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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-09-15

s1me fine grass plot and see them
pick. At night they will come up
with their crop and neck full up to
their mouth. Give them grass
| Indiana Farmer.
Picking and Marketing Cherries.
The first essential in handling a
crop Of cherries is to pick the fruit
with great care. Leave the stems on
| each cherry and touch those only
with the fingers. The most desirable
package is the 8-pound basket. In
larger ones the fruit is pressed too
heavily against the bottom. Unless
pickers are watched closely, many
fruit spurs will be broken off. This
should be guarded against, otherwise
! the yield of the next year will be
seriously shortened. Delaware ex-
pertinent station; bulletin 35.) Pick
few days before ripe.
! The manner Of picking will depend
good deal upon the demands of
! the market. and this should be ascer-
tanned before hand, by correspondence
with those to whom the fruit is to
be sold. The small package should
| be made very attractive. All stem
| less or bruised cherries should be
thrown out and the top layer of fruit
ought to be faced in rows with the
stems hidden. This work can be done
rapidly by women and girls, who lay
the cherries in the bottom of the
boxes in rows, fruit side down, then
fill the box. Nail il and turn over
and mark the faced side as the top.
If baskets are used instead of boxes.
the top Of each basket should be
faced. The extra cost of this work
pays in the ready sale of this fruit
Orange Judd Farmer.
Rhubarb.
Rhubarb is found on almost
every home garden in America. 1t Is
usually propagated by dividing the
roots, each eye or bud with a piece
Of 1eshy root attached being capable
| of producing a large plant within a
| years time. 1t also grows steadily
from the seed, at a years delay in
producing the crop. They may be sci
out in the fall or spring. If sci
in the spring the crop will be in
sufficient for use that summer. Select
a warm soil, plow or spade deep
making it very rich with stable
) manure, setting in rows with plans
about four feet apart, keep down the
weeds, and it will be ready for Use
the next season. If the punches are
permitted to get too large the stalks
are not so fine and nice.-Iowa Home
| stead.
/ Raising Turkeys.
When first Matched 1 grease the ole
hen with lard and few drops Of
coal oil, confirming to pens for a day
or two until little cnes are able tt
travel well; then I let them have al
the territory they wish to travel
over. My mode of feeding is, a
first, stale bread mixed with sweet
milk and seasoned highly with
black pepper. Give one feed with
condition powders, when a day or two
Old TO regulate the bowels. From
this time On l feed scraps from
table, such as fat meat, potatoes
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-09-15

widow Bethune and Tom was with
drawn from the public. While they
were residents of Twenty-frst street
1t used TO be said that no one not
even the grocer's boy, was admitted
to their fiat. Neighbors of the Lerche 8
In the vicinity Of Navesink Highlands,
believe that Tom enjoys himself as
much as he is capable Of and that
he IS well treated.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-09-15

Prof. Martin, the Swedish savant,
has discovered in the Kremlin at Mos
cow large portion of the Swedish
war booty captured by Gustavus Adolf
plus. 1t appears that the majority
Of the silver vessels and ornaments
kept in the treasury at the Kremlin
are presents made at different times
by various kings of Sweden to the
czars of Russia.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-09-15

The enforcement Of the new tariff
at Manila is delayed pending the ar
rival of instructions from Washington.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-09-15

Have you ever stopped to think
that straight furrow is the short
est one and that the man who keeps
his burrows straight can pillow more In
day with the same team energy
than the one who lets his burrows
become as crooked as a snakes
track in the dust?
How are things about the house
and dooryard? Do they look as if the
place where you live is a home or
just a place to stop? A good door
yard fence, a smooth lawn, a well
kept garden and tidy barnyard go
a ng ways in making home a pleas
ant place.
Begin thinking now about show
ing your farm products at the fall
fair. You have no iGea how much
m re interesting the work Of the
farm will be if you are trying To
! beat every other farmer in the coun-
ty.
I We have known an organ or a
piano FIR the girls and buggy or
/ bicycle for the boys to be the best
| paying investment that could be
made. Contented boys and girls do
! not leave the farm.
! Careful experiments have shown
! that the actual value of barnyard ma
nure is about S1.25. How many dol
! lars worth lies in your barnyard this
! spring, and what are you going TO
/ do with it?
{ No matter how late the planting
/ is done nor how great the necessity
OF getting the seed into the ground
quickly, it never pays to half do the
work Of putting in a crcp.-Farmer
Voice.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-04-16

The ammonia of hen manure is one
of the most valuable parts.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-04-16
Cost of Raising Grain.

My figures are based on $50 per acre
land. All that one man can do will
be to raise, say, 25 acres of wheat,
40 acres of corn, % acres of oats, and
10 acres of hay, altogether 100 acres.
an outfit that will last ten years. 1t
will consist of the following: Three
good 4-year-old horses, $500; harness,
$40; wagon, 500; stock rake, $40; har-
row, SIS; deep cultivator, $1S; oats
seeder, 10; corn planter, $40; wheat
drill, so; binder, $115; mower, $45; hay
rake, $40; hay frame, $40; small re-
pairing tools, $40; total, $778
Now, as you know, everything will
be worn out in ten years, and the mon
ey so spent will be a total loss, so we
must count one-tenth of the invested
capital as being the loss on wear and
tear for each year. Then there is the
interest. The annual loss for this will
be about as follows: One-tenth of
SITS, $77.8O; interest on SITS at 6 per
cent, S4668; rent of land, $500; tax
on land, $40; tax on horses and tools,
$40; horse feed, S12O; wages at S1.50
per day for 300 days, $3.50; total of
$1,054.48. We may figure pretty ac-
curately and you will find it will take
about half of the counted time to work
the forty acres of corn, and the other
nalf of the time will suffice for the
wheat, oats and hay; so we will count
Cne-half of the 81 ,O54.4S for the raising
of corn. That will be S52724. To
which we must add cost of Smelling of
a 40 bushel crop SIC and seed $3.50,
making total of $545.74. This gives
us 1000 bushels of corn at a total cost
of $545.74, or a cost of 81 cents per
bushel. The average corn crop of
1897 was % bushels, which would give
a cost per bushel of So cents. OF
course the more bushels per acre we
raise the less win be the cost of each
bushel. AS the same tools are used
all over the farm we will throw about
an equal charge of the wear to each
crop.
Hay.-Working carefully, it will take
q man two days to cut his ten acres
Of meadow, which will make the labor
So; day to rake it up, $3.50; four
days to shake up, Sc; two men four
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-04-16
detective Road Laws.

The chief executive of Indiana Is a
strong advocate of good roads and is
determined that the road laws Of that
state shall be radically revised. He
expresses himself as follows:
II knew before became governor
that our road laws were defective, and
have learned much more since have
been in office. l have been Investigate
ing the question lately, with view to
future legislation, and I find the study
not only interesting but may say APP
palling. The road tax the state over
will average more than Is cents on
500. We pay taxes on 81 300, 000, 600.
That means that we are supposed to
pay about 100000 per annum for
keeping our roads up. I want to say
that am wholly and thoroughly con-
WINGED that not so per cent of this sum
is ever expended as the law provides.
A great deal of it is never even coll
lected. The Indiana law allows a tax
payer to work out his road tax. The
road supervisor is sole boss and judge
OF this 'working-out' business, and any
sort Of a slipshod report of the matter
he sees fit to make to his township
trustee suffices. AS a consequence
abuse is almost universal, and the most
outrageous and fragrant frauds are per-
petrated. There is $156,000,O00 worth
OF railroad property taxed in Indiana,
but do these railroads pay their Is
cents. on the hundred dollars, as pre-
scribed by law? Not at all. They
work it out on the free gravel roads,
according to reports, but the result of
the work is not apparent In some
places l doubt if any of the money
these railroads were supposed to pay
for road tax, and of which they did
pay, perhaps, 80 per cent, for the tax
receipts, was expended on the roads.
One man who has several railroads un-
der his control told me short time
ago that none of his roads ever paid
over so per cent for these receipts.
The railroads are reported on the books
of nearly every county in the state as
| having worked out their road tax, and
l challenge any man to cite me single
case where he has seen the employees Of
any railroad working on our roads pay
ing off this tax. With the amount Of
money Indiana is supposed to pay for
road tax she ought to have the best
roads in the United States. But she
has not and will not have until there
is corrective legislation. There ought
to be no such thing as working out
road tax, and the laws should be SO re-
Vised as to insure the expenditure Of
the tax collected for the purpose it is
designed to serve. l am studying the
New Jersey law and other state laws,
and hope to be able to present some
valuable suggestions to the next leg
| isIatuFe."
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-04-16
FARM. AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST 10
AoRIcULTURISTs.
Some Up-to-Date Hints About Gull
tivation of the soil and Yields
Thereof-Hortloulture. vitioulture aad
Horticulture.
Bearing wood Of Grape vines.

&
3. G. hodeman, department of agri
culture report: t5) All the fruit Of
the vine in any one year is borne upon
the fruit of that. year, which grow
from the canes produced the preceding
year: and since the number of clusters
borne upon single shoot is fairly
constant varying generally from one
to three), the number Of buds left
upon vine when it is pruned deter
mines with considerable accuracy the
number of clusters which the vine will
possess. These facts serve as the chief
guides to the operator in the vineyards
when estimating the probable capacity
of vine during the next season Of
bearing. Usually more buds are allow
ed to remain than would be safe If
each one were sure to be perfect; an
excess of 10 to 20 per cent is gener-
ally left in New York vineyards to
take the places of such buds as are inn
perfect, or of those which become in
iured.
60 The position of the bearing wood
upon vine is of secondary import
ance as regards the effect upon the
quantity and quality of the fruit; but
as frequent change or renewal of the
entire top appears to be desirable, the
young bearing wood should be as near
the root of the plant as circumstances
will allow. When the important rela-
ton of these essential points to sue
cessful grape growing is thoroughly
considered, the secondary character OF
the training of the vine becomes APP
parent. A system of training may be-
come popular in a locality simply as
the effect of some trihing cause, and
not as result of extended compari-
sons or experiences; it is well under
stood and therefore used. Yet, there
Is scarcely system which is not more
or less modified by the individual grow
eF-se much so that often many. va
riations of some well-known method
will be found in the same locality.
Each vineyardist is a staunch sup
porter of his own method, and the con-
clusion which one must necessarily
reach is that the grower is the main
factor, the system being merely a con-
venience capable of much variation.
Yet every important grape growing
district has one or more characteristic
methods of training its grape vines.
This plainly shows that such methods
are well suited to the locality and to
the varieties Of grapes grown there.
For this reason they deserve study, as
| well as comparison with other meth
DDS in successful use. When the ad-
vantages and disadvantages of the va
rious typical systems are we'll under
stood, it is a comparatively easy mat
ter to select one which will prove sue
cessful even under peculiar circum-
stances. In case Of necessity an en-
tirely new method may be adopted to
suit the requirements of a certain To-
cality; all that is essential is to adapt
the system to the principals stated
above and to limit all notifications in
accordance with them.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-04-16
sERvANrs. LIvERIKa.
They Had Their Origin During the Reign
OF kline T3cnfn ~ stk-.,.

They Had Their Origin During the Reign
Of King Pepin Of France.
So far as the present writer is aware
the earliest mention of ''liveries" made
IN history was during the reign Of
King Pepin of France, who fourished
about the year ESQ A. D., says London
Society. A form of amusement to
which King. Pepin was partial was
What were termed cours plenieres.
These were assemblies at which, upon
the kings invitation, all the lords and
courtiers of France were expected to
be present. They were held twice each
year-at Christmas and Easter-and
generally lasted for about week at
each time. Sometimes these gather
ings took place at the kings palace,
sometimes in the neighborhood of one
OF the larger French cities and some
times in some rural district, while the
festival lasted the king took all his
meals in public bishops and dukes
alone being privileged to sit at the
royal table. A second table was pro-
vided for abbots, counts and other
leading men, and at both tables there
was shown more profusion than deli
cacy, both in the quality of the meats
and drinks and the manner in which
they were served. Flutes, hautboys
and other musical instruments were
played before the bearers of each
course as it was removed from the ia
bles. When dessert was served, TWEEN
ty heralds, each holding aloft a jew
eled goblet, shouted thrice, "Largesse,
largesse from the most potent of
kings!" AS they shouted they scat
tered among the crowds handfuls Of
gold and silver coins. Then the trum-
pets Were blown, while the better
class Of spectators shouted and the
meaner sort scrambled and often
fought vigorously for the money scat
tered by the heralds. Charles VII. of
France put final stop to the cours
plenieres, alleging that the expense at
tendant upon his wars with England
made it impossible for him to continue
them. One of the severest causes of
expense, 1t was explained, arose from
the fact that, beginning with King
Pepin's time, etiquette and custom
alike demanded that the king should
upon these occasions give an entire
suit of new and gorgeous clothing not
only to his own servants and retainers
but also to those of the queen and
| all the princes of the blood royal
These garments were said to be livres
that is, delivered" at the kings ex-
pense-and from this word the English
word livery" was derived, as was the
custom Of providing servants with civ
cry" from the aforementioned prac.
tice Of certain of the French kings.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-04-16

days 20 haul in, $12i rent 81 land, $50;
tax ef land, $4; wear and tear and in
terest,. S12.45: later On for hauling to
market and other work to meadow,
$2S; total, $91.95, The average hay
crop for 1887 was about one and one
half tons to acre, which will make the
coEt s6.15. Adding 80 cents for horse
feed brings It up to 1923 per ton Of
hay
Wheat. seed S5 bushels, s35; binder
twine, So; threshing 300 bushels at 4
cents. $12; work of all kinds, s112.50;
rent for land, SIS; wear, tear, tax,
$4t,S2Si; horse feed, $50 : total cost of 25
acres of wheat, s314.12, or $1.O4 per
abushel. ta4
Oats Seventy five bushels of seed,
$40; twine, So. threshing 40 bushel
per acre yield, 1000 bushels, $40; work
of all kinds, $112.5O; rent for land, $75;
wear, tear, tax, $41.62; horse feed, $50;
total, $307,12, or a little over 80 cents
per bushel
In above figures did not count any
incidental expenses, such as horse
shoeing, machine oil, harness oil and
the like.
am one of your readers and that
is the only school 1 have ever had in
this good America. began reading
your paper ten years ago right after
began farming for myself. 1 call
myself practical farmer, which one
can get to be only by actual experience
and good farm journals through which
to exchange ideas. Land in my neigh
borhood sells for from SIS to 500 per
acre. We had fair crop, but there
is not much money on account of bad
roads. Wheat looks as if it was used
up.
a SUBSCRIBER.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-04-16
HINTS FOR SMOKERS.
Never Smoke Before Breakfast or When
the Stomach Is Empty.

the Stomach Is Empty.
Generalarzt DR.. Sholer publishes in
the Centralblatt EUR Gesundheitspf1ege
a collection Of "Hints for Smokers"
which are founded, as the doctor states,
upon his professional observation for
many years of the mouth, teeth, stom-
ach, lungs, heart and skin of the de-
votee of tobacco. The first and fore
most rule is never to smoke before
breakfast nor, as a rule, when the
stomach is empty; this custom is the
worst possible foe of digestion. Never
smoke during any exertion of great
physical energy, as dancing, running,
cycling, mountain-climb or rowing
and especially if in a contest. Never
follow "the bad customs of the French
and the Russians" by allowing the
smoke to pass through the nose; never
inhale it through the nose. Keep the
smoke as far as possible from the eyes
and nose; the longer the pipe the bet
ter; the use of "a short pipe during
work is to be avoided. A pipe is the
most wholesome form of smoking, a
cigar the next, a cigarette the worst.
Always throw away your cigar as soon
as you have smoked four-fifths of it.;
the last end of it is the most hurtful
in cauda venenum, the poison turks in
the tail. Ali cigarettes are bad, but
eastern cigarettes the worst, for they
are almost always compounded with
some degree of opium. The smoker
ought to rinse out his mouth, not only
before every meal and before going to
bed at night, but several times during
the day. The best rinse for the smok-
er is glass of water in which tea
spoonful of table salt has been dis
solved. It should be used as a gargle
at night and care should be taken that
every cavity in the teeth is well washed
with it. The pipes proper place is in
the hand and only occasionally in the
lips or teeth.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-04-16
Egg Records.

Send in the egg records. We doubt
not that many of our readers have been
keeping a close account of what their
hens have been doing, and we are
sure it will be Of interest to others
to know what records have been made.
In making reports, give the names Of
breeds, numbers, and whether the
fowls have been kept penned up. If
the feed ration can be given it will be
an item of added interest.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-04-16
Carbon -BisulphIde for weevlls.

Carbonbisulphide is a colorIess
liquid with strong odor. It evapor-
ates freely at ordinary temperature.
The gas is heavier than air, is highly
infiammable and a strong poison al
though small portion is not injurious.
Provide sufficient blankets, canvas, or
oilcloth to thoroughly cover the grain
TO be treated. For every one hundred
bushels Of grain put in open shallow
dishes on the grain one pound of car
bon-bisulphide using about one-half
pound in each dish and placing them
at a reasonable distance. Cover the
grain, dishes and all, at once and let
remain for twenty-four hours. Exam
inc to see if all insects, rats and mice
are dead. If some are found to be
alive apply again, using more of the
liquid Ware houses, mills, elevators,
store rooms and the like may be treat
ed in a similar manner. The liquid as
retailed at the drug stores costs from
20 to 80 cents per pound.
The ammonia of hen manure is one
of the most valuable parts.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-04-16
Shot the shutes.

Because they seriously objected to
the attentions he was paying to their
daughter, MT. and Mrs. shute of
Brooklyn were shot by William Smith,
who escaped to Chicago. And now he
is to be arrested for shooting the
Shutes
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-04-16
Hen Know Better Next Time.

He-Darling, dream of you night
and day. She-Im sorry, but your
dreams will avail you naught. He
Why, what do you mean? She-I
mean that the man l marry must be
wide-awake; no dreamers need apply.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-04-16
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
4a.- -f1#f sF#- ~ T. . ~ stN
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.

How suOOossful Farmers Operate This
Department. of the Farm--A- Few
Hints as to the Care OF Live stock
and Poultry.
Evening journal., 1898-08-25
rroon. A nna G COMING Home.

PONCE, Porto Rico, Aug. 25.-The
coastal schooner Dolores, hying the
Spanish flag. entered the harbor yester-
day morning. Her captain was uncer-
tain whether a state of peace or OF war
existed, but decided to take his chances.
The Dolores was not molested.
The Alamo, with supplies and cloth
ing for General Henry's men, sailed for
Arecibo, on the north coast of Porto
Rico, yesterday morning.
General Brooke is still awaiting his
credentials. On their arrival he Will
Immediately leave for San Juan, a troop
of the Sixth regular cavalry acting as
escort.
Preparations are being made for the
embarkation Of the volunteers and cav
airy ordered home from Washington.
The cavalry includes Troops A and c
Of New York and thefollowing Pennsyl-
vania troops The Philadelphia City
troop, the Sheridan troop and the Gov
ernors troop. These are concentrated
here and at Guanica and viii probably
sail on the transport Mississippi in the
course of a few days.
The men are delighted at the pros
pect.
The Pennsylvania and Missouri volun-
teers and batteries are to follow the
cavalry home.
General Wilson will shortly permit the
reopening of the saloons and cafes, but
will prohibit the sale Of liquor by the
drink until a license system shall have
been established.
General Henry and his staff are here
They will return home Immediately
General Garretson win succeed General
Henry in his command.