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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-10-18
FEEDING THE CALVES.
Description of a Method That IL
Recommended by the North Car
OIina Experiment station.

Milk from many dairy cows is too
rich in butter fat to feed to calves.
Besides being wasteful of butter, so
much fat is not needed and may de-
range the digestion of the calf. Aver
age cows milk contains about 35 per
cent. fat. This amount of fat being
natural TO the calf does it no harm.
But the calf can thrive on less fat,
which may be obtained from some
other source than natural mothers
milk. The difference in market value
between milk fat and such fat as may
be supplied, may be so great as to
leave good profit for the feeder The
substitution of skim milk and odd
process" linseed meal cruel for moth
er's milk by easy stages is possible,
and has been accomplished at the sta
ton with gratifying results. The
young calf is taught to drink freshly
drawn mothers milk at one to four
days old. The cruel is prepared by
scalGing the meal in water. using one
part of meal to seven parts of water
by weight. The change is of skinned
milk and one-fourth pound of the lin
seed meal Cruel at every successive
feed, if the calf appears well and d.
gestion is not impaired Calves should
be closely watched and the amount of
cruel or food varied to suit the indi-
vidual. A few ounces of ground oats
and good fine hay should be kept with
in the calf's reach at all times until
it eats both, then regular feeds should
be supplied the same as of milk and
cruel. A little green food may be Of
fered, if possible, or if in summer the
calves may be turned into a small
shady pasture.-North Carolina Agri-
cultural Experiment Station.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-10-18
ANOTHER DAIRY FRAUD.
How the Nasty Stun Is Prepared
for Market

The Pennsylvania experiment sta
ton has published the following on
how process butter is made:
This product is comparatively new
competitor of creamery butter, and
it is country butter of various de-
grees of rancidness and color Chat is,
so rank in taste, smell and appearance
as to be unstable for direct consump-
tom. 1t is thrown into a tank sur
rounded with water at a temperature
of 100 degrees Fahrenheit, or over, ana
melted. When the mass has become
thoroughly melted the vat is skinned,
leaving the butter fat at the bottom.
1t is now removed to another vat sim
liar in construction to the first. The
mass at this stage of the process mas a
very bad odor. The next step is to re-
move this disagreeable and disgusting
smell. This is cone by pumping the
fat up in a pipe by means of a rotary
pump and discharging it into the vat
again through strainer, which al
lows it to fall into small streams. The
exposure of the fat to the air for some
time removes the odor.
After the fat has been sufficiently
aerated in this manner it is ready for
the next step. This is the adding of
about one-fourth as much skim milk
as there is fat. A perfect emulsion of
the fat and skim milk is made by the
same pumping operation, except that
the strainer is removed. The emulsion
is then run into a vat of ice water,
where it is quickly chilled, taking the
granular form and looking like butter
before it is sailed and worked 1t is
now salted and worked and printed or
packed in tubs ready for the market.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-10-18
WILD MORNING GLORY.

II is similar to the noted Canada this
tie. Though it seems to prefer to grow
in the low, moist ground or along the
banks of streams or rivers, it some
times becomes troublesome weed in
meadows, grain fields, cultivated
ground and berry patches.
When it has become well established,
1t is difficult to eradicate. If it is in
small quantity and in favorable loca-
with spadingfork. If abundant and
in field, it would be well to pillow the
infested land and plant some crop that
should have frequent cultivation, GO
ing over the ground with a sharp hoe
and cutting below the surface every
vine that has escaped destruction by
the cultivator. This should be repeat
ed as often as vine peeps above the
surface; for if the roots are allowed
10 unfold the leaves in the
sunlight, they will renew their vitality
and strength, but if they are continu-
ously deprived of their leaves, they will
in due time give up the struggle and
die. This involves close watchfulness
and much labor.
: If the plants grow along fence rows
or in waste places along the banks of
streams, where there are no valuable
or cultivated plants in danger of being
destroyed by the treatment, but where
the weeds are menace to such plants,
they may be killed by the use of sui
phuric acid. One correspondent reports
good success in killing weeds by sprink-
ling them with sulphuric acid mixed
with water in the proportion of one
part of acid to 40 of water. As the acid
is very destructive, it should be handled
with great care and the mixture be
Kept in some noncorroding receptacle,
ike glass or granite ware.-Country
Gentleman.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-10-18
THE FIRST PRUNING.
II Determines the Shape of Apple
Trees and Should Therefore BE
Made a Subject of study.

Apple trees, as usually set in orchard,
are two or three years old. Sometimes
very strong one-year-old trees can be
secured, and these are best of all for
planting. l prefer whips to formed
trees; that is, trees consisting of
main stem, with few or no branches.
and the branches to be pruned off when
the trees are planted. Such trees
if cut back to length of 30 inches, will
push into vigorous growth, and by
midsummer vii be ready for their fiji st
pruning.
During t~e first week in August the
apple trees on the University fruit
farm, planted last April, were careful
ly STUDIED, preparatory to pruning.
There are ten trees of each variety. and
after carefully measuring the growth
and determining the direction of each
limb, L find that each tree presents a
separate and distinct problem-no two
trees grow alike. The Jonathans as a
whole are the most spreading in habit,
but each of the ten Jonathan trees DIFF
fers widely from its fellows, so no two
can be treated the same at the first
pruning.
What can be done? The grower
should bear constantly in mind during
the first year of his orchard the shape
of the tree is determined, and all the
subsequent growth emphasizes the
work of the first season. So the first
pruning of all must have for its pur-
pose the removal of limbs that are
growing in the wrong place. and the
encouragement of shoots where thew
are needed TO give symmetry to the
tree. The removal is easily accom-
plished by cutting out with a pocket
knife, leaving not the least stump be-
hind. New shoots will be made to start
from dormant buds if the more vigor-
Gus growths are pinched at their ends;
indeed the very best pruning machines
ever made are the thumb and fingers.
when judiciously used
In this first pruning see that
branches retained have a good strong
union with the main stem, avoiding
forks, and also that they are well
spaced along the stem rather than
grouped closely together. l prefer an
apple tree with center stem from root
to top bud, and hence in the first prun-
ing | endeavor to make the topmost
shoot a leader. But many very sue
cessful growers train their trees to
open heads from the first. Both sys-
TENS are good if well cared for. and no
system of pruning is good if it is not
given continuous attention.-Charles
A. ketfer, Tennessee Experiment Sta
ton, in Rural World.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-10-18
THE ACHEMON SPHINX.
In the Caterpillar Stage This Insect
Very Often Strips Entire Canes
of the Grape.

Scientifically this is called Philam-
pelus achemon. The caterpillar of thls
moth frequently devours all the TO-
liage of the Virginia creepers, and
strips whole canes of the grape. In
nurseries the damage is frequently
very great, as one of the large cater
pillars can kill numerous young vines
in short time. Hand picking is in
all cases the most satisfactory and
simple remedy. The full-grown cater
pillar of this insect is usually found
towards the latter part of August and
early in September. 1t is a large larva,
measuring about four inches when
crawling; at rest it measures much
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-10-18

less, as the first two smaller segments
are partly withdrawn in the much
larger third segment. The caterpillar
varies in color from pale straw color
to reddish brown, the color growing
darker and deep brown towards the
under side. When this caterpillar is
ready to transform to a pupa it
changes to beautiful pink or Grim
son color. The young larva is green
with a long and slender horn rising
from the eleventh segment and curv-
ing over the back. In the older and
fully-grown specimens this long horn
has disappeared, and in its place is
found highly polished lenticular tub
circle.
The fine-looking moth is brownish
gray, variegated with light brown, and
with deep brown spots. The hind
wings are pink, with a dark shade
across the middle, still darker spots
below this shade and broad gray
band behind. This snowy insect is
found throughout the United States
and Canada, or wherever the grape is
cultivated, or where the Virginia
creeper is utilized to decorate our
dwelling places. In the illustration
ga is the moth, "b" the egg, &c" the
young larva, ID" the mature larva, sc"
the pupa, 'f'' the parasitized larva-
all one-half natural length.-Farmer'
Review
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-10-18
ORCHARD CULTIVATION.
ees set In the Fall Become Wen
Rooted and Ready for Quick
Growth in the Spring.

Apples in cultivated orchard ripen
later than in one that is not cultivated.
the fruit hangs on the trees better, and
IT keeps better than fruit which ripens
earlier. Fruit trees should occupy the
best land on the farm. as it REQUIRES a
good soil to furnish the constant sun
uly of plant food that is consumed by
the trees, for a bearing tree consumes
more food from the soil than a tree
which does not bear; hence the impor.
tance of heavily manuring orchard
orchard land. Fall is the best time
for setting trees, for trees set in the
fall become well established and are
ready to grow when spring comes.
The wound on the roots made in
transplanting heals over during the
winter, the soil becomes firm around
the roots and resists drought much
better than spring planted trees. The
holes which are to receive the trees
should be at least three feet square.
and of sufficient depth. The soil should
be thoroughly mixed with well-rotted
manure and well filled in and pressed
will grow twice as rapidly as trees set
in haphazard way. All cross limbs
and water sprouts should be cut off
each year, and shortening the tops an.
nually is advantageous, as trees are
not so liable then to break down when
loaded with fruit, and the fruit is
more easily gathered.
Grass should never be grown in an
orchard, nor any grain crop, as they
tend to draw the moisture from the
soil and leave the trees without the
necessary supply to mature the fruit
and sustain the wood growth. Turn.
ing under growing crops of clover and
cow peas, adds a large quantity OF
humus to the soil Potash is generally
deficient in old orchards, and to supply
this important element of plant food
there is nothing better than hardwood
ashes applied at the rate of $50 bushels
per acre.-C. w. Norris, in Agricultural
Epitomist.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-10-18

The Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul R'y
will sell regular Homeseekers' Excursion
tickets to all points in South Dakota, at one
fare plus 81 for the round trip, on October
2, 1900. This will enable parties to visit the
Corn Belt Exposition to be held in Mitchell,
S. d., September 26 to October 4, 1900, in
elusive. This exposition is held to dem
onstrate the great agricultural resources,
wealth and possibilities of this thriv-
ing state. The exposition is held in a gor-
geousy decorated corn palace which for
beauty can hardly be excelled anywhere by
a building of a temporary nature. There
are thousands of acres of cheap lands left in
South Dakota that will, under the present
conditions in that state, rapidly increase in
price, and the holding of this corn palace
with its many attractions, that both amuse
and instruct, should be an opportunity that
all land and investment seekers should EN-
brace
For further information apply to any
ticket agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul R'y, or address Geo H. Heafford
General Passenger Agent, Chicago.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-10-18
mAI3NSUD.' Nv
l2M.,r'd :}SQlHJl1S
A PERSISTENT WEED.
ner and SmOtherS or breaks
Down Grass and Grain.

The botanical name of the plant is
Convolvulvus sepium. In some botanies
it stands as Calystegia sepium. 1t has
several common names, among which
are hedge bindweed, wild morning
glory, Rutland beauty, woodland, lily
bind and hedge lily.
II is native perennial vine, and trails
over the ground, stone walls or fences,
or twines about or runs over other
plants. 1t is vigorous, rapidgrow-
ing plant, and occurs in many places
over wide extent of country. 1t
spreads both by seeds and by deep
horizontal root-stocks. In this respect
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-10-18

The value of a good COW compared
with poor one may be shown by the
test made at the New Jersey expert
mental station. With milk at one cent
per pound the best COW gave profit
of $49.75, while the poorest COW gave
a profit of only 10 cents. With butter
at 90 cents pound the best COW gave a
profit of $46.64, while the poorest COW
gave profit of only 1884 for one year.
The COW, more than the food, pro-
duces the profit.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-10-18
Nearly Four Years, Suffering

relieved by two applications of Palmer's
Lotion. 9. B. Street, of New York City,
wrote: 'Palmer's Lotion has cured me
of very distressing eruption on my scalp,
of about four years standing, which was
accompanied with profuse dandruff and
a terrible itching. The itching entirely dis
appeared after one or two applications and
a complete cure was effected in a short time
all this after having been treated by va
rious NJ. DIS, and much money spent in
other ways, but all the time growing
worse rather than better" Send to Scion
Palmer, 374 Pearl street, New York, for
free pamphlet of testimonials and sample
of Lotion or Lotion Soap.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-10-18
A Map of the United States for IL
Cents.

Our map, which is 48x34 inches, mounted
to hang on the wall, is particularly inter
esting and valuable, as it shows in colors the
different divisions of territory in America
acquired since the Revolution. The original
thirteen states, Louisiana Purchase, the
Texas Annexation, the Gadsden purchase,
the cession by Mexico and the Northwest
acquisitions by discovery and settlement. 1t
will be sent postage prepaid on receipt of
price, 10 cents. P. s. Eustis, General Pas
senger agent c., B. & Q. r. R., Chicago, III.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-10-18

No matter what ails you, headache to a
cancer, you will never get well until your
bowels are put right. Cascarets help nature,
cure you without a grippe or pain, produce
easy natural movements, cost you just 10
cents to start getting your health back
Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the genuine. put
up in metal boxes, every tablet has C. c. c.
stamped on it. Beware of limitations.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-10-18
1t Puzzles Everybody.

Il can't understand it," he said, with a
hopeless little quaver in his voice. Il can t
understand it. Why do the women have
their skirts made ten inches too long, and
hold them ten inches too high?"
For he had not yet learned the folly of at
tempting to understand the eternal femi-
nine.-Baltimore American.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-10-18
Halls Catarrh Cure
Facts In the Case.

"Ah,' he unused; 80 Gen. Shootemup is
dead. Sic transit gloria mundi."
But he died on thursday" responded the
person, who was densely materialistic and
did not know classical quotation from a
sardine label.-Baltimor American.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-10-18
To BE Concise

young man" said the editor to the
budding Journalist, who brought him a col
umn story which could have been told bet
ter in ten lines, when man discovers his
house is ablaze he doesn't go to the window
and tell the passers-by that half an hour
ago what threatened to be terrible confa-
grafton broke out in the upper story of the
palatial mansion occupied by Mr.. Jeremiah
Dickens He simply PUSHES to the front,
and shouts: .Fire!' Be concise, young man. "
st Louis ReDublic
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-10-18

or a ton of sorghum. By hitching a
team to one end it can be easily moved
from place to place. The framework
is mostly of two by four lumber, except
the runners, which are two by six
inches
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-10-18
Safe There.

Goodheart-I think you libeled that
friend of yours from Chicago. l took him
out to lunch to-day, and he didn't eat with
his knife at all.
Sneerwell-That's strange. What did you
have to eat?
"Oyster stew Philadelphia Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-10-18
A Draw Mt the Very Worst,

Pepprey-That was fierce fight you had
with Gussie. He claims he licked you
Cholly-Oh, the boastah! It's twue, he
wumpled my cwavat dweadfully, but when
it was all ovah his collah was fwightfully
wilted.-Philadelph Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-10-18

The Ohio physician who chased away a
lot of small boys who were appropriating
green apples from his orchard made mis-,
take in the choice of professional Chicago
Daily News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-10-18
PORTABLE FEED RACK.
Kansas Farmers Think 1t Is the Best
Device of Its Kind They Have
Ever Tried.

The two ILLUSTRATION here given
show portable feed rack as used on
a Kansas farm and described by the
Kansas state board of agriculture re-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-10-18
Prime stuff Bring. Profit.

Prime stuff, whether of cattle, hogs,
sheep or farm grain produce, COM
mands top prices. Fair to good" is
sold for what you can get for it,.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-10-18

"Pa, what is the gage of war;" ''The
gage of war? Well, it is the first chunk
that you say is always picking fuss with
you."-Indianapolis journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-10-18

To admit your mistakes, is sign tina
you have a little sense. A wise man car
be convinced of an error; fool, never
Atchison Globe
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-10-18

She-'I think your friend Hickey is SO
very entertaining; he is always making
such dry remarks" Rickey's Riyal-"Yes;
one can't come anywhere near him but til
Let's go take something" - Richmond
Dispatch.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-10-18

Johnny-"Pa, what is the difference be-
tween walker and pedestrian" Pa
Zone has corns and wears tight shoes, but
| forget which one it is."-Boston Tran.
script.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-10-18

Scrub stock, >crub farming meth
DDS and scrub machines should be
fought to the bitter end.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-10-18

Everything of value in this world goes
to the highest bidder.-Atchison Globe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-10-18

Throw physic to the dogs-if you don't
want the dogs-but if you want good diges
ton chew Beeman' S Pepsin Gum.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-10-18

Marriage is an agreement full of disa.
greements.-Town Topics
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-10-18

port. The first cut shows manner Of
construction, and the second shows it
as it appears when completed. This
rack may be made 16 or IS feet long,
but the latter appears the most serv-
iceable. 1t holds half a ton of hay
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-10-18

NIsIIUT-lOu SEEM 70 90 good bar DUST
ness.
Seaside Hotel Proprietor-Rather. We've
just offered a prize to the first fellow who
sees the sea serpent.-Chicago Inter Ocean
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-10-18

Faithful Likeness.-Artist-"H is the
portrait of your wife which" Mr.. Rich
man-"Ah! It's very like her!" Artist
"She-er-h m--she didn't pay for it. She
said you'd do that" Mr.. Richman-"Ah!
Still more like her!"-Philadelphia Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-10-18
To Cure a Cold in One Day


Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money ifitfails to cure. Csc.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-10-18

1t is claimed that summer silage will
stop summer shrinksge.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-10-18

None So Blind" Miss Cutting-"I saw
you in the car on your way home to dinner
asst evening" Mr.. Comfort" Strange,
didn't see you" Miss Cuttng-"Not at
all. / was standing just in front of where
you were sitting. "-Philadelphia Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-10-18

Ferguson--"They now claim that klepto-
mania is a disease. That woman who was
arrested for shoplifting yesterday is said to
be suffering from it," Henderson-"S
thought it was the shopkeepers who were
he sufferers. But does she take anything
for it?' Ferguson-"Take anything for il?
Why, in one day she took three dress pat
terms, a silk umbrella, silver bouquet
holder, eight spools of cotton, three pairs
2f gloves, and a frying-pan." Boston
T-nnscript.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-10-18
The Happy Result.

February 10th, 1900.
DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM Il cannot praise lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound enough. 1t is
just simply wonderful the change your medicine
has made in me- l feel like another person. NV
work is now pleasure to me, while before using
your medicine it was a burden. To-day i am a
healthy and happy girl. l think if more women
would use your Vegetable Compound there would be
less suffering in the world. 1 cannot express the
relief have experienced by using Lydia E. Pink
Cor. goth Avenue and Yeslar Way, Seattle Wash
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-07-28

have been at Mt. Olivet Church, wit.
messed the spontaneous enthusiasm of
those getting ready for that grand
body.
The people Of the community are
disgusted over the thought OF q preach
er endeavoring through the columns
OF the Virginia Baptist to put Masons,
Odd Fellows and st. Lukes in a bad
light by saying that they had voted to
turn their backs on the National Bsp
fist Convention. Possibly that poor
little fellow, whom we all know, for
gets that the great men Of the Nation
NJ Convention are themselves Masons.
Odd Fellows, ST. Lukes, True Reform
ers and Good Ssmaritsns OF high rank.
The president of the National Baptist
Convention is himself Mason and an
Odd Fellow OF high rank.
Deacon Harrison Smith or the First
Baptist Church. DIR. p. b. Ramsey OF
the First Presbyterian Church, Rev.
Nd. b. Hucles Of the Pine st. Baptist
Church of Suffolk, and brother Z. A..
Washington, the popular cashier OF the
Nickel Savings Bank, made stirring
addresses.
The collection amounted to nearly
$80.0e This 10 grand for the Mt. OIL
vet Baptist Church. The meeting will
be held the second Monday night in
August with the Zion Bsptist Church
Manchester. DIR. W. T. Graham will
preach the &c rmen. A grand time is
expected. Let Manchester look out,
for we are coming.