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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-10-31
News and Notes.

Twenty-Five acres are said to COM
prise the commercial ginseng growing
area of the United States, most of it
being in Cortland and Onondaga coun-
ties, N. Y.
California is the great lima bean
growing state, commercially consid-
cred. The estimated yield last year
was 5000 sacks of eighty pounds.
The 1902 cranberry crop of the Unit
ed States is estimated by the American
Cranberry Growers association at 725,
600 bushels against 100000 bushels in
1901
The average condition at harvest of
winter and spring wheat combined was
so against 1913 last year, 69.6 in 1900
and ten year average of 1873, accord
ing to the government report.
A decrease in the number of stock
hogs now being fattened as compared
with the number year ago in every
important hog raising state except
Pennsylvania is reported by Statisti-
clan Hyde.
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CORN FODDER.
Shred 1t and Make Beef--The Day
of Cheap Cattle Has Passed.

Shred 1t and Make Beef-The Day
of Cheap Cattle Has Passed.
Shredded corn fodder is the most eco
nomical material that can be used in
the manufacture of beef. The demand
for beef at the present time seems al
most unlimited, so that we can save
this great wasted crop and feed it
into beef without any fear of over
loading the market. The census re-
ports show that the population of our
cities the market for beef, increased
36S per cent from 1890 to 1900 but the
number of cattle killed for beef in
creased only 2 per cent. The export de-
mand for dressed beef gained enough
in the ten years to take the entire in
crease in our production, so that we had
the same supply in 1900 as in 1890, al
though the beef eating population had
grown 36.S per cent. Receipts for this
year to date have shown a considera-
BILE falling off as compared with 1901
so that we have today about the same
supply as in 1890 to feed 40 per cent
more people, counting the gain in city
population to date.
In 1910, only eight years off. we shall
have So per cent more people in our
cities than in 1890 if the growth of the
last ten years continues. Twelve years
have passed since 1890, and we have
made no progress toward supplying
this gain of 81 per cent in the demand
U-b fpb chAtt1H or aio
years in 1910. We cannot meet it with
the methods of farming that have been
followed heretofore. The good farm
lands of the west have all been settled,
and the ranges have been running
down in the scale of beef production
because of the destruction of grasses
by overpasturing. We have reached a
permanent level of high prices of beef
so high, in fact, at the present time
that perhaps a million people or more
who would like to eat beef are COM
PEELED to go without it or to content
themselves with a nibble instead of a
full plate.
A good corn crop this fall will re-
lieve the situation somewhat from the
standpoint of the consumer. but the
day of cheap cattle has passed forever.
With high prices and practically I'M
limited demand good business policy
demands that the farmer should bend
every effort to increase his output Of
beef. There is little danger of over
doing it. The only way in which a
really considerable increase can now
be made in the supply of cattle is by
saving the enormous corn fodder crop
of the west and shredding it.-Farm,
Field and Fireside
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-10-31

Give yourself a shakeup on the sile
question right now. Do not let the sea-
son go by without examining into the
workings of some one near or far who
is using silo.
Not many years ago farmers thought
that it made cattle tough to stand out
through the cold days Of winter, shiv-
ering from head to foot. Most folks
know better now.
While it is not advisable for every
farmer to have a cold storage plant of
his own, there is still room for much
development and cooperation among
farmers along this line.
Gasoline engines tighten farm bur-
dens. They are easy to run and will
drive all sorts of farm and household
machines.
Hogs and corn constitute combna.
ton unsurpassed as wealth producer
Early pork brings the best price Be
gin to fatten now.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-10-31
A minor Consideration.

The ambitious young woman was
attracted by an advertisement, one line
of which read, How to Become an
Author" The advertiser claimed that
by his method failure was impossible.
SO the ambitious young woman sent
on the necessary trifiing sum Of money,
and by return mail she received a slip
on which was printed this bit of adj
vice, Write something"
But" she protested by letter, IL
already have done that. and it hasn't
been printed"
eve congratulate you" was the re-
ply. IF you have written something,
you already are an author. Publica-
ton is minor consideration. with
which we have nothing to dc Brook
Ign Eagle.
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STEAM SlLOS.

The Latest Endeavor to Secure ST.
Inge Free From Acid.
The latest development of the silage
idea is the use of steam to prevent
fermentation as far as possible and Sc
cure an approximately acid free silage.
The Oregon station began experiment.
ing on this line last year and the cut
shows the construction of one or two
small silos used for the purpose. These
were built of well seasoned yellow fir,
dressed, tongue and groove lumber, one
and five-eighths inches thick, three and
one-half inches wide and twelve feet
long. When completed the silos meas
ured approximately five feet in dame
ter and twelve feet deep. They were
constructed plain, having no doors, so
that the only way of filling and empty
ing was by way of the top Of the silo.
They were fitted with one and one-quar-
ter inch piping SO that they could be
steamed after being filed.
The silo of which the lower portion
is here shown was fitted with pipes so
tina, steam could be liberated in the
silo within two inches of the bottom
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-10-31
Turkish Cemeteries.

Upon the graves of the dead in the
Turkish cemeteries little vessels of
water are placed for the benefit of the
birds. and some of the marble tombs
have basins chiseled out for the same
purpose. the superstition being that
birds carry messages about the living
to the dead and, like everybody else
In Turkey, are suspected Of being
spiteful unless something is done to
curry their favor
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-10-31
THE COW AND THE MILK.
When MIX Is Thin, Feed Right Awas
From the SiIO.

When Milk Is Thin, Feed Right AvvaS
From the SiIo.
Milk may be too rich in fat often for
delicate stomachs, just as skimmilk
may be too rich in protein to please the
taste that has been grossened by using
whole milk. This trouble is to be rem
edied not by Swimming the milk aud
thus destroying the equilibrium of
solids, but by simply adding water to
the whole milk. This operation is full
ly understood by those dairymen who
furnish milk to the cities where the
average stomach cannot stand the pure
milk.
There are cows that will do the part
of dilution to almost any desired ex-
tent-even to the undesired extent of
making their milk so poor that the
long suffering city consumer rejects it.
Against this kind of cows there are
many of us who claim that producing
water through the cow is too eXpen-
sive for dairy economy, and moreover
their milk never knew anything but
W
preserves it's distinctive character OF
having seen better days | saw one Of
these accommodating cows sold at a
public sale last week. She was per-
feet animal a picture. She was in the
hands Of dealer and to be sold for
the high dollar The dealer explained
that she was from pedigreed stock, but
that the Babeock test had recently been
adopted at the creamery patrenized
by her former owner and this cew had
to go. She is now operating for a
creamery where the milk is net bought
by test.
Begin feeding right away from the
sile, unless the pasture is very rich and
abundant and the cows are in heavy
flesh. Ii there is any later corn being
saved for soiling, cut it and put in
silo 1t is worth more as silage than
it is MS Germ, and if you don't believe
me ask the cows. 1t is peer business
feeding to allow the cows to so under
fed or get poor this fall to save the ST.
lage for next winter. Play for what's
on the board The needs of the cows
are present needs - better meet theM
new than try to recover the less later
The world may Come to an end toward
spring and silage will be ne use theA,
but net till theR.-W. L. McSparraR in
National StsckmaM.
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SLED FOR FODDER.

piece cut of one end of each so as to
make Il shoulder en- the scantling where
it rests against the underside Of the
middle knee Of the sled and notch
where it rests Oh top of the rear knee.
Nail enc or tive boards on to the scant-
lings to held them apart. A pin through
each just in trent Of the rear sled knee
holds attachment in place, and it may
be tied with wire or q small rope to
hold it mere securely. The scantlings
Should net extend tee far in the rear.
The back standards Of the sled may be
three OF fsur feet in height. The
amount Of extra fsdder that the sled
will held is considerable. The tail rack
may be quickly renewed when you
have finished using it.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-10-31
sI1e FITTED FOR STEAM.

at G, and alss midway between the
bottom and tep at f. The upright pipe
z r In the silo was covered with cap
at so as to prevent fodder frem fall
ing into the pipe. Ten to fifteen holes
three-eighths of an inch in diameter
were drilled in the pipe near the cap
at r as outlets for the steam. The ell
bow at G turns directly dewn and
comes to within about tive inches Of
the bottom of the silo. This elbew G
prevents material frsm getting int the
pipe G II and serves as an easy outlet
for the steam when fereing it int the
silo near the bottom.
The silo was filed with very green,
immature corn, cut three-quarters Of an
inch long and packed as tight as posi-
BILE. The contents were then steamed,
first by making connection through D,
then disconnecting at d and connecting
at 1. Pressure was part of the time
at twenty pounds, and, for the latter
part, forty pounds. The steaming proc
ess lasted from about o'clock one
evening till $3.50 the next morning.
A sterilized cotton plug was tied over
the end of the pipe at l, projecting from
the silo. The second pipe projecting
from the silo was stopped with an
iron plug screwed in at d. Just at the
end Of the steaming process, and while
the corn fodder was still very hot, both
silos were covered with layers of heavy
building paper and then with several
inches of sterilized cotton.
When the silos were opened in De
cember, the steamed silage was sweet
and bright, and had undergone very
little change since the green fodder was
put in.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-10-31
THE SUGAR BEET.

Useful Items of Experience From the
Michigan Stntisn.
Considering the extra work involved
in the narrowing Of the space between
rows of sugar beets, together with the
inconvenience and even impossibility
of cultivating with large farm horses
in narrow rows, it seems as yet wise.
to the Michigan station, to continue
with the rows twenty-sHe inches apart
at least
Figures frcm recent tests skew de.
cidedly in faver Of increasing the nj,
trogeR content of the sugar beet fer
tilizers. Not only is the yield Of beets
greater, but the percentage Of sugar
is higher where an excessive amount
of nitrate of soda is applied. The
marked difference in yield Of susat
from the home mixed fertilizer ever
the commercial fertilizer suggests the
possibility of nitrate nitrogen being Sill
perior to the form of nitrogen found
in the commercial fertilizer.
A fair comparison of nitrate Of soda
and sulphate ammonia as source OF
nitrogen for sugar beets, being the
average result from five different cx'
periments conducted for three years in
succession, shows a yield of over IL
per cent more sugar from the nitrate
than from the ammonia and presents
conclusive evidence of the superiority
of the former.
A general conclusion in some soil
tests with fertilizers is that stable ma.
nure increases the tonnage, but does
not increase the total number OF
pounds of sugar in similar proper
ton,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-10-31
The fruit driers are getting in great
work in New York state,


1t was high noon and Monday.
Worse yet, it was the thirteenth day
of the month. A knock was heard at
the kitchen door of the Burns man
sion. The Chinese servant opened the
door. A tramp of long and varied ex-
perience accosted him:
'T've been travelling and have played
in mighty hard luck" observed the
tramp. II lost all Of my money, and
now Pm hungry-very, very hungry.
Can't you please give me little bite
of something to eat?"
The Chinaman comprehended the sit
uation at once. A benevolent, placid
smile spread itself over his entire
eountenanee
You likse fiishY' he asked Of the
tramp.
Eyes, / like ASA hrst rate. That will
do as well as anything"
Come Fllday," said the hespitable
heathsa.- Ysrk FiMSs.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-10-31
rhe noe the rncker. WANT.

Or. G. D. SMead says that he went
through a big western packing house
and asked the packers what hogs they
wanted.
BLACK whenever we can get themw
why"
"Cut the carcass of white hog mid
way between shoulder and ham, and
the two parts will weigh about the
same. The meat in front of the cut
brings cents, that back of it 10 cents
or more. Cut the carcass of black
hog in the same way and over 60 per
cent OF the weight will be back of the
cut"-Rural New Yorker.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-10-31
ALFALFA AND BACTERIA.

incubation md Air Stacked Lime as
"Starter" For Good Crops.
The Illinois agricultural experiment
station seems to have established some
conclusions from experiment and OBJ
servation about the influence of the nj
trogen gathering bacteria in growing
alfalfa that are of general interest.
Many farmers have tried to grow al
falfa in various sections of Illinois, but
in most cases it has been pronounced
failure. Where alfalfa has been grown
with success it has usually been neces-
sary to sow it on very rich ground or to
keep it well MANFRED. And this expert
ence is common not in Illinois alone,
but from Indiana, Ohio, Michigan,
Wisconsin and Iowa come reports of
similar experience. The Illinois station
explains it as follows:
Alfalfa bacteria are not usually pres
ant in Illinois soil, consequently the al
falfa is not able to obtain nitrogen
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-10-31
ALFALFA PLANTS.

lated plant with root tubercles and in
creased growth at the right]
from the atmosphere, which it would
be able to do by means of it's proper
bacteria, but it is entirely dependent
upon the soil for it's supply of this most
valuable and important element of
plant food.
To produce good crops of alfalfa
without the nitrogen gathering" bac-
terra requires exceedingly rich soil and
liberal applications of barnyard ma
nure or other heterogeneous fertilizer.
Even the rich black prairie soil Of IL
linois does not furnish sufficient avail
able nitrogen for maximum crops of al
falfa.
Applications of available nitrogen to
Illinois soil produce crops of alfalfa
which yield from two to four times as
much hay as crops which obtain all
their nitrogen from the natural supply
of the soil.
The incubation of Illinois soil with
the proper alfalfa bacteria enables the
alfalfa to feed upon the ineXhaustible
supply of free nitrogen in the air and
the inoculated soil produces just as
large crops of alfalfa as soil which has
been heavily fortified with CONNER
cial nitrogen.
On most Illinois soils, excepting lime
stone soils, applications of air Stacked
lime as well as incubation with bac-
terra will be advantageous. Most cul-
tivated soils are more or less acid. The
lime corrects the acidity and promotes
the development and activities of the
bacteria.
On some types Of soil, probably,
phosphorus can be applied with profit
for the production of alfalfa.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-10-31
Corn In Kansas.

Orange Judd Farmer concludes, after
special investigation, that the corn CROP
prospects of Kansas, as a whole, have
probably not been lowered more than
5 per cent through recent unfavora
Bile weather conditions, although there
has been damage in the north central
and north western counties.
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Truth is always consistent with IT.
self and needs nothing to help it out
1t is always near at hand. sits upon
our lips and is ready to drop out be
fore we are aware. A lie is trouble
some and sets mans invention upon
the rack, and one trick needs great
many more TO make it good.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-10-31
Corn HusIsinG.

There are several methods Of husk-
ing corn and handling the fodder or sto-
yer. The most common one is to drag
Four or more shocks to a central point,
husk and throw the corn in large
pile ON the ground and tie the bundles
If stoyer III Il large shock The wagon
ollows, and the corn is picked up and
loaded On and hauled to the storing
place. Later on the stover is hauled
in the barn. The husked ears thus
must be handled twice where once
would do. says an Ohio Farmer writer.
To save this needless work some
farmers make 'floaders'' Of strong bur-
lap Or canvas about four or four and a
half feet square. A loader is laid down
at each shock that is being husked,
and the ears are thrown on it. When a
wagon load has been husketl. two men
do the loading, picking up the leaders
one at time and dumping into the
wagon with swing motion. This will
require twenty or more leaders If the
wagon is kept in the field while husk-
ing. smaller number will do
Another way is to use old or new
fertilizer or grain sacks. The open sack
is suspended on a simple tripod. A
sack is thus suspended for each husker,
and when each sack is filled II IS de-
tached. and another takes its place.
When the wagon is kept with the husk
ers, the one bushel corn baskets may
be used They cost but few cents
each
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-10-31

The period of deepest sleep varies
from O'Clock to ). An hour or two
after going to bed you sleep very
soundly; then your slumber grows
gradually lighter, and IL is easy enough
to waken you at or 2 o'clock, but
when o'clock comes you are iii such a
state of somnolence that it would take
a great deal to waken you.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-10-31
TO spcII shakespenre's Name.

1t has been shown that Shakespeare
name has been spelled by responsible
writer's in 1906 different ways. 10 his
own time his contemporaries spelled
his name In 80 different ways. --Chica
GO Times Herald.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-10-31
The nest Farm Wagon.

The best form of farm wagon is enc
with axles Of equal length, broad tires
and wheels thirty to thirty-six inches
high in front and ferty to ferty -feur
inches behind, according to the Mis-
souri, agricultural STATEN.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-10-31
HANDLING CORN FODDER.
Handy Devices Far Hauling, and II
Good StubhIe Cutfcr

Handy Devices Far Hauling, and n
Good Stubble Cutter.
The simple homemade sled illustrat-
ed in Fig. / will be found very useful
in moving corn shocks BY the use of
the sled one man can load and unload
the shocks and do the hauling with lit
tie loss of time. To make it get two
hemlock or oak planks about 2 by Il
inches and IA to 16 feet in length.
Round off one end of each in sled run
ner fashion and connect the runners by
three by inch crosspieces which are
tenoned to fit mortises in the planks.
Where the tenon projects through,
small hole is made in the former, and
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-10-31

Brown-So you lost your lawsuit
with Smith?
Jones-Yes; but it's satisfaction to
know that Smith didn't win anything.
But didn't you have to pay him
$1,000 damagesY'
Eyes; but his lawyer got that
Philadelphia Record.
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A Leading Pntntn.

Sir William is handsome licking
potato. AT the 0his agricultural eX-
pertinent station it has kept its place
during the past Ave years among the
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-10-31

1t was Tommy's first glass of soda
water that he had been teasing for so
long.
"Well, Tommy, how does it tasteT'
asked his father.
why" replied Tommy, with a puz-
zled face, lit tastes like your foot's
asleep. Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-10-31

The intense dryness of the South AZ
rican air is very destructive of leather
Hence boots soon wear out.
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rHr SIR w1111AM porAro.

THE oIN " IIIIA8t IUIAIO.
ten leading varieties in point Of yield,
ranking close with Sir Walter Raleigh.
1t yielded 225.5 bushels per acre in 1901
and averaged 245.4 bushels per acre
for the five years preceding.
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StraAger-What wonderful tales cid
Blinks relates! He must have been a
great traveller In his day.
Natvs-Me was MeVsr outside the
county IN his life, but yen see, his
mind has wandered for years.-Mx-
change. -
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The animal that 6rst suecumbs to ex
trerle cold is the horse.
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Gnrdening In Alaslsn.

According to Mr.. Middleton Smith,
naturalist TO the international polar
expedition, probably the first expert
mental gardening in Alaska north of
the arctic circle was that done by the
expedition Mt Point Barrow, Alaska,
1881 SO. The land close to the coast is
practically free from snow by the 9TH
of June. On June 10 the seeds of let
tuce, radish and mustard were sown.
The mustard failed to terminate. On
the 10th of July twenty-seven days
after seeding and nineteen days after
termination. harvesting began. The
lettuce leaves We're from one to two
inches in width and from three to four
inches in length. The radishes, spher-
ical in form, were from half inch to
an inch in diameter. The condition, of
these vegetables at the time of harvest
was perfect. The quality could not be
eXcelled A study of the conditions I'M
der which the plants terminated and
matured is not only curiously interest
ing. but suggests that there was some
stimulating force, perhaps the large
amount of atmospherical electricity,
which caused them to arrive at matur-
ity in a much shorter period than those
grown in temperate zones. Inasmueh
absolutely necessary that plant life in
the far north should arrive at maturity
very quickly.