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The Columbus journal., 1902-03-19
May Reorganize Militia.

A bill for the reorganization of state
militia prepared by the war depart
ment has been introduced into both
houses of congress. Strange to say, ne
change has been made in the Fedora,
militia laws for ITO years. Under tn.
law of 1892 congress may organize. arm
and discipline the militia. and exercise
control over troops employed in Fed.
eral service, but training and O~ficerins
are reserved to the state. The object
of the new bill is to introduce a larger
element of Federal influence and con-
troll into tho organization.
The Columbus journal., 1902-03-19
Sweet C~~

Sweet corn II considered very com
mon table food among farmers, but in
the cities 1t is highly valued. The ho-
tels use it q great deal and keep 1t
on their tables as long as 1t can be
secured. The men that cater to this
trade use many varieties Of corn and
plant at different times SO they will
have q succession. Therefore the cit
liens and the patrons of hotels get
sweet corn for weeks and months. Not
60 the family Of the farmer. In most
cases the corn is all planted 1t about
the same time, and the green corn IL
at its best for use for but . short
time.
The Columbus journal., 1902-03-19

Mai. Joseph Hunter Macarthur. re-
tired. who died recently at Chicago
was graduated from West Point in 1849
and assigned to the infantry. WheT
the civil war broke out he was captain
of the Fifth United States cavalry ant
served during a portion of that val
as lieutenant-colonel Of the Sixth
Pennsylvania cavalry. He WAS pro
NOTED major. Third United State:
cavalry, in 1868. and was retired Nov
2. 1868. for disability incurred In tn.
line of duty.
The Columbus journal., 1902-03-19

Commodore W. J. Barnette. Z. S.
n. just before he was relieved from
command of the schoolship Saratoga.
at Philadelphia, was presented with q
silver loving cup by all the officers
who have served under him, with their
names inscribed on the cup and the
inscription: In token Of the high
regard and esteem of the officers who
had the privilege Of serving under
his command on the Saratoga" Com
mander Barnette was in command of
the Saratoga for three years.
The Columbus journal., 1902-03-19

Senator Mason was talking to q
group of newspaper men in the senate
lobby. when Senator Scott came along,
The latter said: Mason. I would like
to Rave your ear for a moment when
you get through there" "Al1 right"
replied the rotund senator from iii.
nois. lust 80 you don't get me in the
fix of the man whose son took him
apart one day and then couldn't get
him together again.
The Columbus journal., 1902-03-19

tn Joeooy 0o0 Hroe0sk
From Farmers' Review: In . large
number Of agricultural journals - ven
~ in the Associated Press dispatches
70 the daily papers. there recently ap-
Qeared . report Of the test Of . hoi-
stein COW ut the Minnesota Experiment
Station. wherein the yield Of milk vas
SS4 lbG. in seven days. and from which
t was calculated by Babc0ck test that
. lbs. 81 o.. Of butter might have
oeen produced. Upon. this record the
claim 10 based that the worlds butter
record has been broken"
I believe It 10 customary when IN IN
divtdual (be he COW, horse or mani
holds . record for performance in any
line. to concede him the championship
until some other individual shows .
better performance In the same line.
And inasmuch rs the COW. for whom
the worlds record Is claimed in this
rest. made no butter whatever. I think
It due the present holder Of the cham
pionship to contest the claim. 1t
would be just ~ consistent to deprive
. trotting champion Of his record By
comparing 1t with one made BY . gal
loper; or to create q new mile record
oy estimating the time from that made
In q furlong squirt The Holstefn COW
did not make . butter record any more
the runner makes q pacing record.
But there is another and more OBJ
gimme po~~ow -h~ th4s So mt ssfho
worlds butter record" Even II the
cows milk had been churned and pro-
duced . lbs. 81 o.. Of butter in seven
lays. she would not be the champion
butter COW. A number Of better rec
ords lie between her and tho cham
pionship. In the Jersey breed alone
there are fifteen cows with weekly
butter records Of - lbs. II OF. or bet
ter. Thirteen Of these are published
In the American Jersey Cattle Clubs
butter test book; and Of the thirteen.
i've are oficial tests. vouched for by
members Of the club appointed BY the
president to oversee them.
From this you can z that the claim
Of . worlds butter record" for the
Holstein is entirely unsubstantiated,
and I think in justice to the breeders
Of jersey cattle this refutation should
be published in those papers that reach
stockmen and dairymen who have no
doubt read the claim. In some papers
It has been stated that the "seven-day
milk record" 10 also broken by this
sS4-lb. yield. II that 10 true, what are
We to think of the reported yields in
the Holstein test book Of over GOO lbs.
BY eight COWS, the two largest (707h
lbs and 6s2 lbs.) being made respec-
lively at the Texas and Michigan Ex-
pertinent Stations? 1t appears that the
claim for q milk record 10 about Is
reckless as 1t IL for butter.-Harry
jenkins.
The Columbus journal., 1902-03-19

Relative to whey a. . food for pigs.
! speaker 1t . New York farmers' in
stitute said: Whey II worth . good
1eal more than We get out Of II. as q
rule. About one-half Of the total SOL
do Of the milk when made into cheese
pass on in whey. All the milk sugar
about I'VE pounds-the albumen, the
aah. some fat. and . small per cent o;
::eseine. making fully six pounds. 60
The Columbus journal., 1902-03-19

The remains of former soldiers bur-
led at Fort Meigs cemetery. Ohio. are
to be reinterred In a national cemc-
terry. and Capt. W. s. Biddle. Four
teenth infantry. has been ordered te
make q record of the names and .0the'
facts In connection Herewith.
The Columbus journal., 1902-03-19

B e0O - W.
by the way" said Capt. Mum.
Gen. Grant coined a good many
phrases that have come into very
general use. In January. 1862. I and
three others were with General Grant
when he made a reconnaissance
from Fort Holt to Columbus, Ky.
Near the latter place the fly Of a tent
had been spread, and under this Gen.
Grant and myself were awaiting the
return Of q scout whom Grant had sent
forward to discover whether there
were any signs of the enemy.
I'VE had not waited long when the
scout rode up in q state Of great ex-
element. his horse fairly covered
with foam. Gen. Grant went out
quietly to meet him, and after a few
moments conversation returned to the
tent as quietly az he had gone and
said to me and the others. We must
get out Of here or we will be gobbled
up That was the first time I ever
heard the expression used In that way.
and I have always believed that Grant
originated it, just as he originated the
phrase bottle up which he applied to
General Butler later in the a We
rode away quietly but rapidly. Gen.
Grant showing no excitement over his
narrow escape from the clutches OF
the enemy."-Chicago Inter-Ocean.
The Columbus journal., 1902-03-19
nr.ve Sailors Of Other wars.

In a sort of despair over the contin-
ued crop Of nettles springing from the
Schley case. some n in a Philadel-
phia paper says 1T will dim the glory
Of the greatest victory ever won upon
the sea-" The writer of that judg-
ment could not have been familiar
with the times of Farragut. Win
slow and Worden. Farragut. with
the Hartford and many other wooden
ships on the Mississippi. in the fight
with Forts Jackson and st. Philip and
with rams. gunboats and fire RATS. at
Mobile, where he had himself dashed
in the rigging to overlook the battle,
ordered his wooden ships to ram at
full speed, bow on. The rebel ram at
Tennessee did not fire a gun after the
Hartford struck 1t.
When the Kearsarge met the Ala
hama OF Cherbourg in armament
they we're evenly matched. They
fought in circles, closing in. With
either of these battles land several
ore might be named) neither battle
Of the Spanish war is to be named
in comparison. The enemy's ships
were not mere targets from which you
could draw away for breakfast. a cup
Of coffee. or q loop" Both combat
ants were of the give and take kind.
and the battles were won by the most
consummate skill and bravery.
Would 1t not be well for the present
generation to read some naval history.
and learn what ur naval battles have
been where the combatants were
somewhere e matched: Farragut
was the of q Spaniard and Win
slow q native of North Carolina. But
both fought the battles of the union
to . finish, and their deeds should
never be Observation-Disclosures Trans
cript.
The Columbus journal., 1902-03-19

EhSD S~ooAsy - ~OSS
DELEGATE Marcus A. Smith Of Arizona.
at the Arlington, says: Il can state
positively that the first man injured in
the late war was Marshall Bird, q
Rough Rider. He vas hurt in the prac.
tice camp of the First volunteer cav
airy at San Antonio. At troop drill,
one day Birds horse-a E."an little co"
pony-ran away with him. He tore
across the plain into a clump o. tim
Der. Upon entering the woods he
headed straight for a tree. swerved to
one side and bucked as he reached it,
with the result that Bird was pitched
h~eadforem0st against the trunk. He
was picked up for dead, but the sur
geon removed the pieces of broker
skull and finally sent him to a hospi-
tai in Oakland. Cal. He is still there.
having fully recovered. His
mind is affected, and he draws a tota.
disability pension Of SIS a month
Washington Post.
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etc, receiving for this service $50

etc, receiving for this service $50
pr caf.
A. = result Of this cooperation. ~
have been able 70 secure the adoption
Of . standard climax package. which
has resulted in . saving In their cost
OF moro than one-half. The freight
rate has been lowered from the ex-
press rate Of six and one-half eents to
two and one-half cents and. the boat
lines having to meet this competition.
every shipper In our fruit belt has
been equally benefited BY the operation
of our association. whichever way he
shipped. The association has actually
reduced the cost Of packages and trans
p~ortation to about one-third Of what
1t was under the old plan. The very
first year the association did business
1t saved one large grower fully $1.0oo.
In one year our fruit section shipped
5000. 900 small baskets Of peaches. and
the saving to the growers that year
was over 5000
service 1t much less cost, but 1t has
been done with q cash profit to the
association. This profit. amounting to
many thousands Of dollars. has been
expended in the grading and graveAns
OF our public highway, until We now
have reconstructed several miles OF
first-class roads. Before our associa-
ton undertook this work. 200 or zsO
baskets were considered . good load.
while now u teams handle more east
ly 500 to 700 baskets. By q unity
Of action We have also gotten tho rail-
road to donate 800 cars Of gravel Tor
this road building.
We have I'VE central packing houses
ut Fennville. The foremen and pack
ers. having NJ interest In the fru1t.
pack top and bottom alike, and every
basket can thus be guaranteed.
The Columbus journal., 1902-03-19

II seems harly possible that a girl Of
ls should save nearly fifty people from
4 terrible death. Yet that Is wha!
The Columbus journal., 1902-03-19


From Farmers Review: I find the
Barred Plymouth Rocks the most prof
liable fowls to raise on the farm. I
lind their eggs more fertile than the
eggs of other breeds-a larger per cent
OF them hatch. The chicks are very
easily raised when properly cared for.
They grow very fast and feather
quickly. They are ready for market at
an early age. When properly fed. the
pullets win lay eggs when other breeds
are doing nothing but consuming ra-
tons. What is nicer than q flock Of
evenly barred. Plymouth Rocks! On
my farm I have tried the following
breeds: Black Langshan. Buzz Coch-
in. Brown Leghorn, Light Brahma. I
have found most of them good, but
the Plymouth Rocks are best for the
farmer. I would not conine my praise
to the Barred Rocks alone, for I be-
lieve the Buzz and White Plymouth
Rocks = both good. They might be
better for the general farmer on &C.
count Of keeping their color with lit
tie care. It takes . good deal o: care
to keep the Barred Plymouth Rocks
up to the standard in color.
I think the general farmer can make
the most money out Of poultry by hav-
ing one breed and keeping It pure and
producing for market. keeping only
his best pullets- He should have q
good warn house for them and get
from them ~ many eggs as possible.
He should always dispose Of all hens
1ver two years Of age unless they are
very valuable. for old and young hens
Annot be kept together with profit.
The amount Of feed necessary to keep
young hens In laying condition will
keep old hens too tat. This means
keeping them At . loss. I would ad-
Else . farmer to keep his best cocker
as for sale IS breeders. Advertise
hem In some good Journal: this viii
yield . profit far above what he would
-eceive BY selling them to the poultry
iealer.-B. e. Edwards, Saline County.
illinois.
The Columbus journal., 1902-03-19

Where ignorance is bliss it's folly
to be wise" vas said by Gray in his
ode to Eton College"
The Columbus journal., 1902-03-19

Cooperative Fruit 8ealine.
(FArmers' Review Special Report)
At the Wisconsin Horticultural
Meeting C. e. Basset Of Michigan said
in part:
One Of the first drawbacks We had
to contend With in the Michigan fruit
belt vas the cost OF transportation.
The location Of our orchards il such
that We can patronize either the rail-
road Or the boat lines, but there has
been 10 competition between them. An
express company operated over the
fruit train for about II years, furnish
ing very poor service and stubbornly
maintaining . six and one-half cent
rats On small baskets 10 Chicago. We
had no organization and the efforts OF
individuals to get better or cheaper
service were Of no effect The season
Of 1853 brought such low prices for
ffuit that It Was evident that some
thing must be done and eo-Cperation
vas rosorted to. The Fennville Fruit
ShipperS' association va organized in
1871 and the Granger System" Of
shipping fruit q adopted. The sue
So oe our association under this plan
has been wonderful We have Q local
agent Of the association Who receipts
Tor and loads the fruit into ventilated
cars. holding about 2ys00 small has
kets eaeA, Tor which he receives $50
Ger CIR. A special fAst fruit train
s1arts ffum Fennville At six O'Clock
svefy evening. Saturdays excepted. for
ShicaO0. The cars IRE all billed to
sar Chicago eonsiGneA. Who does the
a0loo11nG ana atteadS 70 the freight,
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DAIRY AND POULTRY.
MTeaesnNe CslAPTeRs Fo0 oUR
RURAL 0EA0EeA

lev 0~oecessfal 1aEosss Operate fAas
DaoaseDsns e - HAsD-A tsv
Hin1D - b ~ Caso q Live oesse
40 Io0ltEE
The Columbus journal., 1902-03-19

DR.. Jordan. director Of the Geneva
Experiment station, New York. was re-
Gently asked as to what vas being
done there with the TAmworth breed
Of hogs. He replied: We have q Tam
worth male in pens and are cross
ing him on the Jersey Reds. He has
less hair and We believe the croas vim
make = good bacon pig. Some farm
ers object to the long nose Of the Tam.
worth, but I do not . for that. We
cannot afford to grow pork for pack
ing here. Its day has gone IN this
state. Bacon for home use and export
is now in best demand.
The Columbus journal., 1902-03-19

49, ~
Whether cheesemaking or butter
making be best for q community must
depend on the use being made in that
community Of the by-products of milk.
When there is no profitable way of
using skimmilk the whole milk can be
made into cheese. Where the milk
can be fed to calves. pigs or poultry,
butter making is profitable. Butter
making does not impoverish a farm II
the skinned milk is fed to farm ami
mails. and in that way returned to the
land. In cheesemaking the nitrogen
inc phosphorus are sold OF the farm.
Bad milk can be produced without
the producer being aware of 1t. There
Is a difference between cleanliness and
supposed cleanliness The methods
that have been handed down to us are
looked upon as cleanly. They are 30
considered except where the light Of
science is turned ON them. Then they
are found full of faults. The unin-
structed dafryman milks his cows In
a barn that has not been cleaned out
Tor twelve hours. The air is heavy
with bad odors. He il careful to have
the milk clean and when 1t il drawn
nothing but white froth covers the
tops Of the pals. But when he has
MIXED n COW he hangs the pail Of
milk on a peg behind the ows and
goes to milking another COW. Thought
lessness is the cause Of the milk being
left in the uncovered pail behind the
cows. But all of this time the milk
already drawn is taking in odors from
the stench-laden atmosphere around it.
H~igh-6avored butter will never be
made from that milk.
The Columbus journal., 1902-03-19
Game Fowls

This is the celebrated race Of fowls.
bred from time immemorial for the
purposes of the cock pit, and in which
courage was 50 developed by the severe
selection of combat that q breed vas
finally obtained that did not know how
to yield. Happily cock fighting in
England is nov . thing Of the psst.
except among a very few, who carry
on their cruel sport upon the sly. But
it is very interesting to notice that
this cessation of the old purpose for
which it was bred has worked gradu-
ally q very great change in the shape
and formation of the game fowl. The
modern exhibition ace Is very differ
ent in many respects from the old
fighting ace. The old fowl was mod
erately short on the leg. not very long
in the neck. not short In feather. but
with a full hackle and with q rather
large famed and spreading tail. car
ried tolerably high. All these points
have been changed.-Lewis Wright.
The Columbus journal., 1902-03-19

And there. though last, not least"
is from Skeletons Colin ClOut.'
The Columbus journal., 1902-03-19
It's what you do. not what you ~

" 10 vVU 0Os HOS W00G Jul ~
you are going to do. that count4
A man who never made q fool Of
himself is unable to appreciate human
sympathy.
The Columbus journal., 1902-03-19
when e. Slaughter . Pic.

WIVES ~ 49, 0VOC rig
When to slaughter a pig must de-
pend on what We have to feed him, and
the price at which feed is selling in the
market The price Of pork also cuts
some figure. but not SO much as the
price Of feed. For instance, this year
in some localities pig feed is 80 high
in price that every pound of additional
weight put On costs ten cents. which is
far above the highest market price
possible. Where the hog raiser lives
near a creamery and can get skim
milk ut q low figure, or near a cheese
factory and can get whey for prac-
tically nothing. 1t often pays to keep
the pigs till they are of good size, even
when other feeds are high. This year
a good many pigs IN being got rid
of as oon as they attain q weight of
$50 pounds.
The Columbus journal., 1902-03-19

OF $500 tons Of butter imported in
London. all but about 1900 came
from Australia. =
The Columbus journal., 1902-03-19

Through thick and thin" Is from
the "Faery Queene."
The Columbus journal., 1902-03-19

The cold storage warehouse ID .
thing that the farmer can we'll consid
er. BY 1t he can save not only vast
quantities of vegetables that now go to
waste but he can save losses In the
sale price by being able to carry his
produce over the time when there Ia .
congestion Of farm produce In the
markets. Hitherto the farmer has re-
lied very largely ON his cellar As the
mean Of keeping his produce. Once
in . while . cellar is SO built and SO
handled by those in charge Of 1t that
II does the work fairly we'll. but for
the most part the cellar has proved
to be . poor place in which to keep
p~erishable farm produce.
At Neoga, Illinois. is q cold storage
house constructed under the direction
OF the University of Illinois and owned
by the university. 1t was completed
last summer and filed with perishable
produce. The ice room was filed with
20 tons Of ice, 20 IONS Of which have
melted to date. The 50 tons now in
the house are melting 20 slowly that
they promise to hold the temperature
at its present point for q very long
period. For some months now the
Temperature has been 33 degrees. one
degree above freezing. All through tho
fall this temperature maintained itself.
Even when the very cold weather came
in December the temperature In the
storage house did not fall, but re-
NAMED stationary. This is rather re-
variable when We consider the fact
that no fire was kept In the building
to In any way balance the greater cold
outside. A small variation might have
been expected. The insulation is SO
perfect that no variation at all results.
The melting Of the first 20 tons of ice
was due to the heat in the produce
stored in the building. When that heat
had been taken out the expenditure
Of Ice became almost nothing.
The construction Of the building is
on the most approved plans. The ma
terial5 used m wood and building
paper. Dead air spaces are 80 ar
ranged that the passage Of heat waves
10 prevented. The building cost S.
90 and will pay for itself in storage
fees in less than three years. Prod
uce kept ut . temperature Of 3 de-
Q can be held almost indefinitely.
The Columbus journal., 1902-03-19

Gl0to0 Feed With Grain
At the Cornell University Expert
ment station, a test was made Of the
comparative feeding values of ground
wheat and corn meal. and Also Of q
mixture consisting Of Is pounds Of
gluten feed and 100 pounds corn meal.
The gluten feed and corn meal mixture
was prepared 50 a to have the same
nutrftive ratio as ground wheat. To
each of the three lots Of animals skim
milk was fed alike. The results OF the
experiment are reported in Bulletin
No. SO. Wheat alone made Q some
what better showing than corn meal.
The corr meal lot consumed the least
food and made the least growth, while
the mixed corr and gluten meal s1ve
the greatest gain and produced cheaper
pork than ground wheat" The exper-
iment showed that neither wheat nor
corn. when fed alone. produced tho
best results.
The Columbus journal., 1902-03-19

Il had q scrap once with Gen. Mel
son." said an old soldier recently. In
all my service in West Virginia up to
January, 1862, I had acted on the the
DRY that q commissioned oficer had
privileges in the way Of standing In
line of battle early in the morning. l.,
in common with the other captains In
the regiment, issued strict orders for
my company 20 turn out in the morn
ing and stand the required time in line.
but I remained In bed. I continued this
practice after We went to Kentucky and
were assigned to Nelson's division,
early In 1862, and all the other COM
pany commanders did the same.
The scheme worked well for two
mornings. and then Nelson issued an
order that every commissioned officer
from colonel down should appear fully
accoutered with his men in line Of bat
tie. We laughed at this and agreed to
stand together in ignoring the order.
But the cext morning just after the
bugle at division headquarters sounded
reveille, there was a cOmmotion along
the line Of officers tents. Nelson raj
storming through camp. shaping at
tents with his sword and routing out
colonies, majors. captains and lieuten-
ants.
Half awake, I was wondering what
It was all about. when Nelson roared in
at my own tent: Get out of there,
you son Of a gun; get out or l will
have you shot: get out. you son of q
gum and then a slit was cut in my
tent and Nelson glared in at me swear
ing. sat up on my cot, and pretend
ing to be only half awake. took up my
heavy boots and hurled them one after
another at the opening through which
the general was peering. shout in the
meantime. 4 don't know who you are
and I don't care. l am no son Of a gun
take that back or I won't bulge In
stantly the general replied: You
gotohellsir-I take it back. You are a
great big. hne-looking. lazy oficer, dis
obeying my orders and setting a bad
example to your men. You ought to be
ashamed Of yourself"