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The Leon reporter., 1900-05-03
Turning on Old Ewes.

When lambs come early in the sea-
son and are sold as milk lambs, the
dams, if aged, should be sold also soon
after the, lambs. They will fetch a
higher price if sold then when in con-
dition for selling, than if sold later.
The better price is secured because of
the fact that the market is not over
stocked in the early months of sum-
mer as it is in the late months of
autumn, says the Farmer But ewes
cannot be turned off at such time
unless they are fat. To secure such
result special pains may be necessary
in feeding such ewes while nursing
their lambs: 1t may be necessary to
use a considerable proportion of bar
ley, rye or corn in the grain given to
the dam while she is nursing her lamb.
This will prevent that falling off in
flesh that is likely to occur during the
nursing period unless some means is
taken to prevent it. When the lamb
is sold it may be necessary to feed a
low diet for few days until the milk
flow ceases. The heavy grain ration
should then be continued. If there is
on hand at the same time well-grow
rape pasture, the said pasture will do
the rest. If the rape is we'll grown it
will fatten the dam with but little
grain added. If the lambs are late,
then the ewes will of necessity be sold
in the fall. Here again the rape pas
ture will make them ready for sale
with but little outlay. Sheep owners
should try and market stock of this
class before the winter sets in.
The Leon reporter., 1900-05-03
Time Of Planting Kaar Corn.

Though sKafr corn is dry country
plant, 1t yet requires supply of mois-
ture to get it started. If it is planted
late it may do well, for it may get rain
enough to give it start. But in most
Of our years, in the regions where it
pays to grow Kafir, in the semi-arid
West, the late seeding cannot be ex-
pected to get sufficient moisture to
give it the proper start. During the
last season tests were made at the
Oklahoma agricultural college as to
the relative benefits of early and late
planting. The dates of planting were
April 4. H. 10, 26, May 16, 20, 80, June
6. Is. Each plat contained 5.592 square
feet of land. The yields of the plant
ings were as follows: April 4. 43.2
bushels per acre; April IL, S4.6; April
10. 34.3; April 26, 303; May 16, 2S.s;
May 23. 22.S; May 90, 2s.6; May 80,
24.0; June 6, 1874; June 10, 2.S. 1t
will be seen that the earliest planting
gave by all odds the best result, and
that the yields were poorer the later
the paintings were made, with two ex-
ceptions. The June paintings were
failures The early planted grain got
the moisture that was needed for fill
ing and maturing, while the late sown
grains had to battle with the heat and
drouth of midsummer.
The Leon reporter., 1900-05-03

house into which you will moYe? Here
it is, wrought with the hand Of mas
ter, I'VE know that. if our earthly
house OF this tabernacle were dis
solved, we have a building of God,
house not made with hands, eternal
in the heavens" How much rent will
we have to pay for it? We are going
to own it. How much must we pay fog
1T? How much cash down. and how
much left on mortgage? Our Father 10
going to give 1t as free gift. When
are we going to move into it? We are
moving now. On moving day heads Of
families are very apt to stay in the old
house until they have seen everything
OFF. They send ahead the children, and
they send ahead the treasures and the
valuables. Then, after awhile, they will
come themselves. I remember very we'll
in the country that in boyhood NOV
ing day was jubilation.
Going to the Fathers House.
On almost the first load We, the
children, were sent on ahead to the
new house, and we arrived with shout
and laughter. and in an hour we had
ranged through every room in the
house, the barn and the granary. To-
ward night. and perhaps in the last
wagon, father and mother would come,
looking very tired, and we would come
down to the foot of the lane to meet
them and tell them of all the wonders
we discovered in the new place, and
then, the last wagon unloaded, the
candles lighted, our neighbors who had
helped us to move-for in those times
neighbors helped each other-sat down
with us at table on which there was
every luxury they could think Of
Well, my dear Lord knows that some
of us have been moving good while.
We have sent our children ahead, we
have sent many of our valuables
ahead, sent many treasures ahead. We
cannot go yet There is work for us
to do. but after awhile it will be to-
ward night. and we will be very tired,
and then we will start for our new
home, and those who have gone ahead
Of us they will see our approach, and
they will come down the lane to meet
us, and they will have much to tell us
of what they have discovered in the
house of many mansions" and OF
how large the rooms are anu of how
bright the fountains. And then, the
last load unloaded. the table will be
spread and our celestial neighbors will
come in to sit down with our reunited
| families, and the chalices will be full,
not with the wine that sweats in the
vat of earthly intoXication, but with
''the new wine of the kingdom" And
there for the first time we will realize
what fools we were on earth when we
feared to die, since death has turned
out only to be the moving from a
smaller house into larger one, and
the exchange of pauper's hut for a
princes castle, and the going up stairs
from miserable kitchen to glorious
parlor. o house of God not made with
hands, eternal in the heavens!
The Leon reporter., 1900-05-03
Care Of Farm implement, :.

The rise in the price of implements
WILL bring about one good result ii 1t
arouses farmers to the Importance OF
taking care Of their purchases. The
lack of timber in many portions of the
prairie states and the poverty of pio-
neers compelled them at the start to
do without some Of the buildings con-
sldered necessary on an eastern farm.
A shack for the shelter of live stock
was frequently all that could be ar-
forded by the new settler, and his i'm
plements suffered in consequence
Had the improvidence stopped there
the results would not have been seri-
Gus, for in few years those pioneers
had either accumulated enough to
properly equip their farms with tools
and buildings, or had been forced OH.
OF business through an ability to cope
with conditions. Unfortunately, how
ever, thriftless habits remained when
all excuse for such practices had pass
ed away, and today on many Illinois
farms we see farm products going to
waste and valuable implements ex-
posed to the sun and storm to degree
that would have scandalized the care
full New England farmers of century
ago. What would be thought of a
housekeeper who would place an ex-
pensive range in leaky shed, or leave
sewing machine exposed to the
weather, yet that is the kind of care
taking that prevails among many
farmers. How often we see the plow
left in the furrow over night so it
will be handy" in the morning, or see
the reaper, the hay rake or the thresh-
er standing unsheltered in the field.
Wagons and carriages experience the
same neglect and it does not take long
for collection of dirty, rickety We
hicles and rusty implements to thor
oughly advertise the shiftlessness Of
their owner. If high prices would make
such farmers provide shelter for their
tools and then keep them in good order
and repair, they would prove a bless
Ing in disguise to many an agricultur-
list who now wonders why he doesn't
"get along BETTER"
The Leon reporter., 1900-05-03
CITY OF sAuLr STE. MARIE.
Destined to he Metropolis of Upp.
Michigan.

Destined to he Metropolis of Uppsl
Michigan.
Sault Ste. Marie is destined to be-
come at no distant day the metropolis
of the upper peninsula of Michigan.
This viii be the result of the develop
men ircspepse waterpower, which
pt easNiagara. Here
a. o.. gateway between the
east anGEhe west, the United States
and Canadian governments have built
ship canals and locks for the benefit
of the vast commerce to and from Lake
Superior. The waters of this great in
land sea go tumbling down St. Mary's
rapids, forming one of the finest water
powers in the world. A portion of the
vast water power has already been
harnessed and put to commercial use
on both sides of St. Mary's river. On
the American side $3,500,0O0 is being
expended on mammoth water power
canal that will develop 10000 actual
horse power, all of which has already
been leased for use in establishments
to be erected for the manufacture of
calcium carbide. chemicals and other
products that will use to the best adj
vantage the raw materials existing in
this neighborhood and such as can
utilize most protitably the remarkable
advantages enjoyed by Sault Ste. Ma
rie for the assembling of raw materials
and the distribution of finished prod
ucts. When all the projected industries
are completed and in operation it will
result in the up-building of Sault Ste.
Marie from it's present population of
about 10000 to a city of great import
ance as manufacturing center-N. l..
Martin in Milwaukee Journal.
The Leon reporter., 1900-05-03
Poison Hcmloclx.

This is also called wild hemlock,
spotted parsley, stinkweed, herb ben
net, poison root. poison snakeweed.
cashes, wode whistle.
This is smooth, purple-spotted,
hollow-stemmed biennial. to feet
high, with large parsleylike leaves
and snowy clusters of small white
flowers, which appear in July and
August. The seed is prominently
ridged, and has on it's inner surface a
deep, narrow, longitudinal groove. The
fresh leaves have an extremely nau-
seating taste, and when bruised emit a
characteristic mouse-like odor. Pois-
on hemlock is native to Europe and
Asia, but has become naturalized in
the United States and is rather COM
mon IN Taysides and in waste a1aa1Rs
in New York. West Virginia, Penn
sylvania, New Jersey and Ohio, and
The Leon reporter., 1900-05-03
THE JUDGES DOUBLE ENTRY.
Style of bookkeeping He Learned from
Hotel Resisters.

Hotel Rrsisters.
Judge James Fitzgerald of the New
York supreme court is an excellent ex-
ample Of what perseverance and sin
gleness OF purpose will accomplish.
The judge, who is about 40 years old.
supported not only himself, but helped
his family while serving as a cash boy
in store, and at night he attended
Cooper union. Later he read law at
night and managed to be admitted to
the bar at the same age that most
young men begin practice. To his
native Irish wit is added a power Of
speech that nearly approaches elo-
quence. He soon took prominent
part in politics, and was for years a
member of the legislature. Several
years ago he was appointed an addi-
tional assistant district attorney at the
comfortable salary at $500 per year.
Before taking office he married and
went on prolonged wedding trip
When he returned a months pay was
due him and he went to the office for
it. During his honeymoon he had
Travelled over good part of this coun-
try, and as his funds were low he went
direct from the train to the Office.
Here is your money" said the pay
clerk, deferentially, after his kind.
"All right" replied Mr.. Fitzgerald,
pocketing the roll of bills. "Sign the
payroll, please" continued the clerk.
"Of course" responded the bridegroom
and, absent mindedly, he wrote as fol-
lows: James Fitzgerald and wife"
And the entry is on the city books to
this day.-Philadelphia Post.
The Leon reporter., 1900-05-03

velop into good sized cities. Though
Alaska bids fair to produce much OF
the food stun it needs. yet it will cer-
tainly be generation before tree
fruits Of any kind will be extensively
produced. even on the islands off the
go to this new region will be fruit
eaters, because they will be mostly
drawn from American cities, where the
habit of fruit eating has been formed.
We believe the Pacific coast fruit
growers are right in expecting a new
market for their tree fruits in the
colder regions to the north of them.
The Leon reporter., 1900-05-03
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AGRlCULTURlSTS
Some Up-to-Date Hint. About Cul-
tivation of the Soil and Yields
Observation-Disclosures vitlculture and
Horticulture.
Oregon Water Hem,oek.

This is smooth perennial, with
erect or struggling glaucous stems
three to six feet high. compound
leaves, which spring directly from the
ground, white flowers, blooming in
July and August. and fleshy root,
which has muskrat-like odor, and
which consists of two very distinct
and characteristics parts. The more
conspicuous OF these is the vertical
rootstock, which is from one to six
inches long by one or two thick, and
Is curiously divided into numerous
chambers by horizontal partitions.
This rootstock furnishes the bulk Of
the poison. The other portion of the
root consists of solid. aeshy fbers,
which run along on or Just under the
surface of the soil, and send OF nu-
merous rootlets from beneath. The
rootstock rots or dwindles away al
most entirely before the seeds ma
The Leon reporter., 1900-05-03
Expert Opinion.

Intellectual Caller Don't you think
Sienkiewicz as a novelist is rather
hard to classify" Literary Editor
mot as hard. madam, as he is to pro-
nounce Chicago Journal.
The Leon reporter., 1900-05-03

just as surely indicates that the
blood is lacking in vitality and the
elements of health as does the
most obstinate humor that the
vital fluid is full of impurities.
Hoods Sarsaparilla cures that
tired feeling by enriching and vi
talizing the blood, creating q
good appetite and invigorating
every organ of the body.
The Leon reporter., 1900-05-03
HOODS
SaE.SapaE.izIa

I'LL had that tired feeling all the time.
Was as tired in the morning when 1
rose as I was when went to bed. /
took four bottles OF Hoods sarsa-
parilla andi made me feel like a new
man. l could work hard and.not feel
tired. 1 recommend Hoods to all
who need good medicine" A. p.
CHARTER, Creston, Iowa.
Hoods sarsaparilia is sold by all drug
gists. Get Hoods and only Hoods.
The Leon reporter., 1900-05-03

ZIG. ~. tol6on hemiock (O0ntum Tldcut6Stt1nls
allowing upper portion OF plant. with flowers and
seed. onethird natural ei1e.
not rare in the New England states
and in Michigan. 1t is infrequent in
Wisconsin, Illinois and California, but
in some localities in the latter state it
has very rank growth.
The characteristic poison Of the
hemlock is the well-known volatile al
kaloid, conine, which is found in the
seeds, and, especially at Towering
time, in the leaves. The root is nearly
harmless in March, April and May,
but is dangerous afterwards, especial
ly during the first year of its growth.
Many domestic animals have been
killed by eating the plant. AS this
plant does not often occur in great
quantity in the United States, it may
usually be destroyed by hand-pulling
before maturity.
The Leon reporter., 1900-05-03

ture, but fresh ones are formed from
it for the next seasons growth. The
plant grows in wet or marshy places,
and ranges from British Columbia
and Idaho southwark to northeastern
California, and perhaps to the south
ern Sierra Nevada.
A piece of the winter rootstock the
size of a walnut is fatal to a cow. A
piece the size of marble is looked
upon as dangerous to man. When
these plants occupy large areas, the
only safeguard is to keep them on
other pastures.
The Leon reporter., 1900-05-03

The spring is here and vegetation
is awakening. With it will also
awaken the insects that have hiber-
mated during the winter. In addition.
the spores OF apple scab fungus will
begin their work with the increase
of warmth. This, therefore, is the
time to buy spraying apparatus, IT it
has not been already purchased. The
man whose trees have not been attack
in securing the advantages of spray
ing. The chief value of this operation
lies in the prevention of attacks. After
insects have fed extensively on the
foliage of the trees all the. spraying
in the world will not cure the trouble.
1t can only prevent further injury. We
earnestly urge every man that has
large interests in orchards or small
fruit plantations to secure spraying
outfit and use 1t. Spraying has been
demonstrated to be of almost ines
timable value to every man that wants
to grow good fruit.
The opening up Of the Alaskan gold
fields promises to create new mar
ket for fruit. The fruit raisers on the
Pacific coast are especially hopeful,
believing that they will be in posi-
tion to do most Of the supplying. The
building Of railroads into Alaska will
mean the necessity for hiring large
numbers of laborers. The opening Of
new mines will create numerous min
ing towns md some Of these will de-
The Leon reporter., 1900-05-03

Timsly Discourse In which the
Need OF Patience and Equipoi.e Is
SGT Forth-Moving Into the Fathers
House.
The Leon reporter., 1900-05-03
Our Dairy Interests.

H. c. Adams, Dairy and Food Com
missioner of Wisconsin, says: The
butter product of this country has an
estimated annual value of s300,O00,0 900.
All of the silver and gold products of
the country for two years could be
bought with the product of the churn
for a single year. Not only that, but
the COW leaves behind her farms which
are richer in fertility, and farmers
richer in the knowledge which the
mysteries of her life and product COM
pei. The dairy business Of this coun-
try has renovated thousand of farms,
and hundreds of thousands of farmers.
1t has revolutionized the agriculture of
my own state, as it has Iowa, and as it
will Minnesota, Illinois and Michigan.
1t is the enemy of farm mortgages,
the friend of the merchant, the manu-
facturer and men of all classes, except
those who initiate the product, and
claim a God-given right to copy the
form of that product and steal its color.
Only the limitations of state and fed
eral constitutions should restrict the
laws that hamper the traffic in coun-
terfeit butter.
Corn Cakes-Sift one pint of yellow
Indian meal and one pint of flour with
three tablespoonfuls baking powder,
three tablespoonfuls sugar and one
teaspoonful salt into bowl, add one
heaping tablespoonful butter Rub the
butter fine in the -four mix the yolks
of two eggs with one pint of milk, add
it to the flour and mix quickly to-
gether; add last the beaten whites
Do not stir more than is necessary,
Butter some deep gem pans, dust them
lightly with Indian meal and fill them
half full with the corn batter and bake
in hot oven. Serve as soon as done
This will give sixteen corn cakes. For
small family half the given quanti-
ties would be enough.
The cattle business in Wyoming,
which fell off during the years 1886
to 1898, is reviving, the numbers re-
turned for assessment showing con-
siderable increase over last year.
Similar improvement is noted in the
sheep industry in that state. In 1885
there were but 3O8,977 head of sheep.
In 1899 the total amounted to 2,164,7O1,
and sheep men prophesy that the
100000 mark will be reached before
1901. The number of horses, accord
ing to the returns of 1899, were S2.446,
which is 10000 more than in 1895. but
less than in 1891
The Leon reporter., 1900-05-03

Rights of Oleomargarine. Oleomar-
.garine has its rights. 1t has right to
be composed of lard, beef fat and cot
ton seed oil. It has right to be sold
under Its own name and color, if not
injurious to the public health. It has
right to be manufactured at a cost
of eight cents per pounds and retailed
for twenty cents per pound, but it has
not the right to crawl into market, in
the clothing Of more costly product.
The Leon reporter., 1900-05-03
Sol, Part,cre....

A number Of years ago experiments
were made at John Hopkins Univer-
stty to determine how many particles
there are in gram Of loan soil. The
result was rather startling from a
mathematical standpoint. 1t was con-
cluded that there are in that amount
Of soil S.740.000.000 particles. We do
not know the process by which this
conclusion was arrived at, but cer-
tatnly 1t was not by actual count.
However, the result was doubtless ap-
proximately correct. The number is
far beyond human comprehension. For
this reason we are never able to fully
realize the principles Of capillary at
traction. Each one of these exceed
ingly minute particles Is surrounded
by film Of water still more minute
as to Its thickness, but between any
two particles there is minute space
filed with air, and these spaces exist
everywhere above the water level in
the soil. When these spaces are filed
with water the roots OF most Of our
farm crops cannot take food. but will
rot. The necessity for admitting air
to the soil is thus apparent. Stirring
these soil particles pushes them so far
apart that the water films are not con-
t1nuous from one particle to another,
and the evaporation is thus stopped
till the particles again settle back to
q more compact arrangement.
Kafr Corn.
Whether or not it will pay man to
plant Kaf1r corn will depend on the
state, and locality in a state, in which
he resides. 1t must be remembered
that Kafir corn is blessing to farm
ers who reside in states with dimin-
ished rainfall or in localities in states
where rainfall comes at the wrong
time of the year to greatly benefit
the growing crops. In states where
Indian corn can be grown to perfec-
ton 1t will not generally pay to grow
kafir corn. We give this word of eau
tion at this time, because there is a
tendency to judge plant by it's value
in some one locality. For Kansas, Ne
braska, and wherever the Indian corn
crop is cut short by drouth, Kafir corn
should be extensively grown. 1t will
stand drouth better than Indian corn,
and it's leaves will remain succulent
for long time after the leaves of In
dian corn have become dry and about
worthless. But even with Kaflr corn
early planting is best on account of
the added amount of moisture it gets
from the spring rains. Once estab-
lished, it sends down it's roots into
the moist earth below and can stand
the ordinary drouth of our western
summer.
The Leon reporter., 1900-05-03

The British people are every year
becoming more dependent on foreign
dairy products. The COW population
is increasing to some extent, but not
SO rapidly as is the human population.
In the period from 1871 to 1875 the
average number OF cows and heifers
in the United Kingdom is put at 2,2O4,-
900. The average number of the same
stock in 1891 to 1895 was 2,562,OOO.
But in the meantime the human pop
ulation had increased from 26,OOO,OOO
to S3,0O0,000. In 1871 to 1875 there
were 50 cows for every 1000 of the
population. In 1896 there were but
70 cows per 1000 of the population.
We have no figures more recent. 1t is
barely possible that some day a great
revival of dairy interests Will take
place in Great Britain similar to what
took place in Denmark, but we see no
signs Of such movement as yet.
The Leon reporter., 1900-05-03

Rev. Charles NJ. Sheldon is going to
start in his church at Topeka a church
brotherhood, having the features of
the average fraternal order, with in
surance.
The Leon reporter., 1900-05-03
British Arlstocracv Bl.mea.

british Arlstocracy blamed.
Many people attribute their recent
reverses to degeneracy. The life OF
luxury does not produce vigor. Indi-
gestible suppers, constant nerve strain
and lack of exercise upset the stomach.
The blood that makes heroes must
come from healthy stomachs. Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters purifies the
blood and strengthens the stomach.
1t cures constipation, indigestion and
dyspepsia.
The Leon reporter., 1900-05-03

The nearer we approach great men
the clearer we see that thew -~en
The Leon reporter., 1900-05-03
horticultural O,srrvatiop,.

Reports from the northwest say that
there is to be a Cured Fruit Associa-
ton formed, patterned after the CAL
ifornia Raisin Growers Association,
which proved so successful last year.
The new association will take in all
the manufacturers of cured fruit in
the Pacific northwest The objects
will be to make a uniform pack, and
ensure that the evaporated prunes and
other like fruit be placed on all the
markets in the most perfect form
possible. The price will also be made
uniform and reasonable. 1t remains
to be seen if these men can make as
great a success of it as did the Cali
fornia association mentioned.