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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-05-05
IRRlGATING POTATOES.
Points In Growing Potatoes by Irrigation
AS Practiced In Colorado.


Points In Growing Potatoes by Irrigation
as Practiced In Colorado.
From an interesting and valuable ao-
count in The Irrigation Review of the
manner in which potatoes are grown
near Greeley. Colo. by irrigation, the
following is learned:
A new supply Of seed seems to be
needed about every three years to keep
the stock in good shape but much can
be done by careful selection of home
grown seed. Storage in q comparatively
damp cellar or dugout is now believed
to keep up the vitality of the tubers
better than storage in very dry cellar.
The latter tends to induce dry rot by
the time the planting is being done,
which is from May 3 to about June 10.
Early planted potatoes usually do not
thrive well in this climate. The soil is
too hot in July for the tubers. and if an
attempt is made to keep down the tenn
perature by frequent irrigation the
vines usually blight, turning yellow,
both stem and leaves getting stiff 1t is
better to delay all irrigation until about
the LIST of August, when the vines are
beginning to blossom and the small
tubers are beginning to form. August
is much cooler here than July, the
nights are longer, and there is more
rainfall and cloudy weather, all of
which are aids to irrigation.
Soon after planting and before the
potatoes come through they are cult
waited as deep as the ground is plowed
with two horse cultivator, the soil
being thrown on to the rows. The cult
vator is followed by fine toothed har-
row, nearly leveling its work, but de-
stroying all weeds and leaving the
ground mellow. Two more CIVILIZATIONS
are given, the last one throwing up the
earth around the plants. This cultiva-
tion is followed by running through ell
ther large single shovel with wings
or lister which makes clean contin-
uous ditch, but not quite down to the
depth of the blowing. The top of the
ridge is from 10 to IL inches above the
bottoms Of the fu"rows.
BY about August the vines have made
a fair growth from the moisture stored
in the soil and the light rainfalls. The
roots have spread beneath the surface
in the soil moved by the plow, and many
of them have penetrated the unmoved
soil in search of water This is a
healthy and thrifty movement on their
part, and they are in good position to
utilize the moisture furnished them by
irrigation. Water is allowed to flow
gently between the rows, "a larger stream
being allowed to enter the rows when
the land is level, so as to force it
through, but if steep it must be allow
ed to flow long and slowly on account
of washing, and the irrigations must be
repeated oftener. On level land two ir-
rigations are usually sufficient, while
four are none too many where the
ground is steep or very porous.
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A can Of pasteurized cream was re-
Gently shipped by express from Apple
ton, Wis, to Liverpool and thence re-
turned to Appleton. 1t left Appleton
Jan. 80. New York Feb. 2, and, return
ing, reached New York Feb. % and
Appleton Feb. 2s. Messrs Potts, Wood
d Co made the shipment simply for
testing the efficacy Of their system OF
pasteurizing and were gratified, but not
at all disappointed to find the cream, to
all appearance, as sweet and perfect upon
its return as when it started on its long
voyage, thus verifying the prediction
made by Mr. c. l.. Fitch before the
dairymen' convention at Manitowoc,
based upon experiments conducted by
him last summer, that it was entirely
practicable for Wisconsin to furnish
London with sweet cream.
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Dairy and Creamery.

A heifer with her first calf should give
three fifths the amount of milk she is
to produce when full grown.
A steam engine seems the best kind
to use in the dairy, even the home
dairy. There is no smell about steam.
Then, too, the steam is extremely use
full and saves time and labor i'm cleaning
dairy utensils. You can heat water with
it very quickly, also warm room.
A heifer that does not give as much
as 3, 600 pounds of milk in a year with
her first calf will not be much good as a
COW.
Write to the agricultural department
at Washington for some of its bulletins
giving feeding tables for milk cows
The department has published bulletins
giving food values and rations for all
kinds Of live stock.
Professor Roberts of Cornell univer-
sity says that ensilage should be accept.
ed as the best form in which to use
corn. He considers SLIDING corn superior
TO any other method of preserving it for
feeding purposes
Nearly every make of cream separator
will do good work if managed right,
though some of them are superior to
others.
BE sure to have an acre or two of root
crops ready for the COWS in the dry feed
season. These will furnish an agreeable
variety even with ensilage.
We wish to emphasize the suggestion
that oreameries everywhere will find
good profit in manufacturing ice cream,
especially in the summer months. They
have the machinery, the steam, the
power and the space. They have, in
fact, everything necessary. Those near
large town might build up an i'm
mense ice cream trade This delicious
dish becomes more and more popular.
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Better Throw the Tubs Away.

What is the best way to treat rancid
butter tubs? | have lot of expensive,
specially made oak tubs, which, not
having been properly cared for by the
consignees, came back to me in bad con-
dition as to odor and flavor Can they
be restored by steam, alkali or other
renovator? b. T.. V.
We doubt the wisdom in this day of
cheap packages and imperative demand
for fine flavor in butter of attempting to
renovate rancid butter tubs and make
them fiji receptacles for packing butter.
If the attempt is made, first soak them
out in hot water, then rewash with
house savogran as thoroughly as posi-
BILE, and then with live steam-the tubs
inverted over the jet. Renovate them
for half an hour at least We know of
no other process which equals this.
BY this means the rancid fats may be
forced out of the pores of the wood.
Then dry out thoroughly, and when
filled with butter line the tubs up with
parchment paper, and the danger of
transferring the undesirable "cultures"
may be lessened to remote possibility.
Country Gentleman.
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About Subsoiling.

AS subsoiling is simply loosening the
lower soil under the furrow it is done
by "a pillow of special kind following
directly after the ordinary pillow. The
so called "bull tongue" pillow is as good
an implement for the purpose as any
other and costs only trifle. Indeed, it
may be made by any blacksmith if it is
not easily procured at the implement
dealers. That any one may have one
made The Country Gentleman, the
source of these items on subsoiling,
gives the accompanying drawing. The
pillow is drawn by one horse following
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-05-05

in the furrow. 1t breaks the soil five or
six inches deep, which is quite suffi-
cient for the first blowing.
This authority says it is to be espe.
cially noted as caution that subsoiling
is not the turning of the lower soil over
OH to the surface. This would be dis
astrous operation. 1t is simply the
breaking up of the undersoil beneath
the old furrow bottom, SO as to expose
it To the action of the air, and at times
to assist in the drainage of the land Of
surplus water, at the same time making
it more retentive of actual moisture, by
increasing its porosity and absorbing
surfaces by breaking it into fragments.
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FOR SALE CHEAP

| double surfacer and hatcher, counter
shaft and belts.
single surfacer and hatcher, counter
shaft and belts.
pony palmer, counter shaft and belts.
l morticer, tenonter and fixtures
belts, etc
] resawing machine and belts.
Rip saw tables and cutoff tables with
saws and belts.
Lots of pulleys, shafting and shaving
blowers.
2 stoves, fire proof safe, desk, chairs,
table, etc, porch fixtures, spindles,
columns, ratings, mouldings, cas-
ings, head and base blocks hard
wood flooring, base boards, cherry
lumber, surfaced cherry wainscot-
ing, oak and sycamore lumber, !
pair of bobs | spring wagon, tent
and many other things.
Farming lands, houses and lots in and
near Belding. Call on +. l.. Spen-
Ger for particulars.
Spencer & Hills.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-05-05
shredding Corn Fodder.

Those who have tried shredding with
thrashing machines, after the fodder
has been husked by hand and the fodder
let stand until thoroughly cured, say it
is much cheaper and the risk of over
heating or molding much less and rec
ommend the latter method as being the
better one. They get all the benefits
from shredding with but little risk and
less cost, and the work can be done later
in the season when husking is over or
at times when the weather is too cold
to husk, and the fodder can be handled
from field ready for shredding with the
farmers own force. Ohio Farmer
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-05-05
Average
for total

Find the number of square feet in
the bottom of the silo, multiply this by
the depth of silage and the product
will be the total cubic feet of silage.
For instance, if silo is ~ by % feet
inside measurement and 20 feet deep,
it will have 5000 cubic feet, and when
we'll filled with mature corn the aver
age weight per cubic foot will be 33. 3
pounds, or 1870, 600 pounds 60 tons) for
the whole. The lower layer of feet i'll
depth will be- nearly 90 tons, the one
above it about 171a tons, and i'll this
proportion for other depths. Hoard S
Dairyman.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-05-05
Fixed the Kicker.

The stanchion should be so made that
the COW can see the mixer, and he
should always speak to her when APP
preaching before sitting down to milk
We pet and handle our heifers and have
them tame and gentle before they have
their first calf and scarcely ever have
any trouble with them. We had a large
and strong COW which when fresh OBJ
jected to a substitute for her calf and
kicked the mixer away and kept OH do
ing so. finally remembered that Mag
ner, in his horse book, recommended
the war bride for kicking cows. We
used it and it was a success. The war
bride is made in this way: Take a
small rope or cord half an inch thick or
less and tie one end around her horns,
in the absence of horns around her neck
then take a half hitch over the under
jaw just back of the front teeth. Take
the Other end of cord in one hand and
milk with the other hand Every time
she kicks give sharp jerk on the cord.
She VII soon give up kicking. -. n.
Splitter in National Stockman.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-05-05
Agricultural Breyitie..

On the Pacific coast there is reported
brisk demand for onions which are
dried and shipped to the Klondike,
where they are popular article of food.
Mr.. S. ID. Willard pronounces the
Sweet Butan and the Burbank the best
of all japanese plums. They are prolific
and profitable, as is also the Hickson.
A last thorough scraping of the barn
yard after hauling out the winter made
manure often results in the saving of a
lot of old, rich, finely rotted manure
valuable for application in the hill with
corn.
American oak and black walnut
woods find an increasing European mar.
ket, fact worthy Of note by those in.
terested in forestry.
Hardy fruit trees and drought with.
standing forage plants are mentioned as
South Dakota's greatest desiderata at
present
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-05-05
Sweet sorghum For FORAGE.

The opinion of a Colorado farmer is
given in Denver Field and Farm to the
effect that sweet sorghum is much su.
perior to any other forage plant, such
as Kafiir corn and milo maize. Ii pro-
duces more foliage, and stock will leave
the Kafllr corn and milo maize to eat it
The Orange Amber will produce more
seed to the acre than any other variety.
Where irrigated it yields as high as go
bushels an acre. Good crops on unirri.
gated land would range from 20 TO 40
bushels an acre Sorghum for feed is
ordinarily planted with lister and
cultivated az listed corn.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-05-05
NOTICE.

We, the undersigned, do hereby agree
TO refund the money on two 25-cent
bottles of Bakers Mandrake Bitters if
it fails to cure constipation, biliousness,
sick headache, or any of the diseases
for which it is recommended Also will
Downs Elixir, if it does not cure any
cough, cold, Group, whooplng cough or
throat or lung difficulty. We also
guarantee one 25.cent bottle of either
of the above to prove satisfactory or
money refunded.
w. l. BENEDICT,
w. a. DUTT,
FISK BANGS,
HOLMES a. CONNELL.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-05-05

Wight. He is registered and of long
pedigree, and has won prizes at the
royal and other shows from the time he
was year old. He may therefore be re-
garded as representing the British idea
of perfect dairy sire. He is not that
to the American eye, however; not by a
long shot. He is too round, smooth,
beefy and blocky.
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sfARN GARDEN
t-'de5Jat t5SE
PROFITABLE ASPARAGUS.

low the Famous Oyster Bay Product II
Grown-Cutting and Marketing.
Asparagus is generally considered a
profitable crop. 1t is now grown so ex-
tensively that special tools are used in
its culture, and large growers in differ
ent parts of the country have their IA
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-05-05
Cut This Out.

The following table gives the average
weight per cubic foot of we'll matured
corn silage, at different depths, after
settling two days, and the average for
the entire depth:
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BRITISH DAIRY STOCK.
This Animal Won First Prize at the Royal
Agricultural show.

Our readers will be interested in see
ing this picture of the famous English
Jersey bull Golden Hero. The bull is
now years old. He was calved in the
island of Jersey and was sold in Eng
land, then to gentleman in the isle of
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DETROIT, Nov. 81, 1887.
CD. RAPIDS g. WESTERN r. r.

Additional trains leave Greenvlle for Belding
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Belding for Greenville nj 1915 a. m, 7:20 p. m.
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Insanity Prevented.

81 feel it my duty TO tell you what
your WONDERFUL COAX BALM has
done for me, as it may be the means OF
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Spencer & Hills.
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o. r. WEBSTER GEO. DEHAVEN,
Agent, General Pass'r Ag't.
Bedding. Grand Rapids.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-22
Odd Fellows Paraded.

Boston, Sept. 2f.-Odd Fellows to the
number of 2O000 paraded to-day beneath
"A bright sky and through streets hand
somely decorated in their honor. The
streets along the entire line of march
were filled with spectators. The route was
five miles long and for the entire distance
buildings were elaborateiy decorated with
bunting interspersed with the emblems of
the order. Business was quite generally
Suspended. The line was reviewed official
iy by the members of the sovereign grand
lodge Mayor Quincy and both branches
OF the city government. Governor VOL
colt and stan and members OF the general
court, Chief Marshal Merriman and de-
partment state commander of the Patri-
achs militant of Michigan. General Edgar
II Emerson.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-22
OTIS MUST ANSWER.
viii BE Held ResponsibIe for the Condi-
tions at Camp Merritt.

Cleveland, o.. Sept. 2i.-Mr. c. w.
hetcalf, living i'm this city, whose son.
Burton Metcalf, died recently in san
Francisco Of typhoid neumon.a. con-
tracted while at Camp Merritt as a
member Of The United States regulars.
will take steps to have charges preferred
against General Otis. now with the
American forces in the Philippines. Mr..
Metcalf said to-day:
Il am "A member Of an organization
made up Of people all over the
country who have lost relatives or
friends who had enlisted IN The regular
army for service In the Philippines
These men died through exposure on
that pestilential spot known as Camp
Merritt. Each member Of this organi-
zation will bring pressure 70 bear on
his congressman to have charges pre-
ferred against General OTIS, who To-
Gated the camp where II was. The or
Eanization is a large and influential one.
! believe IL will be able to accomplish
the object for which II was formed"
Mr.. Metcalf recently returned from
San Francisco. where he went to bring
home the remains Of his son. He states
that he investigated the conditions at
Camp Merritt and that a more un-
healthy spot for a camp could not have
been found on the Pacific coast.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-22
O|SGRACED THE SERVICE
Officers Tell of Criminal Negli-
gence at Camp Hamilton.
AND PLACE THE BLAME
The War Department Wouldn't Furnish
Boilers to Prevent the Spread OF
Typhoid Fever-Fault OF
the Quartermaster.

Lexington, KY. Sept. 21-At the con-
with General Breckenridge. the COM
mander of Camp Hamilton. and other
officers. General Sanger said that while
the division hospital might be a good
thing, that as now conducted 1t had
been a disgrace to the service.
Surgeon General sternberg in reply
insisted that all acquisitions should be
honored In Washington, and that any
medical men falling to do their duty
should be reported.
General Waites told Secretary Alger
that the conduct of some quartermas-
ters to furnish supplies was criminal.
While in Chickamausa ne frequently
made requests which were nol hon
ored. An imperative order had been
sent to have all water boiled. He made
e requisition on Quarmaster General
Lee for water boilers. No attention was
paid to his requisltion and he repeated
ly urged Quartermaster General Lee
to send the boilers and telling him
how the men were contracting typhoid
fever. He met with a reply which read:
THE war department does not furnish
boilers"
General Waites then purchased the
boilers himself. but the seeds of typhoid
had been sown and the daily report
showed the list Of deaths and of cases
in the hospitals.
Pointing al Quartermaster Luding-
ton. General Waites said: These men
cannot say il was somebody else's
fault. 1t was the fault Of Quartermas-
ter Lee and IL was the fault of Quar-
termaster Ludington, who is standing
right there"
Ludington made no reply TO waites.