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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-10-17
CABBAGE CULTURE.
Practical Points on Hoeing and Gull
tivating by One Who Knows.

The usual practice among farmers
and market gardeners is to give their
cabbage three hoeings and three culti-
yatings. the cultivating always preced-
ing the hoeings. Under good manur-
ing, with good seed and the land in
good condition and average season, this
insures Il crop. but sometimes the land
is in overgrown condition. The ac-
emulation of plant food left over by
preceding crops is something we did
net know and therefore could not fig
ure on This, added to the usual ma
nuring. has jumped the cabbage ahead
so fast that soon after their second
hOeing they promise to mature their
heads earlier than we planned for. In
such case we stop right there with our
second hoeing.
The wisdom of this is apparent as
soon as we get to the philosophy Of
hoeing cabbage. Why do we hoe cab
bagc? The first and often the second
hoeing is mostly a weed killing process,
but the third, as | understand it. is
really a root pruning process by which
we throw the plant into bud Tor head,
just as we create bud development in
a tree by trimming in its branches
above ground or its roots below ground.
If. on the contrary. our cabbage land is
lacking in condition, then it needs eX-
ira hoeing and cultivating in the early
stage of the crop, both to capture nj
Togen from the air and to help the
roots in their search for food.
The presence Of twitch grass makes
another good and sufficient reason for
an extra hoeing. for while that thrives
no other crop can. Don't cut off the
grass with the hoe or by the costly
work of digging it out, but hoe often
and cover the young shoots with the
soil, and | will warrant from eXpe-
rience that il will end its life with the
season. Where cabbage gets bad set
back, as during n dry season like last
year, do not hoe Immediately after
the rains come, but wait n few days
until the nearly paralyzed roots have
got n new start or a new set has put
out, says J. j. II. Gregory, an eastern
authority on the late cabbage crop. in
American A2riculturiSt.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-10-17

knives in n menacing fashion, they
drove the people into line. When Pro-
fessor Hampstead had rubbed his eyes,
scratched his head and got it into his
brain that something not down on the
programme was going on, Talanti
mounted a box and smilingly observed
Ladies' and gentlemen, you are now
about to pass ashore TO behold my Won
derfHl discoveries, but each one of you
is required to leave behind you all
money and jewelry. l will see that ev.
erything is safely cared for"
But what-what does it mean?"
asked the bewildered professor as he
looked around him.
Its robbery" cried three or four
voices in chorus.
'Do not mar the harmony OF the oc-
casion with hard words' continued the
chief villain. Il simply borrow your
purses and jewclry The term robbery
does not sound well. As time flies let
us get to work. Antonio. you may be
gin with the professor first"
Tie men cried out In anger, but what
could they do: / do lot think there
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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-10-17
REMARKS ON RYE.
Good Things 1t Does In Section
Where It's Friends Are Many.

GOOu Things IL DOCS In n SectIOn
Where It's Friends Are Many.
The writer considers rye next in i'm
portance to the root crop. 1t is nothing
uncommon for rye here to yield 40
bushels to the acre, and if the ground is
properly prepared and good seed well
put in there is no failure. Rye will
live through winters that will kill ev-
cry wheat and clover plant.
Rye has so many friends in Sheboy-
gan county. Wis, that great pains have
been taken to get the best varieties.
Grains of my rye are much larger than
wheat. A bushei and half Is none
too much for an acre, especially If land
Is full of weed seeds. This rye was
grown on reclaimed swamp land and
will yield about 40 bushels to the acre.
The ground was lightly manured with
coarse horse manure.
Rye can be sown in August or any
time before the ground freezes. | have
seen good crops of rye where the grain
was sown so late that the plants could
hardly be seen above ground until the
next spring. sowed grass seed on rye
land with n team. If rye Is not sowed
by Sept 20, wait until the ground Is
about to freeze up.
One who has land infested with Can
ada thlstles will find great satisfaction
in sowing rye thick and early. Some
SOW rye here in July and pasture 1t so
1t cannot joint, then harvest crop the
next year. Our millers are making very
fine white -four from our new varieties
of rye.
Some of the fattest horses In this
country last spring were wintered on
rye straw and water, with few car
rots. The unthrashed rye was run
through cutting machine and the car
rots through a slicer and the whole
put together and wet and mixed IL
hours before being fed
Sow rye once. and you will SOW 1t
again. Many Of the small farmers,
and some large ones, thrash the rye
with fails, bind the straw into bun
dies and sell 1t for more money than
the grain will bring. Rye that has
been kept dry VIII grow when two
years old.-Cor. Prairie Farmer.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-10-17
HONEY PACKAGES.
Experience Thnt Leads to n Prefer
ence For Tin Cans.

euce For Tin Cans.
Additional experience simply COR
firms us IL the belief that extracted
honey ought to be put into 60 pound
tin cans rather than in wooden barrels.
says the editor of American Bee Jour
nal. True. tin can will occasionally
burst and thus cause leaking. But
when it does you can't lose more than
60 pounds out of one GO pound can.
But a barrel-well, we have more than
once seen over half z barrel Of honey
lost through leaking or from the head
bursting out.
Yes, tin cans do cost more than bar
rels, but they are worth more and for
several reasons. The honey In them
can be reliquefed without digging it
out and putting it into something else,
as must be done with honey in bar
rel Honey in GO pound cans is In bet
ter shape for the cash honey dealer to
handle. 1t Is a quantity that many a
family feels 1t can afford to buy at one
given.
1t may do to put dark or cheap hon
eys into barrels, but the fine white ex-
tracted honeys, we think, ought always
to be put into 60 pound tin cans. We
believe the day will soon be here when
such honeys will be required In tin
cans and perhaps at q slight advance
In price over that of the same grade in
barrels.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-10-17

The ancient Egyptians were skilled
in the art Of tanning leather and man.
ufactured it in various ways and for
various purposes besides that of fur
nishing covering for the feet. Indeed
1t is to those builders of the pyramids
that we are indebted for the first artis-
tic forms of footwear, and so far as
can be ascertained from history and
the researches OF archaologists the
Egyptians were the first shoemakers
who were worthy of the name.
1t Is n fact, too, that tanners of today
employ very much the same methods
MS did the ancicnts. About the same
materials are used, and the processes
hre almost precisely similar to those in
vogue hundreds Of years ago. 1t Is
true that tanners of the present day
have found means Of greatly shorten
ing the time required to convert hide
into leather and that steam power and
modern machinery have done much to
expedite and improve the processes of
finishing the leather; but. after all, the
principles Of tanning remain the same
as they have been from the first.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-10-17
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BUNKOED BY
A GREEK.
by Nj. QUAD.
by M. QUAD.
cerrn:arz. 1901. sr c. B. LEWIS.

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The pair of us Lad been in Athens
three or four days when a party Of
English excursionists who were max
ing tour arrived. Among them was
an antiquary who was looked up to and
respected for his knowledge of ancient
history and ruins, and each evening
there was Il gathering in the parlors o:
the hotel to hear him give a sort OF
lecture on what he had ceen during the
day. Professor Hampstead, as he was
named, had been charged to pick up all
the old Greek manuscripts to be had
for money. and it was his inquiries for
such documents that doubtless led to
our undoing. One day a man named
Talanti, who had somewhat the man
ners and dress Of gentleman. brought
the professor two ancient manuscripts
as a present, and TO show his further
good will he announced a valuable dis
covery which had just been made on
the island of .1lgina, about 40 miles dis
tant He was the owner of the island,
and while his workmen were getting
out stone they had come across some
rare treasures in art, but had developed
only small portion Of them. They had
partly uncovered a stone box which he
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-10-17
News md Notes.

California and Michigan grow large
trops of radishes for seed.
Orange Judd Farmer reports large
winter cabbage acreage.
1t is reported that the Seminole lands,
said to be the richest in the Indian Ter
ritory. will be thrown open to public
settlement at an early day.
This is n good year for the silo. Feeds
OF all kinds promise to be high, affected
by the shortage in the corn crop. The
slo will enable the feeder to utilize all
of a crop that is usually partly wasted,
says National Stockman.
A small machine which turns out
tissue paper string inclosing seeds at
regular intervals is the latest device
presented as an economizer of time and
labor in seed sowing.
A NEW movement for the manufac-
ture of refined sugar from corn Is 10
progress. The sugar made by improv-
ed processes is said to be very yalu-
able white dry product.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-10-17
THEY WE'RE WAITING.
Man who Thought Panther Cove
Was Slow Got n Pointer.

A Man VINO ThOuGht Panther Cove
Was Slow Got n Pointer.
There didn't seem to be much going
on at Panther Cove for n border town,
and when l ran across an old pioneer
| told him that | was somewhat dis
appointed in II.
"Pears to be a slow town, eh?" he
queried.
"Yes, rather that way"
"No shootin or hanginT
''None whatever"
Nobody jumpin on his hat and f1rin
his guns in the air and nobody braggln
of the number Of men he's killed and
goin to killr
"Yes, things are very quiet Any
particular reason for itY'
Eyes, stranger, there Is. The par
ticular reason is that about $50 of the
boys are watchln you and holdin their
breath"
"But why should they watch meY /
asked.
"Waal, to be squar' with you, you
look like n critter who'd walk into a
saloon and call for lone drink and for
get the rest of the population"
"And IL should"
'"Then you'd never have no more
cause to complain of the slowness Of
Panther Cove. Before you could swal-
low more'n half the drink the popula-
tion would bust forth with yell, and
about n minute and half later you'd
be swIngin to that tree over there and
the coroner aszln the boys IL anybody
had seen Lung Sing, the gravedigger
Yes, the town does look bit slow, but
you jest tnke n p'inter and either go
dry or call up the hill outfit when you
drink" nj. QUAD.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-10-17
SHEEP TALK.
Eshepherd hoy" Visits the Indiana
and Ohio FlocI1mnstcrs.

|shepherd hoy" Visits the Indiana
and Ohio FlocIemnstcrs.
Mr.. Harris says he does not believe
that rape IS capable Of doing what Is
sometimes claimed for II. There are
those who claim rape TO be an ideal
feed for the fattening OF sheep. Mr..
Harris experience Is about the same rs
my own In regard to this matter. He
does not countenance the Idea that
lambs can be successfully fattened on
rape alone. l must admit fully agree
with him. My experience has been
that lambs VIII fattcn quicker on sec
ond growth clover and small grain
feed than they viii on the best patch
OF rape and larger amount OF grain.
While rape makes good pasture for
sheep, have never considered 1t would
alone satisfactorily fatten q lamb for
market. While taking n ride In COM
pany with this gentleman one evening
| saw that which aroused considerable
curiosity within me. 1t was small
patch OF salnfoln growing along the
roadside. This Is the first patch Of this
most useful plant / have seen growing
wild since leaving the old sod. IL was
growing luxuriantly. mingling itself
with the blue grass that was also
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-10-17
Alter the Hay Is Gathered.

Now thai the hay crop is about gath
ercsl 1t is time to do something with the
thin meadows and spots. If plowed up
at once and well worked down, rye can
be sown in September, but trial of
the Clark method of grass seeding is
often advisable where a farmer cannot
well lose years use of the field for
grass. After plowing harrow thor
oughly with disk or cutaway to cut up
the old sod and seed early in Septem-
ber Use top dressing of well rotted
manure or commercial fertilizer. A
thorough working of the soil and early
seeding will allow for sufficient growth
this fall TO stand the winter and give
a good crop of hay next year. advises
American Agriculturist.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-10-17
Too Smart.

"Huhw exclaimed Mr.. Rox after
reading his morning mall "our boys
college education is making him too
blamed smart"
whats the matterT asked Mrs.
Rox.
IL wrote TO him the other day that l
thought II would be kinder for me not
TO remit the check he asked for. Now
he writes. Dear father, shall never
forget your unremittlng Kindness -
Philadelphia Press
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-10-17
NeNa and Notes.

The wheat crop is big one of good
quality.
The apple prospect Is poor both as to
quantity and quality.
A fair hay crop seems to be the gen
eral conclusion for the whole country.
Great shortage In the potato crop Of
the west is reported. Twenty-Five
points below the ten year August aver
age Is the government estimate for the
country In general.
An aftermath of the mild winter OF
1901 Is being severely felt In many
parts of the country in the enormous
numbers of grasshoppers, caterpillars
and other insects which prey upon the
products of the garden, says American
Gardening.
Latest agricultural wrinkles are Illus.
trated at the Pan-American exposition
by exhibits OF tobacco growing in pots
and ginseng also In pots.
An oat crop below the average Is re-
hfrtpI
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-10-17
The Heavy Hog mt a Premium.


few years ago some editors and
many professors OF agriculture In ex-
pertinent stations and colleges were
carried away with the bacon hog idea.
Nothing In the swine class would suit
unless 1t was of the lengthy type sup
posed to be indicative OF high bacon
qualities. Now relatively little Is
heard of this for time much lauded
animal. Heavy hogs are at pre-
MUM In the west, with a prospect of
remaining so for some time The prob
lem hinges on the price of corn. VIII
1t pay to feed hogs until they will go
into the heavy class and get the extra
price2 This each farmer must deter
mine for himself. The return to the
old time favorites illustrates the diff
Guilty OF effectlng a radical change of
type without some very good reason,
saws Orange Judd Farmer.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-10-17
-R1ther yenomous.

7Xtenderfoot who Visited the Yosemi-
10 in the old days thus related his ex-
perlence: The stage driver found out
that he was seriously afraid Of snakes
and Immediately proceeded to make his
hair stand on end.
"Yenomous reptilesf You bet. don't
know what reptiles is. but them snakes
you can Just bet your life Is venomous.
Why, one day was comm down here
brivin wagon, when catches sight of
4 snake In the brush all ready fn- n
spring. My horses starts. an l wnips
'em up fast to clear the snake. don't
you see, afore he could spring. He
makes one clear spring. the snake does.
an he misses the horses"
''That was lucky. But you-you"-
Lucky? You bet your life II was
lucky. He missed the horses. the snake
did. but he stuck his fangs clean
through the wagon"
'You don't sayr'
II do say. and maybe you don't be-
lleve II, but It's fact. He stuck his
fangs clean through that wagon, I'm
that wagon IL swelled up so bad that
we had to leave 1t by the wayside and
take the horses home"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-10-17
A New Excuse.

One Of the men In n large pottery
took two or three days holiday now
and again. and when he came back, on
being asked what was wrong. he said
he had been away burying his grand
mother
He did this two or three times, and
then he thought he had better change
his excuse. so. on being asked the next
time, he replied:
"Well my brother. the sailor, is at
home just now. and he Is SO used to
the sound OF the waves that had to
lash pallfuls Of water on the window
all night before he could sleep. and
then | had to sleep during the day."
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-10-17
THE PASSING BAND.
"
A lone, deep drcne

lone, deep drcne
Thrumnleth 4 res1l2n. monotone;
Up so7reth the ho-n with an undulant fare
That dies, is reborE-iust fash Of an air,
Through the rumble Of drums, as their throbbiny
beat
Sends a rhythmic pulse down the winding street.
Then a streaming pennant Of sound is outfung,
Flamboyaut fr7r1 wall to wsll it swung
Near-aud more uelr-the harnoHies clear
Build sbysarl poude-ous tower; then sheer
It breaks in a clarion clash Of sounds,
An ululant tumuit, that bounds and rebounds:
a yoluminous groan
FrcG: the blaring tombstcne
And a cangor Of brass
As the cymbals pass;
Then the drums lone boom the melodies 4,
Forwzrd-and wayer-and faint-and die
Into murmur amphorio,
Sweet blending choric,
To 4 faraway swell
Till at last they nell
In a note long draw
Are gone-On-op.
London Academy.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-10-17
New Dirt Turned Up In Autumn.

Deep planting for potatoes has al
most invariably given better results at
the Cornell station than shallow, but
very deep planting should not follow
shallow planting. The furrows opened
to receive the seed should not go to the
bottom of the soil that was stirred by
the plow. If it is desired to plant six
inches deep, the land should be plowed
eight or ten inches deep.
Then, again, land that has never been
plowed deeper than five or six inches
should not the next time be plowed
ten. The deepening process should be
gradual-an inch or so a year. More
"new dirt" may safely be turned up in
autumn than in spring.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-10-17
The Unicorn.

Chinese annals Of great antiquity
contain numerous detailed accounts Of
the supposedly fabulous unicorn. In
which the description are Identical
with those handed down from the ear
Hest times IN the mythology or occl-
dental countries From this II IL In
ferrcd that at some time In the re-
mote past there actually did exist n
single horned equine or cervlne animal
of come sort
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-10-17
Cruel.

Old Aunt Ton her deathbed-I am
just making my Will, my dear Helm
rich. | know. alas. too well that you
are not religiously disposed and have
no desire to promote the cause Of
Nephew (hastlly)-Beg your pardon,
aunt: quite the contrary.
Aunt-IIeayen be praised! Then you
Will be glad TO hear that | have left all
my property TO the church!-IIumor-
Istischc Blattcr.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-10-17

young man." said the fortune teller,
going into trance, 81 can see you In
the near future with an airship'-
Make it an hclrship to a million,
can't youT" eagerly exclaimed Ardup,
slipping another half dollar into her
hand.-Chlcago Tribune.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-10-17
EARLY E,xnerlence.

Mother TO baby)-It's muzzer's little
ootsy tootsy Muzzcr loves her little
darling baby
Fanny twho has just been spanked
Don't you believe her. baby. When you
Sob grow up. she'll spank you t-t-tool
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-10-17
SPRAYING POTATOES.

Eastern Farmers DO Not Take Kind
~ "a bordeaux For blight.
There Is considerable conflicting tes-
timony In regard TO the efficacy Of
spraying With bordeaux mixture for
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-10-17
TONE GATHERING.

that makes the picking OF stones an
altogether different affair from the old
fashioned finger and basket method.
The box has handles to permit empty
Ing 1t into the cart which Is TO haul the
stones away.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-10-17
Proud of Her.

81 want TO get your wife interested
I'm our new system Of manual training"
said the woman with short skirt and
q felt hat.
"Well." answered Mr.. Meekton. "you
can come in. But IL you are trying to
teach Henrietta anything about train
ing n man I'm thinking you are vast
ing your time. Henrietta can come
pretty near giving lessons In manual
training, Henrietta can."-Washington
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-10-17

The Farm Jour
nal. An iron gar
den rake and n
box with one
side we'd
gives q "broom
and dustpan"
81 n run OaIp panf
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-10-17

It's not easy for woman to pin her
faith to husband who never gives her
any pin money.-Philadelphi Bulletin.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-10-17

Very few people know how to handle
enthuslasm.-Atchison Globe.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-10-17
Painful Memories.

The Prodigal-Oh, dere's de old wood
shed where / spent so many pleasant
moments with pop. Guess won't re-
turn right away.-New York Journal.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-10-17
An Inxeniou. Notion.

Ground can be easily cleared of small
stones by the simple device shown In
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-10-17
In the Time to Come.

"Unlcss there Is n chnnge," said tho
cook, 81 will have to leave you."
"Changew exclaimed the mistress.
"What do you mean?"
"Our unlon," said the cook, "has de-
clared n boycott on Mrs. Smith, In the
next block"
"But how does that affect meT
"She is on your calling list, and q
sympathetic strike has been declared
against all who associate with her.
Chicago Post.