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Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1902-06-04
PAcIFIo CoAsr ArPLE poxEs

barreled apples and sells them i'm lots
Of two to four quarts. mixing in plenty
Of culls. With practically nothing but
such wretched specimens of the apple
tribe within reach it is not strange that
these people use few apples
What is required is Il package small
enough for the average city family 20
use before becoming stale. There is no
better place TO do this packing than
where the fruit is grown or at the
point OF shipment. The less apples are
handled the better they are. If packed
on the farm where picked and proper
ly stored, there would be no need Of
any extra handling. and the consumer
might actually get fruit with the bloom
on, just as il came from the tree
Where this plan has been tried i'm
small way good results are reported.
In the cut is shown n box which rep
resents the thought and experience OF
apple shippers on the Pacific coast.
Every part Of II appears 20 have been
carefully studied, and It certainly an
swers the purpose well. The inside di-
mansions are 2015 by IL by 924 inches.
This makes n cubic content Of n trife
over an even bushel end about six
quarts less than heaping buSbel. The
ends are three-fourths inch material,
and all four sides are One-fourth inch
hard pine. There is no partition. as i'm
the orange box. The apples may be
put in tightly. and the thin. Springy
sides hold them without bruising. The
box is put together with thirty-twO
rough wire nails an inch and three
quarters long.
The chief advantages OF this package
are convenient size. strength given by
the solid ends and secure mailing and
springy sides, permitting the apples to
be crowded in slightly and holding
them firmly without bruising.
This undeveloped city trade will new
er be worked up by those who take n
back seat and merely think about il.
Get the fruit TO the consumers door,
let him see what it is. and he Will be
glad TO invite the boxed apple in and
hand over his cash for ii, for even at
extreme prices fancy boxed apples are
no higher proportiOnately than many
other foodstuffs which he buys.-Rural
ew Yorker
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1902-06-04
THE POMELO.
An Early and Heavy BeRrer-As Eas-
lily Grown an the Orange.

An Early and Heavy Be0rer-Aa Eaa-
t1y Grown the Orange.
From q bulletin by II. II. Hume OF
the Florida station on pOmelos 1t ap-
pears that shaddock, grape fruit and
pOmelO are synonyms, shaddock. how
ever, referring especially to large pyri-
form or necked varieties OF pomelos.
1t is only within the past fifteen
years that the pomelo has come into
commercial Importance in Florida.
With regard to its culture Mr.. Hume
states that trees in Florida bear heav-
fly. are no harder to propagate and
care for than orange trees and come
into bearing early. The following vari-
eties include all those listed by nurs-
erymen: Aurantium. Duncan. Excel
6ior Hall. Marsh. Pernambuco, Tresca.
Triumph. Royal and Walter.
The average weight Of the different
varieties varies from 1872 to 26.2 ounces
and the diameter from 3 to $50 inches
The percentage OF pulp ranges from
65.16 TO T4.72. Of rind from 20.93 to
31.S2 and OF seeds from 3.O2 to 4.35.
II is estimated that the fertilizing
constituents removed in ten boxes OF
pomelos, each containing eighty
pounds. would be as follows: PhosphO-
rIc acid. Oh pounds; potash, 10 pounds;
nitrogen. 0SS pounds. which would be
replaced by an application Of 2.S5
pounds OF acid phosphate. 3.S pounds
OF high grade sulphate OF potash and
Csc pounds Of nitrate OF soda. Com
mercial fertilizers are believed by the
author to be more satisfactory for fer
ttlizing pOmelo trees than barnyar6
manures. Where large amounts OF
organic fertilizers are used 'dieback
Will almost surely affect the trees. and
ammoniated fruit or fruit containing a
large amount OF rag and OF poor ship
ping and keeping quality is the result"
In fertilizing pomelos the author con-
siders 1t advisable to make at least
two applications, one just before or al
the time Of the commencement OF
growth and the other in summer, about
the month Of July. In some portions
or the state where the roots OF citrus
trees continue to grow during the win
Ter 1t is thought advisable to make a
third application in the fall.
II nitrate Of soda be used as a source
OF nitrogen. II is best to apply it in
three separate dressings-in March.
May and July-and the phosphate and
potash fertilizers twice. as recommend
ed above.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1902-06-04

The COURIER, as you are aware, is
the only newspaper in Clarke county.
There is no need of another, because
this journal covers the local field so
completely and promptly with univer-
sal satisfaction, that it has long since
been recognized as permanent in
stitution. 1t is quoted by the State
press as much rs any other weekly
newspaper.
We are endeavoring to get the
COURIER into every Clarke county
home, and our efforts are meeting
with a great deal of success.
1t will cost just ONE DOLLAR
to have the COURIER mailed to your
address for whole year. You will
then get all of the county news.
Send for free sample copy.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1902-06-04
Vanished Fruits.

Maryland used to grow in luxuriance
the finest figs in the world. says an ex-
change.
A spot could be mentioned where
there were great hedges of these figs,
and they ripened as beautifully as
those Of Smyrna or Los Angeles.
The greengage. however, and a num-
Der OF varieties of the plum were uni
versal. but they have almost complete
ly disappeared.
Then, too, there is the old red streak
apple-the reddest. hardest, juiciest ap-
pie that ever swung from tree. There
probably is not a bushel of them in the
state. Fifty years ago every farmer
had his barn loft filed with them after
all other apples were gone.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1902-06-04
Experience In GrowInr Rape

Three years ago l sowed my first
patch OF rape, sowing three pounds OF
seed TO the acre, and l was the first
man in the county TO try it. In the fall
took some Of the plants TO the street
fair and exhibited them as the great
hog food. and to all those who question
ed me concerning it gave my expert
ence OF year. In August one Of my
neighbors. who feeds from three to five
carloads OF cattle and hogs and sheep
extra, seeing seventy head Of shOtes on
my patch OF two acres, requested me TO
send for ten pounds of seed for him.
i did so, and he sOwed It with rye and
used 1t for hog and sheep pasture. The
next spring / sent for twenty pounds
OF seed for him and last spring sent for
forty pounds for him. 1 sOwed twenty
pounds OF rape seed last year. l know
II is the cheapest and best food n man
can feed his hogs. and TO get the very
best returns from them he ought to
have two pieces Of land to plant TO it.
I first sowed my feed lot with oats.
plowed under, narrowed and rolled the
ground, then sowed the rape and again
narrowed and rolled the ground. To
feed early SOW the rape and oats early;
also sow them to feed when the oats
are in the milk. BY the time the hogs
have the last lot eaten off the first will
be ready for a second attack. In this
year Of high prices every farmer ought
to sow rape and down here where
rents are so high if l were a renter
would fence off One-half Of the barn
lot and sow it to rape. using it as a
selling crop. My experience with the
seed has been that it will grow up to
four years old.-Prairie Farmer.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1902-06-04
New Trains.

Commencing May % new train
will be operated daily over the Shen-
sndoah Division, Norfolk 4 West
ern Railway. Leave Hsgerstown
l:20 a. m. arrive Roanoke 9:05 u. M,
arrive Winston. Salem, n. c., 400 p.
m. Returning leave Winston Salem
1855 p. M, leave Roanoke 500 p. M.
arrive Hagerstown 4:15 a. IN. connec-
ting with Southern Railway at Win
ston-Salem for Charlotte, n. c., Col
umbia, Augusta, Atlanta, Charles
town, Savannah, etc. Connecting at
Roanoke with train for Bristol. Nor
ton and Welch. Pullman buffet
sleeping cars between Philadelphia
VIA Harrisonburg. Solid train be-
tween Roanoke and Charlotte, n. C..
3 % It
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1902-06-04
sprouted Tobacco Seed

The utmost care is required directly
after the sowing of the sprouted tobac-
co seed The sprouted seed is one of
the most tender germs in existence.
Not for some days should the freshly
sprouted seed be allowed to have full
sunlight under the glass. Growers
should remember that frost does not
tdll tobacco seed, while a few rays of
hot sunshine will surely do so.-New
England Homestead.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1902-06-04
Echoes From the Press.

The past seasons experience has
conclusively shown the caulifower
crop to be the most uncertain OF any
on Long Island.
There is a fair outlook for green peae
One OF the very best apples for ex-
port purposes Is the York Imperial
Iceburg is a very early, tender let
tuce adapted to sowing in the open
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1902-06-04

RAKE AND sPUD FOR BLACKBERRY VINES.
rake. The singletree faces the front OF
the rake next the horse, which is har.
messed TO the machine far enough from
the rake to admit of dumping it's accu-
mutations occasionally. This impro-
viSed rake enabled me TO do the work
of twenty men with forks and rakes.
1t takes II stout pair of arms to hold
and dump the rake. but IT does the
work quickly and well. l have no
doubt that il will answer in raking out
grape and tree trimmings quite as well,
says a Rural New Yorker correspond
emf
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1902-06-04
American Cotton In Jaoan.

however, grown very rapidly. the total
number Of spindles in 1899 being 2.074,-
475. against $3.50 in 1868. 1t is thus ap-
parent that Japan will continue TO pur-
chase in other parts of the world a
large proportion Of the raw cotton
which its rapidly growing manufacture
ing industry will consume. and as
American cotton has already made rap
I'd Roadway against that from the near
er countries of China and India it may
be assumed that the market for 1t will
continue to grow.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1902-06-04
why Not Fitch the

Why Not Fitch the Garden Tools:
1t is very frequent source of an
nOyance in the country and suburbs TO
find that spades and other garden i'm
plements get lost. either because they
are mislaid and, bearing no name, can
not be returned TO their owners or on
account OF the action Of unscrupulous
persons. This. of course. could easily
be avoided and often is by stamping
the name Of the owner on the article,
but unless an iron brand is possessed
II is difficult TO do this on the wood
work. Cutting the initials is a long
and unsatisfactory process. Under these
circumstances, therefore. one is sur
prised that the name is not more fire.
Quently put on the metal part, as, for
instance, at the back on the upper part
OF the spade itself. This could easily be
done by spreading beeswax over the
metal. scratching through the initials
and pouring nitric acid into the mold
so made. The thicker the beeswaX, and
consequently the more nitric acid
which can be left on. the greater the
depth of the etching.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1902-06-04
ALL RYE WHISKEY.
ID. G.. SNYDER,
REAL ESTATE AGENT.
8trrVNllle. Va.

For the past ten years ! have been Real
Estate Agent IN Berryville ana through my
advertising Circular descriptive of clarke
County have cndcavored 90 direct attention
20 the auvanta ~ and desirabihtv of the
County for Home-scekers and Landowners
In addition have kept up "A large CORES
pondence In answer 20 letters of inquiry
for farms. IL Is my purpose To exercise still
greater effort 10 encourage prospective land
purchasers from otherStatcs have NUM-
Der OF app icants who propose 10 come and
see II they can be suited
Owners DESTROYS of selling their farms
whether large or small tracts-Or houses
and lots of "A few acres, will find il To their
interest 20 place them with me- Yours may
be the one 70 suit
! respectfully ask my friends throughout
the county and also recent purchasers of
farms, having friends who desire 10 locate
in thu" Garden-spot of Virginia" to send cor
direct them to me.
ID. G. SNYDER.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1902-06-04
cabbage For Late Forage.

Some New England farmers near the
seac0ast, where the atmosphere is
damp owing to numerous fogs, grow
cabbages in n late fodder crop. 1t
seems that the crop might be expen.
sive for this purpose owing especially
to the labor involved in caring for II.
Cabbage is also a heavy feeder.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1902-06-04

OUTLINE OLE HANDY SAW.

them and know what 1 am talking
about. For pruning 1t is very satisfac-
tory, as 1t works easier and is lighter
than any other saw / know of. AS
family meat saw it is just as good as
any butchers saw. 1t can be used for
almost any purpose.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1902-06-04
A Light. Easy Working Saw.

The saw shown in the accompany
ing illustration is one that made my
self, but did not have it patented, says
an American Agriculturist correspond
ent.
Since manufacturing it / have used
it extensively and consider it the fin
est working tool that can be produced
for the purpose. l have tried all of
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1902-06-04
HANDY IMPLEMENTS.

Continuance For DrsgxinE Out Dead
Wood and Spud For berry Canes
For dragging out the dead wood and
canes use a continuance made from
On old horse rake. (See the figure)
The bar 70 which the teeth are fastened
was sawed Obliquely across. leaving as
many teeth as would fit in between the
rows in raking. A pair OF old buggy
shafts with the singletree left on and
nailed CT bOlted to the bar answered
for handles with which to guide the
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1902-06-04

and drying at
that point seem
TO cause this.
Orange Judd
Farmer tells how
20 make repairs
without tearing
down the fence
In the least.
Use a cedar
crosspiece at the
bottom and two
narrow strips for
stays, put on as'
ah0Wa in the Ca1t
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1902-06-04

SHOWN In the CUT A REINFORCED FENCE
and the fence POST.
will be well supported for many years.
A somewhat similar contrivance might
be used for making a movable fence.
The post in this case would not 90 In
% the ground at all. but the fence
would be supported by the broad base.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1902-06-04
a DETAIL OF SPRAYING.
IN fngenieus Hszemnde Device Yer
Agit.sfnE the Ifuufa.

AEisssfpE the Liquid
The sgitators now In use are far
Prom perfect or satisfactory, especially
hpon long. Cat tanks. and unless they
IRE continually watched unequal dis
termination is likely to result. IL is not
70 be forgotten that the liquid must be
kept In motion throughout the tank II
u not alone necessary that n current be
created near or around the opening into
the pump. For this reason the whirl-
ing paddle is perhaps the best, espe-
eially n constructed with tilted blades
eomething like a screw propeller. II is
, common practice nowadays to attach
n paddle TO the pump handle. so that
the agitation may be maintained with
livery stroke OF the operator. At first
sight this seems TO be good plan. but
u is really mistake. II the paddle is
, satisfactory one. the labor to keep IT
going viii be far too great when added
20 that OF pumping. and in consequence
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1902-06-04

Where a planter has already a Ber-
muda grass meadow he may compel
the land to yield him winter forage by
combining this grass with some legu-
minous crop. The bur clover or hairy
yetch will either one grow well in tho
Bermuda sod If it be first run over
with disk or slant toothed harrow.
% as to loosen the tangle OF stems and
prepare place Tor the termination Of
she seed.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1902-06-04
Good and desirable Farm

Situated on east side of shenandoah river
miles from Wildwood, containing 600 acres
-lOO acres OF river bottom and most of the
upland GOOD LIMESTONE land. Fairly inn
proved, and desirable for cultivation or
grazing.
Will divide and sell in two tracts Of 80,
acres each.
For Prices and terms apply to
ID G. SNYDER.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1902-06-04
Fertile Clarke County Farm
FOR ALE

~ II - a IL Il
situated IN Long Marsh District Clarke
County, Va, between Crums p q. and
stones Chapel, containing lbs acres of good
land. ImprOvements-Old-Ii mansion
six rooms (kitchen detached from main
house, and cellar; necessary out-buildings.
tenant hou e; large bank barn, a strong
bearing good fruit Fencing in good condi-
ton. len acres of timber Land is splen-
did Limestone quality and bears good crops
New depot on b. x .. r. r. in course of
erection is in sight of farm and gives best
accommodations for delivery offarm products
Terms to suit purchaser.
For further particulars, Address.
a. NJ. Monroe, or p. NJ. Penick
Box 277, Lexington, Va.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1902-06-04
Wshizsarz1
8NsaEt SGAKPEN
A SMALL FRUIT PACKAGE.
The Box For City Trade I'm which
Growers Are Interested.

The BOX For City Trade I'm which
Growers Are Interested.
The barrel is an excellent package,
strong and easily handled. but il is too
large COR the city retail trade. Most
city houses have no suitable place for
storing this quantity Of fruit. Many
fats are too thoroughly occupied. The
box could be easily stored and would
be welcomed.
Grocers and peddlers sell apples in
the residence districts. The peddler's
stock is usually n lot of culls handled
over and bruised until nearly WORE
out. The grocer buys medium grade
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1902-06-04
when Fencepoets Decay.

In some soils and with some kinds Of
stakes there is a tendency for the
stakes to rot off quickly at the surface
OF the ground. The alternate 1etting
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1902-06-04
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Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1902-06-04
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-18
CITY NEWS !: '
UP TO The POLICE.
The Enforcement Of the Law
Against Blind Pigs of the
Midway District
More Light on Joint Methods to
Secure Protection-Complain-
ant Paid 500 to Desist..

The methods employed by the, Midway
blind pig proprietors in defying the law
were aired in the ST. Paul police court
yesterday when Leonard Stockwell,
whose fight with Louis. Stein brought
the Joints into notice recently, was
arraigned for contempt Of court Stock
we'll had sworn out a warrant charging
Stein with assault and battery, but when
the case was called for trial he failed
to appear At the request Of Assistant
County Attorney O'Neill a bench war
rant was issued for him and he was
brought into court yesterday. When ques-
toned he admitted that Stein had given
him 500 if he would not prosecute and
that he thought that was "the best he
could do Judge .Hine thereupon fined
Stockwell $40 for contempt of court and
ordered a fine Of $40 against Axel Han
son, one of the witnesses who also failed
to appear. Stockwell paid both fines and
remarked that he was still $40 ahead on
the transaction. [..'.~...l $. '.:'-1
1t is said that since the difficulty. of
last week the blind pig men have been
exercising great caution In selling liquor.
It is understood that prominent st.
Paul brewer who is interested in the
Midway pigs, Instructed proprietors to sell
to no one but those with whom they
were personally acquainted and whom
they could trust. 1t is now impossible,
therefore, for stranger to get liquor
IN tneSe places, InOugn Boys VINO are UNI
der age and acquainted with the pro-
prietors, are able to buy all they want
Another Joint Opened. il. :.
Notwithstanding the fact that the peo-:
pie of the Midway district are greatly
incensed at the existence of che joints and
the Indifference Of the police, another
place has been opened at Prior and Uni:
versity avenues. within two blocks Of the
Prior avenue police station. This place
swells the number Of Midway law break
ing establishments to fourteen and is said
to have been started to break. the thir
teen hoodoo. ':.~, = - -: -,
These places are running now on. the
quiet, but up to last week, passengers
changing from the Interurban: to the
Merriam Park cars at Prior avenue about
II p. m. could usually see two brewery
wagons making their rounds supplying
these places with the soft drinks" It IS
said that two wagon loads of intoxicants
are sold in the Midway district every
day. ......s >...
The Merriam Park people say that the
matter Is now up to the police. They
say that the police are the sworn de-
tenders of the law and, If they do not
enforce it the only, thing to do is to ask
that they be relieved from duty.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-18

A SURPLUS IS IN SIGHT
City Departments, Except One, Will
Close Year Without Exhausting
Their Appropriations.

y. +
Every one Of the city's department ac-
counts will show a surplus for 1902 ex-
cept that Of the police department., which
started q deficit the. first month and kept
plling 1T up generously until the Ames
crowd went out Controller Joshua
Rogers, after a preliminary scanning of
the books of the current expense fund,
which :disburses over a, million dollars
annually says that all. should be able to
get through onless than was appropriated.
The board of tax levy was anything but
generous a. year ago and cut to the quick
only the most prudent management has
made a surplus possible. Yet Mr.. Rogers
estimates that the expenditures from the
current expense fund should not come
within 100000 or $4,000 of the appropria .
tons This will not be. clear gain,
however, for a police department. deficit
Of from $4,000 to $4,000 must come out of
next years fund. The net surplus will be
about $4,000. While the sum is not large,
1t is whole lot better than a. deficit.