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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-07-23
~ tons hay at $6, costing $27
so bushels corn at SOC costing 25
Pasture, 60, so head at SC.
z months costing. ..... %
25
%
$50

SO feeces 8 lbs, 400 at 2Oc. $50
am aware aware that common
ewes will not yield pounds of wool
each, but know that the second
Cross of ewes made as l have sug-
gested and fed and cared for, will
shear over 8 pounds per head, aver
age. If they do not, there is some
thing seriously wrong. The manure
from so ewes kept above and prop
erly saved is worth fully $25 to the
value of the farm compost heap. So
it will be seen that the profit of the
business is in the increase. If the
flock has not increased eighty per
cent. in number, some change is GER
tainly needed in management.
It is best that the flock have con-
venient aocess to water at all times,
but certainly at morning and even
ing Of each day. It should be a
flowing stream of clear wa&er, run
ming through a trough or otherwise
AAOu 81 10 W44A CL44 OAO 64O S4OOP q I'll y
footing and not mud where they go
to get it. One must remember that
it is punishment to sheep to do long
without water and especially SO
when they are on dry food.
At this point it is we'll to note that
our fifty ewes should all the time be
kept well fed, comfortable and con-
tented, because they are engaged
every day and night in manUfactur-
ing (growing) a fleece upon which
One-ha1f the profits in the business
depend. With a good eve plenty of
food, shelter and good management
means 8 pounds of wool while scant
food no shelter and careless manage
ment means likely pounds of wool
"a difference of pounds at 20 cents
or 80 cents per head. For so head
$40 of loss in business, and that is
not all of it.
Winter quarters should be COM
Portable, with the hay or other rough
ness under the same roof that shell
ters the sheep. Space for five tons
of hay for the fifty sheep does not
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No. "a

eve lambs from them can take their
place, and if they do not so repay
their owner they, too, should be put
off and their more improved Off
spring retained in their place.
This is to be fully understood as
saying that no flock of ewes should
be adopted and kept as a standard
flock whose fleece will not fully re-
munerate for their careful attention
and cost Of abundant supply of food
under the best improved methods.
Let the mind of the reader now
follow the fifty ewes in the hands of
the farmer who has not yet adopted
the silo, but depends on dry fodder
and grain and some grazing. Each
sheep of 100 pounds or less weight
should have an average of one half
pint of corn or it's equal in other
cereal food per day and an average
of about ~ pounds of good dry hay
or fodder per day from December
1st until plenty of green herbage
comes in the spring.
I know it is not possible to name
an exact amount of food for each
eve because some winters require
more than others and some sheep
more than others but there is no
man capable of feeding sheep at all,
who may not know when they have
consumed the food he last gave them
and seems to be ready for another
feed from his hands. To feed them
thoughtfully and carefully all they
will eat up twice day oleanly, is as
good a rule for general practice as
one can have.
The above mentioned ration for
fifty ewes will amount to about four
and half tons of hay and fifty bush
els of corn for the winter, and no
keeper of sheep should go into win
ter quarters with less amount of
provender set apart for them, even
though they be of the cheaper grade
of sheep. Six dollars ton for the
hay and fifty cents b1shel for the
corn, both fed out to the sheep,
would be liberal cost price for
them. Eight cents a head per month
is liberal cost price for pasture,
salt, attention and care. So we have
an account with the sheep as fol-
lows, viz. 3:
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Washington, D. G.
SHALL WE CONTINUE TO PULL FODDER !

This subject has been often dis
cussed in The Progressive Farmer,
and we are glad that so many of our
readers have purchased shredders
and found them profitable. Yet only
step has been made in this direc-
tiOn-only little leaven, though we
hope that it will eventually leaven
the whole lump. Hoping to interest
some that have not been reached by
previous articles, we re- print here
with an able discussion of the ques-
tiOn written by Prof. James B. Hun
nicutt, of the Atlanta Southern Cul-
tivator, whose letter on fertilizers
we printed in our last issue:
We wish to discuss this subject
once more. We find that very many
farmers are still inclined to keep up
the old habit of pulling fodder. This
is a great mistake. 1t is a losing
| business.
THE BLADES.
Corn grows and natures not by
accident but by fixed laws. One of
these laws is that the food for filing
out the grain upon the ear is worked
over in the blades of fodder and re-
| turned to the ear. This cannot be
done if the blades are pulled off. The
grain ceases to fill the moment the
fodder blades are pulled off. This
being true you cannot pull fodder
without injuring the ear.
Pulling fodder makes the corn
lighter. 1t has been tried and tested
by the scales thousand times and
always proves true.
THE ROOTS.
Another law of corn growth is that
the feeding roots die before the
blades. When the lower blades be-
gin to yellow the feeding roots die.
( At that time all the sap food is in
/ the stalk. If the stalk is cut off near
/ the ground then no damage is done
to the ear, while the blades are on
! the stalk. The process of preparing
/ and returning the food to the ear
still goes on and is somewhat has
( tened by the whiting of the leaves.
This whiting stops the rapid evapo-
ration of water which was going on
! through their thousands of mouths.
Hence the ear will fill out full, after
1 the stalk is cut with the fodder on.
The ears will be slightly heavier
! than if the stalk had died naturally
THE RESULT.
! So by cultivating and stacking the
stalks at the proper time you increase
the yield of corn and save all the
fodder better than if you had pulled
| it. You have saved the expense and
labor pulling the fodder and at the
same time saved the fodder better
than if you had pulled it.
But this is not all you have gained.
You have the stalk itself, and this is
worth as much per pound as fodder.
Hence we urge every farmer to
quit pulling fodder and cut his corn
just when the fodder is fully ripe
and the grain getting hard.
THE VALUE OF THE STALK.
By doing this you about double
the value of the corn crop. The stalk
shuck and fodder, when cured and
shredded, make hay which is as good
as any hay and will sell for about
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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-06-13
Father Time. old Clock.

"The transmitting clock ut the Naval
observatory, Washington, is the abso-
lutte monarch Of American timekeep-
ers," writes Evander McIver Sweet in
The Ladies' Home Journal. every day
In the year except Sunday by one pen
dulum stroke 1t speaks directly and In
simultaneously to every city and consld-
erable town between the peaks Of the
Rockies and the pines of Maine, saying
to them that on the seventy fifth merid-
ian it Is now high noon TO the fraction
of second. A duplicate mechanism
stationed at the branch naval observa-
tory on Mare Island performs a similar
service for the people Of the Pacific
slope. And by this one clock at the na-
tional capital, together with it's dupli-
cate on the Pacific, Is set nearly every
timepiece In the United States and Gu
ba, most Of those in Mexico and many
on the border of Canada
"a number Cf clocks-from 8 to 5000
I'm nearly every city and large town
are wired together into a local family
and by means of switch key at the
telegraph office are put into direct con-
tact with the parent clock at the ma
tional capital. So that the instant the
electric touch Is given from Washington
every clock In the circuit, whether it be
at Boston, Minneapolis or New Or
leans, begins new day in perfect ac-
cord with Its mechanical deity"
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-06-13

they were robbed Of victory by the
rank work of the umpire, a graduate
of Wooster. With three men on bases
and no one out, Washer hit liner
over the outfield for three bases. This
brought in three runs. Some one made
the claim that the Buchtel players had
not touched the home plate. Before
the umpire's attention was called to
this the runners had taken their seat
on the bench. He Immediately decided
that all three were out. This Is the
triple play that the dispatches from
Wooster say was n feature of the
game. Every close decision was
against Buchtel.
MATINEE RACES.
Lady Love, owned by Charles Akers,
has been placed in the free for all pace.
She will start in the fast company at
the races Friday afternoon. The EN-
tries for the day are as follows:
FREE-FOR-ALL PACE.
Tony b, W. Baum.
Lottie Baird, g. Burton.
Lady Love- Chas. Akers.
FREE fOR-ALL TROT.
Brooklyn, !. Manton.
Lura Backus, r. Tryon.
PACE.
White Eyes, w. Clark.
Sir Hal, F. A. Fauver.
Baby Pilot, Cal stull.
TROT.
Perry, w. w. Richardson.
Spider, w. Castle.
Spot, ]. Grille.
KENT 8, PAINESVILLE 5.
The Painesville team went down
Wednesday before the Kents in a great
game. The score:
RHE
Kent ...... 2 0 Q 0 o o 1--6 8 /
Painesvlle 2 O o 3 0 O o 0 OO-5 8 4
BatteriesB Braggins and Ganss;
Cooper, Hutter and Flood.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-06-13

that Mrs. Bowser would be lucky to
get out OF 1t without Il row. There
was silence for three or four minutes,
and then Mr.. Bowser halted in his
promenade to take loving look at the
platter and to softly exclaim:
"By John, but she's beauty. a
priceless gem! I can't yet realize how
lucky l am. Those decorations simply
melt into each other. and the softness
over all ia like the mist Of n June
morning. If only had a wife with a
soul to appreciate such things!
81 will do my best to appreciate 1t IL
you will explain things to me-" said
Mrs. Bowser.
'1rhat is more reasonable in you.
Not being born with a soul for the
beautiful. you cannot fully appreciate
such a work OF art as this. but will
aid you all / can. This platter, to be-
gin with, is the rarest of old china"
who said 1t was?"
There you go, the first thing! Can't
you take my word for It? II you can't.
then let me tell you man who has
dealt in bric-a-brac for the last 30
years has assured me that there are
not dozen other pieces like this in the
known world. This platter was once
the property OF Marie Antoinette."
HE said that, did hep
"Of course he said 1t, and wnat opJecr
could he have had in lying about itf
II he was deceiving me, he might as
well have said that 1t belonged to Su-
san b, Anthony. Yes, the Ill fated
queen used TO eat her dinner off this
platter"
II wonder II she made these nicks
with her teethT innocently queried
Mrs. Bowser as she examined the relic
with more interest.
'She probably did," replied Mr.. Bow
ser, struck with the new idea and rails
ing the value of his gem so per cent in
consequense. .s,s
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-06-13
M'MURPHY'S FLATS.
SEVERAL OF THE TENANTS ENGAGE
IN A LIVELY BATTLE.
The JanitOr Tells the Grocer How
Mrs. O'suiIivan, Mrs. Torrinston
and the Countess Divito Settled a
Dispute With Honors Even.
copyright. 1901, by c. B. Lewis,l

and the Countess Divito Settled q
Dispute With Honors Even.
copyright, 1901 by G. B. -Lewis,1
The janitor Of McMurphys fats, ac-
rompanied by his asthma, looked bro
ken hearted as he entered the German
grocery, and he was sorrowfully re-
garding the sign of 1.-TWO of These For
a Nickel" when the grocer finished sell
Ing dozen clOthespins to a lame wo-
man and approached and queried:
"Vhell, Mr.. Sprecket, how she vhas
nowY"
my asthma2 Pm still chuck full OF
1t, but I'm not complaining. 1t saved
me from carrying in ton of coal yes
terday, and it's tiptop good excuse
for not keeping the halls clean. You
can't ask janitor who Is wind broken
to peril his life, can you. Mr.. Wasser-
manT
Il don't pellet so. II we don't haf
some wind, we vhas no good. Und
how vhas dose tenants NIT der fat?"
They'll be the death OF me in an
other week. You know / was telling
you about the last three families to
move in-the lrishman, the dago and
the colored man? Well. they are still
making 1t rocky for each other, and I
shouldn't be bit surprised to go home
now and find three or four corpses ly-
Ing around loose. McMurphy came
around last night and took look at
the goats, chickens. pigs, push carts
and children in the halls. and what do
you think he said to me?"
He shumps oop und down und
swears," ventured the grocer.
Nothing of the sort. He smiled and
rubbed his hands and said that II he
had at last succeeded In creating happy
homes for three or four families he
was prouder than the jawbone of an
ass. l told him OF the rows and rue.
tions, but he said that life was only a
span and TO let 'em enjoy themselves
while they could. Mrs. Timothy O'Sul-
iiyan and Mrs. Gawge de Koven Tor
rlngton laid down the law to me the
first day they moved in. but Mrs.
| Divito waited till the next morning.
Then, after some one had dropped a
washboard on her head from the upper
hall, she rung 40 bells for me and got
me up 10 the second floor. She was
pacing up and down the hall with her
arms folded and her nose to the cell.
Ing, and she called out to me:
"Janitor, looka at mel
"pm a-looking,' said l.
"'Behold de Countess Divito an falla
on your knees!
"Tm not on the kneel,' said I. but
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-06-13
A Name Twice Made
Famous, Now a
Shining Mark for
ImitatOrS.

The name " Chase" twice made famous,
Is n shining mark for the INSCRIPTIONS to
pounee upon and appropriate in order to
foist upon the public their worthless pre-
parations. These birds Of prey, by using
the name Chase. expect the public to be
fooled into believing they nre the medi-
cines OF DIR. A. w. Chase, who first be-
came noted as the author of the world
famed DR.. Chase's Recipe Book and
family physician, and whose fame Is now
doubly increased by the wonderful sue
cess of his Nerve Pills, with Nerve, Brain
and Blood troubles. They play upon the
name Chase, but dare not use the initials
"A. W."
They initiate, but dare not counterfeit
the portrait and signature of DR.. A. w.
Chase, which identihes the Nerve Pills
now recognized as infallible for building
up pale, weak, thin-blooded, nerve ex.
hausted sufferers.
Who are nerye.tired and brain-weary.
Who are easily exhausted.
Who are wakeful--cannot sleep.
Who have nervous headache.
They remove the cause of blood In.
purities, securing refreshing sleep and
lmpart strength.
They build up people who find their
strength and vigor waning.
They settle irritated nerves. replace lam
guor and lassitude with energy and
animation. Cure Nervous Dyspepsia.
CAurIoN-The protection to the public
In securing the genuine and original DR..
A. w. Chase preparation Is In seeing the
portrait and signature of A. w. Chase,
M. d., is on each boz. These and these
only are the genuine. Do not be sati-
fed with anything bearing the name
Chase" without the initials A. w. so
cts. OF Druggists or DIR, A. W. Chass
Medicine Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
Sold in Akron by John Lamparter 1
nn
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-06-13

he bars none of the heavyweight aspir
ants for championship honors, provid-
ing match is such as will insure good
sized purse.
BUCHTBL BEATEN.
The Wooster University team defeat
ed Buchtel, Mt Wooster Wednesday. in
one Of the fastest games of the sea
son. Both teams had the same mum,
ber of hits and errors. The Woosters
succeeded in getting in their hits at
more opportune times. Washer pitch
ed a splendid game, holding the oppos-
ing team down to five singles. Nydeg-
ger, who was in the box for Wooster,
was in good form. A number of SEN
sational catches were made. Wooster
succeeded in making triple play. The
score:
RH n
Wooster -. .O10O 11O2" "-5 S 3
Buchtel ...0 90 o l o o 2 o. 3 3
Batteries Nydegger and Follis;
Washer and Polsky.
The Bucbtel College boys claim that
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-06-13

''BEHoLD THE aRMr' SAID MIR. BowsER.
triumphant way, but 1t was not until
they had reached the sitting room that
the mystery was solved. Then he un-
tied the package with the greatest Of
care, and after removing half dozen
different wraps he tenderly lifted up
and held aloft an old blue platter and
proudly exclaimed:
"Behold the gem, Mrs. Bowser.'
"It's q platter" she said after a long
look.
Eyes, It's platter, and to your eye
1t probably appears to be nothing but
platter. presume If you saw this
thing out in the back yard you would
kick it aside as worthless"
"Well, / shouldn't be much struck on
an old platter with seven hicks and two
cracks in it. Did you bring it home to
feed the cat onY'
ITO feed the cat onw echoed Mr..
Bowser as he backed off and waved tho
platter around his head. woman,
haven't you an iota of sense in your
head? An idiot fresh from an asylum
WOulu UOt nave dsheu lOlulOOl QueS-
ton like that"
"Then what is It forT
"What Is 1t for? What are rubies
and diamonds and old master paint
ings for? Why do people pay fabulous
prices for goblin tapestry and old
booksT
"Gobelin tapestry, my dear" she cor
rected.
"Gobelin nothing. said goblin, and
meant 1t. Don't make any mistake
on me, Mrs. Bowser. When I don't
know what I'm talking about, I'll keep
my mouth shut. l was admiring COB
lin tapestry while you were in short
dresses and eating bread and butter
with sugar on it. There'd be piece
of 1t lying around now If you hadn't
taken 1t for an old stocking leg and
burned it up To feed the cat on
humphP'
And he tenderly placed his gem Of a
platter on the mantel and went walk
ing around with a glare in his eye. and
the family cat looked out at him from
under the piano and made up her mind
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-06-13

with both hands, and with a Wild
whoop he sought to bring it down on
the feline's head. 1t struck the back
Of chair, however. and as 1t was shiv.
cred into a hundred pieces he jumped
up and down on the fragments and the,
cat escaped into the hall.
"For mercy's sake. what is thatrs
asked the caller as she heard the whoop
and the crash.
IL think the cat has knocked down
vase" replied Mrs. Bowser as her
heart stopped beating for a moment.
They both listened intently, but all
was silence below. Mr.. Bowser had
sat down ON the lounge TO do some
whispered swearing. NJ. QuAp.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-06-13

ceilings. Last night as was dragging
my asthma up the third fight the col
ored woman jumped out on me and
said:
"'Am dis de hirehng dat runs de
fiatsT
"T'm the janitor, ma'am,' said 1.
"'Dat's what I mean said she, AN
I wants yo' to know dat I am Mrs.
Gawge De Koven Torrington. I'm
yere to make chick flathouse Of dis
place, an dar'll be high steppin from
roof to cellar. When I rattle de dumb
waiter, you fly, an when I throw stove
lids down stairs you drop all other
work TO me-
"That's what she said and lot more
with it. and you grasp the situation,
don't you?"
II pellet do" solemnly replied the
grocer. "Und nottings can be done
about herT
mo; nothing"
"Shust keep right on ahead und suf.
fer?
"That's all"
"Py golly! Py goily! All of us vhas
glad when we goes to heafen."
And he went to wait on a woman
who wanted bunch Of onions and
three eggs, and the Janitor sighed
hopelessly and went his weary way
with his box of Goldfish. NJ. QUAD.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-06-13

"Did you have to pay pretty high
price for itY'
"well, pretty stiff, but / got 1t for
less than its value. I had helped the
dealer to sell Green an old teapot once
used by Queen Elizabeth, and he felt
he owed me something"
"Was the snout of the teapot MISS
mgr
mo, of course not. Why do you asla
such question:"
81 didn't know but Queen Elizabeth
bit 1t Off some day while drinking cold
tea"
Mr.. Bowser turned red and white
and breathed hard, and IL was all he
could do to hang on to himself. He
wanted to talk platter TO some one,
however, and have some one rejoice
with him over his luck, and so he
swallowed his anger and saidi
"As soulless as you are, you can sec
that it's worth $50, can't yeup
"You don't mean itr' gasped Mrs.
Bowser.
"Of course I mean it-that is, mean
paid $50 for platter worth twice on
three times that, Why, If it was known
that would sell this relic for $40 our
house couldn't hold the rush of would
be buyers"
"It would be dreadful If the old plat
ter didn't turn out to be worth 10
cents" observed Mrs. Bowser as she
turned away.
woman, what in thunder do you
~
Jumped around. "Do you dare insinu-
ate that paid $50 for relic not worth
powder to blow it up?"
At that moment the doorbeIl rang,
and a neighbor was admitted. 1t sd
happened that she was fairly well post
ed on old china, and Mr.. Bowser knew
she was. She had scarcely hustled in
when she caught sight of the platter
and ran to get q closer look.
zone of your pick upsT she queried
of Mr.. Bowser.
zone of my purchases. ma'am," he
stiftiy replied.
"Ah, seel Perhaps you bought IT
for old china?''
~ did"
"Of a man who goes around with
samplesY
"Yes'm."
"Well, hope you got a bargain"
"a decided bargain. In paying $50
for that platter 1 don't think 1 paid
half its real value"
my stars. Mr.. Bowser," exclaimed
the woman, "but you don't mean to say
you paid $50 for thatg
"And why notY
Because It's cheat and fraud.
There's no old china about it. That
man came into my husbands Office one
day a week ago when was there and
tried to sell this very platter to us for
$15. He said it used to belong to
George III and that his favorite dog
ate meat off it. He offered 1t for $5
before he got through, but I'd sooner
have platter picked up in somebody's
back yard. wish | had known you
were looking for such things, as I
could have saved you from being swim
died"
"Thank you, ma'am," he sarcastical.
ly replied, "but l am very well salts.
fed with my bargain"
"You believe it valuabler'
81 know 1T is"
"And worth what you paid for itw
'Twice or three times over"
'Then of course there's nothing more
to say"
The women presently went up stairs
to talk over spring heusecleaning, and
Mr.. Bowser and the cat and the Marie
Antoinette- George III platter were
left alone. The cat at once assumed
an innocent, solicitous expression of
countenance, but Mr.. Bowser was not
to be deceived. After swift look nj
her he made sudden jump for the
mantel and seized the priceless gem'
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-06-13
What NextY

"Dear," said the fond papa, watching
hts little boy playing at bean bag in
the street, "what is that our Willie's
trying to catch7"
II don't know, I'm sure" replied his
wife weariiy. "He's already had the
mumps, measles and whooping cough"
philadelphia Press.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-06-13
Didn't Marry For Money.

The Boston man, who lately married
a sickly rich young woman, is happy
now, for he got DR.. Kings New Life
Pills, which restored her to perfect
health. lnfallibe for jaundice, bilious
ness, malaria, fever and ague and
all liver and stomach troubles. Gentle
but effective. Only 25c at all drug
stores.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-06-13
walking Advertisements.

~ certainly won't settle in this
place." asserted the newcomer. 81 met
two men who looked as If they were
starving to DEATH"
"Just proof Of our healthy loca-
ton. They were the local doctor and
rtaker."-Philadelph Times.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-06-13
MIR. BOWSER'S WOES.
HE BUYS A PIECE OF RARE OLD
CHINA AT A BARGAIN.

His Priceless Gem Was Not Apprecf-
ated by Mrs. Bowser ana n Lady
Caller, However, and He suddenly
Decided to Get Rid of IL.
copyright, 1901. by @. B. Lewisl
Mr.. Bowser had large package un.
der his arm as he came home to dinner
the other evening, and when Mrs Bow.
ser expressed her curiosity as 10 the
contents he replied:
"Never you mind until by and by.
It's little surprise, but 1t will keep"
During the dinner hour he chuckled
many times to himself and smiled in a