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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21
FertiIizing Grass Lana.

As an experiment one-half of q grass
field that appeared to be failing was
given a spring dressing of nitrate of
soda and boneblack, 100 pounds each.
and potash, so pounds, to the acre. The
other half was not fortified. At the
close of the first season the fortified
plot had produced nearly half ton
to the acre more than the unfertiIized
plot, and in the second year, without
any further attention, it produced near
" as well The reader, knowing the
cost of his fertilizer and the price of
hay, can reckon whether this applica-
ton paid or not.-AI. G. Kains, in Farm
and Firesides
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21

was Belinda, and if the guests were
one-half as happy as Joyce they were
happy, indeed.
When it was all over and all the
guests had departed for their respec-
tive homes in the Promised Land, Uncle
Ben drew Joyce down upon his knee.
little GIRL he said, you done we'll
you done nobly! The true Christmas
spirit is in your heart, peace and good
Will"
And Aunt Isabel smiled across 81
her. you've brought the Christmas
feeling into my heart, child,'' she said
softly. 81 can't bear to have you go
home day after tomorrow
Joyce laughed gleefully. "I'th not
going, auntie,'' she said. ''I've three
weeks vacation, and I'm going to spend
it all with you.'
Uncle Ben chdclkled to himself.
That's the way to talk" said he. ST
wondered when I see that trunk of
yours if you mebbe wasn't going to
stay with us a spell. and so you be. Well
try to have some sleighrides and candy
pulls up here in the Promised Land
while you're here and I don't doubt
mite but what we'll all have a good
time. Harriet Francene Crocker. in
Union Signal
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21
DAIRY AND STOCK.

The fat hogs Should be put into the
pork barrel before they eat more value
of corn than they are worth.
Feed all the stock at the same time
each day. Regularity is of vital i'm
portance in the caring for animals of
any kind.
In cold days the cracks in the stable
floor may cause great suffering The
animals cannot be comfortable with
cold currents flowing all around them.
Both the roof and the floor of the
stable should be made tight.
The experience Of all stock owners
and veterinary surgeons agree that
cattle need an abundant supply of
fresh air to keep them in health; and
recent experience in testing cattle for
tuberculosis shows that herds kept
in close stables suffer far more from
this disease than those in wel1-venti-
lated apartments.-Farm Journal.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21

Ben had made d FIRE IN the big sitting
room fireplace. and around this the
older folks gathered for a friendly
visit
At half-past seven Joyce opened the
front room door and ushered the chill
dren and young people into the. blaze
and glory of the Grst Christmas tree
some of them had ever seen. Right
proudly did joyce viezv the pretty scene.
the hemlock-garlande room. the
wreaths above the pictures, but over all
and browning all the lovely tree, tower
ing to the ceiling, aglow with the soft
light of dozens of candles, agleam with
snowy festoons of popcorn, golden or
anges and bags of candies. joyce had
worked hard all day and was tired-at
least she had been tired before the pco-
pie came-but now as she looked into
| the happy faces and wondering eyes she
felt that it had paid.
Who could tell of all the joys of that
wonderful Christmas Eve! How aston
ished each boy was when Uncle Ben
loudly read bis name and handed down
to his eager hands some mysterious
parcel! How radiantly happy was each
small girl who received some pretty
| thing from that wonderful tree! And
no child was forgotten. And then how
! they all shouted when Uncle Ben peered
| through his glasses at the parcels he
found on the tree for himselfi And
how they all exclaimed when Joyce I'M
did Aunt Isabel's bundle and laid n
beautiful, soft, feecy, white shawl
about her shoulders! And then when
Uncle Ben, who had privately invited n
minister from the village, asked for a
few Christmas remarks, they all lis
tened reverently while that sweet old
story of the Babe of Bethlehem was told
once more.
And after the candles had burned
down, sputtered and gone out, the front
room was deserted in favor of the big
! kitchen, where all sorts of gay, romp-
ing games were played. Joyce, flushed
and merry, wondered once or twice If
the girls at jeans Christmas party were
having as much fun as she.
Presently Belinda, important and
smiling above her snow-white apron,
passed plates and napkins, and Joyce
helped her serve the delicious cake and
| sandwiches and pour the tea and coffee.
What royal good time it was, and how
| iovial the old men were, and how viva
cious the old ladies! Aunt Isabel and
Uncle Ben were plainly happy, and SO
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21
IMPROVED ROTATION.
New Applications OF Doctrine the
Value OF which Has Been
known for n Long Time.

It was doubtless early in mans ex-
perience in farming that he learned
that some rotation of crops, rather
than growing the same successfully
on the land where it had previously
been grown, was necessary. But there
have come new applications of the doc
trine of rotation since it is known that
some crops are actually renovating to
the soil and that there is the greatest
advantages in alternating clover and
other leguminous crops with the
grains which are very exhaustive OF
fertility. Under the usual rotation the
land only comes to clover seeding
every fourth year, and in that time
one boed crop, one small spring grain
crop and one winter grain, wheat or
barley have been taken from it, which
with but one year in clover for hay
or pasture completes the rotation.
But neither spring small grains nor
winter grains give the profit they
once did. If one of these can be left
out, the clover seeding and growth
of clover will come every third year
instead of every fourth. Or if it is de-
sired to keep up the four-year system,
the grain may be seeded with timothy
as well as with clover, and kept a
second year in grass, which if the first
year was mown ought to be generally
pastured the second season. But this
requires that the land should be more
heavily MANFRED as the second year
of grass, which is the third spring
after clover seed has been sown, the
bulk of the clover will have run out.
The timothy roots will produce a
good crop the third season, better
probably than the second years crop
but it will be less advantage to the
| land for subsequent crops after it has
been plowed again.
| There is a still shorter rotation than
this sometimes practiced where farm
ers are exceedingly enthusiastic in
potato growing. That is to plant Pc
tatoes on clover sod, get the crop of
early, fit the land and sow it with
wheat or rye in the fall, seeding heav.
lily with clover seed in the spring
or else SOW the clover seed with spring
grain sown then. This clover is made
to grow as large as possible the frs
season, though care is taken to cut
it down should there be any danger
of it's heading and seeding. When the
midsummer has been dry, followed by
wet weather as autumn comes on
spring-sown clover will sometimes cu1
a ton of dried hay per acre, and i
left long enough will go to seed. Al
that does do so will die the following
winter. It should be cut as soon a:
heads begin to show, and then a fail
growth may be expected the following
spring. AS the field is to be ploweG
for potatoes again the next spring
there is not time to allow the clover tt
grow very large and yet fit the lane
for good seed bed. This plan works
well for few years. Its drawback
are that one years growth of clover
does not keep up the soil fertility
and that if potatoes are thus largely
PLANTED they must have a good dea
of mineral fertilizers, which are NOR,
costly than manuring with clover
american Cultivator.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21

cheerfully tugged. it into the old sleigh.
Seems kind o. queer she'd bring along
a trunk for just few days he thought
to himself, ''but mebDy she's going to
stay quite a SPELL" And as the old man
tucked the blankets in snug and warm
he found himself hoping that she
would.
There was seldom a strange face seen
on that familiar road which led up into
the Promised Land, andsJoyee caught
fleeing glimpses of interested faces
peering out at them as Uncle Ben s old
horse logged heavily along Two or
three of the young girls she had be-
come acquainted with during the pre-
ceding summer, when she bad spent a
week at the farm, and now she gayly
waved her hand to them as she caught
sight of them at the window or door.
And so swiftly does news travel, even in
the Promised Land, that before night
fall everyone knew that Joyce Baxter,
aAunt Isabers niece, had come up to
spend the holidays. Somehow the very
knowledge of this helped to content
some dissatisfied girl hearts with the
prospect of the usual dull Christmas IN
the valley.
But when next day Uncle Ben's we'll
known horse and cutter stopped at
| every gate in the Promised Land and
pretty, stylish Joyce came up the path
to the front door, followed moment
later by Uncle Ben, who never missed
the chance of a neighborly visit, there
seemed to come all at once into those
| quiet lives a new something of delight
and interest which had not been there
before. And when Joyce in her own
pleasant way had given her invitation
! ''to come up to Aunt IsabePs tomorrow
evening at seven o'clock" they all
thought it was lovely and promised to
! 60. but not one of them even suspected
| a Christmas tree. And it was not only
the young people who were asked to
come. Not one was sighted. Every
! family was invited, from grandma down
| to the long-dressed baby. Aunt 1sa-
bel had said: ASK 'em all, my dear,
the house is big enough to hold 'em,
| guess, and anyhow it'll do us good to
crowd up and be neighborly." For the
| truth was that the widely-scattered
families were not at all noted for their
''neighborliness.' All had grown into
stay-at-home habit, or when they
went at all it was generally to the vii
lage.
A buster household than Uncle Ben's
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21
F1oxrers in cooEerx

Flowers are useful as well as 6fiiias
mental, as every chemist knows, atft
few people are aware of how larpefv
they enter into the concoction of dainty
dishes, though truth to say, not nearly
as much now as in the days, let us saw.
OF our great-grandmothers Still there
is a delightful suggestion Of refinement
IN their use that will greatly appeal
TO many. Crystallized flag, orange and
violet blossoms, rose leaves and cow
slips are looked on as dainty novelties
whilst they are in reality ancient con-
feetions. Wereadin antique cook books
OF the buds of the yellow broom Being
used for sauces, eldeTzfover blossoms
being whisked in pancake batter. or
boiled in sseaud1es' and s'possets,. ana
distilled in wine for vinegar-Pitts-
bureh Dispatch.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21

could not be imagined than was his
on the Gay before Christmas. Very
early in the morning he and Joyce had
driven off up into the hemloek woods
and brought home in triumph a beau
| tiful tree, tall, shapely and stout OF
| branch. And it was Uncle Ben who
/ set it firmly in block of wood and
bore it into the big front room. And it
| was Belinda, the help" who popped
great panfuls of snowy corn, and Aunt
Isabel who sat Ill her red-covered rock
| ing-chair and strung 1t into long fes-
toons for the tree. And it was Joyce
who filled the generous bags of lace
net she had made at home with candy.
raisins and cracked nuts. And it was
Joyce who twined long, spicy-smeIling
ropes of hemlock to swing from the
ceiling and around the walls.
Belinda and Aunt Isabel retired to
the kitchen, while Joyce was busy with
Uncle Ben in the front room, and pres
emily Belinda's ca1e-mal1ing skill was
announced by delicious smells from
the big oven, and Aunt Isabel sliced the
pink ham and sandwiched it in between
the daintily-thin buttered bread.
We'll have tea and coffee both, Be
linda" said Aunt Isabel, ''and pass the
things around" And Belinda, smiling
broadly in pleased anticipation of the
unusual thing which was about to hap
pen, deity spread the snow-white frost
ing over the big fruit cake she had al
lowed to cool.
at viii be nice. that's a fact" she
said, energetica1ly. ITS wonderful,
amt it, what jest one girl can set ago
ing when she takes notionl"
At seven o'clock the Promised Land
people presented themselves at Uncle
Ben's front door. The old man, shining
with hospitality, beamed upon his
guests and welcomed each one with
hearty handshake. And next came
Joyce with a bright word for every one
and a smile and happy welcome for
each and every child. The young girls
looked at Joyce in bashful admiration.
How pretty she looked in her soft
blue dress, with one of Aunt Isabel,s
geranium blossoms in her hair!
They came and came and Uncle Ben
oVertiowed with genial warmth, while
Aunt Isabel, whose rheumatism kept
her closely to her chair, smiled peace
fully upon them all and never once
thought of her bright rag carpet IN
der all those ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS feet. Uncle
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21

HOW TO SPLIT sTovEwooD.

been dying, and the farmer who owns
ten or more acres of hardwood timber
finds that the dead trees accumulate in
spite of the fact that the quantity of
fuel is larger each year as the quality
deteriorates. Some farmers were wise
and sold off the varieties that were sub
ject to decay and avoided loss from
this source Others, however, were in
hopes that they would be able to use
the diseased trees for fuel before they
became worthless. Here is where they
made a mistake. And this is why we
see so many old dead trees in the
woods. These are in some cases so rot
ten around the outside close 10 the
bark, the sap wood, that it REQUIRES
some skill to split a block into stove
wood without breaking a good many
sticks in two. The Illustration shows
how one successful wood. cutter does
the work and it seems to be very SIM
pie. At a the block is split through the
center, making two halves. The lines
running from the outside to the heart
are where it should be again split to
make slabs like b. The cross marks on
end of slab tell their own story. In
splitting off the outside slab from b
always strike far enough toward the
heart to get a section OF sound timber
with it. If you fail to do this it will
break like c, and much of the block viii
be wasted.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21

tween Stats to 10 inches as to size of
sheep kept. A 12-foot rack will accom-
modate about IL sheep on a side. I,
bottom boards placed entirely under
and nailed securely to the bottom of the
rack; J, center bottom board placed on
top and tapping onto the other two q.
y. This leaves shoulder of one inch,
against which the sheep can gnaw ear
corn or roots of any kind. The body of
the rack should be two feet inside
The wings should meet within about six
inches.
Mr.. Oviatt thinks that the arrange
ment IN Fig. ? will be an improvement
on that shown in Fiig. 1. The cut is not
properly made, however. The Stat (A)
should be under the boards OBJ, and
nailed firmly to posts Co. These re-
main firm and rigid. The hinges should
be on top, so that the wide boards CD
can turn up and rest on B, B, out of the
way when one wants to clean out the
rack. Otherwise the wings are the
same as in Fig. 1.-Ohio Farmer.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21
Progress in Horse Breeding.

A man need not be very old to re-
member when a 1,4OO or 1900 pound
horse was a heavy draft horse, or a
three-minute trotter a speedy road
stef. Times have changed, however,
and the heavy draft horse must weigh
800 TO 500 pounds more and the road
ster so a good many seconds faster
to be classed as good ones of their
kind. E6 takes better horse to be
a good one nowadays than it did ten
or twenty OF thirty years ago. The
ideals of those days will not serve.
The breeder must aim to get the kind
that ranks high to-day, and this is the
only kind that is going TO pay for his
oats hereafter=National Stoekman.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21

This rack combines the wings of the
folding rack with the manger-room of
the old rack, and is described as follows:
The wings (A) in Fig. 1 hang on
hinges OBJ, and may be tipped up and
stand perpendicular on the outside of
the rack. These wings are made of two
wide boards, the wider the better. The
posts CO. of 2x4 stuff, on the outside of
the rack, but they can be used either out
or in. D, base board inches wide; E,
top board inches wide; f, Stats, about
8 inches wide; G, space between E
and D, IL to IA inches; Fl. space be-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21

Make a soft sponge of one cupfnI Of
yeast three cupfAIs of sweet milk md
the necessary flower. LET It rfse ffII
morning, then add one cupfuT each 81
butter and sugar, and. d pinch Of sssds
Let it rise till very light. then JE4,es,S g
as quickly as possible, make it info.
cakes and put it into tins. when
raised enough, bake the buns in a mod
ern oven until they are quite dark
brown; then, while hot, rub butter
over them, which Will make the crust
tender and smooth. Currants are fre-
quently added to these buns.-House-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21
ABOUT CUTTING WOOD.
How One Successful Farmer Has
Robbed This Work of Many
DisagreeabIe Fea1nrese.

Every farmer who plans to de a krge
seasons work cannot overlook the i'm
portance of having his years supply
of fuel on hand and ready for use not
later than April 1. With some it is not
very hard task, for in many localities
where timber is scarce coal is largely
used for heating and oil for cooking
purposes. During the past ten years
number of different kinds of trees have
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21
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A GOOD SHEEP RACK.
Combines the wings of the Folding
Rack with the Manager Room
of the Old Rack

The time is nearly at hand when sheep
will have to be taken in and feeding
begun. Perhaps no other thing con
nected with the latter has been dis
cussed more than the rack to feed in.
Mr.. L. w. Oviatt, of Ray county. Mich,
after many years experience contrived
the rack shown in the illustration,
which, he thinks, prevents waste of
feed and damage to fleece, more COM
pletely than any other yet devised.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21

Good butter pays larger net profit
than anything else made on the farm
But no dirty or slow, poor-idea proc
ess viii turn out butter that is denom-
mated good by experts of the day.
Next to the, best viii not pay half SO
well as the best.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21

gels sing: .
eve from Heaven glad tiGings brlng!
Welcome, ever blessed morn,
When the holy Babe was born!
Shepherds watching on the plains,
Saw the herald angel trains,
As around a dazzling light
Flashes from their wings Of white
Sounding loud DER hill and glen:
"Peace on earth, good will to men!'
Blessed morn! On, sweet employ,
Christ to praise in songs of joy!
Now in Heaven the Saviour waits
With its ever open gates,
Where the saints before Him fan
Throned in glory. Lord of all!
Like the wise men let us bring
Fitting presents to our King;
Give the heart, which in His eyes,
Ever is the richest prize!
Day of days when Christ was born!
Ever hailed the brightest morn!
When salvation's work was done,
All power given to the Son,
Still He marks the gardens gloom,
Bloody cross and rocky tomb,
And is with US when we raise
Sweetest songs of Christmas praise!
Sydney Dyer, in Chicago Standard.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21
CAklR1l@RMxAS
MlW ZzRR
PROMISED LAND

SN'T Joyce Baxter
the oldest girl you
yer saw ?' eX-
claimed Veva to
her chum one
morDiOo,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-05
Trick Turtles.

Patience will accomplish wonders In
the way Of training dumb animals.
This is APPLY illustrated by the antics
of number Of pet turtles belonging to
q woman who lives on Catharine street,
near Twenty They live in
big yard, and every morning they come
Mt her call to get their breakfast Of
bread and milk. At an adjacent facto-
ry large bell is rung every morning,
noon and night, and at the first sound
Of the bell the turtles know 1t Is time
to eat. and they scurry toward the
kitchen steps.
They have been taught number Of
tricks. The most intricate is remark
able color test. Long pieces Of differ
ent colored yarn are tackled on the
fence within reach of the turtles. At
the word Of command one Of them will
60 to the fence and pull down any color
that Is called for by the trainer. They
also insist upon coming into the kitch-
en- during rainstorm, and the little
fellows, who cannot mount the steps,
poke out their heads and give voice to
n peevish, shrill bark. until they are
also brought under shelter.-Philadel-
phia Record.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-05
The Birds That Sing,

For every bird, thousand perils and
disasters are lowering and sweep
ing round and round. Yet there
1t sings, and 1t Is n truthful song.
The bird that has 1t the hardest
sings the sweetest. The lark,
from the shape of her claws. may
not perch on tree. In the grass her
nest is exposed to every hoof that pass
es. One of the poorest shelters Of all
the earth is the lark's nest. II she
sing at all, you will expect her to rem
der the saddest of threnodies. No, no.
She sings exultingly an hour without
pause and mounting 5000 feet without
losing a note. Would to God we all
might learn the lesson. Whatever per-
lis, whatever bereavements, whatever
trials are yet to come, sing, sing with
all your heart and sing with all your
lungs. II you wait until all the hawks
of trouble have folded their wings and
all the hunters Of hate have unloaded
their guns. and all the hurricanes of
disaster have spent their fury. you will
never sing at all.-Rev. 4. De Witt
Talmage.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-05
Brutallv Beaten by Soldiers.

Philadelphia, Aug. 5.-Conductor J..
NJ. Climinson, of the Seashore express,
on the main line of the Pennsylvania
railroad, was fatally injured yesterday
in struggle with five intoxicated SOL
diers. said to be members of the new
Twenty eighth regiment of volunteers,
now recruiting at Camp Meade. The
soldiers we're on the platform, and
Climinson ordered them to go inside,
but they refused. and when he seized
one of them by the arm the soldiers
attacked him. At the hospital here
1t was found that one side was com
pletely paralyzed. The physicians say
he will die. Edward Mulligan and
James Reilly, two of the alleged assail
ants, were arrested. The men under
arrest served in the late war and
fought in the battle Of San Juan.