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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-05-03
why Incubator Chicks Die.

At tho Rhode Island station careful
investigation has been made OF the
cause of the death Of young incubator
chickens. The. total number Of dead
chickens examined during the spring
and summer Of 1899 was S26. 1t was
alleged that about one-third of the
chicks had been more or less injured
by uneven heat during incubation.
Another common cause of trouble was
In overcrowding of breeders, resulting
In death by suffocation. trampling, etc.
tuberculosis was found to be very
prevalent. and Is per cent. Of the
chickens were more or less affected.
For guarding against this disease 1t is
recommended to give the interior Of
the brooders all the sun and air posi-
bic on pleasant days. Bowel troubles
were a common cause of death. Feed
ing should be as nearly as the time of
the attendant renders profitable a con-
tinuous operation, but by no means a
continuous gorge. Sometimes too much
animal food Is given. but in moderate
quantities animal food results in rapid
growth. Lack of animal food some
times causes diseases of the liver and
gall bladder.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-05-03
Fears strikers May Lose.

During the early part Of one Of the
sessions of the Military Affairs Com
mittee of the House of Representatives
Messrs. Hay, Jett and Slayden were
the only Democrats present, and the
direct examination of the witnesses
was proceeding with but few interrupt
tons. The absence of objections rather
alarmed some of these Idaho miners
who appeared to give testimony In de-
Tense of the strikers, and one Of them,
rushing up to Mr.. Sovereign, said with
some excitement, "They are playing
HI with our case, and neither Sulzer
nor Lentz is here" Sulzer was soon
found, however, and he FASTENED to at
tend the committee.
Important statements made by DR..
France, the Surgeon, who attended the
miners, were those which refuted the
charges of the Democratic resolution,
that the men in the so-called bull pen"
received inhuman and brutal treat
ment, and that those who were dying
In the hospitals were denied the pres
ence Of priest or minister. DR.. France
stated that there was but a solitary in
stance Of Father Becker being denied
admission to the hospital. and that was
by Mrs. France. who told him that no
one was permitted to visit William
Lawlor, who was seriously iii with
pneumonia, during the absence and
without the consent Of the physician.
The witness stated, however, that he
met Father Becker as he was leaving
the hospital and took him to see the
sick man.
DIR. France gave some official light
on the case of Johnson, who committed
suicide while insane. He said that,
having noted the peculiar actions Of
Johnson, he asked for an examination
by the Probate Court as to his sanity.
Two physicians pronounced that he
was suffering from acute mania, with
n suicidal tendency. While at the depot
buying a ticket to take Johnson to a
neighboring city, where he could be
placed In proper asylum, DR.. France
left him In charge of soldier. The
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-05-03
Rural Free Delivery.

"The credit of rural free delivery be-
longs almost exclusively 10 the McKin-
ley administration" said Hon. Perry S.
Heath. First Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral. "A movement to broaden the free
delivery of the mails was begun by
Postmaster General Wanamaker under
the administration of Gen. Harrison. 1t
took the form of village free delivery,
and extended, as an experiment, the
plan of delivering mails by carriers.
as existing In cities of 10000 popula-
ton or $4,000 gross postal receipts, to
forty or fifty selected villages of less
population and smaller postal receipts.
The experiment was success as far
as it went, but the succeeding Demo
cratic administration, fearing Its effect
In poularizing Republican principles
and disseminating Republican litera-
ture, ordered 1t dropped.
1T was Republican administration
that conceived and executed the idea
of Frightening the home Of the farm
er, educating his children. increasing
the value OF his land, compelling the
Improvement of his roads. and giving
him ready access to IA market for his
crops by carrying the United States
mails to him on his farm.
'Sincc the 4th Of March. 1897, nearly
100000 rural homes in all parts of the
United States have been brought into
close touch with the rest OF the world
by daily visit OF the rural postman.
The initiation of some form of free
delivery which should reach the here
tofore Isolated rural communities, was
forced upon the last administration In
Its closing year by Congress, responsive
to the wishes of the people. Forty-four
rural experiments were reluctantly
started some OF them In communities
which neither asked nor appreciated
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-05-03

In July, 1894, total deposits in all the
banks Of Ohio amounted to $44 $3.50
Just five years later, on June 80, 1899,
they amounted to $50, 969,5S3. The in
crease was $36,341, 559-or more than
80 per cent.
In July. 1894. there were 142,099 per-
sons who had deposits in the banks Of
Ohio. At the end of June, 1899, there
were 226,964 depositors. Within five
years the number of people who had
money to put away in the banks had
increased by S4,S65-a gain of 60 per
cent
Notwithstanding this very large ad
dition to the number of money savers
in Ohio, which would alone account for
most of the $36,OO0,00O additional in
deposits, the figures OF Comptroller
Dawes show that the average amount
to the credit of each depositor in the
State of Ohio had increased by $43-
from 1914 in 1894 up to 1857 in 1889.
1t Is perfectly safe to say that Repub-
lican prosperity under the administra-
ton Of the Ohio President, William
Mckinley, has reached the pockets Of
the people In his own State.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-05-03
Hints Ahout Milking.

Milking should be done with clean.
dry hands.
Always milk in the same order and
at the same time of day.
When it comes a cows turn to be
MIXED she knows it and expects 1t and
wants to be MIXED.
Always milk the COW dry before leav-
ing her. but do not continue stripping
after the milk Is all drawn.
If part of the milk Is left at each
milking in the udder nature will soon
stop providing it because 1t is not
taken.
The last milk drawn from cow is
much richer than the first The last
quart usually contains more than three
times as much butter fat as the first
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-05-03

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The arrangement Illustrated is In
tended for stacking hay, fodder. ETC.,
out of doors, and is also useful. II of
convenient size, for loading shocks Of
fodder on to wagon in the field. one
team being used to haul the derrick
from shock to shock. 1t can also be
used to advantage IN loading hay from
a stack on to wagon. A telegraph pole
is best for the center pole. which turns
in any direction. 1t Is made with a
shoulder to fit In the hole In the cross
plank at the bottom. The bottom
frame should be about one-half the
height of the entire device. 1t is made
principally Of scantllngs AKA and 2x6.
as occasion requires. Three pulleys
are necessary to operate the derrick,
and the crane can be swung around
whenever wanted. This stacker can be
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-05-03
c.rera1 Interest TO Farmers.


Mixing about one pound of oil meal
with five of wheat and wetting it up
with skim milk makes good feed for
growing pigs.
Governor Richards of Wyoming has
issued quarantine proclamation with
instructions governing the shipment Of
cattle into Wyoming.
A busbel Of wheat, as an equivalent
amount of -four, can be shipped from
Minneapolis to almost any point In
western Europe for about 20 cents.
Every fruit-grower and horticulturist
should have scrapbook wherein he
may place formulas. hints on culture,
etc. and where he can also keep n rec
ord of varieties planted.
At the recent congress OF veterinary
physicians at Baden Baden, DR..
Hecker, of Halle, maintained that the
foot and mouth disease can be trans
ferred to healthy animals by birds,
etc.--a fact which, IL substantiated.
will call for modification of legisla-
ton.
The largest orchard In South Dakota
is owned by Mrs. Laura A.. Alderman,
near Hurley, Turner County, and con-
sains 100 acres with 5000 trees, Two
acres are covered with plum trees. Be
sides the trees. there are 1000 currant
bushes. 1000 gooseberry bushes and
500 grapevines Three acres are devof.
ID to strawberries.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-05-03

In the musical profession, men are
beginning to acutely feel the competi-
ton of women. There are eight or nine
professional bands In and out of Lon
don which are composed exclusively Of
women. 1t would appear that the
most lucrative opening for female or
chestra players is the wind" depart
ment, which demands sound lungs and
a good lip, but no great strength. The
conductors of the women's bands are,
Of course, women themselves. Women
are also making Roadway as church or
ganists.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-05-03
Rome in the Warm Season.

Some persons are disposed to use
green cut bone only in winter, but a
small quantity fed once day in spring
and summer will greatly promote lay
ing and be Of much advantage to molt-
ing hens. The bone-cutter does not
"grind" bones, but cuts" those fresh
from the butcher, and pound of green
cut bones, given at night to twenty
fowls, will cost but little and prove
beneficial in promoting laying. For
geese and ducks there is no food that
will show better results, especially for
those that are growing, as 1t supplies
the elements of growth and thus pre-
vents them from having leg weakness.
Do not give too much, but use 1t mod
erately in connection with variety Of
other foods.-Kansas Farmer.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-05-03
Cow Peas.

Hon. ]. Hale of Connecticut says
that cow peas can be grown wherever
corn will grow, and he is strongly in
favor of their being sown both for
feed and to turn under as manurial
crop. We must yield to such good
authority as Mr.. Hale, though we had
thought from what we have read about
the COW pea that 1t YVES very uncer-
tain crop as far north as Massachu-
sets. We believe the most profitable
combination for the farmers in New
England have been cows, chickens,
corn and clover, but we may have to
add COW peas to the list when we learn
more about them.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-05-03

OF the very finest quality not yet mar
keted IL expected to command 40 cents.
Not only IL the fleece OF considerable
value. but the hides and flesh are also
said to be In active demand.
Apparently there is an excellent OPP
portunity for many American farmers
In the raising of Angora goats. 1t Is
asserted that these animals can be kept
at much less expense than sheep.
while their fleece Is Of far greater val
ne than wool 1t requires a dry climate
and short grass, while country of
broken and billy nature. with scrubby
tree growths. Is well adapted to its re-
quirements. The statement Is also
made that breeding the Angora with
the common goat produces an animal
of greater size than the latter, while
the fleece is soon graded up to profit
yielding quality.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-05-03
Mcasurinc IrreruIar Fie. AS.

A method for measuring and finding
the number of acres in field shaped
as shown in the accompanying dia-
gram is to add together the widths Of
the two ends, halve the sum thus OBJ
tanned. and multiply this by the length.
The result will give the area Of the
field. The problem is one of the SIM
plest in geometry. When tie two
widths are added together and the sum
halved, the width will be precisely as
much as IL one Of the sides were cut
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-05-03

prisoner hPoke away ana ran toward
the river. The guard. not knowing
that be was insane. pursued, firing high
to scare rather than wound the fusi-
i've. Johnson jumped into the river
and was drowned before he was res
cued. Careful examination showed
that he was not touched by a bullet.
1t was hroved also by other witnesses
that Johnson was subject to hereditary
insanity, and had been treated In an
asylum before.
In regard to the treatment of the
prisoners at Wardner. DR.. Frances
testimony corroborated that Of other
witnesses. He said that they were
given good. wholesome food, care was
taken that they should be comfortably
covered ut night, and that sanitary
measures were adopted to prevent dis
ease. AS to the presence of the Fed
eral troops at Wardner 1t was most sal
utary upon the business interests gen.
orally Of that town, and of Shoshone
County. He believed that IL they were
withdrawn the old conditions Of law
lessness which prevailed for seven
years might be expected.
In reply to one of the few pertinent
questions put by Mr. Sulzer, the wit
ness stated that in the issuing of per-
mits to miners. under his direction, no
discrimination has been made against
the Federation Of Miners, as such, in
a single instance.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-05-03
Free Trade Trusts.

Consul Halstead, of Birmingham, re-
ports to the State Department the pro-
posed formation of a worsted spinners'
trust in free trade England, with cap
ital Of $S,597,OOO. and involving the
consolidation of 1O6 different firms.
Mr.. Scott Ling, of Manchester, who
presided, explained that it was pro-
posed to buy out firms on the basis Of
allowing nothing for goodwill of con-
Germs which show only 5 per cent
profit. All profit beyond per cent
would be multiplied seven and half
times, and that amount allowed for
goodwill. On such a basis he calcu-
lated they could show ~ to 8 per cent.
for ordinary shareholders.
A resolution in favor OF combination
was unanimously passed. and the fol-
lowing committee appointed to devise
a scheme; Mr. Ickeringill, of Keigh-
ley; Mr.. James Drummond, of Brad
ford; Mr.. Alfred Haley, of Wakefield;
Mr.. A. Anderton, Of Check-heaton; Mr..
J. Hoyle, of Halifax; Mr.. Smithies, of
Elland; and Mr.. III. Whitehead, Of
DIdulOTu
Another combine reported by Consul
Halstead was that Of two well-known
steamship companies trading to the
Cape of Good Houe. The object of the
amalgamation Is to provide for the
more efficient working of the South
African trade and for the carrying out
Of the joint mail contract which the
companies have made with the Cape
Government for ten years from Octo-
Der next.
1t is proposed that the shares Of the
united company shall be f10, instead of
EGO shares. and the shareholders Of the
Union Company will receive for their
paid-up capital an allotment Of an
equal nominal amount of fully paid-up
shares of the Union Castle Company,
and In addition will receive f6 lbs. i'd.
per share, payable in per cent. de-
benture stock. The nominal capital of
the combine is $10,00O,O00. No protec-
tive tariff is held responsible for these
two trusts
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-05-03

Prosperity In the Buckeye State has
been advancing by leaps and bounds.
1t is In the air. People there feel,
breathe and touch 1t. They cannot
cross the streets or open their farm
house doors without seeing abundant
signs Of 1t. Factory smoke stacks belch
1t forth. The well filed dinner pail
savors Of 1t. The wage-earner feels it
In his pocket while his wife and family
see 1t in their homes amid the luxuries
and comforts with which they are now
surrounded. New garments take the
place of cleveland badges" Free
soup and free silver have given way to
honest work and honest money. The
job hunts the man. The man isn't
hustling for the job.
These facts are self-evident to all
jewellers in Ohio, as well as to those
who visit and pass through the state
Of Presidents" If proof were needed
it can be found right at hand in the
last annual report Of the Comptroller
of the Currency, Charles Il. Dawes, Of
Illinois. His official returns make the
following remarkable exhibit:
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-05-03

built on runners and may be hauled
from place to place. A correspondent,
describing this derrick in an exchange,
says one of the kind will pay for itself
several times over in convenience In
handling many heavy articles, and will
last long time If well taken care of.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-05-03
Senator Pettigrew,s Study.

Sena tor Pettigrew is believed to be
still studying the returns Of the April
elections in his own home town, Sioux
Falls, s. ID. The Republicans elected
the Mayor, the entire city ticket and
aldermen in all the wards with the
largest vote ever cast. 1t looks as Of
the Senator would soon be elected to
an enforced vacation, with relief from
his arduous duties at Washington.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-05-03
Art,-Ex,,rs;or

II the anti-expansion party receives
no votes from those States which are
to-day in the Union as result of the
policy of expansion, as established by
Jefferson, their candidate will receive
fewer votes than any man that ever
ran for President, not excepting Belva
Lockwood.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-05-03

Consul General Haywood has sent to
the State Department the returns of
Hawaiian trade for 1899. They show
total exports and imports of $41, 7OO,-
600, Of which the United States secured
no less than $37 800, 900 Of trade, leav-
ing only $4,2OO,O00 divided among all
other countries.
A list of forty articles, all of which
are of American manufacture or pro-
duction, shows an increase in impor-
tations amounting to IS, 267 $50, as COM
pared with 1898. The revenue from i'm
port duties In 1900 was $500 1000 in ex-
cess of that Of 1893. This is large
gain when II Is considered that almost
all goods imported from the United
States are admitted there free Of duty.
During the month Of December, 1899.
the largest amount of imports ever re-
corded for one month In Honolulu was
received. Sixteen foreign steamers and
forty-eight sailing vessels arrived In
port with cargoes. This does not in
clude the large number of United
States transports that entered the har-
Dor bringing stock and quartermaster's
supplies. There were forty general car
goes, amounting to total Of $4,000
tons; eleven cargoes of coal, the total
being 22,S5O tons; and thirteen vessels
brought In lumber with a total of
9,19S,520 feet. The acquisition of these
islands by the United States has given
an impetus to Honolulu that has at
tracted the commercial interest of the
world. The carrying and shipping to
this port has grown with such rapidity
that the increase of trade in December,
1899, compared with December of 1898,
Is something phenomenal.
Figures Of the Bureau Of Statistics
Of the Treasury Department show that
exports from the United States to the
Hawaiian Islands have more than dou-
bled since 1897. and were $4,5O0,OOO
larger in 1890 than in 1898 This shows
the benefits to American producers and
manufacturers of our expansion policy
through Hawaiian annexation. Export
figures from the United States to the
Hawaiian Islands in the last three cal
endar years were as follows:
1897. 1898. 1899.
$5.47S,224 $6,s27,S4s $11,305.5S1
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-05-03
OueeuIess Hives.

If any Of the hives have a number Of
bees hanging idly around the entrance
during March and April, and do not
carry pollen like other normal colonies,
it is a pretty sure indication that they
are queenless. They will need watch
ing until some pleasant day when they
can be examined. Queenless colonies
are in danger Of being robbed, for dis
couraged bees are not inclined to pro-
tect their stores as prosperous colony
would. IL they are not provided with
a queen they will gradually dwindle
away.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-05-03

The fictitious prosperity" about
which Bryan made so much sport two
years ago has become chronic reality,
much to the detriment Of his business
as a standing candidate.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-05-03

~. norvloA r .uaa 1l0cnlt = nnd
such localities. but some were found,
ah6 ~ services We started thero. ap-
parcntly with the purpose OF bringing
rural free delivery into disrepute and
disseminating Ito mpracticability.
1T Ii possible this result might have
been achieved In time. but under the
vlyifying influence OF q Republican pos
tai policy. rural free delivery at once
sprung into vigorous life. The appro-
prixtions were increased by Congress
from $4,000 the hrst year to 100000
the second year, and $4,000 the third
year. On the I'd of April. 1000. close
upon 1000 rural routes had been estab-
llshed. some Of them serving as many
as twelve or fifteen hundred people
daily, the average being $50 persons to
a route. Not one State which has asked
for the service has been left unrepre-
sented. The good work Is still going
on. Nothing short of revolution can
now check 1t.
Three years experience has shown
that the rural free delivery service Is
not inordinately expensive. 1t costs
very little more than the old colonial
style Of postal service, which 1t super
sedes, and 1t invariably brings large
and compensating increase In the
amount of the mail matter handled, and
consequently In the amount of postal
receipts turned into the treasury. But
even If 1t does cost more than the obso-
lete old plan, are not the farmers en-
titled to some Of the benefits of the
government which they help 50 liberal
~ to support by their taxation?
"The country can well afford to con-
tinue and extend system which
makes better citizens, happier homes,
and contributes so largely to the men,
tai, moral and material advancement
of the plain people"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-05-03
sunburned Potatoes for Seed.

In answer to the inquiry of A. w.
Norton, sun-burned or green potatoes
are all right for seed. Forty years ago
when we raised our potatoes on new
burned land, we had great many
sun-burned potatoes, and. as they 'were
not good for cooking purposes, we
saved them for seed. Ii came 20 be the
general opinion among farm ers that
the green end of potatoes was much
the best for seed. They were consid-
cred more hardy and produced earlier
potatoes. am not well enough in
formed on this point to clair, any adj
vantage in this direction, but can safe
~ say that the green ends, or il they
are green,all over. will not iulure them
for seed.--E. Il. Parkhurst. sn Orange
Jndd Farmer.s a
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-05-03

off and reversed, as shown by the dot
ted liues, thus making rectangle Of
the same area exactly as the original
figure.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-05-03
PAYNEUN-f 0 RIO RICO


Wisconsin, Republican Take Of the Tree
mendous and Lasting Consequences Of
the Constitutional Question Involved
7Eoilows Lincoln and Webster.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-05-03
Angora Goats.

In Texas Angora goats nave been
cultivated for some years. and Farm
and Ranch says there are 1900 OF the
animals within its borders while near
~ fifty tons OF their fleece. commercial
~ known as mohaIr. were shipped last
year from Uvalde alone. 1t now sells
at prices ranging from % to 35h cents
. pound for average grades, while some
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-05-03

Reasctions Of an ElevatiAg Character
-WhoIesome Food for Thought
Studying the scriptural Lesson I'm
diligently and Probably.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-05-03

Attorney General Orcn. IN response To
an Inquiry from Food Commissioner Gros-
vcnor. has written an opinion to the eff
feet that, under the law OF 1859, suits at
law can be instituted against persons
who sell process butter without properly
stamping Il.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-05-03
women Musicians.

Next Lesson--"Jesus at the Pharisces
House. Lake Il $3.50.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-05-03

Inspector General Fred w. Green has
returned from New York, where he in
spected an assignment of 1000 Lee rifles,
which the State has contracted for with
the Remington Arms Co. He reports
that the weapons are fully up to the sam
pie, and the lot viii be Immediately ship
ped to Michigan.