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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-25
Apples.

Early Harvest.-One of the best early
apples for all parts of the state.
Yellow Transparent.-A Russian va
riety that promises to supersede the
Early Harvest.
Red Astrachan.-A valuable early
sort, for home use or market.
Oldenburg duchess of Oldenburg) -
a valuable summer variety, suited to
all sections.
apple for all sections.
Porter.-A choice autumn. variety
for home use or market.
Gravenstein.-Este chiefly be-
cause of its good quality. one of the
best early autumn sorts for home use
or market.
Maiden's Blush.-A valuable fall va
riety in all sections, for home use or
market Is subject to apple scab and
is greatly benefited by applications of
fungicideS.
Rome Beauty.-The best winter mar
ket variety for southern Ohio, and
does well in the central part of the
state 1t is greatly benefited by appli-
cations of Bordeaux mixture.
Baldwin.-One of the best winter
varieties for the northern part of the
state, but is fall apple in the south
ern countries. Very prolific; bears
every other year; not seriously af-
fected by apple scab.
+ Grimes Golden.-Valuabl for market
or home use in all parts of the state. al
though it becomes a fall apple in the
extreme southern portion. It's chief
merit is high quality. Not subject 10
apple scab and is liza BILE to be damaged
by late spraying with Bordeaux mix
ture.
York Imperial.-A good market vari-
ETY. for the central portion of the state.
Rhode Island Greening.-A valuable
early winter variety, in the northern
part of the state, either for home use
or market.
Rambo.-A highly esteemed dessert
apple, but rather difficult to grow on
account of the apple scab. hence is ben
flied by applications of Bordeaux mix
ture.
Northern Spy.-A fall apple in most
parts of the state, but in a few locali-
ties in northern Ohio it is a profitable
winter variety. Very subject to apple
scab and the apple worm, hence is
greatly benefited by spraying.
Ben Daves.-DoeS much better in
southern than in northern Ohio, but in
no part of the state can it be grown to
such perfection as in southern Illinois
and Mississippi. 1t is an early and
prolific bearer, of poor quality: is
greatly benefited by spraying with Bor-
deauX mixture.
JOnathan.-A choice variety for home
use, also for market, when well grown.
Tree a slow grower, hence should be
top-grafted.
Stark.-A reliable winter variety, but
usually does not color sufficiently for
market.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-25
The Farmers Berry Garden.

1t is a matter of surprise to me,
writes Waldo F. Brown in the Louis
vile Home and Farm, that so large
per cent of our farmers fail to grow
small fruits for family use. l have at
tended II institutes so far this winter.
and at most of them this subject was
discussed, and my estimate is that not
one farmer in four grew strawberries
at all, and certainly more than half of
them grew no berries, and if their
families have any, it is wild blackber-
rieS.
l know that there is no necessity for
this. for l have been at the head of a
family for SO years, and have never
passed a season without small fruits,
and there has been but one year dur
ing that time that we did not have
an abundance of Strawberries, and that
was not my fault, for l had a good bed
but excessive rains during blooming
washed off the pollen, so that they
failed to fertilize, and l can truly say
that 1 have found berries of all kinds
as reliable choppers as corn, wheat and
potatoes, and just as easily grown.
And yet l find many farmers at al
most any institute, who have set a
strawberry bed and failed to get any
fruit. The cause of failure is usually
not hard to find, and as a rule it is
either that the farmer has procured
plants from an old worn-Out bed sOr
that he has set his plants, if good ones,
on a piece of foul land, and then al
lowed the weeds to choke them out
If any farmer will set 500 strawberry
plants of good varieties and give them
proper care, his family can have all the
berries they can eat for a period of
from three to four weeks. and they will
be obliged most years to can, sell or
give away some of them. Do you ask
what kinds YOU had better plant?
say.if there is any successful grower in
your neighborhood, go and ask him,
as he can give you better advice than
| can.
What you should not do is to buy
high priced novelties of travelling
agents, for nine times out of ten they
will prove failures. If you must select
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-25
Home Made Rugs.

There are some fortunate women
who need not consider the cost of any
article they need for the comfort or
adornment of their homes. If they
want a new rug they have only to
choose from the expensive assortment
shown by the large carpet stores in the
city, and with a Well-filled purse at
their command, this should not be a
difficult task. But there are many
others who try to make their rooms
look as bright and coy as possible,
but must do this with very little ex-
pense.
The old-fashioned braided rugs are
easily made and very durable. Any
kind Of goods that is pliabl enough
to braid nicely can be used for them.
Perhaps the best material for this
work is listing dong, narrow strips OF
cloth), which may be obtained from
any tailoring establishment. The three
strands are sometimes of one color, or
combination of cOlors may be used.
After the braidlrg is done, sew them
on the under side, making them round
or oval in shape.
A pretty rug may be made of strips
of ingram carpet Almost any old
carpet Will contain pieces that are
good enough to use in this way At
ter it is we'll beaten to remove the dust.
out the threads on either side until
only half an inch remains in the mid
die. Sew the strips together like car
pet rags and wind it in balls. Send
it to any carpet weaver and he will
furnish the chain and weave it for a
moderate charge. If you have two Old
carpets, of contrasting colors, use one
for the center and the other will make
border across the ends.
Making drawn rugs is a work that
pays, for they are very dura bic, and
if a pretty pattern is used and the
colors are good, they are handsome
enough for almost any country parlor.
The burlap which is used for the foun-
dation may be purchased already
stamped, but if you have a stamping
outfit containing large patterns you
will doubtless find several that would
be suitable for rug. A scroll design
is pretty for a border, with flowers.
animals or large geometrical designs
for the center. Any kind of soft woollen
goods, torn in very narrow strips. may
be used to fill in the design. If you
have not the colors you need, any
shade can be produced by the use OF
! Diamond dye. and the colors will not
fade. Gray. Drab or brown are pretty
for the background, and the cOlors of
the flowers should be as nearly nat
ural as possible.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-25
BABY CORN.

a happy mother stalk of corn
Held close a baby ear,
And whispered: "Cuddle up to me,
My BARN need have no fear.
III give you petticoats OF green,
With many tuck and fold
To let out daily as you grow,
For you viii soon be old.
A funny little baby that,
For though it had no eye,
1t had hundred mouths; twas well
It did not want to cry.
The mother put in each small mouth
A hollow thread of silk.
Through which the sun and rain and all
Provided baby's milk
The Detticoats were gathered close
Where all the threadlets hung.
And still as summer days went on
To mother-stalk it chung:
And all the time It grew and grew
Each kernel drank the milk
BY day. by night. in shade. in sun,
From its own thread of silk.
And each grew strong and full and round
And each was shining white;
The cores and seams We're all let ont,
The green skirts fitted tight.
The ear stood straight. and large and tall
And when it saw the sun,
Held up its emerald satin gown
TO say: Your work is done.
you're large enough, said Mother Stalk
And now there's no more room
For you TO grow" She tied the threads
Into q soft-brown plume
1t fioated out upon the breeze
To greet the dewv morn,
And then the baby said: Now L m
A fulI-groWn ear OF corn.
Lydia Avery Coonley. in the hide
pendent.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-25
What an Acre Will Do.

We have frequently called attention
to the fact that average crops do not
pay, and that it is only from those
acres that produce more than the aver
age that a profit can be hoped for
The extent to which the average can
be surpassed by careful cultivation is
hardly realized by the farmers of the
west. says the Western Farm Journal
A good illustration of this is found in
a recent corn contest for which a prize
of $500 was offered by the Iowa Seed
company of DeS Moines, one of the
conditions of the contest being that
the contesting acres should be planted
with the new Iowa Silver Mine corn.
| There were competitors from almost
every state in the Union. a Kansas
acre yielded 1873 bushels; acres in Ne
braska and Ohio yielded 135 bushels,
and in Texas 12S bushels. The prize
was won by Claus Jochimsen, with a
crop of 215 bushels and 20 pounds of
shelled corn by weight. The winner
resides in Scott county, Iowa. and is a
well-to-do German farmer. The ground
on which the corn was grown was high
and level, the soil being a black loan
with clay subsoil This was the gen
eral character of the field. The Sc
lected acre was a slough in the centre
drained and plowed for the first time
two years ago. Last year wheat was
soWn upon it, but the soil was so rich
that the crop was a failure. Last
spring to prepare it for the prize crop
Is loads of BARNARD manure were
hauled and carefully spread over the
patch. The ground was 465 1-3 feet
long and 931s feet wide, making 43, sos
feet, or % feet less than an acre
The ground was plowed deep on May
10, thoroughly narrowed and marked
with a corn planter at the time the
balance of the field was planted, but
the dropper was shut off in passing
over this strip. Drills three and a half
feet apart were then opened up on the
strip and on May u the seed dropped
by hand, using one peck of corn to
plant an acre, and it was covered with
the feet, the ground was afterwards
narrowed. The corn was cultivated
three times, hoed and weeded twice,
and the corn thinned so that the stalks
stood singly not less than eight inches
and not over II inches apart in any
place. Only this strip was planted
with the Silver Mine corn, the bal
ance of the field which surrounds ii
being planted to a yellow variety.
The average yield in Iowa for ten
years, according to statistics of The
agricultural department collected in
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-25
Subsoil Moisture.

Considerable attention has been
aroused in the west by the experiments
of H. W. Campbell, now of Sioux
City, Ia, formerly of Aberdeen, S. D.
Mr.. Campbell claims that by deep
blowing he secures moisture sufficient
to render him Independent of regular
rains or of irrigation. His method is
thus described by the Chicago Tribune;
Mr.. Campbell plows his land deeply
at the start cutting the burrows from
six to nine inches in depth. This stirs
I'D the soil and brings the rich surface
earth down to where it Will come IN
contact with the roots of the plants:
Right behind the pillow Mr.. CampDell
uses an ingenious machine or ms own
contrivance for packing the subsoll SO
as TO retain the moisture. rms ma
chine consists of number of heavy
iron wheels with wedge-shaped edges
strung together on an axle at the endS
of which are two regular traffic WneelS
for propeIling it. Over the axle, ana
resting on supports rising from the
ends of it, runs a long, stout, wooden
trough or box which is loaded with
stone or scrap iron. The machlne'
when ready for use, requires the eff
forts of four horses to drag it. AS it
rolls over the ground the heavy wedge
shaped wheels, aided by the weight or
the loaded box cut down through the
Ioosely-plowed soil for about one-half
its depth, and the lower four inches
are packed hard by the great pressure
The subsurface packing is one of the
cardinal principles of the new system:
Under the old plan the plowed ground
was left loose and whatever moisture
was in it died out rapidly. By the
modern method the moisture is re-
tanned under the closely packed sub
soil. where the roots of the plants may
draw on it as needed.
After the subsurface packing the
ground is gone over with a light string
tooth harrow, set to cut and pulverize
the earth for a depth of not more than
two inches. This done, the crops are
put in and from then on until the
plants get too big to allow of free move
ment among them the surface of the
ground is kept finely pulverized by re-
peated scratchings with the spring
! tooth harrow While the packed sub
soil retains the moisture the fine
coating of earth on the surface acts
as a blanket to ward off the evaDora-
ton by sun and wind.
| So far the system seems to be
devised to secure the benefit of sub
soil cultivation and perfect pulveriza-
ton, but the blowing does not go deep
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-25
Farming That Paws.

Farm and Home: It pays just as
well to fertilize grass as it does to fer
tiIize grain. Put some of the surplus
manure on the meadows, hauling out
and spreading evenly through the fall
and winter. If this is neglected, do
not wonder at the poor crops and con-
clude that there is no profit in grass.
Good farming is very often thrown
away on land which is too wet to pro-
duce good crops. Rather than waste
time and strength on the whole, put a
part of it in good condition by under
draining. The expense is the hindrance,
but ii can be accomplished little by
little. if need be, until the unproductive
acres will produce enough to cover
annual cost of cultivation.
If dry earth or muck were used
habitually in the stalls in addition to
a liberal supply of straw. the increased
value of the manure would much more
than compensate for the extra labor.
The waste of the liquid, of which cut
a very small proportion is preserved
by the methods ordinarily practiced
would be prevented.
A prejudice in favor of old ways
should not keep one from being ~
gressive Many of the new methods
which have come in every branch OF
husbandry in the last few years have
been we'll tried, and found good. The
odd beach track" is not the one
which will always lead to success III
agriculture.
It is quite as important to harvest
and store the crops carefully as it is
to plant and cultivate properly. Ths
hay and grain wasted because of poor
~ constructed stacks and leaky barn
roofs is certainly unnecessarily large;
and then all such things can be RENE
died.
If one goes into farming to stay
good live stock should be an adjunct
to the grain farm. Exclusive grain
farming may pay well for few years
but in the end the steady depletion OF
the soil will cause a collapse.
If the crop which absorbed the plant
food is sold away from the farm il
will be found a pretty expensive thing
to keep up the fertility. 1t is esti-
mated that a ton of hay takes away 8;
times as much fertility as ton OF
butter. While the one will sell for SO
the other will bring $500 perhaps.
A dairy farm growing poorer is strik-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-25

enough to reach the reservoir in the
soil. That it would retain the mois-
ture is probably true, provided the
moisture fell. but if there were
drouth the plants would be deprived of
the moisture of the soil. as well as the
moisture from the atmosphere.
What farmers need is a regular sup
ply of water; a supply from streams
that never run dry. There is benefit,
no doubt. in thorough cultivation in
pulverizing the soil, and Mr.. Camp
bells method may do we'll with GER
tain crops in certain soils. but it will
not create any agricultural revolution,
as some seem to imagine.
According to some newspaper re-
ports, astonishing results have been
secured by following this simple
method. The ordinary yearly rainfall
in the semi-arid belt is about 20
inches, which is equivalent to 1000
tons of water on every acre. Experts
have demonstrated that a crop which
in its dried stage weighs three tons
to the acre cannot possibly use more
than 900 tons of moisture per acre
This being true, it follows that there
is a waste by surface drainage and
evaporation of LOO tons of moisture
from each acre every year. To catch
and hold this excess of moisture, or,
at least, a good part of it, has been
ments. AS early as 1894 he made an
exhaustive test of his plan of subsur-
face packing at Hastings, Neb. Test
tubes of earth taken from the expert
mental field showed an average of be-
tween is and 10 per cent of water in
the upper u inches of soil, while the
earth taken from fields titled by the
old methods gave only I and 8 per cent
of water. The Importance of this can
be the better understood when it is
known that earth containing 9 per
cent of water is dry and powdery to
the touch, while that containing Is per
cent. can be squeezed into a mudball
Mr.. Campbell has tried his system in
all parts of the west, on all kinds of
soil, and with all sorts of crops, and
has never had a failure. He figured
it out that the moisture could be held
in the earth by so treating the surface
of the ground as to reduce evapora-
ton to the minimum. and practical
farmers say he has thoroughly ac-
complished this end at an expense of
about 80 cents an acre over the usual
cost of ordinary cultivation
All of which must be taken with
many grains of allowance. Neverthe-
less, we should like to hear what the
subscribers of Home and Farm have to
say on the subject.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-25
rhe Indepenaent Farmer.

There are two ways for farmers to
manage so as to not be hopelesslv
swamped with debt when a series of
had wears cones and short crops and
low prices combine to bring him into
financial distress. Tersely stated, these
are given by Waldo F. Brown, in the
louisville Home and Farm: Either
an increase of income or a reduction
of expenses. The first would be the
nIeasanter of the two, but it cannot
always be done, and when this point
l. settled then the alternative is be-
tween. a rigid economy and accumulat-
ing debt, and when this question must
be fairly met the wise man Will not
shrink from the practice of economy.
Some one will perhaps suggest that
? way out OF the difficulty may be
found by change of business, that a
man is not doomed TO the farm all his
afe because he happened 10 start there
buf as viewed from my standpoint,
there is little prospect of betterment
Of mans condition by leaving the
farm. In fact, the hard times press
more severely on most other classes
than on the farmers, and there is more
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-25

ing proof of the incompetency of the
farmer OF course, il would grow
poorer if the grass product was sold,
but if fed to a dairy it must grow
richer unless the grossest carelessness
is observed.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-12-12
latarrb TO
Consumption

catarrh invariably leads to consump-
ton. Growing worse and worse each
winter. those who rely upon the usual
trea ;ment of sprays, washes and inbal-
ing mixtures find that it is imp ossible
to check the disease with these local
applications which only reach the sur
face. The offensive discharge increases
all the while, and gets deeper until it is
only question of short time when
the lungs are affected.
The importance of the proper treat
n,ent can therefore be readily appre-
ciated. But no good whatever can be
expected from local applications, as
such treatment never did cure Catarrh,
ard never will. Being blood disease
of the most obstinate nature, Swift's
Specific (S.S.S.) is the only remedy
which can have the slightest effect upon
:Catarrh. 1t is the only blood remedy
that goes down to the bottom of all stub
born diseases which other remedies
cannot reach.
Mrs. Josephine Polhill, OF Due West,
S. c., writes:
81 had such a severe case Of
Catarrh that I lost my hearing in one
ear, and part of the bone in my nose
off. 7 was constantly treated
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-12-12

Speciic) and after four months 1 was
perfectly we'll. and have never felt any
effects of the disease SINCE
Those who have had the first
touchof Catarrh will save endless suf-
fering by taking the right remedy a. the
outset. Others who have for years
sc"ght relief and found only disappoint-
meat in local treatment will find it wise
y waste no further time on sprays,
washes, inhaling mixtures, etc, which
are only temporary, and cannot save
them from dreaded Consumption.
They should take remedy which will
cure them because it can reach their
trouble. SIS. is the only blood rene
dy which can reach Catarrh; it pronpt;
gets at the very bottom of the dises -,
mi cures it permanently.
ISIS. (Swift's Specifc) is a re..l blood
resaedy, aud cures the most obstinate
csces of Catarrh, Rheumatism, Corta-
gio.s Blood Poison, Cancer, Scrofuia
and Eczema, which othe, so-called blood
remedies have no effect upon whatever.
SIS. is the only blood remedy guaraa-
%nA5
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-12-12
BENWOOD.

Miss Myrtle Oiney, charming young
lady of Adena, Ohio, is here on a visit.
G. b. Waite, from Little Washington,
Pa, was a visitor in the t.ty.
Mrs. David Peterson, ofWest Alex
ander, is visiting relat YES OF this place.
Mrs. Dora Allen, of Fairmont, is V S.
ting her parents.
Some Of our most popular society
folks attended party in Wheeling Fri
day night.
Walter Mitcheq has moved his fam
lily from Pittsburg to this city
Council will hold an important bust
ness meeting on next Tuesday even
ing.
Miss Nora Serig will leave Tuesday
for Cadiz, Ohio, to visit friends and
will also attend the wedding CT her
friend Miss Daisy Johnson, on the 23d
inst.
Geo. Ryder, from Clarks'burg, w. Va,
was q visitor in this city yesterday.
Miss Cora Hercules. Of VIII Aling, was
a guest of friends last week
The Knights Of St. John will hold a
business meeting this afternoon at their
hall.
Miss Julia Barrett is a guest of her
W -lID, LIES ulId IiAOU, VI
vile.
Robert Vance, of Niles, Ohio, is visit
Ing his uncle, Chas. Vance, Of Pike
avenue.
James O'Hare. of Warrington, was
CUES, Of friends here last week
The Ladies' Auxiliary meets on next
Sunday 2fterI.ocn.
PROF. Nelson's orchestra gave an en-
tertainment Friday night at the city
hall.
Mr.. John Shoemaker, of Moundsville,
was in town on business last week.
Samuel Moren. CT Philadelphia. Pa.
was calling on his old friends here the
past week.
The AutUmnal Club gave series
hop Thursday evening at MeMechen
hall, in McMechen.
Mrs. John Smith. Of lower Benwood.
is visiting in Woodsheld, Ohio.
The concert that was given by the pu-
pills Of the "Deestrict Skule" last night
was largely attended Monday night
will be the asst night The proceeds
are for the benefit CT the NJ E. Church.
Frank McCleary, of Elkins, W. Va,
was in the city LAST week.
The churches are preparing for their
Christmas entertainments.
Miss Maggie Barrett has arrived
home from Newark, Ohio. after several
months visit with relatives.
The Ladies Relief Corps of Han
cock Post Nc. s elected officers We'd
nesday night as fellows: President. Mrs.
Ambrose Farmer; Senior Vice Presi-
dent, Mrs. A. Keller; Junior Vice Pres
ident, Mrs. Kate Smith; Chaplain, Mrs.
Emily Quigley; Conductor, Mrs. Geo.
Fitzgerald; Treasurer, Miss Margaret
Whiteman; Delegates, Mrs. Emma
Quigley and Mrs. Geo. Fitzgerald.