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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-09-20

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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-09-20

noted for their broad spreading horns.
They are the kind used in the bulhghts
Of Spain, bred especially for the purpose
ON the plains Of Andausla, They are
small as compared with English or
American cattle.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-09-20
A PLuCKY FRENCHMAN AND HIS PET cRocoDILEs

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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-02-11

located so that their grades shall
be such that loaded vehicles
may be drawn over them without
great loss of energy; properly con-
structed, the roadbed graded, shaped,
and rolled and surfaced with the
best available material suited to
their needs.
Attention is called to various
errors in laying out roads, especially
the common error of endeavoring to
secure routes covering the shortest
distance between fixed points. For
this purpes the road is often made
to go over a hill instead of around
it. A road half way around a hill or
through a valley is some times no
longer than a road over a hill or
through a valley. The difference in
the length even between a straight
road and one that is slightly curved
is less than many suppose.
The Importance of proper drainage
is pointed out and suggestions are
given for the construction, mainten-
anoe, and repair of earth roads.
The bulletin contains 30 illustra-
tions. It is for free distribution,
and copies will be sent to any ad-
dress on application to Senators,
Representatives, and Delegates in
Congress, or to the Secretary of
Agriculture, Washington, D.. @.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-02-11
sENsELEss

It takes just suoh times of high
prices for oatsle feeds to demonstrate
just how little thought or under
standing u great many men have of
the real economic value of feed
stuffs.
For instance, in Minneapolis, they
have been paying 81 25 per ton more
for oats TO feed horses than the mills
are paying for wheat to grind. Yet
we presume every one of the horse
owners would think they were com
uniting u saorilege if they fed wheat
80 their horses.
The old Dutch farmers on the Hud-
son in New York, a hundred years
ago, used TO feed wheat to their
horses, and they had fine horses too.
On this feed question we are all apt
TO tread in ruts, when there would
be good money in studying it so we
could make profitable changes and
shifts.
To study the feed question prop
erly, n must know something of
the elements the feed contains.
Some farmers feel a great reluct-
ance on this 0 They fall down,
so to speak, at the idea of under
standing the terms which chemistry
applies TO those food elements, such
as protein, carbohydrates, ether ex-
tract and so on. But we must all
strive to broaden our knowledge.
Education consists very largely in
training ourselves to understand the
meaning of words. The man who
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-02-11
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-02-11

so understands is a we'll educated
man, no matter where he got that
knowledge. So we say the wise
dairyman will strive to understand
the meaning of the terms which are
applied to the elements Of cattle
feed then he will strive to under
stand the relation these elements
have to animal nutrition. When he
has done that he will be in good CON-
dition to 80 arrange them for his
COWS that they will cost the least
and produce the most for him.
Hoard's DAiryman.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-02-11
ORCHARD PLANTING.

Correspondence Of The Progressive Farmer.
The BEST location for an orchard is
where some protection is afforded
from the north and northwest winds,
Suah u position is found with a
woods or belt of trees on these two
sides of the orchard. Since a belt IF
trees is even better than buildings,
q heavy growth of quick growing
forest trees should be planted for
this purpose on every farm. Mark
out a good location for the orchard
and then plant the trees on the n1rsh
and northwest sides. These trees
may be nut bearing trees, and they
will in this way pay interest on the
investments. The trees should be
planted close together so that as they
get older they can be thinned out,
using the larger trees thus cus for
timber. By thinning out constantly
and planting new ones it is possible
70 practice in a small way scientific
forestry.
One of the best places to plant an
orchard is on the lower end of the
slope of a hill where the hill itself
will furnish protection from the ok
tremes of winter weathsr. When
planted in this way the trees should
be kept pruned back pretty we'll 50
that the heads and inside of the top
can be kept open TO the sunlight. In
planting the fruit trees it is neces-
sary that the big roots should be
spread out evenly on all sides. Ii
these roots are all crammed into q
small hole on n side they will not
give the protection from wind and
storms they need. If the wind blows
from the side opposite to the cluster
of roots, the tree will soon lean over
and fall. Propping up will never
give TO such 3 tree the rigidity it
should have, and some day Nhen
loaded with fruit is will fall over,
causing considerable loss. We must
study the root arrangements Of the
trees as we'll as the position of the
branches. Always plant the strong
est roots on the northwest side. As
the prevail ng heavy winds come
from that direction in winter, it
will tend to give more stability TO
the tries. This is not generally OBJ
served, but when is is les damage TO
the orchard by storms will be noted.
Fruit trees that are twisted and bant
so that their roots are injured will
never do so we'll as those which are
able resist the most violent winds.
Two persons as least ale needed to
plant a tree properly. One must
hold it upright while the other fills
in the Glrt and packs it around the
roots. A tree should naturally stand
upright and firm before the dirt is
put in the hole. g. T. WHITE
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-02-11

then open a deep furrow in these
ridges for the fertilizer.

then open a deep furrow IN these
ridges for the fertilizer.
Many of our best farmers plant
early and cover the potatoes deep
and then about the time they should
come up a small toothed harrow is
run over the bed to knock is off so
that the potato will not have so much
soil to come through.
This plan serves a double purpose.
It puts the potato in early without
danger of being killed by Geld, and
insures plenty of moisture.
When the potatoes are just peep
ing through the surface it is T. good
idea 80 run over these beds with u
small harrow to break the crust and
TO kill the fine grass.
Run around the crop deep the first
time and after that let shallow oul-
tivation be praoticed.
As 80 what kind of potatoes to
plant depends very much on the
market TO be suited.
The Peerless, Beauty of Hebron,
Bliss, and Triumph are the varieties
that do best here In North Carolina.
Of course many other varieties do
we'll, but these are the ones com
monty used.
The earlier the potatoes are har
vested the more they will bring, but
what il gained in price may be lost
In quantity.
The potatoes should be carefully
graded. One hundred bushels sold
simply as potatoes will sell for much
less than they would if in three
grades.
For harvesting a potato digger is
better than a pillow as it bruises them
less. Do not break the skin if pos
Gible and never wash them for ship
ment.-B. Irby, ex-Agriculturist N.
G. Experiment Station.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-02-11
EARTH ROADS.

The question of good roads is n
that at present is receiving much at
tention, AMI under the direction If
experts of the Office of Public Road
Inquiries Of the u. S. Department. OF
Agriculture sections of roads, as
object lessons, are being built in
different parts of the country. It is
hoped that before many years all
roads in the United States used for
heavy traffic will be macadamized,
graveled, or other wise improved.
But the absence in many places of
rock, gravel, or other hard and
durable substances with which to
build good roads, and the excessive
cost of suoh roads where suit
able material is scarce, will necessi-
tate the use of earth roads for many
years TO come. Under favorable
conditions of traffic, moisture, and
maintenance the earth road is the
most elastic and most satisfactory
for pleasure and light traffic.
The U. S. Department. of Agricul-
ture has in press and will soon issue
Farmers Bulletin No. 1876, entitled
Earth Roads" 1t was prepared by
Maurice o. Eldridge, Assistant
Director, Public Road Inquiries.
The bulletin states that the aim
in making a road is to esta blish the
easiest, shortest, and most eoonom-
ioal line of travel, and that it is
therefore desirable that roads should
be firm, smooth, comparatively level
and fit for use at all seasons of the
year. They should be pro 7erlv
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-02-11
STOPS THE COUGH AND WOKKs
OFF THE COLD.

Laxative BromO-Quinine Tablets cure a cold in
one Day No Cure, nc Pay. Price Is cents.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-02-11
Farm Miscellany.
WHITE ARSENIC AS AN I%NsECrICIDE.

correspondence OF The Progressive Farmer.
1 want to know if white arsenic
will do as we'll to poison tobacco,
fruit trees, etc., as Paris green? Will
it burn or injure vegetation any
worse than Paris green, provided the
spray is about the same strength
What is the difference in strength OF
white arsenic and Paris green?
1t seems to me that white arsenic
or some other poison that will dis
solve would be better than Paris
green, easier to fix, and could be
more evenly applied. j. G. NJ.
Duplin Co, N. G.
CAnswer by DR.. B. W. KILgOre,
State ChemiSt.)
Replying to the foregoing letter
regarding white arsenic, 1 will say
that experiments with in
scot poisons containing arsenic have
shown that where these materials
burn or injure the foliage, it is
mainly due to arsenic compounds,
which are soluble in water.
Good Paris green is not soluble in
water, and for that aso is n of
the most used of arsenioal poisons
for injurious insects to plants.
White arsenic Is slowly soluble in
water and is not suitable for the use
suggested, or for any use as an in
secticide.
Several years ago 1 made quite an
extended series of experiments in the
laboratory and with plants, which
fully confirmed the views above
stated, and at the same time sug-
gested that a cheap insect poison
could be made with white arsenic
and lime as follows:
GA very cheap inseoticide, having
the same insecticidal properties as
Paris green, can be easily made by
boiling together for one half hour in
2 80 5 gallons of water
l pound commercial white arsenic,
2 pounds commercial lime
and dilute to required volume, say
100 gallons. The white arsenic can
be obtained in qualities of ten
pounds for 8 to IL cents per pound.
The post of lime will add very little
TO this. 1t is desirable that the lime
should be present in the boiling sJlu
ton of white arsenic, since it renders
the latter insoluble as fast as it goes
into solution"
A good and effective poison for
insects can be made by following the
above directions. Think this method
is used TO a considerable extent. 1t
would not be safe to use white ar-
senio alone as suggested by the
INQUIRER,
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Live Stock.
CEREBR1rIs Oh "sTAeeERs" IN HORSES.

In Kansas a disease among horses,
similar in some respects at least TO
shat which has caused so much loss
in Eastern North Carolina, is pre-
vailing. Prof. N. 8. May, of the
Manhattan, Kansas, Experiment
Station, writes us:
Serious losses in this and adjoin.
ing States are occurring at the pres
sent time as a result of feeding
wormy, mouldv corn, either when it
is fed as a grain ration or when OBJ
tanned by pssturing in the stalk fields,
or when fed upon the out corn
fodder.
The disease is an Inflammation of
the brain or spinal cord and its oov-
erings (meninges), associated with a
breaking down of the nerve tissue
of the brain. 1t i5 popularity called
"staggers," or "mad staggers," be-
cause of the prominent symptoms
shown.
SymptOmS-The symptoms are
those of d brain disease. The ami
NAL appears blind and only partially
CONSCIOUS; there is often a tendency
TO turn in a circle to the right or
left, and a staggering or a straddling
gait. There is usually a trembling
of the muscles. AS the disease pro-
crosses the animal becomes delirious
and easily excitable. In many cases
the animal will stand with the head
or breast against a wall or manager
and push. Animals will often eat
when badly affected, apparently from
force of habit, not because they are
hungry. In most case animals will
die in q few hours after they are
first noticed ailing. Most of them
die within a few days q few live a
week, rarely longer. In a few cases
the spinal cord is diseased, while the
brain remains nearly normal. In
these cases there is inability TO con-
troll the muscles, or the animal may
be unusually sensitive, the least irri
tation of the skin, even by touching
the animal, often causing it TO kick
violently. Where the spinal cord
only is affected the animal frequently
RECEIVERS. Laxative food should be-
given, and iodide of potash in one
drachm doses dissolved in water can
be given once daily for three or four
days
TreGtment-Practically all cases,
where the brain is the seat of the
disease, die, and all methods of treat
men5 so far have proven of no avail.
The animal should be placed where it
will g comfortable, and cannot in
jure itself Or other animals, and sup
piled with soft laxative food, such as
thin bran mashes. The only treat
ment for the disease is preventive,
by avoiding the wormy, mouldy
corn.
Care should be exercised in hand
ling a horse TO avoid injury, as the
animal is irresponsible and often in
delirious frenzy.
In some cases horses d. not begin
to die for a month after being turned
into the stalk fields, and they may
contract the disease a week, and in
some cases ten days, after the mouldy
has been withheld.
Mouldy or wormy corn does not
seem to be injurious to other ami
mails, and can be fed to cattle and
hogs without danger.
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Grasses and Forage Plants Of The SaA
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Grow Grasses and Raise Cattle

Examine agricultural statistics and see u'
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acre OF grasses and forage. crops. Com
pare her advantages for stOck-raising witt
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Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-10-04
Laundry Changes Hands.

The Idaho Springs steam laundry is
in new hands. George w. Dutton, one
of the best known men of this city,
took possession on Monday of this
week and in the future will act as man
ager Mr.. Dutton is a man with plenty
of push back of him and that the sue
cess of the laundry is now an assured
fact there can be no question. 1t is
the intention of the new manager to see
is first-class in every respect, and equal
to any that can be obtained in the state.
Idaho Springs has long needed such an
institution and the people should make
it a point to patronize home industry.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-10-04

George S. Smith, who has been over
to Rolllnsville for some time in assist
ing in making the surveys for the new
town, returned home last Friday. Mr..
Smith states that the work has all
been completed and that on Thursday
of this week the lots were placed on
the market. He says that half of the
lots were spoken for before the sur
veys were completed and that already
the town is beginning to assume pro-
protions. There is a hotel in operation,
a livery stable. drug store, and last,
a saloon doing a fiourishing business
Many small structures have been built
and the fact remains that it will only
be a matter of a short time until Rol-
linsville will be quite a good sized city.
Rollinsville is situated just forty
miles from Denver, and is in one of
the picturesque spots of Colorado The
Moffat road will pass through the city
and will be largely instrumental in
making it famous resort. The dis
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-10-04
ROl4 nSV1AA1 Will
zee Rapid Growth

trict is mineralized and the indications
are that it will see a rapid growth.
The company which has control Of
the new town is composed of some Of
the best known citizens of Colorado.
The president of the company is Hon.
Henry V. johnson, former mayor Of
Denver, and the secretary is w. H..
Knowles, who is well known to the
people of this vicinity.
The electric line has been completed
several miles beyond Arvada, and it
will now be only a short time until it
will reach the town of Rollinsville.
There will be no place in the state that
will have better service than Rollins
vile. As far as can be learned, it is
the intention of the road to run at least
twenty-four trains to Denver during
the twenty-four hours.
A big hotel is to be erected in the
near future, and inside of another year
Rollinsville will be one of the busy lit
tie cities of the state.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-10-04
General Agent, Denver, Co
His Life in Peril.

al just seemed to have gone all to
pieces" writes Alfred Bee of Welfare,
Texas. Bil1iousness and a lame back
had made life burden. 1 couldn't eat or
sleep and felt almost too worn out to work
when began to use Electric Bitters, but
they worked wonders. Now sleep like
a top, can eat anything, have gained in
strength and enjoy hard work" They
give vigorous health and new life to weak,
sickly, rundown people. Try them.
Only soc at J. J. Sherwin's drug store.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-10-04
A Typical South African Store.

o. R. Larson of Bay Villa, Sundays
River, Cape Colony, conducts a store typ
ical of South Africa, at which can be pur-
chased anything from the proverbial
needle to an anchor" This store is sit
uated in a valley nine miles from the
nearest railway station and about twenty
five miles from the nearest town. Mr..
Larson says. L am favored with the
custom of farmers within a radius of
thirty miles, 10 many of whom 1 have
supplied Chamberlains remedies. All
testify to their value in a household where
doctors advice is almost out of the
question. Within one mile of my store
the population is perhaps sixty. OF these,
within the past twelve months, no less
than fourteen have been absolutely cured
by chamberlain's Cough Remedy. This
must surely be record" For sale by I.
!. Sherwin.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-10-04
Stricken With Paralysis.

Henderson Grimett of this place was
stricken with partial paralysis and COM
pletely lost the use of one arm and side.
After being treated by an eminent ply
sician for quite while without relief, my
wife recommended Chamberlain's Pain
Balm, and after using two bottles of it he
is almost entirely cured.-Geo. R. Nc
Donald, Man, Logan county, w. Va.
Several other very remarkable cures of
partial paralysis have been effected by the
use of this liniment 1t is most widely
known, however, as a cure for rheuma-
tism, sprains and bruises. Sold by J. J.
Sherwin.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-10-04

nobbing around together as though old
friends. 1t developed later that they
had been schoolmates together and had
not seen each other for more than
twenty years. And during the last two
years they have each been stockholders
in a mining proposition of this dis
trict. Both happened to be here for
the purpose of looking over their inter-
ests and the meeting was purely acci-
dental. But Mr.. Savage was not saw
age at all. In fact he was a most pleas
ant gentleman, but he has that faculty
of trying to put on savage expression
when he wants to be serious. However,
he cannot play his part for more than
two minutes at time and that is the
reason why he is known as jolly good
fellow.