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The Progress., 1897-01-09
Firing Cellars For Winter.

Most country cellars require special
attention before very cold weather ap-
pears. All outside windows and doors
will let in frost if they are not covered
carefully. These openings can be COM
pletely shut. as entrance can be obtained
from the inside. American Agricultur-
list tells that one Of the best ways TO
close the openings is TO fill them full, of
straw tightly packed down. When all
has been crowded into the windows that
the opening will hold, secure it in place
by stakes driven SO that the tops touch
the wall. After the stakes are in place
push straw under them until no more
can be crowded in. Straw packed tight
~ between the inner and outer doors
will prevent freezing from this source.
Have everything in readiness, but do
not stop up windows and doors until it
is absolutely necessary. The tempera-
sr-a nf the room should be kept near the
The Progress., 1897-01-09
Burning Out Stumps.

The English and French are using
cheap. simple and effective arrangemcai
for removing stunps- 1t is explained =
Hardwood as follows:
The appliances necessary are show
a little dry kindling and o sheet iro,
cylinder large enough to slip down ovd
the larger stumps, the top cone shaps)
and terminating in a collar in whica
one or more lengths of or inch cor
mon stovepipe may be fitted. A hole
dug between the roots ON one side OF u
stump and partially under 1t. lars
enough to start fire with the kia
dlings. After the fire is once fairly stars
ed the iron cylinder is slipped over IN
stump. the stovepipe is added. and To
whole arrangement acts as stove
burning the stump out completely.
is said that If the stumps are old an
anyway dry they will burn easily vita
out the cone shaped top and stovepips
1t is claimed that one man with this
or four cylinders. large and medium.
fit over diff sized stumps, can @
more and Letter work in o day than
dozen men with axes alone.
The Progress., 1897-01-09
ConoerninE Cowpeas.

Conserving COWpe0s.
The results Of experiments conducted
at the Louisiana station are summarized
as follows in bulletin sent out:
1.-THE best varieties of peas for vines
and green manuring are the Unknown,
Black, Clay, Red. etc. while the strict
~ bunch varieties. Whippoorwill. Blue.
Black Eye, etc, give larger returns in
peas. Cowpea vines can be converted
into hay or preserved as silage, both OF
which have proved by repeated expert
ments to be palatable and nutritious
food for farm stock. -
On account Of its capacity for gather
ing nitrogen the oowpea is regarded az
valuable crop in a rotation for the
south. A three years rotation with five
crops Goats. cowpeas, cotton and corn
and cowpeas), with suitable fertilizer
for each crop. has been found most ef
fective in building up worn soils. The
vines should, if possible, be converted
into hay or silage and fed to stock. II
they cannot be thus utilized, they should
be plowed under for green manure.
On the ground OF economy it is rec
commended to plow under the green ma
nure early in the fall and sow the
ground later In some winter crop, like
rye, to be turned under later If o spring
crop be desired.
The Progress., 1897-01-09
SeedlesS Ra3SinS,

Seedless raisins are to be produced in
quantity in a way quite new to Califor-
MIA It is currently reported that the
erection of three story mill in Fresno
for seeding raisins is begun. The plant
will cost $40, 200 and will seed two car
loads q day. The seeded product sells
for three times the price of the unseed-
ed. 1t is believed that the raisin bust
ness will be improved by this enterprise,
which will probably be extended next
season. The cost of seeding and packing
raisins is 2; y cents per pound.-Pacifc
Rural Press.
The Progress., 1897-01-09
TIE PROGRESS.

the plants will make IL strong, vigorous
growth and will require no other cult.
walton during the season. as the mulch
ing holds moisture and keeps out the
weeds This mulching should be repeat
ed each winter. If it is omitted. you
may expect light crop of rhubarb to
follow. If the rhubarb crop has been a
failure, it will pay to try mulching it
this winter.
The Progress., 1897-01-09
SHEEP IN THE SOUTH.

Advantages of Climate and Cheap Feed
ing Crops-A Cross That Pays
Few southern farmers realize the i'm
mense advantages they possess in their
climate This is such as to enable them
to produce the most valuable of crops OF
the north and those that are specially
adapted 10 the south. And as to live
stock, they enjoy far greater facilities
for making profit than northern farm
ers ever eau. a year round mildness Of
climate makes outdoor feeding possible
the whole year. The greater list of feed
ing crops that may be grown SO cheaply
enables the sheep to be fed, at the most,
not more than % cents a year, counting
in this the whole cost of producing the
feed and al adequate profit besides.
This includes some hand feeding. which
in many cases and localities is unneces-
sary.
The foregoing paragraph is from the
communication of a southern farmer to
The American Sheep Breeder. Follow
ing are additional gleanings:
If the southern farmers would keep
sheep and grow pastures for them on
their surplus land, using their timber
lands as q summer range, and raise such
feeding crops as sweet potatoes, which
may be grown for 8 cents q bushel,
crimson clover or winter oats or rye
for winter feeding. they might be able
to put the lambs into the northern mar
kets for one-fourth the money needed
to pay the shepherd in the north. OF
course the price obtained would pay q
big profit on the business If the right
way were taken.
would recommend the Merino ewes
for the flock and Southdown or a
Shropshire ram for the sire. There is
no fatter or plumper market lamb than
this cross, and the black faces will
make them most acceptable to the
butchers. It is quite posi- BILE to get
these lambs into the northern markets
in the season, either alive Or dressed,
without any difficulty on the fast trains
OH any of the railroads Millions Of
acres Of cheap land are readily avail
able, pure water from the abundant
streams flows everywhere. the mildness
of the climate is just what is wanted
for the perfect health of the flock and
nothing stands i'll the way but the apa-
thy of those concerned. The wool finds
q home market, for the facilities for
manufacturing are nowhere better over
the whole face of this broad continent.
Money now sent abroad woald be kept
at home, and more would be brought in.
making the whole south rich III few
The Progress., 1897-01-09
Splenetic or Texas Fever.

SpleneI1C or 11xUS IeVeE.
Experiments made at the Alabama,
Texas and Arkansas stations have dem
onstrated that splenetic fever, some
times called aoclimation fever. and Of
ten called Texas fever. Is communicated
from one animal to another by means
Of ticks. Experiments in Texas make it
appear that cattle can be made to swim
through . vat sunk into the ground and
filled with water on top Of which floats
a stratum of oil an inch thick, and that
this treatment kills all ticks, the cost
being o cents per head.
The Progress., 1897-01-09

peen lying Just as it :=as left sa.S !
harvest, bue sometimes, where -
plenty. it has been flooded immed;
after the crop was taken of and = u
manned so until some time in Deo.
After the burning the land is -
and put into the finest possible ~
ical condition. Planting begins
the 1st of March and lasts until n
of May, when it has to be stoppe
account of MAY BIRDS" that stm
their way north. In June plantii
begun again and continued until
the goth. making late crop, a.
spoken of as "June rice
The rice is sown thickly in drill
inches apart. The water is then tn
on for the "sprout flow" and the
flooded as deeply as possible. Tha
whole stretch of fields is one vast !
of water, the only land visible d
the narzc-r interesting dams
sprout flow remains on for from d
eight days, after which it is takeaj
and the field left bare until they
sprouts sufficiently for a row to
traced as q tiny green line for AZ
100 yards The water is then let a
deeply as possible for the "stsll
how." It remains SO for six to Ell
days again and is then lowered =
the tops Of the rice in the lowest =
of the field can just be seen at thsl
of the water. It is held 50 for 20 ID
days, just enough water being e
from day to day to keep pace with
growth Of the rice. This gives the d
which projects q little above the va
q very rapid growth. while the Va
and grass, being covered, are mo
killed.
The fields are then drained and 4
of and the rice hoed by hand. fol-
ing with a horseshoe. It usually y
a second hand hoeing somewhat /
in this period Of dry growth. which J
40 to so days. Then, about the cot
June, with the earliest rice, the 4
vest fow' is put OH and kept on Pr
steadily until the rice is ready to-
which will be, with rice planted on
LIST of March, about the 25th OF
gust. The water in this flow rea
about two-tbirds up the stalk OF
rice and is drained off every eigh
ten days and fresh water put on.
water now serves a double purpose.
besides promoting the growth OF
plant and the consequent heavy Il
ing. it supports the stalk. which, b
with its head of grain. might other
be beaten by a single heavy wind d
| into q ruinous mess in the mud OF
| fields.
Here ends the function of wat
the making of the crop. the main
iety of the planter being lest SUI
storm may come up in the two or
days after the water is taken off an
fore the ground is dry enough ia
harvesters to work.
The Progress., 1897-01-09
freezing POINT, Cus Iuus, -,
else some of the canned fruits or tender
vegetables " ill be nipped.
Colleges and Stations.

At the tenth annual convention OF the
Association of Agricultural Colleges aud
Experiment Stations the following off,
GERS were elected for the ensuing year:
President, George T. Fairchild Of Kan.
sas; vice presidents. M 81. Buckhan OF
Vermont, James Wilson of Iowa, James
McBryde of Virginia. Alfred Kingsbury
Of New Hampshire, J. E. Stubs Of Ne
vada; secretary and treasurer. J. A.
Washburn of Rhode Island; executive
committee, b. 81. Goodell of Massachu-
sets, II. G. White of Georgia. Alexis
Cope of Ohio, T. J. Burrili OF Illinois;
photographer, A. c. True.
The Progress., 1897-01-09

Experiments In Cotton Culture.
The Maryland station reports these
results in tests made in the cornfield ::
First. an application Of 500 pounds Of
fer,- zer ON corn increased the yield
81 bushels per acre. but the increased
yield was not sufficient to pay for the
application Of the fertilizer; second. in
the test Of wide and narrow rows the
narrow rows gave an increased yield Of
8. 4 bushels; third, shallow cultivation
Of corn gave a slightly better yield than
deep cultivation; fourth. corn which
was cultivated three times yielded II.
bushels per acre, that which was work
ed Eve times yielding se.5 bushels per
acre; fifth. drilled ourn gave a rather
better yield than checked corn; sixth,
manure from we'll balanced ration
made slightly more corn per acre than
manure from q poorly balanced ration.
The Progress., 1897-01-09

WHEN TO OPEN THE SILO.


a Progressive Ohio Farmers Opinions ON
This Subject Of General Interest.
John Gould of Ohio, in a letter to
Rural New Yorker, writes on q subject
of widespread interest. He expresses
himself as follows:
In general way the answer might
be, Whenever one needs the ensilage
to feed" do not know that there is
anything like common agreement in the
time OF opening silos. If the term may
be used, there is great deal Of individ-
uality about silos and their behavior.
That they are hot or cold at the time
they are opened makes no difference 60
far as I can see. Sometimes the ensilage,
when the pit is opened, is quite cold and
another year it will be quite hot. It is
simply a matter of the condition OF the
ferment at that time. So far as the en-.
silage is concerned the opening makes
no difference with the contents three
inches below the surface, as the air cam
not affect that which is slightly below
the immediate surface. have no
"signs" indicating when the ensilage. 10
ready to feed.
When the usual amount Of roughage
about the farm is fed out in tho late
fall. I commence at once on the ensilage,
uncover the whole pit and feed from the
entire surface. A year ago commenced
to feed ensiiage Nov. 80, and the year
previous nearly three weeks earlier.
Some Of my neighbors commence feed
ing the very day that they finish filing
the pits, and cannot see but they have
rs fine ensilage as do those who oover
the ensilage and let it sweat from three
to six weeks. Some ensilage will remain
hot all winter and some will take ON
hardly heat enough to make the mass
settle as eolidly as it should. The truth
is I have never seen any ensilage 80
with perfect safety and satisfaction.
The most perfect cover-next to none
at ALL have ever had ON my silos is
this year. After the corn was all in the
pits the litter about the machine was
run mp the carrier and scattered evenly
over the surface, we'll trodden down and
this repeated for three or four days or
until it had become quite moldy. Then
we loosened it up. tread it down. work
ing in half bushel of oat screenings,
distributed barrel Of water evenly over
the ensilage and gave IL one more tread
ing. The result Is that the surface Is
covered with this decayed ensilage and
over it is fine growth Of oats, the roots
Of which have bound the cover into q
regular fiber blanket II covers are need
ed-which still doubt-this one il far
in the lead Of any have ever had In my
ten years Of silo experience.
The Progress., 1897-01-09
Mulching Rhubarb.

When the ground is frozen in winter,
the plants should be muiched about
eight inches deep with strong manure
from the horse stable. This advice Is
given in The National Stockman. as is
also the following:
Rhubarb to succeed we'll must have
this muiching. and there is little danger
Of getting the soil too rich in this way.
Leave the mulchiuRnn in the spxinR. and
The Progress., 1897-01-09
IRRIGATION OF RICE.
Ar Described In The Irrigation Age By
William +. IIutsou.

The cultivation OF the rice crop in
Wolves the use of water at every stage
aud is in brief Us follows: About the
LIST of january the last years stubble
is burned of. The land usually has
The Progress., 1897-01-09

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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-04-29
ol1ieftsm, Grant, and invoked that the
GLOW: of natrintiSInz freshly en]SinI1lhi1

III
Sol1iefts IN, Grant, and invoked that td1a.
glow of patriotism freshly enkindled
lma N strengthen our nation, our gov
sernment and the union Of the states.
I. Nleln the Indian bill was reported
back from the house the effort was
made, to send it to conference, but MR.
1 German objected, saying that it had
been understood that no business
Whatever was to be transacted. The
senate then adjourned until Thursday.
The house held a purely formall ses-
sion yesterday. Many Of the members
had gone to New York to attend the
#Grant exercises, and under the, ar
ETangement made last Friday an adj
sjournment was taken until Thursday.
The presidents message transmitting
the report Of the Mexican boundary
line commission was, however, re-
#ceived before adjournment. Mr.. g.
Nv. Stone of Pennsylvania presided.
There We're less than fifty members
present.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-04-29
FOR KILLING A DOG.
United States Supreme Court Re-
S fuses Damages. ~

United States Supreme Court Re-
fuses Damages. =
: Washington, April %. - The United
States supreme court has decided a
case involving a claim for. damages
for killing q dog which had made it's
way from the lower courts. Of New Or
leans through the various phases Of
litigation to be finally decided here in
Opposition to the claim. The suit was
instituted by George w. Sentell, Jr.,
VS.. the New Orleans e. Carrollton
Railroad company The dog, a New
foundland valued at 5000, was killed
by a car owned by the railroad COM
pany. The case turned upon the val
idity of an act Of the Louisiana legis-
lature recognizing dogs as personal
property only when placed on the as
sessment rolls. In this case the dog
was not assessed. Justice Brown
delivered the opinion, sustaining the
constitutionality of the law and refus-
ing damages. r.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-04-29
THE MARKETS..
Latest Quotations From Grnans and


5# Live Stock Centers.
"a Chicago, April %. - Wheat ~ No. 2
red, Seaside. No. 2 spring, "A LA
% 1-2c; No. ? hard winter 74a76e; No.
i spring, TIC Corn Cash No. 2,
q 1-2c; No. 3, % 33-44a24c: Oats-No. 2;
II 3-4c; No. 3, 16 1-4a2Oc..
Chicago, April %. - Hogs - Light,
So 9Oa4.15; mixed, So 95a415; heavy,
S3G0a4.1O; rough, $3.6Oa3.1sh Cattle
Beeves. $3.S5a5.4 COWS and heifers,
S2a4.5O;a Texans, $3.40a4 40; stoc :
ers and feeders, $3.4Oa4.55. She. }
Natives, $2.75a5; Westerns, $3.6Oa. !;
lambs, $3.6Oa5.25. 4
Milwaukee, April 2S>-Flour steady.
Wheat unsettled; No. spring, 70 5-Sc;
No. 1 Northern, Ste; May, "A 5-Sc.
Corn firm and wanted; No. 5, "a 1-2c.
Oats lower; No. 2 white, 21a22c.
Barley steady; No. 2, SO 1-2c; sample,
29a32 1-2c. Rye lower; No. 1, 81 1-2c.
Provisions dropping; pork, $3.50; lard,
a$4.15. f. .E
Minneapolis, April 29.-Wheat-May
opened at "a 1-Sc and closed at 70 3-4c;
July opened at "a LIE and closed at
70 3-4c; September opened at IS, Lee
and closed at &c. On track-No. l
hard, IS 7-Sc; No. 1 Northern, "A Use;
No. 2 Northern. 70 3-Sc.
South st. Paul, April %. - Hogs =
$350a3.9O. Cattle-Heifers, $2.6Oa3.1O;
bulls, $2.65a2.75; stockers, $3.25a355;
cows, $1.S0a2.50. e... .-. -
St. Paul, April %. - Wheat - No. !
Northern, 77a7Sc; No. 2 Northern
Is 1-2a76 1-2c Corn = No. yellow
21a22c; No. 3. 2Oa2O 1-2c. Oats-No
Is white. 19a19 Lee; No. 3, II La
Is Ice. Barley and rye-Sample bar
ley, 2Oa25c; No. = rye, 32a33c; No.
rye, 31;31 Lee. Seeds-No. l flax,
75a7Gc; timothy, 90a$1.25; clover, $4a
AGO. "
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-04-29
The Nubian whistling Tree

In the great forests OF Nubia grows
a tree from which, when .swayed by
the wind, come strange sounds like the
notes Of a flute, or a penny whistle.
This veal tree is regarded with super
stitiols terror by the natives, and it
was, indeed, a puzzle to every one who
has heard the mysterious sounds, until
some scientific traveller investigated
the matter. He found that at certain
seasons of the year, hordes of insects
deposited their eggs on the Young
shoots and extremities Of the branches.
These produced gall-ike excresences
about an inch in diameter. When the
youEg insects emerged, small holes
were left in the gals. The wind blow
ing through these little apertures
caused the strange noises. 1t is prob
ably the only instance of tree which
bears ready-made whistles.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-04-29
BLOWN INTO THE AIR. ~
Fatal Work of a Cyc1onic Visitation
in Michigan.

Oner, Mich. April q. = A cyclone
struck this town. completely demolish-
ing the general store of W. r. Closton,
whose residence was also torn down
and his shingle mill wrecked. Mr.. and
Mrs. Hagley were blown sixty feet
into the air and were; both fatally in
jured. Mrs. John T. Balkie and Her
brother, John Cannally Of Port Huron,
We're in the upper portion of the store
building when it collapsed. They were
buried beneath the debris, but escaped
serious injury. John Campbell's build
ing, under course of construction was
blown down and completely wrecked.
The Hagley residence was blown to
pieces. The cloud was funnel-shaped
and took a northeasterly direction.
When it reached the woods trees were
uprooted and carried into the air.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-04-29
viii Appeal to the People.

Montreal, April 27.-A sensa ton has
been created in political circles here
owing to the reported adverse decision
of Mgr. Merry Del Val, the papal dele
gate to Canada, on the governments
settlement OF the Manit oba school ques-
ton. 1t is stated On good authority
that u. Israel Tarte, minister of public
works, is strongly in favor of an in-
mediate dissolutio OF parliament and
an appeal to the people to !ndorse the:
agreement entered into with the Mani
toha authorities.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-04-29
HYPNOTIsM IN SIOUX CITY.
Even School Children Practice Upon
Each Other.

Sioux City, Iowa, April 27.-Amateur
hypnotic exhibitions, according to local
physicians, are growing too common
in Sioux City. The practice is fad
here and is INDUCED in at social gath
erings almost every evening at various
places in the city. School children
have taken it up and boys and girls yet
in knee breeches and shor.. skirts
amuse themselves by throwing each
other into the hypnotic trance. Doc
tors say this is most injurious to the
subjects and may be expected to result
in cases of serious illness or possible
deaths. They want the city council to
prohibit the practice except by licensed
physicians.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-04-29
BENEFITED.

Husband hope, my dear, that
your trip abroad has bereited YOU
s NVife-1ndeed it has. I met the Tan
Smiths, who live next door, and they
cave asked me to call on them. New
York Herald.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-04-29
The Hot BED.

Mr.. Frank 0. sibley says, n an ex-
change. in regard to constructing the
notified: Begin by making an excava
ton ls' or pit about three feet deep and
OF size sufficient to accommodate the
number 2 lumber Of plants you wish to start.
" course the pit will be better If built
/ % ;. Dr1ck, but boards or planks will do
- 70 situation, it is needless to say
mat It should be located in some dry,
sheltered sl.le spot, facing the south OF
sasl' = possible. It is practically use
less 70 construct hotbed anywhere
else. It should also be kept in mind
70 make the beds Of the right dimen-
slons SO that they will fit the sashes
70 be used. Usually hotbed sashes are
o4o Ieet and one sash alone will gen
orally afford plants enough for a large
family. To build them properly, have
the frames for the sashes eighteen
inches at the back and twelve inches in
front, for this gives the required slope
to catch the sunlight. It is advisable
10 insert cross-pieces for the sashes to
side on, since these will facilitate the
opening and shutting Of the frames.
everything being in readiness, the pre-
pared manure should be placed in the
PIT and trodden down firmly in layers
10 the required depth, which is general
" TWO and half feet deep. This done,
put on the sashes and keep the pit
closed until the heat rises. II the
weather is favorable, the heat will
probably go up to 100 degrees or more.
Whlcn is altogether too warm to SOW
SEEDS IN: but after two or three days
1t will subside to ninety degrees or
less, and then is the time to put on the
SOIL, which should be done to the
aepth OF six to eight inches. In case
you are at all in doubt as to the heat
however, it may be readily ascertained
Dy plunglng thermometer into the
manure. make mention of this be-
cause 1t is very important that the
SOIL be not added until the tempera-
ture has gone down to 80 degrees at
least. AS to the soil used, it should
ne we'll rotted, though. common garden
SOIL will do, and it is best to mix it
with about third of fine, old manure.
N tnls SOW the seeds thinly, in drills.
Two Or three inches apart, and as soon
as they have come up nicely and are
out OF the seed leaf, either thin out or
transplant to another frame. It is adj
Vlsable to give the plants air every
mild day by raising the sashes at the
back. Moreover, water the plants with
tepld water whenever you think it nee
essary, and during cold nights and
snoWstorms be sure to keep the frames
well covered with straw mats or board
shutters. Tomatoes, peppers and egg
plants ought to be sown in separate
frame from cabbage, caulifower and
lettuce, in that they require more heat
than the latter