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The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-24
Pecan Tree Frauds.

We do not know that any reader OF
the Farmers Review is interested In
the planting of Pecan trees, but as
sumo that some may be. 1t seems
that there are just as great frauds
being perpetrated in the sale of these
trees as in the sale Of other trees. A
Louisiana grower sends out a warn
ing letter saying that there are many
agents that are selling all kinds OF
things for pecan trees, taking advan-
tage Of the popular interest in this
kind of fruit. He says that one claim
Of these peddlers is that they have a
certain fertilizer that will so stimu-
late the growth of the trees that II
will come into bearing at four years
OF age and bear barrels of fruit at
eight years. Mr.. James, the grower
referred to, says that pecan trees
come into bearing at eight or nine
years of age, and are never profitable
before 13 years of age. Wild pecan
trees of no particular value have also
been extensively sold to unsuspectlng
buyers. Great is the disappointment
of the growers when. after years OF
labor, t:iey find their trees bearing
nuts Of no particular value. The fol-
lowing advice by Mr.. James Is good:
Persons wishing to plant pecan
groves should write to the directors
of the various experiment stations and
find out who are the honest dealers in
pecan trees.-Farmers' Review.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-24
CLAIM THAT BRIDE
WAS HYPNOTIZED.

telling of the strange romance. the
fact of their marriage and their desti'
nation.
The next appearance Of this tall
young man and his beautiful bride was
on Jure % at Santa Monica, near Los
Ar rgeles. Cal They were registered At
Hotel Arcadia. Watkins readily be-
came popular among society people,
ard was soon leader in golf, tennis
AID pirg porg.
They visited other points in Cali
for, ia, making orly brief stops. and
finally have disappeared so that Henry
81 OF; fcidt OF Omaha has not the slight
est Knowledge of his daughters where
abcuts. Detectives have been en-
pioyed to search for the couple. The
youl brides father recently received
tie following letter: ''Why do yoN
rot answer my letters? l have not
heard word from you" He had been
seuairs kilograms to her every day.
Al other letter received on tie follow
iig day read as follows: Send me
$500. You are lucky to get off SO
easily"
From his childhood young Watkins
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-24
Harvesting Cow Peas.

A bulletin of the Missouri station
says: Cow peas are harvested just
as any other hay crop. being cut with
an ordinary mower and cured and
handled very much as you do clover.
The vines are coarser than the clover
plants and therefore somewhat more
difficult to cure, but they lave the ad-
vantage of resisting the injury from
rains to a surprising degree. In this
respect they are quite like sorghum
and appear to stand quite as much
rain. It's usually considered best to
commenc- cutting when the first pods
begin to turn yellow on those varieties
which seed here. or when the lower
leaves of such a variety as the Clay
begin to drop Off. But in actual prac-
tice it is well to select as far as one
can, dry time. at the season Of the
year that you have leisure to handle
them. Cut regardless of the stage of
maturity, although they cure easier
and make better hay when fairly ma
ture. Allow them to cure as much
as possible in the swath. and every
clover and pea grower ought to own
a hay tedder, turn them with tedder
if possible while the dew is on so as
to prevent the loss of the leaves and
either stack them or put them in the
barn direct from the swath or put
them in rather large shocks 10 COM
plete the curing process, from which
they may be stacked. Like clover it
is necessary to cover the stacks with
timothy or some such material to turn
the water The hay is ted in the
same manner as other hay and is very
valuable feed for all classes of stock.
the water. The hay is fed in the
leaves and finer stems in winter.
Many breeders OF fine horses, particu
larly of running horses, prize the hay
very highly for their brood mares and
weanlings. 1t is fine feed for dairy
cows and ewes that are nursing
lambs.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-24
Lunat.c's Wonderful Escape.

An extraordinary adventure befell a
lunatic near Streatley-on- Thames. En-
gland, the other day. Having effected
a midnight escape from four attend
ants. the search after him was fruit
less until his father, a gamekeeper,
noticed some tracks in field These
were followed and were found to lead
to disused wei. upwards of sixty
eight feet deep The luuatic was at
The bottom. and after some diff iculty
was dragged up by q rope. Curinusly
enough, be vas uuhUrt, although he
mus have "al!en OF jumped to the
bottom. lie mad been in the well thir-
ty hours.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-24

III hour after Size had met him
he girl had admitted her love and
hsd co.'s ..i@d 10 iL...", h.!u.
To her il was like a dream; 10 Phil.
p d. Watkins il va. reality. Not
''ithst a., dirG the fa"j tat he posed
rs wealthy mar, 50 aud very little
rsady cash. ard so tar &C F-own. no
established resCiir"%8. He had roth
ing to risk ir an imm"'i 'iatn marriage.
pleased him, her complete surrender
fattered him. and nc loved her, at
least he told her so, better than any
other girl in the wide world.
At Ogden they ajighteG from the
train, and were NuicitIy welded. The
ceremony was OF thc simplest nature.
Miss ShoEfe'dt 1i' not snc her sister
in that city, as sha jr-or 1eA. sought
no advice from friends. 1T hlirdlv
followed the will Of this stranger
There was 70 church N'~'iira With
all the attendant ceremonies which
usually delight tie feminine heart
and which, it would have seemed,
might have been according to the
tastes of such a social favorte as
Miss Shonfeldt The legal form was
sufficient to unite them in wedlock.
and thus Mr.. Watkins was able to
avoid publicity in Ogden. where the
friends Of the bride might have caused
aim some embarrassment.
The knot tied they boarded a west.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-24
sarcoEtic NaHre.

We End Sarcortic mango in tie ri
lowing domesticatea al mals Il. = .
sheep. goat. deg. cat and pic VIZ
variety dig gsl e'ics .@aer tl;c o".'
layer of the skin and i've on the c''i'.
of Ire middle layer of the skin. r.
multiply in these galleries and ors
sion a very interse inaanria,i :. ..
the skin. Because Of ,hc "ath T.
which tn, Sarcoptes. h,llroW, > r"':}
tic mango is exceedingly hard 10 er1
icate. 1t would. therefore. seam inF
tunate that this form of til, dis,
is not common to cattle. it Is r.
he'lious tn all medication ana v".
frequently rerurCnces of the disease
produced by this variety of mite a.@
seen in other species OF animals after
treatment whic.. has been prolonged
for months
Concerning the tra = sra ssihiity Of
tie different manses to animals ana
man, we find that all Sarcortcs MAJ
live for an i0definlre period upon
mans skin. but the common mango
mites and the tail mango mites de
very rapidly and occasion but si.e..t
irritation. The horse may contract
Sarcoptic mango OF tie sheep, dos AID
cat. The OK takes the Sarcoptcs OF tie
horse. sheep. scat asd cat. The sheep
contracts Sarcoptic mango OF the goat.
The dog takes thc Sarcoptes of man.
pig, cat, sheep and goat. The pig
contracts Sarcoptic mango Of the
goat. From this it will be seen tnat
Sarcoptic marge, unlike the common
and tail manges. is transmissibie from
one species OF animal to another.
Mango is never developed except by
coptagion. The period of incubation
that is, the interval that lapses be.
tween the moment when the mites are
deposited upon the surface Of the body
and the appearance Of the disease on
the skin-varies according to the
number OF mites transmitted. When
in small numbers. the first manifesto
tons OF mango are sometimes seen
only at the end OF four to six weeks.
while at other times the disease may
be clearly apparent at the end OF 10
days. Contamination takes place
either by direct contact--that is. i'm
mediate. as on pasture, at the stable.
etc.--or by intermediary agents
Farmers Bulletin 49,.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-24
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The Hiilsides.

Where hil1sides on farms are not
treated in natural or scientific man
ner they coon become either barren
or quilted. Frequently declivities
that were fertile for centuries become
useless and practically untillablc. In
state OF nature forests cover Ane
hills, and under these forests under
brush developes to a point where
erosion is not possible. The roots OF
the trees form binders that no SOIL
water can disp1ace. The soil Is not
permitted to dry out but retains its
porosity. In that condition the rain
that falls enters it by way OF the
trunks and roots of trees and it thence
soaks away through the soil without
disturbing the position Of the particles
OF soil. In many cases, however, the
trees on these hillsides have been cut
away and the land used for plowed
fields or for pastures. Where the
grass has been kept in good state by
an abundance of fertility, the damage
has not been great. Where the land
mas been plowed the soil has been
exposed to destructive washing. How
often has the heart of the farmer been
made sad as he has inspected such
fields after a heavy downpour of rain!
The remedy is to use this land for
something else than tillable crops.
Some farmers ere turning such fields
into forests. Where a man does not
want to wait for forest to grow up
he can plant an orchard, but such an
orchard will have to be kept in sod to
keep the soil from washing. Probably
this is as good a use as any to which
it can te put. Putting into grass Is
a good plan and one that will COM
mend itself to most farmers. But
such fields must not be pastured as
that will weaken the sod and make
outlying possible. The sod should be
encouraged to thicken. To help this
fertilize the hilltops and hil1sides and
do not take more than one crop OF
grass a year. Do :.ot NOW the second
growth but leave it to stren ngthen the
roots.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-24
Bell Sheep as Car Leaders.

A story comes from HALEY. Idauu
about taree ewes ta;i a Wethrr tha
have been taGS0t Il, lead steep iu.t
On each oi the lea s!e-s is a bell! III,
sheep that are to be loaded follow
one OF these bell sleep iElo The car
Inc owner goes with the leader I,
keep the bell from ringing wnen tn,
car is full, and the bell sheep is sOius
out, as that might cause the She.
to file out again. The same shec.
have been taugh; to lead ilUchs y
sheep through the town to the stoc
yards For these services the owues.
receive small fee, ranging from,
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-24
Leohorns for Meat.

1t has been generally supposed that
Leshorns are Of value only for the
eggs they lay and not for the meat.
Yet some markets take Leghorn broil-
ers in large numbers. An Indiana
breeder told the writer that he was
shipping Leshorn broilers to New
York in large numbers He said he
had experimental with about al! the
leading breeds to find one that would
suit the market and make money for
the producer. Finally he settled
down to the Leghorn. The bird is
plump and has a large proportion of
meat on its breast Probably the Leg
horn will never be a favo1ite bird for
the common trade in poultry flesh. but
it has better chance with the fancy
trade and with the trade in broiIers.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-24

asted in her. II did not take him long
20 discover that she was travelling
alone. art. il Was likewise easy for
lin to ascertain through the conduc-
tor tlat t.er journey was TO cover q
onsid "-a&ie distance.
While Mss Shoateldl was not one
who would he regarded as distinctly
impression able, she could not help no
ticing the refined and elegant appear.
ance of Mr.. Watkins. The fact that
he was stranger made it not diff
ut for her to imagine him gentle
,z.an and a hero.
The glance OF his eye had thrilled
this modest girl. ard s1e wondered TO
herself at her weakness. Her fate
vas sealed.
No less corsci0us uf lis nower was
Er Watkins. without further cere.
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hypr otism in conducting a
courtship; this mysterious
4.S&j power welded by shrewd
nan to win a beautiful bride;
ae subsequent guidance OF the wife
y a continued practice OF this magic
-auerce. form the basis of most
omar tic story that is claimed to have
st been erecte., in real life.
Such IS the theory nela by the
'ia'"'s of Miss Maud Sao~felat OF
ala. ~fo recently married Philip
c~c7,ns Watkins. formerly Of Boston.
its possibility trc reader must HIM
= jnG3e. The story as it comes
.'C.n the West. is as follows:
a Pullman coaca attached to train
c',c' westward from Os1aba fur
ed t.-o first scere Of tfi~ st-aEse
,.e story. It was durii $, tie first OF
:; III. g. Kiss Maud SHorfeldt, tho
aug'.te. Of Henry Shorf"idt. one OF
naAa's wcci,hiest ard most res SDact-
Il c:t.zers. had started On TIE train
a l.th tle Intention of visiting her sis
er. Mrs. A. l.. Ball OF Ogden, Utah
Tie your g woman. who was promi-
ent il Omaha society, was modest.
eIl-brei and extremely beautiful girl.
5eTeral Of TIE bes, youT 8 men in Oma-
Z rad sought her hand in marriage.
:. q il each case Sc had told be-
atler. declaring at the same time
nat she was too young TO think OF
,cttirs married.
The other principal ciarac-cr in this
pullman coach. go far as the story is
occerned. was Philip Horeynus Wat
.ins. He is tall, staud ding two inches
over six feet in height; has an athletic
figure. a. smooth-shaven face, wavy
Blonde hair, dresses eXQuisitely and
combires a distinguished appearance
with the manners Of a French count.
One thing more. however. discrm-
irating person might notice in this
youth of "a, In the glance OF his eye
there is something moro commanding,
more persuadirg. more convincing
than in all the rest OF his external per-
sonality. here is the secret of his
magnetic qualities. and in this the
friends Of Miss Shonfeldt find what
they believe is the hypnotic power Of
Svengali. to which power Miss Shon-
faldt acted the part of Triiby.
Speeding along in the luxurious car
the young MAJ Watkins noticed pret-
:y Miss Shonfeldt, and became inter
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-24
These Cow Testing Testers.


Recently the Farmers Review COM
Mented on the report that big cold
storage companies were sending out
low-testing milk testers. a da'~y eN-
pert In New York asked the Farmers
Review to confirm it's statements. a
letter addressed to the Minnesota Ex-
pertinent Station on the subject
brought the following reply:
To the Farmers Review-Yours OF
the l1th inst. making inquiry in re-
gard to the small hand testers has
have used the small testers referred
to in our dairy laboratory in connec-
ton with the school of agriculture and
dairy school and in colnDarins IN"
tests made by the small machines with
those made by the larger power ma
chimes we noticed that those made
from the small machines generally
read from L to 2 lower No otiicia!
publication has been made of this OBJ
servation but Instructors in the dairy
school have referred to it in articles
published. So far as our observation
goes the small machines do not pro-
vide enough power to get a full read
ing and I am of the opinion that this
is the reason why the factories or
creameries who are buying the cream
are anxious to have the patrons test
it with the small hand machines The
difference in the reading between the
two machines is enough to make a
.ge profit in the businesS.-T. l..
Hacker.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-24
Loss of Birds at Shows,

From the Farmers Review: Relative
to the loss Of birds at shows | will
say that have been attending poultry
shows for the past ten years and
never lost but one bird in all. hired
a party once to transfer some birds
from one county fair to another and
one hen escaped from a coop. but was
captured afterward. If proper care
is taken by exhibitors and snow man
ayers there need not be any losses at
all.-Frank o. Johnson.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-24
Duck and Goose Culture.

1t requires % days to hatch both
geese and duck eggs. Ducks should
be kept shut up over night in laying
season. as they lay very early In the
morning. Keep them in the pen until
they have depocited their eggs. II per
mltted to have their liberty they some
times drop their eggs in the grass or
IN the water, which tnen cannot be
found. On the other hand geese will
seek q nesting place in buildings or
around stacks Of straw. 1ne early
broods of ducklings aod goslings
should be hatched under hens. After
they are hatched keep them in a
small yard in which you have placed
a coop for shelter; they do much bet
ter If this is done for ABOUT two weeks
than it allowed their liberty. See to it
that they have plenty Of water while
eating. Feed them often, four or five
time day, when young Keep young
geese and ducks from pudding or
swimming in cold water. They should
not be allowed on ponds until the
down has changed, and even then it is
not necessary they should have a
pond. When hatched feed nothing for
twenty-four hours. Their first food
should consist of bread crumbs soaked
in milk. Hard boiled eggs mixed
with cooked corn meal is excellent for
few days, after which feed any
thing they will eat 1t is conceded by
those who have had the experience
that ducks and geese are more easily
raised than any other kind OF poultry
and are quite as profitable 1t is in
deed surprising that SO many poultry
raisers are without these profitable
birds a. an addition to their business.
j. R Brabrazon
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-24
t2-Yeac-~ Id 3-ide Wants Separation n

4 very prccocious caild is Wilhcl
nina Mcintyre, Of Bethlehem, Ky. VIII
helmi: q. who is - y"acs old, hec2me
p bride hrrii .. irarryjrg farmer q
yeas CT a&e, and Eow sne has prougll
a"tior 20 2-Tui The marriage, The DO
me5tic bliss of tn" ill-malched coup!c
}.;:S earl, disturbed, ;le husband o'5ua
irg tG@ iri5", Sc she cI&.'n%. 22t sc
asks for s. 500 damages il addition Il
t e a-iGrlIHe;.t. The ceremony uniti;, Z
ne child in marriage to the sarmel
as performed witt the cousent ol
tnr parents aTd they are the nDvirs
spiits il the effort TO annul the mar
:iage.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-24
Sweet Potatoes.

The sweet potato t.; native Of
southern Asia and was formerly con-
sidered an exclusively southern prod
uct, but repeated experiments demon
strated that it might he grown in the
North with perfect success. 1t is now
quite commonly cultivated in many
sections o. the North, although the
quality Of the product grown in the
North is not considered equal to that
grown in the Soutf. Northern grow
ers are obliged to TAX better care of
their sweet potato crop than are
those In the south in order to insurs
success and to have tie tubers mature
before the advent of frost. The
sweet potato is propagate! from either
tubers or prouts, but the latter is the
more common and better method.
They may be grown upon any variety
OF soil, but one tha. i. dry warm and
sandy will give produe of the best
quality. A sandy |. will give very
good results in both quality and quan.
tity.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-24

Front n eaa Pred1eslsA


Some writer makes tho leats
that the prodt II egg productlcq
in the cost Of the food 9lyea
fowls. II this were % the pre-
eggs would be very easy - 6gurp
Unfortunately for the arithmetic q
there are almost innumerAhl1 tAce0
entering into the equation. OnA
these is the selling price Of e8gs
makes all the difference in the world
to the profits whether the eggs bo laid
principally in the early and middle
winter or in the spring. In tho firse
case they are high in price. lp the
second case they are low in prt0b. IN
the case Of winter eggs large proes
may be the result and in the case ct
summer eggs the balance IL likely -
be on the wrong side of the book The
cost Of food may be approximately the
same in both cases. Even ff Il wero
double in the winter what It was IN
the summer the profits would stiNehe
on the side of the winter eggs The
proposition may be put in this way.
A man had flock Of hens that pro-
duced 100 dozen OF eggs which sold at
~ SSAIS a oCLSA. ! Amcs oPA AA6s NSS
OF eggs per dozen, five cents. Another
man had flock of hens tnat produced
in the winter 100 dozen of eggs. They
sold at 80 cents per oozen. bpt the
food cost twice as much IS did the
food for the flock belonging to the
other man. What was the differences
in the profits? 1t may be taken FOR
granted that good many men will
answer by saying THE eggs OF the
winter flock sold for twice a. much
as did the eggs from the summer
flock. but the feed cost twice Gs much.
Therefore thSre was NO difference IN
the profits" It 10 just that kind Of
reasoning that keeps the mortgage on
the farm. Actually figuring out the
problem will show that the profits
from the winter laid eggs were double
those OF the spring laid eggs. TIE
question Of time Of year at which eggs
are produced is then the first one t.
be considered in the matter Of profits.
In other words the profits In eggs
come from reversing the course Of M
ture as to the laying Of eggs.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-24
Some Faults Of Cows.

Sometimes an otherwise excellent
COW is rendered partially or totally
worthless for the dairy because Of a
habit of leaking milk. writes c. P.
Goodrich in Patrons Handbook This
fault cannot always be detected ul-
less the milk is seen to be leaking.
1t does not follow that because COW
milks easily that she will leak her
milk; far from it. Still. those that do
leak. usually milk rather easy. Some
times the milk seems to drip away
from the teats nearly as fast as it is
made and the udder is always nearly
empty. Tlis makes a COW worthless
as mixer, but can be detected any
time except when she is dry. Otner
cows do not leak until the udde. is
well diStendeI and they lie down for.
ing the milk out in a stream and max
ing quite a puddle of milk on the
ground or floor. Sometimes the close
observer will detect this.
Another fault tha. some cows nave
is the habit OF sucking other COWS. or,
worse still. OF sucking themselves. My
advice is never to buy such COW
under any circumstances if one can
detect. the fault. Such a COW may
possibly ne prevented from sucking.
hut she can never be cured of the in
clination to do SO, and vii! surely be
Il source of vcXatiOD.
If the COW you are looking at has a
rng in her rose, or has her nose
pierced for ring. don't buy her. That
was done for something, and prob
hi in ,,,Nf tn, hnr
from sucking. II she has her tongue
slit it is for the same reason. But.
no matter, she can suck jus, the same.
If the hair Is worn off about her
head or neck be sure that il Is not
caused by some toggery pu, there TO
prevent ner sucking.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-24
Ace of Breedi1a Males

How old should male fowl he to
give the best results S.s a breeder!
We ask the question OF our readers.
hoping to hear from them O. the mat
ter. There are great many ooin.
ions. but we lack verification of those
opinions. II any of our readers have
an opinion that they can back up with
statistical or other facts let us hear
from them.