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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-30

milch cows, and 1t has some foundas
tion in the fact that cows are often
harmed by eating them. Such cases.
however. seem to occur always from
the cows getting out and filing up
full at the piles Of half-rotten apples
under the trees. Cows will be made
sick by eating good, clean corn fodder
il they break into the cornfield and
stuff themselves some time when they
have not been used to eating green
corn. Careful tests show that apples
fed regularly and in moderation to
cows will produce no bad effects. Their
nutritive value is not very great. but
they do no damage.-Country Gentle
man.
Most and Least Profitable Crops.
Out of 141 correspondents of the
Board of Agriculture sixty-two called
potatoes the most profitable, and twen-s
ty-seven called them the least profit
able; eight called corn the most profit
able and sixty-four thought it the least
profitable: forty-one consider hay the
most profitable; thirtytwo apples; ten
oats; seven tobacco; seven cranber-
ries; six cabbages; six sweet corn; six
strawberries; four each favored on
ions, tomatoes, beans and fruit; three
each peaches and pears, two market
garden crops and two asparagus; one
each for rutabagas, forage crops, eel
cry, milk, plums and root crops; nine
thought hay the least profitable; seven
tomatoes; six apples; four each said
squashes, cabbages and sweet corn;
three each milk, cranberries and beans;
two each said onions. pears and GU
cumbers, and one each asparagus,
grapes, caulifowers, beets, melons,
peas, small fruit and market garden
crops; sixty-two considered the season
to have been profitable; eleven as
above the average for profit; sixteen
as an average for profit; eighteen fair
ly profitable, and thirty-seven thought
it had been an Improbable one. Thus
it will be seen that much depends
upon the location, and more perhaps
upon the individual as to the profit on
crops. In nearly every country corn
and potatoes were less than an aver
age crop, but the loss on amount In
potatoes vas largely made up by the.
hia - neetts Plough
EMay Gdfden Baskets.
Every orchard and garden should
have supply of wire baskets of diff
farant sizes and ShanaS They arc tha
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-30
Straw as Fuel.

Straw fuel is now being made in the
great wheat-producing countries, where
huge stacks of straw are annually de-
stroyed by burning in order to get rid
of them. The straw Is not required
there and Is in the way. A machine
has been invented to go from farm to
farm and transform that straw into
block fuel by mixing resinous sub
stances with it and COMPRISING 1t.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-30

mace to heat a house. The cover and
bottom can be on hinges, so they can
be let down or lifted up and cleaned in
two minutes. The pipes should have
two elbows. The one at the back
should turn down, and the one at the
other end should turn up, so there can
be cover to it, with two or three
small holes punched in the cover so as
not to waste too much heat. use a
single burner oil stove. This stove
will heat a brooder ten or twelve feet
long.-Poultry Keeper.
For bog kiIIa.y Use.
A. J. Berry, or ifa as,sck county, IN
diana, writes Iowa Farmer: AS the
time for butchering is approaching
there will be a desire to know of SIM
pie and yet handy devices for aiding
the work in butchering. 1 have made
at very little expense very COM
plete arrangement for butchering hogs
and my neighbors enjoy it as much as
do. 1t is made by taking large pole
about thirty feet long for a lever and
another about ten feet long for post
which is set in the ground. A clevis-
shaped iron is made for the top Of the
post to support the lever and permit
ting it to swing around in any position.
The lever can be used in lifting the
hog in any part of the butchering op
Grafton. 1t can be swung from the
scalding vat to the scraping table,
thence to the hanging bracket which
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-30

NINE,
And she could run and tumble and play
And all the things can dol.
l wish had known my grandma then;
How very nice it would lie
If grandma were little and played with
me,
Dressing our dollies, and going TO tea,
And swinging. and watching the eantie
hen, A,z-3
And climbing the cherry tree!
But when we were too tired out to play,
And the sandman crept along,
What should l do for my grandma's lap,
And her songs to drowsy me into a
nap?
I'm glad my grandma is old and gray,
While I'm just little and young:
Youths Companion.
What Do They Think of Yours?
81 wonder what kind Of a mother
that boy has"
"It is easy to guess"
Two boys were playing marbles as
two ladies came slowly along the walk.
Just as they were passing one of the
boys jumped up with an angry face.
''That isn't so, Jack Pierce, and you
know it,
''It is," cried Jack. 81 beat you fair
You're mad because you're beaten. You
always get mad"
The angry boy struck his companion
and ran away.
Will and Harvey had been watching
the game and heard the remarks of the
ladies. Later In the day the two were
talking with their mother, and told her
of the little occurrence.
''They talked as If Bob had a poor
sort of a mother" said Will. "And
that isn't so. Mrs. Spencer's q real
nice woman, and ever so kind to us
boys"
"And so good to Bob" chimed in
Harvey. Its a shame for folks to say
such things"
But it is very natural thing to
say, said mother. Don't you know
that most people judge of a mother by
what their children are?"
80 mother" said Harvey, in grave
concern. "Do you mean that people
will think that of you if we are not
good?"
Certainly they will, my dear, if
they think at all about it."
81 never thought of that" said their
sister Elsie, coming up and laying her
head on mothers shoulder.
"They shan't dare to think you're not
the best mother in the world" said
Will fercely.
"It is for you, dears, to show what
kind of mother 1 am," she said, put
ting her arm around Elsie.
Mrs. Spencer does try to make Jack
good, I know" said Harvey. "She
talks to him about his temper and he
promises. and then when he gets angry
he forgets and flies up again."
$50, by his not needing her talk he
leads people to misjudge her.
I'VE don't any of US get into pas
sions, like Bob began Will.
mo, but what do people think when
they see boy in school so full of fun
that he neglects his own lessons and
leads others into trif1ing, to the great
of his teacher?"
Will gave rueful little shake of the
head.
''Or when boy goes to school with
rough hair and unblacked shoes, and
keeps his desk in such disorder that
his teacher writes a complaint about
it?"
"That's me-" said Harvey, meekly.
'Or when little girl"
'Don't say a word. mother" pleaded
Elsie, hiding her face. ''I know I've
had bad lessons all the week, just
because I've been sewing for my new
doll and never went to study when you
told me-"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-30

cIeaneSt and most dura-
BILE, besides allowing the
free circulation of air
through their contents.
In use in a garden
where a water tank and
hose connection are
available they are a
great labor saver. The
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-30

can be made for several hogs if de-
sired. 1 believe this to be the simplest
and most inexpensive arrangement for
butchering hogs
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-30
Waste Apples.

AS the apple season progresses we
see more and more the need of some
good outlet for waste apples. In some
localities they go to the cider mills;
but there is not much profit in that,
even when O. mans conscience is not
involved. They can be fed to pigs and
cows, and perhaps that is as good use
as any There is very common preju-
dice against feeding fresh apples to
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-30
Jefferson,s Ten Rules.


Never put off until tomorrow what
you can do to-day.
Never trouble another for what you
can do yourself.
Never spend money before you have
earned 1t.
Never buy what you don't want be-
cause it is cheap.
Pride costs more than hunger, thirst
and cold
We seldom repent of having eaten
too little.
Nothing is troublesome that we do
willingly.
How much pain the evils have cost
us that have never happened!
Take things always by the smooth
handle
When angry, count ten before you
speak; If very angry. count a hum
.dred,
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on ana the contents lmmed1ately wash
ed without touching the vegetables by
hand. When not in use they are easily
hung up out of the way.-Exchange.
Farm Investments.
Investors ought to be satisfied with
a low rate of interest in agricultural
investment on account of it's relative
safety. AS yet it is little soon in our
history to expect that the new agricul-
ture Of the future shall have any spe-
cial attractions for capital. But the
time will come when all of our old
depleted lands will be regenerated and
capital. There is very little chance for
any regenerative work in agriculture
without such investment. The poor
man must either keep to the skimming
policy, or work for others until he
has put by enough to be a capitalist
himself, in a small way at least.
have always been averse to recon-
mending any man to go in debt for
anything. Yet most of the successes
of this world are made by those who
venture in this respect. A never for
gotten remark I once heard by nice
old capitalist was to the effect that he
always loaned money to the man who
wanted to buy manure with it.
Hoard's Dairyman.
Work in Winter.
There is plenty of work to do in win
ter if the farm is rightly managed 1t
is the season of the year for all re-
pairs and renewals. Every implement
or piece OF machinery should be over
hauled and all repairs ordered, so as
to be ready for spring work. An inn
plement that is in good order saves
labor and enables the farmer to hurry
with the early work when every day
is valuable. The farmer who does not
place his implements under cover at
this season may be forced to buy new
ones much sooner than he expects.
Milk and Hog Cholera.
During seasons when hog cholera is
prevalent it has been noted that what
are known as the creamery and dairy
sections of the country suffer much less
from the disease than those sections
where the steer takes the place Of the
dairy COW. The reason assigned is that
pigs in the dairy sections get good
ration of skimmilk, one of the best ball.
anced rations to be had, and are thus:
better fitted to resist the disease than
purely corn-fed hogs.-Creamery Jour-
nal.
.zy
The practice of using half bushel
of seed per acre is good. In favor
able season, with plenty Of fertilizer.
more seed could be profitably used, butt
the tendency is to inferiority in quail
ity, especially in decreasing the pro-
tein and increasing the fiber.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-30

baskets may be filled with potatoes
and other vegetables, the hose turned
on and the contents Immediately wash
ed without touching the vegetables by
hand. When not in use they are easily
hung up out of the way.-Exchange.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-30

Well, Ill tell you what Win
braced himself up. If any one. because
of me. has been thinking poorly of
my mother it's time l was facing
about. and that's what I'm going to
do
Me, too" declared Harvey.
And I,' said Elsie.
But don't my dears," said mother,
begin your improvement simply be-
cause of what people will think. Try
to do right because 1t is right-to be
good rather than to appear good. Then
there will be no doubt of what will be
thought of mother. New York Oh
server.
A Chicken Tale.
A lady living in Maryland writes to
the Woman's Journal as follows: I
want to tell the children a story of a
little Plymouth Rock pullet that I
have. She was hatched under the
back porch. and has never been willing
to live In the chfcken-yard with the
rest of the chickens, but stays around
the house and is very tame.
One morning few days ago my hus-
band said: How did an egg get on
the staircase leading to the third
story ?''
Sue said: 81 saw the little pullet in
the front hail. | suspect she laid it,
thought that was rather improb-
able, but did not say so.
This morning was out in the gar
den, and, happening to glance up, saw
the little hen on the window sill Of
my bedroom in the second story! She
came down as quietly as she went up.
Before leave my room in the morn
ing l always turn the bed back to air
1T; and there, on the wire mattress, I
found a freshly laid egg. Was 1t not
the funniest nest YOU ever heard of
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-30
Z, Enay Gat deH Baskets

Every orchard and garden should
have a supply of wire baskets Of diff
ferent sizes and shapes. They are the
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-30

But when we were too tired out to play,
And the sandman crept along,
What should l do for my grandma's lap,
And her songs to drowsy me into a
nap?
I'm glad my grandma is old and gray,
While Pm just little and young:
Youths Companion.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-10-08
HELL ROARING JAKE"

Grand Army of the Republic encampnen bring
ger each sterling though unrecored
that circle of omdep these
ties again. of friendly hearing and forget for the
the cpr of desete sights which unappreciated
endure from neglectful public
This years encampmnt Washington notable by
the appearance his conspicuouy musd
though accomplishing soldier the patient historical
abuse the victim of Administrations weak passing
camor of sentmentasts and politicians We refer Brig
H. Smih" Roaring undeserved humiliation
after forty of faithful and honorable mean-
chy blot this Governments otherwise
prosecution of its true military policy in the Philippines
There touch of genuine pathos in General Smiths the
thinning ranks of the Grand Army under the ban of official
favor and official rebuke Bsarius blindness and
mendcany be the fiction of legend pains to
master the history Of usnan reign But the
that which normal mind must feel for the sighted
heroor the neglected repaid nubs and
energies expended his couns General Smith
"e Roaring course But his effect
ual pafaon of sama browning military abors
and unquesoned DEVOTION certainly entitled him
would be spared the humaon upon Gov
enmenta he should after years sacri
fces-b called ngaude common alas both en-
pires and to republics.
fortune-good face situation in
Samar which demanded esoue and instant action Dealing
f cruel eacherou and nhuman the campaign
would doubtless have been eopad by
the rules Of civilized combatants highly civ
zed type and will always continue be-
liam T. Sherman apy called t-e" Against guerrias bandits
saages amply justified humanitarian
ground that the drastic the end
full Will maintain that General Smith accomplished
him greater cost Of life suffering than If he had followed
baros Malay fei As military achievement in fact
campaign absolutely Its results lasting its
methods rude and strenuous And war-epeciay savage
balance nicely the scale between military
military conventional
General Smiths were indeed MAN, of speech
rather than of Judgment For some hasy niuncon
verbally subordnates found guilty by
unbeconng officer charged with his response
b Yet there be little doubt that neither the court which tried
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-10-08

him the larger court of opinion in which oenses
weighed equal mpaay and equal ociude was prepared for the
supplementary verdict with which Department ended military
Politicians Congress striving to of American
the Philippines had unfortunately him volume of
and abuse which public opinion against him
and clustering pacfcator of type when
this reckless defamation added the of mawksh anmpera
sentiment ready any scredng the ay
accepting popular rather than critical Smiths den
and rebukng them by ordering immediate transfer to
the inactive list
blow fell General Smith given public
his character soldier Without
complaint he has accepted be und
has
taken up again among his Portsmouth friends
sympathy Affection confident that
patience will bring him day complete and vndca
has been that of ian officer
gentleman In his silence there has admirable touch of
dignity; there has been genuine heroism
fnd and will fnd cordial welcome among
comrades Army Knowing themselves what they
brush aside the sntmcnsm which has condemned
Inundated tried and capable though soldier They will
msiudge his character will convince him.
confidence who fought with
long and useful And doing his Grand
assured that they reflect the sentiment toward
public sentiment which would look
Congress Of to clear his
record of the stain hastily and unreaonaby put it.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-10-08

Although Mr.. I8ttiefeld Of Maine has
publicly announced hts candidacy for
Speaker, and MT. sherman OF New York.
after Speaker AeRaersen's withdrawal
from the race in Iowa, hastily recon-
s,derca his ieetsiSa IS retire from Con-
sress with ;he view OF again trying for
the SpeaSersh,p, the opinion is growing
stronger all the time shat the contest
Tor Colonel NeaaeTSoa'S place Will in
the wiadeap be between MIR. Cannon OF
Illinois and Mr.. nalsell OF Pennsylvania
The tact that Senator Quay is an avow-
cd supporter OF Mr.. nalzelrs candidacy
is regarded as os great significance In
view 81 the circumstance that for years
they have scea bitter factional enc
m,es Mr.. pslseli stands for extreme
protection Tor protectors sake. Mr.
caaaea'S protection principles always
have been uetscoahiy tinged with Vest
eru llheralism--that Is, he favors tarln
Tor revenue with incidental protection.
tie Is quite as much revisionist as
President Roosevelt, whereas Mr. Daizell
IL opposed 20 all agitation OF the ques-
tiea, The struggle for the Speakership
between him and Mr.. Cannon on this
issae promises TO be close and inter-
estins,
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-10-08

Senator permits opportunity pass without making his
tariff Wheeling W. V the other day. he advised bis
audience to keep letting well enough alone The President on the
other hand well KNOWN refuses believe that it acege to lay
hands the tariff that schedule of the Dng law
say, the and sheduehoud ought forever nvio-
late Hannas advice excellent oowby peo-
pie The Presidents attitude nevertheless sound and has the add
ona advantage which Senator Hanna has Of awakening
sympathetic the countless millions Of
Japan 10 build ships 1t is said that the government has
proved scheme which involves the expenditure of $10000OOO for
years. and will result adding its feet four batteshps
frsc smaller vessels Considered from
business point this like of extravaganza the
part of which for has haped deficit deficit and
whose weight the
fairly staggering But hn treasury prevented
purchasing material Only lack of credit
do that and credit Japan still possesses.
The District with take
to bring the Georgetown Gas Company the courts the event of fur
Their complaints of the quality Illuminating furnished to the
pie of Georgetown vicinity The shueted hydrogen
in the offensive and the Commissioners have already been len
lent with the issuing several warnings instead of tax
action There effective basis for the latter in the fact
that amendment of Congress approved June 1885, dis
incty provides the penalty for failure furnish satisfactory quality
of There should not be repetition of the complaints before
the District Commissioners There probably will not be if the
made to understand that must live its contract
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-10-08
SIDE LIGHTS ON
NATIONAL POLITICS.
Has La Toilette surrendereds

An undenied press dispatch from Nil.
waukee relates that Governor La Fol-
lette has at last come out fairly and
squarely for Senator Spooner's re-elec-
ton. and that this act closes the breach
in the Republican party in Wisconsin.
1t is further related that the governor
has dropped all reference to the State
platform in his campaign speeches and
Is devoting himself wholly 10 the dis
cussion OF national questions. II this
report Is true 1t means in all probability
that Senator Spooner will be the unani-
nous choice of his party for the Senate
when the Legislature meets at Madison
next winter. In this event his victory
will be the most notable OF his career.
Governor La Toilette and the State or
ganization started in to defeat Mr..
Spooner. and with that object in view
adopted State platform upon which
they knew the Senator would not stand
The platform is strongly tinged with
Populism, and its formulation caused
Governor La Toilette to be hailed far
and wide as leader Of movement fog
the reformation Of his party What has
caused him to so soon desert his col
ors. unless 1t be the realization that
Senator Spooner is too strong to be
frightened or coerced into subscribing
to new and radical doctrines OF Repub-
lican faith as the price OF reelection to
the Senate. cannot at this distance from
the scene of former conflict be dis
cerned.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-10-08
"UNCoNsIDERED TRIPLES. :"

They breed a fine class of optimists
out in Chicago. Laurence Hamill. OF
that parish, came from Berlin to Paris
in an automobile.
Three days. he said. land rain all
the time-it rained day and night
We condoled with him. saying: Dear
me, what wretched weather."
ooh. WE'LL" said the Chicagoan, lit
was better than none. '-Philadelphia
Post.
Gladys-If she doesn't love him, why
does she encourage him?
Edith-Well. she's hoping her father
will suspect she loves him and send her
on a trip to Europe TO overcome her in
fatuation,-Puck
She was teacher in one OF the
lower classes, and she was trying to
remind the young scholar OF the letter
"r." Now. Tommy, what comes at the
end OF dinner?''
"oh, yes; ping pongl" shouted Tom
my NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Statesman.
Mrs. Parke-Your husband has been
very i'll. hasn't he?
Mrs. Lane-I never saw him so i'll.
Why. for two weeks he never spoke a
cross word to me.-Brooklyn Life.
THE pain OF living. The pain OF
living," sighed the lecturer, "Who Will
deliver us from it,
At that moment doctor entered the
room.-New York Herald.
Which are your closest neighbours"
asked the visitor
Those that refuse 10 loan me any
thing when ask them responded the
suburbanite. -Philadelphia Record,
Il have rheumatism IN my arm."
means the sufferer.
Nonsense. says the faith curist. 1T
is only in your mind. Get 1t OUT ~
your mind. man"
Next day the curist meets the suffer
er again The sufferer is moaning more
than ever.
II thought" says the curist. that
advised you to get that claim out et
your mind
"Thunder!" bowls the man. u did
I've got II In both arms now. "-Ralti,
more American.
Young Breezely is going to marry
that rich old Miss Lark.
~ wonder how he won herr"
stood STILL of course, and didn't ssy
when she made love TO him. "-Clcye-
land Plain Dealer.