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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-06-09
Making Maple Sugar.

In making maple strip three things
are essential-viz, good fixtures. clean
illness and quickness. The shed where
the boiling is done need not be expensive
but should be tight SO as to exclude all
dirt and cold air, as this will greatly
retard boiling. The wood shed should be
separated from the main building by q
partition. This will keep all dust from
the strip house. There should be a good
sized ventilator on the top of the sheG
to let the steam escape rapidly. If con-
fined in the shed, it will collect upon
the roof and will be dropping in the
strip while it is boiling and will be
sure to color it.
For boiling the strip by all means
have some of the improved evaporators.
The water can be evaporated much fast
er than by any other means and with
less work and fuel, aud the strip will
be flair to look upon. AS the water is
run into the store tank strain it through
flannel strainer, and in boiling do not
keep the water deep in the evaporator,
just deep enough that it will not burn.
Then it will not be in the evaporation
over 20 minutes until it is ready to
draw off at the other end of the evap-
orator finished product. AT this
period strain it again through flannel
strainer into the cooling tank and let it
stand until thoroughly cool, and then
draw off and can. The vessels for catch
ing the water should be either tin or
galvanized, or thoroughly painted in
side and out. They should also be sup
piled with covers, to exclude leaves,
snow, rain, etc. The sap should be kept
gathered as closely as possible. The
longer we let it stand the darker our
strip will be. This is especially so the
latter part of the season, when the days
become warm. We must also use plenty
of hot water and keep everything clean
and sweet. The evaporation should be
washed every day and the buckets at
least once every ten days, says an Ohio
correspondent of The National Stock
man and Farmer.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-06-09
ONION CULTURE.
Large Onions Grown In One Year by
Trsnsplanting-Fertil For Onions

Large Onions Grown In One Year by
TrsnsplantinR-Fertil For Onions.
"Onion sets have been very largely
grown around Philadelphia, but during
recent years this crop has declined in
favor because growers have learned to
grow large onions in one season by
transplanting, remarks writer in
The Rural New Yorker who describes
the manner of growing both of these:
In growing sets the ground is prepar
ed as for large onions and heavily seed
ed, about 40 pounds to the acre being
used by some growers. Gathering the
sets is an expensive operation, as it
must be done by hand, and it cannot be
done by careless or incompetent labor, as
the operation must be deftly performed.
Injury to the root crown must be avoid
ed when running the loosening trowel
or knife under the row, and the sets
must not be bruised The usual price
paid for this labor is cent running
yard for four row beds. The sets are
dried outside and stored in unheated
buildings, the loft of the truckhouse
being the usual place. The sets are not
put on shelves, but stored in crates 4
by 4 feet square and about four inches
deep, the bottom being made of ordi-
nary laths one half to three fourths inch
apart. The crates are piled one on top
of the other, with small wooden blocks
put across the corners, SO as to keep the
crates about an inch apart, and thus
permit free circulation of air They
are not stirred during storage. Freez-
ing does not hurt them, but they bruise
with touch when in this condition;
hence handling should be avoided. Dur
ing wet season they sprout much more
readily than when dry, being easily af-
fected by the moisture in the air.
In growing onions one year from
seed, they are sown III the open border
as soon as the ground can be worked in
the spring or in cold frame in March,
being ready for transplanting in about
six weeks. Both roots and tops are
trimmed little when transplanted.
| Onions treated in this way may be
ready for market by Aug. l with good
culture, Fall planted sets are used to
produce solutions for spring use.
In the journal mentioned the ques-
tion, "What fertilizer for onions!' is
answered to this effect:
In the spring as soon as the ground is
dry enough-that is, when it will dry
and crumble behind the harrow--sow at
the rate of 10 bushels of good unleached
ashes and one ton OF ground bone per
acre, or, what would perhaps give more
nitrogen, one ton Of special market fer
tilizer put up by some reputable maker.
If the ground has had good coat OF
stable manure not leached by outdoor
exposure, three-qarters of "a ton of some
good superph osphate will do without
the ashes. Then harrow. When it Is
thought to be narrowed enough, then
harrow some more. Thoroughly mix
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-06-09
Rape for Green Food.

Rape should be given a trial by every
farmer who desires to increase his supply
of green food. 1t is gaining favor wher.
ever introduced and is solving the prob.
lem of sheep raising. 1t should be sowr
as early as possible, and is ready for use
in seven or eight weeks, providing sew.
eral cuttings until frost or freezing wealth.
er comes in the fall, or it may be sowr
in succession until July. Sow five
pounds or seed broadcast on one acre,
first having the ground in good condition
If the seed is drilled into the soil then
only one half the quantity may be used
Rape is also excellent for cattle, swine
and poultry, but for sheep it is consider.
ed superior, the sheep being turned on
the plot. or herded on portions, as pre-.
fered Prairie Farmer,
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-06-09

Il is dangerous to allow water to
stand about the plants when hot sun
is shining on them. Cabbage and even
alfalfa in some soils can be killed in
this way The application of water to
growing crops is matter that requires
q great deal of investigation. Irrigation
Age says: There are SO many conditions
to be considered and different objects to
be accomplished that comparatively lit
tie in the way Of rules and regulations
can be definitely stated. What is best
in some soil is not good for others and
what is good for some plants in some
climates is not good for the same plants
In other climates. The best injunction
is to Ego slow"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-06-09
The Cloyers and ReanA

The blowers and beans are 'fixers" of
nitrogen and are indispensable as soil
ing crops and as green manure, and
both the grass crop and the clover crop
draw less heavily upon the fertilizers in
the soil than do the more strongly feed
ing grains and root crop, and while
they are taking less from the soil they
are adding much organic matter to it,
A farmer can add any year an amount
of available Inorganic phosphorio acid
and potash and nitrogen necessary to
make his crop, but if the store of humus
is not kept up the fertility will not in
crease from year to year, as it ought. -
Jared @. Smith.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-06-09
PEAS AS A FARM CROP.
How They May Re Used to Maintain Fer
tilty of the Soil.

How They May lie Used TO Maintain FER
tility of the Soil.
Among other reasons for favoring
peas AS farm crop The American Gull
tiyator advances the following:
Instead of being exhaustive the pea
crop actually increases soil fertility and
is next to clover for that purpose. Be.
ing an annual and having large seed
peas are superior to clover. The pea
plant grows very rapidly when planted
in almost any kind of soil, and i'll IA few
weeks begins to grow those nodules ON
its roots which decompose the air i'm
prisoned in the soil and release its nj
trogen. The fact that the pea has broad
leaf and weak stem, causing it to
shade the soil, doubtless aids i'll this de-
composition of air under it. Altogether
pea crop does not require longer TO
grow than a corn or oat crop does In
those few weeks the peas will add to
the heterogeneous fertility of soil more
per acre than could be purchased by
several dollars worth either of stable
manure or heterogeneous commercial fer
tilizer. AS method of adding to soil
fertility as preparation for winter
grain a crop of peas is better than any
other fallow crop that can be SO oheaply
and quickly grown.
Oats and peas are often sown togeth-
er. 1t is a good combination, the oat
straw when sown thinly being stiff
enough to hold up the pea vines, As the
grain of both ripen together the crop
may be cut and cured at the same time.
To sow oats with peas enables farmer,
if the ground is smooth enough, to cut
both with mower OF reaper. Even If
they are cut by hand it is much easier
to mow.down peas and oats that are
standing*han to pick up the peas alone,
which will be found lying on the
ground and fallen in every direction.
Where oats and peas are thus sown to-
gether clover will often make good
catch if the clover seed is sown just as
the peas are coming up. The clover will
not be smothered out under the peas and
oats if they are sown thinly and will
grow very rapidly after the crop is cut
off, as it will find abundant supplies of
nitrogen in the soil, which the pea roots
have left.
There is another way to sow peas and
clover, and that is to SOW them very
thickly, at least 3la to 4 bushels per
acre, to be cut green for forage, With
this amount of seed the oats and peas
will on rich ground make a great
amount of forage and it will be excel
lent to put into the silo as supplement
tary feed with fodder corn. This cat and
pea forage can be put up dry, but it
loses more when dried than it does in
the silo, especially if the oats are Begin
ming to head.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-06-09
Smoke Them Out.

Get your fowls all out of the house,
close up all holes, doors and windows,
andIburn sulphur in it for several hours
Then take kerosene and pour some in
every crack or hole where you think lice
may be. Then fill all the cracks with
air Stacked lime, and if you find any
more lice after that it will be something
new to US 1t is true they will come
again from the fowls, but if you do this
three or four times year, and dust your
fowls once or twice a year you will not
be troubled with lice.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-06-09

Never in the history of horse raising
was there wider difference between
plugs and good horses. Farmers must
give as much thought to the selection of
both dam and sire as they do in the
breeding of cattle and other live stock
A coach horse that will bring $500 is as
easily raised as plug that will bring s4s
Such horse is useful on the farm until
the time when he is ready for the market,
and can be used both to the pillow and on
the wagon. In case he lacks the style
or action necessary to bring fancy price,
he is still a general purpose horse and
will bring price that will be profitable
to the raiser
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-06-09


hourished bile-poisoned constitution If
a man as soon as he feels that he is not get
ting the forceful strength and energy out
of his food that he ought to, will begin TAX
ing Dr.. Pierce Golden Medical Discovery,
he will soon put himself in the position
where he can do mans work easily and
cheerfully.
His appetite will be sharpened. his liver
invigorated; his digestion strengthened; an
edge put on his whole nutritive organism.
Those subtle poisons which debilitate the
entire organism and invite consumption
and host of other diseases, will be driven
out of the system; and he will gain plenty
of pure nourishing red blood muscle
power and nerve force In short he will
be a man among men.
There are hundreds Of deusive temporary
stimulants. malt extracts - sarsaparillas and
compounds which are more or less % doomed -
by merely profit seeking druggists. but an hon
es. druggist will give YOU the Golden Medical
Discovery when Won ask for il II well III
formed, he knows that its sales have steadily
increased for thirty years and that It is the in
vention OF an educated authorized physician
who has devoted a lifetime Of active practice
and profound studs 10 chronic diseases.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-06-09

Jerusalem artlchokes are certainly
fine feed for nuss and as grown they
will do their own harvesting. Plant and
care for them the same as potatoes until
ready to lay by. They are grown in
Colorado, but not SO extensively as they
should be. The planting should be done
on lands not wanted for any other pur-
pose for years To come. The yield Is
from 600 to / 900 bushels to the acre. -
Denver Field aud Farm.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-06-09
sHAkEsINTo YOUR SHOES

Aliens Foot Ease, q powderl for the feet. II
cures painful swollen, smarting feet and
instantly takes the sting out OF corns and bum
ions. It's the greatest comfort discovery. OF
the age. Aliens FOot-Ease makes tight-fitting
sweating, callous and hot, tired, aching feet.
Try itIto-day. Sold by all druggists and shoe
stores. By mail for 26c. in stamps. Trial pack
ASeFREE. Address, Allen s. Olmsted, lie Roy,
n. Y.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-06-09

Stable manure and ashes should not
be put on land at the same time, as the
potash would liberate one of the most
valuable elements in the manure, am
monia, which would then escape into
the air and be lost to the trees or the
crop, says The National Stookman. Six
months apart would do we'll, using
ashes in the spring and manure in the
fall
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-06-09

HAS another American paper published a
caricsture of our royal person." inquired the
kaiser.
Eyes, you? majesty" replied the dignifed
Ills we'll" rejoined his majesty eve
will exclude the American baked bean"
Thousands suffer from catarrh or cold in the
head and have never tried the popular remedy
size of Ely's Cream Balm can be had of your
druggist or we mail it for 10 cents Full size SC
cents
friend advised me to try Ely's Cream Balm
| and after using it six weeks l believe myself
cured of catarrh. II is most valuable remedy
Joseph Stewart, 624 Grand avenue, Brooklyn,
Ny.
time you were likely to be alone, as he wanted
to call upon you" Maude: What did you
tell him?' II said any time"
1.-THE girls are taking a mean advantage OF
the horrors OF war"
Relief In Six Hours.
Distressing Kidney and Bladder disease re-
lieyed in six hours by "NEw GREAT SOUTH
AMERICAN KIDNEY CURE" 1t is great sur
prise on account OF its exceeding promptness
in relieving pain In bladder, kidneys and back,
in male or female. Relieves retention of water
a lmost Immediately. II you want quick relief
and cure this is the remedy. 1y51
Sold by Horatio w. Cushing, Druggist.
107 Water st. Skowhegan, Me.
How so?"
"Well. they look so deuced teary and pitiful
when they hear that a fellow is going to the
front that he can't help engaging himself to
them. I'm engaged to seven myself"
For Over Fifty Years.
Mrs. WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP has been
used for over fifty years by millions of moth
ers for their children while teething, with
perfect success. 1t soothes the child, seftens
the gums, allays all pain, cures wind collie and
is the best remedy for Diarrhoea. 1t will re-
leve the poor little sufferer Immediately.
sold by Druggists in every part of the world.
Twenty. FIVE cents bottle. Be sure and ask
for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup" and
take no other kind 1y38
MY wife and are not on speaking terms"
Fall out about the war;
mo: | didn't mind her taking bad pho
tographs OF me, but when she said she CO.
ing to make a plaster cast OF me, [ struck"
Distressing stomach Disease
Permanently cured by the mastery powers Of
South American Nervine Tonic. Invalids need
suffer no longer. because this great remedy
can cure them all. 1t is cure for the whole
world of stomach weakness and Indigestion.
The cure begins with the first dose. The relief
it brings is marvellous and surprising. 1t
makes no failure; never disapponts. No
matter how long you have suffered, your cure
is certain under the use of this great health
giving force, Pleasant and always safe. 1y51
Sold by Horatio w. Cushing, Druggist,
l07 Water st. Skowhegan. Me
Mistress: "Why, Bridget. you surely don't
consider these windows washed?' Bridget
"Sure, l washed them nicely on the inside,
mum. so We can look out; but I Intentionally
lift thin a little dhirty on the outside so thin
aignorant jones children next door couldn't
look in"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-06-09

Always Going. Mrs, Prim: John, you us
ed to say before were married that you
could die listening to the sound OF my voice"
Mr. Prim: "Well, Mary, it begins to look as
II III have to do 1t, unless you go first
Is it a burn? Use DIR. Thomas Electric Oil
Is it a cut? Use DR.. Thomas Electric Oil. At
your druggists.
A Long Felt Want. "Why do you recommend
this collar button so highly?" I'VE throw in
with 1t bureau that sits fiat on the floor"
Everybody's liable to itching piles. Rich and
pooe, old and young-terrible the torture they
suffer Only one sure cure; Doan's Ointment.
Absolutely safe; can't fail.
Mrs Ferry: That husband OF Jennie Nc
Cluzer's is the most heartless wretch l ever
heard of.
Mr. Ferry: Really, my dear, you seem in
dignant
"Who wouldn't be indignant on hearing of
a man who was trying to train his baby to cry
every morning at O'Clock, so that its father
won't over-sleep himself?'
| Three spectres that threaten baby's life.
Cholera infantum, dysentery, diarrhna. Dr.
Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry never fails
to conquer them.
Some people are not lazy, but think it is un-
healthy to work between meals
nj ERvES must be fed on pure, rich
- blood. Hoods Sarsaparilla is the
best nerve tonic. By enriching the
blood it makes the nerves STRONG,
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-06-09

sired by Messenger Wilkes, q:

sired by messenger WIkeS, 2,23
Trotwood has the same lines of breeding on his
sire's side the champions of today and his
DAM Fannie Burnham, (trial 22O was sired by
Jack Shepherd, he by Rysdyk's Hambetonian
Q0)
Messenger Wilkes not only is the sire of sew
eral colts that have held State CHAMPIONSHIPS
but his popularity steadily increases from the
fact that his get have sold readily and for good
prices even in the recent dull times.
Trotwood is a handsome bay stallion, white
heels behind Is a horse of magnificent indiyidu-
atty, standing full Ii hands and weighing ll65
pounds. He has never been trained for speed
but as a two-year-old stepped a quarter In Al
seconds, which shows he has an abundance of
speed as wed as being an ideal gentleman
driver He of the herd that won
the prize for his sire at the Boston
Horse Show in sc; and again at Lewiston State
Fair In '96 and ~, both years winning prizes for
himself
The produce of bis three seasons in the stud
are bay with one exception and styled and dis
positiuned ike himself, thus showing his pre-
pore ncy to transmit his superior qualities to his
offspring.
Trotwood will make the season of 1898
at the low fee of $1,000 with return priv.
ilege, at my stable, North st. plains, II
miles from town, on the Frost farm, so
called, two houses south of A. X. Per-
kin's residence. Breeders should see
this horse before booking their mares.
Mares at owners risk.
FRED KINCAiD.
Phoenix weekly herald. [volume] (Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Territory) 1896-1899, 1898-09-22
HOW A MAUsER FEELS.
CORRESPONDENT Who was Wounded at
Santiago Describes his
Sensations.

James Creelman, the correspondent
OF the New York Journal who was
.sWben I was struck by the Mauser
bullet which smashed my arm and
made a gap in my back 1 felt as if
had received a blow with a shut fist
The sensation was no more and no
less than that which might have come
from a rough punch given by some
TOO hilarious friend. There was just
a suspicion of singing after the first
sensation when the bullet struck.
st whirled me half around, but the
knock me down. l felt the
bullet at the point of entry, where the
wound is as small as a gimlet hole,
nor at the point of exit at the back,
where there is a big gap 312 inches in
diameter.
1T was curious how little sensation
came from the wound at first. The
next moment 1 felt n numbness in my
arm and a pain in my hand and found
my arm hanging loose like an empty
sleeve, the bone having been broken.
Contrary to the experience of most
men shot by Mausers, 1 bled a great
deal.
A curious thing about this wound.
and all the more curious because did
not feel it at the tune, is the fact that
the terrible velocity of the bullet ac-
tually burnt the flesh black as it left
the body. 1t left a ring of charred,
black fieSh.''
Phoenix weekly herald. [volume] (Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Territory) 1896-1899, 1898-09-22
FROM THE ORANGE BELT.
Interesting Correspondence from Scots
dale.
Scottsdale. Sept. -. 1895.

Scottsdale. Sept 10, 1898.
| Our school opened this week with an
| enrolment of thirteen. The removal
| of several families of transients has
reduced our number of school children
somewhat but additions will be made
| during the year no doubt
| Word comes from Rev. Judson Ell
| lott of Kansas City that he will short
| lY return to the Salt River valley to
| make a permanent home. Mrs. Elliott
| and children spent the winter in SCOTS
| dale to the improvement of her health
We will be fortunate if we are able
to add this family TO our permanent
residents
Prof Blount returned to his duties
as principal of the Union High school
this week and his daughter, Bertha.
entered upon the sophomore grade in
the same institution.
Charlie Greene entered the Normal
school at Tempe this week and will
make the trip daily during the year.
He was in our school last year
His brother, Will Greene, will open
school soon in his district across the
river, needed repairs upon school prop
erty causing the delay.
Scottsdale is coming to the front,
politically, Chaplain Winfield Scott,
our oldest resident. having been Sc
lected by the republicans as their can
didate for the legislature The Chap
lain will make a good representative
and we hope he may be elected.
Re-. G. ]. Banks and family made a
short visit to Scottsdale friends last
week. They will always find a well |
come among us.
The first cook stove has been set up |
on the Indian reservation. The pio- |
neer of civilizatio in this case is BEN |
an interesting Pima. He also has the |
honor of having bought the first sew
ing machine that ever found its way
onto the reservation. Mrs. W. n. Gill |
volunteer Missionary, had the privilege
of teaching the use of both these artic
les of household furnishing. Several
sewing machines are now in daily use
in the homes and the WardrobeS of
Pima women is consequently becoming
more elaborate Better houses is the
theme agitated now by the missionar-
les and without doubt, good adobe
houses will be common among the Pi-
mas before many years A good inter-
prefer is the great need now in the
work and doubtless friends will be
found who can furnish the small sum
of money required to secure this.
A. X. B.
Phoenix weekly herald. [volume] (Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Territory) 1896-1899, 1898-09-22
SHOOTING AT MAMMOTH.

Tuesday night a drunken Mexican
began riding up and down the streets
of Mammoth firing off his gun appar-
emily determined to terrorize the camp.
Sheriff Truman eXpOStulated with him
10 no avail. Finally he threatened to
arrest the offender who told the sheriff
he wasn't big enough man to do that
and by way of emphasizing the re-
mark fired at the sheriff, missing his
man. The sheriff promptly returned
the fire with a single shot, his gun fail
ing to stay cooked after the shot was
fired 1t proved to be sufficient, how
ever The Mexican fell from his sad
die but the sheriff did not know wheth
er because he was hit or because he
was shamming, and did not consider
it safe to go near the man to see. Con
seQuently the Mexican was left alone
until daylight when his dead body was
found. The Citizens informant was
not able to give the Mexican's name
Citizen.