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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-08-20

I have hsd some experience I'm ia
use of nucl. in one way. have never
iried it az Professor Sanborn speaks OF
Va its natural state, .aot even when fer
mented with manure or sweetened with
lime or ashes. / have only used it as
an absorbent when perfectly dry (air
drieG), writes John Webster in Our
Grange Homes. i cut the peat from the
meadow with spades made for that
/ purpose, and after proper handling 1t
I y stacked, and when dry it Is hauled
! 70 shed near by where It is stored for
'nture use In this state if the peat is OF
good quality it Is good fuel as well az
a fertilizer, and this is one Of the uses
hat make Of it, have burned about
eight to ten cords a year Of it for nine
years and find 1t good fuel, being for
some Purposes better than wood, and
lasting and burning about like hard
wood. il will burn in any kind Of a
stove or fireplace readily. 1t will ordi-
narily make from seven to ten per
cent of ashes. or about two barrels to
The cord. which are very valuable as
fertilizer for clover, peas and grass
generally. / put on about one-half
bushel to the square rod and think
that the ashes about pay the expense
OF cutting the peat. In handling this
fuel there Is a certain amount OF waste
which J use as an absorbent. If there
Is not enough of this one can maui up
enough IN day to last a month, this
pulVerized muck or peat l use in tina
stable behind the COWS. One busheI
basket fun is enough to keep the door
dry behind twenty cows through the
night. In the morning haul the ma
nure back from the platform and dry
the floor TO milk on by scattering on
about three pecks more Of the same. /
This Will make everything as dry az /
dusty road in August, and will seye
all the urine ana places the muck Itself f.
in the best condition to become avail 1
able as a fertilizer. One cora contains
sevcnty-tye heaping bushels, which
would last as l use it six weeks.
think that if farmers would try this
way once that they would certainly find
It saving over any other way. This
dry peat is also one of the very best
absorbeFts and deodorizers to use in
drying and handling night soil, and ia
every way better and cleaner than road
dust Muck beds are plenty everywhere
IN New England and Canada, and this
seems to be the way to use them. Wet
muck is too heavy to handle much.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-08-20

ing slowly. But they got It IN
their heads that they could live
easier and do better By moving to
town and going into some business.
And they went, renting the farm Ihey
borrowed money on II, and put that
with what they had and started a gro
Gerry store. He Is a man OF more than
average ability. They all worked ear
" and late for success. Last year
however. was too much for them. They
had 70 trust out too much. and the
iaborlng people had 50 little money
and there was 30 much competition
among The dealers to get that, that the
weakest had TO 90 down. The sherih
has sold the farm, and everything else
- gone. They have nothing. As they
are particular friends OF ours, we feel
doubly sorry for them. Now, my gooa
friends. don't you often think that
farming IL "A poor business, and wish
you were out OF It and at something
else? And don't you know that the
usual result would be about az descriD-
ed abovaY You cannot sell your farm
and put your money into any business
today that Is honorable and legitimate
and safe that will pay you as Wen
Let us look this matter squareiy Ia the
face. and take courage and 50 ehead
and make the best OF our business.
There Is no chance to do any better, as
n rnlo. nor as well. all things consid-
cred, with the capital invested. was
talking the other day with a shrewd
old gentleman, who has considerable
property. lie remarked; Il Keep
enough money In farm land to support
myself and family well II everything
else went 10 the dogs. ] risk the rest
in business" There ID nothing safer
than good farm land We have got
enough. too, to support us Well, no mat
ter what comes. People must eat, and
Farmers can always live. on the aver
age. A family out OF debt. owning
good farm. reasonably improved, are |
well fixed IN this worlds goods.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-08-20

Our experiment stations 8re looking
into almost everything and among 9TH
er things endeavoring to determine the
amount of The draft Of the plow that
is used for different parts Of the work
AT the University Farm of New York
1t was foun that So per cent of the
total draft Is used for cutting the fur
row, 80 per cent in overcoming the
friction Of the sole and land slide, and
but twelve per cent in turning the fur
row. In 1867. Hon. J. Stanton Gould
found that 55 per cent was expended
in cutting the furrow, 35 per cent in
overcoming the friction, and ten per
cent in turning the furrow. Pulver-
izing is done altogether by the mold
board in turning the furrow, and hence
the Importance OF having the mold
board do precisely what the farmer
wants at a particular time. Really ev-
cry plow should have three o. four diff
ferent mold boards; one il it is desired
to throw tho furrow fiat and cover up
rubbish, another If it is desired to kink
the furrow, leaving 1t rough as possible
in fall blowing, and perhaps one OF
two more covering purposes between
these two extremes. We think there
will be a good deal more attention paid
10 matters of this kind in the future
than in the past, as farmers are really
but beginning to study the subject OF
.illage.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-08-20

Much has been written about clean
ING land and keeping it clean without
any summer following; indeed, summer
following is looked upon by many as
old-fashioned and out of date, but
where a farm is dirty and foul with
noxious weeds, thistlos. charlock.
couch. or any other weeds. We know
NJ no method OF cleaning It equal to
n good thorough summer fallow. Be
sides cleaning the land, summer fall
lowing Is the best preparation for a
erop of wheat. and we have often OBJ
served how much better land that has
been prepared and Is in good manurial
condition viii withstand our usual
summer droughts than other land OF
the same quality not prepared does
when that hishly-favored people, the
children of Israel. were promised a
land fsaid 10 lac one of the fairest and
most fertile portions OF the EARTH God
them to allow the land to
lie untitled every seventh year. and on
eaeh occasion when the command is
given or renewed. this idea, among 9TH
ers IA "it Is 8 year of rest unto the
land " then shall il rest and lie STILL"
and because the chosen people dis
oheved and neglected this command, |
they were carried into captivity until /
tho land had enjoyed her Sabbaths, be- /
rause Il did net rest In your Sabbath /
when ys dwolt in the land. Walter /
Rlddell.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-08-20

Cost of Bad Roads.-Were 1t possible
10 estimate the extra dollars and cents
intailed for repairs to wagons and car
fiages, the wear and tear of horse.
mule and OK flesh over wretched roads,
md the delays caused in winter by
heir iDlpassability, the aggregate
would bO startling and would, it may
reasonably be assumed, reach a sum
hr in excess of what would be needed
% provide good roads and keep them
m good condition. And if to the econ
,my referred to be added the Increased
salue OF property, and last. but not
east. the comfort of farmers and their
families. there would be an overwhelm.
ing argument in favor of immediate
action. The work is a stupendous one
when Waved as a whole, but a begin
ning once made and the advantages
clearly demonstrated, there would be
steady iuiprovement.-Ex.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-08-20
Doctoring Fowls.

n THE A p G OF
poultry culture, j.
II. Davis, the au-
thor, says: Doctor
ing fowls is time
and money wasted.
If 1 ever cured a
fowl of any Attic
ton l do not know
it. OF course a few
got well, but they
might have got well
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-08-20

Catering to Customers-The GUS
toners sre the ones to please. 1t mat
ters not what the farmer may wish to
do. he must conform his operations
according to the demands OF the mar
ket in which he sells. II the custom
ers are satisfied with the articles they
receive the prices will be fair. and the
farmer will be able 10 dictate his terms
90 a certain extent; hut when the farm
or sends to market articles that are not
desired he simply Josef his time and
,abor.-Mx.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-08-20

Electrical Forcing OF Lilles.-Exper-
iments made this season in forcing
Easter lilies with electric light prove
that II viii probably pay commercially
to use electric iisht when the buds are
an inch long in order to hasten their
expansion and that the light must
pass through glass to avoid burning the
petals.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-08-20

Strawberry Plaats II NSSiss-Straw-
berry plants want food, water and sun
shine: these may be better obtained
In hills than when plants are grown
IN the thick, matted rows. In growing
strawberries in hills. We get something
choice, and they yield much greater.
,stisfaction.-T. c. HEWITT
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-08-20
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AORIcULTURISTS.
some Up-fo-Date Hints About cultiva-
zion OF tho Soil and Yields Thereof
Horticultural, yitioaiture and Fiorl-
culture
stick to the Farm.

FRIEND OF ours
owned a good farm
a few years ago,
about two miles
from a thriving
city, writes T. b.
Terry. IN Practical
Farmer. lie and
his soma lived
on It and h a d
a fine home and
" ere prOsp err
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-08-20
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.

How Successful Farmers Operate This
Department of the Farm-A Few
Hints as to the Care of Live Stock
and Poultry.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-08-20

Read good agricultural paper II YOU
want to know how agriculture is pro-
crossing.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-08-20

Prices of Butter and Cheese.-Ths
relation existing between the cheese
ana butter solids of milk is such thai
the producer receives equivalent val
ues Tor his milk when the Wholesale
price OF butter is approximately two
ana one-half times as much as it is
Tor cheese. When the ratio of nrices
Is less than this, milk can be made
INTO cheese with more profit. AT the
present writing the market quotations
Oh butter are about twice those of
cheese and it should be noted that
greater activity is being shown in
cheese circles this spring than has
heretofore been the case for SOM,
years.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-08-20

Standard Varieties of Chickens.
Langshans. = Langshans are +ha
smallest and most active OF the As,a..o
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-08-20

Keep clean fresh water always betor.
your poultry. Clean water and an
airy. dry and clean poultry house ara
the best preventives of disease known
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-08-20

1t takes more time to recover from
oyerwork than can be gained by It
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-04-23
EDITORIAL.
WAR IN THE EAST.

War has been declared between
Turkey and Greece, and already
some severe fighting done. What
the powers accomplished by their in
reference is not apparent, except to
demonstrate that they are all ieal-
GUS of each others, and perhaps only
awaiting favorable opportunity to
open the ball all around. Russia
wants the Bosphorus and all stand
ready to take something. The time
is rapidly approaching when new
order of things must be instituted.
The standing armies of Europe and
the immense navies are sapping the
life blood of the people and heaping
up mountains of debt.
If peace can be maintained only
by such means, and if powerful
fleets of ironclads and millions of
troops are necessary to hold together
the Empires of Europe, the cost is
greater than the benefit to the peo-
pie, and in the near future there
must be a new adjustment. The
burdens of taxation in some of those
countries are now so great that the
masses are in a revolutionary frame
of mind, and a spark may kindle
the smouldering flames. Should
the cupidity of the powers, and
some of them were never in a better
position to assert it, be tempted by
this opportunity a general war tc
the end that coveted territory may
be acquired might easily follow the
present outbreak. The map of Eu.
rope may be readjusted,a lat all events
it seems as though Europe might be
on the very verge of a radical
change, and that if war is averted
there will come a great reduction in
her armies. If general upheaval
arises it may ultimately result in
the same manner. The armies are
a menace to peace and a burden to
the prosperity of the people which
cannot with safety be continued
Our country is in no danger of be-
coming involved in the difficulty
and much as we may deplore a con-
tinental war it may after all be the
only means of breaking down the
present ruinous policy which some
nations maintain, and in the end
give their people release from the
menace and cost of a vast standing
army in times Of peace.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-04-23

more natural, artistic, gayer, pret-
tier and more becoming. Their
manufacture has become so skillful
that 1t is difficult to distinguish the
artificial from the real, and this in
dustry gives employment to an
army of women aud children, and
occasions rejoicing among those
who starve for bread. 1t is estim
atel that the craze for bird orna-
ments caused the destruction an
nually of between two and three
hundred million birds. to say no
thing of the vast number of little
hedgeling starved to death by being
deprived of the mother birds care,
for it is at at nesting time that the
plumage is most brilliant and the
bird an easier victim beciuse of its
desire to protect its young No
doubt when ladies reflect, as they
seem to BE- doing they will enter
heartily on the crusade against this
wholesale killing of or feathered
friends, and their innate sympathy
will go out to redress the wrong
which has been done.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-04-23
~ |. A. ". Meet.

The clans are already preparing to
gather in the good old Quaker town
of Philadelphia next August, the
Executive Committee being daily in
receipt of communications asking
for information regarding rates,
quarters, etc, the answering Of
which has necessarily been delayed
until the committee to which they
are TO be submitted have been fully
made up. Western Pennsylvania,
from all appearances, will he especi-
ally well represented, while the New
England States promise to be
equally so. A letter received from
Henry G. Nickerson, of the Trans
portatirn Committee of the Massa-
chusetts Division of the J.. A w,
asks for pointers regar ing the ac-
commOdation of a club of about
three hundred, which that gentle
man and others propose to organize.
Their idea is to have each member
of the club subscribe certain
amount each week until August /,
with the understanding that the
amount so collected will pay the en-
tire expenses of the party during
the meet. This is IA good scheme,
and has been adopted by similar
parties, large and small, in many
other sections of the country. from
which it may be gathered that next
August's meeting will be the most
thoroughly representative affair of
the kind in L. A. w. history,
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-04-23

FARMERS, if war becomes general
in Europe there will be a great de
mand for our products, and prices
may be good. If you do not make
preparations now for such posi-
BILE contingency, it will be too late
when it arrives. We should not
hope to fatten on the misfortnAes of
others, but if they do rain prosper
ity your vessels should be all right
side up when the showers come. If
the angel of peace spreads her wings,
you will not regret having a super
abundance. Put forth all your en-
ergies for better crops, and more
economy in raising them, the lessons
you thereby learn will be of great
profit in the end, whatever else may
happen.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-04-23

OUR modesty will hardly allow rs
TO concur in the sentiment ex-
pressed by a correspondent as to the
excellence of the PREss, but we are
trying to publish newspaper which
will give such national, state and
local news that if our subscribers
read no other they will be well in
formed and intelligent as to current
events in the world. 1t is highly
gratifying to know that we are max
ing a commendable effort.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-04-23
FLOWERS FOR BoNNErs.

The preference given by ladies' to
flowers over birds, as ornaments for
bonnets, was marked at the Easter
display of millinery in the large
cltie.. 1t is hoped that the women
begin to realize the extent to which
song and wild birds have been
slaughtered to crafty the whim OF
fashion, ana that they appreciate
the cruelty of the sacrifice of our
featherea friends. Flowers are
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-04-23
Secret Societies.

MILFORD LODGE, No. 344, f. g. A. NJ. :
Lodge meets Wednesdays on or before
Full Moon at the Sawkill House, Milford,
Pa, n. Emery, Jr., Secretary, Milford
Godfreid Wieland, w. NJ. Milford, Pa.
VAN DER MARX LODGE, No S2S, I. o.
o. #: Meets every Thursday evening at
7.30 p. m, Browns Building. Geo. Dau-
man, Jr., Sec'y. ID. H. Hornbeck, n. &
PRUDENCE REBEKAH LODGE, 1877, !. O.
O. f. Meets every second and fourth Fri
days in each month in Odd Fellows Hall,
Browns building. Mrs. Alice Hornbeck
n q. Miss Katie Klein, Sec'y.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-04-23
WILSON'S TARIFF LETTERS

WILSON'S TARIFF LETTERS.
Hon. w. L. Wilson is writing a
series of letters to the New York
Herald on the Dingley Tariff Bill.
He characterizes the duty on wool as
a relic of barbarism, and tries to show
that no one hereafter can afford to
buy suit of wooden clothes. He
says the sheep industry in the coun-
try is insignificant and that the tar
iff on wool will only aid a very few
Mr.. Wilson is a beautiful theorist
and marshals figures with ease and
grace, but after his tariff bill and its
baneful results it would seem as if a
dignifed silence would be most be-
coming to him. He might address
his letters to those Democrats in the
South, who refuse longer to have
the wool pulled over their eyes by
such empiricists, and who have
found the tariff teachings of dilet-
tants to be fallacious, AMI ruiuous
to the prosperity of the country.
Mr. Olney should write on trusts,
and the Cleveland administration
generally might now enlighten the
country by a series of letters on
what it knew about Cuba, Hawaii,
and various other things. Such
post mortem lore would be graceful
in keeping before the minds of the
people the fact that they had four
years of Grover and something they
fondly called clover
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-04-23
CHURCH DIRECTORY
MILFORD

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Milford;
sabbath services at 1880 A. NJ. and 7.30 p.
W. Sabbath school Immediately after the
morning service. Prayer meeting We'd
nesday at 7.3OP. NJ. * cordial Welcome
will be extended to all Those not at
tachod to other churches are especially in.
vitcd, REV. THOMAS NICHOLS, Pastor.
CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD, Mil
ford: Services Sunday at 1890 A. NJ. and
330 p. NJ. Sunday school at 2.3O P. NJ.
Week day services Friday .4.o0 p. NJ. Seats
free. All welcome.
b. 5. LAssITER, Rector.
NJ. +. CHURCH. Services at the NJ. T..
Church sundays: Preaching at 10 3Q( ,
m. and at Z 30 p. m. Sunday school q /,
.. m. Epworth league at 6.45 p. m.
Weekly prayer meeting on Wednesdays at
730 p. m. Class meeting conducted by
VIM. Angle on Fridays at 7.30 p. IN. An
earnest invitation is extended TO anyone
Who may desire TO worshsp with us
REV. w. r.. NEFF, Pastor.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-04-23

That the municipal authorities in
tend to second the efforts of the A.
c. c. in making next August's meet
a record breaker is evidenced by the
following communication addressed
to the chairman of the Subscription
Committee by his Honor Charles
Warwick, Mayor of the city:
coffee of the Mayor.
".Messrs. Walter A. Bailey, G. T.
Harrop and others:
Dear Sirs - ann in receipt OF
your letter Of the 18th in which you
state that the City of Philadelphia
has been selected for the annual Ma
tional Meet of the League Of Ameri-
can Wheelmen, and that you are de-
sirous of obtaining my hearty CO.
operation and that of the different
city departments under the Admin
istration. In answer let me say
that / stand ready to do all in my
power to assist in making the meet a
successful one, and the authorities
will join with you in carrying into
effect the plans that may be arranged
for that occasion. You have my
hearty approval in the matter.
"Very truly yours,
"CHARLEs L. WARWICK. "
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-04-23

near by cotemporary in one issue
takes two items bodily from the
Pass and credits them to another
paper it looksas if the scissors edi-
tor knew the taste Of other season
able things besides news.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-04-23

Harrisburg April 21.-The board OF
pardons has recommended commuta-
tion Of the death sentence imposed upon
James b. Gentry for the murder Of
Actress Madge Yorke to imprisonment
for life. Governor Hastings approved
the recommendation. Gentry was to
have been hanged next Thursday.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-04-23

The New York Sun says, "Shoddy,
Ell? The American consumer did
not know what shoddy clothing was
until the blessed Wilson bill gave it
to him in appalling quantities. That
law made our people 50 poor that
there was a demand and an ability y
to pay for only the cheapest and
meanest clothing; so the British
producer sent our manufacturers
millions of pounds of shoddy, where
formerly we had used none at all. "
In two years the imports of cloth
leaped from seven to about thirty
millions of pounds, And this man
Wilson is now writing letters say
ing that a wool duty is relic Of
barbarism Well, what is he relic
of =?
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-04-23

Middletown. N. Y, April 16.-Heavr
rains in this vicinity have raised the
trout streams. greatly to the disap-
pointment of several hundred fishermen
from New York en- route to Sullivan
county. The water is muddy. The cold
wave brought out overcoats at the re-
sorts. Big hreplaces viii be more at
tractive than wading through the
efrearne
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-04-23

AND now they say Mike Cassidy
and George Esser, Of Carbon have
harmonized, and that Mr.. Cassidy
wants to go to Congress from this
district. And there are few others.
too, who are squirting that way.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-04-23

THE powers are now saying to
Turkey and Greece; &" If you will
fight, go on, but we are ready to
gobble up the results and see that
you gain nothing byit.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-04-23
NOTICE.

All persons are hereby notified that
or burning papers or refuse of
any kind in the streets of the Borough is
prohibited.
BY order of the town council
j. G. CHAMBERLAIN,
President, pro TEN.
Attest, d. H. HORNBECK, Sec'y.
Milford, May 3, 1896.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-04-23

Albany April 21.-Governor Black has
signed the Raines liquor taxlaw amend
ment bill. The principal amendment
provides for the taxation Of clubs where
lanor Is served The same as saloons.