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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-23

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Washington. Jan. 22-The Senate Committee on
Pacific Railroads to-day favorably reported to the
Senate the bill introduced BY Chairman Gear. gro
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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-04-30
CORNER AND DRUM.

partly closed when desired. An open
ing in the side near the. bottom of the
lamp chamber. and one near the top
on the opposite sides, give fresh air for
the lamp and an exit for its fumes. The
lamp is inserted through small door
in the side of the box. One whole side
of the brooder chamber is a drop door,
for the easy sweeping out of the floor.
The top lin door, can have a pane of
glass in it, SO one may see the chicks,
and the thermometer hanging against
one side. Glass ON two sides gives
light. The top must fit very tightly.
If this brooder is to be used out of
doors, roof must be added, as indi-
Gated by dotted lines. The corners of
the breeders are cut off, as seen in Fig.
2, so that the chicks may not crowd
into them and the weak be trampled
upon and smothered by the stronger,
should the chamber ever become cold.
This is an important matter and should
not be overlooked. - Orange Judd
Farmer
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-04-30
HOMEMADE sRooDeR.

co,structed on Simple and at the
same Time Correct Principles.
The incubator has come to stay In the
noultry world. and many farmers are
,lso availing themselves of its advan-
,aces Where incubators are used, one
must have breeders, and unless these
.on be made at home, the expense of
a Matching plant" is very materially
increased. Fortunately, breeders can
10 constructed that will do very good
work. though of course they must be
vatcbed a little more closely than
would be necessary with the self-regu-
Iating breeders that one can buy.
A plan is shown herewith that gives
brooder constructed on simple and
Of the same time correct principles
The diagram, Fig. /, is very nearly self
explanatory. A box three feet square,
mr. whereabouts, has in the bottom a
brooder lamp or stove. Above this Is
a sheet of iron as large as the inside
Of the box, and supported at the four
sides, and by an iron prop near the
lamp, if it is inclined to sag. Make the
edges air-tight with cement, so that no
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-04-30

strips connecting the two longer run
ners should be two feet apart, to which
the tongue should be attached in the
center with one-half-inch bolts. and
forward of the front strip Is inches
should be bored a hole for attaching
doubletree and one feet forward OF
that for the neck-yoke spud. deep
slot should be cut in rear end of tongue
where attached and a shallow one in
front, so as to raise front end the right
height for neck-yoie on team, so that
the runners may stand level, thereby
preventing unnatural wear on rear end
of runners by being tilted up in front.
The boards marked S are l by G and
firmly nailed i'm place as shown, giving
great strength to implement.
The outer runners or wings are bolt
ed near the central ones with one-half-
inch bolts, 50 as to move up and down
freely. After cutting shallow slots near
the ends of the transverse connections,
fit them in deeper slots cut in runners
as seen at NJ, then nail the lath firmly
across them.
Modus Operandi.-Run the rows by
stakes. Use but three and cut them
21R times as long as your rows are wide,
j. e., for 31a-foot marker make the
stakes feet 0 inches long and sharpen
large end. In commencing field set
stakes right distance from one side for
first through (you can guess at thisl
four or five rods from end set the first,
the second in the middle, and the third
four or five rods from opposite end,
get your team with marker in range
with the stakes (Which of course were
set in line) and the driver standing on
marker with one foot near inside of
each center runner advances TO first
stake, stop. and removing stake, bumps
the top end against outside of outside
runner and raising same forces it into
the ground as a guide for the next
through; he then remounts and pro-
ceeds likewise with the middle stake,
but upon reaching the end stake drives
over same and stopping at the end
throws up both outside wings, turns
and drives up until in range with the
two stakes now standing, drops the
wings and advances until opposite the
stake just driven over when he stops
and sets the same as before, and thus
continues until the field is completed.
BY exercising little care sBillful
man can run lair lines" just as far as
| the stakes are visible.-L. M. Kramer,
! in Ohio Farmer.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-04-30

draws its supplies being Holland ana
France. France exports to other coun-
tries 600,000,000 eggs in a year. and Italy
exports 50O,00o,O0O eggs in year, chiefly
to Austria and Germany.
The dairymen of the United States
depend chiefly on the enormous home
market, and they have rivals in the ex-
port of American eggs in the Canadians,
Canada ranking next to France and
Italy and ahead of Denmark and Hol-
land as an egg-eXporting country.
canada exports to other countries 300,-
100000 eggs in year. For the fiscal
year of 1895 the treasury figures give
the total exports of American eggs to
foreign countries $4,000 dozen, which
is equivalent to 1.s12,0O0 eggs. In the
fiscal year 1896. however, the total ex-
portation of American eggs increased to
$4,000 dozen, or 3,936,O00 eggs. little
more than twice as much. The export
figures for this year indicate still fur
ther increase, and market for Amer
lean eggs is likely, therefore, to be Sc
cured in what the political campaign
orators are accustomed to call. some
what vaguely, the near future.
1t is a. somewhat curious fact that the
weight of eggs is materially larger in
northern than in southern climates.
Canadian eggs, for instance, are heavier
than those shipped from the United
States, and eggs in the northern states
OF this country are heavier than those
from the south.-N. Y. Sun.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-04-30
FACTS FOR FAR MERS.

The board of trade is buzz saw.
Don't monkey with it.
Clover improves the soil and makes
the best shay" in the world.
No soil was ever so rich that it could
not profitably utilize the manure made
on the farm.
If you can do twice the work with
new machine than you can with your
old one, buy new one.
Patronize your home people. Sell
your grain to the local buyer unless you
know he is swindling you.
We take little stock in the direct ship
nent of grain to cities. AS rule it
does not pay, in our Judgment.
Look before you leap, and if you do
you will not get swindled by slick
tongued imposters from the city.
The horse should be put to hard work
IN the spring gradually. The animal is
not in the best condition in early spring.
Try peas for stock. Sow broadcast
Or drill. They are at the top as green
forage for hogs. COWS OF any other
stock.
Sit down and cultivate bitter enmi-
ty to every weed that grows this season.
Try to feel toward it as dog does
toward a cat--Western Plowman.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-04-30
EGGS OF COMMERCE.
zig business Done in the Interna-
tiOnal Trading in Them.

zig business Done in the Interna-
tiOnnl Trading In Them.
There is standard joke in the variety
theaters, so often told that it has come
to have a familiar sound to the ears OF
patrons, concerning a remark made by
city man who heard that eggs had gone
down to cent apiece: Il don't see how
the hens can do it for the price" Not
withstanding the reduction in the price
OF eggs. and the almost unlimited sup
ply of them in almost all countries that
have developed their agricultural re-
sources, it is a fact that the trade in
eggs, their expectation from one coun-
try to another, has become large item
of international commerce, as some
recent figures show. The case of Dem
mark is in point. Denmark's trade in
eggs with foreign countries. chiefly
with England and Scotland, has grown
enormously. Twenty years ago the an
nual Danish export of eggs was 60O,-
600; now it is reckoned at 40, 100000. In
the same period the importation of eggs
unto England has increased tenfold. but
only a part of the whole number came
from Denmark, the two other egg ex-
porting countries from which England
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-04-30
Horse Kills Mountain Lion.

In Los Angeles, resident exhibits
the skin of a mountain lion, got in a
peculiar way He was riding leisurely
among the foothills when a mountain
lion crossed his path, and was stink
ing away. as it generally does, when he
rashly fired at it with a light shotgun
he carried. The lion, slightly wound
ed, came back in a rage and made dash
at him. The horse SHE'D and the man
was thrown, striking his head against
rock, and causing insensibility
When he came TO his senses. his horse
was standing over him. and dead lion
lay little distance away. He exam
med the beast. and found its skull
crushed like an ergghell The horse
had got a fair crack at him with his
heels. and made an end of him.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-04-30
TREE CHANGES ITS QUARTERS.
So Large II Took Three Weeks to
Move Ii Fifty Feet.

So Large Ii Took Three Weeks to
Move Ii Fifty Feet.
An unusual feat in the transplanting
line was accomplished recently here,
says the Pittsburgh Dispatch. An elm
tree so feet high and with trunk IS
inches in diameter, with roots and all,
was moved so feet. The tree is the
property of Mrs. William Thaw, and
stood on the line of the Beechwood
boulevard. where it traversed Mrs.
Thaw's property at Fifth avenue near
Shady avenue.
Mrs. Thaw desired to save the tree,
and Contractor John Eichleay under
took to move it. circular trench
was dug around the tree at distance of
ten feet from the trunk At depth
of six feet the workmen excavated I'M
der the tree, bracing the earth above
with timbers. The mass of earth, 20
feet across and six feet deep, in which
were imbedded the tree and its roots,
was then boxed in with planks. Screws
were placed beneath. the whole mass
raised and placed on rollers and moved
so feet to where the great hole had been
prepared for its reception. 1t was low
cred into place, earth filled in as the
screws were removed, and it stood as
firm as if it had grown there.
The tree was maintained in an up
right position by the weight of earth
at the roots. The whole mass weighed
20 tons. The work occupied about
three weeks, and number of photo
graphs of the tree while in transit were
taken.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-04-30
BUSINESS METHODS.
Why Farmers Should Look After
Their Insurance Policies.

Farmers sometimes forfeit their in
surance by neglect While the .mu-
tual companies do not, as we under
stand it, hold farmers to the strict
letter of the law, as do the stock COM
panies, but go more on the equities of
the case in their settlements than ON
strictly legal points. nevertheless 1T
lis wise to have everything straight
at the start and keep it straight. For
example, many farmers during the
year make additions to their build
iEgs. The company should be in
formed of this fact and additional
insurance, whether against fire, light
ming or tornado. should be taken out
to cover the increased value Many
farmers sell or trade properties during
the year and this vitiates their policy
unless an assignment is made, returned
issued. Where farmers do not sell
outright they frequently deed por-
tons of their property to their wives
or members of their families, thus
making a change of title and in each
case the policy should state the facts.
Another matter. In making out
policy always see that the property
that you wish to protect is specifically
mentioned in the policy and that it
is so mentioned that there can be no
dispute about it. For example, we
heard of case lately that is likely to
lead to litigation in a stock company
The farmer so insured carried so much
insurance on grains. A fire occurred
and in addition to the grains lot Of
clover seed was burned. The question
came up at once. is clover seed a grain?
It will be very difficult to prove that
it is. Therefore the policy should read
grain and clover seed, or any other
kind of seed.
Another matter. Always keep your
policy where you will know where to
get it should it be needed for any pur-
pose and If possible keep it in a fire.
proof safe. Bankers usually take care
of papers of this kind and it would be
a good thing to leave your policies
together with your banker, or in some
other place where they are as safe as
possible from fire.-Wallace's Farmer.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-04-30
BEES BY EXPRESS.
Some Valuable Hints Regarding
Packing and shipping.

Some Valuable Hints Regarding
Packing and Shipping.
An exchange gives the following di-
rections for packing and shipping bees:
The manner of packing depends some
what upon the kind of hive, and to some
extent on the season of the year. They
can be shipped any time of the year
when bees are flying. If the weather is
comparatively cool, as in the spring and
fall, they do not need so much ventila-
ton as through the warm months.
There is little danger, however, of Civ
Ing too much ventilation at anv time.
Just how the ventilation can best be
given depends upon the hive, but with
almost any hive you can have the en-
tire top covered with wire cloth, and
that makes the colony safe against
smothering. If the weather is hot the
bees need a supply of water on their
journey, which may be given by means
of sponge or a roll of rags saturated
with water and placed on the top of the
frames. If the hive contains loose
hanging frames, these must in some
way be made fast. This may be done
by driving nails through the ends of
the top bars down into the ends of the
hive, but the nails should not be
driven in their entire depth, leaving
their ends projecting so they can be
drawn with claw hammer. When
placed on the cars. let the frames run
parallel with the track; on q wagon
they should run crosswise.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-04-30
AMONG THE POULTRY.

Save all the feathers.
Wheat is one of the best egg produc-
ing foods.
Sunhower seed promote laying and
good health.
Keep the tail and wing feathers sep
arate from the others.
Chaff is a good material for the nests
OF the early sitting hens.
The secret of raising goslings is to
keep them dry and warm.
Young fowls need bone meal to sup
ply strength and vigor to the growing
frame.
1t will require an average of one
pound of grain per week for ten weeks
to feed chick.
If chicks are allowed free run on
light warm days it will add consider
able to their vigor.
The use of cross-bred cocks often
prevents uniformity in the color and
characteristics of the chicks.
New blood in poultry is the basis of
beauty, vigor, prolifcalness. Introduce
1t at least every two years.
Ii the large white breed of ducks are
kept the feathers will be nearly as valu-
able as those from the geese.
Winter layers depend upon early pull
lets. Early pullets depend upon early
settlers and early settlers upon winter
layers.
Keep the yard and poultry-house
floors sprinbled with air-slalled lime
and there will be fewer cases of roup.-
1T. Louis Republic.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-04-30

two eyes, f, for bottom gate eyes will
answer). To make them stronger, the
two top eyes, f, should be fitted with
nuts. Make bottom of beams, c c, so
they will go in bottom eyes and make
the other end with small crock for
kettle to hang in. Take two pieces of
iron, 8 d, and rivet them ON each side of
beams, c; rivet a hook in the other end
to hook in top eyes, Bolt the piece of
iron, e, to crosspiece b, so they will
drop down between pieces d d, and lock
beams so that they cannot swing from
over the fire. To remove the kettle
from the fire, remove lock and the
beam can be swung either way. find
it very convenient way for rendering
lard. If lard is foaming or getting too
hot, it can easily be swung from over
the fire until danger is over and when
done, the kettle need not be removed
from the beams until the lard is taken
Out.-H. M. Hodson. in Farm and Home.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-04-30
EASTMAN KODAK CO.
Rochester, N. y
apl. oily. 1897.
MATCHMAKING IN JAPAN.
The Most SISiIIfuI Workers In the
World and the Poorest Paid.


World and the Poorest Paid.
The competition of japanese matches
is already being severely felt in Europe
an markets, says the Pittsburgh Dis
patch. After supplying the home mar
ket, the japanese send 100000, 900 box
es to the rest of the world. mostly. how
ever. to Asia. This has destroyed the
European match trade in India. China
and Hong Kong, but so far il has not af-
fected the trade in America to any ex-
tent. That it will shortly do so. how
ever, is. in the opinion of Robert p Por-
ter, certain. Mr.. Porter says that dur
ing his stay in Japan on an official in
vestigation the output of at least one
large match concern at Osaka was Sc
cured by an American syndicate. Osaka
produced last year 100.O00,000 dozen
boxes of matches employing 1929 men
and OIL women TO say nothing of the
innumerable children who earn few
sen per day in the work One of the
largest factories employs $500 hands.
The sticks are cut by machinery. They
are sifted into little boxes by women
and collected and put in frames by tiny
waits of children. some of whom are
under ten. The sulphur and paraffine
are put on by hand presses and then
dried in the sun. The boxes are made
and the labels put on by little girls,
whose fingers are so nimble that the
human eye is incapable of following
their movements as the purple and yell
low boxes drop. more than one second,
into the huge baskets at their sides.
Over ~ hours day these little crea-
lures labor for wages which range from
one cent to five cents of our money.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-04-30
Irrigation ON the Farm.

In laying out system of bitches for
Irrigation purposes good care and time
should be observed. Ditch lines should
be run az much as possible on the high
parts of the farm, and the grade should
be light, about four feet to the mile be-
ing about what ordinary soils will best
stand. The ditch should always be
larger than is apparently necessary.
Both ditch and bank should be built
broad, and particular care given to
prevent the liability of little stream
Of water starting out from the side
somewhere and cutting away both
ditch and bank and inundating the
Gold -Qalcnta Field and Farm
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-04-30
szsyG lSw
EARMs&fGARDEN.
W 77ss q ,.As11ss>>>Ale sN7tc|
GOOD CORN MARKER.
1t Has Given Satisfaction to All Who
Have Used 1t.

l made a corn marker like the dia-
gram herewith, about eight years ago.
1t has done faithful service annually
for myself and neighbors ever since.
but now | find it worn and disjointed
almost beyond repair. In planning to
make another because of it's admirable
adaptation to it's special use, the great
satisfaction it gives to those who use
it. and the ease with which any farmer
handy with tools can make it, am
prompted to send a description and
drawing for the benefit of other read
ers.
The runners are preferably made of
hard wood SAVED by 10 inches; the
outside ones 2Hs feet long on top and
the two middle ones feet long. For
my use they are fixed 31a feet apart
The transverse strips which secure
them may be of 1h by Pinch stuff. ex-
cepting front piece in center to which
tongue is attached, which should be
2 by for greater strength. The cross
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-04-30
LABOR SAVING DEVICE.

and nest is made in one end, as shown
in the engraving, the top and front hav-
ing been removed to show the interior.
The bottom of the box is covered with
road dust, or coal ashes and shelf for
setting in water and cracked corn
The best feed for sitting hens. Open
lngs for air are made in each end. A
hen can be placed on the nest, the cover
of the box put on, and biddy left to her
own devices until she brings off her
brood. This plan takes away much of
the care usually experienced in setting
hens in spring.-Orange Judd Farmer.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-04-30
sonoro,o tho rIoclr.

The first thing to do with flocks that
are kept on farms rather than on
ranches is to separate the flock into a
number of small ones, each composed
of one kind, and having regard to sex,
age and general condition. The weak
ones should not be placed with the
strong. The weather or stock flock
should be in one flock, the breeding
ewes in another, and the lambs in an
other, If the best results are to be Sc
cured.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-04-30

1t is mistake to keep the laying hens
with those which do not produce eggs,
for the reason that the. layers require
more food than the others. and do not
receive it. Usually when hens do not
lay they are too fat, and should be fed
on foods containing but little grain, and
also fed sparingly; consequently, when
all the hens are together. the non-pro-
ducing hens may become fatter while
the layers do not receive enough. It
does not pay to feed hens that do not
give a return for the food consumed
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-04-30
Had Her Fixed.

Dobkins-You don't seem to be in any
hurry about going home tonight, old
boy.
Fogg-No; the fact is shall find my
wife in angelic temper, no matter how
late it is. She was going to fortune
teller this afternoon.
"Yes?"
"Don't you see? i went there before
and gave the fortune-teller fiyer OF
course Mrs. F. will ask about me, and of
course 1 shall get my five dollars
worth. P"-Bos>on Transcript.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-04-30
CROSS SECTION OF BRooDER.

fumes from the lamp can get up above
the sheet iron. Have a sheet iron
drum made as indicated in Fig. and
set this into the brooder floor, filling
In the rest of the floor about the drum
with cement, that there may be no
danger from fire. The drum need not
be over six inches in height. 1t has
q half dozen openings under the top, as
shown in the sketch. When the lamp is
lighted. air enters at one side above
the sheet iron, is heated and rises in
the drum, passes out through the open
ings into the chick chamber and is
diffused about it. Three or four venti-
lating holes are in the wall near the
floor, for the exit of cold air. This gives
a constant movement of warm air into
the brooder. These openings can be
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-04-30
RENDERING LARD.
Simple and Handy Device Which
Makes the Task Easy.

The illustration portrays simple
and handy device for heating water and
rendering lard IN kettles. l made the
pieces, C, out of the iron gangs of am
old cultivation; any kind of light iron
will do for balance. Set two parts, a.
common fence posts) in the ground.
Cut mortise in top for crosspiece b
and pin them so the weight of the
kettle will not pull them together, Get
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-04-30
FOR SITTING HENS.

Device That Is Easily Made and
Saves Lots of Trouble.
A labor-saving device for use in set
ting hens is shown herewith. A shoe
or grocery box of sufficient size is taken,