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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-17
Judicious Poultry FEEDING

All who raise poultry recognize the
act that it is impossible to give any
lefnite rule for feeding, either as to
quantity or variety, and that the con-
itions surrounding each individual
lock must be taken into consideration
n supplying a ration. 1t is also gen.
,rally recognized that different breeds
'equire different courses of treatment
md feeding for the best results.
There are, however, a few general
'ules which apply to feeding all
breeds. In feeding for egg produc-
ion, only sweet feed generally will
produce the proper flavor in an egg,
md consumers of late are quite as par
ncular about the flavor of the eggs as
,f other things they consume. The
active Leghorn can stand much more
'orn than the heavy Brahma or the
medium weight Plymouth Rock. In
grain foods all poultrymen should
,ecognize the value of wheat, oats,
corn, barley and split peas fed in a
mixture over any of them fed separ-
ately, for egg production. 1t will be
plainly seen that the question of judi
cious feeding is one that must be reg
nlatel to suit the requirements OF
one's flock. If the best results
come from ration that is not gen.
orally accepted by poultrymen as the
BEST never mind, stick to it until you
have good reasons gained from youl
own experience to change. Atlanta
Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-17

The poverty and low state of social
life and civilization of the Spaniards
is -ndeXed quite accurately by their
wage rates, states Gunton's Magazine.
For instance, the average weekly pay
of bricklayer in Spain Malaga is
50. SO; in the United States S2l.1S; Of
a mason $3.50 in Spain, S2l in the
United States; Of a carpenter $3.50 in
Spain, &ll.35 in the United States; of
printers $50 in Spain, S16.42 in the
United States; OF laborers. Dor
ters, etc, 81 10 in Spain, $s.s3 in
the United States. While rents, and
possibly prices of a few native pro-
duets are lower in Spain than in the
United States, the difference comes
nowhere near eQualling the wide dis
parity OF wages. Moreover, in com
parison OF this sort the quality of the
living must be considered as well as
the nominal cost. Thus lower rents
nearly always imply inferior accom-
modauons, and, to the average Span
lard, most Of the comforts and con-
veniences in ordinary use here are un-
Rttainable Injuries.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-17
What a Garden is Worth,

The value OF q good garden is more
than is appreciated 1t is satisfaction to
all the family, especially to the mother,
who is enabled to get supplies from it
for the meals she has to prepare. The
man who plants it, too, is proud of a
irst-class garden. In this section,
where the soil is quick to respond to
the influence of heat, moisture, fertil-
izer and cultivation, gardening should
be pleasure.
In laying off the little plot arrange
your rows so as to permit the use of
the cultiyator; have long, straight
rows of vegetables. If you plan to do
all the cultivation with hoe your
garden will be full of weeds.
Some of our readers may have seen
gardens with weeds higher than man q
head-digging potatoes there was not
easy nor were the tubers large. Not
half OF our farmers have enough sorts
in their gardens. Think what value
there woul3 be in having an abundance
OF pie plant, lettuce, radishes, peas,
beans, beets, turnips, ,cabbages, onions,
polo'OSS, o"eee coiH, squash, cucuA-
bers and all the small fruits, tomatoes,
a few apples, peaches and pears. Ii
some one who has such garden, one
acre in extent, will keep an accurate
account of the value of the produce
consrmcd on the farm and sold in one
season, it will be found that good
garden goes long way toward the
support of the family.-The South
west.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-17

1t is hardly possible that the widow
of the great English commoner who
all through life declined ennoblement
at the hands of the Queen will now
fall to the bait, muses. tie St. Louis
Star. She is the relict OF Mr.. Glad
stone, and space is reserved beside
his body at Westminster Abbey for
her remains. Mrs. Gladstone would
read much more eloluently on the
tablet than the Countess of Liverpool.
Oh, no. Gladstone lived and died as
plain Mr.. His widow, il she reveres
his memory, will live the balance of
her life and go down to the tomb as
Mrs. Gladstone.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-17

The president and the secretary of
war had a delicate task in selecting
195 men out of 1000 applicants for
appointment as second lieutenants in
the regular army under an act of
Congress providing for changes in the
form of battalion organization. The
selections indicate that the task was
performed with rare discrimination,
Eighty-nine of tho men designated
are college graduates, representing
sixty-scven different institutions in
which military instruction is part of
the curriculum; thirteen are enlisted
men in the Unitel States army. and
the others are serving in various ca
pacities in the volunteer service. The
appointment of college graduates
who have had a military training to
serve as junior officers in the regular
army can hardly be called an expert
ment, says the Chicago Times Herald
for the methods employed by military
instructors in colleges are much the
same as those at West Point. The
government is thus assured of high
degree of efficiency on the part of the
new junior officers, who have the ad-
ditionaI qualifications OF learning and
youthful enthusiasm.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-17

Angusti, the Spanish governor of
the Philippines, offered a reward Of
s25, 900 for the head of Aguinaldo, the
insurgent leader. The latter cap
tured the governors wife and chill
dren, whom he treated as tenderly as
if they were his own. Perhaps this
is an exhibition Of the Philippine saw
agery that Madrid talks SO much
about.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-17

But very little corn and no corn
meal should be fed to young pigs BE-
fore they are four months old. Corn
and raw corn meal cause young pigs
to become costive. Then they will
soon scour. They will begin to rub
against everything they can get at.
Their skin will have red and dry
appearance. A dry, black scurf will
begin to form and the more corn and
meal they eat the poorer they will be-
come. The best thing to do for pig
In this condition IS to give him thor
ough washing in warm water or sour
milk, the latter being the best. Coarse
Hour OF middlings from rye or wheat,
when made into thin drinking slop
with milk, is the best feed for young
pigs, except bread and milk. Food
has to be fermented before it will di-
gest, and if fed to young pigs before
it is fermented it will overtask their
stomach and spoil them. Lettuce is
good for young pigs. 1t will stop the
scours.
The middlings should be put with
milk at night after feeding has been
done, and allowed to remain in the
milk until morning. Never allow the
swill tub to get quite empty. Always
leave little at the bottom to act as
yeast. The swill should never be
allowed to get stale. Slop feed should
be given often and never more at a
time than will be eaten up. Stops
will make larger hogs than dry feed.
After the hogs get to be three or four
months old, their food can be made
stronger, but pig will not bear much
strong food until it begins to change
from pig to hog Many of our
farmers do not know the value of
grass as feed for hogs. At least one
would not think so, when their hogs
Of all ages may be seen during the
whole summer in small yards or at
best on very scanty pasture. Farm.
ers who know the real value of srcb
feed would as soon think of raising
cattle and making milk and butter by
feeding their stock grain alone during
the whole summer as to raise hogs
and make the business profitable
without good supply of grass. Some
men make pork with little or no grass,
but it costs much more and the hogs
are not so healthy. New England
Homestead.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-17

Probably the largest canal in the
world is the Chenab Irrigation Canal
in the northwest provinces of India.
Its breadth is 200 feet, with main
channel some 45O miles long, while
the principal branches have an aggre-
gate length of 1000 miles, and the vii.
lage branches will extend, when com.
pleted, some 1000 miles additional.
But, apart from, irrigation, the longest
canal in the world is that which ex.
tends from the frontier of China to st.
Petersburg, and is 4472 miles in
lena III. The Bengal Canal, connect
ing with tho river Ganges, is 600
miles long, and in all India there are
14,000 miles of canals, irrigating 81
600. 200 acres.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-17
Newspapers in the British Museum.

In the British Museum there are
16,0O volumes OF London newspa-
pers. There are $4,000 volumes of
provincial newspapers from England
and Wales, and about 5000 volumes of
Scotch newspapers, with something
slightly less for Ireland. Last years
accessions were 600 volumes of Lon
don newspapers, 920 volumes of pro-
pincial papers from England and
Wales, 127 volumes from Scotland,
end something less from Ireland.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-17

The population Of Cuba increased
from 7l5, 600 in 1925, to 1,G31, 400 in
1894. The population is much less
now Shan it was then, owing mainly
to starvation. About sixty-fye per
cent Of the population is descended
from the aristocracy and peasantry OF
CASTLE, Audalusia, Catalonia and
other provinces Of Spain. Most of
the remainder of the population is
mainly OF African descent. Havana
is about as populous as Washington,
and until the war began was q very
gay city.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-17
:THoU SHALT NOT WALK ALONE,

know the torturer's tongle -
In splteful rage has racked thee, and has
wrung
The blood OF suffering from She heart
which s.ung
Presumption with defiance, yet the scar
VIII but attect how firm thy virtues are.
Be cheered, if l may cheer,
For thou, the dearest, shalt be doubly dear;
World-wounded spirit, make thy haven
here.
Deep as the love thou wakenest in my breast
Shall be my rapture and thy perfect rest.
..- -Woman's Home Companion.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-17

United States Consul Smith at Mos
COW, Russia, reports that the Russian
government has already expended
$1S8, 014,93S on the construction OF
the Trans-Siberian railway.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-17

The ''curfew" idea IS said TO be get
ting very popular in Kansas towns,
and, where tried, to have been eftec-
tive OF good results in the control OF
the young.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-17

The German emperor wrongs Amer
leans by imagining they doubt his ex-
pressions OF friendship. Butthey are
justified in suspicion that he may
see lit to take them back.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-17

Thou shalt not walk alone.
The shadows gather and the weird winds
moan,
The ghoul, Grief, grinneth on the craven
stone;
Wild is the way. but lone 1t shall not be
II may share thy pilgrimage with thee. :
As from a mystic scroll,
Which love and sympathy alone unroll
! read the secrets of thy sorrowing soul,
And with responsive sorrow take thy
hand
20 lead thee DER the bnleful borderland.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-17

A servant girl on farm near Cam
brai, in Northern France, has lived
seventy~two years with the same fam
lily. She is now eighty-four years old,
and still attends to her work.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-17

F you please, sir,
do you want to
hire a boy?" said
a sturd S y sun
burned boy to the
captain of a coast
ing vessel that lay
tied to a wharf in
a Southern port.
"Don't believe I
DO, sonny" re-
piled the captain,
regarding the boy
The Advocate and news., 1898-08-24
Balanced RatlOns.

Probably the most difficult problem
with which the owner Of cows has to
contend Is to obtain a ration that shall
be well-balanced and economical. The
use of root crops and fodder is neces-
sary as part Of a well-balanced ra-
ton, and little trouble Is experienced in
feeding them intelligently. The grain
ration Is the rock on which most dairy
men split. The following mixtures have
been found to be almost perfect as we'll
balanced and economical when judged
from the results Of feeding several herds
and the effect on them as a whole.
One hundred pounds each of corn meal
and either wheat bran, mixed feed or
chopped feed, seventy-five pounds of
cotton seed meal or linseed meal. Mix
and feed eight to ten quarts a day to a
thousand pound animal.
Amy of the gluten feeds now on the
market are in themselves well-balanced
rations and may be fed at the rate Of
five or six quarts daily.
Fifty pounds each of linseed meal and
cotton seed meal mixed with 100 pounds
OF Oat feed, or chopped feed, is a first
class ration fed seven or eight quarts
daily.
One hundred pounds of corn meal and
fifty pounds each Of bran and cotton
seed meal may be mixed and fed at the
rate Of seven or eight quarts daily.
Naturally some of the cows will do bet
ter than others on any Of these rations.
but the average results will be found
satisfactory.
The Advocate and news., 1898-08-24
Wheat Experiments.

The Kansas Experiment Station, at
Manhattan, has made number of i'm
pOrtant experiments in growing wheat.
Fifty-four varieties were grown last
year, but most OF them were so badly
injured by black rust that they were not
cut. The cold weather in March delayed
the growth and ripening two weeks and
1t was caught by the black rust June II,
and wheat that promised a yield Of
thirty to forty bushels per acre was de-
stroyed by the rust in three days. Both
ordinary and thorough treatment Of the
ground was tried. In the thorough treat
ment the ground was finely pulverized
to depth Of four inches. The ordinary
treatment yielded nineteen bushels per
acre and the thorough treatment twenty
two bushels per acre and the latter
weighed one pound more per struck
bushel than the former. One acre has
been cropped to wheat continuously for
1S years without manure or fertillzing
and but for the rust would have yielded
thirty bushels this year The average
for the eighteen years has been nineteen
bushels per year. The Station is making
valuable experiments In crossing varie-
ties to secure higher yields and more
gluten. Three thousand such crosses
were made this summer and will be
planted this fall
The Advocate and news., 1898-08-24
Bees on the Farm.

The professional bee raiser can doubt
less make more money from extracted
honey than from comb honey, but for
the farmer with q few colonies of bees
and moderate surplus Of honey to sell,
comb honey will be found more profit
able. The first thing to do in honey
production Is to learn to handle the bees
without injury to yourself or them. Do
the work quietly and If you are nervous
do not attempt to handle them at all.
Never open the hives in cold or rainy
weather, and always remember to have
smoker handy to handle the bees to
the best advantage DO not depend on
orchard and flower garden to furnish
food for the bees, but provide them with
what is needed In clover or other blos>
SONS, so located that they can be
reached without the bees flying near the
house.
Start with few swarms and do not
increase the number any faster than you
learn to care for bees and honey prop
erly, In marketing honey see that the
product Is tirst-Class and If possible Sc
cure a retail home trade for it. II this
cannot be done, supply your home
grocer Put up the product carefully and
cleanly. Have your name and address
on each box and you will soon work up
profitable trade.
The Advocate and news., 1898-08-24

cooling II was placed in a tub OF cool
water and covered with gunny sacks.
The next morning samples were taken
from each can and submitted to DIR.
Fischer, the college bacteriolOgist, who
determined the number of bacteria.
Can No. /, not aerated or cooled, con-
tanned 125,O57952 bacteria per cubic
inch.
Can No. 2, aerated and cooled and left
standing in the milk-hOuse contained
24,678 bacteria per cubic inch.
Can No. 3, aerated, cooled and placed
In cool well water contained S,837, ,42S
bacteria per cubic inch.
All three cans were sent to the cream
cry and although only twelve hours old,
can No. l contained so many bacteria
that the creameryman recognized their
presence and returned the milk. On eX-
animation 1t was found to be in the con-
dition of sweet curdle caused by the ac-
tiOn Of bacteria that grow at a warm
temperature and produce a very unde-
sirable flavor in the butter. Any who
have trouble in keeping their milk would
do well to ponder the above figures until
they feel the bacteria crawling all over
them both inside and outside, and then
set about by being clean and cool to re-
duce the number Of bacteria to a min
imum. d. H. OTIS.
Kansas Agricultural College.
The Advocate and news., 1898-08-24

is really the most expensive item in
poultry raising, and when 1t can be sup
piled without cost, as 1t can be by the
farmer during the winter, 1t Is certainly
a deliberate throwing away Of Opportun-
tiles to neglect the industry. If the
flock is started right, good breed Sc
leCted and carefully increased, it will
be but a question of a short time before
one will have a stock that will turn
into the home treasury many dollars,
and at time when the income from
other sources is small 1t would be prof
table for farmers with suitable grounds
and buildings to keep a flock of laying
hens during the winter even IL 1t were
necessary to dispose of them in the
spring, although the chances are that
having handled them with profit during
the winter he would not be willing to
part with them.
The Advocate and news., 1898-08-24
American Cattle.

More than two-thirds of the cattle
shipped to Great Britain in 1897 we're
from the United States Our exports Of
beef cattle to that country have been
steadily increasing for some years and
will be likely to materially increase for
some years to come. In 1895 we shipped
to that market 276,5OO head Of cattle; in
1896, we sent them $4,000 and in 1897
they bought from this country 100000
head. American beef seems to be rap
idly growing in favor among English
consumers and this will have a tendency
to increase the price to the American
producers
The Advocate and news., 1898-08-24
Summer Ratlons for Cows.

AS rule dairymen milk early in the
morning and again early in the even
ing. The practice Of depending on the
pasture alone for feed is not conducive
to large and continuous flow of milk
even II the cows are permitted to Oc-
cupy the pasture continually during the
summer months. A grain ration Is alb
sOlutely necessary for the best results,
and this can be most economically and
profitably fed II the COWS are permitted
to occupy the pasture only during por-
tion Of the day. II the night milking is
done early In the evening, the cow
should have any grain ration that has
proven to be the best, with some fresh
hay or soiling crop after the grain. The
morning milking is done at 4 or s o'clock
and the cows are then turned out to
pasture to remain until noon when they
are brought to the barn, fed with grain
and hay and watered They are kept in
the stables until after the milking the
next morning. Although this treatment
may not be in accord with the practice
OF many 1t will be found profitable il it
has fair trial.
The Advocate and news., 1898-08-24
Agriculture In Dewey Islands.

AS the United States now controls the
Dewey, formerly Philippine, islands 1t is
of interest TO know that they are won
derfully rich in a line Of agricultural
resources which would greatly add to
the wealth Of this country without mat
terially conflicting with our home pro-
ductions. Great quantities Of hemp,
tobacco, coffee, cocoa and spices are
there produced, large part of which
has been heretofore shipped to this COun-
try, amounting to five to fifteen millions
Of dollars annually. But with the war
ended and the resources of the islands
developed by American enterprise the
annual products will amount to more
than $1O0,O0O,00O annually. These is
lands are about 600 miles southeast of
China. They contain about 100000
square miles and have a population Of
about 1O,OOO,OOO They have three sea-
sons, a cold season from November to
March, hot season from March to June
and rainy season from June to Noyem-
ber.
The Advocate and news., 1898-08-24
A New Funslclde.

Nothing has been discovered In the
way OF fungiClde since the intrOduc-
tion of the Bordeaux mixture that prom
ises so well as the following solution,
which Is not an article Of commerce, but
may be readily mixed at home. It is
cheap, easy to use and effective in cases
of mlldew and fungOus generally. To
make the solution, take fifteen pounds
Of flowers Of sulphur, place in barrel
and mix thoroughly with one-half pound
of finely powdered resin and three quarts
OF water. Stir well to produce a thick
paste, then add ten pounds of Caustic
soda (potash or concentrated lye) and
stir we'll When the mass turns to a
reddish brown and boils rapidly stir un-
til 1t stops boiling, then add slowly two
gallons Of hot water. Pour off into a
vessel and add hot water until six gal
Ions Of the mixture is secured. Put 1t
in jugs or closed barrels, as 1t decOm-
poses II touched by metal and spOils II
brought into contact with the air. OF
this solution use one and half pints to
fifty gallons Of water and apply with a
spTayer in the usual way.
The Advocate and news., 1898-08-24

ner. Soil OF the character indicated, in
the absence of system Of irrigation,
should be filled with humus by the use
Of the plowed under crops to enable 1t
to absorb and retain all the moisture
possible. During the early part OF the
summer the plants should be thoroughly
cultivated and frequently, and in the
late season the soil, not shaded by the
growing plants, should be covered with
a coarse mulch Of straw manure. which
will assist In the retention of the mOls-
ture and also add to the fertility Of the
soil.
The Advocate and news., 1898-08-24
Retaining Soil Moisture.

The well known method of soil Cul-
tivatiOn for conserving moisture is fol-
lowed by all intelligent farmers who
operate on large scale, but 1t is not
easy to practice when several crops
have to be taken from the soil each year
where intensive farming is practiced.
Such farmers know that while it Is COM
paratively easy to conserve moisture In
loamy soils, 1t is quite difficult to ac-
complish the purpose by the same prac-
tice with sandy or gravelly soils. The
best method Of conserving moisture in
soils of this character is by the use Of
vegetable matter incorporated with the
soil. Coarse manure Is used for mulch
ing and when the crop is removed the
Land is sown to crimson clover, rye or
other similar crops, turned under, and
vegetable matter supplied in that man