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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-03-20
ADVANCE m COST OF FARM
IMPLEMENTS.

For several years back an extremely
low range OF cost has ruled Ia AL farm
implements, as well as In all farm
hardware in general. This WAS marked
advantage during the reign OF low prices
AZ which all products of the farm had to
be sold II disposed OF at all. Many
farmers took advantage OF the situation
and supplied themselves with the tools
and machines needed 10 carrying on
their farm operations when they could
ne bought for little money. But tools
wear out, and as the active year on the
land again opens more or less OF these
implements will be wanted.
The farmer who goes out TO purchase
any farming tools this spring will find
that, as with the products he has for
sale from his farm, the season OF ex-
tremely low prices has passed by. There
has been an advance In the prices OF all
farm implements from what they have
been sold for in the past. No one need
conclude that this increase In cost is the
result of any combine among manufsc-
turers aud dealers to make more profit
out OF their business. The fact is that
everything of this kind costs more than
was the case few years ago. These
higher prices now asked are an absolute
necessity. Everything that can be
named entering into the construction Of
implements and machines has advanced
in cost. The only course for mapufac-
turers IL they would continue In business,
is TO put their prices up, aud farmers II
they would purchase the articles must
sccept the rise The articles that enter
into the construction OF tools and im-
plemements Of the farm are iron, steel,
wood and labor. Bar iron and steel
have more than doubled their former
values. Articles manufactured from
iron or steel, such as bolts and nuts,
harrow discs, rake teeth, etc., have sd-
yanced still more than the bars from
which they are made. Lumber has ad-
yanced some thirty-five per cent. and
the wages Of the men who work In the
shops and put these materials into the
form of the finished tool and implement
are getting ten to twenty per cent. more
nav than in the time of the all round
low prices.
And these higher prices have come TO
st.y. No farmer need hold back from
purchasing the needed tools In hopes he
en- get them at less cost another season.
The industrial depression that crowded
prices 10 lower standard than ever be
fore known has passed away, and 1t Is
believed. and certainly every one should
hope, never To again return In such
force. Fortunately the enhanced value
of the products OF the farm from which
the farmer realizes the wherewithal TO
make his purchases will more than meet
the increased cost Of the equipment re-
quired. Prices have been ruinously
low. Everybody must rejoice at the
advance all along the line Maine Farm
er.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-03-20
A PLEASANT INITIATION.

Alta recent school children's party not
= thousand miles from the Office Of the
Democrat, for one Of the diversions
the girls worked the degree of the
Mysterious Osculator on the boys. The
girls took room by themselves, and
one boy at time was taken In blind
folded, and kissed. Then the handker-
chief was removed from his eyes and he
had to guess which one Of the girls
kissed him. The initiation ceremony
appeared so attractive, judged by the
reports, that two men Of the household
where the party was held, both OF
mature years and heads Of families, sent
in their applications and were accepted
and initiated. Strange TO say, nobody
could guess correctly as to the kisser.
It's too bad to give away the secrets OF
the lodge room, but II was later divulg-
ed that the girls had two boys concealed
behind screen In the room, and that as
each candidate was introduced one Of
these boys was called out to perform the
necessary OSCILLATION. and Immediately
returned to his place behind the screen.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-03-20
BRAN AS A FEED.


Ii Is very difficult TO successfully i'm
press upon the minds Of dsirymen that
the value Of dairy feed depends chiefly
upon the amount OF protein it contains.
They very often persist In feeding corn
meal or oats because they are cheap and
refuse To buy other feeds that seem To
be more expensive but which really
furnish the valuable element Of feed at
less cost. In regard TO the feeding value
OF bran st Sl5 ton W. j. Kennedy of
the Uuiversitv of Illinois has been try
ing TO solve the question in his own
mind and writes the Orange Judd
Farmer about his experience rs follows: (:
docs IL pay To feed bran at SIS per
tons This question Is one of the many
problems that the dairy farmer has TO
solve az this season of the year. Ii was
the one thst had to solve few weeks
ago when formulating our winter ration
for the university dairy herd. Ii had
occurred 20 me that els ton WAS very
high price for bran, but knew that we
must supply the COW with certain
amount Of digestible protein (2.5 lbs.
In her ration, in order 10 obtain GOOD
results At the milk pail, and that was
our main object In feeding bran.
"Now Ia formulating ration for the
dairy COW, the greatest difficulty Is To
obtsin y sufficient amount OF digestible
protein. The other ingredients are
ususlly present In excess, but the pro-
tein Is deficient. Thus in making
comparative estimate of the values OF
the different foods for dairy cattle, we
figure on the protein content Of the
various foods. For illustration we say
that two foods having the same amount
Of digestiole protein are of equal value
for feeding dairy cattle, but this state
ment sometimes needs little modifics-
ton, as some foods are much more pal
stsble than others, consequently they
are more valuable.
IL found that bran at sl5 per ton fur
nished digestiole protein zt cents per
pound; also thst when bran Is Sl5 per
ton, other foods are worth for feeding
dairy cows rs follows: Oats, Is Lac. per
oushel; clover hay, 81 80 per ton; corn
stover, 81 per ton; corn fodder, $3 per
ton; corn silage, 81 0S per ton; gluten
meal, S30.96 per ton; oil meal, S33 60
per ton. On further investigation Of the
different foods decided 10 feed gluten
meal instead OF bran. We can purchase
our gluten meal for less than $40 per
ton. delivered at our railroad station.
By feeding gluten meal We are getting
our digestible protein for less than 4
cents per pound, thus reducing the cost
OF our ration considerably. Formerly
We fed pounds Of bran xlong with
other grain feed Go our cows, but In
making the change We substituted 3
pounds Of gluten meal for the 6 pounds
of bran, ss one pound OF gluten meal con-
tsius as much protein as two pounds OF
bran.
"Sinee feeding the gluten meal, our
cows have not only held their own, rs
we hoped they would, but have increased
their flow Of milk from l To pounds
per COW. Thus we consider ourselves
justified In making the statement that
the gluten meal IL very much cheaper
source from which TO obtain protein
than brsn at the present prices Of both
feed stuffs.-
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-03-20
MAINE NEWS NOTES.

The Penobscot Iudi,ns are holding
their own pretty we'll. In 1887 there
were 362 OF them, and the 1899 enumera-
tion showed total of 397.
kenuebec Journal: A Brewer genius
has invented machine that will saw
wood while he rides bicycle. He has
an arrangement fixed with belt run
ming from the bicycle TO the place where
the SAWS are set, and claims that while
he rides the wood gets sawed. To one
not bicyclist this looks something
like changing from woodsawing TO i'm
personating the horse that runs thrash
ing machine.
The following from the Old York
Transcript Ia equally true OF all Maine
summer resorts: There seems to be
feeling OF utmost confidence on the part
of summer hotel and cottage proprietors
here that the season Of 1900 will be the
most profitable that York has ever seen.
Substantial improvements are being
made on every hand, and numerous new
cottages have been built since last season
TO meet the increasing demand for sc-
cowmodstions at this delightful resort.
Inquiries are coming 10 fast, but with all
the increased facilities for accommods-
ton OF summer residents IL Is doubtful
II they will prove sufficient for the great
August demand which tries the capacity
Of this resort to It's very limit.
A Lubec correspondent tells about one
Of those eccentric preachers who make
periodical visits through Washington
County. He was driving along the road
through whiting woods, and overtsking
young man, trsmping his weary way
on foot. invited him TO q seat In his
sleigh. After he WAS comfortably
seated, the preacher rolled the whites Of
his eyes up under the visor OF his cap,
and said In sepulchrsl tones, "Young
man, are you prepared to dieg" With
an ear-plercinE scream and back som-
ersault over the back Of the sleigh the
Young man made for the dense woods
aud has never been seen In those parts
since. IL must be that the preacher ap-
preciates the joke, else how did the story
get outi
In commenting upon the wall OF the
University OF Chicago Weekly that there
is so little sympathy between faculty and
students at Chicago outside OF class
rooms. the Colby Echo, which In this
matter speaks for all the Maine colleges,
SAYS: 1.-The state OF things mentioned
above IL certainly deplorsble and exists
In altogether too many colleges and
universities. The causes Of such lack
OF sympathy between the students and
the faculty, two bodies that by all
means should understand, appreciate
and respect one another, are very often
hard to discover aud therefore difficult
to eliminate. Fortunately we may con-
grstulate ourselves that no such state Of
affsirs exists here. From the President
down through the entire list Of pro-
fessors and instructors, all are in sym
pathy with the students individually
and as body. II is hard to imagine
how things would 60 here II such were
not the case. Perhaps IL Is not too
much to say nat this is another OF the
many advantages that the small college
possesses over the large institution for
undergraduate work"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-03-20
FARM FACETS.

Feed all that the COW will eat and
digest.
Do not keep beef animal for milk or
a milk animal for beef.
Have your seeds sorted and marked
80 When you get ready TO order you can
see at glance jus, what Is needed.
Try and invent better and shorter
methods of doing your farm work and
raise better crops each succeeding year.
The regularity as well as the manner
OF the mixer has much to do With the
lasting produetiv, ness Of the cows.
Fix up that broken fence and hinge
less gate. Ais, pick up that useless
rubbish collected In the back yards, and
burn.
Don't deceive your neighbor. You
may make = few cents more this trade
hut the next time he buys he will 20 to
some one who has told him the truth.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-03-20

tance 10 the shop tenements he readily
excused himself from going out to see
the man who had once saved his life
and who now lay maimed for life. II
any one thinks II impossible that one
man calling himself a Christian could
be thus Indifferent to another. then he
does not know the power that selfish
ness can exercise over the actions OF
men. Mr.. Hardy had one supreme law
which he obeyed. and that law was
self.
Again Mrs. Hardy. who rarely ven
tured to oppose her husbands wishes,
turned TO the piano and struck few
chords aimlessly. Then she wheeled
about and said abruptly:
Robert. the cook gave warning to-
night that she must 20 home at once"
Mr.. Hardy had begun to doze little,
but at this sudden statement he sat up
and exclaimed:
well. you are the bearer o; bac
news tonight. Mary. What's the mat.
ter with everybody? ] suppose the
cook wants more pay"
Mrs. Hardy replied quietly: Her SIS
ter Is dying. And do you know be
lieve I have never given the girl credit
for much feeling. She always seemed
to me to lack there. though she Is GER
tainly the most faithful; and efficient
servant we ever had In the house. She
came In just after Mr.. Burns left and
broke down. crying bitterly. II seems
her sister Is married TO one Of the rail-
road men here In town and has been
ailing with consumption for some
months. She ls very poor. and large
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-03-20

"Sdp, Bess, 1 trdnt some money dgdfn."
can't find the old verb to that sentence
anyway. Maybe It's around on the 9TH
er page somewhere. or maybe Caesar
left 1t out just on purpose to plague US
boys"
And Will SHE'D the book over to Al
Ice. who good naturedly began to read.
while that much suffering youth sat
down by Bess and began to tease her
and Clara.
what are you and Clara doing at
this time Of day? Time you youngsters
were going up stairs. Play US a little
tune. Bessie. will you? What you been
crying for. Clara We're de Verey'
81 should think you would be asham.
ed Of yourself. VIII, studying on Sun.
day nightsw said little Bess reproving-
ly and with dignity.
mo worse than sparkling Sunday
nights" retorted the incorrigible Will.
81 haven't been," replied Bess, indig-
nantly. "I've been with Clara
"She doesn't need any help. does
sheT inquired Will innocently. And.
going over where Clara lay with her
face hid In the pillow Of large couch,
VIII tried to pull the pillow out from
under her head.
LET me alone, VIII. don't fee!
WELL" said a muffied voice from the
pillow.
"Pshaw! you're fooling"
"No. I'm not. Let me alone"
'Come here. or won't read your sem
tence for you." called Alice. And Will
reluctantly withdrew, for he knew
from experience that Alice would keep
her word.
"Al right. Now, 60 ahead; not too
fast. Here! Wait minute! Let me
write her down. I don't intend to miss
tomorrow II ] can help It And old
Romulus will call me up on this very
passage. know. Be Just like him.
though. to strike me on the review"
At that minute the door opened, and
In came George, the elder boy and the
oldest Of the group Of children. He
hung up hat and coat and strolled into
the room.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-03-20

In view Of the projecting Of telephone
lines along the highways through the
country. and the liberties sometimes
taken With doorysrds and shade trees,
the decision Of the supreme court OF
New York is Of interest. The supreme
court Of that state has decided that q
telephone company has not the right to
cut OF limbs OF shade trees In front OF
the property OF another in order to con-
struc. line Of wire. The court holds
that trees 10 front of mans residence
belong 70 him though they may be To-
Gated within the limits Of the highway,
and that no one has a right TO denude or
destroy them without the consent OF the
owner. Surely such ruling as that 10
based on sound common sense.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-03-20
SOUTH PARIS MAINE TUESDAY MARCH 20. 1900.
PREPARE IhE SEEDS.

Now IL the time 10 be looking after
the seed for the spring sowing. Ii never
is hest TO let this important matter 60
till near the time when the seed Is want
ed. Too often then everything connect
Ell with Il must be done hastily and
often imperfectly. Now is the time 10
remember that the carelessness and in-
difference Of farmers in regard TO the
quality OF the seed sown has filed the
held with noxious weeds that are nOw
TO the owner. Had proper care been
exercised and forethousht been given be-
forehand, all this would have been pre-
vented. The evil now must be endured,
or much expense be incurred In eradi-
eating what neglect and inst'ention al
lows 10 get foothold In the soil. Glover
has been csrelessly bought that was
filled with plantain, dodder aud wild
carrot. Western oats have been used
for seed without thought or care, that
were foul with charlock and wild mus
tsr6. The result We all know. The
farmer has his carelessness and indiffer-
ence written on the roadside and pro-
claimed from his fields.
Many farmers finding their farms
being thus filled with these damaging
weeds resolved last year 70 exercise
more care over the quality Of the differ
ent seeds purchased. Now is the time
70 give attention 10 the matter. By
taking the time for the purpose, grass
and clover seed Can be be found that is
clear from foul seed. Responsible
dealers intend TO sell no other, and dis
honest chests cannot sell any other II
purchasers refuse TO buy such. Any
farmer who tries can tell plsntsin from
clover SEED or carrot from timothy. By
attending 10 IL now there is time 10 Sc
lect and 10 look elsewhere IL necessary.
Oats and barley can with trifling labor
he secured absolutely clean OF Wild
mustard. Chsrlock closely resembles
the mustard when growing in the grain,
and Is frequently taken for IL. But
each seed OF the charlock Is encssed In
a section OF the seed ball by itself alone,
and this case or shell does not easily
break and shell out It's seed In threshing.
This case with It's enclosed seed Ia nearly
the size Of y small kernel Of grain, hence
ia not so easily screened out AS Is the
tiny seed OF the mustard. Extra careful
screening, however, with sieve of as
coarse meshes ss it will snswer TO use
will separate the most OF these pods.
Those remaining can be hand picked on
some OF the stormy days sure to drive
the farmer TO cover between now and
the time when the soil will be ready for
seed. This will be particular job, but
can be done, at least for enough grain
10 SOW small tract on which TO grow
clean seed TO SOW another year. Then
again, few stray plants OF char
lock or mustard can be easily weeded
out OF the grain field when the yellow
blossoms disclose their presence.
Thus the farmer can have clean fields
II he goes about IL with determination.
That they have become foul is his own
neglect. All this must be attended TO
before the driving work Of spring Is at
hsnd.-Msine Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-03-20
NUMBER 8.
"Where,s motherYy

where's motherw
"Sbe's In the other ROOM" answered
Bess. Fathers been asleep. and moth
er was afraid he was going to have q
fever"
That's one Of your stories" said
George. who seemed in good natured
mood. He sat down and drew his little
sister toward him and whispered to
her:
Say, Bess, want some money
again"
"AwfullyT p whispered Bess.
"Yes; for special reason. Do you
tbinS you could let me have Hitler
"Why. OF course. You can have all
my months allowance. But why don't
you ask fatherT
mo; have asked him too much late
ly. He refused point blank last time.
didn't Ike IL the way he spoke"
"Well. you can have all mine," said
Bess, whispering.
George and she were great friends,
and there was not thing that Bessie
would not have done for her big broth
er, who was her hero. What be want
ed with so much money she never
asked.
They were still whispering together,
and Clara had Just risen 10 90 up
stairs. and Alice and VIII had finished
the translation. and VIII was just on
the point OF seeing how near he could
come to throwing the Commentaries Of
Cesar" into an ornamental japanese
jar across the room. when Mrs. Hardy
parted the curtains at the arch and
beckoned her children TO come into the
next room. Her face was exceedingly
pale, and she was trembling as II with
some great terror.
fro RE CONTINUED
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-03-20
roo oeTeN EoR coNyeNIsNce

State Insurance Commissioner Carr
tells of good story Of Southern char
acter. He says he was, In 1892, down
In Florida, on the Swanee River In the
interests of u great railroad company.
He went out one morning from the camp
to the bank of the river, and dipping up
great bucket Of water, washed up his
face, neck, head and hands thoroughly.
He wac enjoying the morning bath when
one OF the workmen stepped up to him
and said:
'.Do you do that oftenr'
.'Oh, yes" replied the commissioners,
81 usually mansge to have at least one
good wash like this every day."
"Well, I suppose 1t Is good" said the
msn doubtingly, "but 1t must be power
fully ipconvenient to have TO do It every
day."
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-03-20
A Rapid Observer.

Here is story with a moral: A
countryman had just returned from
Journey to Paris One Of his crsnies
asked him what opinion he had formed
Of the Parisians.
Delightful people," he replied, ''but
frivolous, changeable and altogether
incapable Of forming an attachment
of any duration"
"How long were you thereT asked
his friend.
'Three days."-Chicago News.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-03-20
Written for the Oxford Democrat.
BEAUTIFUL EVENING STAR.

Musing alone In the silence
After the close Of Day,
Ny thoughts 60 out TO the loved ones
AMI friends who are far away.
Fa,ntly the twilight glimmers
Over the dusky walls,
And into the gloom Of my shadowy room
The sivery starlight falls.
Shine on, o beautiful start
Shine o'er the dear ones Afar.
Are they watching for thee,
Are they thinking Of me.
o beautiful evening star?
Sweet was the home. life together,
Glad were the songs that We sung,
There In the glow Of the fireiight
When the days labors were done.
Some have gone out from its shelter,
Lies sterner duties to share,
And some are asleep where the low grasses
creep,
In valley 80 sweet and fair.
Softly, o beautiful star
Shine on their rest from afar-
Shall We meet where no word
OF farewell e'er is heard,
q beautiful evening star?
AMANDA MAXIM VINING.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-03-20
RANGE AND Wards.

The breeder of score or two OF chick
ems can easily keep them confined on .
small area aud furnish his pets with all
the food they Can consume, but farmers
whose pasture fields are swarming with
various insects-the best food for pOul-
try-snd whose grain fields need glean-
ing, should pursue an altogether different
plan il the poulty is to yield the greatest
amount of profit, especially II large
numbers are to be reared. 1t Ii . we'll
known fact that large number Of living
beings confined on small space OF
ground iuouce disease; 90 fowls always
do best II separated in small lots from
fifteen to twenty In such lots, II
scattered over different fields, they do
better and grow faster than when all
are roaming together, and do 90 on much
less food, a. they pick up many insects
and seeds, each dock having It. own
range.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-03-20

We have saved many doctor bills since
We began uslng Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy In our home. We keep . bottle
open all the time, and whenever any Of
my family or myself begin 70 catch
cold we begin TO use the cough remedy,
and as q result We never have to send
away for doctor and incur largo doc
tor bill, for Chsmberlain's Cough Rem
edy never fails TO cure. II Il certainly .
medicine of great merit and worth.-D.
8. Mearkle, General Merchant and
Farmer, Matte, Bedford County, Pa.
For sale BY F. A. Shurtle6 4 Co., South
Paris, DR.. Orin Stevens, Oxford, and
Williamson 4 Kimball, Norway, drug
gists.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-03-20

Where does the net increase Of the
butter dairy come In from the increased
price received for the product this year
over last. when that increase IL more
than all required to meet the higher
price paid for purchased grxin fed to
the cowse Remedy, raise the grain on
the farm.-Msine Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-03-20

A newspaper syndicate letter recently
sent out from New York says that Miss
Emily Hoffman, young society lady, is
the prettiest girl in New York, but no
vouchers accompany the statement. II
a certificate to that effect, signed by
fifty, or even twenty-five, pretty society
girls, could be presented, 1t might have
some force.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-03-20

"will we lose the gulls?' is the query
used "a n heading by writer who fears
that the demand for sea gulls' feathers
will lead TO their extsrminstion. Which
query Is reminder Of the horrible ex-
ample given 10 the rhetoric, III will
drown! Nobody shall help mel"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-03-20

whenever bad odors can be detected
around the dairy quarters something u
wrong.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-03-20
HERE AND THERE.

A combination Of manufacturers 10 one
owning some $50, ,000, 900
worth Of property 10 large number OF
single plants widely separated, Is not q
trust. President Chisholm of the Inter-
national Paper Co. himself hath said It.