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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-06-01
BEAN CULTURE.
what n Successful New York Grower
says About H.

uhat m surre--fui New York grower
says About H.
The following facts CLEANED by Pro-
fessor c. +. Roberts from successful
farmer of western New York. who raises
sroIn so to 80 acres Of beans each year.
are presented in The Country Gentle
man:
The land devoted to beans is seeded
,o wheat As soon as the beans are har-
vested. Marrowfat beans require at
least one buShel of seed per acre. pea
beans one-half To- three-fourths bushel
In western New York any land that
will raise good corn. wheat or potatoes
will produce good crops II beans when
intelligently cultivated A good loan
with a sub-Cil of clay Is regarded as the
hest IL seems that marrOwfats are
most largely grown ON the heavy lands
and the pea beans ON the lighter lands
Light lands should he supplied with an
abundance Of vegetable matter. Gold
lands usually are less deficient in humus.
and therefore 50 much attention need
not be paid To the bumus on the heavy
soils
On light lands a weeder Is used to al
vantage at first. and afterward two
horse suIky cultivatOr Is sometimes
! used. On the small farms a one horse
cultiyator j. used instead. SOME hand
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-06-01
MAMMOTH sQUAsHEs.

is gravelly formation. with about Is
inches of clay loam on top. A 800
pound squash can be grown ON any part
of ii by the following method of culti-
walton: For each hill l intend TO plant,
about the ist of April take two good
wheelbarrow loads of hen manure and
mix with four barrows Of good soil tax
en- from rome other part Of the lot. This
il mixed second time the middle OF
April The 1st of May ] add four bar
rows of we'll rOtted manure and mix
thoroughly; then, about the 18th OF
May, make the hills and plant. dig out
a space feet in diameter and IL inches
deep. ill in my compost mixing and
with il some of the best earth which
was thrown out. When finished. the
hill will be about ten feet In diameter
and six inches higher in the center than
the surrounding level Then plant the
seed. Hills want 10 be about 30 feet
apart Work the ground well until the
plants commence to run When about
three feet long. I mulch the ground all
over for 30 feet in diameter around each
hill with horse manure three inches
deep and stake the vines down with
sticks to keep the wind from rolling
them about. so that they may root ut
every joint. 1t is of great advantage to
keep the vine from fruiting as long as
possible. by pruning all fruit bloom OH
until about the last week in July. This
will give time enough TO mature 800
pound squash by the 1st Of October, for
there must be big vine to produce a
big squash. "
Mr. Warnock practices fertilizing n
few of the first blooms that come. and
when the first perfect specimens have
set we'll he cuts off all other fruit and
blossoms and nips the end of vines that
show bloom. He uses liquid manure
twice a week while great growth OK
squash is going on. and lie particularly
careful to give plenty of water.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-06-01
Aninhle HORa.

Different breeds of hogs vary In the
degree of their amiability when it comes
TO handling them, so do different ami
mails of the same breed, says A. N.
Springer in Land and Living. Much
of their seeming fierceness lie due to a
fear that you will harm them or their
brood. Once they have perfect conf
dence in you. all restiveness will van
ish, as a rule. and you can do for them
whatever necessity demands. So far as
is possible, one should always select
pigs to raise for brood sows from a gen
tie sow. Then their treatment should be
of the kindest, no dogs should be allow
ed to worry them, and they should new
er be chased about with sticks or clodA
They should really be made pets Of. and
with little time and trouble IL can be
done Begin by rubbing them when eat
ing or drinking. keep this up at inter
walls until they seem to expect and enjoy
it, and tho task is about completed
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-06-01
Breed STRAIGHT.

Whether breeding draft or road
horses, breed the best you can of the
class you decide upon. Avoid violent
crosses. Don't imagine that you can, as
a general rule, succeed in breeding
cross bred animal with the size and
weight of draft horse and the speed
and activity Of a race horse. nor that by
cross breeding you can, ordinarily, get
happy combination Of many Of the
good qualities of both. 1t may be
acknowledged that, occasionally, an
individual horse will be found that is
an excellent animal, good general pur-
pose horse, and such horse may have
been the result of cross breeding. But
such instances are rare. They are ex-
ceptions to the rule. Such crosses usual
ly result in a ''weedy," Ill proportioned
animal, that is fit for neither the one
purpose nor the other. Such individuals
are. when used for breeding purposes,
detrimental to breeders. They are not
of fixed type They are composed OF
say 90 per cent of each Of two incon-
gruous elements. and their progeny i'm
the next generation will generally be
disappointing e F. Richman, before
Iowa Institute.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-06-01

VARIETIES OF SWEET CORN FORCED.
prices and the entire product is from
the south. Without any sweet corn on
the market, therefore, before July, we
have rather long period even in spring
when this vegetable has no competition.
While it has no established market
price at present in our cities like other
forced greenhouse crops the returns
should be at least in proportion to its
cost and doubtless until commonly
grown would be much more profitable
Sweet corn when first in season Is
doubtless as highly priced as any of the
green vegetables, and we believe that
when offered out of season it will be in
great demand
The varieties tested and shown in cut
have been Early Minnesota Q0), Cros-
by's Early G3), White Cob Q4), First
of All G5), Early Fordhook (26), Ad-
ans Extra Early (31). All of these are
grown to some extent in New England
and are popular generally. The stalks
grew taller if anything, than they do
in the garden in every case.
The Adams Extra Early is not true
sweet corn, but its merits are earliness
and productiveness. Crosby's Early, a
standard early white variety, yielded
at the rate of one ear to the stalk, with
a small cob. White Cob was the same
when grown IN and out of doors-one
of the earliest, good quality, many ears
under size First of All is a new early
to second early variety; ears good size
and long, quality fair. While one of the
heaviest yielders out of doors it fell be-
hind in the greenhouse. Early Fordhook
was not given fair trial. Early Min
nesota was not as early as most Of the
others.
If proper heat, moisture and rich
coil be given, a crop will mature in the
greenhouse in a shorter time than in the
garden.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-06-01
MATlNG.
The Male l. Not by Any Means the
Whole Herd.


Whole Herd.
MANY are satisfied with having purs
bred male of reputable pedigree at the
head of the herd, regardless of whether
his type and points Of excellence are In
harmony with the requirements Of the
herd or not. forgetting that defects that
are common to both parents intensity
themselves in the offspring, says The
Homestead. Just what it is that at all
points goes To make up the obscure
thing known as "a good nick" would
be difficult to define, but one % its ele-
ments undoubtedly is that weakness at
certain points on one side of the house
should be compensated for by strength
in those particulars on the other. The
fact involves a careful selection of the
females in the breeding herd with a
view of securing uniformity in them.
For if they be widely at variance with
respect TO their physical conformation
no sire can lie chosen that will nick
with them at all. If, however, the
females of the herd be uniform, showing
in a general way similarity in their
strong points and their weak ones. the
sire to be used on the herd can then be
selected with view of correcting de
ficiencies, and TO the extent that the
uniformity prevails ON the one side and
the selection has been good on the 9th
er uniform results may be expected in
all the offspring. In too many cases the
purchaser of a sire relies upon some
body else's Judgment to pick him good
one, the person intrusted with this
duty perhaps never having seen the
herd on which such selection is to be
used. If. however. the sire is chosen
with special ference to the u>y that is
to be made Of him, outstanding defects
can, to large extent, be corrected, and
by pursuing this policy for series of
generations great improvement can be
effected If the female herd is of one
line of breeding through a series OF
years, the defects will be likely to be of
one general type. Suppose, for example,
they have too much length of leg, then
sire that is particularly low down
will contribute to breed out the defect
Suppose there is n deficiency in the
heart girth and consequently in vigor
and constitution, then a sire having q
large heart girth will measurably cure
the difficulty in the offspring. II there
is weakness in the flank, a male should
be strong there If the females are
coarse and inclined to be rough, fining
down can be accomplished by the use
of a closely built, compact sire, and on
the other hand, If the females are
smooth, small boned. pretty and in
clined to undersize, the selection of the
male should be made with a Wow OF
correcting these faults.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-06-01

"Ah." she said. sfroking ~ scfs
eurIs and looking rewretfuIiy tMt0 Ms
upturned face-hs was knsellnw bs~ads
her-''you win not think me cruel win
youi You viii BE- brave and try % mr.
get me. won't y0uf Yoa Do moi know
how sorry arm tO be compslh~i hn smT
no 10 you Under other circumssmns~~
we might have been hsppy scgsshrr
bot as 10 IL I must b frank win yon
There Is no hope"
HIs whole frame was shmEmn by q
great sob
Then he hoksd appeaEngly inso her
fawnliks eyes and ssked:
why is IL. virginia. that Jon srs 30
sure we cannot be happy tow~th~rf
why may not hopsr
There is an impasahls barrier b.
tween NJ. " she replied "Toa are The
champion golf player of this state. and
my mother is presidant of tho Society
For the suppres4iOn Of Dialect: sO there
you are "
Realizing that his dream of bihs vss
st an end. he went away hnmming
softly.
Ala. thas love ahouad fDurls tMmm
she pus % pas - me.
And ne msy neser. ns~~r suft
EaeA oth~r % ssef
-Chseaso FswA
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-06-01
News and Notes.

According to DR.. S. A. Knapp, for
eign explorer for the department of
agriculture, all fear Of competition
from Japan along agricultural lines
may be dismissed. On the contrary, it
must be large consumer of farm
products drawn from the United States.
1t is told that an agent of the depart
ment of agriculture is experimenting
with the date palm in Algiers on the
shores of the Mediterranean, and when
the young trees are ready to be re-
moved he will take them up and carry
them to Arizona, and we will produce
our own dates.
An increasing interest in the sheep
industry is manifested in many sections
of the country.
Avoid light, shrunken grain seed. 1t
is claimed that tests have shown an in
crease of about 20 per cent by measure
of grain from selected plump wheat
over that from shrunken seed.
One great source of damage from
weeds is the amount of moisture and
plant food which they consume to the
loss of the growing crop.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-06-01
Iniurcd EruIf TreeM.

A way in which fruit trees have been
injured by the severe winter has been
called to the attention of The American
Cultivator. In some cases the bark, and
perhaps the wood also, has been cracked
by the frost: I'm such cases we should
cut away all the bark that appears to
be loosened from the wood around the
crack and cover the wound with graft
ing wax, or, if that was not at hand,
with IA plaster of clay, around which
we would put cloth to try to hold it
in place until it had opportunity to
heal over We have with such plaster
covered space where some one had
wantonly or maliciously girdled the
limb of a tree, and it not only lived, but
eventually new bark grew to fill the
suace -
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-06-01
IrrIEation In the East.

Some years ago l noticed how an in
genious eastern farmer had taken a
unique way to reclaim pasture through
which creek flowed. When this farm
er was a boy the water flowed steadily
in this stream all through the summer
season, and its bed, being shallow, the
top strata of earth on either side alb
sorbed moisture therefrom and kept the
field green. Later, when the woodland
above was removed, and the savage
foods came down in the springtime.
they gouged out a deep bed for the
creek and overspread the rich bottom
land with gravel and silt. Then, when
the creek fell away in volume in mid
summer, it flowed feebly over the bot
tom of "A clay bed ten feet deep, with the
water so far removed from the upper
strata that there was no seepage of mois-
ture under the grass roots. So there
was no adequate pasturage except in
spring and fall, and thus it remained
several years.
One day the farmer, reading how ir-
rigation was conducted in the west,
went up this stream half a mile and,
cutting out ditch, brought the water
down to overflow his drought stricken
pasture whenever it needed it. The re-
suit is that now the grass there in mid
summer is as green as ricefield, while
the hill pastures are scar and brown.
From this and other instances / con-
slider that irrigation in the east, as a
reserve expedient, has great possibili-
ties in it.-American Cultivator.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-06-01
HrIfIah AnneIIfe

Some idea Of how much the British
people eat may be gathered from the
amount Of butterand oleomargrine i'm
ported last year. OF butter thesimports
were 800. 900. 800 pounds andlof oleo-
margarine SO. S97. 500 pounds The but
ter imported cost the people of Great
Britain 500, 500, $50 and the oleomar
garine ali. 9IS. $40. Denmark furnished
nearly 90 per cent of the butter and
Canada only about 3 per cent
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-06-01
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NfARN7@ CaRDEN
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GREEN CORN UNDER GLASS.


4 New Idea In Gardening For Profit.
Green Corn Ont of Season.
The forcing of sweet corn is practi-
callv unknown. That this crop can be
grown under glass, and, if properly
handled, be profitable, Professor F. w.
Rane of New Hampshire undertakes to
demonstrate in a recent interesting
bulletin. He says: The idea that it was
possibly adapted for forcing occurred to
the writer when studying the root de-
velopment of corn under glass During
the season of 1867 the only house
available for the experiment was a
large vegetable house. % by 100 feet,
and as lettuce, caulitlower, etc, which
demand low temperature, are grown
in this house during the fore part of
the season the sweet corn was not plant
ed until April, when these crops were
marketed. The nature Of the green
house is very important, as 1T is neces-
sary that the plants have sufficient room
for development. The house ordinarily
used for lettuce and cucumbers in New
England answers very well. while those
filled with benches would not do. The
plants vary, according to the variety,
from four to eight feet in height.
The corn was planted April 10 and
matured July 6. While we have not
grown an extensive crop in midwinter
our results from the corn fruited in ex-
perimental boxes lead US to believe that
with proper culture an entire house de-
voted to this crop would be highly sue
cessful
Sweet corn does not appear in the
Boston market until about the middle
of July At that time il brings good
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-06-01

In talk at the Cornell "Lazy club, "
reported by American Gardening, R.
A Emmerson told of novel celery cul-
ture in Nebraska: The celery industry
along the Platte is unique. In some
places the river channel is seven-eighths
of mile wide and is full of little sandy
islands where the water table rises to
within foot of the surface. Celery
just jumps ON those islands. This illus
trates two essentials to successful Gel
cry culture; the roots must be kept cool,
and the water supply should be un-
stinted
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-06-01
rATRt,G'Ia'ER|esy
MAMMOTH SQUASHES.

The Way Canada Farmer Grows
These and LHrEe Melons Aiss-
The squashes here pictured. with the
grower. William Warnock of Ontario.
Canada. standing behind them on the rail
Of the wagon, the rail being eight inches
high. weighed Sssia 355i4 and s44
pounds each. according 20 Mr.. War
nock's description sent. tog -ther with
the photograph Of these colossal speci-
mems. 10 The Country Gentleman. In
that paper Mr.. Warnock further tells
the system by which he grows not only
squashes. but tie largest watermelons
and citrons in h : part Of the country:
my land is made in good condition.
being heavily manured every year. IL
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-06-01

Where scattered coarse manure is tc
be drawn ont and spread for plowina
under in the spring. 10 Is best 70 gstAss
il in piles and let il ferment. II only Goa
a few DAYS. rather than To Keep ths
teams idle while men are slowly scrap
ing the manure together. By pi1ng 10
up there is douole advantage. a. more
Of the manure will be secured and the
slight fermentation IL win Rst LINN the
heap will make 10 much more available
than manure that has laid scattered and
exposed through the winter There 10
further advantage in piling II MP "a
some of the rich black mold under tina
manure is mixed with it This I'm tho
remains Of manure left scattered in pre-
vious years. together with some of the
soluble fertility in the stable manure
that has lain above 10 the past winter.
Most barnyards are larger than they
need to be. II is wassefuI Of manure %
leave il scattered. and also requires TOO
much labor in getting manure together.
says American Culfivator.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-06-01
HIue RIIue Enr sheen.

Maryland and Virginia are both ex-
cellent sheep states, especially 80 along
the southern and easterly slopes Of the
Blue Ridge mountains and in all the
hill and gently undulating districts
from the foot of the Ridge to the sea. 1t
is naturally blue grass country for
the most part, generally well watered
and all near to the great lamb markets
of Washington. Baltimore, Philadelphia
ap5 Now York
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-06-01
No. %

dressing viii b- necessary " the b~aK1
are kept NJ el-sn a- thsy should be. 90
they are usually rai--d in driIls. and ths
caliivator q necessity eanDot esssrcy
the weeds which are intimasmly mms0r
ciatsd with the beans 2,
Th- price ranges WIDELY. Daring 10
last three years they have rarely hrOuxhf
a. pr busheL Perhaps ~ cents might
H. taken a. the average price Cor thas
time. The cultivation of the bean hns
extended quite largely into Miehigsn
snd even California. and this results 4.
full or over supply. aud hence low
prices Twenty bushels is consid~rsd q
good average "A few get mere. bas
many less About thrse-fourfhsO - q TOO
II bean straw is secured per sers. al
though this varies according 30 varsity
and SEASON. The bean straw 10 hiEhly
valued for both sheep and cattle by
those WIN are well qualified b jadxs a
its merits IL j. rated amonx ths bean
raisers as equal % clover hay
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-06-01

1--WE got the money to back my Of
fer, said the ponderous citizen. land
I'd give fortune TO anybody who could
show me how the reduce my weight.
"And I'd do the same for anybody
who would stop my hair from falling
out By the way. how did you make
your money Washington Star.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-06-01
Treatment of Young Lambs.


The first thing in the way of atten.
tion youug lamb wants j. TO see that
the ewes tCHts are free from all OBJ
struction. says The American Sheep
Breeder The wool about the udder
should be clipped off and the flow OF
milk started by the fingers, SO that the
lamb can get its food without difficulty.
Some ewes, especially the young ones
with their first lambs, will be disin
clined to permit the lambs to suck and
by restlessness prevent them. This, OF
course, is equivalent TO the loss of the
lamb. Such ewes must be restrained in
some way, the easiest being to inclose
the refractory animal in a narrow pen
of laths or in small stanchion, while
the lamp gets its meal A few times
will be sufficient TO subdue the eve and
make the lamb safe. Another matter
that needs immediate attention is the
clearing Of the anus, which is apt TO be
clogged up by adhesive excrement, by
which the discharges are prevented,
and of course. this is fatal to the lamb
in a short time. 1t is an easy thing TO
loosen the hard crust and separate the
adhesion of il to the wool. In some
cases when this has been neglected for
two or three days the opening of the
bowel will be attended by copious dis
charge which by its volume will show
how great a detriment and inconven-
ience it has been to the young lamb
To be successful, shepherd must be
well supplied with untiring vigilance.
ample knowledge of his business In
even such small details as this and sniff
cient painstaking industry and prompti-
tude to set everything right that is go
ing wrong, as soon as it happens.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-06-01
A STRONG WHIFFLETREE.

which is bent to a ring in the middle
CT its length may be brought over them
and there fastened with large staples,
work which any blacksmith can do, and
the ends of the rod then bent to hooks.
In this way the strongest kind of a
whif1letree is obtainable, the wood hold
ing the iron in proper form. Best of all,
doubletrees or eveners can thus be
made. The figure shows the construc-
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-06-01
Ordering Breakfast In India.

Shortly after her arrival in India
young woman missionary was allowed
to order breakfast for the household In
order to test her progress in the Ian
guage She intended to ask for fresh
eggs, but used the wrong words. saying
to the astonished cook, "You may bring
hs, this morning. an old blind man,
nicely boiledp'
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-06-01
ANCHOR FOR AN END PosT.

NNNFIVIF TUE ~ 11'| y 07'F
a BY 4 will do) Is 3 feet long. A rod OF
iron three-quarters thick OBJ is put
through the bottom of post (C). passing
through brace (A) feet from post
Put stone (D) for brace (A) to rest
on. Have thread cut on end Of rod
OBJ and a nut at Z TO tighten the
brace. There is no cheaper brace. and
il can't give. Ii looks nice and Is the
.haavsSt hraca \ know Of
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-06-01

KERRY BULL PRINCE OF LEINsTER S59.
yard, having been first at the Royal Dub
lin society shows for several years and
also first at last years Royal at Bir-
mingham. He was bred by Viscount de
Vesci. got by Gort Admiral 140. dam
Princess Mary 77s. The accompanying
illustration is from the London Live
Stock Journal
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-06-01

Durable whif1letrees never come
amiss. and the kind pictured herewith
can be made at small expense, accord
ing to an Ohio Farmer correspondent.
All that is needed is a piece of hard
wood of proper shape, grooved at the
ends so that the piece of round iron
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-06-01

Bombay is one Of the chief gates to
India, and lovely view Of it Is obtaip-
ed from the sea as the vessel gradually
draws near to the harbor. which puts
inland. and is surrounded by the town.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-06-01
An ExerIa.tInE Anehsr.

For an everlasting anchor TO the end
post in a wire fence the following was
originally presented by a correspondent
in the Ohio Farmer: The post should
be 81 feet in the ground The brace A
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-06-01
Typical Kerry Bull.

The Kerry bull, Prince of Leinster
353, the property of c. Brinsley Marlay,
Belvedere house, Mullingar, has had a
most distinguished career in the show