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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-04-18
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TEMPORARY HOUSES.
Them TO <he Costly Structures He
UseS for Many Years.

I started IS years ago with Z we'll
built poultry house, which. while COM
Portable in winter, vas too hot in sum-
mer- Il finally became infested with
yermin. which 1 could not keep rid of.
l finally built sheds of poles and old
hay, and have used them with The best
results These sheds are made 25x10O
feet and ten feet high. with poles set
in the ground six to eight feet apart.
Use poles for the top pieces, put ross
wise. Fence wire is stapled on top of
the cross pieces lengthwise, about Il
inches apart.
About two feet of old hay IS put on
and al paper laid evenly over :he hay,
with the ends projecting OF the north
about five feet. Six-foot small-mesh
poultry netting is put on the sides all
around the shed. and before stapling
TO place the wire is set in the ground
about eight inches TO keep out rats.
Poles are then set about three feet
from the sides all around the shed.
with the exception of the south side,
and a few strands of wire tackled II
them TO keep the sides in place. When
the hay is put in il is tramped well IN
til il is built up to the paper and the
projecting laps laid over.
When cold weather sets in the south
side of the shed is covered with heavy
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-04-18
THE BEST HE EVER SAW.
4 Pronounces on the
Farming Possibilities of
Western Canada.

Just at present considerable inter-
est is being aroused in the fact tina a
few new districts (of limited acreage)
are being opened out by the Canadian
Government in Saskatchewan and As
siniboia (Western Canada), and any
information concerning this country
is eagerly sought. Mr.. w. R. Corser,
of Higginsville, Lafayette Co, No, was
a delegate there during last summer,
and writing of his impressions he
says:
IT found surprising yields of grain
of all descriptions One farmer 1 WIS.,
tied threshed of It's acres:
800 bushels OF wheat from IS acres,
% bushels TO acre.
800 bushels OF barley from 10 acres,
1900 bushels OF oats from $50 acres,
loo bushels to acre
THE samples were all No. 1.
ST also saw a considerable number Of
stock. Swine do well and there is no
disease amongst them. They are a
good source of income to the farmer.
The cattle on the range beat anything
1 ever saw. Fat and ready for beef,
fully matured and ripened on the
nutritious grasses of the prairie. lam
firmly convinced that this country Of
fers better facilities for a poor man
than any / nave ever SEEM"
Information concerning these lands
can be had from any agent of the gov
eminent. whose advertisement ap-
pears elsewhere.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-04-18

HENHoUsE MADE OF HAY.

duck and Stats nailed over the duck.
For entrance a flap is left and a board
tackled to the duck endwise. Loops of
leather or wire are stapled to the board
to draw taut- This will give the build
ing plenty ~ light and will answer
better than window glass. During the
warm months the duck is removed and
put away for future use. The sides on
the north are also removed for ventiIa-
ton. In the fall new sheds and runs
are erected upon a new location, the
poles removed. the old pile of hay
burned and the ground plowed for a
garden for the next season..
During the winter when the wealth
er requires it these sheds are heated
with steam from two old steam cook
ers in a greenhouse, which is located
about the center of this row of sheds.
Two-inch pipe is laid through the
sheds upon blocks of wood in a trench
20 inches deep. II is covered with
boards and then dirt. The pipes
through the shed are not covered. with
the exception of Stats over the trench.
The steam does not return TO the
greenhouse. but is let ont at the end
of the last building. I breed fancy
poultry altogether and was unable to
get paying prices for stock and keep
them in perfect order until l adopted
this style Of buildings-Orange Judd
Farmer
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-04-18
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

comprehensive map cfthe Chinese
empire was made in MS By Jesuf4s bv
special Of Emperor Kanr-hi.
II IS contemplated To isspe = new
com from the French mint Of 80
~n1ines- 1t would be prinsi-
PaA! I"r the use of very poor persons.
he worst mosquIto-infested neigh
DcEhoo n the world Is the coast IF
Dheo- h streams of that region
are al certain seasons. unuavipsbIe
eeauS of the clouds of mosquitoes.
y NilEorde peasant has Just come
mao q fortune Of e~2.O00.O0O. left to
MN oy a cousin in Russia. When the
"eau mans father wa N misery 1h-
peasant father was the ONLY brother
who would help him.
Three miles from the VILLAGE off Kri-
SUNK IN the great volcanic district of
ieeland' there is a whole mountain
composed of eruptive CLAWS and pure
"hite sulphur a beautiful grotto
Pehetrates the western slope TO an I'M
known depth.
Inc Prussian minister for RAILWAYS
mas expressed his great surprise at
the restricted employment of women
IN the railway service. especially as
booking clerks, for the sale of tickets.
etc and has ordered that they are to
oe engaged more extensively
The friends of the dead in China beg
permission to bury quaint pasteboard
images of men and cattle, SHAPED in
crinkled paper. on the spot where the
oead he The ceremony is a mark of
respect, and is believed also to act as a
sedatlve on the departed spirits.
The arrival of two automobiles made
a great sensation recently at Lag
houat. in the south Of Algeria. and on
h edge of the Great Sahara. The ma
tives whom they passed on the route
appeared both surprised and fright
enec. and ran away shouting: They
are the devils machines"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-04-18
ORKIN AT WHITE HEAT.
That Is What Think the
Majority of Americans
Are Doing,

1t has been long the habit in Eu-
rope to wonder at and ridicule the
Americans for allowing themselves
practically no rest whatever from the
cares and harassments of business,
and so far as this rule of conduct
involves the mere health of the in
dIvidual the condemnation of the
Europeans is fully deserved. says the
Nineteenth Century. The average
American in every branch of business
wears out his physical powers be-
fore his time, and only too often.
under the self-imposed strain. his
mental powers break down also. but
the high pressure at which he works
in the maturity of his strength. in
t~ellectual and physical. however bad
for himself in the end. Is very good
for the community in which he ives.
Thousands and tens and hundreds of
thousands fall in their tracks. like
soldiers in the fire and smoke of bat
tie. victims of their own overstimu-
lated energies. but their places are
promptly taken by men, an
imated by the same interchangeable and
unfaltering spirit. The community is
practically made up of men working
at a white heat. and its progress is
fastened by the very fact that this
heat IS so consuming that before it
dies out in the average individual it
Injuries if it does not destroy him.
What has been the result of this
entire absorption of the American in
business life. without regard to any
thing that al be justly called recre-
alton? The United States to-day.
though not yet a century and a half
old. is rapidly moving to the first
place in the very van of the worlds
commercial powers Her aggregate
wealth is the largest of all the ma
tions. though she is the youngest.
Only one country is leaping forward
in trade with the same inexhaustible
and untiring energy as herself. This
is Germany. With all his faults. the
ruler of that great empire is thor
oughly in sympathy with the Ameri-
can commercial spirit, which is so
lavish and even reckless of its own
strength. Restless. energetic. deter
mined. f~ar-seeing. knowing clearly
what he wants. in spite of changing
moods. he is justly winning the rep
utation of being the greatest of Ger
man sovereigns in the later economic
history of the Fatherland-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-04-18

The black, yellow and white locustS
are merely varieties or forms Of the
same species, Robinia Pseudacacia.
The black and yellow forms are con-
sidered most resistant and are usual
II found in the driest places. If
seeds or suckers can be had from
these dark and dense-wooded types
they would naturally be preferred
for planting. All varieties of the
common locust are attacked by bor-
ers. and a multitude of insect enc
mics. The honey locust, Gleditschia
triacAnthos, is not troubled by in
sects to so great an extent as the
Robinia. but Is much inferior in last
ing qualities as fence material
Rural New Yorker.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-04-18
STATE FLOWER OF TEXAS.
The BIue Ronnet. or Buffalo Clover,
Thoreau's Blossom of the
EIysian FieIds

The state flower of Texas is to be
the blue bonnet. OF buffalo clover. a
wild flower which grows in the great
est p~rofusion over the whole state.
MT times covering many acres with a
carpet of blue. 1t is. seen in masses.
a most effective blossom Botanists
call IL "Lupinus subcanosus." and say
that it belongs to the great family of
the Ieguminosae. In par
lance. IL is one of the comparatively
humble pulse family. and is about the
same as the wild lupine. which grows
freely in sandy places throughout the
north during the summer. beginning
in late June and lasting until Sep
TENDER. SAYS the New York Tribune.
The blue bonnet grows about a
foot high. The flowers cluster on a
two-inch raceme- They are a deep
blue in color. resembling pea bios
some. with a white or yellOxish cen
ter. Scientists call them truly pa
nilionaceous:~ children translate this
bv saving that they T "just k but
terfies-" Thoreau. writing of the
Iupine in Massachusetts,. said:
ut paints a whole hillside with its
blue. making such a field tf not a
as Proserpine might have
in. Its leaf was mace TO
he covered with dewdropsIIa am quite
axcited by this prospect of blue
flowers in clumps. with narrow inter
vals-such a profusion of the heaven
". the Elvsian color. as if these were
The Elvsian fields. That is the value
nf the lnpine-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-04-18
CHARCOAL.
Hogs of All Ages and Conditions
should Have Constant Access to
n supply of Ii.

Prof. ". a. Henry, in Feeds and
Feeding, says: The following direc-
tions for reducing cobs to charcoal
are given by Theodore Louis: Dig a
hole in the ground five feet deep, one
foot in diameter at the bottom and
five feet at the top for the charcoal
pit. Take the corncobS, which have
been saved in a dry place, and, start
ing a fire in the bottom of this pit,
keep adding cobs so that the flame
is gradually drawn to the top of the
pit. which will be thus filled with
the cobs. Then take a sheet-iron
cover. similar to a pot lid in form,
and over five feet in diameter. so as
amply TO cover the hole, and close
up the burning mass, sealing the
edges of this lid in turn with earth.
At the end of u hours you may I'M
cover and take out a fine sample of
corncob charcoal. Charcoal so pro-
duced may De fed directly. or, better
still, compounded as directed by Mr..
Louis in the following Take
six bushels of this cob charcoal. or
three bushels of common charcoal;
eight pounds of salt; two quarts of
air-slaked lime; one bushel of wood
ashes. Break the charcoal well down,
with shovel or other implement, and
thoroughly mix. Then take IL
pounds of copperas and dissolve in
hot water. and with an ordinary wa
tering pot sprinkle over the whole
mass, and then again mix thoroughly.
Put this mixture into the self-feed-
ing boxes. and place them where hogs
of all ages can eat of their contents
1T Measure"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-04-18

re. 1t cures when all other remedies
fail. I a heartily recommend Pc
runa as a catarrh remedy"
The spring is the time to treat ca
tarrh. Cold, wet winter weather often
retards a cur of catarrh. If a course
of Peruna is taken during h early
spring months the cure will be prompt
and permanent. There ear be no fall
ures if Peruna is taken intelligently
during the favorable weather OF
spring.
AS a systemic catarrh remedy Pc
runa eradicates catarrh from the sys-
tenn wherever it may be located. 1t
cures catarrh of the stomach or bow
els with the same certainty as catarrh
of the head.
If you do not derive prompt and
satisfactory results from the use OF
Peruna, write at once to Dr.. Hartman,
giving a full statement of your case
and he will be pleased to give you his
valuable advice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President of
The Hartman ~Sanitarium, Columbus,
oAs0
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-04-18
Good Horses in Demand.

The breeding of horses. like all
other kinds of live stock, viii pay il
the aim is to produce the very best
The greatest drawback to the BUSH
ness at the present time is the lack
OF good stations of the different
breeds throughout the country. So
far as our observation extends there
are fewer hrst-class stations acces-
sible at this time than ever before,
and IL viii take some time TO get
them through the country. TEoss
who have good mares of any breed
and are in reach of the right kind of
stations are fortunate Just at this
time. and VIII make the rearing of
horse stock a profitable branch 3f
farminr-Farmers' Voice
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-04-18
VALUE OF
e Makes an Excellent Permanent
Pasture Which Lasts for EiEht
or More Years.

Those sections of the country
where alfalfa car be grown have in
this crop one of the most valuable of
our forage crops. 1t supplies the pro-
tein which is such an essential food
element, and does so at small cost,
because of its immense growth when
all conditions are favorable. 1t has
been grown successfully in portions
of nearly every state in the union.
Alfalfa is valuable in a permanent
pasture, as it lasts for eight and ten
years, as the roots often penetrate
the soil to a depth of ten feet, though
usually about half this depth.
1t requires a rich. loose soil with a
porous subsoil. The ground should
be plowed deep and then finely pull
verified, and be free of weed seed as
possible. for during the first year the
plant is very delicate. Hence il is
best to sow on land that has been oc-
cupied by a well-cultivaJed plant. 1t
is sown broadcast or by suitable drill.
generally about 20 pounds of seed per
acre. When sown for hay more seed
is sown. as the hay will be finer. The
seed is sown in the spring after all
danger from frost is passed. Alfalfa
is quoted at Is to 20 cents per pound,
according to the quality.
Would not small teSt patches of al
falfa be wise in districts where it
is not now grown As stated. it re-
quires a porous subsoil for best de-
velopment. and this is lacking in
many sections of our middle west
states: vet in all of these there T
areas in which alfalfa can be grown
if pains are taken to get it estab-
G1SheI Rural World
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-04-18
POULTRY YARD MIS-

The dust bath is still one of the ne.
cessities in the poultry house.
Make your buildings tight and warm
for your fowls. and they will be better
egg producers.
Green bone and meat scraps in win
ter take the place of bugs and worms
that the fowls have during the sum-
mer.
The season for selling eggs is again
at hand, and a little card in your home
paper would undoubtedly bring you
good customers.
The scraps from the table will pro-
duce better results if given to the hens
than to the pigs OF COWS. Give plenty
of milk also.
Scaly legs can be cured by dipping
the feet and legs of the fowl into coal
oil. One or two clippings will be all
that's needed.
Apullet is at her best as a show bird
just before she reaches the laying
point-as regards color, condition of
Plumage and general physical develop
ment.
If you have eggs to sell this spring
it is high time you were advertising
them Get yourself before the public
in time to get well acquainted before
the egg eason begins.
1t is never wise to buy breeding
stock at beginning of breeding sea-
son. Buy before, so that the stock will
have become used to its new surround.
ings before breeding season com
mences.-Barnum's Midland Farmer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-04-18
Fences and Flying Hens.

No fence will confine a persistent
flyer. A fence is usually eight feet
high, but six feet is generally found
to be sufficient for the breeds of poul-
try of medium size, and four feet is
high enough for the heavier breeds,
such as the Brahmas and Cochins.
Even if these birds attempt to fy over,
one of their wings may be cut. but in
doing this care must be taken to leave
the two large outer feathers in order
not to disfgure the birds OF course,
the first cost of a number of yards is
considerable, as there is the wire to
buy. the posts and the gates. besides
the labor of putting them up. How
ever, runs are the only possible means
whereby many a keep fowls at all,
and if they are we'll looked after and
carefully fed and housed there is abso-
lutely no reason why they should not
thrive we'll and be a source of profit
Farm and Fireside.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-04-18
Hon. John Williams, County Com

Hon. John Williams, County Com
missioner, of SIT West Second street.
Duluth, Mimi, says the following in re-
gard to Peruna: -As q remedy for ca
tarrh j can ~cheerfully recommend Pc
runa. know what it is to suffer from
that terrible disease and / feel that it
is my duty to speak a good word for the
tonic hat brought me immediate re-
lief. Peruna cured me of q bad case OF
catarrh and 1 know it viii cure any
other sufferer from hat disease"
Miss Matte L. Guild, President I1i-
nois Young Peoples Christian Tenn
perance Union, in a recent letter from
Chicago, H., says:
"Id0ubf IF Peruna has q rival In all
the remedies recommended to-day for
cafarrh of the system. A remedy that
will cure caLarrh OF the stomach VIII
cure the same condition of the 1uc0u
membrane anywhere. Ihave found NJ
the best remedy 4 have ever tried for
cafarrh, and believing IL worthy my
endorsement gladly accord 1T"
Mrs. Elmer Fleming, orator of Res
ervoir Council No. los, Northwestern
Legion of Honor, of Minneapolis.
Mimi, writes from 2535 Polk street,
N F.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-04-18
Howss ThiSs

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. j. Cheney & Co, Props, Toledo, Q.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac-
tons and financially able to carry out AM
obligations made by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledo, D.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, 0.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces OF the system Price Use. per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials
free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-04-18
SHIPPING CRATE FOR FARMERS

fair to make a purchaser of a pig two
months old pay express rates on 80 or
20 pounds of crate when they csn be
made sufficiently strong and weigh but
half as much. For ends and bottoms
take ive-eighths-inch seasoned spruce
or other tough light wood, one-half-
inch stuff for sides and cover, with
space between Stats. In front is a
trough CT) for feed and water. just
above is a sloping board (P) running
to the top. through which the iced in
transit is given. The upper compart-
ment is provided with a slide Isl on
top. and inside is the bag (B) contain
ing the meal and grain fare ample for
the journey. In cold weather the sides
may be boarded up almost tight. To
pigs weighing - pounds a standard OF
one-half-inch stuff is nailed in the GEN.
ter Of the sides. Shavings from a
shingle mill make the best bedding
j.. a. Macdonald. in Breeders Gazette.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-04-18
Remember the DateJuly 8 to 10.

ing OF the United Society OF Christian En-
deavor, at Cincinnati, Ohio. The Baltimore
and Ohio Southwestern Railway has issued
a handsome souvenir map and guide TO Gin
cinnati which will be OF much interest and
Queen City on the occasion mentioned. The
map shows the principal churches, suburbs,
resorts, railroads, street car lines, etc. This
souvenir may be obtained from agents OF the
B. & o. S.-W. Ry-, or direct from O.. P. Nc
Carly, @. P. A. Cincinnati.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-04-18
NEAT SHIPPING CRATES.
They should BE Made Light in Weight
Yet Strong Enoa&ls to BE safe
from BreakzEe.

The illustration herewith shows a
very satisfactory shipping crate Part
of the front side i cut away TO show
the inside arrangement \ good size
for a pig three months old is n inches
in length. % inches in depth and II
inches in width. For a pig eight weeks
old a length OF b inches. a depth Of
IS inches and a width of nine inches
win be about right. Crates for ship
ping by express must be made as light
as is safe from breakage. L Is not
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-04-18
There L. a Class of People

Who are injured by the use O coffee. Re
Gently there has been placed in all the gro
cery stores a rev preparation called
GRAIN-O. made 81 pure grains, that takes
the place OF coffee. The most delicate stom-
ach receives it without distress, and but Jew
can tell il from coffee. Il does not cost over
I as much. Children may drink 1t with
great benefit. Is cts. and D cts. per pack
age. Try il. Ask for GRAIN-O-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-04-18
,or.s Hole. with Bullets.

4 novel method of boring holes in a
a.. bar of irou was recently adopted
on a ship where a breakdown occurred.
To repair the breakage it was neces-
rarv "a make bolt holes in a spar bar.
- oSthe engineer was without the
aan1;ances required for the purpose
he marked the exact places IN chaAk
and then fired a so eahber bullet
through each from a new pattern VIM
chester rife.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-04-18

ST have been
troubled all my
life with ca
tarrh in my
head. / took
2 a for
a b o u three
months, a n d
now think I
a m r a
nently c e d.
I believe that
for catarrh in
all its forms
Peruna is the
medicine of the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-04-18
Some Of the delights Of single blessedpesa

Some Of the delights OF single bIessedneSs
were discovered by a British bachelor who
was sewing a button on his overcoat without
q thlmble- When the needle was partly
through the cloth he would force It further
By pressing the shank against the wall; then
he would aid the movement by dragging the
needle forward with his teeth. He was
engaged IN the latter part OF the perform
ance when his teeth slipped from the needle
and he fell backward from MS chsir TO AA
6oor, breaking his colIar-boRe.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-04-18

According to correspondents in
Shasta county. Cal. small pigs in that
section are being killed by a curious
epidemic The swine become blind and
crazy and in a short time die. No cure
has been discovered.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-04-18

The lonesomest man in the world is the
one at whose home there is a corpse awaiting
burial. The women always find something
to do, but have you ever noticed how drear-
lily the time drags to the man who IS stay
ing from work out OF "respect ?'-Atchison
Globe.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-04-18

Mistress-"Susan, I'm sure l heard some
enc kissing you IN the kitchen last night I
don't ike that" Susan-Yes, ma'am, the
master said you didn't like kissing much,
and that was why he kissed me."-Philadel-
phia Press.