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N BARKER, President; H. WOODWARD vcePresden w. P  oIREcToRs-W Brown emison, F. M Jackson, Walker Perey Nabers, A. Hlman, w. H. Hassnger rskine Ramsay H. Motion, Tuwe H. 5arr B. F. Moore N. E. Barker, w. P. c. Harding
 
 who contemplate making opening
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New orIean. Cotton Market.

New Orleans, April 26.-The market for spot cotton was very firm at the ad- vance. Sales, 33Oo bales, including 2OoO to arrive. Quotations 1-16c; higher While there was a Hull in the forward movement of cotton futures the market was remarkably steady with good un- dertone throughout the short session. The first figures were from to points under rriday, but this condition was only tenn porarily and it required but little buying to wipe out this loss At the close of the short session the board figures were net even to 1 point above yesterdays closing. The weekly statistics and the continued heavy demand lend particu- lar confidence to the advance and the bulls are taking every advantage of the conditions.
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COTTON, STOCKS AND GRAIN.

All purchases and sales are made direct m the exchange for which the orde. is given.
 Correspondents-J. H. Parker & Co.,, c. ~ Lee 6 Co.,, Purneli, Hagaman & Ia. New York; Fairchild & Hobson, New or. iesns: Ware 6 Leland. Chicago.
 Reference-First National Bank of Bir- mipgham. First National Bank of Rome,
 TELEPHONE NO. flB.
 soecial attention given to orders over telephone end orders sent from out of the
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THE LOCAL MARKETS
Local Cotton Market.
Local Iron Market
Local Stocks and Bonds.

Corrected Daily by caldwell 6 Ward Bankers, 2o15 First Avenue. Tele-
 phone 753 (See Card)
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COTHRAN & co.

uembers of Chicago Board of Trade and
 New Orleans Cotton Exchange. x,ooms l and Alabama National Rank Building.
 Private leased wires to New York. Nev ~,.,.ana and Chicago
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New Orleans. April 26.-Cotton firm; sales, 33OO Ordinary, 5-16c; good ordi- nary, 13-16c; low middling 3-16c; mid ding, g 9-16c; good middling, 97sc; mid ding fair, 1O1ac. Receipts, 375S; stock, 192 009
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New Orleans. April 26.-Cotton futures steady. April, 9.60 bid; May, 9.62@9. .63; June, s.67q9. 6s; July, s.72d9.73; August, 9.31d9. 32;e September, S.73@S.54; October. SECS. IA; November, S.o2qS.04; December. S.02Q8. .04.
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ANCHOR LINE.
Glasgow Via Londonderry.

United States Mail Steamships sailing
 from New York every Saturday for
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BIRMINGHAM MINERAL-Nortb.

A. G. S.-North. .rJo , Arrive. Depart. .No. | Pan-Am. Special. 6:45 pml GEO pn 'No' S' Meridian Accom-. l12: :25 pml 40 nm
 South.
 sNo ,- Arrive. Depart sNo uh olhclnnau. 1o:o5 pm1e:1o pm No. a' Pan-Am. Special. 9:55 aml1o.oo am 'No. 5. Chattan' 20 Ac'm l12.l5 n-,I .so a,n s,
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No. 37 carries Pullman sleeping car Bir-
 mingham to Greenville. Miss: open at D. m.
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CENTRAL OF eEoRoIA-East.

Depart. sNo. 9 to Macon.... ............ 7:10 am "No. 4, to Savannah..... ........j 400 pm
 West.
 Arrive. 'No. 1, from Macon ..............I s:45 pm sNo. 3. from Savannah .......... 20 pm Trains marked thus run daily Thus daily except Sunday.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-07
Log Fire and White Cricket.

"All winter long, said a West
Philadelphia man, Il have had a
cricket in my house. In my sitting
room I have an open fireplace, in
which I have been burning logs, and
every time l started this fire going the
cricket would begin to chirp. Recent
ly I haven't been using the fireplace,
and the voice of the cricket has been
stilled. I rather missed his CHEEKY
song, although had never seen him,
but last night as was sitting in the
room reading, he started up again,
but this time his voice seemed pitched
in a higher key, as though he were
actually in the room.
I'm a few moment I discovered
that he actually was, and I was still
further surprised to find that he was
an albino. Of course T couldn't swear
that he had pink eyes,, but his body
was perfectly white. He was sitting
at the edge of the fireplace, and when
I made movement toward him he
disappeared down a crack. All dur
ing the evening he would chirp at in
tervals, but he refused to come out
again. = It's the only white cricket
Lever saw, and I don't believe I. ever
heard Of one before - ., Il -
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-07
SecOnd-Rate SilOs.

We do not advise any farmer tt
build a second-class silo. A poor silo
not only disgusts it's owner, but aftel
it is abandoned becomes a monument
in the community discouraging others
from building them. A visitor at the
Office of the Farmers Review last week
said that the farmers in his locality
were using no silos and had nc par
ticular interest in them. There is, he
said, only one silo in existence there
and that has been abandoned. Oh
course, he added, it wasn't well-built
in the first place. That tells the story
But some one will say, Buff Jersey
has only a stave silo and he has used
it for years. aud before that he built
and used other stave silos, and he is
satisfied with them Yes, and Buff
Jersey" will make success of any ole
silo, for he is natural investigator
a natural scientist, and makes study
of everything he works with. But fol-
the average man we advocate silo sc
we'll built that it will stand a lot OF
neglect and still keep silage.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-07
Raising Turkeys.

From Farmers Review: My meth
cd of raising turkeys is to first fix good
places for the hen to nest in, an old
barrel laid down on side, or big box
upside down with good, big opening
inside, with some brush. thrown over
and around them. In fixing such
places you are most sure to get them
to nest in them. Then you are not
bothered with crows taking eggs. If
cold, gather the eggs, and when hen
wants to sit I give her Is to 10 eggs.
When she has Matched I put her in a
large coop or pen so she can't get out,
and let the little turkeys run out and
in at their pleasure. I keep hen in tor
two weeks and feed little ones some
milk with light bread soaked in it.,
with some millet seed. Then if
weather is good L turn hen out and
feed about the same till they are large
enough to catch grasshoppers, then
they will take care of themselves-A.
2. Copeland, Vermilioh County, Illi-
nois.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-07
The Summer allow.

The good old advice to summer fall
low is no longer passed on from father
to son. The plan originated in the
days Of the Hebrew patriarchs, and,
we doubt not has had something to dc
with the barrenness that is now said tc
be the state CT many Of the hills OF
which it was practiced. When sci
ence took up the matter it found thai
no fertility was conserved by permit
ting the land to remain idle 1t was
even discovered that crop of weeds
was far superior to crop Of nothing
Summer fallow-plowing up the LAND
and leaving it bare for a season.
causes losses in several ways. The up.
per layer of soil becomes dust under
the fierce rays of the sun. In this
dry dust chemical action sets in and
annihilates every vestig e. Of organic
natter-the humus. This humus was
the great factor in the retaining OF
moisture and of nitrogen. A croK
would have shaded the ground and
prevented chemical action of the ma.
ture mentioned. The loss of humus
changes the physical properties of thu
soil, causes it to be less retentive Oh
moisture, lighter in color and heavier
in weight per cubic foot. Rotation Of
crops, including the legumes, is better
than summer fallOw.
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made into hay. Flowing under cow
peas on poor soil is considered as al
ways profitable. j. ....>
Fruit Inves tig a tIons in Miss curl.

Fruit Inves tig a tlons in Miss curl.
The government summary OF the
work Of the Missouri Fruit Expert.
ment station, under\ the direction Of
Prof. John T.. Stinson, says: During
the first years operation of this sta.
ton about forty acres of land were
brought under cultivation, twenty Of
which were planted in test orchards
Experiments in crossing Strawberries
have been undertaken, and some
spraying experiments on a commercial
scale for the control of apple scab and
bitter rot carried out in a neighbor.
ing orchard. Eighty varieties Of ap.
pies, 108 peaches, II grapes and &c
Strawberries were set out. Apple scah
on the varieties Ben Davis and Hunts
man, was almost entirely prevented by
spraying with Bordeaux mixture. Bit.
ter rot was more difficult to control
with Bordeaux mixture. In one ex-
pertinent on Ben Davis sprayed five
times, 60 per cent of the fruit was
free from bitter lot, while on control
trees only IL per cent was free from
it. In another part of the orchard rs
per cent of the fruit sprayed four
times was free from the rot, while on
unsprayed trees all but II per cent
was affected. The variety Huntsman
which was sprayed three times during
the season gave SO per cent free from
bitter rot and go per cent free from
apple scab, while on unsprayed trees
but 4S per cent was free from bitter
rot and 81 per cent free from apple
scab.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-07
: Stock Raising in ths south.

Andrew NJ. Soule says: It is evident
that the middle south is capable of
maintaining from 100000 to 1000, 900
more beef cattle annually on the pres
ent basis Of production than she now
owns; whereas, there are probably be-
tween one and two hundred thousand
being fed now. There is only about 40
per cent of the land cultivated and less
than 20 per cent highly improved.
When rs per cent Of the land is i'm
proved, as in the central west the mid
die south will be able to maintain and
fatten at least two-thirds as many cat
tie as the central west. This means
the doubling Of our stock interests on
the maintenance of more than 4,OO0,,
600 head of beef animals. CONSIDERING
all things is it not surprising that
such a splendid showing is possible in
section OF country comparatively un-
known and wholly unappreciated as q
stock country by the. :stockmen of
America? The people of the south are
not altogether to blame for the present
status of the stock business, but they
are at fault for not approaching the
potential stock carrying capacity of
their country. They are alive to this
matter now and they deserve the sin
cere and hearty cooperation of the
stockmen OF America in their endeavor
to redeem wasted birthright 1t is
evident that the people of the South
must keep their stockers at home. and
iced them there and thus become man
ufacturers of their raw products. They
can thus build up the soil, they can
save their fertilizer bills, they can util-
lze their food products at home, and
they will get the full potential power
out Of their cotton products.
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FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS Of INTEREST TO AGRl-
CuLTURISTs.
Some Up-to-Date Hints About Guilt.
vation of the Soil and Yields
Observation-Disclosures viticulturs and
Horticulture.
Outlook for Fruit.


w. H. Wylie, Ohio: The outlook for
fruit is fair, as the trees went through
the winter we'll.
H. M. Dunlap, Central Illinois: The
outlook for tree fruits is good. This
applies to apples,- pears, cherries and
plums Peach BUDS are dead.
r. l.. Holman, Ohio: The prospect
:or fruit is poor and the general crop
will not be over so per cent Of an
average. Peaches are entirely gone.
There will be some plums and cherries
md a part crop of apples.
Prof. H. C. Price, Iowa: From pres
mt indications the prospect for fruit
The coming season is very good. The
apple, plum and cherry blossoms are
IN good condition. Peach blossoms
Ire killed and some of the more tender
varieties of plum and cherry, but on
The whole, l think the prospects are
very good.
T. E. Goodrich, Southern Illinois:
The outlook is good for all tree fruits
except peaches. The peach crop will
w AAoAI. n 4CW al ASe~oy w
break out into blossoms, but not
enough for crop. Pears and apples
promise we'll. Trees are leaving out.
Warm rains during the past two days
March 26, 27) are bringing out the
grass and Frightening the color of the
wheat
Professor John T. Stinson, Missouri:
The prospects for an apple crop in
South Missouri are good. teaches are
killed over Central Missouri, but as
:ar south as Koshkonong and also in
he southwestern portion of the state
hey promise a good crop. At some
points, for instance Kashkonong, the
:epCrt is that the crop promises to be
full.
Professor Albert Dickens, Kansas:
Apples promise very we'll, except in
some old orchards which bore extra
heavy crops in '01; young orchards
generally in good condition. Cherries
and native plums promise we'll; Japan
csc plums considerably damaged. April
cots badly damaged. Peaches in
northern part of the state, buds killed:
conflicting reports from the southern
part, probably seriously injured.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-07
New Y0rk's Milk Sunply.

It required about 100000 gallons
of milk to supply the city of New York
during 1901, and an additional Of A.,
COZ, 900 gallons of cream and condensed
milk. It is interesting to note the
variation in the milk used in the diff
ferent months f.the year, which was
as follows January (gallons). $780,
600; February, 6,sSo,o0o; March, $780,
900; April. 100000; May, 1920, 900;
June, s,91o.ooo; July, 100000; Au-
gust, 8,320,000; September: 500, 200;
October, $500, 900; November, $780,
O00; December Z, 100000. The small
est supply was in February; and in
that month the + supply Of cream
ard condensed milk was also the
smallest, being $4,000 gallons. The
greatest consumptio Of milk was in
July, al was also the consumption Of
cream and cond ensed mill, which
reached 8 col. 600 Il gallons. mora than
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-07
Oleo Hill Passes the Senate.

Last Thursday the oleomargarins
bill passed the senate by vote of 80
to 81. The ten-cent tax on the colored
product went through without change
as did also the provision for taxing
uncolored oleomargarine one-fourth
cent pound. The bill places unde.
the provisions of the police powers OF
the states and territories all o1eomar-
gariine, butterine, process, renovated.
adulterated, or imitation butter as
cheese, or any substance in the sem
:bllance OF cheese or butter not the
product Of the dairy and not made. 81
pure dulterated milk or cream.
Some slight ame ndnenssss were made a
the senate, and this will send It back
50 the COME rence committee of the
house and senate.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-07
Wheat and the Hessiau F|y.

How to avoid the Hessian fly is one
of the great problems that confront:
the wheat culturist. From time tc
time discoveries are being made thar
may make it possible to in the future
greatly lessen the violence of the at.
lacks. 1t now seems probable tina,
where wheat is lacking in thriftiness
it is more injured by Hessian fly at
lacks than where it is vigorous. This
is a principle quite generally accepted
as to fruit tree insects. Prof Andrew
NJ Soule of Tennessee says: '..Whea1,
On thin and impoverished land suffered
most from attacks Of the Hessian fly
From the results obtained in sowing
wheat on different dates, it is apparent
hat the date of seeding wheat deter.
mines, to a considerable degree, the
amount of injury done by the fly, anG
it is further evident that if wheat is
sown on carefully prepared land OF
good quality where there is an abund.
ant supply Of available food that il
will stool out and in measure make
up for tle original shoots destroyed
by the fly. These shoots, however
will not be SO vigorous, nor will they
fill so well as those first thrown up
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-07
To Soil to City or Creamer;.

The milk supply of New York dur
ing February of this year was about
100000 gallons, against 6,8&0,OO0 in
the corresponding month last year.
This is an increase of over 100000 gal
Ions. This increase was made il the
face of a short and high-priced feed
supply. How was it made? BY pay
ing more for milk. The average price
paid the producers in February, 1901:
was 2.75 cents per quart. During Feb
ruary, 1902, it was 3.25 cents per quart,
an increase of one-half cent quart
Without this increase, it is safe to say
that the extra amount of milk could
never have been obtained. AS the
great cities grow they must reach out
further for their milk supply, and must
increase the price they pay for it.
This fact always initiates against the
creamery. Of the two ways CT dispos-
ing of his milk the creamery is gen.
orally the most profitable to the farm
er-not at once, but in the long run
When farmer sends his whole milk
to the cities, the manurial value in il
never gets back to the farm. When
a man sends his milk to the creamery
and gets back his skim milk, he car
produce out of that skim milk veal,
pork, poultry, meat and eggs. Men
should take this into account wher
figuring milk prices.
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DAIRY AND POULTRY i j ),
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR OUR
: - RURAL READERS. ~.
How Successful Farmers Operate This
Department of the Parma J Few
Hints ~ to tho Care Of Liv. Stock
and Poultry.
Cornish Indian Gamrs.

From the Farmers Review: Our ex-
perlence with the Cornish Indians
covers almost two years.; and in that
time we have made very careful
study Of them in every particular be-
ing constant breeder. think
nave given them trial enough to be
able to answer for them from a prac-
ucal and a fancy standpoint. I must
CONFESS that at first l was prejudiced
against them, yet they have gradually
won favor with me, until they now oc-
cupy the front row as an all-purpose
FOWL. If one is raising practical poul-
try only, surely he finds all he expects
IN the Cornish Indian. They are very
hardy, good layers of large brown
shelled eggs, and are the best table
FOWL that can be found to-day. The
mems are good sil::c-s, very gentle and
careful mothers, and the males are no
more pugnacious than the Brahmas,
plymouth Rocks, or Wyandottes.- In
one particular they are like the Amer
lean Indian-willing to hunt for their
living, and will find most of it if
gwen free range; yet they are easily
yarded and bear confinement very
we'll. As market fowl they have no
peer. being very quick in maturing,
with plump bodies, nice yellow skin,
and legs, and are as large as the Ply
mouth Rocks and Wyandottes.
From a fancy standpoint they are
truly a gentleman's fowl, being very
stylish with erect carriage, broad
shoulders, strong legs, set we'll apart,
they command the attention of any,
body. AS to the females they are
when properly bred, and OF the proper
color, which is for ground color, a nut
broWn, with each feather evenly laced
with two rows of narrow black, won
der to behold. We kpow Of no fowl
that Will come as near filling all the
requirements for the farm and fancier,
as the Cornish Indian, and we are Oft
en- asked why are they growing so
popular? and for an answer we tell
them that, embodied in them, we find
all that recommends any fowl to the
farmer, the market poultryman and
the fancier.-Frank H. Thomas, Nor
gan County, Illinois.
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Cultivation of Orchards.

Professors Of the Vermont station
have been Investigating the orchards
of Addison county in that state. In
part their report states:
The statistics Of culture, however,
show more strikingly the condition OF
the apple growing business in Addi-
son county. Out of AZ representative
apple growers whose orchards were
personally examined by the agent Of
the Experiment station, only eight, or
less than one-ffth, give any cultiva-
ton to the ground. The others grow
their apple trees in grass, and often
pasture or NOV the grass at that.
This is altogether wrong and unprof
liable. 1t was once a debatable ques-
ton whether an apple orchard should
be cultivated or not; but it is debata-
bic no longer. The cash returns set
tied that. BY way of comparison it
may be said that there is hardly an
Orchard, large CT small, in Grand Isle
county which is not now annually cul-
tixated with the ploW and harrow.
Probably the greatest reform to be
made in Addison county apple grow
ing lies in the cultivation OF the land.
Apples can be grown in sod, to be
sure; but it is absolutely certain that
in ninety-nine cases out of hundred,
better fruit can be grown and great
er profit realized if the soil is properly
cultivated. Proper cultivation, accord
ing to the generally accepted doctrine
of the time, consists of blowing the
land early in the spring, and in lol-
lowing this with a surface cultivation
with spring tooth or cutaway harrow
every ten days till July first. BY that
time the wood is done growing and
cultivation should be stopped. Then
cover crop Of clover, eight pounds to
the acre, or of peas, two bushels to
the acre, or of buckwheat, one bushe4
to the acre, should be sown. The cover
crop holds its place untouched till the
following spring, when it is turned
under at the annual blowing.
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Variab:eness In Cow Peas.

The most marked variation in III.
character of the cow pea is to bt
found in the color of the seed, which
may be of any of the shades of black
white, red, brown, yellow, gray, green
and purple, or they may be speckle4
with two or more of these cdlors. In
shape they may be round, fiat or broas
kidney shaped or flattened at the ends
The period of ripening required by
different varieties varies from sixty tc
more than 200 days, and the, same va.
riety will ripen seed in less time from
late than from early planting and il
less time in dry seasons than in sea.
sons Of an abundance of rain, while an
excess of nitrogen in the soil .retards
both fruiting and maturity, increasing
the yield Of vine and not ;nfrequently
decreasing the yield of peas, as com.
pared with less fertile soils.
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HortloulturaI sights 1t Abroad.

..
To try and write you an article or
the horticulture L saw in Europe
would be bewildering, writes 3. T.
Bones In Wisconsin Horticulturlst
Nothing seems impossible with those
Frenchmen as florists, gardeners OF
fruit growers I saw men independ-
emily rich on five acres of ground. ]
saw cauliflowers eight inches across
and leaves touching the body of cherry
trees on which there were no less than
six bushels to the tree. Forty-eight
hours after the caulihower was cut and
the cherries picked the soil under the
tree was planted to another crop!
How they can do this is a mystery,
and asSmy French is limited to about
forty words, could not ask many
luestions!. The gardens between Rouen
and Paris are probably the finest in
the world and the neatness of the
homes beyond compare; stone houses
With red-ti1ed roofs, no weeds, no
waste material lying anywhere. Pears
IT all colors loaded the trees, and
.rees trimmed in fantastic shapes,
cherries bending with fruit and, east
u Paris a few miles, so many that
hey fairly colored the landscape.
IN Paris I saw oleanders that could
climb and at Treves tree roses, ditto.
At the latter place, in the great rose
garden of Europe, as late as Aug. /,
thousands of roses were still. in bloom
what must it have been in June! For
shade trees they have no elm equal to
ours; their linden is not to be COM
pared with ours, and we can beat the
oaks of old England. The sycamore is
the great ornamental tree of Europe.
and you are never out Of sight of them
in any town from the Mediterranean
to Rotterdam.
OF grapes saw no end, thousands 'ot
acres; the terraced banks of the
Moselle and the Rhine are one continu-
Gus vineyard. In France if you fur
nished two casks they would fill one
and take the other for pay, SO great
was the vintage, this the ordinary
wine. The apples of Europe are not
as good as our windfalls. In Covent
Garden Market, London, were hun
dreds Of bushels Of gooseberries larger
IN size than green gage plums.