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The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-24
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS CF INTEREST TO AoRl-
CuLTURISTS.
Some Up-to-Date Hint~ About Cults
walton of the Soil and Yields
Observation-Disclosures, ViticuIturs and
Horticulture.
Raising Oats in c n "a, Ill n,,..

From Farmers Review: Here in
central Illinois we cannot count with
certainty on good crop of oats every
year. Proper climatic conditions we
do not always have. While we never
have complete failure of the crop in
the early part of the season it is often
TOO wet and the grain cannot be sown
IN time. or, if it is sown in time. it
makes in those seasons too rank a
growth, especially on Hat lands. and
falls or lodges before the heads are
produced. or becomes infected with
rust Then May and June are some
times very dry and very hot months
and unfavorable to the proper filling of
the heads which are then forming: or.
worse yet, there may be lack OF mois-
ture all through the growing season.
as was the case the past season when
very many fields of oats did not yield
more than Is or 30 bushels to the acre.
Last season my oats yielded so bush
els PEI acre and the reason why | have
generally succeeded in raising good
crops is that I try to be ready to cir
culnvent old Mother Nature when she
is in her bad moods. To begin with.
am satisfied to crop less acres and do
my work better. do not plan to SOW
so many acres that | must begin to
pillow before the soil is in fit con alton
to be turned. If possible, l wait till it
will crumble under the plow | real
lze full well that it is very bad policy
either to pillow or harrow land that is
too wet, for wherever the work horse
plants his feet the soil becomes so
hard that the tiny root fibers can
hardly penetrate it and in a time of
drouth soon parts with its moisture.
Then where the natural drainage is
not satisfactory, | have put in tile
drains and the season must be very
wet indeed when oats will not grow on
well-drained land; and if the rainfall
be lacking, my ground. which has been
thoroughly broken with small plows
II cloddy, or rough narrowed before
sowing. then narrowed two or three
times after sowing, and rolled right
away if dry enough, will retain nearly
all the moisture it had to begin with
and the seed in its fine. mellow. moist
bed will do fairly we'll despite the
most unfavorable after conditions.
do not raise corn on my land till
its fertility is exhausted, and then SOW
TO oats. expecting to raise a crop. My
land must always be lively and rea-
sonably fertile. | never allow it to
become poor. The seed I sow broad
cast, using a seeder attached to the
rear end of a wagon and always do the
urlvlng myself. If the wind is blow
ing | am careful that | do not get the
seed too thick in some places and leave
streaks in others. ! put on from three
to three and a half bushels by weight
or good, clean seed to the acre. and
want 1t so evenly distributed that
cannot put my foot on the ground
without touching an oat. that is. before
they are covered. B. Frisbie, Jr,
Adams County. Illinois,
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-24

Among the acts of the last session
of the Indiana legislature was one
making it compulsory to dip all scabby
sheep. The object is to stamp out
this expensive but unnecessary disease
The reports of the state statistician
for the past few years have shown that
there has been a considerable mum
Der of sheep affected. The forthcom-
ing report will show more than 5000
head reported to be affected for the
wear ending June 30. There is no
question but there have been many err
rors in reporting, but deducting these
there still remains q large number of
affected sheep. Prof. c. S. Plumb,
Indiana Experiment Station.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-24
IrOEfahie Hand AM K e.

Charles NJ. Schwab, president of the
United States Steel corporation. was
walking up Broadway in New York
city recently, accompanied by two 9th
er gentlemen, when he saw a respec-
table looking, middle-aged man stand
ing at a street corner reading the ad-
vertising pages of a newspaper. Look
ing for job?" asked Schwab. abrupt
". Yes. sir" was the brief reply
What trade" ''Stonemason, sir:
but I can't work at that in the frost
so I'm just looking out for something
else Good luck" said Mr.. Schwab.
gripping the workingm hand, and
then striding away. while the man
gasped increduiously at the SO gold
piece that lay IN his palm.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-24
Labor and Arbitration.

The practical utility of arbitratlon
in the matter of labor disputes was
never more clearly demonstrated than
recently when representatives of 49,
600 garment workers of the country
and their employers met and discussed
calmly the claims of both parties and
agreed on a basis of settlement. 1t
means more than the averting OF
gigantic strike that would have
brought financial loss and personal
suffering to thousands. 1t means an
infusion of brotherly love into the
world of business, the recognition OF
the golden rule in the hives OF labor.
Other trades viii Je quick to notice
the happy efficacy of the principles OF
arbitration advanced by the National
Civic Federation. They can scarcely
fail to recognize that arbitration
should always be resorted to in labor
troubles as matter OF business policy
Victory at the end OF a protracted
strike is worse than defeat in the arbi-
tration board If the civic federation
has it's way, new dawn will break Tor
the American toilers and employers,
forerunner of day when opportunity
to work at a fair wage shall be pre-
scented every worthy person in the
land.-ChicagO Journal.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-24

The Stars and Stripes is the Oldest
The British Union Jack in it's present
form only dates from 1901. Other
flags of great nations are also very
new The French tri-color was adopt
ed in 1894; the Spanish flag as at
present displayed, in 1855: whilst the
German and Italian banners are nc
older than the present administration
of those countries, The United States
adopted the present flag as long ago
as June IA, 1777. and the only change
iN it since has been the addition of o
new star for every new state added
to the union.-DetrOit Free Press
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-24
\ Political Statesman.

The Due de Morny, half brother to
Louis Napoleon. was ambassador ex-
traordinary to the Emperor of Russia
during the coronation festivities, and
wrote home that the French might
learn something from the Russians. if
it were only how TO light 10 900 candles
in five minutes.
De Morny was in Paris the night be-
fore the coup de etat and spent the
evening at the opera. Between the acts
he went into one of the boxes to speak
TO a lady of his acquaintance.
What shall you do, NJ. de Morny,''
asked a lady, If the National Assem-
bly, is swept out of doors. as threat
ened?"
Madame" he replied, Il shall try,
to lie on the side of the broomhandle."
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-24
President of 81 Corporations.

At Reading, Pa, on a recent Monday
John a. Rigs was elected President Of
sixty-two corporations. 1t is a ques-
ton whether any other man in the
country is at the head of so many diff
ferent corporations. Mr.. Rigg is a
seif-made man. having risen to the
presidency of many street railway
companies and other corporations
from the ranks of the street car COM
panv's employees.
Industry keeps the body healthy.
the mind clear. the heart whole and
the purse full.-O. Simmons.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-24
Pure Water and Good Feed.

From Farmers Review: consid-
er pure water Just as essential as pure
food to make a pure product. l care
not whether II comes from a good
we'll or spring as long as there IS
no chance of its becoming tainted with
the impurities OF decaying vegeta Bile
or other matter. | have two dairy
farms, on one pure spring water is
used, and Is taken from trough and
not trampled in and through by the
cows trying to get a drink. On the
other water from a deep well drilled
down into the solid rock is used beth
dalries feeding on the same line OF
feed. Corn ensilage and clover hay
and the quality and quantity of botn
are the same. On one farm | had six
acres OF alfalfa. cutting three CROPS
the past year or about 90 tons, and
while feeding the alfalfa found a de-
cided increase in the amount Of milk
and no perceptible change in butter
fat. but did not take the pains to as
certain the exact percentage in gain.
feel so well pleased with the alfalfa
that | am getting a twelve-acre field
ready for the same on the other farm.
j. b. Hoffman, Saginaw County
Michigan.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-24
Red, white and HE diamonds.

The mention Of diamonds makes ev-
cry one think of a white gem. but not
all diamonds are white The most
beautiful of all precious stones is the
red diamond, which sut!,asses the ruby
in beauty. Dark blue diamonds, diff
fering only from sapphires in quality
and in the beautiful play of colors pc
culiar to the diamond are handsome
gems. Black and rose-colored dia-
monGs are also rare While the green
varieties are not so uncommon. The
grass green is scarce, and when it
does occur is more brilliant than the
finest emerald.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-24
The Dav of Horns l. Pas-ju~

From Farmers Review: Day be-
fore yesterday we dehorned nine YEAR
lings, The weather was mild and the
animals d. not bleed badly. The
operation was performed skilifully
and quietly in a warm stable. Yester-
day morning we found the best steer,
a grade shorthorn, as they all we're
dead This is the second loss OF this
kind that | have met from dehorHing,
and it is about one per cent of ami
mails dehorned for ourselves. We have
the "Brosius" clippers, probably as
good as any. and have dehorned good
out any loss to them that | know Of
| am very much in favor OF dehorni..g
when necessary. but believe that in
every case where 1t is possible it
should be done on calves, and IL not
then, as soon afterwards as weather
and other circumstances permit. Per-
formed on large animals, ii is unavoid-
ably hard process and somewhat
dangerous. 1t is true that a short
stubby growth often appears after
early dehorninS, but, while not exactly
is a satisfaction to see that the day OF
horns is rapidly passing. | think we
were the first to use the saw in this
part of the country. but now more
than onehalf the cattle one sees are
hornless and many farmers are de
stroying the horns before their growth
on the young calves.-S. w. Gibson,
Eaton Co., Mich.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-24

From Farmers Review: I moved
onto the farm where I now reside ad-
joining the limits of 0wasso, about
nine years ago Prior to that | had
resided in the city. so that while here
my work has been mostly. to find i
method that would be paying and per-
manent, as raising grain and market
ing direct did not give me profit, and
four years last November, after inves-
ugatlng the various farm industries
presented l bought II cows and start
ed these as an experiment for profit or
loss. The first winter ! fed corn and
oats mixed and ground with fair, but
not satisfactory. results. During the
winter OF spring | saw the statement
in an agricultural paper where man
had raised 105 bu. millet and buck
wheat on three acres and gave it much
pi Use as a crop and for feed. The fol-
lowing spring | sowed IS acres of the
above grains mixed and have done so
every season since, not failing to have
a good crop every year.
The millet assists in holding the
buckwheat up to ripen and in so do
ing | cut with binder and harvest with
same treatment as wheat and oats, also
4-IdSu lllt SAINT men II cut q llIClS
on the green side the straw of both
makes excellent fodder for stock. In
my first feeding | found the grain
Goats and CORN too strong for milch
cows. Then | mixed corn. oats. millet
and buckwheat and at once noted an
increase of r,ilk and have so fed since
with the exception Of very short inter
walls. feeling assured that milch cows
require several kinds of grain mixed
and fed together and that huckwheat
is kind that increases the flow Of
milk. l try to have the above grains
about one-quarter each in feeding.
| am wintering II miich COWS, and
sell the milk to factory. Only a part
in milking now CO to calf within
next 80 days. and those milking will
bring me return this month Of near
ly 500. All the cows have been led
on grain as herein stated-hay and
cornstalks for fodder. grain twice each
day and sailed each time when fed
grain. | should state that | SOW usual
ly the last week in June. mixing the
grains, quarts millet TO IS quarts
buckwheat per acre. The grains can
be separated after threshing, through
tanning mill as readily as corn and
buckwheat can be. These grains ripen
in same time.-C. z. Hershey, Shia-
wassee County, Michigan.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-24
New York Temperance Work.

The W. c. r. L. of New York is
fearful that an effort will be made this
winter to induce the legislature to
modify or repeal the temperance in
struction in the hubble schools and in
order to resist any such attempt and
to guard the integrity OF this form of
instruction the committee instrument
tai in getting the law nassed making
such instruction mpulsory was re-
NiVed.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-24
FOR MEN OF WAR.

unite the navy to it In closer bonds.
l have the honor to request that you
will transmit to the officers and enlist
ed men above mentioned the grateful
appreciation and commentator not
only of the Navy Department, but OF
the officers and enlisted men of the en-
tire navy, for this act, and for the
thoughtful remem brance of the family
of the boy who was so cruelty muir
dered."
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-24
Alnniral MOntt.

Admiral Montt, who presided at the
banquet given in honor of Sir Edward
Reed at Santiago a short time ago.
was the choice Of the Chilians for the
presidency when Balmaceda was driv-
en- from power ten years ago. The ad-
mirai belongs to one of the oldest
families in South America and long
has been one of the most popular fig
ures on the CHILEAN coast.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-24
Beran with Pick and shovel,

Representative William Connell of
Pennsylvania, who owns a score of
coal mines besides banks. newspapers.
street car lines. railroads and a lot of
other things, began life as a miner
with a pick aud shovel He is Meth
odist. and is deeply interested in
church work
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-24
1,f,is EHptain SatX Service.

Captain Charles II. Greene, T. S. A.
who died a few days ago in Baltimore
served through three years of the civil
war and figured in most of the battles
of the Army of the Potomac. He par
ticularly distinguished himself at the
battle of Antietam. He afterward saw
much service on the frontier
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-24

4Ae Sad News From samar.
You've brought us letter, reckon!
An it may be one from son Jim!
Why, mother an me have been waitin'
for weeks, to hear something bout
him!
He's still in the Philippines, fighting.
but ought to be home here to stay,
It's years since he up an enlisten,
then proudlike, went marchin'
away.
He's in the Ninth Regulars. bless him!
Our Jim is hero to me!
There isn't q day, night an mornin',
don't pray for Company C.
You know Jim has been clear to China,
an fought at Tien- Tsin, on the
Three times was the lad badly wound
ed, an once, twas mighty close
You say it's a telegram, neighbor?
Then Jim must be on his way
back!
I'll go an fetch mother to listen, her
poor heart has been on the rack.
What's that? l should first look it
over? / cant, when those joy
drops so blur.
It's good news, of course, long in COM
ing, and, oh, what a blessing for
her!
A massacre there in the Islands? 1t
must be an awful mistake!
Why, amt the war now nearly ended?
And are there more fond hearts to
break?
You say it's in all of the papers? Well,
not the first line have we read!
And only three words in the message:
Our Jim-Oh, Goo, Jim is dead!
Mrs. Findley Braden, in Leslie's
Weekly.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-24

Old Lady-Now, little boys, can any
of you tell me what commandment
Adam broke when he ate the forbid
den fruit?
Tommy - Please. ma'am, there
wasn't any commandments then
Stray Stories.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-24

Sir Alfred l.. Jones of Liverpool,
England. is the largest Individual
shopowner in Great Britain. his firm g
tonnage now amounting TO over 400
00O He is a bachelor of 55 and be-
gan life at the lowest rung of the lad
dor.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-24
EIchest MN In Germany.

The richest man in Germany is Herr
Krupp. According to the income tax
returns he has an income Of between
2O,oO0 600 and 21,000,000 marks a year.
1 ne income tax returns show sixty
five other incomes of more than f.060,-
coo marks per year. Ten of these are
under 1900 goo. two are under 1000, 900
and three are under 100000 marks .
wear
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-24
Xyo8Id Pens on Woman Aged o.

\ bill has been introduced by Sena-
tor Hawley OF Connecticut for the re-
lief of Mary Mclean Wyiiyss of East
Glastonbury. Conn. She is 81 years
old and is the daughter of James Nc
Lean. a soldier in the Revolution. The
woman is very poor and it is proposed
that she be given a pension of $12 per
month.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-24
Air Engines for Mines.

The first few months of the new
year may decide the fate of the 10000
mine mules used in the anthracite
mines of Pennsylvania. For some
time the operators have been seeking
a substitute for the not always pa
tent animals, and they believe they
have found one in the compressed air
locomotive
The Philadelphia and Reading com
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-24

So slow they go! So slow! So slow!
The hours of waiting and of woe!
When we must toll till set of sun
1t Is so long ere day is done.
The hours of darkness feebly grope
Toward morning when, untouched ny
hope,
The pendulum swings to and fro,
So SLOW they go! So slow! So slow!
So swift they shift! So swift! SO
5zsv-zsas~sswift, rtss-.s-fo
The hours when pleasures gayly DRIFT
AGown the sun-kissed stream of time,
With silken sails of love and rhyme.
These are the truest and the best, p
Worth all the rigors of the test,
But vanished like an elfin gift,
So swift they shift so swift 80
nj r Washington Star
& - -'-r-
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-24

BY the use of cold storage and rapid
transit the finest fruit from every land
can be found in any large market, both
in and out of season. for while the
fruits of one hemisphere are first wax
ing from their winters sleep, on the
other the summer sun has done its
work and the ripened fruits are on
their way to distant markets.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-24

The soil must be made rich, II good
results are expected. The plant foods
most used are nitrogen and potash,
When the plants are about ten inches
high. the celery that Is wanted for fall
use should be banked up to blanch it,
and this operation should be repeated
as the tops grow. The celery intended
for winter storing should be earthed
sufficiently to induce the stalks to
grow upright. s,sss - 1s{E7
Apple Growing In Southern 1lin",A
From Farmers Review: Southern
Illinois apple growers did great deal
OF spraying the past season, probably
more than for any three seasons be-
fore, and yet fon some points they are
in doubt as to practical results. Those
who have tried dust spray are not
agreed as to it's efficacy, or whether
they will try the method again. Dust
is difficult to apply so it will stay on
the tree in sufficient quantities to be
effective, from it's liability to float off
in all directions, excepting towards
the tree Of the liquid sprays there are
many formulas and differences of opin-
ion as to which have given best re-
doubts as to advantages of spraying
at all.
In some orchards beautiful and per-
feet apples have been grown without
even an attempt at spraying, while in
others that have been well and care
fully sprayed the fruit has not all been
satisfactory. The true state of the sit
uation must be somewhere between
these extreme opinions. "One swallow
does not make a summer" SO one sea-
sons spraying might not make a per
feet crop of fruit if following years of
neglect. If an orchard has become
seeded down to insects through a
series of years it is asking too much
that this should be corrected by one
seasons spraying. Then it has not
been a season when spraying was as
necessary as other years The weather
was warm and dry, insects not as nu
merous or destructive as usual. Con
sequentiy it has been difficult to deter
mine just what benefit has been gain
ed by spraying.
In my own case some varieties have
been perfectly satisfactory, while 9th
ers have not been exempt from insect
marks. But in this end of the state
the codling moth is not as harmful as
the apple curculio; this the entomolo
gists say is nearly immune from spray
ing poiSOns. With me the Duchess
was not as greatly benefited by spray
ing as other varieties. Perhaps next
seasons spraying will begin to tell
more effectively. There is a growing
tendency among our apple men to give
better care to their trees by way of
cultivation. trimming and spraying:
thinning of fruit as yet is not greatly
practiced There is also a seeking for
better varieties. and while Ben Davis
and it's class are not being discarded.
yet the better Jonathan. Grimes Gold
en- and Minkler are finding place in
the new paintings.
Among the carriers. the Yellow
Transparent is dropping out. 1t is a
delicate shipper and the tree bad
Brighter. and in course OF time will
drop out of the list here. as have Buck.
lngham, Early Harvest and Red AS.
trachan, which are practically extinct.
I. Z. Goodrich, Union County. Hi.
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