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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-22
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ROW OF NEST BOXES.

upper row open back or up, and are
held open by hooks and staples, the
staples being driven into the broad
board above. The upper doors will stay
closed without fastening, of course,
but the lower doors are provided with
hooks and staples. Little wooden but
tons would answer the same purpose
and are less expensive This 12-foot
double row of nests is placed length
wise of the poultry house in such a
way as to make them the partition be-
tween the main or roosting-room and
the nest room. At each end of this par
tition there is tall door frame and
screen door, the frame with pickets on
top, SO that fowls cannot fly over or
out. The object in having the upper
tier of nests sloping is to prevent the
fowls from roosting upon them. They
cannot gain foothold. and are obliged
to be content with the regular roost-
ing arrangement of the house. The
broad board above the nests is fastened
to the door frames, and above this is
stretched 32-inch strip of poultry net
ting to keep them from flying over this
part of the nest box arrangement into
or out of the nest room. The nest room
Is long. hall-like space three feet
wide, and is for the express use of sit.
ting hens. Here are kept feed, water,
grit and the dust bath for the broody
ones.
When hen wants to sit q nest and
eggs are given her. the door opening in
to the main room Is shut and the door
to the nest that opens into the nest
room is left open instead. that she may
leave her nest for feed at her pleas
ure. The arrangement is really very
complete and worth trying. The ex-
pense of such set of "a nests should
not be heavy. provided they were made
at home from cheap material.-Orange
Judd Farmer
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-22
Utilizinr the Ocean,s waves.

A California inventor is experiment.
ing with a wave motor which is intend
ed to make use of the enormous force
of the sea. The especial merit of this
device is that all the machinery is on
dry land, and thus not at the mercy of
storms. There is buoy anchored in
the water, and in it is stepped a mast,
the top of which describes part of an
arc as the buoy pitches. To the top of
the mast is attached wire which runs
ashore to the motor. By means of
drums, weight and pawl and ratchet
wheels the various motions of the mast
roll the fywheel constantly in one di-
rection. 1t would be a great triumph
over nature if the forces that cause sea-
sickness could be put to a more salts
factory service.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-22
HORSES STILL USEFUL.
Farmers' Boys Will Find q Colt Nor
Profitable Than q Wheel.

Farmers Boys Will Find a Colt More
Profitable Than q Wheel.
In the highest civilization horses are
essential. whether for work or for pleas.
ure. City street hauling and farm work
must yet be done in the same old way
with horses. More machinery means
more horses and wagons. In spite of the
bicycles, more carriages and buggies
are made than ever.
The farmer should think twice be-
fore he invests 500 for a wheel for his
boy. Try him with good colt in
stead. In two years the colt will have
eaten about half as much as the wheel
has, and the boy likes him better every
day, because it is growing in value, and
the idea of profitable investment is i'm
planted.
AS the chances for our western ranges
are continually narrowing, and as our
export trade is continually growing. we
would seem to be surely approaching a
better era for the producer. There may
be ups and downs yet, but these united
conditions must certainly establish a
higher range of value for the future
Wisconsin Agriculturist.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-22
THE EXPERT APlARlsr.
as win Watch His Bees In Winter as
Well as In Summer.

as win Watch His Bees In Winter as
Well as In Summer.
The expert bee-keeper watches hia
lpiary in winter as well as in summer.
True, the bees should not be disturbed
If they are doing well, for if strong.
healthy colony is rudely disturbed some
bees will leave the cluster and, per-
chance, the hive. If the weather is cold
enough to chill them, many of these will
perish. Another bad result of such q
disturbance is, that from some instinct
Ave cause the bees fill themselves with
honey, and if prolonged period of arc
tic weather follows and prevents them
from taking a cleansing flight the col
ony will become unhealthy, which
causes its loss entirely.
But these cautionary suggestions do
not imply that there is no winter work
to be performed in the apiary. The
most skillful bee-keeper look after
their bees at all seasons. He watches
them throughout the year, and is &C.
quainted with the situation and condi,
tions of each colony. 1t happens some
times that colony goes into winter
quarters with large number of old
and nearly wornout bees and but few
of younger stock. j very cold weather
the older bees succumb and, falling,
soon clog the entrance to the hive. I'm
less they are removed, the entire colony
will smother. The entrance must be
kept open. This is easily done with
a wire hook about foot long. Some
times excessive moisture in a hive
causes some fatality, often sufficient to
block the entrance at ttM bottom. Thus
1t Is necessary to watch the apary
every day to avoid unnecessary losses.
Care is required in removing dead bees
in order that the live ones may not
be disturbed or aroused to activity.
1t sometimes happens, notwithstand-
ing the attention that may have been
given to fall-feeding, that a colony may
have consumed its supply of honey in
midwinter. 1t must be fed or be lost.
Methods of feeding are familiar to all,
but it is not out of place to state that
one of the simplest and easiest is to
fill widemouth fruit jar with sirup
made of granulated sugar and water
of consistency thick enough to an
swer the purpose, and tying cheese
sacking tightly over the mouth of the
jar. Invert the jar and place it direct
ly over the cluster. The bees soon find
it and appease their hunger. Some bee
keepers, however, prefer bee-candy for
this. purpose. 1t is made by boiling
sugar strip until it reaches the candy
state and then pouring it while hot
into pie tins. When cold it is ready
for use. 1t is placed on the frames
over the cluster, and does not distuI b
the bees.-Farmers Voice.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-22
Enecta of Csnnring Feed.

The rough. staring coat of calves and
colts their first winter is always due
to troubles of digestion from changing
suddenly from succulent to dry feed.
But part is also due to drinking too
little water, because the water in winter
is always cold. If water for young ami
mails be warmed to temperature near
that of animal heat, they will drink
more freely, and their food will digest
instead If remaining in the stomach.
breeding fevers and disease. Do away
with constipation In young stock, and
most of the difficulty in keeping them
thrifty win be overcome.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-22
LIVESTOCK POINTERS.

A hog without an appetite is like an
engine without steam.
Every animal on the farm should
have a good, comfortable bed. Never
pile the bedding up by the Manager. It
contains ammonia.
: II is now claimed that carrots fed to
young animals make them irritable
and that they make young stations
vicious We should like to know why :?
Still it may be fact.
Does it pay to keep swine until the
second year. we are again asked? No,
crowd them to maturity as rapidly as
possible, but remember that young
swine need something besides corn
Western Plowman
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-22
- ; - -
LICE ON LIVE STOCK.
A with All Other Ills Prevention Ii Much
Retter Than CurA.

A with All Other Ills Prevention In Much
Better Than Cure.
Lousiness is largely the result of
stinting feed and the neglect to groom
properly. Stock kept in a thrifty,
growing condition are rarely, if ever.
infested by these pests unless they
come In contact with animals that are
infested. But one lousy animal rum
ming with other stock will soon commu-
nicate the lice to all. When the insects
Cnce get start they multiply so rapid
~ that In short time the animal is
fairly alive with them and Is kept in
perfect torment. It is next to impossi-
bic to get lousy animal into thrifty
condition until the lice are gotten rid of.
Stock that have to lie out, exposed to
cold and storms, and are ill-fed are al
most certain to become infested; this Is
10 much the case that it seems that
poor condition breeds lice.
AS with all other ills to which stock
is liable, prevention is much better than
cure. Feeding well, giving clean, COM
Portable quarters with proper groom
ing. SO as to keep the skin clean, will
keep lice from getting start.
One Of the best, If not the best, rem
edies is staves-acre seeds, thoroughly
bruised. and vinegar. This lotion will
not only kill the lice, but destroy the
nests as well. The staves-acre seeds
brushed and made into an ointment
with lard is also good remedy. twill
be good plan to repeat the application
In ten days or two weeks, especially if
the animals are badly affected.
In mild cases common tobacco
stepped in water end sponged over the
skin will rid the animal of lice. Still
another remedy is to take one ounce of
tobacco, two ounces Of ground white
hellebore, with about two pints and a
half OF vinegar. boil all well together,
strain and then sponge the animals
with it.
Feeding sulphur Is also good aid In
Kidding animals Of lice. The objection
TO 1t Is that If while it is in the system
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-22

iron pin for gudgeon. Then by cut
ting a notch in the pieces l. las at K,
Fig. u. the roller was placed in posi-
ton.
The drum is IS inches in diameter and
S inches long, with flanges inches deep
at A. Fig. 2.
The ropes C and B., Fig. 2, are "a
inch and are wound around the roller
the same direction and are long enough
to reach to the ground The lower
ends of the rope are attached to large
rings as shown at D, Fig. /. To these
rings are attached two other ropes that
go around the wagon-box: one end of
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-22
LOG LOADING MADE EASY.

the hounds; the thicker the better.
This takes the strain of the hounds.
Let the pole rest on this and the log is
loaded. In loading large, heavy log,
pry it up and place thick block under
it. Then fasten the chain as before, in
sert the pole, bear down on the pry
pole, have the block placed across the
hounds and the log is again loaded. In
getting up supply OF wood for the win
ter, in this way one can haul the smaller
wood and the log at the same time to
the wood pile, where the log can be cut
up for back logs for the fireplace and
saves handling the back logs twice and
much heavy lifting and saves the wagon
bed. By this simple method one man
and stout boy can load any reasonable
size log without any heavy lifting
Theodore A. Wilkatis in Farm and
Home.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-22
AHomsmads Bag Holder.

We CLEAN the following idea from the
Farmers Advocate: Take an inch
board. three feet long by IA inches wide,
and slant it. Then take two Stats, three
inches wide and three feet long, and
nail them upright to the board about
FIVE inches from the top. to serve as
feet. Drive a wire nail through each
corner of board. and turn them up lit
tie to hook the bags on. Nail the board
down at the bottom. and one man can
fill and tie the bags as fast as two men
can clean the grain.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-22
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Simple Device That Saves Lots of Back
ache and Temper.

A Simple Device That Saves Lots Of Back
ache and Temper.
Below is description, with cuts, of
wagon-boX litter that we have had in
use for ten years. In that time 1t has
paid for itself several times over in the
saving of backaches and temper. /
think Figs. and 2 will make it's con-
struction plain. Fig. shows the
frame, or portion of it, of the wagon
Rhed and corn crib. with apparatus in
place, and the wagon-box lifted part
way. Fig. 2 shows the roller and drum,
with ropes in place. detached.
The first thing we did was to spike
Tor bolt) two joists to the rafters as
shown at L Fig. I, and far enough be-
tween them to take a roller as long, at
least, as the wagon-box, Fig. 2. Then
we made a roller Of AKA oak. leaving Il
square where it passed through the
drum, A, Fig. 2. Then we bored an
inch hole lengthwise in each end of the
roller and drove in each hole round
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-22
Am ON the Poor Calves,

If the calf is not good one, it wo:ld
be better to knock it in the head and
feed it to the chickens rather than raise
It for the dairy. 1t does not cost five
cents more to raise good calf than it
does poor one, and the COW that will
make 800 pounds of butter year has
eaten no more up to the time she drops
her calf than one that will make only
$50. There is not fortune in the
iairy business at any event. but II we
raise calves from poor cows from which
to make up our future herd there is q
ioss.-Nat;ora, .'toclman.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-22
THE CITIZEN FREDERICK FRIDAY MORNING JANUARY 1877
| the animal should get wet considerable

the animal should get wet considerable
injury may result.
The quarters should be thoroughly
cleansed up and whitewashed. It will
help II carbolic acid is added to the
whitewash. Generally it will pay to
repeat the whitewash in a week or ten
days.
When stock have been allowed to run
together, if portion of them show that
they are infested with these pests IT is
best to treat all of them.-St. Louis Re
public,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-22
Produce Only the Best.

When looking over the prices quoted
for any article produced on the farm
and which is to be sold it may be no.
tioed that there is quite a difference
between "inferior" and extra choice"
grades. The difference between three
md four cents per pound is but cent,
but it represents $3.50 on 25O-pound
hog. Only the extra choice" brings
the highest price, and no farmer should
sell anything that cannot be so graded
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-22
M2 5NIIS
SOUTHWESTERN BARN PLAN.

SOUTH WESTERN BARN PLAN.
the structure; / are the driveways
through the barn; 2, the central por-
ton containing bins and cribs; 3, stalls
for stock; 4, driveway over the en-
trance to basement; 5, doors into
stalls; 6, hangers; 7, mows for hay
and straw; $, entrance into sheep fold.
The floor of the middle part of the
barn (all of the barn except stalls) is
s feet from the ground and under this
floor is the sheep fold. The lower fig
ure. 2, represents the raised floor; /,
oat bin; 2, wheat bin; 3, corn bins; 4,
driveways through the barn; 8, pas
sageways between bins and cribs. The
stalls for stock are at the sides, the ami
mails facing the driveways.-Farm and
Home.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-22
WARM FOOD FOR HENS.

How to Build q Good Stationary Boiler
at Small Expense.
Eggs are made out of the food hens
eat. On the composition and quality of
that food depends the health of the hens
and the number of eggs they will lay.
A wonderful helper in mixing and
preparing hen food is good stationary
or portable boiler. The illustrations
here given show the construction of a
furnace for out-of-door use. Fig. is
the completed structure with terra cot
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-22
HOW TO LOAD LOGS.

A Method Which Enables Two to Do the
Work of Four Mon.
Roll the log on a good sized pole,
back the wagon, the butt end of the
log should be about the center of the
hounds, then get thick block, a, and
pry up with stout pole, b, and while
the boy is bearing down on the pole
quickly fasten the log chain, C, securely
around the log. Next insert stout
pole. d. about six or eight feet long
under the chain on top of the log.
While bearing down on the pry pole
have the boy place q thick block across
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-22
SPLENDID NEST BOXES.
A Row of Them Can Be Made at a Yer,
Small Expense.

Small Expense.
The row of nests shown in the illus
Stration can be made by anyone at all
handy with tools. They answer every
purpose and are quite inexpensive af-
fairs. The row of nests is ~ feet long
and contains 12 nests to tier, one tier
above the other, "a in all. The nests are
16 inches from back to front, so that the
end boards and partitions between
nests are 16 inches wide. The height of
nest row from floor to the broad board
fastened on top of upper row of boxes
measures a little over 30 inches. The
lower nests are shown with the doors
standing open, while the doors of the
upper row are shut. The doors to the
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-22

ia chimney and sheet iron roof. There
should be sheet iron door or shut
ters inclosing the front. 1t is always
advisable as matter of economy to
have wooden lid to cover the boiler.
Fig. 2 shows how to set the boiler and
construct the flue. An open flue (C,C)
is left all around the boiler GAY, except
at one side of the chimney. Here the
wall is built up solid against the boiler.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-22
aRAIN-TIohT FLOORS.

How to Make One That win Not Leak
Even the Finest Meal
The actual cost of inclosing granary
with two thicknesses of hemlock is less
than the cost would be If one thickness
of matched pine were used. Hemlock
Is more stiff and strong than pine and
fewer sleepers and studding are re-
ouired. The corners may be made tight
and secure by matching. Begin by lay
ing course of the floor boards, extend
ing them out to the studding which is
TO support the sides; then put on the
first boarding of the sides. Then lay
the second course on the floor and fin
fish by boarding the sides. A sort of
Eigzag matching of the corners is thus
secured that will not leak grain or the
finest meal OF ground feed.
The same method is sometimes used
In constructing barn and wagon-house
floors. In making the former it is Gus
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-22
STOCK FARM BARN.

Plan That Has Given Great Satisfaction
to Its Designer.
The barn building illustrated below
may be of any size desirable, the ar
rangemens of stalls, bins, etc, fitting it
for various dimensions. The upper
plan represents the front elevation of
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-22
NRUSTEES' SALE
Of
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE.
jan. l5.tf. '9'

BY virtue of a decree of the Circuit Court for
Frederick County, sitting as a court of r guilty,
passed in No $3.50 Equity, being the case OF
Fairfax Schley, surviving trustee &C., W..
David l.. Specht and Mary A. Specht ct al
The undersigned trustees will offer al public
sale at the Court House door, in Frederick
City, Md, on
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-22

sitting in Equity.
Thomas N. Harwood trustee of NOR gagee OF
hrisiian ii hckStein and Mary Eckstein,
his vile, Oh Peli ion.
JANUARY TERM, 1897.
In the matter Of The X port of sales, filed tho
l4th day al January 1877
Ordered, That on the 9th day of Februarys
1897, the ourt will proceed 10 act upon the Rer
pOri of Safes of Real Estate, reported 10 said
Court by Thomas N. Norwood, usiee OF mort
gage, in he above cause. and filed therein
~ Aforesaid, To finally ratify and confirm the
same, unless cause to the contrary thereof DO
shown before said day; provided a copy ot this
order be inserted IN some newspa per published
In Frederick ounty, tor III. ee successive weeks
prior TO said day.
The Report states the amount OF sales to 10
$500 so.
Dated this 18th day of January. 1897.
JOHN l.. JORDAN,
Clerk of the Circuit Court for Frederick County
True copy-rest: JOHN l.. JORDAN,
jan. I54L Clerk.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-22
EXECUTORS NOTICE.

ExECUToRs' NOTICE.
This Is to give notice, that the subscriber has
obtained from the Orph ans Court Of Frederick
County, Maryland, letters testamentary upon
the estate Of
CHARLES w. HOFFMAN,
late OF Frederick County, deceased All per.
sons having claims against The said deceased
are hereby warned TO exhibit the same, with
the vouchers thereof Il gally autheI Heated, TO
the subscribers. on or before the 18th day Of
August, 1871; they may tiheTwihe hy Law be
excluded from all benefits OF said estate.
All persons indebted TO the ueceaseu are re-
quested 20 make immediate payment.
Given under my hand, this 9th day OF
January, 1897.
BENZ. F. REICH,
CHARLES W. ROSS,
Executors.
ian. I5-5t
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-22
DI>IDEND NOTICE.

FREDERICK. ND. Jan. Ia. 1907.
The Directors of the Cit,zens' National bank
o. Ert derrick Md. have tins day declars 4 3
c'ear OF taxes, pay able On demand
WV. q ZIMMERMAN.
IN y ~ Cashier
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-22
dividend NOTICE.

THE FREDERIcKrowNSA SAVINGS IN5
FREDERICK. Nd, Dec. az
The President and Directors ofts
erick- iOwn savings Institution habyf
dividend Of 3 per cent. and an *
dend of per cent. (free frnm taxeal ~.
months ending december 8lst. l6ni IN -
on and after Saturday, January End, Isl.
M. e. DOLL, President
]. MARSHALL MILLER, Secretary.
jan. sat-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-22

situate, lying and being In Frederick County.
state OF Maryland, on the road leading Il, m
Furnace Ford to Dickerson station, about one
land called Whiskey Or e." part OF a tract
called ~ believe IL will do,h and part of a
tract called "New Harbor,"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-22
ORDER NlsI ON SALES.
No 6677 EoUITYo

In the Circuit Court for Frederick County.
sitting in Equity.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-22
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY Sd, 1897.
ALL THAT FARM

at II o'clockIa. M. all the following real estate
towlt:
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-22
GOOD YOUNG ORCHARD

OF apple and peach trees on the property in
full bearing, good spring of soft water in the
rear G; TIE mousse. The farm is now occupieu
by Nj ThomaA M0xl-y.
Terms or sale a. prescribed by the decree
One-third OF the purchase money cash o. s'nv
OF sale or ratification thereof by the 10, II, The
residue in two equal annual pay mel q, the
purchaser or purchasers giving LIS, d. o.
their notes, with approv,u security, bear x
interest fr, m the day Of sale, or all cash al the
option Of the purchaser.
Inc Trustees Will require deposit Of $500 on
the Jay OF sale.
All cOnseyancing 10 be at the expense OF the
purchaser.
FAIRFAX SCHLEY,
CHARLES W. ROSS,
Trustees.
CAPT WALTER SAUNDERS, Auct.
Jan. Is 81.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-22

Nothing makes these possible so
surely as sound body, strong nerves,
and rich blood to make the body
healthy; nothing is SO certain help as
DIR. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve
remedy. Thousands who have taken
jan. 15tf '97
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-22
CONTAINING 1888 ACRES OF LAND,

more or less. and being the same land which
was heretofore conveyed TO the said David L.
Specht by stephen A. Thomas, by deed dat ed
March 18th, 1879, and recorded in Liner T, g
No. IL, folio 1874, one of the Land Records OF
Frederick County.
The improvements consist OF q
STONE HOUSE
in good repair one and one half stories high,
containing five rooms, also veal her oardrd
tenant house, containing five rooms, frame
barn, hog house, quicken house. blacksmith
shop, and other outbnildings. There is a
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-22

mended by the ablcst doctors every
where. Its discoverer, Or. Greene, Of
IS West 14th st., New York City, is the
most successful specialist in curing
nervous and chronic diseases, and can
be consulted without charge, person
ally or by letter.