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The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-19
Increasing Profit in Eggs.

During this past season the prices
paid for eggs have been very good.
This has been due, we doubt not, to
the high prices demanded for meat.
The probability is that the prices OBJ
tainable for eggs are to increase from
year to year. The farmer has in the
past seen times when he was glad to
Now if he is near any city or town he
finds no trouble in disposing of his
eggs at very good price summer and
winter AS he learns to make the
most of his surroundings he will learn
to make more mone..r out Of his flock
of poultry The increase in the value
of eggs is due to an increased demand
for them rather than to the increased
cost of producing the eggs on the
farm. The farmer that has small
flock of poultry is not put to any great
ly increased expense in caring for
them. He can always feed the grain
that is cheapest unless that grain be
corn. At the present time oats are
again comparatively cheap. and oats
make one Of the best feeds for poul-
try So this winter, while eggs are
TO be high, the farmer need not make
than before. 1t will pay the farmer
to give more attention to the poultry
than he has generally done in the
past. There is no possibility Of over
doing the business.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-19
Cold Storage Experiment in Iowa.

q communication from the Iowa AS
ricultural College says: The Horticul-
tlral Department of the Iowa Expert
ment Station has one hundred barrels
OF standard varieties Of Iowa apples in
cold storage to determine the relative
keeping qualities Of the varieties the
length of time they may be held sue
ccssfully, and the best temperature
for storing The varieties included in
the test are Wealthy, Wolf River, Fa-
meuse. Mcmahon, Jonathan, Domino,
Ren Davis, ek-No-Further. Janet,
Roman Stem. Northern Spy, Willow
Twig and White Pippin From three
to ten barrels of each variety have
been used. and the apples carefully Sc
Iected and packed. The apples were
bought at Corning. Iowa, in the heart
OF the Adams County apple district, at
prevailing prices, and were packed by
a commercial packer under the direc-
tion OF the Experiment Station. The
results should be a fair guide both to
the commercial orchardist and dealer.
The work this year is but beginning
and it is hoped that next year it may
be conducted on q more extensive
scale and that cooperative expert
1.cnts may be arranged for in different
sections of the state. Cold storage of
fruits and vegetables is d subject Of
vital importance to the live horticul
turist. and the Experiment Station at
bmes is receiving many inquiries from
those who contemplate building stor-
age plants both for private and com
'mercial use. 1t is a line along which
,4ittlc experimenting has been done and
subject of special Importance to the
fruit growers of the Northwest since
we cannot raise successfully the long
keeping varieties Of the East.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-19
The Wood Harvest.
appreciated

The shortage in supply Of wood on
many farms is due directly to the un-
scientific manner in which our wood
lots have been handled. 1t is mis-
take to suppose that it is necessary to
deforest our farms in the supply OF
the farm stove with fuel. All this
talk about the ''woodless era that is
coming is nonsense, if we stir our
selves to find out the best way to har-
vest our wood. There is one great
fact that should not be forgotten and
that is that every year sees billions
of cubic feet of wood added to the
bulk Of our forest and woodlots
through annual growth. So great is
this annual increase that if it be prop
erly handled it will supply all OF oul
needs. In the wood lot we must pre-
vent fires and cut out the mature wood
Systematically. Fires are made pos
sible generally by the accumulation
of large quantities of rubbish on the
In our wood lots the most mature
trees must be cut and the immature
trees left to grow. Yet how often do
we see trees slaughtered indiscrimi-
rately by the woodsman. AS a tree
approaches maturity it's annual in
crease is very small, and it does not
pay to leave it to cucumber the ground
for years. The wood harvest is one OF
the most important of all the har-
vests on the farm. 1t, to great ex-
tent, renders the farmer independent
of the great sources of fuel supply un-
der control of great monopolies. More
over, the source Of supply being at his
very door, he Is saved the cost of cart
age, which is always large part Of
the cost of fuel.-Farmers' Review.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-19
An Old Story,

The Tonawanda Review says that
a number of farmers in Wyoming
county. New York, have bought ball
bearing" churns at 81 EACH others
paid 5000 for territorial rights. The
agents introduced chemical into,
the cream and made in two minutes
what looked like butter The pur-
chasers of the churns can't make but
ter in them in two hours. The film
Hammers are said to have taken $4,000
out of the county.
How long will it take dairy farmers
to find out that cheap "short cuts" to
wealth are not profitable? AS much
as the pepsin fraud has been ex-
posed in the agricultural press, one
would think that the farmers had
been pretty we'll informed on the mat.
ter.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-19

Good Fruit or Profitable Fruit.
Good fruit does not by necessity al
ways mean profitable fruit. In fact,
it is quite seldom that fruit is of both
good quality and profitable. This is
certainly the case west Of the Ale
ghany mountains. East of that point
there are regions that grow both good
and profitable fruit. In that great
region known as "The West" the
most profitable apples are those OF
only fair quality. but long keepers and
good shippers. In all this region the
fight for and against the Ben Davis
apple has been on ever since that
apple was originated. But in spite OF
the fact that it is not of high quality
it has made headway against all op-
position. 1t has pushed into all parts
of the country, has passed over the
Allegheny mountains and has invaded
New England in force. How has this
been possible, when it was so roundly
dispraised? 1t was because orchard
planters had found it to be very
profitable apple. They were always
sure OF getting a. crop of apples when
they planted this variety. Moreover
1T keeps so long that it can be held
for a time of year when apples are
scarce, and at that time will sell at
good price. The apple trees being
planted now comprise very large per-
centage of Ben Davis apples, even IN
the New England states.
The same is true Of small fruits.
The strawberry that is good for home
use is not shipper. The man that
plants must remember this. He may
plant one variety for his own use be-
cause that one is Of high quality he
,plants another to SELL because 1t Will
bear packing, shipment and trans
shipment. 1t is impossible for the
strawberry grower to put the best
quality berries on the market. They
would be spoiled before reaching the
customer. 1t has been found that the
good shippers are not generally ber-
ries of great favor or even beautiful
appearance. Men have been looking
for fruit that would combine in itself
all the good and desired qualities. we
do not know of any fruit that has
come up to the demand in this regard.
In fact, so far as this quest is con-
cerned, we seem to be as far from the
goal as ever.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-19
Lespedeza or Japan Clover.

The botanical name is Lespedeza
strata. OF it bulletin of the Texas
station says: This Is summer-grow-
ing plant that thrives on most OF the
light soils found between the Trinity
river and the Carolinas, throughout
the Gulf states. 1t is strictly South
ern forage plant and will not thrive
north Of the latitude of Kentucky.
Seeds have been distributed all over
the South from an original shipment
that was received at Charleston. S.
c., some years ago. Birds, winds, and
all classes of live stock have been in
strumental in scattering the seed
westward. When this weed first
makes its appearance in a community
it is looked upon as a small weed
and causes some discussion on account
of its salivating effect upon horses.
After year or two. this tendency to
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-19
Loss on Half Fat Steers.

Bulletin 76, Mississippi Experiment
Station: Even the best Mississippi
cattle are sent to market only half
fat. Usually they are only fed from
80 to 12O days and this will not finish
a steer, unless he is fat to begin with.
1t takes too much feed to make a
pound of beef for it to be profitable to
feed animals that when sent to mar.
ket will not bring more than three or
four cents pound. In finishing ami
mails for the market the gains made
rarely ever pay for the feed consumed,
and in consequence the increased
value of the entire carcass, after being
fed. over what it was when the animal
was put on feed, must represent the
profits, if any, in finishing for the
block.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-19
Asparagus.

Asparagus is found growing IN very
few gardens in Oklahoma. It is easily
grown and makes very nice dish in
carly spring when people are hungry
for fresh vegetables. The plants can
,Ge grown from seed, but it is best to
start the patch from clumps of roots
as it will be three or four years before
the seedlings are large enough to pro-
duce good stems. The plants should
he set i'll rows five feet apart and the
plants four feet apart in the row.
The plants should be placed so the
crowns viii. be about six inches be-
low the surface Of the soil. The bed
should receive good clean cultivation
in the summer and q good coating of
manure in the winter. The old stems
snould be removed in the fall. There
are several methods Of forcing the
plants into early growth in the spring.
4 simple method of forcing enough for
family use is to dig some large clumps
from the patch. retaining as much soil
as possible with the roots and place
on Il hot bed. Keep the roots well
,watered and growth will start in few
days. Good clunps will furnish several
cuttings but are of little value after
;bcing forced in this way Another
method is to spread fresh manure
,teep snough over the ground to heat.
the one just described but doesn't de-
stroy the plants.-Bulletin Oklahoma
Station.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-19
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Cooking Food for Farm Stock.

Cooking Food for Farm Stock.
Every farmer that wishes to care
for his animals in the best way should
have utensils for the heating of water
and cooking feed for stock. BY this
we do not mean to say that it will
pay to cook all kinds of feed or any
one kind for all purposes, but there
are many times and conditions when
such apparatus can be used. We
cook food for human beings for sever
al reasons. One of these objects Is
to kill disease germs in the food. Cook
ing food for animals has tendency In
the same direction. 1t costs some
thing for fuel, but this cost is very
largely Offset by the benefits derived
from conveying heat to the animal
bodies and thus saving the expense OF
carbonaceous materials. It is cheaper
to provide heat out of coal or wood
than make it out of the tissues OF the
animal body. The comfort Of the AMI
mails in the coldest days of winter Is
greatly increased by the warming OF
the drinking water and the cooking
of part of the feed. The comfort OF
our farm animals has commercial
value to us. 1t has something to do
with thriftiness in the stock and this
increases the possibilities Of profita-
BILE feeding. One OF the great advant-
ages in the cooking of feed for stock
is in being able to use for feed some
classes OF farm products that could
not otherwise be so used. Some farm
ers find it advisable to cook their po-
tatoes for stock, mixing them with
meal and ground oats. The boiling OF
sugar beets for dairy COWS precipi-
tates the bitter principle that some
times affects the milk. Too often the
argument for and against the cooking
of food for stock has been based on the
increased or decreased digestibility OF
the feed and it has been asserted that
the increased digestibility does not
pay the cost of cooking. To some ex-
tent that is true, especially with GER
tain classes Of feed, but there are
other advantages to be gained that
certainly do make it advisable to cook
some of the feed during consider
able part of the year. ~
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-19
Some Milk Adulterations in Penn
syivania.

Robert SINNERS, the food inspector
of the Pennsylvania agricultural de-
partment, stopped some 40 milkmen
in Allentown, from whom he secured
specimens of cream, milk and skim.
milk.
By immediate tests he found that
some of the specimens We're adulter-
ated with formaldehyde. While this
is a powerful disinfectant, it is inju-
rious to the system. 1t is supposed
some OF the other specimens are adul-
terated with boric acid, salicylic acid
and bichloride mercury, all of which
are undoubted poisons and very detri-
mental to health through prolonged
use All dealers found to have adul-
terated milk will be prosecuted, as
well as the producers who are guilty
Of adulteration.
Nh SINNERS says that as a rule
the farmers producing the milk are
more guilty of adulteration than the
milkmen who sell it on the streets.
Mr. SINNERS just came from Easton.
where he found many authorizations.
The most fragrant case there was one
where glue was mixed with skimmilk
and colored to give it the appearance
OF cream, the mixture being sold as
pure rich cream and used in the man
ufacture of ice cream-Allentown
eader
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-19
A Danaerous "Friendly Bull"


William r. Orbeton was pursued by
what he had always supposed friend
ly bull at his farm on the side or
Dodge's Mountain the other afternoon,
and had an experience which was per-
ilous in the extreme. The animal was
one which had been partially dehorned,
but Mr.. Orbeton with great pres
ence of mind managed to grasp the
stumps and held on for dear life. The
angry bull shook him about as though
he did not weigh considerably more
than the average man, and failing TO
dislodge him started for a nearby
fence with the amiable purpose of i'm
palinS Mr.. Orbeton thereon. At this
critical struggle Mr.. Orbeton's bull
dog appeared on the scene and jumped
at the bulls throat. The bull found
the dog very worthy antagonist, and
with the latter's teeth sinking more
deeply into his throat every moment,
diverted his attention from Mr.. Or
beton to the dog. In a very short time
both We're safe and the bull was forced
to realize that he had been check
mated. In past years Mr.. Orbeton
has undergone considerable Joking
about his love for dogs but he is now
firmly convinced that the devotion he
has spent upon his canine friends has
been we'll repaid. Courier
Gazette.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-19
Methods Of Drenching Animals.

d. E. Salmon, chief Of the Bureau of
Animal Industry, says: The popu-
lar method of drenching is with bot
tie. The use of a drenching tube is,
however, far more satisfactory. A
drenching tube may be made by taking
an ordinary tin funnel, which may be
purchased for five or ten cents, and in.
serting the narrow end into one end
of rubber tube or hose, say three
feet long and three-eighths or one-half
inch in diameter; into the other end
of the rubber tube is inserted q piece
Of three-eighths-inch brass or iron tub
ing about to inches long. The
metal tube is placed between the ami
mails back teeth, and the sheep or calf
is allowed to bite upon it. The water
or drench is poured into the funnel,
which may be held by an assistant or
fastened to q post at convenient
height The man who holds the metal
tube between the animals teeth can
control the animals head with the left
hand, and by holding the tube in the
right hand, near the point of union of
the rubber and metal tubes, he can
easily control the flow of the fluid
by pinching the rubber hose. Care
must be taken not to hold the patients
nostrils closed, otherwise the dose will
enter the lungs.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-19
Future of Georgia Peach Orchards.

Future of Georgia Peach Orchards.
If we succeed in outliving the San
Jose scale and also outlive the glut
which threatens us. and which / think
is practically certain, those Of us who
are peach growers OF the incurable
habit may, if We persist and survive,
find time when we can market our
peaches at 4 fair profit to reward our
efforts and our patience, says II. A.
Mathews ! do not believe that the
large corporation orchards will con-
tinue long in Georgia after we reach
the coming glut. They will find their
dividend making capacity gone and
will be -.rst to succumb to the neces-
sity of meeting the new state OF
things by going out of the business
and selling their peach orchard land
for cotton, corn and sweet potatoes.
The business viii then, I venture to
predict, settle down to a basis OF
moderate profits, not more or greater
than those of other branches of farm
ing in middle Georgia. OF course
many an orchard will be cut down
and planted in the staple crops and
those who continue in the business
of growing fruits will be the careful
horticulturists whose superior care
and intelli.cnc will make their sue
cess. They will produce finer peaches
and more of them on the same amount
of land and the same number of trees.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-19

Insects generally must lead jo-
cial life Think what it must be to
lodge in lily, fancy the Sun of tuck
ing ones self up in the folds CT q
rose, rocked to sleep by the gentle
sighs of the summer air, nothing to
do when you awake but to wash
yourself in a dewdrop and fall TO eat.
Ing your bed clothes.-Leigh Hunt
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-19
SAVING Seed Corn.

From Farmers Review: Having
been a reader Of the Farmers Review
for years l would like to say a few
words about seed corn. Now Is the
proper time to save it. At least, that
is my opinion from twenty years ex'
rerience. When husking, select the
most perfect ears and throw them into
t.s front end of wagon. At night tie
-.hem with twine, putting 20 or 25 ears
together. Then take a short piece OF
twine and tie them in the center.
Drive some large spikes into the cell
ing of the cellar and hang the corn
there until the following April.
have followed this practice for years
and have never failed to have good
stand of corn from seed SO secured.
This is the secret of good crop. IN
the spring it will lie longer in the
ground without rotting, will come up
stronger and will produce more stalks
with ears on them than seed corn
kept in any other way. It takes per-
feet seed corn to make perfect
stand. Good seed also gives an early
maturing corn and saves a great deal
of labor and time-A. T. Evans, Knox
county, Illinois.
eve would like to hear further from
our correspondent as to what kind OF
a cellar he has. Many cellars are
damp, and in such it is very doubtful
if seed corn could be successfully
kept.-Editor Farmers Review)
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-19
Feeding Fodder to Draft Horses.

At a convention of stockmen, the
writer heard one of them assert that
Americans feed their horses too much
corn fodder, at least in that part of
the country included in the corn belt.
The man that made the assertion was
one of the best-known horse breeders
in this country. His declaration was
contradicted by horseman present,
who claimed that he was feeding his
horses very largely on corn fodder.
There was a great deal of truth in the
declaration OF the man at first re-
ferred to. The foreign buyers realize
the Importance of this and are said to
discriminate sharply in favor of draft
horses raised outside of the corn belt.
They take it for granted that the
horses raised outside of the corn belt
are fed on oats and other highly nitrog-
enous material. Perhaps they are
not quite right about this, for there
are few sections Of this country in
which corn fodder is not raised in con-
siderable quantities for stock.
Horses raised in Belgium and ad-
joining countries are said to bring a
SOOu Oeal more ludu AuleIlCdu IdlSeu
horses for the reason that it is posi-
lively known that they have been fed
on higl-priced nitrogenous feeds, such
as the American-bred draft horse sell
dom gets in the corn belt. OF course
the material out of which the feed is
made up applies more to the feeding
of the growing horse than it does to
the feeding Of the mature horse. Corn
fodder, though a valuable feed, is not
suitable to the building up of the
frame Of the growing draft horse
When corn is added to it, as is often
the case. it becomes q ration still
more badly balanced. The horse that
has been compelled to subsist very
largely on corn fodder for long time
lacks life and spirit.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-19
How Germs Enter the Udder.


In healthy animals the only possible
channel of bacterial invasion is the
teat. The teat is canal surrounded
by muscular walls and closed at the
extremity by an involuntary sphincter
muscle, which varies much In con-
tractility in different animals. Often
it is SO lax that the pressure of small
amount of milk in the canal is suffi-
cient to open it and the animal leaks
her milk. In other animals, it re-
quires strong effort on the part OF
the mixer to draw the milk. This
canal, with temperature of the ami
NAL body, and containing, always,
even after the most complete milking.
a small amount of milk, offers ideal
conditions for bacterial growth. When
the animal lies down, be it on the
pasture or in the stable, the udder
and teats come in contact with dust
and dirt, which are teeming with bac-
terra. 1t seems, then, reasonable to
conclude that in case Of leaky udders
the bacteria adhering to the exterior
of the teat have easy access to the
interior, where they meet most favor
able conditions for rapid development
This assumption is borne out by the
results of many Investigations, which
invariably show that cows with leaky
udders harbor very large number of
bacteria in the milk. For this reason.
such cows are discarded from the herd
in some sanitary dairies. On the 9TH
er hand, where the sphincter muscles
close the teat firmly, the bacterial in
vasion is greatly checked.
From what has been said above it
may clearly be seen that, if COWS are
allowed to wade in swamps covered
with stagnant water, or lie down on
dirty, filthy stable floors which are
covered with excreta, ETC., the chances
are that a comparatively large nam
Der of bacteria will be able to enter
the udder through the teats, a fact
which is especially true in the case OF
COWS that leak their milk. 1t is OBJ
vious, therefore, that the discarding
of animals which suffer from disease
and of COWS that have leaky udders,
the use of drained pastures, and of
clean bedding on the stall floor con-
stitute the first step towards improv-
ing the hygienic and keeping quality
OF milk-Cornell University Expert
nent Station.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-19

Women can't drive nails. but when
1T comes to driving bargains she has
the sterner sex beat a block.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-19

The rise in price of farm lands
makes intensive farming q necessity.
When land was low in price, slip
shod farming would come nearer to
paying a profit on it than 1t will now.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-19

than reason always comes up for ys
settlement.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-19

France has more than four million
acres Of vineyards.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-19
Land Area of Hawaii

The laad area of Hawaii is t0O0:
600 acres.