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The Advocate and news., 1899-02-22
Sheep Dip for PIgs.

Pigs are sometimes NANCY and some
times lousy. A good remedy in either
case is to get some sheep dip, such as is
generally used to kill ticks on sheep.
Take an old kerosene barrel and put half
a gallon Of the dip in 80 gallons Of water
and immerse the pigs in it once or twice
a month through spring and summer,
and 1t will free them from all vermin and
NANCY troubles. It is an easy matter
to catch the pigs when to weeks old,
slip strap around one Of the fore legs,
drop him into the dip all over draw him
out quickly and let him CO. Keep the
barrel standing in the yard, covered so as
to keep chickens from falling into 1t, and
whenever the pigs get lousy or look
NANCY or dumpy give them dip and the
beneficial results will soon be apparent.
The Advocate and news., 1899-02-22
Texas Fever,

Perhaps it would be best to briefly de-
scribe what Is commonly known as Texas
fever and its cause.-the tick. This is a
highly febrile disease, affecting all ages
of cattle alike, when submitted to the
same cause.
Now as to the cause Of Texas fever. 1t
is due to a blood corpuscle destroying
microbe organism, which is caused by
what is known as the Southern cattle
tick, which seems to infest nearly all
Southern cattle This tick, at Matching
time, is very small-about the size Of
the point Of a pin; however, 1t grows
very rapidly when situated to its liking,
and that Is on the live animal Of the cat
tie family At full maturity it attains
the size Of kernel OF corn, the female
tick then drops off on the ground and
soon after lays its eggs by the score, then
dies.
"The eggs hatch in three to four weeks,
governed largely by the atmosphere.
After Matching they move but a short
distance in an irregular direction, seldom
going but a few inches. Their desire
seems to be upward, and as they find
blades of grass they soon reach the top
and seem to wait for some animal to
brush against them. Then they quickly
take hold and abide with him, develop
ing very rapidly, and at maturity drop
off and lay their eggs, about 1000 in num-
ber.
Experiments have been made to dis
cover some means whereby this tick
could be effectually killed without injury
to the animal upon which it lives. This
has been accomplished by means of a
dip containing mixture Of one and one
half per cent sulphur, with dynamo Oil as
basis. This is placed in a large vat
made for the purpose, and the animals
immersed in it, thus killing all living
ticks on the animal.-Dr B. B. Page.
The Advocate and news., 1899-02-22
whole Corn or Grouud Corn.

Most feeders, especially in the West,
feed whole corn on the cob to cattle,
hogs and horses. When fattening cat
tie a common custom Is to feed the corn
on the cob and have hogs to follow and
pick up the scattered and undigested
corn. But where 1t can be done 1t is un-
doubtedly better to shell and grind the
corn before feeding 1t. Corn meal Is
more easily dlgested than whole corn and
1t is better to utilize the strength and vi
tality Of the animal in putting on flesh
than in digesting whole corn. The wind
can be harnessed and used to grind the
corn and save the animal that work and
trouble. For fattering purposes it is
best to give the food to the animal in
the form in which 1t can be easiest and
best dlgested and asslmilated. And
work horses ought to have their food in
the form that will waste the least Of their
strength in eating and utilizing it. It is
better to do the grinding in advance
rather than compel the animal to do it,
The Advocate and news., 1899-02-22
Keeping Bees.

Do you take proper care Of your bees,
or are they somewhere along the fence
in the weeds, with dung-hill chickens
roosting over them and mice burrowing
under them and only receiving care when
they swarm and you want honey for
company? That style Of bee keeping
belongs to the past, or ought to- guess
it did not pay, for on half Of the old
homesteads that knew as boy there
was an ample supply Of old bee gums and
boxes for most Of the aforementioned
mongrels to hatch their chicks in.
The generation before us worked hard
and did the best they could according to
their light Ours is a more scientific age.
We must use brains more, Drawn and
muscle have been suppIanted by ma
chimes, to a large extent. Now intelli
gence wins the day. We must pay atten-
tion to the minutest details, getting our
living in ways that our fathers consid-
cred petty and trivial. Above all things,
success in agriculture depends upon close
attention to little things. Many of the
duties of the bee keepers cannot be put
off till 1t is convenient. Often few days
delay causes the loss Of large part of
the honey crop. The preachers say "tO-
day is the day Of salvation" which can
be applied to things temporal as well as
spiritual.
"It is not advisable for the novice in
bee culture to engage in it largely. The
better plan is to start with colony or
two and increase them gradually, MAX
ing them pay all future expense for sup
plies. If one or two don't pay, more un-
der the same conditions, would not have
done so either. Be sure and start right;
that will save you much annoyance and
future expense. ."-H. w. Funk.
The Advocate and news., 1899-02-22

rows at least four rods long, leaving a
space between the strawberries Of four
feet between the raspberries, currants
and gOoseberrles six feet, and the black
berries ought to be eight feet between the
rows. II you have not O. twelve-to0th
cultiVator and pulVerizer, use five-tooth
cultiVator, which most farmers already
have, and cultivate with that often
enough to keep all weeds down between
the rows, and use the hoe for the rest,
and all the sprouts that come up between
the blackberrles and red raspberries treat
the same as weeds-cut them out. Some
farmers, think, are deferred from set
ting out small fruits because they imag-
inc they will have to get set of tools
especially for that purpose.
I'm regard to varieties to set out,
will say that / would advise farmers
not to listen much to the different agents
lauding up their different fruits as being
the best in the world. Get some vari-
eties of the good old sort and let others
try the novelties &C. r. Powell.
The Advocate and news., 1899-02-22

I found that 1t paid to raise all the feed
needed. One year tried buying feed and
came out $500 behind. Three good crops
can be raised-cOrn, oats and clover. The
raising Of clover helps in raising coTn.
These three crops work well together in
making a good feeding ration. Anything
in which one is deficient is found in ex-
cess In another, so that you get the whole
proportion Of elements that is needed.
When you feed too much corn the cows
get too fat and give less milk. On oats
and bran almost exclusively the cows
get thin and give less milk.
Other things can be fed. The use Of
the sugar beet has been called to our
attention by the State Agricultural Col
lege. In the old countries roots are con-
sidered one of the essentials in feeding.
The value of roots is not so much to
supply nutrition as to put the digestive
organs in good condition, so that the
cows can get the best out Of the corn.
Beets seem to keep the stomach in good
shape. There is less constipation.
I'm the dry season in summer when
something succulent in wanted, sorghum
is a good thing to have. raise 1t just
as it would be raised for cane, with big,
well-develOped canes. The small canes
are seldom sweet. Plant the sorghum in
hills and cultivate the same as corn, ex-
Cept that it is a weakly plant in the be-
ginning and must be hoed the first time
About the time the heads are getting
black is the best time to feed it. 1t must
be run through a feed-cutter before it is
fed and then all will be eaten, Cattle
cannot use it If not cut. Cut it an inch
and half long. If it is shorter it gets
up and down in the mouth and hurts the
cattle, so that they do not eat as WELL"
Ralph Allen.
The Advocate and news., 1899-02-22
Warts on Horses.

"Take about four leaves Of strong
cured tobacco, place them in a vessel,
pour about one-half gallon of water over
them, place on the fire, letting 1t boil
down to a strong juice, and apply to the
wart, Always pick the wart so as to
make 1t bleed before the application, that
1t may strike into the fungOus growth.
A few applications will soon do the
work; gradually the enlargement will
decrease and disappear as II by magic
AS an evidence Of its efficacy, some years
ago a horse that we drove had a bleeding
wart on his back that the lines kept con-
tinually bleeding 1t was about the size
OF walnut, with neck about the size OF
ones index finger. I would OCCASIONALLY
sprinkle few crumbs OF tobacco on it
from my pocket, and the warts went
away. have removed warts as large as
q pint cup from horses legs by talking to-
bacco leaves, dipping them in hot water
and binding them to the affected part.
Try 1t and you will be rewarded for your
trouble, Clarence Muir
The Advocate and news., 1899-02-22
Cotton Seed Meal.

Large quantities OF cotton seed meal
are being fed to fattening cattle in Texas.
It is mixed with the cotton hulls and fed
in long troughs. It puts on flesh very
rapidly and in 100 days 1t will fatten
sheep or cattle, no matter how poor they
were to start with II in healthy condi-
ton For fattening old animals 1t is the
best feed that can be used as 1t requiAes
but little mastication and is easily d.
gested. The cotton seed meal, at the fac
tory where 1t is made costs about four
times as much as the hulls. The hulls
take the place Of other roughness, and
when fed together make ration that
puts on fat very rapidly.
The Advocate and news., 1899-02-22
Kerosene In the Orchard.

The use OF kerosene for destroying in
sects, and especially all forms Of scale,
on fruit trees, has been quite extensively
tried during the last year or two. 1t will
kill the insects and destroy the scale but
must be used with some care or 1t will
injure and possibly kill the trees. Clear
kerosene will kill the trees. When di-
luted with water one-fourth kerosene and
three-fourths water 1t will destroy the
insects and not injure the trees. Peach
trees are more easily injured with 1t than
apple trees. When mixed one-half water
1t will not injure apple trees but will In
jure peach trees. SO that the safest rule
to follow is to make 1t three parts water
and one part kerosene for peach trees and
trees and shrubs as tender as peach trees,
and not more than one part kerosene to
one part water for apple trees. Plum
trees and pear trees would probably
stand as strong mixture as apple trees,
but one-fourth kerosene win be sutfici-
emily strong to destroy the insects.
The Advocate and news., 1899-02-22
Planting an Orchard.

'In planting an orchard great care
should be taken to plant the trees so
that the top of one will shade the next
tree. l would strongly urge all persons
when plating a new orchard to plant 20
to "a feet north and south and 80 to 36
feet east and west. This will serve sew
eral good purposes. First, each tree will
protect the other from sunscald; next,
this will allow the fruit to get the morn
ing and afternoon sun; next, 1t will ad-
NIT Of ease in picking the apples, as
nearly all the fruit will be on the outside
of the trees, next, though last, is not the
least good reason for so planting, for this
method Of planting, the trees will have
grown together by fruiting time-the
very point we hope to obtain. Now, by
lOW-heading you will observe that each
row forms a wind break. AS all our
heavy winds come from southwest to
northwest during the summer months,
only the west row or two are badly af-
feCted by these winds, for the currents
are broken or they are forced above the
tops of the trees, while in the old method
of planting we form alleys for the wind
to whip around and hit every side of the
trees. Daniel Shanks.
The Advocate and news., 1899-02-22
Range Cattle.

This has been one Of the severest win
ters ever known on the plains. The
snow has been deep and covered the
ranges that the cattle and sheep have
been deprived OF the range grasses and
the cold has been so intense that the
streams were frozen for a long time and
it was impossible for the stock to obtain
water. The result is that great numbers
OF cattle have died on the Western ranges
and this source OF supply will be very
materially reduced. The range cattle
have been the great competitors in the
market with the stock raised by farmers
farther east. They could ordinarily be
raised on the plains to years old at one
flfth the cost Of raising them in eastern
Kansas Or Missouri, and these cheap cat
The Advocate and news., 1899-02-22
Small Fruits.

''The small fruits will he the straw
berry, the raspberry. the currants and
gooseberrles and also the blackberry.
From the commencement Of the straw
berry to the end Of the blackberry pick
ings will cover ten to eleven weeks,
when you can have berries fresh from
the vines. Four to Ave square rods will
be enough OF each variety. Select a
good place and make it rich with ma
nure, and then set out your vines In
The Advocate and news., 1899-02-22
Mistakes by DairYmen.

Mistakes in feeding unsound feed
mOldy hay, moldy corn fodder. Expos
ure Of too much surface of ensiIage while
feeding will give poor results. Six square
feet per animal Is enough; eight feet is
too much. Then thin layer taken off
each day will furnish sweet, wholesome
silage.
A mistake frequently made is to allow
cows to drink stagnant water. Cows
should never be allowed to drink foul
water. They should not be allowed to
drink from a pool into which they can
wade and stand while drinking.
Mistakes are made in the stabling Of
cows. All cows are not the same length,
and it is not possible to have the platform
Of uniform width, and have clean COWS.
A mistake is made in not feeding reg
ularly. A COW should be accustomed to
have her rations regularly to do her best
Do not feed silage until you are
through milking. There is an odor from
silage that affects milk if it comes in con-
tact with it.
1t is a great mistake to have men
around that cows are afraid Of. Do not
keep the class Of men that the cows shy
from as they move among them. Get rid
Of such men.
1t Is mistake to whip a COW when she
kicks. Not one time in thousand does
COW kick unless she is hurt or afraid.
/ will not have man about who abuses
a COW. Always feel like shutting such
man up in small lot, enclosed with a
sixteen-foot, tight board fence, and turn
ing bull in with him, after dressing the
man in red suit.
A mistake Is sometimes, fear, often
made in trying to fatten dry COW. Fat
ten COW that you are going to turn off
during the milking period. 1t is losing
game to try to fatten an old dry cow.
Many times the mistake is made Of
feeding fattening foods while the cow is
dry. The grain feed should not be car
bOnaceOus at this time; little bran
would be all right, but the risk of milk
feeding carbonaceOus foods to any great
extent.
Raising calves on skim milk. 1t must
be sweet. 1t must be of the temperature
Of milk from the COW, and 1t must not be
fed too much.
There are some men who cannot do a
good job of milking if they try. But the
greatest number do not try.
1t is mistake not to have the same
milker take the milk from each COW each
day.
1t is mistake to have the milk stand
ing about the stable.
Dairymen make the mistake of not
rearing their heifer calves from their best
cows. This can be done better and
cheaper than to buy.
1t is mistake not to have ventilation.
Have an intake for pure air and an out
let for impure air.
Many mistakes are made in raising our
calves. Do not feed new milk too long,
H. B. Gurler.
The Advocate and news., 1899-02-22

Canada has excluded Americans from
the Klondike region and the Alaskan
homestead law excludes Canadians from
the Alaskan gold territory, this is pay
ing them back In their own coin.
The Advocate and news., 1899-02-22

tie have tendency to keep the prices
down. But this severe winter will
shorten the supply from the ranges and
this will be very likely to make the price
Of cattle higher for three or four years
to come at least and possibly longer
The Advocate and news., 1899-02-22
Farm DaIryinK.

The dairy business is profitable on the
farm because it is carried on all the year.
There is work about it all the year, and
there is increase all the year. Take a
business that is going on only a month
year and you get only one months pay.
The Advocate and news., 1899-02-22
Practical Farm Notes
From Actual Experience.

Agriculture the Hoah Useful Most Noble Employment Man."
George Washington.
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NICHOLSON.

The funeral of John Blauyet and
george Waterman, the two men killed
at LaPlume, Saturday night, took place
on tuesday. Both services were at the
mouse. Mr.. Waterman's was at 10
O'Clock a. m. and Blauvets at . O'CLOCK,
p. m, Rev. Wedeman, of the BAPTIST
church. Of Lathrope, oflcated at both.
Rev Sanford assisted at Mr. Blauvet's
funeral. Mr.. Waterman was buried at
Hillside, in Lathrope township, and Mr..
BlauVet at Nicholson cemetery. The,
wi:e of Mr.. Waterman is very III at
this writing.
On Monday morning Sheriff Gregory,
Of Tunkhannock, was here attending A,
the duties of appraising the Mcdonnell
estate. He appointed six appraisers.
who appraised the property as follows
Building and lot on Main street. now
occupied as shoe shop, at Sc; barn i'm
rear, $780, double house and lot on Pine
street, occupied by Mr.. Jerome Cornell,
at $500. The appraisers were o. d.
Pratt f. d. Bell, George Harding,
Frank Proper, N. c. Tiffany and Squire
Wilcox.
The Methodist Episcopal church will
have ten cent supper at Miss Walk
er's, Wednesday evening from to 7
O'Clock, All are invited.
Miss May Warner, of Hartford. is
visiting Mrs. NJ. r. McHale.
Editor Tiffany, Of the Examiner, paid
visit TO Binghamton recently.
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Third district, comprising the Sunday
schools of New Milford, Great Bend,
Franklin and Liberty townships with
including boroughs, Will be held in the
Presbyterian church, New Milford, on
Friday, Dec. s, 1899.
Nj. T. l.. Bryant and Miss Maude
and Annie Brown, spent Thanksgiv-
Ing day with Mr. and Mrs. William
Perry in Jackson.
Howard Hayden, our popular young
postmaster left New Milford one day
last week for New York, where we un-
derstand he has secured a position. He
will be greatly missed by his many
friends and companions.
Mr.. George p. Mcconnell, of Sus-
quehanna, spent Sunday with his
parents in town.
Mr.. j. V. Axtell was in Hallstead
Monday, on business.
Pro-. L. 4. Benson, who has been
confined to his home the past week by
illness, is convalescent.
The regular monthly union services
We're conducted in the Methodist
church Sunday evening by Rev. Smith.
Miss Lettie WOodhouse spent Sunday
with her parents in Dmock.
The Ladies Working Guild will meet
IN the Presbyterian church parlors
Tuesday afternoon at 1870
Our New Milford young people are
looking forward to the first annual
mop given by the Columbia Hose COM
pany on the night of Dec. 18th.
Mr. and Mrs. L. G. McCollum visited
friends in Montrose recently.
MISS May Boyle visited relatives in
Susquehanna last week,
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THOMPSON.
pecial to The Scranton Tribune.

Special to The Scranton Tribune.
Thompson. Dec. 5.--Wllliam II. SAM
ford and wife, of Island Pend, visited
at their unCle's, l.. d. Sanford, Mona
day.
Mrs. G.. NJ. Brown and daughter,
Kate of Mt. Pleasant, spent the Sab
bath at a. N. fuckers.
Miss Katie Lyden is visiting her
brother, Charles, and wife. at Herrlck
Centre, today.
d. f. Witter was called 10 Scranton
Monday as witness in the Mayhold
robbery case.
a. II. Crozier has sold the coal agcn-
cy here to d. l.. Witter
Four persons We're Immersed in the
stream near the grist mill last Sab
bath morning. by Rev. W. H. French,
of the First Baptist church.
About three inches of SNOW. fell here
/ Sunday night.
William r. Wickham shipped a car
| load Of cows from this station last Fri
day, to his place, Johnston, Orange
county. n. Y He bought the most Of
them just east Of us in Wayne county.
y largo delegation from Thomps IN
will attend the Sunday school conven-
'''Il q" %NOltH JdChSDn TlludE OIL tIlS
week
Mrs Frey the evangelist, did not get
away rs she expected the first of last
week, but remained until yesterday,
when she went from here to Lake View
to hold meetings in the First Baptist
church there. The Rev Mr.. Saunders
is the pastor.
The following note has been handed
to us with the request that it be pub
iished with these items: THE series
of revival meetings he'd at Thompson
for the past three weeks are worthy
OF special mention on account Of the
harmony and Christian fellowship ex-
isting between the two denOmina tions.
The services were held at the First
BAPTIST church, Of which Rev. w. II.
French is pastor. Tho Methodist Epis-
copal pastor. Rev. Mr.. David. and his
people were regular in their attend
ance and showed much interest. We
learned to love the THOMPSON people
foH their kindness and hospitality, and
pray that God may bless them, and
that His spirit may continue to work
in the churches. May Edith Frey,
| cVangc.iSt"
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HALLSTEAD.
Special to The Scranton Tribune.

Special to The Scranton Tribune.
Hallstead, Dec. 5.-A runaway horse
caused considerable excitement in
Hallstead Saturday evening. The eX-
cited animal was driven by Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Hawkins, who were
thrown out, but not seriously hurt.
Rev. John a. Davis has left the Bap-
tist church as the pastor and will en-
ter the evangelical field. He will be in
Philadelphia this week.
Rev. NJ. J. Watkins and family have
moved here from Factory1ille and oc-
cupy the Baptist parsonage.
The Ladies' Home Missionary society,
has sent several rugs to southern mis-
siOns for use of the teachers in the
missions in the south
Senior Sycamore Ayres, of Peckville,
an active worker and enthusiastic mem
ber of the Grand Lodge, |. ,. R.M., of
Pennsylvania, spent Sunday with E.
NJ. Scotch.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. II, Chichester en-
tertained Miss Louise Shepard while
she was in town last week
Benjamin Lawrence and Miss Emma
Lawrence, of Kirkwood, spent Sunday
as the guests of Mr., and Mrs. Charles
Lawrence.
Mrs. Earl Talmadge is this week
visiting Mrs. Jennie Dedrick, at Deck
ertown, N. J.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Knoeller and
family were visiting in Binghamton on
Saturday.
Miss Jessie Van Wormer, of Kirk
wood, was visiting relatives here sun
day.
Mrs. George Lamb entertained a
party of friends at a pleasant tea Fri
day evening.
Miss George Dewitt, of Bingham
ton, was the guest of Mrs. George
Lamb last week.
a house belonging to James Dubois
on the mountain side.
Conductor Gould Capwell and Brake
man William Snedaker, OF the Inflated
No. g. have returned home. They will
report in Hoboken Friday night to at
tend the coroner's inquest. Both meu