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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-11-06
Maine Tries Anaora Goats.

The first problem we met was suit
able fencing. We soon found that
while they do not jump they are good
climbers and that they will go over
any fence the top of which they can
reach with the fore feet. The horns
on some of the ewes point backward
in V shape. In the case Of a woven
wire fence with square openings even
with four inch mesh they will push
their heads through the openings and
get hung by their horns. With this
kind of fence it was necessary to
visit them two or three times a day to
release the prisoners. In 1901 we
gave them too extensive a range and
they did but little clearing up. In
May, 1902, six ewes, one buck and FIVE
kids were put in an acre of young
woodland of mixed growth. most
of the trees three to six inches in
diameter. There was a quite thick
growth of underbrush. The small
underbrush of birch, maple, hazel
bush, ETC.. have been cleaned up SO
that where there are no alders or
Ci6iCSh5 INC SiOuuu uhuci tuc liecS
is as clean as though 1t had been
burned over. Sweet fern they do not
like very well, but they have cleaned
all Of the hardhack out Of this piece
Ferns and brakes have been eaten to
some extent. They have eaten the
leaves and young sprigs Of bushes In
preference to grass. Birches two
inches or more in diameter they have
not injured but they have stripped
the bark from every maple. Even
maple trees six inches In diameter
have been thus killed. We have found
them to be fond of the bark of apple
trees, even eating the bark from old
trees.
To clean up birch or evergreen
wood land they have proven very eff,
fective. There has been practically
no cost for the summers keeping.
The twelve goats have been kept with
out other food ON one acre of young
wood land. They have required no
care other than an occasional visit
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-11-06
Fruit on the Farm.

We propose to keep up the agitation
for fruit on the farm till we are sat
isfied that every farm, or practically
every farm, is growing enough fruit
for the use of the farmers family.
There Is not farm of any kind where
at least some fruit should not be
grown 1t may not pay to grow pears
or peaches or even apples on some
farms, but where one kind of fruit is
impossible, another kind will flourish.
This is particularly noticeable as we
go north. Many of the tree fruits.
like the peach, will not grow in high
attitudes, but, on the other hand, ber-
ries of all kinds flourish exceedingly.
We are told that In Alaska berries of
many of our common varieties grow in
greatest profusion, and that, too, on
the edge of the Arctic ocean. In the
United States there Ia NO locality
where fruit may not be raised. The
strawberry is ubiquitous, growing from
the shores of the Gulf Of Mexico to
the Canadian border. Blackberries
can be grown on most OF our farms.
Below a certain latitude varieties of
Japanese and European plums flourish,
while north of that the American va.
rieties are In their glory. Where ap-
pies can be grown which Is on most
of our farms, they should be planted.
and planted every year. 1t should be
a part of the general plan of the far.
mer to keep up the efforts to have fruit
for his wife and children.-Farmers
Review.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-11-06
Partisan Trees.

Paris is said to lead the world
in the culture of city trees. The
success Of the French capital is due
not so much to an admirable soil
climate as to well-organized system
of caring for the trees.
In large nurseries young trees are
grown and prepared for the Partisan
streets. The culture of the soil is
elaborate. From the very beginning
the trees are pruned and staked to
compel tkraight growth. BY fire.
quent transplanting the roots be-
come so hardened that they are ena-
bled to withstand injury due to trans
port-ion. When a tree is sufficient
ly large, 1t is set out in the streets
with the same care that was lavished
upon it in the nursery. Often the
cost of planting a single tree is $50.
Whenever a storm destroys the city
trees the nursery can be Immediately
drawn upon for another supply.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-11-06
Reclamation Of Salt Marshes.

W Sd'h Nai
In European countries salt marshes
are regarded as the most fertile of
lands. Large areas in Holland, Den
mark, Germany. and Belgium have
been cultivated for many years In
England the Fens to the extent Of
probably more than 100000 acres
have been diked and ditched and are
now in state of matchless fertility"
says publication C the bureau d.
soils. The reclama III of tidal landl
to be successful at a minimum ex,
pense should be managed by a man of
experience In such matters. The ques-
ton of how to build bikes, the cheapest
and most efficient method of drainage
to be employed, and the subsequent
management of the soil to bring 1t into
a state Of fertility at the earliest pos
sible moment, are all problems which
require experience and judgment II
the work is to be a success. Unfor-
tunately, in America there are no
trained agricultural engineers, nor is
there an institution Of learning which
claims to train expert agricultural
engineers. The best person, then, to
plan and manage the reclamation Is a
civil engineer who has had experience
In some related work. Men of expe-
rience have habit of charging well
for their services, but the money spent
in fees to the right man is well in
vested. Diking and ditching done by
inexperienced or careless persons will
require more in repairs each year than
would have been necessary to insure
proper supervision in the first in.
stance.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-11-06

| ing the precaution to secure not only
the rifles, but three pistols and all the
| belts of cartridges they could find.
Both Of them had filled their capa-
cious pockets with dried moose meat
until they stuck out like stuffed tur-
keys.
They broke two of the rifles because
they could not carry them and
strapped the others on their backs.
Long they travelled in a western d.
rection, guided by the stars. They
had given up all hope of finding their
Metlakahlan friends, who no doubt
supposing them lost, had returned to
their home on the island. After wan
dering three or four hours into the
forest and being completely ex-
hausted, the two fugitives rolled
themselves in their blankets and
slept. They dared not build fire,
for II might attract the attention of
their pursuers.
When day dawned they made a
breakfast on some Of the dried moose
they had brought with them and pre-
pared to resume their journey. They
discovered that they were gradually
ascending mountain side. On all
sides Of them were forests Of scraggy
spruce, the trees seldom being over
five or six inches in diameter. and
ferns and other forms of plant fife
were occasionally noted.
At last they came to a great cleft
between gigantic snow-robed uoup.
tains.
The first night after they began
their ascent they camped on the
mountain side near spring and
spread their blankets under the lee of
large bowlder
Hope had been revived in the breast
of Paul Miller, but his companion, who
had been deceived and cheated so,
often by outrageous fortune, eyinced,
little or none of his spirits.
I'VE are a long way from civiliza-
ton yet" he said to one of Paul's,
remarks about their being sac. so
often, my friend, have had my hopes
raised only to be blighted that al
low myself to believe nothing good
can come to me. A terrible fate:
seems to have taken possession of my
being-I seem doomed" The old gray
head was bent on his hands, and he
was silent, while darkness came over
the scene.
The next days travel over this I'M
known region was but repetition of
the experiences of the day before.
Higher they climbed, up, up and up,
approaching on the mountain side the
line of eternal snow. A few hundred
yards more of climbing brought them
to the summit of the divide, where
there was a pile of stones which
seemed to have been placed there by
human hands. No life of any kind
was visible, unless that white speck
on the distant ledge be dog or a
goat.
ITO he continued
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-11-06
IhouQhtful.

Young Wife-"There is a gentle.
man in the library, dear, who wants
to sec you"
Young Husband-"Do you know
who it is?"
Young Wife-"You must forgive
me, dear, but that cough of yours
has worried me SO of late, and you
take such poor care Of your health.
and-Snd. oh, II l were to lose you
my darling!"
Bursts into tears.
Young Husband-"There, there,
dear! Your fondness for me has in.
spired foolish and unnecessary fears.
I'm all right; you mustn't be
alarmed. But I'll see the physician,
of course, Just to satisfy you. Is it
DR.. Pellet?"
Young Wife-"N-o. it is not doc
tor; it's IA life insurance agent"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-11-06
BIBLICAL TALE OF POWER.
"JezebeI," by Miss Lafayette Nc.
Laws, Has Won Favor.

"JezebeI," by Miss Lafayette Nc.
Laws, Has Won Favor.
Miss Lafayette McLaw's when
the Land Was Young" instantly
sprang into popular favor, and for
first book was pronounced sue
cess. The promise in her first book
has been more than realized in "Jez-
ebel," work of singular power and
insight. 1t is a Biblical tale of the
days when Omri and Ahab were
kings of Israel and Elijah was a
prophet of Jehovah. Ahab, the Is
raelite, takes to wife Jezebel, the
worshiper of Baal. When Ahab
comes to the throne and Jezebel sets
up the worship of Baal, the prophets
and believers of Israel are incensed
against the queen, and Jezebel be-
gins fierce persecution of her enc.
mics. This contest is the chief mo-
tive of the story.
Miss McLaws has endeavored to
throw new light upon the character
of Jezebel, and, while she does not
depart from the Biblical account, she
surely presents this strong-willed,
beautiful queen in a somewhat novel
and striking manner. We get
glimpses of Jezebel the woman as
well as Jezebel the queen, and it is
as woman with warm passions and
jealous instincts that Jezebel is
most and best portrayed.
The book is replete with dramatic
situations, the action is rapid and
stirring, and the denoument is orig
inal and startling. Altogether it is
one of the books of the day and a
distinct contribution to the novel.
literature of Biblical days.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-11-06
In cuitivatins the Orchard.

In eultivating an orchard the kind OF
tool used is of considerable conse.
quence. 1t win rarely cay to use the
common pillow. as this Is about sure to
break the roots and deprive the trees
Of large feeders. A common pillow may
be used in newly planted orchard
where the trees have made little root
growth, but never in a well-established
orchard. Even In case of a young or.
ehard, using the common pillow year
after year win result in cutting off
many of the advancing roots, especial
ly IL the ground be hard below the
point in the soil yearly penetrated by
the pillow. On soil that is light 1t does
not matter so much, as the roots will
tend to strike deeper than the pillow has
reached.
Ordinarily 1t is best to cultivate or.
chards with gang plows, with harrows
or with weeders. Some Of the har.
rows are particularly arranged for
working around trees, and will pass
much closer to the trees than the
horses go. This cultivates the land
to near the trunks of the trees, while
the heads of the horses and their har-
nesses do not injure the limbs Of the
trees. A smoothing harrow does good
work. The use Of weeders is urged.
These light weeders can be made to
cover a great deal of ground in sin.
gle day. II used often they keep the
ground In the best Of condition and
free from weeds.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-11-06
SAVED A LIFE.

Gratitude promotes publicity, and
its no wonder people testify when life
Is saved.
Every reader with bad back is In
danger, for bad backs are but kidney
Ills and neglect may prove fatal.
Neglected backache is quickly fol-
lowed by too frequent urinary dis
charges, retention of the urine, pain
full urination, Diabetes, Brights dis
ease.
Read how all such troubles can be
cured.
Case No. 34,52o.-Mr. Walter Nc
Laughlin of 3022 Jacob street, Wheel
Ing, w. Va, a machine hand working
at J. A Holiday q Sons planning mill.
says: Il firmly believe had I not used
Deans Kidney Pills when | did I
would not be alive now. was in q
terrible condition. and although took
quarts Of medicine and was attended
by doctors. got no better, but worse.
Friends spoke Of my bad appearance.
and thousands knew about II. could
hardly get around and felt and looked
like dead man rather than living
one. Doan's Kidney Pills, procured
at the Logan Drug Co.'S store, were .
blessing to me: half q box relieved
me; three boxes entirely cured me-"
A free trial OF this great kidney
medicine which cured Mr.. Mclaughlin
will be mailed on application to any
part of the United States. Address
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
For sale by all druggists. price 80
cents per box.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-11-06
Points In Swine Judainu.


Prof. w. ]. Kennedy gives the fol-
lowing suggestions regarding some Of
the points to be noted in judging
swine:
Head-A short, broad head especial
ly wide between the eyes and the ears
is usually associated with width and
compactness of body throughout and
is an indication Of an aptitude to fat
ten rapidly. A snout of medium length
is desirable.
Eyes-The eyes should be clear,
large, wide apart. and free from
wrinkles or folds Of fat, which often
causes blindness.
Ears-A small, fine ear indicates re-
fnement throughout. This is desir-
able. The carriage of the ear will de.
pend upon the parentage of the hog,
being erect In the Berkshires, half
dropping in the Poland China, and al.
most wholly dropping in the Duroc
Jersey and most of the large white
hogs.
Jowl-A e'oad, neat, smooth, firm
Jo"A 40 oCoiubiC. lduDiucSo VI lOWt
due to excess of fat in this region il
very Objectionable.
Neck-The neck should be short,
thick and deep. It should blend
smoothly into the shoulder vein and
shoulder without any depression.
Shoulder arQ Shoulder Vein-The
shoulder vein is that portion just in
front of the shoulder where the neck
JOINS the shoulder. Fullness in this
part is very desirable, as 1t usually
results in smoothly covered wide
shoulder. The shoulder should be
broad, deep and compact on top. Prom.
inent shoulder blades and slackness
between the same are very objection
able.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-11-06

Losses Of Sheep from Parasites.
The greatest menace to sheep hus-
bandry. What is it? 1t is not the
menace from the presence of dogs or
wolves, although in these, In some
states, is found most serious men
ace. 1t Is not in the liability to a
change in tariffs, although this might
work great harm, according to the
nature of the change, writes Professor
Thomas Shaw in American Sheep
Breeder. Nor is it even In the flood
ing Of the country with shoddy not
properly labeled. 1t is the increasing
losses in flocks.in many sections from
the constantly increasing ravages OF
parasites. These have multiplied un-
til they are source of losses which,
in certain areas, give cause to posi-
tive alarm. II it could be known
how many sheep in the United States
are lost every year through the preva.
lence Of parasites the figures would be
startling.
1t would probably be correct to say
that nine-tenths of the losses of sheep
in this country every year arise from
one or the other of the various kiccs
of parasites which select sheep fer
their especial prey. These losses run
all the way from no loss at all in some
fiocks to very great loss in others.
The alarming feature Of such loss
does not arise SO much from the num-
Der of the animals lost as from the
fact that those ailments are not well
understood; that is to say, they are
not well understood in SO far as their
life history is concerned. This is true
particularly of tape worm in some of
its forms, and also Of stomach worms.
1t is not certainly known how those
parasites exist separate from the
sheep. AS long as such is the fact
Just so long will men work more or
less in the dark fighting these trou-
bles.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-11-06
The White Grub Fungus tcordyeeps)

the white Grub Fungus (Cordyceps).
Probably the most conspicuous fun
gus which lives in insects and one
which attracts attention on account of
its size, peculiar shape and occasional
bright color, is Cordyceps. It attacks
all orders Of six-legged insects and
certain Of the spiders, producing what
Is termed vegetable sprout." This
fungus, in one of its fruiting stages,
covers the insect with a white growth
or filaments similar to Sporotrichum,
in fact 1t has been mistaken for Spor-
Curriculum. This is the much more
common form and has been given the
name Isaria. In the second fruiting
stage, the fungus grows inside the
grub Of the May beetle or other insect
until 1t is ready to fruit, when one or
more club-shaped bodies. often several
inches long, grow outside. Inside
these club-shaped bodies are numerous
small pockets containing sacs filed
with long, slender spores. At matur-
ity the spores leave the sacs and es-
cape to the ground through small
openings in the club-shaped bodies.
Just how the filaments from these
spores gain an entrance into some In.
sect is probably not definitely known,
but possibly by becoming attached to
1t as 1t crawls over the ground.-Prof
John L. Sheldon.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-11-06
CHAPTER XII.

Paul Miller drew his rife to his
shoulder and let drive two or three
shots in quick succession, sending
their late captors flying heller SHELTER
to the rear of the cavern. Whether
any of them were wounded by his
bullets or not he did not stop to
learn. He then seized the rifles,
blankets and caps and the two men
fastened away from the cavern, TAX
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-11-06
SUPERB DINING CAR SERVICE.

Experienced travellers say that the
meals served in the Dining Cars on
the New York Central are the best they
have ever found in the East or West
Our whole country is represented In
the menus. Oranges from Florida. shad
from North Carolina, breakfast food
from Minnesota. potatoes from Utah.
water from the Adirondack Noun
tains, wine from Missouri and Cali
fornia, in addition to the finest i'm.
ported wines and cigars from Cuba.
Porto Rico and Manila, representing
a variety and excellence of service
that compares favorably with that of
the best hotels.
II we sat down and folded our arms
this old world would soon be wilder
neEs.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-11-06

Bishop wfIberforce used to tell a
story of a greedy clergyman who, when
asked to say grace. looked anxiously
to see IL there were champagne glass
ses on the table. II there were, he be-
gan: "BountifuI Jehova!" But II he
saw only claret glasses. he said: 1--WE,
are not worthy of the least of thy mer.
ciear
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-11-06
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Dining car service unequaled. For
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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-11-06
Some Points on Cattle Feeding.

Some Points on Cattle Feeding.
Bulletin 76 of the Mississippi sta
ton says:
Abundant feed for cattle during
four or five months of late fall, win
ter and early spring is most i'm
portant matter. Beef steers will mar
ket almost an unlimited amount of
feed, but not at very high price.
The farmers of the corn and alfalfa
sections of the country depend on
beef steers and hogs to market much
of their crop. They will feed steer
half bushel of corn day and the
necessary roughage and are satisfied
with gain of five pounds for each
bushel of corn fed. II they can mar
ket their alfalfa hay at $500 ton by
feeding or otherwise they have made
good profit on their land.
The man who does not own some
land and who does not have some
thing or who does not wish to grow
something for cattle to eat has no use
for cattle. The function of live stock
on the farm is to convert grain and
grass and roughage, that are produced
on the farm, into meat or other i've
stock products. AS a people we are
accustomed to high priced feeds and
to buying large amounts OF grain. 1t
is equally true that our farmers de-
pend on the oil mills to buy their cot
ton seed and they take whatever
these mills offer. There is demand
for cattle on the farms to eat cotton
seed or the meal and hulls after the
oil is extracted. It is desirable to
grow more restorative crops and with
these and manure to make the land
more productive. Oil mills do not
pay high prices for seed. Good cat
tie doubtless would give as good and
perhaps better returns for them and
leave the fertilizing elements on the
farm as an additional profit.
In determining the relative values
Of feeds the results obtained by this
station show that ton Of cotton seed
will produce about one-sixth more
beef than a ton of corn. and a ton OF
cotton seed meal will produce twice
as much. Cowpea hay and Johnson
grass hay are about equal In value.
One and half pounds Of corn stover
are about equal in value to one pound
of cowpea hay. The cotton seed hulls
that we have been using this season
are nearly equal in value TO good
Johnson-grass hay-12 pounds of the
bulls giving as good results as 10
pounds of hay.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-11-06

Meadows should not be tramped by
stock when the ground is wet.
The man that has a productive Gran.
berry bog has q profitable Investment.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-11-06
Keenness Of EIephant,. Scent.

An elephants sense of smell is so
delicate that the animal can scent
a human being at distance of 1000
yards.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-11-06

We learn nothing when we do the
talking ourselves. but when we listen
We at least learn TO be courteous.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-11-06

Hundreds OF dealers say the extra
quantity and superior quality of De
fiance Starch is fast taking place of
all other brands. Others say they
cannot sell any other starch
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-11-06

Opportunities and Business Chances
Never were greater or more attractive
than now In the Great Southwest
Missouri, Kansas, Indian Territory.
Oklahoma end Texas.
II you - interested, xrite for par.
ticulars. James Barker. Gen1 Pass.
& Tiki Agt., NJ. X. & T. Ry.. $40 VAIN
wright B'dg.. st. Louis.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-11-06

$50 you are going to get an automo-
bile?" YES" answered the man who
is always thinking of his health; "the
doctor says I must walk more"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-11-06

You never hear any one complain
q out Defiance Starch. There is
none to equai 1t in quality and guam
tity. 16 ounces, 10 cents. Try II
now and save your money.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-11-06

Defiance Starch Is guaranteed big.
gest and best or money refunded. 10
ounces, 10 cents. Try 1t now.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-11-06

Feed regularly and literally; water
cows with kindness; this is the secret
of success.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-11-06

Five hundred and thirty tons of
cigarettes were exported from Egypt
in the year 1901.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-11-06

Russia has more Hebrews than any
other nation In the world. The mum.
Der Is about $500, 900.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-11-06

To Cure a Gold in One day.
Take laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. An
druggists refund monevif 1t fails to cure. &c