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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-12
Ola n1lre from Hogs.

1t is probably becausc hogs are mainly
fed on corn. which is SO largely carbon.
that their manure is slow to heat When
they are fed on milk. wheat middlings
and oats, the manure is much richer bur
no matter what the feed the hog lnanur..
will not decompose 50 fast as that Of the
horse. The best way t. make hog ma
nure useful is to mix it with the .1cre-
ment of ether animals. The hog will do
this himself if allowed to root over i,iIt.s
of fresh excrement from horses or COWS
fed on grain. When tn" hog is kept by
VOID eXcrement in some corner as far az
possible from his bed.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-12
FIELD

composition Of coal and then. we can
get rid OF the: steam engine, but. until
then we shall have to consider the cleo
stric current nothing more or less than an
agent through which the steam engine
may do it's work. # s..}<%z szs
III All this, and good deal more which
there is not room here to explain, John
learned from his 4, friend the electrician q
had before helped in making the dyna-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-12
E2gS in Winter.

If hens do not lay in winter it is the
poulterer's fault. Most often the reason
is that the fowls were not got through
moulting before cold weather began. and
have taken to fattening instead of to c.s
production. This is because too much
grain and other fat-forming food has been
given. There should be but little grain
which should be wheat. and fed with
clover cut into small bits. which fowls
will eat readily in winter. To each fowl
should be given per day an ounce of cut
green bone, which will be srecdiy eaten.
and do more TO promote egg production
than will any other kind of fuod
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-12
How Long Shall Cows Go Dry:

AS the time for dropping her calf APP
pr"aches. unless the COW is we'll fed. the
b" unfavorably affected. it does not Day
to let the cow get in this condition. as
the calf may be injured. 1t is much bet
ter policy to feed the cow literally. thus
securing a paying milk flow to within a
This will increase the dairy value of a
calf. it Il heifer. 1t is by thus forcing
the dairy capacity of COWS that this capa.
city for giving milk has been increased.
Under the conditions which affect the
wild COW her calf never could suckle her
more than two or three months in a year.
Now some of the best breeds have the
milk capacity developed so largely that
unless care is taken the bag will sping
for the coming calf before the flow of
milk from the previous year has been
stopped. This is bad for the COW. and
should be avoided if Observation-Disclosures
Cultivator.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-12
Digestion Of Young Animals.

No young animal has strong Digestion
1t is. therefore. wise provision Of ma
ture that It's first food comes by suck
ling. which is slow as well as difficult
process. so that the animal has to stop
and rest frequently before completing it,
meal. All this is to prevent til" stpm-
ach from becoming overloaded until such
time as by use it has been strengthened
When farmers feed young stock they
should consider that what may be harm
less for older animals will not do ~ all
for yearlings. This is especially nota-
BILE i'll feeding articles which, though
very nutritious, are also hard to digest.
Much young stock has been killed or
meal. 1t is a valuable feed. but even
with older stock should be given only il,
moderate doses. and mixed with food
less nutritiyc. SO as to give the stomach
chance to digest it.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-12
Athletics for Women.

Already there is talk of the organiza-
ton of WOmen'S athletic clubs in some of
the large cities This should cause no
surprise. A higher physical develop
ment for women is required by the rapid
advancement of the sex in those pastimes
oliZcd by men. Public sentiment has
undergone Il marked change in the past
few years, making it possible for women
to engage in athletics for the improve
ment of her physical wcll-being without
exciting mortified comment from those
who have a high regard for the propric.
ties of life. 1t is no longer commended
by any considerable number Of people
that in doing this she necessarily sacri-
fees tho dignity and refinement belonging
to an ideal American womanhood.
All modern arguments seem to be in
favor OF stronger and more rugged phys
ical development OH the part of the weak
or sex. 1t is the kind of development
that brings the strength necessary to sus-
tain the burdens and trials of matcrni-
ty, the obligations of wifchood. the duties
of homc-making, the responsibilities Of
official trust and the cXactiOnS of the
various fields of usefulness that have
been opened to women Ill over the coun-
try. There has been an evolution of the
popular conception of the ideal woman.
She may represent the highest type of
woman}y grace and refinement and still
boast OF wel-trained muscles. steady
nerves. Il healthful digestion and sound
organization. The woman who has been
taught to fill only the place of the ''cling
ing vine is untitled for the newer condi-
tons of life. She is unpremred for any
of the many emergencies that may bur-
den her with responsibilities and duties
requiring strength, sclf-confidcncc and en-
durance. Encouragement should be Civ
on to every form of athletics, properly
conducted that promise to increase the
bodily strength and health of women.-
January Woman's Home Companion.
A National Song Written Under Hot Fire.
THE Star Spangled Banner was writ
ten by Francis Scott Key at the time of
at attack on Fort McHenry. made by
Admiral Cockburn ON September Il,
1914. Key was held as a prisoner in a
little boat moored to the commanders
vessel. Through the whole day and
night, exposed to the fire from the shore,
Key watched the flag on the fort, and,
at break of day on the 14th, saw it was
still waving-"our flag was still there
Then, taking an old letter from his peck
ct, he rested it on a barrel head, and, ut
fever heat, wrote the poem, which he
called The Defense of Fort McHenry."
William George Jordan in Ladies'
Home Journal.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-12
The Heal Farm,

The ideal farm is the one from which
not an ounce of raw material is sold
VI course, actually. such state Of af-
fairs is an impossibility, especially when
the staples such as wheat and cotton.
are raised. But the larger percentage
OF Il crop utilized on the farm, the better
Tor the farm. An Arkansas tation ex-
pertinent has demonstrated that Of the
Hl1 worth of fertilizers used in growing
100 bushels of wheat. S13 worth Was re-
turned to the soil in the manure from
feeding the bran. ship-stuff and other
offals. If every farmer could haze all
his wheat ground on the toll system and
haul all the offal back to his stockyard,
there would be less money spent for fer
tiilzers and better crops of wheat raised.
Anu with other crops even greater
saving can be made. Let it, then, be
beef and pork. wool and mutton. l,utter
and eggs, fruit and honey, that We sell
rather than hay and corn and wheat.
Sell what staples you must. but know
YOU are doing it at the price IF your
farms life and fertility.
And it is the same, too, with ,ll:, ma
ton. The more finished products we OK
port, the greater our prosperity. Sccrc-
tary Morton's report calls attention to
IN the value of our agricultural exports
last year over those of the preceding
year, but more encouraging is the in
crease of S44.O00OOO in the value of ex-
ported manufactured products. for this
means, as the secretary says, IAN en-
larged wages fund.-" the element of chief
Importance in determining the prices the
farmer receives for his products Farm
News.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-12
Tho Sow and Pigs.


We have Il lot of pigs coming on in
February and are now going to give the
SOWS the good care necessary to keep
them in good health and strong and Wig
orouS for the support of the littcrs. says
II. c. Lucas in the Farm News. They
arc kept i'll warm, dry and clean quar-
tcrs. especial emphasis being put OH the
cleanliness of the breeding pens. They
arc not made too fat. but ut the same
time try to keen them from having
that hungry look about the ribs, that so
i'll becomes hog. The feed consists
Of Il little corn and milk and bran slop.
Rock sal. ard bone charcoal are Put
where the sows can get at it.
We do not bother the sows much for
the first day after the pigs come. al
though we try to be on hand at narrowing
time to remove any pigs that are dead.
and prevent the wretch from exercising
her natural cannibalistic instincts For
the first two or three days we feed the
SOW a lukeWarm mash nf some kind. and
not too much of it. We don't put her
on full feed for nearly q month. We
have q rye patch into which we turn her
and her litter Oh pleasant days, and be-
licve it is the best thing in the world for
them.
AS soon as tho pigs will take to the
trough we begin feeding them, providing
a separate trough to which the sow can
not get. Milk, with wheat middlings
and q little oil meal, or ground oats in
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-12
Water for Hens in Winter.

Hens need n constant supply of clean
water, which should be renewed and Civ.
en- warm at least once day. Lack of
drink will cause them to eat snow, which
is full Of air. and therefore increases
become fcverish aud rapidly decrease in
weight. \ single days neglect to fur.
nisl pure water may put the fowl back
in laying more than they can regain with
two months careful feeding and care.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-05-20

shelf. Clean it and polish it indeed! It
is rusted inside and out. The inside of
Of these barrels should dazzle you with
their brightness, and they're foul enough
to call for the services Of a chimney
sweep. The mounting is yellow and
scratched. The triggers work as though
they had been spiked. Here are Tommy's
initials cut in the stock. He has used
the wad cutter to perforate the case like
sieve, and he has dissected one hum
dred cartridges to get the powder out"
Don't be too hard on the boy, Will
liam. He must have amusement. told
him that he might play with the the gun,
but he must keep it clean, and he assured
me that he washed it every time he put
it away"
Washed it! Washed a gun worth
$500? Washed it with soap and water
and scrub broom, played the garden
hose on it, secured it with brick, and
dried it in the she'd Ye godsw And
the local wing shot hurried down town
for fear he would see Tommy, and in the
first heat OF his wrath would cripple him.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-05-20
wtIiie an d the sun.

Detroit Free Press Look at this gun
of mine" scowled a wealthy lover OF
sport who lives on Lafayette avenue, to
his wife. look at it good. There's a
iowling- piece that cost me $3.50 cold cash
madam. Barrels OF stub-twist steel,
carved stock of rosewood, silver mounted,
double-action triggers, pistol hsnd-hold,
made with as much care as a chronome-
ter, leather-case, breech-loader. with an
antiklck attachment, the greatest triumph
of the gunsmith. Look at it,"
81 am looking, William. | should
think the weapon needed cleaning and
polishing.
Great Scott woman, you talk as If
this gun was the kitchen floor or q pantry
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-05-20
The Canal of Joseph. .

How many of the engineering works OF
the nineteenth century will there be in
existence in the year COCO? Very few,
We fear, and still less those that will con-
tinue in that far-off age 70 serve a useful
purpose. Yet there is, at least, one great
undertaking conceived and executed by
an engineer which during the space oil
four thousand years has never ceased its
office, on which the life oi certain prov.
ince absolutely depends to day. We
refer to the Bahr Joussuf-the canal oil
Joseph-built, according to tradition, by
the son of Jacob, and which constitutes
not the least Of the many blessings he
conferred on Egypt during the wears OF
his prosperous rule. This canal took lite
rise from the Nile at Asiut, and ran al.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-05-20
Good at Taking Medicine.

A Philadelphia physician tells this
story of a temperance crank: "a couple
OF weeks ago he fancied himself sick and
sent for me. ! told him that nothing
really allied him. What you need,
said, lis little stimulant-a little whis.
KY now and then will get you outdoors n
a day or two. Whisky he gssped f;
good heavens, doctor, the folks wouldn' t
stand that. Why, Pm Prohibitionist 2
oh, that's all right | said; "I'll send
you around jug of good stuff, and you
must take it in hot water, say three to
six times day" But, il send for bot
water he said, they'd suspect. / mean
my family and servants | thought a
minute, and then said: you shave,
don't you? just send down your shaw
ing-mug and get the hot water in that
This was on Saturday. On Monday |
called again. Everybody in the house
appeared to be greatly excited. What's
the row p inquired; how's the patient p
The whole family answered in chorus
Oh, he's all right physically, but he's
out of his mind completely. He's been
shaving once every seven minutes all
night and all day. He recovered"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-05-20
Governmental DIstribution OF Seeds

There is Il growing agitation against
OF seed by the government. The system
is too well known to the majority of our
readers to need any explanation but for
the benefit of city residents it may be
said that the government has been in the
habit OF doing out annually to Congress
men for distribution among their consti-
tutents about $4,000 worth OF seeds
This has been done with the expressed
object of securing reports from the users
rs to the results obtained. Whatever
theoretical advantage there may have
been in the proposal it has failed utterly
to produce any practical results, and ac-
cordlng to all reports the experiment has
degenerated into a positive farce. The
United States Agricultural Department
in its report on this subject says: "While
one purpose Of the law was to secure re
ports from the receivers as to the results
OF actual experiment, the reports actually
| received did not amount to one. hundredth
OF one per cent OF the persons supplied
A careful review Of the department re.
ports, especially those Of the chiefs of the
seed division during the past decade. in
which over 81 100000 was expended for
free seed distribution, fails to reveal a
single instance of benefit to agriculture
| attributable to this distribution" In the
face of this official statement, one asks
| with no small amount OF bewilderment,
why did the last agricultural bill, which
recently passed both houses of Congress
contain an appropriation Of $4,000 for
carrying on this paIpsbe folly? II Con-
gressmen can see any sound ethical or
| political reasons for a pste;nal distribu.
ton of seeds, why should they stop just
here? Why not appropriate another
$4,000 for spades, ploss and fertilizers
As matter of fact, the system is wrong
in principle as well as a failure in prac-
tlce, and 1t is to be hoped that this year
will see the last Of it.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-05-20
NORTH YAKIMA. WASHINGTON. THURSDAY, MAY 90 1897.

most parallel with 1t for nearly two hun
drei and fiityimies, creeping along under
the western clffs of the Nile valley, with
many bend and winding, until at
length it gained an eminence, as COM
pared with the river bed, which enabled
it to run westward through narrow pass
and enter district which was otherwise
shut Off from the fertilizng floods on
which all vegetation depends. The north
ern end stood seventeen feet above low
Nile, while at the southern end it was at
an equal elevation with the river.
Though this cut ran perennial stream,
which watered a province named the
Fayoum, endowing it with fertility and
supporting a large population. In the
time of the annual food great part of
the canal was under water, and then the
rivers current would rush in more di.
rect course into the pass, carrying with
it the rich silt which takes the place OF
manure and keeps the soil in constant
state of productiveness. All this, with
the exception of the tradition that Joseph
built it, can be verified to-day, and it is
not mere supposiion or rumor. Until
eight wears ago it was firmly believed
that the design has always been limited
to an irrigation scheme, larger, no doubt,
than that now in operation, as shown by
the traces of abandoned canals, and by
the slow aggregation of waste water
which had accumulated in the Birket ell
Quorum, but still essentially the same IN
character. Many accounts have been
written by Greek and Roman historians,
such as Herodotus, Strabo, Mutanus
and Pliny, and repeated in monkish
legends. or portrayed in the maps of the
middle ages, which agreed with the folk
lore OF the district. These tales explain
ed that the canal dug by the ancient
lsraelite served to carry the surplus wat
ers of the Nile into an extensive lake ly-
ing south of the Fayoum, and 60 large
that it not only modified the climate,
tempering the arid winds of the desert
and converting them into the balmy airs
which nourished the vines and olives
into a fullness and fragrance unknown
in any part of the country, but also added
to the food supply of the land such i'm
mense quantities of fish that the royal
prerogative of the right of piscary at the
great weir was valued at G25O,000 an
nually. This lake was said to be 450
miles around, and to be navigated by a
fleet OF vessels, and the whole circum-
ference was the scene of industry and
prosperity. -Engineering.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-05-20
HUMOROUS SHORT TALES
How Deacon Stubs Popped The Question
and was Accepted.
BRIDE DECLARES HERSELF CZARINL
A Prohibiiionist FINDS Il Necessary
TO "Shave" Every Seven Minutes
Pathetic story OF n weii.to-Do
wing.ShoCs Discovery.

Old Deacon Stubs rested his elbow.
on the rail fence and watched the wreath.
OF smoke that rose from his corncob pipe
But be shyly raised his eyes every few
moments, and glanced fondlv at plump
little woman, who was busily engaged il
picking potatoes from the rows of vines
on the other eide of the psling, says the
st. Louis Post Dispatch.
He finally removed the pipe from hi,
mouth, and in drawing, but earnest
tone remarked:
81 say, wilder, hain't to-day jist 9
year sence your old man got the fever
an sgur an shook off his mortal COLL"
Cum to think, Deacon" the woman
answered, as she made grab for a good
sized bug, at do be year to the day
An dreary year ct hez bin, Deacon"
"Jist 40, Wilder" continued the dea.
con, lowering his voice. "Hev you biz
lonesome like"
81 hev tibet same, Deacon"
"Hev you had hankering to get splcet
again, Widder?"
They hez bin times, Deacon, ez
wonld like to hev--"
81 say, Wilder" interrupted the dea
con, "hev you set your mind on snybud
dy yit?"
"Me? La, no, Deacon, er-thet is
hain't lowed anybody wanted Widde
Simmons"
"Er-I say, Widder, they is ones wha
would be wilin'."
"Who be they, Deacon" the widow
asked with animation.
oval, thar's ole Felix Foster, an Far
mer Dudley, an thar's-but say, Wild
der, low knows of one what 'ud b,
puffectly willin'."
"Who be it, Deacon ~
oval, low faint ettiketty fur an oil,
widderer like me to be playn' at court
in, but | mought be willin' to buck agir
life's river with Wilder Simmons"
"La, me, Deacon; never 'specteC
SIGH. Why, course, I'm willin', Deacon
eff you air"
"I'm willin', jist right now, Wilder
Here comes Parson Galley cross the
farm, an you an I'll git splced in less n
two minutes"
Parson Galley, after much surprise
asked the deacon and Widow Simmons
to join hands over the fence, and in q
short time the ceremony was over
"Now, Widder," said the deacon after
the parson had offered them blessing
"clim' right over the fence an grab my
arm. | want to take you home an in
troiuce you to my darter Carryline.
"I'm right within" the widow said, a,
she scrambled quickly over the fence
'but low plum now, eff your dartel
Carryline is sot agin this percedin', mt
an she is goin' to fit like two cats, anC
Of you take her part, Deacon. I'm goin
tn raise lump on your head ez big e1
tibet cowhouse yonder. Now, hearken tc
me, Deacon you wanted Wilder Sim
mons, an you've got to stan around an
do list ez Wilder Simmons SEE, an &c
does your darter Carryline, ef she hei
seed forty-seven summers, an got gray
| hairs"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-05-20
Three Curious Plants.

Three OF the most dangerous of vege-
tstive plants in the world are the Can
nibal tree" OF Australia. the death" or
"grapple plant" OF South Africa, and the
vegetable python" of New Zealand.
The "cannibal tree" grows up in the
shape Of huge pineapple, and attains a
height of IL feet. 1t has a series OF
broad, board.like leaves, growing in a
fringe at the Apex, which forcibly
brings to mind gigantic Central Ameri-
ca agave; and these board-like leaves,
from 10 to II feet IN the smaller speci-
mems and from ID to 20 feet in the larger,
hang to the ground and are easily strong
enough to bear the weight OF man OF
40 pounds or more. In the ancient
times this tree was worshipped by the
native savages under the name OF the
devil tree" part OF the interesting GER
emony being the sacrifice OF one of their
number to it's all too ready embrace. The
victim to be sacrificed was driven up the
leaves Of the tree to the apex, and the in
slant the so-called "pistis" of the mon
ster were touched the leaves would fly to-
gether like trap, crushing the life out of
the intruder In this way the tree would
hold its victim until every particle of
flesh would disappear from his bones.
The "grapple plant" is PROSTATE
herb, growing in South Africa. Its
flowers are purple and shaped like the
English fox glove. Its fruit has formid-
able hooks, which, by clinging to any
passer by, is conveyed to situations where
it's seed may find suitable conditions for
growth. Sir John Lubbock says it has
been known to kill lions.
The vegetable python" which is
known to the naturalist rs the clnsia or
fig, is the stranger of trees. The seeds
of the clusia, being provided with pulp
and very pleasant to the tropical birds
which feed thereon, are carried from
tree to tree and deposited on the branches.
Here termination begins. The leafy
stem slowly rises upward, while the roots
flow, as il were down the trunk until the
nDli 10 TchCuc titrc anu Ibtrt luty
branch, changing their course according
to the direction OF any distractions met
with. Meanwhile from these rootlets
esfy branches have been developed,
which, pushing themselves through the
canopy above, get into the light, and
enormously accelerated their growth.
Now metamorphosis takes place For
the hitherto soft ariel roots begin to
harden and spread wider aud wider,
throwing out side branches, which flow
into and amalgamate with each other un-
til the whole tree trunk is bound in
series OF irregular living hoops. From
this time on it is struggle of life and
death between the forest giant and the
entwining clnsia. Like an athlete the
tree tries to expand and burst its letters,
causing the bark to bulge between every
interscing, but success and freedom are
not for the captive tree, for the monster
clusia has made its bands very numerous
and wide. Not allowed expansion, the
tree soon withers and dies, and the
stranger is soon expanded into great
bush, almost as large as the mass Of
branches and foliage it has efaced. 1t is
truly tragedy in the world OF vegeta-
ton,