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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-15
Winter Rearing.

American Farmer: One who has
once used a brooder for rearing chicks
will never go back to hens Unless
chickens are raised in very Large num-
bers, brooders holding about so apiece,
to be kept in the chicken houses, are
the best. We think 80 are enough for
one flock in any brooder.
Although a brooder is of much sim
pier construction than an incubator, it
nevertheless pays to look around and
get the best, writes L. Robbins to
Farm Journal. They need to be tested
awhile before using, as it requires some
knack and experience to keep the tenn
perature right. The chicks themselves
will help about this. When the heat is
too great they will avoid the warmest
part of the brooder and lie around the
edges; and on the other hand when
the heat is insufficient they will huddle
and crowd around over the place of
greatest warmth.
AS the chicks grow older less heat is
needed. about 50 degrees at first and
running down to 20 degrees later on
Editor) Considerable watchfulness is
necessary, as outside temperature will
determine to a greater or less extent
the amount of heat to be applied in the
brooder.
The floor of the brooder should be
covered with clean, dry sand, which
should be renewed at least twice a
week.
The chicks should not be put into the
brooder until they are dried off and
lively-36 hours is plenty soon enough
after Matching. 1t is perhaps unneces-
sary to add that before any chickens
enter the brooders or houses, both of
the latter should be cleansed and fumi-
gated if there is any doubt about their
being free from vermin. The chickens
Matched and in the broodef, then comes
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the most difficult part of the undertake
| ing. The care and attention paid them
must be unremitting.
The first few days they may be fed
on bread crumbs, slightly soaked in
milk, or cornmeal scalded very stiff.
After this they can be given mostly dry
feed, though the scalded meal may be
fed warm once a day right along with
profit. Wheat is very good, but this,
like any new thing, should be fed SPAR
ingly at first, that the chickens may
get used TO it gradually. Oats, barley.
buckwheat and rice are all good. 1t is
better to vary the diet good deal rs
it helps keeps the chicks interested and
lively.
Some green food should be provided
every day. Cabbages, beets, onions,
carrots and potatoes are good. The
| chicks can generally be induced to like
| the different kinds by feeding in the
morning when they are hungry and
will pick at almost everything. Food
should be given in boxes or troughs so
arranged that the chicks cannot get
their feet into them and scratch it
about. They should be fed every few
hours during the day.
Chickens need to be amused as well
as fed. and it pays to give considerable
thought to ways of doing it. little
place may he swept on the floor and
some hay or dry leaves thrown down
with a little grain mixed in. Chan
from the barn is nice for them to pick
over AS soon as grass starts 1t is
good idea to dig up pieces of sod for
them to pick and scratch These sods
can be sowed to grass seed, and after
being laid aside awhile will do to use
again.
Pure water should be furnished pien-
tifully and fixed so the chickens cannot
put their feet in it. A good way is to
take an old tin fruit can, and after UNI
soldering or cutting off the ragged re-
mains at the top, cut a little notch in
the edge of the can, then fill with
water, and, holding a saucer or other
shallow dish over it. invert the whole
The water will run out into the saucer
as high as the notch. and viii remain
so until the water in the can is ex-
hausted.
If the chicks are allowed to run at
large as the season advances, con-
slant lookout must be kept for their
numerous enemies. The chicks should
be counted frequently. that it may be
known if there are any mysterious dis
appearances. Hawks, after one sample
from a poultry yard, come again and
again for more, and rat or mink will
make fearful havoc among a flock or
chickens in very short time. Eternal
vigilance is not only the price of lib
ertv.'' but the price of early chicks as
uaU
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-15
Farm ManureS.

We give a brief summary below of a
bulletin just issued by the Missouri agri-
cultural station. giving the results of
recent experiments with farm manures.
1t is mailed to any address free.
1t IS estimated that the manure pro-
duced each year by the farm animals of
the United States is worth the enormous
sum of $1,000 eco goo. On the same basis
the value of the manure eXcreted by the
farm animals in Missouri each year
would amount to $50. 100000. This est
mate for Missouri is probably too high.
since a relative smaller quantity of foods
producing rich manures, such as cotton
seed meal. linSeed meal wheat bran etc
are fed IN Missouri than in most of
the eastern and northern states. The
value of this product of the farm is
large enough. however. to warrant our
most serious attention. and to justify the
employment of such measures as are
necessary to preserve without waste. and
apply in the best manner. all the manures
produced
Fully one-half of the manure produced
in Missouri is wasted, which, according
to the foregoing estimate means a loss
TO the farmers of this state. from this
source alone of SIS OGOO 900. The manure
from young growing animals is less
valuable than that from mature ones
the food being the same. Full grown
animals not gaining in weight. throw
off in the dung and urine practically all
the fertiliZing constituents taken into the
body. In mich cows and growing animals
fertiliZing constituents of the food passes
into the manure. In fattening or work
ing animals t is from 80 to 90 per cent
The -alue of the manure is more de-
pendent upon the kind of food consumed
than uoon the age eff the animal; for
example animals fed on cotton seed meal
linseed meal. wheat bran, clover hay or
blue grass, will produce a manure very
much richer than when fed on oats or
timothy hay. The passing of the food
through the animal adds nothing to its
fertilizing value, except to render its
ingredients somewhat more available to
the plants.
Sources of Loss.-Faulty methods of
feeding: improper arrangements or
pastures and feed lots; from allowing the
manure to stand in piles in the barn yard
or in field. where it ferments too rapidly:
the waste of the LIQUID manure. AS a
rule the manure should be hauled direct
from the barn to the field and spread.
Nothing is added by allowing it to rot
in piles. and much is likely TO be lost
by this process. The bulletin suggests
cheap and satisfactory means of remedy
ing these losses. and discusses the best
methods of maintaining soil fertility and
of renovating WORKOUT land, of which
we may haze more to say in the near
future
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moderate. She is not subject to day
| dreams, will waste no time in building
castles IN the air. and her husband
is not likel-- to find any novels hidden
in different parts of the house. She
would rather read a newspaper than
one of the modern dime procrastinators.
Her constructive ability cannot be
praised. She has but poor idea of
originating or inventing, and could
not succeed as milliner or
dreSSmaker. In her household
affairs she will not be so concerned
about decorations and artistic arrange
ments as she will that everything is
Scrupulously clean. She will never
keep any secrets from her husband that
he ought to know, but is honest, frank
and generous. AS a child her mother
would never have to scheme in order
to extract the truth, but could rely on
her word in every instance because it
is her nature to be candid and straight
forward. She has very little cunning;
could never conceal anything even if
she tried, and would make but bung-
ling show at any sleight-o per-
Torrance.
She is fond of lively company, thor
oughly enjoys hearty laugh, and is
quick to appreciate the comical side of
life. There is no disposition to sulk
or to complain. She has a remark
ably cOntented disposition, and does
not envy other people of their goods
and chattels. She is proud spirited,
noble minded, and was never known to
be guilty of a sly, underhanded trick.
There is no temptation in this direc
ton. She will look anyone square in
the eye and will neither fear anyone
nor dislike them.
Taken altogether she is a womanly
woman, will mind her own business:
has not the slightest desire to pry into
other peoples affairs; does not seek
after the sensational: will never neg
lect home to gossip with neighbors, and
will live above all the small trifiing
affairs of life.
No one who understood her would
accuse her of being vain. She would
never knowingly slight anyone, and
would acknowledge her servant If they
met on the street.
She is not suited for artistic work or
anything requiring mechanical skill
and ingenuity AS already stated, she
would need a pattern to make a dress
or to trim a hat, and could not draw
or paint unless she had copy before
her.
She would make a splendid govern
ess; could take charge of others, and
if she had studied for it would have
made a first-class teacher Her love
of children is intense, and she Will be
an affectionate mother, cheerful and
faithful wife and a veritable queen in
her own home.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-15
Plants For Alakali Soils

Professor E. W. Hilgard, California
Experiment Station: AS regards the
familiar culture plants, both the
natural growth of alkali lands and ex-
perimental tests seem to show that the
entire leguminous family-peas, beans.
clovers, etc.-are among the most SEN
sitive and least available wherever
black alkali exists, while fairly tolerant
of the white salts. Apparently q very
little salsoda suffices to destroy the
Understanding organisms that are so
important a medium of nitrogen nu-
triton in these plants. Alfalfa, with
it's hard, stout and long taproot, seems
to resist best of all these plants. AS a
general thing, taprooted plants when
once established resist best, for the OBJ
vious reason that their main mass of
feeding roots reaches below the danger
level. Another favoring- condition is
heavy foliage and consequent shading
of the ground: alfalfa happens to COM
bine both of these advantages. Several
of the hardest of the native alkali
weeds belong to the sunf1ower family.
and the common wild sunfiowers are
common on lands pretty strongly aka
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-15

Self-esteem, when under the control
and guidance of other and higher fac
ulties is one of the most essential and
serviceable gifts that mankind enjoy.
A man may be as strong and powerful
as q giant, but if he is minus his arms
or limbs he is handicapped in the race
of life, and however magnif1cently
one may be endowed with intellectual
gifts they will be almost valueless to
the possessor and lost to the world IN
less there is a fair degree of self-es-
teem A man who does not have re-
spect for himself, nor reasonable ap-
probation of his worth, will be swind-
led by the majority and pitied by the
minority It is when this organ is de-
veloped out of all proportion to the
other faculties that it becomes objec-
tionable When a vessel pushes out to
sea, the danger of a wreck is not
guaged by the amount of freight stored
away in the hold, but as to whether it
is secured so that a balance can be
maintained. If it is loosely thrown to-
gether the least swell of the ocean
will couse the freight to ''swag," and
all is lost.
Now Queen Jean is fortunately liber-
ally supplied with this commodity of
self-confidence. She has faith in her
self, and l desire to draw special at
tention to this because it was the Sc
cret of her success in passing through
the trying ordeals that were incidental
to the carnival celebration. To be sure
she did not have very much to do. The
real brainy part was admirably at
tended to by her prime. minister, but
nevertheless, there were occasions
when she was the center of attraction.
She was the one objective point upon
which thousands of critical eyes were
simultaneously focused, and there are
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-15

I line. CorresDondingly the Jerusalem
artichoke, itself a suufiower is among
the available crops on moderately
strong alkali soils; and so. doubtless.
are other members OF the same rela-
tionship not yet tested, such as the
true artichoke, satisfy, chicory, etc
The common beet, including the man.
gel-wurzel. is known TO succeed well
on saline lands. Being specially toler-
ant or common salt, it may be grown
where other crops fail on this account,
but the roots so grown are strongly
charged with salt, and have, as is we'll
known, been used for the purpose of
removing excess of the same from
marsh lands. 1t is quite otherwise with
Glauber salt. sodium sulphate: and as
this is usually predominant in alkali
lands, either before or after gypsum
treatment, this fact is of great i'm
portance, for il admits of the success
ful growing of the sugar beet, as has
been abundantly proved. on land con-
tanning as much as one-fourth of / per
cent of salts, mostly this compound.
and has yielded roots of very high
grade, boIh as to sugar percentage
and purity Asparagus is another crop
which bears considerable amounts of
common salt, as well as of Glauber
salt, but not of salSOda, which must
first be transformed by the use of gyp-
fibrous roots of the true grasses render
them. as a whole. rather sensitive to
alkal salts; yet there are a number of
the perennial kinds whose thick roots
and deeper roofing render them meas
urably resistant. Aside from the alxali
grass proper. Distichlis. the sO-called
rye gras of the northwest. Elymus
condensatus is probably the most re-
sistant species among the wild grasses.
While corn is rather sensitive and fails
on even slightly alkaline lands.
Egyptian corn and other sorghums.
roofing somewhat deeper. succeed on
mild aiSali soils of the white class. The
same appears to be true of some of the
stout-rooted millets, such as panicum
crus- gall, which succeed we'll in neu-
trail alkali land. OF the important
group of legumes. peas, beans, vetches.
clovers. ETC., alfalfa appears thus far
to be the most available. on account of
its hardy, long and deep-feeding tap
roots. Very few plants belonging to
this family are naturally found on al
kali lands, and attempts to grow them
even where only Glauber salt is pres
ent, have been but very moderately
successful The salts seem to retard
the formation of the tubercles useful
for nitrogen absorption.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-15
How to Raise Early Potatoes.

c. L. Allen: Take medium sized
tubers and put them in shallow boxes
filed with sphagnum moss, if obtain
able, if not, use sawdust, or common
garden soil; place the potatoes seed
end up and close together; scatter be-
tween them the moss. or soil, leaving
only the tip of the potato exposed AS
a rule, the leading sprout only starts.
Place the box in a hotbed or behind
a stove; in fact, any warm place,
about a month before it is time to
plant outdoors. At the proper season,
take the tubers carefully from the
box. so as not to injure the roots, and
plant in finely prepared SOIL Set the
tubers four inches below the surface.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-15
There Are Others.

Canea. March 1.-THE insurgents are
not the only ones who have been kept
in ignorance of the action of the powers.
The several consuls here have had no Of
fetal intimation from their respective
governments of what was TO be done, a
powers are about to send troops TO the
island. but no official intimation to this
effect has been received. The belief pre-
walls among the foreign fleet that the
powers have finally decided to MAKE no
reply to the answer of Greece to their
identical note but TO put their threat of
a blockade into effect. 1t is thought that
the blockade of Crete and the PiraeuS will
begin tomorrow. 1t is stated that the
Italians have shelled the insurgents at
kissamo Kastelli, but nothing further can
be learned.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-15
Lice in Winter.

The Poultry Keeper says: There
is one kind of louise that annoys the
hens in winter and it thrives because
it is protected by the warmth of the
body. This is the large gray louise
which hides down in the feathers of the
head and neck, close to the skin, and
close search must be made for it. Many
hens droop and some die because of the
persistent annoyance of this pest, and
because its presence is not suspected.
The best remedy is grease-melted
lard being excellent, which should be
well rubbed on the heads and necks of
the fowls, close to the skin, two or
three applications sometimes being
necessary. This is the kind of louise
that gets on the early chicks"
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veyance of information furnished by the
former. Great Britain has now taken
steps to have the Christian leaders in
formed of what it is intended to do in the
BELIEF that as soon as the information
spreads it will have the result of stopping
the fighting. Sir Alfred Biliotti, the
British consul here, has been instructed
by his government to have printed, as
soon as his colleagues receive similar in
Structions. u proclamation announcing the
decision of the powers to grant autonomy
to the island. The proclamation will
give no details of the scheme but it will
declare as a cardinal point that Turkey
shall have nothing whatever to do with
the internal affairs of Crete. The
proclamation will be distributed widely
as possible and it is thought that its eff
feet will be very beneficial.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-15
What Nav Happen.

will tomorrow publish dispatch from
its Berlin correspondent saying that if
Greece still refuses to yield to the de-
mands of the powers after the blockade
has begun. or if she declares war on
Turkey or takes action on the Mace
DOMAIN frontier. some of the powers
have decided to carry coercion to any
length even to destroying the power
of Greece both for the present and fu-
t1IrP
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-15
Information for Inouirers.

]. E.-Alaska was purchased for ST.
2O0 900 in gold.
Montesano park is south of ST. Louis,
in Missouri.
Scholastic total number of enrolled
pupils in the United States is 1880, 26S,
while the estimated number of children
between the ages of and Is years
exceeds 20,000,000,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-15
Town on Fire.

Canea, March IA Russian warship
which has been cruising TO the westward
returned here today bringing news of the
situation at Kissamo, which is situated on
Kissamo bay, some % miles west of this
city. She reports that the Insurgents
were bombarding the place yesterday and
that the town was on fire in several
places.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-15
INSURGENTS Are Rombarding.

Athens, March 4.-Advice received here
this morning from Canea show that the
insurgents are continuing their lombard
ment OF the town of SDinalOnga. The
Turkish garrison is still holding out,
though the cannonading has now been
going on for nearly three days.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-15
Moslems Pillaging.

London, March 1.-THE Telegraph
has dispatch from Canea saying that
the Moslems who were rescued a few
days ago from Selino and Dandamos by
Sir Alfred Biliotti and brought to Ca
nea are pillaging the houses of Chris
tianS
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-15
15arl11 and GARDEN

Should there appear any sprouts ex-
cept the leading one, remove them, as
one is quite sufficient. Plant the same
distance apart as though the potatoes
were freshly cut. At least two weeks
Will be gained by this method.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-15
Had Her sympathy.

Boston Traveller: Mrs. Chippering-
$50 these are your children, are they?"
Mrs. Marrow-"Yes. and everybody
says they're just the image. of me-"
Mrs. .Chippering-'.W Why, so they are.
poor little things"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-15
Notice.

All persons holding fire alarm keys
are requested to bring them to this
office and have them exchanged
JAMES DEVINE,
Chief of the Fire Department.
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ANOTHER GREEK
MANIFESTATION

Continued from Page l.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-12
ABBREVIATED TELEoRAMs.

Details OF the recent earthquake IN
india show that from 1000 to 5000 per-
Sons were killed.
Adolph Stein, Of Chicago, shot himself
with a pistol at the foot Of the Logan
monument and was found dead b. q
policeman.
The marriage of United States Sen
ator Hansbreugh. Of North Dakota. and
Miss Chapman will take place in New
York on Monday.
Francis Marion Griffith, Democrat
has been elected to succeed the late
Representative w. 9. Holman from the
Fourth Indiana district.
The 3-year-eld son Of Frank e. Roller,
living near Eden, Ind, fell from q
barn window, injuring himself so badly
that he died several hours later.
John Bukoll. v. p. Atwen and J. p.
Rothman have organised a stock COM
pany at Stevens Point. Wis, to manu-
facture and sell the Bukolt self-roclxing
cradle.
The Portage (wis) county crop re-
port issued shows last years potato
acreage at 1926 and this years at TO-
9s5. Last years yield was 1.219.74
bushels.
The first tin plate manufactured In
America, to be sent to Europe, was that
started yesterday by the American
Plate company, Of Elwood. Ind. 1t is sent
to Italy.
heannual camp meeting Of the Rock
ford, Ills, district has opened at Ep-
| worth grove and will continue two
weeks. Many improvements have been
| made in the grounds.
An election was held at Orleans, IND,
to vote for the construction OF thirty
miles of gravel roads at an estimated
cost Of $4,000. The friends Of good
roads won by a big majority.
The president has designated Frank
A. vaHderlip. assistant secretary Of the
treasury, to perform the duties o.
register of the treasury during the alb
senee Of the register and assistant
| register.
| Two tramps Eaahed the hands Of q
Rhinelander, Wis, servant girl with q
knife because she would not hand over
to them a pail Of blueberries she had
| rying home. ~.s.a-.'
Obituary: At Belmont, Mass, Henry
F. Marcy, president OF the Fitchburs
Colonel H. C. Fish. At Danvers, his
William Strehle, So. At Ashland, lila
Summers Carson, a. At Kokomo, Ind
Peter Miller.
Two prospectors have come to Boise
City. Ida, from the middle fork Of thu
Salmon river. q section that has neve.
been explored, bringing $1.0o0 In gold
taken out there In q few weelB' work
They say they have discovered . Who'll.
mountain Of ore.
The College Of Physicians at Chi
cAgo Is to throw open its doors for tn,
admission Of women. This has beer
decided upon ~ the trustees Of thu
University Of Illinois after . bitter figh,
against the innovation ON the part q
The Authorities q the medical school