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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-04-19
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POTATO PLANTING.
How to DO Neat and Thorough job
by the Hand Method.


While the improvements in potato
planting machinery offer the cheapest,
quickest method, there are many
growers who do not own nor have nc.
cess to the use of n planter and there
fore the ancient but always reliable
hand planting method Is described by
an Ohio Farmer writer. With mark
er line ont the field in rows three feet
apart, the straighter the better for
after cultivation, aside from the pride
that should be taken in doing a me.
cbanical piece of work by any grower.
Next use large single shovel pillow
and open up eurrow along these
marks six or eight inches deep, going
twice in a row if necessary to get an
even furrow and to take out any
crooks. In this furrow the complete
fertilizer is scattered by hand from
pals or, far better, with a hand bar
row fertilizer drill, which every ferti-
lizer user should have, as they will
easily pay for their small cost in half
days use.
The amount of fertilizer applied in
tiO iuiipN Siouiu ldiSc lIOlH l,Ubu u
1,5OO pounds per acre, depending upon
the natural fertility of the land and
whether or not a broadcast application
has been made. This is stirred into
and mixed with the soil by passing
along the furrow with a small toothed
horse cultivator, closed tightly to ad-
NIT it well into the furrow. Following
this, the single shovel is again used to
Their mixes the fertilizer with the
I earth.
Into this furrow the seed pieces are
dropped at from 10 to 16 inches apart,
and the greater distance is recommend
ed as more conducive of early and rap
id maturity. The seed is covered either
by the single shovel throwing the ridge
between the rows back into the furrow
or with horse hoe with the wings or
hoes set to draw the earth from each
side to the center, the horse walking in
the furrOw.
| Make 1t point to leave as high a
ridge as possible directly over the CEN
ter of the row. This serves to shed
heavy rainfalls, usual at this early sea-
son, into the gutter between the rows
and exposes at least twice the amount
of soil surface to the warming and dry
ing rays of the sun. These ridges are
readily leveled by one or two passages
of the heavy harrow
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-04-19
THE SMALL FRUITS.
Strawberries of Today-DecIine In
Currants-BIackcaps Popular.


A few of the profitable Strawberries
of ten years ago are still cultivated,
yet a vast majority of the varieties
that one would advise planting today
were entirely unknown ten years ago.
Excelsior, Sample, Glen Mary of the
great market varieties, and Mich
Dinner, Maximus and Mammoth as
1 fancy amateur varieties, are all prod
ucts of the past ten years and superior
in many ways to our older varieties.
Eight or ten years ago currants came
to be planted quite extensively in
many sections Of our state, and while
there has been no hint of overprOduc-
ton a considerable abandonment Of
jelly making by families has brought
about less demand for currants, and
they have been steadily lowering in
price in our markets for some years.
Fay and Victoria are the standard va
rieties. Wilder, a variety of more re-
cent introduction, is a stronger and
more upright grower than the Fay,
full as large a berry and more per-
feet bunch, somewhat lighter in color
and later in ripening, which tends to
make it more valuable, both for home
use and market.
Red raspberries have suffered the
same depression as currants and are
selling at 80 per cent lower prices and
are less in demand than they were ten
years ago, while the demand for black
cap raspberries seems to be somewhat
on the increase.
Loudon and Columbian, red, and
Kansas and Cumberland, blackcaps,
are the valuable developments of the
past ten years, and with the old relia-
bic Cuthbert make up the best list of
raspberries for planting at the present
time.
Commercial blackberry growing has
suffered severely from southern COM
petition and is not as satisfactory or
profitable as formerly. The Eldorado
is the one valuable variety of recent in
PRODUCTION.
The Lucretia dewberry has come into
prominence and favor during recent
years and with some planters is found
commercially favorable. j. II. Hale,
Connecticut.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-04-19
HOLDS UP A CONGRESSMAN,

" At the end Of the last campaign,'
writes Champ Clark, MissOuri's brilliant
congressman. "frOm overwork, nervous
tension, loss of sleep and constant speak
ing | had about utterly collapsed. 1t
seemed that all the organs In my body
were out of order, but three bottles of
Electric Bitters made me all right. It's
the best all-round medicine ever sold
gain splendid health and vitality from
Electric Bitters. Try them. Only SOC.
Guaranteed by DIR. w. H. Sheldon, drug
gist.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-04-19

Low grade red clover seed usually
contains a large amount Of brown,
dead seeds. In order to use the right
amount Of seed for good catch of clo-
yer 1t is necessary to know how much
OF the seed will grow. When Is pounds
are sown on an acre and only one half
the seed sprouts, it is equivalent to
using only ~ pounds of seed which is
good, and poor stand is inevitable.
Not only should the percentage of ger
mination be known, but the seed
should terminate vigorously. Weak
seed will produce weak plants. These
seeds are generally light and are blown
out in we'll cleaned samples, but may
be present in large amounts in low
grades.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-04-19

The remedies they think best suited to
the needs of their patients. When the
disease is of a nervous nature, with head
ache, sick stomach, failing appetite, indi-
geston, restlessness, loss of sleep and a
general rundown condition, nerve tonic
and brain food is an absolute necessity.
The best of all remedies for weak, debili-
tated, exhausted nerves-best for the doc
tor to prescribe and best for the patient to
take-is that incompatible restorative,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-04-19
A ROup Remedy.

An excellent remedy for roup is to
give the bird pill of assafOetida, as
large as bean, twice day, and to in
ject at the same time two drops (using a
sewing machine oil cam of the following
mixture in each nOstril, and four drops
down the throat: Camphorated oil, one
dram; water, one dram; carbolic acid,
ten drops. Keep the bird in a dry, warm
place. Roup may be known by foul
odor, discharge from the nostrils, hoarse
breathing, and sometimes swelled head
and closed eyes.-Mirror and Farmer.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-04-19
BEEF AND OTHER MEATS.
Cut Up In Scores of Different Ways.
Fifty-seven Kinds of Sausage.

Ftfty-seven kfnds OF sausage.
Like every other business, the pack
ing companies do their utmost to cater
to all manner of tastes. These likes
and dislikes they gather from the de-
mands of the retailers and consumers
1t is through this channel that they
keep in touch with every possible de-
mand. Beef Is cut up in 90 different
ways, pork 30, mutton II, veal 5. Boil
ed ham Is prepared in six different
ways. OF ordinary sausage there are
43 varieties, of delicatessen sausage
IA, making total Of 81 kinds.
Dried salt meats are prepared with
16 different cuttings, the bacon meats
also with 16. From the packing house
report. from which the foregoing is
taken, we gather, concerning canned
meats, that among them are the fol-
lowing: Corned beef, pigs feet. gela-
tin, boar's head, oxford sausage,
tongue, roast beef, boiled beef chip
ped beef, deviled ham, potted ham and
tongue, minced ham, chicken, turkey,
pork and beans, OK marrow, etc. In
addition to all this, there are soups of
many names, all of which are found on
the shelves of groceries everywhere
throughout the land
1t is reasonable to suppose that men
will learn war" for many years to
come; also we may depend on the no
mad in man to cause him to travel
whenever his means will justify. He
will crisscross the continents yet I'M
explored until he will know them thor
oughly. He will probably in due course
of time find the north pole. Already
he is feeling around the antarctic re-
gions and thinks he will set his foot
on that pole also. The qualification of
this restlessness in the race Is made
possible and with comfort by these
canned meats.
Gather up the fragments, that moth
ing be lost" From the standpoint
herein set forth there is no greater
economist among men than the pack
ing house, concludes Iowa Homestead.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-04-19
lever SINCE / WAS A GIRL Z"

says Mrs f. p. Watkins, of Brooklyn,
II suffered from bilious headaches and
vomiting after meals. At forty began
TO have rheumatism. Two years ago
was cured entirely by new medicine
called Calcura Solvent, discovered by
DR. David Kennedy, of Kennedy Row,
Kingston, n, Y" Write to DR.. X. for
free sample.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-04-19

You will waste time If you try to cure
indigestion or dyspepsia by starving
yourself. That only makes it worse
when you do eat heartily. You always
need plenty of good food properly d.
gested. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure is the
result of years of scientific research for
something that would digest not only
some elements of food hut every kind.
And 1t is the one remedy that will do It,.
DR.. ID. A. Bisbee's Drug Store.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-04-19

and cheerfuIness soon
disappear when the kid
neys are out of order
or diseased.
Kidney trouble has
become so prevalent
that il is not uncommon
for a child to be born
afflicted with weak kid
neys. If the child urin-
atae to- 1f4o n IL
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-04-19

81 had piles so bad l could get no rest
nor find a cure until | tried DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve. After using 1t once,
| forgot | ever had anything like Piles"
e. G. Boice, Somers Point, N. Y. Look
out for limitations. Be sure you ask for
DeWitt's. DR.. ID. A. Bishee's Drug Store.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-04-19

last winter was confined to my bed
with very bad cold on my lungs. Moth
ing gave me relief. Finally my wife
bought bottle of One Minute Cough
Cure that effected speedy cure. | can
not speak too highly of that excellent
remedy."-Mr. Il. X. Houseman, Man
atawney, Pa. DR.. ID. A. Bisbee's Drug
Store.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-04-19
The The Register JOB 5e1 wd
Doctors Advise

"My stomach was very weak and I
could scarcely eat light food or Cruel. l
had dreadful burning sensation at the
base of the brain, but my worst trouble
was sleeplessness. would roll and toss
for hours at time, and was rapidly losing
flesh and strength when my doctor advised
me to try DR.. Miles Nervine- did so
and steadily improved till my health was
restored" Mrs. S. MoREHoUsE,
Phoenix, N. Y
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-04-19

Three moonshine stills were recently
raided near Fry, Ky. The products were
taken, but the operators escaped.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-04-19

The Carthage (Mo.) Chautauqua will,
If 1t can, secure Minister WI Ting Fang
as one of the lecturers this season.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-04-19

There are over l,0O0,O 900 square feet OF
glass surface In Great Britain exclusively
devoted to the cultivation and produce
ton OF tomatoes for market purposes.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-04-19

A monster schooner is being built at
Boston. 1t is to be the largest one
anoat, costing Sl50,0OO, and having six
masts
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-04-19
FARM AND GARDEN.


Not one of the fruits has been growing
in demand more generally In recent
years than the cherry. California mas
been supplying our city fruit stands
with a product nice In appearance, OUT
much inferior In quality to that when
can be grown easily and prohtaoly 10
our own region. Should we not
endeavor to supply our own market
Asa rule the ark-colored sweet cherries
are most sought after for the trade OF
our cities. For years the Black Iar-
tartan was the only sort grown for TINS
purpose, but it is being supplanted by
tbe Windsor, a variety having its origin
m Canada. and said to be very hardy,
exceedingly productive, large, dark liver
color. and so good in quality as to
sharpen the appetite for more when
eaten.
| have been growing it in moderate
way for several years, and only wish l
had been wise enough TO plant 1t early
when first introduced. No fruit has
ever paid me better. In '9S, the crop
sold for 10 cents per pound, and in 80
for II cents per pound. 1t may be In
cluded in the list of money makers in all
localities where any sweet cherry can
be grown with success.
A few years ago | had sent to me from
Oregon for test purposes, a variety then
known as the Bling. After fruiting it
for two seasons, am inclined to regard
1t as an acquisition and worthy of a test
by all interested in growing the cherry.
1t is large, Of good quality, in resemb-
ling the Windsor, but ripening trifie
later, and productive beyond anything in
the shape of cherry have ever grown.
Its size and fine appearance should
make it very desirable for market. |
measured many specimens that had a
circumference of from 3 to 3! inches and
referring to the annual horticultural
report of the state of Oregon find 1t
very highly commended, and reported
as the most promising cherry yet in
PRODUCED there. AS for sour cherries, |
know of nothing superior to the Mont
morency and English Morello.-S. d.
Willard in New England Homestead.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-04-19

In boring for oil at Beaumont, Tex, i,
is reported that vein of pure sulphur &c
feet thick was discovered.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-04-19
HUMPHREYS
Witch Hazel Oil
THE PILE OINTMENT.
One Application Gives Relief.

1t cures Piles or Hemorrhoids-Ex
or Internal, Blind or Bleeding, Itching or
Burning, Fissures and Fistulas. Relief i'm
mediate--cure certain.
1t cures Burns and Scalds. The relief
instant.
1t cures Inhamed or Caked Breasts and
Sore Nipples. Invaluable.
1t cures Salt Rheum, letters, Scurfy
Eruptions, Chapped Hands, Fever Blisters,
Sore Lips or Nostrils. Corns, Bunions,
Sore and Chafed Feet, Stngs of insects,
Mosquito Bites and Sunburns.
Three Sizes, 25c., soc. and $1.00
Sold by Druggists, sent prepaid receipt Of PRICE
HUMPHREYS MED. CO..
Cor. William Il John sts.. NEW YORK
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-04-19
Women as Well as Men
Are Made Miserable by
Kidney Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind dis
courages and lessons ambition; beauty. vieor
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-04-19

Application of Poultry Manure.
One of the principal advantages of
having separate house for poultry is in
being able to save their droppings.
These should not be allowed to accumu-
late but should be removed at least once
week, as they are fruitful source of
disease If not so removed. One will be
surprised how many barrels of the best
fertilizer can be thus saved from the
droppings of twenty well-fed fowls.
Place the manure thus obtained on
twenty rows of corn on field, putting
portion in and around each hill, and
the surplus corn in those twenty rows
over twenty rows alongside of them not
so fortified will be more than enough to
feed the twenty fowls all the year.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-04-19

urine scalds the flesh or if, when the child
reaches an age when it should be able to
control the passage, it is yet afflicted with
bed-wetting. depend upon it. the cause of
the difficulty is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment of
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble is due to diseased condition of the
kidneys and bladder and not to a habit as
most people suppose.
Women as we'll as men are made mis-
cradle with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect OF
Swamp-ROOt is soon realized. 1t is sold
by druggists, in fifty E.E
cent and one dollar fgFI,--sff "a 4, 4 81
sizes. You may have sEF a. II IL
sample bottle by mail III H lls.st5 ~ Y 2
free, also pamphlet tell Home of swamp Root.
ing all about it, including many of the
thousands OF testimonial letters received
from sufferers cured. In writing DR.. Kilmer
& Co., Binghamton, N. T., be sure and
mention this paper.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-04-19


The following is one of the methods of
lining eggs. Use one pint of salt, one
pint of fresh lime, and four gallons of
boiling water. When cold put 1t in stone
jars, Then, with dish, let down your
fresh eggs into it, tipping the dish after
it fills with the fluid, so tnat they will
roll out without cracking the shell, for
if the shell is cracked the egg will spoil.
Put the eggs In whenever you have
them fresh. Keep covered, in cool
place, and they will keep for several
months. Such eggs are largely used by
bakers and in the arts. Albumen is
made from the white, and an egg oil
from the yolks. The egg-oil is used for
oiling leather and wool in the WOODEN
mills. Then there are egg pomade,
desiccated eggs, and preserved eggs (for
tanners use). Egg albumen shells in
France at the rate of rs cents per pound.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-04-19

Home Of Swamp- Root.
ling many OF the
al letters received
writing DR.. Kilmer
T., be sure and
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-04-19

by druggists, in fifty
cent and one dollar
sizes. You may have a
sample bottle by mail
free. also hannibal tell
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-12-11

next year will witness an axact repro
duction Of what the preceding years
record did.
Any suggestion Of change usually
provokes patronizing smile, as much
as to say: II know what I am doing,
and need no advice" in the mean
time, there is a stubborn adherence to
the staple crop cultivation which Is
rapidly piling up an over-supply Of all.
Farmers complain of low prices FOR
their products. When manufacturers
find prices getting low they reduce the
output Of their factories. The same
economic principles will apply to the
farm. The price of wheat and corn Is
regulated by supply and demand. d.
minish the supply and the price Will
rise. There is an easy plan of reducing
this supply. 1t can be done by the
simple process Of diversif1cation OF the
crops. There are other farm products
besides wheat and corn which have
marketable value. Indeed, there are
numerous things which in proportion
to cost of cultivation, yield much bet
ter profit. Why, then, should farmers
rely so absolutely upon the so-called
staple crop? Why in Maryland should
farmers restrict themselves principally
to wheat, corn, and tobacco? BY this
method they each year deposit their
hopes in single vessel. Bad luck with
these crops will mean diminutive net
revenue for the year.
If the farmers generally, In other
states, as we'll as in Maryland, would
raise less wheat and corn and a little
more of something else, the wheat sup
ply would be less superabundant and
the revenues Of profit would be increas-
ed in numbers. That would insure bet
ter prices for wheat and corn and at
the same time, remove the farmers
from their yearly dependence upon
those two crops. There are many 9TH
er crops from which to make selec-
ton. The choice should always be gov
erned by location and existing condf-
tions. One set may turn partially to
trucking, another to fruits, another to
grazing and another to hay making
and baling. There are many other
substitutes which can be profitably
made. All that is needed is enterprise
backed up by energy and some practi-
cal business sense. Farming is like
any other business, 1t needs persistent
alterations according to the shifting
conditions of the same old line of stock
all the time If it is outcompeted in one
line it will adopt another at once.
That should be the rule with farmers.
A little less complaining about the low
price of wheat and corn and a little
more energy expended in the diversi-
fication of crops will mean a larger
income at the end of the year.-Bald-
more American.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-12-11
Aumoruus department.
A Carlsbad Cure.

The consulting room Of a Carlsbad
physician seems about the last place
in the world for humorous incidents.
Yet this is what happened in one of
these haunts Of the sick, the other day.
A new patient, after having been
thoroughly cross-examined by the doc
tors, had received minute instructions
as to diet, ETC., and was dismissed
with this injunction, LAS for smoking
you must limit yourself to three cigars
daily; three light cigars and no more" "
After a few days the patient appears
again in the consulting room. "Well.
and how are you?" asks the physi-
clan.
II should be all right" replies the
patient, but your orders about smok-
ing are hard to follow"
II am sorry" the doctor says cate
gorically, but no more than three ci-
gars a day. You must put up with It.
But, doctor, really it is an awful
business Wouldn't two day do? l
feel i'll every time I smoke"
why, man, what in the world DO
you smoke for at all If that is the
case?" the doctor roared.
But, doctor, wasn't it you your
self who said three cigars day and
no more" OF course I thought they
were part of the cure and began up
on them, though I've never in my life
..,,oa +o ,r,oG;poD To Tahlaaut-WeSt- =
minister Gazette.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-12-11

SQUIRE PEAvY Won HIS CAsE.-"It
is better, gentlemen Of the jury" So
norously said an Arkansas attorney,
who was defending a person Of meas
ly looks and malodorous reputation,
that nine guilty men should escape
than that one innocent man should
suffer punishment. I therefore,"
That's all right. Mr.. Gabbleby," in
terrupted Squire Peavy, mossgrown
but shrewd old justice of the peace;
but 1 feel obliged to sawter call the
attention Of the gentlemen Of the jury
to the fact that durin' the time you
have been practicin' law in this yere
court your proratty of nine guilty men
have already done escaped, and I'll al
so incidentally mention that I happen
to have a pretty good idee that the
prisoner at the bar is guilty, and in
addition to that I am mighty shore
that he is perfectly capable Of COM
mittin' the crime, even If he hain't &C
tually done it,
1t is to be recorded that the gentle
men of the jury found the measly
looking person guilty without exami-
nation.-St. Joseph Herald.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-12-11

Mr.. CHoATE AS A WAITER.-Ambas-
sador Choate was present one evening
tn London at an elaborate reception.
He wore conventional evening clothes,
all the other guests of distinction ap-
pearing in the richest uniforms, bril-
liant with gold lace and orders. Dur
ing the evening the ambassador was
approached by a stranger, who said,
peremptorily:
Call me a cab"
Your are a cab," instantly respond
ed the ambassador.
The stranger stared at him in aston
ishment, turned on his heel and went
direct to the host, complaining of the
insolence of a waiter whom he had In
structed to call cab. The host, SUR
prised and indignant, requested that
the impudent menial be pointed out
to him. This was Immediately done.
"Waiter!" exclaimed the host, why
that is the American ambassador!
Come up and 1 will introduce you.
The crest-fallen guest made his apol-
ogies.
He told me-" explained the ambas-
sador, pleasantly, Ito call him a cab,
and called him a cab. If he had been
a little better-looking I would have
called him a hanson cab.
Magazine.