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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-02-17
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The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-22
FARM AND GARDEN.
LAsrINa PRospERlTY
what Farmer. Must DO to Enjoy +

.
what Farmers Must Do to Enjoy Its
Coveted blessings.
The press of the country is full OF
talk about the prosperity of the farmer
this year, and many iguresare given 70
show what an increased harvest of dol
lars our farmers willreap. While there
IL much exaggeration in many of these
statements, there is much truth also.
Farming is better business than 1t
has been. Good crops and fair prices
for them at the elevator or through
the feed lot have put our farmers in
better position than since 1891. Still
there is room for improvement-not
merely in the markets, but in the con.
ditions that surround farming and
farmers, and which directly affect their
profits. There is room for improve
ment in production of many farms
looking to less costly and bet
ter product. There is great need o.
improvement in live stock, both in mum.
bers and quality. Such things as these
come within the Jurisdiction of every
farmer. But other equally important es
sentials to greater prosperity lie beyond
the farm and beyond the farmeras amin
dividual. The greatestprosperity cannot
prevail when many of the things thu
people must have are controlled by com
mefcial monopolies or trusts. Som'
classes may receive incidental benefit
from these organizations, but farmer
do not. They must sell in the open mar
ket usually, and can i'll afford to buy il
a market that is not open. Allowing tn,
other fellow to fix the price of so man,
things is not productive of the creates
prosperity. The same thing is, to
large extent, true Of taxation. To
often farmers have allowed other classe
to impose the burdens which call fo
high taxes on farms, while the othe
fellow reaped most of the benefits there
from. There must be more cautio
about this, if farmers are to realize tn
greatestprosperity. Andthere are othe
matters that enter into this problem
Better education of producers, resui
ing in better product and broade
market; opening Of new foreign ma
kets; uniformity of production by til
individual, and, consequently, the ma'
, of farmers-all these things are esseel
tial to true and lasting prosperity. The
will not allrbe attempted, but in wha
ever degree they are approached sofar
farming improved. = National Stocl
man.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-22
SAlLBOAT WHlRLIGIG.

The Boats VIII Turn Gracefully II
Properly Constructed.
A great deal of time is devoted by
every boy to making and rigging minia-
ture sailboats, although he may live
miles away from suitable sailing pond
and not even have the opportunity of
launching them. a
AS the pleasure found in sailing boats
lies principally in the graceful action
Of the sails, the whirlgig shown in the
illustration furnishes just this same
attractive appearance as it revolves,
the boats following one another in
their circuit, the sails jibing gracefully
from port to starboard in exact regu-
iarity.
The four sailboats form parts of a
windmill. They need not be very elab-
orately made; they should be cut out
from four pieces of exactly the same
dimensions. Make the masts and bow
spirits of tough wood and the sails OF
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-22
Dromedaries Like to smoke,

Dogs have been taught to smoke, but
they never, seem to like it, but drome-
daries smoke and are particularly fond
of the weed. We have this on the testi-
mony of many celebrated travellers in
Egypt. Dromedary drivers rely moro
on tobacco smoke for their control over
these animals than anything else.
When travelling on long journeys the
dromedaries are in many cases required
to travel all day and night, and they are
kept up to their task by smoking cigars.
The driver carries triangular piece of
wood, which is pierced at one point like
. cigar holder. This is inserted in the
animals mouth, the cigar being lit and
pressed into the hole in the same fash
ion followed by man. The dromedary
Immediately closes its eyes and pulls
away through its nostrils until the
cigar is consumed.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-22
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
WHEN MOTHER LOOKS.

- 49, - ~
member such a lot Of things
That happened long ago,
When me an Jim was six years old
An now we're ten or so,
But those that remember best
The ones l most can see lsN
Are the things that used to happen
When mother looked at me.
One time in church, when me an Jim
Was snickerin' out loud
The minister was prayin, an
The peoples heads was bowed
We had the biggest kind Of joke
About bumblebee,
Bot things got quiet rather quick
When mother looked at me.
And then there's some times when think
I'd had such lots of fun
A-goin' in swimmin with the boys
Down there by Jones run,
But when / get back home again
Just bout in time for tea
There's kind Of q differ'nt feeling comes
When mother looks at me-
That time when was awful sick
An the doctor shook his head,
An ev'ry time pa come around
His eyes was wet an red,
member her hands on my face
How soft they used to be-
Somehow the pain seemed easier
When mother looked at me.
It's funny how 1t makes you feel
I amt afraid of her,
She's bout the incest person
You'd find most anywhere; s5
But the queerest sort of feeling,
AS queer as queer can be,
Makes everything seem different
When mother looks at me.
--Letchworth Smith, in Youths Com
M ninn
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-22
FEEDING FOR QUALITY.
How the Flavor of Meats Can BE De-
cidcdIY Improved.

How the Flavor of Meats Can BE Dea
cided1y Improved.
A variety of feed will produce better
meat than corn alone. There is recog.
ntion Of this quality of flavor in nut
ton and pork, and the barley beef that
is fed right to develop the better quail
ity of beef will in some markets com.
mand better price. That distinct i'm
provement in the flavor of meats can
be produced by feeding certain foods, is
not SO We'll understood The sweetest
and best-havored beef we ever ate was
mainly fattened on pumpkins and Hub
bard squash, in season when both
were very plentiful and almost unsal'
able. They were fed to fattening cows,
without grain, the sugar in the Hubbard
squash supplying the place of starch
We have heard that the bagasse from
sugar cane, after most of its sweet has
been extracted, makes an excellent
quality of beef when it is fed to fatten'
ing cattle. Undoubtedly the same re-
suit comes from feeding rich corn en-
silage, made from corn put in silo when
it was in the caring stage. 1t is moi
merely the succulence of this feed, but
also the fact that it contains sugar
which is much more digestible thar
starch, that makes the beef made BY
feeding corn in this succulent stage
better and sweeter than it is when 1t il
fed after the sugar has been changed tc
starch. Rural World. VA,
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-22
uoId On tn Ynnr sheen.

1t is folly to leave one branch of the
live stock business for another, when
other men are doing the same thing, so
that prices are utterly demoralized.
Nothing but loss can be the result Of
such procedure. The time TO buy Ia
when every man wants to sell; the time
to sell is when everyone wants to buy,
A short time ago stockmen were
tumbling over one another trying to
dispose Of sheep, practically giving
them away. OF course, any sane man
could see that the outcome Of such q
practice must, sooner or later, make
sheep paying property. So just hold on
to your sheep; that is, all the best Of
them; the sooner the culls go, the bet
ter, but, the good ones, feed up and
breed up and be ready to take the re-
ward. Mutton sells well, even If WOO
Is too low for profit. Rural World.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-22
PREMIUM ON SILENCE.
This Story Tells How Willie Virgins
Won q Bet.

Inlb OtOEY 1Cllb A1ONN NVAAAC w - > AAhe
Won n Bet.
Willie Virgins and his chum, Tommy
Tcmpkins, were sitting together on the
curbing down the street the other day,
when Mrs. Virgins came to the front
door and glanced up and down the
street as if looking for some one, says
the Ohio State Journal. Presently she
spied the object of her search and called
out:
"Willie, want you"
She then reentered the house and
busted herself about her household du-
ties.
A minute later Mrs. Tompkins put
her head out of window half block
away and yelled at the top of her voice:
"Tom-my! You come home this very
minute!"
Both boys remained motionless.
Neither spoke word.
Five minutes passed away, when both
women again made their appearance a:
the same moment:
"Oh, Willie," called Mrs. Virgins
No answer.
"Tom-my!" shouted Mrs. Tompkins
''Willie!" again called Mrs. Virgins
81 wish you would hurry home. Iwant
you"
Tommy Tompkins," shouted his
mother, in an angry tone, 'if you are
not here in mighty short order I'll see il
l can't help you along"
Neither the pleading voice of Mrs
Virgins nor the angry tone of Mrs
Tompkins seemed to have any effect OF
the two boys and they both remained
silent and motionless as their respective
mothers again disappeared. About two
minutes later Willie put in his appear
ance.
did you want me, mammal" h'
asked.
"Did l want your" exclaimed hil
mother. "Of course wanted you. Why
didn't you come when l first called
you?"
"'Cause Tommy Tompkins bet me {
cents worth of candy he could keel
from speakin' longer'n I could" replied
Willie. "He didn't do it, though" HI
continued, as he drew himself up will
the air Of victor. His ma came aftel
him with a switch"
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-22

1t is known that brood Of chicks
that are apparently well will suddenly
begin to droop and die, especially when
the weather is very warm, In such
cases the cause is usually lice There
may be no lice ON the chicks when ex-
amined on one day, yet in two or three
days more they may have the large lice
on their heads. In the first symptoms Of
droopiness rub a drop Of lard on the
head Of each chick and dustitwell with
insect powder. Then treat the hen In
the same manner, as lice 60 from the
hen to the chicks Farm and Firesfae,
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-22
He Ate Too Much Candy.

An instance of the danger of over
indulgence in any favorite article is
that of New York boy, II years old.
He recently went to work in his fathers
confectionery store, and ate great guam
titles of candy and other sweets. He
grew very stout, increasing in weight
from 1870 to 200 pounds. Then his eye.
sight failed him, and a specialist said
that the blindness was caused by con.
dition OF his stomach resulting from
eating too much candy. The boy now
refrains from eating candy, and will
recover his sight.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-22

strong muslin, as they are likely to be
exposed to strong wind.
The gaffs and booms can best be-
Joined to the masts by means of screw
eyes. The rigging must be very sim
pie and yet strong, light cord, well
waxed, being used, and the sails should
be uniformly close-hauled.
The two long cross pieces are Joined
together in the center at right angles,
forming four arms of even length and
at the end of each is fastened one of the
boats; through the center of intersec-
ton bore hole large enough for the
axle, for which long wire nail will
answer.
The crossarms with boats attached
should be mounted on top of a pole (or
small fagstaff) by means of the axle,
which should be well fabricated. A
small washer may be placed under the
crosspieces to reduce friction. a
When completed, the upright may be
set up in the center of flower bed,
vines being trained up the pole, or may
be attached to the top of a shed or the
fence, where it will be visible from the
windows.-Boston Globe.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-22
EARLY FALL FLOWING.
Its Advantages Considered from Z
Scientific YieVEpOint.

Scientific Viewpoint.
The advantages of fall blowing over
The same operation in the spring are
lwelt upon by Prof. II. Snyder, of the
College of Agriculture of the University
If Minnesota.
Fall plowing keeps the humus and
nitrogen of the soil in better condition
than late spring plowing. Nitrifca-
ton goes on in the soil until quite late
IN the fall, and in the south the process
goes on the entire year. The change is
most rapid near the surface, where
there is plenty of oxygen from the air.
In early fall plowing the available nj
Erogen formed from the humus is near
the surface, where it does the sprouting
seeds and the young crops the most
good. With late spring plowing, this
available nitrogen is plowed under, and
inert organic nitrogen is brought to the
surface.
In old soils the process Of nitrifcation
does not go on rapidly enough to fur
nish available nitrogen to the crop. In a
new soil the process of nitrifcation is
liable to go on too rapidly. Deep plow-
Ing and thorough cultivation aid in
nitrification. Hence, the longer the soil
Is cultivated, the deeper and more thor
pugh must be its preparation. Flowing
must be done at the right time, prefer.
ably in the fall SO as not to interfere
with the next years water supply. The
application of lime and wood ashes aids
in the reduction of nitrogen of humus tC
available forms, and prevents the forma
ton of sour mold. Good drainage il
also necessary to nitrifcation in the soil
In water-logged soils the humus doe
not decompose normally, but peat il
produced on account of the absence o
oxygen. We thus see that nitrification
although sometimes serious source o
loss, may be largely controlled by care
4 full management of the soil.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-22
CORNER FEED RACK.

and the like, he can give his horses
their hay ration in short meter, for the
rack should be connected by means OF
the chute with the NOW overhead.
When the grass harvest is gathered,
should the barn be crowded with hay,
the mouth OF the chute over each stall
may be covered with board, so as to
prevent hay from settling down into it
when not desired. 1t rarely takes long
for enough of the hay to be fed out so
that it may be uncovered again.-Fred-
erick 0. Sibley, in N. Y. Tribune.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-22
HOW TO KEEP A DITCH OPEN.

the plan shown in the accompanying
diagram can be used to advantage. A
stake is driven at one side of the pro-
posed trench, and is anchored from its
upper end as is shown in the sketch.
AS the trench is decpened board is
slipped down behind the stake, an
other stake secured in the same way,
holding the other end ofthe board. As
the trench is deepened, the board is
pressed down and another added above
it, the stakes also being driven down
and so on till the required depth is
reached. The same plan will probably
have to be used on both sides.--0range
Judd Farmer.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-22
CORNER FEED RACK.

How the Work of Feeding HorseH
Can he Simplifled.
The Importance of having everything
as handy as possible in and about the
farm buildings is not to be ignored. The
work of feeding horses can often be
simplified by erecting feed racks, as
herewith represented in the cut, in the
corner of each stall, right above the
manger. Such rack takes up little
room, practically speaking, and when
one is in a hurry during springs work
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-22
AMONG THE POULTRY.
Low roosts are what you want.

Low rooSts are What you want.
Young ducks will beat broilers.
When the chicks are out burn the
old nests.
If you have poor, sandy land, put
poultry on it.
The poultry business is very far
from overdone.
There is an increasing demand for
pure-bred fowls.
Have a good, strong male bird, and
one not akin to the hens.
Red cedar boughs are recommended
for hens nests to prevent lice.
The majority of poultry houses are
not warm enough for minter.
Don't ship poultry in coop that is SO
low that the birds cannot stand up in
it.
Duck farming has increased greatly
in the last few years because it is profit
able.
Buy eggs of responsible breeders in
setting time. 1t is bad business to
buy of irresponsible parties.
A tablespoonful of lime water in
each pint of drinking water is a good
remedy for bowel diseases.
A double-walled house, the space
filled with chaff or straw, makes a
warm, egg-producing place in winter.
Don't feed corn steadily for egg pro-
duction, whatever anybody may say.
1t is contrary to both reason and sci
ence.
Many farmers who have kept chick
ems all their lives need to study the
business, almost from the beginning,
to make success, for they have paid
no attention TO it.-Western PloWman.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-22

Malarial disease is invariably supplement-
ed by disturbance Of the liver, the bowels,
the stomach and the nerves. To the removal
Of both the cause and the effects Hostetter,s 9
Stomach Bitters is fully adequate. 1t fills
the bilp' as no other remedy does, perform
ing its work thoroughly. Its ingredients are
pure and wholesome, and it admirably serves
to build up system broken by i'll health and
shorn of strength. Constipation, liver and
kidney complaint and nervousness are con
auered by It. 1855
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-22

did, but the boys of to-day seem to have
forgotten the trick"
Uncle Nat put on his spectacles, drew
out his handkerchief and wound it
about Jimmy's knife, blade and all. He
did it slowly, so that it would be tight.
Jimmy looked on wonderingly. When
the winding was finished Uncle Nat
held the free corner of the handker-
chief firmly between his thumb and
finger and gave the knife sharp little
twitch and throw. Of course the hand
kerchief unrolled rapidly, and when
the knife few out the blade was open.
"There," said Uncle Nat, "easy
enough, isn't it?"
And Jimmy was able to do the same
thing at the first trial, and after that
he wasn't troubled with a blade that
stuck Chicago Record.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-22
Found the Mlssing Link.

Scientists are zealously seeking for
the missing link" between man and the
brutes, says Youths Companion. II
is not impossible that it may be found
in Costa Rica. A traveller, M, Pittier,
says that he met one day a troop of
white-faced monkeys, and one Of the
females had red passion flower, as
u decoration, in each ear, an early trace
of the feminine love for ornamentation." !"
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-22
Great Luck.

Billy-Have you any luck fishing to-
day, Jimmy7
Jimmy -Greatl-I didn't stick de
hook into me finger, ner slip off de
log an fall in, ner git bit by mosqui-
tos, ner lose any Nv me clothes, ner git
licked wen / got home PUCK.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-22
After the Pulling.

eff any of my friends call, said the candi-
date for congress, wearily, as he came down
from his private parlor and walked up to
the clerks desk, "tell them I've gone out for
q walk"
"Going to stretch your legs bit?" asked
the affable clerk.
"Just the other one," said the candi-
date sadly.-Detroit Free Press.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-22
Halls CatarrK Cure
Is q Constitutional Cure. Price 75c.

Nobody is too poor to have lace curtains
Washington Democrat.
Autobiographical.-- The self-made man
was speaking, He said-.My father waa a
raiser of hogs. There was large family OF
us"-and then his voice was drowned by the
applause.-Life.
We never value money as much as we do
right after having spent it foolishly.-Wash-
ington Democrat.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-22
Last Month of the Tennessee Gen.
tcnnial and Industrial Exposition.

The month of October closes this greatest
of all Expositons ever held in the South, and
next to the Columbian, the best ever held in
this country. For the closing month, spe,.
cal attractions have been arranged, ana
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 4 Nashville
Railroad, directly on its through cal, route
between the North and South, and the trip
in either direction via that city can Do
made as cheaply, if not cheaper, than vla
nny other route. Ask your ticket agent
for rates, or write to c. P. Atmore,. General
Passenger Agent, Louisville, KY, for rates
and information.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-22
JIMMYs HARD BLADE.
Uncle Nat Opened 1t for Him with

Uncle Nat Opened 1t for Him with .
lak handkerchief.
Jimmy could not get the blade of his
new knife open. He had tried untilthe
nails of both his thumbs were broken,
and then he had worked with screw
driver and spike, but he couldn't start
the stiff spring.
"Guess you never heard about open
ing a knife with your handkerchief"
said Uncle Nat, good-naturedly.
"With a handkerchief"
eyes, with a handkerchief. When I
was boy that is the way we always
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-22
Gum for the Cown.

A little fresh-air child saw herd OF
cows for the first time, and, after watch
ing them chewing their cuds, in amaze
ment he said deprecatingly TO the farm
er: 20, mister, do you have to buy gum
for all those cows to chew2n
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-22
10 ne warned by scent.

French newspapers are suggesting a
new system for the prevention of
marine accidents which proposes to
place strongly smelling chemicals in
fioatingreceptacles to beattached to the
existing light buoys and bell buoys.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-22
HANDY CONTINUANCE.

How to Make Ditching in Insecure
Soil Perfectly Safe.
1t is occasionally necessary to cut a
trench through soil that will not
"stand up" in the wall of the ditch.
Sandy soil is of this nature. To keep
the ditch open until pipe can be laid,
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-22
The Main Thing.

"These here quick.fring guns" said Rub
berneck Bill, critically examining the
weapon left by the gentleman who was be-
ing buried here quiek-fring guns
amt so important as a quick-drawing man
behind 'em."-Indianapolis Journal.