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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-05-07
A Large NfusseI FART

The mussel culture OF Esnandes near
La Rochelle, was invented by a ship
wrecked Irlshman named Walton, who
set up fowling-nets on the mud, and de
vlsed a mud boat" 10 reach them. He
observed that the posts on which his
nets were set were covered, first with
mussel-spat, and then with young mus
sells. These, being always covered with
water, and raised high above the mud,
had a far finer flavor than the common
mussels. Walton soon decided to plant
more posts, MOI to support wlld-fowl
nets, but TO attract the mussels, and
from this primitive beginning the mus
sci industry OF Esnandes sprang. The
mud banks are planted with stakes AZ
thick AS a vineyard, and the fish are
constantly transplanted from one set OF
piles to another, In order to gain the
full benefit OF the tide and food best
suited to the growth. There is no rent
to pay for the mussel farms, as there Is
for the Whitstable oyster beds, for they
are ON a tidal sea, like the gray muddy
blight of Weston-super-M Mare. and the
~mussel-spat has not to be purchased
like oyster brood, but appears spon-
taneously like grains OF seed ON the
nnefa
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-05-07
The MiddIeman,

The middleman Is a necessity. II a
farmer had 1000 bushels Of wheat to
sell he could never retail it. He is COM
PEELED to sell in bulk or lose more time
than the wheat is worth. The middle
men are the distributors, and they are
also consumers. The farmer can get
rid of the middlemen to a certain ex-
tent by seeking markets near home for
articles that are readily salable, such
as butter and eggs, but II he buys from
his nelghbor any of the articles he sells,
then he, too, becomes a mlddleman, as
he handles the product of his nelghbor
between the producer and consumer.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-05-07

Mr.. q. Ii. Gould, in a recent letter
from Republican City, Neb., says: 1
came to this county in April, 1872, set
thing on a homestead near Republican
City, Harlan County, Nebraska, wish
ing to begin farming on my own ac-
count. ! came here simply to get land.
1t took all my to get here, and
I had to start In empty handed, having
no team or stock except one COW and
one hog. The COW strayed off and was
lost, so l was left with the one hog.
With that | started In to make my way
in the new country.
raised a few hogs through the first
years, and In 1888 bought some Po-
land China pigs, and commenced breed
ing that variety of swine. which i have
continued ever since. l am now rails
ing one hundred and fifty to two hun
dred hogs a year, have $50 acres Of
land. thirty acres In alfalfa, from which
the hogs are fed the year through. In
the winter they are fed the hay, which
they like as we'll as the green pasture,
and for young stock think II Is better
than the pasture. In 1895 / raised one
hundred and fifty pigs. which were fed
through the summer on alfalfa exclu
slyely, having no grain to feed until tie
corn crop WAS ready to feed In the fall.
| sold over Que thousand dollars worth
at public sale Nov. 10, 1895, and fed out
the balance, over seyenty-fiye head, for
the pork market. The corn and alfalfa
belt Is the great porkmaking section,
aud ] think this. the Republican valley,
and Southern Nebraska, n OF the fin,
est sections for that industry. Alfalfa
is II Of the leading crops, and with
plenty of cheap corn, with pure water
and q fine climate, disease is almost un
known. This makes the raising of hogi
easy and profitable.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-05-07

The effect of the stock upon the scion
is shown in a report recently SEN out
by the French Academy of Sciences.
Two pear trees of the same variety,
standing side by side, n grated on a
pear Seeding and the other on a
ounce, bore fruit for a number of
years. That from the pear stock was
green, while that from the ounce stock
was a golden yellow, with a rose blush
on the side toward the sun. The latter
also weighed a third more per speci-
men, was more dense In both fruit and
juice, and was richer in both acid and
sugar.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-05-07
Heroism of the Police.

Hon. Theodore Roosevelt writes an
article on The Roll of Honor of the
New York Police" for the Century.
Mr.. Roosevelt says:
| doubt II the average citizen. espe-
clally the average stay-at-home citizen.
realizes how often the man of the night
stick Is called upon to display qualities
which In a soldier would be called he
roic. His feats In saving life or In ar
resting dangerous criminals, alone and
at night, attract no special attention
when mentioned In the newspapers
but they often imply just as much cour.
age as those of the man who captures
an enemy's flag In battle, or plants his
own flag on II hostile parapet. The
men of the New York police force rep
resent all the different creeds and diff.
ferent race origins that go TO the make.
up Of our stock; but they all become
good Americans who pay no heed to
differences of creed and race, for 9th
erwise they would be useless. The po.
lice occupy positions Of great import
ance. They not merely preserve order,
the first essential of both liberty and
civilization, but to n large portion OF
our population they stand as the en-
bodiment as well as the representative
of the law Of the land. 70 the average
dweller In u tenement-house district.
especially II born abroad, the police
man Is In his W person all that there
Is OF government; he is Judge, execu-
tive, and legislature, constitution and
town meeting. His power and influ-
ence are great. For any Vice or short
coming he should be sternly punished.
but for gallantry and good conduct he
should receive prompt and generous
recognition.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-05-07
How Bees Hatch.

The egg Of the queen bee is about
one-sixteenth of an inch long, and as
large around as a fine cambric needle.
These are deposited In the cells by the
queen, sticking fast to the bottom Of
the cell so as to stand on end, being
held by an adhesive substance. In from
sixty to seyenty-two hours these eggs
hatch into little worms or larvae. They
remain in the larval state about six
days, when the cell containing them is
sealed over with raised Gaping by the
worker bees, and the larya, after spin
ming Its cocoon and undergoing a trans.
formation similar to that from caterpil.
lar to butterfly, emerges a perfect In
sect, as a worker bee, in twenty-One
days, or as a drone In t~wentyfour days,
the time being accelerated a little by
extreme heat, or retarded by cool
weather.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-05-07
Careless Methods.

The farmer who Is Mortified at the
Idea of burning his corn, practically
does the same thing when he stints his
~fattening stock, when he feeds 1t to
poorly bred animals, when he attempts
10 make it take the place of shelter,
and when he is careless in his meth
DDS of handling 1t. To feed a poorly
balanced ration is one way Of burning
it. To waste corn Is certainly worse
than warming ones self by 1t on a
winter day.-Farmers' Journal.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-05-07
Liuuid Manure,

1t is claimed that 95 per cent. Of the
nitrogen in cattle food Is returned to
the farm where butter Is made a spe-
cialty. OF this quantity one-half goes
into the liquid manure, one-fifth In the
solids, and the balance in the skim
milk. If the skim milk is fed to pigs
there IL a profit therefrom and a fur
Their addition to the manure The fact,
however. that one-half of the nitrogen
goes into the liquid is evidence
that the liquids are too valuable to be
wasted, as they are ON many farms.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-05-07

The farmer who places but little
value on corn fodder often finds that
he has not too much Of 1t. On farms
where there is more than can be used
the fodder shredder will prepare the
stalks for bedding, and when added to
the manure heap they are then ten
times more serviceable than when
used in the old-style way Of trampling
in the ~barnyard, because the shredded
fodder has the power of absorbing
largely OF the liquids In the manure.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-05-07
ORIGIN OF YANKEE DOODLE"
National Air Was Popular Long Before
the Revolution.

ANatiDnul III AH IODhlhT A4onk bCNDEt
the Revolution.
Every boy and girl knows Yankee
Doodle but how many OF them know
how this national song originatedr Ac.
cordlng TO an old book the air was
popular long before the revolution, be-
ing then called Lydia Fisher" II
was a fayorite New England Jig, and
1t was customary to tit lmpromptn
verses TO the tune. such as:
Lydia Locket lost her pocket.
lydia Fisher found IL,
Not a bit OF money In 1t,
Only binding round IL.
The tune itself is said to have been
sun In cromwelrs time, when 1t was
called "Nankee Doodle" and one Of
the verses ran as follows:
Nankee Doodle came TO town
Upon n little pony,
With Il feather In his hat,
Upon a macaroni.
This alluded to Cromwelrs riding In
10 oxford wearing a single plume In
his hat fastened in a knot called a
"macaroni."
Just before the revolution the British
officers adapted the old song to new
words intended to ridieule Yankee SIM
plicity and n But the Yankee
turned the tables by accepting Yam
kee Doodle" as their national air and
piping It whenever they ~repulsed the
red coats. When the battles of Lex
ington and Concord began the war the
English, when advancing in triumph.
played along the road. God Save the
King" but when the Americans made
the retreat SO disastrous to the invad-
ers, these then struck up the secuted
Yankee Doodle" ms II to say. "See
what we simple Jonathans can do"
That the air was universally deemed
a good retort on British royallsts Is
proved by the fact that 1t was played
by us at the battle of Lexington, when
repelllng the foe; again, at the surren-
der of B%urgoyne, and. finally, at York
town Observation-Disclosures Record.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-05-07

Tom-That friend you introduced at
the club last night seems to be a mel
ancholy sort Of fellow. What's the
matter with him?"
Jack-Disappolnted In love. l believe.
Tom-Too bad; got the mitten, l sup
poser
Jack-Oh, no; he got the girl.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-05-07
Carrntn for StncL.

The value Of carrots will be made
manifest to any n who has never used
them in winter II he will procure a few
bushels and feed them to horses and
cows. The animals will leave all other
foods for the carrots. They need not
be cooked, but should be sliced, with
a little salt sprinkled over them.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-05-07

Some fowls, especially under confine-
ment, win eat their eggs, and there
seems to be no way to prevent them
unless you cut their heads off. II a SUI.
ficlnet quantity of broken oyster shells
is given them, they sometimes prefer
this to the egg shells, or the nest may
be arranged so that the egg, when laid,
will roll out OF sight and reach of the
hen.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-05-07

1t is said that when whisky Is used
instead Of water In making glue the
mixture will remain unaltered for
years, will remain perfectly liquid and
Is ready for use without heating.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-05-07

The Supreme Court at Madison.
Wis, has decided that there can be no
extension of street railway lines be-
yond city limits. even though a fran
ohise has been granted. without the
award of damages where property
vners object.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-05-07
science of Spring Flowing.

The blowing of the land in spring is
an ordinary matter to farmers, yet II Is
the most important work performed,
for the reason that the growth of the
crop and the yield depend on the first
preparation of the soil. The amount
Of moisture. warmth and supply Of
plant food is regulated according to
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-05-07

1t is surprising how well a nan can
live at q boarding house for three dol
lars and a half a week, and how little
thirty-iye dollars a week will get him
when keeping house.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-05-07

If you want TO sell an article TO the
women, and not to the men, announce
that 1t Is good for you"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-05-07

First, make a tight gutter of planks
and put it In place, then fill in front of
the gutter, where the cows are to
stand, with clay. Place a 2x12 plank
next to the gutter for the hind feet
of the COW to stand on. Spike this
plank to the edge of the gutter. FIJI
with clay. well pounded down even
with the plank in front of 1t. After this
clay gets dry 1t will make an excellent
moor, and it will stay good as long as 1t
is kept dry. but IL 1t gets moist where
the front feet OF the cow stands there
will be holes and depresslons made.
A short time ago We visited a large
dairy farm, where 100 or more cattle
were kept. A part Of the stable floors
were made of clay, as we have de-
scribed, and a part were cement To
our mind the clay floor was fully as de-
sirable as the cement. They had both
been used about a year. There were
some slight depresslons in the clay
floor, where the front feet of the cows
stood, but this was accounted for by
the owner by the fact that these floors
were put to use before the clay was
thoroughly dry. These depressions
can be easily filed up with clay and
the floor made smooth again, and 1t
would remain so If allowed to get per-
fectly dry before the COWS were put on
1t again.-Hoard's Dairyman.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-05-07
THE FARM AND HOME
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO FARM
Err AND HOUSEWIFE.

Cultivation of the Castor Bean-HOw
to Conquer the Fruit Tree Borer-
The MiddIeman a Necessity-Carrots
as Feed for stock.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-05-07

Talk isn't cheap when you hire a law.
yer to do It for you
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-05-07

The monkey has one advantage over
the Anglomaniac-he's imported.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-05-07

the capacity Of the soil to absorb, re-
tain and yield to the crops the desired
elements necessary to complete growth.
The time has been when potatoes were
planted In the sod. first laying of the
rows and c%ultiYating the crops after
the plants appeared above ground, and
it may be added that good crops have
been secured in that manner Never
theless, better results have been OBJ
tanned when the land was plowed and
then worked over until 1t became fine.
In proof of the fact that the careful
preparation Of the soil increases the
Yield II Is well known that a garden
plot will produce more than a field, al
though the land of the field may be
fully as rich In plant food as the gar
den plot. but the difference is that the
preparation Of the soil for a garden is
usually complete, and when the field
Is treated in the same name 1t will
not fail to show the effects of the bet
ter preparation. The foundation upon
which all good crops are built is the
land. and the beginning of the crop is
when the land Is plowed.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-19
RESOLUTION.

The following resolution, introduced
in the Senate by Senator Butler, ought
to pass. Give US this or something
better:
WHEREAS, The destruction Of the
United States battleship Maine, and
the numbering of 266 Of our sailors in
Havana harbor by the Spanish gov,
erAment, is an act of war on the part
of Spain against the United States
therefore, be it
Resolved, That to avenge this most
foul and unparalleled crime, which our
national honor demands, and to put a
stop to SPANS most cruel, barbarous
and inhuman warfare now being waged
against Cuba, which ia demanded in
the INTEREST of liberty and humanity,
the government of the United States
hereby recognizes the Cuban republic
az a separate and independent nation.
2. That the government Of the United
States hereby demands that Spain at
once withdraw her land and naval
forces from Cuba.
8 That the President Of the United
States be, and he is hereby, authorized,
empowered, and directed to use. il
necessary, the entire land and naval
force OF the United States TO carry
thes9 resolutions INTO effect.
LATER Tine above. was written be.
fore Cne Senate passed the Davis reso.
luton. We give i6 now Co show Soma.
J tor Buffers views in the matter.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-19
(5igned)
PROBLEMS OF MUNICIPAL GOV
RRNMaNT.

In the April number of Self Culture we
find a clear and satisfactory statement
of che 0Iestions involved in the govern
ment of American cities. The author
would take the control of our cities out
of the hands of professional politicians,
and separate, as far es possible, the
State and municipal administrations.
This we believe TO be right. Tnesphere
Of local self government must be de
fued and respected, and cities must
have the light and the opportunity con
ferred upon them of working out their
own salvation and experimenting at
their own risk and cost.
The trend of reformatory opinion is
Enthusiastically toward the view that a
city should bs treated first as a business
corporation, and, secondly, as an agent
and integral part of the State as a SOW
ereign power. A city should be ad-
m~inIstered on business principles by
men who have the ability, education,
and the necessary training. The
'''franchise' question, and direct city
ownership and operation OF gas and
electric works, transportation facilities,
ETC., are interestingly discussed.
What has the free coinage OF silver
to do with the question of good streets
or lightsG We think it best to separate
municipal and National politics. We
understand that in the municipal cleo
tions held in so many Western States
last week, National issues were not con
sidered. This is, it &C 3urst to US, a step
in the right direction.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-19
STICK TO oNR THING

A prominent publisher died raoo.,
who was also a large manufactnra"
paper, the manager of a Civ hs
and of two stock farms, and wbo aug
been a candidate for governor Of p~0U
s~ylvania. with the attendant pvn1
diture of time and money. So o,a1,
were the mans abilities, and % '
mirable were many of his o1a,i,;.'
that had he devoted himself txclpa;S
ly to any n of his many pursuit. -
would undoubtedly have achieved
great success. AS it was, he faiIoa q
election to the desired office, the nan"
mill collapsed, the bank was clos
the stocE: farms proved a loss, and ~
newspaper was hurt. Harassed bv ~.
many cares, the man grew nervoS'
and i'll, fell a victim to narcotics az
died suddenly = Youths Companioo
The moral OF the above sad story :
plain. We know a nan who is at on.s
school.teacher, preacher, farmer min
owner, and he possibly has other oo.a
pations.
Perhaps you know some man Of Iii,
nature who has made a success NJ ill.,
If so it means that he was a man =,
great ability and had he devoted h,
powers of mind and body to one mn
fession he would have been a oroo.
success. Concentration is the kew ;.
victory and prosperity. This oso
hing 1 d." is a good m ditto fJr anv
young man. Too many of our farm.
ers do not realiz9 this. Too msnv a,
them have not a suff sient quantity n
glue in their composition. In such
case natives of this State should mai.
use Of their tar heels.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-19
VIZ AGAIN ASK FOR AN EXPLANA-
TON.

The laws require the Secretary of
State to collect aud pay into the State
Treasury certain taxes, Several times
recently The PROGRESSIVE FARMER has
called attention to how this work has
been done, and We propose TO keep this
matter before the people until at least
an attempted explanation is made, and
we are sure there breathes no voter
with patriotism so dead that ne does
not wish this matter cleared up. The
laws are virtually unchanged, and the
amount collCcaed since 1881 should
have Appropriated the same amount
for each of the years since then. The
five of these sccounts which we have
taken, bringing DR.. Tnompson's pay
ments up to April 1st. We find the
figures show as follows:
AVERAGE ANNUAL PAYMENTS INTo THE
REASUkY
For IA years 9 nonLns up to
Cookies time .......... y "a. S3S 81
For 1 year At months dur
ing Cookies time. ........ 40, $50 90
For 1 year q months pres
sent Secretary OF STATE. 112 792 80
To bring up the average OF the IA
years and 8 months to the average
payments of the present incumbent
would take 81 253, 1873 IL. To bring up
the second, or the Cooke average, to
these of the present Secretary would
require Ss5 931 46 more. Add thoge
two amounts together and you f1oJ
that it would take 1889 O69 Sc. 60
bring the last Is years 1t months of
past incumbents up to the average of
the present. Figuring on this, lst q
little, shows an average difference of
Sc, 926 % per month. Now, as it ap
pears TO US, the 1926 90 would have
been an enormous allowance for differ
ence per month, and if there had been
only about that, we would mo- have
suspected fraud, or mismanagement, or
corruption, but when it stands out in
bold figures SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS PER
MONTH above all reasonable allowances,
tnen in the name of the good, faithful,
honest tav paying people of North
Carolina, we ask for an explanation, or,
a thorough investigation. The people
want it, demand it, r entitled TO and
will have it. Perhaps some editor of
some n or more of our dailies have
some exclusive" information on this
question. If so, we would be glad he
would speak out now, and make a re-
speCtful answer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-19
GOOD O Urine.

And while speaking of war, the Kin
ston Free Press strikes the key note by
saying:
If there be war. as now seems Ger
tain, Congress ought to put a tax on
incomes of over two thousand dollars.
The very wealthy citizsns contribute
almost nothing to the National defense,
aud it is only just that they be made
TO contribute in proportion to
their means. II any bonds are issued
they certainly should not be gold bonds.
It would probably be best to issue more
greenbacks."
The only change we have to suggest
is that Bro. Herbert change probably
be best" to Certainly be best"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-19

dends. Such statements as these tend
to dispel che notion that country banks
cannot be made to pay handsomely if
properly managed"
Now, seriously : Ifa country banker"
in 1.-THE Southern States" who does not
own but 30 banks cannot clear but %
per cent. on his investment of hard
earned shekels, how in the name OF all
that is reasonable aud just a a Pier
pont Morgan 6 Co.. loo .ted in that
sparely settled community of pau
pers and beggars known as Wall
Street, with only the backing of
the Bank of England and the
y 8. Treasury and the Southern
Railway succeed at all9 Echo answers.
"Row" Poor fellows: they seem 60 be
in bad plight. Brother farmers, can't
we-ought not We to call a conference
and appoint a delegation to visit Wash
ington at once and see to it that this
class of our suf 9ring population be re
lieved at oncel In our prosperous
and thriving condition, is it safe to sit
idly by and look upon their suffering
without even an expression OF sym
pethyl What If the gods should re-
buke US by reversing our conditionsG