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The Van Buren press., 1898-07-30
HERE AND THERE.

There should be no foolishness
about the business of milking. Make
the COW glad to have you come to her
relief If you can not do this, you are
not the one to milk.
Geese profit from good grass
pasture, but they should not be allowed
to run in field where there is any
other stock. They foul the grass quick
ly, so that horses and cattle will not
eat it.
If you intend to breed sheep for
mutton, select such breeds as grow
rapidly and mature quickly. Keep
your lambs growing vigorous and
strong, and don't let them lose a day
up to the time they go to market.
BY removing the bothersome fences
in front of the homestead and having
smooth, green lawn, you will vastly
improve appeara 1ces; and appearances
always add much to the value of your
place.
Straw which has been cut is better
for bedding stock stabbed, for the rea-
son that it is a better absor bent of
huuid manures, and that it rots more
ready when put in the field, and is,
therefore, more available
Food which will make a pound of
beef will make pound of butter, and
while the one may sell for from two to
fifteen cents pound, the later will
bring from Is to 20. With butter there
is less danger from overproduction.
The farmer who grows different
kinds of crops and feeds them out to
different kinds of stock will. with good
management, make the most money.
The work is distributed more evenly
throughout the year.
-Dairymen should constantly bear
in mind that the value of a dairy COW
consist in the ability to consume food
at d profit, or, in other words, her abil.
ity to convert food into milk in u man.
ner that will leave profit TO her own
er after paying for food consumed and
LABOR used
If the clover field is to be sown to
wheat it is better to NOV it than to
pasture it early in the season. A clover
field that is to be plowed in the fall
should never the pastured by anything
unless il is sheep, and In the spring
before blowing is done
The Van Buren press., 1898-07-30
CHEESE AS AN ARMY RAIlI
New York Farmers to Call ATTEND
OF the War Department 10
This Matter.

There is a movement on foot'Hl
the makers of cheese IN northern
central New York and the cNH
boards of which they are memben
secure the adoption by the war dePs
ment of cheese as an army ration
county of jefferson alone produces
100000 pounds Of cheese every sea-
and other counties of the state Z
an output nearly as large. Sho'Iu'
war department adopt cheese as I
ton for the standing army II wv
mean the payment to the farnen
New York state of hundreds o. Y
sands of dollars annually. Inc s'S
est cheese board in the state is tne
tertown produce exchange lac
rotary, \. w. Munk, believes 'n'l
those at the head OF the Y
lad their attention properly '
to the question, it would D.
sidered, and probably in la'O'
way. He says there is no elemen
soldiers ration now issued that He4
to cheese in nutrition. He Lived Oh
pork and hard tack for three years u
south, when in the regular army
so he has some experience on WIN
base his opinion.
To-day" says Mr.. Munk, t0'
dier's ration is one of study in the y
missary department. The cons''D
increasing production of cheese "
out compensative increase IN '"'
mand is the cause for the low P''
realized for the past few years
cheese to-day were an army rallOu'
stead of farmers being offered SIN ',
a pound they would he getting =.
to ten cents "A pound for good soliu
ing, shipping cheese, this Delus
stock that would be required "
army. just see what an enorm'u,
crease there would be in the colsr ..
ton of cheese if it were an army ''"'
The Watertown produce eNchahs
adopted resolutions favoring tnt "
cheese in the army which VIII ~
before c. \. Chickering, the repre'.
tive from this district in congI''
Mr.. Munk and Charles S. Kellogg :.
dairy Inspector. Similar reso''.
will be adopted by other cheese o' y,
throughout the state. The MENU,
the New York state grange ha.t " y.
steps along the same line gu
grange of jefferson county, repre-,
ing 1000 farmers, has resolutions
tive to the matte=.-N. Y. Sun
The Van Buren press., 1898-07-30
SHEEP ON THE Farm.
Why They Are More Vaiuabie nm"
Any other Kind of Stock Even
Including Poultry.

The dog is the only enemy TO Inc
sheen industry. 1t can successfully
battle against any sort OF tarln laws
and in competition with other KINDS OF
stock. but the dog is inyineible. II we
will take the trouble TO compare the
cost of making mutton with the cost OF
making other kinds of meat, the sheep
will have the advantage. In paper
read at one of our Michigan farm insti-
tutes there was a carefully-prepared
comparison of the sheep with cows,
steers. horses and hogs, and the sheep
got the best of 1t every time. II has
often been said. and may be said again,
perhaps with profit, that sheep on the
farm are valuable because they are
good weed destroyers, good fertilizers,
produce meat at little less cost than
any other animal can produce meat,
produce a fleece which no other animal
does and is about as handy TO kill for
fresh meat as a fowl is. No dry farm
should be without at least small flock
of sheep. When | started in the busi-
ness | did it with ten head, and ! have
never had more than 16 in the perma-
nent flock. 1t is not much of flock.
but call attention to its uses. It pays
for its keep and considerable besides.
1t is better for my land than purchased
fertilizers and much cheaper than they
are. It has cleaned my farm in seven
years of many kinds Of weeds, and it is
On easy IN kill n sheen for meat for
the table, and mutton is so healthy and
so relishable that | would good deal
sooner let my chickens than my sheep
20. | have never had any trouble from
dogs. l keep bell on one of them.
Perhaps it does good and perhaps not.
| don't know. But have never suffered
loss, though some of my neighbors
within few miles of me have. There
is plenty of room for more sheep, and
we farmers ought to breed sheep
Howard Stilson, in Western Plowman.
The Van Buren press., 1898-07-30
A BUSINESS THAT WILL PAY.
Poultry Raising on the Farm May be Made
Profitable IL Given Proper
Attention.

Poultry raising on the farm has not
been elevated to its proper position. 1t
seems almost impossible to make farm
ers believe that 1t is a business that
will pay men better than it will pay
women, and that if one had large ndm-
Der of laying hens the profit from them
would be greater, in proportion to cap
ital invested and labor employed, than
from any other kind of stock. 1t is re-
pugnant to farmers to give their atten-
tion to such small creatures as fowls,
but if they can make poultry pay, 1T
matters not how insignificant the
creatures may be, The beekeeper
does not despise his colonies be-
cause each individual bee is small, but
depends for his results upon the united
efforts of the whole. Then there is the
work of caring for large numbers of
hens. The houses must be cleaned. lice
kept down, food given regularly, eggs
collected promptly and young chicks
attended to; but these details will only
enter into the daily routine of work
the same as is required in any other
direction. WIN large stOck bile norSe
must be curried and brushed, fed reg
ularly, stables kept in order and ex.
ercise provided The cows must be
MIXED and given extra attention, while
the handling of the milk, from the time
it is taken from the cows until it is sent
to market or produces butter, demands
large share of the farmers time. Farm
ers are satisfied at the present to re-
ceive small profits, and many OF them
barely make expenses. If they can add
something that Will enable them to
make the farms pay more they should
do SO. What is required is to lift the
poultry business above the care Of
women and childrel and turn it over
to the men, at the same time increas-
ing the fiocks so as TO derive as much
as possible. Eggs are cash at all sea-
sons, and bring in daily receipts. With
cheap grain and low prices for all
kinds of farm produce, it will be to the
advantage of farmers to have larger
focks and sell more poultry and eggs,
Dixie Farmer.
The Van Buren press., 1898-07-30
ASHES AS A FERTILIZER.
One of the Most Valuable Manures WITHIN
the Reach of the Farmer
and Easily Applied.

Ashes are one of the most valuable
manures within farmers reach. Be
ing obtained from plants they obvious
" must contain the very substances
needed by other plants. Again, hav-
ing been taken from the soil by one
set of plants they must be IN states
and combinations in which they can
be readily appropriated by other plants.
Take potash, for instance. lteXlsts IN
ashes in form of carbonate, the very
best form of potash for plant-food
Besides the above points of value there
is the additional one that ashes
contain every ingredient needed
by plants, except nitrogen, car.
bonic acid and water. AS the atmos'
phere supplies unlimited quantities oil
carbonic acid, and the soil usually sup
plies water, it may be said that prac'
tieally ashes supply all the food oil
plants except nitrogen, and indirectly
it even helps to supply this substance
also, for where ashes have been APP
piled to soils it promotes nltr1hcatlon,
by which inert nitrogen is brought
into the most available state of this
substance. Free applications of ashes
also change very favorably the phys.
ical character of soils, making them
more retentive of moisture, easier to
work; makes them hold manures liable
to leach, and facilitates the solution OF
plant-food in the soil. 1t behooves
farmers, therefore, to save all the
ashes which can be collected on their
farms, both unleached and leached, for
teaching removes mainly one consti'
tuent only, to wit, potash. Farmers in
the neigh borhood of cities and villages
could obtain good deal of ashes from
them-trading wood for ashes. The
cottonseed-oil mills supply the most
valuable of all ashes, that from the
bulls, which are exceptionally rich,
and there is besides quite trade in
ashes obtained from Canada in the
northwestern states, though compare.
lively little of it is brought to the
south Where land has long been
fortified with phosphates or with
stable manure, applications of ashes
produce most excellent results. South.
ern Cultlvator.
The Van Buren press., 1898-07-30
LIVE STOCK POINTERS.

Grow Pumpkins for the hogs and
cattle.
Smartweed rubbed on an animal will
keep off flies.
Never keep more hogs than you can
take good care of.
Don't feed the horse too much corn in
hot weather; don't,
The well-bred hog will pay The in
ferior hog will not.
Filthy surroundings for the pig and
mango often go together.
The best hog has good chest, for
there are the vital organs,
Remember that fat animal should
not have violent exercise,
If sheep are kept in a pasture with
cattle dogs will not attack them.
The bay horse with black points is
now the favorite carriage horse,
The colt should have clean stables.
Unclean stables produce joint disease.
A shade for the horses head in hot
weather will save the life of the horse
very often.
Let the colt have chance to learn TO
eat oats by keeping them where it can
get at them.
A horse that is fed three times n day
should be given no more hay than il
can eat in an hour.
just as soon as the hog will eat give
it just such food as you give the sow.
with plenty of milk.
A pig that has been shipped long
distance cannot be expected to show up
well on its arrival.-Western Plowman.
The Van Buren press., 1898-07-30

The son Of wealthy brewer, whose
beer we all have drunk, has been a stu
dent at the University of Virginia, at
Charlottesville. In knocking about the
city he made the acquaintance of a
wood hauler of the name of Robert T..
Lee, and, taking a great fancy TO the
poor fellow, gave him a check for sl0,-
900. "What shall l do with this?" the
wood hauler asked. Take il TO the
bank and have it cashed, or leave il there
as a deposit in your own name and draw
against it," said the youth. ITS all
yours" The cashier, suspecting foul
play, refused to cash it, and commune
Gated with the young man, who insisted
that il was all right. 1t was then be-
lieved that the boy was crazy, and his
father was telegraphed TO. In the mean
time Robert Z. Lee was allowed to have
$500 on account by the bank, a rather
strange proceeding, but entirely salts
factory, when the brewer called halt
on the remaining $500. The boy had a
perfect right to draw the money or
give away the check. as he had an ac-
count In his own name Of three times
The amount but the old man" thought
him too generously. Y. Press.
The Van Buren press., 1898-07-30

tryhouse. Meal and bran can be put
in and mixed in the tub with the water
from the house. Scald the tub frequent
ly in hot weather. Where one has no boil
er for cooking the morning mash for
fowls the work can be done very well
in such tub as this. Put in the meal,
bran, meat and table scraps, and pour
in boiling water. making a thin mix
ture. Cover tightly with an old WOODEN
blanket and leave over night or several
hours, at least. Meal thus cooks very
thoroughly, and swells up TO dry,
bly, mass.-N. y. Tribune.
The Van Buren press., 1898-07-30

Breeders everywhere show siyns of
returning reason, and want a bop with
a complete anatomy, not mass Of
n1ooy rat an overloaded body minus
constitutional yigor and CARRYING on.
pacity. In the upbuilding of the vital
parts so long neglected and overloaded
oS SWINE breeders. shall we not acouira
more hardness, promote prolifcacv
anu produce better pork, more nut.;-
uous and healthful, with less tend
eney to disease? Do not all these signs
'eaeh us that we shall in the futnra
na,e less disease among our swine. saw
no'hing of the consequent ADVANTAGES
Oh broader market and an increoss
I" oemand and price Farmers Guide
The Van Buren press., 1898-07-30

An Irishman is too nimble to be
caught when he doesn't wish TO be APP
pretended. Cardinal Manning delight
ed to tell the following story as an IL
lustration OF The national elusiveness:
An freshman, the son of one who had
been hanged, having been asked how his
father died, thus eluded the admission
of the fact: Sure. thin, my father, who
was very reckless man. was jist stand
in on a platform harsnguing a mob,
when part OF rhe platform suddenly
gave way, and he fell through. and thin
IL WAS found his neck was broken
Youths Companion.
The Van Buren press., 1898-07-30
Demand for Fat Lambs

Prof. Henry says, in Feeds and
Feeding" the demand for well-fattened
lambs steadily increases, the tender
juicy meat finding favor among Amer.
leans. Not only do prices for fat lambs
rule high as compared with mature
sheep and fern animals generally, but
there are other advantages in favor of
feeding of lambs before they reach ma
turity, A given weight Of feed ooas
further with the lambs than mo}nre
sheep; the money invested is soon,r
returned, and there is less risl, from
death and accident. Thus, everything
tends towards hurrying lambs TO mar.
ket as rapidly as they can be fattened
ana as early as they can be disposed of
to secure the highest price.
The Van Buren press., 1898-07-30
CLOSE TOGETHER.


Were purity clost together
North. east. an south an westi
II took the stormy weather
To bring us TO our best!
One flag is ripplin' over
The ranks on land an sea:
The man who marched with sherman
Stands with the man OF Lee!
Were purity elost together
Thar amt no kind o doubt;
1t took the stormy weather
To let the rainbows outl
One flag is ripplin' over
This bright land Of the free;
The man who marched with sherman
Stands with the man of Lee!
Yes. purity ciost together;
An ef It's storm or tide.
Wen thank God fer the weather
That finds us side by side!
For one flag ripplin' over.
That throws her ribbons free
Where men who marched with Sherman
March with the men OF Lee.
r. l.. Stanton. in Chicago Times-Herald
The Van Buren press., 1898-07-30
sEARCHLIGHTs FOR DEPr,,
The Principal Harbors ne
States Are to he Prot, y
with Them.

The United States govern.
ordered for use IN its coast day
large number OF the most 'a'
searchlights to be built in tba s'sa
possible time and delivered r..
ing in the principal harbors a.,
coast. The lights are of vi,al
lance in harhor desnses. and ag
valuable addition to our hark.
ments. Already a consideeab,
Der are in operation, but not S's
to do the work which might Be- l H.
this way. wy
Operated on scientific syst,
importance of the light can se,,ai
oyerestimated. By its use tba
area of the harbor protected H.
Notifications and by fixed or st.g.
torpedoes is in the dead of tb'
made as bright as day. In do,
the approach or any movement y,
lacking fleet, and especially wS,'
attempt is made to pass fortis.'.
after a partial or total destruetio'
torpedoes. these are most Inn.
Under such circumstances the !.
light would expose the enemy. /
to the deadly fire from the bss.1
tillery guns of our coast defpr,,
insure total destruction. f
Another and most importap, J. 1
many factors of he searehIpbt IL
as adopted by the army is its ad,5'I
ity for signaling from one fortis..E
20 another by means of long and,
flashes, messages being sent a.
miles by cipher code.
An idea of the wonderful pou,.
efficiency of these searchlipbts 4,
mailing may be bad from the foll,s
A short time ago a great sear,l1
was purchased by the governns,,
turned over to the army for A.
menting purposes in coast sion,
This light was purchased from h
In Germany. and upon its receinta
Immediately forwarded to tbs 1.
Hook proving ground, where Il n,
went a thorough test. One obieot
to determine the facility with WI
a message could be transmittedhyl
and short flashes. The liph,
mounted on a tower at Sandy Hood
arrangements made with Mr. Dim
the weather bureau in New York
ready to receive the messau
stated hour. Late In the Mira
agreed upon, one Of the army oss
especially expert in signaling, mou
the top of the tower. When the
moment arrived there were I'm
against the dark sky long and /
flashes of bright light from the tow
Sandy Hook. At the same momer
New York city. another man va
The top of one of the high office b
ings steadily looking toward d
Hook. He read the meassage and
peated IL by wire to Sandy Hook vi
II was found correct. This message
flashed distance of 90 miles. amid
undoubtedly have been passed n
greater distance. With these ID
mounted at the Notifications ard
New York harbor messages coua
Immediately sent from the deiu|
at Sandy Hook to either Forth vi
worth or Fort Ha milton. WHEN |
movements OF a hostile feet eoui
seen and it was desired to tran
instructions to the inner defenses,
The searchlight in coast defersa
terferes with the sight of a mana
helm of an approaching vessel b
periments tried in France a poet
electric searchlight was turned 4
a moving vessel, the captain Of 4
stated that his eyes were so i'd
by this light that il prevented hiu |
properly steering his boat, whld|
suited in collision with auotid
Philadelphia Times.
The Van Buren press., 1898-07-30

One pint sweet milk, one-hail c..
sweet cream, butter size OF a N''
one tablespoonful of sugar. one ,
one level teaspoonful of salt, t"O
spoonfuls of cream tartar, one
spoonful of soda. -four enough TO ~
a very thick batter that will not Q
from the spoon; bake in muffin pau
y. Y. Journal.
The Van Buren press., 1898-07-30
THE WASTE BARREL.
Mount 1t on an Old Whceibarrovy
Frame and Save Lots of Work
and Annoyance.

Select a low. tub-shaped barrel in
which to collect the waste from the
kitchen and the milkroom. Mount it
within an old wheelbarrow frame in
the manner shown. when II can be
wheeled away TO the pighouse or poul-
The Van Buren press., 1898-07-30

There is more danger from summer
killing of newly-sown field of blue
grass than there is from having it win
ter killed. The best time to sow, usual
", is in September.
The Van Buren press., 1898-07-30

\ year later a check for 5000 came to
Laurence. lie app ID a temporary
balm to his wound h sending il back
TO the agent with "a few court words. but
the fact that il had como stayed with
him, and the restlessness il engendered
drove him TO ask the agent when he
brought the check the second time the
address of tue sender. Three weeks
later he was in Denver.
81 ha. broughtyou back yourcheck, I"
he said to her by way of greeting when
he found her, and she stood before him,
her mixed emotions jostling each other
as they stroye for expression iu her
face. Palmer than all others were her
sorrow and agonizing shame, and his
heart grew hot with anger toward her
as he saw them; for they told him that
her sense OF right was not nearly so far
astray MS he had judged; il had been in
plain sight " hen she had acted against
It.
He laid the check on the table and,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-04-15
Owned by ColOred PeODle.

Baltimore Sun: The only cotton
mill in che country, it is claimed,
owned exclusively by colored people, is
now approaching completion at Con-
cord, N. c., and the last brick will be
laid before the close of the present
year. The mill is to have from 1000
to 10000 spindles and from $50 to $50
looms. The building is a handsome
three-story brick structure, 120 feet
long and so feet wide. Besides the
main building there are also engine and
boiler houses and tower for water
purposes. 1t is expected the mill will
be put in operation by the LIST of April
The colored people of Wilmington
alone have put $4,000 in the mill, which
promises to be a monument to the en-
terprise and thrift of the colored peo-
pie of the old north state.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-04-15

wages of the workingman don't depend
upon the wealth of the boss or on the
climate. The wages of the working
men are the price of his labor; the
price Of all merchandise depends upon
the supply and the demand; the more
workers there are in place the larger
is the supply, and the lower arc the
wages. When President Dole tries to
get you and other gudgeons to so to
Hawaii. he does SO to raise the supply
Of labor there and thus lower the
wages. If he can get enough such
gulls as you to so there you will have
the chance to run about without work,
and the enjoyment of Hawaii's SUBJ
tropical climate as the only thing to
live on.
C.
Let us hope Brother Jonathan will
stay at home and use his ballot instead
OF going to Hawaii where all who are
not property owners are disfranchised.