which will
rot and preserve the ensilage below. 1t
is not practical generally to make a silo
for less than four or five cows, as the
waste of feed in the small silo will be
too great proportionally.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-01

SOuuu, ike the UFaSgln& OF some small
soft body upon the floor, moved with
out noise around the edge, away from
my pursuer Though shaken and fever
ed, kept out of that dread clutch.
1t was nerve-straining work and the
tension was something frightful; but l
kept it up until l fell over box and
went sprawling right into the arms Of
the creature. My head fell upon Its
clammy shoulder, from which oozed the
noisome moisture, and its wet and ILL
smelling arms closed upon me- bringing
to bear such force that thought they
would crush my breast-bone. At the
same time there came out a low,
throaty laugh-a laugh SO uncouth and
lacking in levity as to be positively har-
rowing.
There was fight in me yet, shaken and
crushed as l was, and, getting one arm
loose, / hammered with all my force
upon the creature, striking where /
judged its head should be. My blows
slid off because of the slime that envel-
oped the face, but once / struck full
hard upon solid jaw, and before l
could pull my hand back my thumb was
bitten nearly in two. And then the
hand Of the creature that great black
hand that had seen in the low red
light-stole up to my throat, and, clutch
ing it In mighty grasp, shut off my
breath and made me grow dizzy and
faint there in the darkroom. My own
hands. flying about wildly, now struck
an iron hat hook in the wall. Wrench
ing this hook Off, l drove It SO deeply
into the hand at my throat that, breath
ing very hard, almost gasping In pain,
Iron County register., 1897-09-30
CONCERNING REPUTATION.
Is Justihable When Applied to I'm
just and Oppressive Conditions.

f. Justifiable When Applied to I'm
just and Oppressive Conditions.
The cry of "repudiation" and ian
arShy" so persistently indulged in by
the eastern goldbug press against the
advocates of bimetallism, may not be so
potent bugaboo as would appear upon
first thought. Reputation of unjust
and oppressive conditions is not with
out either precedent or justification in
American history. The dumping of
that tea into Boston harbor and the war
Of the revolution that followed were
cases of ''repudiation" which have with
stood the test of time and adverse crit
icism. The abolition of slavery is an
other instance of the kind which has re-
ceived the unqualified approval of every
civilized nation of the world. Legisla-
tive fiat can never make a wrong right,
and when unjust and discriminative
laws have doubled the purchasing power
of the dollar, while its debt-paying pow
er has not been increased in any de-
gree, it is right in line with the sturdy
American idea of equity and justice that
so monstrous a wrong to the debtor
class should be ''repudiated" by such
legislation as will correct the evil.
Eight-tenths of the vast indebtedness
of this country was contracted under a
bimetallic system, and it is anything
but reputation when the debtor de-
uands that he be allowed to discharge
his obligation under the same financial
conditions. The bimetallist is not re-
pudiator, because he proposes to pay
his debt with dollar of equal purehas-
ing power with the one he received.
Nor is he an anarchist, for he proposes
to right his wrongs according to the
constitution of the government under
which he lives.
So far as the financial affairs of this
country are concerned, at least, free and
unlimited coinage of silver-the bimet-
allism of the constitution as ii existed
prior to 1s73-is the only basis of equity
between debtor and creditor.-Denver
TSmaS-Snu
Iron County register., 1897-09-30
AGRICULTURAL HINTS
FARMER JONES, EXAMPLE

81 was only sist a-thinkin'," said Farmer
Jones. one day,
''A-goin' long a-ridin' to the city on my
hay.
A-turnin' out fer mud-holes an G-sinkin
in the road,
Always geein' an a-hawin', fer fear to
spill the load,
Why can't we farmers have a road. like
city folks you see,
Where all fine rigs, an things ike that,
can be kept as cleans can be?
An no tGrnin' out fe: .lud-holes, nor wor-
rim your horse u death,
Nor hangin' round z 1out some place til
the critters four its breath
BY gosh,' sez !, I'll Ia my road along my
farm an see
II all the neighbors take the hint an do the
same as me-
Well, then, begin a-workin', an first it
seems like play,
But had my men a-helpin' till the closin'
of the day.
An every day that could spare was grad
in that ere road,
An fixin' things so that a horse could easy
pull load.
At last the job was finished, but it didn't
seem to pay,
As the neighborS wuZ only thinkin' an a.
wonderin' what to say.
But they kinder got ashamed Of theirs and
seemed to take the hint;
So they begun a-worktn', too, to make their
road like flint.
At last the roads wuz all alike so you
couldn't tell their l:nkin',
An 1 am powerful glad" said Jones, that
1 begun a-thinkin''
L. \. W. Bulletin.
Iron County register., 1897-09-30
VACCINE for nlnck Leg.

The department of agriculture.
through it's bureau of animal industry.
has just prepared vaccine for the cat
tie disease known as ''black leg" It
has also issued a circular containing
facts about the disease itself and full
directions for using the vaccine. 1t
is desired by the bureau that before
the vaccine is distributed to the stock
owners in general record be obtained
of several thousand successful vaccina-
tions. For this purpose a quantity OF
vaccine will be distributed to such per
sons as desire to make preliminary vac
cination and report the results to the
bureau. The vaccine as put up by the
bureau consists of brownish powder,
which is prepared in packages contain.
ing ten doses each.
Iron County register., 1897-09-30
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.

Don't set strawberries in weedy
ground.
Don't waste the ashes. Apply them
to the fruit trees.
Large, heavy peas will produce bet
ter and earlier crop.
The autumn is good time to apply
potash fertilizers.
Are your sweet peas dead? You did
not give them enough water.
Cucumbers can be grown on trellis,
but we do not approve of the plan.
Large, heavy seed is always the best.
Experiment has demonstrated that.
The prices of fruits and vegetables
are going up in the retail markets, too.
1t is a good plan to change the loca-
ton of small fruits when setting out
new plants.
Seed of any kind more than year old
is apt to lose some of its vitality, what
ever anyone may say.
One orchardist says that he finds
Mammoth clover the best to grow in an
orchard after it begins to bear.
A correspondent writes that he has
kept his garden mulched all summer
Result, splendid crops and few weeds
Western Plowman-
Iron County register., 1897-09-30
A CATECHlsm.
Some Questions That Are Being
Asked, with Their Answers.

some Questions That Are Being
Asked, with Their Answers.
Questions it true that gold, in a
greater degree than other substances,
possesses a stable value, unaffected by
supply and demand?
AnsweI-Itis not true. Nothing could
be more silly than the melting pot
test So long as certain amount of
gold can always be freely coined into
dollar it must always be equivalent to
dollar, but. as we all know, the value
or purchasing power of a dollar may
rise and fall within wide limits, con-
ditioned upon the amount of money in
circulation as compared with the
amount of commodities in the market.
Give silver free coinage and the melt
ing pot test would apply to silver equal
ly with gold. The increased demand
for gold occasioned by the denial of
free coinage to silver has given an i'm
mensely increased value to every dollar
in money based on the gold standard.
Q.-Is the quantitative theory OF
money generally held by political econ
omists?
At is. John Locke, volume 5, page
40, says: For the value of money, in
general, is the quantity of all the money
in the world in proportion to all the
trade" The report of the British bull
lion committee of 1910 says: "An in
creased demand for gold and scarcity
of that article will make it more valua-
bic in relation to all other articles. The
same quantity of gold will purchase a
greater quantity of any other article
than it did before; in other words, gold
will rise" Ricardo, in his principles
of Political Economy" chapter 13, says:
THE demand for money is regulated
entirely by its value, and its value by its
quantity" Giffen, in "a Chapter in
Standard Money" says: "In this sense.
to say that the quantity of money regu-
Iates prices is only the same thing as
TO say of any article that is bought and
sold that it's quantity is a material fac
tor in determining its value"
Q.-What is prime requisite Of a
stable money standard?
A.-That the aggregate amount of
standard money in use should increase
as nearly as possible in an equal ratio
with the increase of other forms of
wealth and the demands of commerce.
Q.-Is the annual increase in the vol
ume of gold money sufficient to render
that metal stable, or. in other words,
Il Just and honest standard of values?
Att is not. Commerce has for many
years been increasing at the rate Of
more than six per cent. per annum,
while the amount of gold coin or bull
lion available for use in commercial
transactions has shown an increase of
but slight fraction over one per cent.
Q.-Under bimetallism would the
present rate of production of both gold
and silver combined provide sufficient
supply of standard money to keep
prices up to scale that would prevent
constant appreciation in the purchas-
ing power of money, detrimental to the
owners of all forms of property save
money and credits?
At is not at all probable that il
would, but the depreciation of prop
erty, or "unearned increment accru.
ing to the owners of money and credits,
would be much less than under an ex-
elusive gold standard.-Gilbert Nc
CluTg, in Chicago Dispatch.
Iron County register., 1897-09-30
planting AN ORCHARD.
An Improvement Upon the Method
Now an Vogue Suggested.

An Improvement Upon the Method
Now in Vogue Suggested.
1t is a common observation that the
outrows of trees in established or
chards are finer and more productive
than the trees in the interior planta-
ton. This superiority is all the more
conspicuous if the orchard is bordered
by cultivated fields, and it is fair to
presume the extra luxurianee is owing
to the trees having a greater extent OF
unoccupied soil for the ramifcation OF
their roots. Something is also un-
doubtedly due to the greater space
available for the expansion and spread
of the branches; but it is in accordance
with all experience in the cultivation of
plants that a rotation of crops is alb
solutely essential toward securing the
best results of the fertility of the soil
Keeping these facts in view, it is sug-
gested that an improvement upon the
present method of planting orchards
would be gained by planting two rows
of trees from IS to 25 or more feet apart,
depending upon the nature of the
trees, and alternating the plants in the
rows. Then allow 4 space, varying in
1TOln OUO 4SSl ~ SINdtSA dAS-
tance, before planting another series
of rows. and so increase the plantation
as may be desired. The intervening
spaces between these double rows of
trees would be available for the Guilt
vation of the ordinary crops of the
farm. The roots of the trees would not
only participate in the benefits of cul-
tivation, but would have practically
unlimited room for extension before
meeting other roots of their kind. I'M
mediately under the trees and for dis
tance on each side of the rows as far as
the branches spread the surface could
be kept in grass. If not sown down i'm
mediately after planting, which T@s5ze
not be desirable in all cases, it should
be done after the trees attain a fruit
bearing size, or from five to seven years
after setting out. The shelter which
will be afforded to other crops by these
orchards will be found valuable as a
protection from winds as well as in for
warding early crops. This method is
particularly applicable to apple and
pear trees.-Dakota Field and Farm.
Iron County register., 1897-09-30
DWARF PEAR HEDGE.

complete the outside row. AS this will
interfere very little with the planting
of fruit trees over the whole interior
surface of the two acres, it will be seen
that on given amount of ground one
can raise much more fruit 10y using
this outside hedgerow method. 1t is
possible to crowd the little trees in a
hedgerow, because they will be on the
outside, and can thus have plenty of air
and sunshine, though very close in the
row; and though the row of dwarf pear
trees may be quite close to the inside,
larger fruit trees, the latter are not
crowded by the former, since they stand
up above them. This sort of work is
not advisable on large commercial or
chards, but on the home acre in the vii
lage lot, one wishes to make the most
of every foot of ground.
Planting so many of these little pea.
trees, selected winter sorts, and chose
that king among pears, the Anjou, anC
the scarcely less inferior Lawrence
Both these pears do finely on the ounce
stock, and both are winter varieties
With such fruit one can store in COO
cellar and unload upon the marker
when the market is most in need of win.
ter pears. With fall fruit one is very
nearly at the mercy of the market, foI
he cannot hold the fruit for any length
of time.
My own trees are set about four fee;
apart. In future paintings l shall in
crease the distance somewhat. In set.
ting the trees be careful to get the point
where the pear stock and ounce roo1
join several inches below the surface
and for the first winter, at least, give
the roots a mulch for protection
American Gardening.
Iron County register., 1897-09-30
WHAT BIMETALLlsTs INTEND.
RidpRth ON Results of Restoring Sill
Yer to Its RIEhtRuI Place.

RidpRth ON Results of Restoring Sill
yer to Its RiEhtRuI Place.
Bimetallists believe in the use of both
moneys freely and on terms of perfect
equality; they will be satisfied with
nothing less. They know that they are
in the majority, and that they cannot
be defrauded of their purpose. They
intend to restore our coinage 10 what
i. was before the act of 1873. BY such
restoration they propose to break the
corner on gold and to reduce the ex-
aggerated purchasing power of the
metal to the normal standard. They
intend that this reduction in the pur-
chasing power of gold shall be an
swered-as they know it will be-with
a corresponding rise in the prices of all
products of labor. They intend in this
way to achieve prosperity; they intend
t. wrong no man-not even the bond.
holder; they intend that every man
shall have his rights according to the
law and the contract: they intend to
break faith with none; they intend to
march right on to the achievement of
this result; in doing so, they intend to
consult themselves. They know full
well that the so-called great coRxner-
cial nations" will be glad enough to
trade with us, and to take our money
in both kinds, too. If not, we hold the
rod! If any nation under heaven pro-
poses to discriminate against the United
States of America because of our bi-
metallic standard of money, let that ma
tion try it! We shall see who comes
out best in that contest.
When the weakened, the time serv-
ing. and the cowardly shall be expelled
from power; when American patriots
arc in the high places of authority;
when the peoples voice shall be heard
as the voice of many waters-all men
shall then be assured that the great
republic is able to do its own business
in its own way, asking favor of none,
menacing none and fearing none
John Clark Ridpath, LII. D., in Arena.
Iron County register., 1897-09-30
DWARF PEAR-HEDGE.
1t Is n Source OF Profit Well as
Thing of Bee uty.

1t Is Source OF Profit Wen as
Thing of Beauty.
There are numerous shrubs that are
suitable for making hedges about ones
lawn, whether one prefers evergreens
or deciduous shrubs, but the number is
limited that can be used in hedgerows
that are of both use and beauty. The
barberry is one of the latter, these
bushes making a very graceful but not
densely leaved, growth; but the bar
berry's fruit is not desired in large
quantities, nor is it a desirable plant
to have near wheat fields, as it harbors
one stage of the rust fungus of the
wheat.
On my place l am planting hedgerows
of dwarf pear trees, using winter yari-
cites of the fruit almost exclusively.
Such a hedgerow is, of course, hardly
suitable for the front of ones lawn, but
for side rows, and for use in the rear of
ones house, the dwarf pear is quite un-
Objectionable. As for beauty-well,
anyone who has seen a long row of
these little trees in full blossom will not
soon forget the sight. They are very
attractive little trees, also, when in
full leaf, without the bloom, as they
should be kept well trimmed back to
secure good fruiting, as well as a good
hedge. 1t is surprising, too, what an
amount of fruit one can thus raise upon
even a small place. In my own case, 1
am running pear hedge around two
acre lot, and am now using also some
cross hedges in the rear of the build
ings. 1t will take at least 800 trees to
Iron County register., 1897-09-30
Gain I'm silver standard.

The Cincinnati Enquirer has takeu
the trouble to have large number of
men who are travelling all over the
country interviewed as to whether they
have heard anything of this fatal de-
cadence among free silver people, and
slmost everyone of those interviewed
declared that they had not met a sin
gle silver democrat who had changed
his views in the least. Many of them
reported decided gain in the silver
sentiment, especially in republican
strongholds, such as Pennsylvania and
New York state. Let not your soul be
wearfed. for the silver question is win
ming every day, Notwithstanding the
gloomy predictions of those whom the
wish In father to the thought, when
they say &c In dying out.
Iron County register., 1897-09-30
Last Month of the Tennessee Cea
tenniaI and Industrial Exnoaftion.

The month of October closes this greatest
of all Expositions ever held in the South, and
next to the Columbian, the best ever held in
this country. For the closing month, spe-
cial attractions have been arranged, and
the rates from all parts of the country have
been made lower than ever before known.
The location NASHVILLE, Tenn.) is on the
main line of the Louisville & Nashville
Railroad, directly on its through car route
between the North and South, and the trip
in either direction via that city can be
made as cheaply, if not cheaper, than via
any other route. Ask your ticket agent
for rates, or write to c. p. Atmore, General
Passenger Agent, Louisville, Ky, for rates
and information.
Iron County register., 1897-09-30
COVER FOR TOMATO VINES

las or old blanket. Between the rows
of tomatoes drive sticks about four feet
apart and nail strips of boards on the
top at the height of the tomato vines.
Place the covers over these, letting the
edges extend to the ground, where they
must be fastened so that the wind will
not blow them off. Leave no opening
or the frost will get in. I prefer a
heavy cover made of blankets, as this
will often protect the vines when light
canvas will fail. If the work is care
fully done the tomatoes will stand
great deal of cold weather. = Lewis
O'Fallow, in American Agriculturist.