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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-28
FattenIpp Fowls:

For fattening fowls for market moth
ing is better than corn and COW peas,
writes Fred Grundy in Poultry Topics.
They will round out fowl in about
ten days or two weeks. giving them
that plump meaty appearance that
buyers and consumers are delighted
with.
Finishing fowls for market is an art
that few people fully understand One
must bo guided largely by previous
conditions. If the birds have been
confined in yard all the season they
may be penned in a small enclosure
and finished up for market in about
ten days by being fed all they can eat
If, however, they have an unlimited
range all summer it will not do TO
shut them up and begin stufing them
all they will swallow. Such course
would kill them off in short order.
Begin fattening range fowls gradu-
ally. Feed them corn or corn and
cow peas in the evening aud again in
the morning when they are let out.
About the third day call them up at
noon aud give them little corn.
Gradually increase the quantity given
them Mt a feed until about The sixth
day, when they may fill themselves
up to the beak three times day. In
Is to 90 days they should be ready for
market.
In fattening fowls, young or old,
there are two things beside feed that
are absolutely necessary, aud these
are water and grit. - sure 10 pro-
vide an abundance of both if you de-
sire the quickest results. Keep them
close by your feeding spot SO that the
birds can obtain all they desire.
Where highly fed they need lots of
water to soften the food, and lots of
grit to grind it with.
Separate the fowls you desire to
fatten for market from those you intend
to keep. If all of them have had free
range through the season don't pen
up those you are fattening. 1t is not
safe to do SO. Pen up those you in
tend TO keep until you are ii | of the
others. Feed the penned fowls light
ly on soaked oats and bran and very
little corn on the ear. Give them a
cabbage, squash, pumpkin or any sort
of green or succulent stuff once day
to keep them quiet and in good
health.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-28
nrnkinr Butter yyithout Ice,

fthese direction are followed, one
can find o ready sale for every pound
of butter made, as the butter will be
sweet and will stand the warmest
weather without tasting old. The
milk is cooled rs soon as possible after
being drawn from the COWS, then
strained into two gallon tin buckets.
I prefer deep-setting. The covers are
not put on the buckets until the milk
is perfectly cool; then it is set in the
cellar on bricks which have air slaked
lime siftea among them once week.
The cellar is kept very clean, and is
we'll ventilated at night. I skim the
milk after it has set for "a hours, and
stir the contents of the cream jar
thoroughly every time that new cream
is added. The cream shonld only be
slightly acid when churned. Cverripe
cream will not make good butter. I
nse a barrel churn, and when the but
Ter comes In grains I draw the milk
off and wash till the water runs clear.
Then take up the butter in butter
bowl and salt, using one and half
ounces to the pound.
Work salt in as lightly as possible,
and SET in q cool place for q hours.
Instead of working and beating with
. the paddle to get the brine out, take
d large soft cloth and press the brine
out, and when the cloth becomes wet,
wiring it out and press again. Work
ing spoils the grain and keeping quail
tiles. After the brine is absorbed,
shape and mold in one pound prints,
wrap each in wa1ed butter paper and
pac.i in waxed paper lined box until
marketed. I use no soap for washing
milk vessels. Rinse them we'll in cold
water, and scald, putting soda in the
scalding water. The sooner the milk
is cooled after being drawn the better
the butter will be, and the more cream
you will get. The dryer the cellar or
milk house, the better. Good butter
can not be made when milk is kept in
damp. mouldy place. e.-Mrs. Robert
Ashworth in the Epitomist.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-28
Feeding for Eggs.

Tie question of feeding hens at the
least cost to obtain the best results is
one iSSat has long puzzled poultry
Yaisers, many of whom differ on ma
teriaT points regarding the method Of
feeding.
Some advocate giving warm mash
safly in the morning, while others
prefer the first food to be grain of
Some kind thrown il the scratching
sb ed among the litter. The latter soy
Size exercise thus obtained gives the
fowls an appetite and aids the di-
gostion, while the former say the
fowls need the mash first, since the
long hours of fast make it necessary
to- furni h,a food which can be easily
and quickly digested.
.4Onet thing is certain, that if hens
ar4s given full feed of mash early in
me morning they will not take the ex-
ercise which they should have. during
the remainder Of the day.
u Their hunger has been satisfied, and
shey will content themselves with
standing around, huddled together in
corner Of the house. While, on the
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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-28
n..eoxerIss In Now Mexico.

Discoveries have recently been made
in the lava beds of New Mexico which
throw new light on the very COM
iplete systems of reservoirs and irri-
CATION viaducts which were employed
sby the ancient inhabitants Of that part
of the country. Under the lava which
covers hundreds of square miles are
found traces of cemented bitches and
reservoirs that are marvels of civil en-
sgineering. Dltches wind in and out
at the base of the mountain ranges,
following the sinuosities of the canals
in such a manner as to catch all the
storm water before it was absorbed by
the loose sand ut the mountains base.
Reservoirs at convenientplaces stored
the water, which was led in oemented
bitches across loose soil to the vari-
Gus points where it was required.
|, Chasms were crossed by riaducts. =
Scientific American. !.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-28
Roots of Trees and Berry Bushes.

The fruit grower might assume with
considerable confidence that liz the
roots of his trees and bushes and
vines were in excellent condition at
there would be no failure of the crop.
This would only be comparatively
true, for there are insects and blights
that attack the fruit and foliage of
trees and vines growing on good roots;
but Us rule the damage done by these
pests is much less on stock that is in
thriving condition. SO We can say
that primarily the condition of the
crop is largely determined by the
+. OTIS and their relative vigorousness.
In the winter time the roots are the
only part of the stock that must be
protected from the excessive cold, and
if they are not damaged the trees will
weather the hardest winters. Artifi-
cial protection of the roots in the
north is thus n generally recognized
necessity, but we do not Always give
the same care and attention to the
roots in the summer.
Root-injured trees in the first place
should never be planted. If the nur-
sery man sends them to you TO fill an
order, return them, and have them
deducted from the bill. They will al
ways prove disappointing and unsatis-
factory. 1t is better to take the bull
by the horns, and remedy the evil at
the outset. In transplanting our stock
most of the small fbrous roots are in
jured, and according to our present
system of digging up trees and vines
there seems to be no remedy for this.
But there ought to bs some method of
transplanting stock without disturbing
the rootlets, or at least without seri-
ously iniuring them. When these
roots are transplanted, the roots
should be soaked in water and moist
earth at once That tends to COM
pensate little for the trees loss of
vitality. But the main thing in sum-
mer is to have the roots growing in
congenial soil. This can only be ac-
complished by having the soil we'll
drained and the tee sunk we'll down.
They should not have a mound Of
earth around shem in SUNNI or, for that
makes the water run of. They should
rather have hollow circle around the
trunk where the water can collect.
This, Of course, only when the soil is
thoroughly drained below. Then no
stagnant water will collect. In this
slight hollow the fertilizers and mois-
ture can be poured, and they will go
direct to the root feeders where they
are needed, d there will be little or
no waste such as is often the case by
the present system.-Professor James
s. Doty, in American Cultivator.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-28
;shailow il cultivation of orchards.

E frequently happens when orchards
are cultivated that the cultivation is
Done in a way to do as much harm as
good. Some farmers follow the prae-
tice of running, the plow deeply
within FIVE or six feet OF the trees,
thereby leaving strip of land that is
never cultivated, but that is allowed
! to grow up to weeds. The deep plow-
ing between the trees is also very det-
rimental, as the young feeding roots
afe being constantly cut away. A
tree generally draws no nutriment
! from Immediately around its trunk,
but draws its food from its outer roots
5 BY means of great number of root
hairs. The running of the plow
deeply between the trees continually
destroys the feeding power OF these
ro6ts.. This becomes more serious
when the blowing is done both ways.
Shallow cultivation is the only suit
able cultivation for the orchard. In q
young orchard it would be better to
plant only shallow roofing plants, that
The cultivation need not be. deep or
!. inns reason corn has frequently been
gfoan in our orchards, it having been.
seen that the cultivation OF the corn
need not be SO deep as to interfere
with theroot system of the trees The
light. .cultiyator is the safest of any
thing In the plow form, but the har-
row is still safer, when the ground has
been once broken up. For the pur-
pose. of cultivation in young orchards
there is nothing better than the
weeders that have come into use in
late years. These run over the ground
without diaturbing the roots that lie
within few inches of the surface.
They can be run to the very trunks of
the trees without injuring them.-
Farm, Field and Fireside.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-28
A HohenzoIleru Superstition.

Apropos Of the superstitions Of the
neutrality-suspicious., by the
way, found in all ancient royal fam
lilies, including our own-the rulers Of
that house possess talisman brought
into 1t by good spirit said to guard
its destinies. This is the curious
"black stone," to which Is attached the
following quaint tradition:
Since the time of the Elector John
Cicero who 1ourished toward the end
Of the fifteenth century, each ruler has
been wont, before his death, to hand
to his successor q sealed packet. This
contains ring, in which is set d black
stone said to have been dropped by a
huge toad on the coverlet Of a prin-
cess Of the family just rs she had
given birth to son. Frederick the
Great found the ring In a cover, which
also Enclosed memorandum, written
by Frederick 1. stating its value and
Its mode of transmission. Schneider,
the librarian of William I, declares
that he saw the packet handed by
Ceiling, the treasurer, to his royal mas
ter on his accession. and further as
serts that he read his account OF the
talisman to the emperor, who fully
confirmed It,
The present emperor never fails to
wear on all great occasions this queer
old ring, and has, like every Hohen-
zollcrn, the deepest respect for the
quaint little jewel. Frederick the
Greats father had the black stone
mounted on q ring and beQueathed 1t
to his son, who believed firmly in Its
value as a talisman, and many of the
documents of that time deposited In
the archives at Berlin made allusion to
lt.-ChamberS' Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-28
Eczema in tho Feet,

In fact, tetter, ringworm and all skin
diseases are cured by Tetterine. Mr..
Lee D. Martin, of San Antonia, Tex.
as, says; ''I am suffering with vic.
lent case of eczema in my feet. Please
send mo o box of Tctterine. Mr..
Moore, of Moore & Mcfarland, Mem.
phis. Tenn, says it cured him OF q
similar case" Sold at druggists 50c.
box or sent postpaid by ]. T. Shup-
trine, Savannah, Ga.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-28
ttteet Accidents III New York City.

It is shown by review Of the acci-
dents iii the streets of New York City
for the year 1899 thut ffty PERSONS
were run down by carriages; wagons
and trucks, and that of these twenty:
three died, and that Of these twenty,
thirty-nve persons suffered on account
of runaway accidents, Of whom four
were fatally injured. The deaths OF
drivers and occupants Of cabs bring tho
fatal average up to one per week.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-28
Feed a Mixed Flock.

It is an old saying among dairymen
that 'sthe making Of a good COW is
halfin theebreed and half in the feed. "
Thisis equally true of poultry. One
cannot get fat chickens OF good laying
hens from any breed if they are not
fed properly, but with food enough
one breed may be fattened easily. The
same breed and same food would give
good results in eggs. This is why We
dislike a mixed flock of fowl, with
blood from half dozen breeds OF
fowl. When you are giving one hen
Just enough to stimulate her to egg
production, you are giving others just
enough to fatten them so they will
not, or cannot lay. If the feed is re,
duced to take off their superhuous fat
then the others do not have enough to
make eggs from. Get the righS breed
and then learn how to feed them.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-28
Soaking Information.

sn The heindicationsa are" remarked the
man who was looking at: the sky with
nm expression of great wisdom, "that
twill be cold and raw"
The man who has, trouble with the
seryant.girl problem meekly inquired:
(which are you talking about, the
~aatlisr OF dinner?"" = Washington
Star.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-28
STATE OF O;11G. City OF TOLEDO. !

LUCAS COUNTY.
FRANK j. CHENEY makes on tn that Is the
senior partner ot the firm of FL. CHENEY &
Co., doing business In the City of Toledo
County and Sta tc n nfofesnil. and thnt said firm
will my he sum OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS fol
zach and every case Of CATARRH that cannot
be eurcd by the uso of HALLS CATARRiI CURE
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before mo and subscribed in my
~ ,Iese"re, this 9Th day Of December
}sEA1.f a. D. 1886. "A. ". GLEASON,
(SCj ~ Notary Public.
Halls Cntarrh Cure Is taken internally. and
tsdirectly on the blood and mucous surface:
OF tho systcm. Send for testimonials. free.
+. ]. CHEEEY& Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, T5c.
Halls Family Pill. are tho best.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-28
0ur Increased Trade with China.

our IncrenBeu IrHue WIFI OHIHn'
England eau iio longer compete With us in
the shi pmcnt Of many products to China
Our trade With the Chinese has, increased pl.
most forty per cent within tho last .year.
,THis Is, merely. natural. Tho best wins In
everything; For like reason, Hos!etter's
count ias for fifty years acknowledged nc
supe. j, 70 cure constipation, indigestion
dyeDepsIa and eiliousness F2lf
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-28
His Worry Clever Wife.

Mrs. Hobbs-She possesses such a
versatile mind. ..:s,3E
Mrs. Hobbs-Why, for instance, I've
seen her plan out'ea gown and give
ler husband the impression that she
was listening to what he said, all at
one and the same time.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-28
Fresh Terror,

."What peculiar exercise the. new
recruits are going through. I mean
that mp and down motion with the
arms. What is il?"
"That's the pump exercise. It's for
use on leaky, transports"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-28
She Was APPALLED,.

"We are here today and gone to,
morrow" quoted Mr.. Linger at 10
o'clock p. M, or thereabout.
fheteupon Miss Gazzdm was aghast.
"You don't intend to stay that long,
y5"--Detroit Free Press:
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-28
,, a a a ~ a a. ~
FOR FARM AND GARDEN.
vWV.WVWWVV'W
Acorns as Hog Feed

Where acorns are used largely in
fattening hogs u rather soft, spongy
esh.is. produced, while the lard is
very oily aud does. not harden readily.
This difficulty can be largely over
come by feeding corn two or three
weeks before butchering.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-28

VITALITY low, debilitnted or exhausted cured
BY DIR. Klins's 1nvigorating Tonic. FREE 81
trtal bottle for 2weoRs' treatment. DR.. kllne,
la, s21 Arch St., Philadelphia. Founded 1871.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-28

Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething. softens the gums, reduces infamma-
hon. allays pain, cures wind collie. 2jc. bottle.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-28
s.Nature Abhors a Vacuum.

SCothang IN tie euorld stands stu. II
you are uen and strong day BY day the
flood supplies It's tide of Visor. If you are
M, tie Blood is Drong and carnes h.creas-
ing quantities of diseased germs. You can
not change Nature. bot yoa can aid her by
Keeping the Blood pure. Hoods Sarsapa-
,da does TITS as nothing else can. Be
sure to get Hoods. because
Hody Sae1qbosB
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-28

Shortest Days OF the Year.
.'We're having the shortest days Of the
year now" said TarboN.
You bet we are" said Briggs. as his
hands came out Of his pockets empty.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-28
!. Arnold Relic.

Piso,s Cure:for Consumption is.an: A No.
Asthma medic.ne.-W.R. R. WILLIAMS, Antioch
Ills, April II, 1894.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-28
~HO1cE Vegetables

THo1cE Vegetables
w. will always find aready
niarket-but only that farmer
car raise them who has studied
the great secret how to OBJ
tain both quality and quantity
by the judicious use OF we'll
balanced fertilizers. No fertil-
izer for Vegetables can produce
a large yield unless it contains 1T
at least S9S Potash. Send foe
eur books, which furnish full
Information. We send theni
free of charge: ieaeys
GERMAN KALI WORKS. .e,:|
8; Nassau St.; New New yoarifi; -. a. -.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-28

Terefund 10c for,erery package Of PUT
NAM FADELEss Eye that fails to give satis-
faction. Monroe Drug Co., Unionvi!le, Mo
Sold by all druggists.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1900-07-21
rHE rTnLIC sCmnoLs.

According to the census of 1890 with
a population OF 62.G22. 800 there were
u, 70i, iS7 pupils enrolled in the pubic
schools. DR.. Harris. of the bureau of
education. estimates that the census OF
1900 VISA show over 1850. 900 in an esti-
mated population VI 5000. 600. The per-
centage OF enrolment 10 population in
1850 was 1884; in 1890. 2O.29, and in 1900
(estamated). 20.63. There is an amazing
difference among the several states in
the percentage of pupils enrolled to the
population. According To the statistics
collected by the bureau of education,
Kansas has the largest percentage Of
children in pubic schools, being 2I.Sd
out OF every 100: while &ouisiana has
only 1854. West Virginia and Utah fol-
low very closely after Kansas.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1900-07-21
yesuyius Has lost Its Cone.

The fiery crater, now suddenly silent.
was explored by scientific men who dis
covered hat the cone had disappeared.
Several theories are propounded as to
why the eruption ceased, also regard
ing the disappearance of the cone. The
general belief Is that 1t was due to sub
sidence, and which is looked upon as
pr~ovidentlal. 1t was as unexpected as
are the stomach disorders with which
people suddenly find themselves afiilc-
ted. Slight symptoms are neglected
until dyspepsia becomes chronic. The
remedy is TO take Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters. This valuable medicine is I'M
equalled In all cases Of constipation, in
digestion, blliousness, or malaria, fever
and ague. 1t brings about a healthy
condition OF the bowels. and improves
the appetite. BE sure to give 1t a
trial.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1900-07-21
nArrLE OF ruE NATIONS.

Never, since Nerxes' time, have the
nations Of the world gathered their var
6cd armies together as j. now the case
at Tgen Tsin. Under the walls VI that
grim bid Chinese town. English and
American. French and German Japan
ess ami Russian. Austrian ana italian
fought side by side. hereditary enmities
forgotten. vengeance in their hearts
and the great worlds approval al their
backs. At Lolpshc. In 1918. Napoleon.
with his French and Polish troops,
faced Germans. Austrians. Russians
and swedes while AZ Waterloo the Cor
sican had To meet English. Germans,
Belgians and Hollanders. In the Cr-
mean war. Russia stood against Eng
fish. French. Turkish and Italian arm
ieB hut in none OF these conihcts were
80 many or such heterogeneous forces
brought together las In China. The bat-
tlo OF ren Tsin might well be called the
battle OF the nations. and the great
war now at hand should go down In
history as the war OF the world against
Mongoiian barbarism.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1900-07-21

the REQUIRED amount on a valuation oi
$50 600. So that by swearing to q
low valuation for the evident purpose
OF decreasing the amount Of taxes they
should pay. our citizens only accom-.
plish one thing-the raising Of the rate
A. they all play at the same game, they
gain no advantage u over h other,
for the increase In the rate makes up
for the corresponding diminution Of the
value they AN place upon their prop.
erty. The direct result ~ this system
is seen in the hue ana CRY which is an.
nralIy rlisei against the high ate ot
taxation in his city. which would not
be- heard q the people generally would
V%tturnqheir property Is by law provided.
or place a fair valuation thereon. which
would result in decreas ng the rate in
this city frogn IA TO ~ per cent. and in
the precincts outside OF the city to from
q TO I per cent.
AuOther fact than shouii be borne In
mind. is that IL f. the interest paid on
the already large deht OF this city and
county. which at the present time 80
Increases the rate 81 taxation. Ber-
nalto county pays interest on S3i7 500
in bonds, and the city Of Albuquerque
pays Interest on about $4,000.
The county bonds have beer issued
as follows. In ASA. S22.5OO: in 1855. SIS
900. in 1889. SIS 200. in 1891. $1,000. In
1890. $4,000. I'm 1895. s6l. 900: in 1897. $780,
100. The last issue " BerualillO county
bonds was In 1897, the first issue in 1884
IN those thirteen years S3i7, 500 in bonds
were issu-l. an average of a liutle less
than $4,000 per year. During the past
thrc, years no bonds have been issued.
Fof preventing the further increase Of
the county debt during the past three
years. the people VI the county should
certainly feel grateful. The management
that can stop a debt that had been in.
creasing at the rate OF $4,000 a year for
fourteen years. may weil be 1rustcd to
devise some means whereby the grad
ull extinction 81 that debt may be ac-
comphshed.
incidentally il might be observed THAI
during The fourteen years nat the debt
% this county was 80 enormously in
creased. the finances OF the county were
exclusively and absolutely under the
control OF the OteTO and Perea families
During the past three years, those fam
ilios have not been able 10 manage
county affairs to suit themselves. az
other parties have very largely as
sumed control and the benefit TO the
people generally is 80 plainly shown
that he who runs may read"
The Cidzen presents these facts at
this time In order TO give any who may
desire an opportunity TO investigate,
and in order that the people may know
that the county officials DO not get all
the money hat they pay in taxes, and
that the rat Of taxation II largely in
creased by aso of the mismanage-
ment of the finances Of the county by
previous administrations rather than
By the one now in power.