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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1897-03-18
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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-01-21

of the field e.haf the turning is also
saved i'll narrowing, drilling. cultivat-
ing, moving and reaping.
Nine tcnths of the farmers do not
seem to realize and practice the truths
[ am trying to elucidate. If they had,
why do they cut up piece of moving
ground into half days work, often cut
ting off n chunk the short way of the
field and sometimes making more than
u thousand unnecessary turns in NOV
ing IA 20 acre field? And the same is
often done in blowing.
This has been dOne over and over
again in several 30 acre fields that |
pass occasionally in the haying season.
Common sense would say 20 around the
whole, but if it must be split up into
four acre jobs why not do il lengthwise?
The same disregard of mathematical
principles Is everywhere 10 be seen as
fences are removed and farms thrown
into one or two large fields Instead of
taking advantage of starting at the barn
and blowing or oultivating 100 rods and
back and losing no time in going to and
from barn To field, most farms which |
see are farmed ON the old checkerboard
principle, and cart paths are maintained
to reach fields which might have one
end abutting upon the highway or nj
the barnyard
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-01-21

SOFA beans, green and black varieties,
grown at tie Vermont station since 1893
have proved satisfactory. No other lie.
guminous hoed crop has given better re
turns i'll tonnage of grcm fo1aer, dry
matter or protein. The grcW variety
yielded at the rate Of 81 tons green and
2 tons dry fodder and nearly ne-quartrr
of a ton of protein to tine acre Good
growths Were made Of hairy and spring
vetches, with and without oats, but after
years at the Vermont station they are
considered unequal to peas and oats.
Serradella yielded about a ton of dry
matter Der acre and Is recommended as
IA promising forage crop that is rich III
protein
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-01-21
5OROOS

cess TO individual fields, but, according
to an Ohio Farmer correspondent, with
out taking any note whatever of eco
nomical working The idea of applying
the plain, self demonstrating laws of
arithmetic and geometry to the blowing
and cutiyating of fields is recent one
The correspondent in question gives dia
grams and discusses the losses resulting
from failure to recognize plain geomet.
rical facts in the laying out and cultiya.
ton of fields lie writes:
Toillustrate. give two diagrams. In
Fig. l, A, b, {, d represent a field 80
rods square, in which the trampled di-
The same letters i'll Fig. 2 show field
twice AZ long aud one.half as wide,
drawn to the same scale of 80 rods to
the inch drew it to this proportion
instead Of loo rods long in order to
save space, and thinking, perhaps, the
matter might he easier mprehended
In this case the turns in blowing saved
would be bun onc-half, or 600, and the
proportion Ct trMnpled ground would be
more than If tn field Was one-third mar
rover III ~. the letters ID, g. +, +
show how there would be saving in
using the disk harrow, which j. gener
ally worked IL barrow lands to save the
annoyance ID eramping attending the
abrupt turning Of the team a. in drill
ing OF cearsa need nor tell the intel
ligent roHde' thai by doubling the lanQta
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-01-21
BLEEDING TO DEATH.

Time was when doctors resoited to
bleeding and cupping as cure for all
diseases. Tney we're correct in supposing
that in disease the blood is impure but
they were not correct in supposing that to
let out the blood would remove the
disease, as that method would only cure
the disease at the expense of life.
We now know that the best way is to
purify the blood, and so enable the bloc /
10 do lis work as intended BY nature. The
mineral water, Ypslant Specific, is the
greatest blood purifier known, 1t is natures
own true remedy and should be in every
house. If your dealer does not supply you
with this water, write to the YrslLANTI
SPECIFIC Co. at Io4 BROAD ST . BOSTON,
and they will see that you are supplied
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-01-21
FOR BETTER FARMING.
An Educatioual scheme Proposed For New
York state.

York state.
For three years Professor Bailey Of
Cornell university has hs8 charge Of the
wcri baaun uuI tae Nixon bills aad
restricted L Il.-.iu paIE- 1T the state Of
New Yafs. ID nQw announces that the
period 4 - rimant i ut an md and
she metheas tested are recommended
for enlargement Professor Bailey, III a
talk with Buffalo Express correspond.
emit, gave resume Of the work done
and the policy he will recommend. To
begin with. four methods Of instrnctng
farmers to better farming have been ex-
perimented with First of these is the
publication and free distribution Of bul.
letinS reporting results of Investigations,
causes and means IF prevention of in
sects pests, etc. the second method is
that of establishing model farms in
different localities. The other two
methods under trial have been forms Of
school teaching, one of teaching the
farmers and the other of teaching their
children The last owes its origin to the
Society for the Promotion of Agrieul
ture.
In extending the work begun under
the Nixon bills the first thing necessary
is the preparation of teachers. In this
Cornell university will take the lead.
Aside from graduates any one interested
in agriculture can find free instruction
here in dairy husbandry, veterinary sci
ence and horticulture. second, every
normal school in the state except one has
agreed to add to It's required curriculum
course destined to prepare its gradu
ates to give instruction III nature study
to the children in tie district schools.
Textbooks will be needed, and the ag-
ricultural experiment station at Cornell
will meet the need by special series of
bulletins, which, under the franking
privilege can be placed free of charge
in the hands of every district school
teacher in the state.
When the work is extended from %
counties to the entire state, aud from
horticulture merely, to which the pro-
visions of the Nixon bills have hitherto
been confined, to general agriculture, the
thing gets too big to be carried on along
with the regular university duties. Pro
fessor Bailey will therefore recommend
the establishment of state bureau Of
correspondence and instruction. Under
this bureau all sections of the state
would be cohcrently organized. One,
two or three hours weekly of instruction
III nature study in the district schools
is to be provided for by law. Cornell
will come in as an agency for inyesti-
eating difficult problems and supplying
clearly written information regarding
them in franked bulletins. The uniyer-
sity will be ready To send a scientific
expert to the spot wherever new plant
disease shows itself, or there are pecul-
lar local conditions There are other
items to h. recommended by Professor
Bailey such as the preparation Of IA sort
of Chautauqua home reading course
for farmers and the formation If little
library Of standard works ON agrcultur.
al topics III every district schoolhouse.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-01-21
An ADVANTAGEOUS GATE.

has two curved branches, with "A half
circle at the end of each, which shut
against two square ;nples, driven into
the post little each side of the middle
The gate opens either way. and when
open rests on one or the other of the
curved branches and its corresponding
staple. When shut, it rests ON both.
The latch is simply "A straight piece Of
iron piyoted at the back end that it may
play up and down, and when the gate
"slams" slide up over the sloping end
of the catch A and drop into the notch
in the middle
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-01-21

The culture Il potatoes under glass
may seem oGd to some of our readers,
but it is no new thing in England,
where kidney potato OF early maturity
is used. We are informed in Dreer s
Manual that during the year 1896 a
Pennsylvania market gardener succeede
in growing ordinary potatoes under glass
IN time to compete with the new pota-
toes from the south, These tubers from
indoors Were sold Tor the same price per
half peck as In aftarwmd obtained per
bushel for THESE grown out of doors.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-01-21
Good Front Gate.

Here's gate for the front yard that
neither the dog nor the hogs can open
nor the boys leave open after them. At
least that is the recommendation given
by The Farm Journal, from which this
cut is reproduced:
The upper hinge is simply an ordinary
hook and eye. B is the lower one (en-
larged), which does the shutting. 1t
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-01-21
Cod liver on as . Food Adjunct.

1t is said that cod liver oil is being
recommended i'll England iii rations for
milk COWS, pigs and dogs. 1t is claimed
that it increases the pat content of the
milk without injuriously affecting the
quality. Being an animal fat. it is said
to be more easily digestible than many
vegetable fats used in rations for calves
and is recommended for that purpose.
Experiments are suggested on its effect
on the quality of meat. milk and bacon
by station bulletin.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-01-21

Parsley in cold frames, 10 be kept sue
cessfully thr a the winter, must have
the soil thoroughly we'll banked up
around the frames, or probably half rot.
ted leaves ana manure would he better
With care rs regards covering the sash
with shutters, salt hay, or anything
handy, TO keep cut frost, this Will An.
swor the purpose-Qf course giving air
every possible chance. We grow in cold
frames nearly all our parsley for winter
use, but for this purpose seed should be
sown some time in July; otherwise the
plants are weak. Cor. American Gar
deninr
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-01-21
From BOSTON, Port ana. Lewiston augusta,
Ma-erville AknMhegAn and RAngOr.

ss-'Flag stations; al which trains will stop
on signal or notice to Conductor.
Mixed between Bingham and No. Ansor f..
STAGE CONNECTIONS.
At Norridgewock, for Mere r, ,and Electric
Cars to and from Skowhegan.) At Arson. for
Sawyer's Mills, (Starks);
No. Arson. for North and West New Portland
Dead River, Flagstaff and Eustis. At Bingham
Tor FORKS, Moose River, Mayfeld, Kingsbury
and Abbott.
W. NJ. AY ER 'SUPT.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-01-21

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Sold by Druggists in every part of the world.
Twenty five cents bottle BE sure and ask
for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing syrup" and
take no other kind. IY38
Teacher: "What is that letter." Pupil: 81
don't know" Teacher: "What is il that
makes honey?" Small boy, (son Of a man
ufacturer): "Glucose."-New York Weekly.
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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-01-21

The fruit growing interests of the
Hudson river valley are OF immense inn
portanCe
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Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-09
THIRTY BUILDINGS BURN.
Fire Sweeps over Whole Block In
Kansas City, Kan.

Fire Sweeps over a Whole Block In
Kansas City, Kan.
KANSAS Cry, Mo-, Sept 4.-Thirty-
five families were rendered homeless
and thirty residences and store build
ings were entirely destroyed by fire
which started ut 4:3O o'clock yester-
day afternoon, and which before it
could be subdued had burned over an
entire block between James and First
streets, and Reynolds and Lyon ave-
nues in Kansas City, Kan. Several
tiremen were burned by live wires and
flying brands, but none of the iujur-
les will prove serious
The fire was one of the most eXtens-
i've that tine city has suffered in years,
though the property loss, which will
approximate $4,000, was compare
lively small.
The Catholic church, of which Father
Moore is pastor, was destroyed, as
was also the handsome new residence
of the pastor, the residence of the
Sisters next door, and four residences
adjoining the church property. Two
hundred men, women and children
were made homeless.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-09
WARD COMMITS SUICIDE.
The Last Chapter In the Ward Brad
hnrv Elopement SCANDAL

The Last Chapter In the Ward Brad
bury ElOpement Scandal
CHICAGO, Sept. 4 III. Russell Ward,
the Englishman who created a sensa'
ton a short time ago by clipping with
the wife of John Bradbury, the young
millionaire Of Los Angeles, Cal, com
mitted suicide some time last night by
throwing himself from sleeper OF the
Chicago & Northwestern overland
train. The fact was not known until
several hours later, and as the result
of search, which was Immediately
begun, the body of Ward was found at
Wheatland. Iowa.
Ward was an Englishman. He was
married and had large family in
England. A short time ago he visited
Los Angeles, where he met the wife
of John Bradbury, reputed million
aire. Both Bradbury and his wife are
still young. The husband was abroad
at the time, and sensation was Gre
ated when Ward eloped with Mrs.
Bradbury to San Francisco. Brad :
bury, when he returned and heard OF
the elopement, went after his wife
and reconciliation took place.
It is the belief Of the railroad peo-
Pile that Ward had become insane
brooding over his elopement with
Mrs Bradbury.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-09
MANY Fullbloods Converted.

GUTHRIE, Okla, Sept. 6. - Bishop
Brooke, of the Episcopal church, has
returned from a tour of the missions
of that church among the blanket
Indians of Southwest Oklahoma, hav-
ing confirmed large number of con-
verts to the Christian religion, most
of them fullblood Indians. Prominent
in the class at Whirlwind was Agashea,
aged 65 years, the widow of Whirl-
wind, the noted Comanche chief, who
led so many bloody raids on Western
settlers in the early days, and twice
whipped the army out of the terri
tory.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-09

New York, Sept 6-Eugene O'Hara,
alias Joe Bates, alias James Brown, AZ
years old, burglar, highwayman, des-
perado and probably murderer, who
cut his way out of jefferson Market
prison here six years ago, and has
been hunted ever since, was recap
tured yesterday by detectives. After
his escape, O'Hara, with another fugi-
tive from justice named Joe Strana-
han, made his way to Colon, from
which place they proceeded to Europe,
where they committed a series of bold
crimes.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-09
nnrl,, o, mra. John Draw.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Sept G.-Funer-
al services over the body of Mrs. John
Drew were held yesterday in st.
Stephens Episcopal church, and the
aged and well-beloved actress was in
tered in the family lot in Glenwood
cemetery, alongside the grave of her
husband, John Drew. The services at
the church were conducted by the Rev.
James Miller, assistant rector, and
consisted solely of the burial service
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-09
HIS ELEVENTH WIFE.
Polygaml.t Knoeland's Newly Discovered

POlygamlst kneelands Newly Discovered
Father-in-Law Wants to XIII Him
ST. JOSEPH, NO., Sept 4.-The
eleventh wife of Albert Kneeland, the
polygamist in Jail here, has been
found in Pittsburg, Pa. A man who
does not want his name given be-
cause of the disgrace that would at
tach, has written from t~rkersburg,
w. Va, to the sheriff here that Knee
land had eloped with the writer's
daughter, then 10, from an Iowa town,
where the writer and family had then
lived, to Pittsburg, Pa, where, after
having gone through form of mar
riage, he had deserted her. The
writer stated that he had hunted the
country over for Kneeland, and that
II the man should be acquitted or re-
leased on bond he would come here
and kill him. Kneeland does not
deny the new charge.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-09
DENIES THAT LEE is OUT

Assistant Secretary Day Expects ritz
hugh to Return Co Havana.
WASHINGTON, Sept G. - Assistant
Secretary Day of the state department
was asked whether or not it was true
that Consul General Lee, now on his
way to the United States, would not
return to Havana when his vacation
was over. Judge Day replied that the
regular thirty days annual leave of
absence had been granted to General
Lee and that, so far as he was aware,
there was no reason to suppose the
general would not return to Havana
when the thirty days had expired
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-09

CENTERvHLE, Iowa, Sept Gov
ernor F. M. Drake, who has remained
quietly at his home here since his re-
turn last week from Excelsior Springs,
Mo-, is not showing the improvement
that was expected. He it slowly re-
covering from the effects of his fall.
but his diabetic trouble is growing
worse, so much so that his physician
yesterday expressed alarm at his con-
dition and told him he should return
at once to Excelsior Springs.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-09
STRIKE ALL BUT SETTLED.

Sixty Five Cents to he Paid Until Jan :
uary I-YearIy Wage Agreements.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept 5.-The end
OF the great miners strike is in sight.
Yesterday afternoon the national ex-
ecutive board Of the United Mine
Workers agreed to recommend to the
miners proposition from the Pitts
burg operators for a straight price Of
65 cents ton, to continue in force
until the end of the year.
A delegate convention of all miners
who have suspended work has been
called to meet in Columbus, Septem-
Der $, at 10 u. M, to act upon the rec
ommendation.
President Ratchford and the other
members Of the board say there is not
the slightest doubt that the miners
will approve the recommendation.
The proposition does not involve
arbitration, and in effect, provides for
an immediate settlement of the strike.