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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-06
no.ten Culture for ConrIct..

BOSTON, June 5.-Commissioner Marshall Of
tho public institutions is intent on establishing a
thoroughly modern library, with a card system
and catalogues, for the use OF the 1850 pris-
oners at Deer Island, in order that the inmates
OF that institution may have their full share of
Boston culture. There Is a great deal of cheap
literature sent TO the prisoners. which, Com
misoner Marshall feels, eNcrts n bad influence,
or, at any rate, is not cleyating, so he is
anxious to get together q library of excellent
reading matter and scientific works, which shall
be used as an auxiliary to the reform work
carried on in the institution. The Commissioner
Is not asking the city for an appropriation, but
IL calling upon philanthropic citizens to contrib
ute books TO help the cause along.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-06
InoycIs Roof Garden the Latest.
From he Springfield Republican,

The members OF tho Springfield Bicycle Club
are busy now talking roof garden and tho pros
poet Is that before long the roof OF the club
the monthly meeting OF the club last evening the
three members who made q recent trip TO Brat
accounts OF the roof garden OF the Brattloboro
bicycle Club by whom they were entertained.
That club has a garden very similar TO the one
Is. according to the boys WHO went up there. q
very delightful place.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-06
THE OFFICE OYER THE sIDEwALx
4 Characteristic Attendant Feature OF Modera
building Operations.

Something peculiar to modern building opera
tions, and characteristic, too. of the tendency to
soar, is the office Of the builder up at tho level OF
tho second story, perched on the roof of the
plank shelter now required 10 be built over tho
sidewalk. Sometimes there are seen two such
Offices, up on the roof. one the headquarters OF
the steel contractor, the other OF the builder.
On large work an Office at the work itself Is
essential, Here are kept the working plans and
specifications. which may need to be consulted
at any time. This is headquarters Of the super.
intendent or boss Of tho work, or the office OF
the clerk who keeps the accounts or cheeks sup
II is where all the varied details OF tine work,
requiring attention as the work itself, are
looked after, and rs the heauquartcrs in tho
field Of the contractor or the builder when no
comes TO look over the work In person.
Such field offices IRE still found at The level of
the streets, hut in the buster streets. after the
structure has got above the sidewalk, they are
nowadays %,oftener seen up over the sidewalk. onS
of the characteristic attendant features q
modern building.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-06

At tho down station of the elevator road, at
Ninth avenue and Fifty'ninth street. Guard
standing between two cars, Il foot on the plat
form of each, hands on the levers OF the two
gates. Woman on the platform, about four feet
from the guard and directly in front OF him.
The Guard-Ni-inth avenue train!
The Woman stepping forward and addressing
Guard)-ls this sixth avenuei
The Guard repeating mournfullyl-Ni-inth
avenue train.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-06
4 Miniature nIbIe.

Boston, juno 5.-Jacob Falcon OF Salem has
presented to the Essex Institute of that city a
miniature Hebrew Bible. II is about an inch
long, throe-fourths of an inch wide. and three.
live books OF the Old Testament. The text of
the books Is in Hebrew and the titles in Latin. A
powerful magnifying glass Is required to read
II. Mr.. Falcon received II from Russia, whore
the Bibles are worn as watch charmAs
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-15

While Kansas farmers have not yet
begun to raise strawberries for the
Christmas market, there is no telling
when they will turn their attention that
way. 1t is not safe to bet on what Kan
sas people will not do. Strawberries do
appear on dinner tables at Christmas
in all our large cities, and, of course,
are high-priced. They are grown under
glass from plants that were started in
the open field Describing the process,
the American CultiVator says the soil
should be q compost of sods and cow
manure, at least One-third of the latter,
so rotted down that 1t can be thor
oughly pulverized. This Ia. placed about
five inches deep in the benches Of the
hot-house. The first lot Of plants Is
set in the benches in September, from
six to eight inches apart. AT the same
time young plants are set very close
together in cold frames and are covered
with hay. The sashes are not put on,
as these plants are simply destined to
make q later crop, when the first has
been sold and the plants taken out.
About the middle OF October other
houses are filled as were those in Sep
tember, which Is to be the second crop
In time Of readiness for market.
The earliest houses are given heat in
November, and the second houses soon
after, as the plants in them, having
usually been touched by frost, will not
come forward as rapidly as those set
earlier.
No mulch Is used on the benches, lest
1t cause mildew, but the surface must
be frequently stirred, and the fruit when
it begins to grow must be kept up from
the dirt by resting the stems on crOtched
sticks.
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-15
Good Young Beef Cattle the Best.

At the late convention of the National
Live Stock Exchange, at Sioux City,
many practical suggestions were Of
fered by practical men concerning the
relations between the end men in mar
ket-the producer and consumer. The
President discussed this subject In his
address. He said there are several i'm
portant changes that the convention
ought to recommend to the producer,
and among these, he especially urged
the matter Of selling cattle young. He
thought the steer ought TO be prepared
and marketed either as yearling or as
a tWo-year-old. In no case keep them
beyond three years It is during these
years, he said, that the sap Is In the
beef, and il fat, the animal Is in the
best condition for the market he will
ever be, or you can ever make him.
There Is no surplus of bone or fat that
natures after the third year that adds
to his market value, and then again,
after that time a greater quantity and
heavier feed is required. The heavy
cuts Of beef that were once in demand
are fast losing their prestige, as now
the general inquiry and demand OF the
customer is for prime young light
weights Of beef. Evidences of this may
frequently be seen in the market quo
tatiOns Of cattle sales, wherein prime
yearlings are sold at the same price per
pound as prime -year-old matured
and finished cattle, which have cost the
producer a goodly sum per animal more
to make.
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-15
Quarantine Line for Cattle.

A few days ago q meeting of stockmen
was held in st. Louis to consider what
changes, IL any, are needed in the cattle
quarantine line in the Southwest. The
meeting especially considered changes
to be recommended In the Texas fever
quarantine line in Arkansas and Ten
nessee, as cattlemen and shippers Of
the North claimed that the line was too
far south in those States, and there
fore permitted the shipment of many
infected cattle. The meeting was called
to draft resolution urging the Secretary
of Agriculture to have the United States
Bureau of Animal Industry adopt such
changes in the line as the association
recommended before the coming year.
The following committee was appointed:
Arkansas, w. G. Vincenheller; Ken
lucky, DR.. Eiseman; Tennessee, Samuel
NJ. Warren; Missouri, J. r. Rippey;
Wisconsin, Dr. H. P. Clute; Illinois, J..
P. Lott; Kansas, Frank Weinshenk;
Indiana, Mortimer Levering; Oklahoma,
Judge r. J. Edwards.
AS finally agreed upon, the recon-
mendations were as follows: Those
parts of the Wichita reservation in Okla
homa formerly above the line should
be below the line; that the entire State
Of Arkansas should be placed below the
line; that the counties Of Jasper, New
ton, Mcdonald and Barry in Missouri
should be below the line; that the coun-
ties of Upton, Haywood, Lawrence,
Giles, Lincoln, Franklin, Coffee, Cannon,
Warren, Grundy, Marion, Van Buren,,
White, Cumberland, Bledsoe, Rhea. Sc
quatchie, Hamilton, James, Bradley and
Polk In Tennessee should be placed be-
low the line, These counties In Tennes-
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-15
Produce What the Market Demands.

Men engage in business in order to
earn a livelihood Hence the rule
Business Is business" Honesty is the
best policy always and everywhere, and
If a person cannot conscientiously or
honestly furnish what his customer
wants or in the form he wants, then,
of course, that person is excused His
scruples, however, do not affect the dis
position of men to want only what suits
them, and out of that disposition has
grown the rule that gave British manu-
facturers the lead in the worlds COM
merce-produce what the consumer -.
mands.
When General Grant was President
he proposed the sending Of purely busi
ness men abroad as representatives OF
this government. He said that men who
understood the rules and methods of
commerce are much better fitted to pro-
mote American trade in foreign cOun-
tries than are men whose lives have
been devoted to professional duties or
to ward politics.
And he was right. The man Of bust
ness habits and training scents the mar
ket as the horse does the battle. He
sees what the people who buy want to
use, and he knows how to report the
fact to his people at home so that such
of them as are engaged in the particular
lines may compete in the market de-
scribed.
The rule applies to the farmer as well
as to the manufacturer. II the market
demands a particular grade or pattern
of stock or grain or vegetable or grass,
produce it. No guide to success in any
kind of business effort is so sure to
return expected reward as the rule at
the head of this article. Make what the
market wants and you will always have
customers.
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-15

top dressing with manure as compared
with any other way Of disposing OF 1t.
In no other way can 1t be so thoroughly
incorporated with the soil, nor can 1t
be in any other way made SO useful in
giving crops the early start in spring
that Is always most important In Sc
curing large yield"
This may be true as applied to the
soil Of Massachusetts, in region where
the annual rainfall Is nearly FIVE feet,
and where the fall comes early and the
winter lasts long time. But with our
loose soil, high level and almost con-
tinuoug winds and longer periods be-
tween showers, as a general rule ma
nure that is spread on the surface Of
the land and let lie there loses most
of Its fertilizlng value through evapo-
ration and wind. When a lucky time is
found and a good rain falls Immediately
after the manure Is scattered, and the
weather continues cool few days, the
work is we'll done. SO in winter, If snow
fall upon ground freshly covered with
manure, the soil gets the benefit.
But the safe and sure way out here
is to get the manure on the land as
quickly as possible, spread and plow
under. Then it gets into the soil to a
certainty, and the next years crop
shows it.
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-15
Cream of Our Farm Exchanges.

Young chicks are very partial to po-
tatoes and the adult fowls will also eat
them readily.
If a heifer has a calf the first year
there is very little use in trying to make
a milch COW out of her afterwards.
Do not turn cows out too early on the
frost-covered alfalfa field. Wait until
the sun has warmed things up little
Tobacco tea, boiled down until as
strong as lye, Is said to be sure death
to fleas and jiggers on chicks. Apply
only little at time.
The farmer who grows different kinds
Of crops and feeds them out to different
kinds of stock will, with good manage
ment, make the most money
G. Hickey, in Farm Poultry, tells of
woman who made over $45 from one pair
of ducks In one year. 1t was Pekin
drake, and duck which was a cross
In several tests made lately with
bunch of average cows fed on alfalfa,
mangels, wheat bran and OIL meal the
milk yield was good and the cost of
feed did not exceed 10 cents cow.
The experiments in lining by the
Rhode Island station were continued
through the season of '97 with clover and
grass. With but one exception the crops
showed marked benefit from the applica-
tion of lime.
Develop the heifer the first year If
she is expected to do anything in the
dairy. Do not let her run wild after
she is weaned. Keep the heifers close at
home and have them tame and willing
to be handled
Much more depends upon proper
rotation Of crops throughout series
Of years than many people believe. Corn,
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-15
How Texas Fever is Spread.

For a long time there was mystery
connected with the spread OF Texas
fever among cattle. It was known that
animals free from the disease, II al
lowed to Craze on lands that the South
ern cattle had fed on the same year af-
ter the opening OF spring, they were
liable to take the fever; but 1t was not
generally believed that the disease was
spread by contagion, for Southern and
Northern cattle, grazing In adjoining
pastures with a road or stream or other
permanent partition between them, were
not injured.
The tick theory Is now generally
adopted. A correspondent reporting the
proceedings Of the late meeting OF cattle
men to consider the quarantine line
thus briefly states the tick theory:
THE ticks suck themselves full or
blood from infected cattle in the South,
and later may be carried by apparently
healthy cattle to Northern stock yards.
When once In the North the ticks drop
of the cattle, lay eggs, and then die.
The young ticks that are incubated al
terward from the eggs are said to be
Matched full OF fever microbes. Singular
TO say, 1t Is these young ticks that carry
the Texas fever germs and spread the
fever among Northern cattle. For this
reason all large stock yards In the North
have two sections, one for the yarding
of Southern cattle separately and one
for the yarding Of Northern cattle"
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-15
FARM DEPARTMENT.
BY W. A. PETER.

not in themselves enough dry matter
10 make them substitute for grain and
folders, but daily rations OF roots tone
up the appetite and help digestion so
larger per cent. of the coarser and
richer feeds is digested.
Discussing this subject, a correspond
ent OF the Breeders Gazette lays special
stress on this point of healthfulness.
He thinks that as help to keep animals
IN condition during our long winters and
late springs roots have NO equal when
grass and clover are not available. We
cannot grow roots as we'll nor feed
them as we'll as the English farmers can,
as their growing season is less subject
to drought and their normal amount Of
moisture Is in excess Of ours. We cam
not let the sheep harvest the turnip
crop in the field because our winters are
not so open. This necessitates the extra
labor Of putting into cellars or pits and
taking them out to feed. The turnips
thus handled are not so crisp and sweet
as those eaten in the field. For the small
farmer with his barns arranged to house
all his stock and not provided with q
silo, roots have the greatest value.
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-15
Destruction Of Cattle Ticks.

Among many other good things done
by the Department of Agriculture has
been the experimental study OF the ef-
feet of the different substances in de-
stroylng ticks which spread the tnfec-
tIon of Texas fever 1t has been found
recently that petroleum product known
as parafHn oil will destroy the ticks
without greatly irritating the skins OF
the animals to which 1t Is applied. 1t
is thought by dipping the animal twice
in this oil, with an interval OF a few
days, all the ticks will be destroyed, and
the animals, even from the infected dis
trict, may hereafter be shipped with
safety to any part OF the country. II
this hope is fulfilled the dipping of cat
tie from the infected district must soon
become general and will save millions
of dollars to the Southern States and
more thoroughly protect Northern cattle
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-15
Future Of the Butter Industry in the
United States,

MIR. Secretary Wilson is devoting a
great deal OF attention to the butter
Industry of the United States. His
shipping packages to England last sum-
mer and his reports thereabout the
readers OF the Advocate were informed.
The experiment, though not wholly a
success, was altogether satisfactory. It
proved beyond question that American
butter-makers can produce as good an
article In this line as is made anywhere
In the world, not excepting the dairy
men of Denmark And 1t proved more
that our butter can be shipped across
the Atlantic ocean without In the least
lmpairlng It's properties or It's quality,
And this is another instance showing
the benehcent uses to which the func-
tlons OF government may be applied.
Probably not in many years would any
private citizen or company undertake
the work that has been done in few
months by the representative Of agrlCul-
ture In the Presidents Cabinet 1t Is to
be desired that the convention Of the
National Creamery Butter Makers AS
soclatiOn, to be held in Topeka Febru-
ary 2t-26, next, will be largely attended.
That meeting can do a great deal to
stimulate and encourage the industry In
this country. When grass and grain are
put Into eggs meat, milk or butter,
they have been reduced to the smallest
bulk and most valuable form before
marketing, and thus a vast amount Of
waste and a great deal of expensive
transportation are saved to the producer.
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-15
Russian Farmers as Our Competitors.

Among the important commercial fac
tors of the future is the Siberian rail-
way, which Is fast nearing completion.
1t will open vast region Of good wheat
growing country, and it is not at all inn
probable that within ten or fifteen years
after the line is in operation, Russian
wheat will take the place in European
markets which the United States has
long held.
The following table shows the relative
amounts Of wheat imported into Eng
land from different countries during the
period from 1886 TO 1892 inclusive.
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-15
Roots for Winter Feeding.

Every farmer ought to so arrange his
that he could have roots for winter
Besides the nutrlment afforded by the
roots, they are healthful, promoting di-
gestion and generally tending to keep
the animals In good condition. While
turnips are not equal to beets or mangels
they cost less and furnish sheep and
cattle succulent feed when they need a
change or relish with dry feed. Herein
10 the special value OF roots, They have
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-15
About Fall and Winter Top Dressing,

Climatic conditions in Kansas are so
greatly different from those Of the East
ern States that some farm methods in
universal practice there do not apply
here with success, as many of us have
learned by experience.
As to this matter of fall and winter
top dressing, New England paper says
there are positive advantages Of fall
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-15

1t will be seen that in the years 1888,
1889 and 1890, Russia furnished larger
quantities of wheat to the British mar
ket than the United States did. With
the development of new areas, we may
expect still more serious competition
from that quarter.
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-15

see are above the present line The
committee left the remainder Of Ten
nessee above the line, and from Tennes-
see to the Atlantic ocean and from Okla
homa west the old line prevails.
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1897-09-22

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Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1897-09-22

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Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1897-09-22

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The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-11-26
PERFECT BREAD.
Some Suggestions which May Be Of
Value.

Some Suggestions Which May BE OF
Value.
The only -four which gives TO US a
bread which may truly be designated
as the staff of life" is that which Is
rightly called centre wheat flour"
This contains not only the starch, the
carbonaceOus part OF the wheat, which
so largely predominates in white
hours, but the nitrogenous principle
as well. To fail to supply this -four to
our children, the Consumers of so
large a proportion Of our bread stuffs,
is to fail to supply them with healthily
constructed bones, muscles and nerves,
while to people generally it is almost
as Important. But If prejudice, or
habit, or taste demands a white -four,
see to it that it is Of a rich, yellowish
white, and so rich in the nitrogenous
principles that It viii receive and re-
tain the imprint OF the hand when
closely pressed within it. Perhaps
Of all the kinds Of -four that called
graham" is the most difficult 70 OBJ
tain Of a really good quality. Farmers
who send their own wheat to mill and
receive it back again get good graham
-four; but seldom, IL ever, do we ac-
quire it under other circumstances.
By many it is preferred to any other
kind and to many 1t is invaluable, the
husk acting mechanically in helping
to break up the effete matter and 50
helping It in its passage through the
intestinal canal
Next let the lard and the butter be Of
the very best do not use that abomina-
ton called cooking butter'') and use
both cold and hard whenever possible.
The manner Of mixing some Of the
fancy breads necessitates the use Of
softened = not melted - butter, but
plain bread requires hard lard or but
ter.
As TO yeast: Compressed yeast is
good; Hqnid yeast, good, oldrfashioned
potato yeast, is much better; hop yeast
IS excellent also when used very
judiciously, but no receipt can convey
an absolutely correct formula for max
ing it. There are hops and hops, and
some are more bitter than others, and
great judgment is necessary TO its
proper construction ana use OF the
bread viii be bitter also. Care Is need
ed also In the use Of compressed yeast.
II much Is used, much haste should be
usedalsOin tightening the bread; much
compressed yeast and slow fermen-
tafion makes the bread taste rank.
Less yeast Of any kind Is required IN
summer than IN winter for the same
amount Of -four. - Washington Home
Magazine.