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The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-11
The Corn field.

A good many. of the cornstalks
growing in our fields are barren. A
careful estimate OF fields of corn IN
Illinois show that about 80 per cent
of all the stalks bears no ears. Stu
those barren stalks take a good deal
o, nutriment from the delds: Yet the
pollen from these. stalks fertilize the
stalks that bear ears, and SO -tena= TO
perpetuate the strains that are: pr-
productive. In selecting from, the
bin. the farmer is likely to get many,
ears that have been developed by
pollenization Gom stalks barren Of
ears. 1t is probably better to select
the corn from stalks in the field where
it can be told for a certainty that it
was pollenized by blossoms on stalks
bearing ears. This can be done by
cutting out all stalks that bear no ears
in the vicinity of those thatrare want
ed for seed. Above, we say "proba-
b1y," because it may develop that the
pollen from barren ears is more pow
erful in reproduction thanis the pollen
from stalks bearing ears, just as he
pollen from staminate strawberry
plants is more potent GENERALIZATION
| that is the pollen from .pissi@la''
plants. This is q point worthy of III
vestigation. At the present We know
of no work done along that line. =,
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Applying sprav..

The proper way to apply spraying
soliitions-is in the form Of mist This
mist should never be applied long
= enough for the water to drip from
the leaves. 4ase .that>wisl ~= result in
scalding. Here comes IN the nsGes-
sity of experience in spraying. The,
man that does the work in the best
way must kpow exactly when to stop
The spraying business is thus seen 70
he developing into scieHce. IT used
to be thought that any man counh
spray il. he only. had apparatus and
properly mixed materlals, A AZ time
went on many disasters were .repor.tea,
which were later seen to be que. to
inexperience on thu part OF the op,
I orator. .The condition Of the atmos,
phere must 'also be taken sntes con,
| .siderssion. :s1f, the. humidity is sonl,
sueh as to wet the leaves. spratint
may be done; but i the leaves az.
dripping it is TOO YET !s' tS ssp sslpray; 3
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r,.o Forms Of Arsenites.

Prof. Blair: rs rule London
nurnle Is more variable in compost
ton than is Paris green. l would not
recommend it's use. 1t should be done
away with. IL used at all more lime
must be mixed with it than with
prais green. 1t is better to go to the
drug store and buy white arsenic,
Won can take one pound OF that and
four pounds of lime and boil them IN
four gallons of water for As minutes.
and you have arsenite OF lime. This
;s a better insecticide even than Is
Paris green. 1t has this objection
u ia pure white and In some cases
might be taken for milk. Ii used il
should never be left around where II
may be SO mistaken
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-11

hun
Mrs IDA Tilson Of Wisc0nDin eeyeS
that she finds It costs about one o0s-
lar per head to properly house iowls
She figures 12 square feet OF hous
room and three square feet OF eAeo
room to each fowl. She has tried
wide and narrow perches side ~ Sos
and finds that the fowls pEefeT me
wide ones. The improved hen 1eeos I
a bigger perch than does the hen tnes
was In the Garden of Eden. for sne T
is bigger fowl. It Is good plan "a
have the sitting hens In . sepersss
building. Nests should be 20 az
rangeds that they can be closed oy
door at night and thus prevent the
hens from roosting. on them " 10
little work to close these In the after-
noon and open them In the morning.
lsTo keep the drinking water warm IN
4 the winter hot brick is put under #
An open scritching shed in WnEE
is better th4n a scratching roo!
house wftHGlass before II. itAens
4 should be provided with . d0st natls
The hens should not be kepts1ear cat
tie and .aaorses, for the mites VIII 90
onto cattle and horses. Not more
t than fifty hens should be kept In
Aock.s
o.-Do you have q platform under
-vour ro6Sts? IL .,
A.-Platforn. ars::: very sseoa;; hut
they must bakept very clean. or m
sects will get in. So we use sand.
Q.-Shouln not one havs . large
scratching room? &
A.-Have all you can afford.
i, Q.-should not nest boxes be sin
A.-Yes; l would not have . NEE,
:, box attached to the wall at all.
, Q.-How wide do yotT have your
, perches? r.
q A.-Four inches wide.
O Q.-Is there not danger In feeding
Il too much pepper?
e Ayes: / feed it only occasionall.
o in the winter. e -
81 Q.-Does fowl need stimulating b.
Y pepper and the like. s
a .A.-Not IL she is in good health.
It. Q.-How about feeding -cottag
It cheese to poultry?
,e An the making Of cottage chees
ia the sour milk should not be Above
II to reach higher temperature tina
st 100 degrees. II too hard, 1t Will II
n young turks. =. :.
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so.. Diseased seed Potatoes.

The failure OF the potato crop ln
many localities is due to fungous us
eases, sometimes on the Stalk anu
sometimes on the roots. The growers
themselves do not always understand
the cause for the failures produced
by fungus, but charge it up to climate
locality or soil. The fungus that Goes
the damage does not remain IN the
ground from year to year, but h'es
over on the surface OF the potato.
The trouble may be obvlated Gy
soaking the potatoes to be used lor
seed in corrosive subl!mate soiutloh
or in a formalin solution. The COL
orado station publishes the following
formulae:
Corrosive s,,blimate. ounce; water.
s gallons. Dissolve the corrosive
suhiimate in one gallon OF hot water
then dilute with seven gallons OF Wa
ter. Allow the potatoes to soak one
! and one-half hours. When dry they
may be cut and planted. though 1t mas
been found to be good practice te
treat the potatoes a week or more be
! fore planting, since the treatment
may retard termination il done just
7! before planting. Corrosive suonmatt
is a deadly poison, and 1t should o'
! used in wooden or earthen vessels
since it corrodes metals. ;
Formalin, ounces: water. Is gal
Ions. Soak the potatoes two hours II
/ this solution. preferably but a shor
time before planting. This solution i
somewhat more expensive than n
corrosive sublimate treatment, but
4 has the advantage Of being :non-pois
onous. and it may be used in any kin
| OF vessel.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-11

eT X00oDOe18108 w UOsOS0
& u series Of experiments, In continu-
atm OF those conducted in previous
yGSts, was carried ON this past year.
clsily 70 determine the effects OF dil-
fsfAnt pasteurising temperatures, oe-
tween 40 and 200 deg, on the oac-
teelnl content Of milk, and upon the
quality Of the butter. says . oullstin
OF The Ontario Experiment station. y
Joint bullstin by the dairy and bacteri-
ologicai departments has been puo-
lished giving the results OF these ex-
peyiments. Briefly. the results indi-
ca1e that q temperature Of 1SO to lSS
de-. Is very favorable in reducing the
bacterial content to a low point. and
this temperature. also adds keeping
quality to the butter. II we wish 10
establish q good reputation for Ca
madam butter in the British markets
w6shall have to adopt pasteurization
and II We wish our butter to retain its
fine flavor for some time. we shall &c
we'll to pasturize at temperature o.
1s0A to 1856 deg. In our experiments
the whole milk was pasteurized before
ssparating and the skim milk was rur
over q water cooler before 1t was re
turned to the patrons. We found tina
thss plan enabled us to send to tn
farmer q good quality of skim milk 10
feeding purposes.
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c,.,us,ation Amen. Entomo:oSists.

(.O.(DDefAtlOU AmGus '"N''
Recently the entomologists of Mon
tana. Idaho, Washington and oregon
met to formulate plans for suppressing
the Injurious insects that infest those
states. 1t Is probably the beginning
of much cooperation in this matter.
As it has been, the authorities in each
state have been doing what they could
under considerable difficulties. This
conference was called to enable the
entomologists to talk over their yari-
ous problems together. Doubtless this
alone added much to their ability 10
take effective measures against the In
sects. This is especially necessary IN
the case of such insects as the Cod
ling moth, which has not yet got
firm foothold in the states named
without doubt all os our states could
find much in common for such con
ferences. Sooner or later there VII
have to be evolved some general piar
of working in the country as a whole
without regard to state boundaries.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-11
Disc .s.ion o. Lambs.

tCondensed from Farmers Review
stenographic Report Of Wisconsin
Roundup Institute.) -.-..-.--....--
r, e. Roberts read paper on the
handling Of early lambs, which was
followed by q discussion, IN part as
follows:
Q.-what breed of sheep do you
keep? -
Ave keep the shropshires.
O.-How much do the lambs weigh
when you sell them? ...s
A.-Sometimes they weigh as much
as 45 pounds. The February iamos
are sold in April.
Q.-Do you use basement barn for
these lambs? - -
A.-No; l have only an ordinary
barn boarded up and down.
(Which will stand more colo
weather, cattle or sheep?
A.-Sheep.
o.-Where do you market your
lambs? -~-~
Ain Chicago. I have shipped to
one man there for fourteen years. we
| ship carloads at time, by getting
other lambs to send with ours
Q.-Is there not a limited market
for that class of lambs?
A.-No, sir: there seems to be ho
end to the demand. l dispose OF AL
| my lambs at SO per head at the depot.
Q.-Do you select your breeders
from yearlings?
A.-No; l use two-year-olds.
Q.-Is silage good feed for sheep!
Mr.. McKerrow. - Our experiment
station at Madison has issued bulle
tin on the matter. We have been feeo
ing a good deal OF silage to sheep a
our farm. Our ewes and lambs ar
doing we'll. They are getting Glove
bay and alfalfa. They are gettinl
two feeds Of silage per day. We hav
seen no bad results from 1t.
Q.-How about rape for sheep feed
Mr.. Roberts.-It is the best feed
know of.
Mr.. McKerrow.-Let me warn 20
, against feeding your breeding stoc
, on rape. 1t is too stimulating. 1t
better to have only half a ration
n rape. Canadian exporters are yer
shy about buying sheep fed on rap
for they go down quickly when p'
on grain feed.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-11
snrar Beet Pulp for Cows.

A publication Of the Department OF
Agriculture says: Prof. Thomas Shaw
exnresses his belief that sugar beet
nulp can be fed more advantageously
to cattle and sheep that are being ia'-
tened than to dairy cows. The Ne"
york Cornell experiment station, how
over found that this material gave
good results with milch COWS, the dry
matter (solids) in it being about equal
in value to that in corn silase. Ger
man experiments with beet pulp for
cows have also given good results. the
now of milk being maintained in
satisfactory manner. Some Danish ex'
periments have shown tnat. as corn'
pared with mangels, the butter pro-
duced on sugar beet pulp was of abor
equal quality and kept fully as well
where large quantities of the pull
we're fed the cream required to %
cburned a few minutes longer.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-11
70 D,..o,ve copper su,pbate.

Copper sulphate eAnhet be- readily;
dissolved, By putting it into a ssessel
and pouring In the water: The proper
way td do is to put the copper sui
nhate In a bag and suspend the bag
a. water. Tn6kcopper. sulphate, if pufe.
,shdulu she, disae1yei..an fronas 8 stosiae
sAorrss This entegS ,iAtA ey;,ra 4, ;aa aatlJ
x what ia known al Bordeaux mfx-
turs. It 10 used against fungous dis
eases. and should be kept ready foI
vse on every farm.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-11

;. At the: Illinois stattunsA.in Ave years
II tiie is' 'percentage; Of, ParFsn sstslkS, in
the.'corn field has been reduced 4som,
60 TO y. by, Selection Of. seed from;
STALKS fortified by other ear-bearing
stalks: Experience has taught many
seed, corn. growers itaatt A~is I'd isheuit
TO get, good seed i. !. corn & 81 the 9gh, eh,
variety. =! The Introduction OF the
SCORE card begins a" new era TN the
growing of seed corn. In this card
uniformity has. a prominent place. for
the ears, Of corn must be -Aniform-
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-11

Receat dispatches from Australia
stated thatswidespread devastation
.wagS cen16hsby dc earthquake In the
New Hebrides islands. The series OF
earthquakes were followed BY arup'
tions of Albrim, Lopeir and Tingoa
volcanoes.
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B,.d. for r.lt shew~

From Farmers Review: In select
ing our birds for the fan and WINTER
shows We get them out in March sOf :
April. and when about four months
old we pick out a few of the best cock-s
erels-say about twenty-1ooking webs
to form, color, comb and legs. These
are put III yard by themselves and
are crowded right along with wheat.
bone fresh. and lots of green grass,
millet seed in small Quantity Iapd
about three weeks before the show
add ground haxseed to the MASH; II
gives a fine luster to the feathers.
Select a like number of puiiets 4nd
feed in the same way. keeping them
bv themselves Now about q week
before sending them away to the show,
make yaps, selection from these birds.
and make 1t. a point to handle. them
every day, 30, thats they will not h
frightened when the Judge takes them
4 from the coop. Often a point or two
is gained in this way. If you have
white birds. wash them in soft water
to which a little bluing has been
added. Then take toothbrssh and
clean the legs, and rub with olive oil
and sulphur Then put in a scle3n
! show coop and. seep in warm room
f until dry. Colorsd fowls do not re-
cvtre; the washing, But clean theif
legs and comb. If you ~'iptend to put
male and female In Same coop mate
them several days before. Out OF you1
/: arst selection. Of twenty cockersaa.aAd
twenty pullets peu.- can select -
or four Of seaeh thass1aSpt TO ~ -
Il ners I.ook seurs 1fhkds vSg car>eiiil
;. to SEE h d Sck. feFt hers, ,ires wAs.s
they would diseualify the bird OF pil
, feathers on leg and betwfan ,sees- s
, Fred Keith, Ingbam CouN
II gan. -. y Is u =
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r-ellln:HA ABA.

Press Bulletin 23S. Ohio. Station;
Animals do not eat sweet clover readiif-
", but when confined to il they are
said to soon learn to relish it,. and i
is largely grown for forage and hay IN
the southern states. ut resembles "a =
talfa in appearance and HABITS q 'es
growth, and like alfalfa. must De csii
before full blossoming it it is desired
10 make hay Of it, otherwise the steaas
become too hard and; woody. Like as
falfa it will furnish two Or three crops
Of hay in season; but it'diEfsrs fron.
alfalfa in being a, biennial plant, 81
that 1t will disappear at the, ena'o
the second season -afteE seeding unless
permitted to re-seedi itself.
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rea,,r, r4t... ] Fiss...,, !, - q;

- ,s : mistake u inas ID ils: s
mongrei- -brea fowls are Assdts thaA
purebred. Inasgla this opa93pA ems
to be auje. .Kensyasly., .,ssa aea1 8
support 81 pttt5ven facts. Hfessse - x
! fine fowls claim to have denonstr4ss0
III tfallacy;.. ..IiiYder.,the 9 general. condls
tons of. the farm, thorou&hpfo0.5 4
lsw M. stand as much sas scrub wlN
sxtantf Disht and heavy fowls. should
not be KeTe$Sugether. There must bo /
simuaritS Of .treatrrsnetts nSht ana !,
heavy fowls do not need the saJne y
treatment Diverse trsatment can
Secured only by keepfAxe the fowl
thestwo geheral classes separate.
's-t~.s,' s
1,N4;ts - s--r.sss,issss z.ss
One pos9E1ypep says: an NesAafk
a fowl ldhger t6aASthe-second seases
nut her on the market in July ~
August just eAefors She begins -
T molt.." other poultry men are 1use
i as certain that .tt&pays to keep 4QMae
FOR. sayeral years. ID, both -
taek data Nor a.Ret It's to hl
|. that with the use'-of the trs1 - =!
hand the experiments beiMe ipa0xdRs
ated. at the. AGRICULTURAL cOl6Aa, ~
t shalt Know mofe about It before lod
There Is no reason TO doubt that thl
.l.xM be found amoRls our doms
fowls birds that win Drove tood ~
= ers even after they.- have atte1noa
ScUnsidersbie sAl( x'' &
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co.csntratlnr Tairv E-tabIishnen

concentratlnS Iairv E>tabiishn
A conference. of Canadian dairy ex-
merits adopted the following: That 1t
would tend to secure better and more
uniform quality Of dairy products to
have all cheese factories and cream
cries organized into groups. or syndl-
Gates consisting Of from Is to 30 fac
tories. each group being under the su-
narvision of a competent instructor,
and that these groups should be cen
tralized under one authority in eacn
province; that short courses OF in
struction should be held in the dairy
schools for farmers sons; to ensure
cheese and butter being manufactured
only in factories that are free from
sanitary defects, and possessed of
wsll-sonstrncted and readily aeansed
rooms. pure water, good draiRag@> and
clean utensils, and alEreun dligsa N
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-11
Hk!eI|e!. !.


Ihe Fasuess EsplsuetasO
The Chicago packers are endeavor
ing to explain to the people tns
causes that make beef high. With thai
end in view they have issued the soi'
lowing circular:
why beef IL high.
The present high price Of dressed
beef is occasioned:
l. By the increased demand IN tns
United States and Great Britain fos
dressed beef, and
2. BY the high price of corn, wnicn
is used to such large extent In feed
ing cattle.
The advances in the price OF corn
during the past year have been as fol-
lows:
Closing price No. 2 cash corn CHI
cago board Of trade:
April l. 1901. .a17s
December 2 1901. .62h
April 26. 1902. SEN
The following comparison shows
| that the price OF cattle largely coin
| cides with the price Of corn. and corn
has ranged much higher In price dur
Ing the feeding season commencing
September /, 1901. than for many
| years.
The Wholesale price Of dressed beei
is governed by the cost Of live cattle.
Prices months of April 1901-1S02:
lsn lsoa-
! Extreme range beef
cattle At Chicago, per
cWt. .SS.oVVV'vS $"'sV''s>
Average price No. 80.
cash corn. per bu.... - 'sen
Average weight OF cat
tie, per head .......... 1.oal los. ~ IDS
Average price dressed
beef. per cwt. wa ~
The following table gives the com
parative cost Of feeding 1.0o0-pouns
steer in winters 1s00-19o1 and In win
ter 19o1-1902:
lsO2-75 bu. corn at 6211c.......s4s.s 8
l9O1-75 bu. corn at 4Sc. $50
Increased cost 1902. .$1O.S
On 1000 pound steer this increase
cost would amount to $1.0S per l0t
live-weight, and, estimating IN
dressed beef in a steer at IS per cen
of the live weight, would increase tn
cost of dressed beef $1.9S per ~
:. pounds.
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.F
7AGRICULI'uRE)'
dsgsm.aas sass

co.t ~ e;rov,ue whsat In Ksnsas.
F, ID. Coburn, secretary of the Kan
sas state board Of agriculture, senos
out the following:
A consensus of the detailed state
ments of 120 representative Kansas
winter-wheat growers, representing
fifty-six different counties, as 10 .ne
cost to produce and put in the oin
or car an acre-crop OF wheat yie'",
irg twenty bushels, Is lteml2eo az
shown below:
Average cost of plowing (or disk
ing)....... ....... .......* ''o
ua,...a..;.. . .2s
Seed and seeding. ......... ...''' "~
Cost Of harvesting and stacking
(or shocking g .......... .'..''' O'
Thrashiug anc putting IN Din OF
car ............ '''''' ~
| Wear. tear and interest on tools. ~
Rental OF land, or interest on 1ts
Total cost per acre. or twenty
bushels ..........'. 80. .
/ Averages of other items. gatnerea
! from those furnishing the 12O most
4 carefully made reports quoted. are %
/ follows:
I Average number of years each OF
4 these 120 reporters has raised
\ winter wheat in Kansas. ...... ~
Average number of acres raised = -
by them annually during these =
/ years ..........'. ''.'
Average quantity Of seed sown
per acre (pecks). .......... l..
Average yield per acre (busheist Ae''
Average value Of wheat land per
acra SPAN
, Average value per acre OF Wheas .
for paSturage.. ...:... '.....''' -
Average value OF straw per acre.
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An optimist is man woo beiie'Ss
that all eggs will hatch
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, Few trees are, naturally, syinsNc tSsea'
md often several years. WI ts. e
i,l,red to- get the tree lraiheA tG III.
jekt shape. 'Fst
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-11

The way to mans heart is through
his stomach-unless he has dyspepsia
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-11

Money 10 the root OF all evil. - -
keep digging after the root
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-11

The use OF the milk tester keeps one
familiar with what COWS are most val
liable to keep.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-20
FIGHT FOR POSTOFFICE.
CuyIcr GordOn's Friends Claim His
Chances Are Good.

CuyIcr GordOn's Friends Claim His
Chances Are Good.
Mr. Cuyler Gordon's application for
the Savannah postmastership was
talked about in a way yesterday that
created considerable interest among his
friends. Private kilograms from Wash
ington indicated that Mr.. Gordons
chances were decidedly good for land
ing the appointment. All along his
friends have worked very quietly in
his behalf, and the reports that his
chances are good does not come as a
surprise to them.
In discussing the contest, colorado
confirmation was given the reports of
Mr.. Gordon's better chances because
of his applying as a compromise appli-
cant, and the contest which is going
on for the Office between Capt. Blum
and Mr.. Doyle. The friends of Mr.
Gordon anticipated such a scramble
between them as would lead the Pres
ident to appoint a third person as a
means of settling any differences which
might exist between the other two APP
plicants. Whether the Gordon sup
porters have reckoned rightly re-
mains to be seen. OF course, the friends
of both Mr.. Blum and Mr.. Doyle feel
confident OF the success of their fav-
orites. 1t is stated the appointment
is to be made by May Is.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-20
A Remarkable Kentucky Product,
Green River,
The Whiskey without n Headache

The Southern representative of Mr..
]. w. McCulloch of Owensboro, KY.
the big distiller of high grade whisky,
is in the city looking after the inter-
est of his famous brand Green River,
better known as the "Whiskey with
out a Headache" Mr.. McCulloch pro-
duces only this one brand and it has
been the aim of his life to have this
the purest and the best. This can only
be accomplished by painstaking in the
selection of grain, in distilling Gle
still adheres to the old method, and
last, but not least, to the storing and
maturing. Mr.. McCullochs bonded
warehouses are said to be the most
perfect in the state.
Green River has been the official
whiskey used in all the naval hospitals
of the United States government for
over five years, and as a home testi-
monial, the Louisville Courier-Journal
says editorially: when anybody sees
the name of j. w. McCulloch on a bot
tie or barrel of whiskey he can tackle
1t without any misgivings. 1t is all
right"
People who use whiskey should ex-
pect to be benefited and it should
therefore appeal to their reason
whether a straight pure article such
as Mr.. McCulloch produces or the
compounded will be the more liable to
serve that purpose. A trial will con-
vince you.-ad.