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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-29
Gossip of Interest to Farmers

In st. Louis 60 per cent. Of the chill.
dren are raised on the milk Of cows.
The American crop Of peas and beans
is said to be 100000 bushels short this
year.
Prices for pure breeding stock are
to-day higher than at any time since
the early sos.
The Standard Starch factory at Brad.
ley, near Kankakee, ILL.,, when com.
pleted will consume 5000 bushels OF
corn daily.
The directors of the Kansas peniten.
tiary have decided to sell the product
of the State binding Irvine plant direct.
ly to farmers.
There were COS less horses sold in the
Chicago market last year than in 1898
but prices were much higher than In
the preceding year.
Farmers seem determined to specu
late in broom corn next season, If signs
be truthful. tits said that Iowa, Tex.
as. Nebraska, Kansas and Minnesota
will all plant more broom corn than
usual. Fa @At AAett
A North Dakota farmer. advocating
the sowing OF wheat and fax on the
same land said that last year he nettcd
500. 73 per acre from forty acres
lie threshed 1t together and had |,
screened at Duluth. M
Two ships, one British and one .Jara
nese, load wheat this month at Sar
Francisco for Japan. With one exccp
ton, we believe, these are the first full
cargoes Of wheat to go from the Pacifi,
coast TO japan. 49,
Statistics which have been collected
in Wisconsin show the average cost OF
raising wheat to be "a cents a bushe
and the cost Of corn 81 cents. In both
cases there are included interest on the
value Of the land, with the cost Of i'm
plements and horses added In.
What will probably be the largest
pear orchard in the country, or in the
world, has been projected in Texas. A
nursery company has contracted t.
have planted and cultivated for -four
years $500 acres of pears, the orchard
to be delivered to the company In 1908
One of the st. Paul creameries is ship
ping considerable quantities of butter
to Japan. The butter Is put up In one
two and three pound tin cans and ship
| ped in refrigerator cars to the coast and
thence in the refrigerators Of steamers
to japan, where 1t arrives In good con
dition and brings fancy price.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-29
MonopoIx in Poultry.

The poultry trade, it is said, views
with alarm the giant strides made by
the big packing firms toward control
of what has been for many years a
profitable line Of business. These con
Germs have for year or more been
making large additions to the capacity
of their poultry packing plants. and
further than this, they are represented
to be now reaching out for mastery
over the chicken-producing territories
of Kansas, Missouri, Illinois and the
Northwest. The margin Of profits In
the poultry packing business has been
good for those who operate on a com.
paratively small scale, and 1t Is nc
wonder that the big packing firms
should undertake to monopolize field
for which they have exceptional facili
ties In matters of transportation. stor.
ing and understanding.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-29
SERVANT | SEES HIS EeQUEsT.
Distant Relative of His Former EN-
p1oyer Secures Farm Given Him.


p1oyer Secures Farm Given Him.
When Marietta Bennett, Washtenaw
County spinster, died several years ago
she left what purported to be a will, in
which she bequeathed valuable farm Of
160 acres, with all its appurtenances, to
James Schermerhorn, negro servant,
who had been in the family service for a
great many years. The probate judge
refused to admit the will to probate, but
Circuit Court jury, to which appeal
was made, declared it to be valid. This
alleged will was curiously worded docu-
ment of Miss Benefits own composition.
1t states that: ut was my brother
Franks wish that if James Scbermer-
horn stayed with us that he should have
what was left on the place and the place.
1t is my wish that he should have it, too.
He is a man that has worked hard for
it." Distant relatives appealed TO the
Supreme Court, which has handed down
decision to the effect that there was no
evidence to show that the alleged will
was anything but an unexecuted writing
and that it should never have been ad-
mitted in evidence. The decree of the
Circuit Court is reversed and Schermer-
horn deprived of the property.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-29
Trade and Industry.

In the Klondike eggs are now selling al
500 case and beef at $1.50 a pound.
The State of Washington furnished
ever 5000 tons of coal to California
last year.
Last year 100000 cubic yards of ma
serial was dredged out of the Duluth-Su-
perior harbor.
During the third week in January
eighteen English and Irish railways earn
ed pa per cent more than during the
same period in 1899, and three Scotch
companies increased their earnings 2 per
cent. m
In New York City 100 retail druggists
have formed an association to compete
with department stores.
Thirty-six foreign vessels. having an ag-
gregate tonnage of 1856, met with dis.
aster in American waters last year.
A bill is before the New York Senate
which provides for shorter hours for fire.
men in New York cities of the first class
Massachusetts has 116 street railway
companies, controlling 1892 miles. Last
year the increase in mileage in the State
was 35.
Eastern electric light plants this sum-
mer will be used in tho manufacture OF
Ice during the months when lights are
little needed.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-29
MRS. L. II. STONE is DEAD.

Passing of a Pioneer of Higher Edu.
cation for Womeu in the West.
Mrs. Lucinda III. Stone, Phi. d., died at
her home in Kalamazoo, aged Sc years.
Mrs. Stone was known as 'the Mother
of Clubs in Michigan" She was born
in Hinesburg, VT, Sept. 30 1914. Hav-
ing taken a full course of Latin and
Greek at an academy and seminary, Mrs.
Stone sought TO enter college. The doors
were closed to women in those days. Re-
alization of this injustice was turned to
valuable account in after years, for it
was through the efforts of Mrs. Stone
and her husband, who was president of
Kalamazoo College, tbat Madelon l..
Stockwell was epabled to head a long
procession of women who have since
entered the University of Michigan. In
later years Mrs. Stone was honored by
the university with the degree of Phi. D..
For several years she had been honorary
president of the Michigan State Fedora
ton of Women's Clubs. She was mar
ried to the Rev. J. A. Il. Stone at Grand
RAPIDS Mich in 1910
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-29
Profit in Young Stock.

The young animal makes greater
proportionate gain than the adult fol
the reason that it is growing, yet farm
ers sacrifice their young stock and fat
ten the matured animals. After an
animal has completed it's growth it in
creases by accumulation of fat, large
portion of the food going into the
manure. While young calf may ap
parently consume a large proportion OF
food, yet it increases accordingly. The
farmer who has platform scales, and
who will weigh the food and the calf
will find that the young animal in
creases rapidly, and that the food is
yielding a profit.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-29
Drainage Important.

Snow does much harm on farms that
are not well drained. II not only re-
mains longer than Is necessary, but
keeps the land wet and slushy. All
drains should be opened to permit the
surplus water to rapidly flow off. A
heavy freeze coming on suddenly
while snow is melting may damage
wheat. The barnyard should be well
Uttered with abundant absorbent ma
terial to prevent the stock from sink.
ing to their knees in mud and becom-
ing chilled by loss Of heat from stand
ing constantly in ice-cold water.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-29
Wages in the Coke Regions.

A dispatch from Pittsburg, Pa, re-
ports that $4,000 coke workers in the
Connellsville region have just received
notice of an advance of II per cent. in
their wages. The last advance in
wages was made in May, 1899, when
an increase of seven cents per 100
bushels was granted to the miners as a
basic price, the other workers receiving
proportionate advances. There are
now being built in that region 5000
new coke ovens, and when these are in
operation the number of laborers will
be greatly increased. The new wage
scale will be operative in these plants,
so that, altogether, between $4,000 and
10000 workers will be either directly
or indirectly affected by the increase
in wages. No wonder that the State of
Pennsylvania is veritable Gibraltar
for the policy Of a protective tariff.
Such prosperity rs the people of that
State have enjoyed, in ever increasing
volume since the enactment of the
Dingley law, is not to be foolishly
thrown away by voting for free trade.
The people of Pennsylvania know a
good thing when they see it. They
have got good thing now, they al
ways have a good thing, as do the peo-
pie of the whole country, whenever a
protective tariff is in force in the
country, and they propose to hold on
to that good thing. There will be the
usual, or perhaps we might better say
the unusual, Pennsylvania majority in
favor Of the protective policy this fall.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-29
The Democratic Outlook.

Since the last Presidential trial of
strength there have been three fall cleo
fions in various States and in all OF
them an evident loss of ground for the
Bryanites. The States that have left
their column are Kansas, Washington,
South Dakota and Wyoming. Maryland
went Democratic last year, but on a
platform written by Mr.. German and
making no mention Of free coinage.
Some suggest that the Democrats might
try Germans idea in the national fight
this year. 1t could only be done with
some other candidate, for Bryan and
silver are synonymous. To drop Bryan
would cost the Democrats all the trans
Mississippi States that remain to them
and the gain In the Eastern or border
States would be problematical. An cleo
ton practically on the German plan
was held in New York in 1898 and the
Republicans carried the State, with n
plurality for Roosevelt over Van Wyck
Of 17,7S6. The Republicans won in
New York decisively again last year
on the vote for Legislature. Though
party lines were much broken in Ohio
last fall, the Republican plurality was
larger than usual and the Democratic
aggregate vote one Of the smallest COM
paratively in the history Of the State.
AS far as the facts of the political sit
uation are revealed the Democrats can
make nothing either with Bryan or
without him. So they are disposed to
let matters drift, knowing at least that
another defeat will lessen his superb
cial popularity, representing now, as al
ways, a great deal more noise than
votes. The Republican party holds the
vantage ground of having redeemed its
pledges and also Of having conducted
the nation through series Of uneXpect-
ed and serious emergencies. 1t has mo-
mentous work on hand connected with
the countrys expansion, and 1t would
not be businesslike to turn 1t over to
new hands and hostile party, bent on
destroying what has been done rather
than lettering it. Possibly the Demo-
cratic national convention of 1900, like
that of 1896, may be seized with sud
den impulse and do something extraor-
binary; but no matter what ticket or
sensation is ground out at Kansas City
the electoral table gives the Democrats
no encouragement whatever.-St Louis
Globe Democrat.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-29

the ears of those who no longer find
him interesting. The story Is told Of an
old farmer who, at the point Of shot
gun, compelled creditor to accept
payment of a note before 1t fell due.
'Why did he do that" some one asked
the narrator. "Oh, he wanted to stop
the interest" was the reply. John w.
Breidenthal, the State Bank Commits
sioner, tells Of a banker out in the
short grass country who wrote letter
asking If there was any law that would
compel him to receive money for de-
post In his bank. II wrote him." said
Breidenthal, "that If he had more
money than he knew what to do with,
l knew of no law in Kansas that would
compel him to take more. You see,
they were paying their taxes, and the
County Treasurer wanted to make a
depository out of his bank, but he
would be mandamused before he
would submit to it."
All this looks bad for the political
party and candidate who hope to win
by reviving the free trade and free
silver issues of the Chicago platform.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-29
GREAT GAIN TO THE FARMERS.
Agriculturists Received $1,6OO,OOO,-
600 More in 1890 than in 1894.

600 More in 1890 than in 1894.
The Improvement in agricultural con-
ditions now, contrasting with the depth
of depression in 1S94-96, is as little APP
preciated by the outside public as was
the farmers condition during the hard
times. 1t is conservative, however, TO
say that the produce of the United States
farms for the last year was worth to the
farmers over 81, 600, 900, 600 more than in
either Of the depressed years noted. This
is an average advance of 81 per cent in
values compared with the low point
These statements are made by the
American Agriculturist for March, which
contains an elaborate review of the agri-
cultural situation from a financial and
industrial standpoint. The live stock Of
the country is said to be worth $780,
000, 900 more than during the hard times,
or q gain Of 80 per cent. Staple crops
are worth 100000, 900 more than then,
while other crops show an increase Of
5000, 100000 in value, or a gain Of 70
per cent compared with the depression of
1S94-95-96. The produce of live stock,
such as meats, dairy products, calves.
mutton, sheep and lambs, hides and pelts,
colts, mules, ETC., are said to show gain
of 1910, 100000, or 40 per cent above the
low point.
The American Agriculturist estimates
that the farms in the United States have
increased by some 100000 during the last
ten years, against gain Of nearly 6OO,-
600 in the previous decade, and Of $780,
900 from 1870 to 1880, and afiirms that
a larger proportion of these farms (69
per cent? are occupied by their owners
now and then, while the number of farms
now under mortgage that are occupied by
their owners is no greater than in 1890.
As near as this authority can get at it
the amount of mortgages on farms occu-
pied by their owners is now about $780,
100000 less than at the beginning of the
daooda
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-29
For DESTROYING wenviIs.

Bisulphide of carbon is used for de.
a tube to the bottom of the bin, pour
in about pint of the liquid, and cover
the bin. The gas is heavy and finds its
way to every portion Of the bin. 1t is
n dangerous substance to use unless
care is exercised, as lighted pipe or
cigar will cause 1t to explode, even
when there is no flame. 1t Is destruc-
tive Of all insect life. but does not in
lure the grain.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-29
Small Garden Plots.

The small garden is the one that
gives it's owner pleasure. Probably the
majority of those who cultivate small
gardens make no profit, but actually
suffer loss, when the crops are COM
pared with the cost Of seeds, fertilizers
and labor. but there Is considerable
pleasure derived, the value Of which
can not be estimated. No matter how
small the plot owned or rented may be,
the one who can bestow a portion Of
time TO the cultivation of garden crops
this spring should do so. There are
some things grown in garden that
can not easily be procured in market,
when the freshness and quality are
considered. No one can buy tomatoes
in market equal to those taken from
the vines and placed on the table. If
q plot is very fertile, and Is no larger
than half an acre, the amount of prod
uce that can be given thereon will sup
ply an ordinary family from early
spring until late in the fall. Beginning
with onions and green peas, with beets,
carrots. parsnips and early cabbage,
followed with string beans, Lima
beans, tomatoes, sweet corn, turnips
and late cabbages, two crops can be
grown on the same location during the
season. Potatoes need not be planted
in garden, as the crop demands pro-
lection from the beetle. This spring. If
desired. small strawberry patch may
be started. which will come into bear
ing the following spring.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-29
The silver Question Eliminated.

The silver Question Eliminated.
The Republican monetary bill, having
been passed by both houses OF Congress
and approved by the President, Is now
a law. The act establishes the gold
standard and is intended to protect the
Treasury from gold raids through the
operation of the so-called endless
chain" With this law on the statute
books 1t will be impossible for any
President to carry the nation to the
silver standard by executive action
alone. The Senate is now so strongly
Republican that the silver element can
not possibly hope to regain control OF
that body before the expiration OF the
term of the President who will enter
the White House March 4 next. Even
the election of Mr.. Bryan will not en-
danger the maintenance of the gold
standard.
Under such circumstances 1t is almost
irconceivable that the silver issue
should cut any serious figure in the
forthcoming campaign. The people or
this country, as Bourke Cochran has
said. cannot be induced to wage Presi-
GENITAL campaign over an abstraction,
and in it's relation to politics at this
time the silver question is an abstrac-
ton. The practical status of silver can
not be affected one way or the other by
the outcome of this falls election.
Therefore, in casting their ballots, the
people very largely will ignore the sill
yer question and will divide according
to their views on other issues. The
passage of the gold-standard bill has
eliminated the silver question from poll
tics for ur years at least.-Chicago
Record.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-29
Farm Help Problems.

The greatest problem to solve by the
farmer during his busy season is to Sc
cure capable help. Those who know
nothing of the duties to be performed
on a farm advise all unemployed per-
sons to seek work in the country. The
fact is that such persons are as useless
on farms as they are in factories, yet
the farmer cannot afford to teach his
help during the busiest period of the
year What is meant By competent
farm hands are those who can go on a
farm and fully understand what is to
be done without the necessity OF the
farmer being with them constantly to
point out here and there what he
wishes them to do. 1t IL cheaper for
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-29
Too Much Smoke for Him.

An Iowa turkey roasted on the top of
a chimney, cut of the escape of the
smoke and gas and came near asphyx-
iating the occupants Of the house. Mr..
Bryan has been spreading his wings
over the stacks of the New England
mills, but the volume of smoke emerg-
ing from the furnace fires is too great
to enable him even to approach the per-
Torrance Of the Iowa turkey.-Wash-
ington Post.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-29

spondent in t b e
Farm, Field and
Fireside. This ma
chine extracts the
liquid from the
combs and leaves
the comb as clear OF
injury as b e for e
t ak e n from the
hive. In the accom-
panying Illustration
the inside gearing
is raised up and ex-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-29
Turnips and Corn Not Mates.

Turnips and corn are in no sense
mates as field crops. The heat which
makes the corn is fatal to the turnip
and the cool, damp weather which
makes the turnip is fatal to the corn
Ninety-degree weather for corn; GO de-
grees for turnips. This is why England
raises turnips and America corn.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-29
EXTRACTOR.

EXTRACTOR. posed to view and
shows two comb baskets, each to &C
commodate frame Of comb to be ex-
tracted. and by turning the crank the
reel is turned with such velocity as to
empty the entire comb Of its contents
by centrifugal force. The empty combs
are then placed back in the hives of
bees to again be filed.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-29
Bad Cor the calamity Party.

Prosperity stories have taken the
place Of calamity croaklngs In Kansas,
and Mr.. Bryan is wondering what he
can do to regain his former hold upon
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-29
Debs Growing Conservative?

That calm and judcious statesman,
the Hon. Eugene v. Debs. has consent
ed to become the Social Democrat can
didate for President. He fits the job,
but 1t seems little ungrateful for him
to have party of his own. The Chi
cago platform contained a plank shaped
expressly for him, and II Is unkind for
him to abandon his old and true friends.
Perhaps he is growing conservative
New York Sun.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-29
KEEPS OUT THE DIRT.

man is assured of milk as pure and free
from contamination as it is possible to
get it.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-29
A Honey Extractor.

The honey extractor is one of the
principal sources of profit in connec-
ton with Bookkeeping. says CORE
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-29

Opposed to All Reciprocity Treaties.
The way to fight these treaties is not
to spend all our strength in exposing
the gross injustice done to this State in
these particular cases, but to attack
the principle involved. 1t Is utterly
vicious. No reciprocity treaty can be
negotiated whose effect is not to- d.
rectly and without compensation take
money from one class of our citizens
and bestow IL elsewhere at the caprice
Of the negotiator of the treaty. 1t is a
relic of mediaevalism; IL should have
no place on the statute books Of any
civilized nation. Fight not merely
these treaties but all reciprocity
treaties. Let us end the whole bust
ness once for all.-San Francisco
Chronicle.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-29
The Presidents Position.

Mr.. w. e. Curtis, of the Chicago Rec
ord, in reply to many questions, fairly
represents the Presidents position on
the Porto Rican measure as follows:
II have endeavored to represent cor
rectly the Presidents position on the
Porto Rican question. He has not de-
parted from the position he took In his
message. He has told everybody who
has asked him that nothing that has
been said or done has changed his opin-
ion as to the justice and expediency Of
free trade with Porto Rico; but finding
that he could not get free trade, he has
used his influence to secure the small
est possible tariff for the shortest pos
Sible time. 1t was at his suggestion
that the House of Representatives COM
promised on ID per cent. basis for two
years, which he thought was better
than % per cent. perpetually. He tried
to persuade the Ways and Means Com
mittee to consent to a 10 per cent.
tariff, but 1t would not go lower than 10
per cent. The motive of the President
from the beginning has been to secure
the most liberal legislation possible for
Porto Rico without dividing the Re-
publican party.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-05-31
HIa hnuf WnX

A man was going home to his wife
and family. 1t was growing dark. His
road from the station was lonely
one, and he was getting along as fast
as he could when he suddenly suspect
ed that n man behind him was. follow
ing him purposely. The faster he went
the faster the man went until they
came to n graveyard.
'Now," he said to himself, "Pll find
IL he's after me-" And he entered the
churchyard.
The man followed him. Vague visions
OF revolvers and garroters grew upon
him. He made detour OF a splendid
mausoleum. gtill the man was after
him, round and round.
At last he turned and faced the fel-
low and asked: what the dickens do
you wantf What are you following
me forW
"Well, sir, do you always go home
like this? l am going up to Nr.
Browns house with parcel, and the
porter at the station told me that IL I'd
follow you ! should find the place, as
you live next door. Are you going
home at all tonightr