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Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1901-04-25
BIG STRAWBERRIES.
Found on the Early PIants-Method
of Training First Runners.

Found on the Early Plants-Method
of Training First Runners.
The after cultivation of strawberries
consists in keeping the soil we'll stirred
to a depth of one or two inches, but
not deeper, and all weeds removed. A
ii tooth cultiyator is very fine tool If
provided with three or four fat cutting
hoes, like that shown in the figure.
These are made for us out of old wag-
on springs. They cut all thistles, dock
and other weeds which may be left by
the narrow teeth. The cut, from Rural
New Yorker, shows how the CORE
spondent quoted trains his strawberry
plants. He says:
Our experience has been that a straw
berry plant should be as near II months
old at the time of fruiting as possible.
To attain this result the runners must
start early; consequently We set very
early and encourage the plants to throw
out runners at the very earliest posi-
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1901-04-25
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POULTRY GROWING.

For the General Farmer-Incubator
and Hen Matched Chicks.
The position of the farmer with re-
gard to poultry is entirely different
from that of the specialist with large
plant. To the farmer such information
as the following from n late report Of
A. G.. Gilbert, manager of the Canadian
experimental farms, is especially d.
rected:
Farmers have given increased atten-
ton during the past few years to the
artificial Matching and rearing of
chickens, which have been pursued by
two methods:
BY filling the incubator and begin
ming operations in late February or
early March.
BY deferring Matching operations
until the hens have had a run outside,
and as result their eggs will hatch
better.
In connection with the second
method, unless the farmer has a brood
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1901-04-25

ton to shade the hives from the noon
day sun. The other shows the roof on
n slant to protect from the afternoon
summer sun or chilling winter blasts.
The owner of the apiary says: The
hives are the ten frame. with an all
wool blanket between the brood cham
Eer and the super, but held up from the
frames so the bees can pass over from
frame to frame. The super is then fill.
ed lightly with short straw. The yentI-
lation seems to be enough for this eli.
mate adams county. Ills.) under trial
of four winters-south OF the fortieth
parallel and three miles east of the
Mississippi river.
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1901-04-25
PORK PRODUCTION.
The Part Which Pasture P1ays-AI-
falfa without other Food.

The Part Which Pasture PIays-Ai-
falfa Without other Food.
Pig raising as ordinarily practiced on
the farm in Utah has not been consid-
erred. as a rule, profitable until within
the past few years, when the establish
mcnt of creameries and cheese facto-
ries has created large byproduct of
skimmilk and whey, valuable pig foods
wien properly used. Since the corn
acreage in the state is small the feed
Ing problem resolves itself into grow
ing pigs with a minimum amount of
grain and a maximum of alfalfa, milk
and whey or other cheap foods. Six
seasons experiments have been made
at the Utah station to ascertain the
value of pasture. either alfalfa or mix
ed grass, in hog feeding. The follow
ing statements are gathered from a re-
port recently made:
In pork production economic use may
be made of pasture in connection with
a full grain ration.
The average results of four seasons
experiments show that mixed pasture
is not beneficial to pigs having full
supply of grain and skimmilk.
The average of seven trials made in
both pens and yards gives results IA
yorable to grass feeding in connection
with grain rations. The pens having
green stuff made 33 per cent greater
gains than those without and required
40 pounds less grain for each 100
pounds of gain.
Pasture with grain rations, averag-
ing all the experiments, gave slightly
better results than green stuff cut and
fed in connection with grain in pens
and yards. Where lands are cheap and
labor comparatively dear it seems ad-
visable to follow the pasture method.
Pigs running on pasture, with par
tial grain rations, produced gains at
the least cost per hundred pounds. But
the total gains of those receiving full
grain rations were so much greater
that even with the smaller rate of prof
1t the total net gain per pig very much
exceeded that of the partial ration.
In the quantity of grain required for
leo pounds of gain the sets having a
one-fourth grain ration excelled in ey-
cry test requiring the lowest amount
and giving the highest per cent of prof
it.
In rate of gain the sets receiving a
full grain ration were the best in all
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1901-04-25
AN OBJECT LESSON.

cases making the largest total gain
and giving decidedly the highest total
profit.
Alfalfa without other food, whether
pastured by pigs or cut and fed to
them in pens, furnished only enough
nutriment for bare maintenance. When
additional food was given, the rates of
gain were nearly proportional to the
extra quantities they received.
Alfalfa supplies a good supplement
tGry food in connection with bran and
grain. but it is too coarse and bulky to
be fed alone to the pig whose digestive
tract is especially adapted to concen-
tlates.
Alfalfa hay and sugar beets each
give profitable returns in connection
with limited grain ration in winter
feeding.
The cut represents two sets of pigs
which were used in tests of alfalfa pas
ture without grain. The first or upper
figure shows set of pigs months old
at the beginning of an experiment be-
fore they were turned on alfalfa pas
ture. The lower one shows a second
set of pigs after being on alfalfa pas
ture without grain for 100 days. At
the beginning of the test they were
months old and weighed just twice as
much as the first set
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1901-04-25
Agricultural Brevities.

All the world seems to have gone to
raising mushrooms lately. Luckily,
their popularity seems to be increas-
ing with the supply.
The farmers Of northeastern Ohio
are making a great thing of the onion
crop.
To push along the lima beans and
cucumbers start them on sods in the
hotbed or cold frame.
Transplant the early sown lettuce.
Cheap farm fire insurance on the mu-
tual basis at low rates is the interest
ing experiment inaugurated by Mas
sachusetts grange.
Spurry is said to be of value as n
catch crop on light, sandy soils, which
1t improves when turned under. 1t re-
quires considerable moisture.
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1901-04-25

The young man was visibly annoyed
at the questions which the heiress' ia
Their insisted on putting. At last he
could endure ii no longer. His anccs-
tral pride famed up into his cheeks,
and he exclaimed:
Il would have you understand that
am no ordinary fortune hunter"
That's all right" was the stern re-
joinder. Il am just as particular as
you are. I'd have you understand that
i am no plain, everyday duke chaser
either. "-Washington Star.
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1901-04-25
The work Horses.

After the days work every night the
shoulders of the work teams should be
thoroughly washed and dried. 1t may
be that you are tired and that the
chores will keep you busy until late,
but it will pay to leave the fields half
an hour earlier and groom your team.
You will have better and truer horses
and better and more work out of them.
Wash the inside of the collars and
pound the padding into shape. You
don't want any sore shouldered horses,
remaSko Cha Farm Journal.
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1901-04-25

"So! said Mr.. Upjohn in his most
witheringly sarcastic manner, johnny
gets all his good qualities from you,
and all his bad ones from me, does
hep
Certainly" answered Mrs. Upjohn,
triumphant but calm. Doesn't the
Bible expressly say that the sins of the
fathers are visited upon the children 2"
Chicago Tribune.
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1901-04-25

second cultivating, which must not be
later than ten days after the first,
wedding must be commenced. This is
where the backache gets in its work,
for one must get on knees and astride
the row, wedding three rows at time
through the field.
In ten days more another cultiyating
and wedding must be gone through
with and, further on, another, if neces-
sary. The field must be kept free from
weeds at all times
In August or September the onions
will be ready to harvest The cuts are
from photographs taken on my grounds.
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1901-04-25

Jacks father and mother were hav-
ing a very heated discussion at the
table one day. They entirely forgot
him, and as the argument waxed
fiercer he looked from one to the other
with real concern on his chubby face
Presently during a lull he cleared the
air by asking, pointedly:
Papa, did you marry mamma or did
mamma marry you T'-Brooklyn Life.
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1901-04-25
ERRAfE|s2sszs
! 1s4sScHRBEA
ONION GROWING.

Points I'm Commercial Culture From
Successful Experience.
Commercial onion culture is a topic
receiving much attention just now.
AN onion grower of many years expe-
rience presents review of his meth
DDS In Ohio Farmer. Some of its lead
ing points are here given:
! Do you know that our best onions
are bred up" just as horses or cattle,
or, in fact, any other animals are, and
can be degenerated just as easily? A
writer has truly said: An onion tends
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1901-04-25
Farming In Mexico.

Americans can make farming in Mex
leo pay, writes a correspondent to the
New York Commercial Advertiser, If
they know how. And the knowing
how, in his opinion, is in part to pass
by coffee and rubber and stick to cot
ton, corn and irrigation" Titles are
good land is cheap, the laws are ia
vorable, the government is friendly, it
is easy to do business, markets are ex-
cellent and transportation facilities am
pie.
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1901-04-25
Gleanings In Various Fields.

The admixture of gypsum Qand plas-
teri will largely prevent the loss of nj
trogen from fresh manure.
The pineapple lands Of Florida, the
peach lands of western Maryland and
the tobacco lands of Connecticut are
illustrations of the Importance of spe-
cialization in the selection of soils in
farming.
Denmark still holds the palm for the
best butter.
Some one who has been studying Of
fetal statistics says that in 1900 farm
ers received S1S5, 296,172 more for their
products than in 1899.
Farm names have value. In many
instances they are n guarantee of the
quality of a product.
Well informed dealers in f1axseed es-
innate the United States crop for 1900
at 10, 500,0 600 bushels.
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1901-04-25

ABOUT the POtatO Starcn Inuustry.
The total annual production of starch
from potatoes in the United States is
about 1880 tons, of which 5000 tons
are produced in the county of Aroo-
stock, Me.
Wisconsin is one of the most impor-
tant potato producing states and stands
next to Maine in the production of po-
tato starch.
In 1900 Maine and New Hampshire
produced 5000 tons of starch. New
York 400 tons and Wisconsin and 9TH
er western states 6,1OO tons.
In Wisconsin no varieties of potatoes
are grown for textile purposes. The
starch factories must content them
selves with the small, unripe, rotten,
scabby stock, unfit for edible purposes.
In Maine, unless the price of mar
ketable potatoes be very low, only the
small, injured or refuse potatoes are
sold to the starch factory.
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1901-04-25

Sue-You said you were going to
marry an artist, and now you are en-.
gagged to marry a dentist!
Flo-well, isn't he an artist? He
draws from real life.-Philadelphia
Bulletin.
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1901-04-25

Two views are shown in American
Bee Journal Of our apiary, which ex-
ploits novel idea In the matter of red
roofs. One presents the apiary with
the revolving roof i'm n horizontal posi-
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1901-04-25
Cusha, cusha, cusha, calling
Ere TIE early dews were falling


Sow eggplant in the hotbed and
transplant high to other beds or pots.
Plants must have good beds, for n
check in their growth means all the
difference between profit and loss, says
Bailey
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1901-04-25

The Indian name of the Charles river
at Boston was Mis-sha-um, which
meant great highway.
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1901-04-25
Calling the Cow.

Professor George Hempl of Ann Ar
Dor, Mich, has been investigating the
manner in which we call the COW and
otherwise talk to her in this coun-
try. He finds ''co boss" the normal call
in the north and "co mully" frequent
in Maine and other parts of New Eng
land. In the midland and the south
the most common call is ''sook" or
"sook cow" and in the largest por-
ton of our continent ''sook" is the
normal call to COWS, while some dimin-
utive like 'sooky" is used to the calves.
In New Jersey and southeastern New
York we still find 'cush." This has
found it's way into literature in Jean
Ingelow's High Tide"
Cusha, cusha, cusha, calling
Ere tie early dews were falling.
Various interesting words are used at
milking time. The commonest word
employed to quiet a COW is so" APP
pearing in the forms 80 boss" saw
cow" saw wench," $780," etc. The
pronunciation saw is peculiarly
southwestern.
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1901-04-25
How Long to Grow the Same Plants.

Beans may often be grown for ten
years in succession upon the same
land and peas even longer, but egg
plants have been found to deteriorate
after the third year, and tomatoes,
melons and most other vegetable fruit
plants need new land frequently, if not
every year.
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1901-04-25

81 ss
sfARN% CARDEN
9sSS9sSE
IRRIGATION CANALS.
Their Carrying Cspncity-Enect OF
Form. Friction and Plants.

Their Carrying Capncity-Enect of
Form. Friction and Plants.
East and south. as well as west, the
interest grows in irrigation. Samuel
Fortier of the Utah station has inves-
tigated the carrying capacities of a
number of irrigation canals and pre-
sents in recent bulletin the results of
his work in the hope that they may aid
those who operate irrigation systems
in the west TO arrive at better under
standing regarding the behavior and
carrying capacities of irrigation canals.
In planning new systems 1t is neces-
sary to know the approximate volume
of water which each new channel will
carry, and Mr.. Fortier's experiments
may therefore be also OF value for sec
rcrFFT
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1901-04-25

broider my life into the frame;
] broider my love thread upon thread.
The world gees by with its glory and shsmsi
Crowns are battered, and blood IL shed;
ait and hroider by dreams instead.
And the only world Is the world Of my dreams
And my weaving the only happiness.
For what is the world but what Il seems
And who knows but that God beyond our guess
Sits Weaving words out Of lonelinessf
Arthur Symons In Saturday Review.
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1901-04-25
"None But
The RrAve;"
Or, The Way a Coward Lover
Won his Sweetheart.
BY PRINCE T.. WOODS.
BY PRINCE II. WOODS,

/ Copyright. laol, by Prince I. Woods
HO~f-HoDlf-f-oo-,-hoD
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-07-16
ST. VINCENT'S HOME
Famous Institution at Davenport
Making Excellent Record.
EIGHTY ORPHANS NOW ENROLLED
Sisters of Humility of Mary, the Moth
err House in This City, in Charge
Influence of the Home Being Felt
in Many Places.

Catholics in this vicinity are greatly
in st. Vincent's home at
Davenport, from the fact that the Sis
tiers of Humility of Mary, of this city,
took charge of the home several years
ago, and it is under their excellent
that the effect of it's work
is being felt all over the state. Con.
corning the home, the Catholic Mes
senger in its last issue says:
So rapidly is the number of children
increasing en- the roll books of st.
Vincent's Home that the Sisters in
charge of the institution are begin
ming to find their quarters crowded
and before long some arrangements
will have to be made for the construc-
ton of an additional wing to the pres
ent building. ST. Vincent's Home is
one Of the Catholic institutions of Da,
venport in which the people of Iowa
should display great interest and to
which every encouragement and aid
should be given. The orphanage I'm.
der the supervision of the Sisters of
Humility and with the support of the
Right Rev. Bishop and priests of the
Davenport diocese, has grown steadily
from modest and unassuming organ
ization until it has become recognized
as one of the most worthy institutions
in Iowa Six years ago four Sisters OF
the order of the Sacred Heart arrived
in America from England and coming
to the city Of Davenport, they consult.
ed with local clergy regarding the ad.
visibility of establishing an orphan
age in this city.
AS upon all occasions when noble
cause it at issue, the Right Reverend
Bishop and the priests of the city
gave TO the Sisters every encourage
ment with the result that in very
short time after the arrival OF the Sa
cred Heart nuns, home was estab
lished as refuge for the waits and or
| phans of Iowa, and placing the new in
stitution under the patronage of st.
| Vincent the first Catholic orphanage
in the diocese of Davenport was open
ed in the Roraback home on the cor
aer of Fifteenth and Grand avenue
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-07-16
After the founders of the institution

After the founders of the institution
saw st. Vincent's Home well estab
lished they then invited the Sisters OF
the Humilityof Mary to assume charge
of the home and in 1896 the Sisters
from Ottumwa, entered upon their du.
ties as managers of the orphanage.
In a short time after Sister Vincent
arrived from Ottumwa with her assist
ants,many applications for the admis-
sion of children came from all over
the state and soon the Sisters had
many little ones under their care. A
wear of existence had not passed be-
fore it was found necessary to provide
more spacious and better quarters for
the accommodation of the orphans
who had been granted admission. Ac-
cordingly the home on Grand avenue
was sold to Colonel James Donahue
and tract Of land in the northern
portion of the city was purchased.
Here a new building was begun and
in November, 1897, Contractor Kelley
turned over to the Sisters the beauti-
full new structure. The building is a
three-story edifice, one hundred by
eighty feet and is made of pressed
brick and white stone. 1t has been
set in the center of beautiful piece
of ground, and with it's surroundings
of trees and natural beauty it makes
an ideal location for those little ones
who have found a home at st. Vim
cents. Throughout the entire build
ing, steam heat, sanitary plumbing,
electric light and all modern improve
ments have been installed. Twenty
large and airy rooms make up the
structure. The kitchen, refectory and
class rooms are on the first floor and
on the second floor are the parlors,
reception rooms, Sisters assembly
halls and chapel. On the third floor
are the sleeping apartments. The
building was erected at cost Of $751;
600 and no expense was spared in
making the structure adequately ac-
commodated to the requirements Of
it's tenants.
From the enrolment Of four chill
dren the membership of the institu-
ton has grown to eighty. The little
ones are received from no particular
district although the number of Iowa
children is in the majority. Those
eighty bright little tots are lovingly
and tenderly cared for by the eight
Sisters of Humility and the innocent
ripping laughter down through the
halls of St. Vincent's home attest the
fact that the efforts of these noble
women have been successful in pro.
ducing good results in caring for
those under their charge. The visitor
at the institution finds nothing open
to criticism for systematic arrange.
ments in the management have rem
dered the orphanage an ideal home
for those motherless and fatherless
tots who are early instructed in the
principles of righteousness and in
whose hearts is instilled the hope for
la parental home hereafter,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-07-16
NIGHT-BLooMING cEREUs.
Mrs. C. F. schwabkey Has One Of the
Rare Plants.

mare Fl0Ilsos
[ From Saturdays Daily.l
Among the Ottumwa people who
possess rare and pretty flowers is Mrs.
C. F. 7. Schwabkey, 713 East Second
street. Mrs. Schwabkey has numerous
flowers and plants of every description
and when they are in blossom the con-
servatory at the Schwabkey home pre-
sents most beautiful appearance.
One of the plants that Mrs. Schwab-
key prizes the most is night-blooming
cereus. By request of Mr.. and Mrs.
Schwabkey, a Courier reporter visited
their home last evening and saw two
of the finest and most beautiful bios
SONS of the night-blooming cereus
that perhaps have ever Blcomed in the
city. The plant is about four feet in
heighth and is nine years old. This
plant must have six or seven years
growth before it will produce it's
beautiful blossom, then il the plant is
properly kept it will bloom annually.
The peculiar feature about this rare
specie OF the cactus family is that it
always blooms at night, and when in
blossom it is constantly watched by
many admirers. Very seldom are
there two flowers on the plant at one
time. The plant at the SchWabkey
home however has two large flowers,
besides five buds which will produce as
many flowers. Mrs. Schwabkey thinks
they will be in blossom the first OF
next week. The stem of the flower is
about eight or nine inches in length.
The flower is of a cream color
and blooms for one evening only
and then fades away. Among the 9th
err cactus that Mrs. Schwabkey sc
highly prizes are the Deer Horn, Dew
IFS Cane, Joint Cactus, Gray Beard
and Rat Tail.