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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-04-21
Hn1KNa QUALITY OF BREEDERS.


We hear very little said about the
milk producing capacity of any kind
of animal except the COW, whose milk
is in this country the only kind much
used by man. But in parts of Europe
too rough or too poor to support COWS,
the milk of the goat and sheep is very
largely used. AS milked by the human
hand, and possibly given better care
and feed than they get while running
wild, both goat and sheep develop
greatly increased milking capacity. In
Arabia and among the Tartars the milk
from mares docs not go long to suckle
the colt, which is quickly partly
weanei, while o portion of the supply
from his dam is diverted to making
the Koumyse, drink that has valuable
nutritive qualities, and which is mado
by fermenting mares milk.
1t is probably true that the highest
excellence for both milk aud fat pro.
duction cannot be combined in one
animal. Therefore, in such animals
as the hog, kept mainly to be fattened
and killed, there is O constant ten
dency as improvement in fastening
qualities increases to deteriorate the
milk producing capacity. For this
reason, except for the breeding of
pure bred stock, the dam should be of
grade or native stock, and be chosen
rather with regard to her milk produ-
cling capacity than for anything else.
The very best bred sows are poor
breei iers. They will drop litters of
scrawny pigs, with probably half of
them decided runts. On the other
hand, pure bred male of almost any
of the improved breeds, crossed with
long bodied full grown SOW, will get
litter that will be large and have
scarcely runt in it. Such pigs will
be thrifty from birth, because their
dam, if fairly we'll bred, will have a
good supply of milk. The value OF q
SOW for breeding is very largely de-
cided by the number of teats she has.
This varies from six or eight to twenty
or perhaps more. We have grown lit.
ters of fifteen and have heard OF those
still larger. OF course the SOW cannot
long supply all of these with their en-
tire ration, but the better milk supply
she has the better the pigs will thrive,
Ali horse breeders know that there
is great difference in mares as to mill
production. Here the activity and
nervous energy which enhance value
in the animal for human use are also
compatible with the highest capacity
for milk. Some of the best trotting
mares have when bred excellent dams
in this respect. Tho food of the horse
which is mainly of the kinds best cal
culated to produce strength, is alsC
for the same reason best calculated t.
increase the milk fow. No other grail
is quite so good to make large mill
flow as oats, and this is the stapl
grain feed of the horse in most coun
! tries. -America Cultivator.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-04-21
THE FARMER AND TEMPERANCE.

The farm ought to be the home of the tenn.
perance sentiment OF the country, for we who
live in the country, removed from the clty's
and towns temptations, can more clearly see
the folly of the alcohol habit, than people
who have lived so long with the brewery aud
groggery under their very noses that they
have become Injured 10 their Offensiveness,
But from purely practical point Of view,
all questions OF right and wrong aside, we
ought 10 bo "dead set" against the liquor in
terest, from the iact that it is the great dis
turber of business. II the millions Of dollars
now spent for drink that ought TO go TO sup.
plying poor mons families with food and
clothing and fuel, were spent as they ought
to be, there would be home markers for all
that we could raise, aud "overproduction"
would be thing unheard Of.
An official inquiry made by the Massa-
chusetts Bureau of Statistics OF Labor into
the relation OF tho liquor traffic to pauper.
ism, crime and insanity, has brought out
some interesting facts. As to the insane, so
far as can be ascertained, seven out OF every
ten had Incorporate parents; aud one out ol
every four was believed to have been made
insane by his own Incorporate habits.
OF all the paupers OF the State institutions,
three out OF every four were addicted to the
use OF liquor, and nearly one-half had intem-
perate parents. OF all the arrests for crime
during tho year, two-thirds were for drunk
enness. Taking into account all kinds OF
crime, in about eight and one-half cases In
every ten tho Incorporate habits of tho Of
fender led to a condition which induced the
crime; and excluding minors, ninety-six OF
every one hundred persons convicted oil
crime were addicted 10 the use Of liquor.
Massachusetts has a local option law, un'
der which the cities aud towns vote annually
upon the licensing OF saloons. One branch
OF tho bureaus investigation was directed TO
ascertaining the relative amount OF drunken
ness in places where the saloons we're closed
and in those where they were open. In the
| no-license cities and towns the H.-ests fol
drunkenness were only about one-fourth
and for offenses other than drunkenness, less
than halfas many per thousand OF the popu'
lation. as in license cities and towns. In
five cities which were for a part of the veal
un Ter license an | a part of the year under
no license, the licensed months showed
nearly three times as many arrests fol
drunkenness, on the average, as the no
| license months.
These 81 statistics, taken as a whole, seem no
| only to establish close connection between
| the liquor traffic and crime. pauperlsn anC
insanity, but to show also n considerabl,
curtailment of these evils when tho saloons
are closed.-L C. Poor. in Farm News.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-04-21
THIN EGG SHELLS.

The Mediterranean breed OF fowls
which are the most abundant egg pro-
ducers are very apt TO lay eggs with
thin shells. They must have abun-
dance of gravel to grind their food
with cut bone to make the material
for both egg and she'll. But usually
these breeds do not begin laying until
the weather is warm enough for them
to range and forage for themselves. II
the fowls are now laying thin'shelled
eggs they are probably of the Asiatic
breeds or those related to them, in
Guiding Plymouth Rocks. In such
case it shows you have been giving too
much grain, fatteniDg the fowls in
stead of increasing the egg product.
Because wheat is good egg-producing
food, it is often fed in too large guam
tity. Wheat is quite as fattening as
corn, and should be fed lightly every
day, as supplement 10 cut clover,
beet roots or other vegetable matter,
which should always form part of the
fowls diet in winteF.-Boston Cultiva
tor,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-04-21
Value Of Corn for Fuel.

The press bulletin Of the University
OF Nebraska Agricultural Experiment
Station eAys: The present abundance
of corn ana its low price have occa.
stoned much speculation as to its fuel
value. There is such diversity OF
opinion and 30 little actnal knowledge
regarding the proiitableness of buying
corn instead of coal, that it seemed
desirable to conduct comparative
test that would show the relative heat
ing power of the two materials.
Whether it would pay to raise corn
for a fuel is a question not contempla-
ted in this investigation, but the in
terests Of the large number of people
living in the region of cheap corn call
for the determination of its most pro-
ftable use after it Is upon the market.
To make the test, good grade of
yellow Dent corn, on the ear, of this
years crop, and not thoroughly dry,
was burned under the boiler used to
supply power for the department of
practical mechanics, and the amount
of water evaporated by the burning
OF known quantity of corn was noted,
The test lasted nine aud one.half
hours, and 5,232 pounds OF corn and
cob were consumed. The next day the
same boiler was heated with screened
Rock Springs nut coal for five hours,
burning 1883 pounds of coal, and the
amount OF water evaporated was re.
corded.
The data thus obtained show that
one pound of coal evaporated 10
times as much water as one pound of
corn. In other words, 10 times as
much heat was liberated in burning
one pound of coal as in burning ono
pound of corn. Several calorimeter
tests were made, which agreed very
closely with these results.
The coal used cost at Lincoln SO. Go
per ton. With coal selling at this
price, and worth 1.9 times as much
for fuel as an equal weight of corn,
the fuel value of the latter would be
$3.50 per ton, or 12.25c. per bushel.
The following table shows how much
coal is worth per ton when its heating
power is the same as that used in the
experiment, and when corn is selling
at certain price per bushel;
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-04-21
A Naval Pigeon Post.

1t is satisfactory to hear that the
Admiralty have sanctioned the build
ing OF a loft for carrier pigeons at
Devonport, so that now we either
actually have, or are shortly to have,
pigeons stationed at Portsmouth,
Sheerness and Devonport. In the
French Navy the carrier pigeon has
been recognized for some years, and
there are we'll established lines OF
communication between the French
naval ports, Toulon, Corsica, and
Tunis. 1t may further be news for
some people that French societies are
constantly flying their birds from
Portsmouth and Plymouth across the
Channel, and that no precautions are
taken by our Government to prevent
foreign birds from being brought into
these towns and kept there. English
birds are allowed to be released il
France, but stringent measures arc
taken to prevent their being kept il
the country. In Germany, Italy, Rus
sia, Denmark, Spain and Portuga
there are carefully organized pigeoI
services 20 aid in coast defence, anC
pigeons are regularly employed IN tht
Italian naval man@uvres. -Westmins
| ter Budget.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-04-21
About the Spices.

Jamaica has the allspice which gets
the credit CT taking the place of many
different spices; South America re-
joices in the chile, which is used in
great quantities. Cinnamon, small
portion of which was once held a
present which kings we're glad to re-
ceive, is a native of Ceylon and has
been known from the most remote
time. 1t was first carried to Europe
by the Arabs. Cassia bark is a rela-
tive of cinnamon, and Is priced for
flavoring liquors and chocolate. The
Malabar coast of India furnishes the
natives with cardamom, and mustard
comes from the East Indies.
The Spice Islands have given the
world few things more popular than
the dried buds of tree smoked and
dried in the sun, named in Latin,
from their resemblance to a nail,
clavus, and called by us cloves. In
the same group OF islands a nall col
lection of islands are planted entirely
in nutmeg trees. Caraway comes from
the northern and central parts of Eu-
rope and Asia, is used as havoring in
cooking and drinks, in cheese, cakes
aud bread. Sweet marioram, native
to Portugal, and capers originally
grew wild in Greece and Northern
Africa. Asaioetida, which has an un-
savory reputation among us, is highly
priced as a condiment in Persia and
India and is used in France.
Sugar, which We class among the
indispensables, was wholly unknown
among the ancient nations, and for
that reason they used honey as we use
sugar. Honey was therefore a very
important article OF diet. Salt was
almost entirely produced by evapora.
tiou OF sea water. If the entire ocean
we're dried up it would yield no less
than 4, 4l9, 800 cubic miles of rock salt,
or about fourteen and one.half times
the entire bulk of Europe above high
watermerk, mountains and all. Eva
poration is still practiced on the sea
board, Portugal produces annually
j $50, 900 tons; Spain, 100000 tons
, Italy, 165, 200 tons; Austria, 100, ,OOl
tons
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-04-21
HOW SALT HELPS ASPARAGUS.

The New York Farmer takes excep-
tion to the oft.repeated statement
that salt is necessary to asparagus, be-
cause the plant in its wild state is
mostly found near the seashore, and
thrives where salt spray can reach it.
The Farmer argues that this merely
proves that the salt is not injurious,
and per contra that the plant is sue.
cessfully grown hundreds of miles in
land, and that without the use of salt.
While this may and does show thnt
salt is not absolutely necessary to
grow asparagus, it. cannot prove that
it is not useful. The salt may not be
a constituent of the asparagus plant,
yet it may help its growth in other
ways. If applied heavily it will check
or destroy weed growth, while not ln'
iuring the asparagus plants, which
have been for thousands OF years sub
ject to showerings from salt sea spray
But In smaller doses the salt will hell
make soil fertility more available, fol
salt is one of the best solvents known
Asparagus does best on very rich soil
| If made go with stable manure mucl
OF this manure takes a long time tt
get into condition for plant use,
Hence on general principles salt ough
to be applied in small amounts t.
gardens or other rich soil for nearl,
all crops. 1t helps the soil hol,
moisture by attracting it from the air
The beet crop is especially helped b.
salt.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-04-21
lie Guessed the Sex.

The other day. writes q correspon-
dent, I was told story about the new
Archbishop of Canterbury which l have
not seen in print. As my informant
was clergyman, it must, of course,
bo true. A certain youthful curate
was taken to task by his lordship fol
reading the lessons or the service in an
insudlble tone. Whereupon the young
man replied: 81 am surprise that you
should find fault with my reading, ai
a friend of mine in the congregation
told me that was beautifully heard.
"Did she?" snapped the bishop, anC
the fair young curute collapsed. Hi
lordship had once been young clergy
man himself, and knew a thing or two
about the "friend. st. James's Ga
zette.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-04-21
Prophecy. or a COineideneel

The French astronomer, Flam.
marion, AYERS that lady living in
Paris consulted a young woman re-
ported to have way of seeing the
most surprising things in a bowl OF
coffee grounds, to learn if possible
who had robbed her of 500. The
girl described every piece of furniture
in the lady's apartment exactly, like
wise her seven servants, and then said
that although she could not name the
thief, he would be guillotined within
two years. This was in 1888. Two
years later one of the lady's. servants,
her valet, was guillotined.-New Eng
land Homestead.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-04-21

and will live several years. This
would be n good money crop for some
enterprising woman 20 raise, as che
could easily tend H. and the fresh
dried leaves unadulterated would find
a ready market after once introduced
in that form, under q particular brand.
Every kitchen, garden or yard
should boast Of at least one hop vine,
which, when properly trained, is very
ornamental and will yield enough hops
for family use yearly.
A short row OF currant bushes will
be a good investment and furnish you
with sauce for your holiday dinners,
as well as jelly and jam. And il
your crop is o good one, you will have
no use for lemons, for crushed cur
rants make a very delicious drink il
warm weather, and when prepared
like grape juice, will keep for some
time.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-04-21
PLENTY oF AIE For COWS.

The supply of fresh mir must be
constant one, but the means by which
il is obtained must in some way be
controlled, so there will always be
enough and never a great excess. We
know of no self.regulating arrange
ment for accomplishing this. 1t can
only be accomplished by constant and
careful attention. Whether the air be
admitted through windows and doors
or through specially constructed ven
tilating shafts is immaterial, provided
it is admitted and care is exercised
that no animal shall be rendered un.
comfortable by standing in draught.
1t should also be borne in mind that
fresh air will enter most readily on the
windward side with an opening for
the outward blow of secondhand air
on the opposite side. Each mature
COW needs not less than 5000 cubic
inches of new air every minute. This
is 2600 cubic feet in the twenty.four
hours, and the supply must be con-
stant. She cannot get days supply
during the few minutes she may be in
the open air getting the water she
needs. Neither can she get it during
the day and then be sealed up for the
night to constantly use the same sup
ply. She can drink enough in five
minutes and eat enough in two hours
to satisfy her needs for a day, but IF
teen or eighteen times a minute, 90C
times an hour, she must have her sup
ply of fresh air. And this each hour
in the day, and each day of her life, -
F. L. Russell, Veterinarian, Maine, il
Massachusetts, Ploughman.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-04-21
TIE 1NrrmrEnANcr OF COOKS.

1t is a well-known fact that very large
number OF professional cooks, or cooks who
work In hotels aud large boarding houses,
are addicted to the excessive use of stimu-
lants. Some ascribe this to the high ten.
perature of tho Kitchen, and consequent ex.
hRustion; others TO the loss OF appetite pro.
dueed by the constant sight and odor Of food.
1t Is also said to be due TO tasting sauces that
are favored with spirits. Exhaustion and
lack of appetite are probably the most fre.
quent causes.
On the other hand, men who are employed
about the furnaces Of iIon works. tho iiremeI
on railroads, and siokers on steamboats,
are not add. .cted TO tho use of inloXicants
they could not retain their places If they
were. Whatever tho reason for the intem
peranee Of cooks, it is generally understood
that it is a physical one. In the interest o
humanity, the question is; Is there not som,
| remedy?-NeW YorS journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-04-21
TEMPERANCE.

FAIA, BE lhOE Az hhs
What makes me refuse social glassP We'll,
III toll you the reason why's
Because bonuy, blue-eyed lass Is ever
standing by;
And hear her, boys, above tho noise Of the
Jest and the merry glee,
As with baby grace she kisses my lace and
says, Papa, be true to me"
Then what can do, 10 be true to my lass,
better than let Il pass by.
| know you think my refusal to drink q
breach OF your courtesy;
For hear her repeat in accents sweet, and
her dear little form l see.
AS with loving embrace she kisses my face
and says, "Papa, be true to me-"
Let me offer a toast TO the one ! love most,
whose dear little will | obey;
Whose influence sweet is guiding my feet
over lifes toisome way;
Nay the sun ever shine on this lassie o
mine, from sorrow may she be free;
For with baby grace she hath kissed my
face, and said, Papa, be true to me-"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-04-21
INDISPENSABLE FOR THE KITc

INDISPENSABLE FOR THE KITCHEN GARDEN.
AT this time of ordering seeds for
the kitchen garden, says Alice e. Pin
ney, in the American Agriculturist, it
is a good plan to have a few of these
indispensable plants which need SO
little space, and so little care, and are
really among the must haves. Already
you are longing for some horse radish,
but how few farmers have it in their
gardens. There may be one man in q
neighborhoodw who raises it, and if you
hint pretty strong he may give you a
few roots, enough for one grating I;
but when the whole neighborhood
hints he will doubtless have to cease
taking the hints. If he gives you any
roots this year, you had better plant
them, and it might be a good invest
ment for you to buy few. 1t would
be as profitable as buying the small
cans all prepared from your grocer.
If you want to avoid smarting eyes,
put on your wraps and sit out on the
veranda to CRATE it. In the open ali
the work is not at all troublesome.
Another early spring relish, which
need not to be planted in the garden,
but will grow equally we'll on the
waste ground beside pigstY, farmyHrd
etc, is the Jerusalem artichoke. Whel
dug early, before anything OF tn
kind can be grown, they taste fresh ant
crisp, and when sliced and seasoned
with salt, pepper and vinegar, the.
are almost as nice as cucumbers. Sag
is a very useful herb and one that i
often conspicuous by its absence from
the garden. Yet it is one of the mus
haves for seasoning dressing for roas
turkey, chickens or sausage, and j
very nice sprinkled over fresh pork o
zeal. 1t is also necessary MS a med
cine in the family. This, like horse
radish, is a handy thing to borrow
a neighbor is willing to lend out wit
hopes of 10 return, or it may b
bought at the grocery. Yet like th
prepared horse-radisb, it is usual
adulterated and lacks strength. Don
neglect TO order package OF seed I
sow Il short row in your garden, IN
you will be surprised at the resul
For it requires very little care, an
! can be cut several times in one season
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-04-21

An elephant wears moro creases TO his
trousers than any other animal. They seem
10 be sort Of kilt pleat with bias slope.
He is not very fashionable, but is up to date
in taking care Of himself. Some sudden,
violent pains crease, twist or contract the
muscles or tendons, and this is the nature OF
a bad sprain. II neglected, the creases in
crease and so does the pam, until sometimes
IL Is very difficult to straighten them out,
but by the prompt use Of st. jacobs Oil, the
friction or rubbing In its application aud the
curative qualities Of the oil will smooth out
the worst twist or crease and get the muscle
in natural shape, where it will remain, re-
stored, strengthened, cured. Promptness in
using It insures prompt cure, and when the
sprain is cured, II is cured for good.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-04-21
Merion,s firenlosi General

The Republic of Mexico has lost her
greatest soldier in the person of
Guadalupe Lopez, who died from
pneumonia after five days illness.
General Lopez was known as the
greatest Indian fighter in the Republic.
As full-blood Indian he was able to
COPE with the savages with their own
tactics He was regarded as the best
officer in the army, and, owing to his
universal kindness, was known oil over
the Republic as "Uncle Lupe." HC
was sixty five years DID, and leaves nc
family.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-04-21
L1ouoR rRAFr1c N INDIANA.

In every township in Montgomery County,
Ind, has teen organized law and order
league, the express purpose Of which is TO
regulate. If not entirely suppress the liquor
traffic. These several organizations are in
the hands OF the leading aud most inauen.
tial citizens, and arc secret in their work,
only two or three persons OF each league
being publicly known. This secrecy as to
membership better enables the leagues TO ae.
compish their appointed work, and keeps
the liquor dealers guessing whom to 10 k
upon as enemies or as friends. Already the
prosecutions have begun.-San Francisco
Examiner.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-04-21
Horse Meat Test,

Some people are fearful that the
horse meat so generously provided
nowadays will be foisted upon them by
their butchers. The Paris corresponds
ent of tho Medical Record says that if
"A bouillon is ma le OF the meat it will
color violet a reaction paper that has
been made a rcd brown by dipping in
iodine, while beef aud mutton bouil-
Ion make u different shade
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-04-21
DRUNKENNESS DEFINED.

When man through drink has impaired
his reason, however temporarily, he is
drunken even though he may not slagger,
When a man through drink is made so ugly
that he is abusive or even unkind TO his fam.
lily, he is drunken, although be may be able
TO stand upright. When n mans nerves are
properly perform his business duties. he Il
drunken, although he may not suspect IT,
When God-given powers Of usefulness art
smothered through the voluntary use Of in
toxicating dl lks. the condition represents
drunkenness, and any narrowing Of this deh
uilion Is rs foolish as it is wrong.