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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-01-01
Swine Feed.

o the question al to the value of
the various nutriments, Prof. Armsby
says that Their %equiyalency has been
assumed and made the basis of the cal
culation of r%ations, simply because, in
the lack Of all evidence, this was the
only practicable method. 1t is quite
probable that this assumption does not
involve any very great error, except,
perhaps, in the case of c%ellulose; but
the actual comparative value of these
substances can be determined only
when we know, first, how much latent
energy is liberated during digestion. y
The study of this subject can
hardly be said to have begun, and the
only object in mentioning it here is to
show how provisional are our present
methods of estimating the value Of fod-
ders, and to guard the reader against
the error of considering them final and
conclusive. They are of great value,
and have rendered very important SER
vice. 1t is certain that they are not
grossly erroneous. At the same time
no good and much harm may come
from an intelligent over-estimate of
their accuracy and value" The powers
OF digestion and assimilation may be
the preliminary period advances prop
erly, the stomach gradually enlarges,
the digestive fluids increase in guam
tity, and alimentation intensifies. But,
on the other hand, ir%regularity and vel
feeding breaks up the harmony of the
digestive processes, sickens the animal,
and reduces alimentation. The feeder
expresses his situation by saying that
his animals ARE stuck" You can sue
cessfully proceed from a common ra-
ton to one more rich and palatable,
but if the order is reversed growth is
retarded, and in some cases entirely
stopped. For example, pigs fed on
sweet milk and then turned to dry feed,
become stinted. Don't buy cattle from
a neighbor who has better pasture than
yourself" is a common saying. If you
expect the highest results you must re-
serve the sweet meats for the last.
Animals not being fed for market
should be held on a coarser and less
rich diet. narrow and not fed to full
satisfaction. They should carry enough
fat to make them look we'll, but not
enough to produce sluggishness in ac-
ton.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-01-01
She DIdn't Mind 1t.

Bridget's mistress had asked her
If she overheard a rather angry con
v%ersation between her husband and
herself.
"Oh, yis, ma'am," replied Bridget
''but sure I didn't moind it. I'm
used to it. I'm married myself
The Waterbury.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-01-01

Live Stock n AArgentina-The num-
bers OF live stock in the Argentine Re-
public, according to the last statistics.
amount to about 5000, 900 head Of
horned cattle, 8o,0O0,00o sheep, 5,ooo,-
900 horses, 100000 asses and mules,
1000, 900 goats and 10000 0 hogs. The
population Of the country is only
5000. 900 inhabitants.-Ex.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-01-01

Some enterprising citizen ought to
organize a few regiments of Yankees
to go down to Cuba and end the brutal
butcheries of innocent people. This
would be a good time of the year for
a trip OF that kind, and we know of
many who would like TO go. The va
cation need not be a very long one.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-01-01

BLESSED be the man who finds his
lifework early and does it," exclaimed
Doctor Cuyler recently, in speaking of
General Armstrong; "and cursed be the
man who has it limited to him and
fails to do it,"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-01-01

The old scare that the worlds coal
Is near exhaustion is now pretty well
exploded. New coal areas are con-
stantly being opened, and the old ones
are by no means near exhausted.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-01-01

A peddler in Boston, Ind, is said to
have sneezed SC hard that he broke
his neck. This is simply another illus
tration of the fact that the hoosier is
not up to snuff.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-01-01
What Allied Her.

He--Great heavens, madame, are
you going to have a fit?
She, trying to whistle = Whee-
whee-Pm trying to whistle for Fido
Won't you whistle for him for me?-
Texas Siftings.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-01-01

Bostonians have placed the statue OF
Bacchante on exhibit with half of it
screened behind a spray of water. A
better way of satisfying their sense of
modesty and at the same time putting
the figure to practical use would be
to make a bean pole Of it.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-01-01

Chicago cast 46,535 votes more than
New York did-in fact, 5000 more
than Gotham had registered. Will
New York TO- please take a back
seat?
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-01-01

We are all apt to consider others
stupid If they do not detect and cor
rect u errors in such a way that we
DO not know that they occurred.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-01-01

A traveller named McGafagan has
sued the Pullman Car company for let
ting the fire go out in the sleeper in
which he was riding from New York
to st. John, N. B. Mr.. McGafigan
contracted a very bad cold and he pro-
poses to warm up the company a little
If he don't recover a cent.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-01-01

At Fort Leavenworth, Kan, twenty
three privates of the United States
army went up for examination. for
commissions, and only three failed to
pass. Of these three, two failed in
history. This is the best record ever
made by a group of privates trying for
commissions.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-01-01
Butchering Time.

Butchering Time.
Butchering time is near at hand;
have plenty of dry wood up, kettles and
scalding tub ready, the old gun ready
to shoot, and the knives sharpened.
Meat killed in moderately cool weather,
writes G. D. Lyon in Rural World, will
take salt better and keep sweeter than
that killed in severely cold weather.
Under latter conditions it is liable to
freeze or chill before the animal heat
and smell leaves the carcass. Water
heated with hot limestone rock will
clean a hog better than water heated
in kettles. If you heat. in kettles, put
a shovelful of ashes in the scalding
tub; 100 degrees is scalding heat, but
water at It's to $50 degrees will do the
work much quicker, but with more dan
ger of setting, the hair. The thermom-
eter is the best test of the proper heat,
but old butchers readily test it by the
feel OF the water on the hands. Shoot
your hogs down before sticking them,
1t is more humane and even if it was
not, a shot hog will bleed more freely
than n stuck alive. The proper
place to shoot is where lines drawn
from each eye to the opposite ear would
cross. Use a small charge of powder,
or it you use a breech-loading gun,
use short cartridges. AS soon as the
hog drops stick him. Roll him on his
back. put the point of your knife.
which should not be more than six in
ches long, right in front of the breast
bone, direct it toward the root of the
tail, thrust it in and withdraw it quick
ly to prevent shoulder sticking from
the struggles of the dying animal. Scald
b front end first, and when the hog
is clean hang it On the gallows pole and
scrape down. Use hot water at first,
and finish it up with a bucket or two
of cold water. Take the insides out of
the hog just as soon as you can after
it is hung up. Put your knife in at
the hole made in sticking and rip up
through the breast-bone and ribs: this
will allow any blood that has settled in
the lungs to run out while you finish
the job. Split down between the hams
and cut around the vent; pull and cut
until you have the bung gut loose for
six inches. Tie a string around it and
push it back into the carcass. Finish
cutting down in front, and put your left
hand under the intestines as they roll
out; with the right hand tear every
thing loose from the back bone. using
the knife with care, so as to avoid
a11ffinr Tho o,%roi1c IVA 4Lo ,-7JoL l..
front of the stomach, and take the
stomach out with the rest Of the en-
trails. Remove the liver, lungs and
heart after the rest is done. If the
hog is not bloody inside, use no wa
ter to clean it, but wipe it dry with
a cloth. Even if the inside of the hog
is rather bloody, it may be wiped clean
with little trouble; the meat will take
salt better if kept dry.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-01-01

Political human nature seeks to
make believe that it is making a sacri-
nee in accepting what it has begged
and schemed to get.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-01-01

Two years and a half have elapsed
since It was discovered that two young
women had been murdered In a church.
IN San francisco. Durrant, the young
assistant superintendent OF the Sum
nay school which these young women
2 attended, wa tried for these MUIR
ders and convicted more than q year.
ago, but the execution OF sentence, has
repeatedly been delayed on technical
grounds. The Durrant family likely
have q few dollars left. for the lawyers.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-01-01

Harvesting Beets.-Beets and Man
gold Wurtzel beets should be pulled and
stored before frost. These roots are
very susceptible to injury by even a
slight frost. In harvesting them be
careful not to bruise them. Cut off
the tops without cutting into the root
itself. They may be stored either in
a root cellar or in heaps in the open
field. If put up in heaps, make these
in the form of a pyramid on dry, high
land, and cover first with a good coat
ing Of dry straw. Let the roots be dry
and as clean from soil as possible when
stored. After the heaps have stood for
a week OF ten days, the straw
with six inches Of soil, except just at
the top, which leave open until the
heap has finished sweating or severe
frost is threatened, and then cover with
soil. Beat the soil solid, so that it will
shed the rain. If severe frost threatens
cover with more soil. If stored in a cell
lar, allow free ventilation until frost
threatens; then close up all openings
Clean the Orchard.-Clean up the
fallen leaves and rubbish in the orch
ard and fields as early as possible. 1t is
not only unsightly, but furnishes shell
ter and breeding places for innumera-
BILE vermin and insects, which will an
noy you another year. Burn all such
waste. n put it to good use in the COM
post heap-Ex.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-01-01

The coming literature will not pic
ture the schoolboy on his way to his
daily work with a slate under his arm,
II reported health plans are executed.
States are to oe banished as sources
OF infection, unless present signs fail.
Even literature can forego the pictur-
esque for the sake of improved sani-
.atlon. It can do without the slate,
but not without the boy.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-01-01

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets An
Druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. 25s
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-01-01

An Omaha man who earns Sc a wees
speaks Of his "linen" instead of his shirts
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-01-01

of course everybody has seen stars
U none more beautiful than are
en- and Mars at the present time.
And to look at them now it is not
necessary to get up out OF a warm nest
IN the middle Of the night. AS soon as
the sun is down they are now up.
Venus In the west and Mars in the
east; and who knows but they are
squirting at each other and making
remarks about us.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-01-01

A woman is never mean to a man unit
he has said he loves her.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-05-05

times composted with barn-yard and
stable manures), for it has been DEM
onstrated by many of the most pro-
gressive Experiment Stations and
Farmers Institutes that no less than
one hundred and fifty to two hundred
pounds of potash per acre is neces
sary to secure the best results; and
as there is not more than an average
of one and a half per cent available
potash from cotton seed, to secure a
sufficiency from this source entirely
too much nitrogen as well as too
much money must be applied. If
ton of cotton seed contains even thir-
ty pounds of potash, five tons are re-
quired to get one hundred and fifty
pounds, the minimum amount re-
quired. And yet there is no doubt that
cotton-seed either rotted or ground,
is valuable if properly combined with
potash, (the low grade sulphate), and
other essential elements so as to be
we'll balanced Experiment Station
Bulletin.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-05-05

ger Gin Florida) of injury from evap
Grafton and deterioration, becoming
dry and harsh or ebony and crusty.'
It should be put into the cases (boX-
esq, which should be two or two and
half feet wide and deep, by three
or three and half feet long (but not
made of pitch pine, as it will impart
the turpentine odor), by or before the
end of October or November (unless
it is a fall crop, which is possible).
1t is important to obtain the best re-
suits, to put Florida cigar tobacco in
boxes before it's ''life blood" has been
evaporated by hanging too long on
the poles. In other words it's in
herent moisture (sap) should be con-
served by early stripping and boxing,
for therein consists the secret of pre-
serving the life, aroma, brilliancy, and
elasticity of the article, which keeps
it soft, rich and mellow, besides pre-
venting it's corruption and consump-
ton by moth and rust; for if this
rule is not observed, and the tobacco
is put up in a declining condition., so
it will continue until within year or
two, when the little white worm, the
offspring of a little beetle Uasioder-
ma serricorne, Fabr.,) sometimes
seen in old cigars made of poor, life
less tobacco will attack and consume
it. Here, then, is dilemma if the
weather is dry and windy, and the
question arises, how to soften the to-
bacco without spraying or sprinkling,
which would often ruin it? For S.
or $40 Cor none if you do the simple
work yourself) you may have soft
ening room in one corner of your
barn, or on the outside, by digging a
pit about five feet deep, by ten or
more square, in the ground. II clay,
no wall of logs, boards or brick is
needed. Build above ground about
three and half or five feet an air
tight wall. The roof may be nearly
fiat, and may be covered with the
earth taken out of the pit. Have only
one opening or door. Put tier poles
or light strips in this room, and place
on them sufficient quantity of tobac-
co to strip next day. 1t will become
soft and pliable in one night.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-05-05
$500 REWARD $1OO.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all it's stages, and
that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure known to the
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-05-05

medical fraternity. Catarrh being a
constitutional disease, requires a con-
stitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting di-
rectly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system, thereby de-
stroying the foundation of the dis
ease, and giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing it's work.
The proprietors have so much faith in
it's curative powers, that they offer
One Hundred Dollars for any case
that it fails to cure. Send for list of
testimonials. Address,
F. J. CHENEY, & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-05-05
Points on Tobacco.

Points on Tobacco.
formati from a recent bulletin Of
the Florida Experiment Station:
Florida Sumatra Tobacco.-FOr
many years experiments were made
in Florida with Sumatra tobacco seed,
obtained through the American Con-
sui at Singapore, but all were very
unsatisfactory. Within the last three
years President FL. r. Duval of the F.,
G. & P. railroad, by sending to the
tanning only two pounds of the best
strains, from which not only salts
factory but very surprising results
have come, that have already revolu
tionized the growing of Sumatra to-
bacco in Florida, and promise in the
near future either to drive out the
foreign invader or to command the
same prices in the open markets. And
when it is considered that within a
single decade after the introduction
of Sumatra wrappers that they. OBJ
tanned a foothold on the American
markets which even the $500 duty
did not check, but the demand still
increased until at least fifty per cent
of the domestic cigars are now being
wrapped by them, and causing an an
1oJ
lars, gold, from the country, it is at
once apparent that the advent of the
genuine Sumatra seed and it's success
full culture in Florida is a very fortu-
nate circumstance.
An Excess of Phosphoric Acid.-I
have noted more than once on certain
fields where soft and soluble phos-
phate boulders and pebbles cover the
surface, that tobacco attains most
rapid growth. AS soon as this tobac-
co is topped the rootlets seem to ex-
tend rapidly outward, and the re-
naming leaves come to quick matur-
ity. Then, often, in a few days the
whole plant ''fires' from top to bot
toh, so that it could easily be ignited
on the hill. just across small
stream, where these boulders do not
occur so abundantly on the surface,
and where there is a light application
of prepared tobacco foou, carrying
ten per cent actual potash, no such
symptoms occurred. So [ am con-
WINGED that there are some lands in
| Florida with a too abundant supply
of phosphate for tobacco.
! Softening.-Never undertake to
soften or bring tobacco in case to
strip or handle by ''sprinkling or
pouring" much less by Immersion
Nevertheless, if the weather should be
dry and windy, and should so con-
tinue, your crop will be in great dan
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-05-05

1t is a great mistake to suppose
thart a simple tonic gices strength: it
only stimulates the stomach to re-
newed action. To Impart realstrength
the blood must be purified and en-
riched, and this can ouly be done by
such a stanard Alternative as Ayers
Sarsaparilla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-05-05

the official organ of the Florida State
Tobacco Growers Association at the Quincy
convention, March 10, 1867.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-05-05
Cuban Methods at Fl. Meade.

us, agricultural agent or the Is. u q
p. railroad, [ made an investigation,
of the Cuban methods on their ex
tensive plantations, at Ft. Meade
Polk county. On the 18th of Deem
Der, 1896, we saw no less than IS acres
in the fields in perfect condition, most
Of it being harvested, while, as an ex
pertinent, some was being transplanf-
ed, all just as they do in Cuba now
and have done for a century past.
That they have produced and finish
ed product fully equal to the Cuban
in every respect, no one from Cuba or
elsewhere has yet been found to
question. And when the intelligent
president of the company, DR.. M. A.
Abelo, told us that the climate, soil
and seasons Of Florida are all pre-
eminently adapted to the perfection
of the Vuelta Abajo tobacco, and
moreover that they can plant eight
months in Florida, whereas in Cuba
the seed are sown in August, trans
planting is done i'll early winter, and
harvesting in late winter or early
spring. He also stated to us that the
soil in Florida is not so much worn
as in Cuba, where the lands have been
run" for centuries, hence less ferti-
lizer is required here. This company
rI1oxrc mi hyrt ho of
per day, and everything is done by
hand. No teams, no cultivating with
plow, no hauling done, so jealous
are they of every plant and leaf. This
of course increases the cost of pro-
duction to 35 cents or 40 cents per
pound, as the president of the com
pany stated, and which we argued
could be reduced to 10 cents per
pound by the use of improved nipple
ments and labor-saving machinery.
But when we consider that all their
labor is skilled and faithful, and eX-
pert in the Cuban method of cutting,
curing and baling, and the fancy
prices they are sure to obtain, the
net profits for their finished goods,
either in cigars or bales ready for the
'bench," will no doubt pay good
dividend
At any rate, if they can produce as
good a leaf in Florida as in Cuba,
which they are confident has been
demonstrated, the difference in the
matter Of duty on the imported leaf
alone amounts to a large profit. And
when they learn the improved Amer
lean methods of cultivation in the use
of the pillow the sweep, and particu-
larly the horseshoe, as we tried to
show them ,One man and mule can
care for as many acres as ten men by
hand,-a saving of about 80 per cent
in cost of cultivation. Moreover the
Cuban method of fertiliZing and feed
ing the plant is the same it was one
hundred years ago or longer. 1t seems
at least probab BILE that if all the Euro
pean nations and America have made
progress in agriculture, there may be
room also for improvement in their
ancient though measurably successful
manner of fertiliZing, which consists
in the exclusive use of Peruvian
guano which does not combine the
proper and preponderant proportion
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-05-05
TOBACCO DEPARTMENT.

Address all communications to Tobacco
DEPARTING AGRICULTURIsT, DeLand, Fla.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1897-09-04
NIAGARA FALLS AND WAT
KENS' GLEN.
An Early Excursion via ID. & O.


The early fall is undoubtedly the
best time in the year t. visit Mag
ara Falls I; not that the falls are any
better, but travelling is so much
more comfortable. The intense heat
of summer and the severe cold of
winter are avoided. Then, too, the
trees are covered with their autumn
al foliage, making the scenery of
bewitching beauty.
The B. & O. has arranged q ten.
day tour to Niagara, September g..
The special train will run through
to the Falls, arriving there at night,
passing the picturesque portion of
tue route in daylight. The priv.
iege of stopping off at Watkins
Glen, Glen Onoko, Mauch Chunk,
Geneva, Rochester and Buffalo, win
crowd into the ten days attractions
that cannot be duplicated on the
continent, and all this, too, without
any additional cost for railroad
fare.
A special express train of Pull
man cars and first-class day coaches,
in charge of an experienced Tourist
Agent, will leave B. & o. Station,
Washington, $40 a. M; leave Cam
den Station, Baltimore, sos a. m. /;
arrive Niagara Falls IL p. m.
Round trip tickets for this excur-
sion will be placed on sale at the
following stations at the rate annex