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sranet bans iraftise 9pnItitution.
Decorah-posten., 1898-03-18
On Rinipnar msrset.

Winipnar,n WoIf SoeI. en- Rspe al
ben ms aibpoe garnsp @erna!u "a
JprpaItsr at bennes 80, bl,p ben ABE
mnreet poa fit apntor | Sobannsss
burg. Sronspaol. Oct bar en- tiplis
sere Solbat Deb Rapn 5sIbtlsin, iom
beeii Wprbet. Gan fpm inb paa Spsls
Rontor os forlanste $4,000. pa
Penssns III. ubIeoerebss itrar, sreb
ban en- ReooIper pda puIien os ienbte
Soel en- auels sisnnsm Sppeoet. Son
fprisste berpuo at ftpbe fig islp, men
sette mislpi.eoes, os ban bIsp arres
fferet.
Decorah-posten., 1898-03-18

rama. Or laars iarIia an pad at o.
n,pI.r. en- b,pantsrst @pan fpIht fnte
frantic ScIcdt,r. Marge df btsit
bIep ~oIpcrIiet iaarsoe. Roele Saslds
asrer iaor,bes oeiad; bIanet ois't oar
Der en- gmeriiantr Georas gornum
fra Sopdnndh, Ga.
Decorah-posten., 1898-03-18
IRA eranterne.

0to SpaUtetut.
Den ipanf. scrpebofaabe afait fra
gabis ben 14be bs. bsItemt for hs cds
norife Yer. Den bill maaite soa berr
fra til porto Rico os Der a~Tpent. Or,
bre fra Sensraltoptsin gIanep taa
Cuba. On beesiitrst M~ennensmosIe
nbsrpar be fpanite arissnibss afreife.
Samtibis ~afreiite be ameritaniIe
arissftibe "Sslena4 os Bancroft" sra
9isfabcn, portusal. Mfan fatter beus
ne gfreiie / 5prbinbtIfe meb ben Ipdn.
he Jlaabss afr.iis fra Gabis, iom l;os
ger peb Spdniens fpbpeftIige aDit.
Rpstet tiger, at be dmeritdnie
Stibe Hal fsIss ben fpanfte sprpeboz
fiaaee opsr atIantsrbapst.
5rd aOnbon bsrettes, at Spanien
bar tisbt Slasftibst 4O'Sisgins," fpm
Nrn'tronss bigger for Chilli. Oct er
bog lite 'dnoipnlist, at eenne 9erets
ming msefersr Sdnbbeb. timber aris
gen mslsm 5apun os aina fplate Gbili
to arissifibe til Sapan, % benne Sans
bel bdoee nHr lsbei til goreertria
Gbili, fda BET sr itte rimeliot. at bet
after inbIaber fig paa en- FABIAN San,
bel.
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bags bsnbenot iia til Dor Reuierina
n'so 5~orspsrsfsI ON. / bpilten Seniiat
ben bar ilsbt D. 10 arissItibs af Bro
'iller. 0stts er unbsr be n9rpprenbe
iprnbts 5prbpIb ct belitat Spsrass
madl, ION ben iponfs R,aisrina rimss
ll9ois lite iaor nosst iiIfrsosriasnoe
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hors Iritrsngtlier for at faa Stors
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5noblanbins ! be cubdnfe aFar,r,
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snO Gmsrito. Ssri timber ban en- tar,
eisti' hos ben .sit. s.ijer, ION aiern,
ptl bare meb oberaIt.
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noio blsp iprItbcr bunsi, al en- drotr
Sprerslto,t 9crmunss, iom pin'tt, at
be pilet oocrgipt ia til ne ipnn'is
gutoritettr. Ut hapos neolaat iins
gdabcn % par pua @eisn til en- ipan'i
osir. oa Re bIep ~pptrroffeht al germns
req oe hGnats ION fprruotre.
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Ten 23oe % 3Otc Wart
Oh oett 6tc April.

Ter CT iifret ipeciel Ssrnbanerstis Tor BEN, a
eeItdac | eisie grfurfiputr. ertsu ION gdns
sfIer Stttterr.
Sul Gris icr gasiaasrsr 90 Brnsi b%erutne"
TO III Department Of the Spteriur, Sttdra, sa1
eler iii
". BARTHOLOMEW,
900 E. 5th Street, Des Moinss' \
and d. HARRY MURPHY. StratfCrd' lO1
Canadian Governmet Agents ]
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-11-16
Cabbage Worms.

The New York agricultural expert
ment station has issued bulletin on
how to prevent the ravages Of cabbage
worms, in which it recommends the use
of a preparation of Paris green. The
Paris green will undoubtedly kill the
worms, but it is such a virulent poison
that it is dangerous to use it In any
form on cabbages. Some portions of the
poison may be retained in the cabbage
head and make it dangerous to use as a
food. Any simple thing that will adhere
to the leaves will prevent the ravaees
of cabbage worms. Fine dust from the
road sprinkled over the cabbages in the
morning when the dew is on and re-
peated about twice week and aftei
every rain will prevent the work of these
worms, and it is one of the cheapest and
safest remedies that can be used. Gather
the road dust during dry time and put
it where it will keep dry. Use IN old
sieve, or one made by lacking piece Of
fine wire screen on the bottom of a little
box, to sift the dust over the pants.
This is a safe, cheap and effective rem
edy. Never use poison of any kind on
such plants as cabbage, celery or lettuce.
Advocate and News.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-11-16
To Keep Apples.

The old rules Of keeping apples were:
To gather as late as possible; to keep
the fruit in heaps in the orchard, or
under sheds, as long as possible not to
barrel or house them permanently until
they have undergone a sweat" And in
addition to this We were instructed to
keep apples upon racks of shelves, not
more than few layers deep; to have
windows at both ends of the cellar for
thorough ventilation: to have a stove in
the cellar, with fire, when needed, to
prevent the temperature going below 30
degrees; not to barrel the fruit until
just before shipment, with elaborate di-
rections how to clean and purify old
barrels. Now, the following are the
principles upon which all sound rules
should be based:
AS soon as the seeds in an apple are
colored, the fruit has reached the point
where it will begin to lose the firmness
upon which keeping depends by longer
exposure to the sun and the elements.
Apples do not sweat: the skin of a
sound apple being made watertight.
Mere dampness does not of itself have
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-11-16
Why We Underdrain,
Mansfield. O.

To get the excess of water out of the
soil.
To prevent the surface washing of the
soil.
To save the fertility brought Up by
the capillary actpn of the soil.
To save the humus of the soil.
To save the fertility brought down on,
of the air by rainfall to the soil
A drained soil is ready for the plow
several days in advance of soil not
drained
A drained soil is or 10 per cent
warmer and is more easily made ready
for seed.
Is deeper, allowing the feeding roots
to penetrate as deep as the tile are laid
for food and moisture.
A drained soil is ready to cultivate
sooner after rainfall.
A drained soil is less iniuriously af-
fected by wet or dry weather.
A we'll underdrained soil will increase
the crop productions from 10 to SO per
cent-sometimes more.
A drained soil is in the best possible
condition to grow maximum crops with
intelligent husbandry. drainage Jour
nal.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-11-16
Handling Bees.

When handling bees the absence of
success.
Never strike bee. says the Florida
Farmer.
Never move comb hastily, nor hold
new comb horizontally; if you do it
will probably break and fall.
Blow little smoke into the entrance;
after minute or so (while the bees are
gorging themselves with honey and so
lessening their inclination to sting),
take off the top and blow little into
the hive at each end.
Lift the quilt gently and opening part
only of the hive; the carbolic cloth is
very useful on top besides little smoke
below.
Never open a hive in cold or rainy
weather.
In cold districts, before winter, make
the bees snug with quilts and adjustment
of the dividing boards.
Don't breathe on the bees, or brush the
combs upward.
If stung when manipulating, pull out
the sting and put little honey on the
wound.
Bees are the most pesky things about
farm; and although they do not in
volve 1aborious work, they demand pc
culiar attention
Do not keep many bees in places where
they must depend mainly on orchard
trees and garden flowers for food sup
plies.
If you are nervous, or if you have not
plenty of native flora at hand. do not
handle bees at all.-Coleman's Rural
World.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-11-16

the quickest way to get out at present.
Boston has municipal debt of $64,-
0OO,OCO; Brooklyn $5S, 900, ,OOO; Baltimore.
$34, 100000 Philadelphia, $53 ,O0O, 900;
Chicago, $22 100000, and st. Louis $2O,-
100000. So you see, if municipal own
ership is dream, the present system is
a nightmare.
What better way can be devised for a
city to escape from debt than to have
it take possession of some paying mo-
nopoly?
Public ownership of gas, electric light.
street cars, and telephones, would in
two or three years, not only deliver us
from debt, but from taxes as well.
The Boston street car companvs re-
ceipts last year were $s,l93,914.
The directors of these street car COM
panles never think Of a trip to the
klondike, because they have gold mine
at home which pours bushels of money
into their safety vaults
All day and all night, seven nights a
week, they have thousands of conductors
shouting Fare, please" and the nickels
are rattling by the thousands into the
great hopper of monopoly.
Turn this constantly flowing stream
of money into the city treasury, and our
debts would melt away like the dews Of
the morning.
hundred necessary improvements In
our streets and parks and public build
lngs would then be possible without
arousing the wrath of the tax payer.
Political corruption would not in
crease. On the contrary, a more trust
worthy and business like class of men
would be elected to office, because the
attention of the public would be drawn
TO the city hall more than at present.
Municipal ownership would DESTROY
the very source from which corruption
comes. A great part of the bribery
that exists results from the efforts of
private companies to obtain or exchange
a franchise.
Public ownership will remove our sus-
ceptlble aldermen from this snare of the
tempter and employ them in useful work
for the city's interests-The Coming
Nation.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-11-16
A Big TRUST FORMED
1he sash, Door and Blind Interests OF
This Country Will BE Consolidated,
With $12,OOO,OOO Capital.

NEW YORK. Nov 13.--The World saws:
movement is on foot looking to the consolidation
OF all the sash. door and blind interests Of
America. The new company Will probably he
known as the Consolidated Sash Door and Blind
company: The combination is ba Lcl by English
capitai. Men interested n the largest sash door
and blind factories in The I.rrted States rnet at
the Imperial Hotel Friday night.
Ifere were present representatives, of the HALL
Munson Company of Bay MILL Mich. lire
iayns Lumber Company the Morgan Conpaly.
the T. n. Gould Company. Of Oshkosh Wis: the
Big RAPIDS Door ana Blind Company. tine W. r.
Mershau Company, OF Saginaw. Mich. and OF
AT this meeting the preliminary plans and de-
tails of the new company discussed 1t is
understood that each company coming int the
trust will receive its pro of the company
stock of the company. which will be Sl2. .0o0.tOO.
Col II. > PECK, of Waterbury, Conn, formerly
as the representative of the English capital.
Col. Peck said: The rev company will be Carl
taiZed at S12, 900, 900. We expect control the
sash. door and blind industry OF the Cni.ed
States The men who are furnishing this elcr-
nous capital see much money in a trust Of this
character. and will be liberal in their dealings
with the manufacturers who expected 10 cCine
into the combine.
The combine has been forming for the last
10 months anL is now assuming detinite snape.
The meeting tonight was TO- the purpose of dis
cussng the preliminary details. Anothc" raeet-
ing will soon be held. when tae articles egree-
ment will be signed and the combine .uIy or
ganZed."
1t is said there at present invested in this
country $IO.O0O,0C0 in the s3s1. door and blind
business In the factories operated by this cap-
tai there are $4,000 employees, who are pad total
yearly wages of $50 100000. while the value of the
output Of these factories is estimated OOJ. 100
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-11-16
Dairy Cattle.

The nine dairy breeds in this country
are classed as follows: Jerseys, Guern-
seys, Ayrshires, Holseten- -Friesians,
Dutch Belted, Brown Swiss, Devons, Red
Polls and Maine State Jerseys. In the
United States there are about 10000, 900
cows that are classed as mich COWS, but
there are only about 100000 COWS of the
nine distinctive dairy breeds above
named, SO that after all the great mass
of milk-producing COWS in this country
are the common, ali-purpose COWS of the
ordinary farmers. It is a desirable thing
to improve these common, all-purpose
COWS and increase their excellence as
milk producers and beef raisers so as to
increase the profits of the ordinary farm
ers This can be done by wedding out
the poor mixers and those that raise in
for farmers who have good, fair all-pur-
pose cows to replace them with any of
the distinctive dairy breeds. It Is better
for them to improve what they have by
continuously selecting the best for breed
ing purposes. 1t is certain that the COM
mon, all-purpose COWS of the ordinary
farmers must continue to furnish the
great bulk of the milk. butter and
cheese of the country, and the farmers
need have no fear that the high-priced
dairy breeds and fancy dairy farms will
destroy the ordinary farmers herd or
send the good milking all-purpose COW
to the butchers block.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-11-16
The New Bacon Hog.

Strange as it may seem, the razor
back" hog is assuming considerable
prominence in several sections, both
North and South. 1t is being doomed as
the coming bacon hog, and there are
many who believe that the perfect bacon
hog will be found in a cross of the razor
back and the Berkshire or Tamworth
of more civilized antecedents.
There has been great change in the
demand for bacon. Formerly consumers
were satisfied with one streak of lean to
two of fat in their bacon, but now they
want it regularly striped with lean and
fat, and the more lean the better. This
comes from those who have learned how
delicious Danish and Irish bacon is.
American feeders have this problem be-
fore them, and until they solve it t..ey
must be content to take the lowest prices
for their bacon.
The razor-back make good bacon
when well fed and given unlimited op-
portunities to roam at large. The Berk-
shire is the most active of the popular
breeds, and a cross of these two prom
ises to make great improvement in the
bacon produced. 1t is predicted that the
razor-back cross will infuse vigor and a
tendency to produce muscles instead of
fat, and our Southern brethren on the
farm are working at the problem of pro-
ducing a bacon breed with considerable
enthusiasm. The Northern breeder
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-11-16
Bee Keeping.

For some time back We have been re-
ceiving inquiries from persons who are
desirous of engaging in the business of
bee culture. These inquiries are chiefly
about the location and the surroundings
necessary to successful Bookkeeping
In the language of Frank Benton: 1T
may be safely said that any place where
farming, gardening or fruit raising can
be successfully followed is adapted to
the profitable keeping of bees-in a linn
tied way at least, if not extensively.
Many of these localities will support OK
tensive apiaries. In addition to this there
are, within the borders of the United
States, thousands of good locations for
mountain regions-where agriculture has
as yet not gained foOthold, either be-
cause of remOteness from markets or the
uninviting character of soil or climate.
This pursuit may also be followed in or
near towns, and to a limited extent, in
large cities. 1t even happens in some in
stances that bees in cities or towns find
more abundant pasturage than in coun-
try localities which are considered fair"
He also states that he has seen pros
porous apiary kept on the roof of a busi-
ness house in the heart Of New York city.
Another instance was that of an apiary
of some thirty or forty colonies, which
skillful apiarist had located on the
roof of his store in the business portion
of Cincinnati, o., and from thirty to forty
pounds of honey per colony were usually
obtained each year. From all this he OBJ
serves: 1T is evident, therefore, that no
one similarly located need be deferred
from keeping bees, provided the nectar
yielding trees and plants are of the right
sort and abundant Moreover, regions
rough and sterile or so swampy as to
give no encouragement to the agricul-
turalist, or even to the stock raiser, will
often yield a good income to the bee
keeper, insignificant and apparently
worthless herbs and shrubs furnishing
forage for the bees. The ability of the
bees to range over areas inaccessible to
other farm stock, and to draw their sus-
tenance from dense forests wien the
timber is of the right kind, and the free
dom which, because of their nature, must
be accorded them to pasture on whatever
natural sources are within their range of
three or four miles. must be taken into
account in estimating the possibilities of
locality 1t will be found that very
few localities exist in Cur country where
at least few colonies of bees may not
be kept. Whether large number might
be proftably kept in given locality can
only be decided by careful examination
as to the honey producing flora within
range of the apiary."
During the month of November moth
ing can be done with bees. They should
be all in winter quarters, snug1y put
away for their annual nap.-Wm. Bal
lantine in Farm Journal.
Mansfield. O.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-11-16
Sheep Ru0kandrY.


See to the sheep's feet and clip the
overgrown hoofs. The. sole is to be trim
med to avoid the irritating effect of sand
or gravel on it.
Be on the lookout for the first indica-
tions OF the parasft ss which worry the
flock. The first sign of failing condition
is the warning to lie heedeu.
Foot rot in flock Immediately con-
victs the shepherd of neglect and inf1icts
the fine for his delinquency. We can
not escape the penalty for this neglect.
The short supply of Western lambs for
feeding is due to two causes. viz. an un-
usually short lamb crop in most of the
range states and territories, and dis
position among ranchmen to hold their
eve lambs to increase their flocks
We hear much Of the profit of poultry,
but while a hen is making dollar a
sheep will make two on the same allow
ance of feed. The fleece will pay the
cost of sheep, leaving the lamb clear
profit.
A surplus of feed and fodder should be
secured for the flock on the range. Due
provision should be made for shelter
probably to be needed. 1t is better to be
sure of this than to be sorry for neglect
ing it. No man more than shepherd
needs to keep his head level. He must not
get too elated by present good fortune
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possible change.
1t is estimated that there are so per
cent more eve lambs in the range coun-
try than male lambs, fact that may be
traceable to the larger use of young rams
and ram lambs than were formerly used
on range focks. If this be true, the
theory of French experimenters, that
young rams get more eve lambs than
ram lambs, is pretty we'll attested by
American experience on a broader scale.
The tendency of ranchmen to feed
their own lambs and wethers at home on
the produce of irrigated farms, sheds a
new light on the feeding situation. So
strong, indeed is the present tendency in
this direction that within two or three
years the bulk of the male lamb crop will
be fed where raised, and Eastern feeds
ers will be compelled to :ook elsewhere
for the millions of lambs they are ac-
customed to feed annually east of the
Missouri river. AS there is no elsewhere
from which to obtain these lambs in
large supply, there is but one solution Of
this most serious problem, and that is
for the feeders and their farmer neigh
bors to raise the lambs themselves
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